My 2008.

Let's wrap up my 2008 in the last few hours of the year.
This year has been short for me, but it's definitely had it's ups and downs.
I started off the year with my first tattoo. I will never regret it. I lived it up as a second semester senior, I do regret somethings but life was good. I cried so many times because of ASB, and I really wished I did more in my term. I really found out who my friends are and we became the iLA sisters. I went to LA LA LAND and back, no I didn't see any movie stars...but I met a princess (shirlada!) I lost a loved one to lung cancer. My Tita Celia was a big influence in my life and I couldn't bare to lose her. She was my second mom growing up. I hope she knows I still love her, and that I'm happy she doesn't have to hurt anymore. Getting an Annual Pass for Disneyland and consequently going at least five more times this year. Then there was mercy prom/serra prom and graduation! We did it...I couldn't believe it. Cotillion/Debuts...now a Mantillion! Summer 08 was AMAZING! Random days at the beach before/after/during practice. Kick its downtown sf. Maui for the second time with sista ing. Parasailing 800 feet in the air. Fallin in love with TheZae and it's flat campus <3! style="font-weight: bold;">moving out on my own. Living at the 455 apartment with cat and sisstuh lauren. Sweet Pea Piercing and then taking it out a week later. COLLEGE! Going to my first Akbayan meeting and L.I.F.T.E.D. internship. Getting closer to my sisters and starting the ilathanyaverage blog! Living life in thezae but still going to Zeum every weekend. Halloween 2008 at the 455 complex. Two words: Business Project. But guess what I got 100% just saying. Meeting new friends and learning more about myself! Trying out different things: AK modern, Tahitian, Hula, PCN. Trying out Actin' Workshops for PCN, and wondering why I didn't try it any sooner. I think I'm amazingly funny. =] Winter Formal and prep for it. FINALS, & the amount of studying it required. but guess what...i passed. =] Holidays 2008 and growing up as a family. 1st Winterbreak as a Team Leader.
Now it's almost 2009. I definitely grew up a lot this year. But i'm sure I still have more growing to do. My resolution this year, easy: be a better me. Whatever it means. I want to be able to look back at 2009 like i'm doing for 2008 right now and be proud.
Peace, Love, and keeping it iLA than usual.
Angie.

You PMS like a bitch...I would know.

i had a bad day.
work is stressin' me out.
this one fool takes forever to text me back.
i made a mental list of people i wanted to hang out with this winter break and i've probably seen less than 1/4 of them. =[
i'm always busy when you're not. you're busy when i'm not.
i saw a pic of me with ridic long hair and i pulled it to the side and it was crazy cute!
btw, i miss my long hair and it was one color (not four!)
i was 17 last time i had long hair &i'm about to be 19 (in 8days!)
it's been a year since my cotillion but it seems longer (where did the time go?)
i just wanna see my -tourage and you for my birthday!
everybody is busy starting NEXT WEEK, and i have three more weeks of break left.
payday can't come any faster.
i miss thezae!
&i miss you!
peace, love, and long naps on my hello kitty blanket.
Angie.

Herro Kitty!

So my uncle works at the local Sanrio offices & every end of the year he comes home with boxes & bags of loot! For the past couple of years I've been getting little Sanrio knick knacks - cell phone charms, bags, pens, etc. I went to his house yesterday & got s'more! Take a look.

My new luggage!
Stuff for my sisters' apartment -- plates, cups, alarm clocks, welcome sign. + other goodies!

Tell me why there was Hello Kitty nail stickers! Look what I did :)
Hello Kitty isn't necessarily my favorite but it's cuuute!

And I know we're really late but..

HAPPY HOLIDAYS <3>

-- Ingrid

Clothes-Minded Bxtch.

Sup Foo?
Haven't been on this in a minute! Gotta keep it alive.
Happy Belated Holidays btw! I know everyone must have enjoyed a totes fab Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/winter solstice! Whatever you celebrate it must have been kick ass.
This is one of the presents I received this year:A bamboo pen tablet but in white. Like I've blogged before, I totes wanted one! WEEE, I love playing with this bad boy on photoshop. Totally worth the wait! Loves it.
Anywhoots, this thing has reawakened my passion for fashion. Hah, how many slogans have you heard that has a variation of passion and fashion. Anyways, I totally wanted this clothing brand and I called it "clothes-minded." Long story behind that name, basically copped it from a myspace. Bad idea, but loves it still. Working on a few designs. I'm trying to find an overall idea, but it's harder than you think. There are so many things I want to do and design. For now, I love just getting all my ideas down, and now it's easier with the tablet! Look out for my designs. I'll post more soon.
Peace, Love, and Free Hello Kitty Shwag from Ing,
Angie.

Sac Town with Babe's Pinsans

So I spent the whole weekend with Babe and his pinsans. I slept at his house friday and saturday nights. Woke up Saturday to play basketball with Babe at Brisbane Park. Around 3ish, we headed out two cars deep with Brian, Sheena, Arnie, Camille, Sean, Bosco, and Babe to SacTown for his pinsan's 21st birthday bash. At first, I wasn't comfortable with the plan, but I gave into him because I wanted to be with him rather than be at home bored to death waiting for his call later in the night. Like an ordinary Filipino party, the first thing we did was eat. I wasn't expecting to start drinking with the pinsans until late, but we started hella early. Belvedere goes down smoother than any Vodka I've ever tried. The night went on and everyone started warming up to each other, especially me coz I dont really talk to his pinsans. The drinks were talking for me. Hookah and Drank all night. I really didn't keep count of my shots but I was trying to match Babe all night. The last shot, that I remember taking, was with Brian and Vince and that was a Henny shot. Hella stupid to mix light and dark, I know but that's what they had. Babe ended up beating me in shots by three. Ohmygeez, I was so gone that I ended up kareoking with the pinsans. I serenaded Babe with I Turn to You by Christina Aguliera. Camille convinced me to sing coz she was telling everyone that I was singing in the car ride home, so I had to sing. Babe told me to sing like how I sing to him when we're in the car and its just me and him, so I sung to him and it was very good apparently. Not to be bragging, but all the pinsans said I sounded great. I could've gotten the high score of 96 but the freakin song was a weird version. After Kareoking, everyone went outside to hookah again. I think the hookah and mixed drank got to me. As Babe played Smash with the pinsans, I started to feel a little sick. I kept pushing at Babe coz I felt like I had to yak. He got annoyed of me naggin at him but shit I didnt wanna yak all over his cousin's floor. He won Smash and we went upstairs to the bathroom. I was sitting on the floor with my head in the toilet, but I was just spitting. Babe told me that Im done drinking, and of course, I agreed to him. He tried kissing me, but I ended up pulling away coz I felt it coming up my throat. I let all the drank and food go in one sitting. I was really relieved that I didn't yak in the rooms. Babe called Sean to bring up some water. I sat on the floor drinking and gargling the water until I felt okay to walk on my own. Babe put me in JR's room to sleep my alcohol off while he was downstairs with the pinsans playing video games. I dont remember him checking up on me but he did. We were up all night until abour 530ish. Babe and I slept next to each other, cuddling =]. The Titas were up all night playing card games and they also cooked Longanisa!! yummers. Babe and I ate that and K.O'd. Babe and I were the last ones to wake up coz Sean threw a pillow at us. We left SacTown around 6 coz we waited for a pinsan to get back so they could blaze, but they blazed without him. We got to LindaVista around 830 and Babe and I went to BaskinRobins. 2 scoop Apple Pie a la Mode with a Waffle Cone Bowl.

I'm really happy that I was with Babe this weekend coz it gave me a chance to see what I'm going to marry into, =]. Babe was really happy that all those events happened: me going, me drinking with the cousins, me singing to him in front of his cousins, me yakkin, him taking care of him, him falling asleep next to me, us waking up next to each other. All in all, this weekend was perfect.

<3laurennicole.

You have more issues than Vogue magazine.

Finally! I'm done. I've been done since 12:53-ish PM yesterday. Oh yes! As of now I'm preparing for my rather eventful weekend. Let's share!

Thurs: I'm gna sleep w/ my Maxxy baby in the morning until 10 when Mark is pickin' me up from up the street so I can go hair appointment - which I just called for & the guy totally didn't ask for my name. Haha, it's cool. So yes, I'm finally dye-ing my hair. Like all of it. Last time I just did the under part but I'm going for the full monty. I really want something natural, like dark brown. & I need a little trim. But I'm really excited because I'm in this phase right now where I'm all "new year, new Ingrid" but we'll save that for another blog. I also

Preview

promised Mark breakfast since he's waking up sooo early to take me. Then babe's coming home around 12ish. I have a dentist appointment at 4. & in between them I need to get my eyebrows waxed. Real bad. Then after we're gonna head to SAN JOSE! Party time w/ ILA. Maybe this time we'll make a working vlog. Ryan&I might possibly crash there but we'll see. Friday: annual holiday city date w/ boyfriend!! & club at night? Saturday: mantillion practice 12-2; Bath&Body Works group interview at 7:30 *cross your fingers please!; rest of the night party.

So this party, it's for babe's friend's 18th. & it's a red/black/white theme. Knowing me, I have 3 options. #1: red Wet Seal bubble dress with black pumps #2: Brown leather jacket, American Apparel Afrika printed cotton spandex red/black dress with black pumps or #3: which I have entitled my "Vanessa Hudgens" outfit. Black Wet Seal leather jacket, black forever 21 dress, my Sex&theCity studded belt, & black pumps. Mind you I have to dress real fast since I'm going right after my interview (which I have a cute outfit for! Post pics later!) I'm just packing all options.

I really loves her style. I wanna steal her closet. Just saying.

Alright, I'm off to pack! I'll post up outfit/party/everything pictures ASAP-y. Happy Holidays!

-- Ingrid

F*ck Finals

So I took a final on Dec 6, riight? And yesterday, Dec 15, I find out through a small email from my teacher that I did NOT pass the english final. Very angry, the rest of my day was bullshit. Well not all of it. I did nothing on Monday except my Chem final, which i probably bombed also. Oh well, I need to pass Math to get into Chem 1A. F*ck FINALS!!
Remember how I said the rest of my day was bullshit? Well, it was bullshit until I saw my <3 after he took his final.
My day went like this: Chem at 715, babe left around 2-ish, found out that I failed my English final, Ange convinced me to go outside of the aparment despite my bad news, went to the library to see my lovely Ak family =], safeway for thursday's party[ya'll better love mac&cheese me please], walked back to the libr and babe called me =] (Can I see you later?) YAYY that made my day so much better.
So basically, I hate finals, esp when I dont pass them. I love hearing "can i see you later" from his mouth. I have the best sissuh in san jose [ i miss my other sissuh mucho]. Ak family is weird when its crunch time.

ONE! --LaurenNicole.

$4.35 Richer!

So I've been wanting to sell my clothes at Crossroads or Buffalo Exchange on Haight. Last time I went, I sold like 3 things & made 9 bucks which went to me&Ryan's lunch. But nooo I wasn't discouraged! Naah. So I get this big old Victoria's Secret bag & fill it with rather stylish clothing. Pants, tops, 80%20 shoes, and even fake Gucci & LV bags. But seriously, I've shopped at both stores & I know they sell fake designer. So I was betting that at least they'd buy the bags off me.

I waited 10 minutes for the bus. No big deal! I'm gonna be richer! I get off & walk 2 blocks. It's cold. Oh well! I hit Buffalo first. Tell me why it's a loong as wait. There's like 3 other people's name on the list. So I'm like ugh ok, I'll go to Crossroads. I wanted to go to Buffalo first 'cause they're a bit more picky. But whatever. So I'm next in line and she goes through all the clothes. What does she choose? A vest. 1 vest. A yellow & poo green plaid vest. Basically as she shuffled through my clothes she told me that they're looking for winter wear. Ok? So she gives me my $4.35 & I huff a little back to Buffalo. Here I am with like 7 people in front of me. There's a bunch of people trying to sell shit! One lady brought 2 luggages full. The lady before that had 2 garbage bags full & left with 2 garbage bags full. But I'm like, I should at least try right? So it's finally my turn. I try to make a little convo with the sales clerk. She tells me that Mondays are busy & they have boxes of clothes in the back so they have to be even more selective. I see her eye the fake designers for a bit & put them aside. Then she goes through the rest of the items. And. takes. none. I died a little.

I have now learned the trade of these BUY/SELL/TRADE stores.
- never go on Mondays
- never go during the holiday seasons when everyone's all generous & feel like donating clothes
- sell by season
- put the most eye catching items up top so they think you'll have even better items as they select

Until next time...

-- Ingrid

24hr Library.

Here we go...
first college finals. the intense version.
Ok, so i already had my first college final but this week is gonna be hell for me. Here's the breakdown:
4 finals, 3 essays, 2 extra credit assignments, in 1 week.
All taking place 16th, 17th, and 18th.
Sucks majorly.
I'm hella going rogue this week.
about 2:45AM & i'm still in the library.
=[

peace, love, and hello kitty blankets in the library for naptime.
Angie.

'cause yesterday was fun & deserves to be blogged about.

why hello!
remember me?
haha, i haven't blogged in almost a week, that's so unlike me.
school's been buggin' me hella.
but yknow what? it's almost over.
just four more finals and i'm done.
well four finals and two papers.
yesterday was winter formal for akbayan, and it was fantastic-o!
L.I.F.T.E.D. came almost fully represented, except for one.
we did decorations, setup, and clean up.
basically we did awesome!
the night was hella fun.
i miss formals now from high school, but this is by far a good one.
let the picture heavy blog commence.before formal at the hotel. trixie, lauren and me! we're future roommates. ya'll aint ready for us!
formal was 1920's themed. specifically set in Little Manila in Stockton, CA. so the sign behind us says "Positively Filipinos Allowed." contradicting the signs in Little Manila at the time that said "Absolutely no Filipinos allowed."2/3 of ila represented. hi we're fierce, but we miss our sisstuh/mom. and yes, i can't get enough of my le sac dress. it had to be worn, again.
we made an intern building as one of the decorations. we're cute! haha.

how fierce is trixie's coat? she came as bonnie from bonnie and clyde sans the machine gun.
table 8!me and ingrid. not ila ingrid, another ingrid! decorating heads. three days of work. nonstop work. hahaha, not really. but we sure did pull it off!ya'll ain't ready for this!
ATE BEV! she helped the interns out and gave us a place to get ready.
JO-PO! what tribe are you from, sista?intern mama ASHLEY.
on the dance floor is where you'd find me! =]L.I.F.T.E.D. interns with mama ASHLEY. missing anna and cat tho. we pulled it off, and we came to the event hella fierce and in full effect!

that's it.
it's mighty cold in san jose.
Peace, Love, and Hello Kitty blankets!
Angie.

Finals

Yeah, hella MIA. My bad it's the last week of school. My last day was yesterday. I'm actually kinda sad about leaving some of the classes. But I'm sooo happy that I made it through my first semester of college. Hey girl hey! Now I have like 4 days to study for 2 finals next week. Then, vacation! I am so so down to see my sissies in SJ. Maybe first club? I really don't care, it's the holidays & I'm ready to be out&about. :D

I've kinda been shopping alot. Or it feels like I have because I spent hella ca-a-ash on the boyfriend's present. He better like it 'coz it's that good. Then I went to H&M & they hella decided to sell everything that I could ever want! Heels, pencil skirts (i love pencil skirts), dresses, slim fit satin dress pants!!! I ended up just buying a jewel headband. But it's ok! I'll shop one of these days. I also got heels at Payless. I've gotten my most comfortable heels but Maxxy chewed one of them! Whatever, I got them yesterday on another adventure with Sunshine. I also got my new favorite Black Iced Tea Lemonade. Omg, that is so delicious. I can't get enough. I'm looking forward to alot of that during this break. Ahaaa.

Before I leave to study (or attempt to study) I have been contemplating on a tattoo. Ok, so I'm probably not gonna get it. But I love where Rihanna has it. She has some Roman numerals on her left shoulder. I saw another girl on Myspace with a shoulder tattoo. It's a nice, sensual place to put it. Kind of a double take when you first glance at it. Idk what I'd put, that's why it's only an idea. I'd love one going down my spine but I'm way to pussy to do that. Haha I can barely get shots!

Oh, & I've found my love for The Hills again. Here we go with my despise for Speidi & my adoration for Lauren's style. Like, why does she make everything look so damn effortless? I like how everything on her is hella simple & classy but it's enough. You know? One of my fashion icons. Along with Rihanna & Vanessa Hudgens. Yes, her. She dresses fierce, don't even front. Ahahaha

Oh! THE CITY! I'm soo excited for that! I've always loved Whitney. She's the only non-dramatic one on the hills. Plus she's gorgeousss! She definitely should be a model but she wants to be so much more. Can I brush her hair? Doesn't it look all Rapunzel-like. Just saying. Like how Margaret Cho wants to count Kim Kardashian's eyelashes. That makes me giggle. Ahahaha

One of my dreams, NYC in November.

Yesterday SUCKED!

Bitches talk shit like it's their first language.
It's not a bad thing, but it's not necessarily a good thing either.
For instance, this blog....A GOOD THING.
Talking shit on your laptop/phone in front of the people you're talking shit about....A BAD THING.
Think twice and be nice!
-Angie.

My 18th Birthday

Alright, I'm finally 18 now and I'm really excited.
My day started at 12 am when Babe gave me two great presents. Okay, about a week ago, I went inside Babe's car and found a Velvet Red box with a ribbon on it. I thought about looking inside, but I knew that it was for my birthday, and I didn't want to ruin my present surprise. Anyways, Babe said he had something to give me so he went to my room and closed the door. He kissed me and gave me a lovely speech about his love for me. A Velvet Red box appeared with the ribbon tied and I opened it slowly. After I opened it, I had found STAR SOCKS inside it [he told me my present was going to be socks with stars on them]. I laughed my ass off because I couldn't believe that he got me star socks. Anyways, he said he had one more thing to give me. I was commanded to close my eyes and I did just that. He got what he needed to get, I opened my eyes to see Norbit [our baby stuffed hippo that he hates]. He said "Norbit helped me get this last present" and gave me a gray box. I opened it and inside was a Diamiond Ring in the shape of a heart with a gold band. I cried as he told me how he felt about me.



We went to bed after that and I woke up to him. We went to Berkeley coz he had class and I didnt go to my classes, coz its my birthdayy duh. I had fun at Berkeley coz I love sitting in his classes.

We called hella people asking them if they wanted to go and all of them turned down GS vs Miami tickets for that night. His brother, Sean, ended up going with us and he was really excited coz hes never been in Club Level before. Can you believe that NOBODY wanted Warriors tickets?! Geez. The game was close the whole night, and we went into OT with a tie at 115. 5:00 on the clock for OT and we stuck by the Heat at a close score every second. The crowd in the Arena was on their feet the whole time and I was so excited coz we were up 3 points. Then Beaseley got fouled and made his two shots, then we were down 1 point. 3.2 seconds on the clock and we try to drive into the basket and shot, but ended up missing the shot. I cried in Babes arms coz we lost on my birthday. We ended up meeting up with Babes cousins because one of them is a Warrior Girl. I met some cousins too. The end of the night was nice because Babe and I rode on 880 while I serenaded him to slow jams playing on 106. =] We got home around 12 and my birthday ended but I still felt like it was my birthday. Babe and I did homework coz we needed to and I ended up doing my hw faster than he coz his is hella hard [fckn engineering majors =P] We ended up going to sleep around 2 so I didnt go to my first class, boo. I slept next to baby yet another night and I looved every second of it. I love waking up to him.
Okay that's my birthday. Hopefully I can see my friends this weekend coz I miss everyone.

24 days!

Yeah, so I've been all M.I.A. That's ok though 'cause Ange's last 3 posts hella make up for that, right? Tahaaa. No foreal though, I've been caught up with a dance project for a woman who has no information. It's ridic. I had to email her for information on herself. But it's done&over!

Thanksgiving break!

Chilled in Antioch on the day of. Surprisingly, I didn't eat as much as I thought I would. What's wrong with me? I should be 5 lbs. heavier. Wtf! Then Black Friday. The city was pretty damn busy. Clothes everywhere. Tell me why hella girls were at f21 when there's no sales. Good one, genius. I checked a couple stores out but didn't buy anything. The lines at Old Navy were ridiculous. Papa&I went to the Union Square Christmas Tree Lighting. Uhh, weak! We spent half our time weaving through the massive crowds of people engulfing the sidewalks and any other piece of concrete. The other half of the time we were waiting for the damn tree to light up. And that's exactly what it did. Like turning a switch on. Weak. But it was another adventure for me & babe's "scrapbook." <3

Right now I have a jacket from f21 headed my way. I can take the zippered part out. It's versatile & that's why I love it!

Yaaay!

Coming Up

Tuesday: boyfriend time

Wednesday: boyfriend time (?)

Thursday: Meet w/ dance group & Kasamahan Barrio Workshop (?)

Friday: USF Dance Concert w/ Mike, Chris, Sunshine!

Saturday: The Nutcracker at Palace of Fine Arts w/ ^ & dinner w/ ILA (?)

Whatevs, I have a speech. Bye!

-- Ingrid