Back from Spring Break

Yeah, my spring break has ended. Puas, fel? It was a great vacation, one of the best I've had since this is the first time I'm traveling alone. Although I went to a place where I know a few people. It feels so good when you walk out from an airport and have people welcome you, doesn't it?

God had been good to me this past week. The forecast said it was going to be cloudy and rainy but we had some good sunny days during my stay in Seattle. I even went up the Space Needle on a clear and sunny day. Although it was a little bit chilly because of the wind, it didn't matter. I also gained a new friend. Since my cousin can't get off work, her friend became sort of my tour guide around the city. Thanks, for that, Mark!

Few of the pictures I took are up on Flickr. I'll add more when I'm not feeling lazy... :P

Now, a pretty good personality quiz!

My aura is...
red
Red has come to be associated with extreme emotions like passion and anger. And indeed, people with a red aura often experience love and rage more strongly than others on the aura spectrum. Although they do have strong personalities, reds aren't just great balls of fire. They usually find a way to channel their feelings and express them physically. They tend to be extremely grounded in the body and prefer to work with their hands. They get a lot of satisfaction from completing tasks with tangible results--building sets for the school play, moving furniture around a room or fixing a car, for example. As you can imagine, these down-to-earth types value action over thought or abstract ideas.

What color is your aura?

The description is somewhat me, but I can't believe that my personality is symbolized by such a bold color. ^0^

Dreams, Spring Break, etc

Spring break has finally arrived, which means that I really need to be working hard finishing my project. But that can wait after spring break! *grin*

I'm gonna spend my week in Seattle. After a long time wanting to see what Seattle looks like, I will finally have it. This is because my cousin has been bragging about how great Seattle is ever since her first stay in that rainy city 8 or 9 years ago. So I have really high expectation for this vacation. I even got too excited that I thought I'm leaving this morning. Luckily I called my cousin and she corrected me, letting me know that I'm supposed to get to Seattle TOMORROW!! haha...

So today, I went window shopping at the mall with Natasha. Or, shopping for Natasha, window shopping for me. hehe... I only got a body butter at Bath and Body for my overly dry skin caused by the very dry weather of Minnesota. Mainly because I don't find anything good to buy and also I'm thinking I should wait till I get to Seattle and spend my money there.

A few days ago I had a premonition-like dream. So, Natasha called at about 7.30 am which woke me up. But I was still very sleepy, so I didn't pick up the phone and just continue sleeping. This is when I start dreaming. I dreamed that I picked up the phone and had a chat with Natasha. I don't remember if we had any meaningful conversation but the 1 sentence that stick with me was Natasha telling me that the next day was going to be her birthday. ~The End~

Short and unimportant. But then in the afternoon I called Natasha after I got to school to return her call. And we talked about our break plans. Since I'm not going to be in Duluth, she said we should arrange to get together after the break because *drumrolls* it IS her birthday on the 18th. I can't believe what I heard!! I thought it was so amazing that I have to share it here.

Seattle, here I come!

Today

Snow Pictures

So yesterday, I still couldn't believe I'd have a day off today because of the weather. So I set up my alarm clock like usual at 7.45 am. When the alarm went off, I immediately call the school's Snow Advisory Hotline. And it's true, school's close today. I planned to get back to sleep. But I guess I was to excited knowing I won't have to go to school today that I'm fully awake! Funny, when I HAVE to go to school, I would snooze my alarm clock over and over, but when I don't have to, I can't get back to sleep... :P

So I decided to take some pictures of the snow. I don't want to get outside yet since I don't want to dip my leg in the snow and wet myself. (my landlord is probably feeling too cold to shovel the snow ^-^)

Snow Hill behind my apartment building.

Front door.
Someone just walked in before I took the picture so you can kinda see how high the snow accumulated last night.

A closer look on the trace the opened door left behind.

White all over!!
That is a couple of staircase down, covered with snow. The pole in the middle is the railing.

Icing on Duluth :D

Winter Storm

So, after having a very dry winter, Duluth got its share of snow. It's like all the snow that supposed to fall for the past 3 months decided to fall this week. Aside from the blizzard-like strong winds, I don't mind having lots of snow. The sight of everything covered with the white snow is very pretty. I was going to take some pictures today when I realized how dead my camera's battery was. :P

Oh well, maybe tomorrow if the wind is not too strong. Anyway, because of this strong wind since this afternoon, UMD is closed since 2pm today and the whole day tomorrow. Meaning:

1. long weekend ~ yay!
2. a couple of extra days before I gotta do my project presentation ~ yay! yay!

Here's a cute clip for Panda Lovers: