From The Oatmeal comics:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/computers

I'm sorry Eddie. I'm so guilty of this. I am ashamed =(

I turned a ripe old age of 24 years old yesterday and oh! what a day...or night rather.

I was scheduled to work that day cos I figured I had nothing better to do anyway, so I didn't take that day off. I was the only one up front so I racked up a grand 14 bucks in tips. Woot. But Henry baked me a free cake, so it was pretty awesome.

Later that night, I met up mostly high school friends and badminton friends for La Pinata. It was nice, being able to hang out with all of them again. Badminton friends got me clothes from AE and Linda and Albert bought me dinner which was really nice. Joyce baked me some awesome cream puffs.

Melissa and Linda had to leave early so we disbanded from La Pinata at around 10. Badminton friends had left early cos Judy had to get gas. They told me to go over to Tiki later on to meet them. Joyce came with me.

When we all got together, before ordering the drinks, Kathy said to me: "you're going to get so messed up." And she was right....

After a large portion of the Scorpion bowl, one and a half Sex on the Beach, and two large shots of rum afterwards plus the mango mojito from an hour ago at La Pinata, comsumed in one small hour, I was in a very happy place. I believe the correct term is : completely wasted. Everyone and everything was funny. I could not stop giggling. I could not walk in a straight line. And my head would not stop spinning. Ah, if we could keep this feeling forever, everyone would be drunk. However... all lovely things must come to an end. We went over to Nghia's place after the bar closed cos me and Peggy were way too plastered to go home. I puked out everything I ate and more at his place. I think most of it went into bags. Joyce dear... I owe you so much. Thank you so much for taking care of me. If you didn't drive, I dono where I'd be. After my puking session, I remembered freezing and shaking like crazy. Bravolly tried to move me to the heater but I refused to move cos things kept spinning. Joyce took me home at around 2:00 I think. Made sure I didn't fall on my ass while I was opening the door. My dad was still up and waiting for me. He probably figured out what happened. Thank you Joyce!

Woke up this morning still slighted nauseated and a lingering headache. My appetite still isn't fully back yet.

So to summarize: I missed my chance getting buzzed or drunk out my mind during college. I made up for it yesterday. I finally understand what it's like to feel nauseated at the sight of alcohol the next day. I now know what a hangover can feel like if someone didn't force water into me. I think I remember most of what happened last night, but who knows? Thanks for everyone who helped me finally make this happen. Thanks for taking care of me and making sure I didn't kill myself for satisfying my curiosity. Truth to be told, I've wanted to do this for a long long time now. I only hope that it doesn't happen again anytime soon because saying that I will never doing it again just sounds dumb, even to me.

Thanks for all the presents I've received this year. I'm truly grateful for all the wonderful people I've been lucky enough to have met at this point of my life. Yes I'm being sappy. Getting older will do that to you. =(

Joyce, I'm going to find you that cleaner [dik nol].

Went to see Sherlock Holmes today! I really liked how Holmes was played. But anyway.... Sherlock Holmes and Watson = *snicker*. There has gotta be some fanfic out there with this pair out there. If someone has a good one, please recc. But beyond that, I loved the dialogue and the technicality of Holmes' thinking. I love that when he fights, he tells you not only the damage done to the person, but the outcome of each move. And I loved the comedy in it. =D Go watch it if you haven't yet. It's a damn good movie.

SMU sends out decision letter on March 1st for this round of ABSN students. I am so scared. Three long months ahead.

Y-con was awesome. Will elaborate at a later time...

But for now... CSUs ARE NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS SEEKING ANOTHER BACHELOR'S DEGREE???????????????? WTF????????????????????????? does this cut me out of all of the nursing programs at the CSUs? if it does, i am fucked. unless SMU miraculously accepts me. on the first try. maybe they'll overlook that i only have PT experience? or that i have two Cs and several Bs on my prereq page?????? *CRIES*

This is not cool. *bangs head on wall*

In the meantime, I am seriously considering a gym membership. Because having a park in front of me to run is obviously not motivating enough. Maybe if I lose money over a membership, it'll make me go. Cos if I sit here any longer, it's just going to get more disgusting than it already is.

I'm filling out my nursing application right now, and I have this incredibly sick feeling in my stomach that I'm not going to get in. I don't know what I can do if I don't get in. Or how long am I going to continue bumming around like this. I'm kinda scared shitless.

I'm supposed to be working on my pathophysiology exam. But you know what I just thought of? GACKT x KANGTA. 

I WISHED I COULD WRITE.

I left my academic brain in Davis. I can't focus anymore.

I think I should have done research in a lab for microbio instead of nursing. I'm finding the mechanism of how they infect people way too fascinating. It probably won't be very good conversation to tell the patient "Hey, guess how you got into this state??"

Take the HIV virus for example. It's so ingenious. It'll wait for the immune cells to eat it, worm it's way into the immune cell's DNA, then it'll just sleep there and reproduce more immune cells with the virus in it. And then when it feels like it (definitely the wrong term here XD) it'll just lyse all the cells and the person gets full blown AIDS. Yeah, it's pretty morbid, but the process is amazing XDD

Halloween weekend is on the same weekend as Y-con. I need a costume.

To everyone who has ever heard that the build-up of lactate leads to muscle soreness, it's not true. Graduating with an EXB major, it's been repeated over and over that this statement is false. Which is why when I heard that my pathophysiology say that the build up of lactic acid leads to muscle soreness, I was very ticked off.

It's true that high intensity work outs after a long period of not working out leads to a build up of lactic acid. This is because when we start doing high intensity workouts, we start recruiting those fast twitch fibers we usually don't use when we're just sitting around. Those fast twitch fibers use glucose as their primary source of fuel. Anaerobic respiration produces ATP faster than oxidative respiration. This is essential in high intensity workouts or we won't be able to do the workout.  So by just recruiting those fast twitch fibers, we will produce more lactate as a byproduct, hence the appearance of  rapidly increasing concentrations of lactate in the blood.

Muscle soreness hasn't been completely figured out yet, but it's most likely because of the fact that we were not used to using those fast twitch fibers. But working those fibers after they've been mostly dormant for so long causes microscopic tears to those fibers, hence the pain. But by letting them heal and by continually working out, we make those fibers bigger and they can withstand the force that the hard workouts put them through. Which may be why we don't get sore after getting used to a workout.

There are exercise physiology books out there that can explain this in way more detail and definitely with much more accuracy than what I have here, but the main point is: A BUILD UP OF LACTATE DOES NOT CAUSE MUSCLE SORENESS.

Finished reading the latest Bleach chapter again today. Wow Aizen is sooo cool XD

Halfway through my pharmacology class right now. There are so many drugs to remember, and so many things that can go wrong during the administration that I really don't know if I can pull it all off later on. It's terrifying. One wrong move, and the patient dies. Right now, I can only tell myself to think things through instead of my usual blindly rushing through things and hope that it comes out right. Hopefully, if I can get in the habit of doing it now, I can prevent more careless mistakes in the future.

Chemistry is a joke. We just went over VSEPR today. Every time I step in there, I kick myself for slacking off my freshman year. Now I'm paying for it. T___T

Badminton is so awesome! I was so sore the first week, but it felt so good during the second week. I saw Jamin and Edward last Tuesday and they were amazing!!!!! Hopefully, I can keep improving so I can play with them someday. In the second week, I found out Peggy was in my class!!! Haven't seen her since high school when we were in the team together so that was a really nice surprise!

Went out to get Korean food with Melissa and Nancy last week. I was finally able to meet up with Nancy cos she was holed up in her house studying for her pharm boards. Haven't asked her about her restults yet, but I'm sure she did really well! I'm so proud of her and all her accomplishments. Hopefully I can accomplish just half of what she's done.

Quyen got me hooked onto L2. I'd be on the computer all day playing it, but for some reason, it kicks me out from time to time saying that my processor isn't fast enough. Doesn't make sense cos I do have the minimum requirements. The graphics are gorgeous <3

I wanna cosplay as my character in RC for ycon =D

Fanime. Oh Fanime. It was a magical magical weekend and it ended much too soon. It was definitely more photo productive than last year. I took a lot more pictures of cosplayers among other things XD   I think I spent way too much time stalking my seiyuu from PoT last year so I didn't get to explore as much. Didn't buy as much this year either, but I made that up in photos. I spent most of my money in Artist Gallery I think. It's nice to support them =D I got a new camera just for Fanime! I'd take a picture of it, but that's kinda impossible without a mirror. Which requires work finding one. And I'm lazy. =(

Getting there was a pain in the butt. Traffic was so bad near San Jose, but we didn't get lost thanks to Yahoo maps. We had nine girls in the room the first night cos Natasha, Jasmine and Maddie needed a place to stay the first night. It was crowded but it brought the cost down for that night. Jasmine made me this awesome Pillar Pair bag 8D. I'm so bringing it to Ycon. Got two PoT plushies again at Swap Meet. I only wanted the Tezuka cos he was sooo cute. But then they had Fuji in pajamas. Who can resist Fuji in pjs? With a teddy bear. Exactly.

Saturday was all sorts of awesome. Yaoi bingo was that night. And we broke our brains in the Yaoi and Hentai rooms. I don't think I'm going into the hentai room next year. I need my brain cells.

Sunday was Musicfest. The first part of it was pretty good. Rusika was awesome XD I want Lela's radar of bishies XD It's all kinds of amazing. We also went to the Self Defense Class for Women panel. I took a class before in Davis, so it was more review than anything else for me which is always nice. They showed us how to break arms, grab certain vulnerable parts (grab, go up and pull out XD), which was pretty awesome. The realization is that most of the girls in that room is not going to be able to break free or do most of the moves that they taught, just because they're not strong enough. Or when that the actual thing happens, the shock factor will kick in and the self defense move isn't going to be the first thing that pops into mind. Most of them are going to forget the moves cos they won't practice it. Nevertheless, I'm still really really happy they had this panel, because it gives women the realization that there are options if this ever happens to them. The coaches were all really nice and they let us hit them XD 

All in all, the whole weekend seemed to have happened in a blur. Selected pictures are on FB ^.~  We got so much done but it all happened so fast. *sigh* Definitely looking forward to next year!

Spent Tuesday night hanging out with Mari and Mel. Mari made me dinner and it was awesome. They named the dish after me XDD. Mel had to leave early for Taekwondo so Mari and I went to watch Night at the Museum. Found out that's where "Boom. Boom. Fire Power!" is from. XD

On Wednesday night, I went to Burger's and Brew with old Japanese classmates which was really really nice. I'm so happy to have been able to see them again before I leave.

So now, I'm in the process of moving back home. I took back a lot of my stuff today and it was kinda depressing. I do not wanna come back. T_T

I'M DONE WITH MY EXAMS!!!!!!!!

Truth to be told, the introductory sociology and the lifespan development classes were classes that I dreaded from the beginning. Now, I'm really glad I had to take them because it allowed me to analyze my own views on certain topics. Things I thought were not prejudice, insulting or belittling were actually just that, and I'm glad these classes allowed me to finally realize it. Better late than never. I've probably offended so many people in the past because of my ignorance.  I've been told that introductory sociology is like a common sense class. If that's true, then based on my two years of customer service experience, it's a good idea for everyone to take it. After the lifespan development class, I really want to start making a scrapbook on the people I've met and had relationships with in the past. As we all know, we can't keep in touch with all of the people we've made contact with for the rest of our lives. But later on in life, after a tough day at work, or stressed out from family, or when we get old and alone, it would be nice just to pull out the scrapbook and take a trip back to memory lane.

In the beginning, they were just two classes I had to take to get closer to my goal of applying to nursing school, but now I'm really grateful that I took them.

I think I passed both my classes with A's. =D

Taking badminton this summer at Laney!!!! I really want to take the one at Alameda too, but my chem lab ends 15 minutes before the badminton class at Alameda starts, and I don't like being late. Maybe I can talk her into it....

Good luck to those at UCB taking finals!!! You guys are almost done!! 加油!!

omg lol i just found this on my Friend's page.

LoL wow, it's been awhile since I've last post anything, but that can't be helped cos my internet's been sucking. It's gotten a lot better now though.

Random things that have been going on in the past two months in no particular order...

Internet problems have been going on for about two months. We're supposed to get reimbursed for it, but who the hell knows. Their check will probably never make it here. I also got hooked onto Bejeweled on Facebook when my internet does behave when I should be checking my email for important stuff instead. It's so dangerous.

My baby sister's off in Canada to "study abroad". She's not coming back till July.

My last day at Curve's is going to be on the 22nd. Thank goodness. My boss is a nice person, but she's so freaking anal about everything and her micromanaging is starting to get on my nerves.

I tried registering for Y-con cos MINASE MASARA SENSEI IS GOING TO BE THERE, but alas, they haven't replied to my email yet, so I think I'll have to do it at Fanime (which is a short two weeks away =D)

Need to make up Mother's Day for my mum cos I was working all day and wasn't able to spend any time with her. My brother has no common sense and decided to hole himself in his room all day that day instead. Stupid child.

Going to take classes at Laney and Alameda college this year. After this summer, I should be almost done with my prerequisite courses and maybe start applying for nursing school in the spring. Hopefully, anyway. I want to take badminton but I have to get from Laney to Alameda in 15 minutes. Anyone know if she minds late people coming into her class? XDD

I'm moving out of Davis soon. I think my last week here will be the week after memorial day weekend. Might be my last days here :(

I'm so tired. T____T

I couldn't resist...

Screw volunteering and whatever my first priority things were. I'm going to Fanime.

I looked over my Fanime pics again instead of studying for the midterm I have in an hour and I REALLY REALLY WANNA GO T_________________T

I want to see Inkheart =(

And I still haven't seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yet.

Movies anyone? XD

I tried to make sugar cookies yesterday! This was only cos my apartment is freezing cold and I was hoping the oven would warm up the apartment a little bit.

The first batch was a little burned on the bottom cos the rack was too low. The second batch I left in the oven for a little too long after the oven got turned off so they turned out more crunchy. Still good, but very crunchy. I should just stop my attempts to bake.

The apartment is still freezing.

A real update this time without all the bitterness.

I did get a job here in West Davis through the school website which I am very grateful for despite its low salary. It does provide experience I've never had before so I am grateful that she hired me. I currently work at Curves, a fitness club for women only as a circuit coach. Basically, I stand in the middle of the circuit coaching mainly older overweight women on the machines and act as their cheerleader. A lot of the women there are really nice. They'll listen to what I say and accept the corrections when I make them. One of them heard I was hungry when I was about to close and she went home and brought me food =D.
Some of them, however, are pains in the ass. My boss is generally a nice lady. Insanely anal about how she does things, but she's a nice person. She fed me bread =D Yeah, I'm easy like that. Feed me and I'll think you're the nicest person in the world.

I'm still working at Tucker's and I landed another job a few weeks ago tutoring high school kids chemistry. Tucker's mess up my hands but I like working with most of the people there and the salary is relatively better. My kids are so cute (There's only two) and I wished I could help them more.

To cap it all, I work 7 days a week ranging from 5-9 hours a day. I really need time to study for GREs so I can actually qualify applying to PT school. I was thinking of going to Border's with a cup of coffee and just sitting there for three hours, but instead I'm doing this lol. I'm a little iffy on the coffee cos last time I tried to ease myself off of it, I had a headache for two days straight. Gotta be careful of how much I ingest.

There's a new Quickly's that opened in North Davis! It's too far away. Such a waste of gas going myself just for tapioca... but I really want their chicken T___T and the one in Alameda closed down. . . .

Regarding politics, I'm really happy Obama is president. I'm looking forward to the new things he will present. However, I do feel really bad for him just because he has to pick up after the 8 years of mess Bush left behind. He has to find some way to fix this economy of ours and if he fails, people are going to hate him for it. If McKain won, I probably wouldn't have minded as much if Palin wasn't vice. Cos if McKain croaked under all the crap Bush left him, Palin running this country doesn't sound all that appealing. I wished I could have watched the debates though. People said they were pretty good. I am so mad that Prop 8 passed. It's discrimination all over again and we're repeating history all over again. My parents were all happy that it passed and I'm like wtf.... Stupid closed minded old people.

I haven't been watching any dramas or new anime that came out. I wished I had time, but when I get back from work, I just want to sleep. I'm getting old and tired.

Still have to register for Fanime before prices go up anymore. Need to pull myself together.

I have a lot of crap to update. This, however, is not the time to update cos I'll just make everything sound shitty.

I need a job where it pays at least 20 an hour. And I will never have to deal with people ever again except for the person who gives me my paycheck. I'm so very very sick of customer service. I'm also very very sick of working 7 days a week making less than 20000 a year smiling and pretending I give a fuck.

My roommate either does not talk or talks forever. My sister is not doing any chores. My other housemates are too insanely happy for their own good. My computer has this killer graphics card that I have yet to try out because of my jobs.

I hate the world right now. My social life is nonexistent. Yes, I'm fucking PMSing.