merry xmas!

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catching up with friends over break. and eating yummy food! mmmm...
here is a pic of the noodles and fresh red snapper my brother jon made me. gormet chef!


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all this eating. i really need to trim up a bit. my face is soooo round! when i get to school i'm hitting the gym.

home sweet home

i'm bundled up in my bed at home with a huge fluffy down blanket my parents bought for me. my lunch today was delicious fresh red snapper and pasta which my baby bro made. i just finished reading a great book that was entirely not school related. now i'm sipping hot chrysanthemum tea sweetened with honey which my mom just handed to me.

life is good.

what to do if you're late for class

i stole this from #54. hehe...

this is insane. if i had these skills, i'd never be late for class! =D
ok i still would be late. but i'd get 10 more minutes of sleep!

check it out...

russian climbing

i love my mom

my mom sends me hearts and kisses over im. and calls me honeypie. isn't that just the cutest!?? luv u mom!! see you soon...

updates

proactiv - it's really drying out my skin. so much that sometimes when i apply it, i get a stinging sensation. not pleasant! however i've been relatively pimple free for finals week. well i still have the rest of the week to go. but i'm thinking i'll use it just until i get everything completely cleared up. then i'll go look for milder products.

yanni - he's not mad at me anymore. yay!

finals week - just have to hang in there until friday...then i'm home for a month! woo hoo!!!

bday wishes

thanks everyone for all the bday wishes! i've gotten many phone messages, ims and texts today :) and beautiful red roses from cindy! *muah!*

hrm...i don't think i'm liking the way "29" sounds. so i think that i'll just remain 28, since it's a nice, even, round number. so from now on, every bday i'm turning 28 ok? haha..

i feel bad for something that happened however. yanni is really mad at me. like so mad - i've never seen him this mad. there were complications about dinner plans. too many people assuming too many things. i assumed that yanni would talk to tiny and we would do a movie instead of dinner so people would have more time to study. i was going to just do dinner with the roomies because it would be easier in a small group and less hassle for everyone. instead what happened was yanni was waiting for me to call and had finished his work at 5. however i didn't get his message and had assumed he would have talked to tiny and know we were now only doing a movie rather than dinner. even so, i don't think he would have enjoyed dinner since he hates waiting. dinner ended up being a little complicated since cheesecake factory seats were taking too long. the past two times i've been to cheesecake factory we were able to get tables at the bar without much more than 20 min wait. but we were getting impatient waiting at the bar. so instead we went over to this other place after sticking it out there for 30 min waiting at the bar.

anyways, what should have happened is that i should have just assumed we were going with a large group and chosen a place that would be able to accomodate enough people quickly. also i should not have assumed the two groups ( roomies and school friends) had good communication since they only had eachother's emails. i was just so busy during the week coordinating a million other meetings, so it slipped my mind to coordinate dinner. arg. i feel really bad things weren't planned very well. i should have thought things out better. i'm not sure why i chose cheesecake factory given it was so crowded. it just sounded good at the time and i thought it was a place that our other roomie joe could handle since it wasn't too expensive, had large quantities and it wasn't asian food. ( he's not used to asian stuff and is low on cash). i also didn't want to do a huge dinner since it would take so much more time and i wanted to let people have more study time. a late night movie would only be a 2 hr commitment. yanni was mad because he thought it was stupid that i would think he didn't want to do dinner just to study.

sometimes being too considerate isn't a good thing. :( blah. i already told him i was sorry. i know he'll forgive me sooner or later. and i know this isn't going to be a big deal later and he'll forget all about it. he just needs time to cool off.

blah....it's still bothering me.

now i have to go work on a quiz, a paper, and a presentation.

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GREAT JOB RYAN!!

my hunny is the bestest

hunny just got a new job! he got a huge raise and the new company is doing very well. great technology with good people. he just started his first week there. since he was so important for the work he was doing at his old company, they wanted to keep him on as a contracter. so he works at his new company during the day and then does contracting at night. so hardworking! hopefully he is able to help them hire a new person on soon so he doesn't get too worn out with two jobs.

my hunny is such a good person...
he felt so bad to give his two week notice to his old company. he's been agonizing for months on wether to leave his old company or not. he's become friends with his boss there and has been given a lot of decision making responsibility so he felt like he was abandoning his responsibility to the company. generally most other people wouldn't think twice about getting a huge raise (as in 20%) and they would leave their company in a second. he has such a caring heart that is always looking out for his friends and family.

most of you know about my ex. he treated me like a princess, took me out to eat at fancy restaurants, took me travelling around the world, gave me fancy jewelry, understood the little things i appreciated and was always doing things like making me cd's of my favorite songs and sending me little notes...
but yet my heart didn't open up to him. although he treated me well, i always felt that he was not a generous and caring person deep down with his friends and family. although he gave them material things all the time, he didn't give his caring and personal attention as freely. he said that it was because he loved me so much that i occupied his thoughts all the time. and so he put me first before everyone else. but i believe that you should never make others feel like they are loved less even though your love for someone else grows. it is always important to spend time with your friends and family...

before i met hunny, i had a long laundry list of things i looked for in a sig other. although having a good heart was on the top of the list, i don't think i really knew what that meant. a truly caring person will always have the other's best interest in mind...and never want or expect anything in return.

under pressure

Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie

Um boom ba bay
Um boom ba bay
Um Um boom ba bay bay

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

Um ba ba bay
Um ba ba bay
Dee day duh
Ee day duh

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out!
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay

Chippin' around
kick my brains round the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours
Ee do bay bup
Ee do bay ba bup
Ee do bup
Bay bup
People on streets
Dee da dee da day
People on streets
Dee da dee da dee da dee da

This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under Pressure
Under Pressure
Pressure


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i just cranked out 4 pages of a paper in just about an hour and a half. not bad huh? but i could barely squeeze out one page last night after working on it for three hours. blah. i work better under pressure.

i have 15 minutes to get ready for class. meeting with the group after class.

this week is crazy, meetings galore trying to finish up group projects and presentations for five classes. ugh.

i can't wait for vacation. i wanna go home!

i hate optimizing!

i hate hate hate optimization methods in finance.

my head is going to explode.
my eyeballs are going to fall out of my head from squinting at huge excel models.

I've been working on the same quiz ALL DAY!!!!

UGH!!!!

on a lighter note, check out this really funny short film.
Dragon of Love

nano nano!!

inscription is picked and nano is in the mail. also purchased an invisible shield for protection from scratches as recommended by #54. everything including the shield was covered for from the $232 I got from selling the mini on ebay and the $50 apple gift cert from the halloween party. also hooray for the 20% student discount! =D

proactiv

so since i've started school i've been having pimple breakouts more frequently. probably due to stress and lack of sleep. i've tried various cleansers, astringents, anything containing salicylic acid and benzyl peroxide. still have breakouts. arg. i never had such bad skin in high school or undergrad for that matter. guess i'm a late bloomer for acne (like many other things).

so hunny's brother and his cousin swear by proactiv. having a pharmacist as a dad, i'm quite skeptical. because really, these aren't new ingredients i haven't already tried. but hey, they have a free 60 day trial. so here it goes. we'll see if i break out during finals week while using proactiv.

i'll keep you guys updated on how my little experiment goes. i just used all the products and so far skin feels soft and not too oily.