I hope I can get myself to study... Today, I already failed my first quiz of the semester. (It's okay: I get to drop two in that class. This is just a wake-up call.) But honestly, the CISA review manual is far from what I would like to be reading in my spare time.

Since I didn't get to play much DDR at all during the summer, I'm trying to make up for it by playing right now. Almost every day this week, I've showed up at Einstein's Arcade with a huge smile and a film canister full of quarters. My endurance is definitely down, and my sense of rhythm is off sometimes. But overall, I'm impressed at how much ( Read more... )

The single stint abruptly ended! Not that I'm complaining...

My whirlwind weekend with my favorite guy blew past so quickly. I think my head is still spinning. Now I'm certain that I kissed him on his birthday because I felt a spark between us. (Not because I was feeling lonely.) That hunch turned out well. I've never dated someone who has made me ( Read more... )

Highlight #1:
Kent: [Commenting on flaming Dr. Peppers] We are the only species that can make these. Doesn't it make you proud to be a human being?

Highlight #2:
Vikas: [Trying to find my apartment key after finding my place and ignoring my bogus drunken directions] Which key is it?
Tiff: It's the sofa one!
Vikas: ...

Three cheers for partying ( Read more... )

Last night, my parents and I came back from some shopping at Fry's and sang Chinese karaoke. We had not done that at home in years! It was so cute... I love my parents.

In the morning, I couldn't load Gmail or Google and thought that something was wrong with my iBook. But then after about fifteen minutes of fruitless changes of wireless/ethernet ( Read more... )

I'm chilling at Deloitte HQ today and turning in stuff before they kick me out. I also have an exit interview at 12:45 PM with a partner, so that should be nice and nerve-wracking. At least there will be free pizza to keep me sleepy beforehand.

I ended up violating one of my golden rules on Saturday: "Never make out with someone you aren't currently dating." Partially contributing to my actions was the fact that I obviously had too much tequila. (I'm more fond of body shots than I should be allowed to be.) But less conspicuously was that somehow the slight romantic interest I had in him ( Read more... )

El Metro (the Mexico City subway system) isn't so bad. Each ticket is only NP$2, and you need one for each station you enter. I stopped by Royal Hotel to meet up with Stefan, the Belgium guy I met yesterday. He said he didn't have anything to do today, so I offered to wander around the City with him. We hit Palacio de Bellas Artes first, which was ( Read more... )

Similarly to the city tour my family took in Singapore, a van came to pick me up from my hotel after it had made its round to other hotels in the area. I was ready for the tour of the Teotihuacan Pyramids (NP$330), but other people were also taking the Xochimilco and Tasco tours. After reaching the meeting point for all the tours, I got on a tour ( Read more... )

Thanks to Marsha and Letty flying out to Texas for the weekend, I also got a half-day off of work. Once the taxi dropped me off at the hotel, I walked over to Castillo de Chapultapec and took a picture. There didn't seem like there was much else to do there, so I strolled over to the Anthropology Museum (entrance NP$38 and English audio guide NP$60 ( Read more... )