Hakuna Matata

So, my family and I just got back from CUBA :)

It was an awesome week of beaches, sand, sun, food and family time. With all of us going to work or school at one time or another during the year, it is really rare that we get to hang out as a family for longer than a week or two at a time. It was great to have nothing to worry about, no errands to run for an entire week, and just enjoy it.

We spent quite a lot of time on the beach, and I have gotten very very dark. Yea, I might even pass for a brown person, skin colour wise. lol... My dad got a pretty bad sun burn on the second day, and had to stay out of the sun for most of the trip.

The beach was gorgeous!! The water was so clear and there were so many fishes!!!!! They would just swim around your feet, and kind of "nimble" at it. LOL.... I think I even saw a barracuda!!! Reminded me of scuba diving in SE Asia.

The food was really good. So many exotic fruits and foods to try. It was mostly all-you-can-eat buffets, but we had three a-la-carte dinners included in our package also, for some variety. Not to mention the Cuba waiters weren't too hard to look at and are really friendly. ;) Since me and my sisters were probably one of the few Asians in the entire resort, I think we were easily recognizable. People kept asking me if I knew I looked like Lucy Lui. I think it's cuz Lucy Lui is the only famous Asian woman they know... cuz I certainly don't think I look like her. LOL.... Nonetheless, the compliment is much appreciated.

O yes, alcohol was FREE. Have as many cocktails, beer, wine, champagne as we liked. It was like juice! :P
We were going to buy a bottle of water in the gift store, but realized that it was probably more worth it to buy rum.
Bottle of 1.5L of water = $2.20
Bottle of 700mL of rum = $3.30

My only complaint is the MOSQUITOES. Apparently, I am the tastiest person in my entire family. I know this because I get an average of nine bites every time we venture out at night. grrr.... I have lost track of how many I got, but I'm guestimating it to be around 70 bites on the entire trip. :(

It was a fantastic trip, and I was sad to leave the fantasy world and come back to reality. Everyone was so easy going there. I'm going try to adopt more of an "hakuna matata" attitude. No worries :)

Anyway, that's a quick recap. More to follow if I have time in the next few days before the trip to Montreal with my girls!! :) Here are a few of my favourite pics from the trip!! Enjoy.

Hasta la vista, CUBA! :)

Loving Summer 2007

Leaving for Cuba in a few hours. This summer has been great, despite school :). I'm gonna enjoy every last drop until I have to start my work term. And even when that happens, I'm still gonna have a great time.

Quite a few things have happened since my last entry. Here's a brief recap:

- Studied for exams :(
- Wrote exams :(
- FINISHED exams! :)
- Taste of the Danforth
- Forever 21 (again!)
- Packed and moved out of my Waterloo home for 8 months ** tear
- Home time (home, sweet home)
- Unpacked UW stuff and repacked to get ready for Cuba and the move to Toronto!
- Woodbine beach with the UW asian gang
- Karaoke night! (haven't done that for a while!)
- Planning for Montreal trip after Cuba :) - super excited about that, as well!
- Leaving for Cuba


I hope everyone is enjoying summer 2007 as much as me! This is still no comparison to Summer 2006, but it's all good. More to come after Cuba.

Ciao~


The song that I absolutely can't get out of my head now is "Apologize" by One Republic. The lyrics are alright, but I love the instrumental. Anyway, here are the lyrics, google the song, it's amazing!

Apologize (Feat. One Republic)

Timbaland

I'm holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down
But wait...
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around and say...

That it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late

I'd take another chance, take a fall,
take a shot from you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
(But that's nothing new)
Yeah yeah

I loved you with a fire red, now it's turning blue
And you say
"Sorry" like an angel
heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
Woahooo woah

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, a yeah

I'm holding your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground...

"She's my person"

Time waits for no man. Time heals all wounds. All any of us want is more time. Time to stand up, time to grow up, time to let go, time.

It's the start of exam. My first one is in about 2 hours, and I'm just gonna post up some of my favourite Grey's quotes. Yes, only SOME, cuz I like a lot of them. :)

Here goes, enjoy!

Cristina Yang
She’s my person.
This is not about getting her approval, its about…
Telling her makes it, makes it….
If I murdered someone, she’s the person I’d call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor.
She’s my person.

Denny Duquette
I've been lying in this bed for close to a year, and I've had a lot of time to look back on my life. And the things that I remember best – those are the things I wasn't supposed to do and I did them anyway. The thing is: life is too damn short to be following these rules.

Meredith Grey
At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.

Pain. You just have to ride it out. Hope the wound that causes it heals. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes the pain gets you when you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn’t let up. Pain. You just have to fight through because the truth is you can’t outrun it, and life always makes more.

You don’t get to call me a whore. When I met you, I thought I had found the person that I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I was done. So all the boys, and all the bars, and all the obvious daddy issues, who cared? Because I was done. You left me. You chose Addison. I’m all glued back together now. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke. You don’t get to call me a whore.

Izzie Stevens
I believe we survive, George. I believe that believing we survive is what makes us survive.

Derek Shepherd
She asked me to tell you… She wanted you to know… that if love were enough… that if love were enough, that she’d still be here with you

Alex Karev
For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can’t get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can’t cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don’t want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it’s everything.

I like your rack and I’d want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if you got rid of them… because really, I’d want *you*.
[Izzie slaps him]


Another one of my new favourite songs this summer. I first heard it during the car ride on our pre-exam shopping spree (pics below of us hanging out in beautiful Oakville), and haven't been able to get it out of my head since. And Forever 21 is now on my list of favourite stores, check it out: http://www.forever21.com/.

4 In The Morning - Gwen Stefani

Waking up to find another day
The moon got lost again last night
But now the sun has finally had its say
I guess I feel alright

But it hurts when I think
When I let it sink in
It's all over me
I'm lying here in the dark
I'm watching you sleep, it hurts a lot
& all I know is
You've got to give me everything
Nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right

All I wanted was to know I'm safe
Don't want to lose the love I've found
Remember when you said that you would change
Don't let me down
It's not fair how you are
I can't be complete, can you give me more?
& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right

Oh please, you know what I need
Save all your love up for me
We can't escape the love
Give me everything that you have

& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right

(Give you everything)
(Give you all of me)