weekend's not quite over just yet. but i thought i'd update about it anyhow. today was just amazing. i planned to go to the botanic garden w/ a friend..... buuut i didn't know that we had to get tickets from this office on the quad beforehand. my bad. so we ended up going to the museum of natural history instead. i already went there maybe 2wks ago for my evolution class. but we only visited the dinosaur bones. today we checked out the planetarium and the gem & jewels gallery. OHMYYGOOODNESSSS............ those precious gems & jewels.. just priceless. how can something so small be so complicated and dazzling ?! with such vivid colors. check 'em out.


this is tourmaline. my favorite so far.


opal : the birthstone for the month of october.





so pretty, right? these are mineral eggs. forget diamonds. i like these colored ones. =)

the planetarium is really cool. did you know that pluto is no longer considered a planet? am i slow or something? i feel like i heard this before... but i thought it was still under investigation. guess not. guess it's for sure now. we only have 8 planets in the solar system : mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune... and that's it. so what is it now : my very eager mother just served us nine.... what? maybe instead of nine now it'll be noodles. =) my very eager mother just served us noodles ! =)

the weather was so beautiful................. ohmygoodness.

then clara & i went to the ISA (indian student association) cultural dinner & show. so amazing ! i'm back into my bhangra stage again... =) anyway. we took some pics beforehand b/c the weather was so amazing.
lovely picture, eh? =)


clear bluuuue skiiiies


we thought a shadow picture would be pretty neat. turns out we're right.


ISA ! man, they're freakin' amazing. i'm gonna go every single freakin' year.
i like food.
a lot. =)


who took this blurry picture. hahaha isn't it awesome? my face is priceless. so is clara's unrecognizable face.

but really. i could tell these students worked their BUTTS off. and they only had like 2 months to prepare !!! crazy stuff. their culture is so alive, colorful, and fascinating. their costumes are beautiful and elegant. the music is catchy and fun to dance to. the dancing is animated and celebratory. the singing is so unique, too. their culture is truly a l i v e.... i wish koreans were like that.



tomrorow's gonna be beautiful. i love it when the sun brightens up my day. but only when it's 65 degrees and clear blue sky, w/ a light 8mph breeeeeze. yea yea? what a nice day. i didn't get anything done. including my laundry. o well. >,<>