Some Summer Fun

So I visited Caroline during my birthday, and... IT WAS AMAZING! She took me to an airshow, baked a cake for me, made breakfast and dinner, and took me out to a movie! SHE MADE ME SO HAPPY! Even though I was only there for 1 night, she made everything worth it.


At Ontario beach, during the airshow.


With our geeky 3D glasses after watching Disney's "UP"!

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And then she came up to see me and stayed at my place for 4 nights. On her second day, I took her to South Street Seaport, and then crossed the Brooklyn bridge, and then grabbed a bite to eat at Grimaldi's (the original coal brick oven pizzeria in new york city) - BEST PIZZA I'VE HAD SO FAR! And then I took her to the ice cream factory by the bay, and watched the Manhattan skyline. On her third day, I took her to Coney Island, we walked the boardwalk, tried Nathan's Original Hot Dogs, went to the New York Aquarium and rode the Cyclone (one of New York's oldest rollercoasters).


On the Brooklyn bridge, looking like an 8 year old boy who just got his XBOX 360!


The Manhattan skyline right behind us


After our ride on the Cyclone.

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The struggles are worth it. The battle is worth fighting. I'm on the path to victory.

After all, she is worth it.

Another Year

Another school year's out. I can't believe that I have one more year to go. I'm a senior! There are several options... to go back to school and knock out my Masters after graduation (and be buried in debt, because of loans), or find a job - teach! - And pay my current loans (perhaps, go back to school later for my Masters). Either way, I'm sure it'll be fine.

And yet, at the back of my head, it has been brewing. Shall I pop the question after graduating? There are still a lot of questions in me... but a part of me says that I'd know the time's right when I know the time's right - whenever that time is. A lot of prayer needs to go into it. I'm hopeful, but I know that's not usually enough. Regardless, I'm enjoying my relationship with her, and I'm sure she is too. We both have grown. And I know I've grown tremendously. I'm very thankful for the blessings that have come my way.

Went around downtown, looking for apartments. Sharing an apartment does not sound too bad. It'll be cheaper if we both went to Eastman again for graduate school. I'd love it if that were the case. But it all depends on what she decides to do, and where she wants to go. I'm excited for her, but at the same time... apprehensive. No one knows what the future holds.

But we've been talking a lot about the future. It seems that we both are moving in a similar direction. It is actually kind of freaky how similar we are. A lot of my stories are hers too. Did that make sense? We went through very similar pasts. I won't go into details, but yeah... I'm happy. =)

And here's a couple of photos with us acting goofy... again. lol!



You have to admit... we're pretty adorable. hehe.

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

This past month and a half has been insane. Everything else was going great, except for my health. Went to different doctors, went for several tests, and they found NOTHING. Frustrating as it is, I'm actually feeling better. However, I still have to go to the clinic once a week to get my blood drawn. "Fun!" All I ever wanted was to know what was going on with me. They couldn't tell me, and that affected my mood a lot. Although I try to have this uplifted spirit in me, it was still hard trying to put this illness into the back of my mind.

But I'm feeling better. My appetite is back, soon enough I'll be back in the gym (hopefully), and when I get my blood drawn, I hope that I get some good results - meaning, that my red blood count goes up. It did the last time I got it drawn. FINALLY. After running on half a tank for the past month, I can use some fresh fuel.

And then because I feel better, I got reminded of the more beautiful things in life again. Wheeeeeee! No, seriously... REALLY BEAUTIFUL. Here, I'll show you what I mean...

I told you. But guess what? We don't look like that anymore... we chopped off almost all our hair. Well, I did, she got like 4 inches off.

Pretty cute couple we have here... LOL!

But anyway, I continue to get over whatever I have. And hopefully it all goes away before our joint recital. I hope it completely goes away before my juries. Ay~