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life goes on..

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:05:51 GMT

so i need an outlet. twitter just doesn't cut it for me. and my family follows facebook..and they just don't get it...

so i'm back up in the bay for a weekend, and whenever i comeback home, it makes me think all over again about life, what i want, and well...everything. cuz i really have to know what's important to me and remind myself of it...cuz my family can just drive me nuts.

but anyways..as usual, i always come away with an appreciation of my friends, especially since i'm so bad at keeping in touch with people. as for you 2 or 3 peeps who are still using xanga regularly, that means especially you guys!

anyways...just wanted to throw a shout out. i'm still alive. still got 2 more years of heavy schooling. but enjoying it all the while and learning a whole lot of neat practical stuff...

still alive and kickin

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:26:19 GMT

i almost forgot this site existed...

PT school has been fun, if not super busy

but i had to put this in...

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

oh my...not good when i'm trying to lose weight...but man...some of these ideas i haven't even thought of! bacon wrapped turducken!?

stupid people

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:07:44 GMT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bhEIsxmwpBA

Ralpie May (comedian) on live 105 morning show....

if you hate hippies, and don't mind calling people vaginas, you'll like this

week in lala land

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:03:20 GMT

half w ay done with my little socal vacation

eugene's wedding was....eventful. HAHA
good eventful for me i guess, since i wasn't part of most of the drama. at the end of the weekend though, i think cindy and eugene were very happy, and they had big smiles on their faces through most of the wedding, and so i'm very happy for them.

as for me, so far i've met up with good friends, had lots of good food, and even hung out with my cousin-in-law and went bike riding around marina del mar. he's really tempting me to move out to west LA where i can enjoy the better weather and the coast line!

now i'm slowly making my way down the 5 where I'll check out UCSD's hapkido club....and some more mexican food!

this was BEFORE most of the drinking started. Truong, in the middle, ironically WASN'T the one who nailed me in the face with his elbow. although he did get quite a few head locks and bitch slaps into my chest...

hmm

Tue, 20 May 2008 02:18:41 GMT

ok...so getting a little stressed as i have to work a full 12 hour shift tomorrow before my killer wednesday....
but if anything, i'm just really pissed about Winnie's arbitration. the back story is that she had to take her ex landlord to small claims court b/c he's a penisless dick. he didn't pay her all of her deposit, and he charged her extra for random shit that he made up. anyways....according to the legal counsel, small claims doesn't award punitive damages. so this fucking guy pretty much only has to pay what he should have paid 6 months ago, and noting extra.

so basically, if i'm a landlord, whenever anyone moves out (or when i ask them to move out as in this case) i will only pay 10 dollars of your deposit.
if you sue me, i will drag it out for as long as i can, hoping you just forget about your money. if you end up going all the way, then fine, pay up. but according to this, your safe from paying anything extra.

some believe that karma will come back to those who deserve it. some others believe that karma is at the end of my big fucking fist. wonder which one i believe in?

why i can't complain

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:38:47 GMT

so i'm going to school part time and working part time. and i'm at that point in the schedule where i gotta fit in my finals, friends' graduations, and winnie's court case. i'm looking at my schedule, and i just moved around some finals so that now i have 4 finals (2 lectures and 2 labs) within a 48 hour period. With a 4 hour work shift stuck in between. And a double 12 hour work shift the day before. (i'll also be going out to watch a movie that's ONLY playing that one friggin night....DEATH NOTE!)

but you know what? I'm actually fucking ready. or i will be. and i'm not stressed...and it all started reminding me of how hard things were when i was a teacher. because i'd basically have these same hours. EVERY WEEK. With the additional stress (the full on medically defined version with super high cortisol levels that made me age way too fast). don't get me wrong, it would suck if i didn't do well now. either in my job, or even in class. but i felt that if i messed up as a teacher, these kids would suffer (or at least feel the consequences) for much longer. and that was a burden that just built up and up...by the time i was pulling my umpteenth 80 hr week...i was exhausted..and sick....and just tired of everything

so now? what do i get? a measly set of finals. a full load this whole next week. man..the weather is pissing me off more than anything else.

as long as it doesn't ruin my sake tasting! http://www.sakesanjose.com/

summer plans...

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:36:51 GMT

Ok...here's the dates I have set so far for summer starting with...

my last final will be Wed May 21st (taking my finals 2 weeks early)

so starting that weekend, I'll be down in LA for Eugene's wedding, and I'll be down there until May 31st. I'll be crashing at different friends' places (hopefully!) and maybe I'll make a swing out to san diego too midweek.

Thu-Sun June 26-29 - Chicago! Taste of Chicago and the like =)

Sat July 19th - Santa cruz bbq. Why santa cruz and not stinson? mostly b/c I don't feel like driving north 2 weeks i a row. but if a bunch of people prefer stinson, I can still do that.

Sat July 26th - backpacking/camping at Sky camp 10. This was the first available weekend for this camp site that I could get, and I love this place

so that leaves a trip to yosemite left to be organized, and then that might be it for my main activities until i move on down....

camping and bbq

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:52:36 GMT

ok...it's summer. well...ALMOST summer

so that means, it's time for BBQ's and camping.

I will be hosting a BBQ at Stinson beach one final time while I'm here in the bay sometime in July.

And I would also like to go camping at least once each in Point Reyes (Sky Camp) and Yosemite.

Yosemite reservations might be getting tough to come by, so maybe i'll have to wait til July.

For Point Reyes, we gotta hike in and bring our own gear. I'm looking at end of June sometime.

So who's down? let me know so i can start planning

life is just....swell...

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:49:28 GMT

i'm slowly getting used to it....not complaining. about life.

it's especially noticeable among my good friends when i talk about my career. not only am i not bitter....i'm downright POSITIVE. it's like i have something to look forward to.

of course, it's easy to be happy when things are going well. unfortunately, lately, someone who has been instrumental to my success/survival up to this point isn't doing so well. EW (for those who've read my blog for a while might remember) is slipping further down the "crazy" path, and i feel there's not much i can do without getting sucked in myself. every little thing that sets her back becomes a huge issue. granted, she doesnt' have much, not much support (financially, friends, etc) but what little she has had the past few years has slowly been burned away.
all that gets me thinking about my own recent accomplishments and the things i'm grateful for. many people will cling onto their excuses whenever it's convenient to make themselves feel better. (i could go on and on about that...but i'll assume you know what i'm talking about)
For me, the past couple of months, it's been the opposite. For my classes at Chabot, I have all the reasons in the world NOT to get below the top 90%. And I think that's what all pushes me more. I've NEVER studied so much in my life. Diligent? ME!? oh my...i'm studying for midterms one week earlier. I'm reading ahead of lecture so that I know what the prof is talking about day of. And now, it's just 2 weeks of crunch time, and if i keep it up, i'll finally accomplish an academic goal.

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on a side note, can anyone attest to how accurate this site is?
http://theofftopic.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=963

i'm just curious! don't want to actually test it myself!

life goes on...

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:04:37 GMT

little bits from my life right now:

my physiology professor is an idiot. He's smart, just completely unreasonable. He took off 20% of all my graphs not because they were wrong, or the lines and calculations were wrong, but because my axis lines weren't EXACTLY on the graphing paper grid lines. Basically, if i used a thicker pen, i would have gotten full credit. Instead, he takes off 20%, or two full grades.

the liar in my household was caught. TWICE. IN THE SAME NIGHT. paul is the culprit, as he was caught coming up into the kitchen in the middle of the night and nibbling out of my leftovers. sigh....if it weren't for my old friendship with gene...well...let's just say i worry about that guy...

my loose jeans are also not so loose anymore....man...i mean, i know im' aging, and i've been eating a lot...but really!?

and most painfully of all...i'm getting slaughtered in my last week of fantasy basketball (1-8) AND the warriors are most likely going to miss the playoffs =(