For Christmas, I didn't get too many presents, but I really like all the presents I received (well, with the exception of one ;)). Here are two of the items I received. <3 (^o^) hehehe

Coach wallet from my sister (along with Britney Spears concert tickets!)

interior of wallet. LUVs the pink interior!

Rhea, one of my best buds from High School, got me a very cute tea set along with Victoria's Secret face palette

inside of VS's VERY SEXY face palette

Over break, I also got a few items that I wanted to share with you girlies. I read a review on this Sonia Kashuk makeup sponge from Target on Makeup For Life and decided to get it for my sister to try out. I, on the other hand, am just too lazy to wash a reusable foundation sponge. hehe Below is what it looks like. When my mom first saw it, she said it looks like a pile of poop. When my sister's bf saw it, he said it looks like poo too. keke. But the shape allows for easy application to hard to reach areas like the nose.

So I went to Sephora to buy my Dr.Murad Cleanser and I received a Benefit cream eyeshadow/eyeliner for free for being on the Beauty Insider's club. The color is gorgeous and yes! it doesn't crease! :D Isn't the packaging cute?

Below is the new blush I got from The Body Shop. It was on sale for $9! It is a shimmery peach color. I don't like the idea of using that applicator, but I think it's cute~ keke I swatched it on my arm but I don't know if you can see the color that well. It definitely has shimmery sparkles though. :)

FOTD

Here's my FOTD using the Benefit eyeshadow and Peach blush.

Soon I'll be saying Bye to this long awaited winter break... (T_T) I don't want it to end!!!!! Argggggg. When break ends, it means school, work, being unhealthy, being tired, being stressed out, the list goes on... I can't believe xmas passed by SO quickly! I feel grateful to have break though. It really sucks cause I haven't had quality time with my bf. I went to his two family dinners but we were always around a lot of people. Le sigh.... I don't know.... I've been so sad lately.... Crying to sleep and waking up crying.... le sigh again.... I hate being fat and I just am unhappy with the bf

First off, Merry Xmas Everyone!!!!!
I just got home not so long ago from my bf's family's Xmas Eve Party. It was fun and lottttsss of GOOD food. -_- This is so bad on my health. haha. But this leads to the next topic I want to talk about........

.........New Years Resolutions!
Ok so I've been thinking about my resolutions for the up and coming year of 2009......here is what I am thinking so far:
1. Lose 10-15 lbs.
2. Get a job.
3. Build a better relationship with the ones I love.

I'll probably add more as I think about it more. Anyway, time to catch up on some zzzzzzz's. ;D

Today was that last day of school for the year~~~~~ Yahoooo SO relieved and time to relax....after I work tmr that is. I do not feel good at all though. I know I will get sick soon. :( I need fruits and veggies, but I do not want to go out in the snow storm... :( **sigh** I didn't work out today either.... I have the blues..... :( getting so fat. I've been eating horribly. It's pretty sick......

I spent last weekend with my friend Hannah that works at the Four Seasons Ritz-Carlton in downtown Chicago. She was allowed to stay for a weekend with one friend for free! We got to order dinner and breakfast for free as well! It was sooooooo awesome! I felt like a princess. :D The food was absolutely amazing and the service was superb. The hotel itself was gorgeous. So the first night, I cabbed it straight to the hotel after work. Then, Hannah gave me a tour of the hotel and we had dinner at The Cafe. Dinner consisted of.....

our starter bread, deeeelicious!

my tomato basil soup, very fresh

Hannah's lobster bisque, amazing! the aroma swirled around and lingered in my mouth. :)

my salmon, melted in my mouth

Hannah's steak cooked medium, a-ma-zing as well

my caramelized fig dessert w/ice cream, omg sooooo good!

Hannah's coconut island floating on blueberry sauce, heaven

Breakfast was awesome as well. We ordered room service. The server wheeled in a cute little table for us. We ordered two sets of the Japanese style breakfast. Breakfast is served......

So our bill for the stay and food amounted to almost $1000. Dang! It was all less than 12 hours too.... hahaha. It must be so nice to be able to afford this kind of life style all the time. Also, when I was in the elevator going up to the Water Tower from the hotel, I was standing a few inches away from three basketball players. The one I recognized was Yi Jian Lian from the NJ Nets! I felt like I was two inches tall! lmao. Was too scared to ask for autograph though....

Tonight, the interns living in the same apt as I had a Secret Santa/Baked Goods party together. I made apple galette for the first time! It was incredibly easy and deeeelish. Mwahaha. The person I had to get a present for was actually my roomie. I got her a LeSportsac messenger bag. Super cute! She loved it! I received a clutch and two pairs of earrings from my secret santa (Melissa). I can't say that they are my style.... kekeke. Anyway, everyone baked something yummy. Here are just a few items there.

roomie's chocolate chip meringue cookies :) YUM

Amy's biscottis..... LUVS them! (this was my fav)

Melissa made us cookies to decorate! So cute!

before

after

I just got the most heart wrenching news from my cousin. One of our distant cousins passed away trying to save his pregnant wife. You can read the story here. It's all over the news. Although, I was not very close to his family, I've known him for a very long time. He is a very nice man. Only 35. You can tell that he would give anything for the ones he loves. When I heard the horrible news, I just started shaking in disbelief. How can something like this happen to this person?! I still remember going to a Japanese flea market in Michigan and seeing him there with his wife and newborn child. They were so happy. I remember him smiling and saying hi to us. Life isn't fair. I feel so so so sorry for his family and wife. I'm happy that the baby is ok and that the wife survived. It's so sad, but sometimes incidents like these reminds us to always cherish the ones you love and never take anyone for granted.

Happy Thanksgiving! I am in Sterling Heights now. I came back on Tuesday night and went shopping the entire day at Somerset Mall on Wednesday. Today, I just hung out with sis at home and then went to the bf's house for Thanksgiving din din. All the food were delicious! My favorite part was of course dessert. THANK GOODNESS I exercised today. haha. It was nice to see everyone and especially dballs. I just wished we had more alone time. :P :) Nonetheless, I can't wait for shopping tmr for it is Black Friday! Yahoooooo! Anyway, Happy Shopping!

Long time no blog. Well, I have been really busy....
On Sunday, I went to the Istria Cafe with my roomie Amanda to do hw without the distraction of internet. Istria Cafe is soooo cute and I loved their coffee and chocolate biscotti. I ordered a mocha and let me tell you, the two shots of expresso really got to me. I used to be not affected by caffiene at all, but boy was I jittery. Surprisingly, I wrote my entire paper when I was there. Yahooooo! Turned it in that day and received a 4.0 on it. Yes! BUT, I got 80/90 on my Unit Plan Project which is like a 3.0. BOOOOOOOOO! I guess grad school isn't as easy as I had hoped..... Anyway, my Hard Candy haul came today! Yahooooooo. The items I got are extremely CUTE! Pics and review later on. Although I do plan to give some as presents for Xmas. ;D

Anyway, about the Parent Interview Project....I interviewed one of my student's mom this morning and she was super nice and sweet. She told me she had fun and I gave my thanks and whatnot. After the interview, she asked if she could "talk to me outside"..... I was thinking, "Oh, she must be concerned about her daughter in the class or whatever". But, what she wanted was $5 from me for her to buy a bus pass. I felt horrible, because I did not bring my wallet. I also felt kind of uncomfortable....I don't know...I guess this is a reality of urban schools.