Governors Ball Part II

Of all the three days of Governors Ball, I was most excited about Sunday's line-up. 

I started my day by watching The Vaccines. I love them! I was actually debating whether I should see Haim instead (they were playing at the same time) because I'm going to see The Vaccines in October anyway when they play with Phoenix. But then, I just really love The Vaccines and I didn't mind seeing them twice! 

I felt so funny rushing to the Honda stage, making my way through the mud, because I really wanted to be in front. I had to be extra careful because I didn't want to slip and fall flat on my face/ I made it to the second row, which was not bad at all.

Here are some of the Vine clips I took during their set:

In the end, the crew threw out guitar picks. They fell on the grass but I was lucky enough to ask a security person to get it for me.

Someone also posted their set list on the stage. The girl beside me got it. I was happy taking a photo of it.

I was supposed to see another artist but I   decided to just stay in the same stage since I had such a good spot and was going to see Cold War Kids there anyway. I got to the front row behind the rails!

Here is a selfie I took while waiting:

Finally, Cold War Kids took the stage.

After Cold War Kids, I hopped to the other side of the lawn to meet up my friends and watch Beirut. This is what I wore:

I spent the next block of my time in the recharging station because my phone's battery was almost out. I really need to get one of those portable chargers! 

Life is full of tough decisions. One I had to make was to pick between The xx and Bloc Party because they were on at the same time. It was really hard, but I decided to watch Bloc Party - I knew it was going to be more of a party (duh) and I felt like jumping around and going crazy. 

While watching, I was worried and sad because they still haven't played my favorite song and I had a feeling they were almost done playing! When they said they were playing their last one, I screamed when I heard the intro to "This Modern Love". It's my favorite Bloc Party song!!! 

The whole thing was mind-blowing. I never felt that happy and hyper in a long time! I was so glad I saw them. 

I have this really good luck in getting most of what I want. (Sounds bratty but it just happens and I'm very thankful for it.) Even if I didn't see The xx at Governors Ball, the universe worked to give me the chance to see them another time. The xx will be playing at Radio City Music Hall in September and I got tickets to see it! 

Anyway, back to Governors Ball. The last artist I planned to see was Kanye West. His set was interesting... It was kind of depressing because most of the songs felt melancholic. Maybe it's just me. The sad/funny part was when he sang "Runaway", there was a part that went something like "If you love somebody tonight, hold on so tight" and then people started hugging/making out. I looked to my right and to my left, then hugged myself! 

Oh well! The night ended okay. I mean, I was a bit weirded out by how Kanye West ended his set. 

Overall, I can say that my first music festival was fun! I cannot wait to attend more! So far, the next music festival I got tickets for is Coachella in 2014. See you there? 

Governors Ball Part I

Being a music-lover, going to a music festival has always been on my bucket list. Last weekend, I attended the Governors Ball - my first ever music festival!

Friday: 

My Friday experience was SOME experience. I knew that I was only going to see 2 artists since I would be coming from work. The thing is, the rain poured all day! Even so, I still decided to go despite the nasty weather. I took a cab from Brooklyn because I thought it would be easier - and maybe it was - but it cost me a lot of money I wouldn't normally pay for a cab ride. 

I got into the festival grounds and it was a mud land! I went to see Erykah Badu and decided to meet my friends after that so we could go see Kings of Leon. I went to the merch area, thinking it would be an easy place to meet up. I was in my raincoat, under my umbrella, and in my boots, waiting in the cold, under the pouring rain. Nobody was replying to my texts and I was sad because I was alone in the cold. Also, I just found out they cancelled Kings of Leon because of the rain situation. 

Anyway, things turned out better as I was able to call one of my friends and was able to meet up with the rest of the group so we could all go home together. 

Saturday:

The forecast for the day was cloudy and I was happy about it, but it was still muddy! I arrived just in time to get a good spot to see Icona Pop.

I LOVE THEM! Also, I have a crush on the one with the shorter hair.

One of my favorite songs that they performed is Girlfriend - for obvious reasons. Of course, I also LOVED IT when they sang "I LOVE IT".

I then met up with my group of friends to see Dirty Projectors and Alt-J.

alt-J <3

Breezeblocks!

Of course, I had my bubbles with me because BUBBLES ARE THE BEST THING NEXT TO SPARKLES.

After Alt-J, I separated from my group because I wanted to see Azealia Banks. LOVE HER! 

After that, I found out that they rescheduled Kings of Leon to play at the same time as Kendrick Lamar.   I watched Kendrick Lamar for a while then headed out to the main stage to see Kings of Leon.

With my girls!

I was supposed to watch Animal Collective after that but I skipped it and rested because it was so tiring standing all day.

Saturday night was closed by Guns 'N Roses. This is Kayelle and I waiting with our glow things on.

 THEY REALLY ARE ROCKSTARS. 

Hearing "Sweet Child O' Mine" felt unreal! I mean, I used to rock out to it on Rockband a lot before but now I got to hear it live! There's really something about hearing a song performed live. 

Saturday was definitely much better than my Friday experience, and SUNDAY WAS THE BEST. I will tell more about it in my next post!

Music Is My Favorite Mistress

Earlier this year, I've decided to make 2013 my "Music Year" - meaning I will attend as many concerts/shows as I can afford. Last February I watched Tegan and Sara (twice), and last March, I saw Oh Land. April was blank (because the Vampire Weekend and Yeah Yeah Yeahs concerts sold out). In May, I went to the Googa Mooga festival. I was supposed to see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs during the opening night, but I had a more important spontaneous family dinner, so I didn't get to go. (I should have just given my ticket to someone!)

Anyway, on the second day of Googa Mooga, I went with my brother, met up with my friends, and we ate and drank and had fun!

Photo via Vince Tan Lee

My favorite part was getting to see Matt & Kim perform! I LOVE MATT & KIM! They played all my M&K favorite songs - Cameras, Overexposed, Daylight, Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare, and many more! Kim was so hyper! OMG I love her.

Later in May, I watched Marina and the Diamonds at Central Park. 

I watched with my friend Lia. To make the experience complete, we drew on heart beauty marks on our faces, just like Marina!

I started listening to her music about a year ago and now, I got to see her sing live! Dreams do come true!

Music makes me so happy! Next, I will talk about my very interesting Governors Ball experience! In the mean time, here is a Matt & Kim song for you to enjoy:

Parsons/The New School Graduation

If you've read the blog I had when I was age 15-19 (From junior year high school to half of my senior year in college - it's called "The Adventures of Princess Triszh" and it lived from 2005-2009),  you probably know the story of how I wanted to go to fashion school in New York straight out of high school; how my parents thought I was insane for wanting to do so; how I went to college for Business Economics, had mid-college life crisis and cried many times because I didn't want to deal with derivatives and accounting; how I kept on trying to figure out how I can afford to go to fashion school; and how I swore to myself that I will prove to my parents that I can succeed in my chosen career path. 

For years and years (I've counted ten), I've had this crazy dream of making it in the fashion industry - with getting a fashion degree as the first step, getting an awesome job the second one, and then just continue on climbing up the ladder. I never thought I would actually do it, but right now, I think I'm in a good place and I can actually do it!

Earlier this year, I received my diploma from Parsons (Step 1, guys!). I was delighted when I found out I graduated with honors. I feel like it was the least I could do to thank my family who has been very supportive of my dream - emotionally and financially.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the New School Commencement Exercises - university graduation, to make it simple. I always talk to myself (my inner monologues are voiced with a British accent) and during that time, I asked myself: "Is this real? OMG this is real. I'm wearing a cap and gown, and I'm graduating from my dream school. This is insane. I've done what I've always wanted to do. How did I get here?" Whatever it was, I am so thankful the odds were ever in my favor.

With classmates Marita and Andrea. I'm so tiny!

For my graduation outfit, I wore my Altuzarra dress - a gift I got from my first ever internship. 

With Fashion Marketing classmates. Photo from Andrea Chaux.

A sea of red, black, and gray.

With Mom and Dad.

 It's going to be a long time before I get to the level of success where I could say that I've made it in fashion, but right now, I have a super awesome job at a super awesome company (that means I'm at step 2!), and I couldn't want anything more. Seriously, I love working at Venessa Arizaga. I get to look at pretty sparkly things all the time!

Thank you Parsons for the best 1.5 years of my life yet!

Adventure Time

Life has been very nice to me lately! (I mean, 2012 was awesome, but 2013 is even better!) I've been busy enjoying it that's why my blog hasn't been updated. 

Anyway, last year, my dad was always asking me (during our Skype sessions) to find this deli that serves pastrami and other sandwiches, because he saw it on the Discovery channel and really wanted to try it. It was Katz's! A few weeks ago, we went to the lower east side so my dad could finally eat a sandwich.

Very happy parents

After that, we went to midtown to go up the Empire State Building. I told my parents we should go up because we've been to NY n times, yet we still haven't seen the view from up there.

I wish someone would "Affair to Remember" me or something! I'd love an ultimatum that involves me showing up at the top of the Empire State Building. Minus the part where one gets hit by a car. 

The following week, we drove to New Jersey to have fun fun fun at Six Flags Great Adventure. At first, my siblings were laughing at my Batgirl cape. In the end, (and with the help of my youngest brothers awesome shooting skills), they got their capes, too!

We rode all the big coasters - KING DA KA we rode thrice!!! It was fun! Then we also rode karts. Of course, I'm in the pink one. Penelope Pitstop <3

Finally, the highlight of our second day at six flags: My sister and I riding the Slingshot and the Dare Devil Dive. I just love being launched into the air/free-falling to the ground at intense speeds.

(Note: I have yet to upload the slingshot video on YouTube but if you're my Facebook friend - or my sister's - then you can probably see it)

Central Park

Since I was 14, one of my life dreams was to ride the Barbie carriage on the Toys R Us Ferris wheel in Times Square. A couple of weeks ago, I was able to achieve my dream! 

Since my family and I were in the area, I showed them the Parsons fashion building.

I miss school! Working is much more fun, though!

We went to Bryant Park to sit and play Jenga.

Then we walked 20 streets to Central Park!

With my siblings.

Mother looking fabulous.

This is me trying to control a sailboat. Emphasis on "trying". 

Oh, I really love New York!

Spring Has Sprung

It took Mother Nature quite a while, but Spring has sprung! 

A couple of weeks ago, I visited the New York Botanic Garden with my family and we had a picnic. I was so happy to see a lot of flowers in bloom - especially the tulips, which are one of my top three favorite flowers. (The other two are lilies and orchids.)

We also went to Fort Tryon. I kind of felt like I was in Winterfell - but in spring. (I recently got into Game of Thrones - I want to be Daenerys Targaryen or Cersei Lannister for Halloween!) I guess it does really give a medieval feel and that's why the Medieval festival is held there during September. I've been meaning to attend that the past two years but I wasn't able to. This year, I really have to go because I want to watch knights joust and wear a peasant girl outfit and speak Old English!

I've been balancing family life, work life and a bit of "social life" the past three weeks and it's been great! I really missed having my family around and am so excited to make the most of the two more weeks they will be here. <3 

Now

Hello, world! Just in case you were wondering, I am still alive. Again, I have sort of abandoned my blog. I've been quite busy. Anyway, here are some of the things I've done while I was not updating my dear little online journal:

Two weeks after I got my cartilage pierced, I added two more below it because the love piercing looked sad. I love it. Maybe I'll even fill the gap with more piercings, soon!

4/20 - I started it by going to record stores for International Record Store Day. I then went to the Brooklyn Flea, and then to Prospect Park. I did egg rolls on the grass and also rolled down a grassy slope.

My new babies! I bought Closer Remixed on vinyl, a special release for record store day. Later in the day, I bought a record player! I've always wanted one. Like all the other gadgets/tech stuff I buy, I didn't really do extensive research. It's pink, so I took it.

Also, I am so happy because I started interning at Venessa Arizaga. I've just begun working there but I already learned so much! I love that I get to write content for the blog, select merchandise to cross-sell, run errands like getting materials, and pack and ship stuff! Bonus: it's around 20 steps away from Co-op 87 records! I've decided that Monday will be my record store day. 

I got lucky finding The Virgins' new album at Co-op 87 for only $3! I got Mosquito by the YYYs -a record I've been waiting for for a long time - at Earwax, which was also nearby. There are a ton more records I want need! I've recently been spending more money on music than clothing. I've bought tickets to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Flaming Lips at the Googa Mooga opening (and Matt & Kim the following day), Marina and the Diamonds, Fall Out Boy, and Phoenix concerts. Also, I'm going to the Governor's Ball Music Festival! Moreover, I'm very tempted to buy tickets at crazy prices off StubHub because I want to see Fun. with Tegan and Sara (I made a mistake not buying during the pre-sale), and also The Postal Service. I'm crazy! I guess my new thing now is watching concerts.

Another fun thing is that my whole family is here! After a year of not seeing my mom and siblings, and almost two years of not seeing my dad, we're all finally together again! Cheesy! 

April has been a crazy month - I've had a lot of ups and some scary downs. I won't go into details, but I really thought everything I worked for would be for nothing! But I hope everything will turn out okay. Whatever, I'll just enjoy the now.