I am a Quarter!

It's official, I turned 25!

It's midnight and as tired as I feel, I think I need to write down all my emotions! I've had, for the most part, a wonderful birthweek!

Starting from Jan. 29th which was my Chinese birthday. I went with my mom to buy not 1, but 2 coats! At first, nothing really caught my eye. Then I saw one that I really liked, but it was way too small for me. Then my mom found my perfect size, but all the buttons were missing. So my mom cut all the buttons from the one I couldn't fit and I found the belt that was missing lying around somewhere in another aisle! And because the buttons were missing, I was lucky enough to get 25% off of the coat! I also bought a cheaper one because I wanted something that wasn't black like the rest of my coats and something pleated. And that's what I found! It's a pleated red coat! It makes me seem so sassy! :D Then we went to buy my cake. My friend told me that Paris Baguette sells a really good blueberry/green tea cake and a yummy sweet potato cake. The sweet potato cake just seemed so out there that I chose that one! It wasn't that bad, but my family didn't like it. Haha. It was such a small cake and for $32! I'd rather go to a more famous bakery in NYC! Next time!

1/30: I got yelled at at work by someone who's known to be a big jerk face. He's never really raised his voice at me, so I was shocked when he did. The worst part was, it was such a small thing that was blown way out of proportion. The good part is that I finally see him for how he really is: a jerk!

2/1: Annette and I went to lunch. Seeing as how we had 20 minutes left in our break, she told me to get in the car and that we were going to Mandee's to pick out my birthday present! I was shocked thinking it was so spontaneous and how I wouldn't have anything to buy there. Luckily for us, they were going out of business so everything was on sale. I got a pair of flats and a purse for less than $30! Yay. I was really happy about it. Annette is awesome.

2/2: Annette came in with a birthday balloon with a picture of Curious George eating 6 scoops of ice cream. She said it reminded her of me because she always hears me opening my candy wrappers in my cubicle. That was fun. I was never given any balloons ever. :( At around 11, Jenny texted me telling me to call her on my lunch break so that she can vent.. I was not about to call her on my break since it was going to be my birthday lunch. I took a short break and headed to the back of the office to call her. The balcony door was open and a robber/killer could be in the office hiding somewhere for all we know! Yikes! She vented about her sister. I don't like when people complain. I really don't especially when it's not that serious. Why can't she complain to herself, like I do. I'm trying to stay positive and her negativity is a real bummer. She knew I was at work or at lunch, yet she took her sweet time to talk about it. I'm like 'come on, come on!!' Then after 9 minutes, I told her I had to go and finally she let me go. The thing that bugs me is that she has a lot of friends, so why can't she distribute her complaints among her other friends! So I walked back and I was going to complain about it to Frank, but he went to talk to Annette. When I went to Annette's cubicle to talk about the open balcony door, my other coworker came out with her homemade cake and they all sang "happy birthday" to me. I was like, "OMG, I'm soo embarrassed!" and I covered my face and thanked them for it. AWESOME!! Then Annette and I went for lunch. On the drive there, we blasted gangsta music which pumped me up. She treated me to lunch. I really like her. She's wild and awesome!

2/3: I was really pumped for Saturday. I'm happy to actually make plans for my birthday and invite my friends to share it with me. I'm meeting one of my best friend's very first boyfriend for the first time. After a very early dinner, we're going to a karaoke lounge during happy hour and hopefully laugh, sing, dance and be merry! This would be my first time at a club besides that one time I went to Hunkamania for my cousin's bachelorette party.

I'm grateful to have good friends, even if I don't have a lot. I'm happy to share me turning 25 with people who are close to me. I will surely cherish this!

I JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!

update:
So it's the morning after my birthday. I got up and made some cookies, as is the tradition whenever I meet Hyemi and Sherry. Did 20 minutes on the treadmill, and then relieved some stress onto the punching bag. I tried to be really happy because it's my birthday, and it's the first time I've ever made plans to hang out. Took a shower, cut some bangs and finally whipped out my new Burberry glasses to wear.

Got dressed. My room is soo messy. I really need to donate some of my clothes to those clothing bins. I have too many clothes I don't wear! And I headed out. Met them at the shao long bao place. The place was packed, so we waited for about 20 minutes, but we kept ourselves entertained. There was this guy eating alone by the window. It looked like he was eating with someone, but she was no longer there. Ti said it must be his mother, and Sam said it could have been his girlfriend. The jokes basically wrote themselves because he looked so lonely and in deep thought about something sad. He was consuming his food rather slowly, and often times, the waiters were looking over his shoulders to see if he's done yet. It's rather sad. We were joking about how maybe he'll be famous one day by writing a book about his sadness or even create a Korean drama him sitting by himself and eating. He won't look like the main character, then we find out that he is! Haha. We finally got seated and Jenny came later. Everyone treated me to dinner against my will.

And then we headed to the karaoke place. What a shady place. On their site, they said that they had happy hour during 5pm-9pm and the rooms were half off and so were the beers. Hyemi bought a cake for me and they all sang to me. :) I was soo happy. lol. Except for my sucky ass camera keep saying that there was no batteries and it wouldn't stay focused so all I had were blurry pictures. After 2 hours, we asked for the check and it came out to be $120. WTF! And apparently, we could have bought food up to the amount that we paid for the room. That's not what they had on their site. So Sam went to talk to them. They eventually allowed us to stay an extra half an hour and order all the food we didn't before. We rushed through it. What a terrible place! My first bad review on yelp is coming up!

After, Jenny drove me to my grandma's house. Hung around until my dad came to pick us up. Thanked everyone on Facebook for their wishes especially those who came out for me. :) What a great 25th birthday!

Ended the night with this video my cousins made for me <3