Update!!!!!!

I haven't updated in a long time. Been busy with school. Every one of my classes are so easy since I know pretty much everything. So I'm always bored in school. But it's still a good experience and I met a lot of cool people. I met this girl who also went to FIDM and she's really cool. We both always have the same feeling "wat the hell r we doing here? we're so bored." So stupid that I can't transfer my FIDM credits to FIT.

Marianne - Phillipino born in Phillipines raised in Europe and South Africa
Terese - From the Bronx been to school in England
Annie - Went to FIDM
Hyeri - Korean International Student was a chemical engineering major now a Fashion student
Zoe - Originally from HK now in NYC for one semester only to study fashion as an exchange program from her fashion Uni in HK
Fay - Born and raised in South Africa here for skool
Lauren - First friend I made at FIT from Austin, Texas has a BA in textile design now at FIT for fashion

These r the people I mostly talk to and hang out with. Hope to meet more new people!!!!

O and today was super exciting cause school was giving out old dress forms that they didn't want anymore and they were giving it out lottery style and luckily I got one...YEA!!!!

First Day - Orientation

Today was my first day of orientation for FIT. Orientations boring as usual but I just so happened to meet a girl named Lauren who is in the one year program fashion design also which is really coincidental since in my major out of the 300 students that got into the school this year there is only 25 in my class. So I'm glad I met her. I'm exited but also dreading to start school. I haven't been in school for 1/2 a year and now I'm gonna have to wake up at 7am every morning to get to school. I love fashion design but I'm taking at least 6 classes, 5 days a week so it's gonna be a lot of work. But it's a new chapter in my life so just hope that everything goes smoothly.

Love, J

Last Day at MELINDA ENG

Sucks....Today is my last day at Melinda Eng which sucks. I'm starting school soon so I can't continue working there since they aren't open on weekends. But working with her was definitely an amazing experience and she is such a sweetheart. She is planning on expanding to China and she hopes that by the time I graduate she will be established and I will be able to work for her. Don't know if that is definitely gonna happen but it's good to know that someone reassures the way you work. And she said that if I need fabric for school or anything just come to her don't even bother buying it. I really wish I could continue working with her but I guess the best thing is to finish my degree first. Just hoping we will definitely keep in contact.

Love, J

A step closer to my dream...FIT here I come.

Flashback part 2

These pictures are from such a long time ago. The first one is from my graduation from kindergarten and the second one is from my 5th grade graduation. I luv the 1st pic. We all look so tiny. I can't really tell which one is me though but I think I am somewhere in the middle. In the span of 5 yrs from Kindergarten to 5th grade we all grew a lot in the 2nd pic i'm the asian girl with the eyes closed. Couldn't find another one. The people from my classes since K-1 to 5th grade are pretty much the same so you kinda see the same exact people. In the 2nd picture you can see two of my best friends from that time of my life. Leyna and Katherine. On stage is my 5th grade teacher Ms. Eng.
After I graduated I always went back to volunteer though. Although it was mainly because my jr. high school required us to volunteer. But it was definitely a good experience I got to see a few of my old teachers all the time. I haven't really visited in the past two years since I've been in california but I should go back and look around. It just sucks cause a lot of my teachers left already. Hopefully when I go back we will see a few.
Love, J

P.S.1 Class of 1999

I CAN'T Live with my Brother anymore.

OMG!!!!!!!!! I'm so annoyed. I come home around 10pm and my brother's friends are here. This isn't the first time I don't mind if his friends are over. It's just that everytime they come over they don't leave till 4am in the morning and guess what they just left. I really can't take it anymore. They are loud so I can't sleep and I live in an apartment so everytime I leave my room it passes the living room where they are just so I can get to the bathroom or kitchen or just leave the apartment. It's so awkward. And I can't do anything if they are here. If they leave by midnight it's fine but if they stay so late I can't go take a shower, i can't go wash my face, i can't do shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My brother does this almost at least 1 or 2 times a week and I really can't take it anymore. I don't wanna sound like a drama queen but for a girl this stuff matters especially when all my brother's friends are guys. I totally just had a nervous breakdown on the phone with my best friend Chris. I have known her for 7 years and this probably is the 1st time she has heard/seen me cry. I cannot wait till the day he moves out or I move out. To be honest my relationship with my brother is really good. He tells me everything and whenever he needs advice on something he would definitely come to me but on terms of his responsibility, being considerate, and respecting other people I can't give him any points for. Whenever my parents tell him that his friends need to leave by midnight he listens for about a week or two and it's as if he has alzheimer's or something. I've been living with my roommates in California for the past two years I only moved back to NY a few months ago and I can't take it anymore. I really need to graduate from college, get a job, and move out. If I continue living with my family one of these days I am gonna have a major nervous breakdown and probably have to see a psychiatrist.

Love, J

Trying to calm down.

FLASHBACK TO THE PAST PART 1

This is a picture from when I was in the 3rd grade. It seems as if it was so long ago. I can't remember anything from this time of my life actually. I recognize the teacher, Mr. Sheng. I recognize some of the students. The one near the middle in the red shirt is me!!!!!!! lol!

Top - ?, Ann, Megan, ?, Michael, Ken, Lolita, ?, Hilton, Giovanni

Middle - Mr. Sheng, ?, Leyna, ?, Nicole, Me, Boa Chan, ?, Manuel

Bottom - ?, ?, ?, Hilton, Jason, Byron, William

I'm surprised I still remember most of the people in my class. The picture is old so it's kinda blurry so it's kinda hard to see who some of the ppl are. Too bad this picture I don't have a hard copy of. This was posted up by an old classmate.

One of my biggest memories from this period of my life was that my best friends were Leyna, Jennifer, and Katherine. But now the only one I still keep in contact with is Leyna. It's funny sometimes how friends come and go and how some people you know just so happened to be related to someone else you know. Somehow in the end everyone is linked to someone around you. Like Ken used to live in my building. I knew him probably even before we started attending school together. After elementary school I never saw him except for sometimes bumping into him in the building. Then when I went to high school he turns out to not only be in my school but he was also in my class. I met one of my best friends in high school Christine, who turns out to have went to jr. high with Ken. Then there's Leyna my friend since elementary school who I always kept in contact with then when I went to high school many friends that I met there turns out to be friends with her. Also many friends from high school knew a couple of my elementary school classmates such as Ann, Megan, Hilton, Byron, and Lolita. One of the more funny things was this girl named Susan who is not in the picture. She went to my elementary school, Jr. High, and High School. During elementary school I didn't know her. I finally met her in 7th grade and she talked to me first. She recognized me from elementary school saying she saw me around or something like that. Ever since being in the same class in 7th grade we became good friends. Now she's one of my best friends and I hope we will be for as long as I can remember.

Love, J

1st Time Blogger

I never thought about writing a blog before but for some reason all of a sudden today I thought why not create one. I guess I just wanted to create a blog for me to express my feelings, my life, and my ideas here where it's more private than lets say myspace or facebook. There won't be a bunch of my friends viewing this. It's more of a semi private online journal for me I guess. I haven't written a journal or diary since I was probably in elementary school and I'm 21 now. It's a good idea to start now since it seems a lot of new things are coming my way. I was born and raised in New York City. About 2 years ago I moved to L.A., California for school attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM - school from "The Hills" and "Project Runway"). I recently graduated from my AAS degree in fashion design a few months ago. Since then I have been interning at a fashion house called "Melinda Eng". She is such an amazing designer an such a nice person. Unfortunately I have to quit in about 2 weeks because next month I will be attending FIT in New york city for my BA degree so I wouldn't be able to go in for work. I really wanted to continue working there but since I'm in the accelerated program I am taking 6 classes 5 days a week. Hopefully I will be able to work with her again in the future. It's a shame but it has been my dream to attend FIT since I was probably 12 years old. I grew up in between the fashion industry and the law industry. But ever since I was 12 years old I knew I wanted to do fashion. My dad and several relatives worked in the fashion industry while my mom and several relatives worked in the law industy. But as a kid while other kids were playing in the play grounds hanging off the monkey bars I was playing with my brother in my dad's clothing factory hanging off the huge clothing racks... running around. Since I was a little kid my mom already started teaching me how to dress, do my hair, and so on. So ever since I loved to dress up and everything. Also growing up in a clothing factory everyday really affected my life. Being surrounded by pretty clothes all the time and growing up in that type of atmosphere really allowed me to know what I wanted since I was young. So up till now I am on my way working to become a fashion designer. It's good that since I was young I knew what I wanted because I have so many friends till this day who still don't know what they want to do with their life. They have no drive or passion for what they are studying for now most of their goals are to pass their classes, graduate, then figure their lives out. I guess I'm just that type of person where I need to know what my next step is going to be I have to have things planned out. But I do have to say I am pretty lazy sometimes so If I can pull off not thinking about it for one day I will. In the future I'm gonna try to dig up pictures from when I was younger, high school pics, and pictures from when I was in California and post them up. Kind of a flashback on my life kinda thing. I will probably be doing that while I update on my current life.

Love, J