32/365
02012014
I think it's time to add a bit more detail into my days. Looking back on these pictures it'll be more memorable, afterall it's the small things that matter most. So woke up today to go to Saigon Kitchen. It's always a good place for lunch on weekends. And since this weekend has lots of eating and drinking, I went to the gym. But first made a pit stop at the swim meet against Brown. College swimming is fassst. It's amazing how everyone is so fast, doing times that are faster than any Stuy record. Anyways, walked Tiffany back to collegetown and decided to go to the gym for a little bit. Then went to Target with Nancy and Kevin, and derped around Target until we stashed the cart with enough snacks. At night, we celebrated Stephen's birthday with beer and cake. Didn't really drink because I wasn't in the mood, but it was fun with good company.
33/365
02022014
Superbowl Sunday! Woke up to some nasty gray snowy weather, typical Ithaca. Then trekked to meeting on campus and was going to chill in Duffield for a bit, but everyone went back to collegetown. So instead I went to the gym so I'll feel better about eating the wings tonight. Watched the Superbowl at Patty's apartment. Too many people and too little space, but it's warm and cozy there. I rooted Seahawks since they had the prettier uniform, and they won by a landslide. Bummed there a bit after to watch TV and now back at home. Feeling a bit... thoughtful tonight....
34/365
02032014
Felt pretty anti social today for most of the day. Didn't really interact with anyone till late afternoon, mock interviews at work didn't count because I don't really know them. But anyways, after work I chilled in Duffield and did some Spreadsheets homework. They're more like projects/deliverable than assignments, but so far it's interesting playing around with Excel. Still felt kind of anti social, but I guess it got better as I hung out with more people. Dinner as usual, then went to CTB to talk a few Capital One alums. Pretttttty awkward conversation, but nice to meet other full time hires, oh and the free bagel of course. Now gonna bum a bit more before waking up early to go to the career fair for funsies.
35/365
02042014
Today was a happy, but tiring day. Started off the day super early at 8am for the career fair. Nothing too exciting actually and I didn't talk to anyone. Tried to scout out the goodies, but nothing worth taking because I always end up with a bunch of junk in my room. Lunch with Tiffany at Trillium. Their quesadillas are so much better than the one's at Ivy Room. Then decided to skip Human Bonding and did Spreadsheets homework and bummed in Duffield. Did a bit of people watching, had my meeting, and then went to west to eat with CSA littles! Also went to Trivia Night at the Nines and we got 1 out of 10 questions right... Too much thinking involved. Been such a long day I'm so exhausted. Hopefully the snow storm will shut down Cornell tomorrow.
36/365
02052014
Who is this derp? Anyway, didn't get a snowday, but I did find a $20 bill on my walk to work. Off to a good start! Learned lots today in Spreadsheets and tried to fix the mistakes I made on my homework, but still stuck on that... Then wines, 2 hours of sitting in a cramped seat. Also, I don't know how the professor smells different fruits in the wine. All I smell is grape.. and they all smell so similar. My nose isn't as sensitive yet, maybe one day... Then had meetings in Duffield and then hung out a bit before going home to eat. Actually pretty productive tonight doing project team stuff and non-academic stuff. Good day today.
37/365
02062014
Today was a rather lethargic day. Had a really hard time getting out of bed and was tired throughout the day. Gymnastics was fun though; I got to go onto the beam and see how scary it is and how hard it is to balance. Then did some practice roundoffs off the mini beam on the floor. Perhaps I'll try it on the actual beam next time. The afternoon was the usual Human Bonding, which I slept through two thirds of... Meeting in Upson then bummed with Tiffany at Willard Straight. Tiffany made some marshmallow snowman. At night, a bunch of us went to Patty's to watch the Olympics and whatever's on TV, then it turned into a Flappy Bird fest... But yay to the weekend!
38/365
02072014
Woke up early today to go to the gym and then got lunch with Nancy at Statler. Randomly bumped into Ying so Nancy had lunch with Ying and Ting! It was a fun-filled lunch. Later on, met up with Lauren for second lunch, but I didn't eat, and then we explored Gates Hall. It's all glass, pretty cool, but parts of it are still under construction. We found the roof access, gotta climb this tall ladder and open the latch. Gonna go tomorrow when there's less people in the building. Went to Dairy Bar finally! With ChuChu too. The ice cream is pretty good and pretty cheap too! I got the Kahlua Fudge. Noms. The rest of the evening I bummed at home then got Spicy Asian for dinner with Tiffany. Quiet Friday night but it's all good.
39/365
02082014
Lazy Saturday today. Doesn't even feel like the weekend. Stopped by the gymnastics meet for like ten minutes and got to see this girl do stuff on the beam. Then met up with someone to do homework, and decided to go to the roof of Gates Hall afterwards. Climbed the ladder and walked around the roof. Pretty cool up there, but it's so slippery! Then helped Christine with her resume at Olin and just did work there. The rest of the night was just bumming and watching 3 hours of Olympics. There goes my Saturday!
40/365
02092014
Bumday Sunday. Slept through all 3 of my alarms, but that's fine because I didn't have any plans for the morning anyway. Had the usual CUAUV meeting, and there just happened to be leftover brownies and soda in the room from an event earlier. Worked in Duffield the whole afternoon and was pretty productive actually. Dinner, then watched Olympics. Nothing too exciting today, but there goes my weekend.
41/365
02102014
Typical Monday today nothing too exciting. I was pretty busy actually, with work, and then met up to do Spreadsheets homework. My OCD is kicking in when I'm making PowerPoint slide decks and it's taking me forever to complete one slide. Hopefully this will get a me a good grade since each homework counts for 10% of the overall grade. The usual, watched Olympics. Speed skating was so scary to watch; I was so nervous just watching them skate so close to each other. And then Women's Luge. Still don't understand how it's possible to go on a slide at 80+ miles per hour... But they're good enough to be in the Olympics so they must be really good.
42/365
02112014
Super cold today, my cheeks were practically frozen walking to class. Speaking of class, I actually didn't go to any actual class today. Went to gymnastics and ended up staying for 2 sections and learned how to do one-hand cartwheels and handstand walks better. I was able to walk for like 10 seconds! And then learned how to do a backroll onto a handstand. Did a lot of rolling on my head before I actually got it. That was the only class I went to today. But pretty productive in that class though! By then it was 3 something and I didn't eat anything at all all day, so made myself pizza bagel and strawberry banana smoothie! Finished up my Spreadsheets homework before eating at Bethe with Sisi and Nancy. Pleasant dinner, lots of food on West. Then trekked, literally, through a path in the snow up Libe to watch Linsanity. It was funny, and a pretty good movie/documentary overall. And now my legs are so sore from doing too much cartwheels? It's gotta be from gymnastics...
43/365
02122014
Been a long but pretty good day. The usual morning: work and class. Instead of lunch I went to the gym, but I was so sore from gymnastics yesterday I couldn't really do much. But that means I'm doing something right, right? Anyway, in wines I only liked one of the wines. All the ones that smelled really nice and fruity tasted bitter and gross. Smells are quite deceiving in wines. I was able to smell lychee and pineapple in two of the wines today! Slowly making progress! Bummed in Duffield with Tiffany, t'was happy moments. And on my way back to make ramen, bumped into Matt and went to a startup event with Dinosaur BBQ! The presentation from some of the CEOs were actually interesting. The CEO of Rosie said the most important part of a startup is the people and how you want to inspire them, retain them, and one more thing.. I forgot. But the best part of course was the free dinner! Later on, I got bubble tea and had a mini chick flick marathon at Patty's. Had a good laugh watching She's the Man. Hehe.
44/365
02132014
Woke up this morning thinking it wasn't going to snow that much. Turned out it snowed super hard the whole day and I didn't wear the right shoes... Did front flips in gymnastics and I was actually able to do it! Landed on my butt a lot at first and then eventually I was able to land on my feet like two times. Getting there! Perhaps a back flip next time? At night I went to target with Ying. Was supposed to find flowers, but ended up getting apple sauce and diced peaches because I couldn't find flower. Still pretty good I guess. The rest of the night was spent watching Olympics. Short track is so intense and scary to watch, but so good! Met up with Lauren at 12:30 and went to 7-11. On the way back we found 2 fresh slices of pizza outside Eddy Gate so we ate them... And I helped her make her Valentine's Day card for Bryan till 4:30. Practically made half the card hehe.
54/365
02232014
A much more productive day today compared to yesterday. Woke up pretty still.... But! Had a good CUAUV meeting and went to the gym. I hate doing core but Andrew made it do it, which is good I guess. When I finally got home and showered, it was already 5... So I started on my Spreadsheets assignment, which took me an hour and half just to get two lines of formula. So I was finished with one part, and got stuck on another part... Had a mini pizza party since Patty had free Papa John's coupon, so I went over to Casc and ate with Nancy, Cynthia, ChuChu, Bryan and Lauren. Casc was too hot, so I went to Duffield for a bit to do work, but then it was hard doing work on my tiny screen so I ended up at home. And ever since I got home an hour ago I haven't done any work yet... But I start now!
45/365
02142014
Happy Valentine's Day! None of my original plans worked, but oh well. I went to bed with the intention of waking up early for the gym, but of course that didn't happen because my bed was just too comfortable. Got lunch and then packed and went over to Casc. Tiffany and I missed the 2pm bus we were gonna take, so ended up staying later and taking the 4pm. Funny thing, we both made each other similar stuff for Valentine's Day... Mason jars with rolled up notes inside. Obviously she copied me :P. Anyway, the bus ride home took foooorever, but we took a pit stop at McDonald's and I got fries, so it was alllll good. There's actually so much snow in the city and it's all piled up so high. Perhaps I'll build a snowman with Evelyn tomorrow. Now I'm just bumming in bed reading each of the notes in the mason jar. hehe :)
46/365
02152014
Sleeping in my bed at home is soooo comfortable. Had a good night's sleep and woke up to eat dim sum. Delicious! That took a long time and when I got home I took a 2 hour nap. Woke up to eat dinner, and then just watched TV for the rest of the night. Such a simple day full of eating and sleeping. Not bad not bad. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be more active. Oh, I shoveled a little bit of snow today so I guess I was semi active..
47/365
02162014
Not such a bum day today. Woke up kind of early and got lunch with Carmen at Bare Burger. Haven't seen her since last summer! So much to catch up on. Good times good times. Also went to get Kung Fu Tea. Ah how I've missed you. Then I came home and played with the babies for quite a long time. Hehehe so adorable. Chloe's cheeks are so chubby it looks like they're gonna fall off her face! Evelyn's the usual, hyper and jittery. I would catch her and not let her go, and she has to tell me a secret password for me to release her. Aaaand the secret password is 'stinky Evelyn.' Muhaha. Anyway, at night I hung out with a few of the QCC people still in New York. I never realized how empty it is back here when all the college kids are gone. Makes me miss hanging out with everyone together, especially back when we used to see each other literally every single weekend.
48/365
02172014
Long day today! Woke up at 9 to go to IKEA. 9 am!! I was so tired but it was good being productive. In the afternoon Tiffany and I went to Coney Island. Yes, beach in the middle of winter, but it was pretty cool! A lot of people there too, one person even skiing back and forth on the snow-covered beach, not really getting anywhere though. The boardwalk and stores there look so dead in the winter it's kind of sad. :( Then we played with toys at Toys R Us. Biked around in those tiny tricycles. I guess it was pretty age-appropriate for both of us... Then we went to watch the sunset at one of the pit stops off the Belt Parkway. Sunsets were never that interesting, but it was nice anyway! I also got my groceries that I'm bringing back up to Ithaca. Stashed up on that. And now just playing with the two minions until they sleep. Good break!
49/365
02182014
Today was just mainly traveling. Woke up nice and early to get groceries at the supermarket. Got bok choy and cabbage to bring up to Ithaca. Only got to play with Evelyn and Chloe for a bit before Evelyn went to school and before I had to leave for Port Authority. The bus ride was really fast today, less than 4 hours. Back to cold Ithaca. It felt like I was coming back from winter break, but I've only been gone for a few days! Unpacked and kinda cleaned my room heh. Then came all the way to Gates Hall to do work with Lauren and Bryan. Bryan left 70 degree weather to visit Lauren here in below-0 weather. Hah. I actually didn't get much done because I was stuck on my Spreadsheets homework and spent a lot of time on that, but got nowhere. :(
50/365
02192014
The best person ever.
^ Obviously not me. First day of the week today! And tomorrow's the last day of my week! The usual Spreadsheets and Wines. Had some really expensive Bordeaux wines today, but I didn't think they tasted that great. There was one super sweet one it's like drinking sugar syrup. Kinda gross after the first sip. Then CSA G-body, which was pretty boring I don't know why I even go. Had a really quick dinner. Cooked the cabbage I brought up from the city. First time cooking it and it was actually really good! Even yummier than bok choy! Yay for new vegetable in my diet. Then went to the gym with Andrew, good exercise! Just spent the rest of the night in casc doing Spreadsheets homework. Felt so accomplished after getting a few lines of formula. Productive day I would say.
51/365
02202014
Feeling kinda meh today. But woke up nice and early and the morning passed by pretty slowly. Gymnastics was fun I was able to land firmly on my feet for front flips! Did front flips for 2 and half hours straight. Now my whole body is so sore from spinning so fast in the air... Hopefully I don't forget how to flip on Tuesday. Went to human bonding too and learned interesting facts about what facial features are attractive for men and women. Was pretty bummed out and tired by then. After my CUAUV meeting I went to the gym with Andrew. It's never good to gym after gymnastics since I'm already so tired, so that made me even more bummed out. After dinner I watched the women's figure skating with Yuna Kim, and then hung out with Lauren and Bryan for the rest of the night. Third wheeling like no other. :D Lighting some new candles Tiffany got me for Valentine's Day. :)
52/365
02212014
Not a good day today, wasn't in the mood to do anything. Got lunch with Ying and Christine at 2. I was so hungry by then but that's when we're all free. And then didn't do much until dinner at Panera. Got chipotle chicken panini and broccoli cheddar. Yummy! Also stopped by Northside to get wines that I liked from wines class. After coming back I felt really antisocial so just bummed in bed for 2 and half hours, kind of dozed off too. Then the rest of a the night just whizzed by... Had a good time drinking and playing games though! :)
53/365
02222014
How I felt all day. Woke up at 1 and made dumplings for lunch. After lunch, I was on my laptop in bed, and eventually dozed off for 2 hours. Before I knew it it was already 4pm! Went for a jog with Bryan around campus since the weather was beautiful today. Fresh air was good, but the jogging wasn't so good. Then for dinner, I went to Agava with Tiffany, but the wait was 30 minutes so we went to Saigon instead. The wait was also 30 minutes... Should've just stayed at Agava. Next time! It'll probably be less crowded for lunch. Then the rest of the night I spent bumming in bed, and took another mini nap. Absolutely no work done today. Tomorrow shall be a much more productive day.
54/365
02232014
A much more productive day today compared to yesterday. Woke up pretty still.... But! Had a good CUAUV meeting and went to the gym. I hate doing core but Andrew made it do it, which is good I guess. When I finally got home and showered, it was already 5... So I started on my Spreadsheets assignment, which took me an hour and half just to get two lines of formula. So I was finished with one part, and got stuck on another part... Had a mini pizza party since Patty had free Papa John's coupon, so I went over to Casc and ate with Nancy, Cynthia, ChuChu, Bryan and Lauren. Casc was too hot, so I went to Duffield for a bit to do work, but then it was hard doing work on my tiny screen so I ended up at home. And ever since I got home an hour ago I haven't done any work yet... But I start now!
55/365
02242014
What is this madness. Excel sheets going crazy and I'm not even sure if I'm doing half the things right. Been working on this all day, literally, and I don't think I'm still close to being done. Anyway, today was a pretty good day I was pretty jolly despite barely sleeping last night. Kept waking up every hour or so, it was so frustrating. The morning was the usual - work and class - and then had lunch with CSA family at Ivy Room. At work in the afternoon I worked on the Excel assignment. After the gym at Statler I worked on that too, and then finally decided to come home to eat cause I was starving. Hung out with Tiffany for a bit after dinner and then got Old Teahouse with Bryan. Walked out in shorts and flip flops, I should start going to class like this my toes are so freee. Aaand I'm done with Excel for today, no onto human bonding studying!
56/365
02252014
Happy Tuesday! In a really good mood today. Somehow in gymnastics I got the one-hand cartwheel and the TA said I can try aerials, but I'll wait till next week. And then we did stuff on the uneven bars which was fun too! Human bonding was really interesting - learned about what body features male and female find attractive of the opposite sex. Lots of laughs in today's lecture. Took a mini nap because I was so exhausted, but then couldn't really fall asleep... Soooo, ate dinner and went to Duffield to do work! Swung by the lab to take some pictures of Gemini the new vehicle. Bumped into a bunch of people in Duffield! Party in Duffield! Was very productive with Hannah in Upson computer lab, until we took a stroll in Duffield and got sidetracked with Nancy for an hour.. But it was all good! Lots of fun and laughs. And then I got a birthday present from Nancy after midnight. A Slim Jim. It was delicious though! And then we derped back to collegetown, and then Nancy went kind of craycray on facebook while talking to me.
57/365
02262014
Happy birthday to me! 22, but I sure don't feel like it nor act like it... That's what everyone's been saying but I don't mind! Today was actually a wonderful day. Well.. started off studying, but had good company with Hannah and Nancy in Duffield when it turned 12. For lunch I ate with Nancy, Hannah, and Andrew (Wow so much Nancy and Hannah), and Nancy surprised me with a gift! A Cornell crew neck :D. First surprise of the day and second gift from Nancy (first being the Slim Jim last night...) Wines was actually sooo good today. German and Austrian wines were delicious, so it was a very enjoyable lecture, the best one so far in my opinion. Ate at Koko's with Tiffany, ChuChu, and Andrew. Haven't eaten there since the beginning of the school year back in August! It was quite satisfying, and surprise #2 and #3! Tiffany gave me a bag of goodies with multiple presents and handmade stuff. My favorite! And ChuChu got my bubbles, Playdo, and these brainy cards? I shall open that tomorrow. Aah such a happy day today! :) :D
58/365
02272014
Another wonderful day today. Started off the day with birthday cookies at work. Delicious M&M cookies, had to refrain myself from eating a third one. Almost did an aerial in gymnastics, but I don't think I'm mentally ready to do it yet, so perhaps on Tuesday I'll get it down. Human bonding prelim! First prelim of the semester and it went pretty well I think. Multiple choices had such long answer choices I had to read for so long.. And soooo much writing for short response, but I think I got mostly everything. Taking it pass/fail anyway. :D Got dinner on west with Kevin, Nancy, ChuChu and Allie. It was a really fun dinner. Food was alright, but the ice cream was so yummy. Spend a long time in Rose dining hall, and then spend another half hour standing outside the dining hall talking and derping. Quite a magnificent dinner. Aaaaand then I went to Carpenter and did work for like 5 hours and finished my Spreadsheets assignment, finally. Time to watch New Girl now!
59/365
02282014
Friday! I literally did nothing productive all day. After handing in my homework I just hung out with random people in Duffield, with Sisi at the Cornell store and then came back home to bum in bed. It was a pretty relaxing day. Kind of dozed off for a bit while watching TV in bed, and when I woke up it was all dark outside. Had dinner with Tiffany at Koko's again. I got the spicy noodles in broth and it's actually not bad. One more item I can choose from when I go to Koko's next time. Hung out in Casc as CSA made mochi, and Steve and I played this game of keeping the balloon up with our heads. It was harddd. At 11 ish Tiffany and I went back to my apartment for my surprise birthday party. ;) Lots of people there! Tequila, gross, but the lime made it goood. And the Oreo ice cream cake! Nom nom nom so delicious. Didn't actually stay that long, and then ended up at Alex Cheng's party. And I sucked at pong so much, probably because I was pretty drunk by then already. But they had ranch flavored Pringles, the best part of the night. They were sooooooo good. Aaand that was pretty much my Friday. :)
