As much as I love being on vacation and not having to do schoolwork and living at home, I must say I am quite ready to go back to school. The familiarity of home is nice to be  around once in a while, and honestly, who can hate how nice Orange County is? Regardless, I’ve also grown accustomed to the unique, local colors of Berkeley and the Bay Area, but more importantly, the people and friends I have at school. Somehow – not that surprisingly, I suppose – friendships from high school have slowly faded, which I know is partially my own doing. But I can’t say that I’m not happy with the friends I’ve made at Berkeley over the past year and a half, and at how much I can confide in my friends there, and how different everything has become. So for that, I am quite thankful for those in Berkeley that I have in my life and for putting up with me.

On another note, I’ve been working on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) [two things I was completely unaware that they existed as some "science"! until recently]  in regards to a company’s website…and if anyone has tips or effective websites or references, please let me know via a comment or email (cacutie[at]gmail.com)! So far, I’ve used Google’s business solutions, including: Google Base, Google Analytics, and Google Webmaster Tools. Thank you in advance!

So, it is quite funny: when all my friends were still home and on their winter break, I didn’t really feel like hanging out with them. I didn’t make plans with them; I spent time with my family instead. And then they all left. And all of the sudden, I have plans every day…with my friends who either go to a junior college or are still home. And they aren’t even really my close friends. Hahaha. But whatever, I got over the high school friends scene a long time ago…

I haven’t even really kept in touch with my HS friends. My best friend from HS..we still talk online once in a while, and I call him when shit happens to me or when I need to talk, but that’s not very often. He, on the other hand, has been really busy with one girlfriend after another, lol.

Which leads me to another point: so many people change in college. As in they go crazy, party hard, hook up with as many people as possible. That’s disgusting to me. There’s nothing wrong with partying. But I’ve seen people go from super sheltered and not partying to alcohol-loving, make-out-seeking people. Then again, I guess, what do you expect? They were so sheltered. But I was sheltered to. In my home town, almost everyone is sheltered. For god’s sake, we all grew up in the wealthiest of communities and most spoiled by their parents. I don’t know, I think people need to learn self-control and restrict themselves.

For example, I am not okay with me becoming a partying hooking-up girl. I don’t do that. I never did, and I never will. It’s called self-control and knowing who you want to be and who you don’t want to be. I have high expectations for myself, and I expect myself to be at that level. More people should do it too.