GRAND CANYON!

Day 3: April 19, 2012

On the 19th, I went to the Grand Canyon. This is the second time I've been to the Grand Canyon, but the first time was when I was really young, probably like 10 years ago, so the excitement is as if it's my first time! Here's a teaser ;)

All the pictures can be enlarged if you click on it & you should because they're pretty, especially the panorama ones.

On the way there, it was like a forest! There was so many trees surrounding the road.

We spotted tiny lizards on the mountains!

Most of the trail to get to one point to another are filled with trees and such. It's a very green place haha.

You can hike on the Grand Canyon and I guess pretty much camp there too!

They have mules to bring people back! Probably for those who actually hiked down the trail.

We encountered a squirrel that stayed pretty close to us. I guess it's probably used to people.

One of the many shuttle buses we took. It helps you get around to every "point" and there are different buses (by color) for different trails.

Soooo many trails that we've spotted from above!

Then around 6:45PM, it was about time we started heading to our last destination...

We were told that Hopi Point provides the best view for the sunset at the Grand Canyon!! :) So we had to go there. Since it was like about 45 minutes before sunset and we were just about done, we decided to stay for it :D It was supposed to set at 7:05PM, if I remember correctly.

At Hopi Point you can see this river.. I want to say it's the Colorado River, but I think it's just my imagination because I don't remember the Colorado River being mentioned at all that day :D

Waiting seemed like forever...

6 minutes later...

And then it sets!! It didn't seem to budge at all while we were waiting, but once the sun started setting, everything happened so quickly, within 1-2 minutes! I couldn't quite capture the beauty of it on my camera.. The colors was much more vibrant in person.. I have a better photo on my Instagram (user: xlila) which captured the color better but at a lower quality.. I can't upload it onto my blog now because my phone broke :\ So you'll have to go find it yourself ;D

Anyways, this post is like..over a month late, but that's okay. Better late than never right?! Hope you enjoyed the picture spam :D

17 More Days!

I only have 17 more school days left :) I have two of those days for AP tests and I'm taking four tests. Unfortunately I have two scheduled each day, so I'll be stuck testing for hours :(

Even though there's only about three weeks left, I'm still crammed with lots of homework and projects. I still have a bunch of things that I have to make up and turn in :( Currently I am reading Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer for one of my classes. It's about Pat Tillman and the war in Afghanistan. So far (14 chapters later) it's been a pretty interesting read, mostly the parts about his life since I like reading those sorts of things. It's an easy book to read as well, something that you can pick up and keep reading, and it's somewhat educational as well :)

Anyways, I can't wait til school is over so I can sleep in for a while before I start working at a summer job, which I'm still waiting to hear back from.

Small nail polish haul:

Nabi: Teal 86, Magnetic 47-300, Star Glitter 47 | Sinful Colors Show Me White 101 | WetnWild French White Creme 449C, Black Creme 424A

I got the Nabi nail polishes at a supermarket in Arizona. They were $1.99 each except for the magnetic one which was $2.99. I'm not sure if it was cheap or not for Nabi polishes, because I saw on some blogs where it was like $4.99 each and another where it was like $1 each. The Sinful Colors were on sale last week for $0.99 and WetnWild $0.99 stuff were for $0.69 last month. I needed more whites since all mine were thick and gross and I don't have a thinner, which I still need to go buy. But I'm not sure what's a good one.

Anyways, I'm still editing pictures for my next Arizona post, I'm like 75% done!

Off to Arizona!

Last week I went to Arizona to visit relatives during my school break. The vacation lasted from April 17-24.

Day 1: April 17, 2012

Picture on the plane.
By the time we arrived, it was already late (almost midnight) so we stayed at my cousins' grandparents' place.

Day 2: April 18, 2012
The next day we drove to my relatives' house, which was like a three hour drive D:

They have such cute dogs. This one's name Coco and the other one is Jeffery, which you can sorta see him in the pic. I have better shots on my instagram :D user: xlila

We then went to Entre for lunch buffet. 

Then we just spent the rest of the day at the house and going to Walmart/Safeway to buy a couple of things. I picked up some souvenirs and nail polish remover lol.

Anyways, I'm gunna cut this post short because the next post is going to be filled with lots of picture spam :D I took over 200 pictures so they're going to be such a hassle to go through and edit :x