when i hear this i think of you...

since i'm holed up in my room, i've basically been listening to my iPod on shuffle continuously. 1 song i can't stop playing is Love Love Love by Epik High. haha, yep it's a korean song. and yep i know the lyrics (vaguely). pls don't ask me how...either way, even on shuffle there are certain songs i can't skip b/c of their sentimental value. i'm sure this list'll grow but in the past 2 hrs these are the ones that have been shuffled to me:

1. Escape (the Pina Colada song) by Rupert Holmes: always reminds me of going to Cancun, MX over spring break. while we were traversing around Casa Magna, eating and laying out and drinking drinks, every time i looked out at the beautiful beach and ocean view and basked in the summer (well really, spring) sun i just kept thinking of this song. and totally irrelevant, but the song also reminds me of that movie The Sweetest Thing. another irrelevant side note, Rupert Holmes ended up writing 1 of the few mystery novels that i actually enjoyed, Where the Truth Lies.

2. Island in the Sun by Weezer: ok i admit it, i went to see Out Cold that stupid snowboarding movie. Erma and i went and i remember we were pretty psyched over some stupid joke that the trailer kept playing on tv even tho what it was eludes me now. regardless, Island in the Sun is basically the theme song of the movie and i'd never heard it before and immediately fell in love w/it then proceeded to bug my housemates by playing it continuously for the next month. ahhh, college...

3. Because I'm a Girl by KISS: even tho i've been listening to all types of Asian songs (chinese, korean, japanese) i've never really bothered to watch MVs. 1 day while i was forcing Gohm to listen to Rain songs we started talking about korean dramas, which for a short period i was very addicted to (although i've gotten lazy b/c i can't be bothered to read the subtitles right now) and i was commenting that they're always so friggin' sad. someone's always dying, constant unrequited love, unfair misunderstandings. the 1 that takes the cake is Autumn Fairy Tale. god! how much tragedy can befall a single couple? and they're always crying in every single episode. sheesh! not that i didn't cry when i watched it...but even for me it got a little exasperating. it was then that Gohm advised me that not only were korean dramas this way, but so were korean MVs. and that's when he played me this MV on youtube. it was a whole korean drama plot in a single music video! heehee. now i have this song downloaded on my iPod and although i'm not the biggest fan of it, every time i hear it i remember the video and the melodrama of koreans...

why is God trying to kill me?

why is it that w/o fail whenever something important/that i want to do comes up i will inevitably get deathly ill aka the plague?

last year i got sick right before exams. it was a complete nightmare and at 1 pt i was literally crying b/c i was so ill it was to the pt i just wished i was dead. of course it didn't help that i was dating Gohm at the time and whenever i whined to him about being sick he refused to coddle me (plus he was always going out w/his friends while i was on my deathbed which is like taunting a starving man by eating a giant steak in front of him).

this year i got sick right before the inter-APALSA mixer that i'd coordinated. it was the 1st time that BLS APALSA had officially coordinated a NYC APALSA event w/all the NYC law schools: Columbia, NYU Law, St. Johns, Cardozo, Fordham Law, Hofstra and New York Law. the event was hosted at Town Tavern and me and Co-Chair hyped it up b/c we wanted BLS to represent itself. then i got the plague.

i was home w/a fever, body aches, and coughing up a lung. it was completely miserable. so of course i couldn't attend the event. i did hear that BLS APALSA came out in full force and everyone seemed to have a good time. i even heard Wifey come home around 1 am which means it must've been ok b/c considering Adidas and i didn't go if it'd sucked she would've bailed after an hour.

Spotted

spotted: Lance Bass lounge at a comfy table at One.

haha, ok, that was just the Gossip Girl in me coming out. actually Stitch and i spotted him while we were there waiting for Tina's bday party crew to show up and start. me and her were chilling near what-we-thought-would-be-our-table when Lance's crew walked by me. i had my glasses off (i always feel dorky wearing them in those trendy places. i admit its weird vanity considering what i wear walking around BLS) which meant i gave the impression that i was staring intently at everybody that i might think was cute since i actually couldn't see them clearly unless they were w/in 3 feet of me. when Lance walked by, i looked like the ultimate uncool fan/stalker. i involuntarily did a double-take then kept staring and squinting at him due to my lack of glasses, before finally putting them on and staring some more, then making Stitch look, then both of us looking together, then erupting into giggles after she texted her friend, Just Jared and referencing Gossip Girl (which we both shame-facedly admitted to watching).

prior to One Stitch and i met up for dinner at Nooch, Japanese/Thai restaurant. actually enjoyed the food although i had to stick to an udon soup b/c i was still recovering from the plague. Stitch was ambitious and ordered soft-shell crab as an entree which was just all crab. she didn't finish but it looked good.

the party ended up being shifted next door to Plunge at Hotel Gansevoort because One refused to let most of the party in claiming a lame 3:1 girl to guy ratio requirement. this on top of the fact that Chow, Minchul and Oppa were all purchasing bottles for a table. that's whack. so instead we headed over to Plunge which was easy for us to get into but poor Casper, who was meeting me there, had so much trouble. Plunge has got this crazy system in which in order to get more ppl in the waitress has to tell her manager if you've purchased more bottles to warrant more ppl and if so, the manager will tell the bouncer downstairs who will then allow you to enter to take the elevator to the penthouse. sigh... sometimes i can't believe how reedonkulous NYC lounges are.

i eventually left and, in my insanity, went over to Sing Sing on st. marks for BST's bday afterparty. Chipmunk later met me there (w/my BLS ID which had somehow fallen out of my purse-my hero...) and we all sang a bunch before finally heading home to brooklyn.

finally, a quiet weekend

a new event that APALSA did under our e-board was the Scav-evanger hunt (named thusly for Co-Chair). since this was a while ago, i can't remember what i did the night before, but i do remember being super hung-over the next morning, but i still dragged my ass out of bed and went to school to meet up w/the crew for a scavenger hunt around Brooklyn Heights, which encompassed DUMBO, Carrol Gardens and Boerum Hill. Co-Chair and i didn't partake of the actual hunt since Co-Chair wrote the clues and i was too un-functional to make the effort. instead we got the snacks and lemonade for the guys for when they finished the hunt.

the clues were pretty creative tho, and definitely opened up the area and introduced some new places. here's some of them:

1. Find the special of the day at Noodle Pudding-38 Henry Street
2. Take a picture of yourself on line at Grimaldi's-19 Old Fulton Street
3. Name the fruity street names in the neighborhood
4. Landmarks: Jane's Carousel-56 Water Street
Norman Mailer's place-142 Columbia Heights
Birthplace of AA-182 Clinton Street
62 Montague Street-where Arthur Miller (author of Death of a Salesman) lived w/Marilyn Monroe
5. Find the highest score on Pac-Man at Tea Lounge-254 Court Street
6. What's inside a "dark and stormy"?

after the scavenger hunt Egg, Brantley, Ol' S and Wifey met me for brunch at Lobo which completely hit the spot. it was all in celebration of Egg's bday which was that weekend. o yea! that's it! me and Oni had gone out the night before and made a stop at Sin Sin for Egg before heading over to the Park to meet her ex! wow...i'm impressed i remembered that. hmm, why was i so hungover the next day? o yea, it was those Petron shots...blech.

back to the Mexican brunch. Brantley got a delicious and huge burger instead of traditional brunch fare. it was so cute b/c she was so specific in getting the perfect cheeseburger w/fried egg. we were all like seagulls circling around her french fries which were just the way i like them (crispy crispy crispy). the meal i was most envious of was the Tulsa: jalapeno cheese grits w/2 eggs and tortillas, which Egg was smart enough to get. those grits were so delicious. i got the huevos rancheros which were good, but ended up not being so smart for my sensitive tummy and i wasn't the biggest fan of the sauce they used. Wifey and Ol' S got the Migas which was also really good from what i tasted.

Wifey, being the korean she is, had to go for both tabasco sauces: the red and the green chile kind. she quickly learned how spicy the green one can be. it was hilarious to see her, the korean spicy queen, admit defeat from a hot sauce. she was just about tearing at 1 point and had to gulp down rice and water.

Haeyaoke

being a new member of the APALSA e-board, we decided to do a group bonding activity by going to karaoke in ktown. it was conveniently named after Haeya so the event became nicknamed Haeyaoke (how ingenious). aside from the e-board we took the new 1L reps out too so we could maximize the whole bonding experience.

once again we went to Toto (take a lucky guess as to who recommended that). the event was pretty fun overall. i got to see Haeya turn into mean korean girl which was hilarious. Co-Chair sang the 1st song and when he finished his score popped up on the screen which surprised everyone in the room (except for me)and as most of us weren't korean we didn't know what it said so Co-Chair announced authoritatively that "it's definitely not a score" which just brought out the mean korean girl in Haeya where she read the korean on the screen in a very severe tone and ended it by calling Co-Chair "stupid" even more severely. and prior to this incident, we'd gone to Woorijip to pick up booze and the guy behind the register was giving her a hard time about how the drinks were getting paid for (we had a lot, but we were 12 ppl)and she just turned into severe korean girl in front of our eyes. it was awesome.

i also got to see Prez sing what has now turned into his trademark song (Burn by Usher). everyone's jaw just about fell to the ground when he started singing b/c he sings well, but i wasn't surprised since he'd already told me he sang in choir and was in a band in college. Co-Chair and i danced to A Whole New World (i believe) in front of everyone which would usually mortify me but it was late enough in the night where other MORE embarassing stuff had happened w/other ppl so i wasn't worried.


Wifey was completely out of hand tho. she had brought her own bottle of vodka and was plugging away at it slowly and just got completely belligerent. she slowly but surely receded into the corners of the sofa and was pretty quiet for the night until she drunkenly professed her love for me and lamented our current roommate situation. when we finally checked out, Wifey was in her grumpy belligerent drunk phase and was clamoring for food so most of the e-board went back to brooklyn while Adidas (who was also wasted), Prez, Wifey and i went over to Kunjip. i was pretty thankful for Prez's presence or else i would've had my hands full w/very drunk Adidas and Wifey-1 was professing his love/infatuation for an e-board member and the the other was randomly snapping out of quiet drunken stupors to tell us how ridiculous we were.


at 1 pt during dinner Wifey ended up burning her wrist on the hot pot that contains the steamed egg banchan (so yummy). we were all aware when this happened. but about 30 mins later, i looked up from my food and watched as Wifey accused Prez of having burned her and thrusting her wrist in his face. the next morning she gchatted me about how she couldn't remember anything but had found the front of her sweater completely dirty from the food (i'm not sure WHEN that happened) and how she'd somehow randomly burned herself and how much it hurt.

blatant honesty

now don't get me wrong, i appreciate blatant honesty from my friends (of course, if phrased w/tact i appreciate it more).

so Moon told me yesterday that in light of the post-break up developments that have occurred I'm obviously Gohm's rebound girl and i may be reaping some kind of karma directed at me from Ahjima.


ouch.


but, ok, i appreciate your honesty.


o and btw, you're a butthole.


but still appreciate your honesty.

the death of a Legend

in my plague-recuperation days i took the opportunity to have a nice quiet dinner w/Egg and Brantley after a night out of heavy drinking. we ended up going to Chip Shop, which i'm ashamed to say i had never been to until that night. o the things i've missed...

while the food's a definite throwback to the cuisine of the UK, the inside's much nicer than any chip shop i was ever in while studying abroad. the price is fair altho i'm pretty sure anyone from the UK would never think about paying that much for food from a typical English chip shop. but like i said, this place is a little different.

i was too hungover to drink beer so i just chugged cokes (my favorite post-drinking drink). Egg ended up getting mac and cheese (served w/a side of peas), i opted for the chicken curry (which they serve OVER the french fries). the curry was more of that tomato-ey sweet kind but it wasn't bad and putting it ON TOP of the fries was innovative and unexpected, although it made me wish i had gotten mashed potatoes instead (ghetto curry shepherd's pie anyone?). i was tempted to order dessert but i hadn't finished my meal and like any good little kid i couldn't justify it (plus i was feeling like a fatty).

stuffed from our meal, we all headed back to Brantley's to watch a movie and wait w/her until her parents and brother arrived. after rock, paper, scissor-ing it out we opted to watch Legend, which we all gushed about how we had such fond memories of it as kids. what kid wouldn't love a movie about unicorns and elves and magic? and for little girls, there's also the love story between the princess and the handsome boy.

hmmm....our memories must be more shoddy than we realized or else we all had warped perceptions of what was good back then. sigh just goes to show some things shouldn't be revisited.

we had enough time so we also watched Hard Candy, which i had heard about and Egg was dying to see. pretty interesting and nice twist at the end (love those). the movie definitely had me guessing the whole time exactly how it would end. where do you go w/a single situation of a girl tricking a pedophile to take her to his place and she keeps him tied up pretty much the whole movie? however, the direction of the plot definitely twisted and turned to keep you guessing. i wonder if many pedophiles went to see this movie w/a "what if" mindset.

real friends

for a while, right before i got the plague, i was taking some time off from the lifestyle of "living in the city" and being in your 20s. i was just getting too broke, too tired, too stressed out (from school and drama) and just all around burnt out. so i hibernated for a while and took some time off from anything too festive, just doing work, relaxing and (if i could be bothered) going out around brooklyn.

this always happens to me every once in a while. life's so circular sometimes. after a long run of constant outings w/large groups of ppl, everything tends to get a little monotonous. drinking. tables. late night food (recently it's always been ktown). cabs home. and it's always the same ppl. and i can almost guarantee that 1 of the ppl calling me on friday or saturday night is someone i haven't talked to all week (or the last 2 wks) aside from a random IM or gchat during the week that essentially asks how the other's doing. aside from going out together to someone's birthday party (how is it ALWAYS someone's birthday on the weekends? and do i really know that many ppl? i don't think so) these aren't always ppl i have a quiet dinner or drink w/, go watch a movie w/, invite over just to chat, meet for coffee. don't get me wrong, sometimes they are. even when i go out more often than not there's at least 1 person there who's been through it w/me and done all those things i just listed. when i take these sabbaticals from socializing it tends to be b/c i'm starting to go out just to go out. and then i tend to be w/ppl who are really just looking to add more body counts to whatever event they're going to just to be that person who knows at least 30 ppl in the party.

excuse me, i just dry-heaved at the thought of those ppl.

but never fear, i did eventually de-funk and went to Spoon's birthday party at Naked Lunch. every time i go here it's mad crowded but the DJ is so cute. Spoon and i have really known each other since high school but we attended middle school together too (different cliques, you know how the suburbs are). regardless, we've stayed friends and she definitely fits into my keeper category. she can definitely be a handful sometimes (when she makes her mind up to go buck, all hell breaks lose and i've definitely had my indiscretions on outings w/her) but she's also there for the quiet stuff too, it also helps i haven't had to be too vigilant about watching her when we go out together cause she can take care of herself. Kiks (another keeper from college) and i met at the bar-as always i was running late and got lost. all named streets are my kryptonite when it comes to sense of direction-and stayed for a few drinks before i met the Twins at Park which i appreciate for the ease of getting in (being female and all) and the calmness of the downstairs juxtaposed w/the dance floor upstairs. Oni and Yuka met me there w/some boys they'd picked up and we all danced and lost each other multiple times over the night.

and of course we ended up in ktown eating. and the cycle starts again?

damn those ILS drink specials

ILS recently had an event at Maz Mezcal in Brooklyn w/an amazing drink special of $3 margaritas and beers. it was just too good of a special to pass up so of course i had to go. Brantley had already gone ahead of me (if i have trouble resisting drink specials i love that she has it prob 3X more) so it was good that i had someone to meet.


i was double fisting at Maz Mezcal; only b/c they were so slow about getting the drinks and i was dealing w/a time constraint. i def learned a few new gossip items abouut my fellow BLSers from attending a school function. afterwards everybody headed to Brazen Head for the after party. i swear, only a few drinks in and i was wasted. DRC was busy macking it 1st to Kinky and then to Berg Jr. Jr. which i loved. luckily for me, Brantley was craving some food and we headed towards Carroll Gardens Diner. others got pancakes and eggs whereas the jersey girl in me screamed for disco fries (fries w/mozzarella and gravy).


i'm pretty sure the disco fries saved me from a night a yuking. god bless nj for teaching girls how to avoid the super hangover and hug-the-toilet vomiting.

i have a brand new cousin!

as the title suggests, my uncle and aunt (in that very ironic asian super-connected way) just had their 1st baby! congratulations! i have another convoluted connected cousin who i already adore just based on the picture.

Mentor-Mentee '07

a long overdue post but i had to wait for pics to be available and thanks to Prez i can now put something up w/this post.

the 1st APALSA event that Co-chair and i had to plan together was the Mentor-Mentee dinner which is also 1 of the 1st big events of the year for APALSA so there was a lot riding on it. while it was definitely a stresser to find someone to provide food, order dessert, coordinate the set-up and clean-up crew, and then picking all these things up, overall i had a good time.

Co-chair and i decided to go w/variety for the food (from Sea Asian) and Asian desserts in the form of cakes from Tai Peng in Chinatown (green tea and Asian tiramisu-gotta love the Asian desserts: never too sweet but always light and delicious). the biggest pain was obtaining the wine. i went to Trader Joe's to pick up 2 cases of wine (1 red and 1 white) and luckily for me Egg was available to help me carry the cases home but even then they were reedonkulously heavy. after Egg and i got off the subway we stopped at BLS to pick up his stuff from the SBA office and i took the chance to call Adidas to come and meet us so he could carry my case of wine b/c at that point my arms were about to fall off.

even tho we ran out of food (can we pls RSVP ppl?) and wine (BLS APALSA really represents when it comes to the booze) i think overall the event was a success w/a really high turn-out and afterwards we all went to Trout for the after-party. Ultimately Prez and i ended up at our favorite Carrol Gardens Diner w/GJ and Chaeso where old APALSA e-board was also eating.

2 ppl ended up crying that night. i'm just glad i wasn't 1 of them.