My Ultimate Birthday Wish List

Last winter I posted my Ultimate Christmas Wish List expecting not to get any of those things, just wishful thinking. However I was completely surprised to find out that my mom had gotten me just about EVERYTHING on that list!!

So now that my birthday is a month away (July 11!), I figured I could do an Ultimate Birthday Wish List! :) Now, this is not at all directed at anyone to actually get me any of this, as my Christmas list wasn't intended that way either. This is just what I WISH I could get for my birthday, but don't EXPECT it. So without further ado:

1. A 2NE1 themed birthday
Possibly the only girl group that I like almost as much as SNSD (though not nearly as much lol). I don't really like many other girl groups aside from f(x) and 2NE1, but it's just that I love SNSD soo much that people think I'm more of a girl group lover but I'm not lol. I know I really a girl group though when I can't decide who my favorite is, and in 2NE1 they're all so unique I can't seem to pick my favorite!

I guess I don't *literally* want a 2NE1 themed birthday, but since I'll be turning the big 2-1, I just want to be able to sing "Eh eh eh eh eh eyy to-anyone, eh eh eh eh eh eh eyy we're twenty-one!" I just want to blast 2NE1 ALL day long because it'll be "symbolic" to the age I'm turning. :D


2. A bottle of Hypnotiq

Well, I will be turning 21 after all, and though beer is cheap and all, I want to be drinking the alcoholic beverage of my choice! I'm not asking for a huge bottle or anything lol, just something I can enjoy as my first legal alcoholic drink lol.


3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 tickets!!!


I'm getting these no matter what!!!! I'd just be a nice treat to have someone else get them for me. I love that the Harry Potter movie releases are almost always in July because it's always been an awesome birthday treat for me, an this one's just 4 days after my birthday. ^_^


4. A G-DRAGON/BIG BANG/GDTOP poster

I told myself I was done with posters, but I really really just need a GD poster to make my collection complete!!!! I just love G-Dragon too much to not have a poster of him!! I want a solo poster of him of course, but blonde-haired GD is my favorite so I'd also like this group group poster, but then again GDTOP is my favorite of Big Bang so I think this poster of him with silver-haired TOP would be totally awesome because they both look so damn badass!! Any of these will do until I find the perfect blonde-haired G-Dragon poster lol.


5. G-Dragon stickers


I can't help it!!! I love stickers and I looooooooooove blonde G-Dragon even more! I like to put stickers all over things, like my chargers and stuff so I can always identify that it's mine! With so many electronics and their chargers around my house it's easy to get them all confused with each other but I always know which ones are mine. Plus I just want GD stickers!! :( The photoshoot used in these pictures is like my faaaaavorite GD photoshoot! I even have the photos as my phone background!


6. Beats Headphones


Having the GD&TOP Beats edition would be perfect of course, but that edition is sold out/expired/only sold on Korean websites that I can't understand :/ but really the regular editions would be awesome too. These are like a luxury item though, they're really expensive and I don't really *need* them I just want the white ones really bad cuz they're soo pretty! I guess 2NE1 wearing them in their Can't Nobody music video was what made me want them the most lol. I've been trying to find some on eBay that are cheaper than their normal sale price but they're still pretty expensive in my opinion for just headphones. Still want them though. :(


7. A subscription to Elle Girl Korea


This was probably the only thing I didn't get from my Ultimate Christmas Wish List, though it's completely understandable because their website is all in Korean so it's impossible for a foreigner to navigate. D: Needless to say, I still want it badly to have pretty pictures of all the idols and practice my Korean!


8. Purses, Shoes, Giftcards, Etc

As usual, any type of purse (big!) or shoes (I'm REALLY into heels/wedges lately) will do really. And the standard "I don't know what to get you" giftcards will work for me and I won't be offended or anything lol. Amazon giftcard=books for my Kindle, etc. and you get the idea.

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So there you have it, my Ultimate Birthday Wish List! Thankfully it's shorter than my Christmas Wish List, though this one does have pricier items. And no SNSD items, what?!?! I'm trying to tone it down on the obsession. -_- I'm just really looking forward to turning 21 and wearing my 21 crown that I bought in Las Vegas for New Years lol, and celebrating my birthday by bawling my eyes out at the Harry Potter Part 2 finale. ;_;

I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

So New York is supposed to be the melting pot of America where many different cultures reside and stuff, a prominent one being Asian cultures because of Chinatown, etc.

Well El Paso may not be as diverse in culture as New York, there does seem to be one culture's food that is well loved by us Mexicans. When I was doing my research for my cultural project for English, I found an article that said that the Mexicans in El Paso really loved Chinese food so there are an abundance of Chinese restaurants here.

When I moved to New York I was genuinely expecting the food to be amazingly better than the Chinese food I'd had in El Paso. Surprisingly though, I found myself thoroughly dissapointed each time I ordered from a different Chinese restaurant over there. They might've offered a little more variety in dishes with tofu, but somehow it just didn't make up for their lackluster flavor of my favorite dish.

I've been a vegetarian for well over 6 years (and no I haven't regretted it since, I'm not missing out, etc) so it's a little harder for me to find dishes I can eat at restaurants, so normally there's only one or two to choose from and I stick to those.

Anyway, none of the Chinese food i tried in NY compared to El Paso's China Wok. It is exclusively in El Paso, only one location in fact, on Lee Trevino across from Hanks High School, and is run by a cute Chinese family.







The way they cook their tofu is what keeps me coming back. They fry their tofu instead of steam it, which gives it so much more flavor and texture! I remember asking the different Chinese restaurants in NY if they could fry my tofu too but it just wouldn't taste the same. :/

I remember when China Wok used to only be a take out place because they weren't big enough to be a sit-down dinner type of restaurant, but soon enough they got successful enough to buy the building next door and turned it into a place full of tables for customers and now their business is doing great!

There are many other delicious Chinese restaurants to choose from in El Paso (Peking Garden!!) but for a lower price range, or one that isn't an Americanized buffet, China Wok is definitely the choice to go to in El Paso. Their prices are affordable even for the average student and their plethora of dishes are delicious!

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