Saturday, December 26, 2015
2015 Year of Greatness Review
Well, it's almost 2015 and it's time to look back at it:
When I started this year, I set out to make it the year of greatness. And now that the year is almost over, I have to say that it certainly was.
When I started this year, I set out to make it the year of greatness. Now tha I the year is almost over, I have to say that it certainly was.
I may have gotten side tracked from making videos but life got in the way. In a good way. I graduated from university, finally. I met someone that I've been with longer than anyone else. And I've found myself a job I can be excited about.
2015 really has been an amazing year. I graduated, I got a job, and I found an amazing guy. I just spent Christmas night with my boyfriend and his family and it was the best Christmas I have ever had. Christmas for me is usually some decorations inside the house and then one present from a secret Santa exchange I do with my high school friends. But this year, I got to give (and receive) a bunch of gifts to my boyfriend and friends. Plus I spent a great night with my boyfriend and his family playing board games and talking.
I feel like he is practically everything I am looking for. I know I've mentioned the list a bunch of times before, but I think when the time comes, you kinda throw the list out because all those things don't really matter anymore when you've found the right side person.
Now, 2015 turned out exactly how I wanted it to. I think I fulfilled all of my resolutions this year. I hope I can make 2016 even better!!
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Monday, December 21, 2015
It's bound to happen someday
I know it's a bit morbid, but every time I travel I fear something terrible will happen to me or my travel companions and that no one will ever get to hear my last, final thoughts.
Of course my sister and mom will probably pick apart my things and keep what they want, but then again, they probably don't want any of my things. I think I'd let my best friend have any/all of the Disney stuff that I have and maybe some of my clothes. Honestly, all of my sweaters would probably just go to charity. Anyone who knows me probably knows how much I love all my sweaters (there are a lot.)
But of course, final words:
To my best friend Lia, even though we never talk, and you only emerge for one sentence to one conversation, you are my best friend and I'm glad to have met you all those years ago. Thanks for being the one I can tell all my things to, and thanks for loving me through all the dark times.
To Cody, I hope our friendship in the last years have been as good for you as it has been for me. You have helped me through some tough months and I hope I have been there enough for you too. I feel like we've been through so much together that I trust you with and about anything.
Boyfriend, we've only known each other for a few months but like always, it feels like it's been a life time. I want to spend every day with you and I think about you almost every moment that I can. Our inside jokes and cute nick names make me laugh and all the experiences and adventures we've had, I'm glad was with you. I love you so much
Family is hard to think about, there are so many that I haven't see in so long and there are things I haven't said. Being from a more closed off family, we don't tell each other that we love each other in those words, and I know I haven't shown it much lately, but I do. I truly do. I have attitude when I'm with them because I can. It's that knowing that I could never drive them away that allows me to act out the way I do.
I have my present for my secret santa on the floor, not yet wrapped, same as my present for my bb which is right next to it. I have a drawer full of tsum tsums in my night stand also a bag of them in my closet. I have so many books that I will never read. I have outfits for different occasions that I will never get to show off. I have pictures I will never get to take. I will have videos, pictures, and thoughts that I never get to share with anyone.
If my life ended this week, I don't know what I'd regret....but I think I'd like to fulfill some of my own wishes these next few days before the year is over.
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Of course my sister and mom will probably pick apart my things and keep what they want, but then again, they probably don't want any of my things. I think I'd let my best friend have any/all of the Disney stuff that I have and maybe some of my clothes. Honestly, all of my sweaters would probably just go to charity. Anyone who knows me probably knows how much I love all my sweaters (there are a lot.)
But of course, final words:
To my best friend Lia, even though we never talk, and you only emerge for one sentence to one conversation, you are my best friend and I'm glad to have met you all those years ago. Thanks for being the one I can tell all my things to, and thanks for loving me through all the dark times.
To Cody, I hope our friendship in the last years have been as good for you as it has been for me. You have helped me through some tough months and I hope I have been there enough for you too. I feel like we've been through so much together that I trust you with and about anything.
Boyfriend, we've only known each other for a few months but like always, it feels like it's been a life time. I want to spend every day with you and I think about you almost every moment that I can. Our inside jokes and cute nick names make me laugh and all the experiences and adventures we've had, I'm glad was with you. I love you so much
Family is hard to think about, there are so many that I haven't see in so long and there are things I haven't said. Being from a more closed off family, we don't tell each other that we love each other in those words, and I know I haven't shown it much lately, but I do. I truly do. I have attitude when I'm with them because I can. It's that knowing that I could never drive them away that allows me to act out the way I do.
I have my present for my secret santa on the floor, not yet wrapped, same as my present for my bb which is right next to it. I have a drawer full of tsum tsums in my night stand also a bag of them in my closet. I have so many books that I will never read. I have outfits for different occasions that I will never get to show off. I have pictures I will never get to take. I will have videos, pictures, and thoughts that I never get to share with anyone.
If my life ended this week, I don't know what I'd regret....but I think I'd like to fulfill some of my own wishes these next few days before the year is over.
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Fabulous: Motivate Me!
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| In the Google Play Store |
Growing up means being able to take care of yourself. I recently downloaded this app called Fabulous: Motivate Me! I found it in the health & fitness category under the habits section.
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| Journeys to choose from |
Basically, Fabulous is an app that encourages you to change your daily habits for the better. You don't have to do it every day, and it is best to start small. They give you a couple of choices for a habit you want to change/achieve. There are options like sleeping better, keeping energized, or eating healthier. I started with the sleeping better journey.
They started me on a "disconnect & create" path. I have to turn off my devices and connect with those around me. Maybe read a book, talk to my family, or play with my dog (my own examples). And after completing this for three days, the app comes up with a new thing to try. All these habits they have are to aid me on my way to better sleeping.
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| My current evening ritual |
There's an option to set an alarm and it will ring before you go to bed and tell you to do all the things on your list in that order with each item as a timed task. I currently have read, shower, and meditate (newest task from the app) on my evening routine. There's also options for morning and afternoon routines. Right now I have all the alarms turned off but I do have many habits on my lists, I just enjoy crossing them off after I've accomplished them even though I don't do it any day.
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| Make me fabulous |
Another cool feature on the app is called "Make Me Fabulous". I particularly like this feature, there are preset routines to do such as yoga or meditation. The first one I tried was a 10 minute stretch and I have to day, I felt super energized and ready to start the day after that. These you can try at any point in the day and if you have them on your habits checklist, you can cross them off right then and there!
Additional pictures below:
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| Fabulous home page |
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| Current morning routine |
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| Current afternoon routine |
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| Make me fabulous |
Link to app. A quick google search showed me that it is not available in the apple app store just yet
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.thefabulous.app&hl=en
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Monday, December 7, 2015
It Happens to the Best of Us
December 7, 2015
I am having a bad day. That's not a thing I say very often and there are so many factors piling on to make it worse and worse. But this happens to everyone, people get bad days all the time. I have a nice house, I have a loving dog, I have a job, why should I complain about bad days when there are people going through worse?
Yes, there are people starving and dying all over the world and here I am in an office watching youtube videos and eating my take-out lunch complaining about what a horrible day I am feeling. I am grateful that at the end of the day I get to go home in my car and snuggle in my bed but still if negative things never happened, the world would never progress.
Here are all the bad things that have happened thus far:
-My boyfriend and I got into a little tiff last night. He was complaining about all the money he spends with me. Well I'm sorry that I let you pay for more than 50% of the things that we do. I've told my friends this problem and they've told me "he's your boyfriend, he's supposed to pay" and they don't understand what the problem is
-Some guy told me to move my car. I work in a plaza with a bunch of other offices. I park where I can see my car, the guy whose office I parked in front of (not even in front, just partly to the side) stopped me while I was getting out this morning and told me to park on my own side. I told him that I like to park where I can see my car. I only started parking there because I noticed how empty those spots were the majority of the week. As I am sitting here now, I noticed that the guy left at around 11 this morning and hasn't returned for the last 6 hours. I'm sorry, are you asking me to not park in an unoccupied space because you can't park there once a week? You already have a space, right next to where I parked. If anything happens to my car, it is on you. And for your information, this is a shared lot, there are no assigned spaces. Unless you show me in the lease agreement that I have to park over here, you shouldn't be allowed to say anything. (On second thought, he does drive a big scary pick-up truck that can run me over so I might not want to piss him off.)
The bad mood I woke up with probably overexaggerated everything I'm feeling but another thing that happened is
-My co-worker wouldn't move the boxes. We work in a tiny office space and there's a small "foyer" type area where the front door is. That is where we put all the outgoing/incoming boxes. But this guy chose to leave 3 boxes in the middle of the room right between the two office doors. I kindly asked him to move it to the side to avoid me tripping again (because I already tripped on it once) and he told me that it is the loading area of where the boxes go and he can't do anything. I pointed out an open space for him to put it but nope, he told me to move the heavy boxes myself and left to go to lunch.
These three little things led to me being annoyed and pissed off at everything. I will be grateful and happy for what I have tomorrow but as for today, I will choose to steam and be short with everyone.
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
I am having a bad day. That's not a thing I say very often and there are so many factors piling on to make it worse and worse. But this happens to everyone, people get bad days all the time. I have a nice house, I have a loving dog, I have a job, why should I complain about bad days when there are people going through worse?
Yes, there are people starving and dying all over the world and here I am in an office watching youtube videos and eating my take-out lunch complaining about what a horrible day I am feeling. I am grateful that at the end of the day I get to go home in my car and snuggle in my bed but still if negative things never happened, the world would never progress.
Here are all the bad things that have happened thus far:
-My boyfriend and I got into a little tiff last night. He was complaining about all the money he spends with me. Well I'm sorry that I let you pay for more than 50% of the things that we do. I've told my friends this problem and they've told me "he's your boyfriend, he's supposed to pay" and they don't understand what the problem is
-Some guy told me to move my car. I work in a plaza with a bunch of other offices. I park where I can see my car, the guy whose office I parked in front of (not even in front, just partly to the side) stopped me while I was getting out this morning and told me to park on my own side. I told him that I like to park where I can see my car. I only started parking there because I noticed how empty those spots were the majority of the week. As I am sitting here now, I noticed that the guy left at around 11 this morning and hasn't returned for the last 6 hours. I'm sorry, are you asking me to not park in an unoccupied space because you can't park there once a week? You already have a space, right next to where I parked. If anything happens to my car, it is on you. And for your information, this is a shared lot, there are no assigned spaces. Unless you show me in the lease agreement that I have to park over here, you shouldn't be allowed to say anything. (On second thought, he does drive a big scary pick-up truck that can run me over so I might not want to piss him off.)
The bad mood I woke up with probably overexaggerated everything I'm feeling but another thing that happened is
-My co-worker wouldn't move the boxes. We work in a tiny office space and there's a small "foyer" type area where the front door is. That is where we put all the outgoing/incoming boxes. But this guy chose to leave 3 boxes in the middle of the room right between the two office doors. I kindly asked him to move it to the side to avoid me tripping again (because I already tripped on it once) and he told me that it is the loading area of where the boxes go and he can't do anything. I pointed out an open space for him to put it but nope, he told me to move the heavy boxes myself and left to go to lunch.
These three little things led to me being annoyed and pissed off at everything. I will be grateful and happy for what I have tomorrow but as for today, I will choose to steam and be short with everyone.
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Next Chapter, Here I Come
Friday, October 16, 2015
It took me two weeks (well kinda one) to find an amazing job. All it took was a little push from my sister to tell me to get out of the house. On Monday. I sent a bunch of applications out. On Tuesday, I fiddled around with my hair color and got two calls for interviews the next day. On Wednesday, I had two successful interviews. I signed the paperwork for one and asked to come back for the second the next day. So I went back on Thursday. I ended up not choosing that job because it was a job driving from house to house selling things plus it was really far from my city and in rush hour traffic. (But I did get an offer.) I also got an email for a Friday interview that day.
On Friday, I get a call at 9:30 to tell me I start Monday for the first job. I'm super excited and bouncing off the walls. Until I get to the interview. The third job is amazing, exciting, and creative! I debated all weekend between jobs one and three and finally settled on number three. But I hadn't heard back and I was still obligated to job number one.
Monday, I have orientation, and during lunch, I get an email saying I got job number three!! Needless to say, I called job number one right away and told them the news. They asked me to stay until Thursday. After lunch, I reported to my station and told the guy ab I my situation. An hour later, another guy comes in to ask to speak to me. He asks me what they can do to convince me to stay there. I say nothing but thank him for the offer. After four days of doing a menial task, I finally start on job number three. The first few hours were boring but after that....I have no words. Let's just say that while walking to my car after work, I had so many ideas and thoughts in my head and I could not wait to go back to work on Monday.
I finally feel like an adult and that I've found a good thing. But hey, it's just the first day. Let's see how it goes!
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
It took me two weeks (well kinda one) to find an amazing job. All it took was a little push from my sister to tell me to get out of the house. On Monday. I sent a bunch of applications out. On Tuesday, I fiddled around with my hair color and got two calls for interviews the next day. On Wednesday, I had two successful interviews. I signed the paperwork for one and asked to come back for the second the next day. So I went back on Thursday. I ended up not choosing that job because it was a job driving from house to house selling things plus it was really far from my city and in rush hour traffic. (But I did get an offer.) I also got an email for a Friday interview that day.
On Friday, I get a call at 9:30 to tell me I start Monday for the first job. I'm super excited and bouncing off the walls. Until I get to the interview. The third job is amazing, exciting, and creative! I debated all weekend between jobs one and three and finally settled on number three. But I hadn't heard back and I was still obligated to job number one.
Monday, I have orientation, and during lunch, I get an email saying I got job number three!! Needless to say, I called job number one right away and told them the news. They asked me to stay until Thursday. After lunch, I reported to my station and told the guy ab I my situation. An hour later, another guy comes in to ask to speak to me. He asks me what they can do to convince me to stay there. I say nothing but thank him for the offer. After four days of doing a menial task, I finally start on job number three. The first few hours were boring but after that....I have no words. Let's just say that while walking to my car after work, I had so many ideas and thoughts in my head and I could not wait to go back to work on Monday.
I finally feel like an adult and that I've found a good thing. But hey, it's just the first day. Let's see how it goes!
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Snapchat: cattyliu816
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Friday, May 8, 2015
Social Media: Instant Gratification
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http://allthecatherinethings.blogspot.com/
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Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Friday, May 1, 2015
Relationships: To Tell or Not To Tell
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Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
I Am a Middle Child
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Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Friday, April 24, 2015
Tell the Truth
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Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
I Eat Really Slowly
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Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Friday, April 17, 2015
Cooking Video
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Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Title Cards
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Friday, April 3, 2015
Opinions Change
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Fresh Off the Boat
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Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Disney Adventure 2015.03.20
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Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
February Favorites
I posted a February Favorites video
Along with the video, I proved a playlist and boyyyy this playlist is amazing. I know it's all top 40s songs but they're up there for a reason. I've been listening to this playlist nonstop. Good for singing along to or just for dancing around. Link here.
(I'm obviously not a music person, these are all my opinions and thoughts for putting the songs on the playlist.)
Let's go over the songs on the list a little bit:
-Uptown Funk - This song is sweeping the nation. It is so dance worthy and catchy and annoying in a good way.
-Love Me Like You Do - I just sing the chorus but it is so good
-Sugar - This song makes me spaz dance. It's so catchy and fun to move along to
-Thinking Out Loud - This makes me emotional in a good way and it's so ballad-y and amazing
-Take Me to Church - Ballad, singing, all good stuff.
-Four Five Seconds - It's so good. I don't know how else to explain it
-I'm Not the Only One - Good to sing along to. It will emotionally punch you in the gut. Sam Smith man
-Centuries - I had a little stroke when I put this on here but it's so good to listen to. Debating whether or not to replace it with Immortals. Maybe, maybe not.
-Jealous - I've loved Nick Jonas since the Jonas Brother days. I love his voice so much. And this song is so great with his voice.
-Stay With Me - Another Sam Smith. He's that good. His songs are that good
-All of Me - Not sure why I added this, I tend to skip it when I reach it sometimes. But it's good for singing along to when you're feeling it
-Don't - I just added this. Why did I add it? Every time I hear it on the radio, I just want to sing along. And it's like Ed's version of rapping and I love it.
That's it for now, check out my other links to see how I'm doing.
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Post February Update
I can't believe it is March already. February was incredible. I gained more than 20 subscribers, had more than 2000 views, and earns three times what I usually earned. So what are some other things that happened in February?
-I got a new phone (Feb 28) and now I have to use that for videos.
-I've had to send my laptop in 4 times just this month so I can't even upload new videos. So many vlogs awaiting editing.
-One-take/no-cuts videos have become a thing.
-My tumblr got crazy.
-#NicerInternet . So that happened. It was great.
-My twitter blew up because of that
-(Related to above) Being positive, posting nice things, being nice on the internet, anti-bullying, etc
-All my new youtube subscribers have me over the moon. It feels so stressful having all these people viewing my content. I'm trying to stay positive and only put out good things.
-I made a second channel for vlogs and random things. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3YkXH4Z1nL6LzO8ypvy3Yg
Some stuff from February I'd like you guys to check out if you haven't already.
-I made a February favorites playlist on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/user/12756675/playlist/471shI4MHsZbAWBrfUh5rV
-Also made a childhood/lifetime favorites playlist. These are songs that I used to love and know every single word of: https://play.spotify.com/user/12756675/playlist/1tHthezScXTFH1fsCKZVD3
-February favorites video (I actually didn't say enough things in this video):
-I was going to post it here but there's just too many. Go to this link to see everything I posted in February and in 2015 so far. http://allthecatherinethings.blogspot.com/p/2015.html
Thank you guys so much for sticking with me on my journey.
All my links:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Second Channel - for vlogs and random videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
(As of 2pm on March 4, I have 82 subscribers)
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Something happened yesterday.
There had been a no smoking policy on our campus since Jan 2014. I have had to inform many students of this and ask them to put out their cigarettes and they have always complied right away.
But yesterday was different. I had just finished class and was walking back when I noticed a student who was walking the opposite direction had a lit cigarette. I approached him and informed him about the smoke-free policy and asked him to put it out. He responded saying that he would and continued walking.
Now, I usually watch a person until the put it out (which they do because they don't really want me to stand there until they finish smoking) but this guy was walking and he didn't put it out even after he walked off. So I silently followed him. This pursuit went something like this:
"Are you following me?"
"Yeah, I'm just making sure you put it out and then I'll leave"
"Well where do you want me to put it out? There's no where to do it"
"You can snub it out on the ground and then throw it in the trash can"
"Okay, whatever, you can follow me to lot 30 where I parked my car"
...
"Can you stop f*ing following me?"
"I will as soon as you put it out"
"You're f*ing crazy you know?"
"Thank you"
"Can you just go away?"
"I will as soon as you put it out. It's a very simple request"
"Well my request is simpler, just stop f*ing following me"
This happened the entire walk across campus. He took out his phone to snap a picture/video of me before he threw it onto the grass next to the bus stop. I had to go step on it and pick it up to throw it into the trash can.
I also informed him some time throughout this interaction that he can light another one as soon as he gets off campus.
Three things upset me: he didn't put it out right away, he felt the need to curse at me even though I didn't curse back, and that he took a picture of me that might end up online somewhere.
I'd really like some feedback on this. What do you guys think? What should I have done? What would you have done?
And do not say to leave it alone because if one person gets away with it, they all get away with it. Next time he thinks about lighting up on campus, he'll probably get a flashback of that crazy girl that followed him all the way across campus.
(And I think I might have a little PTSD because I started to feel a little panicked when I passed that spot on the grass where I saw him yesterday. Not a good feeling.)
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Happy Valentine's Day!
I am not a professional. I obviously haven't been doing it right because of how single I am. These are just personal opinions and advice to being more self confident. However if you have some positive input or something to add, I am more than happy to hear about it. You can leave a comment below or go to one of my social medias and I'll privately message you an email to contact me with.
Since today is Valentine's day and it's all about the lovey-dovey, I thought maybe I should adress this subject a little. I know we all fall in love when we're young and I'm definitely not saying that it doesn't mean anything, I belive in young love too. But once you reach an adult age, you will want a mature relationship. I know I am a hopeless romantic and believe strongly in finding true love so you may or may not relate to this. But before you can find love, you need to love yourself. And in order to love yourself, you have to learn to accept all of your own flaws. I have a video below pointing out all of my own flaws:
I already love myself very much (maybe a litte too much) and I am very aware of all my flaws. If someone wants to insult me, I let them because I know it's all true. I do not let them affect me because I know who I am. I guess this post is more about self confidence than anything else. I do believe that if you're having a hard time finding someone, you should probably look at yourself first. Maybe you just don't accept yourself enough, how can someone else when you don't?
But....if you're like me and an over-confident lady and still haven't found someone...I don't know how to help you there other than just be patient. I'm sure this time next year I'll probably have found someone that I like. Just stay positive and don't worry about it too much. Enjoy your singleness while you still have it.
Peace, love, all the usual stuff.
Bye~!
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Since today is Valentine's day and it's all about the lovey-dovey, I thought maybe I should adress this subject a little. I know we all fall in love when we're young and I'm definitely not saying that it doesn't mean anything, I belive in young love too. But once you reach an adult age, you will want a mature relationship. I know I am a hopeless romantic and believe strongly in finding true love so you may or may not relate to this. But before you can find love, you need to love yourself. And in order to love yourself, you have to learn to accept all of your own flaws. I have a video below pointing out all of my own flaws:
I already love myself very much (maybe a litte too much) and I am very aware of all my flaws. If someone wants to insult me, I let them because I know it's all true. I do not let them affect me because I know who I am. I guess this post is more about self confidence than anything else. I do believe that if you're having a hard time finding someone, you should probably look at yourself first. Maybe you just don't accept yourself enough, how can someone else when you don't?
But....if you're like me and an over-confident lady and still haven't found someone...I don't know how to help you there other than just be patient. I'm sure this time next year I'll probably have found someone that I like. Just stay positive and don't worry about it too much. Enjoy your singleness while you still have it.
Peace, love, all the usual stuff.
Bye~!
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Monday, February 9, 2015
This Past Year
It's hard to believe that it has been almost a year since the incident happened. Since I'm close to the people that the situation involved, I was asked to remove all proof of it from my social media as to not draw attention. (I have done that but I think I can still allude to it since it has impacted me so greatly.)
I'm generally not supposed to talk about it and I'm supposed to act like it never happened. But I feel like it has greatly changed me this past year. Since then, I have broken up with my boyfriend and distanced myself from all my friends. I've become an even more introvert person, definitely darker, and less bright than I was before.
For awhile after the incident, if I would go out with friends, I would be the one sitting quietly in the corner thinking about things instead of the one engaging in conversations with everyone. And even now, I don't really like to talk to many people at all. I do get attached to those that I'm close to though.
I wasn't able to finish this when I wrote it down in my notebook as a draft because I started to cry and I'm not going to finish it now. This is more for myself than for anyone else. It's a realization of who I have become in this past year and the documentation of my acceptance of it.
I made a video about kinda the same things. I cried...watch it if you want
My links:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Friday, February 6, 2015
This is Insane
Okay, so by my title you probably can't tell what I'm talking about but you'll understand once we get to the end of this.
I follow a lot of youtubers and I've made at least 35 videos in the month of January. How do these things go together? Well, since there are so many videos, I'm not able to release them right away because I don't want to overcrowd sub boxes more than I already am. Lately, I've been noticing that a lot of youtubers are putting out videos that I have just filmed.
Examples:
-Marcus Butler's being sick video. I filmed a video on the same topic the Friday morning before he released it!!
-Will Darbyshire's things that annoy him video. I filmed mine....in December but hadn't released it yet until last week I think
-Jim Chapman's how to make friends video. I'm pretty sure I posted the same thing the week before.
These all happened in the last two weeks or so. I'm sure I can find more if I tried but those are the three that resonated with me the most because I witnessed it happening very recently.
What was the point of this post? Nothing. Well maybe not nothing, I'm not mad or anything, I just think WOW my brain is on the same wavelength as these guys. Isn't that so cool?
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Love Songs
February means Valentine's Day (or Single Awareness Day in my case) so I decided to put together a bunch of love related songs for you guys.
Spotify playlist here: https://play.spotify.com/user/12756675/playlist/6ZtC1YRtlpjvXU26fmTGVY
Songs mentioned. Let me know if any of the links are no longer there, I'll try to look for replacements.
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
Angels - The XX
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Give Your Heart a Break - Demi Levato
On My Own - Les Miserables
Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo
Breakeven - The Script
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton (made more famous by Whitney Houston)
Greatest Love of All - George Benson (also Whitney Houston)
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
A'int No Mountain High - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney
Last minute additions:
Just Give Me a Reason - Pink
Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Everybody's Got Somebody But Me - Hunter Hayes ft Jason Mraz
(This took forever to set up 16 video links which means annotations in the video and linking here on this blog post. Plus I had to search up the artists before starting the video.)
Video here:
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Spotify playlist here: https://play.spotify.com/user/12756675/playlist/6ZtC1YRtlpjvXU26fmTGVY
Songs mentioned. Let me know if any of the links are no longer there, I'll try to look for replacements.
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
Angels - The XX
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Give Your Heart a Break - Demi Levato
On My Own - Les Miserables
Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo
Breakeven - The Script
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton (made more famous by Whitney Houston)
Greatest Love of All - George Benson (also Whitney Houston)
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
A'int No Mountain High - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney
Last minute additions:
Just Give Me a Reason - Pink
Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Everybody's Got Somebody But Me - Hunter Hayes ft Jason Mraz
(This took forever to set up 16 video links which means annotations in the video and linking here on this blog post. Plus I had to search up the artists before starting the video.)
Video here:
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Going Public
Coming Out Publicly
Now that I have completed my goal to post every single day in the month of January, I have to wonder "what's next?" I had first decided to give myself that goal because I wanted 2015 to be different in the sense that I have a better work ethic and I care about the content that I put out. Plus I wanted to get used to being someone who posts things regularly.
I have debated this move for a very long time but I have chosen to just jump in and do it. I have decided to come out publically to the friends that I have actually met in person. When I say coming out, it doesn't mean revealing my sexuality, it just means I'm coming out into society (like a debutante). I have just announced on my personal facebook page that I have been posting videos and putting my life out on the internet for people to see. I don't even expect them to follow me or even click on my links; I just wanted to put it out there in case some of them are actually interested (I do know that most people just scroll past when they see me post things).
So if you are a new viewer, thank you and welcome, feel free to follow me. All my links are below and you have so much to catch up on! If you have been following me, thank you so much for all your support and have you even seen everything that I've put out? I do have more than 300 videos uploaded and 3 separate blogs!
But what will I do now that it's February?
I'm not going to stop creating content, that is the last thing that I want to do. My videos consist of so many topics ranging from Disney to vlogs to whatever random thing I want to talk about! I haven't really found a niche for myself yet because I just have so many things on my mind that I will never run out. I've always thought that if I had infinite time and no obligations, I would just record 100 hours worth of content! (And probably spend the rest of my life editing it because of how slow I am.)
I decided some time in January that I have to buckle down and focus more on school.(Right after I decided to go public.) I will continue posting things but it might just be once or twice a week. (Fridays every week + Tuesday if I have extra things.) Of course the easiest way to keep updated is to follow me on Twitter or to go to the 2015 tab (link) and see what I have upcoming. It has the date I post something, the name of the thing, and a direct link to the thing. Videos and posts are published around noon Pacific time on the day of - if I uploaded it ahead of time. If not, it'll just go public whenever it is done processing.
For now I just have to focus on school but I look forward to getting feedback and making more content every week. I will see you guys soon and I hope you all support me!
My thought process behind going public if this blog post wasn't explanatory enough:
My links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Now that I have completed my goal to post every single day in the month of January, I have to wonder "what's next?" I had first decided to give myself that goal because I wanted 2015 to be different in the sense that I have a better work ethic and I care about the content that I put out. Plus I wanted to get used to being someone who posts things regularly.
I have debated this move for a very long time but I have chosen to just jump in and do it. I have decided to come out publically to the friends that I have actually met in person. When I say coming out, it doesn't mean revealing my sexuality, it just means I'm coming out into society (like a debutante). I have just announced on my personal facebook page that I have been posting videos and putting my life out on the internet for people to see. I don't even expect them to follow me or even click on my links; I just wanted to put it out there in case some of them are actually interested (I do know that most people just scroll past when they see me post things).
So if you are a new viewer, thank you and welcome, feel free to follow me. All my links are below and you have so much to catch up on! If you have been following me, thank you so much for all your support and have you even seen everything that I've put out? I do have more than 300 videos uploaded and 3 separate blogs!
But what will I do now that it's February?
I'm not going to stop creating content, that is the last thing that I want to do. My videos consist of so many topics ranging from Disney to vlogs to whatever random thing I want to talk about! I haven't really found a niche for myself yet because I just have so many things on my mind that I will never run out. I've always thought that if I had infinite time and no obligations, I would just record 100 hours worth of content! (And probably spend the rest of my life editing it because of how slow I am.)
I decided some time in January that I have to buckle down and focus more on school.(Right after I decided to go public.) I will continue posting things but it might just be once or twice a week. (Fridays every week + Tuesday if I have extra things.) Of course the easiest way to keep updated is to follow me on Twitter or to go to the 2015 tab (link) and see what I have upcoming. It has the date I post something, the name of the thing, and a direct link to the thing. Videos and posts are published around noon Pacific time on the day of - if I uploaded it ahead of time. If not, it'll just go public whenever it is done processing.
For now I just have to focus on school but I look forward to getting feedback and making more content every week. I will see you guys soon and I hope you all support me!
My thought process behind going public if this blog post wasn't explanatory enough:
My links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Saturday, January 31, 2015
January 2015 Favorites
It's that time of month again! You know, the time to tell you all the things I enjoyed over the month. I have been making this list since the fist week so that I wouldn't be late again (like I was for December)
Here is the video first:
All the things I mentioned:
-Delia's - the store is going out of business so I don't know how long their site will still be available.
-Oatmeal - I got it from Food 4 Less, I'm sure you can get it anywhere. My favorite flavor is maple syrup & brown sugar
-Snacks - Rice crackers from your local Asian store. And sour cream and onion chips from Food 4 Less
-Keeping a schedule - Poppin Pool Blue planner
-Writing notes - Not sure where I got this notebook but I do know it's at least 10 years old
-Uploading every day. Check here to see what I've uploaded so far this year.
-Yoga - Yoga with Adriene
(Mentioned Troye Sivan's album)
-Chandelier - Sia, scene on Selfie, instagram post
-Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo
-Take Me To Church - Hozier
-Blank Space - Taylor Swift, my reaction video
-AmazingPhil
-Danisnotonfire
-Will Darbyshire
-Five Nights At Freddys - Just search it up on Youtube. I personally like the second game
-Tweet Deck - Just sign in with Twitter and click allow
-TweetCaster - Download it on your mobile device
Feb 1 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V58B4iBeDZ8
I hope you guys are proud of me, This video footage was originally 40 minutes long and I had to cut it down to 13.5 minutes. I watched it a million times in editing and three more times adding the 15 annotations. I guess I just really want to make a good impression for tomorrow. Also, there were SOOOO MANY LINKS putting together this post. I am so tired! (It's like 4am)
Links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
Thursday, January 29, 2015
New Friends
New School, New Friends
(tl;dr watch the video at the bottom)
Most of you are probably high school or college students (like me!) so I thought that I should maybe talk a little about making friends or moving to a new school. I have transferred between schools multiple times the past 5 years and I feel like I'm allowed to talk about this.
When you are in a new place, no one knows who you are and you are free to reinvent yourself. I'm not saying that you should lie about who you are and make up huge unbelievable stories, I'm saying that you have a chance to be the person you've always wanted to be. If you want to be seen as more mature, act the part. If you want to be more studious, work on your study habits. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there. I'm not saying that you have to become the most popular person at the school but you should definitely talk to some people and get to know them. I find it easiest to make friends with people who are in multiple of my classes or neighbors that I see all the time on my way to school.
Right now I have a group of econ friends. They're the people that I took all my economics classes with and basically walked together from class to class every day. I only talked to them in class or in study group but I would definitely go up to them and say hi whenever I see them on campus. I would make friends with them if I weren't graduating soon but because of that, I have distanced myself from most people. I don't want to get attached just to never see them again.
I however, don't recommend that. If you are one of those people who need companionship, do the same thing when making friends and hang out with them on weekends outside of school. I do have one friend though who has been in every single one of my quarters (we use quarters instead of semesters) and that person I talk to outside of class. Other than that, hardly anyone unless there's homework involved.
I do recommend to always hold on to old friends. They say that the friends you make in school are the ones you keep for life. I definitely agree with that when it comes to my high school friends. Even though we meet up once a year, we always pick up right where we left off. And I know they will accept me and support me in anything I do because we've been through so much together and they've seen all sides of me.
I hope what I have said today has helped me in some way. Feel free to message me or leave a comment in the comments here or in the video about anything. I'm always online and I love replying to people. You can watch the video below, it basically says the same things but more fun. The editing definitely took awhile because of the jump cuts. Man jump cuts are so hard to do!
Video here:
My links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (check this last)
(tl;dr watch the video at the bottom)
Most of you are probably high school or college students (like me!) so I thought that I should maybe talk a little about making friends or moving to a new school. I have transferred between schools multiple times the past 5 years and I feel like I'm allowed to talk about this.
When you are in a new place, no one knows who you are and you are free to reinvent yourself. I'm not saying that you should lie about who you are and make up huge unbelievable stories, I'm saying that you have a chance to be the person you've always wanted to be. If you want to be seen as more mature, act the part. If you want to be more studious, work on your study habits. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there. I'm not saying that you have to become the most popular person at the school but you should definitely talk to some people and get to know them. I find it easiest to make friends with people who are in multiple of my classes or neighbors that I see all the time on my way to school.
Right now I have a group of econ friends. They're the people that I took all my economics classes with and basically walked together from class to class every day. I only talked to them in class or in study group but I would definitely go up to them and say hi whenever I see them on campus. I would make friends with them if I weren't graduating soon but because of that, I have distanced myself from most people. I don't want to get attached just to never see them again.
I however, don't recommend that. If you are one of those people who need companionship, do the same thing when making friends and hang out with them on weekends outside of school. I do have one friend though who has been in every single one of my quarters (we use quarters instead of semesters) and that person I talk to outside of class. Other than that, hardly anyone unless there's homework involved.
I do recommend to always hold on to old friends. They say that the friends you make in school are the ones you keep for life. I definitely agree with that when it comes to my high school friends. Even though we meet up once a year, we always pick up right where we left off. And I know they will accept me and support me in anything I do because we've been through so much together and they've seen all sides of me.
I hope what I have said today has helped me in some way. Feel free to message me or leave a comment in the comments here or in the video about anything. I'm always online and I love replying to people. You can watch the video below, it basically says the same things but more fun. The editing definitely took awhile because of the jump cuts. Man jump cuts are so hard to do!
Video here:
My links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Pet Peeves
Pet peeves
Recorded December 8, 2014
People who walk slow
People who take up the whole sidewalk
People who shake/fidget/click pens
Vibrating cell phones!!!
People who don't know how to throw away
trash or don't even throw away trash. They just leave it on the ground.
RECYCLE!!
People who take up more space than they
are supposed to. Fridge space, dish washing space
Mess
Food touching
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Leaving Home
Leaving Home and Moving Out
I was talking to my friend about this and I decided to make it into a video/post.
Video at the end
So in my culture it is customary to live at home with our parents until we get married. But as we are progressing into the modern era, it's more common to leave home once we have a stable job. I understand this so well. My parents pay for everything that I do but I was getting a little stir crazy living at home. I know I won't be getting a job any time soon because I can hardly focus on school let alone another major obligation like a job! But I really needed out from under my parents' constant watch.
The good thing about going to university far away is that I get to experience what it is like to live away from my parents. I still live close enough to be able to go home every weekend, but they don't get to tell me what to do during the week. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful or spoiled, I love my parents and I'm super appreciative of everything they've provided for me in my life, I just needed a little freedom.
There was one point a few years ago where something major happened in my life and I just couldn't handle staying at home anymore. That came right before I moved out for school. I feel like school is the perfect opportunity because I know it's no temporary and I just need it to get the feel of what it will be like without them.
Of course it doesn't have to be temporary for you, I have friends who are staying where they went to school and some who moved out right after high school. But for me, I can't wait to go back home with my parents.
Some things I experienced from moving out:
-Cooking - I never cooked at home, my mom was one of those moms that did everything. I am still trying to survive every day. No daily instant noodles just yet though.
-Cleaning - We had a cleaner come to our house once a month and on the other days, my mom would do the cleaning. All I ever did was leave piles of stuff and my mom would get to it. Now that I'm on my own, I have to tell myself to wash the dishes right away, I have to mop or sweep, I have to dust and tidy things so it doesn't look too messy.
-Bills - I live in a place that just has a monthly rent so I don't really have to focus on rent, but I do see how important it is to not forget to pay every month.
-Lonely - This is probably the biggest one for me. It is so lonely here. I didn't get matched up with the roommate that I request and I don't particularly enjoy talking to any of the girls here so I'm pretty lonely throughout the week. I basically just sit in my room and go on youtube all day.
There are of course wonderful things about being away from home:
- No schedule - This can be good or bad depending on how you are. I like not having my mom come into my room at midnight and asking me "Why are you still awake? It's so late right now." But if you're a master procrastinator like me, you'll end up spending all day on youtube and not doing any homework.
-Snacks - This is what I was most excited about! When my sister and I used to go to the grocery store with our mom, we would always walk down the chip aisle and point out everything that we wanted. My mom likes sweets more than she likes savory snacks so we rarely have any at home. One day when I have my own home, I am so going to get a chip cupboard! Just every type out there!
-Sleeping - You can go to sleep and wake up at any hour without parents waking you up or telling you to sleep
-No one to bother you - This goes hand in hand with the lonely one and the schedule one. Basically there is no one to tell you what to do or to barge into your room to check up on you and see what you are doing. And there is no one to constantly berate you to do homework!!
Now that I have experienced these things, I can't wait to finish school and move back home. I was very happy during the summer being at home with my mom every day, we had a routine down and got along with each other. And now every Sunday when I have to drive to school again, I get super sad and reluctant to leave.
I made a video below saying the same things so if you don't want to read everything, just click play.
Video here:
My links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (this is your last resort of reaching me)
I was talking to my friend about this and I decided to make it into a video/post.
Video at the end
So in my culture it is customary to live at home with our parents until we get married. But as we are progressing into the modern era, it's more common to leave home once we have a stable job. I understand this so well. My parents pay for everything that I do but I was getting a little stir crazy living at home. I know I won't be getting a job any time soon because I can hardly focus on school let alone another major obligation like a job! But I really needed out from under my parents' constant watch.
The good thing about going to university far away is that I get to experience what it is like to live away from my parents. I still live close enough to be able to go home every weekend, but they don't get to tell me what to do during the week. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful or spoiled, I love my parents and I'm super appreciative of everything they've provided for me in my life, I just needed a little freedom.
There was one point a few years ago where something major happened in my life and I just couldn't handle staying at home anymore. That came right before I moved out for school. I feel like school is the perfect opportunity because I know it's no temporary and I just need it to get the feel of what it will be like without them.
Of course it doesn't have to be temporary for you, I have friends who are staying where they went to school and some who moved out right after high school. But for me, I can't wait to go back home with my parents.
Some things I experienced from moving out:
-Cooking - I never cooked at home, my mom was one of those moms that did everything. I am still trying to survive every day. No daily instant noodles just yet though.
-Cleaning - We had a cleaner come to our house once a month and on the other days, my mom would do the cleaning. All I ever did was leave piles of stuff and my mom would get to it. Now that I'm on my own, I have to tell myself to wash the dishes right away, I have to mop or sweep, I have to dust and tidy things so it doesn't look too messy.
-Bills - I live in a place that just has a monthly rent so I don't really have to focus on rent, but I do see how important it is to not forget to pay every month.
-Lonely - This is probably the biggest one for me. It is so lonely here. I didn't get matched up with the roommate that I request and I don't particularly enjoy talking to any of the girls here so I'm pretty lonely throughout the week. I basically just sit in my room and go on youtube all day.
There are of course wonderful things about being away from home:
- No schedule - This can be good or bad depending on how you are. I like not having my mom come into my room at midnight and asking me "Why are you still awake? It's so late right now." But if you're a master procrastinator like me, you'll end up spending all day on youtube and not doing any homework.
-Snacks - This is what I was most excited about! When my sister and I used to go to the grocery store with our mom, we would always walk down the chip aisle and point out everything that we wanted. My mom likes sweets more than she likes savory snacks so we rarely have any at home. One day when I have my own home, I am so going to get a chip cupboard! Just every type out there!
-Sleeping - You can go to sleep and wake up at any hour without parents waking you up or telling you to sleep
-No one to bother you - This goes hand in hand with the lonely one and the schedule one. Basically there is no one to tell you what to do or to barge into your room to check up on you and see what you are doing. And there is no one to constantly berate you to do homework!!
Now that I have experienced these things, I can't wait to finish school and move back home. I was very happy during the summer being at home with my mom every day, we had a routine down and got along with each other. And now every Sunday when I have to drive to school again, I get super sad and reluctant to leave.
I made a video below saying the same things so if you don't want to read everything, just click play.
Video here:
My links to check out:
Youtube - Cattyliu816 - subscribe to see when I upload videos
Twitter - Cattyliu816 - follow me to see when I update or just to read my thoughts
Cat's Disney Obsession Blog - I really love all things Disney
Summary of Things Blog - see just about how many things I watch
Tigger Adventures Instagram - my Tigger toy loves going on Disney adventures with me
Personal Instagram - Just a bunch of selfies (not really) and Disney things
Facebook Page - I post blog updates and random links I find online (this is your last resort of reaching me)
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