Hi guys, I suck at managing my time. I feel as if there's so many things that I have to do in so little time. AND the fact that I keep pushing them aside just seems to make it all stack up ): To think i bought a planner first semester that i hardly even use, lame.
Anyways my Sunday was alright. For the most part of the day I did my essay that I was stuck on for the longest time ever. Our prompt was to write about a dollar sign and how it's supposed to solve a problem. I decided to relate the dollar sign to the Filipino Veterans seeking not only compensation, but also recognition for their military service. Idk if i executed that paper well enough to solve a problem, but whatevs.
Monday was really fun despite the sucky weather. I got to eat clam chowder at boudin's, I had lunch with my Ate Carina at the Nordstrom cafe...and she's super fun and easy to talk to, and I decided to stay for the internship workshop about the Veteranos and their more than 60 year struggle for their entitled benefits. Having completed a paper on them, I thought it was only fitting for me to go to the workshop.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
23-28
This week has been really busy and tiring that I wasn't able to actually update this thing...here's a recap if i can remember.
23rd, Monday was just an ordinary school day. I didn't stay on campus like I normally do and I just went home with the rest of the San Leandro commuters, haha.
24th, Tuesday I was late to my math class by a good thirty minutes and although I didn't want to go, I went anyways. Thank goodness I did, I found out that my exam review is next Tuesday and the test is on Friday. BOO. Anyways, after all my classes, i decided to stay during internship today. We painted for praxis' and i got to see some lovely projects in beatrice's workshop. Lance's bridge project, let's just say is indestructible.
25th, Wednesday was super long! It was traffic and I missed bio class AGAIN so I only went to two classes for the day. I stayed for their internship for a while. Then I went with joe d, kc, and ben to grab a bite to eat..they're always fun to talk to. The last part of the workshop was the internship dance which i decided to stay for. It was cute! They all looked like fishies (: haha. I also got my first clue today for the Kuya Ate Program. Kuyas/Ates are supposed to give their adings (younger sister/brother) a clue as to who they are. I chose to be an ading again this semester. I got a starbucks coffee sleeve from my Kuya/Ate. I kinda had thoughts as to who it may be but some people just confused me, like Jordan and Christine who all kept insisting that I was their ading. I was so confused. I had practice later on at 7 that day. Because there wasn't much people in last week's practice for Dance Ensemble, I decided to crash and go check it out. Lets just say it went alright. I suck at learning new dance steps, but overall, I think i got it....I think? :X
26th, Thursday It's my dad's birthday today(: I was didn't go to my math class, whatevs. I got my second clue though! It was a short and sweet letter from my Kuya/Ate (: Anyways, my day was cool. After all my classes, Matt came to visit me. Hahaha, no i'm just kidding, i mean he did...but really, he went to state to turn in some admission papers so I was just with him in the meantime while waiting for jotabol practice. I could've gone to fuddruckers for the KAP reveal at 6, but I didn't want to spend money, and also because practice was an hour later and my "ATE" texted me saying that she wouldn't be able to make it for the reveal, but she'll be there for jotabol. Got me thinking...I'm in jotabol and it could be any one of the girls there. It was 7 and there was still no sign of Lance, Bianca or Iris who had my change of gym shorts and a shirt. I didn't want to be late so I decided to just go in what I was wearing. Turns out we didn't practice all that much and I was panicking for no apparent reason like always, hahaha. Practice went by fast, and still I found no sign of my ate when all of a sudden i hear someone yelling "ading" and turns out...my ate's carina! She's really nice and she even got me a hello kitty dunny...flava flave edition! (:
27th, Friday I went to all my classes, except one. I had to go to modesto for my uncle's viewing all the way in modesto. It's super far, we got lost, and found ourselves in some city with practically no one around. I hate getting lost in a foreign area where there's no civilization and smells like cows. It's gross and I swear any place where there's farm land, I freak out, haha.
28th, Saturday I went to Modesto again for the funeral. I woke up hella early on a saturday morning, and headed on the road. We got to the church around 9:30. We were an hour early before the mass, so we headed to the carl's junior's across the street to grab a western burger. Next thing I know, I see hella of my relatives going into Carl's Juniors that we practically took up most of what were empty seats. It was like a family reunion in a fast food joint, haha.
23rd, Monday was just an ordinary school day. I didn't stay on campus like I normally do and I just went home with the rest of the San Leandro commuters, haha.
24th, Tuesday I was late to my math class by a good thirty minutes and although I didn't want to go, I went anyways. Thank goodness I did, I found out that my exam review is next Tuesday and the test is on Friday. BOO. Anyways, after all my classes, i decided to stay during internship today. We painted for praxis' and i got to see some lovely projects in beatrice's workshop. Lance's bridge project, let's just say is indestructible.
25th, Wednesday was super long! It was traffic and I missed bio class AGAIN so I only went to two classes for the day. I stayed for their internship for a while. Then I went with joe d, kc, and ben to grab a bite to eat..they're always fun to talk to. The last part of the workshop was the internship dance which i decided to stay for. It was cute! They all looked like fishies (: haha. I also got my first clue today for the Kuya Ate Program. Kuyas/Ates are supposed to give their adings (younger sister/brother) a clue as to who they are. I chose to be an ading again this semester. I got a starbucks coffee sleeve from my Kuya/Ate. I kinda had thoughts as to who it may be but some people just confused me, like Jordan and Christine who all kept insisting that I was their ading. I was so confused. I had practice later on at 7 that day. Because there wasn't much people in last week's practice for Dance Ensemble, I decided to crash and go check it out. Lets just say it went alright. I suck at learning new dance steps, but overall, I think i got it....I think? :X
26th, Thursday It's my dad's birthday today(: I was didn't go to my math class, whatevs. I got my second clue though! It was a short and sweet letter from my Kuya/Ate (: Anyways, my day was cool. After all my classes, Matt came to visit me. Hahaha, no i'm just kidding, i mean he did...but really, he went to state to turn in some admission papers so I was just with him in the meantime while waiting for jotabol practice. I could've gone to fuddruckers for the KAP reveal at 6, but I didn't want to spend money, and also because practice was an hour later and my "ATE" texted me saying that she wouldn't be able to make it for the reveal, but she'll be there for jotabol. Got me thinking...I'm in jotabol and it could be any one of the girls there. It was 7 and there was still no sign of Lance, Bianca or Iris who had my change of gym shorts and a shirt. I didn't want to be late so I decided to just go in what I was wearing. Turns out we didn't practice all that much and I was panicking for no apparent reason like always, hahaha. Practice went by fast, and still I found no sign of my ate when all of a sudden i hear someone yelling "ading" and turns out...my ate's carina! She's really nice and she even got me a hello kitty dunny...flava flave edition! (:
27th, Friday I went to all my classes, except one. I had to go to modesto for my uncle's viewing all the way in modesto. It's super far, we got lost, and found ourselves in some city with practically no one around. I hate getting lost in a foreign area where there's no civilization and smells like cows. It's gross and I swear any place where there's farm land, I freak out, haha.
28th, Saturday I went to Modesto again for the funeral. I woke up hella early on a saturday morning, and headed on the road. We got to the church around 9:30. We were an hour early before the mass, so we headed to the carl's junior's across the street to grab a western burger. Next thing I know, I see hella of my relatives going into Carl's Juniors that we practically took up most of what were empty seats. It was like a family reunion in a fast food joint, haha.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
21th &22
Aren't these hella cute! If only i have the time and patience to actually make these, I would (: Overall, my weekend has been alright. On Saturday Matt came over around 4. I was expecting him to come an hour earlier so I can help him out on some Spanish hwk that he doesn't understand, but he misplaced the assignment paper and was looking for it before he left the house. That was a failure. We just chilled in the meantime before Trix's party and i did his nails! haha. NO, not like full mani and shit, but just a little file here and there. He liked them, haha! We then headed over to trix's and got there at 6. We were already parked and about to head out when Matt asked if I wanted to go and check out Rasputin's for a bit. We searched around, me for music, him mainly for DVD's. After looking around, we headed to trix's and it was fun! I got tackled by a little cute 3 year old boy who thought I was hiding the ball from him and got to see some people that i haven't seen in foreveeer. I was awaken to my mom at 10 in the morning yelling at me and my sister to get ready for church because mass starts at 11. I got frustrated when i found out we were going to church at the Oakland Cathedral....AT 12. Situations like this entertained me for a good while of the day. Here's some of the many posts that I thought were funny from www.fmylife.com/.Today, I found out my angry ex girlfriend put Nair in my shampoo before moving out of my dorm. I'm now balding at 19. FML
Today, at my softball game, there was one spot left for center field. The coach had to choose between me or the girl who forgot her glasses and was blind without them. He chose her. FML
Today, I was eating at a restaurant with my boyfriend, he is 6'2 and i am 4'11. Out of nowhere, the hostess started openly flirting with him, and asked him if he needed a booster chair for his daughter. FML
Today, I got my fake ID and went out with the boys to dinner and the bars. One of my friends asked to see my ID. He noticed my birthday didn't make me over 21. I paid $170 for a fake ID with my real birthday. FML
Today, at a party I told this guy that I really liked his pirate costume. Turns out he wasn't wearing a costume, his eye was shot out with a bebe gun. This explains the eye patch. FML
Saturday, February 21, 2009
20th
By far my highlight of this week, is FRIDAY! I got to sleep in because me, bee and lance decided to not go to our 9:30 bio or psychology class and that was nice, AND we also got our last class canceled for the day! I went to only one class for an hour, that was it. If only my school days could be like that on the daily, haha!
It was pretty chill coming home too. I got to go home with everyone for once, including thea! Shit's entertaining. I now know not to ever fall asleep on bart with them, lol.
Trix's dinner was at 7, but we all decided to go a bit early to get the seating arrangements requested. I drove to bee's house where Garrett would come and pick us up to head to The Cheesecake Factory in Dublin. Right when I got in i noticed this one person on bee's couch. Because the couch's back is away from the door, I was unable to see that person's face. For the longest time, I thought it was one of the friends of Bianca's brother, until I finally sat down on the couch and noticed that it was Duy cleanly shaven! haha. I hella did not recognize him. Even bee was wondering why I haven't said hi to him yet, lol. So we waited for Garrett and finally headed down there...in less than 15 minutes.
We all ended up waiting for like a good 3 hours for the outside seating area to be cleared of people. It was nice catching up with some good friends that I haven't seen or talked to for a while. That made time fly by fast. Although there was this one couple who we waited on for hella long just so all of us could finally be seated. They took their sweet time. I'm not going to lie, I probably would too. haha. Anyways, when we did get seated you hardly could even see the people at the other end. It literally stretched from the entrance, all the way up to the end of the outdoor patio. 40 DEEP.
When we were finished with our food, we all decided to go to a hookah lounge since it was still kinda early. Mia and Christian weren't going because Christian wasn't 18 yet ); So Bee, Dennis, Chel, Noel, Nel and I squished in the car for the hookah place. We parked in the back and entered through the open door where we got somewhat in trouble because I guess we were supposed to go through the front. We enter through the front door where a bouncer checked our ids and asked for $10 if we were going to smoke and $15 if we were just going to stay there and not smoke. Me and bee didn't have cash and asked if we could just pay inside, and tell me why the bouncer says, "Oh this is just an entrance fee, you would have to pay separate for the hookah. It's $15 for that." WTF, hella trying to rob us of our money! So we left and the fool lost hella customers. haha. Tell me why though, it hella seems like everyone else there paid half of what the bouncer asked of us.
The car ride back home made up for it and for some reason our conversations were mainly about Zak and all the stupid shit he, Dennis and Forrest have all done in high school together. We all miss Zak and his crazy self. We miss high school in general. Good times (;
It was pretty chill coming home too. I got to go home with everyone for once, including thea! Shit's entertaining. I now know not to ever fall asleep on bart with them, lol.
Trix's dinner was at 7, but we all decided to go a bit early to get the seating arrangements requested. I drove to bee's house where Garrett would come and pick us up to head to The Cheesecake Factory in Dublin. Right when I got in i noticed this one person on bee's couch. Because the couch's back is away from the door, I was unable to see that person's face. For the longest time, I thought it was one of the friends of Bianca's brother, until I finally sat down on the couch and noticed that it was Duy cleanly shaven! haha. I hella did not recognize him. Even bee was wondering why I haven't said hi to him yet, lol. So we waited for Garrett and finally headed down there...in less than 15 minutes.
We all ended up waiting for like a good 3 hours for the outside seating area to be cleared of people. It was nice catching up with some good friends that I haven't seen or talked to for a while. That made time fly by fast. Although there was this one couple who we waited on for hella long just so all of us could finally be seated. They took their sweet time. I'm not going to lie, I probably would too. haha. Anyways, when we did get seated you hardly could even see the people at the other end. It literally stretched from the entrance, all the way up to the end of the outdoor patio. 40 DEEP.
When we were finished with our food, we all decided to go to a hookah lounge since it was still kinda early. Mia and Christian weren't going because Christian wasn't 18 yet ); So Bee, Dennis, Chel, Noel, Nel and I squished in the car for the hookah place. We parked in the back and entered through the open door where we got somewhat in trouble because I guess we were supposed to go through the front. We enter through the front door where a bouncer checked our ids and asked for $10 if we were going to smoke and $15 if we were just going to stay there and not smoke. Me and bee didn't have cash and asked if we could just pay inside, and tell me why the bouncer says, "Oh this is just an entrance fee, you would have to pay separate for the hookah. It's $15 for that." WTF, hella trying to rob us of our money! So we left and the fool lost hella customers. haha. Tell me why though, it hella seems like everyone else there paid half of what the bouncer asked of us.
The car ride back home made up for it and for some reason our conversations were mainly about Zak and all the stupid shit he, Dennis and Forrest have all done in high school together. We all miss Zak and his crazy self. We miss high school in general. Good times (;
Thursday, February 19, 2009
19th
I took BART today because lance had an appointment at 8 am daly city. Plus i wanted to sleep in so i decided not to go along. I have never taken BART going to school and i was surprised at how many people there were. I knew it was rush hour, but I thought I'd be getting a seat at least. BUT NO. I stood from san leandro up until civil center, uggh.
So i'm in the computer lab right now just waiting, trynna kill some time before my jotabol practice at 7...and to think i got out at 3:30. haha. I feel hella disconnected too. I found out, right when i got to my first class that my phone was low batt and was on the verge of dying. FML.
...I stayed in the computer lab for like an hour and a half and managed to get my stats hwk and a bit of my genealogy project done. I then headed to the atm machine where I finally deposited a check that i got from working inventory at nordstrom after having it for two weeks now. I finally figured out how to deposit a check after so looong. Anyways, I just waited at the lobby waiting for iris or lance to come by because I didn't have my phone. They arrived and we just chilled there. It wasn't so bad, jordan and mark stopped by. AND so did this one person that we've met but I didn't recognize. I was just sitting around and I looked over at this one guy who looked so familiar, but I wasn't sure. Then he asks, "are you guys here for the practice too?" I said yes, and that's when arianna comes walking down the stairs from the terrace. That's when I remembered that we met Boomer, that's his name, through Arianna. We just chilled there for a good half hour before practice and it was pretty funny cause he showed us shaq and the jabbawockeez at the all star game. haha. check it out if you haven't. he's fcuking ginormous!
Turns out we were late for practice. We thought we were going to meet at the lobby, but apparently we were supposed to have been in the dance studio already by that time. Woops! Jotabal was pretty fun though despite my now hurting calves and shoulders. The people are chill too. We got partnered up, and my partner Mike is hilarious! Overall good day, compared to the last practice. Now that was a failure, lol.
kaaay well imma knock out, i'm super tired. thanks for reading (:
So i'm in the computer lab right now just waiting, trynna kill some time before my jotabol practice at 7...and to think i got out at 3:30. haha. I feel hella disconnected too. I found out, right when i got to my first class that my phone was low batt and was on the verge of dying. FML.
...I stayed in the computer lab for like an hour and a half and managed to get my stats hwk and a bit of my genealogy project done. I then headed to the atm machine where I finally deposited a check that i got from working inventory at nordstrom after having it for two weeks now. I finally figured out how to deposit a check after so looong. Anyways, I just waited at the lobby waiting for iris or lance to come by because I didn't have my phone. They arrived and we just chilled there. It wasn't so bad, jordan and mark stopped by. AND so did this one person that we've met but I didn't recognize. I was just sitting around and I looked over at this one guy who looked so familiar, but I wasn't sure. Then he asks, "are you guys here for the practice too?" I said yes, and that's when arianna comes walking down the stairs from the terrace. That's when I remembered that we met Boomer, that's his name, through Arianna. We just chilled there for a good half hour before practice and it was pretty funny cause he showed us shaq and the jabbawockeez at the all star game. haha. check it out if you haven't. he's fcuking ginormous!
Turns out we were late for practice. We thought we were going to meet at the lobby, but apparently we were supposed to have been in the dance studio already by that time. Woops! Jotabal was pretty fun though despite my now hurting calves and shoulders. The people are chill too. We got partnered up, and my partner Mike is hilarious! Overall good day, compared to the last practice. Now that was a failure, lol.
kaaay well imma knock out, i'm super tired. thanks for reading (:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
18th
"Bag lady you gone hurt your back, dragging all them bags like that. I guess nobody ever told you all you must hold on to is you, is you, is you."
My bag broke while I was getting out of the shuttle and rushing onto the Fremont train just barely missing it. It was a fairly new bag and during comm class I saw saw that the handle was already ripping, but disregarded that and put it aside. This whole day just sucked and lately I've been questioning my selection in going to SFState. In all honesty, though I have met some pretty chill people and it's been well over a couple of weeks into the second semester, I still have yet to find a niche in the school. Although I am affiliated with PACE and have met some people through that organization, I still feel as if I'm just there, not fully engaging and interacting with the people themselves because they're already so tight knit.. and though the people are cool there are times where I do feel left out. As happy as I am for Bianca and Lance in their decision to intern, each having their own "group" so to say, it's rather difficult to get to know someone there when they already know much out of one another. It also bothers me how much of the people there frequently associate me as always being with lance. I mean yeah he's my friend and all, but because he does one thing, doesn't mean that I'm always going to do the same. I know that they're just concerned, but sometimes it gets irritating when i am a completely separate individual with my own decisions that are not necessarily influenced by some other person.
It's hard to explain. But I guess you can say that this song (minus the guy they mentioned in this song) and what had happened today sums it up. It's called bag lady (by erykah badu) and like the song dictates, I am carrying a load of stuff on me if you've known me well enough to know what has gone on in my life. I've kept my guard up and hopefully the bag that broke symbolizes the coming of something new, something different, and something enjoyable...like a new bag maybe, haha jk!... I'm just tired of going to school not feeling welcome.
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Change in topic, sry.
By no means was I trying to eavesdrop, but it's just funny how the least of strangers can be connected through experiences. I was just walking around by myself to class and couldn't help but hear over people's conversations that I can relate to and comprehend. Two friends were walking in front of me, one of them happened to talk to the other saying that she doesn't want to break up with her boyfriend because of that comfortable factor after being together for so long. While waiting for the shuttle after all my classes, I overheard two girls talking amongst themselves about their boyfriends. One girl talked about how she got the sweater she was wearing as a gift from her boyfriend, but it wasn't really her style. They go on talking about what kind of style their boyfriends have and it was really interesting just hearing their take on what's appealing. For one of the girls, she liked the more clean cut look with the "DKNY" pants, as she said, and a collared shirt which happens to be her boyfriend's style. I thought it was funny when they asked each other if their boyfriend dresses "ghetto" cause apparently they both didn't like that. Lol. They were funny. I wanted to converse but i didn't want to make it seem like I've been listening in for that long. hahah.
Tomorrow there's practice for jotabol, a traditional Filipino folk dance. Hopefully that goes better than the swingchop did.
Well, that's it for today, this was kinda lengthy.
Thanks for reading guys.
My bag broke while I was getting out of the shuttle and rushing onto the Fremont train just barely missing it. It was a fairly new bag and during comm class I saw saw that the handle was already ripping, but disregarded that and put it aside. This whole day just sucked and lately I've been questioning my selection in going to SFState. In all honesty, though I have met some pretty chill people and it's been well over a couple of weeks into the second semester, I still have yet to find a niche in the school. Although I am affiliated with PACE and have met some people through that organization, I still feel as if I'm just there, not fully engaging and interacting with the people themselves because they're already so tight knit.. and though the people are cool there are times where I do feel left out. As happy as I am for Bianca and Lance in their decision to intern, each having their own "group" so to say, it's rather difficult to get to know someone there when they already know much out of one another. It also bothers me how much of the people there frequently associate me as always being with lance. I mean yeah he's my friend and all, but because he does one thing, doesn't mean that I'm always going to do the same. I know that they're just concerned, but sometimes it gets irritating when i am a completely separate individual with my own decisions that are not necessarily influenced by some other person.
It's hard to explain. But I guess you can say that this song (minus the guy they mentioned in this song) and what had happened today sums it up. It's called bag lady (by erykah badu) and like the song dictates, I am carrying a load of stuff on me if you've known me well enough to know what has gone on in my life. I've kept my guard up and hopefully the bag that broke symbolizes the coming of something new, something different, and something enjoyable...like a new bag maybe, haha jk!... I'm just tired of going to school not feeling welcome.
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Change in topic, sry.
By no means was I trying to eavesdrop, but it's just funny how the least of strangers can be connected through experiences. I was just walking around by myself to class and couldn't help but hear over people's conversations that I can relate to and comprehend. Two friends were walking in front of me, one of them happened to talk to the other saying that she doesn't want to break up with her boyfriend because of that comfortable factor after being together for so long. While waiting for the shuttle after all my classes, I overheard two girls talking amongst themselves about their boyfriends. One girl talked about how she got the sweater she was wearing as a gift from her boyfriend, but it wasn't really her style. They go on talking about what kind of style their boyfriends have and it was really interesting just hearing their take on what's appealing. For one of the girls, she liked the more clean cut look with the "DKNY" pants, as she said, and a collared shirt which happens to be her boyfriend's style. I thought it was funny when they asked each other if their boyfriend dresses "ghetto" cause apparently they both didn't like that. Lol. They were funny. I wanted to converse but i didn't want to make it seem like I've been listening in for that long. hahah.
Tomorrow there's practice for jotabol, a traditional Filipino folk dance. Hopefully that goes better than the swingchop did.
Well, that's it for today, this was kinda lengthy.
Thanks for reading guys.
17th
Yesterday was just plain tiring for the most part. I was exhausted, having only slept about 3 hours the night before. I woke up not wanting to go to school, my classes, and even the swingchop (swing, chacha, hiphop) practice, but I stuck through for that and stayed at school for more than 12 hours.
Swingchop started at 7 pm and it was hella intense. Seriously. The fact that I didn't have a partner half of the time to actually practice with made me confused with the whole first part of the routine...even more so with the fast pace. I was iffy towards the end because it is an open audition and I wasn't so sure whether or not to continue on with that. I didn't know the dance well enough and I was about to just cross my name off the list for auditions like Lance and Iris until I put some thought into it. I don't wanna be seen as a quiter. That's not like me. I go through with things. And though I made a fool in front of every one out there not knowing much of the routine, at least I can say I tried. I just wish that I had a bit more time to practice it and someone to dance it with.
That was practice day one. I told my boyfriend about this and how humiliated I felt. He knew I was having a long and bad day and that's when he completely blew his surprise away to make me feel better. He got me a cd signed by zion i! (:
Swingchop started at 7 pm and it was hella intense. Seriously. The fact that I didn't have a partner half of the time to actually practice with made me confused with the whole first part of the routine...even more so with the fast pace. I was iffy towards the end because it is an open audition and I wasn't so sure whether or not to continue on with that. I didn't know the dance well enough and I was about to just cross my name off the list for auditions like Lance and Iris until I put some thought into it. I don't wanna be seen as a quiter. That's not like me. I go through with things. And though I made a fool in front of every one out there not knowing much of the routine, at least I can say I tried. I just wish that I had a bit more time to practice it and someone to dance it with.
That was practice day one. I told my boyfriend about this and how humiliated I felt. He knew I was having a long and bad day and that's when he completely blew his surprise away to make me feel better. He got me a cd signed by zion i! (:
