Happy New Year Out With The Old and In With The New *2009*

SOTD: Kanye West - Robocop

Happy New Year to everyone!

As I reflect on my past year, I realize that it's been filled with a lot of different experiences. Both good and bad. I've met a lot of new people, gotten close with people that have already been in my life and was able to see the true selves of some of my friends as well. All in all, I feel that 2008 was a pretty slow year for me. Nothing major happened.

I'm really excited to look forward to what 2009 is going to present to me. I got to roll in the New Year with my best friends at AT&T Park in SF. I believe the people you spend New Years with at midnight will be the people you spend the rest of the year with. Crazy superstitious? I know. Anywho, supposedly, the year of the Ox (according to the Chinese zodiac) will be offending the yearly God this lunar new year. =( Definitely not looking forward to a bad year this year, or any year as a matter of fact. Therefore, my relatives and I are planning to visit the temple next weekend in Yuba City before the start of the Lunar new year to try to pray for protection and peace of our whole family.

I've been a bum at home lately and it feels great, yet pretty boring at the same time. All I've been doing is waking up early, I can't sleep past 8:45am and it sucks. I wake up and watch dramas, eat, and sleep. I've been able to spend more time with my mom though when she doesn't have work so that has been fun. My mom actually doesn't want me to go out because of the fact that I am not currently under any health insurance plan. She is so worried that I can't go on any vacations with my friends. She's not a pessimist, she's just thinking, "what if...?" I've had to pass up trips to visit friends at their colleges, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas. I was really looking forward to going on the trips to get my mind off things and just enjoy my winterbreak. On a brighter note (because I'm such an optimistic), I am saving money! I've been trying to cut down on my leisurely spending ever since last month. I can't buy the fancy things I want to eat, cute things I wanna play with or look at, and absolutely goodbye to designer labels. Has anyone ever noticed how expensive it is to go out and buy drinks these days? $5 for a Starbucks/Jamba Juice/Dessert and $10+ for alcoholic beverages! Now I know where my money went! Into my stomach haha. There will be one thing that I will be splurging on though. That's the Hello Kitty for MAC in February. I can't resist!


Therefore, onto my New Years Resolutions...

1. Be frugal, very frugal. haha
2. Read more on a daily basis. This applies for school and leisure. I haven't read a book leisurely for about 3 years.
3. Spend more time in the kitchen/living room having real conversations with my family.
4. Catch up with old friends more. I've neglected a lot of people that were good to me. I'm sorry.

5. To smile more while never neglecting to say "please" and "thank you" to people that assist me on a daily basis
6. Keep my room cleaned!!

...to be continued

Here's a pic of my Mighty Morphing Power Rangers crew at a relative's wedding I went to last night. It's a pic of the "older" cousins our mom's side. I love this pic because it reminds me of the pic on grandma's fridge lol.