Day 14 - A picture of you and your family

Like I said, it really is a rare occasion to get us all together, so I'm really blessed and glad that they could all make it out to my college graduation. Love them!

Last day of work,

FIIIIIINALLLYYYYY.

It's been a really interesting summer of work; meeting new people but working under the same administration with a different title has been nothing but rewarding, and has definitely enriched my work experience. After 4 years I'm finally leaving this job and entering into the unknown, which I'm nervous and anxious about but I think I'm ready for. Not to mention I finished my last last undergrad final on Thursday which means I'm forreal done with UC Berkeley. It's been good, but I know that it's time to move on! I feel it.

My parents and Atera came up this weekend to help my bro move into SF and to help me move out of Berkeley. They are the BEST. They slept the night in my dorm room (hahaha), and it was so cute to see Atera super excited to sleep on the top bunk with me (I gave up my bed to my momma). Needless to say I barely got any sleep because she moves so much, but it was well worth her excitement. I attended my last Mass at Newman (until I am but a visitor in Berk) and we ate our last meal at Chang Luong, where we go every single time my parents come here. It was funny because the owners there pretty much never show emotion EVER, but when my mom mentioned that I had graduated she was very interactive and said she would miss us. I knew she would! We're such devoted customers. Haha.

Anyway, I'm about to pack up for my next two days and then Hawaii on Wednesday. Gotta make a trip out to the city tomorrow to drop off the last of my stuff, and then it's paradise livin' for days. Super stoked!

I will now leave you with a picture of my amazingly sexy boyfriend who is in Hawaii already. Haha, sorry to put you on blast baby, but I'm super excited and well you look amazing! Happy Sunday (:

Day 13 - A letter to someone who has hurt you recently

Hmm.. This one's kind of hard because I'm pretty good at evading emotional pain.

Dear < insert name here >,
I don't regret anything we've been through, but I am glad to know that you are no longer a part of my life. I divested a whole lot of emotions and trust in your care, and in the end it pretty much amounted to nothing (or so it seems). I did my best to treat you well and be as good to you as much as I possibly could, and I hope you don't forget that. You should know that I forgive you, but what's more important at this point is that I forgive myself for letting you hurt me. What's done is done, and I hope you are happy, because that's all I could ever want for you or from you anymore. I know I am! Take care.
-Christine

.. Hmm. That was weird. I started writing it to one person, but then re-directed it to someone else. Haha. Actually it's such a generic letter that I don't even know who it's for.

Day 12 - How you found out about Tumblr Blogspot and why you made one

This one is lame. Haha.

Eh. I moved to Blogspot from Xanga cuz I always have a blog.. I don't know. Just nice to share my thoughts for whoever's willing to read, even if the number is small. Hahaha.

K, lamesies.

Day 11 - Another picture of you and your friends

Yay for new pictures. (:
Haha, too lazy to look for more, but that sums up my past weekend!

COUNTDOWN TO HI: ONE WEEK!

Yesterday I drove out to Sac to hang out with Collin before he leaves for Hawaii TOMORROW. That's so crazy. We were antagonizing over the fact that we'd have to wait 2 weeks to see each other, so I just said SCREW IT and took a drive. Now we only have one week!

I still can't believe I'll be in Hawaii a week from today. It still blows my mind that I'm making this happen for myself. To know that I'll be there with my amazing boyfriend and some of my most awesome best friends is just super exciting. My first time in Hawaii spent with some really cool people! YAAAY.

There are a few things I gotta do before I go though, such as beast this last exam, close out my final days at this job, get all my stuff out of Berkeley, hang out with this friend and that, get bikini'd up, and give myself a mani/pedi, but I know it'll go by super duper fast. To be honest, I'm not quite sure if I'm ready for it but at this point I just gotta take the days as they come!!!

So I'm done shopping for my trip (even received my my HK swimsuit in the mail, FINALLY) maybe except for a pair of sandals or something, but all that's left to do is PACK!

Anyway, gotta get back to real life real quick before I get to do that.. So, til my next post (which shouldn't be too far from now), see yaaa!

Day 10 - Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad

I completely fail at keeping up with this, and it's obviously going to take more than 30 days to finish this thing since I probably won't do this in Hawaii (NEXT WEEK!). Anyway, here are some songs.. I put this one off because I couldn't think of songs, and still can't, but here are a few of my faves:

Happy:



.. Among a billion others.

Sad:


Bored:

.. Plus a billion other Mariah Carey songs because I sing when I'm bored.

Hyped:

HAHA. Of course.

Mad:
.. I don't really have songs that I listen to when I'm mad. It's whatever comes on and could calm me down. Probably any of the songs I already listed.

Anyway, that's all. I didn't like this post because it required too much thinking. Haha.

Things I like about this summer

This summer's been so different for me compared to my previous summers, as I've never spent a summer in the Bay Area before. So anyway, here's a list of things (I know, I've been into lists a lot lately) that I like/love about this summer so far! Oh, and these are in no particular order:

01. Getting paid. My hours may suck, but the paychecks are ALWAYS worth it. Always. Thank you, self, for working and financing your own Hawaii trip. You're awesome.
02. Free housing! And on top of that, getting paid to get housed. Hahaha. And living a minute away from work. How convenient! It's always nice to live for free. AND! I didn't have to find a subletter cuz I no longer have an apartment. Woo.
03. $3.50 meals at Crossroads. Meaning, $4 total for lunch and dinner in the same day (since take-out boxes are $0.50). Call me cheap, but I consider it economical, and smart. So HA! I love unlimited food and cheap meals.
04. Being 1.5 hours from Collin! Because if events happened the way they "should" have, we'd be 8 hours apart! And I wouldn't be able to see him on the weekends as often as we do. I love waking up to him and spending days with him and doing everryyythinggg with him. Haha jk. Kinda :P
05. Hanging out with Collin's family and friends in Sacramento. Cuz, call me crazy, but Sac KINDA reminds me of SD. Plus the people in his life are AWESOME and GENUINE and NICE people that I love being around.
06. Close access to gym! Cuz I've been working out almost daily and it's good for my health.
07. Hanging out with AiR!!! Cuz after this summer I won't get to see them again (except when they come back in Sept). So much fun (:
08. Convenient access to our music room! I know I have a piano at home, but it's nice to get some privacy. And without the music room, I probably wouldn't be getting back into personal music as much as I have now.
09. Hawaii to look forward to!!! Of course, there's not really anything else on my mind. (:

Anyway. There's a lot of things I DON'T like also, but why dwell on the negative? Summer's been going well and that's all I could ask for. (:

It feels good when he's around
'Cuz he's so far from all the others that I've been with
'Cuz I thought I knew what love was
But it wasn't until he came and changed my life
And now I realize that
All the love in this world,
I wanna give to this boy
Because he makes me wanna be a better girl

It's real, for real. (:

Day 09 - Something you’re proud of in the past few days

I'm proud of a fewww thingsss here and there, although nothing too extreme:

01. Finally got around to making Collin's grad present (:
02. Making amends with a certain stubborn someone in my life.
03. Burning bridges where bridges shouldn't have existed in the first place.
04. Learning new songs on the piano!
05. Sleeping less.. That sounds ridic but I sleep way too much sometimes.

Anyway, that's that. (: