This quarter has FLOWN by. heck, the whole school year has! it’s been an amazing few weeks, from culture nites, playing tennis and intramural soccer, etc…i’ve been so busy with activities…i guess its making up for my slight lack of involvement earlier in the year. we went to a tv taping of ‘the late late show with craig kilborn’ at cbs studios—that was an interesting experience…there was only room for less than a hundred people in the audience--that was surprising…and it got tedious when we were forced to give constant standing ovations and laugh at the not-so-funny jokes…but it was pretty cool, to see the people interviewed and stuff. i’d go again…or maybe to a different one.

Last week was simply awesome. diana got us free tickets to the premiere of “saved,” so mandy moore and macauley culkin were sitting 6 rows behind us! so were the other castmembers, as well as seth green, adam brody and rachel bilson from the OC, some wb stars, and others. it’s soo weird to watch a movie with the people actually in it! at the end, i got patrick fugit’s autograph quickly (he was in “almost famous”) before he left. i liked his character in this movie. =) haha he had this one line where he asked the girl out, and she said she wasn’t dating rite now…and he said, “what about tomorrow? Will you be dating tomorrow?” lol…so cute.

We saw a free viewing of troy as well, and i have mixed feelings about that movie. it was actually kinda funny…and it wasn’t supposed to be funny…and everyone just laughed when orlando bloom came on, cuz he had a wimpy role, poor guy. however, the action scenes were, of course, excellent. i loved eric bana’s character, hector!

Then, saturday, may 15, was the long-anticipated formal!! it was held at the ucla hammer museum in westwood—such a pretty place, and it was partially open-air too…like there was no ceiling above the dance floor, just the beautiful sky and high-rises. even with the extra air, the dance floor still was unbearably hot, of course ;) it was a great evening, even though the dj was terrible at times! there were some art exhibits open too. we of course went picture crazy…our dates were such great sports, gotta love em! and all in all it was a lovely night =)

Let’s see, this quarter has been really busy. in the end of january, diana, kim, and i took a mini road trip to santa barbara for a coupla days. we went sightseeing and saw refugio beach, el capitan. too bad it was cloudy, but it kinda brightened up later. we also went to the bee-yoo-ti-ful santa barbara mission! aaah it’s so lovely…and we went to the courthouse. We saw weddings at both of these places!

Then diana and i went to the semiformal which wasn’t as bad as i expected. 2 south went too, and sana and grant showed up, so it was fun. the dance marathon was the next weekend, but i was sooo sick, that i couldn’t really enjoy it as much. i literally had pinkeye and god knows what else, but im still sick. then on president’s day weekend, everyone was going home, so since i had a free ticket, i spontaneously decided like 4 days in advance, to go home as well. that was a goooood decision. i even got to see pui and she got me the pirates of the caribbean dvd for my birthday!!

On the 19th, krystina, camille, and i went to the ucla vs. cal bball game and we won finally! 66 to 49!! i just love these athletic events cuz they actually pump you up and make you feel so proud to be a bruin. on my real bday, i was feeling kinda blah just cuz it was raining…but i got to talk to a lotta friends and relatives I haven’t talked to in awhile, so that was nice. =) and at dinner, camille was like, “yea, sorry we couldn’t do anything for ur bday…its been a hard week...” and i understood, cuz i didn’t expect anything anyway…but then when we went back to our room, cindy, nandini and nelson popped outta nowhere in the dark and totally surprised me!! i screamed like hell (you know me =D) and they made me a birthday banner and camille bought me a brownie-like cake thing and a pretty necklace with pearls on it. we played pin the tail on the donkey too! haha fun stuff! later on diana and pat came and we dressed up for the heck of it and took pictures. amy called again and we talked for awhile. didn’t sleep til 3, and woke up this morning feeling sick again, but it was soooo worth it! a big thanks to everyone! =D

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Well finally midterms are OVER! dear god, i had AT LEAST one every damn week since week 3 and it is week 7 now. tonite, camille and i went to see a women's volleyball game against cal, and then met chris at drake to see our #2 women's soccer team in the playoffs. it was fun! i need to attend more sports events, especially cuz they're free!! hahaha...

Last week, diana, trinh, eva, an and i went clubbin with nsu in downtown LA. it was sooo stuffy in there! i was absolutely exhausted afterwards--i think i'm all clubbed out for now =P. there was a cute guy from 'sc that pretended to bump into me, then introduced himself. it was kinda funny. turns out he was 1/4 japanese and diana said some aspects of him reminded her of dean cain!

The next day, camille's family came from up north for the weekend. they took us to the westfield mall in century city, and we spent a few hours there and in sephora, lol. it was nice just to get off campus for awhile. =D

this halloween was definitely a memorable one. on thursday, diana, kim, and i went to a party/club in hollywood...diana was a genie, and i was a hawaiian grl i guess (minus the coconuts, hahahha =X). lol nothin spectacular 'cept a lei, slippers and tropical top. it was lots of fun, minus the scare we had along the way. a guy who looked exactly like perry shen was very very persistent...and he used the saddest lines in the world, like "oh think of it this way, i hit on you before i had anything to drink"--as if that's gonna make me more interested =P. i swear, he stayed around for 45 minutes, until we all had to leave...anyway, it was quite the experience, and i hereby pronounce it the "julietta, jasmine, and perry shen" nite.

the next nite, we were supposed to go out to west hollywood with john, but there was no room, and plus i don't think i would've survived an outdoor event without getting pneumonia. thus, we made last minute plans to supposedly go clubbin/partying with eva and her roomie's friends. let me just say it was the complete opposite of what we expected - apparently only the driver knew what kind of party it really was...and when we got there, diana and i just laughed and made the most of it. hey, at least they had appetizers =P.

well it's already been a month of school - so hard to believe. it has been hectic, but so much fun at the same time. i love our room (and my roomie camille of course!)! it is so spacious and i am spoiled by having our own bathroom/shower! heehee. aside from studying for midterms that never end, i have managed to go clubbin, to football games, etc, to keep my sanity, haha. oh yea, and playing taboo in 2 south for 4 hours straight...good times...i guess i am trying to be more involved and do even more things this year...i mean we're only here for 3 more years...so we might as well live it up rite? =D

our football team has been doing so well this year! i am so proud of them!! they even played fireworks during halftime agaisnt sdsu. (haha now we know where our increased tuition is going towards). we beat ASU today!! whoohoo! go bruins!! now if we could only beat usc...

our homecoming parade was last nite in westwood. diana and i went, and i'm soo glad we did. a lot of alumni were there and the floats were pretty awesome--complete with elvis impersonators on them - that was hilarious. then, awaken acapella performed at the rally--they are soo talented! oh! and kimberly locke from american idol performed her upcoming single. afterwards, diana and i just vegetated 'til 4 am. we had a great conversation about guys, family...everything imaginable...i miss those kinds of long talks...this was a wonderful end to such a stressful week.

It was MUCH fun with pui and christina this weekend! They came on Saturday, and it worked out really well, cuz both my roomies were gone for the weekend. We just chilled on Saturday...pui got to meet the 2 south crew...its so weird, cindy and nelson hav met all of my Fremont grls, so kewl. we went to see the Matrix instead at midnite. i thot it was pretty good...a lot more impressive scenes than the first one, but I think they made neo seem too invincible...it wasn’t believable.

Sunday, we went to the Getty...soo soo pretty there! The architecture and botanical gardens were beautiful. i mean for a free museum, it was amazing...then we went to the howard hughes promenade, ate some good ol Japanese food...I miss that...then we went to 3rd street promenade in Santa Monica. The highlight was the street performers! Soo funny! remember pui?
“now u cheap asses start comin back”
“all u that didn’t donate, we kno where u parked! Nah im jus playin, we cant jack ur car, cuz we on probation!”
“if u liked the show, let the money basket kno!”
“a good nation is a donation!"
it may not sound funny reading it; you had to have been there!!

then pui and I got matching Venice beach tank tops and we actually bargained for a cheaper price…the stupid guy was like “oh stretchy stretchy!!” and almost ripped the damn things in half...like he had to make them defective in order for us to get them cheaper, lol. But it’s all good :-D ...after Christina left, we just watched the punk’d marathon…hilarious show…

Ok Monday...finally got sunny n warm-ish…gave pui her tour of ucla at 9:00…cant believe she walked over the whole campus w/ out complaining bout the hills, proud of ya pui! Haha… and she got her pic in front of the med school. After brunch, she, Diana, and I went on an adventure to Venice beach! It was soo wonderful just walkin along the soft sand…got souvenirs, took silly pix, then headed to yet another beach, well it was the Santa Monica Pier…we even got to ride the carousel for the child’s price! Whoohoo!We were exhausted and starving by the time we got back, around 6-ish. Later on, pui and I played ping pong, then stayed up til 3:30 just chattin…fun shtuff…we had a LOT of catchin up to do! all in all, the perfect weekend, almost forgot how much I missed my lil rat, lol. was a much needed break…and I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough stuff for us to do, but things worked out a lot better than I thought. *sigh* now back to the grind and then we’re OUT!

It was a really fun weekend! on friday, camille's friend janice came from fremont. i haven't seen her in a lonnnngg time. we went to spring sing at 6...it's basically a talent show with skits, singing, and dancing and they have celebrity judges and watnot...last year stevie wonder came and performed; wish i couldve seen that...anyway, it was held outdoors, and just our luck, it started raining reallllly hard...i had 4 layers of clothing on, including a poncho, and my jeans were still soaked! aiyah! we sat in the endless rain for 3 hours, freezing like we were in siberia!! it was a really good show, but we couldn't survive past the first act. gotta give the performers a lotta credit, for almost flawlessly dancing on a wet stage...i mean if we were cold...i can't imagine how they felt. i dont think i would be able to do that.
Afterwards, i went to cindy's room to see rick. he came with a few friends for the weekend for a videogame tournament. we watched bowling for columbine, which was pretty good...made you think...and it was funny watching the stupid people that were interviewed.

Then on saturday, camille, janice, and I went to see nelson's fencing tournament. he got third place! then we watched better luck tomorrow...that was...disturbing to say the least, but it was interesting cuz it portrayed a totally different point of view.
At 6, we went to pilipino culture nite...the dances were amazing...how they manuevered with lit candles on their heads and balanced on 2 sticks held high in the air...was pretty amazing...
Then at 2 am, we started watching a walk on the clouds, *sigh*...the perfect movie to ensure sweet dreams for the nite, lol...
Must start hw and packing now!! yikes!