2008

So I just woke up about a half and hour ago and cooked my mom and myself chicken alfredo for the first time. It surprisingly came out pretty good! Haha.

Anyway, I took a nap since around 3 today because before that, I came back from a tiring 2 days of no sleep (really) andvolunteer work, which was somewhere in upstate New York. We helped out three temples by cleaning the campus, and listened to some very interesting lectures after. Usually with these lectures, I either fall asleep or don't understand because everything is spoken in Korean. However, two white American monks taught us a lecture about the purpose of meditation and why they do it. It really cleared up many things for mee about the subject and my religion in general, since I honestly do not know much about Buddhism. They explained some interesting points, for example, about how really everything in your life is controlled purely by thinking. They explained how our emotions and actions are all expressed through our thinking, and that is mainly based on the past or the future. Meditation takes that factor away and concentrates on what is the most important, which isliving in the present. It basically is clearing the mind and focusing on "now." They do this because our thoughts about the past or the future is what holds us back and takes away our concentration on the present. This made me realize that that is what's holding me back in life. It really hit me; the fact that past is what keeps me from enjoying the moment and experiencing different things. Also, it is our thoughts that make others suffer. If I suffer from my own thoughts, I shouldn't pull in anyone else to suffer with me. I felt so relieved to hear this lecture because after it, I felt like I wasn't really alone in the world. And if you think about it, everyone's pretty much the same. We all may think differently about things, but in the end, we all have the same emotions.

With that being said, I want to get out some ideas of my New Year's resolutions. Here are some for your amusement.

1. Stop procrastinating with work that needs to be done (during long breaks, especially).

2. Read more. If you guys can give me a recommended list of good books, that would be great! (:

3. Be more focused on the "present" and not let myself down for what others say; to simply just move up and on while they remain envious and unhappy. To shut down all negativity that others try to inflict on my accomplishments.

4. Become less of an "over-acheiver" and try to focus on main things that I'm good at, or have the potential to be good at.

5. Stop eating when I'm "bored" and have normal, portion-controlled meals.

6. Not only do what is needed, but to go beyond my expectations (especially with work in school).

7. Have less moodswings and always think of others before myself.

8. Spend money on more meaningful things FIRST, then use it on myself conservatively.

Wish me luck everyone. Have a happy New Year! [=

So I finally decided to upload some of the pictures I took in Cancun.



The main lobby of the hotel.

View from my hotel room balcony. Yeeeaaah.

This is where I tanned. (:

A mall that's pretty similar to the malls here. Except it looks a lot cooler, and it's much less crowded.

It's really a mexican bus!

Most comfortable seat in the economy class.

It made me giggle. (:

Christmas is coming up soon! which means, so is break. Finally, I need this.

dear santa

I can truly say that this year has been one of the best years of my life. Everything that I could have possibly wanted, I already have. A great family, a loving boyfriend, and a meaningful job. So in light of the holidays, I hope that everybody receives everything they want, and that doesn't only mean the latest MP3 player or that Nintendo Wii we've all been dying for, but to spend time with the people that love you most. You've probably heard this many times before, but it's only a friendly reminder to tell the people you love most how much you appreciate having them in your life. I know I use to take things for granted, but I've learned to look deeper and truly appreciate everything that I have. Well, Happy Holidays everyone, and have a safe last month of 2007!

So here's a few things I've been wanting for the past months to a few years. It's just a simple guideline, nothing fancy. I don't expect any of these, but they're definitely on my cute list.

urban outfitter scarves

PNUT brass knuckle necklace

urban outfitters flats<3



MOB stickers! or any other brand stickers (:



a polaroid camera!


prismacolor marker set

urban outfitter wall mural
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WACOM tablet



airbrush kit




audio technica headphones



etymotic earphones



nameplate necklace

still under construction.

like you'll never see me again

is such a good song!

Went to Cancun last last weekend. Not much done there except tan and... yeah just get away from everything. It was pretty nice though, to just be in a totally different part of the world. (: Pictures will be up later. They're in my dad's laptop right now, so I can't exactly upload them at this momentttt.

I really need to go Christmas shopping. When's the first snow day coming?! ....
Gotta get back to homework; trimester 2 has officially started yesterday, which means I gotta get my butt to work and get some better grades.

Finally Thanksgiving break!

YES! Tomorrow I will not be going to school, for a have a 9am flight to Cancun, Mexico. I'm going with two other famlies for a Thanksgiving vacation. Wheeeeeee and I'm very excited. (= Anyhow, I basically didn't go to school today because my back hurt "tremendously" after getting my first acupuncture yesterday. Honestly, the process was pretty soothing, but after, it just made me a lot more sore. Yeah, so today, I just stayed home, worked on some school art projects, and started to pack for Cancun. My to bring list:

1. clothes
2. bathing suits
3. tanning oil and sunscreen
4. toothbrush
5. lotion
6. jewelry
7. hair stuff
8. ITOUCH YES FINALLY I GOT ONE.
9. phone
10. homework.... -_-
11. camera (I shall keep you guys updated.)
12. SNACKS SNACKS SNACKS because the shtupid plane isn't going to provide us with any food for a flipping 5-hour ride. (healthy snacks, of course. sorta tryna maintain a healthy eating habit. Mexican food is not going to help.)

Gotta wake up at 5am tomorrow ... phoning with the wonderful boyfriend then sleep time!
Good night everybody [=

happy 40th and 14th birthday!

to my daddy and Victor Yoo. [=

Best wishes to both of you.

This four-day weekend was too short, but it was fun while it lasted. Sleeping over at Monica's, spending a whole day with the boyfriend, and having a get-together at Outback and watching Fred Claus for Victor's birthday was an ideal way to spend this suuuuuuuper short break. Now I shall get back to my homework that is due for this long full school week ahead and get ready to go to Flushing for a family dinner.

frightfest '07

This past week has been pretty tiring, however it turned out to be fun in the end. On Tuesday, I didn't go to school which led me to not being able to play in one of my volleyball games, but the outcome was great as we defeated Monclair 3-0. Friday was scheduled to be our last game of the season, but for some reason the game was cancelled and there was no other date to reschedule. So, our record ends at 19-5 which is not bad at all! [=

On Friday, Ashley and I went met up during the rainy day to hang out since we now attend different schools and don't see each other as often. So, we decided to watch a movie after we ate at the usual Panera. When we saw the movies playing, there was nothing typically appealing to us so we just chose Saw IV and snuck in with no problem as always. To the people who want to see it, I won't spoil it for you, but all I'm going to say is that it's obviously gory and the worst out of the 4 Saws. (In my opinion, of course.) After the movie ended, we went to Ashley's house so she could pack for the following day and came to my house. Anna came about a half hour later, and after talking on the phone with our own special person, (inlcuding Ashley. Inside joke.) all of us collapsed and fell asleep to get ready for the next day.

On Saturday, Anna, Bobby, Ashley, my boyfriend Joe, and I all met up at 7 in the morning and was driven by Steve to Port Authority in order to catch a bus to go to Six Flags. When we arrived there, we ate at a bakery inside Port Authority, which I forgot the name of, and rode the bus at around 9am. The bus ride was nice except the fact that it was humid and hot.(Gotta wrap this up since my dad's needs the computer. Oh, and my computer broke down completely, but that's another story.) Yeah so, overall, Frightfest was fun and we rode El Toro 2 times, which is the best ride made so far in Six Flags. Then we left at around 10, but during the ride back, our bus kept on breaking down so we had to transfer to another stuffed up bus. While waiting for Steve to pick us up again, we walked to Ashley's grandma's Italian restaurant on 44th and ended up eating an amazing meal at 12 midnight. Then, I came home and slept until 12 the next morning. Or afternoon? [=

Goodnight guys! School tomorrow... sweet.

mhm mhm

It's 5:38am right now, and it's not early at all for me because I get up at 5 to get ready for school anyway. I just wanted to say..... I HAVE NO SCHOOL TOMORROW. yes. because of some meeting I think with the teachers in my school muhahha. Now, I'm going to get ready for this wonderful day of 6 free mods and only three core classes; mhmmmmmmm.

Oh, and I've been sleeping early these days like around 9. Yeah, I know I'm a loser. [=

realization

Oh so tired. I think I need more sleep these days. Extreme moodswings I am having because of this! I'd be hyper and random at one point, then really cranky and tired after a few seconds. So.................... good night. (=

busy busy busy week

This last week has been one of the most tiring I've had in a while. On top of homework, I had to prepare for a presentation in the city for the Essentic crew. Also, our volleyball team had games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and won all of them! [= Thursday was a very busy day. After our volleyball game, I went to Garden State Plaza with my mom and ate at California Pizza Kitchen. After, I came home at around 8 and realized that I had to start homework and also get designs to my manager of Essentic by the next day. Unfortunately, I did not get a lot of sleep that night. And I am not a person who can get a short amount of sleep and be happy the next day. On Friday, I went to school being very cranky and tired. After school, I played against Ridgewood and won 3-0! Whooooo. Then I went with Kelly to her house and got ready for her birthday get together at Bowler City. There, I met my boyfriend, Joe, and some other school friends and bowled a game then chilled. Again, I slept late and had to wake up at 7:30 for a Saturday morning game against Fairlawn. After the game, I took a quick nap and prepared for the presentation which was at 5pm.

SJ and MinS. shooting pool at our meeting area.


Before the presentation, preparing and just chilllllling.


Haha, the presentation area had to be relocated all of a sudden. Here is us continuing to conversate after the relocation.




Presentation is OVER! And it went very well. [=

Jkey and SJ in front of Woori Bank in Korea Town waiting for a table in a restaurant.

SJ and his girl. Eating traditional Korean barbecue.

SJ and Andrew.

frost valley

Wow, busy week! Monday and Tuesday I had school, then on Wednesday morning, us freshmans went on a 3 day trip to Frost Valley. Honestly, it sucked. In my opinion. Food was horrible so I ate corn pops for every meal, and the weather was hot, humid, and rainy. Haha, okay but the good part of it was that I met some new people in my grade, and they're pretty chill. [=


Zipline. First step off; so scary!


During announcements before dinner.


Me, Kellybaby, and Josh. [=


Crossing the cable!



After being around my classmates for 3 days, I became very jealous seeing other kids figuring out the rubix cube in a minute or less. So, I decided to learn how to do it. Haha, the most I can do by myself is 2/3 of it x]. Aright, so this guy below taught me how to do it.

essentic crew!

Today was another day out in the city. I met up first with Jkey, a member of the Essentic crew, and ate pho to kill some time. After, we hit up Barnes&Noble and met 2 other members, Min soo and SJ, and we discussed alot about our designs and ideas. Overall, we came out with a lot of new concepts and got our opinions out to each other. After the meeting, I got some food picked up and ate by myself since my mom went out to pick her friend up from the airport. And now, it's time for me to finish homework.

I'm gonna miss this 4 day break.

<3

beeaaaaaaaat.

I'm so tired these days. Haven't been this tired in a while, actually. Everyday I've been carrying about 30 pounds of junk on my shoulders and my arms since no one cares about freshmans and don't bother giving us lockers until yesterday.

Okay, school's not half as bad as I say since we do have time between classes where we can just bum around. These past few days have been so gross because of the uuuugly weather, but fortunately things cleared up today! Today's weather was amazing.

Ahhhhhh, so yesterday I bought a bunch of art supplies so I'm gonna go now and start using them. [=

Oh, and I'm really happy.<3

AHHHHH

First three days of school was a drag! It was boring... but the classes are cool. Finally, I get to focus more on art on a daily basis. [=

Today was my first game for volleyball, and ironically we versed my town's high school (Leonia High School). It was real good seeing all my friends again, but it felt kinda weird playing against them. Anyhow, we won 2-3. [= So after the game, I came home, bummed out for a bit, then went to Pal Park to meet JKIM! We went to go shoot pool, then after we met up with Jacob and HJ and a few other people and went to nrb, then finally finished the day with eating at a diner.

Now, I'm verrrrrrry tired and have about 25 mosquito bites on my legs which is itching like crazy, and I gotta clean my room.

That's about it for now...

first day of school

is something I was NOT looking forward to. I don't know, I'm not as excited as I was before.

My bus comes at 6:45 and since I have to get at my stop 10 minutes before, I had to wake up at 5am today and I'm preeeeeetty tired. *Sigh, I think I'm going to start taking showers at night from now on. I'll update more when I come back from my volleyball scrimmage today.

EDIT AT 9/6; 9:07pm.

Missed my bus on the first day. AND again today -_- actually I didn't miss it. It didn't come...
Okay so scrimmage with Fairlawn was a joke. We won 3 out of 3 by practically by only serving haha. Hmmm, school so far is decent but pretty boring. It's really crowded and construction is going on everywhere. *Yaaaaawn* I'm pretty tired from school. Getting up at 5am is not my thing... gaaaaah I hope school gets funner...

pool day

I don't feel like writing much today because I'm tired from walking from Pal Park to my house. So, basically I went to the pool with some school friends and ate in Pal Park after.

Haha, Javy's bubble butt.


Te extraño mucho...

BAYBAY birthday

It's September! Time flys...

Once again, I was planning to stay home today and do work, but of course there came another distraction. My mom's friend's daughter turned a year old and invited us to join her birthday party today. My mom told me that there were going to be a lot of little kids there, and she asked me to come up with a way to entertain them. So, I bought balloons and a pump to make the kids animal balloons. (I learned by myself when I was a little kid but stopped because I was scared since they kept on popping.) By a lot of kids, I thought my mom meant maybe 10.. or 12 at most. But nope. There were about 30 of them. So I was making the kids animal balloons and 5 minutes later, they would keep on coming back with the whole thing untwisted. And they look at me with their innocent eyes and tell me that it broke. So I had to remake it over and over again. -_- Haha, it was pretty tiring. So after that I just came home and took a nap. Aright enough with the talking; here are some pictures.


My breakfast; mozzarella cheese and tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. It may look gross to you but it's the best thing ever created. And hot chocolate on the side.


At party city. I wanted to get the Hello Kitty birthday princess balloon (on the top left corner) but they ran out =( so I just got..........


DORA! (=


The adults' room


On the job.


The kids' room. That girl holding the worm... it wasn't a worm. It was a dog but she made it a worm.


AWWWWWWWWW [= the birthday girl.


I made him a sword (:


Here's the birthday girl's sister singing. So cute!



Back to work...
Countdown for high school: 4 days.

EDIT AT 12:35am.

I can't sleep. It's cause I took a nap today ugh. Since I was bored and didn't feel like doing work, I decided to look back on some journals that I've kept my past years. And I found one that I wrote in when I was in 2nd grade! Haha. Here's some entries I wrote back then... (spelling and grammar isn't edited.)

Tues. Oct. 3, 2000
Today is Tuesday October 3th (3th.. hahah) 2000. On the weekends, I went to my friend's birthday. She did it in Mountain Creek. The games were: Amazing maize maze that is a game where you pick a flag for your team and you go inside a maze! The other game is mini golf, mountain bike riding, and much more!
On Holloween, I am going to be a witch with: black lipstick, a pointy hat, a broom, a tatoo that is a spider web, the costume and makup.

Wed. Oct. 11, 2000
Today is Wednesday, October 11th 2000. I changed my mind of what costume I am going to wear a tweety costume instead of a witch. I like school.
In school I am learning about owls now. So far, I like to write in my Journal. It is fun.

Thurs. Oct. 12, 2000
Today is Thursday October 2000. We have Gym at 10:22 to 11:02. I'm happy because soon or later, I am going to learn how to do flute. I thnk it will be fun. I am going to learn jazz dance too. and taekwondo, piano and drum. I want to learn more but it was to expenceive.

Mon. Oct. 16, 2000
Today is Monday October 16th 2000. On the weekend, I went to the walkathon. I did 18 laps. It was fun. But my mom and dad was was resting while I was walking and that was not fair. Still, I will get a trophie, right? This is gonna be my last time I am going to work on centers.
I love school and writing in journals.

Wed. Oct. 18, 2000
Today is Wednesday October 18, 2000. My mom is going to work in a bakery store. SO I have to stay with my friend's house. She works at 10:00 and comes at 5:45.
We have art at 11:05. It is soon being holloween. I can't wait!

Tues. Oct. 31, 2000.
Today is October 31st. 2000.
HAPPY HOLLOWEEN! I am tweety bird for holloween! Tweety Bird MY #1 fan! Yesterday I brought in tools and a book that has fancy ideas of carving a pumpkin.

Mon. Nov. 6, 2000
On Saturday, I went to my violin lessons, M.E.K., and piano lessons. Saturday is my busy day. Yesterday, I was in the house all the time cleaning, and when I was finished at 4:30, I went to Joana's house. I played until it was 6:30. Now I am in school.

Tues. Nov. 14, 2000
Today is Tuesday November 14th, 2000. I have a YMCA program. Me, Katie, Alicia, and Malina made up a song. It goes like this:
I am the little seed in the middle. We are the pettles walking around walking around and then together like I say I am the little seed in the middle. While I'm saying that, Katie, Alicia, and Malina says walking around 2 X's. And then we all say together, We are a flower standing outside. That's the song we made up.

Guys this is the last one for today. Awww it made me miss my best friend.

Thurs. Nov. 16, 2000
Today is Thursday November 16th 2000. Yeserday, I went to my friend's house. Her name is Joanna. She has a cousin that is very mean. Her name is XXXXX.
I went to AMP ( I meant A&P but I thought it was AMP. HAHA) with Joanna and XXXXX. XXXXX was playing with Joanna and I asked if I could play together but XXXXX said, no and she said "go away Julie." Just then, Joanna said to XXXXX, "Excuse me, if you don't want to play with her and only me, then I'll decide to play with Julie because that wasn't very nice what you did."

Haha awww looking back at these made me miss my old town so much... and everything else. Ah, I wish I could start over again...