Kimmy told Janet that I looked different..
Really? Do I?
Feedback would be nice.
I'm still wondering in what way am I different from 4 months ago.

Time flew by.
It's 23 November tomorrow.
Thursday's Thanksgiving.
I'm going to go to Big Bear for snowboarding I think.
So I won't be able to blog for a couple of days.. Or more.

Yeah, it's already 23rd.
I only have 3 more weeks of school to end my first semester in the US.
Exciting?
Kind of.
But I don't know my plans for Winter yet.
Which totally suck.
I'm trying... and still figuring out on what to do.

Sunday today, and I'm supposed to be in Church.
But I'm not.
I stayed home to study for my Accounting test tomorrow instead.
I think I'm going to continue studying now.
Xoxo.

P.S I miss you guys.

Just thought of how lazy Americans are.
And how that's causing the high obesity rate and stuff like that.
I mean, come on, do you need anymore evidence?
Drive-thru ATM.
I head there's even a drive-thru Pharmacy.
Seriously?
You're even too lazy to get down your car for just a couple of minutes to withdraw/deposit some money or things like that?
Insane!

I'm going to bathe now.
Makeup + Prepare and then I'm going to go to the supermarket.
Cooking time in less than 3 hours!
Exciteddddddd.

So, I'm going to cook for my friends tomorrow.
Decided to cook these:
1) Garlic Bread - for starters
Wanted to make from scratch on my own but for the perfect grill marks, I need a grill and there isn't one at my friend's place or mine. So most probably going to buy the frozen ones.
2) Fried Ravioli - a small appetiser
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/fried-ravioli-recipe/index.html
3) Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Lemon Basil and Salmon - main dish
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/whole-wheat-spaghetti-with-lemon-basil-and-salmon-recipe/index.html
4) Zeppole - ending sweet touch
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/coffee-glazed-italian-doughnuts-zeppole-recipe/index.html
It says coffee glazed but I'm just going to dip them in cinnamon. Doing the coffee glaze is going to take ages.

Hopefully I'll have pictures tomorrow of the meal I'm going to create.
Xoxo.

Okay, my last decent post was on 11/12/09.
I'm getting used to the US's date format which is month/date/year btw.

So on the 13th, which was a Friday, yes, Friday the 13th.
My BB decided to screw up.
And I couldn't send my bbm messages to everyone.. which sucks.
I went to my friend's place, to hang out and then she and another friend had a driving lesson by another friend.
So it was like, 5 of us in the car, another girl and I were just like... talking and waching them drive.
It wasn't scary or anything so everything's cool.
Then after driving lesson... Everyone chilled at my friend's place, another guy and girl joined us.
My friend and I cooked lunch (y)
Rice and chicken, so simple yet so delicious.
Then another friend fetched me to the west (my sister's place), had dinner with two other friends..
Was supposed to watch 2012 but tickets were all sold out.
BUMMER.
So, we didn't have anything to do until 12.
There was a surprise birthday party.
Yup.

Then, Saturday... Had In N' Out.
Yum, the most awesome burger ever!
Chilled at home, watched this chinese movie.
Then ate at Animal.
Omgosh.
Ate Foie Gras, Bone Marrow & Escargot for the first time.
I think I blogged about this before, have I?
Oh well, you guys can just re-read it all over again.
I puked the Escargot out.
It tasted SO disgusting, I'm not even exaggerating!
Foie Gras... It was fine, didn't really have a strong taste to it, so it's not to the point where I've to puke it out and stuff.
Bone Marrow... The texture definitely creeped the hell out of me.
Forced to try it.
The only verdict on it is that... I like the bread that came alone with the Bone Marrow.
It didn't really have any strong taste to it too.

Okay, Sunday.
Church.
Wore my super high heels, the one I got from Zara.
15cm high.
I felt so tall that day.
As tall as some of the guys, or even taller.
After Church, we went to eat at Mitsuwa.
Yummy ramen, shared with sister though.
After that, we went to have dessert.
Tiramisu Crepe.. Awesome.
Played Clue at home after that.
I love that game.
It's like one of my favourite board game..
I hardly even play board game in the first place. Hahaha.
Then had Fogo for dinner before heading back to my alone place.
Fogo - guilty for eating one whole plate of red meat.

Monday, Accounting class is so awkward now.
Hahahahaha.
So, normally I would sit at the first row table, and the person who sit beside me always change.
Either my HK friend, this China guy, or the freaky Korean classmate.
So, I was late for class, the freaky guy was sitting in front.
The seat that I always sit at was empty.
I walked away, I sat beside my other China friend.
HAHA, biggest hint to him that I'm going to ignore him for the rest of the 4 weeks ever.
Oh, went to see the Meteor! :)
Left the house at about 1230am and reached home at about 345am.
Exhausted and fell asleep straight after I hit the bed.

And today, late for my English 900 class, wanted to meet a tutor for them to review on my essay...
But because I was late, I was so behind on the list..
And there wasn't enough time.
Sucks.
I had to wait 40 minutes for the bus in the 15 degrees weather.
I was freezing like crazy so I bought Starbucks before going up to my place.
It was like... Hot coffee have never tasted so good.
Watching Bones now.
I love Bonessssssssss.
I need to start taking pictures to upload to this super wordy blog.
I know you guys are agreeing with me at this point.

I shall go send my lens for service and my small camera for service which I doubt is free because it's been so long since I got my Sony camera..
After that, I shall have millions of photography sessions with my friends who have cameras too!
I shall pull them along to take pictures with me.
Can't wait til I can drive.
I can just drive out whenever I want to to take pretty pictures.
Awesome.

But for now, I'll leave the picture taking to my friends :)
Xoxoxo.

Ah, so lazy to blog. HAHA.
Back to the lazy mode.
Okay, I wanted to blog about something.
But I forgot.
I'll blog when I'm back at my other place later night.

Xoxo.

Stayed over at friend's house yesterday.
Woke up early, but lazed around the bed because we were both so tired and lazy to get off.
Eventually we got up, I bathed while she defrosted the chicken.
She bathed while I diced the chicken.
Then we cooked the chicken and egg too, with rice of course.
While our other friend came to enjoy the lunch we made.
Then... that marks the start of our shopping trip!
Fourth friend fetched us and off we go to our first stop of the day: Melrose Avenue.
Then, second stop: Beverly Center.
(Done for shopping but omg I spent so much ): my friend and I are going to stop shopping!)
Then, third stop: Dinner at this Japanese restaurant.
Then fourth stop: Urth Caffe for Green Tea Boba.
Then fifth stop: Friend's place to take my stuff.
Then sixth stop: Hakata Ramen, met another 2 friends there for supper.
(Don't worry, I didn't eat!)
Then final stop: Home!

Insanity.
Out for the whole day.
Going to accompany my friend to Santa Anita Mall to exchange her jacket with another one.
(Omg, I fell in love with this purple flower top & this grey leather jacket from Bebe... Freaking expensive please. Never going to spend so much on a single item. Never.)
Going to school to settle my application to SMC before that though.
And after the Mall, I'm going to school again for my one and only English class.
So sickening.
Hate English.

Going to make TehO buy a few more things for me.
Woopeeeeee!!
Can't wait for the things to arrive...

Okay, super sleepy because of the shopping trip today.
Going to sleep now.
So early for me... It's almost 2am actually.
HAHA, okay, goodnight!

My nose is getting irritating.
It's getting up my nerves.
Adding to that, PCC's counseling appointment thing sucks.
Plus, I've an essay (first draft) to be done by Thursday.
Then, teacher's going to return our first draft for our previous essay today, and we got to work on them again for our final draft.

I hate my grades so far.

Eh! When are your holidays?!?!!

HAHAHAHA, Michelle is such a moron.

Okay, today started out REALLY badly.
Firstly, my Accounting test's result is like... don't even want to talk about it.
Then, my classmate turned out to be so freaky.
He ended up saying that he booked a movie for the two of us to watch (WTF?!) because he wanted to cheer me up after my horrible test result..
Still... WTF?!

I'm so scared of him now.
I'm not going to sit and talk to him anymore.
I'm ignored his last 2 sms(es).

Okay, so many things to do this week.
Busy busy busy.

Thank goodness for the holiday on Wednesday!
No Accounting class!

So, I haven't blog for a couple of days..
It's because I had a last minute decision to stay at my sister's place on Saturday night.
& I didn't bring anything along with me.

So, on Saturday, I went to look for Jenny& Inez at Old Pasadena, a shopping place 5 minutes walk away from home.
But I only stayed with them for 45 minutes.
Mark fetched me and Kartika (at her place) and we went to Santa Monica (West side, near my sister's place) for the others to have their music practice.

Then, we wanted to go to Royal T, the place where they are celebrating Hello Kitty's birthday.
Then we saw that the queue was.... crazy, insanely, madly long.
& obviously the guys became more reluctant to go for the few people who really loved HK, not me by the way.
(I like HK but not to the point where I'll wait in the long ass queue to see a shop of it and all. No thank you!)

So, we went off to eat at Mitsuwa.
One of the most awesome ramen that you can ever eat :)

I'll take pictures next time.
Got to fix my small sony camera AND my standard lens for my SLR.
Both decided to give me a hard time by disallowing the auto focus to work.
FML.

So, the other 4 people who were supposed to meet us said that they'll wait at the HK queue while we had our dinner.
After Mitsuwa, we went for the HK thing.

So cute! So adorable! Awww.
(Omits the boring part of the descriptions of the place, how cute the things are, how awesome was it, kinda. -- I don't want to bore you guys who hate HK and pink.. I think I can hear Haziqah saying Thank you to me for not describing it)

Okay, then after that, we went to Urth Caffe.
Green Tea Boba, SO GOOD, and Marble Chocolate Coffee Cake.
Yummm.

After that, friend dropped Kartika and I to StephMualim's place.
Waited for 30 minutes, then walked 2 minutes away to another friend's house for a surprise birthday party.
It's going to be his last birthday here.

He's going back for good on Sunday.
Another person is going back for good on Saturday.
Everyone is going back for good soon.
That kinda sucks.
I hate this part right here..

Okay, it's 123pm.
I need to prepare for school (340pm class) because I've to go to the International Student Office (ISO) to prepare my transfer stuff.
Tranferring to SMC!
Ah, and I'm not taking Winter class.
#1 - It's all full.
#2 - SMC said that i20 is not going to allow me to be in 2 school at one time.
#3 - SMC said that if I'm in school for Winter in PCC, it'll be a problem.

So.. Yay?
5 more weeks of school left.
Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?
I don't know. You tell me!

Okay, it's 125pm now.
After bathing, I still need to do my stupid Math homework.
Test later.
But who gives a heck.

I feel like giving my Accounting class a miss.
But I shall not.. I'll feel so bad.

If only this is Singapore.
I'll skip and just sleep for 24 hours.

OH, yeah, I skyped with Janet yesterday!
Hehe, we did some stupid actions.
But oh well. It was fun. Hahahha.
While skype-ing with her, I was also bbm-ing her but together with Tracy.
And and, my sister's friend said I look skinner after 2 weeks of not seeing me :)
I don't know why I look skinner but that's definitely a good thing!

*resumes diet*

Okay, 128pm now.
Just wasted another 5 minutes.
Just for you guys!
To let you guys know what's up over here and all.

Oh yes, when are your holidays?
It's so hard for me to talk to you guys now.
I hate Poly and their group projects.
Let me know when are your holidays and we'll stay up and stuff like that and skype okay!

Xoxo.
<3

I actually liked my first driving lesson :)

Guess what?
He made me drive at the freeway.
FYI, the speed the people here actually drive at the freeway is INSANE.
I think I drove 50-60 miles per hour just now..
That's like.. 80plus-100 km per hour.
Okay, maybe not 100!
That's freaking insane.

He said, most of his students normally take 5 lessons..
I only need 3, and the #4 is test drive (when I'm 18), before the actual test.

Awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

It's such a boring Friday.
Sister(s) is/are coming over here to stay instead of me going back to Marina.
She/They are going to be here really late.
So, I decided to cook my own dinner.
Yeap, I just had dinner and it's not even 6pm.
Rice + Egg + Sausage = Awesome.
Just a simple meal like this will make me grin from ear to ear.
Hehehe.

• I can't wait for my facial masks to arrive.
  My pimples have got to go!
  
• I can't wait for tomorrow!
  Badminton as usual! Have to play more tomorrow.
  Get rid of the calories I consumed from today's SUPER SINFUL dessert.
  
• I can't wait for this Friday.
  Even though I'm as scared as a (insert the blank) for the first ever driving lesson.
  
• I can't wait for this Friday night, and Saturday afternoon.
  Because I'm going to send my school application in and stuff like that.
  This issue is giving me a lot of problem right now.
  
• I have to go to the gym at least once this weekend (Fri night - Sun afternoon) when I'm at the other house.
  
• Note to self: Bring sister's racket over to this house.
  Note to self: Bring paperwork for sister to fill up.
  Note to self: Send postcards!
  

Okay, just a few reminders. I don't know what to blog.
Hence, I didn't know how to put it in paragraphs.
So I placed it in point form.

I hula-hooped just now.
For 90 minutes.
Yup, a total of 7500 rounds.
Haven't hula that much for a long time.
Need to do more hula over here and skip and gym at the other house (:

Okay, got to do homework now! It's already 235am.
And I'm still reading my English.
I'm just going to read it and answer the 2 questions tomorrow.
Who said that school over here is easy?
Please slap yourself once... or maybe twice.

Goodnight in advanced!

Studying for my fourth Accounting test, which is in 1 hour and 20 minutes time.
Yup, I'm still at home, with my PJs.
I only prepare to leave by changing and stuff 20-30 minutes before I actually leave the house.
Guess what am I watching while studying now?

Tom & Jerry!
Hahaha, so cute.
I've watched this episode before though.
Like maybe 3 or 4 times.

I'm wondering if I should skip Math class later on.
So, it's like, my friend (Kartika) is going to skip because she've something on.
And if I go for the entire class, it's going to end at 930pm and I'll have to go home all by myself.
And FYI, strangers at the bus stop are so scary at times.
Plus I'll have so much time all to myself after my Accounting test, and before my Math class.
I'll probably end Accounting test at like, 4plus latest 5pm.
And I'll have 2 hours of boredom.

If only this is Singapore...
Hahah, will have you guys accompanying me.
Okay, it's already 227pm.
I've got to prepare to leave home by 3.
Can't be late on test day.

Xoxo.

Confirmed the time with Thomas (my driving instructor) for my first-ever driving lesson.
Friday, 2pm.
He's going to call me before he arrive at my place...
Omg, I think I'll be super freaked out.
I can foresee myself bbm-ing people like Tracy and Kartika and a few others...
And I bet Kartika will ask me to shut up.. HAHA, kidding.
She won't, but she'll keep asking me to calm down I bet you.

And two people are going to pass something to my brother, who'll ask my Mommy, who'll ask my cousin and her family who are coming over to pass the thing to me.
(Secret stuff)
Hahahaha.
It's so funny how the package will seem so mysterious, when a handful of us know what is it.

So, I just bbm-ed Janet, asking her what to blog about.
Because I've no idea on what to blog about.
And the first thing she said was, "Err, I'm always late for class?!hahahaha".
I'm not always late for class okay.
Not anymore... Hahahah.
For the first few weeks of school, yes, but only for the Accounting lesson on Mondays because I was staying with my sisters then!

Anyway, it didn't really hit me that I was staying alone until this afternoon.
I mean, yeah sure, obviously I'm staying alone.
But it was only today in the afternoon when I felt like, I was lonely.
Even though I just saw my sisters like 2 days back.
I think I've grown attached to them.
I used to not miss them so much when I was back in Singapore.
But now, after not seeing them for a week or two.
I really feel like I miss them and I want to go back to Marina (their place) for the weekend.
So cheesy, I know.
Hahahaha, oh wells!
But I miss someone even more.. And we hardly skype anymore..
I miss you...





... Ah boy!
Yes, my brother.
Without him with me under the same roof simply means,
1) No more quarreling over stupid stuff
2) No more eating at the same table while watching tv and using our laptops
3) No more "I watch the tv first" and stuff like that
4) No more "Jie, I'm hungry" in the middle of the night and I've to whip up something for him
5) No more him asking me to accompany him to the kitchen to grab a drink or something
... and a lot more.

Okay, it's 1130pm now.
I've another Accounting test tomorrow.
I better stop blogging and start studying.
Oh! I only have 6 weeks of school left!
Inclusive of Finals week, but excluding this week.
Oh yeah, I emailed SMC (the school I'm going to transfer to) about my timetable clashing if I actually take the Winter semester in PCC (my current school) and stuff.
I'm waiting for their reply on whether I can actually do that or should I just not take Winter at all.
They better reply me ASAP!!

Xoxo.

Had SO much fun yesterday.
I haven't laugh the whole night, laugh so hard that my throat was so dry by the end of the night, since a long time ago..
I need to have more of this.
Even though I'm always missing from Pasadena for the weekend, where the hangouts usually occur and stuff.
I'm glad I wasn't being isolated and that you guys are still so awesome :)
I don't know how will I handle the sadness from transferring of schools soon..
(It's already November. Time sucks for passing so quickly.)
It's like July '09 all over again.
The time that I had to leave my friends back in Singapore, yes, you guys reading this, I'm talking about you.
Even though it's only 30 plus miles apart.
It's still going to be hard to leave you guys.
Shall meet up once every week or two okay?

Back to topic.
Even though it wasn't like the Halloween I thought it'll be...
There's no trick or trick - ing.
Mostly because we celebrated in Church and no dressing up as a scary person and stuff like that.
But still, my first Halloween was spent really awesome-ly.
Next thing in my "first-in-life" list is to spend Thanksgiving with friends..
There's no more San Francisco trip, no more Seattle trip.
Maybe an one-day Big Bear trip..
Or maybe I'll tag along to Yosemite, I doubt so though.
Too lazy and I don't know anyone.. Heh.
So it's most probably going to be Big Bear for a day or home-cooked dinner for ourselves!
Guess who's going to be the cook?
Yes, me!
Well, I don't mind... because the cook doesn't have to wash up!
:D

Okay, I said I'll post pictures..
I'm only going to post like 10 of them.
The rest are up on Facebook.
You guys can go visit my profile to see them.
There's plenty of photos, and not all of them are up yet I think.
http://www.facebook.com/carolinefebrianty?ref=profile#/carolinefebrianty?ref=profile

Okay!
Presenting myself....
Caroline Febrianty as the Victorian Princess.
HAHAHAHAHA.


Inez, Lydia, Grace, (myself), Jenny, Jazq & Marli.


The damn adorable boy ever please.. Daniel aka RUSSELLLLLL (from UP).

The trios: (myself), Jenny & Kartika.

Kartika & I.


Nagata & I.

Ricet & I.


Andrew & I.


Christian & myself... As a blonde.
HAHAHAHAHAH.
I look pretty okay in blonde don't I? *being sarcastic*


Another group photo.
Eva, Christian, Lydia, Jenny, Russell, (myself), Inez & Marli.

<3

HAHAHAHAHAHA.
A sneak preview before I get all of my pictures from friends.
:)

Had so much fun today.
I'm so tired.
I better sleep now.
Got to wake up REALLY early tomorrow.

<3

I just got home like, 45 minutes ago.. (1240am)
After decorating the Church for tomorrow's event!
It's not really a Halloween theme since we're having the party at a Church.
It's more of a costume party.
Talent time, fashion shows and stuff like that.

I decorated the photo booth!
Something like the background of a normal red carpet.
The sponsors behind the stars and stuff like that.

I'm going to be a.... (GUESS!)
I'll blog about it with pictures tomorrow or the day after..
YES, with pictures.
Hooray!

Okay, got to get ready to sleep soon.
Got to wake up early to go to my friend's house to get ready before heading out to the Church.
The girly girl time = a couple of hours of getting ready plus make up!

<3

So.. today's the final day to prepare for the event tomorrow.
My friends need to prepare the decorations and food..
So I'm bored. Hahaha.

I'm doing the laundry now.
And going to bathe now.
Because I'm going to accompany my other friend to Target..
For I-don't-know-what-reason.
I think he's going to buy the final item for his costume tomorrow.
Then, after that, it's either I go to my other friend's house..
Or.. come home, do the grocery shopping that I'm always to lazy to do from my to-do list..
And clean up my house!

I feel like my house is like a den.
Ew.
HAHAHA.

Okay, got to bathe before he's done with his placement test.
Gah. My hair won't dry in time -.-
I hope it's not cold outside..
Otherwise... I'll fall sick :(
Boohoo.

Don't you just love how Indonesians dillydally?
(:

So after my class, Kartika and her sister fetched me from school.
And we went to play badminton.
It started at 8 and ended at 10.
Slacked while deciding on where to have "dinner" for about 30 to 45 minutes.
10 minutes of travelling time to the restaurant.
Started dinner at about 11.
Ended at about 12.
Reached home at about 1230.

How awesome is that.
It was supposed to be a couple of hours only....
But it extended to 4.5 hours.
HAHA, I love us Indonesians.

Halloween's in a day! (Since it's after midnight)
Everyone's keeping their costume a secret...
Seriously!
No one is revealing what are they going to dress up in.
Everytime you ask someone or someone asks you.
Everyone will answer you "ada dehhh." or "it's a surprise"..
(Sorry, I'm damn Indonesian now -- referring to my "ada dehhh")

Okay, I have no plans for tomorrow.
It's Friday.
Some are getting food for Saturday in the morning.
I am definitely not going to follow them because I'm a pig.
I need my sleep.
In the afternoon, a few people are going to slack at home too.
Some are going to the Church to decorate for Saturday.

I need to do the laundry tomorrow!
After that... I NEED to go grocery shopping..
Delayed my grocery trip for 4 days already...
Hehehe. If not, I'll ask my friend if I can slack at his/her house.
(They stay at the same complex. Downstairs and upstairs)
Our usual hangout is their place. Heheh.

Okay, going to wash up and get ready for bed..
Night all!

I realized how much lesser I eat now..
Comparing to the past.

I just had this granola bar, a pack of kettlecorn and now I'm drinking the starbucks thing that my Daddy left behind at this house since a month plus ago.

Seemed so little right?
But it feels like I ate a whole pile of rice with a ton of side dishes along with it.

Need to eat lesser.
To lose weight.
Ah, wish me luck.

The number of things for me to do is piling up higher and higher each day.
Gah.

Everything below will start with an "I". Hahahaha.

I have to send my application to SMC.
I have to send the postcards I got for a few of you...
(I can only send those who gave me their addresses!)
I have to call up SMC to ask them about something my transfer thing.
I have to look up for a counselor in my current school, PCC to ask about my transfer thing.

I have yet to complete my long essay which is due in 5 hours.
(I spent an hour plus yesterday for it... 3 pages down, 2 pages to go!)
I have another short essay to do, which is also due in 5 hours.
(I decided to not do the short essay.. I doubt I have time to read and type 2 questions, and print it out on time.)
I have another Accounting test next Wednesday.
I have to do up my Accounting and Math homework..
(I just have to do Accounting homework actually.. Since they are due Monday and two weeks later respectively)

I need to go grocery shopping..
I have to do laundry tonight, after badminton and super late dinner I guess.
I better mop the floor again tonight.
I doubt I can sleep early tonight... I need my sleep.
I'm getting tired so early these days.

I want to make Truffle Popsssss.
I'm still thinking if I should.. For Halloween :)

I need to lose weight.

I have my first driving lesson next week!

I need to plan something ;)

I need to start doing my essay now....
I miss you guys! <3