Taste of Summer

Two weeks ago, my boyfriend and I went to LACMA to view the beautiful art and we couldn't help it but take advantage of the gorgeous late August weather to have a photoshoot! I personally enjoyed the photoshoot a lot better than the artwork of the place itself. Maybe we went at a bad time, but there wasn't any unique exhibits.

I recently shopped online at Urban Outfitters and bought this cute dress! Free shipping, ftw. It looked super simple online, but once I tried it on at home, I knew it was a keeper. Only wished I didn't slouch in this picture. :(

All smiles! Necklace is from Forever21, necklace is from somewhere--got it a while back, on my lips was Revlon's lip butter in cherry tart, sunglasses are from St. John (birthday gift from my aunt this year)

Peek-a-boo! I see the camera!

I wish my boyfriend had a normal picture. Why must he look so creepy in every picture :( I want to show him off to the world, but this is so unattractive, LOLOL.

Afternoon sun was in my eyes, so hard to see.

Finally we got one decent picture. The lighting was just right, you can see how blue the skies were! I wish we had some cute couple ones near the poles, but beggars can't be choosers. Finding a photographer who knows how to work a dslr is pretty tough. Glad mr. photographer was able to capture this beautiful day ^_^

Two years to forever

Finally another update! I've been caught up in the whirlwind of summer school, work, apartment life, partying (jk about the last one!) that I haven't had much time to blog or much less feel inspired to blog. But trust me, I've been thinking about a lot of stuff! :)

Last weekend, my boyfriend and I decided to celebrate our two year anniversary early! So I told him to visit me in LA where I spoiled him with goodies and food (and now I am a broke ass) but hey, if you to be spoiled, you got to do some spoiling first yourself heheheh :)

This was my first time making an edible arrangement EVER! After weeks of watching my good friend Diane make these, I finally ventured to do some of my own arrangement. The only bad thing was the chocolate was overheated so I had to add water, which diluted it so it didn't harden properly :( If you look closely at the strawberries, you can see parts of the chocolate not drying properly. But nevertheless, the overall result looked pretty darn good, for a first timer! I used chocolate candy melts (you can get them from your local groceries), blueberries, peanut topping, kale for decoration and a huge orange as base. It's pretty simple to make, and would have taken me at most one hour max, but since the chocolate was giving me a hard time, it took me three hours :(

My boyfriend got me some roses! I still have them dried up in my orange juice case since I don't have a vase at the apartment. What a nice surprise--roses are always so classy and romantic, although I like a variety of flowers from time to time. Last time he got my brother flowers for graduation and the sunflowers were really nice, compliments from my momma.

Dangerous? Better be careful!

Ever so studious me. Always working on physics--my entire summer right there.

It was around 10 pm--the night was still young and we didn't know what to do. I texted my friend and found out she was in LA for the night so we decided to hit her up and venture into SGV to get our boba fix. We're too young to sleep at 10 on a Friday night, LOL

I rarely ever get Half & Half so I always get excited when I do! I think we both got the same drink: Ice milk with strawberry, pudding and honey boba. Life was good. :)

Summer bucketlist 2012 :: update

About two months ago, I posted a summer bucketlist. Here's a quick update on what I've added and accomplished!

1. Make 10 new friends (Unicamp, duhh!)
2. Unicamp! (Amazing week, no regrets)
3. Trai He La Hau La (Chill and relaxing, had a tent all to myself + kids really enjoyed it)
4. Attend brother's graduation (and took plenty of pictures)
5. Graduation party anyone? ;) (my brother's!)
6. Eat at some good korean bbq place (cham soot gol works, right?)
7. Read 3 new books (Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald; Love the one you're with - Emily Giffin; Sisterhood Everlasting)
8. Attempt a new manicure (yes, finally)
9. Film a haul video (been wanting to do this since foreverr) (update: finally done! but too scared to actually upload it)
10. Attend 2 bonfires (got one down-Duy's bonfire)
11. Dip in the pool
12. Run at the beach
13. Get my pharm tech license
14. Finish 2 seasons of shows (one season of Korra is down; Avatar: last airbender--all three seasons!)
15. See 10 movies (Avengers 6/20; Amazing Spiderman 7/10; Dark Knight Rises 7/24; Prestige; Memento; She's the Man)
16. Learn a song on the piano
17. Shop 'til I drop (spent over $100 at f21--floppy hat, fedora, floral dress, zebra top, stars tunic, demin jacket)
18. Explore the wonders of OC Fair (Alaskan pig races! Bacon covered turkey! Funnel cake with vanilla ice cream!)
19. Funnel cake! (at fair)
20. Buy a new camera (Canon s100 anyone?)
21. Get dolled up and go out at night
22. Lighten hair (Champagne blonde)
23. Treat myself out to some brand name makeup ^_^
24. Play volleyball at the beach
25. Get a nice beach bod (should happen before summer, LOL)
26. Splurge on quality makeup (keeping my eye on Smashbox BB Cream)
27. Thrift! (attempted, LOL)

Tv shows

• Glee season 3
• New Girl
• Friends season 1
• How I met your mother season 2
• Voice season 2
• Avatar-Legend of Korra

Movies

• Avengers
• The Hulk
• Ironman
• Captain America
• Thor
• Twilight: Breaking Dawn
• Dark Knight Rise
• Men in Black 3
• Prometheus
• 21 Jump Street

Food

• Milk
• Class 302
• Red Lobster
• M Grill
• Saffron & Rose ice cream
• Sprinkles Ice cream

Places

• Friendship Bell
• Huntington Botanical Gardens
• Hot air balloon ride
• Disneyland
• US open
• Griffith park
• City walk
• DTDisney
• LACMA

*list is open for updates!

**italicize=accomplish!

As you see, I hadn't quite complete everything yet. But summer's not over yet, I have about three weeks left. Let's finish this list off!

Summer Lovin'

Another late night post, this time running on caffeine from my Milk Tea with caramel, honey boba and egg pudding from Half&Half courtesy of my baby boo. He's the best :)

I've been packing all week, getting everything ready for my move into my apartment. It's been quite nerve-wracking--one day not having utilities set up, to buying the couch, and saying good bye to the folks back home. A couple days ago I was a mess, trying to get my life back together (major PMS problems right there) but today I am almost ready and extremely excited about moving! I'm finally getting my own place, technically. Makes me feel like a big girl now, paying bills, worrying about rent and all that jazz. Supes excited, though ^_^

So what else have I been up to in the past week? Just hanging out with some friends before my life got taken over by packing. Summer nights ♥

Boiling Crab with my lovely kangas, followed by some old fashion boba. We had a kick laughing at all the boba names, including "Awesome Threesome" and "Sunburnt White Boy."

Saw the Dark Knight Rises finally with my baby boo! Apparently, this was his third time watching it, LOL. Nolan does an amazing job ending the Batman trilogy. Very clever

OC fair date with my future apartment mates. I'm thrilled to be living with them next year; they are all a fun and exciting bunch. Extremely patient with me, very kind and smart. We all have pretty much similar interests, heights (LOL) and personalities. 

My caffeine is starting to wear off, I'm calling it a night. Good night world, until next post!

YOWA: You're only Woodsey always

Where do I even begin? It was one of the most life fulfilling week of my life, filled with warm fuzzies and happiness.

The week started off roughly with several buses breaking down and arriving late so our opening campfire for Day 1 was delayed until Day 2. Nonetheless the counselors and specialists were extremely excited to finally meet our kids, to finally apply our 100 hours of training to real life. The first day was pretty chill. Nothing went according to plan but we were all really flexible. Specialists all slept in the same cabin (warm fuzzies right there) as we wait for day 2 to begin.

The next day we had Adopt-a-specialist program to find which unit we get adopted into. I had the pleasure of being adopted into Unit 7 with Money and Spirt along with Jerms. The day's rotations ran pretty smoothly. Co & I switched off in teaching the kids One Direction-What makes you beautiful and Thug Le (Indian cultural piece) We had our opening campfire that night.

Day 3 was our hump day. We had to teach the kids a different piece since they already learn the first two pieces so we decided to teach them Thriller. Unfortunately, we were dancing at the campfire and the bugs were swarming everywhere and our speakers weren't working and the dance was just too well, Michael Jackson style. The kids weren't digging it and we lost our patience. Or rather I did. The last rotation is always the hardest. We had to teach 3 units Bieber's Boyfriend which was too difficult and technical for them. I think the boys enjoyed it more than the girls and again I lost my patience. My unit wasn't too in sync with each other either.

Day 4 was fairly good. We abandon all efforts to teach them Thriller and Boyfriend. Instead we taught them Stronger and Glad you came. Fairly easy pieces and we even go a free rotation. Once we learn to be flexible, programming became a lot easier :) Was this fourth of July? RIBS FOR DINNER, SO GOOD. Unit night that night and it didn't go as planned. We ended up missing the Fourth of July Star Viewing thing because the girls took a while to reach for their dreams. The activity backfired--the girls grew more distant instead of coming together...

Day 5 was pretty good day. Our night hike was pretty successful and I felt that the debrief was appropriate and made up for our fail Unit Night. Received our happy notes during campfire and I bawled my eyes out like a child. Thank you for those who took your time to write me these happy letters. I feel so spesh ^_^

Day 6... man camp is passing by like a dream :) SPECIALIST SWIM! TALENT SHOW! Specialists rewrote lyrics to Hey There Delilah and it was super cute! Co and I were have commentaries to each performance from the kids. We remembered which kids gave us a hard time and which ones listen. LOL And two of my girls did improv with Bones and actually beat him! Proud aunt moment :')

Day 7: Ending campfire and the last of our rotations. The rotations for the rest of the week went by smoothly. Co and I did our best not to lose our patience because kids will just be kids. They do fine in praise but poorly in anger. Our all camper programs went by smoothly as well. I think by now we all gave up trying and getting all the kids to participate and all the kids were tired of fighting back so everyone just went with the flow. Face painted for the first time, LOL. Specialists got together 10 minutes before closing campfire and came up with our YOWA skit (You're only woodsey always) and made fun of all the campers and their weird habits. LOL Good night :)

Day 8: Hooray, last day! It was great that all the campers started tearing up. Glad to see that they will miss camp despite all the crap they gave us. So happy to see them go (thank god, LOL) We started cussing and singing inappropriate songs, felt so good! ^_^ Closing chapel was pretty fun :) and then Post session festivities were another story ;) 

Thank you Unicamp for giving me an opportunity to inspire someone's life. To motivate them to pursue higher education, to have them think about their future at such an early age. I know in areas of extreme poverty we all wonder where our next meal will come from or how we'll make it thru to the next day. I'm glad I was able to touch the kids' hearts. For each person that I was able to inspire, they are worth every minute of camp that I had to endure, and worth every single training hour I had to go thru and every sacrifice that I had to make in order to be a specialist. Worth every test that I bombed because I had meetings to go to, worth all the shit I gave up during spring quarter. And because of this, I know why everyone keeps coming back. Once Woodsey, always Woodsey.

Summer 2012 bucketlist

Summer is a time for relaxation, excitement, and everything in between.  Time to just enjoy the quiet beauties of life and fully appreciate what we've been taking for granted.  Just a list of things I want to accomplish this summer!

1. Make 10 new friends
2. Unicamp!
3. Trai He La Hau La
4. Attend brother's graduation
5. Graduation party anyone? ;)
6. Eat at some good korean bbq place
7. Read 3 new books
8. Attempt a new manicure
9. Film a haul video
10. Attend 2 bonfires
11. Dip in the pool
12. Run at the beach
13. Get my pharm tech license
14. Finish 2 seasons of shows
15. Learn a song on the piano
16. Shop 'til I drop 
17. Explore the wonders of OC Fair 
18. Funnel cake!
19. Buy a new camera (Canon s100 anyone?)
20. Get dolled up and go out at night
21. Lighten hair
22. Treat myself out to some brand name makeup ^_^
23. Play volleyball at the beach
24. Get a nice beach bod (should happen before summer, LOL)
25. Splurge on quality makeup (keeping my eye on Smashbox BB Cream)
26. Thrift!

Tv shows

• Glee season 3
• New Girl
• Friends season 1
• How I met your mother season 2
• Voice season 2
• Avatar-Legend of Korra

Movies

• Avengers
• The Hulk
• Ironman
• Captain America
• Thor
• Twilight: Breaking Dawn
• Dark Knight Rise
• Men in Black 3
• Prometheus
• 21 Jump Street

Food

• Milk
• Class 302
• Red Lobster
• M Grill
• Saffron & Rose ice cream
• Sprinkles Ice cream

Places

• Friendship Bell
• Huntington Botanical Gardens
• Hot air balloon ride
• Disneyland
• US open
• Griffith park
• City walk
• DTDisney

*list is open for updates!

**italicize=accomplish!