60/365
03012014
It's already March?? Today I actually had no work to do since I finished my assignment yesterday and have no exams this week. Went to Teagle, and stopped by the gymnastics meet for a bit, but Kevin and I went as they were doing the last floor routine so we didn't see all that much. I think my TA is the captain... she seems to know everything and lead the huddles. Hmph... I ended up eating dinner on West at 5, it was so early, but so much variety in my dinner! More yummy than my own cooked food. Came home to bum for 2 hours or so before heading to Asia Night. Hung out with a bunch of different people, and trolled people with Christine. Learned that Burger King is founded by 2 Cornell Hotel School alums. And then the Cornell bear came to me Christine, Kelly, Guo, and Steven, and Christine just slapped him away. Haha. The bear was so weird and made all of us feel so awkward. Later on I saw the bear fighting the panda. Haha. Stayed in Duffield till sooo late I was so tired, but now I'm back home cozy in bed. :D
61/365
03022014
Quite a productive day today. Did a lot of CUAUV stuff. Team meeting took a looong time today, but learned about composites and other MechE things. Interesting for the first 5 minutes or so and then it got a bit too dry. Nancy and I prepped the robotic kits for the Boy Scout event in a month. As I handed the PVC pipes to the MechEs for them to cut/drill, they asked if I wanted to do it myself. I was like sure why not. So spent the next hour using the handsaw and drill to cut and drill these pvc pipes. Pretty fun actually. Pool test after, I didn't stay long as I went back to the lab to finish up. Then had dinner with Lauren and Bryan at Mehak, not bad not bad, and I even took some leftover curry sauce home so I can eat that with my last bowl of rice. And I also cleaned my room today and tidied up everything! Wooh for productive Sunday!
62/365
03032014
Didn't take a photo outside today and since I'm lying in bed now, this is what I see. Anyway, pretty easy Monday. Had lunch with Sisi at Synapsis and bumped into a few other people there as well. And today was so cold! I was holding my mug in my hand and my fingers were freezing! I hung out in Duffield for a bit before going home because I didn't wanna stay at home for so long. I feel like a sloth like that. Creeped on Hannah from the balcony and watched her look around to see where I was. Hehe. For the rest of the night, I made ramen for dinner and watched a chick flick: Just Go With It. I watched it a few years ago, but remembered it was good so I rewatched it. Kind of fell asleep in the last hour cause I migrated to my bed... Time to find other things to do for the rest of the night.
"Don't take people for granted. No matter how much they love you, people get tired eventually."
63/365
03042014
Woke up feeling pretty refreshed this morning cause I slept a little earlier than my usual bed time last night. In gymnastics today we learned front handsprings, but I couldn't do it. My back wasn't flexible enough so when I do a handstand trying to flip back onto my feet, I just flop... Soooo I went back to doing front flips since I can do that pretty consistently now! :D Ate at Martha's with Tiffany. Second time eating there ever! The building still confuses me... so many doors leading to the same place and there are so many loops between MVR and Human Ecology Building. Weird how a building is name after the college. Imagine a building called Engineering Building. But anyway, their flatbread was pretty good! Learned about interpersonal attractions in Human Bonding. Thought today's lecture would be interesting, but it wasn't... next time's is I think. I hope. After dinner I took a short nap, and then came to Duffield to do some Human Bonding reading and Wines studying with Hannah. Sooo many things to memorize for Wines... On another note, I started House of Cards! It's slow at first, but getting better!
64/365
03052014
These two idiots trying to do the puzzle thing Tiffany got for my birthday. So persistent and wouldn't leave until they got it. I ended up joining them for a bit and gave up very soon. It's so frustrating! Today was a very average day. The Spreadsheets professor commented on my handwriting when she walked by during our lab exercises today haha. Good comment of course :D. In wines we had Italian wines and they were pretty good. Usually I don't like red wines but I actually liked two of them today! And I just discovered that Mac's enchiladas are actually really good, and really cheap too. Time to eat there more often. After CUAUV meeting I came home and I don't even know what I did all night. It wasn't work though...
65/365
03062014
Very typical day today. I'm so exhausted from gymnastics because I think I pulled something trying to do front handsprings. Still can't do it.. but getting closer! And I couldn't even do a proper handstand tumble today, but I did get this really good handstand walk. In Human Bonding we learned about interpersonal attraction. Apparently the color red makes you more physically attractive and sexually desirable. Hmph.... interesting... And we learned about why people like the "hard-to-get" type. Hehe such an interesting lecture. And on my way home the weather was just tooo nice, so I went for a jog across West to the Stewart Ave bridge. Haven't jogged in so long I was so tired. Went to Old Tea House with ChuChu, Nancy, Andrew, and Richard and played card games. Played BS for a long time, hehe I'm good at that game. Then bummed some more and watched TV at home until people asked if I wanted to go out. Might as well... went to Rulloff's and got 2 Long Island Iced Teas, pretty good, and came home to watch another episode of House of Cards.
66/365
03072014
Funday Fridays! I slept early last night so woke up nice and early at 9:30 this morning to swim. Haven't swam in aaaages and it felt goood. And today's weather was magnificenttt! Well.. it was only mid-30's but it was wonderful. So sunny out, no more heavy winter jackets and it just felt soooo nice walking outside. I think I walked half the speed I usually walk at just to soak up the sun. Or maybe I was just sore from swimming. But anyway it was so nice being outside! Went to Dairy Bar for free ice cream for a senior ice cream social. It was disappointing. I think the extra toppings and sprinkles made the ice cream taste meh. Came home and napped for a bit. Went to Collegetown Liquors for the first time to get Ann a handle, and since I was out I visited ChuChu at Gates. Had ambitious plans with ChuChu to make strawberry jello shots. We were so excited too! But I think she passed out, so no ambitious plans tonight. Made dinner with Tiffany and nomnom, and now just bumming at home with my wiiine.
Hi Tiffany.
67/365
03082014
Woke up to Hannah's text asking if I wanted to go to Commons. A few days ago we said we'd go to get her passport renewed and to get Waffle Frolic, but I forgot about it till this morning at 10. So we went with Ankai and Vinny, but her passport place isn't open today so we went to Saigon instead. It was delicious. On the way back Hannah was feeling sick from the bumps and because she was hungover, and she just knelt down on the sidewalk wherever she went. Haha. I stopped by CUAUV lab in the afternoon to tidy up the Business/PR shelves and took some photos. For the rest of the afternoon I stayed in Duffield studying for wines. Was gonna go to Saigon (again) with Tiffany, ChuChu, Nancy, and Andrew cause I said I'd eat with them, but ended up eating at Mehak with ChuChu and Andrew instead. Made jello shots in real strawberries at my place, and they tasted really strong. Went sake bombing at Miyakes and had some deep conversations about college and such. Then went to Hsia's to chill for a bit. Then back to my place to play pong, but didn't stay that long and went to CVA's hangout/party thing. It was actually pretty nice there and it was fun just having a (more) relaxed night. The Doritos was the best part, of course. Had a good time talking with people and just enjoying my Saturday night. And there goes the weekend.
68/365
03092014
Woke up feeling pretty refreshed this morning and the weather was nice today too. The usual, CUAUV meeting, and then went to Gates to study for a bit. Got really sleepy so I put 4 chairs together and laid down to take a nap. Woke up starving, so decided to go home and cook my pork chops. Tried something new today, I cooked it with pasta sauce and mushrooms/onions. It turned out okay, but took a lot more work. I'll just stick with my regular pork chops next time. On my way back I tried taking photos since it's so nice out, but everything still looked so gray. I took another nap while studying in bed, to be woken up by Hannah saying it's time to go to Duffield. Ugh I was so cozy too. So now I'm back in Duffield studying Bordeaux wine.
69/365
03102014
The weather was beautiful today. Work was very boring today and I just caught up on the news and did some light studying. Crazy how the Malaysia Airline is still missing. But anyway, I spend my afternoon in Duffield. I like it there during the day because it's more sociable, but at night it's kinda sad and depressing. Procrastinated by going for a jog! Aaah haven't been able to wear shorts and tshirt to jog in so long. After dinner I went back to Duffield with Hannah and we played rock paper scissor to determine which path to take. I preferred one way and she preferred another, so we played it twice. Next time we said we'll do this wherever we go, makes the journey more exciting. So we did work in Philips 101 and I connected my laptop to the big projector. Hehe. But it got too tiring cause I had to turn my head to see the other side of the screen. Productive night though!
70/365
03112014
The weather was even nicer today! Should've worn flip flops because it was that warm. In gymnastics I tried the parallel bars and it's so hard. My upper arm/elbows hurts from swinging on the bars because they rub against your skin so much. Practiced a few more front tucks and I think I got worse. :( Human bonding was pretty interesting actually, talking about love, lust, and mating. Afterwards did stadiums with Kevin. My first (and possibly last) time completely one whole stadium and my quads were completely dead. They were like spaghetti and they shook every step I took. Did some photo exploring with ChuChu around campus. The Clock Tower peeking from behind Uris Library. I can't wait till the grass gets greener so campus is prettier, and then I can take more pictures! After dinner at Ivy Room I just sat in Olin doing Spreadsheets homework. Major food coma, but overcame that.
71/365
03122014
Woke up feeling pretty crappy. I think I flung my blanket to the side last night and woke up with a stuff nose. Uh oh, and now it's worse. At work I played the 2048 game for an hour, literally all I did, and then went to class. Unlike yesterday, weather today was horrible. Raining, then snow for like 5 minutes, then rain, then hail, then blizzard, and plus it's super super windy. Sigh... Trudging through the snow again. Decided to skip wines today because it's on alcohol safety and we weren't drinking anyway. Spent the afternoon playing that game and studying. Then after dinner came back to Upson and did some more wines studying, but mostly worked on my Spreadsheets assignment. During breaks all of us in Upson were playing that stupid game, and none of us beat it :(. Gonna sleep early tonight hopefully my stuffy nose will go away. Maybe the university will close tomorrow and I don't have to wake up to go work. :O Wishful thinking...
72/365
03132014
Being sick sucks. Runny/stuff nose all day so annoying. Anyway, the day was the usual. Didn't go to gymnastics because I wasn't feeling well. First time skipping I was so sad :( But I shall return on Tuesday! Chilled in Duffield with my tea and took a nap before eating lunch with Patty, Stephen, ChuChu and Andrew at Macs. Nothing too exciting, at least not that I remember of. My morning/afternoon was like a blur because I was feeling so under the weather. Meh. In Human Bonding we had the sex lecture and it was quite interesting actually. The TA who taught it was so excited and so energetic it was so fun listening to her. We got our prelims back and I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but it's fine since I'm taking it pass/fail. :D Wines prelim at night. Never have I ever guessed so much on an exam... All these Italian names/terms and Bordeaux stuff I've never seen before. I didn't expect them to ask THIS detailed stuff, I mean who actually memorizes these anyway.... But I think I did well enough to pass. Came home to do laundry and watch TV and now just bumming. Here comes the weekend!
73/365
03142014
Today was a pretty awesome day. Woke up around 11 to go to the gym and grabbed lunch at Statler. Oh and last night at like 2am this huge fire broke out down Eddy St. and a bunch of us watched from my apartment. So on my way home I stopped by the house and it's so charred up. The roof collapsed and everything is so burnt, and it smelled like ashes too. So crazy. In the afternoon went to Target with Tiffany, ChuChu, and Sisi. Literally went through every single aisle of the food section. Got this small plant I can grow myself and grow a strawberry! Shall try soon. Stopped by the liquor store and got a bottle of Dr. L wine! So excited to drink it it was delicious in class. Had dinner at Agava with Tiffany and it was pretty good. Tried the Agava burger and was quite satisfied. Later tonight I stopped by the CUAUV party and it was actually pretty fun. Got to know a lot more people and it was a pretty relaxing night. Then back to my apartment and just chilled with a bunch of people who were over. Good start to the weekend!
74/365
03152014
Ranice and Elaine visiting from NYC! I tried being productive today to get as much work done before they got here, but I wasn't very successful. We got dinner on West with Christine too and trekked alllll the way to North to surprise Deborah. Her reaction was priceless haha. Kept saying "ooooh my god" over and over again. Bummed around RPCC for a while and trekked allll the way back to collegetown. Hung out in my room before pregaming and playing pong. Went to Matt's and it was pretty fun and a lot of people were there! Played pong with Tiffany and we were undefeated. :) Got CTB on the way back and devoured it. It felt like a sleepover last night, except in my own room... but it was still nice!
75/365
03162014
Woke up nice and early at 9am to eat at Carriage House. It was so yummy delicious, I got the salmon sandwich and it was so much better than the salmon plate. Got back to my apartment before noon! It felt so weird being done with brunch so early, and we did some work and bummed. Went around campus for a tour, kinda, and ended up going to Walmart. I got this Hello Kitty toddler bowl for Tiffany because it's perfect. Got dinner at Saigon with them, Deborah, Christine and Jason. Was actually going to Maxie's, but decided to get Saigon instead, but I still wanna try Maxie's! It looks so good! When I get my car up here... Stopped by this random waffle place at the Commons for dessert. It was so nice and hipstery inside I liked it. The rest of the night was just spent doing work and chilling at homesies.
76/365
03172014
Today didn't even feel like a Monday, it felt like a Sunday. Started the day off with CTB with Ranice and Elaine. They went to Spreadsheets with me and was lost the entire class haha. Met up with Deborah and Christine at Statler for while before going to Koko's to eat with Elaine's friend. Ranice and I convinced Christine to skip math and bio to hang out with us, and then we chilled at my apartment until their bus at 4:20. Such a fun weekend coming to an end. I'm happy they visited. It seemed like they were here for so much longer than they actually were, and we did quite a bit of stuff, mainly eating... After they left I got back to my normal routine and tried to get Spreadsheets homework done, and I did! Was so productive at Uris using 2 huge monitors, and then my productivity crashed after I finished the first part of the assignment. It was such a cold walk back from Uris with ChuChu and the clock tower looks like some creepy haunted tower.
77/365
03182014
Ah so late right now I'm so tired but must post this. In gymnastics today we tried the pommel horse and it's impossible. It's so hard to swing around, let go of your hands, and catch again, and takes so much upper body strength. Not my thing. Then tried doing aerials again but didn't succeed, again. Next time I'm just gonna do it and not think, hopefully it'll work. In Human Bonding we talked about mutual attachment and when in a relationship breakup is most susceptible, and a bunch of stuff that goes on during the timeline of a relationship. I thought it was so interesting haha. Oh, and the weather was so sunny outside it's beautiful! At night I went to Uris with Tiffany and Christine and stayed for pretty much the entire night. On my walk there I saw the pretty sunset, but the picture turned out kinda hazy, so I just played with some filters to make it artsy fartsy.
78/365
03192014
Very standard day. The highlight of my day was at night when I went with Nancy and Steven to open gym at Helen Newman to play volleyball. It was actually so fun and so many people were there, a lot more than I expected. Made some new friends and it was fun playing volleyball for 2 hours. I wish I were better - time to play more! It was nice being back on North Campus after all this time, still gives off a nostalgic feel. Went with Nancy to 7-11 to get sample slurpees but didn't actually buy anything hehe. Came home and made some lists in my Moleskine. I want to start writing in it more.
"Be happy with what you have while working for what you want."
79/365
03202014
I'm so tired from gymnastics today. We did rings today and it's impossible to stabilize on the rings, I just keep wobbling! So much harder than it looks on TV. Then I tried doing aerials into the foam pit, but I think it made my cartwheels worse... Sigh I really want to get aerials. Nothing exciting during the day. I was starving because I didn't really eat lunch, and forgot to eat dinner when I hung out with Tiffany at Casc for a few hours. Oh, and Casc had this event where you paint your own pot and plant your own spider plant. It was so fun painting! I made it purple and yellow, then figured I can make it look like Pooh's honey pot. I hope my plant lives! Then went to Patty's and ate and played Bananagrams. Patty fed me dino nuggets for dinner, yummilicious.
80/365
03212014
Used a similar picture today of my plant! I watered it when I got home and the waterdrop on the leaf was picture worthy! Woke up nice and early to go swim, and it actually felt pretty good this morning. I was very energetic and didn't feel so tired today. So many people went today! Eileen, Toshi, Matt. Hehe it's like a poolside hangout. Did some work in Duffield until lunch with Ying and Christine at Synapsis. Got the turkey grilled cheese and it was actually not bad. Had the CUAUV Girl Scouts meeting and afterwards came home and bummed in bed/napped. It felt so nice lying in bed as the sun set. Then found out APO was having their party at my apartment, so might as well join in and socialize. And by the way, beat the 2048 game just before socializing! Mission accomplished! The party was really fun actually. Met a lot of new people and had really good conversations with Christine. Our bro code. Haha. But it was all good. Glad we got to have the conversations we had and talk about all these random things that came up.
Good times with good company is always the best.
81/365
03222014
Today was a very feel-good day. Started soooo early at 8am hosting the Girl Scouts Workshop and it went really well! They got their detective badge! It makes me miss scouting so much, and despite being super sleepy it was well worth it. A parent came up to me after and was like I'm really glad you guys do these activities they're wonderful. Comments like that and seeing the girls so enthusiastic makes it all worth it. Looking forward to the Boy Scouts event after spring break. Hosting these things are the least I can do now to contribute to scouting. Came home to take a nap and it felt sooo good. Made a loot of dumplings with Tiffany for dinner and she gave me the Humans of New York book! It's so inspiring, and I actually had an idea similar to this a few years back but I was too shy to photograpy strangers. I'm gonna make it one of my goals to do a project like this before this year ends. We also had some good meaningful conversation. I wish daily conversation with everyone could be meaningful, but it doesn't happen that often. It really should though. They make you think so much more and kind of reevaluate everything. Later tonight I watched The To-Do List with Sisi and Kevin. Quite an entertaining chick flick haha.
82/365
03232014
It's almost April and it's a week from Spring Break, why is it still snowing?! Nothing interesting today, so not much to talk about. Had some quality conversation with Andrew on the way back from the gym and ended up grabbing dinner at CTB. Got me thinking about random things for the rest of the night, but it's good to ponder about these wandering thoughts.
"Punctuality isn't about respecting time. It’s about respecting people." - M. Lathrop
Not just punctuality, but flaking last minute too.
83/365
03242014
In the early hours of today I decided to play around in Photoshop and try tilt shift - to make a photo look like a miniature model. Pretty fun actually but it was hard getting the effect I wanted. Tried a few and I think this was the best one, originally taken on a desert hike in San Diego last summer. Oh how I missed the Cali trip. Today, hmm.. nothing new. Went on a hunt for food at info sessions with Lauren and Reshma, but failed, and then Lauren's friend was walking with a tray of chicken and fed us. I tried finding motivation to study for Spreadsheets midterm, but I can't find any. Ended up watching TV and probably gonna sleep soon. Blah.
"A lack of communication leads to unpleasant surprises."
84/365
03252014
I only went to gymnastics today because wasn't really in the mood to sit in on lectures. Ate ate Martha's for the third time! It was disappointing cause I got a cold sandwich by accident, but I wanted a hot one. Studied there for the rest of the afternoon and then my motivation to study Spreadsheets just dropped exponentially. By evening I was barely studying. Talking about spring break plans makes me soooo excited. I need to start packing soon and aah I can't wait to be in 80 degree weather. I was walking home and it snowed again... It's end of March and it's still snowing?! And.. kinda forgot/too lazy to take a photo today, so just took a photo of what I wore...
"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude." - Dale Carnegie
85/365
03262014
7 night cruise. 5 dress shirts. So manyyy! D: For the 2 formal nights, going out night, and just 2 other to wear in case it gets cold in a tank. But I'm so excited!! In 2 days I'll be on the ship yayy! Packing was my break from all this pre-spring break work. My in-class Spreadsheets midterm was alright actually, but the take-home... It's so hard. Pretty much spent the rest of the afternoon and night doing this, and finally finished the tool, but still have to finish up the slide deck. Stayed in Carpenter till 3:30 and once I got home I just couldn't do any more work. Still going home, I'll just have someone hand it in for me hehe. Today was a pretty happy day :).
86/365
03272014
Spring break!! Finally home, and just finished my Spreadsheets take-home midterm. Sooooo glad I'm done with that it took much much longer than expected, but break at last. Nothing interesting today, spent the morning doing the midterm, and the afternoon on the bus coming back to New York City. Had to sit in the very front row because there were no more seats. Not a comfortable bus ride cause the bus drive drove so fast even on curves and we just kept getting swung to the side. Came home just before Evelyn went to bed! She was grumpy at first, and then saw me and then smiled and gave me a big hug :D. Time to catch up on the sleep I didn't get last night.
87/365
03282014
Fun-filled day today! Woke up nice and early, at 8 am! to get a haircut. Played with the little kids for a bit before heading out to pick up Tiffany! Went to Roosevelt Field Mall and we were actually pretty shopping-productive and efficient, go us! Kinda mall hopped from one mall to the other since there were so many malls/plazas around that area. In the Container Store we found these cute animal garbage bins, and as childish as she could be, Tiffany pretended to be one of the animals. "Which one does not belong?" Immature... After dinner at Flushing we hung out at Brooklyn Bridge Park because the weather was sooo nice today. I tried doing a cartwheel on the park bench but failed and fell over haha. Even though on the ground I can do a cartwheel in a straight line perfectly fine, but I just can't do it on the bench. It's the mental pressure :( There were also really pretty lights from the River Cafe and it was just so wonderful walking around there and it's not even cold! Aaaaaaah so excited for the cruise tomorrow!! Bye bye raining and cold weather. :D
88/365
03292014
T'was a good day! Woke up nice and early and go to Matt's house by 10 to go to the Bayonne Port for the cruise!! The weather was so crappy the first day, so stormy and rainy, so we stayed indoors the majority of the time. We got the unlimited drink package and were all pretty drunk an hour into the cruise haha. Omg and we went to the jacuzzi when it was super windy and cold out, it was such a bad idea lol. And our waiter for dinner, Ronald, is awesome. He's like a cool dad that you wish you had.
89/365
03302014
First day at sea! I got up around 10 and explored around the ship. Found the sports area and the rock climbing wall, but it was so windy at sea most of the outdoor activities were rescheduled. We didn't do much. Hung out by the casino and at the bars a lot. It was still too cold to go outside. We watched a comedy show and people watched for a long time at The Chambers, the club on the cruise. So many old people and so entertaining watching them. Had a pretty early night and went to bed by like 1.
90/365
03312014
Pretty awesome day today! Watched an ice show on the ship and it was so good! The rink was so small and the ship was rocking too, but the performers were so good. Docked at Port Canaveral and we went to Cocoa Beach. It was pretty cloudy so I don't think I got much of a tan. Tried a front flip on the beach. Landed pretty low, but still landed! I shall get it tomorrow at the Bahamas. At night we went to another comedy show and it was pretty good. Followed by a poolside party, and then got pretty drunk to go clubbing at The Chambers . It was a Long Island Iced Tea kind of night. Good times there and now super exhausted.
