it's been three months?

I haven't updated this for two weeks now because I think I wasn't in the mood to write anything. So I will just punch in some highlights. Things have been good still. There are still those days filled with little miseries but something equally exciting comes up along the way anyway so I'm good.  I think I would just like to say that every thing's been okay and I'm currently biased to my good feelings because it's been three months now, and I can still say I love 2009! =) 

school stuff

shopping

hiking!

okay, this looks ugly but I swear it's not that bad. It's my political poster for Arts

That's it for now. Will update more later. And in between my tests, I've been reading Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho and it's been great!

hearts and guitars

I've been playing the guitar this past week, almost googling every song that I know. I think I've always wanted to do this. School's been busy. I've been joining different organizations, showing up in meetings and meeting different people. It's quite expensive but I think I'm enjoying myself and I'm very much loving 2009.

trying to get busy with Arts and I got a new phone!

Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day everyone and despite being single, I don't sulk and I think Ingrid's happy pill still has an effect on me. I've never been this content for so long, I'm happy I don't even know.

money, gold, and arts

Yesterday, I was in the city with some people from my school for a trip to New York's Federal Reserve. Quick information: it's the place where golds from other countries are very well kept. And believe me, that vault is indeed very much secure five levels down Manhattan's ground floor. It's also everything about money, bundles of them. And I almost drooled when I saw a huge container with $46,000,000 worth of SHREDDED money. Have you seen Mad Money with Katie Holmes? Go picture. And before that, I stayed in school for a couple of hours because I had to be dropped off earlier than schedule, and I got to take some pictures.

Car wash in the morning.

You may say, "Ah, winter," but it was terribly cold yesterday I felt like my legs were coming off.

My Art classroom! My safe haven with pals Fabian and Steph. Sometimes we just crack up from drawing. We sit on the other side, near that ladder by the windows.

Filthy lockers for Art materials

This was the only time I got to use my camera inside NY Fed because apparently, no electronic devices can be used inside the building for security reasons.

I was tired on my way home. I felt like throwing up because we passed by McDonald's two blocks from NY Fed and had burgers and fries. I was drinking orange juice in the brisk cold outside after eating. Funny how all people looked so cold with as much clothing as possible. It's so cold these days people will celebrate if the temperature hits the lower 40s with suntan lotion!

Now you know why I anticipated the sun back in Cali too much.

fine and dandy and california

I'll try to say some stuff about my trip as hard as I could. Those who have seen my Facebook pictures at least have an idea how it went. We were with old people obviously and that made it extra funny because B and I were considered extra special. But anyway, I'm also having fun being back in New York. The school is fine, I got into an Art class and it's gonna be fun trying to draw as fcking best as I could. And work is fun! I already miss my workmates. I hitched a ride with someone yesterday on my way to work and he told me, "I've never met anyone complaining about going to work late." Well that's me, you know. And anyway it's freezing here, morning classes were cancelled today because of the snowstorm, I'm lucky it's a Wednesday.

On another note, California is heaven for sun lovers like me. Perfect weather, perfect everything else. And for Filipinos like me, it's like you're in the Philippines. They have this city they call Little Manila, and you can go out at 3 in the morning and eat Goto or Tapa. They also have a place like Kokoy's Grille where you can eat Adobo anything. We also had breakfast one time at Chowking and I bought my mom pastillas from both Red Ribbon and Goldilocks. They have Seafood City, a grocery store as big as Rustan's Supermarket in the Philippines. We don't have that here in New York. Philippine stores here are as small as any ordinary deli in the neighborhood. And I won't forget Jollibee! There's not one but a couple of stores around. Crispylicious! =)

Goto. =)

I tried the famous In-N-Out Burger from the West, and my favorite Jamba Juice and although the city isn't as hectic as it is in New York, San Fran's still good. The Crooked Avenue, the ups and downs in the road, the cable car, the bay itself, and other good stuff like going up the hills and taking a view of the whole San Francisco. I also noticed the diversity in California where Whites are no longer the majority of the population, hopefully people would mix because something's not right with exclusivity. I get it, people of different races have different backgrounds but hopefully in the long run, differences could all be weaved together. 

Pictures!

And I won't forget my plane trip on my way back home. I crush my seatmate! He looks like Paolo Nutini. We talked and I learned he's from Brooklyn and he came from Utah from the Sundance Film Festival and he was talking about how he misses his dog and that he's finally gonna rest after parties of selling himself. He's a writer and when we weren't talking yet, he had this sketchpad where I think he writes his poems or something. I love one-time magic! Ha ha. We didn't ask for each other's names. We just talked trying not to bore ourselves out of the five hour flight from Phoenix to New York. 

Until next time. I will travel solo again sooon! (i hope)

too much snow

Winter season will officially begin on Monday and yet, here goes my dad shoveling the Saturday morning away. There's too much snow, you can't even see the road underneath. I hate snow these days.

city escape, early winter and halloween

I was walking along 8th avenue in the city yesterday when a woman around forties in denim pants and jacket with a pink shirt approached me and told me all of a sudden, 

"You're smiling,"

I kept smiling and stalled a little bit to face her but implicitly told her I should keep going because I had a long way to go, to walk that is. I was trekking 59th to 33rd street to Penn Station where I could hop on a train headed back to the suburbs.

"Why are you smiling?"

At this point I was confused because I thought she was going to ask me some directions around the city so why offend my politeness, then..

"You're smiling but deep inside you're really not happy. You have problems with love and relationships and you're concerned about your career," To this I just said, "What?" because I was completely lost and didn't know who I was talking to. Then she said,

"You're feeling stomach pains because you're having your period,"

And I was really struck and surprised by this as well as the thoughtof wandering psychics around the city. Of course she said she's a psychic and I was this close into sitting with her somewhere to ask a lot of questions but because of the nasty weather, I had to go home, fearing I would be iced out at 5:30 in the afternoon and the thought of sitting at home out of my purple jacket and wet boots appealed to me. Yes, I was having my period unfortunately, which bothered my date with Ka-te a little bit since we had to look for a Duane Reade around the corner then a bathroom after but to be told some weird things out of nowhere was really funny yet interesting.

So I wasn't really happy, eh? Whatever! Ha ha. I kept smiling as I walked downtown even if my legs were hurting from the long walk. If I only knew the Subway tracks really well I would take it but I was afraid I'd end up somewhere gangsta so I just walked. It would be perfectly easy if I'd end up in front of the Archibalds apartment but no. Nate is only a fictional TV character. And yes, we kept dreaming about a jogging Nate Archibald as we were walking around Central Park.

Tuesday lunch at Serendipity 3 then later went for some Jamba Juice!

Yesterday was quite eventful indeed and in a way it led me to thinking I really want to live there someday. I want to possibly intern somewhere then get an apartment, walk around to feed myself with a possible appearance at a NY street fashion blog (NYEH) and just enjoy the dirty city. The possibilities are endless and it's just making me scared but at the same time psyched about my future. Ka-te is also considering living in the Big Apple. To us! Ha ha.

And finally, I realized I really gained weight and I am not doing anything about it. Of course Ka-te mentioned it and I don't know what to do with it. Screw all the jumbo sized meals in New York! But I love NY pizza. Argh.

Also, the weather was wintry yesterday even until now. The temperature has been terrible in the upper 40s and it even snowed in New Jersey last night. Talk about the ever changing weather, stock market and my mind. (NYEH)

Give me 1 also for an effort on my "costume" for a Halloween Pumpkin Park job.

I'm the one wearing overalls

Too fat for school. Ha ha.

Til next post!

wait for it..

Just look how freeeaakin' hot Zac Efron is. 

Be back tomorrow. I hate that I am not updating.

birthdays

Today, I realized one thing. That I am a little ungrateful of the life I spend every year. Not too far from now, I will celebrate another birthday and I have no idea how to spend it. Every year, I take my birthday for granted, I think I just slept once through it, I'm not sure. And now, this ungrateful approach on birthdays needs a lift. I should do something at least slightly memorable because to date, I haven't had that very memorable birthday celebration. I always do it rather meekly and thought it's just another reminder of my not so wonderful life. Even my sweet sixteenth was only vaguely special because a lot of the people I care about didn't even make it. I know, it sucks but to me, year after year, it is starting to wear off because the more I think of how un-special it is, the less I feel happy. It is ironic how I want other people's birthday to be special but I treat mine only sullenly.

So today I want to refresh and reload and take a look at the almost memorable ones and feel thankful.

• 1st Birthday -
  (I am the girl pictured above wearing yellow and sitting pretty with my lola and cousins)
  This event is special because everyone spends a baby's first birthday happily. Although I don't remember much of it mainly because I didn't know a lot from then, (duh) I think I was really happy. Babies love to be adored.
  
• 7th Birthday - In the Philippines, 7th birthdays should be celebrated grandly for some reason. I'm not particularly sure why but most kids I knew then celebrated theirs with clowns, mascots, parties and the shiz. Mine wasn't really that special but I had a party where I invited some of my "friends" from first grade. I had pink balloons and I wore stockings with pink maryjanes, floral dress with a pink shirt inside. Eew. My mom loved pink and made me think I love it too. I also remember this one very clearly because my mom did the weirdest game ever where a string was tied on everyone's waist and the other end goes dangling on the floor tied to an egg. You get a partner and you have to break the egg by thrusting your hips to and fro and let each one's eggs bump into each other. (that sounded weird) First to smash both eggs wins.
• 13th Birthday -
  (Pictured with my mom)
  In almost all my birthdays, my mom threw parties only to my immediate relatives. Good thing I am closely bonded with my cousins. Besides, I didn't know how to party then, how would I throw one to my cool friends? But I think I did on my 3rd Birthday (?) to my classmates in baby nursery. (I went to school at 2 1/2) My 13th was special to me because it was a mark of teen-hood: I grew taller than my mom, I started hanging out with my best friends and was going under that awkward puberty stage.
  
• 16th Birthday - I had this out-of-the-blue-party because my mom thought it should be special. I remember I didn't really want to throw a party but my mom said I should so we did. I invited my friends from high school, my mom's friends and my relatives. This one's almost great but there were some major issues. Like not all my friends and relatives were present which is understood since the party was a bit rushed.

I think these ones are the best so far. They're not the best best but at least they were special to me. I didn't have a party on my 18th because of some complications, (Haha) but I am planning on throwing one hopefully on my 21st when I become legal anywhere on the planet. This year, let me see.

But above all these, I should be happy.

death

How would you expect me to react from seeing this big ad after logging out of MySpace?

(a) Scared

(b) In high spirits

(c) Lonely

(d) (Insert expected reaction here)

And yeah, I'm a Marketing major student. ;p

here I come

No update for today, just a photo of a cute avatar that I made. Funny since I was almost wearing this exact outfit today in school, including the black framed glasses.

I also did jump ropes this afternoon and my legs feel swollen and currently, I'm walking stiffly with added weight on one side. This though, won't stop me from doing it again for the next couple of weeks, until I feel I've tried my very best to have some means of physical activity or until the last leaf fall from the autumn trees. Ugh, goodbye summer.

I smell California from here. I am excited. =)

waiting

As promised, here are a few snapshots I took in between my trips to school. :) Although I didn't have the best time today, I still managed to control my temper amidst a day full of bad luck and delayed trains.

life would be easier if everyone works on time.

"the east bound train to ..... is 7 minutes late, PFT"

I was carrying these with me while waiting, just imagine.

unnecessary

The two sunglasses I bought online arrived this afternoon and were miserably victimized. LOL.

scary and stupid

red frames

Which one's better? I like the black one.

And she came..

And conquered.

I didn't talk about Sam when she arrived last Tuesday because I thought it would be better to just keep it to myself as I savor every moment with her. And now that I totally feel like we're made for each other, I want to share it with the whole entire world. 

After sleepless nights of waiting..

She finally came, thanks to Fedex.

I just thought buying it online would be better.

Yes, Sam's my new lappy, a 2.4GHz 15 inch Macbook Pro, the product of my sweat and soda filling slash cash register job. The name was just randomly picked out of nowhere unlike Cybercuppycake which was really the computer's name of my previous Dell. (I'm lucky I'm older because younger sibs only get to enjoy their older sib's leftover. Cybercuppycake's with my bro now.) I still owe some money to the bank but I will pay for the remaining debt as soon as I get my next paycheck. Isn't it wonderful to get something you actually wished for through your own fcking sweat? I can stand for hours a day just to get more stuff I really wish I had. Don't even force me to tell you what's on my list. And don't tell me to stop rubbing this information in because I can freaking brag about it whenever I want. All day. Ha ha.

And to completely add the oomph to this cocky sensation, I know what I am doing whenever I am using Sam and I feel that I've been a Mac user for so long. (Laine, don't tell them I asked you about how to remove offline contacts from my YM list, hah!) Indeed, it's like Windows, only better. And cooler!

Get a Mac! Now! 

*Disclaimer: Apple didn't pay me to do this. I guess it's plain human nature to flaunt one's assets. And now I completely get peeps who allot time, effort and a blog entry or a photo album just to show off their new Macs. Tsk. Arrogant fools!

Makeover

Since I've made a revamp on my blog in line with Friday's official start of summer, I thought it would be better if I had a new post, just to make my blog more sunny and shining and all summery. Actually, the past days weren't that much eventful which made me think of some ways to make it a little more special. With cash at hand, I headed for some shopping and decided to give my room a mini makeover! Take note of the mini because there were really no extravagant improvements whatsoever. Just a simple tweak here and there.


There are still some remaining problems I have yet to solve but I will be there when I get more funds. Meanwhile I'd have to thank HGTV for some of their decor advices. Haha. I am not ashamed to say I watch the cable channel! And yea, if you have read closely, I will bid adieu to Cybercuppycake soon (more sooner than you think) to give way to a spanking new, ahem, secret!

Talk to you when she arrives. *wink

Oh, It is Love

I know I want to write something but I can't think of any particular topic to dwell on. All I know is I'm loving the sun in its shining ways.

Can I pass as a penguin?

Look how lovely you are.

Hellogoodbye's Oh it is Love playing in the background. Isn't it wonderful?