soho...

So, my trip is half-way done, but I'm okay with it because I'm actually ready to go home and see my lovely friends! I miss going out at night... you'd think that I would get to see the nightlife here, but no, I don't because we have a family dinner every night. My cousin has been taking me around to different places in NY, such as SoHo, 5th Ave., Central Park, Serendipity, etc. (I'll have pictures later on.)

I really like SoHo's atmosphere since it has all the nice boutiques along with some more "affordable" clothes. It feels very urban there.
We had these huge sundaes at Serendipity, which were so good but extremely filling.
5th Ave. had all the designer shops and was by Central Park. Going to all those expensive stores is depressing because I can't afford anything.

I wish the weather wasn't so terrible this week because it puts a damper on the mood of walking around.

Chinese food EVERYDAY... Yesterday was our first non-Chinese dinner because it was my uncle's birthday. We went to this restaurant, where I got mussels & clams with pasta. The entire plate was covered with the shellfish; it was so good but way too much food!

I visited the Topshop, which is Kate Moss' store or something, and there were some nice stuff, but I guess it was a little pricey for me.

new yooorrrrkkkk...

I'm here in New York! I got here yesterday night after a 5-6 hr. flight? Jet Blue is an awesome airline because of their personal TV screens. I watched Jon & Kate Plus 8 and ANTM the whole time, which made the flight fly by. There was this super OBNOXIOUS Asian guy diagonally in front of me. He yawned at least 10 times like he was screaming for dear life while stretching his arms all over the place. Then I saw him totally lean over the guy next to him to look out the window. I felt so bad for that guy. At the end of the flight when you're supposed to remain seated, the guy ran to stand in the aisle. Even when the flight attendants told him to sit down, he totally ignored them. I don't like people like that.

It feels like I'm more adjusted to the time here than at home... I was actually able to wake up at 7:30am pretty easily, but I totally can't do that at home. I'm just really tired now though.

I haven't really been able to do much yet since we had church in the morning till early afternoon. Then my cousin, Janice, and I took the subway to 34th & Madison to the Forever 21, (largest) Macy*s, and Zara. There's no sales tax on clothing, but on accessories, which I bought... bahh. Oh well. Then we had to take the train back to Bayside, Queens because my uncle was having a BBQ.

I'm glad it's still nice and warm here even if it's not exactly sunny. The weather reports said it'd be 60 degrees and rainy, but their 60 deg. is actually warm compared to SF because there's humidity.

Well, more adventures to come.
Toodle-loo for now.

FINITO....

I AM SO DONE WITH FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!

Heck yea! This has been the worst semester EVER... I Asian-failed. (I love that expression... got it from my color twin.)

YAY!!! Kris Allen won American Idol! I originally wanted Danny Gokey, but it moved onto Kris when it was between him and Adam Lambert. Adam was way too over the top for me and not my style at all.
Listen to these:
Danny Gokey - Endless Love
Kris Allen - The Way You Look Tonight

Pysched for summer!

royal line...

ROYAL LINE!! We had our line dinner at Asia SF, and all I have to say is that it was an interesting experience for sure. Some of those trannies looked so much better than us real girls. It was fun but EXPENSIVE!! Ahhh... Well, it was the first time I had my whole direct line together, starting from my great great great grand, Renae. They're so awesome!

Great Grand, Big, Grand, (me), Great Great Grand, and Great Great Great Grand.

Today's weather was PERFECT!!! :) Ben took me to this place across the bridge where you can get pretty close. The view was so pretty, especially since the weather was warm with clear blue skies. I love these days.

TWO more days of school!! Let's get this crap done and over with. This has been the worst semester ever! When it's over, I'll hear the "Hallelujah Chorus" in the background. HALLELUUUUUUJAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

halfway point...

Omg, so close to the finish line!!! School is ALMOST over! I can feel it! I had two finals yesterday; one was not too bad, but the other one was just average. Oh well, at least they're over. I have two more next week! Ugh. My ISYS one is the one that's making me worry because I don't know anything for that stupid class. I really shouldn't have taken it, considering I didn't even need to. Stupid me.

"What time is it? Summertime! It's our vacation! What time is it? Party time! That's right, say it loud".

SUMMER!!!!

One week till New York!! I can't wait! I hear we're stopping by Montreal, Canada too. "Oh, Canada..."

I will quit COACH when I come back because I can't deal with the manager anymore. I want to free up my summer anyways.

This will be a good summer, at least I hope so! New people to hang out with. Yay for awesome people!

This will be the first time I have a "free" summer, but I still have summer school... assuming I can still add that class. I will have to get David to quickly drop while I add at lightning speed. Gotta love our California colleges!

I saw Star Trek yesterday, and it was pretty good even though I wasn't completely sure what was going on. It didn't feel like 2 hours though, so that's always a plus.

I got to see my cousins last week, which was fun since I don't get to see them very often. The last time I saw Brianna and Peyton was at Thanksgiving. They are still super adorable. :) It took them a little while to warm up to everyone, considering they didn't really know who everyone was. I had to drill my name into their heads. Haha. Love them! It looks like she's killing my cow though... haha. Brianna was greatly amused by my brother's DSi because she liked putting mustaches on the pictures... silly girl.

banquet...

Well, it's official. We have crossed over and are activated. It's pretty exciting since we've been working so hard to get to this point. We had Activation in the morning and the banquet at night yesterday, which was a lot of fun. It just kind of sucks how we started really late and had to wait around. The program was pretty long, but at least our people can be entertaining. Our pledge skit went well even though we didn't practice much; people did like it though, so you can consider that a success. We found out who the Egghead, Eggshell, and Chip off the Egg were. Shockingly enough, I was the Egghead. :O It stayed in the Paper Family and Royal Line. Whoo!

Did I ever mention how much I love my Big? She's the sweetest!

After the banquet, Anna, Sharon, and I stopped by the Garage to say hi to the people hanging out there. Then we went to the Willshire house to hang out with our fellow G-RO and APO brothers. No more staying out super late because I am sooo tired.

Yay! I finished my website; now I just have to figure out how to submit it??

School is almost over!! Ahhhhh!!!! Gotta get through these 2.5 weeks. Ugh. I hate school so much. I hate group projects too!

I cannot wait for summer!!! This has been such a long and stressful semester.