Hollywood Hike

A few of my sorority sisters and I hiked to the Hollywood sign last Saturday. Honestly, it did not seem like a 5-mile hike at all. It was a little rough at the beginning due to the extreme inclines but everything else was a breeze. The view was amazing. Still, it doesn't beat hiking in Yosemite or the Sturtevant Falls. Here are some pictures:

My Big and I

Before the hike

During the hike

Random guys throwing up our crowns

A view of Forest Lawn (MJ was buried here)

"Charlie's Angels" 

After the hike

I HAVE TERMITES!!!!

Termites. Termites.. TERMITES!!! It is such an ugly word. I never expected to have these nasty-infested-blood-sucking bugs in my home. I could not tell what it was at first because I have never experienced anything like it. My first thoughts were.. maggots, or white-clear-nasty things. Then I found out that they were termites. Honestly, I am extremely embarrassed to tell anyone about it. What if my friends doesn't want to come over anymore? What if they think I'm unclean?! So I decided to do some research. The pictures that popped up was not very pleasant. Then I discovered that it is not my fault that I have termites. They can find their way through cracks from outside of the structure. So I called my management up and they are taking care of it. They sent in the Terminix Pest Control guys. Luckily we caught it in time. It is not at the extreme stage yet. Apparently, they have been digging their way through the beam from the outside. The guys are going to clean everything up before I get home today. I also put in a request for them to come and clean my carpet because who knows what could be living there! Overall, the experience wasn't so bad. My management was very professional and took care of everything in a timely manner. I still hate these bugs though. Go eat wood somewhere else please!

Meet My Parents

As I am sitting at work not wanting to work, I went through my old flash drive where I secretly stored pictures that meant the most to me. I have not looked at these pictures in a very long time and it brought back a lot of memories. I forgot that these photos even existed. It's almost as if I had just unlocked a treasure chest. A treasure chest filled not with gold, but nostalgia, excitement, and fun. Everything that is worth more than gold.

Here is a thing about my family, we don't take a lot of pictures. I mean we try to for special occasions, but even then, we don't capture much. In this treasure chest that I have just unlocked, I found pictures of my parents that illustrates their love for one another. My parents are no romantics. I have never seen them show affections, not even a kiss, to each other. Believe me, for a very long time, I was almost convinced that my parents are no longer in love. However, these photos were able to capture the love that they have for one another, the love that I never even knew existed.

What's a V-Day?

I have not celebrated Valentine's Day since the 8th grade. So it was just like any ordinary day for me. I am not bitter, nor am I excited the holiday but it does get annoying when your boss gives out Twilight V-Day cards, and people goes around asking you if you want to buy teddy bears with chocolate roses, or strawberries dipped in chocolate. No, I don't want to buy your teddy bears nor do I want to spend a whole lot of money on your strawberries when I can make them myself for half the price!

Well, this year I decided to celebrate this holiday with my friends Hiba and Rachel. I guess it's better to spend it with friends than cooking at home alone. I wouldn't have mind. But since all of us had no plans... why not.

The first course on the menu is called Rachel's Salad. Why the name? Because she brought it from home. It was pre-bagged though. We didn't have a big bowl to mix our salad, so we used a pot instead. How efficient! Rachel's Salad has: lettuce, cabbage..you know all that salad stuff, then she added yellow tomatoes and carrots, it came with almonds, raisins, and crumbled bleu cheese. We topped it off with a white balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It was healthlisticly delicious.

We made vodka lemonade after we prepared the salad. I didn't have wine at my apartment, so this was the next classy thing. 

Then we went ahead and boiled the water for our farfalle.. blah blah blah. I cooked the mushroom in olive oil and garlic. Then threw in the pre-cooked-chicken-that-came-in-the-frozen-bag. Once that's done, Rachel lightly added the alfredo sauce, when I say lightly... it was like a pinch. She's a health freak! I would have thrown in the whole jar. Oh well, it came out amazing anyway. Then we mixed in the pasta. Voila! We created our version of "light" chicken farfalle alfredo.

For dessert, we decided to go with the double chocolate cake that's been sitting in my fridge since last week. Rocky Road, Strawberry, and Vanilla ice cream were added of course. 

Hiba didn't cook anything, she just came to join us after her class. We all ate and watched.... He's Just Not That Into You. Rachel soon realized that we were just like those sad, soppy, pathetic girls with no valentines. I refused to think that I was one of those. Because I was really content with what I was doing. I was not jealous, nor bitter. Anyway, maybe next year? Haha, just kidding. You say Valentines, I say Vodka.