Let's Runaway to U.S.

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So this past week was the start of summer school and I tried really hard to convince myself that 6 weeks wasn’t so bad. But sitting in a classroom for 6 hours from Monday to Thursday was already a pain in the arse (sometimes I like to pretend I’m British). Fortunately, I don’t have school on Fridays, so I took this advantage as a getaway to Universal Studios.

My mom, sister, her friend, and my cousin also went with me.
Below are some pics that I took.


 

Despite the fact that I was sick and woke up at 7:00 a.m. on Friday and came back home at 8:00 p.m., I was surprised by how energetic I was. I got to go on the new Despicable Me 4-D ride, including the Transformers 4-D ride and both were so realistic and plain awesome. I went on the Mummy ride two times just cause it was so exhilarating.

So this pretty much wraps things up! Hope you guys enjoyed this post and are enjoying your summer, unlike someone over here. Haha. just kidding. But seriously, take summer as an advantage to try new things, travel to different places, and just have fun while you still can!

Talk to you soon,
- Melanie
 

Post- Concert Feels: One Republic ft. The Script

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry I haven't been blogging lately. But to sum up these past days, my summer has been pretty productive and very exciting! Sorry this is such a long blog! I had a lot of things to say. 
Anyways, yesterday (Thursday), I got the chance, along with three of my church friends and my sis, (surprisingly, my parents didn't come along), to go and see two of my most favorite bands perform at the Hollywood Bowl: The Script & One Republic. AHHHH!!!

This was literally all thanks to my church friends and my mom. I had no clue that they planned this for my sister, one of my church friends, and me, as a really, really belated birthday gift. 

There were about 18,000 people there and the view from the Hollywood Bowl was simply breathtaking. I saw the Hollywood sign and the Griffith Observatory from our seats. So despite how far we were from the stage, I absolutely enjoyed the scenery and view.


Below are some pics that I took:

taking the bus from LA Zoo to Hollywood Bowl (above)

around this time, it smelled like skunk. But turned out, someone was smoking pot. LOL.

got boba and udon at Noodle World (taken around 12:30 a.m.)

There were no words to describe how I felt when The Script and One Republic performed. It's so hard nowadays to find singers/bands that can sing live, but these two bands never went off-tune and they nailed every song perfectly. I literally have a whole playlist on Spotify dedicated to both of them. I sang to almost all of their songs and ugh, the feels. I can't even. I practically grew up listening to their songs and finally being able to see them in person... wow, I was in a complete state of awe.

The concert ended around 11:20 p.m. and we got home at 1:30 a.m., which was the latest we've ever went home.
Last night was incredibly insane and ridiculously amazing. I had such an awesome time with my friends and it couldn't have been more perfect. 

Hope you're having a wonderful summer so far! I'll talk to you guys soon. 

- Mel



20 Things to Do This Summer + A Note

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Productive

·         Set goals and create a summer bucket list

·         Volunteer at a race, marathon, organization, etc.

·         Take SAT classes to prepare for the school year

·         Clean your messy room!

·         Create a summer journal 2014

Fun

·         Throw a summer party at your house

      ·         Have a blind-makeup challenge with your best friend

      ·         Go to that concert you've been dying to see

      ·         Meet-up with old friends and go somewhere

      ·         Randomly prank-call people from your contacts

 

Relaxing

·         Go hiking in the morning and watch the sunrise

·         Go to the beach and watch the sunset

·         Go on a family vacation

·         Get a facial and body massage

·         Eat breakfast or lunch at a café with a friend

 

Daring

·         Dance in front of strangers and record yourself doing it

·          Go skydiving

·         Travel to another country by yourself

·         Dye your hair a bright color

·         Shout or scream in a library

 Just A Note:

Yay, summer's officially started for me!  I'll definitely be

blogging a lot more (:

- Melanie

 









 

| julie's cafe (5/27/14) |

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Since I had late start, I took the chance to eat at this apparently well-known place called Julie's Café with my girl, Shannen. Love you, Shay! Although the place doesn't seem that appealing and looks like a typical donut shop, you are so wrong. Get a chance to eat at Julie's Café, and you'll see why. Anyways, I've read so many good reviews about this place on Yelp! and we couldn't help, but try it ourselves. And what's better than catching up with a friend while eating a delicious breakfast before finals, right?

Our yummy breakfast

Shannen's order (left) & my order (right)

The lady in the front was extremely nice and everything about Julie's Café had that "make yourself feel right at home" theme.  I ordered the bacon bagel sandwich and a regular-sized Strawberries Forever smoothie. My sandwich was so delicious that just thinking about it right now makes my stomach growl. My strawberry drink was probably the best smoothie I've ever drank. Since they used real fruits, it tasted so fresh and cold, which was perfect for the warm weather. Sorry, I'm really not good at writing food reviews!                     

But I really recommend getting this sandwich, unless you're not a bacon lover like me. So Shannen ordered the veggie bagel sandwich and the kale smoothie, which is particularly famous in Julie's Café. The kale smoothie is basically a veggie and fruit drink, but you mainly taste the fruits. Julie's Café was such a good place to eat and we'll definitely be going back there again very soon!

I'll talk to you guys soon,

Melanie

| Brodard Chateau (5/25/14) |

This Sunday, I woke up at around 6:30 a.m. for my sister's volleyball game, which was all the way in Westminster. After 10 hours later (not even kidding), the game finally ended. My family and I ended up eating at a Vietnamese cuisine in Garden Grove. Honestly, I thought it was an Italian restaurant because the interior and exterior design of the place didn't seem at all Vietnamese style. Just search up this place and you'll see what I mean. The dimly-lit restaurant was pretty roomy, cool, and extremely comfortable.

got this off their website, but this is how it looks

 

grilled pork spring rolls

House Special Fried Rice (Left) & provided side dish (right)

I'm really awful at giving food reviews, but if I could rate it, I'd give it a 5 out of 5. Everything was so delicious and they had really good service. Next post will be up very soon! :) Quick Note: I'm still learning how to use Blogger, so please bear with all the weird font sizes and different font styles! And thanks for taking the time to view my blog! (: