[1] Twiniffer and I's Birthday Party

Here's an idea : a blog post for everyday of the year. [1] - [365]. This idea was inspired by my friend, Hannah. "Thanks, Hannah!" LEH' GO!

What's a better Day One topic than Twiniffer and I's birthday party? Reintroducing my friend, Vivian (aka Twiniffer). Our first twin quality is our birthdays--July 30th. When we first met, we found out that we have the same birthday. As we became closer friends, we found out that was only the stepping stone to where the similarities start. We have a very similar loud, talkative, goofy personality. We like many of the same shows such as Grey's Anatomy and Avatar: The Last Airbender. And I can't even count the times where we had the exact reaction or word-for-word response to something. Once, we said the exact same thing THREEE times in a row. COINCIDENCE! Trust me, maybe describing it in words,  it's not that crazy, but it's a big deal. Blew my mind right out of the solar system.

Okay...that's Vivian....AND DON'T YOU FORGET HER! It always takes a long time to introduce her--too much to say. By the way, there's a lot more, but that's already a really long paragraph. Just knowing the basic twinformation (hehe...like "information") is good enough.

Anyways, so...we decided to throw a birthday party on 3/10. Why?
[10-3 = 7 = ] +  [10*3 = 30] = 7/30 = JULY 30TH! Cool, huh??

It was such an awesome party! We spent a lot of time planning it out.
First, we chose a song for each of our guests. Our guests danced in one at a time...and we danced with them too, of course! Thanks to Vivian for helping me make the playlist, and sorry to Vivian for changing it. :P

Then, we just played games, ate food, and hung out and stuff for the rest of the night.

Thanks to Jeff for this awesome, awesome, awesome cake!
Coconut Cream Cake with Pecans!
It' was so delicious!!

The end.

HAHA! I'm not going to go through all the details in between 'cause it would take too long. But, know this, it was an unforgettable night and IT WAS SOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!


Quotes
"Who are you? What are you doing to me?! /falls over"
"Get that camera away from me!"
"It's a hand?!"
"Autobots! Roll out!"
"You ditched Hannah Hwang for the white Hannah!" "NOOOO!!!!!!"
"E is for Egg!"
"Moo! Meow! Moo! Meow!"

AAA Fashion Show 2012

What a great show! I couldn't be happier with everything - the show, the weekend, the whole experience.

Since last semester, all of us models in the show have been practicing every week. This semester, we started bi-weekly practices. When it came down to a month before the show, I spent more time practicing than school or work and etc. On the Thursday and Friday before the show, I had a total of 5 hours of sleep.

It was all worth it! I loved performing for the friends and family that came down from Chicago, friends who are in Urbana and came for support, and friends I had the privilege of sharing this experience with.

I can't wait 'till next year.

And ..... herecomesafloodofpicturesfromtheshow. Some are good and some at bad, but oh well.

I'm in the front center-right with the beanie, all black, and red suspenders hanging off.
(Nightlife Dance Scene)

Body roll, body roll.
(Nightlife Dance Scene)

I'm in the blue thermal in the center second row looking down.
(Formal Dance Scene - Waltz)

Me = Second guy on right...my vest-twin, Tony, is in front of me.
(Formal Dance Scene - Swing)

Spinning the girls. "Weeeeeeeee"
(Formal Dance Scene - Swing)

Red dress shirt with the top hat. I messed up a lot for this dance :Þ
(Formal Dance Scene - Tango)

My lovely partner, Diane, and I.
(Formal Dance Scene - Tango)

EVERYBODY FROM FORMAL SCENE! SAY CHEEESE!!

I'm wearing a red dress shirt again...but this time I'm wearing a newsboy cap and teal colored shoes.
(Business Casual Dance Scene - "So You Can Cry" by Ne-Yo)

Whoosh! .. like Superman
(Business Casual Dance Scene - "Super Bass"by Nicki Minaj)

This is where we "kiss-kiss" to the audience.
(Business Casual Dance Scene - "Kiss Kiss" by Kim Hyun Joong)

This is my sweetie, Hannah.  We fall in love.
(Business Casual Dance Scene)

Hannah and I  ♥ ♥ 
(Business Casual Dance Scene - "Girl on TV" by LFO)

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BUSINESS CASUAL DANCE SCENE 2012 - YOWZA!

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Ahh....so happy. 

Eat Food. Do Good.

The best way I learn is through reinforcement -- I learn something once, learn it again later, then blog about it. TRIPLE REINFORCEMENT!

For this particular blog post, I'm referring to eating breakfast.

Vitamin D--licious!

I don't know when was the first time I learned that eating breakfast is good for you. Cereal commercials? Teachers? Parents? Peers? It's probably a combination of all of them. Anyways, it's highly recommended by everyone to start your day with a healthy meal. Studies have shown over and over again that students who eat breakfast score higher on tests, have better concentration, have higher attendance rates, maintain a healthier weight (and the list goes on and on).

I'm happy to say I'm on the breakfast bandwagon. There's not a day where I don't get some food in my system in the morning. If it's not a full meal, I'll at least grab some fruit and hydrate. After learning about all those benefits, why wouldn't I?! However, those are all just general statements. I never learned why. Why does breakfast help with concentration? Why does breakfast help with higher test scores? Why? Why? Why? My questions were finally answered (-ish) in my KIN 352 (Bioenergetics of Movement) class the other day! Well...come to think of it, I'm sure I've learned about it in my other classes before (especially Human Nutrition)....but I don't remember. Anyways..........

Here's my little blog post about what I learned, so let's break this baby down! The most basic function of food (Ahem. Breakfast) is to fuel our bodies...like a car! Our main source of fuel are carbohydrates...unlike a car. This can come from whole grain foods (bread, cereal, pasta, rice), vegetables, fruits, beans, etc. Trust me, a lot of our food has carbohydrates. Typically, carbohydrates should make up  between 50-60% of what we eat. That's a large percentage of our food! But there's a reason.

In the body, these carbohydrates are broken down to its simplest form, glucose. Glucose is energy -- energy for our cells to work, energy for our muscles to work, and most importantly, energy for our brains to work. NOTICE: OUR BRAINS CAN ONLY USE GLUCOSE TO FUEL OUR BODIES. And eating good carbs is the best way to do so. Bad carbs consist of sugary foods like desserts and soda. Anyways, since our bodies and brain always needs glucose for fuel, it's very important to refuel in the mornings after waking up to get us ready for the rest of the day.

We do have glucose saved up in our systems for times when we can't eat. Excess glucose gets stored in the liver and muscles in a form called glycogen. Glycogen exist more abundantly in the muscles; however, muscle glycogen is used by the muscles. If you haven't eaten and your brain needs fuel, it needs to take it from your liver glycogen. Liver glycogen is much more limited, so it's important to just eat breakfast in the morning instead of relying on your stored liver glycogen to fuel your brain and body through your day until lunchtime.