When I was in Boston last weekend, I just kept thinking of that a song from Little Women that goes, "Off to Massachusetts, here we go!" And then it gets stuck in my head forever and ever. Anywayy I went to Boston during our school's "winter break," which was really just a 4-day weekend instead of a whole week off because our school district's so cheap with holidays. I went to Northeastern University's accepted students' day, and turns out I liked it so much more than I expected. Everyone there was so nice, and the campus was beautiful. I loved how it was in the city, too. Except Boston was too windy/cold for me. I can't function in the cold. I was wearing my Northface and a sweater while some people were in shorts, complaining how hot it was. I can't imagine what a normal winter would be like for them. Then we toured the city and took a bunch of pictures because my mom is a professional tourist and makes us pose by every building/statue. At least we have our trip documented. OH and the dean of the nursing school thought my 13-year-old brother was the admitted student. I was like, HELLO? I'm right here! HONESTLY, do I look that young?

I rubbed John Harvard's foot for good luck.

Clearly we're all future MIT students..

We drove through Cambridge..

And Fenway Park.. Too bad I forgot to wear my Yankee gear :(

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It scares me so much that I'm going to be away from home next year. Living in Boston would be so cool, but I'm still unsure. I wish I was like some kids in my grade who just KNOW they wanna go to a certain school, because they're so sure they love it. I got into NEU for nursing, but I don't even want to do nursing anymore. People always ask me what my first choice is, and I have no idea how to answer. The most prestigious school I applied to was Johns Hopkins, but I don't think I wanna go there. I sometimes tell people my first choice is Johns Hopkins so I don't sound like a dumbass-_- I'm still waiting to hear back from NYU. I stupidly applied for nursing there too, because I thought I'd want to be a nurse, but now that I think of it, I don't know why I thought that. Ideally, if we had enough money for the tuition and transportation, I'd go to UCLA. But that's totally unrealistic because it'd cost too much to pay for plane tickets AND tuition and room and board. My mom keeps pushing Rutgers because it's so cheap but I don't really want to go there. I think she secretly doesn't want me to go too far either, but she'll never admit it to me. #firstworldpains 

Dear Parents,

I don't understand your tax forms. I don't know how to fill out the FAFSA. I don't know if I pay taxes at work, because I most likely just get paid under the table because I have no deductions from my income on the receipts. I don't know how to do any of this financial stuff. I don't know if we should submit it tonight because I don't know if it's entirely completed correctly. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. And I'm sorry that I don't know. If you wanted me to fill out this form by myself, maybe you should've given me the heads up before telling me you'd help me fill this out. I'm already killing myself filling out all these scholarship applications that I'm most likely not even going to get, but it's an attempt to reduce the costs of college. I hate that you tell me I'm ungrateful because that's not true. I hate that you yell at me for not having the answers and not giving you the reply that you had in mind. Again, I'm sorry I don't know anything. I'm sorry I have no idea how to fill out this form. No matter how much you scream at me and tell me I'm lazy and ungrateful, I'm still not going to be able to tell you how to fill it out correctly! There's not enough time for me to find out, because it's the day before the deadline. If I had known earlier, I would have tried my best to find out for you. I'm sorry but I really, really, really just don't know. 

Emily

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! Hope y'all are making bank with the red pockets you're getting! Just kidding, that's totally not the point of Lunar New Year. I miss new year in Hong Kong so much because I had the entire week off, and I visited so many relatives and it was just the happiest time of the year. I miss the food a lot, actually.. Not that I don't like it anymore, it's just that I don't have nearly as many people to see (not to mention less relatives = less red pockets = no money) and we just don't do as many of the traditional things that we used to do. That's okay, I guess. We stuck to the tradition and had a vegetarian meal on January 1! As long as I'm still with my family. I'm happy :)

On the bright side, I had a hot pot dinner for the first time on new years eve!! I know. I'm from HK and I've never had this before. It's a shame. But anyway. I'll put up pointless pictures of food when I get the chance to upload them from the camera soon. Not that anyone cares. It's late and I have a psychology final tomorrow. Too bad I'm really lazy and don't feel like studying.

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Random question: do you guys think Justin Bieber is into Asian girls? I'm just wondering, because he seems to be only interested in Hispanic girls (ie: Selena Gomez & all the girls in his music videos). If he's into other ethnicities other than Caucasian, he's gotta be into Asians....right?

My baby cousin is a Belieber - http://tinypic.com/r/1230exj/5

And how do you not look nerdy while wearing glasses? Because some people can pull it off really well, and every time I try on glasses at the store, I just look like a super geek. Maybe it's my face? I don't know. But I'm in need of new glasses and I'd some advice..

My 10 year old sister is still up doing her homework.. because she was too busy playing with my little cousins during the day. I did not sleep this late when I was in the fifth grade. I did not sleep this late until maybe the end of seventh grade, and back then, I thought I was so cool because this was so much later than my classmates' bedtimes. I guess Megan got a head start on the "cool" thing.

I'm just really bored right now.