Stomach ache D:

I ended up cleaning my desk and washing my bed sheets yesterday (the 27th). Glad to know that's out of the way.

I started getting a weird stomach ache last night and took some Pepto Bizmo to help me out. In the morning my tummy just hurt so bad, and I was supposed to be getting ready to go out for some Korean food with my friends. I took some more Pepto Bizmo and got a few more hours of sleep. I woke up feeling much better, which made me think I was okay enough to go out. Ah... i was wrong. My other friend couldn't make it, so it was just me and my friend. I ordered bibimbap, and usually I can finish my meals no problem. I ate half of my bowl and had to call it quits... I couldn't even finish my sides, and I was so thankful there was barley tea served, otherwise I would've been really cold. My body temperature started dropping as we were in the restaurant, and my friend was nice enough to give me a ride to Wal-Mart, because I had to go develop photos after. I also wanted to get ginger tea as well. I am so thankful for the amazing friends I have. :) But darn, I really should have texted my friends and stayed home...

I developed some photos at Wal-Mart, but was feeling really crappy and cold, so I decided to just buy some ginger tea right after. I have this habit of always getting the box behind the first one on the shelf, and little did I know, both the ginger tea and chamomile tea boxes are both yellow... it didn't occur to me that I had purchased the wrong tea until I got home and tried to pry the box open. It's rather upsetting because now my tea storage is full of chamomile tea because I bought so much a while ago. I didn't bother waiting to pick up my photos, instead I headed home straight away because I wasn't feeling well. I got home and saw a package that was open, I thought it was my new laptop haha... but it turns out to be peripherals my brother purchased on Best Buy, and the laptop package was going to be delivered later. I made myself some peppermint tea (I found my last packet!) and took a short nap. Tofu sat on my bed for most of the time, I wonder if he knew I wasn't feeling well... today he hasn't growled at me as much as he usually does when he's grumpy, so I think he must know. XD Later, my boyfriend came over and we were supposed to go to Starbucks to buy one get one free, and go run some other errands... but I was just so cold I couldn't do it. I spent the entire night just sleeping while he played some Paper Mario. After he left, I went to my bed and slept some more.

I'm feeling much better now, less cold than I was before... but my body is just so sore from curling up into a ball to keep warm, and my tummy is still aching. I also had a throbbing headache, but most of it has gone away except for when I crouch down to pet Tofu... I really hope I'll be 100% better tomorrow, as I need to run errands and our friends are in town from Japan and want to have some wings, so I want to be able to go to that.

I'm drinking chamomile tea right now and probably going to go to bed again after this post...

Christmas Day + Boxing Day and More?

Yesterday I had a good Christmas spent with my family! Most of us dressed up in red, and we took a lot of pictures. Had two of our dogs in the house too :) We had hotpot for dinner and I accidentally took out a piece of salmon too early... bit into it and wondered why it was kind of tasteless, swallowed a few bits and then I took a peek at the inside and it was still raw. So I stopped eating that piece... I mean, I could've put it back into the pot but everyone was eating from that pot so... no, that wouldn't have been polite to do. Later we opened up presents and had some pandan-flavoured Christmas cake. For Christmas I got a DOMO calendar, cute bear ear cover thing, a glass tea tumblr, satsuma stuff from The Body Shop, Carbon MAC Eyeshadow, a new winter coat, tea, and some clothes. Pretty awesome!

Today's Boxing Day and I have never gone out on Boxing Day except for last year... so I stayed home today and slept in until 3pm. Haha. I was supposed to clean today but now that it's dark and gloomy I feel so unmotivated to do any cleaning... I really do need to wash my bedsheets though, but I always feel like it's a really big task, even though it isn't. I think it's just me hating the sight of my bed looking 'naked' without the sheets... I also really need to tidy up my desk and floor. I guess I could just clean my desk today and MAYBE wash my sheets (I really should...) and that will be a good amount of cleaning for today. I can clean the floor tomorrow. I ended up cancelling one of my plans for this week. Realized I shouldn't be spending money on dinners all the time... I spent about $80 going out with friends last week, so I think I should save the money for other stuff/wait until my next paycheque. >< 

Gah it's so dark out.... and my wallpaper is black so I feel so gloomy and lazy. 

Christmas Eve

I painted my nails yesterday and this is the result. Silly striper brush for the white bottle was kind of feathering out at the bottom, so I couldn't make nice skinny lines. But the black one was great! I messed up on the argyle nails because I drew the x's wrong... oh well. As for the other hand, the snowflakes didn't turn out well because of the striper/I'm not very good at drawing apparently... hehe oh well these were fun to do but took an hour. I will just refer to them as my practice experimental nails. :P

Today I went shopping with my friend, and I literally ran around The Bay so many times trying to find clothes that would add up to $100, since I had coupons to use. I managed to get a gift for my brother with it as well, so that went pretty well. Also barely managed to get into HMV at closing time. I walked in as the girl was closing the gates, and she saw me and said they were closing, but I pulled a weird puppy dog face and she asked me what I was looking for, I told her right away and she directed us. I grabbed the item and paid for it right away. So happy they let me in last minute!! :) I know people probably hate that the most when customers come in right during closing. However this was Christmas Eve, and the hours are shorter for the mall... so I think it's a pretty good exception. Next time, I shall complete my shopping ahead of time.

I got home and took a nice little nap, woke up and then started wrapping some presents. Also went on Skype for a bit to talk with my bf and my friend and ate a little dinner... at midnight. XD I should probably go to sleep now but I'm not tired at all!

I've got more plans after Christmas with friends, which is really awesome. However, I definitely need to work more hours next month at work to make-up for all that I've spent this holiday season on outings, dinners, and gifts. I think I've spent over $200 already... that's a lot of money for me to spend. >< But at least there's a lot more projects for me to work on after the break at work, I've got one show to finish, and another show to start on, as well as some other media to caption as well, so yay, busy month of work!!

Next two days I will just chill at home. Boxing Day is too crazy. I went last year with my friend and it was pretty crowded... but not as crazy as I thought, but that's only because I stayed in one store and went much later in the day! XD And well, don't really want to buy anything after having spent so much... I also prefer shopping online anyway. And there is Boxing Week for a reason. :)

Christmas is today! So Merry Christmas to all that celebrate it, and Happy Holidays to everyone else! I'm going to sleep in until 3pm or later. My family doesn't celebrate Christmas festivities until dinner time, since we usually have our cousins and extended family over to celebrate, and everyone loves to sleep in. Plus, need to have time to prepare the hotpot, and keep our stomachs empty to consume a lot! (Which is bad to do, but I think once in a while it's okay.)

Holidaysss!

Hello!

Exams are finally over. That study group was a really great idea! I learned so much from my classmates and overall, I think it benefitted all of us pretty well. The exam itself was alright I guess, but we were only given an hour, and when my prof mentioned we had 5 minutes left for the exam, I panicked... and started those dreaded second guesses. I had to check my notes immediately afterwards because I really wanted to know how I did... that ended up stressing me so much that night that I had a headache for three days! :( If I had more time I think I would have calmed down and not have second guessed as much as I did. For now, I'll just have to wait until my final grades are posted in the new year. Hoping for the best!

The past few days I've just been catching up with some good friends. Went for coffee, shopping, an IB reunion, and a birthday party. I had so much fun these past few days but with a headache it did make it a bit difficult, and it also made me really tired. Today I decided to just sleep in and stay home. I also did some cleaning as well, but I'm still a bit lazy right now so not everything will be cleaned today XD. I was able to tweek my resume a little as well, since I need to start applying for some jobs soon. I need to write a few cover letters, but I am so lazy and it gets kind of exhausting writing the same things over and over... but then that's what revision is for! Heheheh.

I think I'm going to paint my nails tonight. I bought some new LA Colors stripers the other day, so I really should go and try them. I want to do argyle nails, but I also want to do snowflakes as well... haha guess I can try and do both?

Tomorrow I need to do some last minute shopping for the holidays and more cleaning... woop!

It's finals time!

Totally not keeping up with my resolution of blogging more often. I will do that soon, when exams are done...

Handed in that abstract, got a decent mark. I also finished my final paper for my film history class, but not as soon as I wanted. I handed it in literally four hours before it was due! I just need to focus on my one and only exam, which is this week, coming up pretty soon. It's on film theory and it's worth 40% of my mark... I looked at the past outlines for this course in recent years, and the final was only worth 30%. I think people must have done poorly on the other assignments, or they've done REALLY well on the final exam. I hope it's the latter to be honest, because my professor told us our entire exam will be all multiple choice!! That makes me extremely happy since writing isn't my strength when it comes to this kind of exam... and I'm pretty good with multiple choice stuff, so I'm hoping this is where I will really shine for this course. I've also organized a study group with some classmates, so I'm hoping that will also benefit us in the long run. I studied a bit last night and I studied for about four hours today... I still have a lot more to study though. Ahhhhh really am excited for exams to be over!

I haven't been going to work too much because of my paper and exams so I've got a lot to catch up on when I'm back. I'm also really looking forward to going to some dinner parties and catching up with friends this week. I haven't seen my friends in SO long.... ever since I came back to school I've just been non-stop going to school, and my friends are busy with work and school as well. I've only hung out with three groups of friends these past few months, which have kept me pretty sane :)

I'm also going to make vlogs again too! And I definitely need to clean my room as soon as my exams are over. yuck. My room is a complete mess! I have clothes piled up in one place, my desk is disorganized, and I have way too many papers lying around than I need. I also need to return my library books soon... borrowed about eight of them for my paper. I only used three. rofl. I'm also going to donate some of my clothing as well. That'll tidy up my room for sure! I need to keep it clean though. No excuses!

This blog is so random, but it gave me a way of releasing my stress. I guess that's why back in the day I used to blog everyday, and not just once, but twice or three times a day! It's a really good outlet. :) But now I have YouTube and my eating habits, so that's how I release my stress.... haha. I think I should take up blogging again more often though, I need to increase my vocabulary and work on my writing skills. I feel so dull when I write sometimes, and I find that it's hard to comprehend some complex stuff my friends might say, or the things that I read.

I shall go watch some Youtube videos now and eat my instant noodles for dinner. :3

I really need to write more.

Alright, so I'm back from a long hiatus... School started, new job started, and I've just been lazy with EVERYTHING... but now I realize I need to make a list and what better way to do that then to write a blog? lol

So about that last interview I mentioned about. Long story short, I didn't get that job. The employer changed their direction for the position... so the position was no longer up for grabs. However, a month ish later, I did get a job in my field. Woohoo! Not full-time, but part-time, but it's a pretty awesome job. I like it. I like my co-workers. The scheduling is nice too, I work my own hours. :)

As for school, let's say I need to make that list now. So here we go...

I need to work on my abstract for my essay for my film history class. No idea what my argument will be, which is why I should open up those books I borrowed from the library and read them to inspire myself... oh and, I should also start reading those chapters from my textbook that will be on the upcoming quiz in a few weeks. Why did I stop reading those? Because they took so long for me to read one chapter for the week... and I had a hectic time studying for my midterm. Miraculously, I passed and did a decent job on my midterm. And that was because I read the chapters and highlighted the crap out of them... (which I won't attempt to highlight everything again)

I also need to redo some notes for my film theory class. That class is the one I'm struggling with right now because analyzing texts is difficult. I'm so bad at reading formal articles... I also need to improve my analysis of films from a non-technical point of view. I'm hoping I do well on our quiz and final exam. But in order to do that I really need to reorganize my notes and re-read quotes from the reading and try to understand them.

There's this book I've also been procrastinating with for more than a year now... really need to finish the book sometime and then start on another book I haven't touched. I think I'll get to it once school settles down or once my exam week starts. Oh, and as for exams, I'm fortunate that I have plenty of study time for my one final exam, which I will definitely need to study during MOST of the time! As for my other course, I only have a final paper. I'm hoping I can finish it by the time classes end before exams, that way I only have to focus on my exam and not both at the same time. I also would have some time to hangout with some friends I haven't seen in a while. :)

I think that's most of what I need to do... other than the usual cleaning of my room... should probably get to that soon. It's difficult to concentrate when it's cluttered.

I should sleep now so I can wake up early to get started on my abstract and other schoolwork. I'll blog more soon :)

Interview is today!!

Gah, summer is officially over. To start off the new season I'm going to have my interview for a junior video editing position today. This will be the first real job in my career within a company! I hope I do well. I know what mistakes I made during my last interview, so I'm prepared to ace this one! The last interview I had, I didn't get the job because I was lacking in some experience. I know I have the experience but I failed to mention it during the interview. I'm happy for my classmate who got the position though!!

I have butterflies in my stomach, but I know I'll do well. I can feel it!!! I think as long as I go in with confidence and a smile, and have thorough answers, I'll be able to get the position right away.

:) 

Confidence!!!!

I'm going to go straighten my hair now and clean up my appearance. The interview is in 1.5 hours...eeep. 

Another job interview + school

I'm back from my vacation. Lately I've just been catching up with some friends here and there. Also, I've been spending too much money. Really excited for my next pay cheques... need to pay off my bills and there are some items I want to get.

I got another job interview! The job interview is for an editing position, so that's really great for me. It was going to be tomorrow, but I had work so they scheduled it a week ish from now. I have lots of time to prepare... yesterday I tried to do a mock interview after having a nap, that didn't work out too well because I lost motivation to think of answers. Then again, it was 2am.

I'll just research the company this week and then prep for the interview later. I really want this job. The company sounds like a good place to work in too!

School is approaching as well, I've already purchased my textbooks. I was hoping to read them a bit before class starts, to get a head start/prepare for the days of reading I will be required to do... however, I haven't been reading them at all. Haha. I'll start perhaps tomorrow or whenever... :S

I haven't been gaming lately either... been watching Korean dramas. I do miss gaming though, but I'm too lazy to open up the Windows laptop. I feel comfy with my Macbook.

Omak and Bellingham trip!

We recently took a break from Kelowna and headed down to Omak and Bellingham for a couple days. The original plan was to go to Seattle and spend some time in Chinatown, but we didn't have enough time to go down to Seattle after a long day of driving and shopping at the outlet in Bellingham. It was still a fun trip but I was looking forward to buying some Japanese cosmetics for a cheaper price than in Canada, so I didn't have to purchase them online. Ah oh well.

We went to Vancouver first to pick up a friend who went to go shopping with us for the day. We went to an outlet mall and shopped at the Nike store, Lululemon and other places. We also had some mexican food at Lorenzo's earlier. I had this express burito entree and it was good... can't believe I finished it all though, guess I was pretty hungry! After the outlet mall we went to Wal-Mart and did some more shopping... mainly for grocceries and small items. I bought a Revlon blending brush and some Physician's Formula eyeliners... I originally wanted a brown shade like my old one that ran out recently but my bf wanted me to get the Smoky Eyes version, so I did. It has black, grey and silver eyeliners.. I've used grey before and it looks pretty good so I guess I have a new colour palette for the fall? XD

After Wal-Mart we went around to try to find a hotel. It was getting dark and it was 9pm already so every hotel we went to didn't have any vacant rooms. We found an Ecnolodge and stayed there. The room had a mini fridge, a microwave and even a coffee maker! The sink was outside of the washroom which is kind of odd... but that's only because I'm a germaphobe and like to wash my hands before I touch the handle after going to the bathroom. I couldn't really sleep since the room was so dry with the air conditioner that would turn on and off according to the room temperature. I tried to listen to music to drift off to sleep, but my iPod ran out of battery so I went online for a bit. Free Wi-Fi ftw.

I woke up at 7ish in the morning and my mom and I got ready first and the whole family went down to the lobby for some continental breakfast. :D There was a pancake machine where you pushed a button and it makes one pancake come out conveyer belt style onto your plate. My sister got lucky and received a massive pancake the size of her plate... when the normal pancakes produced were smaller than a CD. I had some toast with hard boiled eggs, a muffin, coffee, and orange juice.

We headed to the Bellis Fair Mall and I really enjoyed the variety of clothing they had at Macy's, Rue 21 and Forever 21... I bought 4 tops and my bf bought me this cute Hello Kitty dress from Macy's :D I also got him a pair of jeans from Rue 21 and 3 of my tops were from Forever 21. I really wanted to shop more at Forever 21 but we had to get going to go back to Kelowna. There was also an arcade there but at the time we got to the arcade I didn't have any American coins/cash with me so we didn't play any games... they were sooo cheap! It was only 25c - $1.00 per game. I did get some American cash after buying some food to go at Mongolian Grill, since they took Canadian cash but we had to go right after we got our food. Oh well. I'll just spend my money over here in Canada.

Stopped at Tim Horton's an hour-ish later and got some pastries and ice capps :D Too much coffee for today...

And that concludes my 2nd road trip during this vacation! I would like to go to Seattle sometime or Vancouver, I think they would be fun and cool to explore :)

Some things I really need to get off my chest...

So I was able to take the day off work and sleep. I actually woke up that morning with a gross wet cough.. called into work and sounded really hoarse, so I'm really glad I didn't go. My current condition right now is still coughing, but that's probably because I'm currently in a house with three dogs. XD The first day I got here to Kelowna I found I was breathing heavily and dry coughing a lot. I suppose that's normal since I'm used to only have one dog around me, but I was with my sister's and my brother's dogs as well. Since then, I've been okay and only coughing a few times here and there. Every morning I always have a coughing fit for a bit because my mouth and throat are extremely dry... I need to drink water every morning. I hope I get to be 100% soon. There's been a lot of stuff on my mind lately so I really need to cool off and get better.

Freelancing and I'm sick D:

I haven't updated this blog in so long. I've actually had no motivation to write anything whatsoever in the past. Now that I'm on my summer vacation, I have more time to write. I'm also going back to university in the Fall, so I need to keep up with my writing... so this means I'll be blogging more once again!

Lately I've been freelance producing, filming, and editing for some corporate videos. Networking gets you jobs! Since I need to devote a lot of time for this to work, I've booked off lots of time off my part-time job. I was alright with doing this because I saved up quite a bit over the last month, so I was able to sustain my spendings and equipment rentals with no problem.

I finished one video and actually won't be getting paid until the cheque processes... which could take a while. :( I can solve my financial woes by going to work again, however I got sick last week so I haven't been in my best shape. Also, making drinks for customers and being sick at the same time do not belong together. :( I've been trying to ask someone to cover my shift since it's a closing shift, but so far no one has taken it... I really shouldn't go. I wouldn't want to make people sick, so I'm going to call in tomorrow and see if it's alright if I can stay home.

Anyway, so the moral of this story is to always have your funds ready during freelancing... because payment may take a long time to arrange. Also, make sure payment is arranged way in advance before you finish the project... to avoid payment delays like this. T_T But yeah, in the future I definitely need to collect half of payment up front, or at least collect the rental equipment fee up front... because that's what racks up a bill and if I don't pay that in time interest payments take place. D:

I'm working on another video right now and I'm hoping it turns out alright.

I need to sleep now... work at 12:30pm but I plan to call in at 9am. Eeeep.