TO BE ALIVE AND TO BE LIVING

after a good day yesterday and today, I've realized something important. 

+ being alive doesn't necessarily mean you're living. 

to be living is when you make the best out of the time life has given you. Exploring new places, meeting people you will end up being friends with, finding the love of your life, but most importantly.. having fun every possible moment you can and taking the best out of this wonderful opportunity we get to live a beautiful life.

I thought I'd share my day with you (it would give a better understanding why I felt so grateful).

today I started thinking about what has been going on with my life and I realize how lucky I am to go on adventures with people I love. It's simply beautiful and I want everyone to have the opportunity to do so also. 

It all started with.. 

this morning, I presented a surprise to my boyfriend. I had made a bag and labeled candies with phrases that went along with it (yeah, I'm cheesy. Haha!). I felt so great to have a person in my life to give so much to because they have done everything for me.

while I was getting ready for bed later that day, my boyfriend had called me and told me to go outside. I started to get nervous because I didn't know what to expect. He came to my porch and he had flowers, a balloon, and a card. I felt very fortunate to have someone as beautiful as him in my life. He is priceless. There would never be anyone else that could replace the role he has in my life. I then realized how happy I am and how things are very much falling into place for me. It's moments like those that you want to remember forever. It's something I never want to end. Life is great and I'm glad I realize that. I just want to stop time, pause, and live in this moment forever. 

I wanted to share this with you because I believe it's important to realize how great moments can be. Don't miss the opportunity to embrace it while it lasts. 

+ cherish every great moment you are given to experience.

+ realize how great things are before they're gone, it'll make you value the person even more. 

THE POWER OF LOVE

today I went to the beach. I hadn't gone since summer and thought it would be fun. The special occasion was me and my boyfriends nine months. It was pretty cold but I would rather go on a cold day rather than a hot yucky day. We bought food at a nearby restaurant and took it down to the beach to have a picnic.

beach dates are full of simplicity and relaxation. Being able to lay on the beach, small talk, and eat is not only great itself, but doing it with the person you love makes it a million times better. I believe it reflects on how little you should expect from the person you love (when it comes to dates and such). It's not about the expensive dates, the nice gifts, and the luxurious things. It's about being able to spend time with the one person you love anywhere and creating the best memories out of it.

THE START OF SOMETHING NEW

today it's just me, my smoothie, and music. I have been looking more into The Neighbourhood lately and I've realized that I've been missing out. They're great, I love how calm they sound yet they have a rock edge.

on a bright note, the LA Marathon passed two weeks ago so I decided to start training for next years. For the past two years I had been trying to join but something always got in the way. Now that I finally have time, I'm taking advantage and I've started training. I think a year of training will be more than enough, I wanted to start now so I can slowly progress and not have to pace myself way too quick. I started off on a good track, I'm so sore yet I'm motivated to run again tomorrow! Especially since I've been trying to do this for the past two years. Most people don't like to run and I don't know why. I find it relieving and at the end of a run I always feel fulfilled. 

lately i've been trying to overthink and care less. I think the less I do, the happier I will be with myself and also with my life. I honestly think I've been improving, when I find myself overthinking I keep it to myself and try to brush it off as quickly as I can before people notice. 

a note to my readers: 

+ overthinking is never key. Make yourself happy before anyone else. If you need to make selfish decisions sometimes... do it. Because you are more important than anyone else and the only person that will ever matter the most throughout your whole life is yourself. Don't try to always please others, I can for a fact tell you that you will never please the entire world and that's okay. Nothing can ever be perfect. Worry about yourself when you need to the most, make yourself happy, and always do whats best for you. Don't let people tell you otherwise.

REALITY

i believe that moments of impact will define our abilities and also how far we are willing to go for someone. People must sacrifice things for each other in order to keep the relationship complete. When there's times of doubt, the best thing to do is remember why you've stayed for so long. How much are you willing to do for the person you love? I think that's the real question here. I would do everything for the person I love and I think I've recently discovered that. It's not a give and give situation. It's a give and take and I realized how important it is to not be selfish because of that.

in the end, I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you love someone and they sincerely make you happy.. do what it takes to be with them and take risks you never even thought of as an option. Of course, as long as it will only benefit you and not hurt you.

LOVELY FRIDAY

there was nothing really interesting about my day to blog about. Besides the fact of what luck I have (no sarcasm)! I went shopping and found some clothes at this boutique I had never been to. They have some of the most cutest clothes!

I bought: 

+ a new skirt 

+ shorts 

+ a romper

+ sandals

i'm not a skirt person at all but I've recently decided that I'd try it because why not? I had never owned a skirt until now and I actually don't have a problems with it, it's comfortable I guess.

by the clothes I'm buying, you can see that i'm getting ready for summer. Can I just have a countdown or what? Haha no.

i look forward to this weekend, I feel like it'll be slow and calm. I guess that's always something to look forward to! 

SHOPPING ISN'T EASY

I went to the mall and ate at Lucille's, I took a picture of these two dudes that sat in front of me (not in a weird way at all). They just happened to be there. 

Enough of random people. Let's take a moment to reminisce how they have the best bread covered in sugar, yum! 

after dinner, I walked around and shopped for a dress since my cousin is getting married in about two weeks. I found this really cute dress and I went to the fitting room to try it on. When I tried it on, I grabbed the bottom to pull it down and I pulled on it so hard that it ripped. (why am I so clumsy?!) So then I asked my mom to bring me another XS and they had no more, that was the last one left and I ruined it (sad face)! I walked out with nothing but I look forward to finding something tomorrow after I get out of school.

speaking of school, it went pretty long today. I stayed after school for an hour and had some personal time with a few people. I feel like I'm getting closer to a few people and it feels pretty cool. I can say things are getting better and I look forward to it continuing!

things are great.

+ i went out to eat with my parents

+ i'll be going to shop again tomorrow and hopefully I won't rip another dress.

+ no homework tonight

+ tomorrow is Friday, yay!

TRIPLE BERRY SMOOTHIE

i made a smoothie today that consists of mostly berries. It was delicious especially since it's been a hot day. 

Anyways, I thought I would share the recipe with you all:

+ one cup of milk

+ four frozen strawberries

+ six frozen blueberries

+ five frozen raspberries

+ half a frozen banana

+ four tablespoons of frozen yogurt

MONDAY

Mondays are so lazy I didn't even put thought into my title. Plus, this daylight savings time has me pretty tired out right now. I had a good day at school, it was pretty hot today it's supposed to be cloudy and a little cold tomorrow which makes no sense. I guess I love it though. I'm just relaxing at home, I have nothing to do and I'm really not in the mood to do anything but watch tv. I can get pretty lazy on Mondays. 

SPRING FEELING LIKE SUMMER

palm trees are everywhere here in LA. It's a really sunny and breezy day and it's starting to feel like summer. The idea if summer coming soon excites me because it reminds me of last summer. I spent last summer to the fullest. I went to the beach, the Dodger Stadium, Knott's Berry Farm, Orange County Fair, and plenty more I can't even remember at the moment. I remember doing something almost every day and if not, at least five times a week. I have this love hate relationship with summer. I hate how hot it can get but I love how there's so much to do! I'm looking forward to it this year. I shall post a bucket list soon so I can have ideas of what I wanna do! I'm at my aunt and uncles 40th anniversary and sitting out here with a nice breeze is feeling so good! It's the perfect weather right now. 

LIPS PRESSED TO MY NECK

it's 12am and I'm not very tired, today consisted of movie night! I watched 12 years a slave and wow... That movie touched me so good. It was so sad and it really got to me. I don't know how people could harm others and feel no shame, it's terrible. I definitely recommend you all to watch it! 

school was great and exciting. I had quite some energy today. I've been in a good mood lately and I hope it keeps on going!

anyways, those pictures were taken yesterday, you could see why I didn't have time to write much on my blog yesterday! I had a lovely time with my boyfriend. we listened to music and cuddled, best combination ever! It's very relaxing and memorable. I love spending time with him, it's always peaceful, exciting, and heart warming. I catch myself smiling everytime I'm with him. 

PRESERVATION BEAUTY

I had an astonishing day today! I've been so busy I haven't been on my phone all day. I'm going to sleep and will post some pictures from today tomorrow!  

in the mean time I thought I'd share a picture with you people of flowers that I had preserved. I has blogged about it the other day so I thought I'd post a picture.

ADVENTURE OF THE DAY

speaking of flowers... today I had honors class (from 7:45 to 9:00) and school starts at nine so on Wednesdays I have to go in early. Today he let us out from class early so me and my boyfriend decided to go to Denny's, which is at the corner of the street from my school. We came across some tiny cute flowers but I can't remember what they're named. They're very common and everyone's most likely seen them. My boyfriend grabbed one and said it was a bouquet of flowers for me. hahaha! It wasn't actually a bouquet, they just grow all together from one stem and if you think about it... It kind of actually does like a tiny bouquet.

we got to Denny's and ended up being late to school because they took forever to bring our food. This isn't the first time this happens. Even if you order it to go they take like twenty minutes!

here's a picture of my boyfriend trying not to be late. (although we both know that didn't work out for him/us!)

FLATTERED

since I posted about the tulips life cycle picture I thought to myself, "might as well add other pictures of flowers I've taken while I'm at it!" It'll give me something to talk about.

this picture is of some flowers my boyfriend bought me for no apparent reason at all a few months ago. (blushing!)

after they died, I put them in a little jar and ever since then, I've kept it on my night stand. I believe flowers are most beautiful when they are dead. I just find them really beautiful. Don't get me wrong, they're amazing alive but there's just something about how they look when they die that I absolutely love. The color and the texture of them become more in depth.

A FLOWERS LIFE CYCLE

so my boyfriend gave me a bundle of tulips for Valentine's Day. After I got them, I thought I'd take a picture every other day to see the progress of its life. 

i love flowers in any form, shape, and color. (especially dead ones) But out of all flowers, I think roses are the boring-est. They're too common, plain, and there's nothing really special about them since everybody buys them. I think people should expand their knowledge of flowers and discover the many others that most people don't even bother to look at or to buy! 

SIMPLE SUNDAY

it's Sunday (sigh) ...you know what that means! Tomorrow is in fact, Monday. It's been cold and gloomy but, the rain has calmed down and it's been sprinkling. It's a wonderful excuse for overly sized jackets, beanies, and boots! Having an excuse to wear layers of clothes feels great. I love wearing this jacket when it rains because it's so comfortable. Anywho, I went out for breakfast this morning and now I'm at a birthday get together. The best part of it all is the dessert! I had a rather embarrassing moment when I dropped my slice of cheese cake on the floor. I can be pretty clumsy at times. I need to go home and check if I have any homework to procrastinate on tonight. There's been a couple of times where I've had to stay home on a school day because I didn't finish my homework and I didn't want to show up without it. Yet, I still haven't learned my lesson to work on my homework ahead of time! I'm in the mood to get lots of sleep tonight, so I plan on trying to finish my homework earlier than usual.

The Oscars are on and I don't wanna miss it, until tomorrow!

ABOUT ME

I just got out of school. You're probably thinking, "wait, but it's Saturday?" Yeah I know, I just had to finish up a project due Monday. I was walking around campus and came across these lovely plants. I've been trying to buy air plants but I haven't found any places near me that sell them. I'm on my way to Ontario to shop and there's nothing better than blogging during a semi-long car ride. I thought it would be nice to give you some facts about myself. 

1. I live in LA. 

2. I love the rain. 

3. My birthday is April 30th and I will be turning 16! 

4. My favorite color is a pastel shade of teal.

5. I love the stars and the moon, I wish I didn't live in a city with so many lights that you can't even see the stars at night.

6. I'm short. 4'10" to be exact. I wish I could grow at least 2 more inches. That would be wonderful. 

7. I'm a bubbly person. 

8. My favorite artist is Lorde. I dislike music they play on the radio now a days but Lorde really caught my attention.  I guess you can say I have a weird, not creepy obsession over her. 

9. My favorite fruit is mango. 

10. I love onions. I can eat half an onion like nothing. They're so delicious. 

11. I love to write. Which goes into my next fact.  

12. When I'm older I either want to write a book or become a psychologist.

13. I love to help others and give them advice.

14. There's not one day where anyone will ever see me without my nails painted. I paint them every week, I can't stand not having my nails painted. I have about 50 different nail polishes at home yet I find the need for more. My boyfriends parents bought me a gel kit for Christmas and I've realized I prefer gel but I still use nail polish sometimes. 

15. I love camping, I've gone twice and wish I could do it more often. It's so adventurous and breath taking.