.: vacation snappies :.

Agreed!

This particular car-wash have very specific target market.
*Definitely not for us*

Chester looooves his new cord vest!

.: severe case of rat-pack :.

I've arrived at B-town safely yesterday. Flight was good, I love Singapore Airlines despite they reduce the luggage limit to 23kg instead of 32kg :D Finally got the chance to watch some movies, read some books and drink wine without worrying about DUI LOL (since when do I worry about DUI?!) Also got the chance to bought a cute pair of shoes in Changi Airport (amazing huh? Transit time was 1hr and I went home with a new pair of shoes, imagine what will happen if I spend 1 day in Singapore??) Was very concerned about my luggages yesterday since I heard lots of stories about missing suitcases in Indo's airport. After about 30-40 minutes of waiting I finally got a hold on my suitcases (still intact, FYI) J-town was as crazy and packed as always, drivers here are crazier than those in SanFran *obviously*.
So happy that my Chester still recognize me after 10 months! He welcomed me with licks and immediately eye-ing my gifts :D Will post pictures soon!
I just realized that I have a gazillion of stuff both here and in SanFran!!! My room is soo packed with my old stuff! Tons of DVDs, shoes, books, magazines... yikes! I'm one serious case of a rat-pack!

.: leaving sanfran :.

Although I kept on saying that I'm not too crazy about SF, I kinda miss it now. I miss my cozy little room, my *sorta new* shtinky pillow, the comfort of my bed, my pearlie... I guess I spent too much time in it, 24/7 for four months and now I'm so used to it. Amazingly it is raining in LA these past few days, and I was not prepared at all (I was hoping it'll be sunny and warm here...) So I kinda miss my good ol' coats and beloved MJ umbrella. And my rain-boots.

I am looking forward to see my friends & family (including my shtinky Chessie & pillow, of course), and the food!! I still think that Indo food is #1, especially those from the street hawkers. :)
Speaking of food, my friend Shelly gave me this bag full of Taiwanese snacks samplers. I got one pack of potato-chips thingy, star-shaped seafood thingy, almond nougats, and my favorite : the Crunchoco shown below. I love Taiwanese snacks! So this is a shoutout to Shelly and Zack : bring lots of Crunchoco for me!!

.: 92ºF in SF!!! :.

I seriously thought SanFran only have 1 season (winter), but since yesterday the temperature suddenly jumped from daily 50ºF to 90ºF!!! I usually hate hot weather, but if you live in SanFran, you will welcome warm days with open arms! No more boots and coats! I miss wearing my flipflops! Yesterday was a perfect day to end my crazy Spring semester (an even crazier Fall semester is coming, but no more talk of school from this day on until Sept 4, 2008) Third semester in my school is the serious, survival of the fittest type of a semester. If you haven't questioned yourself why did you want to be a graphic designer, third semester will be the very semester you cry yourself to sleep just because your paragraph's rags are ugh-ly, and you'll have some issues with GD.

One of my good friend graduated (how on earth can he survived the midpoint review??) and will walk next week, congrats! The image above is from his thesis-website, go grab your own here!

.: you got the wrong number... :.

I was waiting for an important phone call, and was a bit upset that I got a missed call from 'private number' (I thought the France Consulate is so secretive with their phone number and make it private...) Then I checked the voice mail, someone left me a message, congratulates me because my design is approved (yay! wait, which design?) I listened some more, and he said that now they will contact the engineering team (that's where he lost me. what engineering team??) and see if they can make something out of my design. Apparently he dialed the wrong number. Imagine that somewhere in this world someone is waiting for that call—hopefully the guy who called me figured out that he called the wrong person and all went well. Now I'm thinking, how many times that someone who tried to reach me dialed the wrong number and left important messages on someone else's phones? How terrible.

.: Birthday Birthday! :.

I had my official birthday dinner-thingy and I got my cake, thanks to Y (who lied to me and said he forgot the cake!!!) Yay! Also want to share pics of my other gifts. Shoutout to my hunny for getting me the Queen of Sorrow print. Thank you sooo much! *hugs* Also to miss J who brought me additional gift, Mr Z with his F21 gift, Mr K *aka MOM* for the compilation of NDS games and Mr D for the leather Moleskine journal. Oh how I love birthdays! Yesh, I'm a year older now, and have about 362 days left of being in my 20s... freaky ey? But the gifts consoled me.

my gifts

Bday cake!

I got the chance to meet one of my good friend two days ago and hangout at this place. It's a bit weird, trying to be dingy but fancy (I think they failed miserably, the place just look awkwardly empty) The coffee, however, was excellent. Too bad I didn't try their special, but it was a lot better than the usual you-know-where. And we got free quiches! It was after 4PM so they gave their pastries away, which we happily accepted.

free quiches!

.: Comments, anyone? :.

What Your Latte Says About You

When it comes to what you like, you have your own unique tastes. And people don't really understand them. You can be quite silly at times, but you know when to buckle down and be serious. Intense and energetic, you aren't completely happy unless you are bouncing off the walls. You're addicted to caffeine. There's no denying it. You are a child at heart, and you don't ever miss the opportunity to do something playful. You are expressive and friendly, but you are never pushy.

What Does Your Latte Say About You?

.: bday + final week :.

pre-birthday!

This semester turned out to be a horrific one. I thought I'm ok with 2 on-site classes and one online class but I still messed up towards the end. I have too many things to do now and was a bit down yesterday. It was my birthday and I did not get the chance to fully enjoy it. True, I did celebrate earlier, but still... it's not a birthday without cake and flowies... I was consoled because a lot of people remember (thanks to Birthday Calendar, Friendster and Facebook I guess?) I got some nice gifts too, so I probably shouldn't bother about cake. :p All I can think about is my final projects, but I think I survived typography class... *fingers crossed* Now it's time to think about the other two classes I abandoned... And my Anne-Julie package arrived a few days ago, brightened up my day! She gave me two adorable buttons and 'Lost Key' postcard! I absolutely looooove my new necklaces! I have two more gifts I'd love to showcase if I have time to post the pictures...

gifts from my friends...

the state of my room right now...