My last day of being 20 feels.. strange in a way. I've been rather pensive lately, to the extent that jh could tell over the phone that something's not quite right. I've been re-evaluating a number of things of late, given how I've had more time to myself..

I've settled my housing plans for July and August- moving to this place in the financial district owned by a guy who just graduated from penn but isn't starting work yet. The place is currently unfurnished as they've just gotten their keys, but hopefully it'd be nice and homey soon. I've already made two trips to move stuff there, and hopefully everything else will fit into my suitcase. :D Shall try to depend on myself to move this time around. I've always needed help with moving.. :X Huan made a comment about girls using their feminine wiles to get things done- I never thought of it that way. I don't exactly use "my feminine wiles" when i need help- or so I thought.. Shall ask for less help in future. ;P

Birthday pics at cochon..
Devi and I share the same birthday!
The whole crowd.. of my fav people in philly..
Ice cream cake from baskin robbins..

Turtle cheesecake at Sabrina's..
Boston- near jh's place..
Siannie!!
Mar with cold stone at time's square..
Outside the theatre.. where we watch A Catered Affair..

With Yh at brasserie perrier where I had lovely duck confit..
End of sem chit chat session in mariam's room..
Rice pudding from Rice to Riches- this place near Spring and Lafayette where rice pudding is sold like ice cream with a gazillion flavors..
At Heartland Brewery with the fellow wharton interns after an incredibly boring talk at IBD..

I need an apartment.

Sighs. I'm sick of gg around looking at apartments.. I just want a reasonably priced place to stay at.. :( Feeling like an idiot now. Ugh.

Russ made very good spaghetti last night.. ;) Russ and Huan came up to ny on sat and we met up for lunch at Lola, this restaurant at the edge of SoHo. It was pretty good, but we were surprised that the place was rather empty during Saturday brunch. I want the carrot cake from Dean & Deluca. :X We tried the cheesecake and it was rather delish.

Finally got down to Ikea today to get the stools I've been thinking about for some time. Invested in a new comforter cover, pillows, as well as pillow cases (in case I'm taking the unfurnished apartment I'm on my way to view). I'm stressed about work.. :( Everyone's really nice but I don't feel like I'm getting up to speed fast enough. BOO. I don't like feeling inadequate.

Anyways I've received some birthday presents already. XP Russ got me a coach hp accessory in the shape of a key, and evil huan got me a 5kg tub of nutella!! He's out to make me fat. :P I'm sure he's deriving pleasure from the thought of me polishing off the entire tub.. It'd make a good door stop! Hehe. Given how heavy it is..

Ahh. Haven't updated in a while. Life has been hectic to say the least. I've since switched jobs- working at this PE shop now. Been running around trying to get work authorization and stuff since this job's paid- luckily everything is (almost) settled now. I've also found a new apartment for july and the rest of august; I'd be going down to Chelsea tomorrow to prepay the rent. I'd be going home on 17th Aug via hk and arriving on the 18th. :D Yay! Booked the hotel and air tix to visit hk on the 26th before flying back to penn.

Maria's visiting me now.. she has been here since tuesday. Mar's a terrible tourist. :P She explored central park (and nowhere else) while I was at work yesterday, and only came out to meet me for broadway after work today. We watched A Catered Affair and it was great! :) I always prefer the less well known musicals. We walked to times square and got cold stone. Red raspberry cheesecake ice cream with cookie dough mix in is yummy!

:)

Training week's officially over! :) I'm happy to have survived it. It was fun, learning how to model, how to use excel shortcuts etc etc.. My colleagues are great, and it IS fun living in nyc. I've explored a number of areas, but there's always more.. nyc is a gazillion times more interesting and exciting than philly, but philly is still dear to me. I'm going back to philly for the long weekend. Much as I enjoy nyc and its variety, philly is still home. :D

Work's fine. Working on semiconductor stocks this coming week. Lots of reading to do.. There's something strange at work I can't put my finger on though. Its not having all the information about what we're doing that bugs me. Somehow I feel like there's something the boss is hiding from us that we should know about. In any case, I've had a phone interview with a PE firm, and should be interviewing at their office some time next week. :) I don't really know how I want this to turn out though. It's potentially messy.. but I really have my reservations about my current job. It's not as though I have a contract with them anyways. I'm unpaid and its just a verbal agreement so I don't suppose it is terribly bad of me to leave earlier than I said I would, other than it being unfair on my fellow interns.

Speaking of which, which office has its interns working in conference rooms in the basement without having ever stepped into the actual office? Something is definitely fishy. :( I hate it when things are hidden from me.

Moved to ny last night. Ben mel and yx came up with me. I really appreciate the help. ;) Even my duffel was heavy.. I can't imagine if I had to take the bus up with all my things. :X Lunch yday was really good! The japanese fishcake soup was delish.. but the highlight was mel's carrot cake and apple crisp! The remnants of the carrot cake are in my fridge.. shall work on them later tonight when I'm hungry.

Falling asleep... accounting lectures are not fun.

Phew.

Results are all out, and I did ok. :)

Anyways.. I'd be moving to ny later today. Decided to take the apt in the end.

There's this guy whom I can't get out of my head. This is really really bad. :( I bumped into him downtown one day last week.. and we had lunch together. I actually agreed to have pizza. :X The conversation was good though. It's worth eating pizza for I suppose. I dunno why he's popping up in my thoughts though. I do not like him!! Bleahs. He's so nice and understanding though. I guess its refreshing to talk to someone who doesn't know that much about me, and is interested in knowing more? I wouldn't mind getting to know him better, but not beyond that I think. Sometimes I feel that I've a rather limited circle of friends, but this is due to my preference to hang out with people I'm more familiar with.. and hence feel more comfortable around.

I miss gina. :(

Went outlet shopping with ben mel joan and yx yday. Got a bunch of silly stuff like a new king sized comforter! Hehe. It's gorgeous, with light blue and white strips.. just right for summer!