paris in hawaiian shirt 

Ideas on things I would want to buy next time:

1. diamond ring ( using my first salary)
2. Burberry collar/coat for Paris
3. Sandals
4. Surf board

de-shop-me

Ever since I came back from London, I've realized how un-fashionable and simple I was. For example: to me, SHoes are divided into two types. One for sports (sketchers) and another for party (heels). And those two are the only types of shoes I have. No stilettos, no open-toed shoes, no canvas-colorful shoes. No thongs, no knee-high boots, no brown leather boots, no red heels.

In a bigger picture, I came to realize that I have never spend more than 200 USD on any single thing - other than on Paris that is. I have never bought an Ipod, PSP, clothes, shoes, handbags, gadgets (of course lap top and car are excluded) which cost more than $200. I have never had a CD player, MP3 player, MD player, not even a digital camera. I realized my impairedness is caused mostly because I have spent all the money I could have spent on other things,(read: on Paris). Not that I regret it, I just never realize it.

Part of me want to spend a lot on clothes/make ups/sandals/jewellery. But the brain told me that I have spent enough on Paris to last me til the next five years. I don't know when will this evil release me from being afraid of 'investing' a lot of money in one thing. Maybe when I have started to earn money.

MERRILL LYNCH HERE I COME

Yeii.. I got an offer for internship in Merrill Lynch this Summer. Yei.. yeii yeiii.. What a great opportunity :> FOr you guys who donno wat Merrill Lynch is. It's an investment banking/financial advisor company. And I'm gonna be interning at the FInancial advisor department. WIsh me Luck :>

cute dog, messy room 

both smiling 

wekkkk... 

Surfing part 3!

The most exciting lesson of all classes.. Only Amy and I showed up for class this morning and since we have two teachers, we were like havng a one to one class. The best part was when one of teacher always pushed us ahead of the wave so we could catch the breaking of the wave and to "pop up". Pop up is when you jump from a lying down position to a standing position on the board.

Want know wat's the worse story? I did a lot of sitting on the board, kneeling on the board but never once standing on the board.. this sux..
it felt good though when I was able to stay (read: kneel) on the board for a great 8 seconds.. it just felt heavenly to be kneeling on the board above the wave while the wave brings me to the shore.

The best part? I saw groups of dolphins from very near, like 15 metres away from me!! At first I only saw them from far and I saw my teacher was following them, paddling behind the dolphins. I was so excited that I just paddled out to the deep water (2 or 3 metres deep, 50 or 60 metres away from the shore) to see the dolphins. It was just fabulous! Imagine, I was lying on my board, looking at the dolphins swimming. I looked around me and saw the deep vast sea. I was not even scared of the deep sea.. It's just amazing..

I will keep on surfing :>

almost got caught speeding

I just finished practising for my guitar performance this sunday at 12.00am. In downtown. And I still had to go home from downtown to West LA. As I was driving on highway ten, I was tempted to just drive 90mph. SOmehow, my sixth sense told me not to. and for a good reason. As I was driving 80mph, suddenly I caught a glimpse of a police car right next to me. I'm like what theee.... Shoottt I'm gonna get caught. I quickly drop my speed to 65mph. And just like that, the police car was GONE. G-O-N-E. I looked at my side mirrors.. no sign of police car, rear mirror.. nil zilch none.. I was like.. "where is this police car"

I maintained my speed for a few minutes, and after a while, the police car sped up in front of me to catch another victim..

i wanna be skinny

i think the title speak for itself..

insights

in the three days that I was in Indiana, I somehow realized that I am not really an open person. My friend can share so much stories to others in three days than me. I tell them the facade, the untrue stories about me, while keeping my real dreams/stories inside.

It's funny to be so outgoing but not show one's desire.

For ex: I found myself being questioned a lot of times "what do I want to do after graduating" and I find myself answering 'just get married' when actually I, currently, detest marriage. Maybe I just don't know what I want to do after graduating, or maybe I m not used to sharing what I want to do in life.

yankee and paris on a date 

sigh

I must be mad... Some people know I can't tolerate a certain group of people.. But somehow I find out that if this so called group of ppl help improve themselves in an I-dunno-how ways.. Hell I won't object that.. (Don't understand? nevermind)

SIGH
SIGH
SIGH
SIGH

the biggest bully in my life hehe:P 

ruby me indiana 

ruby danar me 

ruby n me 

Me n Ruby at Indiana Bloomington graduation party 

LIFE

What if you pass up the best thing that could happen to you just to settle for the next best thing because of the less risk involved in the second option.
You'll have a stable life, no risk, but the shadow of the BESTTHINGTHATMIGHTHAPPENINYOURLIFE will haunt you for the rest of your life.

Indiana: Up Close and Personal

I went to Indiana, BLoomington on Friday night with Ruby. REached there at 11pm their time. I went to Indiana to attend my brother/cousin/bestbud's graduation day, Danar Samron (Congrats Bro!) He attended IU-bloomington. So anyway, I must say that Indiana is so beautiful (for a one week stay max). I love the trees, the lake, the view, the cute houses.. Totally in love with the cute houses in Indianapolis. The cold water in the Lake Melon (if I remember correctly), the tree whose leaves look like little green butterflies on it.. The people too.. friendly and so happy (most of them).

Okay.. so the Graduation Party on Saturday 7 May 2005. I must say I HATEHATEHATEHATE the 'thank you' part.. you know.. the part when the graduates thank their parents... Okay I dun really HATEHATE but i Hatehate it becoz I cried during the thank you part. DUn call me soft-hearted just yet. Let's just think of a typical Thank You part in LA.... The graduates will say "Thanks Mom Dad coz of you guys I'm here...I am graduating from this school and I hope you are proud of me" And as they speak, their parents will be there in the banquet room, smiling at them proudly.

NOW IMAGINE THIS:
The second guy to give thanks in Indiana Banquet was crying before he started saying anything.. So I'm like OKAY... he's overwhelmed.. N i'm wrong.. turns out his parents were not even there, he had been quarellign with his father, had serious prob w the father, prob financially.. Even hearing this, I was emphatetic (is this a word?)

So next the second gal to give thanks to her parents.. No parents attending that night.. and she said this "I want to thank my dad and my mom who is in Heaven.. I hope they're proud of me" and she continues, "my mom had just passed away and she was working so hard for paying for me until her death" I'm like half crying by then.. and then she continues.. "I also want to thank my aunty who has come all the way from LA. she had helped me when my mother passed away, and helped me financially and also helped me when my sister had leukimia" I'm LIKE : WHATTT THEE.... OMIGOD.. ISN'T HER LIFE JUST HARD ENOUGH WITH HER MOM'S DEATH NOW SHE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SISTER'S LEUKIMIA.. THIS IS SO SICK......

I can't stop thinking how different these ppl are from the ppl I know in LA.. The ppl in La.. for the graduation, most if not all the parents will come for the banquet.. Most of them have no trouble financially. In Indiana, half of them do not have their parents there with them. SOme cannot afford it, some with other reasons. I compare this not for the sake of pointing out the wealth difference. More like: we often do not know what we have right in front of us. I never meet these stories in LA and I guess it's an eye-opener that life is not always that easy for others.

Enough Said.

paris gonna be neutered

OH NO paris is going to be neutered.. poor paris..
I'm going off to Indiana to attend my cousin's graduation party and thus I will leave Paris at the vet again.
He's gonna be neutered then...
He's gonna stay from Friday til Sunday.. No.. wait I'm going off from Friday til Sunday. What am I talking about.