Day three and so many things happened.

Random pic of baby vs. adult John Travolta. isn't it so HILARIOUS? his eyes were freakin HUGE. so funny!

.Sleeping Late, Getting Up Early.

i got like 2 hours of sleep. feel like i'm constantly tired. but its okay. i went around union square with my roomie last night to look for yoga places, 'cause she's seriously obsessed with yoga. we found this cool hot yoga place, and i feel like trying it. it looks really fun, my roomie convinced me yoga was better than running or doing the elliptical in the gym. so we walked around in the evening, which was a nice break from sitting down at work all day. i got OPI nail polish at Sephora! :)

anw i was gonna go to bed at like 10pm, but only got to sleep at 1am, 'cause my roomie and i had girl talk. about guys and what not. she had tons of interesting stories about guys at duke university, where she goes to school. turns out its a small school too. its full of stereotypes, and girls only date guys from certain fraternities. and guys only want one thing from girls - to get physical. and girls allow them to cuz they're insecure and all that. it's really kinda sad.. i'm glad my roomie isn't like that though. she's so sweet and she told me she reads all these dating websites, and she gave me some dating advice:
to play hard to get with guys, and that'll make them want you more. hahaha. she makes me laugh.

so i got up at 4am, met a bunch of girls, took the subway to Rockefeller center at 5am. we stood in line for like 2 hours, then stood around some more and finally got to see Adam and Kris, the two American Idol finalists!

it was pretty cool. even though i never follow American Idol, i was screaming like every other girl there. got to see them up close, too, cuz they came near to sign some autographs. and their voices... whoaaa. they were so amazing live. Kris's acoustic rendition of Kanye West's 'Heartless' was soulful and heart-wrenching. even better than the original! we had to wait and listen to NBC's The Today Show for an hour before both guys did the soundcheck, then we listened to more of The Today Show... and we got on TV!! the camera panned around and came to us! it was pretty dang exciting. but i left before the show cuz i had to go to work. at least i got to see them perform :)

and i made friends with these two young girls who were MARRIED. they looked my age. it was weird. and this group of christians from mississippi who were here on a road trip. their southern drawl was SO funny. they were like 'y'all this, y'all that'.
'can y'all in the front put yer signs down! we can't see back herrre!'
hilarious. and this cute little ah ma who was shorter than me and kept telling me she couldn't see anything. ahahaha. and that her son-in-law dragged her here at 7am in the morning. after a while she gave up and desperately said (in a joking manner) 'let me outta here!' and she threw her hands up in the air exaggeratingly. she was so funny.

.Guy Trouble.

Soooo. i've only been in NYC for like 5 days and there is all this guy drama going around. heh. this asian dude (from the same internship program i'm with) i just met on tues actually came up to my apartment last night and into my room to ask me out. i was like... uhhh.. i just met you. i barely spoke 5 sentences to you. but of course i was too NICE to say no... so... i just.. said yes. heh. what is wrong with me! why can't i be assertive like a normal person?? so we were gonna go to dinner tonight, but i got really tired so i postponed it. plus my parents were kinda paranoid about me going out with a guy alone. although he is a NYC native so he knows his way around and can show me the sights. and he seems nice enough. i don't know. so he asked for my number and i gave it to him cuz i didn't wanna be mean and say no. again..... need to learn to say no.

and he's roommates with another asian dude, also on the internship program, who likes my roomie. hahaha. this guy's more persistent though. he calls and texts my roomie and actually came up to our apartment a few times last night to find her. man, these guys are so forward! i wish guys at taylor would be more like that. they're wimps compared to these guys.
and this other white guy likes my roomie too (she's really pretty and nice), and he's like a total jerk. keeps bragging about getting drunk and going to strip clubs and what not. ugh. calls her all the time too. so both of us are trying to avoid guys. haha.

AND.... today i was buying sushi at this grocery store down the street from NYU, and this cute black guy approaches me and starts a conversation with me... about salad (cuz i was standing in front of the salad bar trying to decide what to get). and then we talk for a while about other stuff... it was really random. and he was really nice and charming. and then he admitted he wanted to talk to me 'cause he thought i was cute.

sooo... i was really tired and not really thinking straight, so when he said he wanted to hang out and asked for my number, i absent-mindedly GAVE IT TO HIM. a complete stranger. omg. and now i'm like freaking out.. what if he's some psycho. now visions from the movie 'Taken' are flooding into my brain. about how these stupid americans go to europe and tell this guy where they're staying, and they get kidnapped and are sold as prostitutes.
BUT OK.
i'm not gonna freak out. he texted me just now, but i didn't reply. don't think i should.... right? besides, he said he was in town with his friends only till sat... so hopefully he gives up and forgets about it. sigh. i definitely need to learn to be more smart.

Random: whenever guys (or anyone else) give me a compliment on my appearance, i still can't really bring myself to accept it. i don't know... just, years of beating myself up and hating how i look kinda killed my self-esteem level. i used to think i was ugly and fat... and, in a way, i still think of myself that way. and its hard to shake off the past. so today when another random guy (what's with all these random guys!) came up to me to tell me he thought i was really pretty, i was like, psssht, don't lie to me. i guess... i need to learn to be more confident in myself (even though i am still fat).

.Work, Work, Work.

Got to write another story today! The editor apparently really did like my feature yesterday, and told the entire office about it! they were so supportive and like cheered me on. haha. and today i wrote for the travel section.. about this new resort that's opening in bali, indonesia. man, reading about all these hotels and restaurants makes me wanna go there so bad. they all sound so cool!


did you know there's an underwater hotel called Poseidon?? it sounds WICKED cool! wish i could go there.

other than that, i was bored again. maybe i do my work too fast. i should slow down or something cuz they don't really have much work for me to do. i guess they were expecting me to take longer than i did.
reminds me of how my friends would always tease me about my efficient homework skills. haha. hannah was like, i think you actually get up in the middle of the night to do homework, that's why you're always so ahead of us! :)

Weather is still dreary and rainy. bleh. summer shouldn't be so grey.

Day two.

.Rush hour.

Got up extra early to get my official NYU ID card! i look like i'm stoned in the pic cuz i was so tired and he took it when i wasn't ready. oh well. i'll just hide it from anyone's prying eyes. so i waited so long in line that i was running late for work and rushed to the subway station only to realize i forgot which one to take. figured it out finally, but missed the subway, and missed the bus too. ugh. so all in all, my morning was fill with anxiety, frustration and worry.
BUT i got there early! totally surprised. 5 mins early actually. so i didn't make a bad impression on them after all! :)

.Work: Day 2.

I GOT TO WRITE A FEATURE STORY!!! it was so stressful. one of the editors IMed (instant messaged) me and asked if i was up to write a feature on Ahnvee, this new restaurant and lounge that's opening in Miami. and i was like, YES! totally definitely! even though i have never written about FOOD and have no idea whatsoever what to write. but after looking at their past articles, i gained a slight understanding of their style, so i researched and wrote it, and she REALLY LIKED IT!! YAY!!! so excited. my very first article for the magazine on my SECOND day of work :)
i hope they actually publish it. haha.

Other than that, all i did was menial tasks like organizing address books and schedules and flipping through magazines to find ideas for content. but i enjoyed the last part. got caught up reading all the articles in the magazine instead of looking for stories....hope my manager didn't notice. haha.
and i made a stupid mistake.. the magazine finds new, upcoming restaurants and reviews them for people.. so i was supposed to call restaurants and confirm their opening dates. and i called this restaurant, and they said they opened in August 2007! horrified, i turned to my manager to tell her, and she got the shock of her life. then she realized the review was for an event the restaurant was putting on. heh. kinda embarrassing cuz the person on the phone probably thought i was an idiot. opened for 2 years already!

Funny story: my manager and the gay guy i work with were ogling hot guys working out in the building opposite ours today. so hilarious. he also made a funny comment about the Midwest when i first told him i went to school in Indiana. he was like, all people in the midwest are fat and they carry flip phones! (he's from the midwest and he doesn't like it there) so i immediately proceeded to hide my flip phone from him. hahaha. and i noticed no one here has a flip phone! they mostly have iphones.. and some blackberrys. these annoying rich people.

.Random observations.

These NYC buses are so handicap friendly! when a handicapped person comes on the bus, everyone has to wait while the driver puts the ramp down so they can come up, then he puts the seat up so the person has space to move his wheelchair too! isn't that so nice and helpful?
Also. i thought movie prices in indiana were awful, at US$8. but the tickets here???
freaking US$12.50!!!! almost had a heart attack when i saw that. that's like almost TWENTY SINGH DOLLARS!! i can watch two and a half movies at home! grrrrr. and there's so many movies i wanna watch over the summer too. sadness. maybe i'll scrimp on food and save to watch movies. haha. food always comes last, after shopping and sightseeing and movies.

And. i don't know why but i don't get hungry after work. i'm starving by noon cuz i don't eat breakfast (my stomach's not used to it) so i'm dying to eat, but by the time i get off work at 5pm and get back to Union Square and go to the cafeteria... i'm totally not hungry at all. it's really weird.

.Last words.

Have to go sleep now. only gonna get like 6 hours cause i'm gonna wake up at 4.30am to go to The Today Show at Rockefeller Center and see the 2 American Idol finalists perform at 7.30am!!!!!! actually, i have no idea who they are, but it's cool anyway :)

First day of work (since yami yogurt)

hahahaha. yup. and it was a pretty interesting one at that. i actually went to sleep early last night (early meaning midnight)... got up at 8am, the crack of dawn. haha. can't believe i'm getting up earlier in the summer than during the semester!
so i met allison, the girl i travel to work with, and we hopped on the subway, then the bus, and then got to our building like 20mins early. so we walked around the block, both of us falling silent periodically, with immense butterflies in our stomach. actually i wasn't that nervous, i was just tired. but she was really freaking out -- she smoked like 3 cigarettes to calm down.

so i got to the 5th floor of my building finally, and with trembling hands, i grabbed the knob and turned it. and i was in the office! it was really small, there were only 6 workers there, and they were all really friendly and warm. SO RELIEVED. and the first 'person' that greeted me was this HUGE black dog. it practically jumped on me and wanted me to pet it. i later learned its name was 'india', and its owner is this really hilarious and friendly gay guy. he was so nice and introduced me to the place and the magazine. and i met my manager, she was really sweet too.. she put me to work working on researching addresses of stores and researching new restaurant openings in miami.

so all in all, i really didn't do much my first day. got kinda bored and actually almost fell asleep at one point, cuz i was just staring at the screen, not really doing or thinking anything. but i'm sure i'll get more to do once they get used to having me around. my manager asked me what my major was, what i was interested in doing, and i told her i wanted to write, and she said i could probably contribute some stuff to their editorial department, which she was in charge of, so that was cool :)

AND she said i'm gonna get 3-day work weeks starting next week!!!! so i just work tue-thur 10am to 5pm!! how awesome is that??? this fri i have to go in, but it's only a half day. YAY! i told one guy about my awesome work schedule, and he called me 'bitch'. granted he did it jokingly, but i was taken aback, and i guess he saw my reaction, so he said he wasn't meaning to offend me, just was jealous. hehe.

so i walked around the block alone to get lunch, cuz my co-workers all ordered in, and i wanted to get out and get some fresh air and explore the surroundings.
BIG MISTAKE.

man, the place i work at is so sketchy!! full of creepy mechanics and construction workers.. cuz there's tons of construction going around there. and hardly anything else except art galleries and fashion showrooms. so i got lots of shady stares and whistles from creepers. and so i finally found a few cafes, but they were SUPER sketchy and i was totally creeped out but had to go in to get lunch. so with a deep breath, i walked into one, and got a muffin. hahaha. everything else was too dang expensive man. and then i went into this indian grocery store to get a drink, and man... they stared at me creepily. uggggghhh. i'm totally ordering in next time or bringing my own lunch. and it was cold, too. freezing, actually. it'll be raining for the next few days. SAD!

so the office felt strangely like my mom's matchmaking company. guess its cuz it's a small and relatively new company, and the owner is a mom... and i don't know, it just felt really comfortable and home-y. i liked it :)

so it was an interesting day at work. although i did get lost on the way back. took the wrong subway..realized it and got off one stop later... walked back.. couldn't get in again because apparently u have to wait 15mins after swiping your card to swipe it again... so yeah. it took me an hour to get back! but i did. and i felt gross like i always do after taking the subway. even though its not as filthy as people say it is, its definitely 1000times worse than singapore's MRT. i always feel like i have to take 5 showers after coming out of the subway. bleh.

dinner was ok. ate at NYU cafeteria. it reminded me of taylor's food, except worse. so little selection.. only pasta, burgers, hot food and salads and ice cream. oh well. i didn't really eat much. i feel like i'm either gonna lose weight from walking everywhere and hardly eating, or gain weight from eating too much chocolate to lower my stress. haha.

went to a seminar organized by the internship program tonight. was so tired but just went to see how it was. they have seminars every tues.. they're kinda like inspirational seminars.. tonight's speaker-- she battled a heart attack, amputation of her leg, and lymph node cancer!! she's sooooo strong. and she's not a christian. and you know what? this has just given me a newfound appreciation and admiration for non-believers. cuz they have to go through life depending on their own strength and abilities, without a higher power to help them get through it! they must be soooo strong, because i don't think i can get through life without having God to lean on.

and can i just say, i'm so glad i went to taylor and not some huge state school. i know i've said this plenty of times before, but taylor's really been a great place for me to adjust to life in the states slowly and get used to a different culture. i really appreciate the community we have there, cuz after hearing all these stories from people at state schools and seeing how so many of them waste their lives away drinking and smoking, i'm glad my life turned out the way it did. God knows i'm easily influenced and who knows what path i'd have gone down if i went to some state school and mixed with the wrong friends. PLUS taylor's not in the city. omg if it were, i'd have spent millions of dollars by now on food, clothes... everything.


random: here's the DVD cover from the movie i wrote the script for! haha.
they changed my title from 'the long road home' to 'gone but not forgotten'
which reminds me. number 1 on my summer to-do list: write more scripts for next semester so i won't have to kill myself writing them in the fall.

In the 'real world'

i've only been in New York City for two days, but it feels like i've lived here forever.
I LOVE IT! I LOVE NYC! haha.
although the cart in the airport cost freakin 5 bucks to put my luggage on. such a rip off. and the taxi from the airport to NYU Palladium cost 50bucks! NYC is totally an expensive city. don't know how people manage to live here. and the taxi driver was kinda scary. some middle eastern dude.. kept muttering to himself in some middle eastern language. anw, i got to NYU Palladium dorm safely! checked in.. moved my stuff up... met my roommate! she's really sweet and nice.. we get along well thank God :)

she's a history major but interning at UBS.. doing some business internship. my apartment mates are nice too.. and oh yeah! i was taken aback by the spacious apartment we have! big room, walk-in closet, kitchen and living room... not bad for the next 8 weeks! and this dorm is SO nice. there's a cool gym, a swimming pool, a cafeteria, etc. AND it's in the heart of Union Square!! where i stayed at two years ago while visiting NYC with my parents and cartoon! so i'm totally familiar with this place! it's so fun :)

so yesterday we unpacked and moved into the room.. met other people from the internship program.. omg. so one of my apartment mates has a bf, and he invited us to go to his apartment, so we went. and the first thing they said to us was, 'do you girls want a beer?' their fridge was stocked with alcohol.
it was kinda like a culture shock. after being at conservative Taylor for so long... i feel so weird being around all this un-christian people. hahaha. but i guess it is the real world. but it's just... so different! those guys kept swearing and talking about getting drunk and smoking weed and going to strip clubs and all that stuff... i was like, whoaaa. so not used to this. guys at Taylor are so much nicer. but oh well. it'll be an experience.

went grocery shopping yesterday. my money is just flying away i feel like. the cost of living here is sky high! i think i should just survive on fruits and cheap ramen or something. haha. but at least we get 7 meals a week at the dining hall and 30 dollars to spend on groceries. and it's really safe here. the security guards are super strict and on duty 24/7. so it's cool. plus this neighborhood isn't sketchy at all. we're actually a block away from the union square park! so it's cool. ystdy we had the welcome dinner and reception, got to meet more people. there's like 100 people in the program! they all seem pretty.... worldly. haha. lots of them smoke and like to get drunk. like i said, total different world.

so today we had our orientation... learned about internship tips... kinda nervous/excited about tomorrow.. starting my very first internship! i'm so lame. 21 years old already and i've never done an internship. oh well. gotta start somewhere. so today i went with a bunch of people to find our way to work.. cuz we work in the same area. and one girl works in the same building as me! and we start work and get off at the same time! which is awesome cuz now i have someone to travel to and from work with! YAY. she's nice. but it took like 40 mins to get to our workplace (taking subway, taking bus, walking), which sucks. so even though i start work at 10am, have to leave at 9am, which means getting up at 8am. sigh. at least i get fridays off. 4-day work week!!! WHOO. and our workplace is near the river. it's cool.

so yeah.. gonna start work tomorrow. pray for favor with my boss and colleagues! and i still have no idea what i'm gonna do or what i'm expected to do. heh. i'm just glad it's a small company so i won't be overwhelmed. ok better go sleep now so i won't be a walking zombie tomorrow.

Start of something new

These few days have been a whirlwind of crazy laughs, excitement, nostalgic memories, sad partings and goodbyes for the summer. It's kinda weird and different from previous summers, because for one, i'm not going home...until july. and two, all my favorite seniors are leaving. sigh. why do people always have to come and go. and it's been so crazy that i didn't even get to say bye to some people :( and i might never see them again!! but it's been a good year. i really love all my friends and i'll miss them so so so much over the summer and fall. this time it's extra hard to say good bye since i won't be at Taylor for the fall. i'll be in LA... somewhere new, and exciting, and also terrifyingly scary.

So i've been spending quality time with everyone for the past few days.. especially at the international Souphouse.. cuz there won't be an off-campus house next year where we can all hang out at till the wee hours of the morning :( so we made noodles and curry and rice on thursday, i treated people to ivanhoe's ice cream with my ridiculous $50 voucher, played playstation games, packed and cleaned my room and got fined $2 for scratches.... i seriously have too much stuff. 12 freaking boxes of stuff plus 2 suitcases and 1 carry on! and, by the way, both my suitcases were 51.5 pounds! only 1.5 pounds overweight! thank GOD. already have to pay ridiculous $40 for two bags. don't need to pay anymore for overweight bags.

Graduation ceremony on saturday was fun... actually not really. we kinda got bored and tired and hot since it was in the gym! so lame. and it lasted for 3 hours. too much talking, man. but it was so cool to see all my friends walk on stage and receive their degrees. so proud of them :) can't believe that's gonna be me next year! i think i might just cry my eyes out when i graduate, knowing i won't get to see my friends as often anymore, if ever. kinda makes you think about the future. and how scary it is because it's so uncertain. and how i have to grow up and be an adult next year and live on my own.

Anw, we had a reception for all the international graduates... took tons of pictures.. had one last cookout at the souphouse.. and then tearful goodbyes! haha. at least for me and cartoon. she cried. and of course, then i cried too. totally bawling my eyes out. haha. i don't really know why. well, i guess i do. it's sad to leave the seniors and my friends next semester. but awwww everyone was so sweet trying to comfort me :)
i really will miss everyone. alot.

Also. i'm sitting in the Indy airport now.. for the last time until January. kinda really nervous and freaking out about going to NYC alone. i told andrew i was doing an internship in NYC, and he knew i was going to LA for fall semester, and i told him i was freaking out about all the unknowns. and he was just really supportive and one thing he said was he really admired my courage to step way out of my comfort zone go alone to the big cities to do internships. and that was just really encouraging cuz i didn't think of myself as brave as well. i was pretty much scared to death. still am. don't know how to get to NYU, where i'll be living, don't know what to do when i'm there... what if i don't make any friends?? what if my work isn't good enough and they fire me or something?? how safe is NYC??? don't know any of these answers. will just have to trust that God will be my provider and guide and strength.
So please pray for protection and safety and wisdom and favor.

Junior year is over

wow. and to think last year we were freaking out, thinking we'd be old juniors the next year. and now we're moving on to becoming seniors next year!! kinda freaky how time just slips by you without you noticing.

Anw, finals went pretty well. i only had one final, since most of my projects/presentations were due last week. so after Historic Christian Belief final on monday, i was DONE! or i thought i was. but then... ok it's a long story. so my friend who was studying abroad in Ireland this semester came back on wed, and we wanted to celebrate at Flattop, so Hannah and I asked our prof if we could skip the 'final', which was a cookout/review session at his house. and he was like, sure, but u have to take a cumulative final! lameness. so we took it. cuz his exams are lame. and sure enough, i got done with it in 5 mins. ugh. but it was nice to go to Flattop with the wing girls and hang out one last time before everyone leaves.

so yeah. i'm done with school!!!! awesomeness. AND it's officially SUMMER. which means... NO MORE LTC!!!! how great is that. no more binding rules to restrict my life!! :) so i've been packing all my stuff.. man, i need to learn to live simple. i have like 10 huge boxes filled with all my stuff, plus 3 suitcases that i'll have to lug to JFK airport on sunday. don't know how i'm gonna do that, but i will figure it out!

and i 'met' my roomie for this summer on facebook. she's a junior from duke university. hopefully she's nice. we're gonna be living in NYU Palladium dorm together! with two other girls. really hope we get along. cuz we'll be living together for the next two months.

i think this year's been the hardest academically, but i've had the most fun too :)
glad to have NO MORE ECHO newspaper work for the rest of my life!!! andrew asked me to apply again for the entertainment section, but i was like, heck no. never again! i wanna enjoy my last semester :)

Time flies

It really does. Jo came to visit, and now she's on the way home! so fast. but it was prety awesome having her here. hahaha. all the crazy laughs. glad she got to meet my Taylor friends :) although we didn't really get to bring her around...what with finals week and all. but was still fun. we borrowed luke's car to go places and at the end of the week, we all got attached to it. it was like our car. haha.

anw got to see Star Trek and Angels and Demons!!


Both were pretty awesome. although star trek was surprisingly good. even for a person like me who doesn't really like sci-fi and never saw an episode of star trek in my life. and even though we had to sit in the 2nd row cuz we went when the movie was just released. the plot was solid, acting was great, effects were spectacular. although i heard from minor Trekkies that the plot was unrealistic cuz apparently there's never any romance in Star Trek. but oh well. whatever appeals to the audience, right.
angels and demons was pretty good too. i could totally predict what was gonna happen. well, i guess i did read the book, but i forgot it all..

anw.. as the days go by and we get closer to graduation.. i'm getting kinda nostalgic. and sad. people are leaving!! i hate this!! people always leave. i feel like i'm never gonna see some of these people again. cuz there's gonna go places all over the globe. siiigggghhhh. i've really grown attached to this little town and the awesome people in our community.

Gimme an 'S' for 'survivor'!

i survived. this week. was so long. but. i. survived.
omg so happy now i could just fall asleep. haha.

So last weekend was full of yummy dinners :) Sakura (jap) restaurant in Indy on friday... with a bunch of asian people.. then Flattop (stirfry) restaurant in Fort Wayne on sat for the international student senior farewell dinner! was kinda sad hearing all of them make their speeches and realizing i won't see them next year... time really flies. Sunday went to Fort Wayne again to pick Jo up from the airport!! i think GPS is the best invention ever. we would all be so lost without it.

ANW. some exciting news... i got a $40 cheque in the mail this week!!! i know it's not much, but it's still something!! I GOT PUBLISHED IN 'THE SECRET PLACE'!!! it's a christian magazine that publishes devotions... and two out of three of my submissions got accepted!!! so 20 bucks for each!! isn't that awesome?? :) was really shocked.

AND. my script.. the first and only one i ever wrote (for class).. won 3rd place for 'Outstanding Screenplay' at the media banquet! omg. was totally shocked and speechless when my name flashed on the screen.. wasn't expecting it AT ALL!! i really don't know what they see in my script.. it's not the best.. and i thought there were so many other people who were better than me.. but this was a good confidence-booster. maybe this is my career path?? haha.
and i got the dvd of my movie!! carly produced it and brent directed it.. and my script is now officially made into a movie!!! AAAHHH. haven't seen it yet. don't dare to. haha. it's totally weird seeing something i wrote made into a film!!!

other than that... i pulled my very FIRST college all-nighter on tues. haha. since my groupmate didn't do her part until last min, we had to stay up ALL night and work like almost 24 hours straight on the project. but oh well. it's over. thank God. i'm done. and i played in chapel the next day... was so tired i fell asleep in all my classes. haha. and then rushed to prepare for another presentation on thursday... so this week was basically awful. but it's OVER! man, junior year is over. this is so incredibly weird.

Gimme an 'S' for 'stress!'

Bleh. Two more weeks of school and i'm already dying to get out of here. One year and two weeks to go to GRADUATION!!! Totally can't wait.

Monday was International Mosaic Night, put on by international students. (which, by the way, is another whole issue. ISS pretty much stinks this year. tons of division and fighting going on. and alot of segregation...between Bahamians and the rest of us. haha. they need to have a separate club for themselves)

Anw it went pretty well.. although there weren't many people who came, because of crappy advertising. But it was a night to celebrate diverse cultures and fuse rich traditions. We had a Bahamian skit and dance, a fashion show (where i wore my mom's green and beige cheongsam-looking dress and bluffed that it was a modern, singaporean version of the traditional one), Chinese and English songs, and a Taekwondo demonstration. and I helped make tang yuan for refreshments! even though they were kinda hard by the time monday rolled around, since we made them on sunday.
but i'm glad Mosaic Night is over. all that practicing for the fashion show (i mean, come on, how hard is it to walk on stage???) took up a lot of time.

OMG Tues was our very own Mr. TU Pageant!!!! SO freakin' hilarious. 12 guys competed for the title.. they did a choreographed dance like the one in Miss Congeniality to the song 'One in a million'. SO FUNNY. and then they had a talent section, where guys sang original songs, recited poems, danced to the theme song of Pokemon, did ribbon dancing, did improv rock opera, etc. i laughed so hard..seriously. and then they did an interview section, where the guys mostly gave lame answers. and then TU Spirit formal wear. haha. and Doug won!!! i know him!!! he's so nice. the event was for charity, to help this little kid who's blind and suffering from a disease, and so Doug gave his crown to him!! isn't that so sweet :)

Yesterday and today were pretty shitty. although i must say, i have awesome, caring friends who are so nice to me and try their best to cheer me up when i'm down in the dumps :)

Rainy days

this week's been really rainy and dreary. i'm so sick of rain. even the grass and the plants are drowning.. where's the sun???

Anw. so the swine flu craze is getting worse..blown out of proportion. WHO just raised the alert status to level 5.. one level below pandemic madness. and.. i really don't get what the big deal is. so it's like a normal flu, same symptoms, not many in the US have died.. i think people should stop being so paranoid. but on the other hand, i'm going to New York in like 3 weeks for my internship. NEW YORK, OF ALL PLACES!!!! The state where there have been the MOST confirmed cases of swine flu!!! 20++ last i heard! sigh. so everyone who reads this, please please keep me in prayer as i do my internship (hopefully i still can do it...but who knows what'll happen in 3 weeks), as i'll be commuting to work every day and be surrounded by germ-y people in the subway twice a day. quite worrying.

really hope this virus dies down somehow. even people here in Indiana are getting panicky. just cuz there was a student in the U of Notre Dame who caught the flu.. i don't know. i just hope they find a cure/vaccine for it fast. and i was watching the news in the gym (the only place where i get the news, ironically), and they were talking about a similar pandemic years ago where scientists came up with a vaccine, but only it killed people instead of protecting them. like a million people died or something. craziness!

On to happier things, hannah and i worked our butts off to get done with the Echo early last night, and went to see the midnight PREMIERE of WOLVERINE!!!!
(on a side note, i'm surprised it came out in sgp 2 days before here!)



So it was pretty much adrenaline-rushin', butt-kickin' awesome!!! i don't know why the critics ravaged it, but i LOVED it!! i just love every superhero movie. they're awesome. and wolverine's one of my fav characters! the plot was crazy interesting and the story was so compelling. i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. although there were several cheesy parts..but it's forgiveable.

PLUS, there were all these weird geeks at the premiere. they dressed up as xmen characters like wolverine, cyclops, magneto (even though he's not in the movie), pyro, etc. AND they proceeded to entertain the audience (we got there like an hour before the movie started to get good seats since american cinemas don't give assigned seating!) by mock fighting against each other at the front of the theatre. soooo hilarious in an almost-annoying way.

Anw, only two more weeks of school left, and then finals, and then FREEDOM!

Eyes wide open

I'm so tired. I got ZERO sleep on sat night cuz we were at Abebe's house in Indy for the international students sleepover... so last night i actually went to bed at 9.30pm! isn't that insane? i don't think i've ever gone to bed so early.. since i was a kid. but omg by 8pm my eyelids were fluttering shut and i couldn't keep them open at all. so i just gave up and went to bed, and fell asleep immediately. now i have to finish all my hw before my first class at 11. ugh.

But the weekend was fun. went to senior art shows on friday.. yayy free food again! campus was buzzing cuz there was tons of stuff going on. craziness. youth conference, the play 'Smoke on the mountain', art shows... tons of high school kids running around campus. awww so cute.

The weather on sat was incredibly warm and beautiful and wonderful. i sunbathed for an hour waiting to go to Indy... i loved soaking in the sun's rays. oh warmth, how i've missed you so much. then we went shopping! YAY. finally got to go buy some nice appropriate intern clothes cuz i accepted the internship!!! i don't really care that it's a small company because.. i just wanna go to NYC for the summer and get some work experience. it's about time.

So the retreat was fun.. went to play laser tag!! and shopped at the Asian market!! yayy. then played some form of charades at Abebe's beautiful, huge house until about 4am. then i couldn't fall asleep cuz we were sleeping on air mattresses, and one of them kept making this sound (in the morning we realized why: it was slowly deflating throughout the night!), and then i had to get up at 6am cuz i was going back to campus with the early van. so... sunday was spent trying to stay awake. went to youth conference service, which was really good. liked it alot. :)

Now it's back to classes. but 3 more weeks, then finals, then SUMMER!

1 month to summer

OMG. summer is RIGHT AROUND the corner!!! YAY!!! i love it! the weather today was soooo warm. makes me happy. i realized the weather really can affect our mood. everyone was so cheerful and smiling today, not like when it's snowing or rainy, where everyone is grouchy. so in commemoration of the start of spring (finally!), my wing had our First West Dress Day!!! everyone wore dresses to chapel. haha. it was fun to finally wear something other than jeans and shoes/boots.
SPRING IS HERE!!!!

So i did an interview today, with an online magazine called JuliB.. it's a smaller publishing company, and it sounds kinda cool, the stuff that their interns do.. cuz it's a smaller company, interns get to be more hands-on and do more editorial stuff, instead of just getting coffee. PLUS fridays are off days!! so nice huh!! so within hours of my interview, they told me i got the job!!!!!!!!! so how.. now i don't know if i should accept it right away, or wait and see if i get anything better. i have less than 24 hours to decide.....
oh. and it's in New York City!

Anw Hannah, Katie and I went out tuesday night to Thai Smile (yummy thai food!! i love that they serve enough for 2 portions, because that means leftovers for dinner the next day!).. and to watch...
17 AGAIN!!!!!

I really liked it. it was funny, simple and lighthearted. good for a night out with the girls :) only i kept expecting Zac Efron to burst out in song every once in a while. too much high school musical. haha. he did play basketball and dance in this movie though.. so he was kinda keeping to his HSM stereotype.

i got to interview pretty cool people this week.. this Taylor senior guy who got into Harvard Business School.. i'd say that's a pretty big deal. he was kinda quiet and shy though, not what i expected. i thought he'd be the take charge, fill the room with his presence kinda authoritative guy.
also got to interview this other Taylor guy who's studying abroad in Australia right now.. he portrayed Jesus in an Easter performance, complete with blood, wooden cross and crown of thorns.. and got the national media's attention. so that was cool :)

OMG and there's been so much theft around campus nowadays! it's kinda scary and whenever i'm away from my room i was fret and worry and think about my computer's safety. so expensive k! i dun wanna lose it! apparently people have been losing ipods, wallets, computers, even cars! craziness. in a christian college too. goes to show really no one's perfect.

You spin my head right round

AAAAHHHH.

i got a call back from MTV in Santa Monica, California!!!!!!!! but i can't accept!!!! because i'm already committed... to another internship program.. which hasn't found me an internship yet!!! and it's only a month left to summer!!! HOW HOW HOW. sucks. i really wanted to work for MTV. but then.. their internship is only 2 days a week. so... oh well. maybe next time. so sad. and also, so stressed now. been interviewing people about grad schools.. today i interviewed this guy from Taylor who got into Harvard Business School. so cool huh. so stressful to think about graduation next year. don't even know what i'm gonna do. should start looking at grad schools now. or potential jobs.

it's been really rainy these couple of days. outside looks so dreary and desolate. but got to go out on sat.. to Target and RR :) fun times. went for Anna's senior voice recital on sunday. man, she's always so quiet and soft-spoken, but when she opens her mouth to sing, she totally belts out a beautiful tune. it was so amazing hearing her sing in different languages too.
Susan cooked curry on sunday for dinner. yummy. and then went for TCA Worship Night. was kinda nice.

I GOT IN!!!!!!!!

I'll be in sunny Los Angeles, California, this fall!!! Aug 22-Dec 10!!! Whoo hoo!!!! :)
Found out yesterday, after weeks of excruciating anticipation. omg i was so depressed on wed because they said they'd let me know by wed and i didn't hear anything, so i just assumed i wasn't good enough. BUT YAY! i got in after all!!!
And so.. i'm kinda scared now. hahaha. it's so stupid, i know. but i don't know why i applied!!! i don't know anything about making film!!! i don't know anyone there!! i don't know how to drive!! i've never lived in LA before!! what am i supposed to do????

argh.

ok, negative feelings aside, i'll be interning somewhere in Hollywood!!!!!! that's exciting, at least. haha. and taking a scriptwriting class, a film criticism class, and a production class, where i actually get to be part of the crew that produces an original film to submit to a film festival!! sounds crazy. i feel kinda overwhelmed just thinking about it. can't believe i'm going to LA!!! no more tiny little upland!!! it's surreal.

so yeah. and i turned down the marketing/advertising position at BlackBook mag, but then the Editorial department contacted me and so now i've another interview with them. at this point, i really don't care what internship i get, i just wanna get something so i can stop worrying about what i'm gonna do for the summer. plus, i'll be doing another internship in LA anyway.
man, this year is a year of venturing into the exciting/terrifying unknown!! living in NYC by myself, doing my first internship in the big city, living in LA and doing another internship in Hollywood!! craziness. i hope i can do it.

on another note, i totally cried last night. and for no good reason, too! i guess i haven't shed a tear in a while, so a breakdown was long overdue. but... i don't know. was just kinda frustrated at being compared to others and constantly feeling like my writing isn't good enough. and also the stress of not knowing what i want to do with my life. hate that. hate it when people ask me what i wanna do in the future. i don't know, okay!! leave me alone.

Discussions, discussions

So, Media, Faith and Culture class. Once again... has made me think about all the things that is wrong with Christianity. and i'm not saying it's bad. in fact, i love it. i thrive on it. it's so interesting and i feel like we, as Christians, ought to know all these things so we can improve and fight against it.

Anyway, in one of our readings, there was a intense survey done of the youths in America, and it said their top few criticisms of Christians was that Christians are
1. Hypocritical
2. Too focused on getting converts
3. Judgmental
4. Anti-homosexuals

Isn't that so sad? That Christianity is beginning to be known for what it stands AGAINST rather than what it stands FOR. That people only see the bad side of Christianity through crazy people like Britney Spears who claim to be Christians but obviously do not know what that means.

And then we watched a HBO documentary called 'Friends of God', where this non-believer went around the States to document Christians. And obviously her stance was biased, and she only went to the Bible Belt of America - the South (like Texas, Tennessee, etc.) and she only showed the controversial, weird parts of Christianity. Like pastor Ted Haggard (this was before his scandal, though. and on another note, i really don't judge him or think bad of him even though he did something wrong. cuz we're all sinners. his sins just happened to be televised on national TV. and we all have the potential to fall, but grace is the only thing that keeps us from falling), who managed to make Christians look really unreal and weird.

And there was this Christian Wrestling Federation, where this Christian guy nicknamed 'Jesus Freak', the founder, claims his wrestling matches takes wrestling and cleans it up for kids. well, i don't know what he means by 'clean', but his matches look pretty darned violent to me, just like WWE, minus the crude language. and there are all these kids screaming and yelling in excitement as they watch people bash each other up in the ring. and then at the end there's an altar call, and the pastor claims 10% of the kids/youths accept Christ.

So what does this mean? should we support this kinda stuff? Just cuz a few lives are saved? no doubt, every life is precious in God's eyes, but at what cost? So does this mean we can start up a 'Christian' club and have parties, drinking, gambling and all that stuff, then at the end give an altar call, and as long as a few people receive Christ, it's ok? that makes it Christian? I DON'T THINK SO. if this is the case, then, seriously... anything goes. u can do whatever u want and just slap the 'Christian' title on it to justify your actions.

And then, Rolling Stone magazine had this article written about this guy, Ron Luce, who hosts 'Acquire the Fire' conferences around the States. And each time, about more than 10, 000 youths attend his rallies, and they're so... extreme. it's like a huge, radical youth crusade. They have mass confession and weeping, then they proceed to show off their best dance moves for God, and there's also all kinds of bands that perform, and they do other stuff like write down 'things of the world' they wanna give up for God like music, movies, even Starbucks and Victoria's Secret and cereal. and then the preacher, Ron Luce, tells them all kinds of extremist stuff like 'real stories' about people who have 'lost their souls to secularism'. like there was a girl who left Jesus and got date raped, or another girl who dated a non-Christian boy and now lives a bisexual lifestyle and works in the porn industry.. it's all just so... extreme. and they sound like an orgy of emotions.

And then (sorry to go on, but there's just so many interesting things we talked about), there was this website which looked like a porno site, but then when u actually click and click and click inside, it leads to testimonies about how people have stopped their addiction to porn, and there's also a hotline to call for help with addiction to porn. and this method of getting people to the site but misleading them and making them think it's something when it's not, is called the 'bait and switch' method. which i think is totally wrong. how can u deceive people into thinking something when it's not this thing at all??

but then again, it makes me think of how... most of the evangelistic events we have are kinda 'bait and switch'. in a way. like we tell people it's a magic show or a musical, or we bring people in by enticing them with video games, and then at the end there's an altar call and we expect them to come to Christ.. i dunno.
SO MANY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT! my head is bursting.

i should probably go get some sleep.

YES YES YES!

Last night watched 'Yes Man' again. so inspired. i shall say 'yes' to (almost) everything now!!!!! start living life!!! haha.

So i didn't end up going on the MuKappa retreat after all.. really wanted to. oh it was so stupid. i got up at 7am, only had 4 hours of sleep...packed and everything... then, of course, my 'best friend' came. complete with cramps and nausea and all. so i was like, ok guess i'm not going after all. went to breakfast and saw everyone and felt bad that i wasn't going, but oh well.

The BlackBook interview went well.. was pretty informal and laidback. but they told me the internship position was more of marketing/advertising, which isn't something i wanna do.. so, i guess i'll be looking elsewhere. sigh. too bad. it looked like a pretty cool magazine. now i wish i majored in Public Relations/Advertising. seems like there are soooo many of those positions available for interns. not many people want writers :(

So the last few days were spent slacking to the max. I LOVED IT :) it's SO NICE having no one around!!! there's prob only like 50 people left on the whole campus... which is so great. i have the room to myself, there's only 4 girls on the wing now.. the bathroom to myself... i can do whatever i like!!!! love it. so i've been playing my guitar. after letting it rot in the corner for almost a year. heh. man, my fingers hurt. i pulled out the songs i used to write when i was going through my years of teenage angst..and totally laughed at myself. those lyrics i wrote... so emo. hahahaha. maybe i'll post one or two up sometime so we can all laugh at me at age 15, hating the world.

Friday night went to try the new Chinese restaurant in town.. called Happy Buddha. i don't know why but so many chinese eateries here insist on calling themselves '____ Buddha'. like Lucky Buddha. wonder why. anw the food was ok.. hope the place doesn't close down. it's weird how this is the 3rd family to own the place cuz they don't get enough business so they always close down, but then the next person who opens the restaurant there always happens to sell chinese food. weird.

Today was Easter Sunday!! went to the Daudts for dinner. was so good :) yummy lasagna and breadsticks and salad and fruit salad. so super full. and then played all kinds of card games. hilarious, the stuff we come up with.

Easter Break

i love it when they separate Easter and Spring break. that means two breaks!!!! YEAH!! and since my class today was cancelled, and I don't have class on tues, i have a 6-day break! :)

So this week:
THE REJECT SHOW ---- so lame. basically a bunch of people singing their hearts out, or should i say, yelling their hearts out. and the singing was pretty bad. although there was a really cool mime. the other performances were average. at least it was only $2.

I'm still waiting impatiently for the results from the LA Studies Program!!!! SO SLOW!!!! They'll notify me next wed.. April 15.. I hate it when people ask me cuz I'm like, I DON'T KNOW YET!! stop asking me!! i'll tell u on april 15!! gosh!! soooo.... nervous. on one hand, i really wanna go. i think the experience will be awesome. i'll get to study film, i'll get to be part of the process of making a film, i'll get to intern in Hollywood... but then... i don't know anyone there, not even the people from Taylor going (i don't know them that well. and i'm the least experienced with film out of all 5 of us). and most of all, i have ZERO experience making film. i'm gonna be surrounded by film gurus and i'll be totally overwhelmed. oh i really don't know. it's scary. soooo.... if i get in, i'm meant to go. if not, then not :)

Wed was the longest day ever. so many classes. but at least we got to go to Starbucks for Layout and Design to look at their brand and logo. then went to the souphouse and made dumplings!! yummy. and watched/danced to/sang along to High School Musical 3. much to some people's amusement. i was totally into it. haha.
got to skype with mummy and daddy today! yayyyy.

Random: i think one of my pet peeves is when people make plans but don't come through with them. like when people keep saying, let's do this! let's go here! but they never do.... it really annoys me. cuz if you're not gonna do it, then why bother making plans and getting me excited?? seriously.

Anyway, tomorrow I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH BLACKBOOK MAGAZINE!! really nervous. but i wanna get it over with. i've actually never heard of the magazine, but i looked it up and it looks cool. it's like a city guide to what to do in cities around the States. and they have stuff about travel, nightlife, clubs, fashion and entertainment. so.... pray the interview goes well. Friday 11am! I'll be interviewing while i'm on the road to the MuKappa Spring Retreat!!

Ok that's all. gotta go prepare answers to typical interview questions. and finish packing.

Palm Sunday

That's today. But I have no idea what on earth it is. Other than that, it rained ALL DAY. made me not feel like going to the gym at all. bleh. on a random note, i realized April Fools' Day came and went, and nothing much happened. we were gonna do an Echo issue all about fake news stories, but then we (the staff) had to pay for it out of our own pockets, and no one was too keen on that. so it didn't happen. which i didn't mind. lesser work :)

And even though i was completely reluctant to study on tues for my Historic exam, i finally started at like midnight.. after much delay. and was totally shocked when i got my results back.. 93%!! really unexpected. but yayyy :)

And then kept putting off writing my personal narrative article for class on fri until midnight (again).. got done at 2am.. got ready for bed.. and then the stupid fire alarm went off, and the entire dorm had to evacuate out into the frigid cold for like half an hour! everyone was so groggy with half-opened eyes, and we were all pretty much dead the next day. grrr to the person who set off the alarm!!! plus, i went to class on fri and the professor flippantly said, 'oh, it's not due today anymore..let's just push it back'
i was....... pretty darned annoyed. but oh well. i'd have to do it eventually anyway. might as well get it done now.

Fri was the senior art shows!! they were great.. there are some really talented artists here, and their work was amazing (food was amazing, too). wish i could have artistic talent like that. but pretty much all i can do is draw stick figures and smiley faces. haha. and there was a wing retreat in the hallway, but i didn't go..not alot of people did. finally got to go to walmart for groceries!!! yayy for strawberries, grapes, apples, yogurt, granola, cereal and almonds! man, i'm healthy. :)

Saw Fast and Furious ystdy. one of my fav movie series!!! and this one was a continuance of the first one, my fav! but.... ohhh. total letdown! the plot was lame, nothing much happened. the script was cheesy, so many cringe-worthy lines and cliche scenes.. the only thing worth watching were the explosive action scenes, which were of course, totally AWESOME!!

Spring break FUN :)

Me, jo, steph, wen eu and sung ah! childhood friends, college friends and new friends :)
At the cool, funky organic restaurant.

Us at the Bento Cafe. waiting for yummy fried rice and noodles and bubble tea!!

Rainy days=wet jeans, soaked shoes, squishy earthworms on the sidewalk and hoodies :)

Sitting around... trying to find something to do.

Nemo look-alikes at the aquarium! so cute.

The overhead aquarium thingy. pretty cool.

Look at that disgusting fish. I was in a tunnel behind the fish tank. being at the aquarium really made me wanna eat fishies! especially stingray.....

At the World of Coca-Cola!

With our 3-D glasses waiting for the Coke movie to start.... and... it ended up being really lame.

Free flow of Coke and all kinds of Coke products!! awesomeness.

The guy who created Coke. cool, huh. i got to 'meet' him. haha

The weird Coke mouth thingys that the guy made us hold to take a picture. haha

Coke advertisements from all over the world, from all over the ages

Awesome Coke pants! I so wanted one

Waiting by huge Coke bottles to go into the introductory Coke movie

Jo, me, sung ah. oh fun times :)

SIX FLAGS!!! at the NINJAaaaa

Still at Six Flags..random pose.

another random pose

Got to meet Batman!! he was kinda pudgy though. ahahaha. and a little intimidating

The Georgia Scorcher!! the rollercoaster ride where we had to stand up throughout. awesomeness

Bugs and Tweety :)

On the subway..the MARTA. i love public transportation :)

Sing for the moment

I'm sitting at my desk, back in my room at Taylor. I guess this means spring break is officially over.

SIGH.

i'm utterly lethargic right now. have lost all motivation to study. i just wanna graduate now and go... do something useful with my life! have an exam and a quiz tmr... haven't started studying... i guess i should start soon. but it's so dreary and rainy outside, the perfect day for snoozing. plus i only got an hour of sleep last night.

Anyway, the rest of spring break was entirely wonderful. The Georgia Aquarium, supposedly the 'largest in the world', was disappointingly small. really nothing i haven't seen before. just a bunch of fishes and cute little sea creatures. it was fun, but i'm glad we got the after hours student discount. we walked a lot too, on this trip. cuz no car, saving money on transportation, so it was tiring. walking=our workout for spring break :)

And can I just say, i loved trying all the different kinds of foods in Atlanta!! We had korean food, chinese fried rice and noodles and bubble tea, southern biscuits and gravy, yummy sweet potato fries, etc. Jo's friend was awesome. she brought us to all kinds of eclectic, funky places that were full of fascinating people and interesting food. there was this organic, natural food place that i'm sure my mom would love.. and their food was awesome! ate until almost burst. went to a few bars and cool hangouts and now my clothes smell like smoke. bleh. met some of her friends..they were all really nice. heard horror stories about being at a huge school like Georgia Tech, which made me really appreciate Taylor for its small, friendly community and open house hours (which means no guys at girls dorms and vice versa, except for weekends)

Plus I got to watch movies that I missed over christmas break!!! YEAHH!!! we found several dollar theaters nearby, and they were kinda shady, but who cares! $2 for a movie is totally fine with me! watched 'marley and me' (which was so long and boring and pointless and plotless. the dog was just an ordinary dog, just that it was exceptionally hyper. THAT'S ALL. such a disappointment), 'the curious case of benjamin button' (which was intensely fascinating. good, but not great), and 'valkyrie' (which i was dying to watch cuz i love war movies. but it was alright. not the best war movie i've seen).

The weekend was rainy, so we spent some time just chilling in the apartment..slacking...watching movies..playing DS..taking naps.. so nice and relaxing. Went to church with Jo on sunday..to Atlanta Chinese Christian Church. It was actually my first time going to a chinese church here in the States. weird, huh. it was interesting. kinda weird to see all the asians..but it was cool.
and we had car adventures.. (jo's friend was so nice to lend us his car!)

#1 - failed attempt to pump gas. hahahaha. cuz in singapore there are people who do it for you! so we were pretty much clueless and couldn't even get the latch of the gas thingy to open, neither could we get any gas to come out of the pump. had to ask for help from this spanish-speaking guy, and all he could say to me was, 'u china?'
#2 - had to send the car in for oil change. and since it wasn't our car, we didn't know anything about it. clueless again. the workers must've thought we were dumb or something. haha.

And then, lunch at Popeyes!!! i love it! yummy fried chicken and biscuits. so... the first thing we noticed when we entered was that everyone there was black. even the workers. kinda weird, but we sat down anyway. then these 3 black youths entered. one sat and like stared at us while we were eating. another asked if jo and i were both girls (cuz she has short hair, so i think they mistook her for a guy), then he attempted to pick us up and wanted to sit with us, then he offered to take us around Atlanta, but we politely declined and got the heck out of there. haha. i know this sounds dumb and probably racist and horrible, but sometimes i get scared that what if i offend someone and they not happy, and they just whip out a gun and shoot me. that's why i'm totally against america's gun policy. seriously! no one should have the freedom to hold a gun! not even for hunting.

so yeah. that was my spring break. the last night was fun. went exploring bars. interesting experience. stayed at jo's friend's house. with her crazy hyper little doggie. slept for an hour. got on the plane at 6.40am and got back here at 12pm. and i'm still trying to put off studying. aaaahhhhhhh. so unmotivated!