I got a new Waterproof Camera as a surprise gift from Tricky for summer. It's a Sony Bloggie HD Waterproof camera and I decided to make an awesome video with my family while testing it out for the first time. I love this camera. It's shock proof and dust proof. Check out the video that I made with my family below. Hope you're enjoying your summer! =)

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I love my crazy fun loving family. One thing about my family that you will know right off the bat is that we are a bunch of comics. Every time you get us together....it's nothing but a bunch of LOUD people getting together with laughs, jokes, and just all around humor.




Check out these 2 videos of my cousin Tyler below. He says he wants to get a million views. haha. He was competing at his school's Mr. La Sierra pageant, and of course, he WON! Congrats Mr. La Sierra.! You gotta love public school. lol

As Christmas is just 2 days away...we have to remember the most important things in our lives and to not forget to show gratitude for what we have. Because as easy it is for things to be given to us...whether it be a job, a home, or a family...those same things can easily be taken away.

This is my first Christmas not spending it with my family since I moved across the country. And instead of feeling sad about it...I really wanted to do something this year to help others. My uncle and I used to go to different shelters to feed the homeless during the holidays. While everyone was at home with their family enjoying their holiday hot meals...my uncle and I were out feeding the homeless on our holiday.

I wanted to do something special again this year being that I'm now living thousands of miles away from my own family. So this is what I decided to do. (watch video below).

Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate.

I was very honored to be able to work as the makeup artist with a group of fabulous and talented photographers. I enjoyed every second of it. And the end result, was amazing.

And you know you have done a good thing when your inbox is flooded with messages like this one to the right (click on image to enlarge).

I wish you all a safe and wonderful Christmas. Don't forget to tell the ones that you love those 3 special words....
"I love you."

I know I haven't blogged for a few weeks now....and it's because I've been away on vacation. I went back to California to visit family and friends. It was my first time to go back home ever since I moved to New York. It was so nice to see everyone that I love. There was so many people to see and so little time. So therefore, I will have to visit again soon.

I can't believe that it's been nearly a year since I moved to New York. I remember when I initially started this blog, it was my way to stay connected with my friends and family as I moved across the country...and to let them know that i'm alright.


It was so nice to visit home and to especially be at the place I love to be at most.....the beach. Granted, it was about 70 degrees around this time...which to Californians is too cold to be tanning at the beach. But after being in New York for so long, 70 degree weather was warm and a perfect day for me to tan...especially when you get used to weather as cold as 20-30 degree weather. Anything in the 70's is perfect! One of the things that I knew I would miss is watching the sunset. I always looked forward to watching the sunset in beach. It's a beautiful sight. But after living in New York, you don't get to see the sunset...but the sunrise. Beautiful.

Yesterday, my boyfriend and I were coming home late after having dinner at his parents. As we were driving down an abandoned street on a hot humid night with my windows down...I heard barking coming from an abandoned street. To my surprise, it was a cute little white puppy with spots tied between a dark alley of these abandoned buildings full of graffiti. I was thinking to myself, "Oh my God, who would tie their puppy there?!?" It was almost midnight at this time. At first, I just thought someone tied the puppy there temporarily.

But then this morning on the way to work, driving down the same street...that same PUPPY was still tied there barking and howling! I was so furious!! Who the hell would leave their puppy there?!? I am so mad! I asked my boyfriend if we could get it and take it to some shelter. But we were running late for work. So I begged him and made him promise me that we would get that dog and take it to a shelter once we got home after work.

I was so upset. I mean, I have a dog back home in California that's a rescued dog that I miss dearly. Now that I live in New York, I can't even have a puppy in my apartment and I want to have a dog so bad. And then here...people who CAN have a dog and they can't even FREAKIN' TAKE CARE OF IT!! The least thing they could have done was take it to a shelter rather than leaving it between 2 abandoned buildings making it susceptible to danger. It makes me extremely mad and sad at the same time. All I was thinking was "how long has that dog been there?" I mean, it's over 90 degrees outside, it has no shade, it's out in the sun, there's no water, no food. This is animal cruelty!

I called the Animal Protections within the neighborhood to report the issue and I've been on hold forever! I'm holding the phone while typing this trying to let out of my anger. As i'm holding the phone, i'm hearing a message that says, "we're experiencing a high volume of calls...please expect a long wait." Which occurs to me, the sadness to reality is, this happens to poor helpless animals way too much.

If you ever see an animal that may be under possible animal cruelty...please do something about it. Call your local animal shelter. Whatever you do, please don't ignore it. Someone else could love and take care of that animal thanks to you.

My grandma, Agnes "Edith" Duffy on my step-dad's side passed away last week April 27, 2009 with cancer and pneumonia.

I found out through a text message late at night around 2:00am when I was just waking up for something to drink. It saddens me that I wasn't able to be there for my family being that I'm all the way in New York and my family is in California.

I know grandma Edith wasn't too happy about me moving to New York when I broke the news to her last Thanksgiving. She didn't want me to be so far away from the family. But I assured her I would be back this Christmas...and with that statement that just makes me sad that I won't be seeing her this Christmas afterall. Her funeral was yesterday and my mom was the one that organized it so I'm sure it turned out perfect. I know this is part of life's process but I can't help but feel bad at the same time...especially for Edith's husband, Paul. They were together every waking day and I can't imagine how he's feeling right now. I can only be empathetic, understanding and supportive.

My mom put together a slideshow of pictures of Edith's timeline. My mom's really great at capturing and retaining memories. I guess that's where I get it from.

My mom surprised me with an awesome gift to go indoor skydiving at iFly. If you don't know anything about my mom, one thing is for sure, she's always up for a little adventure, so it was no surprise to me that she picked this place.

It was my farewell gift right before I move to New York, as well as an early birthday gift, since I wouldn't be spending my birthday in California with her.
We had so much fun! It was a great way to spend our our last day together, the day before I left for New York. Granted it was our first time and it will take a few more tries before my mom and I could get as good as the other people in the video. I showed this video to my friend and my boyfriend and they got all excited and googled it right away to see if there was a local place to fly in NY. lol