my simple smile

The simple smile of this week is: TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY! I'm now the ripe old age of 21. Legal to drink everywhere, even though I haven't visited the States in about ten years (that desperately needs to change)! Today is going to be rather spontaneous -- I'm having a bit of a "me" morning where I'm going to cook some breakfast up and then exercise, but the rest of the day will either be spent with some of my dearest friends and/or at The Boy's house, watching Drag Me To Hell (what a great movie to watch on your birthday, eh?).

But for now, just wanted to show an assortment of pictures from celebrating last Thursday. The beach was rather chilly and windy but we still had fun and made the most of it. And my first grilling session of hamburgers and hot dogs was a success! Whoopah!

It was such a fun day full of random pictures and beach-ball/card-playing times. Afterward, The Boy decided to head home so that we could have a "girls night in" (so kind of him!) so we hit up Blockbuster and Dairy Queen for some movies and treats before we headed back to my place. My advice: never rent Pathology unless you're into gruesome films, and rent Confessions of a Shopaholic but don't expect it to follow the book at all, but rather be a nice cheese-fest! It was great just chilling with them, though. A low-key day compared to what I have planned for this Wednesday, that's for sure.

And don't forget to enter my giveaway that's opened 'til this Saturday, and while you're at it, head on over to the lovely and spunky Nicole who is having a 200-follower giveaway! Congrats :) I just hit 50, yay! Big smiles all around!

Now I have to ask:
What are you looking forward to today/this week/this month?

Me? I'm looking forward to eating my birthday cake, Cappuccino Torte, which is the recipe of the week and spending time with those I love!

thanks a latte giveaway!

This entry marks my fiftieth entry! It might not be the biggest milestone, but considering this was meant to be an experiment, I'm so psyched about where it's at now and the amazing friendships that have been made. Definitely love the blog-o-sphere! With nearly fifty followers (almost one for each entry) I wanted to say a big THANK YOU for your comments, your sweetness, and your general awesomeness. I love reading your blogs and for my first giveaway, wanted to give something that I love and then make you something that hopefully you love!

Ze general rules are:
- Be a follower, por favore :)
- Comment with what prize you'd like!
- Have a nice steaming cup of coffee/hot cocoa/tea/anything that you'd like while reading this entry (err, not a requirement)!
- Give yourself a big hug from me for being so amazing!

Now onto the Thanks A Latte! giveaway!

This is one of my most beloved books that I stumbled upon randomly. Allison Winn Scotch is such a talented writer who creates real characters. Hope you enjoy this book as much as I do!

Now the next prize will have two winners, and it's a little personal because it's all based on what you'd like to have on your blog!



Whoever the two winners be, we'll work on creating a look that's right for your blog -- whether it's a simple banner with text, a combination of photos, or an overall design on your blog that speaks to who you are! I'm so excited for this!

Annnd, you know I wouldn't make you choose just one or the other:



The contest will end Saturday, September 5th, so feel free to enter until then! Thanks a latte :)

a celebration to remember :)

First off, 10 points to pretty much all of you who guessed that my last title entry was courtesy of *NSYNC ... and my last one before that was Britney Spears. I think I was on an early 00s trip! Secondly, this entry contains major picspam from yesterday, so you've been warned!

Yesterday, The Boy decided to treat me to an early birthday celebration since the weather is going to be crappy next week (boo) and most of the surprise activities were going to be outdoors. Since his car was off getting some repairs done, we were doing things the old-fashioned way and met downtown via the city bus.

I had no clue how we were getting to the next destination -- but then remembered this antique-looking bus that runs for free downtown, which drives down to the bayfront of our city. So off we went!

We are way too stoked for free transportation!

So we get there, and next thing we were supposed to take was this adorable trolley and we were supposed to eat ice cream while we were on it -- but we missed the trolley by literally a minute ... and instead had to walk 2 1/2 km to our next destination. Wowsers! I didn't mind though, since it was the perfect invitation for more pictures.


I got a haircut Monday, you can really notice it here, yippee!~

We ended up eating some delicious bacon wraps courtesy of The Boy and then hit up one of those ice cream trucks to get this delicious-looking thing. I felt eight years old again as we devoured it up -- it went all over my face AND my shirt (thank goodness for water!).

We then set off on a walking adventure, getting a nice tan as we walked, climbed stairs, and took one too many drink breaks (I get dehydrated easily). It was active to say the least! He made me pick from two options in his hands and I chose The Rock Garden.

Confession: People usually think my city is nasty, full of steel-industrial-factory sort of things. So believe me when I say, where we were was b-e-a-utiful!

As soon as we got there, we were starving once more and had a couple of more wraps -- and made friends with Chippy the Chipmunk!



He was SO adorable and kept posing and staring at us from the rocks, waiting for us to chuck him a few wee pieces of bread (which we complied to). And then it'd dart around as I scrambled to take pictures. Love those little critters!

The place itself was magnificently stunning. So many flowers, so much dedication to make the place look like an oasis. We found ourselves stopping every couple of minutes to relax on a bench and just look around or take tons of pictures.


Like this pic 'cause it shows off my nail polish, haha.
(OPI's 'Ate Berries in the Canaries')


Beautiful scenery all around!


I abused my ten-second timer so much on this outing :)


Gorgeous statue; and upon looking at the set of stairs, I accidentally blurted out, "This would be an amazing place to have a wedding!" to which The Boy hugged me after giving me 'the look' (a.k.a. you might be thinking about this a little too soon but I love you so much that I don't think you're crazy).


We stumbled upon these 'xylophone bells' made out of -- you'll never guess -- recycled propane tanks! We had so much fun playing with 'em!


Totally didn't get the memo that this was supposed to be a silly picture -- love the way the sun is shining on us, though :)


<- That picture is begging to be made into a 'DAT ASS' macro, fo sho!
After we looked around the Rock Garden in its entirety, we took a shuttle bus that goes throughout the several gardens in our city and ended up at Royal Botanical Gardens (the most-heard of attraction, garden-wise). I liked the former a bit more since there was so much to explore, while this one was more open-concept and had a lot of paths. But the statues were absolutely hysterical!

There were several throughout the garden, and they were all on sale, some of them for thousands and thousands of dollars. Who would pay $9,900 dollars to have a sculpture of a dog digging in the ground, so that all you can see is half of its body? It was crazy but fun to see :)


Another sculpture was a metal tricycle!

We then headed indoors to the Mediterranean garden, full of enormous plants, little ponds full of koi fish, and much more. The Boy joked around that since so many things were influenced by Japanese culture, I should put up these pictures on Facebook with the title, "JAPAN WAS AWESOME!" and see how many people thought we actually went to Japan. Should I go along with that? Haha!


Loved this place!

We then took the shuttle bus back to the original garden and, you guessed it, walked 2 1/2 km back to the bayfront, since that stoopid trolley didn't have any stops and wouldn't let us on. :( We got pretty exhausted by the end -- my leg muscles were seizing up, and he had blisters all over his feet -- but it was amazing being with him. And, he provided me with a little motivation by revealing the final surprise/destination -- Williams, the coffee shop where we had our first 'date' (though the one we went to was on university campus and this one was on the lake, but no matter)!



He had a slice of Lemon Meringue Pie while I had a slice of Strawberry Shortcake, which inspired the recipe of the week. After that, we took that lovely piece of free transportation back to the downtown and hugged for fifteen minutes before our buses came to take us home.

Such a beautiful day full of memories -- definitely my simple smile of the week and my Wednesday wish is that I could relive that day over and over again!

Hope you enjoyed the picspam!

And my next entry (planning it for Friday, since tomorrow I'm doing another set of early birthday celebrations with my friends) will be my 50th entry, so stay tuned for the giveaway! So excited for it :) Have an awesome hump day!

just got paid, Friday night...♪

There's nothing like watching Friends season 2 DVDs and getting paid from working last month to cheer a gal up!

By the way, ten points to whoever (or is it whomever? I'm an English major, what a fail!) can guess the song from the lyrical reference in my title! Even though I already spoiled it on my twitter. Oh, shameless plugging! I decided to make a public account to keep in touch with any blogger friends who might have it. Follow me? Haha.

But yes, I took this pay all the way to the mall in another city with a close friend (also Filipina, I have a few!) and I did some shopping! We spent a good hour in Forever 21; such an amazing place, haha. A huge storm hit southern Ontario yesterday bringing lots of chaos with it and so the power went out momentarily, but I found myself not minding being stuck in that store (even though it was scary). I found myself a fantastic pair of black skinny jeans (only $16!) along with some other goodies:

These shirts are so different from each other! Pretty but comfy :)

Many use the words 'retail therapy' and I suppose that applies to me to. I restrained myself and didn't splurge, but oh, it was so hard to. However, I do have a rule when it comes to shopping. Say, you pick up that fantastic piece of clothing and you think, I just have to have it! Well, right after that pops into your head, try to imagine 3 different scenarios or days where you'd wear that particular piece of clothing. If you can picture at least three, it belongs in your wardrobe. There's nothing worse than buying a beautiful top/pants/skirt/dress but never knowing when you're going to wear it. I'm acting like clothes have feelings, oh boy!

As we went through the mall, we heard music coming from The Gap. There was a live band playing acoustically there (and I felt bad since there was no one really listening), along with free food and water. I now have a water bottle from The Gap! After browsing through the stores, we found ourselves pretty happy:


My hand looks so weird in that second pic.
And now you all know I went to La Senza ;)

The storm brought along some tornadoes too; so odd that such destruction could be followed up with such beauty:



The sky was such an odd gloomy colour so the rainbow really stood out. Sunset came soon afterward, though, so me and my gal-pal hit up a delicious restaurant called Spice Avenue, which was so filling.



I love the decor in that place! After that, we hung out and watched A Very Potter Musical which, for any Harry Potter fan, is a must-see. Speaking of Youtube-link-sharing, if you're ever in a sad mood and need a song to make you bob your head with beautiful lyrics, listen to It's A Beautiful Day ... just don't mind the random cars in the background. I don't know whether it's the accordion, the guitar, the little 'oo-oo-oo-oo-oo' in the background, or the lyrics themselves ... but it's my jam right now.

I see no reason to cry, I feel no reason to run,
Just look inside your lonely heart, open your eyes you'll see the sun.
It's a beautiful world, it's a beautiful day.
The sun is shining to my heart, every morning and every day.

I hope you'll all have a beautiful weekend! Mine will probably end up being rather spontaneous, but tonight I'm spending time with The Boy (for now, that nickname is staying, but thanks for all the suggestions!) and we'll see what happens from there!

I've come up with some ideas for the giveaway {stay tuned for that next week}, and one of the prizes will be really personable ... hope you'll enjoy it! Have a beautiful day :)

oops!...i did it again

I disappeared again, but I'm back! These past few days have been packed once again, but now I get a day of relaxation -- and designing Sims 2 houses (nerd alert)! Since there's so much to cover, I'm going to go into full-out organization mode and recap!

My Simple Smile Of The Week: Yesterday, The Boy climbed a mountain to get to me. Literally. My city has a mountain, better known as the Niagara Escarpment, which is 198 meters high. Well, he lives on the lower part of that mountain while I live at the top ... and he biked an hour, plus climbing the ferocious stairs leading up the mountain with his bike on his back, just so he could see me for a few hours. I was worried sick since I had no clue he was riding his bike to my house, but seeing him roll up my driveway without a shirt on (yum) made it all up to me!

Speaking of which, I feel like calling The Boy something different on here; his first name starts with a 'P', but it'd feel weird just saying 'P' haha. Maybe upgrade him to The Man, since he's not really a boy? Let me know what you all think! :)

Wednesday Wishes: I'm still daydreaming about Europe, but right now I'm quite liking where I am. I've been soaking up the sun on the beaches and also went to the Filipinos Making Waves Festival in Toronto this past weekend. Monday wasn't too fun, I'll admit -- eye doctor's appointment in the morning [still have the same vision from 3 years ago, and I'm going to get a new pair of glasses, yay!], then went to renew my health card, then went to the dentist [no cavities, whoo-hoo; but my wisdom teeth are peeking through, oh-no].

But for once, I'm excited to live in the now. My birthday is coming up in less than 2 weeks (on the 31st, to be precise) and so I'm planning some fun things for it ... so for once, I don't mind being in Canada!

Filipinos Making Waves Festival: So Saturday was spent trekking it to Toronto for a festival that wasn't quite like we were expecting, but was still a lot of fun! Tons of booths everywhere, tons of clothes and various shirts that said things like 'BROWN POWER' which were amazing ... unfortunately I haven't uploaded any of my pics yet and it takes forever, so all of these pictures were stolen from my friend (shh!).

It's become tradition to take a picture of the CN Tower as we drive by it, haha.



But yes, there were tons of people at the festival, and I wasn't the only white person there nor was I the tallest! We had fun looking around and picking up some things ... my friends are amazing and got me some early birthday presents since they knew I would love it!



First was this lovely dress, that I could see myself accessorizing with a brown belt and looking fab-u-lous. The lady who helped me tie up the back (who is in the picture) said, "You look like a babydoll" as my friend snapped a picture. So cute! After, we went shopping around the streets of Toronto and we went to the cutest store that had nautical-styled clothing! There, I was given another early birthday present, though no pictures of it yet.

And, I finally found an anchor necklace! I've been searching for one for ages now, and found it on the Forever 21 website but, naturally, could never find it in the actual store. Yay for anchors! (Yes, I have weird obsessions.)

The three of us ended up eating at The Three Brewers (where I went with my sister just a few weeks ago) and I tried the Bruno Burger, which was delicious. Then back to the festival we went for the concerts!



There were a bunch of newer bands and groups not well-heard of, but that didn't stop this one girl in front of us dancing her heart out while the rest of the crowd stood still. Bless her :)

Everyone was waiting for Gabe, LeeJay, and Passion -- three beautiful men who play acoustic guitar, can beat-box, and play piano so well! As soon as they came out, the whole crowd RUSHED forward and a bunch of girlfriends hoisted themselves on their boyfriends' shoulders, making it impossible to see. It was worth it to stay, though! They even sang the POKEMON THEME SONG, which you can bet me and my friends were belting out the words to. My favourite song was probably Summertime which is such a head-bobber. So talented! Makes me wish my boyfriend could play guitar, haha.

We didn't get home 'til about midnight and I was so exhausted, but it was fun! These last few busy days have made me crave a:

Recipe Of The Week: Yummy Yummy Yummy Shakes -- so yummy, they had to say it three times! I tried the Iced Café Latté shake earlier this week and it was delicious. The purée option on my blender has become my new friend!

I hope you've all been having a great week so far -- I'm coming up with some giveaway ideas since I'm closing in on fifty entries soon (and almost 50 followers, wow, thank you SO much!!), so stay tuned for that! Have an amazing Wednesday!

those summerific days

Warning: Lots of pics here, especially with tongues sticking out! :P

Have you ever had those days where you finally get home, completely exhausted, but with the biggest smile on your face because you think, "Wow, now that was a great day"? I was just blessed with two in a row, and now that I'm relaxing, thought I'd share those precious moments!



It started off Wednesday morning; it was one of those rare times when my parents were out of the house early, meaning I had the entire house to myself. So, what did I do? I took advantage of an empty kitchen with this recipe and made French toast with two strips of bacon and coffee! What a filling breakfast, followed by exercise. A beautiful, albeit seldom, way for me to start off the day!



A few hours later, I was headed off to the lake with two of my best buds for some great times in the sand. We ended up staying in the water for two hours, chatting and playing random games like, "Okay, you can't say any words with the letter 'O' in them!" which led me to respond with, "Oh" and getting splashed immediately. We are mature twenty-somethings, for sure!


Bathing suit from Victoria's Secret.
I love leaping pictures, haha. After I got home, a few shades darker and with my eyes all red from too-much-sun-exposure, I got to see The Boy! We headed to the mall for an incredibly rare shopping spree moment, since we're both not really the type. It was really fun, though!


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It just so happens that I'm not in fashion at all, since I was looking for black short shorts and all I could find were SKIRTS. EVERYWHERE! Fall fashion had just come into the stores just as our real summer arrived ... so instead I walked away with two mini-skirts (one which The Boy paid for as an early birthday present, yippee)!

Then we headed off to this quaint ice-cream-shop on the first floor of an apartment building. We asked for a kiddie size that was $2.50, and they were GINORMOUS!



I got Maple Walnut while he chose Burgundy Cherry and we sat on the grass for half an hour, acting like little kids as we enjoyed our ice cream. All in all, an amazing Wednesday.

Then Thursday came, with even more water-fun! Me and the same gals from Wednesday headed off to our local waterpark (correction: our ONLY waterpark!). We decided to go to a free-parking zone which saved us $7 and instead walked 2km to the place. It was SO hot out, but such a nice walk!


Bathing suit from La Vie En Rose.

I put in my best Lauren Conrad-inspired braid and had a blast going on the waterslides and then leaping like a frog in the wavepool. I love acting like a kid, not gonna lie!

Then we walked another 2km back to the car and headed to the restaurant on the beach, eating a yummy meal. But not before my friend snapped a picture of me snapping a picture of my friend in front of me, haha.



I came home exhausted, with my eyes resembling that of a thirsty vampire's, but still had an amazing time. After some well-deserved sleep, I woke up and found this in the mail!



Liz and Lisa from Chick Lit Is Not Dead had a giveaway recently and I was one of the winners who received Emily Giffin's book! I'm already on page 112, it's a great read so far! Love me some page-turners. Thanks Liz and Lisa! And big thanks to the sweet, thoughtful, and adorable Nicole who gave me this award!



She gave this away to some of the same girls that I would, but there's so many of you that I'm thankful for, that I remember from my earlier blog days and that I still love to read day after day! I want to give this out to: Kym, Jessica, Josie, Archana, Andhari, and Girl With The Golden Touch. I'm grateful for your insight, your briliance, your kindness, and your awesomeness!

And make sure to send some birthday love over to Olivia Rae who just turned 20! Happy Birthday! :)

Whew, that's a lot of pictures! And the weekend promises even more: tomorrow, I'm headed to Toronto for a Filipinos Making Waves Festival (of which I might be the only white girl!) and then Sunday I'm off to the beach with The Boy.

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!~ :)

simples smiles(?) on a tuesday

Seems like everything this past week is a day late ... strange, because I'm FINALLY ON VACATION! No longer do I have to wake up at 6am, nor read another Shakespeare play (though I now secretly love them). Now, I get to relax with friends, make up for lost time with The Boy, and design Sims 2 houses to my hearts' content. I made a deal with myself that this week would just be about relaxation and socialization, and not worrying about the past or the future.

Welcome to the story: my father. The second I come down to make myself breakfast on Friday, he launches in about my marks, how I need to boost my average, how they can't afford to have me go away to a teacher's college outside of my city, asking what different teacher's colleges need.

My response: I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. I was saving this research for the next three weeks of 'vacation'. And I kept telling him that I wanted to relax and that this talk was stressing me out

... So much so, that I took it out on The Boy just hours before his big grill at his place. He managed to cheer me up as he always does, and we had ourselves an awesome time.

It was a fun get-together with three guys, two girls, and music blasting through my tiny but loud speakers. It was the perfect celebration of temporary freedom!

<- From top to bottom: The delicious burgers made by The Boy; a guy shot with The Boy, his buddy Mexican Phil (since there's also a British Phil), and Ben ... channeling Gene Simmons; and a girl's shot of me and Christina, being 'angry'/tigers.

After getting kinda drunk (woot, a first!), we had some fun before falling asleep at his place. Sleeping over is always an amazing treat, mostly because I wake up and his smile is right there for me to see {my simple smile of the week!}.

We spent the rest of the morning lazing around and walking to the grocery store to get me a 97 cent big jug of Fruitopia (I -LOVE- Fruitopia) and then sitting in the park, drinking it.

Welcome to the story: nostalgia. I spent Saturday night, at home by myself, watching Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl. One of my favourite movies, that I know all the lines to, and it brought me back to simpler times when this movie first came out, when I was younger, more naive, and didn't have to think about my future so much.

Basically, I'm putting myself in a cycle where I'm fearing the future, reminiscing about the past, and it's making my present look like this:

I don't want to be a suitcase on the sea, taking all my baggage with me when I'm supposed to be enjoying the time that I have off. I want the waves to hit me and enjoy the feeling, not be overwhelmed with feelings. I want to act like a ray of sunshine on the stormiest of days, not walk like I always have a storm-cloud over my head. I want to open up that suitcase and let loose all the papers that are weighing me down ... so that I can enjoy every moment.


My apologies for the emo-ness taking over a 'simple smile' post, but here's some more happiness! The lovely and talented Archana gave me a wonderful gift that's helping me think more like a ray, and not a cloud!



And girl, I would LOVE to travel somewhere with you and get a delicious cup of coffee or perhaps indulge in the recipe of the week with :) Speaking of which, it's breakfast time! I'm going to spend this week putting the final touches and sending out a package to the awesome Sarah after much delay, and reading/catching up on some of my fave blogs! By the way, the awesomely cool Kym is having a giveaway at her blog, so make sure to check it out! Whew, that's a lot of links in that paragraph!

Hope you're all having a great week :) And thanks for all the wishes of luck for the exam (I think I aced it, fingers crossed!) and I would love to take you all to Poland, haha.

wednesday wishes on a thursday

My Shakespeare exam is tonight, which meant last night was spent studying hardcore rather than wishing away. But now that it's the day of the exam, I find myself daydreaming more and more about traveling away -- strange how that works!

Going to Europe is more of a dream than a reality at the moment, and so many things are uncertain. But because of that, I try to remember Lucio from Measure for Measure (see, I am studying Shakespeare! Ha-ha!) who says:

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.

Wise words Lucio, wise words. So, I'm traveling back to yesteryear to remember a city I want to go to again: Gdansk, Poland. It's located at the northern-point of Poland, right at the Baltic Sea. It's an amazing city with so much to offer (since it has three cities in one!) -- want to go there with me?


Next time, I want to be barefoot in the Baltic Sea.


I want to pose in this exact same spot like last May, except this time with The Boy standing right next to me.


I definitely want to revisit this amazing restaurant that specializes in different kinds of baked potatoes -- it looks like a flower and came with authentic Coke-in-a-glass-bottle, which is my favourite.


Don't really want to repeat having creepy blonde-hair men stare at me as I browse through amber necklaces. MEEP!


But I would love to see The Street of Artists once again -- a narrow street with buildings dedicated to various arts.


And then I'd just go crazy!

Alas, I have to go back to studying. But that was a nice break, a nice look back, and hopefully, it'll be something I get to do again! My normal posting will happen by tomorrow, since I'll be FREE AT LAST! :) So sad that my true summer vacation doesn't start 'til the second week of August, but I'll try to make the most of it. 'Til then, my head is in Shakespeare.

simple smiles #9

I'm leaving my toothbrush ... at the end of this month, haha. I can see all the looks of disappointment, but trust me, it's a good thing :) He said it's a big step, but it's a step he wants to take soon, once we get over camping and the fact that I'm not sleeping over when it's i) hot as heck and ii) he has no A/C, hehe. So, toothbrush leaving soon, ladies! :)

Once again, it was ridiculously hard coming up with a simple smile for this week. Mostly because a) I have a 10-page paper due tomorrow and I'm on page 3 (meep); and b) I have a Shakespeare exam this Thursday (gah!). I did end up going to the beach with the Boy this past Saturday which was amazing, but what really made me smile was this fantastic comment from Kym:

ps random comment but all this time i thought you were asian. i found out a while ago that you're actually not but i still like to think you are. hope thats okay. hahah! ;P

The funniest thing about this comment is that most of my friends are Filipino, I listen to Japanese music, I love watching Korean soap operas (especially Lovers in Paris) and Asian food is amazing. My friends identify me as 'brown' so much that for my last birthday:

My eyes were half-closed, hence the bar, haha.
My friend made me an "I AM SHOPAO" t-shirt, which is a dumpling that's white on the outside, brown on the inside and which inspires this week's recipe of the week. Such a hilarious inside joke :) Plus, we did karaoke on my birthday.

So basically I'm a Polish girl who loves all things from different Asian cultures and is learning how to speak Hungarian. I'm a conundrum, and I hope you don't judge me for it, haha. Kym, you made my day with that comment!

Now, I have to ask: What's a random comment that you've received that's made you smile recently?

And I took this from Ramblings of a Fab Brunette since I love random tags! It's 13 questions, so here goes:

1. One of your scars: how did you get it? Chicken noodle soup when I was seven years old. I was a genius and decided to 'waft the steam away' with my hand, and accidentally tipped the bowl over onto myself. I still have a third-degree-burn scar on my right thigh, but thankfully the rest of my body is a-okay!

2. What is on the walls in your room? A collage of pictures from Poland; a painting of my name from NYC that my sister got for me; and a board covered with pictures of me and my friends.

3. Do you snore, grind your teeth or talk in your sleep? The Boy's informed me that way I'm exhausted out of my mind, I snore very lightly. That also happens when I'm sick. Oy vey!

4. What type of music do you listen to? Any and all except for country music (sorry, country-music-lovers!). My biggest love affair was with The All-American Rejects, and I've loved many other artists since then. My mp3 list is pretty versatile.

5. Do you get scared in the dark? When my eyes adjust to the lack of light, then no. But I've been known to try to fall asleep while listening to my mp3 player and then flashing my mp3 player onto my room to make sure there's nothing creeping.

6. Coffee or energy drink? COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE. MMMM!

7. Favorite quote?: I have so many, especially numerous Bible verses, but one that stands out for me lately is: "Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life."

8. Favorite Place? In The Boy's arms, laying out in my backyard, anywhere with friends, Poland.

9. Do you like your handwriting? Yeah, it's pretty nice ... I love putting loops in every letter haha.

10. Mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese? I'm a hardcore mashed potatoes fan. Love it.

11. Republican or Democrat? Eh, every political system has its flaws. I'm more of the 'live life to the fullest and try to love everyone' kind of mindset.

12. Kisses or hugs? Both, but kisses are amazing.

13. What book are you reading? I have to read three plays in the next few days: Richard III, The Winter's Tale, and Measure for Measure. After that, I can finally read books again! Yipee!~

Hope you've all had an a-okay start to your weeks! :)