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