O-town - Nothing At All

Just when I thought I had everything figured out, it just keeps coming back. Some things are hard to ignore.

I'm on my coop term right now working as a Research Assistant. My responsibilities basically include maintaining a lab. It's definitely not glamourous or the least bit challenging, but I have to start somewhere right?! I dissected a cow's eyeball not long ago. I hate dissecting things, but I sucked it up and did it. I did it! I kept thinking "Ok Jenny, it's just a huge marble, it's not a cow's eyeball." Once it was cut in half though I was ok. It was just the mushy tissue still around the eyeball that was making my stomach a little weak. >< I get paid monthly instead of my usual weekly paychecks. I can't wait for my first paycheck! I'll have some shopping to do! =D

Paula DeAnda - Walk Away

Merry Christmas!! Another green Christmas ahhhh~! Well at least there will be less car accidents on today =)

I enjoy Christmas more and more ever since I started University. It's not only the holiday that makes me happy, but it also signifies that exams are over! I might have done terribly bad on Organic Chemistry but I'm done, and there's not much I can do about it now. I just have to cross my fingers now =)

Spending a lot of time with my family lately. I feel so selfish during the school term since I hardly talk to them. No matter what happens in my life, I know that my family will always be there for me. There's too many people out there who don't realize and cherish their family this way until it's too late.

I wish I was in New York right now =) It's one of those things that I would put on my "20 Things I Want To Do Before I Turn 50" lists - Go to New York for Christmas". All the lights, shopping, and oodles of Christmas spirit all around!

I watched Casino Royale and Superman Returns, and I guess I'm not much of a James Bond fan, but Superman Returns was pretty good! Can't get over his deep blue eyes. And that kid was so damn cute >.<.

Time to go enjoy the rest of my holiday...which is less than 2 weeks? *sigh*

Rie Fu - 2cm

* I recently (well...not really) bought a sexy black laptop with support from my dear sister. =) I love it to pieces.

* I can't wait for Christmas to come, except I'm a little worried with what to get my friends. o_O

* Already making up some new year resolutions - exercising at the top of the list.

* Taking Anthropology 101 DE during my work term, as well as studying ahead for the 2nd term of Organic Chemistry T_T (if I pass the 1st term that is)

* I currently volunteer at the Gift Shop at the hospital. I recently recieved a pin for 2 years of volunteering, I felt so proud. Until I found out the ladies I work with had 5, 10 and even 22 year pins. (sigh)

* Should really get back to studying.

Good luck to everyone on their finals. =)

Ashley came over to sleepover the day before we were going to leave where she found a black squishy raisin under my nighttable. The sad part is I don't remember the last time I ate raisins >< ("No wonder Jenny complains about ants" -Jacky lol!) Not quite what we were looking for, but very very hilarious =D

We woke up at 4:30 am to catch our bus and ended up taking some really ugly pictures o_O Maybe the whole beauty sleep talk is true lol. The bus ride took about 13 hours, during which I felt like a puddle of mud. My neck and butt was sore, my taste felt like it was gone, I felt so blah.

Arrived in NY Grand Central Terminal at around 7 pm where we encountered erm...really interesting people! The first look out the window of the terminal, I couldn't believe my eyes. It was just as I imagined NYC, yellow taxis, busy streets, people who were dressed chic, and huge billboards. I was in complete awe.

Ashley's uncle picked us up for dinner, where I had baby dumplings and of course Ashley opted for something spicy =p. In return she got her "hot sore" hehe. (I was going to make up a juicy story of how she got her "hot sore" but I won't be mean =p)

After dinner we found out that we were living in Trump Palace. TRUMP PALACE! I couldn't believeee it. The apartment was amazing. Simplistic yet cozy. Makes my dream of owning a condo one day even more realistic. I wanted to scream and jump around the whole apartment =D. There was a lady who currently resides there but she was on a vacation, which made it all ours for the whole week. It's not a surprise that a gorgeous apartment like that comes with a rich owner. Chanel products, Marc Jacob handbags, things I couldn't definitely not afford.

First day of NY we explored the streets passing by designer brands that we knew we would feel soooo poor if we walked in. Walking was exhausting because of the heat wave, so when we reached our first air conditioned place, I felt like I was in heaven. Somehow later we found out that we walked from east to west passing Central Park and reached Columbus Circle. o_O We had to most delicious lunch ever, with our pesto tomato grilled sandwich, tofu rolls, and mango coconut cheesecake =D. We decided to travel down to Chinatown by subway, walked down a strip to what seemed like Chinatown and quicky got exhausted from the heat. Later we stopped by Ashley's aunt's office where we cooled down and drank who knows how much water XD Then came dinner, where I ate the most bittermelon I've had in my life and we had a "facial" back at the apartment where we took some really scary pictures hehe. My money spending kind of got out of control the first day and I ended up spending 1/4 of my money. I still had like 5 more days to go! eek!

Second day we headed to Macy's and Manhattan Mall where we finalllly saw clothes around our price range! Go us! hehe Macy's was HUGE, I already knew what I want someday when I walked in - Vera Wang Princess perfume. It smelled reeeally good. I recieved an awkward mini facial from Biotherm and mini makeover. Apparently I have a babyface and I don't need makeup =D (yeah right, have you seen my black circles?!) Manhatten Mall where I found cheap small diamond studs. $2.99! I also purchased a skirt and saw an Uglydoll keychain I wanted (Alex, Bop n' Beep!! =D) . Somehow we ended spending a day here and got back to the apartment to relax.

Third day we went to Times Square. It was the ultimate place I wanted to go to for this trip. The most colourful and busiest streets I've ever seen so far. A place where it didn't matter that we looked like tourists ^^. We purchased postcards, jewellery from the Sanrio store, charms to make a unique necklace for ourselves, and clothes at a store we must've spent 2 hours in o_O. I even saw a Pooky TY doll at one of the stores that I wish I kinda bought now =/. During dinner I set my eyes on a cute asian waiter who could amazingly stack a tower of dishes. "HO MAN AH!" lol And of course I can't forget the a waiter that Ashley claims looked like a giraffe and another one that looked like a sleepy panda. =D

Fourth day I was excited to see my favorite store - AE. Ashley asked a shopper where it was and he said it was at Macy's and there was a two storey AE at Union Square. It was not at Macys (LIAR!) but good thing he didn't lie about Union Square. So that's where we headed, busy streets like always and shops galore, and of course we found my AE where I bought my "Sharing is caring, and caring is love" t-shirt =) Afterwards, we went back to Times Square to buy our broadway tickets to see Beauty and the Beast. We decided to eat before the show and sat down at the worst restaurant ever ><. Expensive and not yummy at all. I ordered a swiss sandwich seeing that it was the cheapest thing on the menu $11. The sandwich was literally consisted of slices of cheese that were 10 cm in height and two slices of bread. GROSS! Anyways, Beauty and the Beast - OMGOODNESS if you ever get a chance to go see it, go see it!! I didn't expect to see anything like what I saw, I loved every part of it, the sets, the costumes, the actors, the songs, the storyline. I almost cried at the end even though I knew the storyline very well. Everything was just so beautiful =)

Last day we went to Chinatown and I saw lots that I liked. But I was down to $50. If I was there the first day, hmm...let's not think what would've happened. I saw what looked like a flying pea poster and walked into the store. There were glass jars with a green round object floating around. Ashley thought it was a moldy pea, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever! After ranting on how I wanted a moldy pea, the store owner told us it was algae. "ALGAE? COOL, I want algae!!" After finding that a puny keychain with one ball of algae in it was $15, I was devasted -_-" Hopefully my algae will arrive at pmall one day =| hehe When we got back to the apartment we celebrated by taking crazy pictures of ourselves with our new scarves, a rugby scheme, and crazy high ponytails. It was our last day in NYC afterall! Ashley stayed up all night while I had some shut-eye. Woke up during my sleep to the sounds of Rose in Titanic constantly saying "Wake up, wake up, wake up" =_= ASHLEY! lol

Woke up at 3:30 am to board the bus nice and early and the ride home was a lot faster since we slept the whole way through. My taste was lost again due to some tasteless wheaties (yes they were tasteless Ashley!). Which is what we had for the whole 13 hours. Once I got back home I had what seemed like the yummiest dinner ever =9 I got my taste back!!

Of course, there are still lots more that that happened during the trip, but I they'll probably come back to me later lol. I'm so glad I spent this trip with my bestest friend ever, without her this mini vacation wouldn't have been so awesome *tears* haha

I <3 NYC!! What an awesome experience! I loved every moment of it =)

Pictures!!! Some of the many crazy pictures we took =D