2013 recap

Seeing as how today is the last day of 2013, I decided to compile a bunch of photos/memories/events/etc from this year and post them all. Nothing much but a short little description below. I tried to keep it in chronological order so here we go!!

we spent so much time at the Apple store being lame

omfg I still remember "wow perfect size"!!! hahahaha

selfies in PE class ayyyyy

two of my little cousins and sis at one of their bday parties

me and my pawpaw!! (mommy's mom)

it kinda snowed

my school's winter formal

when I got pink eye (one of the worst 2 weeks ever)

I did it before Miley (coverin up dem eyes bc pink eye dont mind me)

Sagan liked my instagram pic hey

Lil B followed me ayyyyyyy

caf selfies with Karman

selfiez for dayzzzzz

and more (wow these arent even from the same day but im always wearing the same Wilfred cardi????)

the only pic I got from the spring fling dance lol in the car on my way there

I discovered my love for Topshop

and I kept going there

almost everyday of spring break 2013

I spent a lot of my spring break with dis bitch

my face sucked here but another shopping pic from spring break

we ate poutines

a lot of poutines (we were the poutine queens hehehehe)

I made macarons with my sister, cousin, aunt and uncle

Canada-US border

road trip to Seattle

chillin

French class field trip to a French restaurant

grad lounge!!

at BCBG while my friend decided on her prom dress

more mirror selfies plus Annette

Ikea-run

sticky pics bc we can and also bc we're 2 cute 4 u

first time trying Bubble Queen w/ Karman

Daiso

another Apple store photobooth session

endless selfies

chem 12 (back when chem labs were super easy -_-)

fat lyfe w/ Karman

fetal pig dissection in bio 12!! hehe look at dat small intestine

GRAD CEREMONY!!!!!

the fam (minus my brother)

post-grad ceremony selfies w/ sis

flowers ^_^

 one by myself

 with my mom and dad <3

 with my sis ^_^

another one of me ayyyy

super delayed volleyball team dinner - ayce sushi!!

I got snapchat

PE class at the golf course

the weather got warm real early this year

art aka free block with my bff of 15 years ^_^

washroom mirror pic w/ french class hall pass (i think this was the last class or one of the last classes??)

last bio class I think and we were watching Finding Nemo except no one was really watching it

got my nails did for prom ayyy (they're so short sigh)

at Murale waiting to get makeup done for prom ^_^

PROM SELFIES!!!

me and my nigga at Queen Elizabeth Park!!! wow we look so fab here (we're like Frida and Jac)

also both our dresses are from BCBG ^_^

thuggin w/ Madalene and Karman

ok normal pic

lol @ Kim in the back

werk

Christina just had to blink *sigh*

washroom pics hehe

selfies while waiting for fooooodddd

oh look my plate (it was a buffet)

Fairmont Waterfront

ANYWAY I don't even have any pics from the after prom party wow but if I had some then that would def be here

then after that I spent most of my days going out or laying in bed or going out then laying in bed

the view from Vancouver's waterfront after spending the day with Karman and Kimberly

Canada day fireworks with Jalene and Layssa!! we grabbed Japanese food after and nearly shat ourselves over raccoons (p.s. that voice isn't me!! lol)

Khatsalano Music + Art Festival w/ Karman who is not in the pic lol

my nails were cute during the summer

Topshop lol i rmb we saw these cardigans were on sale so we tried them on and then we weren't sure if we should get them or not so we hid them in the maternity section and we never went back to retrieve them

when i fell while jogging -_-

for nearly a month during the summer I went jogging and I worked out at home!!! I WAS FIT sigh (this is a pic I took while resting from a side plank)

Jacqueline and I chillin in the summer hehe we had good talks and good laughs!! Such fun times (lol u can see my scratched up shoulder.......)

beach day w/ ma nigga @ english bay

afternoon tea @ Secret Garden Tea Company

road trip to the Okanagan!!

Rotary Park in Penticton!! (where the giant peach is)

ya idk (my nails doe!!!)

we saw deer and fawns!!

ok I couldn't pick which one so I posted them all lol look at the view though!! so beautiful

here's me somewhere in Penticton (the beautiful view is right up the trail to the cliff)

in Penticton we went to White Spot for dinner and then there was thunder

beautiful

car ride selfie with my sis ^_^

more Okanagan landscape!! I mean I love the feeling and the view of the city with all the tall buildings and lights and people, but this is just so beautiful

and then I got my first job at Safeway (I still work there!! lol)

FUCK I WAS SO FIT IN THE SUMMER now im a lazy fat pig

Aritzia warehouse sale!!!

post-warehouse sale

day look for my cousin's wedding (yea washroom selfie)

selfies w/ my bro!! my sister was off vacationing New York and Montreal with friends

more selfies ayyyy

photo while heading home to prepare for dinner portion of the wedding

evening outfit at cousin's wedding

mommy <3

first day at UBC: Imagine Day!! made a friend named Chrystal ^_^ (yea the lighting is green bc this was during the pep rally and idk the lighting was like this)

beautiful sky

washroom selfies w/ Madalene @ Karman's bday dinner

selfies w/ my adorable baby cousin Isaac!! I look like a mess bc I had just come from work but w/e

the weather was suddenly warm again sometime in September but look at my no black outfit!! wow

Topshop/downtown shopping by myself bc why not (I think this was on my bday??? lol too lazy to check date this pic was taken)

ran into Madalene on the bus!!! it felt weird that we didn't go to the same school anymore sigh but das post-secondary for ya i guess

Safeway lyfe?????

walking home from da bus afterschool

when my photos from the grad ceremony were finally mailed!!!!

Chem 121 lab aka anxiety for 3 hours every other wednesday

ok these may seem like random selfies to u but these are literally my BEST EYEBROWS IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!! omfg my brows were so damn on point that day and i just can't get my brows like this anymore wow omg now i'm sad

Abdul Ladha building, where I spent my breaks during my first term at UBC

I was a mess (was this the first chem midterm??? I think so)

selfies in the washroom at work bc that's how sad my life has become

this was written at UBC near Ladha and I thought it was really cute

when it was really foggy for like 2 weeks, u honestly could barely see down a block

planting trees to restore the east side of Tynehead park with people in my biol 121 class! I made new friends and it was pretty fun but exhausting

then i got my bottom wisdom teeth removed...... on the first day it didn't seem so bad

then my cheeks got bigger

then i had school so i went to school in a beanie for like a week to keep my hair against my face so it'd (hopefully) cover my cheeks lol i took this pic in physics yeahhhhh

my eye makeup was so so so on point on this day!!!!! too bad my cheeks were fat as hell so i tried to angle my face but still ugh my eyes tho!!!!!!!! can't get over this (and that perfect brow day i posted too!!!!)

Chem 121 lab, just doing titrations ya know lol and i know this titration looks shitty but it's just the McBride titration so it's for a rough estimate!!!

i need to stop w/ these work selfies/snapchats but when u work evening shifts there's usually no one else in the staff room so i can't help it

i got my disposables developed!!! i think i will post more of them another time bc i keep forgetting to

aunt's surprise birthday party

chillin

our kawaii sticky pics!!! lol we look creepy as hell with these eyes (but the machine wouldnt let us make them normal *sigh*)

skating + dinner for staff Christmas party!!

got my nails did

Christmas potluck with friends

thinking positively

selfie w/ sis before fam Christmas party

Christmas (eve)

eating after boxing day shopping w/ Madalene

bc we would go to work on our day off lmao

#teamcozy in my super soft bathroom from F21

god bless this new snapchat update!!!!

we went to a small Taiwanese restaurant in Kerrisdale called Orange Corner for my friend Kimberly's belated bday outing and we spent a lot more time being retarded and laughing and taking pics and snapchatting than anything else

yeah we're really that cool

look at me on the left omg i look like im so done/about to kill someone

shit quality bc i ran out of room to take pics so i had to take it with snapchat and then save it but afterwards Kimberly and I went to Metrotown and yeah

we went to H&M and I spent $70 on this really cute fuzzy sweater and Kimberly got one in black yay us

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh that's about it. SEE YALL IN THE NEXT YEAR N LETS MAKE 2014 OUR BITCH LOL BYE

yeah yeah yeah

Yesterday I went out with Karman, Madalene, and Kimberly for Kim's bday outing (since we couldn't make it to her actual bday event bc we all had work). We were planning to go to high tea but I woke up late (oops) and we didn't make reservations so we couldn't get a spot until way later so instead we walked around Kerrisdale until we stumbled upon a quaint Taiwanese restaurant called Orange Corner and we were craving bubble tea so we went in. Luckily we got a spot upstairs and although it was really small up there it was pretty secluded which was great because we were laughing really loudly and being retarded and taking snapchats and basically being disruptive (but for the most part there was no one around us). There were crepes on the menu too!!! So I got mocha milk tea w/ pearls (they didn't have mango!!! i was so sad) and a fresh strawberry and white chocolate crepe. It was really really yummy!! But at the same time you know that feeling when you eat too much sweetness and you just really crave something salty?? Yeah so we got takoyaki too which was pretty good.

Yeah ok my face there hahahaha I look like an angry bitch who is so done with ur shit and is ready to murder you. Ok anywayyyy so for Kim's bday present we decided to combine our gift and everything for her gift we bought from Safeway since the 3 of us work there. So we got her a funny card from there and we got her a $25 Safeway giftcard and we got her Safeway brand paper towels and the paper towels are called "Thirsty" so it had that in big words on it hahahaha.

Ok this vid cut off bc I ran out of space on my phone but we got the rest of it on someone else's phone yeahhhhhh

Afterwards Madalene had work and Karman went home and Kim and I went to Metrotown together.

Here's us in Victoria's Secret!! I don't know if you can see but I'm wearing a Topshop sweater, Topshop pleather leggings, Tommy Hilfiger coat, Dolce Vita boots, Alexander Wang Rockie bag, and Marc Jacobs bracelet.

We went to H&M and I saw this fuzzy cardigan and I fell in love!!! I've been eyeing the Wilfred laboratoire coat for, like, ever, which looks like this:

But unfortunately it costs $275 and it's on sale for $260 (WHAT KIND OF SALE IS THAT OMG????) and I'm a broke bitch. The one I bought from H&M is slightly different but I still really like it! And it was $70 which is def pricier than most items at H&M but it's not like I could find a cheaper variant of this coat/cardigan elsewhere so I bought it. I have no regrets (for now) and I absolutely love it! It's so soft and nice, and I can't wait to wear it out. Ahhhhh. I'm just picturing it now: the fuzzy cardigan with pleather leggings with chunky heeled ankle boots and a simple tee ahhhhh. Kim also got a similar one except in black and the style of it is a little bit different (I think it's a bit more cropped and the cut is kind of different).

I'll post a better pic of it in my winter break purchases/haul post in January but yay I'm so happy!

james all over me

The 'James All Over Me' tee!! I really really want to buy this wow I mean just look at it. Ahhhhhhhhhh

winter break update

Wow I really need to update this blog.

I don't remember when this was (probably sometime in the beginning of december or mid-december???) but I love clear skies because the sunset is so cute.

So on saturday dec 14 (after my very last final!!!) I went to my aunt's surprise party! It was pretty fun since family parties, especially with that side of the family, are always fun. Since there's a lot of people in my family, it also makes it really great. Of course, they went all out with like decorations, a "photobooth" area, candy, treats, games, prizes, etc. It's really cute to see all of my younger cousins running around and playing too.

The theme was pink and orange, so basically everything was centered around this theme. The food was like all sushi and japanese food (which I loved!!!!) and we had a bunch of games. They usually separate the games between the kids and adults (although some of the kids are like adults now lol) and for us kids we put a paper plate on our head and we had to draw a portrait of my aunt (whose surprise party it was). Mine turned out terribly haha. For the adults they also had to draw a portrait but they got into groups and each person was responsible for drawing a different facial feature. It ended up hilariously because one particular group had all of the unartistic people in it and the portrait they drew was so ugly that we all laughed for a good 10 minutes about it. There were other games too, and then finally we had cake and dessert and everything.

The next day I had work for the first time after almost a month (terrible I know) and I'm surprised by how many of the PLU codes I still remembered. Like at first I felt kind of rusty because I remembered my hand motions and stuff for the keys but I just couldn't remember which keys to click?? Haha but it came back to me really quickly and it was pretty cool to see my coworkers again after not seeing them for so long! A lot of them said they wondered where I went lol oops.

Then on monday dec 16 I went shopping with my friend Madalene!

We went back to our high school that day because I had to pick up a scholarship and it was such a weird feeling. It felt weird because walking into the school, it felt so normal like we go there even though we don't. I guess walking through that entrance for five years really makes that place familiar to you huh?? We also visited our guidance counsellor who we gossiped a bit with but he was busy that day so our gossip session was cut short. Then we headed to Metrotown. We were originally gonna take photos at the mall with santa but we ended up not doing it. We went to Sephora so I could buy Benefit Coralista blush (my new fave!!!) and there, we ran into our friend Karman so she joined us. We took sticky pics heheheh

Ok so the sticky pic machine at the arcade at metrotown made our eyes really scary and big and we couldn't make them normal and it was the only machine left so yeah. And I still don't have the sticky pics bc my friend still has them so these are just snapchats of them hehehe wow we're cool

Then the next day, here's the salad I made for brunch

I don't really remember what's in it but I think it was some salad mix that comes in those containers, boiled egg, avocado, fresh mint, and balsamic vinegar. I think.

The same day it was my work's christmas dinner!! Well, actually, they already had one but it was at a casino and so us minors couldn't go, so they held another smaller one which was just skating and then dinner at Earl's. I work with Madalene and Karman and we're like thugs and stuff so here's some pics we took at the rink

And here's one with Kimberly aka Kimbo who went to our high school too!!

And here are some pics of us not so ready??? Hahaahaha

I look like I'm puking hahaha but we all bursted out laughing and I just couldn't omg

Then afterwards we went to eat at Earl's and we all talked and ofc me, Madalene, and Karman (being the 3 retarded friends that we are) couldn't stop giggling and laughing the whole time hahaha but overall the dinner was really interesting and funny and we had some pretty funny conversations there!! Here's a selfie pic of us hehe

Then the next day I went shopping downtown by myself hehe. I bought some items from Topshop and Brandy Melville that I'll post in a winter break haul post soon. But ya here was my ootd

h&m sweater, talula jeans, tommy hilfiger coat, alexander wang bag

Oooh and do you see this Alexander Wang bag in my ootd??? It's my sister's but I'm so glad she lets me use it because it's so gorgeous. She got it used from ebay for I think around $400?? I even got a compliment on it that day. ^_^

And then the next day on thursday dec 19, I got my nails done!! I told myself I was gonna treat myself to a mani once my first term of uni was over so I finally did.

I was inspired by a pic I found online. This is just a white gel mani with gold studs on each finger. To be honest though it's been like a week since I got them done and already 5 studs fell off (I went back and got 3 new studs reattached but then 2 fell off later and I was just way too lazy to do anything about it so now I'm missing 2 ugh). I think I might just take it all off and get just a plain light pink gel mani but for now I'll just leave it. The studs right now are really scratched up and I guess the gold rubbed off so now some parts of them are silver?? Yeah idk but it's not very nice but it was really cute during like the first 2 days of the mani. I think they would've lasted longer if it wasn't for work since I'm a cashier at a grocery store so my hands go through a lot (they get REALLY dry too ugh).

On the same day, some friends and I had a Christmas potluck/get-together at one of my friend's house. We watched Cabin in the Woods and we had a ton of food (we couldn't finish it all haha).

How cool are we. Hahaha but it was really cool seeing everyone again, since a lot of them I hadn't seen since before uni started! We sat there and talked a lot together as a group and it was really nice catching up. It's so weird how I used to see these people every weekday at school but now we're all separated. It's actually a lot harder than I had originally thought to keep up friendships after graduating from high school especially when you and your friends all attend different universities and colleges.

Here are some cute cupcakes I came home to ^_^

The day after, I went shopping with my sister. I did a bit of christmas shopping since I hadn't done any yet and that's about it.

Then on the weekend I had work both days. I'm really glad that my shifts were during the evening because from what I heard, the store was really busy during the day. While I was working in the evening however it was so dead, so basically us cashiers just stood there and talked to each other when there were no customers.

On monday morning this was the day that I got some of the studs reattached to my nails haha. I also headed to the mall and quickly finished my christmas shopping since I had work in the evening. I had to work til closing at midnight (which I hadn't done in a long time). Once again the store was so dead and it was just really boring and the shift felt so long!!

On christmas eve I didn't really do much during the day at all. I just spent my time watching BBC's Life etc etc until the evening when it was my family christmas dinner on my mom's side. Both sides of my family are pretty big so there's always a lot of people. 

I don't think this photo does the tree and the decorations justice but there were so many gifts and presents that they couldn't all fit under the tree!! Family dinners on my mom's side are always fun and we played games, ate good food, talked, and it was a really nice time. And it's always nice seeing my little cousins because they're so cute and talkative!

On christmas day, I didn't do much either haha. I basically just lounged around until the evening when it was the christmas dinner on my dad's side. It's been like this for as long as I can remember: mom's side on christmas eve and dad's side on christmas day. My cousins on my dad's side are much older than I am and I don't really talk to them as much but this christmas party was held at my aunt and uncle's new house so it was different.

And then finally BOXING DAY!!! I went boxing day shopping with my friend Madalene. I'll post all my purchases in my winter break haul post with pics!! I went shopping downtown and the first store I headed to was my beloved Topshop!! The sale section there was so huge and overwhelming but I loved it. There was such a huge selection and most things were like 50% off and I was in heaven. There was just so much stuff that I sometimes forgot which racks and walls I had looked at already and which areas I hadn't. But wow. Unfortunately I didn't buy much though because I didn't want to spend too much so I narrowed it down to 2 sweaters and a skirt. The 2 sweaters were $30 each (originally $60 and $66) and the skirt was originally $50 and I got it for $25! We also went to La Senza and bought a bunch of sale undies which were 10 for $30 so she bought 6 and I bought 4 (since I had already bought a bunch last week). We also went to American Apparel and I bought the jungle print crop top for 20% off so I got it for $22. Oh and I got hand soaps from Bath and Body Works. And a new iphone case from H&M. OH and I got a really soft pink bathrobe from Forever 21!! It wasn't even on sale but seriously it's the item I was the most excited about because the bathrobe is so so so soft and it has a hood!!! Anyway I think that's all I bought and I calculated that in total I saved $75 so yay me. At the end of our shopping trip we went to Cafe Crepe and yeah (I was craving crepes)

And then today (well, yesterday since it's like 1am) I went to Safeway with my friends since we had to deal with our availabilities and stuff and yeah. We sat there and talked for a long time and yeah.

And this basically sums up my life for the past almost 2 weeks!! Yeah ok my hands and brain are tired now so bye.

P.S. my marks came out and I passed all my classes!!! I'm so shocked because I did a lot better than I had expected in a lot of my courses but next term I'm gonna work so much harder but yay I passed!!

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I just got home after writing my last final exam...... AND NOW I'M FREE!! I'm done my first semester in university!! And honestly it sucked.

I think this one semester was worse than all five years of high school put together. I had never felt so shitty, stressed, hopeless, miserable, and dumb in my life. Omg and I'd never cried so much in my life. It was because I was so behind on all my courses (because I'm a lazy shit) and whenever there were exams (which was like very very often) I would be struggling to catch up and understand the course material and concepts and I was just so lost. My marks plummeted and I actually felt intellectually inferior to the rest of my peers. For the first time in my life I was failing exams. Considering I've never gotten lower than a B in my life, I just felt so hopeless. I think this was honestly one of the lowest moments in my life. Basically it was my fault and that's one of the things that made me feel the most shitty, like just knowing that there was no one else to blame but myself.

BUT I think I've learned my lesson now. At least I hope I have. I know I always tell myself that I will change my study habits and that I'll actually work really hard in school etc but this time I will really stick to it. During this past semester, this was the lowest I've ever felt in my entire life, and I don't want to feel this way ever again. And it seems fitting that since the new year is coming up soon that I make a new year's resolution. The next semester (if I don't get kicked out of UBC lol) I will work harder than I've ever worked in my entire life and not fall behind on my studies. I'm aiming to achieve much better grades so that I can improve my gpa, because after this past semester, my gpa is probably down the fucking drain. I know that I've already done a lot of damage to my transcript but there's nothing I can do about that now, besides work harder in the future.

This may sound really weird considering I literally JUST finished the winter semester, but now that I feel inspired to start fresh, I'm really eager to start the spring semester hahaha.