A Flurry of Messages

So today, I exchanged several messages with Lisha. Yay, it was fun exchanging text messages with her so we learn more about each other. So today, I learned that she values sleep. In fact, I can assume she woke up at around 10 AM these past few days since my messages are usually replied back at 10:45 AM or so. Hmm, seems like someone I used to know (glares at Helen). Gee, I wonder if people with the same birthday share the same traits. Oh wells. So I also learned that she's going back to UB on the 16th. I feel so sad for her, b/c she leaving her home city, or more importantly, her home again. Unfortunately we're both kinda busy too, or we could've met up and hung out. In fact, if she had spare time to hang out with me, I'd probably confess to her about my feelings. Still, perhaps I should get her a departure gift? Maybe a token of NYC so she remembers her hometown? You know, that is a good idea. And on the meanwhile, I should get something for Jeannie and April too. Ok, time to go gift hunting! And to also think about her birthday gift. Hmm.....

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First Yum Cha of 2011

Today was AWWWWEEEESOOOME!!!
So anyhow, I went to Yum Cha as King Star restaurant today (formerly known as Tai Wu) with my friends. In fact, Jeannie, Jeannette and James also come today, so I was quite shocked (even though I planned the event itself). I really wanted to invite Lisha, but she said she was busy with parties and meetings today, so I'd best leave her schedule alone today. But, ah, at last - I met Lisha for the first time today! She looked so beautiful! I wanted to hug her, but she was in the car with another adult (I think it was her dad), so it was a bad moment to make any moves. Well, at least we exchanged our New Year gifts. Yeah...just seeing her today was a bliss. I purposely tried to be creative for her gift too! I bought two items, both online:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ULD9L0/ref=oss_product
http://www.yesasia.com/us/youre-beautiful-mini-pig-rabbit-doll/1021789893-0-0-0-en/info.html
Unfortunately, I payed more money for rushing the pig rabbit doll when I didn't need to (because I didn't see lisha until a week and a half AFTER Christmas). Well, I don't blame her but at least she was happy about the doll today. And if she's happy (and smiles), and I'm happy (and will smile) too. 


I put the necklace in this mini pouch and strung it over the doll's back, as if it wore a backpack - you know, like how teens wear them. I personally find it symbolic, esp with the letter engravings and the heard. In fact, I'm sure she knows that I like her, but will she accept me? We'll have to find out about that soon.

As for my her, she gave me a mug and a pair of headphones. the headphones were the typical Sony ones and the mug looked pretty cute too! In fact, the mug looked expensive and pretty creative, so that's cool. Besides, I'm just happy to get a gift to begin with since I rarely receive gifts from my friends for the holidays. This is especially true since, girls generally don't know what to get for guys. So here is a pic of the two items she gave me:

If this image does not show, please click on it to see it. 

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Ivan's 19th Birthday

Happy Birthday Ivan! 

So anyhow, as you can obviously tell, today is Ivan's birthday. Ivan was a close friend of mine ever since my junior high school (or middle school - however you prefer to call it), IS 201. Dyker days were depressing and he kept me alive and helped me through it. I miss those days, but at least we continued through the same high school too. 

At his place today, we kinda had a very, VERY casual party with a minor twist - we ate at McDonalds for lunch. So...not that I'm a fan of McDonalds due to unhealthiness, but it'd be rude to say no to Mr. Birthday-Boy. So, we ate McDonalds for lunch today. To be honest, it actually tasted quite good after not eating at McDonald's for quite a while (and for those idiots who think that you can't survive without McDonalds in NYC, well, YOU CAN!). Other than that, we just played Starcraft and some online pokemon game the whole day. And when I got bored there, I watched anime. So today wasn't too fun, but it was better than staying at home being paranoid. 

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Cupcakes at Helen's House

So today I went to Helen's house to assist her with cupcakes. Do I like her? To be honest, I still don't know. She seems like she's not looking for companionship, but I really can't tell - and I don't want to make other into a relationship against their will either. Regardless, I went to her house to bake cupcakes (late, as usual). and assisted her along with Kimberly and Yu. Things were pretty fun - esp with an easy-to-tease and fun person like Helen. And so we made cupcakes with frosting. That tasted gooood. Then we made marble swirl pound cake. Well....at least that looked good. LOL.

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First Blog of 2011

So New Years wasn't as exciting as I originally planned. AT&T had its network flooded with messages on New Years Day and took me over half an hour to get the messages through that day. Man, it was a pain to send those messages (since I sent the Happy New Year's text to A LOT of recipients). Regardless, it made me and other happy, so it was all worth it. I wonder what surprises this new year has for me. 


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Almost there to Christmas!

So I've reunited with most of my friends recently. Things were a bliss - I met April and Lawrance again on Tuesday for tennis and we all hung out. It was also my first time playing tennis with James. He said it was his first time playing, but i doubt it; he played almost like a veteran compared to us.


So today was another day - a day where I reunited with Cherie, Queeny, and Kimberly. Originally, it was planned to be a bigger group doing multiple events, but the original group of 15 people dwindled to 6. I guess it wasn't that bad, because we got to do more fun things without as much worry of others disliking something. So we went to see the movie, Tangled. Due to time conflicts, we waited about 2 hrs to start watching and went to the Hello Kitty Store and Toys R Us store to waste time. As expected, the Toys R Us store sparked happy memories with my past (and new memories today to remember in the future). I saw the largest jaw breakers ever and we had fun with the candyland/plushies there. I originally wanted to go to the Disney Store, but i guess it's not enough time. So then we viewed Tangled. It was an awesome movie in terms of CG animation but the storyline was really lacking and cheesy. However, the music really blew us away in that it reminded us of the past Disney Magic.


So then, we became rebellious and hopped into another theater, The Tourist. Honestly, The Tourist was MUCH better than Tangled in terms of storyline but nearly everything was predictable yet stupid. This was my first time going movie hopping - I'm happy.


Next, we went to Rockefeller. The tree was gorgeous! It was huuuge and dazzling (except the mobs of tourists half-ruined the experience). I also didn't know that there was a lego store there. It was small, but reminded me of the one in Orlando. Good old days. I'm starting to enjoy this Christmas now.


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Finals Finally Over

So today,  I finally finished my calc II finals. It wasn't that bad, but I did end up making some errors. Generally, I think i got above an 80, but time will tell. Regardless, I'm still applying for the retake of the calc exam (because i'm Asian like that). The scary thing was, I was nearly late for the exam. Actually, scratch that - I WAS late because I had some trouble finding the testing room. Luckily, I was only late by a few minutes, so that was nothing much. God, i hated that room; it was cramped and the desks had barely any room.


And so, I met up with Helen, Christine, and Kai and we walked over the Manhattan Bridge. I guess you can say it was cold, but I was fine with it (although they weren't...). And then we ate at Big Wong restaurant in Chinatown. I remember that the place used to be really cheap with good food; now it's bad in quality and the pricing of the food seems like rip-offs. So afterwards, me and Helen went alone to Pearl Paint and SoHo and browsed a few stores (and bought some Christmas cards). It felt like more a date than a hangout, but it was a pleasant experience nevertheless. All I can say is: she won my heart and time for today. I'm still undecided, unfortunately. 


Well, so I came home today and cleaned the house a bit and played a lot of StarCraft II! I think today was one of the most deserved days i've had after a stressful event (such as a test). In fact, I think I was a bit spoiled today...haha!


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Another Day of Tennis

Yes, I play tennis every Saturday - well, not EVERY Saturday, but it depends on the weather. So today, i woke up late for tennis again. Yes, I'm late as usual, but i was further delayed because i had to buy breakfast for my mom - not that i was against it, but it massively delayed my schedule. ~sigh~ All for the sake of my mom, right? I sometimes wish my dad was here to help my family out financially and emotionally.


So anyhow, prior to buying breakfast, I received two missed calls from Helen and Henry. What shocked me this morning was that, Helen wanted ask her dad to give me a lift. Wait, WHAT?!?!?! A lift from her dad's car? I know that's pretty awkward but at the same time, she showing concern and thought for me. Upon hearing that from Henry, i finished my conversation with him and rightfully replied tot he missed call from Helen. Again, her casualness of her voice threw me off again. =.=


And so, we played tennis (I roofed a lot of balls today....whoops) and then went to eat lunch at Lucky 8 restaurant in 8th avenue, Brooklyn. It was a new experience, since it was my first time dining at that restaurant. my only complaint was that there was no table cloth and the table showed bare wood (with metal hinges) but I guess that's something new. The food tasted decent (but worth it considering the price. What amazed me today was how playful Helen was while trying to shove food into Henry's plate. It was interesting yet awkward, since i was in the middle. That was somewhat fun.


And afterwards came the boring life of me going back to Poly's Bern Library to study for the Calc finals. Yes, i'm nerdy like that, but i really need to study since it's coming in two days. Meanwhile, i retrieved my necklace that i previously ordered. I'm sure that necklace would one day prove useful eventually. Still, I'm shocked by how Helen thought of me at the first moment to give me a lift. Despite me trying to focus on the Aero girl, i'm back in No-Man's land again. =.= FML


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Preparing for Christmas...and Finals

So the finals are approaching but that dreadfulness is balanced by the cheery mood of Christmas. So today was all mostly studying and making plans for my Christmas break with my friends. I'm planning to make an event with Lisha and some other friends, but i currently still don't know my schedule so I'll leave that subject on hold. On the other hand, I'm still hunting gifts for my friends. Gift hunting is painful......which is why i'll start on writing the messages for my Christmas cards right now. Time to start massively writing!


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P.S. I'm am so glad i signed up for UPromise, which returns a small percent of my online purchases towards my tuition. It makes my life a wee bit more simple.

Finally done with EG

So I'm finally done with my EG class today!~~~


You honestly don't know how stressful that class was, since i did approximately ~70% of the work most of the time but i have to admit, the classes were fun and worth it (although my partners were not).


So i'm finally done today, WOOO!!!


I'm also very happy today because Helen helped me throughout the past few nights on the project, showing MUCH devotion to it. I feel bad for dragging her sometimes to stay so late. Maybe she's trying to tell me something? I'm seem to get that hint, but she's not quite making clear enough to me because i don't want to make a false interpretation. Nevertheless, I really appreciate her presence today. We both got work done (for me) and we both kinda skipped lunch, so we ended up nearly starving when we've been through about 10 hrs of fasting (for classwork). So as for that, I promised her and myself (in front of her) that i'll treat her to a lunch or dinner someday. She seem confused about that topic, as usual, but somewhat grateful when i said that. Well, i'm off to bed. Nights.


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(Now to work on back on family issues, my keyboard and community engagement)