Finally, I found out my grade on my 2nd summer course. I got A on my math class and A- on my Speech class, who knew? I was surprised myself. She was a very picky lady. Luckily, I got A-, I thought I was only getting a B+. anyway. Finally, summer school is over. I wish I have more classes in the summer, so I don't have to take as many later. 2 more days before, 9th Anniversary, for Howie and me. I can't wait.

I had a very busy summer this year. I had to work 7 days a week , also I had 4 days of summer school. And I work 5 days a week. I feel bad for my boyfriend, but he is very understanding. 2 months ago, I got this payment plan for my Fall semester tuition, which means besides paying rent, cellphones, and other expenses, I had to deal with tuition. I feel like this is very overwhelming. I hate to work 7 days a week. I wish I was born rich. Oh, well! Nothing is perfect. When you have a perfect boyfriend, perfect GPA, perfect everything else, you get a restless life. To me, life is about getting things done, do a good job on it, and get a perfect result. Sometimes, life pushes you so hard, you can't even breath. That is how I feel like most of time. I got preoccupied with everything in my life. I feel like I don't have time for myself anymore. But I can't really do anything about it. I do things to make my life better. It is 9 days before me and my boyfriend's 9th month. We argue every day about little things. I don't know if this is how relationship should be, because I haven't met someone like my current boyfriend. In some way, we are so much alike, also in some way, we are so different. I don't know if any of these are good signs. All I know is I love him in a way, I haven't feel for anyone. I don't know how deep is my love for him. But I know that my anger could desolve this love to nothing. Maybe I don't how to control my anger, and I can't take stress. I know it is not right to take my anger on him, when I am stress. But I just can't control it. I wish I don't have to deal with everything in my life right now. And I really want to just move to someplaces and disappear. Anyway... I know this thought is not realistic. I guess once I am done with my summer class, I would have some time for myself. I can't wait for summer summer to be over!

Why he’s not the marrying type

He needs his space
Some men aren’t comfortable sharing their space and possessions with a woman, let alone the sticky, smelly children that may come along. Here are a few signs that he prefers to be isolated: He’s a perfectionist, he’s extremely well-organized and his place is cleaner and better decorated than yours is. He needs lots of time to read. He doesn’t want to be disturbed at all when watching the History Channel or the playoffs. You get the picture.

He’s married to his work
Some guys live to work, not work to live. If his job is ever present, whether it’s frequent business trips or constant shop talk, chances are the job will take priority over a marriage.

“Bill made it clear that if we even talked about marrying, the relationship would be built around his work,” says Barb, an accountant. “That was ironic, in that I made more money than he did.” For some men, though, the relationship has to wrap itself around the job. They cancel dinner plans with another couple when work beckons and just can’t make it out of town on Labor Day because they need to catch up on paperwork. If that’s how he approaches his life, do you really want to buy into that?

He’s been married before and got burned
Some guys refuse to look at their failed marriage as a “starter marriage” and instead are reluctant to saddle up again. A trial period together may help, but he’ll need a lot of pampering and therapy to get over his shell shock. And some men embody the “once burned, twice shy” saying. If he’s always referring to his ex with a variety of put-downs and expletives, you are probably with a guy who’s too angry to move forward.

Also, a guy who’s paying alimony may be feeling as if he never again wants to be financially vulnerable in that way. “I once got serious with a guy who was previously married and his big fear was being driven into bankruptcy again,” recalls Marcia. “That’s what kept him away from the altar.”

He has gray hair, but he’s still a 22-year-old emotionally
Some guys never get past the incredible feeling of independence that comes with being able to stay up as late as they would like to, eat whatever they want, drop their dirty laundry wherever they want and not get yelled at. That’s a hard pattern to break. If his “boys” call the shots on the weekend, if being hung-over many mornings is fine with him, and if paying his taxes is something you have to orchestrate for him, well, your bachelor may be destined to stay that way.

I had really great time for the LA visit. My flight left on the May 18th around 9 pm (EST). And as soon as I got on the plane, I changed my time to LA 6pm (PST), because I didn't want to get confuse with time, so I won't have to miss the flight back to New York. It is the 1st trip for Howie and I, since we've been together, seriously I was kind of nervous. I didn't want anything to go wrong. Well, hopefully, we got two LA maps and the whole LA folder which included our airplane round trip tickets, directions from places to places, must go resturants, and so on. We are like so prepared. Honestly, I was nervous, because I thought I was the one had to do all those things, and find termal in airport and stuffs. But then Howie did everything, he makes me feel very safe. And I don't have worry about all that. I could just lie back and enjoy every moments in the trip. After 6 hours, (of course this is LA(PST) I am talking about) we are here, the time was 12pm in LA. We got off the plane and kind of wonder around, then we found the Alamos shuttle bus that is for the rental car. 15mins later, we are in the Alamos Rental Center, after a bunch of paper works for rental stuffs, we picked (actually I picked) white color Saturn midsize car.(White car is my favorite.) First thing we got on the car, I took out the directions from rental center to hotel Santa Monica Travelodge on Pico Blvd.

This is the Travelodge in Santa Monica on Pico Blvd.

 This is outside of my hotel room.

After the whole night traveling, we finally got to our hotel room.

This is our comfortable hotel room, hmmm I miss the bed and room services.

5/19 We got up 8am (PST), contential breakfast, after we went to 3rd St Promenade, there was 3 blocks of shopping stores.

This is the 3rd St Promenade. Woo! We were at there all early like around 10am.

Around 12pm we head to Rodeo Drive, and for the 1st time I shopped at Coach.

This is Beverly Hills. ********

Around lunch time, we went to Hot Wing and Pink's Hot Dog, they are both really famous.

This is Melrose Ave, the restaurants are around.

WOW! A lot people were on the line, I am sure they are still waiting right now.

 

We went to Ripley Believe or Not Odditorium!

 

 

Chinatown Transit Station    

This is Little Tokyo area, very clean and organized.

This is Great Pacific Highway from the Malibu campground. It is beautiful.

 

back to the Future

 

We also watched Terminator 2 3D movie. It was great!

 EWW! Look at that! Look like a big Spider!

Courthouse Square: Here's a square with a famous past, present, and future. You've seen it in classic films like To Kill A Mockingbird, Back To The Future, and Back To The Future Part II, as well as contemporary comedies such as The Nutty Professor and Bruce Almighty.

 

Jaws On Fire: Welcome to the Amity wharf. There hangs the great white shark that was caught. Now the waters are safe. Deputy Charlie is underwater making repairs to his boat. Suddenly, he's viciously attacked! Jaws is still on the loose! Now, he's taken the baited barrel and you can see nature's most perfect predator is hungry for more. But wait! Where did he go? Uh-oh! He's pulled the docks and the gas pumps on the docks, setting the whole thing ablaze to divert your attention. It's the perfect opportunity to sneak up and grab you for lunch!

Psycho: Need a room? Whatever you do, don't stop at The Bates Motel. It's here Alfred Hitchcock shot the heart-stopping thriller Psycho. Up on the hill just beyond, is the spooky Psycho house. It was built at only 3/4 scale to create the illusion of being further away in the distance - and to make Norman, the murderous psychopathic character played by Anthony Perkins, look bigger and more menacing.

The Mummy's Tomb: From the moment you enter, the Mummy's curse has got you. Could it be the walls are spinning and tram is tipping over - or is your sanity slipping away? And just wait till the lights go out. You'll see the ghosts of the Mummy's undead legions... and have your tram boarded by acid-spraying, flesh-eating scarabs. And they're coming... AAAAAARGGGH!

Let's Leave Now

 War of World airplane crash scene

 

 It is such more beautiful at night time.

Ceremony Gazebo at Almansor Court 1pm (PST)

  Inside the Hotel

 

Coming up Event  - Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)

Saturday, April 29–Sunday, April 30, Noon–6 p.m.

New York City's "rite of spring" celebrates 25 years! With over 200 trees in bloom, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's flowering cherries take center stage during this phenomenal weekend celebrating Japanese culture. Enjoy over 60 events and performances, including traditional music and dance, taiko drumming, ikebana flower arranging, cooking demonstrations, tea ceremonies, craft demonstrations, and workshops for both adults and children. New events include 60s-inspired Japanese pop grooves by famed musical sensations Gaijin a Go-Go, workshops in tofu making and calligraphy art, displays of geta shoes and other arts from Inuyama, and a kimono fashion show. New events especially for kids include book readings, puppet shows, CosPlay, and workshops in Japanese classical dance.

Is anyone interested to go with me ^ O ^ /.

Please click the schedule below:

http://www.bbg.org/exp/cherries/sakura_schedule.pdf

HEARTBROKEN

Heartbreaks last  as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.

NAÏVE

How to be in love: fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persisten,  share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.

POSSESSIVE

It breaks your heard to see the one you love happy with someone else, but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.

AFRAID TO CONFESS

Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you, but love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.

STILL HOLDING ON

A sad thing about life is when you meet someone and fall in love, only find out in the end that it was never meant to be and that you have wasted years on someone who wasn't worth it. If they aren't worth it now then they are not going to be worth it a year or 10 years from now. Let go.

My 22nd Birthday dinner pictures

from behind my sister Shelley, and left my dad Michael, Me, my mom Connie

Howie and Me

Me blowing the candels on the cake.

Don't forget 2-cent stamps

Among your New Year's resolutions: Remember that the price of postage stamps is increasing and plan accordingly.

Effective Sunday 01/08/2005, the United States Postal Service will raise the cost of first-class stamps by two cents -- from 37 cents to 39 cents.

**Details**

Selected Rate Changes Current New
First-Class Letter (1oz.) 37 cents to 39 cents
First-Class Letter (2oz.) 60 cents to 63 cents
Postcard 23 cents to 24 cents
Priority Mail (1lb.) $3.85 to $4.05
Express Mail (½lb.) $13.65 to $14.40
Express Mail (2lb.) $17.85 to $18.80

**Fee and Service Changes**
Certified Mail $2.30 to $2.40
Delivery Confirmation (priority) 45 cents to 50cents
Delivery Confirmation (First Class Parcels) 55 cents to 60cents
Return Receipt (original signature) $1.75 to $1.85
Return Receipt (electronic) $1.30 to $1.35
Money Orders (up to $500) 90 cents to 95 cents