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Around 11:40am, my family went to Puente Hills for a doctor check-up. After my brother's vitals were measured, I was weighed (gained weight, blah!) and my height and blood pressure were measured. I'm now 5'5"!! So awesome, hahaha. I used to say that I was 5'4.5", but now, I grew 0.5"!!...Or maybe my height was measured wrong throughout the years. After the measurements, I was standing up, when the room began to shake back and forth. I was puzzled, but I knew it was an earthquake. I walked under the doorway with the nurse and the shaking stopped. Bro was standing around, confuzzled and frozen. Mom went to the restroom before the shaking started, but once it started, she left the restroom. After she came out, the shaking stopped. The earthquake had lasted 10 seconds or so. The doctor ran past us and mumbled something about the earthquake. (Today was the day I was diagnosed with bronchitis. I was also given prescriptions, which are very helpful. ...

Friday, July 25, 2008 Bro went to class with me today! (He drove me to class, whilst I rested my tired eyes.) I was so sleep-deprived that each time I closed my eyes for 5 seconds, I would enter instantly into the dream phase known as REM. The first dream image I remember is that of a tropical paradise. The only thing I could see was a sliver of sunset, water on the horizon, but I was situated in some type of underground cave. The other dream image I remember is someone wearing red and black handing me a drink (in a reddish tinted room). I was going to reach for the cup, but I woke up after that. I was sooo utterly proud of him! He actually answered a few questions and impressed my professor. (This is, of course, attributed to ABL :D.) Basically, a guest speaker came in to talk about the 4 P's of Marketing: price, position, place, and promotion. The speaker asked the audience what those P's were and Bro listed them with ease!! Such a proud Sis, I am. During breaktime,...

Silly UCSD. I don't owe anything to your library. Here's my appeal, written in the midst of class: " Before, when I received a courtesy notice for the three books I borrowed, there was a discrepancy between the email notice and the online account information. Megan initiated a claim for the book that I supposedly could not find. Before this process, I had all my books renewed. After corresponding back and forth with Megan, I finally found the book and emailed her back. I thought everything was taken care of, yet I was charged a fee (even though the book was found and returned before the due date) after sending an email to Megan to let her know I have the book. I just had all my books returned today. Here's part of the email I received from Megan: 'During the search process, the item will remain checked out to your patron account. Because of this, you may receive additional overdue notices. Please be aware that if the item is found, it will be removed from yo...

...is paying to get rid of an old videocassette tape. I just sold an old Star Wars Trilogy videotape on Amazon.com. After having Amazon take their share, I was left with very little. Then, yesterday, I found out shipping was over 9 dollars to expedite-ship the tape to New York. I went through with it...only to remember that from the whole order, I did not even break even, since shipping was more than the tape revenue and shipping allowance combined! (Dumb. Should have canceled the order.) I pretty much just paid someone money to take my tape. What a waste of time and money. To add to this horror, I checked my email quite late because I was busy with the last week of school and the person not only gave me a bad review, but also yelled at me several times through email. The only winners in this mess are Amazon.com and the Post Office. Yeah, I've learned my lesson... In other news, I had several fearsome dreams. First, I had been in front of a church building with m...

It was my birthday and Iris and the gang were planning a special get-together. At first, I was in some pseudo-San-Diego area. More and more people started to come to the place. We started to intake cold beverages and chat for a bit. There was a notecard that someone passed around, with puns about each attendee's name. Harhar. Then, I went into a friend's car (this friend is one of the people from my master's program). We were going to a convention or such. In an instant, while driving, she powdered up (white face powder), put on a black wig, and changed her costume. I was amazed at the quickness. I also used the face powder, but it made me look ghastly. Skip to a little bit later. I wandered around town on the same day. All of a sudden, Eddie Murphy pops up out of nowhere and I hollered, "OMG...Does ANYONE have a camera?" Some fobby tourist said, "Ah, I do!" I asked if he could take a picture of me and Eddie, but a stampede of Asian touri...

I've been asking friends about whether they want to get married in the future, and here are some negative replies I've gotten: 1) "No, because I don't believe a marriage will make two things better between two people - greater fights will ensue. Things are good the way they are." 2) "No, because I don't believe I'm good at showing affection." 3) "No, because it leads to the potential of divorce and other hassles, especially when wealth and children are involved." 4) "No, because I have commitment issues." I personally want to get married one day. Why? Similar reasons as others: 1) Legal bonds to the person you love and connect with...FOREVERRR... 2) Without marriage, it's considered immoral to have children outside of wedlock...and I want a family. 3) Family expectations combined with my own expectations. There's more, but I'm not going to go through it all in detail. It makes me a bit sad when I hear that some...

In my master's program, from the time I have applied to now, there's been quite a few conflicts obstructing my journey to my (foreign) homeland. First, I found out that there were no Business internships secured this year. I can live with that, because I still have the opportunity to live and work abroad, even if I'm not working in a business role. Second, I found that I absolutely NEED my diploma, in order to move on with the visa process. I am THISCLOSE to getting my diploma. I might have to wait for it until next week. I thought I didn't have to worry anymore after this. Finally, today, one of my classmates notified me that a couple of our classmates had been REJECTED and could not obtain their work visas. This worries me because I applied for the same companies (or similar ones). The rationale behind this was, "You're too young and inexperienced." What the fork, mate?! The thing is, one of the gals who were rejected already had LOTS of experience in th...

Oy, I've bit off more beef than I could chew. There are times when I'm "in-the-wrong," and times when I'm "in-the-right," but what I aim for is to be "in-the-money" for a long, long time...and that has nothing to with anything. I. Morality This is a very important concept to me, due to the fact that I strive to be the best person (in all aspects) that I could be. I want to exude integrity, leak goodness, and be the sweetest honey. At AX, there were many chances to do the wrong thing. I did not give in to temptation, though I could have: 1) jacked some badges as a volunteer to avoid working my full 8 hours. 2) skipped out on some of my hours or misreported them (we actually did not turn in a check deposit because the guy didn't take care of it - this wasn't a problem because we fulfilled all our hours). 3) worked very little and just stand around as a volunteer, which would be no better than a piece of broccoli lying in the middle of...

Hope everyone had a lovely July 4th. Anime Expo was quite fun! I. Volunteerism: Friday and Saturday, 8 hours total (for 2 One-Day passes) Friday, July 4: Volunteered for 6 hours total: 1) Registration Hall - Helped to print badges, rip them, and distribute them - Directed guests to the front of the printed badge line 2) Hallway in front of Huge Programming Room - Answered questions pertaining to the Programming Room - Acted as a line guard, where I prevented attendees from cutting - Battle Stories: there were some random moments when I was guarding the line from cutters. Out of nowhere, a girl sprinted from nowhere, directly into the door. I guess she was cutting quickly. The main staffer just looked at her like O_o. Another girl and her posse tried to enter the line during a small break and when I stopped her to tell her that the end of the line was "way back there," she whined, "but the security guard told us we could go in," to which the staffer whispered, ...

Even though sixteen of years of schooling just flashed before my large Asian eyes, life has just begun! College was awesome. If you know me, you know I was superinvolved and that I loved leadership activities. I will continue to pursue this and other communication endeavors throughout my life. I may also talk about LOVE in a frank way...so I might be pining about you next. I left my old blog, which reflects a vast amount of change within six years. From junior year of high school to senior year of college, one could see my quirkiness progress to new heights. Now that I am a legal adult (though I still cannot "supervise" a provisional licensee's driving nor can I give permission for young'uns to accompany me into Dave & Buster's), I strive to write meaningful entries in this new blog (if not meaningful, at the very least, very entertaining). Why blog at all? I've graduated college and I have a network of friends who blog and I'd like this to be the way...