Even though student teaching has been very busy each and every day, I have found time to relax as well, which is nice! :-) During the first weekend of Novemeber, I went to my very first football game! The people that I went with were quite surprised that this was my first college football experience If they knew how my college team was in football they would understand. It was so much fun! We arrived at the rose bowl early in the morning and we just started to chat and eat chips and drink as well. The game started at 1 pm and it was exciting to see all the action that was to entail. The game was between UCLA and Washington State. It was a very close and in the end UCLA won by one point. It was such a good game! Afterwards, I was so exhausted and just collapsed when I got home.

Current Mood: drained
Current Music: Vaughn Williams

It has been a while since I have posted to this! :-( With student teaching, I don't really have time to post, but I will catch everyone up to speed.  It has been a hectic couple of weeks student teaching.  I enjoyed my time immensly at Overland and learned quite a lot.  Now, I am student teaching at Canfield and this school is very different.  I am student teaching for Kindergarten, which is definetely different from 3rd grade.    Other than student teaching, I find myself trying to find time to relax and I'm enjoying myself.  Hope everyone is enjoying themselves.  I hope to get the credential soon.  

As the summer draws to a close, I  am really excited to finally start student teaching!  During the summer, I did not  know where I was going to student teach and finally I know where I am going to student teach.  I will be student teaching at Overland Elementary.  I'm sure I will have a lot of adventures!

Current Mood: chipper

My friend, Wallis from graduate school got married on Saturday and it came so quickly! I could not believe how quickly it came and through all the festivities everyone had a fabulous time and celebrated her marriage to Tom.  

On Thursday, we got to celebrate her bachelorette party.  I got to meet a lot of people and enjoyed myself immensly.  We started off by going to the restuarant Mexico City and enjoyed the food and the margaritas.  After dinner, we made our way to the Jumbo Clown room, where there were a bunch of women exotic dancers dancing on the stage.  While we were watching the girls dance, we got Wallis a lap dance, which was awesome!  While we were sitting and watching the dancers, supposedly there was a guy who was checking me out... Why did I not notice? Oh well!  Afterwards, the remaining girls went to a dance club and enjoyed ourselves by taking a photo in the photo booth and dancing the night away!  I finally made it back home by 3 in the morning! :-) 

On the day of the wedding, I was excited to celebrate her wedding.  The wedding was held at a friend's house and the layout was wonderful! She had a unusual wedding ceremony full of theatre acts and comedy acts! It was a wonderful wedding ceremony!  During the reception, we all enjoyed ourselves by chatting, dancing and toasting the happy couple!   

Tags: wallis wedding!
Current Mood: cheerful

August 6th and 9th are the memorial in Japan for the day when the A-bomb was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Every year, I try to remember the lives that were lost during that time and I just wish that the whole world could live in world peace without war at all! This year, I went to a temple in Little Tokyo which commemorates the time and wishes for world peace. I heard a speech from a survivor of the A-bomb in Hiroshima. It was really incredible to see a survivor! I really hope that after the war in Iraq and Afganistan is over that there will be no more wars... I know it will take time, but I really hope that it will come soon!

Current Mood: melancholy
Current Music: さんぽーとなりのトトロ

I just came back from a trip from Pittsburgh and I had a fabulous time in the city of Pittsburgh. It was a nice mini reunion I had with my old friends from middle school. I am really surprised that I actually kept in touch with my friends for so long. While I was in Pittsburgh, I got to hang out with my friends, Gabe and Jeff. It was absolutely wonderful to hang out with both of them.

I arrived on July 24th in Pittsburgh at around 6 pm. After that, I went out to dinner with Gabe. I was a little tired, so I was not really up for doing something so fun! So we just relaxed and even called our old friend Jeff and found out that he would join us on a vacation to Pittsburgh. I actually did not expect Jeff to come to Pittsburgh, but I was actually quite glad that he decided to come to Pittsburgh and join in on the fun! After calling Jeff and figuring the flight information, we decided to watch Kikki's delivery. I have not seen that in so long... Afterwards I got so exhausted, I just fell asleep.

On Saturday before Jeff arrived at the Pittsburgh, we took a walk around Carnegie Mellon and Schnley Park. It was a nice walk and I was glad that it did not rain at all. After picking Jeff up from the airport, we went to trader Joes, and got back to Gabe's house, Jeff decided to cook dinner. We all helped him prep for the meal. It was a nice thing to cook together! He made Pork Chops, Salmon, and even Salad. We had wine with dinner and it was a nice dinner to celebrate all of us hanging out together again! Afterwards, we had to show Jeff Totoro since he had not seen it yet. While we were watching it, Jeff had to critique the movie. After all he is a English professor at Harvard University! We then just sat and talked and even did some Wii in the wee hours of the morning!

On Sunday, all of us got the chance to enjoy Falling Water. Falling Water is a building that Frank Lloyd Wright built and the house is over a stream of water.   It was such a beautiful building! After wards, we did some miniature golf. I have not done miniature golf in so long. :-) it was all in good times! For dinner, we decided to eat Waffles and afterwards we burned off the calories by doing some Wii Fit. Afterwards, Jeff started a game Portal which lasted until at least 5 in the morning.

On Monday, we went to a very interesting place for lunch. It was a sandwich place that had fries and coleslaw in the sandwich. The restaurant was called Primanti's and I was surprised that I enjoyed the sandwich, because I usually do not like coleslaw at all. It was such a huge sandwich. Afterwards, we went to the Carnegie Museum of Art. It was a nice museum... I certainly liked the glass windows! Jeff started playing Portal again until about 9 and we went a church that turned itself into a Brewery! It was such a sight to see. We had pizza and Jeff and I had beer samplers which had about 8 cups of beer. It was really crazy! I could only drink about 5 of the glasses! When we came back, we played Wii bowling and I beat the boys again! HEHE! I got a score of 147! I could never get that in regular bowling!

On Tuesday, we were determined to get up early and get out of the house before noon, but alas that did not happen. We decided to make crapes and after eating we made our way to Phillips conservatory and saw a bunch of trees and flowers! It was very interesting. There were even sculptures of flowers and alliens! Jeff had to go back to Boston, and after wards Gabe and I played Wii Sports resort. There were many interesting sports including cycling, canoing, archery, and so on.

On Wednesday, I got the chance to see downtown Pittsburgh and I went to the Andy Warhol Museum. It was quite interesting. There was a part which the voice kept saying my name and they were refering to Yoko Ono, which was quite interesting. Later that day, we cooked together. I made salmon and he was in charge of shrimps and we had a nice farewell dinner with a lot of wine! After dinner we watched a french musical and castle in the sky.

For my last day, we had lunch at spice island. I was surprised that there was burmese food at the resturant. Afterwards I went to the airport and found out the flight was delayed, so I had to wait for at least 4 hours and finally made it back to LA by 11:30 pm.

I had a fantastic time in Pittsburgh!

Current Mood: jubilant
Current Music: The Side Show

Things have been relaxing recently!  After the last day of work at Broadway, I have moved back to the parents house for a while.  I get to save on rent, which is good! Before the last day of work, I talked to the principal of the school, and she decided to say that they do not want me to work there next year.  I do not really have a problem with it, because I am going forward and going to do student teaching starting in the fall.  I am anticipating that I will do student teaching and I look forward to the students I will teach next year!  I just got annoyed with how the principal addressed the issue.  Why wait till the end of the year to tell me? 

On to better news, my summer has been relaxing and I have kept myself busy by preparing myself for the constitution test and also cleaning!

Hope everyone had a fabulous July 4th!
I had a wonderful July 4th.  I hung out with friends at the beach, and we all had a great time hanging out and drinking to our hearts content!  My friend said I acted interesting... but I do not remember.  I wonder how I acted.  

Tags: end of school year, july 4th
Current Mood: hopeful

Lately in Los Angeles, it has been quite gloomy in the morning that I do not understand where the spring air has gone, but then in the afternoon the sun comes out and it turns out to be a lovely day! These past two weekends, I have been able to enjoy the sun and walk along the venice beach and the venice canals. Both times, I have been able to enjoy the company of my good friends and catch up with my friends while walking along venice beach and the canals and laugh and smile while walking. I am really surprised that even though venice beach is close to where I work and live, I have not gone to the beach frequently. I should try to go a lot more. Hopefully during the summer, I will try to go a lot more!

Current Mood: surprised
Current Music: The Side Show

I had a very nice and enjoyable memorial weekend. On Friday, I relaxed with my parents and enjoyed spending time with my parents! :-D I usually remember why I am living on my own, but lately I prefer spending time with my parents. That is a sign that I need to move out! In July, I plan to move out! I wonder where I will move too!

On Saturday, one of my friends had a birthday party and I had a enjoyable time hanging out with friends. We started the festivities at her new apartment for pre drinks and then we made ourselves to the Bungalowe club. The club had a great vibe and we all enjoyed ourselves dancing and drinking. I ended up being the designated driver, so I did not have to pay for a drink, which was very cool! I enjoyed myself and ended up falling asleep at around 2 in the morning!

The next day, I slept in and relaxed. Later on, I saw star trek with a friend of mine. We were both not expecting not to enjoy it, but surprisingly we enjoyed the movie! :-D
On Monday, I loved being able to sleep in! I studied a little and then I got to see a friend of mine and we walked along venice beach. I did not realize that it would be so crowded, but it was a great day to walk venice beach with a friend!

Hope everyone had a nice and relaxing memorial weekend!

Current Mood: rejuvenated
Current Music: Guys and Dolls

My friend Jesse and I decided to host a bowling night and my friends and I had loads of fun! It was just nice to unwind with great friends!  Judy, Alan, Meghan, Jesse, David, and Fred all came to unwind and bowl.  We all laughed and had a great time! :-) I was not expecting to get a high score, but regardless we all enjoyed each other's good company.  Each time I go bowling, I just feel like a dork, but have fun playing the game! :D The great thing about the bowling alley in Mar Vista was that we get to play until 1 non stop for a price of only 20.00 whch is a great price.  We all played till 1 in the morning and had a lovely time playing with each other.  I got home at 2 in the morning and could not believe that bowling went so late, but it was loads of fun!

Before bowling, we all ate dinner at Islands in Marina and had a lot of hamburgers and conversed about various things. 

In other news, I finally got a new car! It is a Toyota Camry and I am having a great time riding the car!  I went to the dealership looking for a toyota corolla, but the camry actually fit my personality! I really like the car!

Current Mood: giddy