My 22nd birthday~~! o(^_^)o (PART 1)

So this is obviously long overddue considering that my birthday was way back on June 19th lol, but my post about my birthday celebration is finally here! 

 

So on June 19th, 2012 I turned a beautiful 22 years old! I'm thankful to have lived for 22 years even though I still feel like I'm 16 sometimes lol xD





My lovely birthday started off with my sweet panda taking me down for an enjoyable day at the lakefront!
I decided to go for a sweet and summery look:

Top: Forever 21
Belt: Rainbow
Shorts: Target
Shoes: Yumetenbo
Purse: Discovery
Hat: Forever  21

My make was also gal and sweet! :

Foundation:  Fashion Fair Fast Finish Foundation stick
Top + bottom lashes: Ebay
Lip color: Random color I found lol :p

My babe looking cute♥ 

Probably the best picture we took!


The lake was absolutely beautiful that day...I loved it so much!:

It was the most perfect day at the lake that day, not too hot at all...I was really happy me and panda went there. ^_^
We climbed on the big rocks and took pictures and even enjoyed yummy lemonade together! I couldn't have asked for a better start to my birthday.




Later that evening I was treated to dinner at Ru-Yi asian restaurant inside of patowatomi casino.
This was my first time EVER going to a casino!!:

Inside the casino (sorry for the blurriness)


It was extremely hot that day, so I decided to do a change of apparel and do something more glamorous:

Hat: Target
Dress: Target
Shoes: Dots
Lace gloves: Claires
Lace choker: Burlington coat factory

I absolutely loved the interior inside the restaurant! Very festive and sexy ♥ 




I was also happy to find that they had bubble tea there!:

Panda had green tea flavor while I enjoyed strawberry of course!



My mom and sister also came along to celebrate:

Love my mom's facial expression, hahaha! 




I enjoyed yummy spring rolls for my appetizer and lo mein with a side of fried tofu for the main course♥ :

Panda had some of the yummy lo mein as well! ヽ(；▽；)ノ

My mom had delicious bulgogi while my sister enjoyed yummy sweet and sour shrimp!

I also played the slot machine for the first time! I was honestly pretty hesitant to play it since I know how horribly those things rip people off, but I figured why not give it a shot?
I only played once because the machine took my dollar, which I didn't like at all. >_<
lol, the experience was still fun though! 


After my eventful night we all went back to my house where we all enjoyed some of my yummy strawberry birthday cake:

Man oh man was it good!!!



I had a pretty enjoyable birthday, it felt good to finally be 22 and spend it with the people I love the most.   

I decided to make this a two-part entry since everything that happened was kinda too long for one entry lol.
So get ready for part two coming up soon!!!

My panda bear and I~♥

WARNING: This is a very mushy gushy lovey dovey post, in celebration of Valentine's day. So if you don't like that stuff...you are really going to hate this! haha :p

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Valentine's day is here! And I get to celebrate for the second year in a row!! 

Something that I thought would never ever happen to someone like me.

I used to be a true "Ugly Betty" back in middle school and part of high school, lol. I was just sure I'd never ever find anyone who wanted to be with me or could even love me.

But then my panda came along and changed all that!♥

Gifts I got from my babe: pink monkey plushie, sweet card, yummy chocolate, cool picture frame and a beautiful red rose. And he even treated me out to a movie too! d=(´▽｀)=b

I love the cute little pink monkey plushie...I fall asleep holding it close to me every single night.♥

Now that I'm with someone I love, it's like I see love everywhere. haha 

Heart shaped celery that I found in my soup the other day ｡◕‿◕｡

Coconut cupcakes that spell out "LOVE"! :3

 Heart shaped cookies I made at work..these were incredibly yummy!

The story of how my boyfriend and I met is so crazy, almost like out of a movie. To this day it's still kinda hard to believe.

We were both introduced to one another via this website. 

(An asian website, but somehow we both found each other instead of asian folks! haha)
Anyhoo, we introduced ourselves to each other on that site. At that time I had no clue what he looked like, because he had a character from Naruto as his avatar. :p

Then we'd both gravitated to facebook. We'd messaged one another from time to time, but nothing more. I found out that he was actually the same race as I was, which was surprising considering the original site we met on was mainly asians of course. xD

Then one day he passed by me in his car as I stood on the bus stop near my house, preparing to go to work.
I hadn't known he'd passed me until I got home and he'd sent a message on facebook saying, "I saw a girl earlier who looked just like you. Weird."
One thing led to another and we ended up exchanging numbers and then meeting in person! :D

We both hit it off very well instantly, and attraction grew quickly!
We'd spend hours and hours out on our dates usually.
We even spent the entire day with each other on one of our dates..twelve full hours. That was the longest I'd ever spent hanging out with anyone. It was truly amazing, and the most fun I'd had in a really long time.
At the end of that night, he kissed me. ♥

Turns out that he had been living only 10 minutes away from me for the past 6 years, and his job was right around the corner from my house...and the bus stop that I'd stood at for the past two years.
(Yes, I am super car-less. haha)
Yet our paths had never crossed until that glorious day.♥

Both of us suffered a lot emotionally before meeting one another, but every since we've been together we've been so much happier. We've been through a lot together already, which lets me know that he'll always be here for me, as I will with him.
Our relationship has been a reminder to me that good things in life will come, in their due time. ^_~

WTF I look like a such a man here....щ(゜ロ゜щ)

I can't believe we've lasted a year and almost 3 months already...I've never met anyone like him before. He's my best friend and he means the world to me. The first and only guy I've ever fallen in love with! I'm so happy that we've come this far...and I hope to go even further. ヽ(○´∀`)ﾉ♪

Huge teddy bear that he bought me one time..I named him Mr. Rudero. :D

My love sleeping so peacefully♥

I am happy that I don't have to be forever alone and bitter on V-day anymore...or any day, for that matter..because I finally have someone to share life with. At last! ♥