sorry, i am not in a chatty mood, i should have done this last week, but i was too lazy. anyways, just wanted to post up some pics.
Phantom of the Opera
Sean's pics

i am really bored and cold. i wish i had something cool to do. maybe i will just go to sleep soon so i won't be cold. anyways, got work tomorrow. can't wait. then i won't be bored. maybe i'll watch a movie. gosh, i am so out of it. i need to go so many things, but i just don't feel like it so i will put it off until forever. anyways, just a short entry cause it is so cold and didn't really feel like blogging. but yeah, here are some pics from this weekend when i went to gaslamp for halloween. they are so many ho's out there. running out in they bra and undies. oh well, i guess it's an excuse for them to be a whore. interestin to say at the least. oh yeah, i can't wait, i am going to see phantom on sunday. yeahhh!!!!

Halloween 2003

gosh, it has been ages, seriously...... since i have blogged. anyways, let me see. i am all graduated and working. my days as a college student have now come to an end. i now work full time at ASP, where i spend most of my nights and days. that's pretty much life for me.

though, i am also a year older, it feels no different. aside from being a true adult, i have realize many things that i was naive to when i was still back in school. i find it very fortunate to take some time off from school, that is before entering more graduate levels of school. WORKING is quite a blessing. it has taught me the true lessons of life. it's nice to not have to worry about midterms, finals and papers. but don't get me wrong, school is also great because it is the time in our lives where we still can be carefree of life.

i just recently finish watching the complete series of METEOR GARDEN. yes, i was addicted and more, but not that i have finished the series i can get back on with my life. but yeah, Hua Zhe Lei, he is so awesome, i am madly in love with him. i have decided that he is my all time favorite. In the first season, i like Dao Ming Si though, but overall, Lei is way cooler. I think i just like Si's hair. Still, he is cool.

so halloween is just a few days from now, and still no costume. hmmmm.......i think i will hit up some thift shops tomorrow, that means i gotta get up early, so many errands to run, i am too lazy to actual go there though, hmm....what to do.

gosh, i am such a bum, i have no health insurance, my mom offered to pay for it. i am considering it.

so yeah, i am trying to plan my december vacation. i think i am going to request vacation days, and new year's.....how to spend it, where to spend it. maybe i am thinking too much into this, gosh it's so trivial, but why is it a constant thought....hmmmmm....anyways, maybe i should just whatever it and stop worrying about it.....urk.

at least i finally decided to take days off, yeah.

i really hope i don't have to work this weekend. i sorta just wanna chill. anyways, thinking about boarding at heavenly. so yeah, sometimes things just urk me.

boarding season starts soon, can't wait, i really need to get in there. thinking of buying a new board. also thinking of gettting a lab top sometime in the future.

fall back, i cleaned the bathroom, that's what i used that extra hour for. anyways, i better get to my laundry so i can hit the sack.

hopefully, i will be more pleasant when i wake up.

blog blog blog

so i read 5 chapters today. surprised to see how much that i progressed so much. still i have to review so much more. at least i finish tomorrow. then i can finally RELAX. i can't wait. ahhh....i am stressing. help me. maybe i need to do pilates again. argggg............gosh, all this anticipation is killing me.

ahhhhh.......i can't study, i've been on this one paragraph for about an hour now and i am so majorly frustrated cause i can't move on. dahhh!!!!! at this pace i am not going to get anywhere. maybe i should go to the library or something. maybe i need some music. ahhhh....so that is why i am blogging. i am kinda hungry, maybe i should eat something huh? well at least i cleaned out my inbox and a couple of other random stuff. ahhh...i wish i could just get into the groove of things. so yeah.......

on another note here are some pics from my sister's birthday.

okay, yeah, so i am maybe going to walk. i think i will. okay, too frustrated need to chill. later.

lazy monday. anyways, i been so down and depressed lately and i know exactly why but i am just not doing anything about it. it's really driving me nuts. this week is a pretty busy one, so i wish i could skip all this emotional crap and get on with my business. i am really getting tired of this self trials and tribulations. i don't know how much more of this i can take cause it's really blogging me down. anyways haven't found a permanent picker upper, only temporary distractions. anyways, i need to clear my mind and STUDY. seriously. i wish i could just relieve of make all this un wanted so called stress and anticipation disappear.

anyways, i am in a slump.

on another note, i saw matrix. it was good to get out and interact with people. thanks linda. so yeah, i like the 1st matrix better cause man, you can't fully appreciate the 2nd one until you watch the 3rd one. so yeah, i shall leave it at that. then on friday, we headed over to thai town and highlands for sirintra's birthday. the place we ate at the thai town was off the hook. it needs no name, just a sign of a sppon and a fork. they had live music and just the whole atmosphere was awesome. seriously! would so go there again. and it is way better than going to one of those fancy smacy restuarants like lawry's or the stinking rose. this place is way cooler and more worth it to go to!!! Thanks Sirintra for introducing me to spoons and forks. yeah, i know that sounded a little primitive huh? well it ain't. Then after dinner, we headed over to the highlands. it was a pretty cool place to go to. would go there again. here's a pics of a night in hollywood and more and here are other pictures from my album.

what to look forward to, banquet pics and memorial weekend pics.

well, i think that's about it for now. hopeful i'll fall out of this slump. lates.

ahhh...hello there. so tired, need a massage. badly! any takers? anyways, the weekend is over, BOO! it was a good weekend though ;). anyways, time to get back to work. ta ta.

hey there. i am so sore. i exercised today. anyways, hmmm....just wanted to links some pics. this is going to be a short entry cause i am too tired to blah. and go on endlessly. what i will say though is that I NEED A MASSAGE. any givers?

so anyways, as for updates....this is what sheila has been up to the past week. okay, i went to san diego the weekend before this to go chill with my pals. we hit up this club at downtown san diego. have a nice day cafe. it was neat how they had a disco floor! then went home monday. then went out with brian on tuesday and say cowboy bebop at the university center edward's. it was so cool. we had the theater to ourselves. good thing too cause i just could not stop burping. it was probably the strawberry lemonade i had at red robin. then on wednesday simon and i ate at nice time cafe. haven't been there in the longest time. on thursday went out with sirintra to islands. i really haven't been there in ages. then friday saw x2 at the spectrum edwards. went with sondhaya and wendy and met up with gen and glenn. i haven't seen them in so long. we ate and shopped afterwards.

so after all this eating out, i am really grossed out by food and can't stand it.

i been feeling down lately....maybe i have pmdd. hmmmm.......anyways, today i went shopping with sondhaya and wendy.....i bough myself a pillow to make myself feel better. it's really nice and pretty. matches nicely with my quilt. anyways. hope this week is better. i have a midterm on friday....boo.... :(

oh yeah, my computer is slowing down....booo...that means i gotta burn some stuff.

so anyways, here are some pictures.

this one is from the past weekend in san diego and this one is from a cople of weeks back when my friends and i went to trilogy.

sitting here listening to billie myers -- kiss the rain. I really love this song. i don't know why, if you are wondering that is, so don't ask me just yet. let me think about it some. I really like how it begins, everytime i heard that it makes me tremble inside. I react when i heard it and it gives me "that" sensation. Not a alot of songs can do that to you, ya know?

anyways, still working on my lab report. it's like 4ish, and i still have my introduction, discussion. working on my results section. so yeah, i would like to take a nap, but we'll see. i'll be really depressed when light begins to shine. of course, its different when that happens around you. :)i am so glad the weekend is coming up. i really need this break. i hope i actually utilize this time and not waste it doing some nonsense crap. ahhhhh.......sometimes i just get so frustrated. i am SO glad i am graduating, i really need this break from school.

I noticed my motivation strive hasn't been as strong. i am really disappoint about that and i feel like i am such a slacker. i find myself having no time to do everything i want to be doing. and that needs to change. maybe i should just stop working at least until school ends. then i can start concentrating on my DATs. if i am even still considering that. probably. so that's what has been on my mind lately. That i should quite my job cause i feel myself not having enough time to do what i need to do. even though i work 6 hours plus 2 days a week, i find it taking a lot out of me. but also......i think to myself. hmm.....well, what would i be doing. nothing really, so i am just better off working, what do you think?

so tired. at home doing laundry waiting for it to finish. so that i can sleep.

mr. big -- to be with you

also, all time favorite song.......

billie myers -- kiss the rain

i just love that song.

oh yeah, i have been on a chocolate craze lately. i gave it up for lent, and realize that i will never do that again cause now i am downing all this chocolate. so bad for me.

as i was saying, i am so tired. i had my midterm today, it was so hard. pray for me. i get to take the tl-s. woo hoo....i can play cds without that annoying sound....the people who have ridden in my car know what i mean. so this week, i plan to study for my DATs like a mad woman.

lately, i have been feeling so full, so i am going to deflate to a more comfortable level. well, i am going to go now, maybe nap. hope my laundry is close to done.

"Tomorrow is Easter. It's over. Cows (and pigs) watch out, I'm on the prowl." --sophia


today is easter. went to church. back.. time to study. and watch out choco. lent is over. so i am free to devaur (sp?) you.

so much on my mind. where to begin. i have a midterm on monday. i really wish i didn't have it on monday. absolutely ruined my weekend. i am all sore cause i went to a party yesterday. trilogy. i felt so old. anyways. it was good seeing old friends from high school. the best part of the evening was that we didn't have to pay for parking, yeah! i would post the pictures up, but they are rated R, hehe. so that's too bad for you. well not really. but yeah, still. ask me if you really want to see them.

so today is saturday. parents and sister came to visit me today cause my sister was checking out the uci campus. it was a pleasant visit. i showed them the campus, we took tours here and there. then we went to go eat at olive garden. then that was the end of it. i got another uci sweatshirt. this time it is grey and got a t-shirt too. it'll be for my FAT days. i have been having a lot of those lately. anyways, i better start running before i bite anyone head off. my sister forgot my shoes. boo. but i am going to go home monday cause, man, i forgot my parking permit in my mom's car.

so yeah, my car needs an oil change. i better get it done soon cause like, i find it taking longer to start my car. anyways, lets see what else....oh yeah, so i told my mom and dad that. this was at lunch and my sister goes, oh, here's an idea. "why don't we leave the mdx here and take your car. uhh....NO." yeah she is mean and funny like that.

good thing about going home, i can do laundry, pick up my shoes, and whatever. curse neuro! okay, momentarily lashing out. so yeah, slept for the longest time cause didn't get much sleep last night. maybe for like 3 hours or more, i just couldn't get up.

well, other things on my mind. DATs. ahhhh.....somebody please kill me. or motivate me. cause ahhh.......i am so glad that i have nothing presssing after this weekend. so that means, i can devote it all to DATs. there are other things that are bothering me, but i'll save that for another time. and of you know me, then that means never and that is my way of saying that i am not going to talk about it. reasons......oh cause i haven't really thought it through, but just hangs there until i get around to it.

so life.....life........life has been.....well you can't just sum it up one word. at least with me that is. i like to ramble and rant and add flowery detail where i digress majorly cause even though i am tryin to get my point across, at the same time i am also being vague cause i don't want to be too blunt, call it a protective defense thing. okay....i'll end it here. don't want to get too personal now.

smell ya later.

ahhh.....i have a midterm tomorrow. boo......it's classics, but still. its almost week 4. i feel like i am just wasting my life away. i should be doing so many other things, but woe is me. i should get back to studying. it isn't much, but still. better prepared than not. so tomorrow might go to trilogy. but we'll see. then parents coming on saturday. and i have another midterm monday. boo. i just want to mellow out. without any over hang. anyways. blah.

once upon there was a lady who lived in irvine. she went to school there and did plenty a-shopping. today she saw better luck tomorrow with her friends. it was quite an interesting movie. thinking back at it, it was written very well. i have my critics. too bad i wasn't able to express them. oh well. i guess i'll save that for when the opportunity arises. sadly, when she was watching this flick, her baby sista called and she was not able to pick up cause she was watching the movie. poo-ey. anyways, the lady is now very tired and is about to crash. must be that cough syrup she took. it really takes a toll on her. wowie. oh yeah, chow is cute.

hmmmmm..........reminders. email deb the dental scope. reply to emails from asda.

oh yeah, also went to t.g.i.fridays, it was kinda sad cause i couldn't have any meat. these lenting fridays. gosh darn it. so i ended up just getting a caesar's salad. also....the first time my friends and i didn't stuff our faces. kudos to us. :applause:

amongst others things, we had a potluck this week. it was cool. john brought MEAT. YUM! potluck

odd. i started just typing a little story and ended up telling you all what's up with me.

so yeah, the third week of classes is just round the corner. i already have a midterm on friday. boo! and then on monday another midterm. i mean really, double boo squared. so yeah!

Spring break was awesome cause i got to chill with friends and here's some pictures to show you what i have been up to.
vegas
vegas cont.
nor cal
tahoe
nor cal cont.

well, that's all for now so knock yourself out with all those pictures.

gosh....i feel quite horrible today. i think i'm sick. i can hear it in my voice now. my throat is so dry that i am constantly having to drink water bottle after bottle. my nose is to the point of congestion and well its no good. i think i am going to start coughing so i better drink gallons of water. and my body is aching. sorry for being such a winer guys. anyways, going up north today. driving up with jason and ruby. thanks so much jason. and you too ruby. you guys are the best! hopefully i don't get either of you sick. anyways, i am a bit tired. and still need to finish packing. so smell ya later.

currently listening to moby -- memory gospel.

so today is wednesday. the day that i really have to crack down and my studying on. maybe i should go to the library, but i don't really see that happening because i just can't stay there too long. props to those of you that can though. so yeah.....i think i'll brush my teeth, get a bowl of cereal, shower and study. then go to school and see my professor and then come back home and study. we'll see how all things go. just need to STUDY. I just can't wait till after 10:00 AM tomorrow cause then I am FREE. FREE from school for at least the next week. I can't wait. SPRING BREAK babe!!!!! Thank goodness we have such an occassion. I bow to those administrative people.

oh yeah, don't worry, this entry won't be an essay like all the other ones that i write. hmm.....i think that's pretty much all i had to say for now. off to brush my teeth so i can eat. oh yeah, today i woke up with a pleasant though, so i'm not all that crabby. still not in the best mood, it's the whole finals things, but after tomorrow, it'll be grant. with the plus and minus of ohh....i coulda done better on that exam and dang work, but after that it's chill. might even head over to urban and get a top and then to target to get a toothbrush and toothpaste and whatever else i need. then dinner with my research group, then. .... :)

want to nap. can't. will not wake up. turn into deep sleep. need motivation. need to study. study sheila! and stop looking for something to snack on. you have nothing to snack on. and if you did, don't. you'll feel sick afterwards. so it is better to starve. okay. time for me to study. no use not studying cause well....don't want to sound cocky but well....okay, i am going to study and be quiet now and stop digging myself into a hole. ciao.

hey there, noticed i haven't blogged in a while. probably cause i've been in a crabby mood lately. anyways, i just woke up. went to take a nap and woke up at 6:30. dahhh...got no work done at all. gotta stop taking naps cause i never wake up. oh well, it's not like it was pressing anyways. so yeah....still all groggy. my neck aches, i think i need a new pillow. haven't had any good sleep lately. with my two pillows you'd assume it'd be more confortable. oh well.

let's see. went to the doctors yesterday. i got my physical and the doctor said i'm A-ok. don't feel so a -ok though. it's this damn period, i tell you. guys are so lucky. my whole body is aching as we speak. it really sucks. :( Maybe a nice hot shower will do the trick. So yeah, as i was saying, i also got a blood test done and DAMN that needle hurt. I still felt it after she took it out. OUCH! I always wondered though, what if there wasn't enough blood in that vein she chose...cause that's happened to my brother. I was really tempted to look too, but i decided not to. sometimes i really find it amusing.

ate some after that and then took a nap. i had cereal, it was SO good. I haven't had it in a while. so it was really yummy. it was special K red berries. I would be eating some right now, but i've got no milk. so i'll have to go to the supermarket later. oh yeah, I GREW!!!!!! Yeah! I am 5' 5 now. officially. see before i was only 5' 4 and 3/4. so now i've moved up. and i though i was done growing, i guess not. WOOHOO!!!!

i also went to go get my eye check follow up. can you believe it, my eyes as SO bad now. -3.50. NO WAY. seriously. they went up 1.25 from last year. what the? CRAZIE!!!!! BUT i am going to get re-checked cause i don't trust this doctor. because she gave me the wrong percriptions the first time, or so she claims. and she keeps thinking that she issued a -3.50 to me. but i know she didn't. and so i doubt her and thus will not buy any contacts until i know for sure that is what my actual percription is. i have noticed though that my eyes have gone bad. cause i can't see even with the contacts i have. well i can see, but not too well, like if it was far away. i might give the -3.50 a try today. i hope it doesn't do anything bad to me though. i also didn't know that your eye glass percription is the same as contacts. debating what i should get done....hmmm........i might do eye glasses and just get contacts myself. hmmm.....i guess i'll think about that.......get new frames as well, huh? maybe, but i really like the ones i have....they are so light. heheheh. that's titanium for you.

Moving on. i have to work today. CRAPS. then study (which I will really do). today the saga begins. :( But then after Thursday when i am FREE, it's gonnabe a blast....tee heee.

it's almost ten. i should shower and get to work. i hope i get out early, then maybe i can run some errands, eat, and study.

saw my sassy girl. SO FUNNY! I really like it. :)
also saw princess mononoke. also very good. :)

ahhhh....can't wait till finals are over!!!!

at home in arcadia. just got back from watching a movie with my sister. the guru. it was a pretty good movie, actually i liked it a lot. so what made it so all that? hmm....well, i really liked the whole dance sequence and the story itself wasn't bad. yup, now i gotta get the dvd. hehe. let's see.....still need to start my laundry. i have so much to do, booo...... i better get cracking on it too cause tomorrow i don't know if i'll have to do all of it. okay, well, i don't really have that much to do, but still.

friday......went to class. then work. then office hours. it went well. i upped my 91 to a 95 in classics. i feel quite proud of myself now considering the cut off for a solid A was 89. I also scored a letter of rec. whoo hooo. I was chit chatting with my professor and he was telling me how life is europe is so much more awesome. another interesting fact that i learned was that he's canadian. and well, if you know me......i have this whole thing for the whole canadian culture. anyways......after that, i headed over to another professor's office hours and that went well too cause, uh...well...i knew i was doing well in that class, but i guess i just wanted to hear some clarification that i am actually getting an A. so far that's 3 A's, my best ever. now all i got to do is raise my B+ to an A in ethics. that is the only class that is holding me back from my 4.0 this quarter. Down side to all this....i gotta write my personal statement for dental school and REALLY get cracking on my DATs. motivation proclamation.

went to thai spice for dinner with some buddies. man on man, never going there again. it wasn't really all that bad. i think i just chose a bad combo. something mildly spicy and something sweet is definitely a bad mix. i just wanted to puke. so after that i left for arcadia. the drive wasn't so bad. it went pretty smooth. thanks jay. so i get home and my parents bring back lobster tacos. yum. it was delicious. i must say though, they really like to trick my little brother. see they told him that what he was eating was a lobster burrito but in reality it was a fish burrito. see, my lil bro doesn't like to eat fish. so my parents have to con him, so he'll eat something. and since today is a no meat day, fish/lobster was the only thing he could eat. i would explain further why he doesn't like to eat fish, but don't want to bore you too much.

so to liven things up, i slept so much yesterday. hmmm....that kinda killed it cause now, i feel all tired. also, don't feel too much like myself when writing this. okay, something is irking me, that's why. can't really say. at least not here. so moving on......what's on the menu for tomorrow?

so here's the plan.....wake up early and finish doing laundry and run. i really need to run. i feel like i've eaten so much this week. i should weigh myself and see. hmm...jabbing pain in my tummy? what does it all mean? as i was saying.....so then after that, maybe run some errands if need be. then go to costco for my follow up check up for my eyes. then head over to my cousins for my neice's birthday. then church. then dinner with my family. which reminds me, i better get a cake for my dad. then back up to irvine. :D

sidenote: at home, okay....when i am at home my patience level drops. yeah....i am really annoyed right now. even though i don't go blowing up at my parents like my sister.......all i want to do is scream sometimes. so as you can see when i am blogging i hate to be disturbed.....imagine...sheila....sheila....sheila....aren't you going to do your laundry....sheila....where are you going to sleep....etc....and all this bickering in the background over nothing. ahhhhhh....someone shoot me! and then i come to my senses and realize why i like to spend so much time by myself when i am at school. yup, it's decided i am not going to move back home after i graduate. my parents aren't mature enough. but still, i go home, it's the whole family give and take thing....cause they are family.

okay, i've calmed down now. so as i was saying, i have a lot of patience, but when it comes to my family, i am not as patient. it's probably cause i am more comfortable around them and cause they are my FAMILY. so here's another reason why i don't like coming home. there is no place for me to sleep. seriously. that's one reason and cause it's a damper.

well, that's it for now.

oh yeah, sean......thanks. the pig game was awesome, i really enjoyed it. gave me a good laugh. and the music... you remembered :) 823

in the spirit of my lil sis, i took this.
Which Kingdom Hearts character are you?

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......okay, my head going on overdrive and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....it's unpleasant......yup, i can feel my head going round and round and round. literally screaming inside my head.....

calm down sheila. breathe!

:breathing:

okay....i am calmer now. sorry, had a sudden attack there. cause of attack.....addiction to shopping. how can you stop the unstoppable? okay, so this is how my day went.

slept for 10 hours or so. i think i slept for too long cause i was all tired today. so went to class and wow.....it was packed full of info.....got somewhat confused on unsaturation, so i'll go to OH and get some clarification. what else? headed to work. it was an okay day. stayed later than usual, but it actually wasn't so bad. gave the boss my new schedule for next quarter. she keeps trying to make me work fridays, WHY? i hope she understands that next quarter, i will NOT work fridays. really, i am not that important, she has someone else working on friday too, so i've decided that i need not come in. yet i am still sucker into coming in. and for what.....to check eligibility? really...anyone can do that! at least i get this friday off. which is pleasant cause i wasn't going to work anyways.

so after work, i head over to mitsuwa cause i wanted to get some calpico. since i was in the area, i headed over to southcoast cause i wanted to check some thing out. went to ae and got my sister an undi. your welcome pia. ended up buying a little something for myself too. thanks mommy. hehe. after that, i sorta just lost control....i think also cause i needed to get it out of my system......okay, so it's not outta my system yet. but it will soon be. i have noticed though that i have this huge bag of stuff. hmmm...what's wrong with this picture? yeah...yeah..yeah...i know. that's why i was screaming earlier. anyways, i'm sure it'll past. i wonder if they have an SA for this? anyways.....after my mad shopping spree, i headed over to sephora to check out some new scenes. went there to try out ralph lauren romance.....decided against it. i think i may get the kenzo one. not the flower one, but the aquatic scene. i'll go back and give it the final test and if i like it, then i'll get it.

headed over to mitsuwa, got my calpico and whatnot. decided to get some grub as well. it was yummy. my first real meal of the week. was going to get fat burger, but decided to go healthy.

that's pretty much it, kinda tired, maybe i'll sleep, maybe i won't. oh well. maybe i'll read. hmmmm...d & g light blue is strong.

just got back to irvine. went home today, and didn't get any studying. bah.....it's around 10ish right now, so we'll see if i can get some work done. left for arcadia around 9ish and got home around 10. went to the mall to returned some goods and ended up buying more goods. dahhh! anyways, bought some jeans, and a tank top. and a trenchy like peacoat, it you can call it that. don't know if i really wanted it, but i figure, i can return it later if i don't like it.

ate at some japanese place in san gabriel. don't know the name, just know where it is at. it was okay. the place i wanted to go to was edo ma sushi. i just really enjoy the blend of california rolls and wasabi. another good place is maru. the salmon there is delicious. had cake afterwards. it's like a family tradition thing. we always get cake on our birthdays and we all huddle around it and take a picture of that kodak moment. it was really fun taking pictures of the family.

saw part of how to lose a guy in 10 days. from what i saw, it looked really dumb. yeah.....okay. oh no, sophia, we forgot to get your blue tape. aww man. well, i'll see if i can get it for you here. okie, i got my eyes checked. so there's this machine that blows air into your eyes. so you know that it is going to blow air into it. so this might sound stupid, but knowing that it is going to blow air into your eye, wouldn't you be more likely to not let it blow that air. like in that episode on friends with rachel? so my point here is, it's like you know what's going to happen, yet you don't aviod it, you just let it happen. doesn't that sound illogical. okay, i don't know, i just wanted to point that out.

i am -2.5, went up again, but i kinda knew that already. hehe....i was already wearing -2.5's. so i wonder, did i really need to take that eye exam? hmmmmm....could have saved $69. oh well, better to know than not to know. went to church after that. got some mickey D's. fast food, haven't had that in a while. finished laundry and headed back to irvine.

the drive was slow at first. i was tired, but half way into it, i was more alert. 37 minutes. not bad. once again, road kill. it was horrible. this time it was huge and bloody and yuck.. ahh...bloody 'ell. well, that's about it, going to put stuff away and get studying.

my goodness. i am so freakin tired. i took a nap, it helped some. so lately, i've been in a pretty good mood. right now i am listening to memory gospel by moby. it's so mellow, it's relaxing and soothing. i could just listen to this forever. was up pretty late last night/early morning talking to sean. thanks sean!

woke up an hour earlier than my alarm cause i had a tummy ache. so i just got up and got ready for class. class was alright. we finshed up the discussion on jason and medea. classics, i love that class. it's like i am in a fantasy land, it's so beyond reality. i love it. headed back home before venturing off to research. we did a mass spec. i was dying through it cause i was so tired. but it was all good cause i picked it up.

came back home. ate some pita chips. wendy came over and we headed to the spectrum. we both needed to return some stuff at urban. they opened this whole new section over there. it's cool cause they have this funnel factory and crepes. uhhh.....mmmm...yummmmmm! who can resist. shopping was fun. i got a top cause it was too cute to pass up and a toy. after that, wuez and i headed back to my apt. sondhaya had returned from melrose. she got all these niffy things. okay, so my friends and i are shop-a-holics. but hey, that's what we like to do i guess. you know how some people like to play computer games. well, we like to shop. really, it's not as bad as before. we use-to go all the time. now, it's just once in a while. wendy and i saw gen at urban. it's been a while. saw jina there too. haven't seen here in so long that it was nice to catch up. oh yeah: cindy, jina says hi.

okie, my flatmate, philip, made dinner cause he wanted to cook for us and all his friends. all ladies, of course. what a pimp huh? anyways, i took a nap cause i was absolutely exhausted. they kept trying to wake me up to go it. i'm almost the hardest person to wake up when i am tired. but thanks wendy for being so persistant. the curry was great. thanks phil. next time, i'll cook up something, steaks, chicken, salmon, whatever suits our fancy.

okie, bowling anyone?

happy birthday blaise!!!

still so very tired! just came back from class. going to head back to school in an hour or so. think i need sleep. very very badly. a good 12 hour perscription should do me some good. going to hit up my professor at office hours and runs some errands then head over onto to research. hope it doesn't last too long. i want take a nap before my 7 o'clock class.

sadly, i am behind on my reading. i hope to finish it all before sunday. i'll probably be reading all week and weekend long. it shouldn't be too bad though cause it's classics. i actually enjoy the read. i take it to bed with me. had almost half a loaf of bread. it was yummy. haven't cooked anything recently......too tired and too time consuming. but the 3 buffets at vegas will probably hold me over until i go home. probably going to go out to eat at a japanese restuatant for my brother's birthday. he's turning 23. wow. he's almost 24. okay, in a year. but yeah. I am kinda happy about going home cause i really want to get some food at this one place. Weekends are the only time i can indulge on food. okay, that's not all true. i just had a green bean cake. yum! during the week, there is no time to do that. either that or i just waste my time, hmmmm......... anyways........my brain is running on E so i better read and put some knowledge in there.

VEGAS BABE! that's where i was at this past weekend. it was the BEST trip ever!!! went down to san deigo friday night and chilled with friends. then we left saturday. got to vegas at around 4ish, i think. gosh, the drive from san diego is quite far. too us like 5 hours. usually, i can get to vegas in 3 or 4 hours, but that's from arcadia. stayed at the excalibur. so we were all pretty pooed when we got there. ruby just crashed onto the bed. she drove, all the way there and back. i give her mad props. THANKS RUBY!!!!!

so as i was saying, we headed down to the BELLAGIO to take in a gourmet buffet, but the line was so long and we wanted to go to RAIN. so we ate else where. i think the monte carlo. i had onion rings from nathans famous. they were yummy. i like onion rings. fatburger got some good ones too and wahoo's. so we headed back and got ready to go to RAIN at the palms. gosh, the wait was so long. i think maybe an hour or so. so we finally made it to the front of the line and dang, three people had to check my ID. okay, do i just look really young or does my id not look like me? ugh......3 guys had to check it. so yeah....i am going to get a new license especially since my signature is all jacked up. plus, i need to change the info on it. hehehe.

RAIN was FUN. maybe i am hyping it too much, but i had a good time, so yeah, check it out for yourself and yeah.....i noticed i say yeah a lot. but the vegas crew knows what i am getting at. right guys? on the drive back, ruby and i were saying how we went with just the right people and that's really what made the trip and of course i agree with her. looking at the pictures, just puts a smile on my face. we had this whole motto thing. "it was all in good fun." and "what happens in vegas stays in vegas" so guys just wanted to thank you all for a great time!

It's the best thing going with your friends, cause gosh, just the car ride alone was a bonding moment. The next day, we hit up 2 buffets. started out with a champange bunch at the excalibur. then went back to the hotel after eating. gosh, how lazy were we. then finally headed back out and gambled a little at new york new york. after all that, went to the BELLAGIO buffet. yum...it's all that it is cut out to be. that was a good buffet and quite hilarious too. it was funny cause we were all laughing. the guys were stuffing themselves that they made themselves sick. this is where girls are smarter cause we don't stuff ourselves silly. but hey, it was all in good fun. jason was so funny, the strawberry thing.

okay, saw daredevil after that. that movie was quite crappy and chessy. yeah.... headed back to the hotel after that and the next day another buffet. this time it was at the mgm grand. that was our last buffet of the trip. wow. i don't know if i've had this many buffets in one trip. hmmmm.....

the drive back was so horrific. i guess the lack of sleep really got to us. Ruby was dying, she was so tired and traffic didn't help. i passed out after a while. but towards the end, she became more awake. finally got to san diego. chilled for a few, then headed off to cotixan to eat. they have the best fish burritos and tacos. the drive back to irvine wasn't all too pleasant either. just getting to the check point was so long. after that i was like...uhh...so i called my flatmate. and after blasting my music and constantly changing the temperature, i restorted to getting here as fast as i can.

all in all, it was a great weeekend. here are some pics from our adventure in sin city. hehehe. vegas babe and even more pictures. knock yourself out!

driving home from environmental ethics, i saw this small coyote like animal and up ahead of me was road kill. man, it was so huge, it was nasty, i just screamed as i passed over it. was it an owl, it was so nasty. yuck........and the thing is when i do see road kill, i can't help but look. why? anyways, just reading for myth. that's pretty much it. excited about vegas. okie, gonna crack down and get some majoring studying done?

hey there. i have been slacking off the pass few days. ugh...i really need to get into the groove again. i'm all tired. but i need to read so i shouldn't go to sleep. but alas.....anyways, work was so blazzay today. sometimes it really urks me. anyways tomorrow is a pretty heavy day for me. got class then research then class again. hopefully i catch up on all my reading and won't have to worry about it while i am partying down at vegas. anyways, i seem to say that a lot huh?

listening to moonpools and caterpillars. kick ass. so mellow and soothing. they got some up beat stuff too, but for now, the mellow stuff dominates.

hey there. it feels odd writing in this now. oh well. so last thursday i went down to san diego to visit my best friends. it was really good to see them. we chilled and had some pizzas. it was really yummy, from papa johns. it's like their sauce was sweet. has my very first drink, it was a fuzzy navel. didn't taste alcholic at all. then they came up this weekend and we shopped, that's always fun. ruby and i had crepes from this crapes place. geez, there so much more at the spectrum now, even a funnel cake place. can't wait to go back there. they even have a fish market there now. WOW. what else, oh an urban outfitters too. i was wowed because before the spectrum wasn't really much. anyways. it was good having ruby and cindy over. we watched GUNS and TALKS and had some yummy japanese food. well, i better get studying, gotta read if i want to have fun this weekend.

it's been a while since i have written in here. been down lately. not really into the talking mood since all i have been doing these days is talking. good thing that i didn't go over on my minutes. anyways, you'll see me updating to almost never. so check back once ever new blue moon, or when i have a huge revelation or something.

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man oh man, i feel so bloated. and i got a cut on my middle finger, so it is painful to type. and where the heck did this cut thing come from? i really have no clue. i put some medicine on it so maybe that will help it heal faster. also i didn't realize how important my middle finger was.

it's second week already, and i have SO much reading. dahhh......so i won't complain and just do it cause complaining takes time, time that i could use reading. oh yeah, i am going boarding this weekend, and i convinced my sis to go, yuppie.

i enjoy wednesdays cause i don't have work. it's chill. also happy that i am done with my satellites after this quarter. now i really need to study hardcore on my DATs. hmm.......9:30 class tomorrow.....maybe i should hit the hay. hmm.....lately my entries have been short and to the point, i guess there's no time to chit chat with my somewhat busy schedule.

friday....the doctor is taking a day off. i hope i don't have to work. i really just want to chill. i hope i get my pay check tomorrow. okay, well, that's it for now. till whenever.

hello there. ahh......haven't written here in so long. well anyways, i just updated my website. This pass weekend i went down to san diego for wendy's birthday. we went to lips restuarant. And saw a show. it's a drag queen thing, but it's not a cheap drag show, meaning something that is ....well however you define that. it was actually good and fun. the food was great too. here's a link to their site: Lips Restuarant. So that's what i did Saturday night, and the rest is secret........ahem ahem.

i finally got my textbooks today. geez, barnes and nobles takes so long. i would not recommend ordering from them. so that plan for tonight is to drop gospel choir and read. I have plenty of reading to do and i son't mind that so much. I doing research this choir, kinda excited about that. well, i'll be back later, maybe. out to run an errand, but for now, enjoy my site. sheila's site.

it's been so long since i have written in here. so i'll just begin by telling you all that i have done. so i left off on finals weeks. finished finals on wednesday, so worked and whatnot. left for sf on tuesday and stayed until saturday. san francisco was fun, too bad it was raining the whole time i was there. i did get a chance to buy some shoes at haight, and bindings at purple skunk. did some shopping and ate at kitaro's. even saw three movies. we, as in sondhaya, philip, and me, saw harry potter the night we arrive cause it was the last day that they were playing it. then we watched lord of the rings the next day. and then in the afternoon we meet up with kate, maggie and angie and saw maid in manhattan.

harry potter was an entertaining movie. i really liked lord of the rings, better than the first one. there was definitely more action in the second one and more scenes with legolas. too bad i didn't get to use the ticket that chris gave me. maybe i'll go watch it today. after all, i need to return a book to barnes and sometime at sephora so maybe i'll take in a movie as well. maid in manhattan was okay, entertaining enough to not be boring.

i went boarding on sunday after getting back from sf. that was my first time this season. i had all new gear so i was getting use to it. all was okay, but my boots were killing me. the first wear is usually the most painful. and man, i should have wore thicker socks. i am going to try to hit the slopes again soon. so we shall see.

worked christmas eve. it was so boring.

went to two christmas parties. nice to see relatives and friends again.

now i am at home chilling, literally, need to turn on my heater.

tomorrow my parents have planned for us to go to vegas, i really dislike going there, so hopefully it won't be so bad this time.

finals week is just right around the corner and i still need to do all this reading, boo. last week, i had my molecular bio final. it went alright. it was the usual thick packet and i finished it in about an hour or so, or like an hour an 15. something like that it was so long. I hope i do well. i did decently well on my lab report, tied for the 2nd highest score. i was quite surprised though, but happy of course. so we'll see how i do.

man, i really suck at humanites. i definitely don't have the gift chris has. his writing is so fluid and well, my writting steers clearly from that direction.

let's see, i updated my website. check it out. i think it's linked. oh yeah, i really want to take a ceramics class, but i don't have time for it, i think. and i really shouldn't over work myself, it gets quite exhausting.

i got a new cell, my parents bought it for me. i had been meaning to change plans because i have been going over on my minutes. so since they offered, i accepted, which also saves me some cash.

I recently bought boots, they are burton sapphire 2002. i hope they wear in nicely. I still need to get bindings though.

check this pic out, it's just me running around in circles because chris wanted to check out the specs of my compact flash cards. he just got a new camera, it's way better than mine, but i still like the one i have cause it's small and cute. although his does have an abundant amount of features. oh yeah, that's my desk.

Relaxation begins......I just turned in my lab report for Molecular Bio Lab. I can relax, at least for a little bit now. Thanksgiving break is here...yuppie......now I can catch up on all my reading. Haven't blogged much because I been exhausted from school, work, and etc. Quite glad that I don't have to work for the next few days either. I can catch up on all my lost sleep. I was up till 7 am working on my report. I cranked out about 15 or so pages ( 11 font, double spaced).

I don't have class today for humanites. That makes me very happy because I can chill. I using that time to go to work. The suckie part of today though is that I have an evening class. So I won't get out till late, so maybe i'll go home (arcadia) tomorrow. We'll see how awake I am.

I been a shop-a-holic lately. I need to really stop this bad habit. The plus side is, my account hasn't decreased in value, probably because I been working. I am looking to get some bindings to go with my snowboard. I guess I might as well keep the board I got. 149 cm......is that too long for me.....I riden a 148 so it should be okay. We'll see. Hmm....I should check out some ebay auctions to see that's cheap.

okay....that's it for now, off to work.

Saturday afternoon. I been quite busy lately. I just had a paper for humanities. And the week before that midterms, and whatnot. I am attempting to do some homework, but alas, no motivation to do so. I slept for like 14 hours, the night before i only slept 2 or so. It was a restful sleep. I have this blah paper to write for Molecular Bio. Boo. I should really get cracking on that, but instead I am reading for Humanities. that is until it bores me. That's the plan for this weekend though. My lab and my readings. I can't wait till Thanksgiving. no work and no school, imagine that.

let's see, last weekend, I saw the lion king at the pantages theatre. It was good. next time, i go see it, i'll sit up close. I went with my family and chris and my mom's co-worker went too. Afterwards, we ate at my house, really need to eat something too.

hmm....well....that was a boring entry, oh well. maybe i'll update my site.

Awckkk......

Midterms.....boooo.....i have one today. Dude, I procratinated.....poo. I read two of the four books that we are going to be tested on, but I went to every single class so i know what's up. I decided to answer the reading question. I answer most of them, so that was a confidence booster. I still need to go over my notes, but I am lacking motivation to do so....hmm...remember sheila.....you have work tomorrow and you can't study there because its "unprofessional." Ha, whatevers.....really....i mean, it isn't the most professional place.......i am a little bitter about that......anyways, I plan to quit that job at the end of the quarter and find another one because I know if i continue to work there, I won't want to go into dentistry. And well, I think i should see what it's like somewhere else before I make a final decision. So let's see....yeah....I mean, I am actually glad I work there cause it has expose so many things to me and it's been really insightful.....okay more on this some other time. I am going to go motivate myself to study.

Oh no....getting sleepy....hmmmm?

i am just about to hit the sack. I am quite tired. i am actually sleeping earlier than usual. i finished my lab yesterday...i didn't procastinate...feels good. okay gonna shower and go to sleep. have work then lab. hope it's a short one.

Grrrr....

ughhh...i can't study. i am attempting to type up my notes. but i've got no motivation. thank goodness i wrote up my lab report. i won't be staying up late.....yuppie. i should hit the hay, but i'm not sleepy yet. i know what would make me sleepy though.....reading.....that always does that to me. i feel all blobby too. i think i'll exercise a bit to make that blobby feeling away. i think i should exercise too. my body feels all tired. i'll start tomorrow. maybe i'll swim some laps, maybe i'll run. i'll definitely do something though. i did clean my bathroom area. finally too. i'll do part two tomorrow. ahhh...rent is coming up soon. still need to collect it from my rommies and hit the bank.

i am thinking about quiting my dental job. i want to find another one that pays more. i'll look into that around 7th week cause then i'll have a new schedule for the next quarter.

chris and i purchased stuff from american eagle. i got myself snowboarding pants. i hope they turn out well. i also ordered some pants, but i am not particularly too fond of ae pant. in fact, i really despise them, yet i still purchase it. i'll probably return it though. I didn't get as much done as I had hope this weekend. so that means a lot of reading for me this week...boo....a midterm on friday too. i hope my ASDA meeting doesn't run too long on thursday. I also have that fundraiser to do. so anyone want to buy any magazines? contact me.

lazy sunday

yesterday, we went out to eat for Sondhaya's Birthday at BJ's. I wasn't sure what to get her, so i decided to go with ballons and cake. it's a mocha cake too. and everybody loves MOCHA. yeah? why? because it's something that doesn't just get sholved off somewhere. see ballons are for that moment. their reaction. the cake is something that is yummy and something you remember. so i figure that i should get something that you can remember. because whtat's the use of getting them something you don't know if they'll like or not. sure, there's the thought, but that's doesn't buy everyone. and i know you know what i am talking about.

so at BJ's I was fiddling with the specs on my camera. I was thinking of getting a new one, but i decided not to. i'll wait a while longer. check this black and white picture out. There's more on my web site if you'd like to see it.

anyways, that's pretty much it for now. okay, got homework and whatnot to do.

oh yeah, i went over on my cell bill...dahh.....should i get a phone line or just upgrade....hmmm?

Science Library . . . .

I am currently at the UCI Science Library updating my blog. I just got out of lab not too long ago. It was a rather short lab. The goal for tonight is to begin my lab report. It shouldn't be too hard because we didn't have a results section, hence, no results to report one. Also cause i want to try to make it to office hours so i can ask my TA a couple of questions about the lab. Usually, i procrastinate like crazy and stay up really late, which doesn't help me because i am all tired at work and at lab. The weekly quizzes are really killing me. I need to study carefully and stop skimming my notes.

Work was the same. My boss came late, so I was just studying until she came. I am glad that I don't have to work tomorrow. Nice to have that day off cause then I can sleep in. okay, gotta jam.

it has been a while since i blogged. i believe its week 4 now. blahh....i am so behind on everything. i really need and organizer or calendar, or something. i think i have a midterm next week. pretty sure about that. let me and i think another one after that. blah... i was thinking or getting some sort of palm, but that's over-rated don't you think?

anyways, nothing new really. i need some motivation to work on my lab and i am behind on my reading in Hum 3C...ugh.....i figure i should do my mini lab report write up and my lab 3 report write up now so i don't say up till 3 am tomorrow. and then have very little sleep and jack up my sleep schedule as i have been doing since school started.

my basic week looks like this. I wake up at around 8 and leave the apt by 8:30 and head off to work. I work until 12 pm and rush back home to make it to my 1 pm class. on monday i have discussion so I stay there until 3 pm, unless i have errand to run, which i do. i have to deposit money to ASUCI for ASDA. i think that's all i really have to do. Most of the time Chris and I go out to eat. Then I come home, sleep if i am tired. and do My homework. then I do the same thing on Tuesday, but this time I have lab until 5 pm then i come home. sleep if need to. Wednesday is the same as monday. but then i work at my second job after class and make copies for Chris's SAT class if need be. On Thursdays, I work until 3 pm. Then I have meeting with ASDA after that. Fridays are the same as Mondays, and sometimes i work. The weekends are my time to catch up on sleep. Let's see how this week goes.

Well, i should get back to my lab.

Week 2

man, it's week two and i'm stressed already. gosh...i feel like there isn't enough time for me to do everything. i'm going nuts here. i think it's cause i never really worked and had school coincide with each other. That's probably it and i'm sure it'll just take some time getting used to it. I work pretty much everyday in the mornings from 9-12 and a 6 hour shift one friday. still not sure whether i have to work on wednesday though. it'll be a good rest day for me if i don't. then i have my other lab job. that's pretty laid back, at least for now.

so why am i stressing, maybe lack of sleep. i really need to manage my time better. overview of today. I went to work, then class. then chris and i went to costco, and since we were there we looked aound ikea, then he wanted to go to aaron brothers. he go a table, one of those artist's one. a good deal, it was more than 50% off. we also checked out tall and mouse crafts. i needed some supplies to make something for asda.

i am blogging because i needed to relieve some stress. i am doing my lab write up, the results took me forever, but i got through it. i still need to do my discussion and go over the results. man, i hope i finish this baby before 1. then i have to prep for tomorrow's lab. we have a quiz and i want to ACE it.

i have so much crap to do, okay no more procastinating. i really need to get ahead of things. i went home this weekend and man, i just never get anything done there. okay...hopefully, i can use this weekend to relax and catch up as well as get ahead.

oh yeah. i got a cd burner today. it's a tdk velo cd 48x/16x/48x. i think i got a good deal on it. it burns cds in 2 and a half minutes. all i need to do now is upgrade my computer. and a lot of other things. okay, i should get back to that lab, i want to get at least some sleep tonight.

gosh....i am so tired. i am at home in arcadia and i am so tired. i took like 3 naps today. very short naps. anyways, i think i will go to sleep after this. i just wanted to update so i wouldn't have to write a long ass blog. so today...saturday....this is what i did. I woke up pretty early, around 9. I was cold. i tend to wake up when i get cold. i took my shower and a bunch of weird stuff....hmmmm......one of which was tgif onion rings. ya know the kind that you can buy at Sam's Club. i think that's why i have been so tired today. there's must be crazy amount of MSG in that thing.

ahhh....so i went to a snowboarding shop with my brother because he wanted to get a stomp pad and a lease for his board. i looked around cause the store was having a liquidation sale. Maybe i'll go there tomorrow before going back to school to get some socks. and maybe i'll think about getting some gear. i wouldn't know what to get though. i still need to read up on stuff. i better start cracking with the snowboarders magazine i got. in due time. i think i can afford it, in fact i know i can. it's just i don't just wanna buy anything because it's cheap. i think leaning toward VANS boots because i had good experience with them in the past. still debating on what kind of bindings i should get. i really like the step-ins, so we'll see. right now i am leaning toward those.

I also went car shopping with my dad and brother. I think my family will be purchasing an ACURA MDX.

well, i am tired so i am going to retire for the evening.

geez, i am absolutely exhausted; even though i didn't have class today. I did have work on the other hand. Man oh man does charting really make me tired. I'm glad i don't have work tomorrow though. i can sleep in. it will do me some good. It was slow at work for a while, then things started to pick up again. here's my basic job description, i.e., what i basically do. I call insurance companies and check on the claim status of patients. process billings to insurances. and all the other miscellaneous things that the office manager needs me to do. So basically you can say i am the administrative assitant/receptionst. anyways, enough about work.

I finally went to ikea to return the drapes i had bought. I decided to look around and ended up getting 2 more RIBBA frames. Then i made a quick stop to Barnes and Noble to get a couple of books that Chris wanted. I was too lazy to look for them myself, so i just asked the customer service people. ahead of me was this guy asking about the STAR WARS episode II on paperback. he must have been a really big fan. the lady at the register commented me on my scarf and outfit. tee hee.

so i came home and watched the thursday night line up on nbc. it was okay. i did see off centre though. Ewan (the British dude) doesn't look as cute this season. i like his hair better last season. i also think he gained some weight. i think chow looks better this season. i think he lost some weight. anyways. enough of that.

it's only 12:07 A.M. and i am already enhausted. i guess it's cause i was up so early. since i have to go to work and all.

hmmm.....onto other things. this whole week, it's basically just been class and work. i had lab on tuesday, it took so long buy it was fun. we got to make our own gels. my experiment didn't turn out so well; i was kinda bummed, but it's still salvagable. I have a cool partner this time. we were getting rushes when we were loading the wells in our gel. first -timers, what can i say.

yesterday, in my humanities class, the professor was sharing one-liners from our first assignment. I was happy cause i got 3 mentions. well, that's it for now, time to go study, or sleep, one or the other.

Rewind......


Saturday. I am suppose to be reading the Plato Symposium for my humanities class. It's about homoerotic love. I guess i'll get to that later. Most of the day has gone by.....i woke up quite early this morning....oh around 8-ish. I slept quite early. I did my morning calls. It's a weekend so it's great cause i can make as many phones calls as i want. during the weekdays i am really stingy about picking up calls. unless if its mobile to mobile.

Philip and I went to fry's to get his ribbon thing for his computer and to FOREYES. I needed to pick up my contacts. As we were getting ready to head back home, we saw this strange man conducting some sort of strange ritual in the parking lot next to his car. Philip wanted to slap him. that would have been interesting if he did.

I also purchased books from Barnes and Noble. It's way cheaper to get your books there. So i am going to return the ones that i bought from the textstore and bookstore.

Friday. Today was the first day of class. I went to work in the morning then went to class. I only had one class...humanities 3c....its about ambition and desire in relation to humanity. Work was fine. I learned how to use the computer with the insurance stuff. did some filing. made a bunch of calls. i wonder how often we get paid. i still have to ask about that. I don't have work on monday. kinda nice....cause monday is a very busy day....with it being the first workday and all.

Chris got a hair cut. he's gone through so many styles. I went to 99 ranch and got some food. they have all these goodies there.

Thursday. I trained for the part-time dental receptionist position. It was kinda scary at first because they lady just started me by calling insurance companies to get information on patients. by the end though, i got the hang of it. so I guess i got the job cause I'll be working in the morning every day. wow...a really job. it was also the last day of welcome week. we got a good amount of people to sign up for ASDA. i'm glad. i also went on a job interview. it was more informal.

saw the premier of FRIENDS. i thought it was alright. we'll see what happens.

Wednesday. I went on a job interview for a part time dental receptionist position. The lady asked me if i could come in tomorrow to train. so I was wondering.....did I get the job?

well, that's as far back as i can recollect.

first day of class......


ahhh...it has been a while. I been busy, as you can see. here's what i've been up to this whole week. I guess i'll back-track. i am so sore and tired. i really should get some sleep cause i have to get up early to go to work. school actually hasn't started yet. but it will, in 12 hours, at least for me that is. I only have one class. isn't that great. hmm...i'll continue this tomorrow, my neck is tired and i think i should go to sleep.

I'm on a high......

currently listening to gigi d'agostino --- i'll fly with you. sitting at home in arcadia in my old room, better known as Sophia's Play Pen. it's quite hot in here and i'm sure my flannel pants aren't helping. what can i say.....all my clothes seem to disappear everytime i come home. i don't really care though. geez, i can barely see the monitor and i am wearing my contacts too. i am practically squinting. maybe it's cause i have been wearing my contacts all day and they are a bit dry. i have one more pair left until i run out. this one has a tear too.....i really don't think i should be wearing it, but oh well...i'll change them when school starts. pretty soon, i'd say....on FRIDAY......boooo.

much better.....i change the setting on my computer to 800 by 600 so that i can see much better. ahhhhh.....today was such an exhausting day. let me tell you what i did. I woke up pretty early....at around 9ish. that's pretty good for me because usually i get up at around 12ish. so i take my shower and get ready to go out.

my mom, dad, brother (Benedict), sister (sophia), and me all head out to go to this EYE place cause i need to get new contacts. remember i only have ONE pair left. But first we went to go and get gas. my goodness....that took forever....and all that shouting.....this is what happened. Don't you just hate it when people take up the whole space when they are filling up gas and there's that open gas pump behind them. well, that's what happened to me. So I usually fill up my car with SPECIAL......well, that didn't happen today because the hose wouldn't reach. seeing as how i couldn't move any further. my dad accidental release the regular button and my car filled up with 2 gallons of regular gasoline. Then there's was shouting about....no, you can't do that....so we put super gasoline in it to. so i justed wanted to get it over with. i hate going to the gasoline station cause i can't stand the smell of gasoline. if you look at it this way (which you shouldn't cause i am sure it is really bad for your car) my car did get a distorted version of special gasoline.

our next stop was the eye place. luckily the guy working there usually works at a branch in huntington beach. so he took my order and will call me when my contacts are ready. that should be around tuesday or wednesday. i hope someone comes with me. i don't want to go there alone.

chinatown/downtown was our next destination. my sister wanted to go there because she wanted to get a dress for homecoming. it is supposedly cheaper over there. what a disaster. so we got there and bam! no one knew where the fashion district was (this area where they sold dresses...what we were looking for.) i surely did a lot of walking....i probably got a tan too. After walking several, several blocks, calling people who we thought would know where the fashion district was......we finally found the place. we looked long and hard......bargained here and there and finally found A dress for my sister. My mom picked it out. She's quite proud of herself. i'd have to admit, my mother has pretty good taste. My sister on the other hand has horrible taste in my opinion. She kept pointing out all these OLD lady dresses. I tried on her dress when we got home. It fit me quite nicely. My dad was insisting that they take a picture so that they could show my sister. I must admit though, that dress did look quite nice on me.

Our last stop of the day was the cathedral. My mother wanted to check out this new cathedral. I thought it was too commercialize and not traditional. It's on temple and in between broadway and grant, i think, if you ever want to check it out.

Wait...there was one last, last stop. This place at rosemead. my dad wanted to get some tofu. oh yeah...we ate at chinatown. There was this one place where my dad was bargaining with this short old lady. she really let her back go. i better start drinking milk or taking supplements....i don't want to turn out like her.

We ate at the SAM WOO CAFE at chinatown. They have the WORST BOBA ICED TEA. THE WORST!

after church, we went to eat at coco's. i haven't been there in a while. their food isn't all that. that's probably why.

i am really tired. i still have to go and get my car fixed tomorrow. poo. oh well....it must be done.


Friday.I saw Ballistic with my sister. Surprisingly, i also saw my brother there too with his friends. I liked it because i like that type of action. i don't want to give anything at all so i won't say anything else. My sister, on the hand, didn't like it that much. I thought the little boy was so cute.

Thursday. Chris's parents came to visit. They came down because Ewen is moving into the dorms. They are so cute.

philip is coming down tomorrow. i can't wait. then it'll be a full house. yuppie.

cute guy sighting......

I went to AF today and met this cute guy that worked there. he just moved from hawaii. he likes it here cause the weather over there is always HOT. he says he like it here better because the weather is much cooler. i would think that living in hawaii would be great though. but i wouldn't know since i've never lived there. i think its just the scenery that would attract me to such a tropical paradise. he's tall and slender, has brown hair. not like the regular AF guys. he forgot to take off my sensor so when i went to another store, it went off. so i went back to AF. odd think is that i didn't even hear it when i walked out of their store. it's cause the music ws so loud. i figured that out when i went back to get the sensor taken off. so as i got back in line and he was like, "hmmm.. (facial expression)..i wonder why she's back." so i told him that he forgot to take off my sensor. he's like..."oh it's cause i wanted you to come back..." and i was like "...of course...." which is odd...cause i was thinking "...hmmm...i kinda wanted to go back and chit chat someone."

Saturday Events......

Cindy and Brian came to visit today! As I was getting ready for their arrival, I couldn't find anything to wear. I feel all blob-by and extremely bloated. why? because my period is coming. I noticed that every month there's this period of time when i indulge in food and become bloated and well, it's not a good thing. After my period I feel normal again and picking out something to wear is a cinch. I feel better now though after swimming; i feel like i've exercised some and also feel healthier.

Anyways, I digress. So as I was saying..... Cindy and Brian came to visit. We chilled at my place for a while. We all had a bagel and cream chesse before going to pick up sue to go to South Coast. We were there for about 3 hours or so. Poor Brian. He was a good sport about it. Didn't complain at all. After the mall we came back to my place and played some old school NINTENDO. Super Mario Brothers. That was fun because I haven't played that game in so long.

We waited for Chris to get off work. Then we all headed to Dave and Buster's at the Irvine Spectrum. Chris and I played some arcade games before we ate. We played Daytona 500...something....racing. The first time I came in 2nd, but the second time to we, I came in first. yuppie! There was this other game. house of the dead...i'm not too good at it though. There was also this so-called Magician walking around. His first few tricks were COLD and DRY. But his last trick wowed us all.

The food at Dave and Buster's was pretty good. I had the Blackened Chicken Pasta . It was good, nice and tasty. The flavoring was just right and the chicken was nice and tender. I would go there again. I know Chris liked it too because when he finished his food (which was pretty fast), he started and ended with mine. Chris had the Jack Daniel's Sirlion Steak. His mashed potatos were yummy. Sue had Bowfingers. CIndy had (i think) a Parmesean Crusted Chicken Caesar. It was a nice huge salad. Brian had the Cajun Shrimp Alfredo Pasta. It was a delicious meal all in all.

oh yeah. I got this really cute patch from hot topic. It's a care bear patch...the good luck bear. and it's green...maybe i'll take a picture of it so ya all can see it. Just need to decide where to put it.

Talked to Ruby online today. Apparently it's been raining like crazy over there in Hong Kong. She sounds like she is having A LOT of fun. But she ain't too thrilled with all the rain that is recently paying them a visit. they are getting the works, thunder and lighting. I can't wait till she gets back.

Friday the 13th

Miso Soup


Outta breathe. Sat in the Jacuzzi not too long ago and swam a bit. Stationing yourself in the water can do that to you. anyways. it was relaxing, also my lazy ass way of exercising.

I made miso soup today. it was a bit strong. next time i am going to add more water. I also made califronia rolls again. those things take a lot of preparation. or is it just me? tomorrow, i think i will make meatballs to go with pasta and mushroom sauce. I will also study for my DATs. i am going to attempt to finsh a section. I MUST...I MUST... i can do it. and maybe on saturday i'll take a subject test. we'll see.

on my short list of to do things. I will make my about me page and attempt to integrate my two websites. my old site and my new site. Hopefully i do that very soon and not put it off.

well, i am kinda tired. maybe i'll nap, maybe i won't, but just know that i'll still be doing something. oh yeah...today i tasted japanese beer, asahi....it was super dry...very bitter and yuckie.

Sushi


I had work today. I work every wednesday. but i don't really do much these days cause my boss and head boss are putting together protocols for this new graduate class. So i did my work stuff. Got paid today. Wasn't too big of a paycheck, but hey it's just extra money. i'm sure during the school year, it'll be better. but that's ok...these days i am much to lazy to do anything BIG. After work I went to the supermarket. Bought supplies to make dinner. I like to buy my ingredients the day i cook it. I like it FRESH...what can I say. Wendy came over too. so she help me prepare dinner. She brought over some somen. it's a type of japanese noddle that you eat cold with a special type of sauce.

Yesterday, Chris and I ate at Tenko. It's a japanese style restuarant that i think is owned by chinese people. maybe? Anyways, that's where I got the idea to make california rolls and hand rolls. They turned out pretty well, so i am proud of myself. Although, I will add more imitation krab meat flakes next time. This was my very first time making it and i am glad it went well. I also made pasta. I tried out this mushroom sauce that i looked up online from allrecipes.com. That's usually where I get all my recipes from, if not from my parents. That turned out pretty well to, wendy liked it. Chris, not so much because it did't have meat. He's a MEAT man.

That's pretty much what i did today. right now I am looking at this one picture from my vacation from canada. it's really pretty. Ever heard of Chateau Lake Louise?

isn't it really pretty?

well...da..da...da...that's all folks.

Pain......


my EYES are burning. I woke up pretty early today, at least much earlier than usual. my dentist appointment went pretty well. I got the gentle lady. it's great, that feeling after you get your teeth cleaned cause it's just refreshing. The down side is my eyes are killing me. They are burning me and i don't know what to do. i think it's my allergies acting up cause i didn't take my CLARINEX. debating whether to apply Naphcon A or Clerz to relieve this burning sensation on my eyes. I decided to go with the clerz because i just got it from my dad before i left for irvine. Not much relief.

so as I was saying, the leady that cleaned my teeth was really nice. She knows all about my siblings and we chatted about that. but anyways, i just got from denny's. Steve and Erwim came down to visit. Right now they are singing a song about being constapated (spelling?). but enough about that. i still need to get my eyes check, but i might wait till next year to do that, but i am not too sure about that. for i have only 2 pairs of contacts left. I better get some soon. hmm...i better check prices online.

okay, i should go now. I have to make my way to the supermarket sometime soon, i'm outta bottled water. oh yes, pardon my last few blogs, i have been much too lazy to re-read them.

excellent! it works.

pardon me while i attempt to put links up. as you can see i have changed my template.

Washing the Dishes.......


i'm back home in Arcadia. Here i get nothing done. well, not really, i do get some things done. like LAUNDRY. oh and i get my weekly fruits. and there's the supplies that i collect. toilet paper, paper towels, etc. but that stuff doesn't come free. it's odd every time i come, it seems that it's Sheila's Turn to Wash the Dishes. so now I have to go wash the dishes. poo. i really don't like to because it makes my hand dry and well that just doesn't feel good. I guess that's what lotion is for. anyways, i better go wash them dishes.

TO CHRIS: I RULE!!!!!

finally......

today...pretty much bummed around all day. I did get a couple of things accomplished. i finally finished going my change of address thing. I finally sent in for my online prints. From my vacation in canada and other pictures i had that i wanted to get prints of. i also finally cleaned out my compact flash cards.

now all i have to do is buy an album for my pictures and organized my junk. i also got chris to post up my auction. hopefully it sells. I found another pair of sunglasses, but i don't know if i should bid on them. i'll think it over.

tomorrow, i am going home. why? because i have a dentist appointment at 8:45 in the morning.....freaking A...so early. i might as well get my eyes checked too and rotate my tires. better write this stuff down.

hmmm....i have another interview on thurs, but i don't know if i can take the job, i might not have enough work award to do it. i'll have to look into that. onto other things, i gotta start my guitar self lessons. just too lazy to take out chris's guitar because its so hard to put back in. school is starting soon, i better get a head start. and finalize my schedule and buy that parking permit. ahhh...so much to do.....ever get that feeling, you finish one thing, but you think up more things that you have to do. well, that's life for you.

bumming around......


i have been a bum all day. all i did was eat and watch tv. i need to do more productive things. I woke up at 1:30 in the afternoon. i did get my sunglasses though. it was a disappointment. it did look good, but it didn't fit my face shape. i have a pretty small nose and those sunglasses are for someone with a fuller nose. so i don't know if i can return it, but i think i might just ebay them off.

other things that have been going on. philip came down south recently. we painted the town RED. well not really. we went to tgif on wednesday. it's been a while since we were there. jesse, thresa, wendy, mike, janette, philip, and me afterwards went to a secret garden. mike introduced us to it. it's quite nice, you have a forest, desert, and a waterfall all in one. oh shadow people too. afterwards, wendy and philip found some crates......hehehe.

then we all helped to build philip's bed, but due to an unfortunate accident...it was not meant to be. hmm....i am kinda tired, even though i didn't do much today. I did update my site though.

i don't think so, thank you very much.....


I won an auction today. It was for a pair of sunglasses. my heart was beating so fast because i waited until the last 45 seconds to bit. so that was my Rush for the day.

I also saw Serving Sara. It was entertaining, but not all that.

Big 2. that card game that i'm sure all of you have played, in junior high, high school, and whatnot. anyways, i was playing chris and he pulled out a 3 card straight. i was like, what the.....i don't think so. i mean i've NEVER seen anyone pull that out before. and we never said those were allowed, SO THERE. I called Wayne and he agreed with me. Then chris called his brother Ewen and he said yeah, but it depends on the VERSION you're playing. VERSIONS??? okay, seeing as how we did not initiate the 3 card straight, they are illegal. see i was kicking ass. then i see a spontaneous stunt, like so. Anyways, i like the normal way big two is played. none of that crazy endless straights and whatnot, almost like playing with no rules.

tired, sleeping now. nite.

blah...blah....blah......


i baked today. I made blueberry muffins and chocolate chip cookies. the muffins turned out fine, but i think i should have added more crumps. the cookies were too sweet, next time, i'll add less chocolates. i looked up these recipes onlines and wanted to give them a try. they weren't all that just to let you know. on friday, wendy and I went shopping. I got this cookie book from borders. it's great... it has nice illustration and the stuff in it is good too.

i started a new site. i think i'll mix my current site and this one into one. mostly, my new site is going to be my new domain. anyways, both of them are updated. i am thinking about chaging a couple of things and well that's too much of a pain, so maybe i'll start fresh.

I saw xXx. It was entertaining. we wanted to see Serving Sara, but didn't make it in time. So we saw xXx. hmm...it's late, i better go to sleep. i have church tomorrow.

Random......


my computer is back up and running, but it still has minor problems. I think i may reformat to 98 soon. better safe than sorry, ya know. anyways, the maintenance guy is here now fixing the little things that aren't up to par. he's been here a while actually, more than an hour. anyways, i have work today, so after he is done i am going to go there, put in a couple of hours. today is pay day. yuppie. well not really because I don't work much, thus....i don't make that much money. I really need to get another job or something.

I went to cabazon with Chris on monday. I didn't get much...just a beanie from North Face, wrist bands from puma, and a tie from J. Crew. I like the tie...it's super-girly. pink and all. Chris didn't buy anything, wow...except for pretzels, but that doesn't really count.

i'm at my new place now, I moved last week. Rancho San Joaquin is a nice place; i have a bigger place now. If you love golf, you'll love it here. moving was a big pain. I have so many bruises because of it. some of them are pretty big too. anyways, we are going to have a house warming once everyone moves in. well, a small get together sorta thing.

i recently purchased a shelf from ikea, i forgot what it was called, but it's nice, maybe i'll take a picture of it. I am pretty much all moved in, just little things need to be sorted out. I still have to get a shoes rack, kitchen mats, and another oddvar stool. basically little novelty things. so last week, i finally decided to built my oddvar. It took me so long, it was hard and took so much effort. man. i guess the screw were scored in too well. i am proud of my creation though. oh yeah, chris helped a little, i didn't want him to cause I wanted to label it "made by SHEILA". yes, I was going through an ego-trip.

i cut my hair again. it's actually short now. I like it. Cece usually cuts my hair. She's great because she never cuts it too short or anything. I love what she does to my hair.

i'm 21 now. I didn't do much for my birthday. I went out with my family (annual birthday thing) and did the cake thing. Chris joined us, that was nice. We went to this Japanese place...hehehe...yeah...that's right....i am proud of my thief.

yesterday, I bought sake. haven't tried it though, it's still in the fridge.

hmmm...my hand hurts....

Crash and Burn......


my computer has died once again. poo... i am at school using the computer. I just got outta work and i parked on the meter for 2 hours and it only took me an hour to do my work stuff. so i decided to use the computer at school since my computer died.

yesterday, I moved into my new place. i am really quite sore, i can't even type. it hurts. kinda. I'LL BE BACK....

Shopping Extravaganza......


It's wednesday. i just woke up. so really i haven't done anything, but pee. I am sorta hungry. hmmm....what should I eat?

yesterday, Chris and I went to Chick's Sporting Goods again. We also went there the day before yesterday. The first time around, I bought a pair of power blue etnies. The same pair I had before and still do, but it's alll beat up. Chris bought 2 pairs of etines and shorts because he needed to get new shorts. Why did we buy another pair? to replace our already beat-up ones. As you can see I (we) really like that type of shoe. So we decided to go again. I got another pair of etnies just in case they stop making the czar. I doubt that will happen though because it is a really popular shoe. Maybe I should get a yellow one instead?

Chris got more shoes and shorts. This time the shoes were for basketball, one for him and one for his brother. They're straight and nice, like the ones larry hughes wears (or at least the ones he used to wear). I also decided to get my sister a pair of etnies; it's the same style as mine, the czar, but in a different color. we call it the bumble bee, because that's what the colors resemble. It's a cute shoe, SEE.





We also went to Costco yesterday and I got amelie. It's still sealed. One down and a couple more to go. I also wanted to get rushmore, but i haven't seen it yet, so i'll wait. Chris got 6 DVDs yesterday. He finally got the Criterion Edition of In the Mood for Love . Hacker, Original Sin, Amadeus, Ronin and American History X were the other DVDs he got. I found Orignial Sin for him and it was only $8.99. What a steal of a deal. I was quite proud of myself. Chris has the fastest growing well thought-out DVD collection ever. He started with one, two, or three and now .....we'll you have to see it for yourself. There a lot, but i don't mean hundreds. It's not the just quantity, but the quality of it.

Head Over Heels.....


Have you ever felt your knees wobble? okay, have any of you ever seen head over heels with monica potter and freddie prince jr.? well, the character, amanda, played by monica potter, knees wobble every time she has this particular feelings. In this case, it's romance. a surge of butterflies in your stomach, I guess, but a good feeling of course. Anyways, I mention this because I was just curious to know if that happens to real people.

Of course, it's mostly different for everyone...the sign of romance or whatnot. anyways, chris bought this japanese anime, bubblegum crisis 2040. It's an interesting anime about boomers (robots) that go berserk and knight sabers that come to the rescue. but there's a lot more to what i am telling you.

yesterday, I went to blockbuster to look for down to you, but i couldn't find it. I did run across this other movie though. happenstance, a foreign flick. It had the same actress of a movie i recently saw, amelie. It's about faith and things happening by chance.....if the bleh...didn't bleh...then....bleh...would have never met. etc. so i am thinking about getting it.

well that's it for now.

second time around....


it's wednesday, the week is almost over. now that i am not taking summer school, i feel like time is passing by way to quickly. I slept quite late yesterday. I was watching whatever it takes with Chris. we started with down to you, but it wouldn't play right. still gotta rent or buy it. I like it, it had a charm to it that makes me want to watch it. then again, it's also cause I like that kinda stuff.

I woke up quite late today. Had some grub and studied then went to kaplan. BUT, my teacher never showed up. Ughhh....what a drag. so instead they played this video for us. at kaplan they have lesson video, so we were learning, just not the same though. I stayed to watch it cause i figure i needed to brush up on my o-chem.

For dinner I had IN-N-OUT. seems like today just wasn't my luck. I ordered the double-double meal for chris; cheeseburger and fries for myself. And they forgot to give me the other set of fries. So i had to go back and get it, what a pain that was. anyways, the meal was good, I been craving IN-N-OUT this week. I saw Galaxy Quest with Chris. I've watched it a couple of times and it just wasn't the same this time around. The voice of that alien guy, commander dude. it just wasn't the same.

anyways....wendy told me about her skydiving experience. i can't really describe it, but i guess it's just one of those things that you need to experience for yourself. well that's it for now....oh yeah.

i'm thinking about cutting my hair again, like chin length. with layers perphaps, maybe i'll get that done tomorrow. the insentive behind it? to look less young. everyone is always telling me how i look so young especially Chirs. i mean i don't really do i? anyways, i am going to be 21 soon, and i've had long hair all my life. it's time for a change. so here's my attempt to be more bold and spontaneous.

well that's it for now, my contacts are starting to bugging me.

feeling good......


ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......can you believe it? I finally updated my website. after all this time. I finally posted my pictures from CANADA. thanks to my brother, Blaise, of course. such a relief. It's feels good getting that done.

i've been cubing a lot of people today. it's this thing from serendipity. i talked about it the last time i think. anyways...on to other things.

i found a place to live, woo hoo....another thing less to worry about. My new residence will be at Rancho San Joaquin. I have a lovely view of the golf course and it's on the 2nd floor. tell you more about it later.

Tuesday.... i didn't really do much today. I woke up pretty early. I cleaned out my inbox, finally updated my resume, went grocery shopping and studied. And the stuff above.

Monday......so yesterday, i saw signs. It was a good movie. in a weird sorta way. I don't want to give anything away, so that's all i will say. The message/plot of the movie.......everything happens for a reason. Chris and I also went to IKEA. they have the new catalog coming out, it's not out yet though. I am thinking of getting a shelf.


My sister just showed me her senior portraits, better go tailor to her.

serendipity......

I just saw serendipity again. I LOVE that movie. What does serendipity actually mean? According to the movie, it means fortunate accident. I watched it because I wanted to see how to CUBE someone so I could tell ruby about it, which reminds me, I have to call her. Hopely I do it correctly. It's in the bonus stuff, in case you were wondering.

I just wanted to share that little bit with you. Now I am going to update my site. I am so psyche cause I don't have summer school anymore, and I have all this time to do everything.

Exhausted......


excellent...it works like a charm. but now i am rethinking using this template. I am so utterly exhausted. today i called and went around looking for a new place to move into. to my surprise, it was harder than expected. I went to Brittany, but sadly, they don't have any vacant, at least the plan that i am looking for. So since that was my back-up plan and that failed, it really got me worried. so I started calling all these apartments/houses in a panic. luckily, there are still some out there, but not to the exact preferences that i had hope for. looking for a house is really difficult because the owners (damn bastards) don't like renting out to students. It's not like i'm a wild child. I am quite responsible. anyways, i am suppose to go check out Solona, I got a quote there and it's reasonable. hopefully, I can get some sort of deal. ugh.......There's one also at San Paulo, but's it's some sort of bond home (whatever that is). In addition to that, the lady wasn't all too friendly. Right now, I am really leaning towards Solona because the guy I talked to was really nice.

I took a midterm/diagnosis today for my DATs. I really need to study my natural sciences. I improved on perceptual, I still need to work on that too though. Reading wasn't so bad, but i don't know how i'll do on the compter since my strategy works on paper. Qualitative reasoning....man, i was so burnt out that i wasn't giving it my all. So I need to continue doing practice problems on those.

Friday....Chris and I went to arcadia. Why? Sophia had her senior portraits, so I brought her one of my blouses to wear and attempted to beautify her. Also, chris and I watched some DVDs that we didn't finish watching cause my computer gave up playing those chapters. We ate at this Korean Tofu house. The scent was very strong, it attacked my clothes. but i expecially enjoyed the rice because they serve them in those hot stony things. I love the bottom crunchy part.

Thursday.....We went to the mall. Chris needed some more work clothes. He brought a shirt and 3 ties. I wanted him to get this pretty 20s tie. but he didn't. I still think he should have gotten it. anyways, maybe later on.

okay, i need to rest..maybe i'll make some mac and cheese, watch the tube, and study.

testing...

before i dive into this, i just want to test out this new template. even though i've used it before, i wanted to give it another shot.