So I fell asleep at like 11pm and now I am awake again at 2am. OMG..im so screwed for tomorrow.

So I wanted to elaborate on dinner. Alex is going vegan for Lent and Agustin is becoming vegetarian...why?!????? *whimper* They are my eating buddies. So anyways, I did some research and Cha Ya came up as one of the most popular places. I remembered that Daniel and Chris had told me about this place when they were living on Shattuck. So we go and its really cute. Everything is super quaint.

Open Kitchen











My wonderful eating buddies











My meal: Udon with Vegetable Tempura











Dessert! Ice Soy Cream, red bean and green tea sauce, pineapple chunks, and rice crispies on top














It was so good Alex practically licked the bowl. HAHA..

YUM! I would definitely recommend this place for vegetarians/vegans.

So today after going to dinner with Agustin and Alex, I came home and went on youtube!

I realized that I didn't know what teletubbies show looked like. I just remember doing an article about the purple one being gay in one of my journal/article report in 4th grade. Yeah so I started watching some of the clips on youtube...WTF..that stuff is weird. LOL..

Anyways, this video inspired this random search into Teletubbies.



It went from barneys to teletubbies to what the freak?!













So the purple one is gay. The green one is black or mexican. the yellow is a drama queen. the red is a short bilingual asian. YAY for diversity!


thats all for today.

Selection from Alex's award winning speech about how Circle K has developed him into a competent, capable leader.

Thursday=Fenton's with the Casanovas. mmm...ice cream and chili cheese fries. Enough said.

Oh! Francis kicked me on accident (or I think it was an accident LOL) and I got a double bruise. It hurts. A lot.

Omg! So I'm back from a weekend in Sacramento spent with Alex, Cheriz, and other people (Alice & Danny from Dboard, Keiko and Kathleen from Circle K). It was so much fun! Also for the past week I have been eating..TOO MUCH MONEY SPENT ON FOOD.

So on Friday I worked for 5.5 hours and had class. Afterwards I went to Kips to meet with people. We ate then headed to Ace of Cakes (Circle K PR event). The cakes were so awesome!

Here are some of my favorites.














































This is my cupcake that I decorated for the cupcake contest. Do you love it? haha















Here are some winners:













Then on Saturday I went to Sacramento. We made it for the Candidate's Session and then it was off to dinner at Elephant Bar. So I had a really bad experience at Elephant Bar at a long time ago so I just wrote it off as a bad restaurant. But suprisingly the food was really good. I had a french dip and SWEET POTATO FRIES! OMG..if you didn't know I LOOOOOOOOVE sweet potato fries. There are only a few places that I know of that have them (Cha for Tea, Yardhouse, Taiwan and now Elephant Bar) The food was good..and I was really amazed at the amount of food Gail could eat. LOL..she told me she started running so she could eat whatever she wanted =) Go Gail! I'm jealous. So then we went back to the hotel room to hang out. After staying up until 2am or 3am, the boys went to sleep and it was Cheriz, Alice and Me. We had girl talk. Aww..I miss that stuff. Sigh** we had some moments where could not stop laughing and we probably woke other people up. It was good to share and hear other people's thoughts. It's weird..I feel like I don't get deep conversation enough times throughout the semester. Makes me miss my girlfriends from home.

So we stayed up until 6am or something and then went to sleep. We had District Large Scale Service Project at 11am. LOL..I think Alice woke up first but she went back to bed. Then I woke up and got ready and then went back to bed. LOL..we ended up leaving at like 12pm. OOps..then we ate at Mcdonalds. Wow..it's been a while (well..actually I had it in January) but before that it's been a long time. So yummy chicken nuggets and fries and super sweet tea that I had to mix with unsweetened tea.

At the project I went to the weight management booth. haha..the irony..












So we talked and waited and talked and waited and no kids showed up. It was so sad that there were no kids. The fair was really well set up and there were tons of fun things to do.

Like Puppets!















Well, we managed to do some kind of service. I helped cut fabric to make blankets. Then we left and were on our way home. It was really fun hanging out with a few dbaord members without the rest of dboard. It's so hard to compete for attention..haha..so I don't ever really get the chance to talk to the board. But this weekend was super fun. After we got back from dinner and the airport it was time to get down to business.

I had a midterm the next day. CRAP. So I read the textbook and wandered off on other things. I felt that I needed to manage my finances better so I went to www.mint.com. This is a pretty cool site! You can see where all your money goes and label things the way you want to. So more studying..and then sleep then more studying.

The midterm kicked my butt! Wayy too little time. When the professor said 5 minutes left, I still had 7 questions to go. CRAP. LOL..oh wells..to be continued.

So the people are sniffing up their farts so that the methane won't get in the air. LOL

Today I woke up at 9am because I went to bed so early. I got up but had this strange feeling. During the entire morning I felt not right. It was as if a rain cloud was following me and raining on me.













Nothing felt right. I was awake but did not have the urge to go to work or class. I had trouble getting out of bed. I felt better..I mean I wasn't that sick anymore yet..something was off.













Then I went to class and continued to feel this way. It wasn't until I got to dance rehearsal that I felt much better. I saw Jeff and immediately went to talk to him. He was just so happy that the enthusiasm soon caught on. We were laughing about a HUGE slippage, Joe "looking for something" dance, and other random things. We watched the dancers practice the routine and at 6 the singers came in to practice the song. They sounded just lovely. It was a while later when we discovered the random draft of wind from the opened door. This is when Linda and all her flowy locks became an advertisement for a Circle K sweatshirt. It was awesome. I had forgotten all about my sad morning and was laughing and cheerful (I haven't felt "happy" in over a week).














Then we went to dinner and then on to cake truffles. Alex ate the ones we made last time so I still have not tasted them. So I melted chocolate and covered some. Then I left. Alex wanted to cover the rest so he goes to melt the chocolate. Remember when he tried last time? Burnt mitts and pan fried burnt chocolate. Well...today was not his day either. He microwaved some foil when he melted the Hugs. It smelled really bad. Then he goes to boil them like he had seen me do earlier..except..the cup completely breaks. Poor Alex..him and his chocolate funk. Oh well..at least we all got a good laugh. =)























This is where the foil burnt the cup. This is a glass cup, by the way.













Ahh...so today was a better day after all.
Goodbye rain. Good morning sunshine.

So Sunday and Monday were very bleh. I am still very sick but I think (hope?) I am getting better. Sunday I stayed in all day and Monday I went to Safeway to buy some food and then made a poster for preschool.














I was very proud of the posters!
This song is totally inappropriate..but I love it.


Also on Monday I made James' board buddy gift for him...the theme was Summer Camp Arts and Crafts

















And we decorated a bottle for PENNY WARS! GO DRAGONSAURS.
I included a hot meter to see how hot we are =P
















***stop here if you dont want to read about my complaining***



Tuesday was UGH. I guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed (even though there is only one side). Woken up very early=not happy. Well I managed to go back to sleep. I was all ready to go to Jumpstart today then I start coughing like crazy (AHHHHHH) another day of work gone. So I decided to spare my teammates and not infect little children.. I stayed home. I was really excited to cook my potatoes that I got from Safeway on Monday. I made curry the other day and it just wasn't the same without potatoes. Anyways..so I get the potatoes out (turns out I don't know where the peeler is) so I knife it bare. Then I go to make rice and the first cup was okay. Then on the second cup I noticed it looked dark..like dusty. So I look around in the rice bag, unknowingly mixing the good rice with MOLDY rice. YUCK! Talk about grosssss. SO I threw all the rice away. No curry with potatoes for me.

It's okay. I decided to make yummy mash potatoes and I had a pizza quesadilla. Yum! Then I decided to call the bank today to see if I could get my online banking to work without having to go all the way to the shattuck branch. So after being on hold for 20 minutes, I was told that I still have to go to the branch. FINE! So after getting ready, I head to the bank. I was walking as I saw the bus leaving the stop from across the street. CRAP. SO I decide to run..maybe I can catch it. HAH..yeah right..with the cold air and my fat..and my sore/dry/scratchy throat. I was only able to run halfway to the next stop until I gave up. So I just walked to the telegraph and bancroft stop where all the buses stop. I got to the bank at like 5:45pm..whew..I made it. Then the banker tells me that the online banking office closes at 5pm. GRREATTT. just great. He couldn't have told me this right off the bat? Instead he had me sitting there while he clicked his mouse like a maniac..(or maybe he was just playing minesweeper =)) So I left, cursed the bank and headed over to Alex's to make cake truffles. I went into his Apt. but he wasn't home so I just let myself in. (Don't worry..I didn't break in..and I told him yesterday) As I turned on the light, half scared that there was a body on his futon (just his comforter), I see ANTS! Ugh..my two things that I hate A LOT... ants and walking! HAHA..just kidding?..i mean MOLD and ANTS. I took away the orange juice causing the ants and went looking for the hideout. The ants made quite a journey. So by this time, Alex had returned and I go to make the cake balls. But it was getting to Circle K meeting time so I only got to make 3 chocolates. I guess I will have to post pictures and see how it tastes tomorrow.

Meeting was good..executive board nominations were interesting..some very unexpected! It was so hot in the room. Then I went to get Kimchi fried rice because I didn't eat dinner and I came back and made some corn soup. Now I'm about to take a dayquil and go to sleep. I want to go to class and work tomorrow. I can feel myself falling behind.

To a better tomorrow. I think the rain is stopping!

PS. My sister sent this pictue mosaic to me..pretty cool. Except you have to stand like really really far away to see it. =)

My sister emailed this to me on Friday. How great is that? My mom included me in the card =)
LOL! Then I get another email from my sister and there is a different card saying "Hi Kids" OMG..a two sided card? lol..no just two cards..one for me and my sister and one for my cousins too. HAha..how economical. I love it!

This is a card I sent to my sister last year during the summer.
I just love this card.



















































Happy valentines day. I spent the day hanging out with James, lounging, watching tv, etc. Very laid back, very low key. No flowers, no presents. We went to dinner at Koryo in the Village on Blake and Telegraph. Cool place with a fondue place that we might check out. And we also saw an oxygen bar...do those people in there have too much money? $15 for 15 minutes..yes..too much money. Anyways, while eating out dinner, there were 4 girls at the table next to us. It was interesting hearing their valentines day complaints about their crushes/people who don't notice. =) that was me a few years back..except i only listened...maybe. Then it was time for dessert! We went to Walgreens to buy ice cream and then headed to Alex's for some board game fun. I had a moldy colored green velvet cupcake. It was definitely way better than the ones we made on thursday.

I am still sick and every morning I wake up with different ailments. I have been stuck at home friday, sat, and sunday...except for a few hours sat night. Sigh..I hope I get well soon.

I noticed the cherry blossoms are in bloom and they are really pretty.














Last week we went to the movies. On the way we stopped by to get CANDY! I love gummy bears. They never fail to cheer me up. Tuesday was a crappy day. I ate all of my gummy bears.











This is preschool on Tuesday. Yeah..I'm not sure what that says.














This is preschool on Thursday. Notice the huge difference?? She actually spelled her name right. All the letters in the right order. OMG..I'm so proud! *tear*














This is the finished product of all the partner children.












This is Brianna with her doll. Isn't she adorable?














This is the biker gang. j/k











On Thursday, it was just 4 of the usual 6 Jumpstart members. So our team leader, Alice, drops us off at the preschool and left. I had the honor of leading the class because our team leader had to wait for her phone. It was total chaos. Kids were wandering around and not paying attention. But luckily today we had stickers for them..Heart ones! I bribed them to sit and listen. HAHA.. We waited at preschool until 5:10pm when we usually leave at 4:30pm. We were the last ones there =( felt like elementary school again when I would be like there really late and have to go into the office and call my mom. hehe..then at the planning meeting, we got LUNCHABLES! Omg..it's a very nostalgic day. Anyways...then I went to play with Alex. He had to do his Teach for America Application so while he worked on that, Jeff, Nina and I baked.


First we made red velvet cake. As u can see...this is just brown velvet cake. Then we mixed in the frosting to make the insides of the truffles. Again, not very pleasant looking.














Alex tried to melt the chocolate on the stove..LOL..he ended up turning on the wrong burner and burnt his oven mitts and then he accidently pan fried the chocolates. Obviously he had other things on his mind. LOL. Then we melted the chocolates in the microwave and coated the cakeballs.














Finished product..sorta =) Decadent bliss.











It is too bad it looks nothing like the original. LOL










It was a nice try. We should try again sometime...maybe with a different cake. Or even cake mix. We also made the Sprinkles Cupcakes, made from cake mix from the popular Sprinkles stores in LA.












Things of beauty. SOOO increadibly delicious. The cake is to die for...but the frosting is wayyyyy to sweet for me...I had to scrape it off. But nonetheless, delicious. A great way to start my weekend.


PS. It hailed twice this week. Awesome? Not really. It's cold and I'm sick. =(

SO this weekend was full of activities! On Friday I woke up super early for discussion. Then went home, watched tv, slept. Then I went to another discussion and then New Member Orientation. it was cool..we played Catch Phrase and I think that got everyone all riled up. Then after the orientation, there was supposed to be a dinner social...yeah..little did I know that everyone was just gonna leave and it wasn't even a dinner social. Totally got ditched..haha..oh well. At least I got to eat with Alex, Mimi, and Kenneth. ALex and I were really sad though..we wanted to go to Mainstacks and play sardines with our family, but since we thought there was a dinner social we made it later..but then it just got too complicated. AHHH..stupid planning problems. SO we didnt get to play but then we went to shattuck to watch He's Just Not That Into You. But it was sold out! hah..just our luck right?! But we went to Emeryville and it was a really good movie! SO great!!!!! so it was me, Cheriz, Alex, and Kenneth. The entire ride there and sometimes throughout the movie, Cheriz and I would comment on Alex's relationship issues...then Kenneth joined in too. HAH! its only because we love him. =)

On saturday I was supposed to go to ROCK. But I woke up and wasn't feeling well and couldnt go. ahh..but I also couldn't sleep afterwards either. sigh..more tv. I went to have dinner with Alex at Thai Noodle House. We had this sudden urge to bake so we went to safeway and got all the ingredients. MMMMM..irish car bomb cupcakes!









These are from the site where we got the recipe.



It was so awesome! I had so much fun mking it. SO this cake consisted of Guinness Beer and a little bit of baileys. we invited people over to taste it and the consensus...delicious! im so happy that it came out perfect!


so we played games and hung out. IT was 230 when we left alex's. We called for the owl shuttle...UGHHHH..they are so retarded. James and I waited ONE FREAKEN HOUR outside for the shuttle. We could have just taken the bus but the person lied and said the shuttle was on the way. THen finally after 30 minutes from when I called and they said it was one the way....they arrived. But no..they didnt come pick us up. They just parked there...and I was like WTFFFFF....ugh..so i went up to them and asked. so RETARDED!!! DONT EVER TRUST THE OWL SERVICE!

ANd Sunday was an adventure day in San Francisco!! Even though the weather was gloomy, Alex, James and I braved the cold/rain and explored SF. We first took the bart to powell, got on the muni and stopped at UCSF. Looks nice there..except we had to climb a GIGANTIC hill to get to the street/buildings. I was tired. We walked around for like 20 minute and then we were done. haha..pretty small.but still very nice..i like it. THen we went to Haight/Ashbury...uhmmm..yeah..wayyyy overrated. we waled around..saw some cool toy shops but otehr than that..nothing impressive.

we ate our brunch and was on our way to Japantown. MANNNN...i had to suppress my growing urge to buy random stuff that I dont need. all the trinkets, dolls, stickers, pens, and lots more..I really wanted to buy stuff. haha..we took lots of funny pictures and then left. I am totally exhausted.

goodnight!

PS: Alex and I are making the chocolate red velvet balls soon. Ever since he posted it on his blog, I have not been able to stop thinking about them...am I a fatty? lol