I was reading meticulous’s latest post and It just struck me. I have been thinking about a similar situation for the past six months.
When one of my friends got married. She totally forgot about everyone she ever knew before her marriage. It's like, from the day she married the guy, he became everything in her life, and she started a new life. She also had a few arguments with people who used to be close to her, and decided to drift away instead of talking it through.
She sees her mom and siblings every other day, but she hasn't seen the rest of her family or friends in a looong loong time, how sad, right? It almost brought me to tears the other day. Why can’t she have both… a husband that she loves and great friends and family that will have her back whenever she needs it?
I want her to know somehow that I will always be there for her... if someday he’d break her heart (God forbid). I want her to lean on me and never even doubt that I won’t be there for her.
Sad thing is, I’ve been too stubborn to call her. I wanted her to call first ( but I guess that’ll never happen). We haven't talked or seen each other in more than a year. :(
Ever since I moved into my new apartment, I have fallen in love with it. I keep thinking of ways to decorate it (without breaking my bank). I'm getting two walls in my apartment painted next week! I can't wait... I bought the paint already, yesterday. I never knew paint could be so frinkin' confusing! The place I bought the paint is a green store, so that was cool, and the guys there were helpful (once they felt like I was actually going to buy the paint). After I paint one of the walls I'm going to hang three mirror-framed mirrors on it. I'm also going to hang up my new oversized clock, and assemble my bathroom storage unit for the master bathroom (The downside to my apartment is that there is very few storage areas). I need to go to IKEA to buy some shelves too. And there is a big empty corner in my bedroom that I need to fill up. I'm thinking, either a desk and chair, or a comfy armchair. I also need more lighting in my bedroom. I saw an amazing floor lamp online. It's kind of over my budget, but it's an amazing lamp. I’m also thinking of installing blinds to my bedroom, and curtains for the living room. That will have to come later though I don’t think I can afford it this month, lol. Maybe next month...
Anyways… I hope everyone enjoyed Halloween yesterday!
Even though I have spent hours and hours working on my model for architecture studio, I feel like it is going nowhere. How sad, right? My model is not even close to being finished and it's due on Wednesday! (along with three drawings that will need an hour each) 
I just had one of the most inspiring lectures of all time! Enrique Penalosa, the ex-mayor of Bogotá, Columbia was the guest speaker. He was beyond cool! He had a cool-ass accent, was extremely funny, and inspired us to make the world a better place.
Pps.org had this to say about him:
An accomplished public official, economist and administrator, Enrique Peñalosa completed his three-year term as Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia on December 31, 2000. While mayor, Peñalosa was responsible for numerous radical improvements to the city and its citizens. He promoted a city model giving priority to children and public spaces and restricting private car use, building hundreds of kilometers of sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian streets, greenways, and parks. After organizing a Car-Free Day in 2000, he was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award and rewarded by a referendum vote endorsing an annual car-free day and the elimination of all cars from streets during rush hours from 2015 onwards.
Peñalosa also led efforts to improve Bogotá's marginal neighborhoods through citizen involvement; planted more than 100,000 trees; created a new, highly successful bus-based transit system; and turned a deteriorated downtown avenue into a dynamic pedestrian public space. He helped transform the city's
attitude from one of negative hopelessness to one of pride and hope, developing a model for urban improvement based on the equal rights of all people to transportation, education, and public spaces.
"I was almost impeached for getting cars off sidewalks which car owning upper classes had illegally appropriated for parking." -- Enrique Peñalosa.
After he finished his speech, I was extremely excited, and had thoughts of making my own city. It would be a small city where technology is at its best. There would be great transportation systems within the city’s downtown area that would not include private cars.
People in my city would walk more. It would be safer (less children dead for playing too close to the roads) and provide an amazing form of exercise for everyone, and might just be a way to decrease obesity. People would want to go out and smell the fresh air… Children would want to play around without feeling the need to stay away from the road.
The ground floor of every building would be filled with all sorts of shopping (clothing, grocery, etc. etc.), restaurants, café’s and anything else. I want it to have beautiful architecture (it must be beautiful architecture if I’m the one designing it, lol).
I want there to be huge-ass sidewalks along the beach for public, with restaurants and boutiques. I want it to have many green parks with amazing man made lakes. The list goes on forever, but you get the
picture, I want everyone to interact with one another, and I just want it to be heaven!
Before I get too carried away, yeah, the lecture was cool, and I became inspired. I wish I would have that kind of power someday and build my own city!
Two years ago, when I was in my other school, I had a group of friends. This group split in two after a while, and although we are all still friends, we aren't a group like we used to be.
Anyways, skinny boy was one of the group of friends at the time, and we were together all the time, whenever his classes were over, he'd come by my apartment until we go out with the rest of the group, our classes were next to each other, so every few days we would meet up before class and just talk together. We always made fun of one another, and spent most of our time laughing. A year and a half ago, he had some complications with the university and just moved to another school. And even though we kind of drifted away from each other a semester before he left, I still felt like I have lost a friend. I didn't feel the same way when Gucci girl and I went our separate ways.
Anyways, I was facebooking today, and guess who pops up and says hello? None other than skinny boy himself, for some reason it was as if we saw each other yesterday, we talked a lot and I actual missed him. The chat brought up many funny memories! I told him he should come visit.
Speaking of visits, JINJIN IS COMING TO VISIT SOON!!! I cannot wait, jinjin, get here quick, I miss you. Lool, I think I need more furniture! And paint, and ooooh, so many things. We are going to have a blast, even if, most of the time, we'll be at the studio lol!
Pizza is here, gtg!
P.S. The people in the picture look nothing like my friends and I, but it's cute ;P
