Wednesday, June 17, 2009

3.5 more hours to go...

Ahh work is so boring. All I do is sit around all day, surf the Internet, edit maybe one or two graphic files for my boss...and that's pretty much it. I feel bad for the amount of time that I spend just sitting here without really anything to do...for some reason, I have the least work to do out of all the student workers? o.o;;

I'm so excitedd, I get to go home soon! Back to real civilization and socialization! As much fun as being at school is (and I actually don't mean that sarcastically...well, maybe a little), I think I need to go home for a bit. I have an interview for an internship on Monday, and if all goes well, I might just be able to stay home the rest of the summer! Yay!

One good thing is that since there's nothing to do around here, I've had no choice but to try to be a little bit productive. One thing I did was start to practice cooking~ I'm trying to learn a couple recipes so that when I go home, I can cook for my family...and not kill them in the process =_=;;

So far I've made...

Pasta! With all my favorite things - beef, onions, garlic, and cheese!




















Masaman Curry! I had Thai food for the first time at "King & I" and it was delicious!! So I tried making the curry myself with the leftover stuff in the fridge haha...used ground beef, carrots, onions, curry sauce, and coconut milk.

I didn't take a picture, so below is just one I found off the internet. But...it looks close enough!





















I think I've made some progress, given that last year was the first time I ever made eggs myself...>_>;; I've been watching Tina cook and just looking up recipes online. I really enjoy cooking for people now! Going to keep learning haha.

Also made a video with people! We did a spoof of the movie "Drag Me to Hell" based on our lovely parking services here. I haaate watching myself in videos though, as well as seeing myself in pictures. I always feel like I look / sound so weird ahhh. But it turned out to be a good video nonetheless, due to Di's editing skills and Johnny's very enthustiastic acting haha.





Click to watch! :D






Ahh it's only 1:30. 3.5 more hours of work to go!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Waiting, Waiting!

I'm trying to keep up with my goal of actually blogging regularly. I feel like I don't have much to say though...I'm a pretty boring person :X Though I've had a lot of fun reading and finding other blogs to reading these days. I like reading ones about photography, fashion, or beauty. I guess it sounds really stereotypically "girlish" but I really admire those girls who can blog and think up of tutorials and stuff. I'm hoping to learn more from it~ I really want to try to change myself this summer. Hopefully become more confident in myself, especially my looks - not very confident in that at all >.<;;

I've just been working these past few days. Even though this city doesn't really have much to do, and the weather is so bipolar, it's nice that there are still people around to hang out with. Otherwise, I think I'd go crazy @.@ Though I might get a chance to escape!! I am going back to NYC soon, and I have an interview for an internship at BBB. So if all goes well, hopefully I'll get accepted and get to spend the rest of the summer back home :) Although being in the city is sooo bad for me...so many wonderful things and temptations ahhh...

Right now, I am so excited though. I finallyyy gathered the courage and decided to order a DSLR! I got the Canon Rebel XS, which I tested out and seems perfect for a newbie like me who wants to learn more. I've been wanting one for years and I've been saving up for a long time, but I always kept pushing back buying it. It's supposed to arrive TODAY, so I'm so psyched!! I keep checking my e-mail every few minutes for package delivery notification :)





It's so beautiful! <3






I'll post more later :)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Summer at university~

So of course, while the rest of the world is enjoying some blue skies and sunnier weather...it has been raining and gray for the past couple of days here. Which I guess shouldn't be a surprise to me, after two years of attending school here...but I guess sometimes one dares to dream. And I thought I remembered it being sunnier around this time last year...oh well.

I have just been working at my two jobs, hanging around. I'm so glad that I have friends here over the summer - otherwise, I think I'd go crazy with boredom. Even still, everyone's usually busy with their own stuff...jobs, classes, interning, etc.

I've tried being productive and passing time through various activities. I've started designing a website for one of my friends. And I've also started to practice cooking. It's embarrassing, but I've never really cooked before for various reasons. But hopefully that will change this summer! I want to go home and be able to cook meals for my family...my mom seems to think it's funny that I'm developing this sudden interest in cooking =.=;;

Hehe here's a picture of a pasta I made following a recipe from Allrecipes. It has all my favorite things...MEAT, cheese, onions, and garlic! And it actually turned out pretty good, if I say so myself :D