Autobiography

Remember the hospital that got two babies switched up and were given to the wrong mothers? I was born there, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Orange, California on January 24, 2989. To this day, my cousins still joke that I was probably switched with another baby when I was born, and that I am not really my mother’s daughter even though millions of people have told me we look almost exactly alike (I still don’t see it, though). I have lived in Orange County all of my life, in Garden Grove to be exact. I went to Garden Grove High School, and I had a blast! I am pretty convinced that I am one of the few people who enjoyed high school. Sometimes I really wish that I had really, really pale skin so that I could dye my hair red. I think that red hair is so beautiful; it’s probably because Ariel is my favorite Disney princess of all time. I want to get tattoos of my mom’s signature and of a mermaid because of Ariel and because I am an Aquarius. Yes, I do believe astrology is real!!!
My family consists of my mother, dad and a younger sister. My mother, sister and I are extremely close. I consider my mom as my older sister; I tell her almost everything. I basically consider both my mother and sister as my best friends; I love doing almost everything with them! I don’t really have a relationship with my dad since we don’t get along. We have totally clashing personalities. I say “hi” to him sometimes, but that’s basically it. I don’t have any deep conversations with him or anything. I am very close to my extended family, both from my mother’s and father’s sides. My sister and I are the youngest of all the cousins, so we tend to get babied a lot (but not as much anymore since I’m 20 and my sister is now 16). Our relationships have kind of dispersed because all of us have moved away to go to college at one time or another, so there rarely time to just spend time with each other like we did when we were younger. It’s not even satisfying seeing each other only on holidays because there is way too much to discuss and share with only one day! One of my cousins I am closer to is getting married on December 5th, so I am super bummed out that I am going to miss her wedding. I was even going to be one of her bridesmaids! I got mad at her earlier this year when she said she hoped I didn’t get into the EAP Vietnam program so that I could go to her wedding. I told her to move her wedding to a later date so that I could go since she really wanted me to be there, but she didn’t. I put the blame on her for not being able to end her wedding. I’m also very close to my mom’s best friend’s daughter, Cindy. She just turned five in July and finished up pre-school. She’s so funny, loud and amazingly cute. Her mom told me that in school, she said she one mother, one father, one brother and two sisters (my sister and me). I remember one day, she was spelling out “fox” for me. I didn’t really understand what she was saying, so I asked her what word she was spelling out. When she told me, I didn’t hear “fox.” Instead, I heard “f---.” When I was laughing about the situation, she thought I was laughing at her, so she told on me to my mom. The day before I left, she had her mom take her to Target to buy me a whole bunch of snacks. She got me peanut butter, but I left it at home since I thought it would put too much weight in my luggage. I really, really wish that I brought it now… She also told my mom that I am only allowed to go away for eight days. I truly doubt that she understands the whole thing about me being away for more than four months.

I currently attend the University of California, Irvine. I entered as a business economics major, but ever since I started taking classes such as accounting and math classes that seem beyond my ability, I have found myself not too fond of the subject anymore. It’s not that the subject is super hard, but it is just too boring most of the time since I have realized I can’t specialize in only macroeconomics. I’m not a big fan of learning microeconomics. The main reason why I applied to UC Irvine as a business economics major was because I wanted to go into business after graduating college, but my urge to go into the business field has dropped significantly. The only things have prevented me from dropping business economics as a major are that I only have about six or seven more economics classes to take to complete my degree and that macroeconomics still has a special place in my heart. All I wanted was to make a lot of money, but having tons of money isn’t that important to me anymore. I just want to live comfortably and have a stable job that doesn’t bore me… and this is why I decided to double major in sociology! I absolutely love learning about different people, cultures and societies. I love how every place in this huge world has something distinct from everywhere else. I also believe that you have to learn about others to learn about yourself. My currently plan is to go to graduate school and earn a teaching credential. I’m not too sure if I want to get a PhD; it sounds like way too much work and so stressful. I’m either going to be an elementary school teacher or teach economics to high school students—but only macro!
My favorite hobbies are: listening to music, reading, shopping and watching television. I like music from almost every genre except rap. I tried to get into it, but I just can’t! Oh, but I have to admit, I do like TI. My favorite musical artists are: Britney Spears (don’t hate!), Brand New and Taylor Swift. I wish that I could be Taylor Swift’s friend! She seems like she’s just the sweetest girl ever. I also love her style and her hair. I’m not going to lie; I don’t think that most of the songs on Britney’s new CD, Circus, are that great. Nothing will ever beat Toxic!!! Brand New has been my favorite band since… around 7th grade I think? I have NEVER BEEN to any of their shows because they always sell out like after a minute. I’m super excited about their new CD that’s coming out in a few months. It would cost a fortune to get it sent it here from Amazon or something, so I have to wait until I go home to get it, but I will be able to listen to the whole album here somehow…
Currently, my favorite television shows are the Big Bang Theory, Chuck and the Amazing Race. One of my best friends, Jenny, and I are going to apply to be contestants on the Amazing Race within the next five seasons. This is sad, but I finally learned to ride a bike during my first year of college so that I would know how to ride one in case we have to while racing. The plan is that I will eat the gross foods and drive, and she will be the map reader. All other things are still unknown. Other shows that I watch are: CSI (Las Vegas), Survivor, Dateline NBC (I love “to Catch a Predator”), Desperate Housewives, the Office, House and Bones. There’s probably more, but I can’t remember them. Thank goodness most networks stream full episodes of their shows online, or else I wouldn’t be able to keep up. I use to have a big collection of DVDs of movies and television shows, but it’s dying because I sold a whole bunch of them on half.com for money .
I have worked at three places: Limited Too, Bath and Body Works, and now currently at Gymboree. I hate Limited Too and Bath and Body Works. Did you know that it only costs BBW ten cents to make one bottle of lotion? Yup; and it gets sold for more than $11. I think I just hate that store because I hated my manager… I still hate her now. She is so mean! That’s why a whole bunch of my co-workers and I quit and now work at Gymboree. I love love LOVE working at Gymboree! It’s so cute in there, and I love all the people I work with. It’s funny when I see little kids watching GymTV in the store and fight with each other for the chairs. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen parents plop their babies’ strollers in either the corner of the store or in front of the television set and just shop. Gymboree is not a daycare. It’s really fun seeing pregnant mothers one month and then with a baby the next month.