Happy Independence Day

Happy July 4th! Are you ready for the fireworks?

I went to Turkey Run State Park in Indiana with my bf and couple friends. It was my first time going to a state park. We set up the BBQ grill and had BBQ as lunch. Then we went canoeing along the river, the view was awesome! It has been so long since I last canoed. There is 10 trails at the park so we decided to go on the trails. The trails are at both sides of the river and there are only 2 bridges going to the other side and one of them was closed! It was very fun that we walked across the river at the shallow side (opps, we weren't allowed to) and created our own trail because it was getting dark and we needed to get to the opposite side and the only bridge was miles away. It was a great experience tho, I love it!

Get ready for canoe!!

I spent my night at home watching fireworks as my apartment is facing downtown. Fireworks were amazing! It was almost 20 minutes long. Of course Churro got scared again and mama need to comfort him :P

Canoeing & tubing 

Went on the trail

Time to Say Goodbye :(

Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. Mine isn't that good :(

I had to send my family off to the airport this afternoon. I wish they could stay here longer, I didn't even realize it has been 3 weeks already. Time was passing really fast when you are having good time. No one can understand the feeling of being apart for 10000 miles :'(

My apartment became so quiet and empty after they left. Now I have to go back to my work and being alone in my apartment. I couldn't stop crying thinking of them. Daddy mommy and sista I love you <3

Class of 2013 Commencement: The End of 4 Years

Happy Saturday everyone! 

GUESS WHAT?!?!

I'm officially graduated as a boilermaker! My commencement was yesterday and we went around the school to take some pictures, okay, tons of pictures! 

Finally my 4 years of college has came to the end. I can't believe I have came this far. I wanna thank my family for coming to my commencement all the way from home. I know the 20 hours plane ride wasn't easy. Thank you for all the supports, mentally and financially. I wouldn't be able to study abroad and finish my degree without you guys. I will always be thankful for what I get from my fam. After all these years, I'm here, becoming a better me. I will always strive and one day I hope I make you proud.

At Millennium Park with my favorite tulips! 

Graduated from Purdue University :)

With John Purdue and bf <3

Mommy 

With our alumni Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon.

I'm done with school!!!

Officially a Purdue grad.

Fam pic

Class of 2013 Malaysians :)

Churro <3

@ Cloud Gate

Purdue Memorial Union

Engineering Fountain

Family <3

<3

<3

Loeb Fountain!

Loeb Fountain

Bell Tower

Engineering Fountain

Boiler up!!

We are alumni of Purdue!

One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Hail Purdue!

Officially graduated!!

Family Reunion in Chi-chi-chicago

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I'm here in Chicago again but it was different this time. MY FAMILY FROM 10,000 MILES AWAY CAME TO VISIT ME!!! No words can describe how excited I'm.

So my bf, I and of course Churro, my dog went to O'hare airport to pick up my parent and big sista. I was so happy the moment I saw them walking out the gate. Big hugs to all of them. It has been a while.

We went to the hotel to check in and drop off the luggages. It was literally next to the airport. Decent hotel, nice and clean and FREE PARKING! Then the journey started :)

Four Points by Sheraton

Churro becoming so asian lol

We had late lunch at Gyu Kaku, a japanese BBQ restaurant in downtown Chicago. The foods were amazing, order any BBQ meat on their menu and you will not be disappointed. Their green tea ice cream was by far the best green tea ice cream I've ever had, even better than Haagen Dazs one. Downside was a little pricey tho and portion was small. But you get the good foods! We spent around $200 for 5 of us and we didn't leave with a full stomach.

Gyu Kaku

Green tea ice cream!!

Since we were at downtown, we walked along N Michigan Ave. The weather was kinda chilly. We went back to hotel after so my family could get some rests since they flew almost 20 hours to get here.

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After we got some good sleeps, we had brunch at Yolk, one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago. The food portion was huge, we always have some leftovers to bring home. We then went to the Skydeck in Willis Tower. Although it was my 3rd visit, I'm still fear of the height, not as much as 1st and 2nd visit tho, I guess I'm slowly overcome the fear :)

Yolk!!

Skydeck @ Willis Tower

Next stop was Millennium Park and its famous bean, Cloud Gate. Flowers were blooming and it was so beautiful here. I took some graduation pictures here with fam. We then went to Crown Fountain and Buckingham Fountain. Too bad it was too cold to play in the water. We had dinner at Lao Beijing in Chinatown. We were gonna go to Lao Sze Chuan but it was too crowded, line was about an hour wait. Foods was okay.

Crown Fountain

Cloud Gate

Buckingham Fountain

Millennium Park

Cloud Gate

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Third day in Chicago, we had brunch at The Cheesecake Factory. I love their red velvet cheesecake, I think I will never get bored of it. We went to Water Tower Place after brunch then headed to Art Institute of Chicago. We got the discounted price ticket for only $10 because it was the last hour before they closed.

The Cheesecake Factory @ N Michigan Ave

Red velvet!!

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Went dinner at Pizzeria Uno. Love their deepdish!

Pizzeria Uno deepdish pizza

It's Banquet Time!!

Hi everyone!

It is the end of semester time!! Well, at least for the midwest schools :) And guess what?? It's my favorite banquet time.

I love going to banquet because I get to meet friends and dress up. Not to forget some prizes!! So I went to 2 banquets this school year. They are the Asian American Association (Triple A a.k.a AAA) and Alpha Phi Omega banquets. Both are held in Purdue Memorial Union. The foods was okay but people were awesome! I got my fraternity paddle in APO banquet, so proud to be part of the leadership, friendship and service!

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

APO

APO bros

APO with mom Lisa