wonderful weekend~

its been a great weekend, after a simply crazy week..

pulled almost 3 all nighters this week.. resulting in sleep deprivation and a grumpy me.. heh.
BUT on a brighter side, i got into salseros and into viennese opening ball~! *beams* was hesitant at first to take on both, but decided that i had only a year and i needed to stretch my year to the max.. if i gave either one up, i'd regret it forever.. (hints of how i felt in jc arise...) haha. so i'm doing both and me 310!

anyways, the paperbike is done.. took a LOT of work.. but most of it was really fun, and it was great getting to know ppl better and making frens.. just a little frustrating at time when things and ppl clash and everyone's at their wit's end.. =(

the end of the week was greeted but a fabulous weekend, more than i could ask for.. jem came up on friday.. supposed to be out 2 year.. happy 2 year!! but i had the paper bike race till pretty late and we were both exhausted after.. sweet jem helped me w m heap of laundry, and after dessert, we both fell aslp.. then sat after viennese practice, we checked out Filoli gardens.. it was great.. prob not as pretty as spring.. but was a beautiful mansion with lovely sculptured gardens.. after which jem took me shopping (!!) at hillsdale =) ooh i luv shopping.. anyways we went to see's candies and the lady gave us two free expensive dark chocolate nougatey thingeys! haha we were happily satisfied..

anyways jem brought riesling cos he noes its one of my faves.. (of wat little i drink) so we decided to put tog a homemade dinner in my apt.. haven't done this for awhile.. and realized how muc more fun it is preparing and cooking with him around.. we fixed a hefty meal-- garlic bread, cream of mushroom soup, grilled salmon fillets, baked potato with mozarella and bacon bits, and bratwursts.. goodness we stuffed ourselves silly, devouring our food cos we were hungry, and falling aslp in food coma shortly after.. at 9pm! so early.. haha

so we woke up today and prepared a picnic lunch cos we headed up with a bunch of other ppl to san fran golden gate park for Alice's now and zen concert at the park, with sarah borealis, sugaray, duffy and more~! live performances and lovely sunny weather.. i even got a tan on one side. =( haha but anyways, the fleet show of the navy/air force was going on nearby, so the show was graced by the appearance of the blue angels and stuff~! =) wat a lovely afternoon.. am glad to announce i was very wellprepared.. with tuna salad, lettuce and ham, sandwiches, oatmeal and raisin cookies, and fruitips and apples...

am kinda sad e weekend's over.. and trying to get geared back to another crazy busy week.. but as u can see, trying to capture my wonderful weekend, so i can look back and say-- the past crazy week was worth it..

so i'll attempt to put up pics now..=P

enjoy!

filoli gardens~






















dinner at home~

















concert at the park~!

midst of a busy week~

its midweek! after tmr, the weekend will be -that- much nearer=)

and after tmr, all e homework will be turned in (for this week) and our critical function prototype presentation for me 310 wil also be over! phew.

spend the WHOLE afternoon and nite till 11pm in the loft today for our me310 stuff.. with e exception of lunch, 1.5 hrs of product realization lab training, and dinner. hah. oh and 1 hr or so finishing up my controls homework...

tmr i get free breakfast and free dinner!!! haha technically bagels are at 11 so i guess its really free lunch if i want it to be=P the mech e department here is so generous.. they sponsor $300 worth of food for me 310 class every thursday for this thing called SUDS (slight unorganized design session) or smth like that.. haha so i get free dinner=)

oh yeah.. i had my first in-n-out burger on monday nite with kathryn (my roommate from la), serheng (my neighbour) and megan (serene's roomate and also my neighbour).. =) it was really good! maybe cos i was also v hungry and by e time we got dinner it was past 9pm.. and THEN we got KRISPY KREMES!!! and kathry and i got a dozen to stock up at home.. been trying to ration out my krispy kremes.. but they are disappearing fast.. =P

haha so actually me 310 is really time consuming but its really fun.. cos i meet alot of ppl in class cos we're all in e loft almost 24/7.. jie an kale were rite.. haha.. but anyways, cos i met this guy in my class who's in the salsa grp, me and this other girl in my class went for the salsa tryouts last nite.. i noe i was kinda off e whole salsa thing for the longest time alr.. but this campus grp looks fun and un-sleazy.. so i thot it was worth a shot since the ballroom team here's kinda not as organized and well developed as umich and cos finding a partner for just 9 mths is gonna be a huge pain and almost impossible.. at least with this grp u dun need a fixed partner and all.. and u can still dance!!! so i'm waiting for the results.. but there's not tt much chance cos there were well over 50 girls, with maybe like 3 spots?? plus another 20 tried out tonite and a couple more tmr.. haha but i shd noe by friday.. then i'll decide whether or not to also audition for the viennese ball opening comm.. =)

yay the dancing's the only thing tt's keeping me positive, sane, and possibly happy amidst the craziness of settling down with crazy busy classes and homework... can't wait for the next time i get to dance.. =)

ps. i miss tv.. i wish i had tv... it'd make meals a lot less lonely and alot more relaxing. haha

okies i shd go slp now.. i have a 9.30am clas tmr.. followed by another LOOONGGG day.u noe, i shd really start cherishing these times when i'm busy with school and doing homework and having classes and frens.. cos in less than a yr i wun haf it anymore, and i'll be stuck in an office from 8am - 6 pm or later..
*trying to think positive and be thankful*

thank You for my little blessings, for the family and frens around me, and for being with me always..