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.