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more Napoli wrap up and some other stuff...here we go

1. Ellen Garvens is the most awesomest and cutest professor in the face of this earth! I had so many 'Ellen' moments during this trip, she made me laugh every time when I was hanging out with her. Here are some highlights...
2. Moment one - as we were on the platform at the station to catch a train to go to Pompei, she suddenly turns around and grabbed my both arms and shrieked in a delight and shook me as she was yelling, 'Aren't you so excited? I'm SOOO excited!'. 
3. Moment two - when we were at Sorrento, we were walking around the city as the sun went down and there was this beautiful bridge that looks over the main road and ocean coast. I think Serrah was trying to take a picture of the scene and so was Ellen, Serrah popped out her G9 to get the picture and she couldn't get the right picture because sun was completely down and her ISO level wasn't high enough to get the right picture then there was Ellen who just bought her G10 right before she came to Rome. She gave us little smirk and went, 'I got G10! and look how I do this!!!!' The look on her face during that time was simply priceless, she was like a little kid during the lunch time trying to show off her roast beef sandwich lunch while everyone on the table had Lunchables. Then, she cranked up her camera up to 3200 ISO (that's right you photo geeks, I know you are ishin' on yourself right now) then took this picture of pretty nice night scene picture. She goes, 'Look at this!!! Look at this!!!! This is one for the postcard! Isn't it? Isn't it?'. Awesome. 
4. Moment three - going back to Pompei...it was crazy stupid hot and sun was blazing insane. Ellen forgot to bring her sunglasses so she didn't know what to do under that hot sun. First, Acacia suggested her to go to lost and found then snatch one...she was totally up for it (Oh! Let's do that!!!! was her words). But then Ben offered her his Oakley for a day which Ellen accepted. She slipped on Ben's sunglasses and goes, 'wow, I look lot younger now' then there was me who tried to joke with her and I went, 'so...you are new freshman right? and your name is...'. She scoffed me then shot me back by saying, 'umm...sorry, I have a boyfriend' (she nailed OC accent down when she said that!!!). How can you not love this woman, seriously?!
5. Oh I spilled juice all over my pants and the floor during the breakfast. My mom wasn't there to watch me. I'm doing well, mom. 
6. What did I do as soon as I came back to Rome? I went straight to the gym...I thought you already knew. I did go for some grocery shopping, too. 
7. I did so much daydreaming over 4 days, it was good and bad all rolled up in one but it was good to find where I was and what I want to do. Days are so confusing if you take it day by day...I do feel like sometimes I am talking to the wall but that's just for 24 hours and another one will roll up on me just fine and as all those hours and days are stacking up, I'm getting bigger picture about my life. It's dreamy and overwhelming but they are MINE, not anyone else. Everyday is confusing but being confused means having that much ideas and not afraid to think forward, at least with me. I like it. 
8. I'm already working on my final project, WTF. 
9. apparently, I saw Louise Bourgeois twice. One in Tokyo and one in Naples. I HAD TO SAY THAT JUST TO MAKE ME FEEL SPECIAL.