i think i'm addicted to TV. i love it. hehe. so tonight's NYPD blue was really good. i never really watched the show before this season, but it's really good. another show that deserves mentioning is desperate housewives. so good. it's different and quirky. Everwood and ER top off the list of shows i'm loving this season. The ones that I watch that are just "eh" are Joey, the Apprentice, Smallville, Scrubs.
I hate reality shows....and yet why are they so addictive? It's really sad that NBC has only 3 sitcoms on their lineup(joey, WG, scrubs). They have like 3 Law and Orders, and from what I hear are adding another one!! L and O is good, but c'mon! I would to get into "Lost", but it's just too much to watch for me. I will watch the DVD when it comes out. And I'm still waiting for the end of season 6 for Sex and the City.
Do you see how this is problematic for a med student? Damn TV!! I'm just lucky I don't have cable...could you imagine?

i got addicted to ANOTHER show...possibly 2 shows(but i doubt it). I watched the end of Kevin Hill and it was cute, but i doubt i'll watch it. then i watched the encore presentation of the pilot for Desparate Housewives. it was really good. it's just quirky and you kind of just laugh at their lives; but at the same time it's sad cuz none of them are happy. OH and there are 2 pieces of eye candy in there...the lawn boy and the neighbor guy. yum. there's also a mystery tied into the whole story. it starts out with one of their friends killing herself...and the dead friend narrates the show. so i think as the season goes, they are gonna try to piece together why she killed herself. there's something in their backyard, in the pool. the day that the lady killed herself she got a letter saying "i kno what you did. i think it's horrible. i'm gonna tell." and it's interesting that 2 of the actresses who played characters in everwood(as the main dr.'s dead wife--who by the way is the dead friend in this show, which is weird and the main dr's love interest who is HIV+) are in this show. and the writing style is similar(everwood used to have a narration for each show too) and it doesn't take itself too seriously. :)

the BAD thing about that is it's on sundays---before my tests!!! and i also watch american dreams now too. i'll just have to tape them.

so that's my life right now cuz i hate school and so i escape into my boob tube.

ahh wow haven't blogged in a long time. i just thought today was a blog-worthy day. This weekend has been great so far. It started off on thursday night b/c I decided to ditch Friday's classes.

Thursday-took a nice long nap, headed over to sheila's to watch the debate and Joey and W and G. Ate some burger king, popcorn, and had some wine. Then Kyle came over and spent the night. Nice and relaxing.

Friday-Woke up and drove Kyle home so he could work out. I vegged in front of CABLE tV for about an hour and watched the end of Matrix Revolutions/Reloaded? whichever one is the 2nd one. Then we went to the mall to get my car alarm fixed. We ate at Sbarro---which was NOT worth the 16 bucks Kyle paid for 3 slices of pizza, a salad and 2 drinks. boo. The pizza was cold and bleh! Then we stuck it to the man by movie hopping--2 for 1 deal haha. We watched Collateral(8) and Shaun of the Dead(7). Awesome acting by the main characters. Then we ate dinner at Hooters. The wings were YUM...altho I dunno, the hooters girls were a little unsettling. I felt the "feminist" in me cringe....and that's a pretty small feminist. Afterwards we met up with some people at Deer Creek Lanes for some Karaoke. Only sucky people were there, so I actually got up and sang! I sang "when you say nothing at all" by alison krauss(love her). Then I went home and slept.

Saturday-Today, my family from SD and from Glendale came to visit and we ATE AND ATE AND ATE. My God-daughter is SO FRIGGIN CUTE. She can say "ninang" now, which is Godmother in Tagalog...and so she calls my cousin, Novette and I, "ninang." I will try to post a pic of her later on in the week. After everyone left, I went with Kyle to his friend's daughters Christening party. I got to eat some Dippin' Dots! and played poker. I could have won 50 bucks tonight! I was in the top 2 both rounds, but I choked. Boo!!!!! So close. I can get up to the top, just can't finish it off. It's ok. I'm still learning how to play, and it's only gonna get better. :)

Sunday-Tomorrow will be spent RELAXING and then I might go to Temple Bar for my friend's fundraiser.

Song of the moment: Sunday Morning-Maroon 5

which one are you? :P

FINALLY!
Pictures from Europe

finally something blog worthy....i just found out that ralph fiennes is going to play lord voldemort in the 4th harry potter movie. woohoo! good casting. trying not to get too worked up over the movie.

and since i'm here. i moved into my new apartment this past week. i'm finally all moved in so that makes me happy. it feels good to live alone. i start school on monday and then the whirlwind begins. hopefully i do well. i'm uploading my pictures onto shutterfly right now and hope to be done by monday....
out...

here's something i blogged on another page...and it's apretty good, but really short summary of my europe trip:

sorry i haven't blogged. i'm in europe...amsterdam to be exact. yes i went to a coffee house and yes i had a space cake and then some. all in good fun. just wanted to write a quick hello and give greetings from the land where bikes always have right of way above everything including people, where you can go window shopping for women 24 hours/7 days a week and where the MJ is tolerated/legal. here's one interesting part of my tour; last night i watched a live sex show. and that's exactly what it was....it was live, there were people having sex on stage for show. pretty crazy. i watched people on stage having sex; different people....for a whole hour. there were strippers also.

highlights of the trip: white water rafting in austria, staying on top of mount pilatus in switzerland-the view was awesom, Paris-all of it, Italy-all of it, the friendly people in the Netherlands, all the new friends i've made on my tour.

bittersweet things on the trip: laying on the beach in nice at the french riviera...the beach was all rocks; mountain biking through the austrian tyrol...it was raining and cold; the tuscan dinner in florence....the crappiest bathroom i have ever seen was in florence (it was 4 ft by 4 feet and nothing dividing the shower, toilet, sink and bedette)

sucky things on the trip: shnitzel(me no likey), veal sausage(blech), all french food that is bland as all hell, walking an hour to find a crappy place to eat, paying for water, eating bread for breakfast for 21 days and getting irritated at your friends cuz you've been on the road for 21 days.

going home in 2 days!
take care all
i added some stuff. that's all i'm gonna write about my trip cuz man it's too damned long to type it all out and my memory sux. :D

back from europe! i wrote a journal, so whenever i am not busy or lazy, i'll write a little summary about europe...i guess. i'm not promising anything. i will be posting pictures on this one site and i'll put the link up as soon as i'm done.
listening to: all you wanted-michelle branch

i leave for europe today...23 day whirlwind tour of middle to eastern europe. no spain...que lastima. but it'll be my first trip there so i'm lookin forward to it. :)
looking fwd to: meeting new ppl, seeing new sights, buying new things, eating new food.

not looking fwd to: living out of a suitcase, having a limited wardrobe....that's about it.

i don't think i'm gonna say much about the 3rd installment to the Harry Potter movie franchise. i'll do pros and cons.

pros: alfonso cauron(AC) definitely did a great job pulling the characters out of the kids, the cast is awesome--good casting esp. sirius black, peter petigrew. the cinematography was really good and the "new" setting and scenery was somewhat refreshing. added some new scenes esp. the dormitory scene w/ the boys.

cons: it was too short in that there was alot left out in the story. he added some weird stuff for 'comic relief' that just made it cheap--the pink lady and the shrunken head on the knight bus...wtf? it was missing some central aspects of HP history with harry's dad's friends. story was out of order somewhat. i can understand some of the changes...but stuff seemed thrown in--firebolt at the end??? and what about the last shot of harry at the end...seemed gay.

ok that's it...i could rant on about it...but i'm still trying to figure out if i liked it or not. i can't get away from the thought that he left out such huge parts that lead up to the next book and the history that gives the story depth and emotion. *shrug*

let's just say that life is ironic....and i think there is such a thing as karma....

the time is upon us again that we are to be blessed by the next installment of the harry potter movies. i'm really excited about this one because it is the best book out of the series. i'm also worried because i've been hyping it up in my head so much that maybe i will be disappointed and thats' why i'm TRYing to stay grounded.

i signed up for "hello" which allows me to post pictures on my blogsite for free. :) so be on the lookout for pictures.

listening to: thinking bout my ex-janet jackson

random thoughts
1. why is brad pitt so hot even tho he's 40?
2. why does emma watson(hermione) have a crush on brad pitt...a 40 year old man who's probably old enough to be her FATHER!
3. why does money suck so much when you don't have it?
4. what's up with all these sister powerhouses (ashley/jessica simpson, halley(is that her name?) and hilary duff)...are they all just trying to be like the olsens....it's seriously freaky b/c they all sound the same.
5. gee i hope the olsens don't start singing....that would make them 10 times the nightmare they are now!

check out my picture taking skills! 

just got back from SD. had a really good time and it lifted my spirits. it's always great when family steps up and makes you feel better. i spent time with my cousin and went picture happy in coronado cuz i got my new digital camera. it was cool cuz it was totally spontaneous. i woke up monday morning and my cousin called me asking me if i wanted to come down and i was like, "why not?" so i packed up and drove down there with my sister. my cousin made some super nachos---yum! then we ate at a japanese food place and had coffee in downtown SD; watched ever after and you got served(haha so funny and cheesy); went to coronado; took a nap and had coffee. good convo and just good chillin time.
listening to: the corrs-what can i do

omg haha i just saw the funniest video...so glad i was at my cousin's who has cable internet cuz it's 12 MB. click on the link below and then scroll down a couple of blogs on the site and download the video. it's supposed to be set in canada or something.

V-unit for life!

do you ever feel like you're not the best person you could be? i mean i know we're all works in progress, but today was just such a bad day to be christina day. and not in the sense that "oh my life sux" but more like, "i suck." i feel like i'm handling all these aspects of my life in the wrong way. i don't really know whats "wrong" or if anything is truly wrong with my life or with myself. maybe i'm just bored and making drama for myself but sometimes i feel like such a dumbass weak, passive person and/or irrational, confused, needy person. i don't like it. maybe i should just stop beating myself up and just live. i want to go to europe already...just want to escape for a while. i kinda feel like going to the beach all by myself and chill there and people watch. altho i could see it getting really depressing and lonely. haha you can tell i have no school because my blogs aren't about how much i have to study or anything about school....it's just about my life and the way i choose to live it. ah, better go to sleep now and end this weird blah day. thanks for those who offerred a sympathetic ear and supportive words.

g'night all

everyone has issues right? so my issue is fear of rejection from my mother. it's a pretty screwed up situation in my head. like, i'm forced to do things i don't want to do sometimes because i'm afraid that she'll get "mad". it seems like such a silly fear. i hate myself sometimes because of it because i let myself down for my mother's "approval." the thing that bothers me is that this all is blown out of proportion in my head and that my mom and i don't really understand each other and possibly never will. it makes me sad. i don't really know how it got this way, or what i can do to fix it, but i have been trying to be more assertive and trying to communicate better. that is how it is on my end. i don't really know how she's feeling on her end, but at least i hope i'm trying my best. still sad...

wooh what a weekend. it all started thursday....

thursday: dr. jason flores' graduation party
location: 330 in Brea

the red head couldn't go so i went solo. i was a little bit nervous b/c i hadn't seen these people in over a year but i was also excited. when i got there, it looked like the place was closed cuz there wasn't anybody there(this was at 8:30)...but around 930 or 10 a throng of filipino people flooded in. it was a UCR reunion. i saw people i hadn't seen in like 3 or 4 years. the place was cool, small but nice. it had pool tables and the DJ played good music. a good mix of new songs with GOOD old school stuff...old school being from the early 90s hehe. so my evolution peeps and i danced the night away. i only spent 7 bucks cuz 2 people bought me drinks. woohoo! great way to kick off the summer right? it gets better....

friday: dirrty dozen beach birthday(tenli, darla and katie--the summer babies)
location: bolsa chica state beach

...and by babies, i mean babies. these three are the youngest ones in the group and all were turning 23. i was a little worried b/c it was a chilly morning. the red head and his friend mikey aka miles got there at 230...30 minutes after everyone was supposed to get there...and no one was there. so mikey and the red head boogie boarded while i lay out to get warm cuz it was a bit chilly. gracy came first and we ate some of her "pound cake" pastries. then everyone else came with more food, drink and fun. most of the DD were there except for Sheila who was up north. we had a bonfire with s'mores!! katie gave me some pointers on boogie boarding and there was this hard core dude w/ a chainsaw to cut up the wood! AND i didn't even get dark! woohoo!! i got home around 12...and i helped my mom pack til about 2am...woo...hoo. haha

saturday:lisa and anthony's wedding--how can i top that???
Universal City Sheraton Hotel

the morning was spent packing again...this is the first wedding i've been to where i actually know the couple pretty well. lisa is my cousin so i've known them for a while. it was one of the best weddings i have ever been to. the ceremony was great...the songs they picked for the church were songs i would have picked (seek ye first which is a hymn but is sang to canon in D--as she walked in; you are mine, another favorite hymn of mine); her dress was soooo like a dress i would have picked and she looked beautiful. the set up was very simple but it was very classy. the reception was just as perfect. they had it at the sheraton in universal city in the roof/garden room with a view of the city. the video/slideshow, which was done by her brother mark was very well put together and while it would have been cheesy if a professional stranger would have done it, it came off really genuine and sweet. during the father of the bride(FOB)'s speech, i almost started crying...and during the FOB and the bride's dance, i almost started bawlin'. the waterworks were a'flowin' it was open bar w/ wine and beer...which was fine with me, but in addition one of the emcee's brought a bottle of tequilla...and well i took 2 shots and was good for the night. the dancing was cool...the red head, as usual, danced his ass off and blew away my relatives w/ his crazy skills haha and i danced my ass off too. it was great! food was good, music was good, people were good...GOOOD. oh and i met a dr. who practices pediatric ENT in the philippines. i hope to shadow him whenever i go to the phil again. drove home and passed out.

Sunday:Mom leaves for the Philippines
location: LAX and the madness that is the Tom Bradley Terminal

i helped my mom finish up packing. then we drove to LAX where we found out, the carryon luggage has to be at most 20 pounds. my mom's bags topped out at 30 pounds...hmm...how to shed 10 pounds of luggage and still have enough clothes for my mo to wear in the phil. so in line we were trying to figure out what she could salvage. in the end it all worked out. i'm glad my mom is getting a va-k. she'll have a bun0ch of fun. afterwards, my sis and i went to eat at garden cafe in rowland heights. it was a cool sister moment w/ matess. :)

Monday(tomorrow): Farewell Brunch for Sheila and Melissa (it never stops....)
location: BC Cafe

WOOHOO i am now officially a 2nd year medical students. congrats to WesternU's class of 2007 for finishing their first year of medical school. now it's time to PAAAAAARTY!

hmm i guess i'll be going out with confusion on this test. i don't know many things. i hope i can just pass...cross your fingers!