this made me smile

so for the past few years, my high school was trying to raise money to build a school in Kenya. They finally reached their goal last year. and when i came across this video, i was floored.

i really do love this school. i’m really proud to have helped even with my small contributions.

this made me smile:

Free the Children – Iroquois Ridge

call me a fob but…

DANCE INDIA DANCE is seriously the best reality tv dance competition out there

LOVE the music & the choreographers & scoping out the cute brown dancer boys… hahhaha

Hai Rama Performance

CS makes me glow

ah cultureshock.

i didnt know leading it could make me so happy. it just makes me glow. its like i’m a part of ‘something’. i can make things ‘happen’! its pretty cool.  : )

today was yearbook club photos. I could seriously feel the love in our huge huddle of people… so amazingggg.

1loveeee.CS

theyre pretty cool that way

my friends are the best friends one could ever ask for. they just get it. they’re my constants; they’re always there. <3

thanks, you guys. you all make my day.

lesson of the day: live a little! it’s the small things that make memories.

in the verysoon future

so it’s mid-november. the first half had its fair share of madness.

paad turned 23!! so many birthday celebrations; all involving eating out! it went something like this: – Friday Brunch @ eggspectation, Friday Dinner @ Bombay Chopsticks, AND THEN Sunday @ Shoeless Joes! But it was so fun. She really deserved it. Whatta girl.

meanwhile, lots of inner turmoil, but it’s all good now. what it was, was some general frustration about those numbers that get printed on that page. & slight feelings that what i work so hard for, has no returns. but i can’t think that way, because if it makes me happy, it’s worth it. when i love something i can’t not think about it. It’s good stuff, no regrets.

lesson of the day: count your blessings. i know i’m so lucky.

now, optimisms on my mind. SO MUCH to look forward to! yeas!

my october

it was actually so great, because even though tons of crap happened, it’s all kind of a blur.

the stuff i do remember, is the stuff of lifelong memories. which makes me say that this october was amazing.

earlier on in the month, i got the best opportunity everrr:: to go to Free the Children’s WE DAY! at the ACC in torontooo! It was sooo phenomenal. Tons of amazing speakers & perfomers & Craig Keilburger! *swoon* i got a picture with danny & sav from Degrassi too!! there was something like 8000 young leaders in the acc that day; and you could feel it. so electric.

mid-octoberr the family & i, went down to windsor to visit our baby cousins, theyre 2 & 5 and absolutely the cutest kids everrr! so much personality for their tiny little bodies <3 theyre pretty cool that way.

recently, CultureShock had been planning this event to raise funds for breast cancer research to support our schools partners in pink campaign. it was soo intense planning it in under two weeks!! The bellydance workshop turned out to be a huge successs! for the very first cultureshock event, it was amazinggg!!! i forsee a lot of great things for CS <3

hmm… what else happened in october?

baked cakemix cookies with the sister. ; )

spent an entire day talking to vita, through fb chat. hahahah stayed up untill 4 am with her, or 3am in peoria-standard time :/

grad photos!!! soo cute, well the informal ones at least. but the formal, professionally taken photos were so awkward. I have never had to pose for a picture that strange before. pointing your knees one way, then angling the rest of your body in the opposite direction, holding a bouquet of plastic roses and a fake diploma, trying to not to laugh at how ridiculous you feel.

but yesterday was the ideal way to put a close to october:: Sushi run! afterschool, some of my girls & i headed out on a mission: to get to sushi hour! it was really fun, i’m so glad i have them!

oh, october, october, october, though you also brought me, horrible grades, major stess, draaammaaaa & breakouts of hives on my face, you had your moments.

i think my nuriness is showing

it’s a state of mind; a lifestyle; a personality trait; a filter; a form of positive energy; a light; a joy.

i think my nuriness is showing