Yeah.
Show's on Saturday.
My last Fusion.
Last last last Fusion ever!
Should stop talking about it, it's all I think about now.
Program books, posters, advertising, my Chinese dance, Filipino tinikling, dance costumes... etc.
It's consuming my thoughts. Seriously, very nerve-wrecking.
Things are good. It's almost the end of the 2nd week of school but feels like it's been a lot longer. Kinda crazy. Getting used to the new schedule of waking up at 7am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to go to work and open up and prep the deli has been slightly exhausting. It's nice working on my own though. Especially in the mornings. It's nicer when someone wakes up just as early as you do, sometimes earlier and drives over to give you a ride to work. That means I don't have to wake up extra early to get ready and walk in the freezing cold.
I'm taking a social dance class this year. Another step on my own that I'm happy I took. I was nervous about how big the class would be, dancing with random boys, not getting picked to dance by boys, not being able to keep up with the dance steps, you know.. the sorts. But it's a great and easy class. Plus plus, my dance teacher used to be Black Ranger I think, of Power Rangers. Isn't that NUTS!! haha. *step step, rock step step* Ah, I love that class! Except the part when I don't get chosen to dance with the first time because the class has more girls than boys. And also the part when I have to dance with the most awkward boys of the class. *step step rockstep step* -stare awkwardly at him because we're not supposed to stare at our feet- then stare above his head coz he's shorter than me- feel bad that I'm staring above his head so I look at the teacher- occasionally I look back and smile at him- all the while thinking to myself how awkward it is to be holding his hand and supposed "waltzing" with him-
Chinese independent study this semester has been somewhat of a bundle of nerves for me because I feel like I'm so behind on Chinese compared to the other 2 american students I'm doing the study with. I don't know political terms like "political movement", "democracy", "protest" in Chinese and we're reading an article on China's Modernization now. o_O scary. Next week, we're going to have to read newspaper articles on the spot. Watch me stumble through going Umm Umm and not being able to translate what I'm reading. Just watch me. Still, it's a challenge. Definitely glad I was brave enough to do it.
Okay, gotta go. Pictures of Fusion up the next time! Woooohhhooooo wish me luck!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
9 Days till FUSION!!
This is what have been consuming my time since school started... FUSION!!!!
Guess who's the Publicity Chair for the Asian American Association this year?
And guess who designed the poster? Finally, a use for Photoshop skills. ;) Yay!
Guess who's the Publicity Chair for the Asian American Association this year?
And guess who designed the poster? Finally, a use for Photoshop skills. ;) Yay!
Need I explain and go on about how excited I am!!!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Still Exploring on my own...
Went back to Fisherman's Wharf on my own yesterday to try and get on the ferry to Alcatraz Prison. Except that my stomach made the decision to "Oh, let's get upset and have a party today!" So while I was sitting on the bench, watching the seagulls and the waves of the water, debating if getting on a boat with a very very upset stomach would be a very bad idea... I decided "Yes! I'm gonna get on the boat" so I head to the ticket counter and right when it's my turn, they stopped selling tickets for the last boat to Alcatraz. Yay for me... NOT!!! So that was out of the picture. My stupid stomach! At the Wharf, I was stopped by a somewhat creepy looking middle-aged guy who looked like he was some kinda officer. He stopped me saying, "Mam, I have to fine you!" and I got somewhat defensive and a lil scared, "For what? Walking across the carpark?" He said, "Because you're not smiling enough *hands me a 'I Love your Smile' car sticker*". I smile. Could not help it. "I'm looking for donations for charity." My smile upturned a little bit but I pulled out my wallet, had to reward that neat trick at least. Pulled a dollar out and gave it to him. "Mam, you have more than a dollar in there. I have change for a ten!" "Sorry I don't have enough cash, this is all I have. I can't." "Are you single?" *pause* "Umm.. no. Why?" "Because you have a very pretty smile and I would love to ask you out!" "Umm.. hehe. thanks. But no thanks. Bye!" Yeah.. creepy encounter that kinda made me laugh.
Then I walked all the way to Coit Tower.. Thought I would take a shortcut, so I very proudly navigated and realized that the tower could not be accessed through my "shortcut". No wonder there was only one arrow on one road showing the entrance of the tower. *smacks forehead* Damn. I was too proud to admit defeat, so I was determined to get to the top of this tower, and actually managed to do it all on my own, huffing and puffing on the hilly roads of San Fran. I even managed to navigate my way to Lombard Street, the world's crookedest street. It was pretty!
Coming out of the tower, I decided to walk through Chinatown to get a bite to eat. Remember my fetish with bakeries.. yeah I was craving for something from an Asian bakery. Got what I wanted at Chinatown and heading back to Steph's apartment with a very upset stomach. And very sore legs. Ugh, I was soo tired. Haven't walked so much in forever!
Stomach's still a lil upset today after some Thai fried rice. Took some Pepto, it's feeling better. Gonna head back to Chinatown for Hui's binbin biscuits... and find some snacks for Chinese New Year celebration back in Oxford. Gotta match Qw's Chinese New Year music cd and yee sang that she brought back from Malaysia!
Then I walked all the way to Coit Tower.. Thought I would take a shortcut, so I very proudly navigated and realized that the tower could not be accessed through my "shortcut". No wonder there was only one arrow on one road showing the entrance of the tower. *smacks forehead* Damn. I was too proud to admit defeat, so I was determined to get to the top of this tower, and actually managed to do it all on my own, huffing and puffing on the hilly roads of San Fran. I even managed to navigate my way to Lombard Street, the world's crookedest street. It was pretty!
Coming out of the tower, I decided to walk through Chinatown to get a bite to eat. Remember my fetish with bakeries.. yeah I was craving for something from an Asian bakery. Got what I wanted at Chinatown and heading back to Steph's apartment with a very upset stomach. And very sore legs. Ugh, I was soo tired. Haven't walked so much in forever!
Stomach's still a lil upset today after some Thai fried rice. Took some Pepto, it's feeling better. Gonna head back to Chinatown for Hui's binbin biscuits... and find some snacks for Chinese New Year celebration back in Oxford. Gotta match Qw's Chinese New Year music cd and yee sang that she brought back from Malaysia!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Here in San Francisco....
Yup, I'm here in San Francisco with Mooney!
She's at work now, and I'm using her SUPER slow internet to try and blog before I go out on my exploration today. Steph couldn't get off of work for this week, so I'm entertaining myself and going out on explorations on my own. I have NEVER had to explore an unknown city on my own before, this is actually my First time. I have a very very bad sense of direction. Very bad. It took me a whole semester to actually say that I feel comfortable with moving around Miami's campus on my own without having to always only use the same path to and from buildings.
Steph lives in NobHill which is kinda close to everything. I learned that San Francisco actually isn't very big after all, and everything is within walkable distance, or is reachable by bus or train. I'm trying to be savvy and so I walk everywhere. I figured, I need the exercise anyway to burn off my winter chubbiness and calories that I was forced to intake in Chicago. San Fran is actually very hilly, so walking is really exercise. I had Chinatown dimsum with Wendy yesterday, another Beijing friend and it was sooo good. $8 shared between the both of us and we had 2 orders of ha gou, 2 orders of siew mai, 1 bowl of chuk, 1 piece of loh bak gou and 1 piece of chee cheong fun. Ahh.. sooo goood! I was sooo full by the time we were done. Chinatown in San Fran is amazing. Loads more fun than Chinatown of Chicago. Grocery shops and Bakeries are my fav places to visit in Chinatown. Those are the places that I can get potato bread, bak tong gou, dan tat (egg tarts), lou poh peng.... Indo Mee, Maggi Mee, Milo, Old Town Coffee, Bin Bin biscuits, Lot 100 gummies, shimui... ahhhh. I don't buy a whole lot to save money, but looking at them on the shelf gives me some sort of comfort... Don't know why. Watching old people bargain for veggie, fish and meat prices in Cantonese, reminds me of home. Yeah, I love the Chinatown in San Fran.. can you tell? I'll go back again tomorrow to grab bites from bakeries and shop or look around a little.
Anyway, after Chinatown, Wendy left me and I explored Union Square on my own. Went into the 3 story Forever 21 and spent hours there, trying on clothes but ending up buying only 1 item of clothing for a good price. Union Square really is a shopping haven. They seriously had every brand under the sun. After about 5 hours there, I walked to Steph's office to meet her after work, and didn't get lost!! Then we went to Fisherman's Wharf to have Clam Chowder in a bread bowl and calamari. It was really good. Then we had a mint icecream sundae with Ghirardelli chocolate at Ghirardelli Square. It was the best sundae ever! Walked back with my stomach churning because of the mix of food. We had a good time together, Steph and I. I hope she did, at least! haha.
The reason why I'm taking the trouble to type all this down without any pictures, is because I don't have any pictures to post! Forgot my camera, hence could not take any pictures.. and had to listen to Steph's "Suling!!! Why didn't you bring your camera! You bring your camera everywhere...!! why didn't you bring it this time!!!" -___-
Alcatraz Prison today. Gotta walk back to Fisherman's Wharf and catch a ferry. Hopefully I won't get lost today! o_O Camera! gotta remember to bring my camera!!! :)
She's at work now, and I'm using her SUPER slow internet to try and blog before I go out on my exploration today. Steph couldn't get off of work for this week, so I'm entertaining myself and going out on explorations on my own. I have NEVER had to explore an unknown city on my own before, this is actually my First time. I have a very very bad sense of direction. Very bad. It took me a whole semester to actually say that I feel comfortable with moving around Miami's campus on my own without having to always only use the same path to and from buildings.
Steph lives in NobHill which is kinda close to everything. I learned that San Francisco actually isn't very big after all, and everything is within walkable distance, or is reachable by bus or train. I'm trying to be savvy and so I walk everywhere. I figured, I need the exercise anyway to burn off my winter chubbiness and calories that I was forced to intake in Chicago. San Fran is actually very hilly, so walking is really exercise. I had Chinatown dimsum with Wendy yesterday, another Beijing friend and it was sooo good. $8 shared between the both of us and we had 2 orders of ha gou, 2 orders of siew mai, 1 bowl of chuk, 1 piece of loh bak gou and 1 piece of chee cheong fun. Ahh.. sooo goood! I was sooo full by the time we were done. Chinatown in San Fran is amazing. Loads more fun than Chinatown of Chicago. Grocery shops and Bakeries are my fav places to visit in Chinatown. Those are the places that I can get potato bread, bak tong gou, dan tat (egg tarts), lou poh peng.... Indo Mee, Maggi Mee, Milo, Old Town Coffee, Bin Bin biscuits, Lot 100 gummies, shimui... ahhhh. I don't buy a whole lot to save money, but looking at them on the shelf gives me some sort of comfort... Don't know why. Watching old people bargain for veggie, fish and meat prices in Cantonese, reminds me of home. Yeah, I love the Chinatown in San Fran.. can you tell? I'll go back again tomorrow to grab bites from bakeries and shop or look around a little.
Anyway, after Chinatown, Wendy left me and I explored Union Square on my own. Went into the 3 story Forever 21 and spent hours there, trying on clothes but ending up buying only 1 item of clothing for a good price. Union Square really is a shopping haven. They seriously had every brand under the sun. After about 5 hours there, I walked to Steph's office to meet her after work, and didn't get lost!! Then we went to Fisherman's Wharf to have Clam Chowder in a bread bowl and calamari. It was really good. Then we had a mint icecream sundae with Ghirardelli chocolate at Ghirardelli Square. It was the best sundae ever! Walked back with my stomach churning because of the mix of food. We had a good time together, Steph and I. I hope she did, at least! haha.
The reason why I'm taking the trouble to type all this down without any pictures, is because I don't have any pictures to post! Forgot my camera, hence could not take any pictures.. and had to listen to Steph's "Suling!!! Why didn't you bring your camera! You bring your camera everywhere...!! why didn't you bring it this time!!!" -___-
Alcatraz Prison today. Gotta walk back to Fisherman's Wharf and catch a ferry. Hopefully I won't get lost today! o_O Camera! gotta remember to bring my camera!!! :)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Fav Shots of the Winter
First dinner together in Bloomington, Indiana.. Indian food! I am so glad we decided to make this trip together! It was the best idea ever!
This was priceless! Hui crying and laughing at the same time due to hyper-ticklishness... HAHA
The best peppermint-bits-milkshake ever at Steak and Shake.
With Jin at Navy Pier Chicago
Our snowball fight at Millenium Park
The three of us in the freezing cold of Chicago
The Water Tower of Chicago..
Banana-Nutella crepe! ;D
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Time to Start Anew...
2010 is here.
Kinda crazy huh. It's already 2010. I remember when it was the year 2000. And thinking how weird it was to have the year start with the number 2 instead of the usual number 1. 10 years have passed since then. 10 years!!! I have changed and grown so much since the year 2000. I started and finished high school. I hated Sri Aman in the beginning of year 2000 but then ended up loving it and not wanting to leave it in 2004. Then I had National Service for three months in 2005 which turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life. An experience that taught me the importance of looking at friends beyond the color of their skin. Then I started A-Levels and finished it in May 2006. What I will always remember from A-Levels: 'theme days', finally talking to Satvinder, lab coats, titration experiments, the everyday dilemma of what to have for lunch, my friends teasing me about have McD milkshakes for lunch, Sat's April Fool's Day joke, Yish' and I riding the bus together... and so much more. It was during that time that I decided to go along with my mum's plan of studying in the US. Then got on the plane with 2 girls I barely knew for a more than 20 hour flight to Oxford, Ohio.. and thus this blog was born.
I'm on break now. It's the 2nd week of break and I am back in Oxford, Ohio... blogging from my apartment. I came back from Chicago 4 days ago. I spent Christmas there with the brother and Dong. It was freezing cold and snowy the whole time. But it was still nice... Shopping, Eating, Sleeping, Tv-ing, a lil sight seeing makes up a good vacation! Before that, I spent a few days in Bloomington, Indiana at Joliana's apt with the clan: Annie, Hui, Dong and Jin (the new addition). It was just like Freshman year all over again... only this time with Jin. It was a good few days, not too many days for us to get sick of each other, not too few days for us to feel like we didn't spend enough time with each other... Even managed to do a mini-'White Elephant' gift-exchange with everyone before we all headed our separate ways for break. Ah, what better way to start off my last Winter Break as an Undergrad with the people who matter the most to me throughout my college life. From Freshman year, to Senior year, they've been my rocks. Even managed to go through with the plan of stopping by at Jenny's on the way back from Chicago. Next Stop: San Francisco!
New Year's eve is different for me last slash this year. And I am really happy. I guess it's different when there's someone around who wants to make things special for you and only you. To have someone who makes you want to be a better person, who always looks out for you. And I like that feeling. It has been a good almost two months and I look forward to everything this year will bring. :)
One of my dad's childhood friend whom I used to be intimidated of when I was younger, but adore now that I am older found out that he has pancreatic cancer. And he's not doing very well. He is the one that gives me the courage to do whatever I want to do without worrying about what other people think. Whenever he comes to visit, I am struck by his daredevil-ness that is still apparent even at his age and I always think to myself that I want to be like him. I have been thinking about him often, and will be praying for a miracle.
Happy New Year everyone! I wish you all smiles and laughter, good health, more time with your family, the courage to overcome obstacles and good opportunities to advance in school/careers/life....
Kinda crazy huh. It's already 2010. I remember when it was the year 2000. And thinking how weird it was to have the year start with the number 2 instead of the usual number 1. 10 years have passed since then. 10 years!!! I have changed and grown so much since the year 2000. I started and finished high school. I hated Sri Aman in the beginning of year 2000 but then ended up loving it and not wanting to leave it in 2004. Then I had National Service for three months in 2005 which turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life. An experience that taught me the importance of looking at friends beyond the color of their skin. Then I started A-Levels and finished it in May 2006. What I will always remember from A-Levels: 'theme days', finally talking to Satvinder, lab coats, titration experiments, the everyday dilemma of what to have for lunch, my friends teasing me about have McD milkshakes for lunch, Sat's April Fool's Day joke, Yish' and I riding the bus together... and so much more. It was during that time that I decided to go along with my mum's plan of studying in the US. Then got on the plane with 2 girls I barely knew for a more than 20 hour flight to Oxford, Ohio.. and thus this blog was born.
I'm on break now. It's the 2nd week of break and I am back in Oxford, Ohio... blogging from my apartment. I came back from Chicago 4 days ago. I spent Christmas there with the brother and Dong. It was freezing cold and snowy the whole time. But it was still nice... Shopping, Eating, Sleeping, Tv-ing, a lil sight seeing makes up a good vacation! Before that, I spent a few days in Bloomington, Indiana at Joliana's apt with the clan: Annie, Hui, Dong and Jin (the new addition). It was just like Freshman year all over again... only this time with Jin. It was a good few days, not too many days for us to get sick of each other, not too few days for us to feel like we didn't spend enough time with each other... Even managed to do a mini-'White Elephant' gift-exchange with everyone before we all headed our separate ways for break. Ah, what better way to start off my last Winter Break as an Undergrad with the people who matter the most to me throughout my college life. From Freshman year, to Senior year, they've been my rocks. Even managed to go through with the plan of stopping by at Jenny's on the way back from Chicago. Next Stop: San Francisco!
New Year's eve is different for me last slash this year. And I am really happy. I guess it's different when there's someone around who wants to make things special for you and only you. To have someone who makes you want to be a better person, who always looks out for you. And I like that feeling. It has been a good almost two months and I look forward to everything this year will bring. :)
One of my dad's childhood friend whom I used to be intimidated of when I was younger, but adore now that I am older found out that he has pancreatic cancer. And he's not doing very well. He is the one that gives me the courage to do whatever I want to do without worrying about what other people think. Whenever he comes to visit, I am struck by his daredevil-ness that is still apparent even at his age and I always think to myself that I want to be like him. I have been thinking about him often, and will be praying for a miracle.
Happy New Year everyone! I wish you all smiles and laughter, good health, more time with your family, the courage to overcome obstacles and good opportunities to advance in school/careers/life....
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