Aaand it's the last day of April, and it is also Queen's Day in the Netherlands. However if April 30th falls on a Sunday, Queen's Day is celebrated on April 29th for that year. I love cute little exceptions like that.
Yesterday I phone interviewed for this job in Raleigh. It went okay but as you may know I can be awkward at times and although I like it and you like it too -haha is that an extrapolation?- it's not so great concerning people you don't know whom you want to make a terrific impression upon.
And then I had to do this case study which I have never done before and I was like ahhh freaking out. Okay not really but I was kinda running out of time. So YEAH basically what I had to do was through analysis, conclude if presenting their product at a conference be an efficient use of marketing dollas.
Egghh I just looked up the office and it is like 30 miles from Chapel Hill and takes approximately 35 minutes to drive there. It sounds like they are only taking like one person and I was late applying in fact it was past their deadline. YEAH cause on our school's internship network the deadline was May 7th but on this other website it said Apr. 23 and I didn't submit it until like yesterday but then I called and they were like it's ok we'll take it.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
De douche
Remember that day when I was like ooooh I was gonna blog about something but I don't remember? I remembered today!!!! It's showering!! Haha I don't really have all that much to say, but it's just that I thought that that topic had been lost FOR GOOD.
Anyhoo, SHOWERING!
It's very important; many people have specific showering needs. Some people must shower in the morning right when they wake up, some must shower before bed, and some must shower immediately after exercising. Some people have an intense need to shower daily, others have friends who wish they would shower daily.
My roommate, for example, will not leave the apartment until after she has showered. This could mean she doesn't shower until late afternoon, but if she leaves, she has definitely showered beforehand. Given that every shower she takes is at the minimum, 35 minutes, this can cause some minor problems. One time she pushed back a meeting with a professor precisely because she woke up late and had not showered. I can't imagine thinking that being incredibly clean is such a huge need that postponement of a meeting with a professor would be necessary.
For me, I try to shower every day, preferably after EXERCISE! :D I usually do, unless I am going through a period where I am extremely unmotivated to exercise. My goal is to exercise at least once a day, even if it is just for 10 minutes. That typically means, if the day ends and I haven't managed to squeeze in some sort of physical activity, I will most likely be showering the next day. Excepting extenuating circumstances, I do not go for 2 days sans shower because my hair will start to look like it will shortly be greasy.
Showering feels really good but it is such a hassle to get in and out of your clothes, especially when it's cold. =/ (btws it has been faaareezing this week in Philly! it's terrible!!) And then afterwards my skin is all dry, especially if it's after swimming. And lotion takes forever -_- I wish it would just apply itself. Haha I bet that's what so many parents tell themselves. Little Skylar would be so successful if he would just apply himself!
Anyhoo, SHOWERING!
It's very important; many people have specific showering needs. Some people must shower in the morning right when they wake up, some must shower before bed, and some must shower immediately after exercising. Some people have an intense need to shower daily, others have friends who wish they would shower daily.
My roommate, for example, will not leave the apartment until after she has showered. This could mean she doesn't shower until late afternoon, but if she leaves, she has definitely showered beforehand. Given that every shower she takes is at the minimum, 35 minutes, this can cause some minor problems. One time she pushed back a meeting with a professor precisely because she woke up late and had not showered. I can't imagine thinking that being incredibly clean is such a huge need that postponement of a meeting with a professor would be necessary.
For me, I try to shower every day, preferably after EXERCISE! :D I usually do, unless I am going through a period where I am extremely unmotivated to exercise. My goal is to exercise at least once a day, even if it is just for 10 minutes. That typically means, if the day ends and I haven't managed to squeeze in some sort of physical activity, I will most likely be showering the next day. Excepting extenuating circumstances, I do not go for 2 days sans shower because my hair will start to look like it will shortly be greasy.
Showering feels really good but it is such a hassle to get in and out of your clothes, especially when it's cold. =/ (btws it has been faaareezing this week in Philly! it's terrible!!) And then afterwards my skin is all dry, especially if it's after swimming. And lotion takes forever -_- I wish it would just apply itself. Haha I bet that's what so many parents tell themselves. Little Skylar would be so successful if he would just apply himself!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Extremely Healthy Day
Ever had a day where everything you ate was just bursting with vitamins and dripping with essential nutrients?
THAT WAS TODAY!
I started my morning off with some almonds and a brazil nut - tons of Omega 3 and monosaturated fats, followed by a fried egg - protein and more good fats (with only some spray on Pam so barely fried!).
At some point I had an orange - vitamin C and some chocolate covered altoids - CHOCOLATE.
Then for lunch I had Greek yogurt - potassium and calcium with honey, oats, golden raisins, and more almonds. Okay I agree not a real lunch; obviously I was out of time and had to go to class. :( :(
WAIT actually I did an hour of surveys in which I tricked someone during this negotiations survey muahaha and earned an extra $11 (base - $10/hr). I was a seller with payoffs looking something like this:
$150 - $8, best price (for me)
$140 - &7
$130 - $6
..and so on down to like $70 - 0. I saw the Buyer sheet afterwards and it was pretty much the reverse with $150 having a $0 payoff and $70 - $8. At the very beginning I said, sooo, how about that phone at $200? And they were like um I was thinking like $150. So I conceded: ehhh... fiiiine. XD There were two more parts to the negotiations but we came out even for those. In the other person's defense, I think it was studying the effects of music on negotiation skill; no music was playing for me but maybe the other person had like a really annoying song on at first and therefore just had no idea what was going on in the beginning.
Yeaah then my dinner was this huge awesome salad with portobella mushrooms, normal mushrooms, chickpeas, diced carrots, craisins, candied walnuts, croûtons, broccoli, cucumber, feta cheese, red peppers, and mandarin oranges topped with vinegar&oil.
Later I had a snack of very oily Trader Joe's eggplant and zucchini and some more nuts. Yum yum!
By the way, I am starving right now and will probably eat a like an entire box of oreos tomorrow to make up for lack of snacks in my apartment right now. XP
To-do list: finance problems, study for Dutch, run at least 10 mins, shower, write cover letter. It's only 11:30!!
THAT WAS TODAY!
I started my morning off with some almonds and a brazil nut - tons of Omega 3 and monosaturated fats, followed by a fried egg - protein and more good fats (with only some spray on Pam so barely fried!).
At some point I had an orange - vitamin C and some chocolate covered altoids - CHOCOLATE.
Then for lunch I had Greek yogurt - potassium and calcium with honey, oats, golden raisins, and more almonds. Okay I agree not a real lunch; obviously I was out of time and had to go to class. :( :(
WAIT actually I did an hour of surveys in which I tricked someone during this negotiations survey muahaha and earned an extra $11 (base - $10/hr). I was a seller with payoffs looking something like this:
$150 - $8, best price (for me)
$140 - &7
$130 - $6
..and so on down to like $70 - 0. I saw the Buyer sheet afterwards and it was pretty much the reverse with $150 having a $0 payoff and $70 - $8. At the very beginning I said, sooo, how about that phone at $200? And they were like um I was thinking like $150. So I conceded: ehhh... fiiiine. XD There were two more parts to the negotiations but we came out even for those. In the other person's defense, I think it was studying the effects of music on negotiation skill; no music was playing for me but maybe the other person had like a really annoying song on at first and therefore just had no idea what was going on in the beginning.
Yeaah then my dinner was this huge awesome salad with portobella mushrooms, normal mushrooms, chickpeas, diced carrots, craisins, candied walnuts, croûtons, broccoli, cucumber, feta cheese, red peppers, and mandarin oranges topped with vinegar&oil.
Later I had a snack of very oily Trader Joe's eggplant and zucchini and some more nuts. Yum yum!
By the way, I am starving right now and will probably eat a like an entire box of oreos tomorrow to make up for lack of snacks in my apartment right now. XP
To-do list: finance problems, study for Dutch, run at least 10 mins, shower, write cover letter. It's only 11:30!!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Update
I forgot to talk about the girl who might have beaten me in different circumstances. We were running together, oscillating between leading and following for the first half of the race. At one point, she made a wrong turn and multiple people, including me, tried to yell at her about it but she was hearing headphones and heard nothing. Luckily a policeman headed her off.
She was not so lucky the second time.
There was a neon green sign with an arrow pointing down Spruce, but she completely missed it and continued down 37th. At this time, she was ahead of me and I had no way of alerting her. Also, she had cut several corners so I didn't feel completely obligated. :D I know, petty. But really, it was only because of the headphones or else I would have let her know.
In the end, it DID turn out to be my burrito. Yay! Not enough cheese and too much beef though haha.
AND, I forgot to mention that there were FREE DONUTS at swim practice (which consisted of me being half an hour late, winning a relay involving those pool whopper things that resemble dino tails? anddd, water polo)! Yay!
Also there are free hot dogs in the lounge. But no buns. I would eat one right now because all of a sudden I am very hungry, except for the fact that hot dogs are very salty and I eat way too much salt and drink not enough water. :(
Don't you hate it when you are very eager to drink water but you gulp it down too rapidly so then it hits your throat HARD and actually hurts? I DO.
She was not so lucky the second time.
There was a neon green sign with an arrow pointing down Spruce, but she completely missed it and continued down 37th. At this time, she was ahead of me and I had no way of alerting her. Also, she had cut several corners so I didn't feel completely obligated. :D I know, petty. But really, it was only because of the headphones or else I would have let her know.
In the end, it DID turn out to be my burrito. Yay! Not enough cheese and too much beef though haha.
AND, I forgot to mention that there were FREE DONUTS at swim practice (which consisted of me being half an hour late, winning a relay involving those pool whopper things that resemble dino tails? anddd, water polo)! Yay!
Also there are free hot dogs in the lounge. But no buns. I would eat one right now because all of a sudden I am very hungry, except for the fact that hot dogs are very salty and I eat way too much salt and drink not enough water. :(
Don't you hate it when you are very eager to drink water but you gulp it down too rapidly so then it hits your throat HARD and actually hurts? I DO.
Success
I made it in 23:57!!!!
Maybe the course wasn't quite 5K -_-;;
But yeah!! I was the second girl. :D I think there were less than 10 girls (less than 30 people total; it was raining, it's Sunday..yeah).
For some reason APSC or whoever organised it didn't split the thing up men/women which is just stupid because guys obviously have a natural advantage uhhh hello!? AND all the top prizes were like here's some money to go to the SPA/SALON! But it's their first year so I guess they haven't worked everything out yet.
The race started about half an hour after they said it would. The promised free Chipotle burritos didn't come until at least an hour after everyone was done running, and it was pretty cold outside (for the end of April). The bubble tea spilled and got sogginess all over the bananas and bagels. Good thing bananas have naturlijke protection! :)
Eventually I had to go, so I told my friend to grab me a burrito. I was not very confident about leaving him with this task though, because he's rather timid. Nonetheless, I went to his room after swimming to grab it, but only ONE of his roommates was home. In the refrigerator there were TWO burritos, but thing is, one of his other roommates (not the one who was home) also ran the race; as a result, I had no idea if one of them was mine!!!
So I took one anyway and I'm just going to wait until I hear from him to see if I'm allowed to eat it or not. XD
I am getting VERY hungry though...
Oooh yeah and we got free bags and t-shirts!!! And two mini luna bars (emphasis on mini). Well kind of free if you don't consider the registration fee!
Maybe the course wasn't quite 5K -_-;;
But yeah!! I was the second girl. :D I think there were less than 10 girls (less than 30 people total; it was raining, it's Sunday..yeah).
For some reason APSC or whoever organised it didn't split the thing up men/women which is just stupid because guys obviously have a natural advantage uhhh hello!? AND all the top prizes were like here's some money to go to the SPA/SALON! But it's their first year so I guess they haven't worked everything out yet.
The race started about half an hour after they said it would. The promised free Chipotle burritos didn't come until at least an hour after everyone was done running, and it was pretty cold outside (for the end of April). The bubble tea spilled and got sogginess all over the bananas and bagels. Good thing bananas have naturlijke protection! :)
Eventually I had to go, so I told my friend to grab me a burrito. I was not very confident about leaving him with this task though, because he's rather timid. Nonetheless, I went to his room after swimming to grab it, but only ONE of his roommates was home. In the refrigerator there were TWO burritos, but thing is, one of his other roommates (not the one who was home) also ran the race; as a result, I had no idea if one of them was mine!!!
So I took one anyway and I'm just going to wait until I hear from him to see if I'm allowed to eat it or not. XD
I am getting VERY hungry though...
Oooh yeah and we got free bags and t-shirts!!! And two mini luna bars (emphasis on mini). Well kind of free if you don't consider the registration fee!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Introvert
This morning, I have renewed respect for my stapler. My stapler is not your average stapler because it has a plastic covering and is gray instead of black. Now I just need to find my colorful staples! So what did it accomplish? It stapled all my powerpoint slides from lecture 2 to 13!! Beast.
Does a word count as a false cognate if it isn't spelled exactly the same? (A false cognate is a word that is the same in two languages but means a completely different thing in each language.) Our Dutch Prof said he would give us extra credit for false cognates over 5 letters long. Feest means PARTAAY in Dutch, and then there's feast.. which is kinda like a party for my stomach but obviously they are different, but spelled wrong.
I've come to the realization lately that I've always been an incredibly solitary person. Okay maybe not from when I was like up to 6 years of age. I had a lot of fun those days, cause there were FOUR nearby playgrounds!!
Okay digression: do they still make that really cool playground fixture where it's this huge round wheel (read: circular piece of wood) and then it has poles sort of running in a cross so you can hold on, and some people are on the sides pushing the wheel in circles and then the other kids are standing on the board getting dizzy?? I can kind of see how that might possibly be dangerous, but not to the point that they shouldn't have it anymore! Gooood times.
Anyways, after I moved to South Carolina, there was no one nearby in my neighborhood to play with really, or at least no one I knew. And I didn't have a lot of super close friends at elementary school who I would have playdates with outside of school. So I would wait until the weekends when I would go to Chinese school and Saturdays, and then afterwards I would hang out with one of my Chinese school friends or other Chinese family friends (
THEN in North Carolina, I was kind of less nonsocial in 5th grade while in Cary? A lot of my classmates already knew each other by the time I had moved there but I fit in alright.
SO THENN I finally moved to Chapel Hill. Our street was pretty tight while everyone lived near there, but altogether, I never felt like I was as close with the other girls; I don't know if it's because I had a lot of random obligations, or if I just liked more time to myself. But we had a lot of fun until high school when everyone started dispersing and branching off.
Ya and I still loved my Chinese school peeps but they all lived too far away for me to hang out with them a lot besides in Chinese school.
At Science and Math, I felt like I spent too much time in my room. I should have bonded more in general. But I liked my roommates so that's gooood.
And at Penn, I definitely spend too much time in my room. Everything I need is in here! But ya, my goal is to LEAVE HERE MORE, next year, when I get back form Belgium.
But evaluating the situation, I don't really feel too bad about myself; either it's because I exercise enough that I get an adequate amount of endorphins to not care about my dearth of social interaction, or maybe I do get enough for me.
Or maybe my life has been fueled by way too much reading and online chatting. -_-
Does a word count as a false cognate if it isn't spelled exactly the same? (A false cognate is a word that is the same in two languages but means a completely different thing in each language.) Our Dutch Prof said he would give us extra credit for false cognates over 5 letters long. Feest means PARTAAY in Dutch, and then there's feast.. which is kinda like a party for my stomach but obviously they are different, but spelled wrong.
I've come to the realization lately that I've always been an incredibly solitary person. Okay maybe not from when I was like up to 6 years of age. I had a lot of fun those days, cause there were FOUR nearby playgrounds!!
Okay digression: do they still make that really cool playground fixture where it's this huge round wheel (read: circular piece of wood) and then it has poles sort of running in a cross so you can hold on, and some people are on the sides pushing the wheel in circles and then the other kids are standing on the board getting dizzy?? I can kind of see how that might possibly be dangerous, but not to the point that they shouldn't have it anymore! Gooood times.
Anyways, after I moved to South Carolina, there was no one nearby in my neighborhood to play with really, or at least no one I knew. And I didn't have a lot of super close friends at elementary school who I would have playdates with outside of school. So I would wait until the weekends when I would go to Chinese school and Saturdays, and then afterwards I would hang out with one of my Chinese school friends or other Chinese family friends (
THEN in North Carolina, I was kind of less nonsocial in 5th grade while in Cary? A lot of my classmates already knew each other by the time I had moved there but I fit in alright.
SO THENN I finally moved to Chapel Hill. Our street was pretty tight while everyone lived near there, but altogether, I never felt like I was as close with the other girls; I don't know if it's because I had a lot of random obligations, or if I just liked more time to myself. But we had a lot of fun until high school when everyone started dispersing and branching off.
Ya and I still loved my Chinese school peeps but they all lived too far away for me to hang out with them a lot besides in Chinese school.
At Science and Math, I felt like I spent too much time in my room. I should have bonded more in general. But I liked my roommates so that's gooood.
And at Penn, I definitely spend too much time in my room. Everything I need is in here! But ya, my goal is to LEAVE HERE MORE, next year, when I get back form Belgium.
But evaluating the situation, I don't really feel too bad about myself; either it's because I exercise enough that I get an adequate amount of endorphins to not care about my dearth of social interaction, or maybe I do get enough for me.
Or maybe my life has been fueled by way too much reading and online chatting. -_-
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Running running as fast as we can
My publicly professed goal for the 5K I'm running on Sunday is 25 minutes. Which means secretly I am striving towards 24:30 (don't tell!!!). "Striving towards" means I won't hate myself if I don't make it. A goal is something you should really reach!! Or else you have to make one of these statements: "Yeah I didn't quite ______, but ______ was still a really good experience!!!!/some other 'silver lining.'" Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the first part is really the main thing you wanted!
I've gotten down to about 25:20 on the treadmill, but the thing with the treadmill is:
1. Who knows how fast you are really going? How accurate is it? Is it actually not the same difference for people with different running styles? It just seems like there could be a lot of variation.
2. It's in an AIR CONDITIONED room. Okay Sunday is actually perfect weather or running with a high of 67 degrees which means at 10 AM it will be pretty cool. And it says PM showers... PM!
3. The treadmill keeps the pace for you. You know approximately how fast you are going at all times. Meaning, you will not go too fast in the beginning and die halfway through.
4. You go in a completely straight line on a completely flat surface which absorbs shocks!
Other concerns:
1. I didn't start running intensively until this Monday. Okay I ran for a total of 10 minutes on Monday so.. I didn't start running intensively until Tuesday! But it feels real good afterwards.
2. I have ankle issues. And back issues now also as a result of 1. 2 is also a cause of 1. All these concerns are related! How comforting.
3. I've been getting a bit bulkier because of all the food I have eaten this week to fuel my running. But anything extra is more WORK for my legs. =/
4. Running in the morning is a lot harder for me. By a lot I mean I go probably 2/3 the speed in the early morning. But I will warm up.
5. My legs are going to be really tired from all the running that I don't usually do.
Haha by intensive running I mean like 30 minutes, not hours, just to clarify.
Hopeful side speaking:
1. Adrenaline!
2. Having people to race will help? Although sometimes if I see other people running faster I'm just like aaah can't do it, why try, and then I just go slower -_-
I've gotten down to about 25:20 on the treadmill, but the thing with the treadmill is:
1. Who knows how fast you are really going? How accurate is it? Is it actually not the same difference for people with different running styles? It just seems like there could be a lot of variation.
2. It's in an AIR CONDITIONED room. Okay Sunday is actually perfect weather or running with a high of 67 degrees which means at 10 AM it will be pretty cool. And it says PM showers... PM!
3. The treadmill keeps the pace for you. You know approximately how fast you are going at all times. Meaning, you will not go too fast in the beginning and die halfway through.
4. You go in a completely straight line on a completely flat surface which absorbs shocks!
Other concerns:
1. I didn't start running intensively until this Monday. Okay I ran for a total of 10 minutes on Monday so.. I didn't start running intensively until Tuesday! But it feels real good afterwards.
2. I have ankle issues. And back issues now also as a result of 1. 2 is also a cause of 1. All these concerns are related! How comforting.
3. I've been getting a bit bulkier because of all the food I have eaten this week to fuel my running. But anything extra is more WORK for my legs. =/
4. Running in the morning is a lot harder for me. By a lot I mean I go probably 2/3 the speed in the early morning. But I will warm up.
5. My legs are going to be really tired from all the running that I don't usually do.
Haha by intensive running I mean like 30 minutes, not hours, just to clarify.
Hopeful side speaking:
1. Adrenaline!
2. Having people to race will help? Although sometimes if I see other people running faster I'm just like aaah can't do it, why try, and then I just go slower -_-
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
15 Healthy Foods!
Today I was on this calorie site that has a cute article every day..I don't use it to look up calories anymore because I know all the calories of everything already, yay go me!
Anyway, today's article was about 15 healthy foods which give you optimum nutritional bang per buck/shelf space to have at all times. I decided to see how many I had to see if I keep healthy food company. And here they are!
1. Yogurt - I've got Greek yogurt! Even better. And it's nonfat.
2. Wild Salmon - smoked salmon? a TON of salt but...delish
3. Egg whites - eh I've got a bunch of eggs but I don't eat them consistently
4. Leafy Greens - sometimes I buy spinach, I've got frozen broccoli in my freezer that I dig into at least once every 2 weeks!
5. Blueberries - no, usu. too expensive to justify =/
6. Apples - I had a big bag of baby Fuji's last week! I finished the last two yesterday.
7. Tomatoes - YES, grape tomatoes...much more expensive than normal ones but soo much easier.
8. Orange juice - No. This is the one thing on this list I really don't agree with because a bunch of its stuffs is fortified and it's kinda processed.
9. Sweet potatoes - YEAH!!! But I hardly ever eat them. They are all sprouting. Hopefully they are still edible.
10. Wheat germ - I don't know what this is.
11. Pomegranate - No, I don't really like pomegranate that much. It's too much trouble and very messy and not that available comparatively to other food.
12. Hot peppers - No.
13. Oatmeal - Yeahh I have oats! Yay go me :)
14. Almonds - Yuuup a bunch! And other assorted nuts as well.
15. Black beans - I think I have one can of cooked black beans. I still have it because I haven't eaten any.
Verdict: 9.5/15, that's pretty good!!!
How many healthy foods do you have in your possession?
Anyway, today's article was about 15 healthy foods which give you optimum nutritional bang per buck/shelf space to have at all times. I decided to see how many I had to see if I keep healthy food company. And here they are!
1. Yogurt - I've got Greek yogurt! Even better. And it's nonfat.
2. Wild Salmon - smoked salmon? a TON of salt but...delish
3. Egg whites - eh I've got a bunch of eggs but I don't eat them consistently
4. Leafy Greens - sometimes I buy spinach, I've got frozen broccoli in my freezer that I dig into at least once every 2 weeks!
5. Blueberries - no, usu. too expensive to justify =/
6. Apples - I had a big bag of baby Fuji's last week! I finished the last two yesterday.
7. Tomatoes - YES, grape tomatoes...much more expensive than normal ones but soo much easier.
8. Orange juice - No. This is the one thing on this list I really don't agree with because a bunch of its stuffs is fortified and it's kinda processed.
9. Sweet potatoes - YEAH!!! But I hardly ever eat them. They are all sprouting. Hopefully they are still edible.
10. Wheat germ - I don't know what this is.
11. Pomegranate - No, I don't really like pomegranate that much. It's too much trouble and very messy and not that available comparatively to other food.
12. Hot peppers - No.
13. Oatmeal - Yeahh I have oats! Yay go me :)
14. Almonds - Yuuup a bunch! And other assorted nuts as well.
15. Black beans - I think I have one can of cooked black beans. I still have it because I haven't eaten any.
Verdict: 9.5/15, that's pretty good!!!
How many healthy foods do you have in your possession?
Monday, April 19, 2010
Impulse buy is curbed! ...leading to a perfect weekend. Definitely correlated.
This month I decided to try to make only healthy/necessary/social grocery store food purchases, meaning no cookies/sugary cereals/candy/frozen non-veg foods.
So I was at the grocery store (quite a common event) last Friday buying up some stuff for Lyell's impending arrival. Which was pretty much just milk and shredded mozz cheese..and the obligatory on-sale fruity items which accompany every grocery trip (in this case, bananas which were 49¢/lb instead of the usual 69¢/lb!). I was going down the ice cream aisle, just to see what's up; yeah I like to be in the know about the latest frozen confectionery deals. Anyway, after passing the ice cream (Breyer's was only $2.99 a box! Ben and Jerry's is soo expensive @ 2 pints/$7 but I guess that's the same price as a scoop at the store), I got into the popsicle section and I contemplated how good a Klondike bar would be..
But ANYWAY, there were these Creamsicles that were only 50 cals a bar, and they were on sale, and they were all natural or whatever and I was like ZOMG SO GOOD YUMM I mean they were all swirly and colorful, I could practically taste the creaminess. I snagged a box and quickly headed for the checkout. But once I was in line I was like.. wait a second. This is still all sugar. MAYBE it's "natural" and "on-sale" and only 50 cals each, but it still has 0 nutritional value and it's not free!!! So I went and put it back.
Somehow the cheese never made it through checkout and I don't know why.
On Saturday Lyell and I ate funnel cake, grade school type pizza and fried oreos. The oreo line was not so much a line as a survival of the pushiest type contest. We re-befriended a lovely tall girl who furthered our mission to obtain the coveted treats.
Sunday we visited a very bare looking Princeton. We saw Anna who was studying from some really old looking textbooks that looked 70's-esque. I ate a chocolate bunny that was chilling in her lounge. Then she took us to her dining hall...amazingg! I won't go into detail, (although I want to) but I do want to give a shout out to my favorite thing which was part of the salad bar: HOLLA to the itty olive bits with cheese and salami!!!
Oh yeah also at Princeton there was this random library with cool colorful expensive looking furniture (probably around thousands apiece; universities like to spend money on that kinda thing). The weird part is we couldn't find out how to get to the library part so we just chilled in this random faculty lounge. There was nothing good in the [really awesome looking] refrigerator though. :(
Maybe not what you would dream up as a perfect weekend, but I just had so much fun with Lyell from the ordinary stuff like riding trains, walking around, cuddling (aww) and it was exciting too, navigating the Fling carnival, finding our way around Princeton (so picturesque!), exploring the weird-shaped library (pictured above), and also this delicious ice cream place that blends all the toppings, mmmm.
Ooh something very exciting happened this morning. I had to use the bathrooms on the rooftop cause my roommate was taking a shower. While I was up there, I took a bundle of paper towels for cleaning purposes BUT THEN as I was walking out of the bathroom, I spotted a cleaning cart on which there was an entire extra half roll of paper towels (half of a giant bulk sized roll)! YEAHHHH PAPER TOWEL BONANZA! They are somewhat crappy quality but I really like them because though they are thin, they are also very sturdy. I would make a fantastic janitor.
I think I need to change my sleep pattern. Last night I slept between like 2-5ish and then from 8:30-11 AM and I've been VERY alert all day!! I'm not sure if it's because I got a lot this weekend or if it's just good for me to sleep in separate segments. Ahh it's called polyphasic sleep. Yeeeah not very practical I guess. =/
So I was at the grocery store (quite a common event) last Friday buying up some stuff for Lyell's impending arrival. Which was pretty much just milk and shredded mozz cheese..and the obligatory on-sale fruity items which accompany every grocery trip (in this case, bananas which were 49¢/lb instead of the usual 69¢/lb!). I was going down the ice cream aisle, just to see what's up; yeah I like to be in the know about the latest frozen confectionery deals. Anyway, after passing the ice cream (Breyer's was only $2.99 a box! Ben and Jerry's is soo expensive @ 2 pints/$7 but I guess that's the same price as a scoop at the store), I got into the popsicle section and I contemplated how good a Klondike bar would be..
But ANYWAY, there were these Creamsicles that were only 50 cals a bar, and they were on sale, and they were all natural or whatever and I was like ZOMG SO GOOD YUMM I mean they were all swirly and colorful, I could practically taste the creaminess. I snagged a box and quickly headed for the checkout. But once I was in line I was like.. wait a second. This is still all sugar. MAYBE it's "natural" and "on-sale" and only 50 cals each, but it still has 0 nutritional value and it's not free!!! So I went and put it back.
Somehow the cheese never made it through checkout and I don't know why.
On Saturday Lyell and I ate funnel cake, grade school type pizza and fried oreos. The oreo line was not so much a line as a survival of the pushiest type contest. We re-befriended a lovely tall girl who furthered our mission to obtain the coveted treats.
Sunday we visited a very bare looking Princeton. We saw Anna who was studying from some really old looking textbooks that looked 70's-esque. I ate a chocolate bunny that was chilling in her lounge. Then she took us to her dining hall...amazingg! I won't go into detail, (although I want to) but I do want to give a shout out to my favorite thing which was part of the salad bar: HOLLA to the itty olive bits with cheese and salami!!!
Oh yeah also at Princeton there was this random library with cool colorful expensive looking furniture (probably around thousands apiece; universities like to spend money on that kinda thing). The weird part is we couldn't find out how to get to the library part so we just chilled in this random faculty lounge. There was nothing good in the [really awesome looking] refrigerator though. :(
Maybe not what you would dream up as a perfect weekend, but I just had so much fun with Lyell from the ordinary stuff like riding trains, walking around, cuddling (aww) and it was exciting too, navigating the Fling carnival, finding our way around Princeton (so picturesque!), exploring the weird-shaped library (pictured above), and also this delicious ice cream place that blends all the toppings, mmmm.Ooh something very exciting happened this morning. I had to use the bathrooms on the rooftop cause my roommate was taking a shower. While I was up there, I took a bundle of paper towels for cleaning purposes BUT THEN as I was walking out of the bathroom, I spotted a cleaning cart on which there was an entire extra half roll of paper towels (half of a giant bulk sized roll)! YEAHHHH PAPER TOWEL BONANZA! They are somewhat crappy quality but I really like them because though they are thin, they are also very sturdy. I would make a fantastic janitor.
I think I need to change my sleep pattern. Last night I slept between like 2-5ish and then from 8:30-11 AM and I've been VERY alert all day!! I'm not sure if it's because I got a lot this weekend or if it's just good for me to sleep in separate segments. Ahh it's called polyphasic sleep. Yeeeah not very practical I guess. =/
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Day N' Night
Oh Kid Cudi I'm not spending 30+$s to see you but I will name this blog post after your song. Every night I stay up too late. Usually for a reason, but almost always procrastinating every last drop out of my life. Tonight I have been more productive than usual. But it is four and of course I am feeling like I could have accomplished a lot more.
Things that happen when I stay up late:
1. Webcafe notices (this is the Wharton version of blackboard; I get e-mail notifications when teachers post slides. coooool! x_x I could turn this off but what if something REALLY IMPORTANT were posted and I missed it?!) - one or two or more (depending on the semester) of these usually come between 3:05 and 3:18. [This happens on avg 3 weeknights a week - 75%)
2. Birds chirping. This really freaks me out. I think, damn the early birds have come out already. It is already early in the morning. WHAT THE HELL THIS IS UNNATURAL I SHOULD BE SLEEPING. [once a week frequency - 25%]
3. The sky gets light. Yep it really is a new day and my night and day have intersected while I am still conscious. Great. [Usually about once a fortnight? - 12.5%]
Percentages are out of weeknights only. I usually sleep much earlier on weekend nights.
And always the same people are up late with me on gchat. Shoutouts to Jimmy (Zhong and Dong), Albert, Geoff and Anna!
Things that happen when I stay up late:
1. Webcafe notices (this is the Wharton version of blackboard; I get e-mail notifications when teachers post slides. coooool! x_x I could turn this off but what if something REALLY IMPORTANT were posted and I missed it?!) - one or two or more (depending on the semester) of these usually come between 3:05 and 3:18. [This happens on avg 3 weeknights a week - 75%)
2. Birds chirping. This really freaks me out. I think, damn the early birds have come out already. It is already early in the morning. WHAT THE HELL THIS IS UNNATURAL I SHOULD BE SLEEPING. [once a week frequency - 25%]
3. The sky gets light. Yep it really is a new day and my night and day have intersected while I am still conscious. Great. [Usually about once a fortnight? - 12.5%]
Percentages are out of weeknights only. I usually sleep much earlier on weekend nights.
And always the same people are up late with me on gchat. Shoutouts to Jimmy (Zhong and Dong), Albert, Geoff and Anna!
Good job Louisa!!
Soo..Anna was talking in her post about how she made a group contribution. In the spirit of contributing, I made an important one today also! :D
I had to go to this info session about how to transfer your abroad credits (I'm going to Belgium!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHH HOORAY), most of it was pretty self-explanatory once you get on the site but I can see how people might have a lot of annoying questions that the office would not want to deal with.
Tangent: There is one guy at the abroad office who works there who is like a cute gay dude with a lisp (how typical) but he seems REALLY annoyed at all Penn students, as if he thinks we are all incredibly spoiled. I have seen him talking to normal people and he acted REALLY nice which was so weird because he is just always so p/o whenever he talks to Penn students who are going abroad. I mean I can understand that students can be very pester-y and blockhead-ish but his daily level of peevishness is unnecessary.
Anyway there was this sheet that was supposed to be passed around throughout the hour so that people could sign in so that you can get checked off for having attended this lovely mandatory event. Someone was VERY bad at passing because afterwards, hardly anyone had signed in (I'd say there were about 100-125 people there?). Alright my moment is coming up!
Everyone is bunched around the sheet, which upon closer inspection is multiple (about 5) sheets stapled together. And I said, "Hey..maybe we could separate the sheets...." Everyone got checked in at least 1000x faster.
YESSS! :)
I had to go to this info session about how to transfer your abroad credits (I'm going to Belgium!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHH HOORAY), most of it was pretty self-explanatory once you get on the site but I can see how people might have a lot of annoying questions that the office would not want to deal with.
Tangent: There is one guy at the abroad office who works there who is like a cute gay dude with a lisp (how typical) but he seems REALLY annoyed at all Penn students, as if he thinks we are all incredibly spoiled. I have seen him talking to normal people and he acted REALLY nice which was so weird because he is just always so p/o whenever he talks to Penn students who are going abroad. I mean I can understand that students can be very pester-y and blockhead-ish but his daily level of peevishness is unnecessary.
Anyway there was this sheet that was supposed to be passed around throughout the hour so that people could sign in so that you can get checked off for having attended this lovely mandatory event. Someone was VERY bad at passing because afterwards, hardly anyone had signed in (I'd say there were about 100-125 people there?). Alright my moment is coming up!
Everyone is bunched around the sheet, which upon closer inspection is multiple (about 5) sheets stapled together. And I said, "Hey..maybe we could separate the sheets...." Everyone got checked in at least 1000x faster.
YESSS! :)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Premeditation
Last night I had thought of a great blog topic (or at least it seemed great at the moment, and it was something I really wanted to write about) but then today as soon as I remembered I had something I wanted to write about, I realized that I had forgotten already! Bummmmmmer!
Which makes me wonder, do people usually discover a topic that they want to write about in the course of the day or do they just sit down and pick something that has been on their minds? Stuff that is on my mind is mostly very mundane or problems that would make me too vulnerable..I don't yet have the courage to expose myself like that.
In the past year or so, I have realized how much premeditation people do. It's a very smart thing, to think about what you are going to do before hand. It's something that I almost never, ever did before college. But looking back, I wish someone had told me that you should really plan out things and envision how you want to live it out.
I never sat down to think, what are all the possible jobs I want, how would I get there. I never thought about, here's what I want to be apart of once I get to college, what is it that I want to accomplish while I'm in college, what is the purpose of me going to college. I just thought spontaneity was the way to go and I never really considered any other route. Either that or I just went with the obvious things and never really thought beyond that. As in, I'm going to college to learn, and I never considered any secondary motives that I ought to strive towards. And some things I just knew too little about to make plans for, but I never tried to educate myself more in those areas.
This is really awful, stupid and lazy of me but one thing I REALLY should have done was research colleges. Before I applied, everything sounded exactly the same but this is probably because I didn't look deep enough. Maybe I still wouldn't have been able to make much from it but there is so much that I've found out that sounds cool to me now that I'm already in college. I don't blame myself too much for this though because before you are in college, it isn't apparent what certain differences might mean for you as a student. Ahhh maybe I am just bad at inferences. In any case, I might have ended up here anyway because I doubt I would have found a reputable source that could have warned me, "Penn is a place filled with stuck-up snobs and like-minded students who are filled with condescension towards any deviation from the norm."
I just didn't want to take all those student opinions like "women at Penn are rated a C-" for a given because that is just the average and can't I make my college experience anything I want to once I've gotten there? It's a damn sight harder than I thought it would be.
But there is still no excuse for applying ED. I was scared that I couldn't get into any place that my parents would consider "good" otherwise. I have problems with believing in myself, and for good reasons too.
I wish I had had some sort of mentor whom I had trusted who had known about a good deal about every school and told me all about it.
Which makes me wonder, do people usually discover a topic that they want to write about in the course of the day or do they just sit down and pick something that has been on their minds? Stuff that is on my mind is mostly very mundane or problems that would make me too vulnerable..I don't yet have the courage to expose myself like that.
In the past year or so, I have realized how much premeditation people do. It's a very smart thing, to think about what you are going to do before hand. It's something that I almost never, ever did before college. But looking back, I wish someone had told me that you should really plan out things and envision how you want to live it out.
I never sat down to think, what are all the possible jobs I want, how would I get there. I never thought about, here's what I want to be apart of once I get to college, what is it that I want to accomplish while I'm in college, what is the purpose of me going to college. I just thought spontaneity was the way to go and I never really considered any other route. Either that or I just went with the obvious things and never really thought beyond that. As in, I'm going to college to learn, and I never considered any secondary motives that I ought to strive towards. And some things I just knew too little about to make plans for, but I never tried to educate myself more in those areas.
This is really awful, stupid and lazy of me but one thing I REALLY should have done was research colleges. Before I applied, everything sounded exactly the same but this is probably because I didn't look deep enough. Maybe I still wouldn't have been able to make much from it but there is so much that I've found out that sounds cool to me now that I'm already in college. I don't blame myself too much for this though because before you are in college, it isn't apparent what certain differences might mean for you as a student. Ahhh maybe I am just bad at inferences. In any case, I might have ended up here anyway because I doubt I would have found a reputable source that could have warned me, "Penn is a place filled with stuck-up snobs and like-minded students who are filled with condescension towards any deviation from the norm."
I just didn't want to take all those student opinions like "women at Penn are rated a C-" for a given because that is just the average and can't I make my college experience anything I want to once I've gotten there? It's a damn sight harder than I thought it would be.
But there is still no excuse for applying ED. I was scared that I couldn't get into any place that my parents would consider "good" otherwise. I have problems with believing in myself, and for good reasons too.
I wish I had had some sort of mentor whom I had trusted who had known about a good deal about every school and told me all about it.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Ugh
I have not blogged all of April...not because I've forgotten but because I have nothing to say. Except that yesterday...
I baked some sugar cookies (courtesy of Tollhouse) encrusted with Reese's pieces! Which were then slathered with icing and sprinkled with some more Reese's pieces!! And I finally made use of my cow sprinkles. I thought I was never going to get to those. I even placed them upright in the icing which was a huge waste of time but I did it for the cows. Who wants to lie in icing all day?? That is very awkward access; for cows, I would say that it's much easier to graze if you are standing.
Finished my nutrition project. I've always felt that I eat a somewhat healthier than the average American college student, and a LOT healthier than most guys my age. But my intake was probably adequate for less than half the vitamins/minerals, which makes me wonder how everyone's bodies are doing in response to the abuse they endure every day.
I baked some sugar cookies (courtesy of Tollhouse) encrusted with Reese's pieces! Which were then slathered with icing and sprinkled with some more Reese's pieces!! And I finally made use of my cow sprinkles. I thought I was never going to get to those. I even placed them upright in the icing which was a huge waste of time but I did it for the cows. Who wants to lie in icing all day?? That is very awkward access; for cows, I would say that it's much easier to graze if you are standing.
Finished my nutrition project. I've always felt that I eat a somewhat healthier than the average American college student, and a LOT healthier than most guys my age. But my intake was probably adequate for less than half the vitamins/minerals, which makes me wonder how everyone's bodies are doing in response to the abuse they endure every day.
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