I've moved...

my blogging to somewhere else. Just saying. Nice have you, blog. Farewell now.

Seriously,

I am stressed for my mother. Ah, damn it. I honestly don't remember if I complained about it here before and I don't want to look if I did either. So on Mother's Day, my stubborn sister decide to ask mom to take her to practice parking. I told her not to go because first, uh hello, it's Mother's Day. Give her a break, god. Two, she's already tired so leave her the heck alone. Hours later, I called and mom said some stupid woman just ramp into the car's rear end. To make this worse, it's not even our parent's car; it's our aunt's. The woman in the other car was also practicing in the parking lot, but seriously, how can one suck so bad? You ran into a parked car? Really? We picked up the report today and saw it's written down that both cars were operating. What the freak! No. One car was parked and my sister swear she told the police that. I can't stand these stupid police that only give a crap about themselves. To top that off, we called their insurance to find out that their insurance ended in April. At that point, I'm was just so frustrated, I wish I can kick that damn driver. Does any police officer ever do their damn job right? They obviously don't care about the people, but only about their pays. How hard is it to check the expiration of someone's insurance? I hate these cops. They're not fitted for their role and they should just quit and go somewhere. They're just a waste of space. I'm starting to think I can only find these police that actually cared for people in movies. Everything else is fake. I don't think it's entirely my sister's fault. It's not like she asked for it. I'm just angry at the fact that she never listens and like to do things her way. This is what you get. Now mom has to cough up probably around a grand just to get her sister's car fix. It's worst enough that you got a working dad doesn't even provide for the family. It's almost like my mom is a single parent raising four children instead of three. I really want to scream at my sister, but honestly, it won't solve anything. I'm infuriated and I don't know how to release this angry.

Goodbye Mia.

It is 11:28 P.M. and I just gave my hamster away. :(

Happy Mother's Day

Kind of disappointed that my family chose to go to the buffet instead of cooking at home. I rather have everyone get together at one house then to go out to eat. But it's whatever the mothers choose. 

Yesterday, I was playing SingStar on the PS2, then my mother rushed in the room yelling "Omg, there's a gas leak in the basement. Call 911!" So we all rushed to the living room and I called 911 and the operator told us all to not turn or off light switch and advised everyone to head out the doors. My mom finally decide to call my dad and he told her that he add gas into the mower machine thing. The next thing I thought was, "Omg, what the hell. This has to be a joke. I called them for no reason." Mind you, I already hear the firetrucks coming and I was just thinking of what to say to them. I wasn't prepared to feel embarrassed. Next thing I thought, I'm just going to act like I don't know what happened. Two firetrucks showed up and like 7 firefighters hop out of their truck. Neighbors came out and asked me if everything is alright. The firefighters went in basement and came out within minutes shaking their heads. I sort of wanted to burst into laughter. We sort of made a big scene for nothing. For a minute there, I thought the house might actually explode and I was thinking of things I might want to run back in the house to get before it actually explode. But as they say, "Better to feel sorry than to actually have something happen." 

Then later that night, my friend Jim called and told me he's going to take me to the batting cage. I thought he was crazy for asking me at this hour, but he said, "We'll go over Tha's house then. I made my kite for you." Don't know why, but I agreed. Should have been suspicious when the lights were close when we passed by the house. But I became less suspicious when Jim called Tha and asked why the lights are off? So we enter the house (doors were unlocked) and I see something glowing. Candles.

By that time, I figured they got me a cake. Behind the table, Sophia and Sophanna popped up. It was really surprising and honestly, I've never guessed. It's really nice that someone would plan this for me. They got me a green tea cake and it was some good stuff. I'm really happy to have friends like them.

Finals over!

Yesterday was my cousin, Wendy's 20th birthday and we went out to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate. It was nice, except I'm not a big fan of steaks. I was sharing with my sister since we both wasn't that hungry. She wanted medium well and I wanted well done because I just want it to be fully cook. Eventually I went with her choice, but it wasn't that bad. We end up doing nothing later on, when they originally plan to go bowling. I am definitely not going on the dean's list this semester which sucks butt. I got C+ for Russian. I was really hoping for B- or something. But hey, whose fault is it? Mine :( I don't think I will take another class just for the heck of it. Russian was just one of them. Because of that C+, I probably don't want to transfer anymore. I just wasted $8 ordering my transfer that apparently, I won't be needing any more. 

Finally when there's a day I can sleep in, my manager decides to wake me up at 8 a.m. Yeah, yeah I didn't bother picking up, but I couldn't go back to sleep afterward. She left me a voicemail expecting me to call back. Ah, good lord. Leave alone for once. 

I think tonight, I might to go to another birthday dinner. Hopefully, that's fun. I know so much May babies. Which also reminds me, my birthday is exactly one week away. I really don't want to turn 19. AH!

LAST BLOG

... for class at least. I'm pretty sure I'll still continue to update so I will have sometime I can read back on. 

Hahaha, I find this picture really funny! So yes.. work tomorrow :( 

I'm starting to not like my manager. She's so fake sometimes.. I want a new job! 

Hopefully, I'll be able to take summer classes so I'm not stuck at work all the time. 

I don't think I have any finals on Monday, so I'm free that day to study. Yippie.. 

Arts final on Tuesday. English papers due Tuesday. Finally, Russian finals on Wednesday and I'm forever done... until Summer session I/II or Fall. After all these finals, I will finally have the time to do whatever, like visit Northeast High School which I planned on doing since forever ago. I definitely need to visit my pre-cal teacher before he move to Israel. I'm pretty sure my chemistry teacher had retired already.  I think I'm just going to sit back and watch all the Disney movies I can. I went camping for 3 days and 2 nights last summer. I had no idea it was a Christian camp, but I should have known... I should have known. I mean, it's really beautiful.. the things they do, but I'm not really religious. We camped at Maryland and the place was wonderful. Especially at night time. Oh my god, never have I EVER seen so much stars in my life. As I looked up into the night star, I feel like I'm floating. Wish I lived in an area like that. The scenery are amazing. The only thing I hate was those damn insects. So GROSS. There were spiders that had like 4 inches legs. It give me the chills. The best part was kayaking. It was indeed very tiring, but it was so much fun. I was afraid I'll tip over, since I can't swim. Plus, the water was green. Gross, eh? They're inviting me back, but I don't think I can handle all those insects/ bugs again. Almost 10, heading to bed soon. Farewell, so long and goodnight.

Royal Wedding

I'm feeling more sad now that every class is over. I'm no longer a freshmen after finals :( 

I got back my third Russian exam today and I scored a 86. Not bad, eh? Thought I might have failed.

There's this awesome photobooth at Lares today. It's free from 11 am to 3 pm. My cousin and I took one and I hate it. Probably because the camera was so close to our faces. I could have left campus, but I wanted to stay just a little bit longer. Hopefully, I get to take photobooth with other people today :D 

I wanted to wake up at 5 am to watch The Royal Wedding live, but I woke up at 7 am instead and I saw a little bit of it. I didn't get to see the bride on tv, but I just saw her photos. Her wedding dress is beautiful. It'd be so cool if I could attend the wedding ceremony :( 

Doctor Appointment

Went to the doctors today! It was also my sister, cousin, and dad's appointment today. Then this nurse or whatever she was, screamed down the hallway, "What?! You brought your whole family?"

I replied, "Yeah!"
She then said, "Where's your uncle? Where's your grandma?"
"They're coming," I said.  

Um... okay, what the hell, haha.  SO LAST DAY OF ENGLISH CLASS. Honestly, I was sad that this class ended. Unlike other classes, this class was actually fun and I did look forward to it =[ Now I'm left with a bunch of finals to take. Can't wait till those days are over.

100 :D

My final art project got graded right after class and I got 100! Really wasn't expecting 100, but it's always welcomed. I couldn't watch it when I show the film to the class and everyone laughed at the part where I pushed the swing, haha. Everyone's film was at least 5 minutes and the longest was almost 11 minutes, while mines is exactly 53 seconds. My professor loved it and thought it was beautiful. She actually went out the room to get her colleague, Mr.Thompson, who also happened to be my other art teacher, to watch it. It definitely would've been better if it was longer and more work could be done. I did the best I could, especially since it's last minute. I always wished art class would end already, but now, I feel that I will miss going into that class. I guess I did okay for a first time video editing.

The Art of Nature

I finished editing my video around 12 A.M. yesterday and surprisingly I wasn't as tired as I thought I would be this morning. The video turned out only to be like 53 seconds. There were parts that I didn't film that I should have :( Now there's nothing I can do. Some classmate asked my cousin and I to join them, but I rejected their offer simply because I wanted to work on my own idea. None of our ideas turn out to be what we wanted, haha. Their idea was to built a house with sticks, but it failed. Instead, they called it the "shelter," but I called it the hut. They didn't let me see their video so I will have to wait till later in class. I'm pretty sure we have the shortest video and I bet the professor will think we didn't put enough time and effort into it. What we made seem simple, but it wasn't as easy as it looks. Maybe it's easier for others, but we definitely put time and effort into it. We walked a long way to find the flower we need and there wasn't much of them, so we did the best we could with what we had found. I'm not exactly proud of my work because I imagined it to be much better. I feel kind of embarrassed to show my classmates my work actually. I'm sure everyone's idea were better than mines. I don't want another B or lower. I need an A ='( I might upload the video here later on after class. For now, goodbye.

This is SO not cool

Who is messing with me on my blog?! Haha.

"DorkieASIAnNerd has left a new comment on your post "WHYY":

why you want to know ? turn that frown upside down." 
Why wouldn't I want to know? 

I just came home from filming my art project. Now I have to do the editing which I never did before. Yay.
Nature is beautiful and all, but the bugs are gross. I had fun though. Went to Rita's afterwards..
Hmm.. I'm getting upset that my freshmen year is almost over. It went by so quick. Felt like I did nothing, which I probably haven't. Everyone is moving up to UPARK next semester and hopefully I will be out of Abington as well. 
On the bright side, it'll be cooler tomorrow, I think. K, bye. 

WHYY

There was some sort of community meeting today at Max Myers park and my mom made me go with her. I didn't really want to go, but I'm glad I went. I learned more about what's going on here in the Northeast Philadelphia Community and what we can do to help out the neighborhood. I was hoping we weren't the only Chinese people there, but we were. Well except for Ken, who was suppose to be the Chinese interpreter. Haha, I guess that's okay. It's always cool to be the first, I think. Some reporter from WHYY interviewed me and it was horrible. I was so nervous and I don't even remember what I said. Hopefully it was nothing stupid. I do hope my mom will be able to convince more of her Chinese friends to attend the meeting to find out what they can do to help the neighbor. I also know that most of these Chinese people don't speak English so they couldn't speak out what they're concern about so this would be a great opportunity. I guess I don't mind being their voices.

That was that. So I only have tomorrow to finish my art project. Another last minute work. ='[
I know it's not the worst yet, but it's incredibly warm today. I can't believe it's the last week of classes. I don't want to be a sophomore :( It's almost 10:30 P.M. Got to sleep. Goodnight!

By the way, who is "Get Money!"? Please do reveal yourself. :(

Don't Rain :(

It was very slow at work today since there wasn't much customers in the morning due to the heavy rain. I also had a very rude and idiotic customer that doesn't know how to calculate. He walked out feeling more stupid than he did before. I don't want to be mean, but he.. suck. Haha I don't know. I'm sort of sad that I brought this video editor from BestBuy for $50 and I saw it at Target the other day for $30. That $20 difference could have gotten me a tripod. :( Next time, I should do a little more research before I make another purchase. My little sisters and cousins went to the movies today to watch HOP or RIO. I don't know what they watched, but I wasn't in the mood to go. Yesterday, I went to PennyPack Park to film my project, but that was such a fail. It was cold, but it was nice walking through the park. Instead, my friend Phanna played some scary music and we end up trying to film a horror movie. It creep me out haha. The weather looks pretty bad tomorrow and Monday, I think. Hopefully that will change because I really don't want to do it on Tuesday which will be like last minute work. Last two weeks of classes will be hell. :( Bye.

It's Hell Once Again

What I predicted came out right. My sister came home crying because of my dad. I mean it's pretty obvious, because I went through the same crap with him last time he came home from the hospital. He is absolutely the MOST IMPATIENT man in this damn world. Why is it that we're to blame if the doctor doesn't show up to have him dismiss? We can constantly ask the nurse, but they won't be in charge of when the doctors comes. Is he too stupid to know this? He thinks we want to be in that hospital room trapped with him? No. We want to go home just as bad as he does. He keeps calling us "useless," but he's more useless himself. All he ever do is bring tears to us. You're a DAMN FATHER. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO PUT US DOWN. You never did anything right as a father. You think having us as your daughters is hard? Having you as our father is hell. We're so sick of putting up with your crap.

Dear Clouds,

Please don't rain today. I really need to start working on my final art project today. I have to create art using one kind of item found in nature. I think I have stated that in my previous post. I have a couple ideas in my head and I drew them out. Hopefully, it works out as planned. I've chosen PennyPack Park as my filming scene. I wish I have enough money to buy a camcorder right now. What I really need right now is a tripod, which I will probably get later at Target before I head to the park to start filming. I never actually film something, but I think the difficult part will be editing which I've never tried either. The weekend looks like it will be wet as well, so nothing's going right :( I wish the professor gave us two weeks in advance instead of one. Last week's weather was beautiful and this week is just... eh.

Selfish

Honestly, I don't think if it's my dad being selfish or it's just me. I asked mom for a ride to school at 10 A.M. and then dad called around 9:45 A.M. saying that he's getting dismissed from the hospital. So mom told him that she had to drive me to school first and he gets angry, saying, "Don't come. I'll take the bus. Deal with your crap first." You know you're not going to get dismiss right away even if we get there right away. We still have to wait for the doctors to give instructions and all. It's 11:30 A.M. right now and the doctor still haven't came in yet. So why the heck are you so irritated? I understand that the hospital felt like a jailhouse to you, but isn't it important that I get to school first? I'm upset as heck. I'm upset that you thought of yourself first and that you're coming home. I don't know if you'll still be the same person because if you didn't change even after this, home is going to be hell for me again. I'm so sick of my parents arguing in the middle of the night like it won't affect the kids in school the next year. I can't even stay focus in school because of all the crap I have to deal with at home. Sometimes, this blog is the only way I can express my feelings. I tried to express my feelings to my mother this morning, but she couldn't understand me cause I was so choked up in tears.

Update

I found out why visitors have to wear masks before entering the room my dad's in. Doctors did an x-ray and saw spots/scars on my dad's lungs so they think it might be tuberculosis. Today, doctors inserting a camera down his throat to get a better view and they're also getting the saliva deeper in the lung area for testing. I really hope it's nothing so that he can come home today as a new, changed person. They also performed a heart test on him, but I don't know the result of that yet. I think some neurologist asked me to keep a watch of any signs that his speech is unclear. It's one of the symptoms of a stroke. 

I have one more final project for my art class. I'm sort of excited for it. One problem: I don't know what to do yet. Basically, I have to create art using one kind of item from the nature and I have to film it. I might use rocks or flowers to built something. Hopefully, my creativity kicks in soon since it's due next Wednesday. I'm really hoping to film by Friday. I want to go to BestBuy today to get a recorder, camcorder, and a tripod, but I don't have that much money at the moment unless I buy a really cheap camcorder. The reason I want a camcorder is because I want to able to film from another angle, while my camera can record in another angle. A cheap camcorder wouldn't have that high definition though :(

I'm at the hospital...

and I'm wearing a mask! I actually don't know why, but it's precaution for airborne issues. Probably something with his lungs, or is that obvious? I don't know.
It's so hard for me to breathe in this surgical mask :( Oh sorry, I didn't say that my dad's in the hospital since Sunday because of weakness in his right leg. Good thing we went to the hospital, because the MRI scan came out positive, meaning he had a minor stroke on his left side of his brain. I'm telling you smokers out there, quit while you can. The weakness in his leg was basically a warning sign. I mean he's really lucky to have a warning sign before the actual stroke. He's currently on nicotine. Hopefully, he can fully quit smoking. I'm really worried. What if he doesn't quit?! I mean what idiots out there would want to continue smoking if they know that one more cigarette can cause them to be paralyzed forever. I hope my dad's not that kind of idiot. He had so many tests and scans. Tomorrow, he's going for more scans. After this is over, he better realize that only his family treats him well. None of his damn friends even came to visit. They're only "friends" when there's gambling and food. I will update more later.

Exams, Exams, Exams!

Finally over with the Russian exam. I definitely didn't do so well though. I might even be happy with a 65, but I probably got lower ._. Right now, I'm almost stress-free... I think.

Tomorrow, I will have another exam for Art, but I'm not worried about it. I was suppose to go to the New York trip with my art class tomorrow, but I forgot to sign up and now it's too late :( Darn it. I don't think I want to make up for my art test anyways.

On Sunday, I might be looking for a car for me with my mother. I sort of want a mini cooper, but some people think it's ugly. Oh well, I don't care what they think. It's my ride! The only reason I want a mini cooper is because of the size and I heard it saves you gas... I don't know. I'm not too sure on the prices yet, but I hope it's something affordable. 

Class Cancelled!

Great, Russian class is canceled..

By the way, it is spelled "cancelled" or "canceled"? I've seen my teachers used cancelled before. I googled it and people said In the U.S, people use "canceled" while people in the UK spelled it with two L's. 

So I'm at the Lares computer lab and this guy walks in with his music turned on so loud. Some guy decides to come over and nicely asked if he would please lower the volume. This stupid boy replied with, "What?! Oh. I'll think about it." It's almost been 10 minutes and he still haven't lowered it. People are so stupid. 

Evil

So...... it's my grandma's (dad's side) birthday today.

I'm pretty sure that my dad's whole side of the family went out to dinner today, but my mom, sisters, and I didn't get invited. I don't know if I should be angry or upset because a part of me really don't care, nor do I know what to say about it. It's just messed up, I guess. I can't say that I don't love her, but I never really looked at her as my grandma either. To me, she's sort of evil. She promised my mom she would take care of Lina when she's born. Instead she made up all these darn excuses that she can't take care of her, but she goes off and take care of all her great-grandchildren. I guess it's because we're not males, so she doesn't care. Well, sorry to disappoint you.

Trapped

Two days ago, I found out that my cousin is 3 months pregnant. I really hope it's a girl this time, since she already have a 6 years old son. Ahh, excited! 
So, Monday night when I almost fell asleep, I got a text when it was close to 11 P.M. I thought, "Oh..what the heck.. I should just check it." I found out that my friends were trapped in the elevator. The first five minutes, they pressed the emergency button and on the other line, some lady said she will get help. For the next half hour, they sat down and played with their DS. It was getting unbelievably hot for them, so they had to take some layers of clothing off and air was getting thin, making it hard for them to breathe. Especially, since there were 15 people cramped into that one space! People were falling asleep and they had to keep each other awake since there's lack of oxygen. They decided to press the emergency button again and the lady replied with, "What?! Ya'll still in there?" Wow, seriously? After nearly 2 hours later, firefighters and polices finally arrived. They had to open the top of the elevator and insert a ladder for them to climb up. Sounds pretty epic. I'm glad they all made it out fine without any medical attention needs.

Weekend

Feels great to have an extra hour and a half to sleep this morning. Last Friday, I went over a friend's house to bake a cake for the birthday boy. It got too late that I didn't get the chance to decorate the cake, so Tha and Sophanna had to do it while I'm at work Saturday morning. They end up making PacMan with the cake. After work, I went over to Jim's house so that we can surprise him with the cake. It was pretty successful, haha.On Sunday, I spent my entire morning putting wood pieces together to build that buffet cabinet my mother had brought. Later, I had to take my sister Lina, out to get her Easter treats for her party at school. She chose the colorful plastic eggs and we got a bunch of candies and put them inside those treat bags that is shaped like a carrot. Hopefully, those 5 years old like them! After that, Lina, Wendy and I went over to Tha's for his sister's birthday BBQ. I wasn't expecting it, but I got caked all over. Thanks to Jim, Sophanna, and Tha! Overall, I had a great weekend.

It's finally my turn to pick classes today. I'm in the process of transferring out, but I haven't finished my essay for my application. I just hope my credits are transferable.

April Fool Snow

I don't get it! Why is it snowing? 

Today is my last day to finish on my tile art piece and I don't want to do it. I have to go to an art school later and come back to campus probably around 6 P.M. Boohoo. 

Happy 19th Birthday to my dear friend, JIM LINH.  My friend and I planned on baking him a cake today, but I don't think I can since I have to work on my art piece. AH! I don't know what to do. 

Then tomorrow... will just be another boring day at work. YIPPEE.  OH! PAYDAY TODAY. Nice.

I can't wait till April 10th. It will be Sukara Sunday which mean it's time for the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival again. I never went before, so this year my mother will take me there, although she doesn't really want to go due to her allergies. Please don't change your mind on me mom!

Philly-Wide Rally for Education

After 3 months, I'm still unable to read Russian. I think I give up on this language. My professor said, "If you got a mouth and tongue, you can speak it." Honestly, I can't. I can't roll my R's or whatever it is. I'm pretty sure this Russian class will drag my GPA down ='[ Just about one more month to go and I can't wait for this class to be over with. 

Today is the "Philly-Wide Rally for Education" where Temple, Penn State and other supporters of education will march down Broad Street today. This march is to gain public awareness about the Gov.'s proposed budget cut and send a message that our education is an investment. I can't attend this event since I have class till 6:40 P.M. Sucks! Hopefully, this rally will make a difference because college is already unaffordable for some students.

BROBOTS

I said I was going to sleep, but I have one more thing to say:

Congratulations to Bruce and Don Martin with their first designs out for their clothing line. A portion of the profit made will be donated to REDCROSS to help Japan and other countries that is affected by the Earthquake and Tsunami disaster. Definitely ordering one for myself. I got my sister and her friend to purchase one too, haha.

Ah, I'm so jealous of the brothers! Hopefully, Lisa and I can launch our online website too as well. 

Paris Baguette/ A.C. Moore

...are two of my favorite places to be at. I forgot the name, but I brought these pastries and I thought they were delicious. I shared them with Gigi and Thurston, then Jun got me another box :D I came home and my mom yelled at me for eating them before dinner. So, I just came back from A.C.Moore and got me some fabrics, crazy glue, watercolor paint, and a bunch of other art supplies. Hope I can work on my projects soon, but first I have to get all my school works out of the way.
Well, it's almost time to sleep!
Goodnight.

Home Isn't The Same

It's so hard for me to listen to their argument every other day.

Can you just please move out or something? I'm SO sick of you bringing sadness in my life, as well as to my siblings and mother. All you ever do is threaten and scream at us. You don't see what you're doing wrong, so you put the blame on us. When you come home, which sometimes you rarely, you give us hard cold stares. Just look at you. You're in your 50's, but you can definitely pass in the late 60's or even the70's. We went back to NY yesterday and even your cousin said you've aged so much. No one is doing this to you, you're ruining your own health. You're tearing this family apart and obviously, you don't give a crap. So please just leave. We might just be happier without you.

Monday

We're at the last week of March. Crazy how time pass by so quick..
Oh yay for Monday again. I definitely do not want to be in school today, especially after a long day yesterday. I'm still considering the art school, Moore. As of now, I'm saving up money so I can take summer classes over there. It's about $1000 for ONE class, excluding supplies. I don't think I'm making the wrong decision. At least, I hope not.

Bad Day

It's that time of the year again where Chinese people visit their loved ones at their final resting place. I have no idea why most Chinese people visit only during the months of March or April. I went today and it's all the way in Valhalla, NY at Kensico Cemetery. It's about a three hours ride from Philadelphia and I hate long car rides. On the way there, I was listening to music and I feel asleep. I heard someone yelling, so I woke up and find that I'm closed to being covered in vomit from my little sister. It was gross since it was all over her and I had to clean it up. Ah yes, great trip. After visiting, my mom drove back to 8 Ave to shop for groceries and I bump into my dear friend, Annie. Last time I've seen her was during winter break when she came down to Philly to visit.

Also, I've received heartbreaking news that someone passed away today. I don't know him, but I remembered always seeing him around when we were still in high school. I hate hearing depressing news. I don't understand life. Rest In Peace Kenny.

Dreams

I sort of hate Fridays sometimes. I only have one class. I get to campus by 7:30 A.M, but I don't have class till 10:30 A.M. and I don't leave till 2:15 P.M ='[

 

Last night, I had a horrible nightmare. In the nightmare, my 5 years old sister Lina, was dead and I was on a mission to find out how and who killed her. I was so depressed the entire time, but somehow towards the of the dream, I said to myself, "This is a dream." Then I woke up and saw her sleeping next to me. I was so relief, but still scared. I feel back asleep and had another dream that three of my friends were YouTube Stars, haha.

Guilty!

My friend showed me this today. This is so adorable, haha. I really wish I have dogs in my house. I wish I'm still volunteering at PSPCA. Maybe I'll go back in the summer. The only thing that sucks is when I'm walking these dogs, they're walking me instead. They dragged me around. That's for being weak! I usually come home early on Tuesdays and Thursdays just to watch Animal Cops on the Animal Planet channel, haha.

Le Raisins

It's been quite awhile since Dad sat down and ate dinner with us. I wonder how long it will last this time. Anyways, I just came back from my art class. I'd show you the grapes that I sculpted and later painted, but I honestly think it's the worst piece of art I have ever made. It looks gross, almost rotten. Maybe I'll throw up a picture later on. For some odd reason, my professor selected my piece to submit to The Bertha Lear Art Exhibition. It's an annual art exhibition for the work of Penn State Abington students. I named my piece "Le Raisins," which means grapes in French. I couldn't think of a name, although I was thinking of putting "Rotten Grapes." There will be awards, but no way, mines going to be selected for those prizes. I'm more confident about the piece I'm currently working on, but I don't know how it'll turn out to be like when it's painted, glazed and fired. I'm more than half way done, so I hope I can finish painting it by tomorrow.

Decisons Decisions Decisions

Only have less than two hours to decide if I want to go to that Atlantic City trip or not. Should I regret going...or regret not going? I always tell myself it's better to regret going than to regret not going. Most of the time, it always work out like my senior prom. I had the best time! If I do go, I hope I don't feel left out because everyone else is an owl, while I'm the only lion. I guess I could make some owl friends, haha. I'll just start packing and see what's up later on.

Shamrock Shuttle

I went to work today and my co-workers warned, "Be prepared for Shamrock Shuttle." I said, "Uh, that don't sound too good. I never heard of Shamrock Shuttle, what is it?" They explained to me that some bus will bring a bunch of people over the age of 21 and they'll go to bars here at Frankford (Mayfair) to drink and stuff. All I thought was, "Great! A bunch of drunk people." It's kind of funny because I never really seen drunk people in person before. They came in the Pretzel Factory screaming, "AH! I'M SO HUNGRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT." Thought it was interesting until some guy came in, ordered three pretzels and push his empty cup that was once filled with beer or some liquor towards me. I pushed it back to him, then he asked for a refill. I thought he was kidding, but then I realized he's drunk. My co-worker, Mary said, "I can give you some water." The man then said, "Alright, give me some water!" This drunkie then tries to read my name tag and pronounced it as "Irene." My other co-worker is screaming and correcting him that it's "Elaine," but he didn't seem to pay any attention. He stated that he wants to take a shot of water with me. I took a step back and just stared at him, being creep-ed out. He then said that he was serious and he'll buy a bottle of water if he had to. I literally ran to the back and he screamed "HEY, e-lina come back! We got to take a shot!" Everyone was laughing and I'm thinking Ohmygod. He finally left, but came back 20 minutes later. My coworker, Bridget spotted him and warned, "Run, Elaine, run!" So I went to the back again and he asked why did I leave again. He talked to my manager, Amy and asked her what time is she getting off and she told him 9 P.M. He replied with, "Okay. When you ladies get off work, I'll buy you, Elise, and Bridget a shot." By the end of the day, I had three new names: Irene, E-Lina, and Elise. My manager started calling me Elisa, haha. This is definitely a day of work I will always remember. Also, this Shamrock Shuttle event will occur next Saturday as well. Can't wait...

Spring Break

I've waited forever for spring break and it's finally here. I sort of have my week planned out, but I don't know if I'll stick to them. I'm still debating if I should go to Atlantic City to the Taj Mahal on Monday to Wednesday. I asked my mom if I could go, but she said, "Oh, you're not 21 yet." I'm not really going to gamble, but I don't know what the people have planned to do there. I want to go, but I know I'll miss being at home even though it's only for 2 nights. Last summer, when I went camping at Maryland, I was just dying to go home. I just don't feel comfortable sleeping anywhere else. Oh gosh, how am I ever going to be willing to move out? Probably never. Also, this week's weather seems gross. Rain tomorrow and all. I've been eating out too much lately. I treated my mother and my two younger sister to Pho Hoa today. I think I'm sick of Vietnamese food for now, haha. Probably going to buffet with mom tomorrow.

Vietnamese & Indian Cuisine

Right after class is done, my cousin, Wendy and I went to Pho Hoa for some Vietnamese noodles. Surprisingly, I finished it for once. I also ordered Thai tea, which I used to think it was some kind of pumpkin juice.

Two hours later after I got home, I got call from my friend asking if I wanted to go out for some Indian food. Heck yes! I never tried Indian food, unless Indian Pancakes count. I think Indian Pancake is Malaysian food though. Too bad, I was still full from the Vietnamese noodles. I ordered Mango Chutney. It was good, but it was like apple sauce... with other ingredients. I barely touched it because it was too sour/salty that it burn the cut in my mouth. My friend ordered Chicken Vindaloo, which was really good. I wished I ordered that instead. It was a good night.

            Me holding my Mango Lassi drink. It was delicious!

 

Chicken Vindaloo

Little Siblings

My 16 years old sister gets me so darn angry sometimes. I can't stand it. Seriously, how the heck are you going to ask me, "Why are you even sleeping here?!" Um, because it's my room? Why would you even ask that? Goodness. She's always giving me an attitude. Thank God for my 5 years old sister. I hope she doesn't turn out to be like her. Goodnight.

Summer, please come quickly

Just a random thought. I want to go to California this summer SO bad. I've never been on a plane before, except when I was 8 months, but that don't really count. I think I'm going to take summer classes too ='[

If I could go to CA, then attend my summer courses, then it'll be the best summer ever. Please let it happen.

Surprising Morning

This morning, when I went downstairs to eat breakfast, mom asked me if Sophia was sleeping over. I was so confused... I said, "No...why would she be sleeping over?" And she replied with, "I don't know...there is a girl on your bed." I have two beds, one in my REAL room and one in the TV room where I sleep with my 5 years old sister sometimes. I figured that maybe she's just seeing things. I went upstairs to the room and open the lights and I did see someone under the covers on my bed. All I saw was brownish, blond hair. For a bit, I really thought it was Sophia, but I didn't want to wake anyone up. So I grabbed my phone and went to the bathroom and text my sister, Arlene, asking "Who the heck is that?" She replied with," It's Cindy." So now I know it was HER friend and not mines. I guess she will be crashing another night since she's having family issues. I guess it's alright, just got to clean the room a bit, haha.

Time Doesn't Wait

I really don't know if I want to continue my education here at Penn State Abington. At first, I was so sure I'm going to transfer out to Temple University, but not anymore. I'm not sure what I want to do in life, nor do I have a major declared. I really want to attend Moore College of Art & Designs, but I don't know where to start. I know I'm wasting time, but I need more time. I wish I can stop time for just a bit.

The Man Who Lost His Face

I stayed up one hour later than the time I usually head to bed just to watch some show called "The Man Who Lost His Face" on TLC. I think it was worth being tired and sleepy the next morning. Although, some parts were very disturbing, I continued watching it. It was quite a beautiful story. It was about this 53 years old man named Jose Mestre, from Portugal, who came with his sister and niece to Chicago to see Dr. McKinnon. Jose Mestre had a tumor in his face since the age of 14 and the tumor continued to grow, defecting his facial features. His left eye is already blinded and his tongue was like 10x's the normal size of average human's tongue. Clearly, it was making it hard for Mestre to eat and breathe. Before the surgery was performed, Jose Mestre and his sister took a tour around Chicago and he sees people snapping pictures of him. The sister then points at those people and make them come over to her and delete them. I feel it's so rude of those people to snap pictures of him. During the procedure of the surgery, they removed over 10 lbs of tumor off his face. He was then released for two months for the healing process before going on to surgery number two. Since his mouth moved all the way to his right side, they have to reconstruct it back to the center. Doctors had to take take skin from his ears and legs in order to construct him a nose. Along aside with that, they also reduced the size of his tongue. After all the pain he had gone through, you can tell he was happy again. He didn't hide himself in the house anymore and actually wants to go out for walks. The day before he went back to Portugal, he visited his favorite nurses and doctor. He was dancing and singing with the nurses. It was adorable. The last 40 years or so may be a living hell to him, but those days are now over. I'm really glad that he had his sister's support through everything. Though they say he may need more surgery in the future, his life is promising.

Thought I share this

Extreme cute. I wondered if it's real...It looks real :D

I'd love to see this in person to actually believe that.

Sweet 16!

Sadly, it's not mines. Although I'm just 18, I rather be 16. My cousin, Wendy and I went to a Korean pastry shop called Paris Baguette to get my sister a sweet potato cake. It looks really pretty, but it didn't taste as good as I thought it would taste. I wish we got that Triple Berry Cake instead. 

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

After reading Beginners and What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, I like the Beginners more. Most of the time, well, to me anyways, the original piece is probably better. I don't like that in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, much of the details of the old couple story were cut out. It was much more heartfelt in Beginners. Instead of just saying that the old man, whose heart was breaking because he couldn't turn his head to see his wife, Beginners had the extra details of how the wife was tearing when she finally saw her husband and gave us visual image of her bruised hand. I got better understanding of their love for each other. It's quite beautiful.

I need more sleep!

I wish I could be sleeping right now. For the past two days, I haven't had a goodnight sleep. On Monday, my dad was being weird and crazy. He kept letting out big "sighs" at 2 A.M waking me up and continuing to do it for another half hour. Every time I'm at the point when I'm about to fall asleep or I think he would finally stop, he either cursed or sighed loudly from his room. Scared the living soul out of me. He said he have so much on his mind, but he's not telling anyone of us what's wrong, including mom. Then last night, I was waken by crying cats at 3 A.M. It sounded so creepy, yet ANNOYING. Sounded like they're having some kind of funeral at my yard. Then later, I heard them fighting and continued on crying. I wanted to cry myself because all I want to do is sleep! Please let me have a goodnight sleep tonight :[

Year Of The Rabbit

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This is one of my favorite time of the year. It brings family gathering and not to mention, red envelopes for kids! On the morning of Chinese New Year, we eat all kinds of vegetables like snow peas, cauliflowers, and other things that I don't even know what they are. There is one thing we are forbidden to eat: meat, although I don't know why. I also know we aren't allow to wash our hair for the fear that we will be "washing" our fortunes away. I heard that only applies to females though. During the first two weeks of Lunar Year, we can't buy new shoes either. Still, I don't know why. Yeah, I've tried asking, but I never get what they're saying. I just have to listen and do what my parents and grandparents want me to do to. Chinese people often greet each other with "Gong hay fat choi, Sun tai gin hon," meaning Happy Chinese New Year and wishing you good health. Ever since I moved to Pennsylvanian from New York, I got less red envelopes since most of my relatives live there :( At this time, I wish I'm at Hong Kong or somewhere like London. I never knew they had a Chinatown over at London. That's pretty awesome. I sure hope this will be a good year for us all.Gong Hay Fat Choi, Sun Tai gin hon everyone :) 

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Dear Best Friend,

*Note* I really, really tried. It sucks, but kudos for trying (lol).

Eight summers back, we were complete strangers

When Fall came, we were faced with great fangers

We became friends when we were just teenagers

Only to discover that you & I were both Power Rangers

Fearless, stubborn, and crazy as she is

There is surely something that you will miss

Winter came and we got the news

"Be prepare," the doctor warned,

"For she will be leaving soon."

Wake up, Wake up

Power Rangers never die

You and I

Still have evils to fight

We both knew this wasn't the end

We must continue to fight and defend

One year later, victory is ours

So dear best friend,

I promise that I'll stand by you forever

Lines

I'm learning about "Lines" right now in Art class. Sounds kind of silly, actually. I was given an assignment to take 5 photos that show lines. Out of the 5, I'm just sharing 3 because I feel as if these 3 are my best work. Maybe for the second and third picture, it's pretty obvious where the lines are, but I'm not so sure about the first image. I'll let you figure that out.

Traumatize

 

After watching this video, I can absolutely say I'm traumatized by it. I don't think I would ever want to drive in such conditions. Someone should have stopped these cars from coming in the first place. I definitely don't understand why the pick-up truck decided to keep going when no other cars made it through, especially when you see all these cars crashed into one another. It's quite frightening watching it. 

Snow Snow Snow

     I don't understand why campus decides to remain open. There is probably 3 inches of snow outside and it does not appear to be stopping anytime soon. So while I wait for class, I might as well start my first blog.

     Yesterday, our usual school bus driver never showed up. Instead, another driver show up about 7 minutes late. It's no big deal except the fact that it is freezing cold 6:30 in morning. Well, this bus driver doesn't really know his way so as a result, he missed his turn. Students were complaining and making rude comments. Like c'mon, give this guy a break; it's his first time. I felt as many of these "kids" are being so disrespectful. If they put themselves in such situation, I don't think anyone of them would like it. One young man kept telling the bus driver that it's alright and we'll make it there, but another young lady decides to shout, "Don't tell him it's alright. It's not alright." At least keep that to yourself. What's the big hype? We have more than a half hour to get to campus. Finally, someone decides to step up and actually show the driver guy directions. By the time we got to campus, we still had about 20 minutes left before 8 A.M. It's great that someone step up to help.