Bangin' Windows in the Night, It's a Blizzard.

Yesterday, was the caraziest blizzard we have all been waiting for.
I think it really hit like 20 inches. Up to my knees!
Hoping to ice skate at 1, and play with snow for the rest of the day with Evelyn and co., I had to cancel the plan due to the suspended trains services. Boooo.

I woke up at 7 to shovel the snow... perhaps it's because I haven't been working out lately, I started to feel tired after 10 shovels. LOL. But my dad, my brother and I, finally finished shoveling at around 10. I didn't do much, but I'm aching all over. I guess, that was my workout for the day. However, the workout went to waste with a big bowl of ramen (with ham and egg)!

Oh hello, Winter Wonderland

on Norman Street!

My brother posing.

Me working hard in my Baruch sweats!

Papa working hard.
Looking mad fly.

Hopefully, tomorrow, many of these snow problems will be solved and that I can finally go out and playyy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALLLLL

This Christmas was spent at Applebee's for lunch. :9
I had the cowboy burger. It was delish, but I couldn't finish it!
Then simple dinner at cousin's house.
It was peaceful and nice.
I managed to get a few pics with us.
Of course with the new camera! :D

The elders.
LOL they knelt for the tree to be seen.

The young ones.
Blocking the tree.

So we sat down.

Polaroid of Mom and Dad
My dad's so cute!

Andy and I.
A bit too far cus my dad took the pic.


Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! :D

Pre-Christmas

This Pre-Christmas, I didn't meet up with too many people... which is kind of a good thing. Cus I decided to hand-make my cards and they took forevahhhh! First five for the Ex-Techies. :)

Used strings, beads, fabric, cotton
Most importantly: glue.

In front of Penelope.
With Dahae, Evelyn, Jeffrey, Christina & Alex.

Next day was baking day at Janet's. We made gingerbread and sugar cookies. Took forever to make. Sabrina and Amy didn't get to make it with us... but that's because they were waiting for my gift... the best gift I ever received for Christmas! I can't thank them enough! And it's time for me to replace the antique with the new camera! :D

Antique. (Taken with new camera)
Do you see the thickness of this thing?

New camera! (Taken with antique)
Thanks again and again guysss! <3

First time at Chili's.
With Ray, Sabs, Amy, Evelyn & Janet.

We hit up Susan's after dinner at Chili's and Amy and Sabs just couldn't stop staring at Susan's brother's junk. LOL

I hope Christmas Day would be as fun with my family as it was with my friends! :)

Unproductive Day

Today I punched Evelyn.
LOL
Not really. I was fake punching.
But she decided to throw her face at my iron fist.
And when things collide with force.
They go KABOOM!
Best moment of the day.


I also can't call Janet Chunky anymore.
Why not? Because I'm also quite chunky myself.
In fact, I'm much chunkier.
But she's sucha party pooper.
Partypooping all day long.

Not studying

Not taking notes on paper,
but drawing Spongebob's faces?

Why is studying for finals so hardddd?? D:

Oh Man.

I almost blew up my basement today.
D:

R.I.P.

Today, I received a phone call from an old man.
"Is this the landlord?", he asked.
"Yes, and who am I speaking to?", I answered.
"John passed away last week and I've already taken away all his things from his apartment."
"Wait what?"

That news came to me so quickly, I didn't know how to feel.
I was speaking to John's brother.
John has been our tenant for the longest time.
Even before my dad moved here and bought the apartment.
We didn't even know what he did.
We didn't talk to him much.
And neither did I find out the reason of his death.
I remember him complaining all the time.
About the tenants above him,
moving around too much and making noise
at around midnight or later.

Now that he's gone.
There won't be any of his complaining.
Maybe it has become a habit that we got used to.
But now that he's gone,
it feels so different.
It left me a little gloomy.

Oh death.
Who knew you would come take him so quickly.
When it felt like yesterday, he was climbing up the stairs
knocking on our door
to complain about my next-door neighbor.

Pho La La La La

I made pho with my mama today
with some authentic Viet ingredients (I think)
And it was REAL GOOD! :9

Some leaves, cilantro, & scallions

Fresh bean sprouts


Beeeeef


Rice noodles!


Finished product! Mmmmm..

Anyway, listening to some holiday jams on 106.7 lite fm!
Getting the holiday spirits up! :)

Awkward Train Situation 1

You know that feeling when you see someone you kinda know on the train... but you're listening to your ipod or sleeping or just whatever. So you think of a way to avoid them hoping there will be no eye contact. 'Cause when the eye contact is made, there is no turning back. You must say hello. Perhaps, if you're lucky, a conversation won't start. But you'll probably be near the person and it'll be just an awkward silence. Each of you doing your own things. So it's better to get in another car, pretend to sleep (if you're sitting), or just turn the other way around. Haha. Just saying.

Hmm.

Tennis with Chunky and Evelyn.
Then hotpot at Amy's.

At some points of the day,
I came to realize that
sometimes, my friends can be real jerks.

Welcome December!

A day late... but Happy December! :D
Here's a little poem to celebrate!

Oh December,
How I adore you.
Your cold wintery weather...
And your holidays too!
The piles of snow you bring
And friends and family gatherings!

That's it. I don't wanna be too lame.
But then again, there was no rhythm.
Speaking of poems. I read one for English class.
And it has become my fave.

It's called:

Ode to the Tomato by Pablo Nerudo
Translated by Nahthaniel Tarn

The street
drowns in tomatoes:
noon,
summer,
light
breaks
in two
tomato
halves,
and the streets
run
with juice.
In December
the tomato
cuts loose,
invades
kitchens,
takes over lunches,
settles
at rest
on sideboards,
with the glasses,
butter dishes,
blue salt-cellars.
It has
its own radiance,
a goodly majesty.
Too bad we must
assassinate:
a knife
plunges
into its living pulp,
red
viscera,
a fresh,
deep,
inexhaustible
sun
floods the salads
of Chile,
beds cheerfully
with the blonde onion,
and to celebrate
oil
the filial essence
of the olive tree
lets itself fall
over its gaping hemispheres,
the pimento
adds
its fragrance,
salt its magnetism -
we have the day's
wedding:
parsley
flaunts
its little flags,
potatoes
thump to a boil,
the roasts
beat
down the door
with their aromas:
it's time!
let's go!
and upon
the table,
belted by summer,
tomatoes,
stars of the earth,
stars multiplied
and fertile
show off
their convolutions,
canals
and plenitudes
and the abundance
boneless,
without husk,
or scale or thorn,
grant us
the festival
of ardent colour
and all-embracing freshness.

Kudos to Nerudo's humor and cleverness... and unique style!

Turkey Day?!

I just had a Thanksgiving dinner with my fam at my cousin's house... kinda like old tradition. But something felt weird. Well, my mother wasn't there cus she had work till six. Then one of my cousins was coming home from somewhere, so we basically just feasted without them two at 4:30. Yes, that was pretty early. The food was great. But no turkey. Chicken. I rather eat chicken anyway. Everything happened so quickly. The dads dozed off on the couch. We, the young ones, were catching up with Glee and watching some Modern Family. Before you know it, my aunt says it's time to go. As I'm returning to my house, I look at the time and it was only 8:30! This Thanksgiving sure ended early. And I certainly did not feel the holiday spirit. I even brought my camera to take a picture, but I totally forgot. So no pics of my family.

But anyway. I would like to give thanks to my family and my friends that are always with me. I would also like to thank God for everything He had helped me with through this year. Honestly, I think this year is a lame year. I'm just hoping for a better next year!

Btw, I was playing a game called birdwatching yesterday. It requires attention of where the bird is and what the letter they give me so I could spell out the bird's name. When I got this clue, I giggled to myself (because I'm immature)

I couldn't guess the birds name...

Turned out to be a bird called booby!
HeheheHahahe

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Y'ALL! :)

Back To My Own Room

So, my brother is back for Thanksgiving break. I no longer can take advantage of sleeping in his spacious room that has windows. I had to clean everything off of my bed (all the clothes and shiz). It was quite a load of stuff to clean and throw away and put into the closet. Back to my tiny ex-storage room.

Andy's clean room


My room/bed (before)


My bed (after)
Please ignore poster...
I shall replace it with The Script soon!


Desk (before)


Desk (after)
I have no bookshelf...
therefore the speakers shall keep the books up!


I wanna move out!!

Registration!

AHHHH! I've been quite stressed lately about registering for the classes I wanted. I kinda gave up on the professors. I chose two unknown profs rather than having the poorly rated ones. But here's my schedule. It's not looking as bad as I thought (NO FRIDAY!) But I have to prepare to endure the time and stress these classes will put me through!

Dear Baruch,
Why must I take these darn classes when they are no use to me??
(cept psych which I plan to minor in)

I look forward to a more productive semester in the Spring... and hopefully find a job too! :)

Convo with Trinstah

D: i think their chicken is weird!
it's like minty
LOL
E: NO ITS NOT
its PERFECT
E: ooooh
i think it maybe because they grow their chickens right next to the mint leaves
in the backk
D: LOOOOL
SILLY
YOU CANT GROW CHICKENS
E: yes they grow on fucking TREES nigga

This girl. She says and does what she wants.
Soosie told me she's in the Hades Club. LOL

Listen to Nicki Minaj's album: Pink Friday!
Good stuff! :)

Fly ft. Rihanna. :D

Car Convo

Me: Dad, How did you name me?
Dad: Well, I just thought Daisy sounded nice.
Since it's a flower and all.
Me: I know, but how did you know Daisy's a flower?
Dad: D...I...A...S...
Me: D-A-I-S-Y...
Dad: Yeah, D...A...S...I...Y
Me: D-A-I-S-Y! haha
Dad: Yeah, Daisy sounded nice. And it ended with the same sound as your brother, A...N... (struggling because he forgot how to spell it)
Me: ...D-Y! A-N-D-Y!
Dad: Yeah, A-N-D-Y!
Me: You didn't answer my question about how you named me!
Dad: I looked it up the dictionary. Why, you don't like it?
Me: Nah, I love it! :)

Tests, Tests, And More Tests!

Happy 11/11!!

It's been quite a long week and I don't think I've ever studied this hard before.
Yesterday I had my simnet exam. Which is extremely crucial, because if I don't pass, I'd have to wait 25 days to register for another test... which will be after my Spring semester's registration date. I had to pass!! And I DID!! :D I cheated a bit, but it's all goood. Then this morning, I took a micro-economics test, which I stayed up all night for! And the studying paid off! Double :D

Next Monday: English Midterm
Next Wednesday: Psychology Midterm

STUDY STUDY STUDY. And then THANKSGIVING! Mi hermano will be coming back too. Which Trinhster might be excited about. Maybe one day, we'll have lunch together. Only if he's not creeped out! Hahahahaha

Amy made this for me! :)
Thankss! <3

Hot Male Celeb List!

I'm doing this out of boredom.
But these are the guys that are on my hot-guy list! :)
(None of that Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe shizzz)
(Not in any order)
Agree or disagree?

Luke Worrall
(Kelly Osbourne's ex-fiance)

James Franco


Johnny Depp

Zac Efron


Trey Songz


Daniel Henney


Adam Levine


Daniel Wu


Ben Affleck
(probably an old picture, but still hot! lol)

Jake Gyllenhaal
(Getting old. And I hate his grizzly beard pictures)


Choi Seung Hyun


David Beckham

That's it for now!
Yes, I know, I have good taste in men. ;)

Simnet test Wednesday! I hope I pass!

*edit* I FORGOT ABOUT RYAN REYNOLDS! MR. HOTTIE WHO WILL BE COMING OUT IN GREEN LANTERN! :D

Stewie and Brian ballroom dancing...

Stewie: I love you.
Brian: What?!
Stewie: Uh... nothing... olive juice.
Brian: Olive juice?
Stewie: (whispering) Olive juice too.

oh dear.

For The First Time

Thursday night, I, also, like Amy, fell in love.
Because Amy, Evelyn, Janet and I saw The Script!!
Live and in the front row!!
Although I didn't know most of their songs, they were freakin' AMAZING.
They totally had the energy and their Irish accents, and their cuteness!!fdkafjdjfa!
THEY WERE PHENOMENAL! So I have become a huge fan.

Before The Script came out, it was another guy, Joshua something, who performed.

Joshua and Amy's bf in back. LOL

Then we all spazzed and screamed our lungs out throughout the whole concert after The Script came out.

Nice picture of band.
Except the drummer, Glen Power, was sitting on the far right.
Thus, he was not captured.


Lead singer, Danny O'donoghue!


Danny again! You can almost see the drummer!


Singer & Guitarist, Mark Sheehan! (My fave! :D)


Guest bass player. I think.


Another amazing photo!
That's enough photos for now.
There were many other great ones...
but that's too much to put up!


photocredits to Amy and Evelyn.

Had a really fun night! We ate falafel after at St. Mark's but I didn't like it. I will never eat falafels again! I rather eat gyros!

Coming and Going

Just listened to this song "Come and Go" by MYK ft. Tablo.

Trends come and go
Friends come and go
In the end, we all come and go

Totally agree to these lines.
How I feel throughout my life when we move from elementary school, to junior high school, high school, and finally college. People eventually move on with their lives and thus they "come and go". Sometimes I'm afraid of what will become of me in the future. Will I be successful? Will I graduate on time? Will all these college classes I'm taking be a total waste of time? I don't know, but as of now, I feel really behind in everything. People have interns and jobs, and here I am, sometimes having thoughts of dropping out. But of course not... I don't know.

Trying to solve which of Joey's sister Chandler made out with.

Chandler: It's Veronica! The one with the red skirt. I definitely stuck my tongue down her throat!
Monica: That was me!
Chandler: I'm sorry, sometimes when I'm drunk, I get a little ahead of myself.
Monica: That's okay.
Rachel: It's okay.
Ross: It's okay...

LOL!

I love Friends.

Halloweeen!

Happy Halloweeen from my dear cousin, Luisa! Haha


All 16 flavors of dum dum lollipops! :O

Joke: Why can't ghosts have babies?

Ans: Because they have hollow-weenies!! hahahhaha....