Christmas 2011

Ah~ Christmas this year. All I can say is, it was not as interesting as last year's.

I had to work the whole day again, but unlike last year, there weren't that many customers. The day practically crawled by. I blame the recession.

The only exciting thing that happened was the presents I received from my aunt and cousins.

My aunt gave me this cute Target gift card.

#1. Really cute! Its beard and hair are made out of velvet!!

No idea how much the gift card has (forgot to ask), but I really appreciate it! Thanks Aunty Tracy!

My cousins' gift was a little amusing at my expense.

#2. Angry Bird's pig

Yup. I got the pig from that famous Angry Bird game. They were trying to 'subtly' indicate something about my character in real life by giving me this pig instead of the Angry Bird. An insult to my character I tell you! *bangs fist on table

But since it is so adorable, I will let this thinly-veiled insult slide. *folds arm with nose in the air Lol!! Thanks Jamie & Haru!

Right now I'm trying to come up with a name for my alter ego, a.k.a. the pig.

For the past few days, my Spanish co-workers and I have been putting our heads together and this was what we came up with:

#3. List of potential names.

In Spanish, 'Feo' means ugly, and 'Gordo' means fat. I was told that 'Paco' is like an endearing name for little boys.

I really like Milo and Feo. But I don't want to be calling my pig ugly. So, I'm deciding between Milo and Gordo.

If you come up with any cuter or nicer names, let me know. I will put your suggestions into consideration.

Merry Christmas, everybody and a happy new year!

p/s: It has been decided that my pig is a male, so no female names please.

I'm back.. and I hope I'm here to stay

Whoa~ I have been away for a year now, give or take.

You can't blame me though. My last post was about Christmas. So, if i were to follow my blogging tradition, my next post would have been a recap of that particular year.

And let me tell you, it is a pain in the ass to write that post! Takes me days (literally) to write it.

A few days after that Christmas post, I told myself, "I'll write the 2010 recap year post later. Promise!" But 'later' always seem to come too soon. So, i kept putting it off, and without realizing it, 'later' became a year.

Well, at least I'm back now. I'm not going to torture my readers, or what's left of it, by going into every little detail of my oh-so-interesting life stories. No. I'll do a short recap of what has happened over the year instead. See how nice I'm being.

Now, let's see:
- I went to L.A. for 10 days
- Attended IMTA (International Model & Talent Association), a convention where Ashley Greene, Ashton Kutcher, etc. were scouted by managers and agencies
- Won 2 medals for best monologue and cold reading (among the top 10% of the contestants)
- Won a trophy for best actress award (among the top 10% of the contestants )
- I graduated from FGCU this Spring
- I turned 23
- I went back to Malaysia for four months over the summer
- Danny and I got to celebrate our sixth year anniversary together after 4 years of half-way-across-the-world-over-the-phone celebration
- I'm back in the United States, again
- I've got a new awesome phone
- I'm working at a sushi restaurant for now to pay back my student loan and credit card debts, and
- I'm studying for my GRE

I know. My life is a bore. You guys didn't miss much. Let's just hope it gets more interesting hence forth because I just discovered this new blogger app, and I have a pretty good feeling that you will be seeing you more often.

Fingers crossed.

Merry Christmas!

I got to enjoy yet another jolly Christmas in the States. My friends and I didn't hold another Christmas party like we did last year. But I did get my share of Christmas fun this year.

Got to be in the FOX4 Morning Blend Christmas card..


#1. Blenders!

Received one of the best presents from my secret santa, Melissa, our producer of the Morning Blend.




#2. My beautiful scarf!

Christmas has just started but I'm loving it so far. Well, off to bed. Gotta work the whole day on Christmas. Will update about the rest of Christmas before the day is over. See ya later and Merry Christmas everyone.

edit (12/25/10; 11p.m.)

The rest of my Christmas day was awesome if I do say so myself.

Got another Christmas present from my cousin, Jamie, and my aunt & uncle.


#3. An iPad speaker system. Isn't that cool? How thoughtful of them!

And I got presents from the customers at my aunt's restaurant too. Everyone was being extra generous that day, so I was getting tips left and right. There was this guy who gave me a $21 tip for his $28 bill. Crazy right? Don't regret working on Christmas day at all!

After work, went to the theaters with Janae to watch Harry Potter.


#4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

I have to admit, this is one of the best Harry Potter movies they've produced so far compared to the rest of the others. I think they made the right decision of splitting the book and making it into two movies. They wouldn't have been able to cover the whole book, not well anyway, if they did it in only one movie.

A little advice, if you've already read the book, don't read it again before watching the movie. You probably won't enjoy it as much because you will be scrutinizing every single second of it.

I think the reason I enjoyed it as much as I did is because I forgot a whole lot of what I read and the movie jogged my memory. That, and also the fact that the movie was pretty hilarious. Not to mention it was fun watching with Janae. We kept laughing.

OH OH OH!! And two funny thing happened before and after the movie.

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Before:
Went to the restroom with Janae waiting by the sink area. I came out without speaking to her.

I walked past her and said, "Excuse me. You're in my way." She responded, "Use the word please." The we were quiet again.

A minute later, we started talking. The girl who was washing her hands next to us suddenly let out a breath of relief. She said to us, "I thought you two didn't know each other and was being rude." LOL!!!!

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After:
Went to the restroom again. This time Janae was waiting outside. I was washing my hands by the sink. Girls walked past me and entered the restroom stalls.

Looking at myself in the mirror and vaguely noticed a figure standing next to me.

Turned my head towards the person and stared at that person. The person stared back. For some reason, I said, "Hi" and the person greeted me back. Seconds went by and I realized, I was staring at a teenage BOY!

HE continued staring at me and said, "Isn't this the men's?" I looked over my shoulder, seeing manicured toes, and replied, "No~ This is the ladies'" BOY walked out saying, "Oh Shit!" HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!!!

This year's Christmas is awesome I tell you!

Day Glow and The Torture After That

Okay. I have always been against going out at night if I know I have to wake up at 6:30 in the morning the very next day (well, at least that's how I am when I'm in Florida).

But the throw-paint-at-strangers-and-friend-in-a-club event sound like so much fun. And everyone from my circle of friends were going. So, I decided, what-the-hey? Why not go to this "Day Glow Tour" event that they are having this club in Naples, Ultra and have myself some fun.

It was one of the craziest events I've been to this year.


#1. All dress in white.


#2. Fooling around before Day Glow


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#12. Soaked in paint.


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At one point, it got pretty gross: sweaty people invading your personal space and stuff.

I still couldn't figure whether I made the right choice of going or not. The next day at my internship, I could have been sleepwalking while greeting the guests for all I know.

Just keeping my eyes open hurts. Not to mention, I gained headache from lack of sleep, and my feet hurts from dancing all night. I can't be more stupid for wearing heels to work that day.

Feeling...

I've been feeling very overwhelmed lately.

I don't know if it's because I was too relaxed over the summer and now that school have started, I just need to readjust.

Or maybe I am just thinking wayyy too much. Worrying over things that isn't important NOW.

Living in the future, worrying about the past and forgotten about the present.

I need to recollect myself.

Maybe I'll just click on the reset button in my head and start focusing on things that matter NOW.

Like the exam I have tomorrow that is worth 15 percent of my grade.

Yeah. Let me go do that.

I have one of the nicest professors ever!

You know you are one of the luckiest students out there when your professor brings you back a souvenir during her trip back to Japan.

Thank you so much Sachiko sensei!


#1. My cool and cute handkerchief. Honestly, I really like it!

I didn't get anything big but this time, it is really the thought that counts. I was sooo touched!


#2. Sachiko sensei and Mina-chan

ほんとにありがとうございますさちこせんせい！　だいじにします！

Thank you Jae and Dani!

#1. Jae and Dani!

I look totally horrible in this picture(look god damn pale) but this is the only one I have of Jae and Dani. And I really want to give a shout out to the both of them.

Thank you so much for everything. I had a great time working with the both of you. I hope to see you two again.