Always & Forever

Winter X Games Aspen '12 Has Come to an End

2012-01-29T23:51:00.000-05:00

Sadly the Winter X Games 2012 has come to an end.

Many firsts and exciting things happened this year:

1st Front Flip by Heath Frisby in Snowmobile Best Trick
First perfect score of 100 by Shaun White in Snowboard SuperPipe
Shaun White five-peats in SuperPipe

Live Fruitfully & Do the Jamba Samba Jam!

2012-01-06T23:18:00.000-05:00

Today was my first event as a Jamba Juice Ambassador of WOW. I got to be part of the festivities to kick off Jamba Juice's "Fruitful Living" campaign, which encourages all to "embracing each day, each moment and each opportunity to be healthy, active and fun."

The day started at 8:30 AM, where I met Crystal from Good Neighbor and bunch of other Jamba Juice execs/employees, who flew all the way from California. We really lucked out with great weather in the 50s today.

The festivities began with a Brazilian style parade with 74 Bananamen, thats right 74 of them, as we marched through midtown. We started at Bryant Park and continued to march around, making stops and performing the new Jamba Samba Jam outside the NYPL, Rockefeller Center, the NASDAQ (where CEO James White rang the opening bell), and Jamba Juice on 7th Ave in Times Square where the parade concluded.

CEO James White was opening the NASDAQ as part of NASDAQ's Fit Week, so that was also a big thing for them. They even had (who I heard) the President of the NASDAQ in a banana suit!

At the store, Jamba Juice rolled out an an orange carpet and had Bananaman interviewing people about what they are doing to be more healthy in the new year. To kick off the event, we were gave out 500 gift cards (which was what I was assigned to do), scarves and bracelets and had Bananaman and Strawberry Girl there for pictures. In addition to that Chairman, CEO & President James White and Senior VP & CMO Susan Shields were also there!

James White did not know that me and the other ambassadors were ambassadors, and actually went out of his way to meet and thank each of us individually! He was soo nice (even when he didn't know who we were)!

I tried the new "Fit n' Fruitful" smoothie (try saying that 10 times fast), which tasted pretty awesome! I also had the opportunity to get to know the other ambassadors better!

Can I just say that everyone was soo nice and soo great!

Thanks for a fun and fruitful day everyone!

On the orange carpet

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2012-01-01T14:51:00.002-05:00

HAPPY 2012!!!

Wishing all of you a happy and healthy new year - may 2012 bring you even more joy, happiness and success than last year!

End of 2011

2011-12-31T16:55:00.000-05:00

2011 has been great - I had ton of great times and made lots of new friends and memories to carry me into the new year! Its been a great way to end the year catching up with new & old friends (from elementary school, JHS, HS college and grad school)!

This year I:

Graduated and received my MBA
Got my first job
Interned at the United Nations
Met and interviewed famous politicians, athletes and celebrities

Thanks for making 2011 so amazing, I can't wait to see what 2012 has to bring!

You Got Me!

2011-12-28T18:39:00.000-05:00

Today I was supposed to meet up with Ganesh for lunch today. We had decided to go to Ruby Tuesday for lunch. So I went upstairs to meet him and to my surprise YI was there!!!

I was definitely not expecting to see him at all! It was a great surprise! I had never been surprised like that before!

Bravo boys, Bravo!

Birthday Festivities

2011-12-18T18:24:00.000-05:00

Last night a few friends and I went out and celebrated my birthday.

I started off the night at Avra, a cute Greek restaurant in the city. Of course I was late for my own party. I had a great turn out of people from all different part of my lives - Marianna, Amanda, Ganesh, JM, Mike, Steve & his roomie Max.

After dinner we had some time before our 9 PM reservation at the next location, so we decided to go to Calico Jacks for some cheap drinks... where I had about oh.. 4 shots on a span of 15 minutes... (I was pretty much done drinking for the night at that point lol).

After the shots we took a cab to Brass Monkey, where we met up with everyone else. We had two tables in our own little room like place - which was awesome! There we met up with Massey, Paul, Vicki, Adriano, Miguel & his roomie Jason, Brian, Rocky - who I was not expecting to see, and Andrew!

Thanks everyone for coming out and making it a great night!

It's My Birthday!

2011-12-17T15:05:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I'm another year older! Where does the time go?

23 is such weird number, not only is it way past 21 - its a strange prime number...

So excited for tonight!

Here are some pictures from the celebrations at home!

I got an snowman ice cream cake - my favorite! :)

Smarterer

2011-11-26T16:42:00.001-05:00

I just got on Smarterer, it's pretty cool. It tells you how knowlegable you are on a topic. However I do think it has a mountain effect in that you start out with a low score, reach a peak then jsut go down...

Catching up with the girls

2011-10-28T17:25:00.002-04:00

Last night the girls and I, minus Cathy went out for dinner at Press 195.

The food there was soo good!

I had an amazing drink - Raspberry Vodka with fresh strawberry lemonade.

I got the best hot press sandwich - inside it had mozzarella, tomatoes and the best maple pesto! :)

And it got even better for dessert

Underneath the massive amounts of whip cream was ice cream and the best part is the hot pressed banana bread with nutella, strawberries and bananas! :)

FSOT Results

2011-10-28T17:14:00.000-04:00

I got my results from the FSOT today, sadly I did not make it to the next part of the process. I needed a 154, but I only got a 145

Here is what the letter said:

To advance to the next step of the Foreign Service Officer selection process, the Qualifications
Evaluation Panel (QEP) review, applicants must have acheived a score of 154 or above on the
multiple-choice components of the FSOT and an essay score of at least 6 on a 12-point scale. Essays
were scored for those candidates who received at least a 154 or above on the multiple-choice section.

There were three parts to the multiple-choice section. You scored as follows:

Job Knowledge: 41.34
Biographic Information: 52.06
English Expression: 52.30
Multiple-Choice Total: 145.70

So close yet so far...

I guess I'll have to wait til next year to take it again...

Yale IV 2011

2011-10-23T21:30:00.000-04:00

Just got back from a fun weekend at the Yale IV! It was a good weekend - Silly Yale Tab Staff had me chairing all my panels... LOL. I saw some good rounds and some not so good rounds. Good times!

My favorite round has to be - This house believes politicians should be allowed to become lobbyists and vice versa.

The first half was terrible, but the 2nd half - two Vermont teams were really good. The Government Member had me shedding a tear and his speech really made me love America! :)

The party was at a frat house - very Rutgers-esque and similar to any RU party, was broken up by the cops lol.

Unfortunately, the team was being lame and left early... along with the key to get back onto campus... So... me being me and slightly out of it, attempted to climb the very large gate to get into Old Campus. However Paul and Gabe did not think I could do it and flipped out before I could make up and over..

And of course some of my fav people who I had not seen in a while came/did not expect to see were at the IV, including Ellie, JJ, Michael and Andrew!

All in all - great weekend!

Big Bronx Complete!!!

2011-10-16T01:30:00.000-04:00

IT'S OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Housing went pretty well for the most part, people knew what they had to do, who to pick up, etc. There was a small mishap, but it was easily solved with a girl on standby. Thank goodness she stayed!

FSOT

2011-10-07T01:30:00.000-04:00

Today I took the FSOT, it was ok... There were a bunch of tricky questions - So while I didn't study as much as I would've liked... the ones I was confused about were things I would not have known or studied anyways.

For instance, something to the effect of "What African tribes caused the Rwanda genocide?" The answer was Hutu and Tutsis.

Then there were questions like "what is babelfish used for?" and "what the iron curtain symbolize?"

And a bunch of random things like that.

The essay question was basically to what extent can we enfringe on privacy rights for national security.

The test was so fast, I was in and out in just 3 hours.

2011-10-05T12:54:00.003-04:00

Just got a call from Susan from the Jamba Juice Local Ambassador program - so excited for the program!!!

2 days til the FSOT

2011-10-04T20:10:00.000-04:00

Today I had my in-person interview with SWIFT with the Global Head of Partner Management. I was also supposed to meet with the head of HR, but he didn't make it to the meeting... And he was the one we were planning around... it looks like we will do a phone follow up interview.

I think the interview went well though... and if I get the position, I could possibly be going to Brussels!!!

After the interview, I met up with Adge and got a white hot chocolate cupcake from CRUMBS!!! :)

2011-09-30T22:01:00.000-04:00

My next week just went from completely free to study for the FSOT to completely booked. Based on the events of yesterday and two phone calls today, this is how next week looks for me..

Monday - PWM CFO of Merrill Lynch

Tuesday - SWIFT in person interview

Wednesday - Jamba Juice Local Ambassador Call

Thursday - Foreign Office Test

Friday/Sat - Possibly going to judge at Harvard... I think I might pass though

Then Columbus Day weekend!!! I could really use a beach day this weekend, any takers?

I guess I should probably actually start cramming for the FSOT now...

Night out at Tiro a Segno & Crimson

2011-09-25T22:29:00.000-04:00

Matt, one of my old friends from GBA, invited me and a few others out to Tiro a Segno last night! As he explained it Tiro a Segno is the oldest Italian Club on the Western Hemisphere with a rifle range in the basement for shooting.

He invited me, his roommate Casey. Giselle (from GBA) and her husband.

Giselle walked in saying she had a big surprise for us...

We met up and ordered drinks, sadly she and her husband said they couldnt... turned out that GISELLE IS PREGNANT!!! :)

The club was very classy and had a classy old school vibe, with big nice chairs, carpeted floors etc. It was really nice. We started off in the reception area with some drinks, followed by a very extensive dinner in the main room. I had calamari, truffle ravioli, strip steak and a strawberry moose cake!!! There was sooooo much food, but boy was it AMAZING!!!

After dinner we headed downstairs to the shooting range, where we shot some 22 mm rilfes!!! Tons of fun!!! We then went upstairs and played a game of pool then headed out to some bars.

By the end of the night we ended up at Crimson. It's a pretty nice and very large venue, it wasn't too bad, except for the fact that they were only playing Polish music... which isn't quite my cup of tea...

Great night out on the town!

Columbia Parli Tournament

2011-09-25T22:28:00.000-04:00

This past Friday/Saturday I was judging at Columbia.

It was definitely a blast from the past with all the high school debaters now joining the college parli debate circuit (APDA).

I saw Abhi who went to my HS AFTER I graduated, Thurm who I had judged throughout his HS career and Andrew, used to coach at Bronx who I finally convinced to join the circuit!

I also met the new Fordham novices, they seem like a good crowd now. I think Fordham is heading toward the right track - old school, fun Fordham again! Which makes me super happy!!! I wont go into too much detail, but those who spoke to me know my take on the team...

Between Round 2 & 3, Lily kicked off the first "Women's Initative" mixer event, which was great! It was nice for all the girls to be in a room together to talk about girl power, but idk it was weird that it was segregated - not a big fan of that... kind of defeats the purpose to some extent... But good in theory.

I had the pleasure of staying with Clara Friday night - so of course I had an awesome night. I <3 that girl!!!

The team rented out a frat house for the party which was pretty sweet to say the least. I paried a bit w/ Eric, who I thought hated me... I guess he doesnt! :) And it was just good to finally see him in a different light - other than that debater from Scarsdale - lol.

On Saturday I stayed til semis and FINALLY got to judge and see Coulter (part of Harvard Lion King) debate! He was fabulous! Sadly I had to drop Clara/Mark to them though :(

Happy to say that Andrew/Sam won the Novice division and Coulter/Loomis won the entire tournament!

Congrats! :)

FSOT

2011-09-23T18:29:00.000-04:00

I decided to take the FSOT, looks like I'll be taking it in 2 weeks on October 6. Wish me luck!

MTVu VJ On-Camera Interview

2011-09-20T22:45:00.000-04:00

Today I had my on-camera interview for a VJ position with MTVu!!! This has been my dream job since like 7th grade.. yes, back in the days of Cason Daly and TRL

I think the interview went well? I mean its really up to the producers and if they like me. I just hope that the fact that I'm out of school doesn't harm my chances - I mean I'm still only 22, even if I do have an MBA...

So everyone wants to know what the process is like...

Application Process
So I sent in my resume and a photo to MTVu last week and got a call yesterday.

Phone Interview/Screening
The call was a short phone interview asking me questions like - what are your favorite types of music, favorite band, etc.

Then they asked me to send a few more pictures to get a better idea of what I looked like. Before I could even decide what pictures to send in, I got a call from her boss asking me to come in for a camera interview the next day (today)!!!

I was sent some cues, things you'd see on cue cards, to look over. Pretty straight forward stuff.

On-Camera Interview
At the interview, I got there a tad early, then he came out and brough tme to this room - which was essentially an office w/ empty walls, but had the complete set up w/ a desk and everything, except there was a camera facing the wall.

For the on-camera interview, the producer started off filming a conversation type interview , where I was answering questions - boy did I learn some interesting things while being interviewed. Then I did the cues, which went somewhat well, it only took me like 1.5 times to run through them. I just hope I didn't speak too quickly as I tend to do when I get nervous.

The filming was very quick, it was supposed to start at 3 PM and I was out by 3:15 PM.

Fingers crossed to see how it all goes!

We Rememeber 9/11

2011-09-11T08:35:00.000-04:00

Never Forget

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.

The memorial site down at the WTC finally opened up to the public and they had some moments of silence and a big memorial at the site.

I can't believe its been 10 years! That just seems bizarre, aIso can't believe it took that long to finish the memorial and the new buildings aren't done yet!

Regardless...

My heart and best goes out to all the victims and their families and I want to thank all of the first responders and military who are out there doing what they do best for America!

Fashion's Night Out 2011

2011-09-09T02:04:00.000-04:00

Tonight, now technically last night, I went out to Fashion's Night out with the usual crew, Ashley, Becky and Amanda!!!

We started off in Soho at Billabong, then moved around from there. Betsey Johnson had the cutest dresses!!!

Next we went to DVF where Diane Von Furstenberg made an appearance!!! She then proceeded to spray me and the girls with her new line of perfume! lol

Next was Roxy where Amanda and I took part in the casting call and we got VIP status! :)

Spring Street, right outside "Dash" was a complete and utter madhouse!!!

There were a tons of people waiting to meet/see the Kardashians and Pauly D

After the madness Marianna and I went to Tribeca Grand and got some drinks w/ her friends.

Tony Hawk Vert Jam

2011-09-02T21:00:00.000-04:00

Today marked the kickoff of the Quiksilver Pro with the Tony Hawk Vert Jam. Some of the best riders had come out to skate, including Tony Hawk, Mitchie Brusco, Sandro Dias, Elliot Sloan and Steve Berra. The event was great!

At one point Tony and Mitchie were skating on the half-pipe at the same time!!!

Tony even got the FDNY boat to play a role in the event!

After the event I got to meet some of the skateboarders!

Sadly Tony left in a minivan, many of the fans were sad, especially this one little boy who was about to start crying :'(

2011-07-27T16:02:00.005-04:00

Unemployed yet another day... I got a call fro Michele from Sagence Group, apparently they liked me, but didn't think I had proper background for the job.

I then went to follow up w/ Steve from AllianceBernstein and he said:

"I’m ok. I apologize for someone not getting back to you. The job has been filled. Thanks for your time and interest. Best of luck."

I guess I will keep on looking...

2011-07-08T15:26:00.000-04:00

So things are starting to look positive.

I love how things just come in spurs.

Yesterday I had two phone calls saying that the companies are interested in having me come in possibly next week for in person interviews, and one call today to start the interview process with another company! :)

Guest Bartending Debut

2011-06-29T20:33:00.004-04:00

I made my bartending debut last night at Fashion 40 Lounge!

It was a lot of fun, I got to mix a variety of drinks which was really fun and a decent chunk of people from different parts of my life came out!

The most surprising was Nigel, Yi-Jin and Jayati, I hadn't seen most of them since HS, so that was really nice to see them and catch up!

I even managed to make $86?! :)

NBC Page Program Interview

2011-06-23T23:47:00.003-04:00

Today I had my final round paneled interview for the NBC Page program!

There were 5 of us, all girls, and the panel - the Page Program Manager, Page Program Coordinator and Page Program Intern. Two of the girls were from Syracuse University, one from NYU, the other from Pepperdine and me from Fordham.

The interview consisted of of 3 parts:
Part 1: Group Interview
This part was surprisingly short, they only asked us 1 question: What is the biggest risk you've taken and what did you learn from it?

Part 2: Individual Interview
This part was short as well, about 15 minutes. They asked me to tell them about my different internships and why I wanted to be a page and why NBC.

Part 3: Personal Presentaitons
Each of us gave 2 minute presentations about ourselves. While singing and dancing was not allowed, the usage of creativity and props was highly encouraged. I had brought a TON of props - the cap from my cap & gown, a notebook, voice recorder, debate timer, a CD and most importantly my scientific calculator (which I don't think Natasha has seen before, based on her facial expression, lol).

Not surprisingly, all of the girls at the interview were very qualified and really wanted the job. And surprisingly, I was the only MBA grad there, and probably the oldest one there! All in all, the interview was very laid back and a lot of fun!

Worse Interview Everrr

2011-06-21T20:02:00.012-04:00

I had the worst interview everrr today.

This was a round 2, and the 3 of 3 people I had to met. I was supposed to see her the first time I went, but she left early that day, so I had to go in just to see her. Everything was going well with the interview, she was asking me about past work experiences, and things like that.

Then she asked me a really hard analytical question: How many stations are there in the subway station. Unsure, I simply said 150 stations, then changed my answer to 15 lines imes 16 stations. She then said, what about the stations that multiple train stations stop at. Needless to say with the complexity of the train stations, I was stumped and it showed. Eventually I came up to the answer of 160 stations.

Her follow up question, after only 1 question outside of the who are you questions was "do you have any questions for me?" Meaning that the interview was over... She then proceeded to ask me, why should/shouldn't we hire you?" and "Let me walk you to the door."

The entire interview took about 30 mins of the usual alotted 60 minute interviews... Needless to say, it the interview went poorly and I bombed the interview.

Post Grad Celebrations

2011-05-25T14:49:00.012-04:00

I can't believe that I finally graduated from GRAD SCHOOL last night! I can now say that I'm an MBA Grad at 22, how insane is that? I'm not even 22 1/2 yet - lol. Last night was bitter sweet, it's nice to finally be done with school, but sad that school's over - for a while at least...

The ceremony was held at Lincoln Center, and it was short and to the point, 1.5 hours max. However it was not the same, no throwing of caps at the end :( which I totally called the dean out on afterwards!

After the ceremony, GBA held a nice reception for us at our Lincoln Center campus. It was actually really nice and OMG the chocolate strawberries!!! YUM! Marianna ended up coming out to the reception and I bumped into BoMa as well as my many other GBA friends new and old! :)

After the reception, a bunch of us headed to the Hudson Hotel. The first thing I heard is - the dean is sitting in between the two bushes and buying drinks! SKETCHY right? But alas, it wasn't apparently it was like mini section separated by trees lol. But wow, I was drinking at the dean at the Hudson Hotel! He bought us drinks and even offered me a job at GBA! :)

Great night, I'm going to miss you all!

GBA Graduation!!!!!!!!!

2011-05-24T14:44:00.001-04:00

Congrats to the GBA Class of 2011!!!

We finally did it! We're officially MBA Graduates!!!

Thank you for the wonderful memories everyone!

I'm DONE! Paper is done!

2011-05-10T01:45:00.000-04:00

Last MBA Paper.... Check!

31 pages of text and 6 exhibits later, all I have to say to you is...

I'm doneeee!!!

Finished the last requirement for my MBA! Now onto graduation!

Andorra Mission to the UN/US

2011-04-26T16:58:00.001-04:00

Yesterday I met with the Ambassador of Andorra (a small country located between France and Spain). He told Marianna and I some interesting stories, some of which were probably too sensitive.

Turns out he had an alternative motive. He was kind of smoozing me to try to hire me to be an external consultant, considering my current employment status, I'd so be game for that!

Nats 2011 at West Point

2011-04-26T16:16:00.004-04:00

This past weekend (Friday-Sunday) was APDA Nationals at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The weekend was tons of fun but super exhausting as well. I helped out al ot more than I should have, lol. I finally caught up on sleep today!!!

The weekend was great, I got to see a lot of my friends and made a ton of new ones.

Friday night I went to be at 4:45 AM and somehow woke up at 8 PM and on Saturday I went to bed around 6 AM and woke up at 10 AM. Needless to say I was exhausted Sunday morning - which is a rare stage to see me in.

Some highlights of the weekend:
Friday

Fun train ride up to West Point with Faye, Greg and Ryne
Playing with guns!

Saturday

Bull riding with Em in our skirts
Banquet with some hiliarious senior speeches and wearing my old my prom dress
Colin trying to hit on me
Dealing with a very drunk Harry Murphy - Murphy's Mission. A large and in charge drunk Harry had fallen asleep in Matt Katz's bed, could not be woken up. After a longgg time and lots of nudging, we finally managed to wake him up. We eventually got him to Matt's car where he drove him to his hotel. However once we got there, we weren't sure exactly what his room number was. We walked to the room, then tried the key, however it did not work. We continued to try the next 7 doors, none of which worked. We then headed back to the car, when Bear decided that Harry could just crash in their room. We drove back and he just passed out on a recliner. Oh Harry!

Sunday

Tyger teaching me how to 2 step in the TOC room
Fun car ride with Tyler to the train station

Overall, a great weekend! Great job West Point Speech & Debate!

Hell Week is OVERRRR

2011-04-16T13:24:00.004-04:00

My sister, mom and dad left for Boston at 3 AM this morning for an accepted students day at Boston University. I think J-Dawg's going to be going there and leaving :(

And looks like the pot luck I was going to go to today got cancelled, so I guess I'll be home alone til they get home.

2011-04-15T23:29:00.000-04:00

Thursday turned out to be 'Hell Day" as I called it, just so much work to do. But it's all over now! Thursday was the last day of classes at GBA. I'm essentially done now, minus the hybrid law class in which I have a 30-50 page paper due. Good times!

I was so exhausted today I went out on a coffee break (and ended up with an Oringina) and took a nap as soon as I got home!

Networking for Entrepreneurs

2011-04-15T01:47:00.000-04:00

Today was the big event that I was planning for my "Communications for Entrepreneurs" class.

The event went rather smoothly, the name tags, table signs and event signs I made went well, most of the people showed up and there was plenty of food!

We presented our ideas to guests of our classmates in a “speed networking” format. We were given four minutes to present our “1-minute pitch” and then receive questions and feedback from the contacts on how we could improve their ideas. After the four minutes, we would move to the next table and give their pitch again.

I had Joe and Greg at my table, which was cool, I love those guys! We were also placed next to Heidi and her sister Bonnie who are really fun girls!

The event was a lot of fun!!! I had such a great time I stayed there til 10:30 PM - one hour past the set end time! We even closed out the restaurant!

NY State Tournament

2011-04-02T23:24:00.002-04:00

The past 2 days, I judged at the new NY State tournament at Brooklyn Tech. The tournament itself was kind of ehh, but the hanging out part was fun. I got to see and hang out with a lot of friends who I havent seen in a while--Caitlin, Andy, Andrew, Matt, Mira, Taarini, Lev, Tom and of course Jon, just to name a few

I stayed with Caitlin last night, which was a lot of fun. Caitlin, Andy and I went out for dinner at Umi Nom, this cute Asian restaurant last night. Afterward Caitlin and I wandered around Fort Green for dessert, and ended up getting this salty/sweet caramel sundae thing.

Today was a lot more fun, but dull at the same time. I judged up til semis and didn't squirrel!!! :)

Took me 2 hours to get home though... I"m so done for the night lol

Spring Break in Boston

2011-03-20T01:16:00.100-04:00

I went to Boston for a few days, including St. Patrick's Day, during spring break this past week. I arrived on Wednesday and left on Saturday. I got to see a lot of good friends who I havent seen in a while, so that was nice!

Wednesday
I left Wednesday after work with Bob (debate friend from West Point) and arrived in Boston around 6:30 PM and headed downtown to see John. I hadn't seen John since we were in Nassau! We went out for sushi at this cute little restaurant not too far from the Sheraton.

Thursday - St. Patrick's Day
I was waiting for a while for Bob and Marianna (co-intern at the UN) to arrive... They both finally arrived around noon. Marianna was super exhausted when she arrived and 180 from her normal cheery self, so she headed to Connor's place first, while Bob and I wandered around Boston.

We walked around Boston/Downtown and followed the Freedom Trail, which is a red brick road that goes throughout the city hitting the major landmarks. We stopped at the North End and got cannolis from Mike's Pastry, which were amazing! We then stopped by this cute little Irish pub/restaurant where I got a green beer and corned beef! I also learned that GERMAN BEER IS TERRIBLE!!!

We then headed back to the hotel, I said my farewells to John and we headed to my friend Connor's apartment. When Connor finally returned from class we headed out to Newbury Street, however there was nothing going on, so we headed to Faneuil Hall, which was a bit more lively, but nowhere as crazy as it is in NY. We ended up going to a bar, where I got a green drink - I think it was an appletini? It was yummy!

When we got back we chilled, and then tried to get a pizza. Would you believe places close in Boston? You would think they would have one 24 hour place near a college campus. After much searching we found a pizza place that would deliver to us. 1.5 hrs later, we finally got our pizza... at 3 AM!

Friday
We hit up Harvard Square and got lunch at this awesome place "Charley's Kitchen" per Erica, Wes and Josh's suggestions. Despite what Bob and Connor thought, I successfully ate an entire double cheeseburger, which was delicious! While we were there, Connor and I tried calling a bunch of the mutual Fordham friends we had. Of course we called none other than... JOHN MUNJOLI!!! We were lucky enough to have Josh grace us with his presence, and of course he skateboarded over!

We then headed to Long Warf - Boston Harbor, which was very quaint, the headed to the "Top of the Hub" in the Prudential Center. The place was located on the 52 floor and had a gorgeous view overlooking all of Boston. After some drinks, we headed to the Cheesecake Factory and met up with none other than JAKE and RYAN!!! I had not seen Jake since Nats last year, so that was a nice surprise!

We got a ton of awesome cheesecakes - Reeses, Strawberry and Banana Cream. Jake was the only one to finish both his dinner and his cheesecake! We then headed to Ryan's where we played some games and celebrated his new job!

Saturday
We went to Joe's Bar and Grille for Brunch where we got mimosas - Connor and Bob's first! :) Then headed to South Station for the bus home. We actually made good time and made it in a little under 4 hours!

I got Krispy Kreme donuts!

I had a great time in Boston!!! Thank you Connor for being such a great host, taking us around and letting us crash at your place and giving up your bed; Jake, Josh and Ryan for coming out and seeing me; Bob and Marianna for making the trip out with me!!!

My First Pageant!!!

2011-03-13T23:25:00.021-04:00

Today I tried something new and competed in my first pageant(s)--the Miss Manhattan/NYC/Southeast NYC Pageant and the Miss Metropolitan/Greater Gotham/Liberty Pageant. It was a "super pageant," two pageants in a row.

The pageant was a lot of fun and definitely not what you see on TV. The girls were super cool and some of them were really smart and soo sweet!

The pageant was your standard pageant with an interview, swim suit, on stage question and evening gown portion. I got asked the most obscure and most irrelevant questions. At the first pageant my question was:

Fill in the rest of this sentence: "I am most afraid of..."

To which I answered something to the effect of

"I am most afraid of... jumping off buildings because I'm afraid of heights!"

During the second pageant, I was asked

Hoarders has been a huge phenomenon, are you a hoarder or a tosser?

To this I answered something like:

I think it's important to save the important things that have special memories, but the stuff that doesnt... it's gotta go!

I got some laughs with both responses, so I guess that was good! :)

I even made a new friend - Nardeen, who actually won Miss Greater Gotham!

Pageant Interviews!

2011-03-12T23:43:00.002-05:00

As part of my New Year Resolutions, I wanted to try new and exciting things, so I am entering some local pageants--Miss Manhattan/NYC/Southeast NYC and Miss Metropolitan/Greater Gotham/Liberty.

The interviews went pretty well... I hope? The first one went a lot better than the second one. I had them laughing and everything with me. Although I think they think I do twitter dating. I mentioned how I met VansJerry on Twitter last night and how he introduced me to pro BMXers.... but I guess I phrased it wrong LOL! They were just messing with me! Can't wait til tomorrow!

BMX Night at House of Vans

2011-03-11T23:47:00.016-05:00

Tonight was the first ever BMX Night at the House of Vans. Andrei and I headed down to the event after work today. The House of Vans was pretty sick, how did I not know this place existed? It was super cool, there were tons of ramps, quarterpipes and a bowl. They even had a station set up outside for BBQing food!

At the event, I met the guy who I had found out about the event from on Twitter. Apparently hes somewhat of a big deal and introduced me to SCOTTY CRANMER and DAKOTA ROCHE!!! OMG Scotty was such a sweetheart and I somehow managed to get his number!!!

Black Knight Invitational

2011-03-06T21:24:00.001-05:00

West Point got me a PUPPY!!!!!!!

Only team to follow through and deliver! <3

Rutgers Weekend

2011-02-27T16:20:00.001-05:00

This past weekend I was Rutgers, judging at yet another tournament, only this time it was an APDA tournament and it was unpaid. However, I did get to spend time with some of my favorite people! :)

The tournament was lots of fun, and boy did we party hard on Friday night... that is until the cops came... All in all it was a good weekend! :)

Weekend in Scarsdale

2011-02-13T20:33:00.001-05:00

This past weekend I judged at Scarsdale for their annual HS debate tournament. I had a great time with Andy and Andrew, especially Friday night! I also got to see a lot of the awesome Bronx Science team which I LOVE! You would not believe how many times I got asked "Are you judging at Harvard?" and getting sad faces when I said no. I feel so loved! :)

1st Article Post!!!

2011-02-09T21:00:00.001-05:00

My first article was posted on the UN's website!!!

Check it out: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/social/social-protection.html

Green Bay Packers Win Superbowl XLV

2011-02-06T22:13:00.012-05:00

Green Bay Packers win against the Pittsburgh Steelers: 31-25

Half-Time Show was pretty good. Black Eye Peas performed, followed by a duet of Slash and Fergie "Sweet Child of Mine," Usher singing "Oh My God," and BEP finishing off with "Where is the Love?"

Super Bowl XLV

2011-02-06T14:04:00.002-05:00

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers

Who are you rooting for?

Personally I'm indifferent.

Check out this awesome video from Conan, perhaps the best thing ever!!!

First Day at the UN

2011-01-31T22:12:00.010-05:00

Today was my first day at my internship at the UN!

I met a bunch of interns this morning at orientation, surprisingly I was the only local and even more surprisingly, they only American! How insane is that?

What will I be doing at the you ask? Well I'll be working in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) under the Communication and Information Management Systems (CIMS). This entails writing official newsletters, alerts, feature articles, and other things posted directly on their website! How cool is that?

My supervisor is pretty cool, he took me out for lunch at the caf today, where we talked about Shaun White and the X-Games!

Aside from that I didn't do too much today, just learning about my responsibilities.

Afterwards, however I bumped into a large protest in support of the anti-egyptian government movement.

First Day Back

2011-01-06T23:12:00.009-05:00

Today was my first day back to Fordham for the Spring 2011 semester and my last semester of grad school! It's so surreal - aside from the fact that i was in 95 degree weather just 2 days ago, but that I will officially be entering the real world as an MBA graduate in just a few months.

Today I was supposed to start my law/MBA class, but apparently that doesnt start til Jan 20th, so all of the MBA students showed up for no reason... Oops...

My other 2 classes were pretty awesome, I think I'm going to like Thursdays! I have Mr. Saharia for "IT Strategy & Management" followed by Travis Russ for "Communication for Entrepreneurs." Let's hope the other two will be enjoyable as well.

This is the first semester in my entire Fordham career that I am taking less than 16 credits!

Back from Botswana!!!

2011-01-05T17:05:00.003-05:00

The trip to Botswana was tons of fun!

Here are a few of the major highlights:

Getting in on in the bathroom... by 2 girls
Rob, Ian and every other boy getting hit on by Frank
Game Drive & Cultural Tour
Becoming a Tourist Attraction
YAKKA PARTY!!!
Seeing LIVE animals - Giraffes, Warthogs aka Pumba
Almost starting a fight between Chris (Ireland) and La Verne (US)
Witnessing the aftermath of a bus blowing up
Getting American on stage dancing to "Down"
Peter accidentally eating a bug
And of course all the boys!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2011-01-01T00:00:00.001-05:00

HAPPY 2011 FROM GABORONE, BOSWANA!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-12-25T21:26:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!!!

Birthday Weekend!!!

2010-12-19T01:18:00.014-05:00

This past Friday was my birthday!!! Thanks to everyone who came out, I had an amazing time!!!

Friday

I started off the night at Room Service with about a dozen friends for some Thai food and cool exotic drinks. I had something like... "Frosted Night in Bangkok in the Winter" or something, and they had other fun drinks like "Do Not Disturb" going with the hotel theme. The venue was very cute.

Afterwards, we went to "Agua Dulce" which was a very cute venue, a lot of people came out including a bunch from GBA. We had a bunch of drinks, needless to say they got me drunk... but that's not too hard to do!

Finally after we closed out the restaurant, we went to Coppersmith's for more drinks! Torres was super sweet and drove all the way back after driving Amarelis home to drive Adge and me home! (Torres if you're reading this, you rock!)

All in all it was an AMAZING night, I feel soo loved and lucky to have such amazing friends! In all honesty, I was super happy that so many people from the different stages of my life came out, especially my GBA friends (I have real GBA friends!) You guys are the best!!! <3

Saturday

I met up with my bff Steph for lunch at Celsius and finally met her bf Scott, who I totally approve of! Then we went to get Crumbs, went to see the tree, had Dunkin Donuts, where we split the cupcakes - boy was that fun, and then went to look at the display windows. Then the 'rents came to pick me up after J-Dawg was done at Regis.

We then went to dinner at Cascarinos and ice cream cake at our house! :)

Great weekend!

Thanks to my wonderful family and friends! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

2010-12-17T14:22:00.004-05:00

It's my birthday today!!!!!!!!!

Boy am I getting OLD!

DONEEE for the Semester!!!

2010-12-16T22:27:00.008-05:00

I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!

I handed in my final paper and gave my last presentation for the semester today! Went to bed at 4 AM and woke up around 9 AM - not bad. Livesey said the presentation was much better and that I had improved, so that was good, although the paper is very rambe-ly. I'm so done I'm over it!

Now onto birthday celebrations tomorrow! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY J-DAWG!!!

2010-12-12T17:46:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 17TH J-DAWG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to the best sister in the world!!!

World in 2011 Festival

2010-12-05T17:56:00.011-05:00

Yesterday I went to the World in 2011 Festival, which was a day consisting of mostly paneled discussions. I was lucky enough to interview:

Matthew Bishop (The Economist) on Philanthrocapitalism
Zainab Salbi on Women's Rights
Matthew Valenza (The Economist) on Finance
Greg Ip (The Economist) on the Economy
Kah Wallah (Cameroon Presidential Candidate) on Women's Rights
Mu Sochua (Cambodian Parliament) on Women's Rights
Admiral Gary Roughead (US Navy) on War Operations
Nick Shore (MTV) on the Millennium Generation
Kal Gallagher (The Economist) on Political Cartoons

The interviews will be posted on my page on Examiner.com:
http://www.examiner.com/business-events-in-new-york/elizabeth-tam

World in 2011 Gala

2010-12-02T12:02:00.009-05:00

It's weird how everything can go super terrible to amazing in one day. Last night I covered the Economist's "World in 2011" Festival Opening Gala. This was my first event as "press" which was kind of cool. The event was awesome, I made a few friends and even managed to snag a picture with none other than key note speaker President Bill Clinton!!!

Rain Rain, Go Away!

2010-12-01T23:13:00.003-05:00

Today was TERRLBEEEEE

I had an interview for GuestofaGuest.com and not only was I late, I was stuck in a terrible rain storm! I was walking around in the wrong direction for the longest time... thanks hopstop.com... and was fine with a little bit of rain then got hit by a massive monsoon - the type that only last for about 10 mins but are terrible.

When I got to the interview, I was wet dog status - dripping wet hair, and oh yeah I was pouring water out of my shoes... literally - all for a 15 minute interview?!?

By the time I left I was drenched head to toe and had to go shopping for clothes, as I had a presentation at 8 PM for Dr. Dennis' class. Great.

Presentation went well, happy I'm done.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

2010-11-25T01:39:00.005-05:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I am thankful for all of my wonderful family and friends!!!

Photo Shoot & Fashion Show

2010-10-23T22:52:00.009-04:00

Today I had a "Guilty Pleasures" photoshoot with Twana H. My guilty pleasure was "ice cream." The shoot went well.

Afterward, I went to Fordham for the Urban Go Green Expo. I got to be in the Eco-Fashion Show, so that was pretty cool! :)

Big Bronx

2010-10-17T00:24:00.010-04:00

Big Bronx was this past weekend - Round Robin on Thursday and the actual tournament Friday to Sunday.

Thursday

The round robin went well, I judged the 1st round of the Congress RR, first ever for us! It was pretty cool. I was pretty freaked out about judging for the first time, but I got the hang of it by the end, and had similar rankings to the guy running the round (who was surprisingly my age).

Afterwards, we went to Japonica for dinner, which was a lot of fun! I got to sit with Lev, my new college policy friends, and Jon's friend Mike from Vassar. Lots of sushi!!! Yum!!! :)

Friday

I was in charge of the housing portion of reg, I got to see a lot of old friends and Bx Sci alum. I only had to judge 1 flight today, due to housing stuff. Which ended up going pretty smoothly!

Saturday

Apparently, everyone thought I was pretty calm yesterday and that I did a goo job! Jon basically told me I could come in whenever I wanted today, so I skipped round 4, and came to judge round 5-7. Surprisingly, I only judge flight B's.

I got out of going in tomorrow!!! So I will sleep in!

Overall it was a good weekend - I got to see some of my favorite people - Melanie, Rohan, Angela, Lev, Jordan, and got to meet and hang out w/ the Bx Sci debate team! <3

They are so awesome! :)

Photoshoot!

2010-09-22T22:06:00.002-04:00

Today I had a my first "on location" photoshoot wtih photographer John Pringle. We shot in Central Park. John was pretty chill, but he was a little too friendly, we had just met and he already thought of me as his "little sister" and gave me hugs and stuff - too soon.

I got some good shots, and some not so good shots - lol. Overall it was pretty fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPO!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-09-22T10:05:00.002-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPO!!!!!!!!

RIP <3

1st Article Post on Examiner.com!!!

2010-09-13T18:44:00.004-04:00

Here's my first article on Examiner.com!!!!

http://www.examiner.com/business-events-in-new-york/fashion-s-night-out-boosting-the-economy

I'm an Examiner!!!

2010-09-07T19:50:00.002-04:00

I just got an offer to be the "NY Business Events Examiner" for Examiner.com!

YAY!!!

Last Day at the SEC

2010-08-20T20:57:00.001-04:00

Today was my last day at the SEC :(

Leave it to me to end the day crying. I was fine up til I went to say bye to Mark :(

Thanks for an amazing summer everyone, I had great time interning with you all and hope you will all keep in touch!

X Games - Travis Pastrana's Double Backflip...Round 2

2010-08-02T23:16:00.000-04:00

The Drums @ Webster Hall

2010-07-20T23:47:00.000-04:00

Tonight J-Dawg and I went to see The Drums perform at a MTV show at the studio at Webster Hall!

NASDAQ

2010-07-20T08:45:00.001-04:00

Today the interns and I went to the NASDAQ. It was pretty cool and high tech! We got to see the opening bell and received a presentation. I had asked a question regarding supplements to the specialist aka real people that they have at the NYSE but clearly do not at the NASDAQ. I got the best response ever... "We have real humans working upstairs" LOL


Ringing the Opening Bell

1st Day at the SEC

2010-06-14T23:37:00.010-04:00

Today was my first day working at the SEC. We were in Orientation for most of the day - filling out paper work, being oriented and waiting to be sworn in. Apparently I was different from the other interns in the sense that I was assigned with headquarters versus the NY Regional Office (NYRO). I was oriented with 3 other interns - Katherine, Pat and Damian, all of which seem pretty cool. I felt really old as I was the only college graduate there...

After waiting for a while I was finally sworn in by Bruce, my supervisor. I am sitting on the 17th floor outside another supervisor, Ken's office.

I also met Tristan, another intern in the Asset Management Unit. He seems pretty cool so far, hes in a similar boat to me, in that he graduated this spring and will be starting law school in the fall. Apparently he started 2 weeks ago and went to Brown.

Kate Voegele & Jason Derulo

2010-06-09T23:41:00.004-04:00

Today I saw Kate Voegele and Jason Derulo!!!

Kate Voegele
Fanny and I went to the Oakley store in the Meat Packing District to see Kate. There were maybe 20 people there that weren't employees. It was a nice, small, intimate acoustic set. She sang about 5-6 songs, it was pretty awesome! Afterwards she hung around and talked to everyone, shes such a sweetheart!

Jason Derulo
Jacqueline and I went to see Jason Derulo at the Filmore tonight, it was a pretty awesome show!!! ON our way in I saw Keith and Craig and Amanda after the show, what are the chances of that - lol. Afterward, we went to wait for Jason and failed :( However, we did meet his opening act TINO.

2010-05-22T20:10:00.001-04:00

Congrats to Fordham University's Class of 2010!!!

We finally made it!

City Adventure w/ Mary

2010-02-13T23:54:00.001-05:00

Last night Mary and I had a crazy city adventure. We started off the night at a casting call for a private Fashion Week show. It was kind of weird. They called us all into a room (in the order we arrived in), once we were there, we had to walk in of everyone from one corner to the next. Mary and I were freaking out as we had not practiced and had to walk in front of everyone, luckily we were 3rd and 2nd to last respectively, and were able to observe before we went. Mary was AMAZING! Mary got picked for the show on Friday!!! :) Unfortunately I did not as I did not fit the profile. However as we were leaving one of the casting people told me to walk w/ her, and told me that the designer "liked my look" and wanted to use me for future shows and photo shoots! :)

I got a call back from that lady, Stacy, today, and it turns out that they want me to be a "signature model" for Allen Mark. I"m still a bit skeptical because A. I don't know much of anything about the company, and B. Why would they want me of all people? But if this is for real, I'm super excited! :)

After the casting call Mary and I went to Sephora and did crazy eye make up followed by a trip to Crumbs! :) Sadly it was closed. :( We then headed to the theater to see Valentine's Day, which was AWESOME and exceeded my expectations! :) All in all it was an awesome night! :)

Channing Tatum & Amanda Seyfriend @ the Apple Store Soho

2010-02-07T11:29:00.001-05:00

Today I got see and somewhat interview Channing and Amanda!

Channing and Amanda were at the Apple Store in Soho today. It was a somewhat small turnout, especially compared to when Maroon 5 was there.

I was lucky enough to get a seat in the audience area. It was really cool. When they were taking questions fro the audience I got to ask them both a question! I asked them something like "This question is for both of you. You both have been in a variety of movies, ranging from GI Joe, Step Up, Mean Girls and now Dear John. What is your favorite genre of movie to shoot and which was your favorite movie to shoot." Amanda said Dear John right off the bat, and Channing gave some BS answer about how he doesnt have a favorite, but that Dear John was their favorite. They're supposed to have the podcast of that night up soon! :)

NYU

2010-02-06T23:24:00.001-05:00

This weekend was NYU.

It was interesting... I was debating with Tim this weekend. Being somewhat fed up with the team decided that we would have tons of fun and why not drink. So after round 1 we had some drinks, perhaps a shot.. or 3.. this lead to me being drunk for round 2. I was drunk but fine up to my PMR, which went something like

Me: Madam Speaker, I'm not feeling too well, I think I need to sit down....

Needless to say, by the end of the speech, my head was in my hand, and it was bad. However I was fine for round 3 after sitting for a bit, Tim on the other hand... got worse.

I had managed to corrupt some of the novii, yes I was the bad influence for once! lol

After rounds on Friday night, Jayme, BoMa, and I headed to McFadden's for Ashley's 22nd birthday celebration. It was a lot of fun, people were really surprised I had come - lol. We ended up staying really late and not getting back until 4 AM, when I found out that Gareth had gotten food poisoning and had to go to the hospital :(

2.5 hours later, I was off to the Metro North to catch the train on our way to NYU for day 2, which was less fun/eventful.

All in all, it was a really fun weekend! :)

Northams

2010-01-31T22:21:00.014-05:00

This past weekend the team (Meg, Caitlin, Gareth, Robert, Laura) and I went to Northams - the North American Championships at York University in Toronto, CA.

It was a longgg drive up there. We left after the meeting on Thursday night, stayed over some weird place in upstate NY near the Canadian border, and then finally arrived to the Holiday Inn around 2 PM on Friday. Needless to say, it was a long drive... We finally got to the tournament, and EVERYONE was there, well a lot of my old friends who I havent seen in a long time. :)

I judged a few good rounds, I judged 1/2 Canadian Teams and 1/2 American Teams, however all the panels I was consisted of me being the only American, which was cool. I made a ton of new Canadian friends! I got to judge a few teams who broke and a bubble round. I even helped set up 2 guys ;)

Friday night was lots of fun, I partied w/ a bunch of people from APDA. Apparently the tournament party sucked. My team was being lame and most of them went to bed, Kyle and Liam were very disappointed at this sate of my team. However after much nagging we finally got Gareth and Robert to join us :)

Saturday night after the banquet, which kind of sucked, I chilled w/ the team, who gave me a super hard time about wearing shorts... it's not like I was going to leave the hotel... After that I ended up hanging out with some kids from UBC, and Matt Scarola and a whole crew after that. I met a few new people, and made good decisions (although I wish I had made some bad ones w/ my crush... aww well).

By the end of the tournament we couldn't wait to get home to good ole USA. On the way home we stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch :)

USA USA USA!!!

Last 1st Day

2010-01-19T22:38:00.000-05:00

Today is my last first day of undergrad :(

It's so surreal, I can't believe I'm a 2nd semester senior. I know this is cliche, but it seems like only yesterday that I started college...

1st Day of Grad Classes

2010-01-06T22:04:00.013-05:00

Today was my first grad class I was supposed to have 3 but 2 of them got cancelled. Apparently my Management Systems teacher sprained his ankle running...

Today I had Contemporary Issues in Global Finance with Professor Lothian, who is a student of Milton Friedman. He seems really cool so far. The class is a bit intimidating though, everyone came in with nice pants, and button down shirts. When we went around teh classroom to introduce ourselves, evetyone was like my name is _____ and I hve a real job... where as I do not... The professor remembered that i was in the 5 year program and seemed cool though... I wonder what next week will be like... But I will say I'm excited to take a step forward and see what grad school will bring!

Big Time Rush!

2010-01-06T21:19:00.010-05:00

Today we went to the Big Time Rush at Planet Hollywood. We were supposed to get Flip cameras however with all the girls that snuck onto the line that did not happen, we were so close too..... GRRRR

While waiting online, I texted Ganesh and Alex, cuz they were talking about how I meet celebs all the time. Turns out they were in the neighborhood, Ganesh in Bryant Park and Alex in Times Square, so they came to visit and I convinced them to come in w/ me.

The boys were really nice, too bad they're younger than me. I think its weird to have a crush on someone that's younger than me but they were really good looking...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-01T17:00:00.000-05:00

HAPPY 2010!!!!!!!!!!

Birthday Celebration Part 1

2009-12-18T14:59:00.011-05:00

Last night we (Chrissy, Hannah, Ganesh, Rebecca and I) went to Serendipity for dinner. I got cheese ravioli and a frozen hot chocolate! :) It was the weirdest combo of people, but still tons of fun. Hannah was on the debate team with me in HS, Ganesh was on the math team, and we had tons of classes together in HS, but he was in a different circle, Rebecca was my roomie at VBI (debate camp), and Chrissy, well she's my cousin.

Afterwards Ganesh and I headed to Celsius at Bryant Park, where we met up with Ashley and Jackie. I got carded for my first official drink as a 21 year old!!! I had a Snow White - Kahlua, hazelnut, vanilla, steamed milk and whipped cream, which was awesome, it was a warm alcoholic drink, who knew those existed. Later Torres showed up followed by Caitlin, Frank and his new GIRLFRIEND!

We then went to Friday's after, where I got the coolest cotton candy drink! :)

21!!!

2009-12-17T14:55:00.001-05:00

I'M FINALLY 21!!!!!!!!!!

GRAD SCHOOL!!!

2009-12-16T11:23:00.004-05:00

I got into grad school!!!!!!!!! It's official, I will be going to Fordham Graduate School of Business to get my MBA in Communications and Media Management! :)

I had been on edge waiting since the beginning of the month. I was supposed to hear back yesterday, and called maw to see what she thought I should do. I called her and she was like UGH, I'm going to fix my glasses, and on her way out she found the envelope and I GOT IN!!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY J-DAWG!!!

2009-12-12T21:13:00.006-05:00

HAPPY SWEET 16 J-DAWG!!!

Jason Derulo in the House!!!

2009-12-10T23:39:00.000-05:00

Today Jason Derulo came to the office. He was really sweet AND he said he loved me! :)

Thanksgiving Dinner 2009

2009-12-07T23:36:00.001-05:00

CONGRATS MEG AND PETER!!!

2009-12-05T22:34:00.005-05:00

CONGRATS MEG & PETER - UMBC CHAMPIONS!!!

Katharine Jenkin

2009-11-19T23:42:00.000-05:00

Today Katharine Jenkin had a showcase at work. She is a phenomenal opera singer!

YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-05T00:08:00.002-05:00

The YANKEES WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

Game 6, 7-3!

Can't wait for the parade! :)

Iyaz in da House!!!

2009-11-02T17:42:00.000-05:00

Today at work I met IYAZ!!!!

Spinning Pumpkins!

2009-10-28T23:43:00.003-04:00

Mary, Matt and I carved a pumpkin tonight! :)

Michael Buble

2009-10-13T22:40:00.003-04:00

MICHAEL BUBLE!!!

Fashion's Night Out!

2009-09-10T23:29:00.007-04:00

Tonight was Fashion's Night Out - the fashion industry's attempt in trying to revive the fashion industry and the market from the recession. On our way we bumped into Molly Sims!

DEREK JETER!!!

2009-08-28T01:29:00.000-04:00

Today I met DEREK JETER!!!!

He was filming a commercial for Nike on Coffey Field...

After a long wait I finally got to meet him around 8:15 PM. He was very nice and signed autographs for everyone!

D-Tour Live

2009-08-23T22:28:00.002-04:00

Today we went to the Simon D-Tour at Roosevelt Field. It was pretty awesome

First Kristinia DeBarge came out, followed by The Cab. Apparently I had heard of Kristina, she sings Goodbye. The also had the X-Games BMX Action Sports Tour which featured some of the x-gamers, which was pretty awesome! :)

Debate Lunch

2009-08-15T18:13:00.003-04:00

Today I had lunch in Union Square with JCruz, Vineet, Seth and Josh. We started off at Japonica, which was closed... however Jon was convinced that it was open until he saw it for himself. We ended up going to this Seafood place a few blocks away. Afterwards we walked Jon home then chilled at Washington Square Park for a while.

Jimmy Fallon & Fallout Boy

2009-08-10T23:17:00.005-04:00

Today Ganesh and I went to the taping of Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon! It was pretty awesome, Eric Bana, and 2 other ladies were there. Oh yeah, and Fall Out Boy - lol. J-Dawg won me "band bench" tickets, which allowed us to stand with the band on stage as they performed. Ganesh and I got to stand behind Andy (the drummer) while they were onstage, right in the center!

After their performance, Pete Wentz touched my hand and gave me a guitar pick!!! It was an awesome day!

To top it off, I got to see Alex and TJ after the show! :) We got some food, then went to see 500 Days of Summer, which was really sad. It really hit home for Alex, he cried, and was sad and mopey after the movie :(

Farewell Bahamas

2009-08-05T22:24:00.002-04:00

I'm finally home! I had an amazing time in the Bahamas, a large part due to the amazing people.

Thank you to everyone for making my internship and trip so enjoyable. I am going to miss all of you, especially my new friends and family! <3

FLIPPER BEACH!!!

2009-08-03T22:29:00.000-04:00

Today Andres, Meredith and I went to Flipper Beach. Lyle had recommended the beach to us, and it was the perfect place to go for my last weekend. I even got to go on a little trail, my fav thing to do in life, as the beach was 15 mins from Jaws Beach where the parking lot was located.