School is finally over . After some time of dreading this day it went by as quickly as it came, and in the midst of it all I am left in retrospection - and wondering where all those years in college went. Graduation day was awesome...despite UCI presenting us on stage assembly style, it was a medley of indelible crazy and sentimental emotions...the experience was pretty surreal. As in all of life's great transitions, graduation day was bittersweet as it was momentuous. In this period of time where everything changes, you're reminded of the things that remain the same: the relationships with friends and family you have, the lessons you've learned in school, and also the challenges overcome during the arduous journey you've embarked long ago to find yourself . I am really grateful for all the people in my life who've  helped me get where I am today- my family, boo, friends, and mentors...who've really made graduation as special as it was. Sometimes when you're so busy, you forget that you're not alone in this world and times like this you're reminded of how people have touched your life and it's moments like these that makes life as wonderful as it is. Saturday went well...waited with Michelle in our black robes for an hour to line up for commencement ( gosh it was hot!) and took pictures because we were so bored .

Went to lunch at CPK with Alvin, Yu Min, and Gloria (I think we are now banned there..haha) , and had dinner with some old friends.

 It's funnie how you know it's a special occasion when people take you out to eat a tremendous amount of good food. And what a bunch of yummie food it was!! my friends are sooo awesome!       

     Friday was my last day at work at my school job. Every year for the past four years I've always thought about finding a new job, but I somehow found myself staying until the end. I have attachment issues . Reflecting back on the days spent there, I realize that I've probably enjoyed working there too much and that it was also perhaps the best environment I'd ever work in. My coworkers were the greatest and my supervisor was like a second mom to me..sniff. They've always been so nice to me that I couldn't imagine working anywhere else. But there comes a time in your life that you realize that you have to move on and to reach for aspirations that you've worked for your entire life. I was truly touched by the nice going away party my department threw Anthony and I.

I'll never forget these moments~ as well as that funky lil conversation Helen and I had on the last day about shitty jobs. I wish I had some summer vacation but ever since school let out I've been working- worked today and start work at my new job tomorrow. The 8-5 life...I'm really going to miss my naps.

Graduation was just the begining of the rest of my life.  

First day of the last quarter of my undergraduate life..whoo hoo! I wish my classes were more close together so I wouldn't have to sit here at the library, reading random stuff online, attempting to study, and wasting my time . I forgot my cell phone in Torrance this morning...gosh I'm such a stupid head. Now I gotta drive all the way back today to pick it up and get stuck in rush hour coming back..siGh. I've become so dependent on it I feel naked without it...yes, that horrible yet cute lil samsung phone that never gives me proper reception and frequently hangs up when I'm on the phone...I miss it.

 I wish I was still on Spring Break..it was way too short this year....there's so much to do this week and all I want to do is sleep. 

There are days I wish I could clone myself. Then I could get so much more done...but then I think about it and I can just imagine my clone taking over my life...and then I'd just prefer to do everything myself.   

   So it's the week before finals and instead of studying and working on my 12-page Epidemiology paper I'm suddenly distracted by my computer. I suppose that sitting in front of it doesn't help much either. The better alternative would be to study at the school library or study commons...but I really can't study in that atmosphere- it gets too cold and the lighting is not right. And yes, I'm just a lil bit picky. I'll just be doomed for the next 3 hours until panick kicks in 6 hours before the deadline and I feverishly type randomness to fulfill the page quota.  Horrible, considering that I now know my gibberishing abilities due to Humanities Core Freshman year when I amazingly regurgitated 2 pages/hour of information on a few essay assignments.  But of course, while I was typing at the time I also wanted to kick myself in the butt.  

Today I paid my last tuition at UCI...FoReVer...thank goodness for that!! Tuition was getting absurdly expensive...so much in fact that I actually considered adding a miscellaneous class or two just to feel less bad. Thought about it for a few days and decided it against it. I've taken all the classes I've pretty much wanted to take here...don't reallie need units...and plus its more important to do well my last quarter.  

Got to hang out with my big bro Kevin the other day. The guys had their annual lambda lil sis dinner so a bunch of ppl headed over to Chewy's House. I think that was the night I started eating Supreme pizzas...I normally hate supreme pizza but they had som reallie yummie food! Saw some ppl who graduated last year and working full time now...kinda weird. Most ppl I know are reallllly old and sometimes if they stand next to younger ppl you can tell they have this mature life experienced vibe about them But lately I've been getting a lot of people telling me that I should enjoy rest of school and that the real world sucks. Sometimes I think it's all mental.... Kinda like having a five day work day and a three day weekend. You'd think that you would be happier with a four day workday and a four day weekend...but serious, the start of every day is like every other day... maybe the only difference between Monday and Friday is that we decided they should be named so.

Went to Queen Mary in Long Beach last weekend with Lydia, Daniel, and Alvin  for Hallows Eve  gotta love scary stuff...I suppose we were lucky we didn't run into any ghostly encounters, just dum dums running around in white bedsheets. Too bad...

and then there was the beautiful background ocean view...

(Above Pic): Supposedly haunted swimming pool...nothin but mist.

(Below): Hee²..Me and my Boo at Waters Restaurant..<3.. *Happy One Year!!* 

Can't believe it's November already..seems like Christmas is coming a lil earlier this year and everyone's already doing their shopping. I'm so far behind on my list...haven't even started ....it's not even Thanksgiving yet.  So excited tho..one thing I like better than buying gifts is watching people open them!