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