Angela aka gymba24

Today I bought myself the complete first season DVD set of Smallville. Awesome! So now I can finally watch the pilot episode. Yay!!

Kevin bought a Zire 71 and so he gave me his Palm V for now, I'm having so much fun with it. If I had known PALMS were this fun, I would have gotten one a long time ago. Thanks!


AIM chats...

gymba24: oh, i actually let myself rest today without working out!
gymba24: are you proud!
ACK LevinK: wow1 good job!
ACK LevinK: that's really good for you
gymba24: i know!!!@@!

Dad is here, he found someone else to give his scheduled talks and he cancelled stuff (rental/hotels), & he's rushing back to HK for the funeral. There have been waves of sad feelings about the house but actually it is really nice to have my Dad home. I am a little disappointed that he has to leave so much sooner than originally planned but at the same time I understand.


Verse from Air Suply - Making Love Out of Nothing At All

"Everytime I see you, well the rays of the sun are all
Streaming through the waves in your hair
And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes
Like a spotlight
The beating of my heart is a drum and it’s lost
And it’s looking for a rhythm like you
You can take the darkness from the deep of the night
And turn it to a beacon burning endlessly bright
I gotta follow it ‘cause everything I know
Well, it’s nothing ‘till I give it to you"

Well, I made it through the roughest part of my week in terms of class. Yesterday evening I was able to hang out with Tony. We went to Barnes and Noble and then Soup Plantation (good for salads).

Went I came back from Spinning and Cardio Kickboxing I found out that my Grandmother from my Dad's side passed away.

Right now, I am frantically trying to finish this problem set. Well frantically, is probably the wrong wrote choice. I feel frantic, yet I am slowly concentrating on my work. It's so strange, sometimes it seems like when you fall in a hole, you just lie there and make it worse rather than try to get out of it.

Stress and agony, that is what I feel right now. I feel overwhelmed with tasks, I just need to manage my life better. Anyhow, I hope that the pain in my heart/chest [from stress] dies down soon. Because it is distracting me from things such as homework that I need to get done.


Enigma - Return to Innocence

"Love - Devotion - Feeling - Emotion
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up."

Dashboard was awesome, I had the time of my life at their concert. MXPX, Vandetta Red, and Brand New also played before DB came out. I got a t-shirt and 4 of their albums. The only downside was that when I got home a little while ago, I found out that I missed a phone call from someone who I would have absolutely loved to talk to and hear their voice.

On Saturday I didn't go to the BBQ, instead I went to Dave and Busters with Phil for a drink. It was cool getting to know another aspiring MS acounting student.

Tomorrow I don't have formal classroom classes, however, I do have a Graduate Student Board meeting and also hip hop dance.

Today I visited the Orthodonist to find that braces are going to cost me about 5 thousand dollars. Geez. Who knew? I was expecting something closer to 3 thousand bucks. At least I should have perfect teeth by the end of it all.

Today something really unexpected happened. A real eye opener. Something that has really inspired me to work harder towards a goal I have which is really important.

Tomorrow I'm going to a BBQ to meet some more of my peers then Sunday I'm going to see Dashboard Confessional @ SDSU.

Today was great, I got up at 7am, drove to campus, went to classes, went to visit the frat tables and talk to the members, went to the career fair, then finally went to the gym. At the gym I took a Cardio Kickboxing class which was super fun... I love the instructor, she really keeps the group energized. She cracks the funniest jokes. I won't attempt to butcher them by retelling. You had to be there to find it hilarious. Afterwards I did some precor then some bike to cool it down. I then proceeded to do a little bit of legs where I ran into this really cute guy. mind you I haven't seen a cute guy around for quite a while. Him and I switched off on machines... and every time he had this really adorable smile on his face. He was cute but would be even better if he got a little more lean tissue. Don't get me wrong, he was not a stick skinny by any means, he just would have looked more mature with some larger muscles. Either that or I'm just used to seeing muscular men haha. Anyway, moving on, afterwards I took the rockclimbing orientation so I got a chance to belay a climber for the first time. I have always wondered how the proceed works. It is really rather fun, though quite intimidating at first since you're responsible for another person's safety. Previously I had only done the climbing part where someone else belays for me. I stopped at the grocery store on the way home to pick up some tuna, rold gold checkered butter pretzels and granola and this little asian woman was taking forever with her coupons that were not working. Annoying! Anyhow, I finally made it home by 9pm for some food, shower, rest and relaxation. Sometimes busy days can be fun too. My bed looks awefully inviting.

Today my package should be arriving, I bought a brand new Diesel top online. I also need to go to campus to meet my faculty advisor for beta alpha psi and she's going to look into why I keep getting the error message with my online ap. Then I've got my spinning class plus my workout and then work. Yesterday I took an ab scultping class. Yes, I am having a lot of fun taking all these recreation classes.

AIM quote of the day...
gymba24: its like your duty to yourself
gymba24: to stay aware of your environment, how it changes, how you change with it and keep updated

I have a long day ahead of me... Tuesdays are a pain in the butt...

and another random thought, you know what annoys me, when people ask what my mom does all day. She's an extremely busy person, its not like she sits around and stares at the wall. Give me a break!

Another day of running around campus and trying to talk to various advisors and my professors. I managed to get most everything I needed to done. I also took a hip hop dance class today. It was fun but a little advanced for me. I'll probably go back next week, just so I can pick up some more good dance moves.

I'm still getting an error message when I try to submit my online application to Beta Alpha Psi. However, I spoke to the facilty adivsor and she said that they should be having tables outside this week. I tried looking for them last week since it was RUSH week but they were nowhere to be found. instead I was being asked to attend other Sororities like Sigma Phi Omega's rush events.

Why do weekends breeze by so quickly? I have too much to say, so much that I feel too overwhelmed to even say anything at all. So that this blog isn't completely vague I will give a few details of my crazy wkend. Last night at 2am I woke up in the middle of an allergy attack. It all began with a burning pain in my stomach which travelling up to my chest where my lungs swelled up and my head began to itch and I had several hives appearing on my face. Then the pain proceeded to move around the rest of my body. I took an antihistamine as soon as I felt the stomach pain because I recognized it as an allergy attack. See, I've had these before. With about 3 hours of broken sleep, I made my way to the gym in the morning to get that out of the way for the day. Got back home at 11am, showered, ate, washed all my bed sheets and dirty clothes which resulted in 3 large loads of laundry. Figured out my bills/expenses and then now I am here... thinking about all the other things that I need to do. I'm in a sour mood and probably fairly unpleasant at the moment.

Well I am sitting here in the cyber lounge at one of the commmons on SDSU campus. I have class at 11am today. In the past I have left my house at about 10am to hit severe traffic only to be late to class. Enough of that, I thought to myself and painfully woke up this morning at 7am and left the house by 8am. All the parking lots were still full and they were not letting people into them. However, there were fewer people to facilitate a road rage environment. So here I am now, sitting in front of the public computer, ready to study for a couple hours before my class starts. What a long day I have ahead of me.

Yesterday I cut my hair. It is about 5 inches shorter on the front and 3 inches shorter in the back. I was getting kind of sick of my hair, after looking at my recent pictures, I thought to myself, damn-I need a change. A few people have suggested that I color my hair too, I had it dyed darker in July but I suppose most of that has grown out already. Which also reminds me, I need to make an appointment with the orthodontist so that I can get my teeth straightened.

I just realized that it is September 11th, the 2 year anniversary of that day.

Song of the Day: Seal - I Have Been Waiting for You

"Everyday, a shade of blue
You won't believe
What I'm going through
It just feels like I can't afford to let myself go
No, oohooo no...

Everyone is just the same
They touch me
But I can't say

There has been no one brighter than you
I can't deny these things that I do
Feels like the world's at stake 'cause
I have been waiting
I have been waiting for you

Heavenly, that's what you are
You're burnin' me like a shining star
How am I supposed to be that king without you
Ooohooo...it's true yea

Everyone is just the same
They love me
But I can't say

There has been no one brighter than you
I can't deny these things that I do
Feels like the world's at stake yeaaahh...
I have been waiting
I have been waiting for you

Heeeeeeeey yeaaaah

There has been no one brighter than you
I can't deny these things that I do
Feels like the world's at stake 'cause
I have been waiting
I have been waiting for you

I have seen no (light) brighter than you
And I can't deny these things that I do
Feels like the world's at stake yeeaah yeah
I have been waiting
I have been waiting for you

Eeeeehhyea...for you
Ba ba ba ba ba oowww
Yeeeah yea yeah

Everyday I sit down and I feel like I'm waiting
For you
I've been waiting for you
For you

I have been waiting
I have been waiting for you
Peace,
Clay, the Scribe



The song above is the one they keep playing or the NBC new Fall line up, especially the new show Las Vegas with Vanessa Marcil!

Today was a really busy/hectic day. I was trying to get my work that is due tomorrow finished. I'm nearly done, I won't be going to bed early though because I still have a lot to do. Chad picked Erin over the million in For Love or Money 2. I can't believe how long they stretched that episode out, it was ridiculous.


natural peanut butter is so damn good... you've got to try it if you haven't before. I'm not talking about that Skippy stuff.

There is unwritten gym etiquette where when a person is using a machine you are waiting for, you do one of the following, patiently wait, kindly ask how many sets/reps they have left or ask if you can switch off. Today some really bitchy girl was waiting for me while I was using the hip adductor machine (mind you there are more than one). Since she was content standing there staring at me, I decided to continue with my sets. When one finally freed up she made some comment like, "damn, give someone else a turn," under her breath. Talk about being passive aggressive. I wasn't even on the machine for 3 minutes I would imagine. Plus, I would have been a lot more receptive to her had she actually asked me how many sets were left or asked to switch off. Whatever. People like that make me laugh.

Want something else to laugh about? My friend Cynthia gave me the URL of an interesting page. It is a great conversation piece as she also told me.

from my aim profile: find your point of optimal anxiety, those are the good butterflies, the ones that bring out the best in us.

Okay, its been a while since I've blogged. Friday I went to this "Welcome Graduate" reception for SDSU students. There were quite a lot of people there. I would guess about 500 or so. It felt like freshman year with everyone eager to talk to one another and get to know new people. I didn't get to meet any women unfortunately. However, I did meet quite a few engineers. I met one guy who graduated from UC Davis in 2001. At one point I was talking to only engineers, and the funny thing is, we all chimed in at practically the same time, "my Dad is an electrical engineer." Then we all proceeded, me being first, with a brief biography of our father's careers. haha fun stuff hey. Afterwards I was off to the gym and there I bumped into some undergraduate students whom I overheard being disrespectful towards women. So I was already not keen on them, but one started to chat me up which was completely messing up my rep count. He asked me questions like whether I was a freshman, what race I was... Questions that would regularly offend me, but hey I figured... might as well just let him talk and not embarrass him by blowing him off. Eventhough he was being rather obnoxious, I decided to be "nice" until he asked me for my phone number. I told him to give me his instead and he asked me if Graduate students were no fun. Whatever. He gave me his number and made me promise to that I would call, I "promised" I would.

Today (Saturday because I haven't gone to bed yet) I basically tried to study for the majority of the day. I forgot how boring studying can be. I didn't actually get much done because it was so warm I kept falling asleep. I really need to get a lot done before Monday though because I have an assignment due Tuesday. I need to get back into the swing of college life as a graduate.

Another schedule adjustment... Now I have dropped all 4 of my original classes and am taking 4 Graduate level courses. It is a pity because Professor Snyder seems like a very friendly person and good teacher. I think I'll try to take one of this classes in the future. I spent about 8 hours on campus today. How tiring.

This was the first day of spinning class, its different... and definitely very tiring. Extremely exhausting actually. This is really quite new for me because I've never done a group workout like that before. I've had cardio kickboxing, step aerobics etc.. but never spinning. The instructor cracks me up too because she screams a lot to motivate us and she makes us scream too to indicate that we're having fun, except it is really quite difficult when you're completely out of breathe and trying to make it through the spinning sets. Anyhow, I look forward to the next spinning class, hopefully I'll see myself improve.

Song of the day: Pharrell Williams ft Jay-Z - Frontin

Today was my first day of classes at SDSU. It is so crowded! My goodness. I only took me 20 minutes to drive to there but it took me 30 minutes to find a parking space. It was horrible. After finally finding a space in the 4th parking lot I went to I overheard a woman and police officer arguing very loudly. They were screaming at each other, it was like a free show. I would have been 15 mintues early for my class but instead I was 15 minutes late. As I walked in the teacher cracked a joke about me being late.... yah... I bought 2 of the 11 textbooks I needed and a reader. I just couldn't bring myself to spend over 1000 dollars on books at once. Plus I didn't want to carry all those bricks. 2 books and a reader hurt my fingers enough to carry to my car parked far far out. After the long day at school I went for some good ole selfish gym time. It was really sunny and warm when I went into the gym and to my surprise it smelled like rain when I came out and the ground was moist and it was dark. Strange...I went to the gym and left in entirely different worlds. Like a warp. haha

I have to mention.. I haven't slept much this weekend. I pulled an allnighter Sunday night, then last night i got 4 hours of sleep.. and tonight I will be getting 4 hours of sleep.

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"He's standing right behind us" Ang