T_T ...好失败

Today was my road test. I had a lesson before I took the test and during the lesson, I felt that I would do bad on the parking since it wasn't really my forte. So the inspector came, but I was calm cuz looking nervous is a big no-no. I felt confident during the entire test, except the parking cuz I bumped on the curb...like really hard but I did do a fix for it...i think. But anyways, when the test ended, she told me "You need to work more on your steering and parking, and then you can retake the test." And I said, "Retake the test?". "Yes", she said. and my heart just sank T_T

the other girl taking the test after me passed ::sigh:: hurray for her. I looked at my road test results and saw that I had 60 points taken off when 30 pts was the max to pass. I got points taken off for poor judgment approaching or at intersections, turning too widely for both left and right, failure to adequately observe/use caution, excessive maneuvers in parking, poor engine control/acceleration, and poor steering control. I can understand the parking part, but I had no idea I was doing so badly on the other parts. I really thought I did a good job. It just came as a complete shock. The entire trip back to the auto school was depressing. I'm not even sure if I want to continue going back to that school, but I had so much lessons on that car, I don't really have a choice after scaring my cousin away from helping me anymore. I guess I'm just going to have to take another lesson or two, and retake the road test. But I'm not sure about the road test location though.

So I FAILED. I was really hoping to pass on my first try.


Later that day, I joined my lil sis for yoga. She's been going to a place in St. Mark's known as Yoga to the People. They provide free sessions for 1 hr every day of the week. I bought my $20 mat from BB&B or else I had to rent a mat for $2 from the place. It was located right next to a korean resto that I had gone to before (and which I nvr noticed the yoga place before).

We were buzzed thru the door and walked several flights of stairs up, and there was a musty-like smell. We took off our shoes before walking into the studio and I thought there were a lot of ppl there already. But my lil sis told me that today actually had a lot less ppl b/c there were times when the mats were only an inch apart from the neighbors while there was almost 6 inches of space today. She thinks it's cuz the ppl rather enjoy the nice weather we got today. But it's still good to arrive 10-15 mins early since they close the door at the dot. The lights were a bit on the amber side and it was stuffy. It didn't help either that it reached like 70 degrees outside. The windows were closed shut when I wanted them open, but my lil sis said the hotter it is, the better cuz the heat promoted sweating better. But this place was stuffy like a sauna, and I was breaking a sweat even before I sat down on my new lite blue mat. I laid down my mat next to my lil sis and started stretching a lil bit and chit-chatting with my lil sis's friend who was also there as well.  I noticed that there were a lot of girls, but some guys as well, and 95% of the attendees were like betw 20-30 yrs old since this is near NYU.

So the session began at 6pm. I didn't know what to expect except to sweat a lot, and boy did I sweat loads. Holding the poses was the hardest part and that made me sweat the most. I took yoga in HS and nvr had such a workout as I did here. My palms became sweaty and sweat was just sliding down the side of my face and meeting at my chin as droplets, but it felt GOOD. I heard other ppl making hisses, aahhs, and other noises as they breathed. It felt GREAT cuz I was having a crappy day from my failed road test and I was channeling all my energy to not let the setback affect me, and it worked.

The instructor would walk around and give out directions, but I mostly tried to follow my lil sis since I wasn't familiar with all the poses' names. And there was a female TA there to help out as well. Near the end, the lights got dimmer and I can tell that we were doing poses that were meant to cool us off cuz I didn't even need my towel to wipe myself, but I will next time cuz I see a pimple developing on my forehead as I am typing this.

At the final stage, the light was turned off except for the natural light from the sunset, and we lay down listening to this Tibetan Singing Bowl. Of course she was playing it from her ipod but this was a special sort of meditation music. It sounded like something striking a metal bowl and then using the striker to run around the rim of the bowl. This made a strange effect to my ears and mind, almost as if it was trying to buzz out my thoughts b/c it was really loud, but at the same time, relaxing. It kinda sounded like what the Tibetan monks would play with that swiveling thing they usually carry around in the movies. It made me feel like I was floating. [My lil sis would later tell me after the session that she was distracted by some girl next to her who had gotten up during the Tibetan singing bowl part to go the bathroom, and the bathroom door had slammed behind her as well. She later overheard the instructor telling the girl to go to the bathroom after the session is over since she disturbed the music vibrations. I, on the other hand, didn't hear any of this lols cuz I was that concentrated on the music.]

After the buzzing faded, I remained in my position for a lil while longer before getting up to change. There was no more sweat on me, but my pony tail felt a lil sticky. As I left, it felt a lil bit awkward with the instructor at the door with her box of donations. But she greeted everybody out and I said thank yous and that was it. And I am sooooo coming back here again.

nervious

So my road test is this friday in Red Hook, Brooklyn and I am as nervous as wreck just typing  this >.<
I still need to work on my turns and tunnel vision =_=

And I have recently become obsessed with the Aromatherapy hand cream line from Bath & Body Works! I apply a lot of lotion/cream on since I have dry skin and I have been using Cetaphil since I was diagnosed with eczema, so I've always stayed away from skin care that had any smell/fragrance to it since it's usually the chemicals behind the scent that can irritate my skin. But when my lil sis bought these beautifully aromatic scented hand cream, I had to try them..just a lil dab and I was in love! and thank fully i've had no allergic rxn to them..yet xD

"Sleep Well. Lavender Essential Oil soothes and calms so you can sleep better. Chamomile Essential Oil has a lulling effect to enhance sleep."

 
This is the Sleep hand cream and I absolutely LOVE LOVE this scent! I think anything with lavender has that soothing-lulling effect, but I never believed it until I tried this. I sleep like a baby with this on before I hit the bed. I'm thinking about getting the Pillow Mist to spray on my pillow cuz I want to keep smelling it as I dream 8D ..or drool

 "Think clearly. Eucalyptus Essential Oil clears the mind to improve concentration. Spearmint Essential Oil is uplifting and helps the mind to focus."

This is the Stress Relief hand cream. I like putting this on during the day and smelling it before I head out kinda does clear out my head. I applied a lot of during my GRE exam, and I'm not saying it didn't stop me from perspiring cold sweat, but at least it kept my head together. I'm sniffing it as I type too. I think I'm going to bring this with me to the road test too, if i remember..

"Boost your energy. Orange Essential Oil refreshes and uplifts to relieve tension. Ginger Essential Oil stimulates the soul and sharpens the senses."

This is the Energy hand cream. I don't get to use this one often enough since my lil sis carries it around with her all the time. I don't feel a difference in energy level after I use it, but the scent has a good balance to it for those who like orange/ginger scents. It's not too citrusy and the ginger is not too strong either.





Each category actually has two scents so there's Lavender Vanilla for sleep, Tranquil Mint for stress relief, and Mandarin lime for energy. I'm thinking about visiting a store sometime in the future to smell those out. The only category that my lil sis didn't get was for Sensuality and this has scents in Black Currant Vanilla and Jasmine Vanilla. From the online reviews, these are more on the sweet smelling side.

These sold for $10 each, but they have sales like buy 2, get 1 free those kinda things. These also come in pillow mist spray, body lotion, body mist, massage oil, body wash, hand soap, sudsing scrub, shampoo & conditioner, bath salts, and prolly more forms. I really like their packaging and the colors. I'm starting to think it's their marketing labels that's buying me out b/c every time I read the labels, i want to just keep applying them on me.

Overall, the aromatherapy line does not guarantee all the things that is written on the label, BUT for me, it def works in calming my nerves down and helping me sleep better...making me feel more of a happy and chirpy person =D

P.S.

I (think) I want to go to grad school now. But I need to write my personal statement. I have been trying to gather info for it about a week already, but I seem to be lacking in inspiration. What story am I going to tell? I just keep staring at my blinking cursor... I will post up a draft of it here when I complete my 1st draft.

FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE: I finally finished the 1st draft of my PS! I've sent to my career center since they proof-read PS's before sending it to my professor to read.

 1^ST Draft: 03/11 – 03/15/2011

I am applying for the PhD program in Chemical Engineering and how I came to that decision all began while I was still attending Brooklyn Technical High School. I was given a homework assignment to summarize newspaper articles, and since I already had an interest in the sciences, I went straight to the Science section of the New York Times. I was browsing through the pages when I came across an article entitled “Not Science Fiction: An Elevator to Space.” I was immediately drawn to it as I wondered as to how the author was going to convince me that a space elevator was not an artisan’s fantasy.

As I continued to read further, it became more difficult to contain my excitement at all the possibilities that would abound from this project development. Although the space elevator is still in its conceptual phase, it already holds many promising advantages including easier access to space, lowered costs in launching spacecrafts, commercial exploitation, and others, in which, all makes way for more enabling technologies. In fact, the logistics of the building plan are already underway; however, the current technology is still not up to par with the visionary’s standards.

The space elevator construction has come to represent an enormous engineering feat. One of the most problematic features is the cable material. The material requirements called for something that is light-weight and yet, strong enough to support several tons. Neither steel nor any other material at the time offered a viable solution, until the spur in nanotube research in the 1990s. Carbon nanotube is an active area of study due to its many attractive properties and potential capabilities in mechanical and electronic applications. However, the longest nanotube created thus far has only been a few centimeters long, and hence, more research work is necessary. Overcoming this obstacle and others to come is what I envisioned myself in partaking.

In college, I selected my major in chemistry because I wanted to understand the underlying science and theories that could potentially be applied in material research. In addition, the chemistry curriculum incorporated a rigorous amount of chemistry, physics, and math courses that would be practical for my studies since material science is a special field of the multinterdisciplinary nature. I was also interested in doing research in carbon nanotubes and other related nanosciences since there is still so much to learn from them before they can be applied on a grander scale. At the Stony Brook University, I participated in a short-term project under Dr. Katarzyna Sawicka, where my lab group analyzed nanofibers generated from the electrospinning technique. After I transferred to the City College of New York to complete my undergraduate studies, I joined Dr. Zhonghua Yu’s laboratory, where Raman spectroscopy was being used to study the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes. I learned to operate Raman spectroscopy-related instruments to collect images and spectra, compile the data into graphs using ORIGIN software, and analyze the data displayed. In addition to developing my lab skills, I delved into almost every aspect of the research process – conducting literature searches, recording data into log books, following lab protocol, writing lab reports in an academic journal fashion, attending departmental seminars, presenting a PowerPoint media on my work, and editing draft versions of article submittals. My contributions to this research have already been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry and Carbon, and one article to be published in the Annual of City College Exemplary Science Students Research.

When I graduated from the City College of New York with a B.S. degree and awarded with the Ward Medal & J. Birnbaum Scholarship in Chemistry, I was hesitant to admit immediately into graduate school. My initial intention was to enter the private industry before obtaining a higher degree. Unfortunately, for the past year I have been unsuccessful in this endeavor and only found success in jobs unrelated to my career interests. After several interview setbacks, I eventually came to realize that I needed more experience and specialized knowledge, of which I can only obtain from graduate school. After reviewing the list of courses offered at the Grove School of Engineering, I immediately knew that I wanted to apply for the PhD program in the Department of Chemical Engineering. By attending courses such as advanced materials engineering, polymer science, and nanotechnology, I felt confident that the work done there would equip me with the skills and knowledge that I need in making the most effective contribution to the field. 

I am also particularly attracted to one of the research areas undertaken by the chemical engineering department, which is nanomaterials and self assembly. Dr. Alexander Couzis and his research group are engaged in multiple research ventures and I am primarily interested in their molecular engineering project involving chemically functionalized nanoisland surfaces. This project would allow me to make the best use of my education as this research requires an in-depth chemical science understanding at the molecular level as well as applying the appropriate engineering techniques in acquiring the desired functionalities. In addition, I would be able to learn more about the process of self-assembly since I have yet to gain exposure to this interesting phenomenology. In the mechanical engineering department, I am also intrigued by the work done by Dr. Jackie J. Li and her lab. Since I had previously studied the characterization of single-walled carbon nanotubes in my undergraduate research, I can now extend further in Dr. Li’s experimental investigations of the mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes and other nanocomposites. In addition, I wish to apply the molecular mechanics based approach that she had developed for evaluating the elastic properties of both single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes since this study makes a significant impact in fabricating nanomaterials for mechanical purposes.

I want to thank my undergraduate research mentor, Dr. Yu, for providing me the opportunity to engage in hands-on work in nanoscience research and develop lab skills that are essential to my intellectual pursuits. This experience showed me that the field of nanotechnology is broad and broader still in the areas that remain undiscovered or unascertained. At the City College of New York, by including an engineering perspective alongside my background in chemistry, I can make a larger step forward in expanding the current knowledge base in nanotechnology and developing novel nanomaterials that can become potentially applicable for building the space elevator or other commercial enterprises.

dithery

Sorry for the lack of updates, haven't got the mood to do so esp since I recently got an allergic reaction on my face after using some clinique products. It was so unexpected since i've used clinique many times before. but i did use something new or maybe the combo of the products was just too much for my sensitive skin to handle. my lil sister uses even more than i do and her skin is just fine.

It's so annoying cuz it's so itchy and applying some moisturizers (even my cetaphil lotion that i've been using daily ) made my skin burn. i took some antihistamine pills, applied cold water/towel to soothe the inflammation, slapped vaseline all over my face and cleaning my face 3-4 times a day.   but my skin will still itch like little needles pricking it, and so i tried to put some Vaporub on it and it immediately stopped the itch. it did sting for a few mins, but then it all went numb. but i'm just applying the vaporub only when the itch is too much for me to resist cuz once when i scratched an area, a red patch started developing like the red bumps coalesce and i thought it was gonna turn into a rash >.< thankfully that went away....whew


While studying for the GREs, I read something that I wanted to share:

"..the harder you have to work to justify a choice, the more likely it's incorrect.."

It was a useful tactic to remember. and then it made me wonder if it can be applied to life....i've been w/o a full-time work for so long, i forget what made me decide that finding a job before going to grad school was the right thing to do...and then it hit me...money. but now that i don't have a full-time job...::sigh::...did i make a mistake? i don't want to regret but i can't help but rue over this decision. i'm not making money, and going to grad school may make me a little more competitive in the job market, but i will be more in debt. and there is no guarantee that i won't be in the same position as i am right now after i graduate from grad school either...

anyways, spring will be coming soon and that means more shopping? i love visiting uniqlo <3

time to get over the fear of driving

So Christmas and New Years came and past. Spending the holidays with family and my circle of closest friends is always a joy =D it was also my first time doing secret santa, so that made it extra special.

And then i did a lil shopping again cuz of the post-holiday sales! I've been wanting a gray peacoat for a long while, but couldn't find one with a hood and zipper-lined instead of buttons at a good price. and then i'm window shopping in h&m and see gray peacoats at 50% OFF Y(O_O)Y....i would say they're of pretty good quality, and not the ones where you see lint stuff on it or rough feeling. there was only 1 size left, but i can still wear it if i didn't wear more than 2 layers underneath it ==> spring time then! but it didn't have a hood nor was it zipper-lined, but i STILL couldn't resist the price. with an unfinished gift card, the final cost came out to be $11!!!!!! outrageous!

sports authority was also having a sale and got snow pants for my lil bro cuz he will be taking a snowboarding course when he goes back to college. i also went to paragon sports to get him goggles since i had a promotional gift card there, but i've had it for a year now and was worried that it might have expired, but no exp date was indicated. when i showed them the gift cards, the manager told me it had expired last april lols and so i responded that there was no exp date on it, so how was i supposed to know. he apologized and said their new gifts cards have exp dates. that ticked me off and thought i had lost the fight, but i was about to pay when the manager told the cashier not to swipe my credit card yet. they ended up letting it go since "I didn't know", but they just didn't want to blame themselves for not placing an exp date on it. but anyways, that was a funny turn of events and both me and my lil bro almost couldn't hold our giggles inside as we left the store.

yea, i like to save.
Knowing i saved $$$ makes me happy =D

I've been putting it off for a so long now, just like getting my permit. But I'm just tired of answering that I don't have a license when ppl ask me if i can drive, esp if it's from job recruiters. I've been so scared too, just thinking about getting behind the wheel and driving the highway completely freaks me out. I've never even touched the steering wheel.  But I signed up for lessons today, and didn't even know i had been holding back my breath as i was doing the registration until i left the place. it was small, had yellow lighting which made everything look ..old, and pretty shabby looking and smelled like cigar smoke, but with a faint sweet scent. it even left that odor on my coat that i had been wearing =/  ...so now, all i can do is just hope for the best aand.. see how it goes. i'll be updating on my driving experience cuz i know years from now, when i read this, if ever again, i'm gonna be

I feel like going karaoke...listening to some really good songs that just makes me want to get up and dance like
Nelly's "Just a Dream",
Natasha Bedingfield's album "Strip Me" esp the tracks "Weightless" and "Neon Lights",
B.o.B's "Airplane",
Bruno Mars's songs (just loving the lyrics), and
Ke$ha's album "Cannibal" and though her songs sound trashy, this album was still quite catchy to me.

aigoo...time to check how much money left in the bank *winces*

Holiday Season in the City

I've been itching to blog but kept putting it off or forgetting to do so. Even though I haven't been this tired like today, I still want to blog...and this is going to be loooong

I'm going to start with Thanksgiving. Actually, when it was getting close to turkey day, I started wondering to myself what I should be thankful for this year. At first thought, I said to myself: "I still haven't found a job, not even a part-time one, and I've been putting off my GRE studying for god knows how long, sitting at home applying to jobs hrs on end with no return calls/emails, pigging out, and watching my parents get older and aching everywhere while I just leech off them, lost connections, dealing w/ a toe infection for a month now, and basically disappointing everyone who had even an inch of expectation out of me. this made me cry on some nights T^T

but I would NEVER EVER say FML to myself. I don't know how ppl can say it so casually as I see them all over FB status updates b/c I value my life. I probably don't take care of my health as I should be, but i'm working on it. I mean, 3 weeks ago, I was waiting until almost 11PM to see my endocrinologist in Rego Park, even tho I had scheduled for 7:30 pm. I could have seen another one who is more on time w/ the appt time, but b/c he's chinese, it's more convenient for my mom to understand, and he is one of the few docs that is chinese and accepts my insurance.

but anyways, I will never say FML b/c one of the biggest reasons why I am here today with  home&food, even tho i have no job for months already, is thru the support of my family and friends. My parents have never pressed me to find a job and my mom doesn't want me to grad school either. However, they do prefer that I find a comfortable office job no matter how little the hourly wage was. I know ppl (esp guys) whose parents are always pressuring them to find a job and make big money b/c they are really counting on their kids to support the household....Although I'm the oldest, I've never felt obligated to take care of the family, but I still feel bad b/c I hate to see my parents go thru so much labor.

The fact is, i have everything to be thankful for b/c w/o what i still have now, my friend would never have recommended to a non-science part-time job at her workplace. Just yesterday, I even got a phone call for an interview from Brookhaven, and that made me so star-strucked that I stood still on the street curb and  didn't realize i could cross the street until i finally saw a white plastic bag being blown in my direction, and dodged it, of course. I am super-elated, but the likelihood of me actually clinching the job is like -100%. And, I had applied for that job like a month ago and when i called back to schedule the interview, the lady said the dept needed further pending and prolly won't start the interview process until AFTER the holidays. By that time, the dept might even decide to remove the position due to lack of funds or found more competitive candidates, and that thought just made my heart sink rock bottom =/

But I'm still SHOPPING! I hate Black Friday week, but I can't resist it either. I was going thru the Amazon lightning deals like every day and checking on black friday websites for good deals and collecting newspaper ads relating to any technology goods. I've been pining for a new camera since the battery of my old Canon PowerShot SD400 had only a few minutes of juice before it needed to recharge for another 2 hrs or so. I thought that cuz my cam was so old, i wouldn't be able to find the same battery again. I was dead WRONG cuz I found out later that canon batteries can be used in multiple models and even in current models. Well I searched amazon and it was selling it for ~$17 while the regular retail price was $60. But i wanted to wait for black friday to get it cheaper, and when the day came, amazon decided to increase it to $28.....=____= wtf...seriously, if i hadn't known the price the day before black friday, i would have been ripped off. but i was able to find another one selling for ~$17 but from an outside seller on amazon and thankfully this seller had like >95% positive ratings and when I finally got it in the mail, the seller refunded me $1.00 after i gave it a 5-star rating ^_^ now this is what i call a good buy lols and of course i bought my elfster friend gifts from amazon, which promoted the price >$25 for the free shipping =D


I was also doing research on cameras, esp digital SLRs b/c my lil sis was planning to take a photography course next semester, and altho the dSLR is not required, she wanted to learn to use one and i didn't mind paying for it. But in the end, my lil sis felt bad having to paying >$500 for a cam that she and I will not use that much.

But i was already doing research on a point-and-shoot camera cuz i knew i wanted one whether or not i got the dSLR or not. I was thinking of switching to SONY and saw that their Cybershot models were the best deals under $150. But I was eyeing the SONY DSC-TX7 b/c it had the Exmor R" CMOS sensor for stunning low-light performance, panorama pic-taking, accepted SD cards which previous sony models do not, high ISO, optical image stabilizer, hand-held twilight mode & 10MP for low-light situations, no lens zooming out, and the sliding cover. I basically wanted a cam that can take good pics w/o flash in low-light situations b/c i hate the way flash white-washes the natural colors and causes ppl to blink. And this camera had the most of the entire package, but the sony retail price was ~$400 and that was not including the memory card or any other accessories. Again, amazon had the cheapest price at $270, but not including the other accessories as well. On black friday, i was able to find the camera from ADORAMA that came w/ a 4gb SD card, carrying case, AND tripod for about 10 bucks cheaper than amazon, and of course, i jumped on it. It came w/ free shipping, but taxes came out to be ~$30.

The few things i didn't like about the cam was that the color was more black than blue (kinda made me wish i had gotten the hot pink instead), it being a touch-screen (still miss the buttons) so that will take some getting used to, and the lens getting covered by my hand-held position since it's situated on the top-left corner.

I've also been hooked on a TVB drama called No Regrets and my parents love this show as well.

So I decided to buy some blank DVDs as well during black friday (3 packs of 50 for $7 each) since they like watching the shows on TV than on a PC. I feel like such a thoughtful daughter lols, but then i regretted it cuz i didn't know burning dvds could take so long >_> I've been burning dvds thru days and nites since it also slows down my PC. And my mom heard about another TVB show (Gun Metal Grey = 刑警) that she wants to watch, and I knew where that was heading t_t ..aiGOO

From the past when i went out shopping on Black Friday, i never bought anything that was on sale, so I decided to do all my black friday shopping online. Meanwhile, my lil sis went out early to staples and got a SeaGate 1TB external hard drive for ~$45 and a wireless mouse. But i pray this hard drive not fail on us like the last one which lost all of my lil sis's old pics =[

I also FINALLY got myself some CIRCLE/INFINITY/LOOP SCARVES that i've been wanting since i first saw the kdrama "You're Beautiful". I was going thru yesAsia.com b/c i thought asian countries had more of the style i wanted. But i did more research, and i fell in LOVE with the ones in EXPRESS. I love the COLORssss. On black friday weekend, i made a trek to get it in artillery, indigo, and cameo cuz my lil sis was impressed too. They're weight-less, shimmery, and can be worn as a snood as well. me likey <3

indigo

cameo

artillery

OK, i am done shopping...for now.

My lil bro returned back from Bing for the thanksgiving break and he came back looking like this:

He got his friends to dye his hair which was a nice color, but he totally needed a hair cut. But it didn't seem much of a difference after he got his trimming imo. He doesn't say it, but he wants to look fobbish.

I also spent thanksgiving w/ my Queens friends =D...but whyyy am I the sole brooklynite? It was my first time drinking sake and straight-up vodka that nite as well.

the feast

i wanted to play w/ Jason's camera

i didn't know about burton&wendy until this pic;
this made me aweee for wendy

It was another fun nite with the francis lewis gang on Lily's 22nd bday. It was such a heart-warming moment to see Lily open her gifts and showering her with our camera flashes. But i was the dumb idiot who had forgotten to open the new SD card and put it in my new cam that i was testing out. Thankfully, it had about 45 mb of internal memory, which allowed me take ~40 pics which was impressive. I sure liked the Chartier white wine and my iced coffee. Later I joined them for my first clubbing experience at The Delancey. The rooftop is def. over-hyped, but it's prolly better in the summer to appreciate the chilliness. I didn't get any drinks and wasn't going to get a guy to get me one either, but i knew they were crazy expensive and added too much ice when i was dying for a hot cup of mojo aka coffee. The dance floor was 1 flight down, but i just couldn't dance to their music selection (i wanted lady gaga <3) and we were dancing practically on a bar aisle so u could hardly move w/o having to make space again for a passing person. Meanwhile, Lily was having her moment and she had good dance moves. After awhile, i decided enuff was enuff and left. It was so kind of Diana and her bf, Trang(?) to drive me home. I felt bad, since they were driving me home before annie and they had to extend the car reservation time which meant more $$$. But i'm glad i got introduced to diana's bf beforehand, otherwise he prolly wouldn't have been so submitting to diana's request. I can tell he's diana's keeper, i hope =D

my pineapple frid rice, which was spicy

I really like the picture quality, but i don't know where the white spots came from when i was at The Delancey.

I want to end on a positive note. I read in the AMNY the funniest tidbit in awhile:

This made me LOL so hard. Either she doesn't have enuff supportive friends or her friend knows more about Mike than she does lmao

 And the city is just gorgeous during the holiday season. Kaplan was offering a free event on a Personal Statement Workshop at 7pm on 56th st betw. 6th & 7th ave. Since I didn't have an unlimited, and I got off work at 4:30, i decided to walk there despite the chilly winds. I was completely drawn to the LIGHTs and i wished i had bought my new cam with me to take pics of the city. This was one pic that i took near rockefellar center. I finally bought myself a cup of Tim Horton's coffee from 34th st, and that's overhyped as well. No matter where i go, i can't find another place that can beat the coffee taste at my neighborhood deli and at half the price too!

arts & craft sunday

sometimes i feel like i'm spiraling my life to out of control...like i'm losing the grasp of reality so when my lil sis was working on a project for her speech class, i decided to help her b/c it looked like a fun project.

So my lil sis had to do a demonstration project and she wanted to show to make paper mache. She made a turkey since it's almost thanksgiving and to show that she can make more than a turkey, she also made a terrier dog. It was fun watching her make them and fun helping out too.

Plastering the balloon.

letting it dry

after paper macheing it w/ white paper, it was ready to paint!

added the tail and crown and voila!

now is the dog's turn

a terrier-minus-the-cute-whiskers

We had excess paint in left over, and we decided to paint something for fun ^-^

My lil sis painted our Monkey King statue.

I painted an autumn tree since we mostly had mostly fall colors.

Now to go face reality..::sigh::