come quick spring!

this design is so pretty! it's so bright and fun and everything spring-y.

so...a couple big things.

one is the most important and talked about thing around the world right now. the crazy 9.0 (or 8.9) earthquake that hit japan last friday followed by the even more devastating tsunami that washed out most of the coast of sendai and surrounding cities. seriously, the images and videos are insane and it's hard to image something like that could even happen. the earthquake alone would have been fine. i know for a fact japan could have easily survived and handled that huge earthquake. it was the tsunami that did the real damage. it's always the after-effects of large earthquakes, be it fire or tsunami, that causes the trouble.

most of my family in sendai live more inland towards the hills so they were far from the tsunami and weren't affected. but my one uncle apparently lived close enough to the water. we FINALLY got in contact with him today with the help of someone working in our japan office. apparently his house is so water-damaged he can't live there anymore. he's been at a shelter this whole time and he said it's ridiculously cold.

just an update

let's see...

valentine's day weekend was pretty fun. georgie came over after work and we watched Tangled at del amo. then we went all the way to woodranch because someone had to have their caesar dressing. we did some grocery shopping at ralphs and then cooked dinner. meat [tri-tip?], mashed potatoes [that we actually mashed ourselves! but had no idea what we were doing], salad and garlic bread. yum. we were pretty stuffed after that.

the next day was super lazy. i did absolutely nothing except eat and watch tv on the couch. but it was nice ^___^

me and georgie watched Tangled AGAIN last thursday. this time in 3D! it was so pretty in 3D. i kept looking at her dress because i want to cosplay her [but we know that'll never happen].

yesterday was my daddy's birthday so we went to king's fish house in long beach. haven't been there in years, and although the food is good, i would go to parker's lighthouse over them anyday. their fried calamari tasted like french fries! o_O

sign language is really fun so far. it's getting confusing and a lot of us are getting lost in class, but it's really cool. i also started peer facilitating again. hah...that first meeting was awkward. i wish i was better with words. also, this other part of school is starting to scare me. i mean, i've worried and thought about it before [and i usually go through this phase a couple times a semester], but i don't know what to think. i feel like i don't have anyone to talk to about this. i mean, i do but, i kinda know what they'd say. ugh.

i guess that's it for now.

happy february

and my blog is now pink!

typepad sucks with designs. -___- vox had WAY more options. this was the cutest pink one in my opinion.

so i just found out that august's MAGIC is the 22nd, 23rd, 24th this year. ON MY BIRTHDAY. grrrrr...so mad. and we'd be leaving the 21st [sunday] so if i were to do anything, it'd have to be on the saturday before. who cares if it's 6 months away. i like to think of plans for things months in advance. ESPECIALLY if it's my birthday. i mean, i knew i'd have the celebration with friends before since it's on a tuesday...but i at least wanted to be home and NOT working on my actual birthday. ugh.

i'm also looking forward to valentine's day. i've always liked that holiday. it's so pink and cute and i dunno. gives me an excuse to do things xD like wear a ton of pink, buy/eat chocolate, etc. girly stuff i guess haha. ALSO, i found out that i might have to work on the 13th [sunday]. attending for work...but my mom's going to try and get me out of it. first of all, it would be by myself, for the first time. i've followed along with my coworker once last year, but...once isn't enough. and i'd have to drive to LAX. i mean, i think i can handle it but my mom swears i can't. usually i'll fight her about it and say i can do something, but in this case, i'll let her talk for me. even my coworker said i wouldn't be able to do it xD. we'll see what happens. i already have plans for that day...

first day of school

for me at least. the official day back was yesterday but i only have classes on tue, wed, thur.

and i'm only taking two classes. today i had my first class of ling 151 - intro to american sign language. the teacher himself is deaf and kind of mute i guess? it is amazing how someone like that can still be a teacher and teach a whole college course on a subject. it's definitely going to be different. definitely confusing at some times too. i hope i can make a friend in there so if/when we have to go out to events or something i'll have someone to go with/talk to.

i'm in the library starbucks right now waiting for this next class i have to go to. it's not my actual class, but i have to go to the first meeting to sign up for a time slot so i can facilitate for wgss 101 again. i hope i get the time slot i want.

my mom's birthday was last friday. after work, we went to eat at RA at del amo and then we watched Tangled. it was such a cute and funny movie. i wanna go see it with you, george. but there are less and less times everyday, so we have to hurry. we were supposed to go to disneyland the next day but couldn't because our new oven was going to be delivered. and guess what happened. in the morning, they call my mom saying it's postponed because the range we ordered is not in stock. hm...THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU CALL THE NIGHT BEFORE TO SCHEDULE THE DELIVERY??? do they not have communication between their departments over there?? so by the time they called it was too late to go to disneyland anymore. so the three of us went to dinner at night and me and mommy are going to disneyland this coming saturday if nothing happens.

on sunday there was a little "surprise party" at amanda's for teressa and nathan. surprise party but not really. me and kelly bought some random snacks at the LT market while amanda took them out to walk around LT. george showed up after we got back and then we just waited for them. when we heard them we hid in amanda's room and me and kelly jumped out yelling "surprise!" and george followed by tripping over something and ruining his surprise. jun came about 20 mins after i think. and that was it really, haha. the rest couldn't show up so me and jun cooked/baked while the rest of them played this wii game. it was a chill and fun night.

ok. gonna do other stuff to kill time. george, if it's playing and we're both free, want to see tangled this friday at del amo? =]

happy new year!

it is 2011. also the year of the bunny.

well, i got to do what i wanted to new year's eve. i got to wear a pretty dress and party it up without freezing my butt off. we had a small, chill little party at kelly's house. really last minute so not many people came, but a decent amount to make it more party-ish. kelly made her soup and spanish tortilla. we had drinks and ice cream and snacks. right before midnight we poured out the apple cider and champagne [rather hastily, mind you since we didn't pay attention to the time], then we counted down and cheered all around. and of course, i got my new year's kiss. ♥

the following wednesday me, kelly, jun and george went to necropolis for "white out night". it was chill. we mostly stayed outside and took horrendous pictures of each other which we then proceeded to zoom in as far we could without it becoming blurry to see what disgusting thing we could find on each other's faces. oh yeah, that's what we do when we go to necropolis. party. xD [btw, i always want to type "necropolish"]

after that was finally time for Anime LA. everyone was waiting for that since pmx pretty much sucked. and it was SO much better. we got a room on the pool deck, RIGHT NEXT TO THE POOL. we literally could have ran out and jumped in since we were at the deep end. it was a fun con. no one we really wanted to avoid. instead there was someone we tried to annoy. xD saw a few friends and met a ton of new people whose names i don't think i remember. after the con we went on a search for ramen. we went to one place fairly close to the hotel only to find that it closes between lunch and dinner...darn japanese restaurants. so we drove down to gardena and went to shinsengumi. me and george figured out that you only come out smelling like oil if you go at dinner time because that's when they seem to fry a ton of things. the lunch menu was pretty light. i went to georgie's house after and we took a long nap.

now...i can't think of any major outings right now. i'm going to disneyland with my mommy on the 22nd for her birthday and amanda wants to throw a party for visiting friends the next day. any day in between i'm working. yay~

the masquerade ball...

was a total success!!!

quite a few people told us that it was more than what they were expecting and they enjoyed themselves and had fun! you don't know how happy that made me to hear that.

me and my date

i had a lot of fun once it got started. up until then though, was a different story. we were rushing and setting things up completely last minute. but it turned out okay later. it took awhile for people to start dancing but once we did, it was so fun. my stupid mask made my face sweaty and my darn dress kept slipping down. i think i need a better bra. and some super strong tape to keep the dress up.

it's december!!!

and since i seem to only write one entry a month, my titles are going to announce the month xD

look at my design! isn't it cuuuute? it's so wintery and pretty ^___^ i'll keep it through january until february, where it'll turn PINK!

anyways. i meant to write this entry about a week ago, but got distracted then forgot about it. the semester is over today and i officially was done with finals on tuesday. i got an A in cardio and a B in marine biology. the other two classes haven't posted the grades yet. but i'm pretty sure i passed.

this semester was a pretty good one. the first half was alright, then after i dropped my asian studies class, it just seemed to get a little bit better. i really enjoyed my women's studies class and everyone in it. i'm going to miss our venting sessions and the random conversations we had before class started. especially from this one guy, cyrus, who was so funny with his sarcasm. i'm going to try and facilitate again next semester, hopefully i can get the class i want to facilitate.

so...there's only about a week and two days until our party. efffff~ (ﾟДﾟ) [that's my panicked face.] we still need to get vases and make the centerpieces. we need everyone to rsvp and pay. we're pretty much done with the music. i still can't believe we're doing this. this is insane. but i'm really excited. i'm kinda excited for the food xD i hope it's good. and i hope people dance.

tomorrow is mine and georgie's "us day" ♥. don't know what we're doing, but we're hanging out.

oh! last night i saw Tron: Legacy [midnight showing]!!! it was so cool. so pretty and futuristic looking. i kinda wanna watch it again. i'm pretty sure i caught everything, but it was cool so, yeahhh. xD

hm, i guess that's it. ok, bye! =]