Try Not to Let a Lifetime Slip Away.

Here is a list.  Most are random.  Some are weird.  All about me.

I. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, my parents, and my older brother are my heroes.

II. My little brother is my angel.

III. I broke the stereotype of the typical Asian math whiz when I started to cry my eyes out doing fractions in my mom’s bedroom at about age ten.

I cannot multiply or divide fractions (up to this date) to save my life.  Math was the only subject that held me back in school because B’s in Math automatically meant I can’t be in the honors section even though I got straight A’s in everything else.  That’s Catholic school for you.  Pain in the ass nuns.

IV. I oftentimes expect Ramon to read my mind especially when it comes to presents.

That’s probably why I never get what I want him to get me… because he’s not very good when it comes to reading minds.  I can tell you that he’s very good with mice though.  Props.  (Cinderellyyyy- inside joke).

V. I am EXTREMELY obsessive when it comes to make-up. I love talking about make-up, playing with make-up, and buying make-up. And Happy Valentine’s Day.

It has come to the point where if I had fifteen dollars and some change in my wallet, I would spend it buying a very much wanted shade of MAC eyeshadow – and THAT is money well spent.  There’s just such an amazing and fulfilling sense of satisfaction I get from carrying those pretty, little, black bags from MAC or from Sephora.  If you were to make me choose between MAC or Sephora, then my answer would depend on my mood.  I like that I have a lot of variety at Sephora, but I LOVE that I KNOW I can trust the make-up I get from MAC – there’s no need to gamble with a tried and tested brand.  What did I tell you?  OBSESSIVE.

VI. THAT SAID… I am quite the shopaholic.

But honestly, I do tend to overspend when it comes to clothing, shoes, BAGS (although this part of my shopping my mom and dad often takes care of the financing part – but my first COACH bag that I bought with my OWN money is my one true love – it was from the original COACH Heritage collection, red stripe, medium, love it, love it, love it!), and everything else.   I remember when I went through a phase of buying those old fashioned boxes with pretty designs (kind of like hat boxes but regularly shaped, rectangular boxes) made of strong, thick cardboard.  I still have a few empty ones, but I’ve always thought they were a good investment – I’ll always have something to store.

VII. I color code my classes. 

The first thing I do when I get my textbooks is find a dominant color looking at the cover, and then I decide which color notebook should go with that class based on that dominant color on the textbook cover. I’m a weirdo, I know.  I have post-it notes, highlighters, post-it flags, and filler paper in pink, yellow, green, blue, orange, and purple… and green paper for miscellaneous things.  It takes me about two weeks to decide which notebooks to use for my classes which involves a lot of re-writing of notes.  My seven classes this semester were very difficult to color code by the way because highlighter makers usually just make the six basic highlighter colors: yellow, green, pink, blue, orange, and purple. BUT I did find a teal colored highlighter which saved my life.  LOL.  The only other people I know who color code their classes are Katy Daily and Katie Dix.  They are both awesome girls, and I find it interesting that they both have the initials K.D.

VIII. As sappy as this may sound, I believe in soul mates.  Ramon is mine.  For many, many reasons.

IX. Those very few people who really know me know how truly random I can get, and they’re very lucky because I tend to close myself off from people I can’t trust.

I guess ever since I lost someone very close to me two summers ago, I’ve never really trusted anybody else into my life which I sometimes think is a problem… but right now all I know is that I have to protect myself from that ever happening again because even though I put up this persona that I don’t care that I lost her as a BEST friend or as a friend at all, I can’t ever get that back and all I’ll ever have are the memories – all of them good except for one.  So if you think I’m being so closed off or snobby to the point of being bitchy, it’s not because I’m a snob – I have my reasons.

X. My rule for engagement and wedding is very simple.  It’s the “Five then five” rule. 5-karat diamond ring, then five thousand dollar dress.  OR UP never down.  Is that too much to ask?  I gotta find me a millionaire husband.

XI. As many of you know, I work at the Johnny Rockets in the Annapolis Mall part-time which I love and hate (love because of most of the people I work with but hate because of some of the people that eat there); but I feel like my time is coming up… to join the real world, and when that time comes I want to explore a country, a village, a community, or a tribe very different from what I’m familiar with and just immerse myself in their culture and social practices.  I think that would be a dream come true.

I’ll miss feeding fat people burgers though.

XII. There is nothing in this world that can put me in a great mood like the way the music of The Beatles does.  Nothing.  I was raised listening to their music, and to this very day I grow more and more to like it.  My dream is to one day go to Liverpool with my little brother and my dad.

XIII. My second favorite color is orange, and that is also Ramon’s second favorite color.

XIV. Five Times August is amazing, and if you don’t know who I’m talking about – buddy, you’re missing out. VISIT: www.fivetimesaugust.com!  I’ve seen him live more than I can count, and his music is an inspiration to me.

XV. Ramon just told me it’s 25 things not 25 life stories, but I never listen to him.  I’m very stubborn.  The more you tell me not to do something, the more I’ll try to do it – even against my own wishes.

XVI. I recently had a toe shaved, drilled, and to top it all off my surgeon took off some “loose parts” from one of my toe bones.  So if you see my limping around, that’s why.

XVII. My senior year of high school I only applied to one school.  The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California because unlike most people I knew exactly what I wanted (back then at least).

I did get in with a full ride but only for my freshman year, but what am I going to have to do to pay close to $30,000 a year for three years?  So I guess that’s why I didn’t go, and I’ve heard of one too many fashion school dropout stories and didn’t want to be another statistic.  So… I decided to study Art History and Pre-Nursing, but I got bored with both and didn’t get the kind of challenge I was looking for and tried to take a few Biology classes to see if that was a better fit.  The answer was no, but at least I found my answer.  Then I decided to get into Gerontology, which is – for all of you who don’t know – the same as aging studies.  But the winter before I transferred to UMBC I took a Sociology class that focused on Social Problems and really got into Sociology before I even found out that I don’t really like the aging studies program at UMBC.  So now I’m a Sociology major, and then I took Anthropology of Science and Technology with Dr. Messinger and found my true calling.  That’s how I picked up another major.  Now I’m actually thinking of doing the BA/MA in Applied Sociology along with a BA in Cultural Anthropology, because I’m already in school forever I might as well do another year, so why not get the most out of my UMBC experience. If the Sociology major didn’t work, I actually already had a back-up plan which was going into Mortuary Science. No Joke, ask Rohry Flood.  BUT EVEN BEFORE ALL OF THIS, I’ve always thought I’d end up being a doctor (with an M.D.).  I guess I found out along the way that the life of a physician is one that requires a lot of patience and schedules and appointments and every minute of my life will be meant for a certain thing I have to attend to… and that’s just not something I want.  I don’t want anybody giving me a schedule… I want to LIVE LIFE.  And I find doctor’s boring and impersonal (two things that I do not aspire to be), so I think I’ll get a PhD instead.

XVIII. I spent my first semester at UMBC saying “I hate UMBC” almost every single day, but now I actually do like it.  And the Student Events Board is a big part of making me not hate UMBC.  And I love SEB!  And I am very proud to be a part of such an amazing organization.  But this is not to say that I have forgotten my CAB family – I love my CABBIES!

XIX. The people I love know that I love them.  And if I don’t like you, I make it known.  There are a lot of people in between.

XX. I love socks.  My favorite pairs of socks are the new ones.

XXI. The Annapolis Mall is the best.  My go-to stores are ALL there: H&M, Esprit, dELiA*s, Forever21… and Macy’s and Nordstrom’s have a lot of good stuff. AND we have a huge Sephora as well as an enormous Victoria’s Secret.  And I love the Levi’s store and Ann Taylor Loft and …

XXII. My TV schedule: Lost on Wednesday nights with the BF, Grey’s Anatomy in the loneliness of my Heather Hill bedroom on Thursday nights, Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill re-runs online on Friday mornings because I have NO CLASSES on Fridays!  And you all laugh at my 7 classes schedule this semester! =p The last laugh is mine.

XXIII. I used to take tons and tons of pictures to document what seemed like every moment of my life, but facebook sucks and sometimes doesn’t let me upload pics when I feel like it… so I always end up with a full memory card, and I don’t like it.  That’s why my picture count stopped around 4,000.

XXIV. I tend to… talk a lot… about… myself… if you start to ask me about myself.  Obviously, BUT I WILL NEVER go up to you and tell you my life’s story and my boyfriend’s life story and where he works or what he is doing right this very moment.  That’s just not my style.

XXV. February 13, 2009.  A day I have been very patiently waiting for.  Not only because the Shopaholic movie is coming out that day, but that is when Nordstroms is going to have the genius that is the MAC Hello Kitty Collection, and I am going to have a BIG piece of it! More like a chunk, actually.  But I don’t get it ‘til Valentine’s Day. I asked a lot of people to buy me make-up because SEB has not paid me and I am broke.

Now that’s a lot of minutes of your life you will never get back, sucker.  THE END.

Thank you for your time. And Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥