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Chaos

I know I haven’t posted in a while but the hell with it. For those who still keep in contact with me, life has been hectic. Dance practices, 17 credits, along with balancing a social life and trying to get enough sleep? They always say that in college you can only choose two out of the three, the categories being social life, sleep, and school and I’m starting to think that is true. Although with all the deceit going on its a little easier determining who is worth my time and who is a waste of space in my life. In the past month alone, I’ve realized who wants to stay in my life and who is, for a lack of better words, fake as shit.
I’ve always been the type to take care of my own. If I value you as a friend I’ll go completely out of my way to do anything for you. Lately, I haven’t been very willing because I cant discern who deserves it or not. I understand if I treat you well and you don’t appreciate it, thats your business, but for me to treat someone so well only to have them talk shit about my behind my back is just unacceptable. That makes me lose the will to do anything from anyone.
I’m constantly tired too. Chinese class alone, worth five credits, has about 6 hours of homework per week. On top of that theres managerial accounting, statistics, sociology, and bitm. Theres moments in the morning where I wanted to curl up in a cocoon and just escape from the insincere world. But hey, thats just whats been running through my mind and probably 90 percent of college students. Every problem has its cure though. My cure for this? True friends and some damn good wine.

Spring Break 2011 - Barcelona

Sagrada Familia at night.

    Barcelona was probably the most fun location out of the entire trip. Our first night there we didn’t have a place to stay so we stayed out on the town drinking. We ended up befriending a bar owner and a couple of guys who ended up showing us around. We discovered later that they only wanted to get in my friends pants. From the local sites like Sagrada Familia to the amazing food and wonderful bars, Barcelona was definitely the most exciting part of the trip. We visited a local bar on Las Ramblas that served personal 30L taps of beer or sangria. We went to the beach and an earth day festival/ market. It was just amazing and I cannot wait for the next time I visit! Keep checking back for more!

Alleyway in Barcelona, Spain

Spring Break 2011 - Paris (Part 1)

Charles De Gualle Airport - RER B Platform

    The first part of my trip consisted of spending a couple hours in Paris before heading to my flight to Barcelona. As I got off the plane I honestly could not tell I was in a different country other than the fact that all the signs were in a different language and people were hella rude! The minute English rolled out of my mouth they completely ignored me and refused to help me. It was hell finding out how to board the train and head to my friends place but after a good while I managed to do so.

    Naturally when I arrived I was about half an hour late. I tried asking around to find the apartment but no one would help me so I waited patiently at the meet up point. After a good fifteen to thirty minutes I saw her walking and ran up to her. Turns out she was walking back and forth looking for me while buying groceries at the same time to make lunch! Lucky me! After cutting my mouth on a baguette and catching a nap, we were off to our next destination. Barcelona, Spain! Keep checking back cause there’s more to come!

La Motte Piquet - The 6 line leaving the station.

Spring Break 2011 - Montreal to Paris

Sunrise at a mile high.

    After my stop in Montreal, my next destination was Paris, France. There I would meet up with my friend whom at that time, I hadn’t seen for about three months. I boarded a rather large flight which was a lot comfier than the previous. The flight was rather uneventful except for the horrendous turbulence. By horrendous I mean, I was grabbing onto my armrests and freaking out with the other passengers praying we’d land safely. Other than that I managed to sneak in some rather nice movies. I watched Dinner for Shmucks, Toy Story 3, and some random tv series. I managed to catch one of the most amazing views i have ever seen in my entire nineteen years of life. I was lucky enough to witness sunrise at 35000 feet in the air! Talk about amazing. More to come so keep checking back :]

Spring Break 2011 - New York to Montreal

First Airplane. On the way to Montreal.

    So a while back, I went on a trip to EUROPE! I know, I’m awesome. It’s been a while since but I finally found the time to start posting up pics and posting about my trip. It was amazing but destroyed my savings. The first part of my trip was rather uneventful but I still found it amazing. The thing you all need to know is… I LOVE AIRPLANES! :D I boarded my flight from Newark to Montreal and I was rather disappointed. The plane was super small and cramped and I sat next to this guy who seemed rather stuck up in his suit, but the minute the plane took off none of it mattered. The view from my window was breathtaking!

    A little while into the trip the guy started talking to me. He was actually one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. He gave me his business card and told me to call him upon graduation and he might be able to hook me up with a career! Although I eventually LOST that card, I’m still happy. Life is so unexpected and I just love every aspect of a surprise. More to come so keep checking in :]

Montreal Airport

Temporary Farewells

Airport moving walkway in Montreal.

    Whenever I’m at a bus stop or an airport I can’t help but to get sad. I think it’s the feeling of leaving that gets to me even though I’m sure I’ll make it back alright. My friends dropped me off at the airport today and it was fine on the way there, but the closer I got to the airport, the more upset I became. The lazy bums made me drive myself while they sat back and relaxed. It was fun though, we blasted music, talked, made jokes about how my airplane would crash ( :[ ). I mean i know it’s only going to be ten days but I feel its going to feel like forever, especially since the last half hour has seemed like hours already to me.

    I can’t help but to have a million things running through my mind right about now. I think of my starter brothers partying without me this weekend (damn you bulbasaur and squirtle). I think of how I’m missing Squirtle’s birthday. I think of how much money I’ll spend in Europe. I think of how stressed out my parents will be that I’m gone. I think of her. A lot about her. They say that when a person thinks of someone out of the blue, that someone is also thinking of the person at the same time. If so, I wonder what all of you are thinking about.

    I feel like I chose to go on this trip too early, without thinking about where I’d be as of now. I planned out this trip back in February and now that it’s here I feel like it’s so risky to go. I risk thing’s changing. I risk not studying enough for my finals. I risk spending all my money. But hey, we only live once. Whatever happens in life happens. Time for my first of many adventures :]

Journeys

South Station Bus Terminal in Boston.

   So this past weekend, I traveled up to Boston to visit my cousin and my brother. On the bus there and back I just thought of everything I’m about to do with my life and all the places and things I’ll get to see. There was something so calming about stepping onto a bus and being in a totally different place a couple hours later. It invigorated me and it moved me in so many ways. As I was heading back to NY for dinner with Pichu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur and others, I couldn’t help but think about my future travels.

    This Friday, my flight leaves for Paris. From there I will be heading to Barcelona and from Barcelona I will be heading for Cannes. I am so excited to travel but I am also worried that I’ll love it so much I’ll never want to come back. From the amazing pastries in Paris, France, to the Ice Bar in Barcelona, Spain. Then to the beaches of Cannes. It all seems like a dream come true but I’m finally doing what I’ve always wanted to do. Start seeing the world.

    Someone special drew me a card and basically the message was “do what you have to do, but just make sure you come back after you’re done.” This got to me so much because I will be leaving New York City for Albany in August for school and originally I thought that would be the end of the city for me for a long time. The card showed me I still have a lot of people who care for me and will be awaiting my return so although my travels will be amazing this year, I’ll always look forward to the return trip the most.

Falling into a Routine

    So this past month I’ve become really close to two guys, who are pretty much exactly like me LOL. We shall call them Squirtle and Bulbasaur. So we have been regularly bowling on Mondays, and Thursdays and today being a Thursday was no exception. I hit my usual 168 average and managed to win enough to cover the cost of todays bowling :D. The interesting story involved a vending machine :P

    So Bulbasaur decides he wants some candy from the vending machine and with his bad luck, the candy gets stuck. When asking the management what to do, they replied “just shake it.” Bulbasaur being rather small, started to shake it but nothing happened. So i remembered a while back, This might have been a dream since she doesnt remember having a post like that 0.0, the wonderful Ms. Jenny Hong, posted about a vending machine and i remembered the phrase “you have to full body it” LOL. I ran at the dam machine, full bodied it, and nothing happened… . . i sustained recoil damage from the machine, but hey thats what happens when you use take down :/

    Anyways I just thought this was a rather interesting story seeing as i have never actually TACKLED a dam vending machine in my life :] Thanks to Jhong for the idea :D