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Why do I get sick at the most inconvenient times? I totally slept all day today and didn’t go to any classes, and as a result, missed out on the reception that I was looking forward to going as well as dinner with two friends who I haven’t seen in awhile. T_T I was fine all this week except last night, I went to bed with a runny nose and coughs so I knew my cold was going to progressively get worse. It started with a sore throat, then runny nose and coughs, then a fever. At least the fever was temporary; I took a Tylenol and that kinda took care of it. Now I’m good except for the occasional runny nose and the coughs, which are bugging me. Ugh. I was going to take a Nyquil yesterday but I hate relying on medicine and for some reason, I couldn’t swallow pills at the time. Totally should’ve gotten the liquid version. Ahh. Well, I hope I can be better by tomorrow! I have to go to class and turn in my homework, oh, I need to do my homework for PS 15 and transcribe my notes. Sigh. Aches everywhereee. T_T I feel gross; I need to shower…ah. Being sick is so inconvenient. Throwing out my daily routine out of whack. BLAH.

Anyway, so I got my friend to pick up the card that I wrote for PS Man, and she gave it to another friend who’s going to the reception. Initially, I was going to go with him because we both nominated teachers, but then, no, I got sick. I didn’t want to go and infect everybody so I decided to stay home. So apparently, this friend gave it to PS Man, and shortly after, I got an email from him saying thanks and that if I had any questions in the future, feel free to contact him. AHHA. So I guess that’s good? But ahh, it would’ve been better if I saw him in person for the last time though…:/

I gotta ask my friend what they got at the reception, and in the email, he said he’s leaving this summer to go to New Jersey, which isn’t a surprise, but I had this small glimmer of hope that he’ll be teaching US Foreign Policy again. Sigh..oh well. I guess a tenure track job is so much more important than being a lecturer. Okay, I need to stop rambling. AHAHHA. :P

Meh, okay well, since I’m slightly better, I’m going to get some work done. Latersss. :)

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I’m so freaking over iPhone. My sister and I were talking last night and she mentioned how iPhone is the type of guy who’s never gonna do anything and will just always be bothering me, which is true. He’s just one of those guys who put career first then personal affairs. I’m not surprised if he ends up forever alone. And I don’t even know if I like him so idk why I’m so asdfjkll about this. He’s been such a douche/dick lately, idk why I put up with him. -___- I feel like he uses me as a trashcan sometimes, even though he denies it. Eff Boston, he’s not worth the time and money to visit.

Meh, I have decided to not go on iChat or AIM (considering there’s only like 3 people I talk to…no one really uses aim anymore) so I can gradually drift away..things prolly wouldn’t have worked anyway. I need someone who doesn’t freaking judge me all the time. So, I’ll be on FB chat via Skype or people can just text me if you guys wanna reach me. :)

Let’s see how this will be! Plus I gotta focus on school so this might be a good thing. :)

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So I did take my friend’s advice and nominated PS Man for Outstanding Lecturer Award thing that RHA (Residence Hall Association) is doing. He supposedly got an email saying I nominated him, and I decided to not go anonymous because he could probably guess it’s from me. Anyway, according to my friend, who’s been nominating teachers and staff for two years, the nominees and nominators will be invited to a semi-formal reception where the nominees will get a certificate and a mug that says outstanding faculty or whatever. I took his suggestion because it’s the least I could do for a recommendation letter, and I figured it would be easier for me to say thank you in person at the reception rather than show up randomly at his Office Hours. He’s gonna be like wtf, how did she find out my OHs..HAHA. Plus, it is his last year here, too so might as welllll give him something to remember his time here…:) But ahh, I don’t know what to wear and not to mention, I’ll have to come an hour late because I have class from 330-445, and the reception starts at 4. But according to my friend, from 4-5 is mingling time and 5-6 is the actual ceremony. So I guess I won’t be missing much, but ahh, I hope things won’t be awkward when I do show up. At least my friend is going with me…LOL. But yeah, I think I’ll give him a card as well and then shake his hand to thank him for all that he’s done, and in the card I’ll be more sincere and whatnot. I might wanna get a picture with him but that might be strange…LOL. We’ll seeee.

RHA’s biggest event of the year, All Hall Ball, which is like prom for college people is coming up on the 26th of May. It’s the Saturday during Memorial Day weekend, and I heard it’s going to be super legit. It’s a masquerade ball so I really wanna gooo! Last year sucked cuz it was at Storke Plaza and outdoors, but the Mosher Alumni House this year is super nice! As much as I would like to go, I have a birthday party to go to at LA. So I might go to home on Friday to go to that. But ahhh, I’m debating…I might wanna go for the heck of it. I’ll decide later I guess…:P

Ahh, I’m going to get my soft lenses accessories this weekend so I can finally wear my lenses! I gotta practice more, but so excited. yee.

Can’t wait to go home tomorrow with my roommate! Amtrak, yee. :D

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Ahh, this is so touching. Made me cry. I should really be more grateful to my mom. Too bad she’s in Taiwan..:/ But very amazing video. Check it outt. :)

Why am I so awkward?? So today, I was walking towards Campbell Hall from my PS 15 section at 3:50 or so to get my bike before my ECON 2 section at 5, when I decided to stop by the Coral Tree Cafe for a drink, considering how I was unable to go to Starbucks’ Happy Hour due to classes all day. After I got my $3.95 drink (overpriced really), which was an iced mocha with caramel and whipped cream that turned out to be REALLY sweet and made my stomach feel weird (I really think I can’t drink coffee anymore…:/), I sat outside to chill/to kill time. As I looked around in my sunglasses, which was a good idea because I didn’t wear makeup today, I saw PS Man coming from Ellison Hall towards the Cafe. I was like “oh shit..” I knew he had office hours from 1-4pm on Wednesdays because a friend, who’s in his PS 121 class, told me, so I wasn’t totally surprised. I still have yet to go to his OHs to thank him personally. Anyway, so he was walking towards the Cafe, and I pretended to be talking to someone on my phone. I didn’t bring any readers/books with me because my backpack was too heavy and I knew I wasn’t going to read in my hour gap, so I was stuck with my phone. He totally walked past me and didn’t say hi; I have no clue if he saw me or not. He prolly did but he saw that I was on the phone so he didn’t? I don’t even know. Or maybe he’s thinking that I was ungrateful for taking his recommendation letter and not going to thank him personally…or I’m just overthinking things. -_- But anyway, I pretended to be on the phone until he got his coffee and left. Good thing my phone didn’t actually ring that time or else it would have been awkward. LOL. He prolly got his coffee so he can stay awake for his 121 class that was at 5..scary how I know all this..-_- But yeah, I guarantee that I’ll go find him next week and I’m going to nominate him for this outstanding faculty thing..considering how it’s his last year here and whatnot. Or should I write a card…meh. We’ll just see I guess. HAAH. 

Speaking of polisci, I read the department newsletter yesterday and turns out we’re having this new IR Assistant Professor who graduated from UC Berkeley for his Ph.D and he’s kinda cute. Just kinda. HAHA. I’m kinda excited. But not as good-looking as PS Man. Next year is going to be interesting. I wonder if PS Man is teaching this summer…I really want to retake Foreign Policy with him..><

Oh, last thing, I put in my brown lenses today!! It took forever because I’m so used to wearing hard ones. I put the right eye one just fine, but then when I put in my left one, my eye started burning and tearing up. I think I forgot to put in solution or whatever so my eyes were super dry. Then when I wanted to take them out, it took me a long time because apparently I had to squeeze the lenses in order to take them out. Ahh, so scary. And then afterwards, my left eye was like dry and painful, but now it’s fine. Let’s hope tomorrow will be better! I guess practice makes perfect! I need to get some solution for soft lenses because I don’t think my hard lenses solutions work well…but overall, the brown one was nice! I have yet to try the pinkk, so we’ll see! :D

Cannot wait to go home on Friday!! And for one of my close friend’s birthday tomorrow! :) But first..PS 15: Research Methods midterm at 3:30..study time!! 

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Ahh, I finally got my circle lenses and my falsies+glue today in the mail! :) I’m going to soak my lenses today and then wear them on Wednesday to test it out! :) Gonna practice with falsies sometime this week when I have more timee. Yee, so excited. :D

On another note, TASA ppl nominated me AGAIN for MCC Chair. I don’t want to do that again, so if I do for some reason end up doing that for the 2012-2013 school year, I think I’m just going to quit. I’m so over TASA because it’s so disorganized and we don’t do much. I might just want to take it easy senior year or just focus on my ITASA position. But yeah, I’ll see. I want to go for Secretary or Vice-President, but my competition is too fierce..it sucks that I couldn’t nominate myself or erase my name from the candidates. :/ But the candidates for Presidents are good! Both of them seem to have a lot of potential. They’re always doing a lot of things for TASA and know what is going on with it. I’m not too worried. :P

Speaking of ITASA, I’m prolly just going to apply again for next year and see if I get in. I want to see if I can get a higher position than District Chair, well ITASA Representative as it’s called this year. Running for 2 Assistant Director positions and one Governor. Maybe if I do get one of these three positions, it’s better I don’t have TASA..but we’ll see. :) Gotta do the app right now!! :) Nevermind, I think next year I’m just going to focus on my classes and graduate on time, as well as go to the gym more and whatnot. Besides, after serving one term, I’m not sure this is what I want to do in life…so yeah. Ahh. :/

Housing is so stressful. Ahh, I must find housing soon! Cannot wait until I settle in for next year. However, I did get into Santa Ynez for summer school! Both A and B. I gotta get on that after my application. :)

This week needs to go by faster so I can go home and eat good food. But first, PS 15 midterm on Thursday..blah.

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Currently craving for:

• Japanese ramen
• Korean food (have yet to try ddubokki!!) 
• Japanese curry
• Boba
• Fruits
• Asian food in general

Ahh, when I go home this weekend, I must get boba and go to Arirang Tofu House, Shinsengumi, or Curry House! Cravings suck.SB really needs to have better Asian food. :/

On another note, I don’t think I fit quite well with the TASA freshmen. HAHA. My Mandarin doesn’t suck, but it’s not as good as theirs, so it’s always kinda hard for me to switch from English to Mandarin. Like, I’d wanna talk in Mandarin to the freshmen, but then I end up speaking English because I’m better at it. IDK. Sometimes I feel like speaking Mando is so much easier; but other times, it’s English. I’m weird. LOL. But yeah, today for dinner, I ate with 4 TASA freshmen, and they spoke in Mando the whole time. Oh, and I went to go eat with them, one of the TASA guy and I kinda did an awkward hand thing, he held out his hand and then we kinda just shook hands (but it’s with me putting my hand in his and then him kinda grasping it for a sec, i don’t quite remember lol) Is that even..right? LOL. Idk. It doesn’t help that this freshman guy is the one I’m most awkward with..maybe I should just stop thinking everything is awkward. MEH. I don’t even know. I don’t make sense…

But yeah, I don’t understand why most of them are Economics majors when their english isn’t that good..but I guess challenging things are good! We’ll just see..maybe I need to drink with them. But, I hate drinking. I don’t want to be someone I’m not. I’ll just see where things lead I guess. 

Okay, I’m tired. I don’t make sense. HAHA. I don’t even know if this post made sense. LOL. 

P.S. iPhone and I were talking about Boston and he seemed like he really wanted me to stay with him. On the floor though, which is understandable. But yeah, IDK. I’m not holding too much expectation.so yeah. I’ll seeee! haha. That’s like my favorite phrase, I’ll see. :P