Sunday, September 20, 2009

Cracked tooth. Hella Bruises. Lost Camera #3. Techno Parade Paris 2009.

WTF. This damn city is motherfriggin insane. It started off nice with a visit to Hotel de Ville (town hall) of Paris. Where administration buildings were open to the public for the weekend because of National Heritage Day. We finished the tour, only to be feenin to go to the Techno Parade.. So we ran, hungry, witout booze and running around trying to listen to the bass and beat of the techno music. Took a few wrong turns and finally found the dj busses and the busy streets. We were here! PPL fill the streets, ppl on top of friggin bus stop stations, ppl drugged up wit booze, e, or some type of other drug. Ppl on bus stops and buses driving by blasting techno music, confetti, colored smoke, you name it!
Soo it was me, sheryl, justin, and larry. and we were looking for booze to really help get the party started. We spot a fran prix, where ridic amounts of ppl are getting booze. we get some, a bottle each which is like 2 pints and a bag of cheezy sticks and bizzounce to the parade. We start drinking and its all good fun! JUst dancing and parading until you realize ppl hella start SHIt everywhere. wtf dude. I swear I seen like no lie maybe 7 fights start over nothing..just these black kids crowding and starting to rush ppl and hit them. Anyway. we start drinking and then while i put the bottle to my mouth, Sheryl raises her hand to start dancing.. this all happened at the same time, into an epic fail. She hit my tooth hella hard! And i wasnt bugging, I mean it was an accident and it hurt! But you know, I hit my tooth before.. all resulting in my coming home and looking at my TOOTH! WTF! There's 3 very evident cracks on my front tooth if you look close enought! Fuck I really do not know what to do right now, because of insurance, money factors, fckin ugly crack on tooth :[ saddd.

Anyway.. continuing story, We continue to parade around, I steal an invader sticker from this guys backpacK! dude, I had to have itt! and then we saw a bunch of ppl on the bastille statue! I mean and when were you ever gonna see ppl or have the chance to go on that thing again! So i had too get on it, And this is when the parade is almost ending and we meet up dorm ppl (aldy, danny, paul etc.) and amber, ali, auva. So me a justin are like hell yea! lets get on the bastille and take a pic, jsut to show that we were on it! So i give my stuff to auva and amber my camera and I run to the statue. I climb over the green gate with ease, and then the hard part is the huge white platform which is atleast 9 feet or so. It took me 2 jumps, but on the thrid they grabbed my hands and were able to lift my fat ass up! LOL. it was great to be on that platform for 2 seconds, until I could tell something had gone terribly wrong. No one was looking at us or taking our pictures.. then Paul runs up to the monument and says the dreaded words," Aleta, someone stole your camera!"

FML. AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN! This is the third time. Is this karma or something? What did I do to deserve this. I don't get it. God, what lesson are you trying to teach me? My tooth, my camera, and eventually my earring (This I lose bc i always take off my earrings and put it on the night stand and they fall, and this time, I guess it fell into one of the cracks of the hardwood floor) FAIL FAIL FAIL to the max MAX MAX. I just wanna say fck it right now and go on a shopping spree and get atleast a bit of satisfaction. But i know not much can help.

Anyway cont. story. So im like wtf! Amber wtf! and i tell her to tell me who the guy is / what he looks like. We are on a friggin hunt.. and after 5 mins of searching we mother friggin spot the guy! LIKE OMG! i cant believe we friggin found him tho! I am amazed! so i run over to him and tell him to give me my camera! At first he acts shocked and confused (probably cus he doesnt understand any words that are coming out of my mouth) But then he realizes and he fuckin books it! And i hella chase after hiM! So while i chase him round the bastille like an insane woman i guess ppl start noticing as well, keep in mind this is a parade! There is hella ppl around still drunk and undercover cops have batons and are beating on ppl, while others are being teargassed too! So Thank GOD this random guy seen me chasing this dude and he tackles him to the ground, this is when my camera falls out of the guys pocket right next to the curb! success I thought! But i think I somehow ended up on the floor. I dont know how that happened! Then outta nowhere, I think his gangster friend was trailing behind the whole time swoops my camera up and starts running again! And I was like aww fuck nawwww! And this guy is black with a bright pink zip up so I chase after him and yup (all the running and working out worked ;]) I caught up to that wangsta and grabbed his bag strap. He turns around and in the struggle of hte bag his strap breaks, so the it becomes more of a tug of war kinda thing and then all of sudden i think he just yanks hella hard, and somehow drops me and i land hard on the ground. I dont even know how i got there. he just pulled HELLLA hard and i guess the momentum.. well any way, I got dropped hard on the ground. he picks up the bag hella quick and runs away. In the mean time hella folks was seeing this happen... and even though they hit girls here... YEP THEY FRiggin hit GIRLS here NO LIE. they still care that this dude dropped a girl. so the last I saw was hella ppl chasin after him. ANy whoo I hope he got his ass beat. BAD. after all thsi happened there is tstill hella ppl on the streets, cops everywhere, and this french guy basically said you guys need to leave. it is not safe right now.

Friggin RIOt of a lifetime. OMG. so we went to get pizza and went to the dorms. and yes i was bummed for the rest of the night. And yes i got free drinks that night bc everyone felt bad and I had a stomach ache the next day.

And of course. I lose my earrings today too, and btw... as i was running today to clear my head from this crazy weekend, I see ppl fckin in the woods. not a joke. and creeper guys watching. I live in a hell hole city named Paris.

This is ridic.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

In PARIS!

YES! I am finally blogging and telling all you lovely ppl about paris! MAN it has been a trip so farrr!
The longest few days of my life! And 2m will hit the first week of my week here in Paris and I've already done so much!
Hmm. let see where i've been already..

-the lourve: didnt see the mona lisa yet, but took fun pics wit tika!
-versaille: lol didnt see the palace yet, but caught the very last showing of the light show in the -gardens for the year! Woot woot!
-notre dame: It was beautiful! but wished I had a tour guide for that one.
-pantheon: Also wished I had a tour guide for that one too :p
-the luxemburg gardens: walked pretty fast through it, started raining when we got there! But it was cute and pretty, with the little kids and their sailing boats
-monteparnasse: the tallest building in Paris so we got a 360 view of the city! beautiful
-moulin rouge: was outside of it, but not in it lol

lots and lots.

Some interesting stories, met a new friend cayami, from Brazil! Super nice and chill! We traveled to Versaille together and were able to walk around the gardens while Tika and Jina chilled waiting for the fireworks. Very nice dude

Hatty came to visit YEE YEE! So one day we went from the hotel (Citadines) to the notre dame to the pantheon to the monteparnasse to the eiffel tower. O man epic long ass walking trip lol. but it was fun

We went to Chinatown and were able to by lovely asian snacks at TANG supermarket or something. BUT i am DEF going back for sureeee. And we ate Chinese food! So good! but got played by the Chinese lady. All bad lol. she made us think we were getting free noodles and fried rice. but she was so nice. oo well.


this is just a short excerpt, more stories to come! :]

Saturday, May 16, 2009

M.I.S.S. NEON ADIDAS PHOTOSHOOTTT!

YEE YEE!
i am sooo sad I do not have a camera.
Cus seriously! I am missing out on soooo much i could b taking pictures of!

So, I will start with last night and my inSANE nose piercing! I thought since it was 2 months after i got my nose pierced that it be ok to take it out, clean it and put it back in. Well, I did and tried to put back the stud and it was soo oeffin difficult! FML it took like 30 minutes to put back in. Bc it was a hook shape i had to bend it sideways and all which ways to get it in. oMG i freaked out! i ws like oo shoot its gonna closeee if i dont get it in! but i did! nooo. i wiill NOT take it off ever againn. Unless i find a new stud to put in. ughhss.

Anyway to move on! I tell taht story because that incident declined my sleep for an hour cus i had to wake up at 5 in the morning! GAHHH! so i basically only had one hour of sleep! So i got all ready and everything. got on bart and took the T for the first time! Ahhh it was scary because the directions had said to take the K/ T (i didnt know what that meant!) buttt I saw the T was going to third street, so i thought. Hmm maybe i should take that since the directions said. So i took it not knowing where i was going and i was really scared i was gonna get lost. But i guess i went the right direction. the T train goes behind the ball park towards HP i think lol. So i got off the stop and walked towards the building where i met up gabriella and a model. And the building we went to was actually the headquarters/ distributor place of Upper Playground (since gabriella works for them). DANG it was soooo tightt! The building doesn't look that big but once you enter, they are huge warehouses! wowzers it was tight. So my first job of the day was to open the front door for the other interns/ model/ photographer.
So i got to meet Liz finally, she is hella spunky and cool. i like her style and creativity! She is so dope and came up with the ideas for the adidas bows out of clothes! so tighttt!
I also met fellow interns, susan, a writing intern, she's going to cca in the fall for an MFA and elizabeth, she's from san jose and she's a certified nail tech!
Also I met Alex, one of the models that actually goes to CAL too!
And Santi, the hairstylists! She is soo dope. During the photoshoot we started talking! She's originally from the city but she has a place in NY and she spends one week a month there! And she's planning to go to London in the fall to go to needle point trade school, needle point for high end shtuff like LV and gucci! Her plan is to work her way in the fashion shows as a labor seamstress and get to know the designers and then start doing hair for them! DUde she has things so well thought out and she is SUPER talented! her hairstyles were so different and HOt. she is real good. She studied art in thailand for 4 years! amazing and we were talking about religious art and how western religious art is silver (cold)based while eastern religious art is gold (warm) based. So i was telling her that i planned to study abroad in france in the coming semester and i really wanna meet her up if i go to england! that would be tight.. and she said that she could drop my name to her friend that is a french designer and maybe intern for her in the fall! dudee that would be dope! i hope it works out though. the French designer is currently here, wit an intern from france! lol. that is tight. Anyway, back to waht i did that day

So! my first job was to steam clothes. Adidas had sent 3 sets on neon track suits (green, yellow, orange) and i had to take tags of, label them, and use the steam thiing helped to unwrinkle them! it was tight bc it really works well! I never done it before! but i felt really lauren conrad when i did! lol! After steaming i helped clean the neon adidas shoes and relaced them. Then I helped paint nails for the models with neon polish. It is actually alot easier to paint fake nails! and it was fun, filing and preparing. Also i helped liz with alot of preparing the clothes, so helping her hold clothes and helping her hold the wire hangers to make the bows. then it was on to the photoshoot, where i held props like neon poles and sticks in the background while the girls took the shots. After holding the poles, it was more watching the shots and preparing the new shoes.. putting socks and shoes on models, steaming more clothes, It was a blur from there, cus i was getting tireddd and i remember eatingyummy yummy food like humus, veggie chips, focacia, carrots, cinnamon cookies, lots of grapes delicious! Before i knew it, the shoot was almost over. Alex was a great model, she knew what to do, The other girl savanahh was hella young 15 years oLD! she needed a little more direction, but i think she was just new at this stuff. It was funny too, bc the whole time the photographer (just a little on the hipster weird side) and liz/ g were sorta butting heads on how the models should pose and what not. they were going at it, in a nice way. HAH it was funny. Lots of cleaning up! and also got to see the news board of the new upper pg stuff.... koo kooo.
I'm so grateful for this experience!! a great foundation and way into styling and etc.! so excited.

O and i talked to G and ima def start helping out in the summer yee yee! canit wait, but i gotta tell uncle sam and auntie nori.

After was JJs dinner party for his grad! Super fun to catch up with everyone. And caked flied everywhere haha cream fight! everone getting piercings too! wow! how fuN! like mike with his inner ear and sophia with her tragus.! yeeee

Ok the end! Another great event! can't wait to update on more!

EFFIn screwed on finals! GAHHHH

I will post pics as soon as they come on MISS!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

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Soo, I'm blogging because me and Francis promised we would blog today. So, FRANCIS! this is for you :], your in coor selections right now, so you BETTER blog after!

So, what has been going on in my life thus far aye?

Well, school is officially almost over! I have about 3 weeks left. Next week I have crits all week for my studio classes! AHH going crazy just tryna finish all my projects. And today stupid me left my drawing in my locker.. but its not like I was gonna work on it tonight anyway right?

Anyway, I'm making something for my mom for mother's day! I really hope it turns out nice! GAHH really excited for that!

This weekend is HIP HOP IN THE PARK! yee yee! What sucks is its gonna rain on saturday HAH! story of our lives right.. well I hope xavi, george and tomas will still come out tho. I have't seen them in so longgg! And it be nice to catch up and kick it.

I guess this all really surfacey stuff of what's been going on in my life, but internally I'm sorta stressing and freakin out on a whole nother different level.

I've been feeling sorta out of it nowadays and life is passing by so quickly! My senior friends are graduating and in terms of friends (I was talking to Aric about this earlier today) That friends you've known for hella years, you realize you hardly even know. Like what the hell is that about. And there is also a feeling of disconnect of friends in general. Like they are your friends, and you call them friends, but are they your TRUE friends. Like people that truly know you, your intentions, your goals, your life! LIKE WTF? HAha I'm reading this over and I feel like I sound friggin emo! But I'm not! I'm just putting life into perspective and what's been going on in my life. [Fuck effort in keeping up with friends. It's so damn hard. and why should I do it when its not reciprocated anyway.] That's my other conscience speaking :) Well, once summer comes I'll have more time for effort right?

BTW:
Summer Goals/Plans:
-Learn French, in prep for France
-Learn to play the guitar
-Missomnimedia internship
-Working for Uncle sam?
-Work out!

Dunzo random rant of nothingnesss. Here's to you Francisss !

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Spring Break 2009

As I look at the pictures of friend's Spring Breaks this year on facebook... I tell myself. DAMN. I wasted a whole week of doing nothing. Straight NOTHING. People went to vegas, LA, costa rica, nicaragua, hawaii, etc. etc. and i stayed here. With no money to spend, running (and not running around) with chump change. Not spending enough time with friends that I should have, sitting around on the computer way toO long.. and wasting time away. like now. WOW. pathetic.
And all this time I've had the intention of atleast spending my time wisely, like sending off a whole pile of applications for summer internships, or finishing my hw, or something or other!! but.. that didn't happen either.
I guess I will always be a time waster.
And, i dont even remember what i did last spring break to compare. HAhh.. uhh all i remember is cutting my hair like a man.
So anyways, I guess i will try to recap my spring break 09 in hopes of not forgetting and crossing my fingers to make the next one better!
LOL
Saturday: Kickin it all day with Kood and his fam! That was fun :] I'm glad i stayed to kick it and party at his sister, annie's house
Sunday: Kood's game which they won, FSF photoshoot (fun!) then home.
Monday: haight street, berkeley to clean, then back home. and clean. Whoaa
Tuesday: kickin it wit Tomas, making a song. granma's for dinner. chillin at eilynns after. watched changling.
Wednesday: Supposedly a work day, Ate pho with vincent. home. then dessert with lwong, milan, michelle L. and ellen
Thurs: yum cha with the grandparents, interning at mama's kitchen!! HELLA FUN (i think it might have been highlight of the week!), meeting co-intern!, dinner at san tung with mike tom and craigford, then to jeannies for her bday celebration (sleepover) lol with 4 ppl on a bed. nice.
Friday:Dim sum with lwong, golfing, doctor's appt, grandma's for dinner, and fellowship
Saturday: (today) Home, janelle visited for a min, ran with mom.. and now getting some minimal work done.

OMG this week has gone by soo fast, and I feel that i have been pretty unproductive. sigh*
And talking to ellen made me think, should i be so cost-effective and try to save money? I'm in college she says, I'm supposed to be having fun. but should it be at the expense of my mom's non-existent pay check or at least dwindling one that is.. This thought made me not even consider going somewhere else for the summer. Well, that could be a good thing so far as i can play ccu this summer (cross fingers) and be home, something i haven't been doing in a while. i denno what I'm doing with my lifeeeeee! GAHHHH.

IF your reading this, don't feel anything for me. This is just me venting and putting the thoughts in my head in order.
LIFE SUCKS.

Monday, March 23, 2009

FSF Photo shoot!


That's whatsup! Did a photo shoot with Female Sneaker Fiends. Heard they were coming to SF so I emailed Lori real last minute, but it was worth it! We were in the Mission (Balmy Alley) and the Portrero park. It was fun meeting new folks (which we all had some connection in some kinda way) Sorta crazyyy :) Met Naleta aka Nelly she is on it with those shoes tho :) and Ashley and her crew. Ashley works with Ronnie's cousin, Ellen at the water bar! aight enough talking, here are some pics!!



That's Ashley and Jada, hella cute!
















That's my MISS BOSS! Gabriela!





Tuesday, February 10, 2009

SOO MUCH ON MY PLATE!

As of now, I have been contemplating the opportunities God has put into my life this new year. It's sort of really overwhelming yet exciting at the same time. I don't know how I am gonna handle all this work, but I'm really excited for what he has provided me.
So what I have now on the sched:
- 4 classes = 16 units (2 art classes chill?, MC 101, and AFRI 144)
- Siracha hip hop dance team for VSA culture show
- Senior Weekend intern --> Reach!
- MISS Crew intern!! Marketing?
- ABBA Modern dance!!
- S4HH coordinator?

It's pretty crazy now, I don't spend my nights going to the library and doing my hw, but going to a whole bunch of differnet meetings. And not even fullly attending all of them. I would really like to prioritize and stay committed to my positions. Sorta going crazy!
I think God has taught me alot about the power of praying to and how much prayer can really help in beginning or managing a part of the day. GAHH I just hope I can handle. Midterms, projects and papers are getting due soon. KILL me NOWWW.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

School starts Tomorrow.

I've been thinking.

2009 has definitely been EFFIN exciting so far!
Let me list what I have been up to/ experienced to have me say how great 2009 is with such conviction.

1) Being in China and HK. Which include seeing the family, esp baby ALLY! Which I think was the start off of good things to come, esp. bc each hotel room that we stayed at ended in 09, 1409, 1309, and 1209 (i believe?)... AND going on business class for the first time!! on our flight back to the US! that was friggin sweet! hecka yummy food and my own screen to watch movies and lying down, hella leg rooM! GAh i could get used to that!
2) Getting in a fight in HK club with dumbass little girl
3) Going to tahoe and snowboarding. Which I can now definitely feel the aches of being old. ackk. But it was damn good fun! Wit the oakland folks (Kood, Simon, Lena) and the berks (Francis, Thear, the roomies, Trinh, Stella). BUT, I did lose my camera agaiN! :'(
4) SW bonding day! yummy hot pot plus hot seat = whooaaa!
5) Applying for internships, exciting yet tedious. ughhh.

Anyway, School starts 2m. what a drag. :(((
And I can already feel the stress piling on.
SHIIITTTTT.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Tired. Bored. In the Airport.

In the ShenZhen airport right now.
Really Bored.
My dad thought our flight was at 3:30, but its really at 530. :[
Bummerrrr..
so in stead of staying in HK a little longer (^_^) we are stuck here. in China.

China.
Thoughts on China..
+ It's super cheap!
- It's super dirty :(
- I miss my friends at home
+I got to hang out with my family! something i havent done in a long time
+ I spent most of my winter break in China!
- I spent most of my winter break in China :(
+ The food is super yummy!
- I got the runs one day, and its sad to see a KFC on every friggin street corner.

[Anyways,
i know i should be blogging more. and journaling, and arting... o man, i am so behind. How does someone keep up with this stuff anyway. ]

So, I got to meet up ARIC GUO in both Shanghai and HK! which was very nice.. to see a familiar face. We went clubbing at both placees. Shanghai was pretty fun. we spent new years at this boogie ex-pats club on top of the really yummy restaurant M on the bund. It was whatever.. but we got to celebrate new years there! and see lame smalll fireworks! You would think in China they would have hella big ones right?!
On the other hand, HK clubing HAH, was a complete joke as usual.. we went to the same bar as last time, where all the cheap ex-pats go (because its free) and i got into a fight with this beezy ass girll.. oMG first of all, she poked aric. YOU do NOT poke ppl you do not know. We brushed it off, but we were hella checking the couch the whole time because thats where we put our stuff, including my passport and money. Coincidentally that girl was near the couch so she thought we were hella staring at her. PLEASE woman, no one wants to stare at your ugly face anyway. ANyway, i got super paranoid because the place was getting packed and we couldn't see our stuff, so I went over to put my valuables in my pocket. I got through passed the girl and tried to get back to the dance floor, and the firl said i pushed her! It's a friggin CLUB stupid douche, your gonna get push, and in any regards i was not tryna do it on purpose. Anyway.. she said "le mo lai mao," which translate to "you have no manners," which i realized was not a very harsh comment. BUT regardless, I had enough of her shit that night, i tried to brush it off and she started speakin her broken ass emglish blaming me for shizz, and she flicked me off.
[which c'mon pppl is SOOOO childish, who cares! someone flips a bird its whatever, that shit don't me nothing dawg. You ain't saying nothing to me or touching me so that finger got nothing] THEN, that beezy pushed me! i wasn't tryna get into anything (c'mon I'm in a differnet country! and my Canto aint that good!) soo i tried to flick her cap off with my hand! Tooo bad when i did that her capp did move a sratch! Soo, i guess it was like wacking her in the head then :P ! By then everyone was pulling us apart, but she scratched my face (only a tiny one) and i think i was throwing fists at one point HAH! but she was too far.. she got a kick in too, but seriously this girl was 5'2" max? and i did not wanna get into it with her... C'mon, hella stupid I'm a head taller than her and all she can do is scratch.. stupid whore bag. Anyway.. me and aric got kicked out! unbelievable, but whateverrrr..that bitch and her friends were ugly anyway.. so i'm not trippin.

haha but that is only one of my interesting stories from Asia. I guess I will write more when i get back. I cant wait to watch the hills, and stay in my house, and seee my ppls at homeee! I cant wait !! 2 mORE DAYSSSSS! GAHHH

and snow trip here i comeee!