"don't you hate it when..." #5

Today, I'll just write a random tiny little post, but Thanksgiving Part 1 & 2 were awesome! I'm saving that for later when I get all the pictures :D

I got a haircut today (11/28) after a million years and it's been ages since my hair has been so nice! Then, I thought of the dreadful impending truth of the reality of my situation.

Think back to all the times you've ever had a nice haircut...

(AHAHAHA WHOA. My hair has never been able to do that... I think. I just googled "beautiful hair" and that came up.)

Don't you hate it when you go and get your hair cut and it comes out all nice and pretty only for it to never look the same as when you first got it once you take a shower?

I know my hair hasn't gone back to its unruly state yet, so I shouldn't be such a downer... but WE ALL KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. It's just a sad fact of life! D: Oh well, at least my stomach is very satisfied! :D

Hope everybody had a satisfying & stomach-filling Thanksgiving!!

interesting people

On Monday (11/23), I walked over to the library to return some books I borrowed for a film paper and... I ran into 3 guys. One of them was really big and looked like a prospective football player and the one who seemed like his father/uncle came up to me and talked to me really quickly and excitedly. It went something like this...

"EXCUSEMEMISS.CANYOUTAKEAPICTUREOFUS?MAKESURETOGETTHATTOWERBEHINDUS. OH,THISISTHEVIEWFINDER,SOYOULOOKTHROUGHTHATANDPRESSTHEBIGBUTTON. THATTAKESTHEPHOTO.THISADJUSTSTHEZOOM."

"Uhh, okay. 1, 2-"

"COMECLOSER.YOU'RETOOFARAWAY."

"..." Then, I managed to take the picture.

"THANKSSOMUCH.HEYLITTLEMISS,CANITAKEYOURPICTURE?"

"What? Umm, sure if you wa-"

"WHO'STHISLITTLEMISSI'MTAKINGAPICTUREOF? SHE'STHELITTLEMISSWHOTOOKOURPICTURE."

...and then he left.

It happened so fast. I'm still confused as to what just happened.

But well, now some random stranger has my picture.

Mmm, no. That's not how I really feel... I just looked that up on Google 'cause this post lacked visual aid :\

"don't you hate it when..." #4 & laundry machine impairment & conquest

NOOOOO... say it ain't so!

I've been wanting to see this movie... for the longest time... It's called The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and every time I talk about it, nobody seems to have ever heard of it! Don't lie to me... I know people know this movie! It so happens, there is a special early screening of the movie at my school and I knew I had to get tickets! I don't care if I have a final that day and 2 finals the next... I just had to go see it (...plus it's free). So, I go to the website to reserve my tickets and... the event is completely booked.

Don't you hate it when you're probably the person most looking forward to The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and from right under your nose, 250 people come out of nowhere and take all the available tickets?

(Hmm... that is oddly specific and nobody can probably relate to this particular instance so... let's just say whenever anybody steals something from you when you were so close to having it!)

Yesterday (11/22), I was doing laundry with my roommate and we learned 2 very important facts.

#1 - If you live in PAHRC, don't use laundry machine #34 unless you have quarters 'cause it's going to take your discretionary money. (Steffo lost $2 the other day because of that mistake.)

#2 - If you live in PAHRC, don't use drying machine #42/43/48 (see? you can't even tell what number that machine is supposed to be) because as this anonymous person kindly wrote, "This doesn't work. Not at all. Don't fall into the trap..."

Oh yeah! I forgot to write about this before, but Conquest (11/21) was pretty interesting. For one, the ferris wheel was spinning... extremely fast... UNUSUALLY FAST. I wish I recorded it 'cause I know I'm no ferris wheel expert, but something was very different about that ferris wheel.

Also, there were fireworks! Fireworks make me think of 4th of July (which I'm never here in America for since I'm always... just not in the country!) and Disneyland (which is the happiest place on Earth only because the people I go with are loads of fun and the atmosphere is great MINUS THE EXPENSIVE FOOD).

I can't wait for Thanksgiving Break! I'm leaving tomorrow :D

a random happening & sandwich making & photo scavenger hunt

Why did I just change my blog layout to the "harbor" template? 'Cause I feel like it. I'm in a harbor-y mood. It's been a few days since I blogged, so I thought I'd switch some things up. Try something new, you know?

I can't remember when I took this... but recently I saw something very interesting...

Yeah. I wasn't even sure how I was going to write about that. A picture is worth a thousand words, right? There you go.

On Friday (11/20), Steffo and I made sandwiches for the homeless! Yay for being good Samaritans :D

Just to be clear, those are pictures of me NOT eating a sandwich for a homeless person & NOT abusing mascot/best friend, Stanley. I worked very hard.

Later on Saturday (11/21), Steffo and I participated in this photo scavenger hunt at the National History Museum! I love scavenger hunts :D

That is a picture of one of our tasks: digging in a pit with a little blond boy in the bottom right hand corner. As you can see, we completed this task masterfully.

As expected, we came out victorious! Three-time championssss :D We won $10 gift cards to 21 Choices (To be honest... I've never been and I'm not all that interested, but winning is winning and I'm a winner!)

I think it's safe to say that I can put photo scavenger hunt as one of my fortes on my resume. Enough gloating, I'm going to suffer from more homework now D:

dance show & holiday cards for the elderly

Once again... writing when I shouldn't! I was planning to wait until after Monday which is when I'll be home free, but I just can't resist D:

On Sunday (11/15), I performed in this collaborative dance show with my group! It was my first actual performance on a stage (unlike...on the concrete...or the grass) since I started college, so it was pretty exciting. Also, it was really nice 'cause I got to hang out with my group and other ones too :)

I've been lagging behind on writing about the events in my life, but I've finally caught up!

Today, I went downstairs to go make holiday cards for the elderly with Steffo. To sum up how the cards turned out, let's just say she is really artistic... and I'm not.

This is Steffo's...

...and this is mine.

No comments are necessary for this post.

longest stomach growl ever & food tasting & hello kitty

I shouldn't be writing 'cause I'm really busy, but... here I am.

So, today I realized. I win the record for having a growling stomach for the longest time. ever. I effectively disrupted my film class on several ocassions and received many strange looks. There's not much else to say about that... so here's a picture to illustrate how I felt earlier today. Excuse the language.



On Saturday (11/14), I went with my friend, Annie, on a food adventure! We went to this cute little restaurant/bakery called Akasha. We paid $10 for like a whole bunch of different types of salads, desserts, cheeses, jellies...PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. it was very worth it!



Later, we went to Royal/T Cafe which is one of the few maid cafes in America and it also has space in the front for various exhibitions. It just so happens that last weekend was the end of Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary exhibit! Basically, it had every type of Hello Kitty creation ever invented from clothes to jewelery and some even really strange things like electric fans and toasters.

So many...hello kitty-s...? kitties? I'm not really sure.

Damn, that's a blingalicious necklace and probably very heavy.

I have some more pictures, but I don't want my blog to be super long, so... for more pictures go to my facebook!

past & present

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd think up of something I do now...and something I did before. A past and present type of thing!


Something I do now... I'm in this Anthropology class with this professor who is really nice, but... he's got this lulling, soothing old man voice that just puts me to sleep D: No matter what I do, I can't seem to stay awake for an entire class! I try and drink stuff with caffeine in it...I chew gum during class...I go to the bathroom and wash my face... nothing. Nothing has worked. So, I usually read my school newspaper and voila! There are usually sudoku puzzles in every issue, so I've been collecting them and saving them up for class. So, when I fall asleep, I can whip it right out and do it. Because I love sudoku.



I'm still collecting sudoku puzzles, but... they don't work either. I just love sudoku.


Something I did before... there was this like environmental-friendly survey I was doing and anybody who completes the survey gets put in a raffle to win some cool prizes! I pretty much didn't mind winning anything BUT the spa tickets... just 'cause it's inconvenient and I prefer food :D And as fate always has it... I win the spa tickets (FANTASTIC.)



Oh man, whole body vibration therapy, air therapy and infrared saunas?! Exactly what I wanted. Supposedly, they're considered the best prizes because they're worth the most...valued at $300. Why couldn't they just give that to me in cash?! D:

(If anybody is interested in taking these spa tickets off my hands, please let me know!)

My friend also did the survey and he won an awesome prize. It was too awesome for him to handle, so he gave it to me.



Coffee roast flavored lip balm? WOW, THAT'S MY FAVORITE. Actually, I have no idea why anybody would want to have coffee roast flavored lips... but I'm gonna use it anyway. And yes, that's a badger holding a magic wand with a stream of rainbow colors swirling out of it. What else can I say other than I love it?

what divine being is causing all these nonsensical happenings?

Last Thursday, I was going to go clubbing with my friend even though I was sick (with the crazy cough I still have!!). All of a sudden, I got a fever for like... 5 minutes, but by the time I got better, I lost my ride to the club D: Because of the random fever, I didn't want to go out all weekend 'cause I didn't want to get a fever while I was out. It's like something was keeping me home, so I could get better... :0

And now today, I found out that the concert I was going to go to with my friend... got cancelled! Actually, I was looking forward to this weekend because I was going to go to a concert and perform in a dance show. But since I was doing all those things, my whole weekend was booked and I have these super huge papers to write!! D: Now that the concert is cancelled, I have more time to write my papers... (I actually would prefer going to a concert over writing a paper, but this is still kind of to my convenience...) Is this some divine being's doing?! :0

HOW IS THIS HAPPENING?!

?! Not sure why I posted up a picture of Jesus 'cause... I'm actually Buddhist. Well, I consider Buddhism a philosophy and we don't got no gods, so...

Jesus gets to make a guest appearance on my blog :D

things that have nothing in common

At Target, I bought a pack of 4 tissue boxes and now I'm on my last one, since I keep blowing my nose all the time D: Something that bothered me is that all the designs on each of the tissue boxes weren't different. 2 were different and 2 were the same. Why is that? I wish I realized this sooner, so I could have taken a picture of all of them... but here's the one that has a double.

Yes, there are dragons on it. I'm not sure why there are so many dragons on it, but I thought this would be interesting to share. The other 2 tissue box designs had flowers, so maybe this is to balance out the feminine nature of the other 2 boxes with something more masculine. I'm actually kind of excited to finish this tissue box up, so I can buy another pack... I wonder what type of designs I'll get then.

On my way to dinner, I passed by my friend's room and saw that... she had this weird green cardboard monster thing just... sitting there, so I thought I'd take a picture of it. I had absolutely no idea why she had it at all.

Later, she explained to me that it's supposed to be the Stanford Tree Mascot and that it's actually a pinata, so on Game Day, we're supposed to beat it with sticks and feast on its candy insides. Hom nom nom. (Victoria, I still don't think it looks like a tree, but...I like what you're doing.)

While I was doing laundry with Steffo, we walked pass the study lounge and there was this guy on his laptop with his back facing us. This is what we saw on his laptop screen.

For those who are not able to identify what that object above is, that is an eyelash curler. I have no idea why he was looking at it, but I'm not going to judge. Maybe he wants more prominent eyes, who knows.

it's time to be wild. freestyle.

Today has been rather uneventful aside from dance practices, so.... this will be a post about dancing!

Even though I'm still ridiculously sick, I woke up today and was super energetic! I don't really know what was going on with me, but I was pumped up and ready to go... even though I had nowhere to go.... so I practiced some dance routines & learned a bit of a new one.

Back in high school, I taught popular Korean dances and performed them... it was loads of fun and I was hoping to do it here in college. Lucky for me, an opportunity might be coming my way! I'm way too excited about it, so I should calm down as to avoid disappointing myself if it doesn't work out :\

I have these relatively new ballet slippers that I haven't sewn up yet, so I just keep tying the straps around my ankle and it has funky folds in them now :\ Actually, I need to invest more money into buying dance attire. Funny how I've been dancing for a huge chunk of my life and I don't have basic stuff like jazz pants, leotards (that properly fit), sweats etc etc. I have random things like pedinis & character shoes. Not very practical!! D:

I'm hoping my studio back home has lots of workshops when I go back 'cause I miss dancing hip hop on a routinely basis. Here, I do lots of Traditional Chinese styled-dancing (which I have no prior experience in) and a bit of jazz/lyrical almost everyday. I haven't really started dancing with this other dance group yet, which is supposed to be hip hop-oriented, but... we'll see how that goes! I'm missing the upbeat fast-paced dancing!

Here are some blue-footed boobies doing their thang.

the boogie that be.

dead things & "don't you hate it when..." #3

Hmm...seems like I've been encountering a lot of dead things recently...

For one, I saw this next to Tommy Trojan on my way to check out my friend's Best Buddies Carnival..............(*warning* Don't look if you can't look bear to look at dead animals D: )





^-- WHY?! and yes I made it super small, so you guys didn't have to see it all HQ and all up in your faces D: But since it's so small, you guys can't probably read the sign but it says that bird got killed by a car D: I wasn't expecting it to be there so when I walked really close to it, I freaked out like crazy!!

The other dead thing I mentioned before is..........the dead flowers my parents gave me. It was already dying when I got it 'cause they left it in the car for a day, then drove down here for 6 hours and left it there all day as we drove around in the car. They gave it to me after the flowers went through all that. It's okay I liked them all the same before they became SUPER dead. I didn't do anything about them for a really long time, but now it became a bother, so...I took action.





I kind of look a lot more vicious in this picture than I actually was. Being in a dorm, I have limited gardening tools, so I resorted to using this plastic knife I found. The soil was really dry and old, so I had to knife the flowers outta there. It was pretty tough, but to be honest, I felt pretty accomplished after I got the job done.

Of course, I can't finish this post without writing about something stupid I've done...

Right now, I'm terribly sick. I'm coughing all over the place to the point I'm like hacking up organs. The first one to go was probably my brain :\ (OUCH MAI.) Anyway, I've been dying and not taking medicine for a long time, so I thought to myself, "I've been sick forever! It's time to get some meds and cure this yo." There wasn't a lot of variety at the pharmacy and I just bought whatever I could get my hands on: NyQuil.

So, this morning, I was wheezing, sounding like a man and late for dance practice. Ah, good times. I really wanted to get better quickly, so without thinking I took some NyQuil. When I got to dance practice, I was so drowsy I couldn't walk straight or even stand upright. Basically, dance practice was an interesting experience.



Google served justice by finding that picture for me.

Don't you hate it when you're extremely sick and all you want is to get better, but then in a lapse of momentary misjudgment you drink NyQuil and knock yourself out?

good deed & current food craving

I never write things on the day they happen! I wish I wouldn't get tired and wait until later to write about these random events D:

Anywayyy on Thursday, it was Steffo's 90th day anniversary with her boyfraaand and since I'm super awesome and kind, I helped out the boyfraaand with ordering her flowers. Considering the interesting hate/hate relationship I have with said boyfraaand...MAN, I'M SO NICE. (...i'm praising myself. gross.) JK JUANES. You and I are aite. We ain't biffles though.

What happy looking flowers. And a happy looking Steffo. I picked out those flowers!

Current food craving...I don't care what anyone says. Whether it be weird-looking or disgusting, I want jellyfish! If I could I would also be eating jellyfish with Jiajun :) くらげええええええ～

Hom nom nom. I need to get me some of that.

a random happening & "don't you hate it when..." #2

Earlier, I was just as this auction where people auctioned themselves off as winter formal dates to raise money for this organization at my school. As I was walking back home to my dorm room, I came across this bicycle with a messed up wheel.

That is all. (So that was my random happening and onto the "Don't You Hate It When...")

Actually, this happened a while ago before I made this blog, but Steffo said something that reminded me of it. So, I thought I would share my strange experience.

I was waiting to meet the man in charge of this Summer in Beijing Program I'm interested in and since I was early I thought, I'd chill by his office for a bit. There was this random (STURDY-LOOKING MIGHT I ADD) chair, looking out of place and put off way into a corner. Naturally, I decided to sit on it ('cause I'm dumb). Then, I broke it.

Don't you hate it when you sit on stable-looking chairs only to find out they're actually broken but placed in such a way they look secure by the time you end up on the floor?

"don't you hate it when..." #1

I think I'll be making a series of posts called the "Don't You Hate It When..."


So, this morning I was excited to eat this super good looking onion bagel with cream cheese for breakfast when...I bit into it and it was as hard as a rock!! D: To sum up the overwhelming surge of emotions that came over me, I was quite disappointed. (Just look at that picture below! I mean really!! Come on now, that's so deceiving.)

Don't you hate it when you're looking forward to eating a scrumptious looking bagel only to find out it's as hard as a brick?

sleep talking

My roommate, Steffo, sleep talks a lot.





Here's some of the random things she has said.

"I had a dream...about you...and Stanley...you threw a shirt at me."

"duct tape."

and the most recent one...

"Pesos...poking stuff....feels weird."

Next time, I'm going to try to have a conversation with her while she's asleep! :D

halloween!

Crazyyy weekend!


On Thursday, I went with Steffo & Intervarsity to The Grove for this game called "The Great People Hunt" and it was really fun :) Basically the rules of the game are that there is a group of selected people who dress up in disguises and chill in the open, while everybody else goes looking for them. Our group won (as expected)! VICTORY PICTURE!!





On Friday, we went party-hopping for Halloween :) Guess what I'm supposed to be?





Yeah...it's not really obvious 'cause that's a really poorly put together costume D: We're supposed to be..............dolls. At least we look somewhat cute, right?! (Okay, don't answer that.)


Saturday night was even crazier, but I'm not gonna write about that ;)


Hopefully, everyone else had a really good Halloween!