bla(h)g.

2011-06-14T20:50:00.000-07:00

deezypeezy.tumblr.com

sorry billy and cheryl lol

Way Back Wednesdays

2011-06-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

Every Wednesday I’ll post an old picture in remembrance of memories and old/current friendships. I stole this idea from my old friend Danica (http://sweatfreshfromyourflesh.tumblr.com/) wrote. Check her page out! She has some pretty interesting stuff on there.

Senior year, in Mr. Wassers class. This is where our friendship really started. From left to right: Lam w/ his stupid skunk hair cut, me (chick magnet, obviously! lolol jk), and billy. I use to hate Lam cause he started fights w/ everyone and Billy use to hate me cause I was a freeloader. But till this day we remain close. Btdubs, we’re spelling AZN out cause thats what cool cats do.

2011-05-31T10:42:00.000-07:00

Lam IM's me after I uploads the pictures

Lam: lol bro, want to hear a funny ass joke?
Me: lol yeah sure
Lam He sends me a link with this picture

Lam: you know what happened next with that sniper...
Lam: GOODBYE PRINGLE LMAO

I think only like 4 people would get this but back in high school Lam had a huge crush on janel and he said he wanted to snipe pringle while him and janel were kissing so he could swoop. He always denied it until now...

Home is where the heart is

2011-05-30T23:40:00.000-07:00

Matt visited good ol Newark after leaving to Georgia for 5 months. After giving him a hug at Elephant bar, he opened his mouth and it felt like he was gone for no more than 5 days. Nothing changed. He is still the same goofy weirdo who has a new found joy for butt licking lolol. After dinner we kept it low key and chilled at Billys. Billy and I were still hungover from the night before. Of course, Matt falls asleep at 11. The next day we went to the shooting range. I felt incredibly manly after shooting one and was ready to “bust a cap in someones ass”. jk. I really shouldn’t have went home. Im backed up on studying and papers but it was great to see my friend, scratch that...brother.

The photos turned out ok. I was still learning the lens.

Lam being a pro and not shaking

charlie's angels?

Billers

I was excited lol

Safety first!

I can imagine Billy saying "stfu, matt!"

shells

"The best shot is a safe shot" - Matt

family

Imagine NBC's promo thing, "the more you know"

wee hours of the night. and the morning. and forever

2011-05-19T06:00:00.000-07:00

I arrived to the 24 at 11. Its currently 5:48 am and I’m sitting here nodding my head to getting jiggy with it and trying to write my paper due today. Of course I wait till the very last minute. In many hours I’ve been here, I’ve managed to fit in 6 episodes of 30 rock (possibly one of the best shows ever), re watch rap battles that I’ve seen millions of times, play angry birds, and facebook like my life depended on it. If a refresh button could break, then I broke it. I don’t know why either. Its not like people are updating at 4 in the morning. My college career is coming to an end and i have yet to learn how to allocate my time wisely. As stressful as these last minute papers and all nighters are, I’m probably gonna miss doing this a little bit. Just a little.

I’ve already written more in this blog than my actual paper. At least I have more done than this girl.

oh the places you'll go

2011-05-15T20:45:00.000-07:00

Let me start by saying, graduations are ridiculously boring. I am not looking forward to attending them in the next few weeks. Anyways I woke up at 6:30 after 2 hours of sleep and mosied on over to Berkeley to watch Maria walk. After 2 hours of name calling/butchering, she finally walked across that stage and received her diploma that costs her $80,000! All in all it was well worth the drive. Although, I wish I got to see Berkeley girl but thats ok. Congrats on graduating. It is such an amazing accomplishment! You are the best.

This kid was bored and wrote on his dads back. I didn't know suade did that haha

Caught them from the crowd

2 peas in a pod

Maria and her boy friend. He reminds me of someone but I cant put my finger on it. Maybe Harry Potter?

8 years strong, west =)

2011-05-12T01:16:00.000-07:00

I've been listening to this song nonstop lately. Man, Kid Cudi is just so cool. If I could hang out with any celebrity, I think I'd choose him. Or Rachel Bilson. Or Tina Fey. She is amazing too.

"you don't really care about the trials of tomorrow, rather lay awake in a bed full of sorrow"

Steak off for the ages

2011-05-12T01:02:00.000-07:00

Aside from school and going to the arc, there really isnt much to do in Davis. Wayne and I decided to have a steak off.

Wayne's steak

Instead of using his regular mediocre recipe, Wayne wanted to try something new. In my head, I was like "wrong time to experiment, brother! BIG MISTAKE" He used papayas to make his steak more tender and to add some tangy-ness?"

My steak

Ribeye layered with caramelized onions and mushrooms aka awe inspiring heaven in my mouth

Our special judge, Iris is terrified to eat Waynes papaya steak

LOL, waynes steak was barely cooked and she spit it out immediately

His steak came out pretty bad. Mines came out very...ok. Iris iron chef'd our ass and gave us a time limit and we stupidly followed. In her words neither of us won but I lost less! lol

2011-05-03T01:11:00.000-07:00

LA fans are so irrational

Lakers are up 3 with 4 minutes left
eerisxd: omggggggg
eerisxd: too close
eerisxd: TOO CLOSE
Lakers up 1 and Kobe turns the ball over
xxairchinaxx: wooooooo
eerisxd: fucking kobe
Lakers foul to stop fast break
xxairchinaxx: at least it wasn't the 5th team foul
eerisxd: fuu
eerisxd: idk if i want them to foul
eerisxd: or just play solid defense
Dallas inbounds and Pau fouls Dirk
eerisxd: omfg
eerisxd: GASOL
eerisxd: why the why
eerisxd: what a bitch
eerisxd: nothing happened to him
eerisxd: fucking faker
It was obviously a foul
xxairchinaxx: gasol flops all the time too!
eerisxd: yeah but he's spanish
eerisxd: he's more sensitive
I dunno if that was a legit argument but -__________-
xxairchinaxx: my god
xxairchinaxx: worst comeback ever
xxairchinaxx: lol
eerisxd: you don't pull that shit during the playoffs!
Lakers now have the ball down 1
eerisxd: omg
eerisxd: OHMYGOD
eerisxd: dont fuck up
eerisxd: dont fuck up
Pau loses the ball as he tries to pass the ball to kobe. kobe falls due to incidental contact.
xxairchinaxx: =O
eerisxd:are youfuckingkiddingme
eerisxd: fucking blind ass refs

LA fans never give credit whenever credit is due. When they lose its due to exterior factors. Its never there fault!

you're cool but get that garbage shirt outta here

Birthday in jpegs

2011-05-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

There aren't enough words to describe how much my birthday meant! I'm really thankful for everyone who called/texted/facebooked me. You guys are the best. Black Eyed Peas was like "where is the love?" Well I found it in all you guys! I definitely felt the love! I'm just gonna be lazy and post pictures of the week. I'll post the rest when I find my memory card.

The week started off with a lot of studying, but Ellen made it kinda fun

My little cousin and I always celebrate our birthdays together; shes aiiiiteee

She looks nice but she is in that annoying teenage girl phase with major Bieber fever

Hey its that kid from kicking and screaming!

brohamburger

The Loft!

Birthday dinner! I was tagged in this picture on facebook and I wanted to say like "thanks everyone for coming" but one of my friends who wasn't invited totally commented saying how he wasnt invited and it would have been weird if I commented and not acknowledged it lol

we got matching cardigans, along with matching eyebrows

Charla and Dawin aka Darla took me out to eat at spin burger. Thumbs up for Groupon

Tiffany couldnt make it out to my birthday so we celebrated early

Orientation buddies

Late night dinner w/ Billy and Jinjer at Venus cafe aka awe inspiring heaven in my mouth

traditional BJ's lunch w/ my boy deebroooo, along with his weird mustache! lol

2011-04-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

The office sang a parody of rent for Michael's departure. This is probably the best thing to ever happen to me. Goodbye Michael Scott, you've provided me with 9,986,000 minutes of entertainment!

2011-04-09T16:05:00.001-07:00

I felt like one of these guards who are in charge of guarding important places in London. I kept my my head straight and only looked ahead. I never looked to my left or to my right and kept my focus on you. Towards the latter part, you looked both ways and tried to hide it. Its all good now but I can't deal with that shit anymore.

bunch of indiscriminate ponderings

2011-04-05T21:28:00.000-07:00

Its my last second week of spring quarter ever. My last first week of spring quarter is over and my last second week of spring quarter has begun. Soon my last third week...i could do this forever.

I didn't do much. After the debacle that was winter quarter, I've been hitting the books hard. I was at the library for like 2 hours on the 1st day. *gives myself a high five. I wonder how long this hard working thing will continue seeing as all my friends are in their "fuck it, its my last quarter" mindset. I finally filed for graduation. I dunno why i put it off for so long. Maybe because I didn't want it to be real? I'm for sure not ready to leave for the real world. Its like high school all over again. I wasn't ready to leave home right after high school. I don't even think I was ready to leave for Davis but you...adjust.

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When you care about someone, it can cause you to act stupid or irrational. I really put myself out there and let myself be kinda vulnerable. Each day, it gets a bit easier. I told myself not to have expectations but as you get deeper into it, you can't help it. I keep repeating this damn cycle! I had to step out of the forrest to see the trees. I see the bigger picture and in the grand scheme of things it probably won't be that big of a deal. (I'm pretty sure I used those exact words in a blog before) Now that I've done that, I'm ok. Our timing was off which caused some sort of dissonance. Maybe we'll try again some other time. If not, thats cool too.

"all the times that we had, those will be the best memories"

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Happy Birthday Darweezy

surprise

too much alcohol

Me, Stephen, and Kato

CHARWIN

Great party for a great friend thrown by his great girlfriend. Too many shots of everclear...

2011-03-28T00:26:00.000-07:00

My last spring quarter begins in about 7 hours. I'm looking forward to what this quarter has to bring.

My spring break was pretty low key. I didn't really do much. I wanted to go to Vegas with my friends but lacked the funds. But after seeing my grades for this quarter, I really didn't deserve to have much fun at all. I seriously need to finish strong. I might have to stay for summer and maybe even another quarter after doing so poorly. I mean, I'll still walk but thats just more of my money and my parents money that I'll be spending. I just feel so guilty. They work ridiculously hard and its not right for me to not work just as hard, if not harder than they do. This quarter, I promise to match their work ethic. I owe it to them and myself. Enough of that mini rant.

Things I did over break:

-Had my eye appointment. In the waiting room, I saw Josh. I randomly run into him drunk in Davis so we usually dont talk much but this setting was much less alcohol-y and more quiet so we caught up and reminisced over our cotillion practicing days. He was there for an eye appointment too. I dread anything that has to do with my eyes and after what seemed like forever, they concluded that I need glasses. GOD DAMN IT!!!

- Played ball at NMHS with Lam and my brother. These dudes tried to punk us and get us to leave cause we were running everyone. It kinda sucks because it was obvious we weren't wanted there. We would have left if they were to ask nicely but they thought that because they were older, they could just intimidate us. We left triumphant! I love playing at that new gym. It brings back great memories of high school

- Sushi w/ JooMee, Ammo, Kim, Chernov, and Danny at Satomi in Fremont. The place was a lot different than the time I went there 2 years ago. It was super packed due to 99 cent sake night. Jenny and her cool hipster friends were all there too. Too bad we were seated across the room. But Chernov and Danny knew this guy Robert who came over and said whats up to us and he introduced himself to me for like the 5th time. I've met him plenty of times at parties and have come to realize that he either is super wasted every time he meets me or he just has terrible memory because I have had so many conversations with that guy lol

anyways our convo goes like this:

him - hi, im rob
me - hi, im andrew
him - oh, you're the guy jenny wanted to talk to
me - uhh i guess so?
him - yeah, she asked me if the newark kids left (we were waiting to get seated when she saw us) and I said no, they're just across the room. she was like "oh i wanted to talk to andrew"

then everyone at the table looks at me and smiles. err more so just ammo and joomee. It was nice to hear but there is nothing between us anymore. we are just friends and have been for quite some time. HEAR THAT JINJER?! lol

After sushi, we headed over to Dave and Busters. I've only been there like twice. It was filled with hella vietnamese people and a lot of Davis people.

- SingleBarrel with Nicole Pietkiwicz! (strangest but coolest last name). She was a really good friend of mine back at JC. We kinda had a thing but it was really small. Ever since, we hang out...about once a year and we were overdue for ours. She, along with a lot of others were raving about this place so we decided to go. We were in line for about an hour but it was totally worth it. The employees are dressed in like a 1920's prohibition style/speakeasy themed. Its not your ordinary hennessey, amf, jager bomb type of bar. Drinks are chosen for you based on your likes and they somehow match it with this unique drink that encompasses everything you ask for. Its a great place to just catch up or even a first date. I had a great time hanging out w/ her and I'll see her in another year!

-Jersey Shore season finale with Jinjer; she came over Thursday night after work. I wasn't really in the mood to do anything and whenever we chill we just watch tv and catch up at my place. We usually do that, or visit Billy at work, wait for him to close, have him go to wingstop or in and out, then back to his place. We have a whole system. It works for us. This time, Billy was super sick so I didn't see him at all this break. Get well, my friend.

- Panera with JooMee; we have a system too. We usually eat somewhere in the automall area and then visit Brian at REI. Brian and I always do the whole "dude you never hit me up thing" and then Brian hits us up after, and we chill. I was glad she didnt go to Vegas cause I saw her like every other day and break would be extremely shittier if she wasn't here.

Man this is getting too long and it is getting late. I'll just end it here. I look back, this post is kinda garbage but whatevs. I need to stop blogging just to blog. At least I hit enter after each event to make it less of a strain!

It was nice to be home but its also nice to be back! I'll blog more for you soon DEEBRO!

Happy birthday pops!

2011-03-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

"one more year, and I can use the senior citizen discount"

I don't always show it, but I appreciate you in every single way. I love you!

2011-03-24T01:26:00.000-07:00

This is incredibly inspirational. I need to obtain and maintain the work ethic of this man.

Just a Bunch of Scattered thoughts....

2011-03-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

I really dunno what to do, I change my mind more than americans. It's really not that serious but this shit sucks! I'll pull away and then you do something to reel me back. Also, I wish my timing was better! GOD DAMN IT

2011-03-20T20:07:00.000-07:00

My first ever wedding reception belonged to Ariel and Mika Del Rosario. It's so weird calling them that. I'm use to calling Mika, Mika Tan, the porn star. Out of sheer laziness, I contemplated not going. I was tired from lack of sleep due to finals and I just wanted to lay in bed and relax. I was already thinking of excuses to get out of it. But I remembered that I'm an awesome friend and I should not and would not miss this joyous occasion. I had to go to the mall to buy dress pants cause I forgot mine, so I head over to to the great newpark mall, get some slacks, and drive over to the hotel. I was in such a hurry that I wasn't paying attention to anything, and I went on 880s. I didn't realize until I saw that solyndra company. I got onto 880n and got there an hour late. Better late than never, but never late is better!

I check in and look for my seat. I'm seated with Thanh, David, Mae, Maeanne, Daniel, Amy, and Daryll. I dunno why Amy and Daryll were seated at the same table especially if Amy's guest - her boy friend - was suppose to be there as well. I figured he would be sitting with jeff and cheno. It was a bit awkward at first but it passed after everyone had some alcohol in them. The food was great, and it was nice to catch up with old friends.

We ate, we danced, and celebrated the beginning of a wonderful marriage. I wish you both the best!

the family

place setting

table decor

Frankie Munoz decided to make a guest appearance

the married couple...and mika lolol

hallmark for life!

Amy, me and David

money dance

First dance; im proud to say I took this picture lol. They look so happy!

2011-03-08T15:14:00.001-08:00

Forget Lasers! Childish Gambino released his EP today. This guy is super talented. You may recognize him from Community. And I'm jk about lasers though. I'm excited to bike to target and get his album too

"And my clique make that dinero, so its time to meet the fockers, I am running this bitch, you are dog walker"

2011-03-06T22:34:00.000-08:00

My friend Maria was featured in the chronicle! (its too small, just click the image)

VS

2011-03-03T13:25:00.000-08:00

Those talks are just awful and uncertainty is even worst. It's like staring into satins but hole.

Its the little things that count vs don't sweat the small stuff
"Where you at?"
"I feel like me being confused is causing you to be confused"
"Wouldn't it be more practical if we ended it now as opposed to getting more hurt later?
"Are you hinting that we should?"

We repeated the same stuff for about 3 hours just in different words and I left more confused than I was before. I figure, I'm just going to take it for what it is and not look too far ahead. But, I am the type of person who needs a sense of direction. I dunno. CONUNDRUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

2011-02-16T23:41:00.000-08:00

GOD DAMN IT, MOM (its too small, just click the image)

2011-02-15T23:15:00.000-08:00

Today I woke up at 6:45, put on my slacks, buttoned up my dress shirt, tied my tie, and proceeded to woodland for my 8:30 court date. Last quarter my friends and I got a ticket for crossing the train tracks. THE TRAIN TRACKS!!

I get to court and sit next to this really buff mexican guy and we have a quick conversation that goes something like this:

Me: what are you in for?
Him: weapon charges. I had a concealed weapon in my car and no license for it
Me: oh man, thats crazy.
Him: yeah bro, what bout you? why are you here?
Me: *in my most manliest voice, crossing railroad tracks
Him: oh man, I don't wanna mess with you

Yeahhhh, this guy was pretty funny but I definitely did not belong in court with these miscreants. Anyways I get called up to the judge to have her dubb me the "ring leader" since I lived closest to the train tracks. Consequently I was charged with a misdemeanor. Luckily due to my clean record I just need to take a class and it'll be eliminated from the record. Even more luckily, I get to pay 160 dollars to attend that class adding to the 200 dollars for the actual ticket! (I don't think that was a proper sentence but whatever) I will be taking a seven hour class at the center for intervention with a bunch of people who are convicted of weapon or drug charges. AWESOME! God, I've paid about 800 dollars in fines this year. It was such a shitty way to start my tuesday.

I made it back in time for class. Court only lasted 3 hours! After class I headed to the library to do some major studying I had for tomorrow. I get a text from her asking if I wanted to go on a mini adventure. I was studying for a whole 12 minutes before she texted so of course I say yes. I clearly have my priorities straight. I meet up with her and we go get some sandwiches and take the bus to this park downtown were we have a nice picnic. It was a nice little pick-me-up.

Not too shabby of a day...

2011-02-02T12:08:00.000-08:00

These are the dudes I hang out with out here. They're all transfers too so we all relate to each other pretty well. Last year, I had friends who were more acquaintances or friends of other friends. I wish they transfered last year. It would have made my transition a lot smoother. They asked me to live with them next year but unfortunately my time in Davis is numbered.
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I recently received that very scary email notifying me to file for graduation. Its insane to think I'm almost done. I've been in school my whole life. I don't know any other way to live. I'm scared as hell for my future. I have no interviews/jobs lined up. Currently, I have this very passive aggressive mindset. Like, "I'll be ok, someone will hire me" or "It can't be that hard to get a job". Stupid, I know. I'm just trying to enjoy my time left here - continue to be passive agressive - and worry about it when the time comes. It's so hard to do so when everyone around you is getting hired left and right. I really wish I had an extra year or even a quarter, just so I can prolong being a real adult.

To me, graduating is like getting out of bed and pressing the snooze button is delaying it. I just want to keep snoozing. But once you get out of bed, you have to take on the rest of the day. This analogy was a lot better in my head but you get the gist of it. I just want to lay in bed for a couple more hours...

2011-01-25T13:47:00.000-08:00

"Hey I'm gonna pick you up around 7ish? Is that cool?" - Me
"Thats very cool lol" - her

Mildly spicy indian food at kathmandu
Sorta but not really attempting to shoot
Getting lost at the arberatum
3 hour detour
apple pie
arrested development

Awesome first date!

2011-01-24T13:21:00.000-08:00

"All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life: there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Shapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment." - Richard Bach

The circumstances put you into the situation that you're in but it doesn't define who you are. It's a shame society doesn't see it that way. You don't deserve to be put into this social stigma that prohibits you from a well paying job or any other opportunities. Its a shame how the system is based off efficiency and not on an individual basis. You're not provided a chance of redemption or a chance to show you've changed.

I've come to realize how lucky I am at this time of my life.
I'm so lucky I will leave college without any loans to pay off
I'm so lucky to have grown up in a neighborhood with no violence/drugs
I'm so lucky to have many opportunities that many do not.

When you encounter someone who is in way worse shape then you, you really take things into perspective. I can't even imagine the uphill battle some people have to endure just to stay afloat. I am so thankful.

2011-01-20T01:19:00.001-08:00

This thing is being talked about a lot amongst the asian community out here in Davis. If this were twitter we'd be like a trending topic. I don't really like a lot of my business out there, especially if its being talked about in a scandalous type of way. I feel like everyone knows more about it than her or I do. It's just kind of annoying hearing all these assumptions. Rumors are no good, my friends!

2nd quarter blues, mlk weekend, and other randoms

2011-01-19T00:29:00.000-08:00

The start of this year has been so shitty. The ankle sprain has allowed me to do...nothing. The only things I do in davis are play basketball, study, or work out. I've done none of that since the injury. I haven't bought my books cause they're like 3 floors down with no elevator discouraging me and my crutches from going down there. Although, my dad did just get netflix so that kept me occupied. I recently discovered parks and recreation. Aziz is great. One of my favorite scenes:

My ankle is taking wayyyyyy longer to heal than I thought it would. It didn't help that I stupidly went out to ket last week to dance with her. Our first IM game was yesterday and I tried playing. I played 5 minutes and sat out. We lost 59 - 37. I'd like to think, if i were healthy, we would only lose by 5 or so.

MLK weekend:

Joomee came up on Friday to visit me. Even though she did not come with my long overdue housewarming gift, it was really nice of her to come and stay for the day. It was tough finding things to do out here cause you know, davis is like the most cracking city ever. I'm glad she was content on having a homecooked meal, meeting some of my friends, and just catching up. We always talk about what it would be like if she came to Davis and we got a small glimpse of that. I think it would have made my college experience way more enjoyable. Anyways, Mlk weekend always coincides with my mom and grandmas birthday. We all went out to dinner at some thai place. Other then that my weekend was pretty uneventful. I got sick. My immune system is the worst; I blame my mom for that. "yo ho sunfooouhhh" This translates to "I'm so miserable". Everytime I come home, this is the first thing my mom says to me with her tissue stuck up her congested nose.

I hung out with Billy Saturday night. We watched transformers and caught up. I'm glad he doesnt hate me anymore for IMing him w/ nonsense or constantly asking him for sandwiches. Jinjer brought me tea and dessert. The dessert was mostly for herself. Man I love that girl. She's the best. Its weird to think about how our friendship has evolved over the years. Its been so long. We're like classics! My friends make home...home.

Heres to a great February and the rest of the year...

2011-01-09T22:11:00.000-08:00

My ankle is purple/blue and its swollen to the size of a grapefruit =(

I sprained it playing basketball yesterday. I jumped up for a rebound and landed on someones foot; it was excruciatingly painful. Its been some time since I sprained/rolled my ankle. I had to get carried out of the gym and sign some incident reports. Of course, it happens a week before IM's start. Daily tasks have become so difficult. If I have to go to the bathroom, I usually kinda hold it until I REALLY have to go. Rushing to the bathroom or using the microwave is such a hassle. I've been so depressed lol. All ive done today is watch movies on netflix and facebook. Ive probably memorized all my friends status updates and recall all the pictures that they have been tagged in. I know im over exaggerating but I haven't been able to go out and do anything nor can I ride my bike to school now. This totally added to my ultra mega unproductive week

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I know I should not, but why do I have the fattest crush on you?! if only, if only...

2011-01-04T01:51:00.000-08:00

So uhmm is it spring break yet?

NYE

2011-01-02T11:05:00.000-08:00

You know when you're not in the mood to do something and you really wanna flake, but then you decide not to and end up having a way better time than you expected? Early that morning, when I woke up, I saw a text from Jenny asking what my plans were for new years and if i wanted to hang out. I was shocked and happy to see a text from her cause I haven't talked to her in probably over a year. I told her I would definitely hang out with her. As the day went on, I got more and more tired. I dunno if it was running errands, matts going away dinner, or watching the countdown w/ my family but I was really tired. The closer it got to 2011, the heavier my eyes got and my desire to flake rose to an all time high. I would have been perfectly happy with just heading to bed at 1, but I told myself that I wouldn't flake as much this year and make the effort to hang out and be more active. I'm glad I decided to keep that goal in tact. I picked her up after the countdown, got lost for about 30 minutes, and finally ended up at mojos. Mojos is this bar in fremont thats designated for middle age men. Even so, we managed to have a good time. We reminisced over a few drinks. To conclude the night we headed on down to dennys to meet up with some of her friends for some breakfast. It wasn't the most thrilling night, but it was a good simple way to start off the new year. I'm glad I didn't flake, cause I had a great night. I couldn't of thought of a better way to ring in the new year :)

2010-12-31T23:04:00.000-08:00

Good luck, Matt. It's really tough to see you go but I couldn't be more happy for you. I'm proud to call you my friend. You're gonna do great things...

Sierra

2010-12-29T23:24:00.000-08:00

I just came back from boarding with Brian, JooMee, Marivelle, Christian, Derek, Avanish, Sonia, and Ian. Snowboarding is just one of those things I think I'll never pick up. The waking up early and the long drives just doesnt appeal to me. It is such a expensive hobby. Plus, I can't get off the lift for the life of me.

Quick summary cause I am super tired:

- Woke up at 5 and people lagged, so we left at 6
- Crazy snow + slow drivers = 5 hour car ride
- Get to Sierra
- I fall every 30 seconds
- Super expensive lunch
- last run took me 2 freaking hours! I was the LAST person on the mountain
- Get home at 10

The group

I just wanna say I love this girl. She's one of the best people I know. The last run took me forever. While everyone else was in the cabin, she was at the bottom of the mountain, waiting for me. Thank you

"Billy, take out my knife"

2010-12-28T14:57:00.000-08:00

I've went up on mission peak a bunch of times. But perhaps this was the last time I'll go with Matt. On monday, he leaves for training 3 months to Georgia and then onto Washington to start his career.

The night started off with me playing some basketball at Memorial. It was the first time I've been at that gym since I graduated. It was good to actually be active. I haven't done any physical activity all break. I could literally feel my arteries closing.

Matt picked me up and we proceeded onto mission peak. On the way there, Matt was talking about how he's bittersweet on leaving and how we're not ready for him to leave. "I have so much left to teach you." What a character he is...

We began hiking. It was cold, dark, and windy but we pushed forward and willed our way to the top. We shared stories and reminisced along the way. It was a good night

I'm too lazy to go in depth but heres some pictures. At least I didn't take 6 months to blog about it right Billy? The view was amazing.

The 3 of us

"Billy"

"Matt"

Matt and Billy

triumph

2010-12-25T13:12:00.000-08:00

This album is long overdue. I can't wait.

Also, Merry Christmas!

Peach Garden

2010-12-21T00:58:00.000-08:00

Matt is the first to graduate out of all of us?! I would have never guessed. He had his graduation dinner this past weekend. Its weird to think where he was 5 years ago. He is still the same weirdo that we all love with a bit more knowledge on international economics. Sometimes he can be annoying/judgmental/creepy/cock block but once you get past that, he's a really good dude and I'm proud of him.

Heres his graduation speech with some nice chinese music in the background:

Congrats brohamburger

2010-12-09T21:36:00.000-08:00

My studying is progressing soooooo slowly. It might as well be non-existent. The library and 24 have steadily dwindled down as the days have passed. It feels like I'm the only one with finals left. I have about 400 pages of reading/overview/skimming to do. I've been on campus since 8 am and its now 9:50. In that time, I've managed to watch recess episodes, eat, not do so hot on my other final, eat again, organize my itunes, and figure my vegas plans out. So basically, everything but study. The reading I was suppose to have done is equivalent to a whole quarters worth of reading which I have not done. Nor have I gone to class which could have helped supplement or eliminate some of my reading.

Let me break this down:
The average quarter costs about 4000 dollars, so thats approximately 1000 dollars per class.This class meets twice a week for about ten weeks. That breaks down to 50 dollars per class meeting. I've gone to three. And even in the three times I went, I wasn't really there. I was checking my fantasy teams, sleeping, youtubing, or looking at stupid stuff like how much building a indoor basketball would cost. It estimates to about 90,000 in case you were wondering. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY (money towards class, not basketball court. obviously)

I really should focus more in class seeing as I'm paying this ridiculous amount. I've come down with a classic case of senioritis. My time management has digressed considerably while my laziness has increased substantially. I dont care anymore!! I just want to go home and sleep. I take back all the times I didn't want to nap when I was a kid.

By far, this quarter was the worst one so far. I don't know what it is. Maybe its the shitty weather, crappy work/school schedule, or the internship taking up all my free time? Don't take this seriously, I'm just complaining for the sake of complaining. I'm happy/thankful to be here. I just need to reassert myself and prioritize. You know, like not blogging when I have to study. The 25-30 minutes spent on this blog could have been directed towards studying smh. I just can't wait to go home for the holidays. Back to studying I go....

2010-12-08T16:18:00.000-08:00

I made some new friends at the arc the other day. These guys needed a extra dude on their team and picked me up. I've seen them at the arc a lot this quarter but never really played with/against them. I thought they were freshman but it turns out that they're transfers too. They're always at the arc cause they don't really know anyone or anything to do out here. It was like looking at a version of myself from last year. With this quarter almost ending and the new year approaching, I can't help but think about the past year. I was some noobie here at Davis with one braceface friend and not much else. Now, I still have that braceface friend and some other good ones. I wonder where I'll be next year...

2010-12-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

I'm finding anything to distract me from studying. I can't wait for winterbreak.

why so serious, matt? lol

Boiling Crab

2010-11-30T14:17:00.000-08:00

After consistently eating top ramen, pasta, sandwiches, toast, and more toast, I finally had some real food. Darwin wanted his soon to be girl friend to hang out w/ his friends so he invited us all out to eat. We were all boiling crab noobs. Or newbs? I looked it up. According to urbandictionary, unlike a noob, newbs want to get better. Stupid, I know.

I order a pound of shrimp (mild w/ the whole shabang) with potatoes, sausages, and corn on a cob while sharing cajun fries with the rest of the group. It comes in this bag of goodness. It is such a primal way to eat. No forks or none of that. I felt really bad, cause I tend to drink a lot of water and i constantly handed a cup covered in sauce to the server. I'm sure she was disgusted. Its ok, I left her a big tip. Sadly Charla finished while Chris and I could not. I can not fathom how Adam Richman eats 5 lb food challenges.

Anyways, it was good getting to know Charla. I'm really happy for Darwin. He deserves it.

Via Darwins twitter: Boiling crab was delicious, but I did not have a fun time in the bathroom

2010-11-09T18:25:00.000-08:00

I checked my mail, sorted out all the crap and to my surprise, I find a post card from Ericka.

Emails are nice, but post cards are way better. They're way more personal. Eprops to you haha. miss ya! return to the states soon. Slash don't come back empty handed :)

2010-11-07T11:14:00.000-08:00

big sean has too much swag

2010-10-30T17:08:00.000-07:00

Stupid things Iris says:

"theres so many books here..." - we're at the library by the way.

Kato's don't yack

2010-10-28T18:27:00.001-07:00

It was Alyssa's 21st birthday two nights ago. We all surprised her at her apartment at midnight and we watched a video montage of her friends wishing her a happy birthday.

All of us

my homegirl shari and two other chicks I don't know

There isn't much to do out here, let alone much to do on a Tuesday night. We went to the only bar open - g street pub. This bar sucks. Its filled with a bunch of old ass creepers but we managed to have a good time.

Tradition to get forehead stamped on birthday

Chia, Alyssa, and me

I really shouldn't have went out that night but Alyssa's one of the cooler chicks I've met out here. Everytime she excessively drinks, she says "kato's dont yack"

Katos DO yack!

Happy 21st Alyssa!

2010-10-27T18:19:00.000-07:00

I've been super slacking on blogging. This quarter has been quite enjoyable. Making the most of my last year here has taken a toll on my blogging. I really want to be consistent with it. I'll start making more of a conservative effort to blog more often. I know my single reader would like that. Some pictures from this quarter:

XXX party; Darwin was the only one dressed for theme

Andy's 21st at Temple

LA fans are the worst.

2010-10-15T22:11:00.000-07:00

When you start to feel sad for yourself, remember theres always someone who has it worse than you.

For Willy

2010-10-11T00:24:00.000-07:00

So ever since Willy and I became good friends at Ohlone, I had always tried to convince him to watch prison break and he insisted that I tried real ramen. I was like "dude, top ramen is perfection." Being the asian he is, he got offended and wanted to prove me wrong. For some reason we never actually followed through, until recently. So he takes Mika and myself to this ramen place in San Jose. The whole drive there, I was thinking "this ramen better be amazing if he drives this far for it." This place ended up being some restaurant inside a supermarket similar to lyons and our cashier was a white dude. I had Willy order for me and I was impressed. I'm still pro top ramen but I am always down for some "real ramen" with good people.

thank you for the picture mika tan

Morgan Stanley

2010-10-05T00:05:00.000-07:00

Today was my first day interning for the morgan stanley financial program. Through this internship you learn about stocks, options, mutual funds, and all that other wall street stuff. My whole family buys/sells/trade stocks and makes a crap load of money doing so; which was the main reason I even considered applying to this. I walked into the building to this screen with all these numbers and figures that I couldn't even fathom. I realized that, in here, I'm a fish out of water. I was completely out of place. Jeffrey Won walks into the room. He's the senior vice president of morgan stanley and a global wealth advisor. He was going over the tentative schedule for the quarter and cancelled one meeting because he had to fly some clients to new york to take them out to dinner! FLY THEM OUT TO HAVE DINNER. So basically, he's the shit.

To break the ice everyone gave a quick introduction about themselves. One after the other, everyone kept stating that they were managerial economic majors. I'm thinking to myself what the hell am i doing here?! I'm a freaking comm/psych major, let alone the ONLY one with that major. Plus my interview wasn't so hot. If the other people in my group interview saw that I got this internship and they didnt, they'd be pissed. Its one of the more sought after internships out here and I was fortunate enough to get it.

The learning curve seems pretty steep for non econ people. I did, however, feel really grown up. It felt like I was going to work at a real job. I'm really nervous but excited at the same time for this program. It could be very beneficial and a great thing to put on your resume. Who knows? If my dream of being in the NBA doesn't pan out, maybe i'll take an interest in finance and pursue that...

2010-09-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

I've heard many times from people that they wish they could go back to school and that the work isn't as glamourous as it seems. The once dreaded midterms, all nighters, and sections are what they long for now and would rather be partaking in any of those as oppose to the 9-5 work schedule and meeting deadlines.

Today marked the last first day of school I will ever have. I'm gonna make the best of this year. It seems like it was yesterday that I moved in and got acquainted with the city of Davis. I didn't get to fully enjoy my first year here. This time around I'm going to take everything in stride. Before I know it, I'm gonna be receiving my diploma and joining the workforce. Or maybe contribute to the 12% unemployment rate in CA. Hopefully its the former and not the latter.

"Don't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the roses." - Walter Hagen

Lets make this last year a great one

2010-09-08T00:22:00.000-07:00

The ratio is backwards but this made me giggle. It's like he went to costco and couldn't fit all of them into the fridge, so naturally, he stores the excess amount on his bookshelf.

XXI

2010-08-31T23:42:00.001-07:00

This past weekend I drove down to Berkeley to celebrate Maria's 21st birthday. I can't believe she is just now turning 21. It seemed like it was centuries ago when I turned 21. I feel old.

I was somewhat anxious to go cause I only knew a few of Maria's friends and I know

she has a bunch of random groups of friends. I figured everyone would be really clique-y and keep to themselves. I was right. For that reason I was really glad to see Laura. We've hung out once before and we both didn't really know anyone else there, so naturally we gravitated towards each other. Not only do I think she's like the cutest girl like...ever, she's really fun to talk to. We talked about everything from calculus, its always sunny in philadelphia, to the euro. It was one of the more pleasant and refreshing conversations I've had in a long time.

Some of us at dinner

Maria's friend Steph couldn't make it so she sent a bday gorilla. I've never seen this before.

After all the dinner/gorilla interrupting/wine drinking/beer pong, we walk over to the bars. As the clock strikes 12, Maria enters her first bar. Seeing as how many people came to the bars, I was scared for her liver. She had the typical blow job shot, AMF's, and a bunch of other things. Unlike Ammo who tries to choke people or Billy who asks for water and then just spits it back out, Maria is a very composed drunk. It's probably due to the years of practice she's had. I had a great time at the bars. I got to catch up with Lucia and Sarah, ran into some friends from elementary, experiment with some obscure drinks with Laura, and made friends with a guy who is Russell Brand's doppelganger. The night ended with Maria and I walking back to her place to catch up and crash. Since she was too busy mingling with everyone, the opportunity to actually have a conversation with her didn't really present itself, so it was really nice just talking to a drunk Maria.

Heading to the bars...

Blowjob shot which she couldn't do -__-

LOL @ ali

North + West

I left Berkeley around 10:45ish. In the process, I managed to get a freaking speeding ticket! I was going no more than 75. Ok, maybe closer to 81 but still. I was going with the traffic. The only reason I was speeding, was so I could get home and catch the Giants game. How dumb is that? I mean if I miss the first 10 minutes, its not like theres 4 more hours of baseball left.

-___- Now Maria's 21st birthday will forever be synonymous with this damn speeding ticket.

Aside from the ticket, I had a great weekend. Happy Birthday West!

2010-08-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

Relationships - just like computers, sinks, or cars - require maintenance. If you don't tend to your relationships with your family and friends they will soon forget about you and eventually learn to live without you. It goes without saying that I love when people make an effort to keep you in their life. Whether its catching up on the phone once a week for 20 minutes, random text messages, making plans to grab lunch, or making a drive up/down somewhere to see you. I'm glad I have people who feel like my relationship w/ them is worth keeping.

2010-08-14T19:48:00.000-07:00

I've been in the 24 since 1. It is now 7. I've spent an hour napping, one hour studying, two hours photoshopping, and two hours on youtube listening to covers. If I could ever take someone elses voice, my top choices would be:

Craig David

Raphael Saadiq

Bruno Mars

Chris Martin

Avant

I've actually stupidly given this serious consideration as if this could ever happen. I need to study...

2010-08-10T18:59:00.000-07:00

Billy was back from Thailand

Ammo was back from Vegas

Matt was home for the weekend

JooMee returned from Hawaii

Maria returned from Brazil

Deja was having her baby shower

Jinjer returned from...work

So it was only right that I came home this weekend.

I'm too lazy to blog and good luck chuck is about to be on so I'm just gonna recap with bullet points:

Matt and I catch up and watch dinner for schmuks. Don't watch it. Maybe redbox it, if redbox was free. I wanted my 2 hours back. Its always nice to talking to Matt. He's unorthodox.
Deja's baby shower. I lose practically every game
Grandma's for dinner
Go to Billy's house. His mom makes me pho. Him and I catch up. He tells me about his new lady friend and his goatee
He gives me this nice little lantern thing
Maria and I meet up. I haven't seen her in 6 months. We go to the park and walk all along sycamore/tozier. Nothing has changed between us. She got a bit darker but that is all
She gives me this bracelet and a key chain that says "Bonfirm" So saint Bonfirm is a famous saint in Bahia and people come to him from all over brazil to be healed for their sickness, diseases, rashes (shingles lawl). And for good luck, people wear the ribbons to remember him and they tie 3 knots for a separate wish that comes true when the ribbon falls off.
Chill with Claude Quebec. He gives me a shirt with his face on it. He had about 100 leftover in which he spent approximately 400 dollars on. He is quite the character
Watch Scrubs with JooMee
Visit Jinjer at work. I give her a one of a kind Claude Quebec shirt Her annoying co-worker is banned from talking to Jinjer so I can finally talk to her without her putting in her 2 cents
Dinner with the parentals
Drive back to D-town and realized i forgot my laundry

Deja's baby shower

Newark, I will see you again soon...

2010-07-30T03:53:00.000-07:00

It's 330 and I just came back from downtown. I'm gonna pull a billy and drunk blog, except not I'm not super drunk. Just kinda buzzed.

In celebration of the end of session 1 and stevens birthday, I went out to the bars with paul, tyler, steven, nika, giz, some girl named ai (pronounced I), and Emahlee. I've never really hung out with this group of people but they ended up being pretty damn cool. Everyone was kinda paired up except for Nika and myself. I've never really talked to her. I always just knew her as Marc's girlfriend. We ended up kicking it most of the night and she is pretty damn cool. The usual itinerary for downtown is go to bernardos to get some wiki's and then head to ket. I get to ket and dance with this girl for a while. We shall call her hyrori Lee. I met her at bernardos through some friends. I run into her at ket, we dance and blah blah. It was very reminiscent of how my last thing started. I'm not trying to get at this girl or anything but if I've learned anything from the past, it would be a terrible way to start things off. You can't change how things are but you try to make the best of your situation. I don't regret anything w/ that person. We went through what we went through for a reason. It didn't turn out the way I had expected but im confident we will be good friends. Maybe not now, but in the near future.

Too much rambling. I will now enjoy my big mac and proceed to knock out. The perfect way to not gain weight -__- over and out.

SS1

2010-07-29T15:04:00.000-07:00

I finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel...

I honestly could not think of a worst way to spend summer. I mean, spending summer in class, with shingles for 2 weeks, and no roommate is not exactly a vacation if you ask me. And to top it off things with her were like a roller coaster with so many ups and downs, inverted turns, loops etc. Its all in my rearview mirror now. I finally get to enjoy myself for a whole 2 days! Until then I will do NOTHING.

2010-07-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

Its a shitty feeling knowing that you didn't give everything you could and you're left wondering what if. Knowing if you tried and gave it your all, you would be ok with your body of work because deep down you know there is nothing more you could have done.

I've been fortunate enough to be given a second chance and I won't leave myself wondering what could have been.

2010-07-20T01:11:00.000-07:00

holy frick on a stick!

I will never ever complain about walking again. Shingles has hindered my ability to get to point A to B without grimacing. I will never again take my mobility for granted. Its ridiculous how much I have lounged around this past week. I've watched sooo much tv, facebooked more than I can describe, and have youtube'd like no other.

Shingles whomps.

2010-07-17T15:14:00.000-07:00

First heart palpitation and now shingles?!?

I wake up Sunday morning w/ this red mark on my right side. I figure, no biggie its just like a scratch or something. The next day blisters emerge. I'm like uhhhhh this can be no good. I start googling and narrowed it down to a few things. Apparently a lot of what has made me feel so blah lately have a lot to do w/ these stupid shingles. The blisters start to itch and burn to the point where I lose sleep, which unfortunately, I make up for in class.

I finally stop being stubborn and stop taking the whole wait and see approach and go to the health center. They tell me its shingles. The scientific name for it is Herpes zoster which is what the doctor originally called it. As he uttered the word herpes I looked up with my eyes bulged and he immediately said it had nothing to do with the std herpes. Even through all the pain I was feeling incredibly relieved. So shingles occurs when the virus that causes chicken pox starts up again. Once you get chicken pox, the virus stays dormant in you and something triggers the release of it. I was prescribed vicodin and some stuff to prevent it from spreading.

Vicodin is serious. Seriously awesome. I can see why House was addicted to them. The pain has become tolerable and the redness has become less red? I will never again complain about walking, running, or anything that has to do with my legs. These shingles have stripped me of my ability to get around from location to location pain free. The doctor said it was strange to see someone of my age to have shingles because they only usually occur in people older than 50. 50?! I am no where near 50!! Oh well, the worst of the pain has passed...

2010-07-14T12:17:00.000-07:00

Warning: this is going to be a lot of bitching/venting.

You know when they say its the little things that matter most? It works both ways. Everything is just adding up right now and its taking a toll on me. School isn't helping either. This summer session has just been way more overly stressful than I could've ever imagined. I don't know, I can't even just like pinpoint whats wrong. No matter how much I sleep, I'm still just...blah and I never feel like doing anything. Surprisingly the only decent thing going right now is with her. Even though we're not dating, we still remain good friends and I can honestly say that I'm content with that. Actually, she's probably like one of the only friends I have out here. I could use some right about now but they're either in another country or preoccupied with their own lives. I'm just in like some funk right now or something. I tried playing basketball last night but I can only release so many endorphins. And I never I know a lot of other people have it a lot worse than I do, but I just need something, anything to go my way. I'm just...tired.

Right now I just need some little victories to help me get by...

I apologize for all this ranting.

2010-07-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

What an inopportune time to get a nosebleed?! First in the middle of an exam and now this?! smh...

2010-07-08T08:58:00.000-07:00

One of those never skip on shuffle mode songs

To infinity and beyond

2010-07-07T01:48:00.000-07:00

I just got back from watching toy story 3 with her. They have 5 dollar tuesdays for movies that have been out for 2 or more weeks. However, I would've been perfectly fine paying full price for such a good movie. It was definitely worth the wait. We got some jack in the box after, then proceeded to safeway, and finally went back to her place to eat and watch some late night urkel

As far as me and her goes, we're just friends. I dunno? Its easy just being friends when you don't see each other but its a different story when you're hanging out. We just reverted back to the way we were. Err sort of. I don't even know. I'll just take that night for what it was. A good night, good movie, and good company.

2010-06-23T23:29:00.000-07:00

I know I've already written an ode to you way back when but like you - this is gonna be short and sweet. I just got off the phone with you and homie g mang jinshizzle dizzle rizzle shizzle home fry skillet, you're always there. You're always supportive when no one else is. I love you and thank you.

"I'll prove it like a theorem!"

Its only tuesday?!?

2010-06-22T22:41:00.000-07:00

I feel like I've been in summer school forever. Sadly, its only been 2 days. I can't imagine 6 weeks of this and then another 6 weeks. Kill me now. And on a not so brighter note...

I told Darwin about her when I got back on Sunday. He took it a lot better than I thought he would. Or so I thought. Earlier today he told me it bothers him and it makes him uncomfortable. I'm not surprised nor angry at him. I expected him to react that way when I initially told him. After Darwin and I discussed it, I went to her place to talk about it, and now she's having doubts because she doesn't want to break up a friendship. It's a shitty position to be in. I tend to date girls who have no future. Either they were graduating and moving far away, I was moving, they weren't completely over their ex, or they're just stupid. It's not just some stupid crush. I wish it was. But I do genuinely do like this person and I could see it potentially going somewhere. I would never intentionally hurt him and knowing that I did...blows. Right now its kind of awkward. Him staying at my apartment for 2 weeks just compounds the situation. The last thing I want is to lose him as a friend. But I also don't want to lose her over exterior factors that has nothing to do with us? I don't know if that made sense. I'll just wait a couple days and see how everything plays out. In a perfect world he would support me and be ok with it. I mean, in my perfect world. In his perfect world, he'd be playing pro soccer and have an endless amount of hoisin sauce. Too bad we're living in a stupid real world with all these guidelines and rules.

I'm in quite a pickle. And I hate pickles. Literally and figuratively. With the exception of relish.

2010-06-12T16:13:00.000-07:00

My first year at UC Davis is finished and I'm back in good ol Newark for a week long summer break. Its been a long but great school year. Even though summer couldn't have came a minute sooner, I'm gonna miss the friends I made back in Davis. I remember the summer before I left for Davis, I talked to Ester extensively, not only to kinda get at her but to find out how to get myself acclimated with cowtown. She told me that the people is what makes Davis great. She was right because there is NOTHING to do there. I did not know what to expect but I would've never expected to form such great relationships with some great people. Shout outs to the com crew, darwin, ericka so, mike wang, and wayne ho. I'm gonna miss spending hours at the arc, ketmoree, and even studying at the 24/library. It still really hasn't hit me that my I only have a year left here. It started off rocky, but ended great. Heres to another awesome year. Cheers!

2010-06-09T05:49:00.000-07:00

Its 5:34 and I'm up studying for my last final of junior year.

Life is full of freaking tests. One after the other...

2010-06-06T21:11:00.000-07:00

I've come down with a serious case of idontcareitis

8 PM on Wednesday June 9th can not come any sooner. I have been sitting at the library all day today and yesterday. I will be sitting here all day tomorrow and the day after that. I just want to be done. 8 PM can not come any sooner...

2010-05-24T23:23:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty damn excited for summer! I come back to Newark on June 12th and I dont return till...June 21st! I get a whole 9 days off until summer school starts! I then get a whole 2 weeks off until Fall quarter! Can't you tell how thrilled I am?

I used 3/4 possible exclamation points in the previous paragraph.

Until then, I have finals coming up in 2 weeks. Midterms just wrapped up and I haven't done a single thing since. Its like the calm before the storm.

"the only thing that changes between us is time"

2010-05-17T22:30:00.001-07:00

Going home the last 2 weekends have been really nice. Although, I wish I went home for other reasons besides to pay 1400 freaking dollars to get my stupid car fixed. Never again will I get a BMW. Stupid impulse buy. Why did I buy it?! Things are much more obvious in hindsight.

I've progressively gone home less and less but whenever I do, its always a pleasure. I admit, some of my friendships have not been able to withstand the hour and a half distance but the ones that are important to me have stayed strong. We may not talk as much but whenever we do, we just pick up right where we left off. The relationships I have here are different than the ones back home. With the ones back home, we have that rapport that only comes with years of knowing each other and that could never be replaced. I thoroughly enjoy spending time with you all even if its just catching up at in n out with cleverly concealed coronas, watching the office together, or hanging out with fremont fords best receptionist. The calls/texts may be fewer and far between but know that you guys are always on my mind.

Another case of the mondays

2010-05-04T01:59:00.000-07:00

**This blog is strangely similar to Billy's in regards of content/topic. I wrote this before reading his. Great minds think alike.

Today was ridiculously...ridiculous.

I set my alarm for 7:03 am to give me time to eat breakfast and take a shower before heading off to study with Heedrin. I press the snooze button a couple times.

7:03 turns into 7:13.

7:13 turns into 7:23.

7:23 turns into 7:33

I take a quick shower, have a big bowl of nothing and proceed to campus. About 3 minutes into my bike ride I hear my wheels scraping which only means one thing - my tube popped. I walk my bike back to the apartment then drive to campus. Its about 8:30 now. I had a midterm to study for and Heedrin and I were just going to do a little review session. Based off of our last 2 study sessions we were confident in our knowledge of the material. I take my midterm at 12:10. At about 1:10-ish I come out thinking "holy crap, the material I studied for wasn't on the exam". 2:10 comes and I have my next class. I was so infuriated by the last exam I neglected to take notes for this class. Stupid reason, I know. Anyways, class gets out at about 3:40. I proceed to my car with Heedrin and see a golden envelope on my windshield. Golden envelopes = parking tickets. At first, I figure it was Darwin just messing with me. Unfortunately, it was not. In the midst of rushing to campus to study for what apparently was irrelevant material, I had forgotten that my permit wasn't allowed at that parking structure till 4:00. I look over the ticket and it read, "ticket received at 3:35" 5 minutes after i get out of class!?! Damn it. There goes another 40 dollars. You would think my anger and frustration would lead to an intense endorphin releasing workout but I was too drained to do anything. I was one of those noobs who walk into the gym and leaves 10 minutes later.

I go home and take a nap. After a rough day, it was nice to just watch the office and hang out. Thank you Michael Scott for salvaging my day.

Picnic day 2010

2010-04-19T01:31:00.000-07:00

First off, sorry to Lisa, Nicest, and April for missing out on your birthdays. I couldn't miss out on picnic day. Picnic day is like Christmas for these Davis people.

Picnic day means bars open at 8 which = everyone going ape shit and drinking all day. Its so strange seeing everyone struggling to keep themselves from falling over after massive consumptions of alcohol at 10 am. Its also amazes me seeing all these different methods people use to bring alcohol onto campus. Mango a go go combined w/ vodka is not so bad...

Seeing as it was my first picnic day, I wanted to enjoy and actually remember the festivities. I held off on drinking till about noon-ish. Thats a lot longer than everyone else. I later realize that picnic day isn't all that great and you have to be pretty drunk to enjoy it. It consisted of a lot of walking around. I wanted to take part in some tie dying, milking cows, and watching the doxy derby races but it was difficult to manage all these when we always had to meet up w/ people and look for them blah blah. After a while, all of us head to mikuni's for happy hour, then head to campus to lay on the grass for some good ol napping.

Ericka and I

Comm Crew! Shane always brightens up my day. Either w/ his personality or his skin

"Doing That" - Shane

Heedrin passed out on the bus

The rest of the night was a blur thanks to srna not drinking beers and sucking terribly at beer pong. I drank too much vodka and a crap load of beer. Warm beer at that! I've come to enjoy a beer every now and then, but not warm keystone. Keystone light? Might as well be called carbonated pee.

I remember:

laying on a curb talking to ericka on the phone
rapping to drake's the winner in the tipsy taxi
meeting some chick named sylvia
vanessa getting high and being so muchhhh more chill than I'm used to
dancing to justin beiber
making 6 cups in a row in a beer pong game; it was epic

All in all, it was a great day/night.

2010-04-11T23:05:00.000-07:00

your verbal says one thing, and your nonverbal says another.

I now pronounce you darwin and andrew

2010-04-04T23:02:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was spent celebrating the 21st birthday of my good friend Darwin Eng.

"I am from China, I am so happy to be here in America!"

Coming into Davis I knew very little people here. I had some friends from high school here and there but nothing significant. Darwin and I attended Ohlone together but we did not formally meet until about 2 weeks before our last semester there. We knew of each other mostly because of mutual friends. I knew him as the buff soccer player. He knew me as the stud from newark who sat in the same spot in hyman every day. jk about hyman part. Anyways, after having a few convo's here and there we facebooked each other about our experiences at orientation/davis etc. He had taken summer session so he had an idea of how everything worked here. He told me to hit him up when I arrived and I took him up on that offer. He fixed my bike the first time we hung out. Our friendship has progressed from that point on. Darwin is the nicest, goofiest, and most generous person you'll ever meet. As we've become more and more entrenched into the davis world, we've been branching away from our bromance and hanging out with other people but we are forever bonded due to our experience as transfers and for that, I am very appreciative. I wouldn't have been able to get through my first 2 quarters without you, Darwin. Thank you.

Alright bromance stuff is finished. Birthday weekend recap to follow soon.

2010-04-02T14:40:00.000-07:00

Got through week 1; 9 more to go

-____-

Traveling Door

2010-03-25T12:33:00.000-07:00

Every Second Saturday of the month, Downtown Sacramento has this event properly named Second Saturday. Its this event where everyone just walks around downtown, listen to live music, and look at a bunch of art galleries. This past month, Srna and I went to second sat and met up w/ some of her friends. We came across this thing called the traveling door. People go up to sign the door and they take a picture of you as if they were looking through a peep hole. They then put all the pictures together in a time lapse. Heres the end product:

You can see me at 4:35! Thank you to my new friend Alia for sending this

2010-03-23T11:25:00.001-07:00

The phrases "one day at a time" and "take things as they come" have been thrown out there many a times by many different people with me being one of them. Its very cliche but it does ring true. These phrases/sayings are just those, until you give them meaning. Those quotes were just quotes for me until this past quarter. I realized that you have to take baby steps and not Paul Bunyan ones. You just strive for improvement, even if its a small one. You just want to be better than the day before.

free beats

2010-03-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

Via http://sweatfreshfromyourflesh.tumblr.com/ (danica's blog)

kina grannis

2010-03-13T10:52:00.001-08:00

So about a couple of months ago I was studying with at the library with my friend and we were looking at my old pictures and some random girl nosey-ly comes up and says "are you and Kina Grannis dating?! you have a lot of pictures together." I'm like uhhhh who's Kina Grannis? I had to get back to my studying but my friend and I were curious so she pulled her up on youtube.

This is Kina:

And this is the girl she thought was Kina:

This is my friend Sashley. We dated for like a month back in summer? I can see why she mixed the two up. Anyways, yesterday another person came up and asked if me and Kina are dating. This time I said yes just for kicks. She thought I was the luckiest person ever. As Chung would say, "win." Anyways, after the first time I was asked, I actually looked into her and watched a bunch of her youtube videos and discovered a pretty good musician. As a matter of fact I wish I was dating her.

Here's her newest video. Its actually really neat. Her voice is really chill; kinda like a girl Jack Johnson.

2010-03-05T13:15:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I showered, got dressed, and head to the bus stop (my bike is out of commission, again) anticipating going to class. I stand at the bus stop for a good 30 minutes. I end up just walking to campus and was informed that protestors had blocked the route for my bus. I arrive to students standing outside classrooms/library and unable to go re-enter. Why? Because some protestor pulled the stupid fire alarm. So who are the ones stopping my education? Not the California Board of Regents but YOU. I'm trying to prepare for finals and the teachers are trying to help me in doing so. It is unfair of you to take that away from me. I too am angered by the tuition increase and I am all for freedom of speech but I thought this was definitely not the way to go about this. Pulling fire alarms, turning over employee vehicles, and blocking traffic will not magically bring you or the state more money. And trying to merge on the freeway? Thats constructive. In actuality you are hindering us by taking away our class time.

Props to Ericka So for the top notch reporting. Sorry, I was unable to take good notes for you while you were doing this.

Pam Pam Thank You Ma'am

2010-02-21T14:34:00.000-08:00

I like her. She's really down to earth, a genuinely nice person, and just...cool. There is something there and im almost certain the feelings are mutual. Right now, maybe its like a Jim and Pam season 1-3 type of thing. Now I'm not saying I am anywhere close to charming and cool as Jim Halpert is but she is definitely as attractive and endearing as Pam. The only people who may not understand this pop culture reference would be Billy and Jinjer who for some reason I cannot fathom, do not watch the office. Get out from under your rocks!

Anywho, I'm hoping we can cross on over to season 4 but I'll just have to wait and see.

2010-02-15T23:12:00.000-08:00

As Jamba Juice likes to remind me, "my body is a temple; littering is strictly prohibited." My immune system freaking sucks! I'm sick...again. I just got over being sick like 2 weeks ago. why?! why?! why?! A bit overdramatic but I don't care. This sucks. I need to start taking better care of myself. Being sick put a hamper on my long weekend back home. I wasn't able to see or hang out with everyone I wanted to. Sorry to those who I said I would call but didn't. Its not you, its me.

Before I got sick, I was able to see get my ass kicked by half an atomic wing with Billy, grab some chinese food with Jinjer, watch the office with Ammo, and grab coldstone with Maria. If I had verizon you guys would, hands down, all be in my fave 5. I wish I would've had the opportunity to see JooMee but she was busy being lame. C'mon Joomee, you're slipping in the power rankings. jk. You guys make home, home. Thank you.

2010-02-14T20:59:00.000-08:00

For my birthday, jinjer gave me a fish. Today i found my fish dead. I was sad, but more sad at the reminder it left me - that nothing last forever. Its a shame that we need to experience tragedy, little or big, to realize how precious life is.

2010-01-31T11:53:00.000-08:00

It's been quite some time since I've sat down and jogged my thoughts and/or daily happenings down. School is just killing me right now. The workload is a lot greater than I expected and I'm having trouble balancing everything. I feel like I can endure the struggles I face now because I will reap the benefits both externally and internally. Internally, I know that I would've done it with nothing but hard work and I would appreciate it that much more cause nothing was handed to me. I feel like once I get through this, I can take on anything. Anything after this, will be cake. Right now things are tough but I wouldn't have it any other way.

"I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold. I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good" - kid cudi

First Day of My Life

2010-01-18T11:39:00.000-08:00

I've known this song for a while but I just recently stumbled upon the video

"Yours is the first face that I saw. I think I was blind before I met you. Now I don't know where I am. I don't know where I've been. But I know where I want to go"

Its a really nice video. It's so simple, sweet, and genius! I think its a great song to listen to on a rainy day like today. I am truly enamored by this song. Everyone should watch it this video. It'll make you feel good.

2010-01-17T13:59:00.001-08:00

I don't know whats more impressive. The shot or the handshake! I need a translator though. I don't speak Monta.

2010-01-13T22:52:00.000-08:00

As I was browsing facebook today, I read a status that said "work 5-9. FML" Like really?! I can't begin to state how much i disklike that phrase. Your life can not be that bad. You have a roof over your head and food on the table. Thats a lot more than many people in Haiti can say right now. Be grateful.

Real World Davis

2010-01-05T00:14:00.000-08:00

I just finished meeting and getting to know my new roommate, Kasey Campos. I never got a chance to meet/interview her before she moved in. The only form of communication we had was via email. So going into today, I was really anticipating meeting her. Going to a JC, I never had a chance to experience the dorms so this was sort of my opportunity to relive that. It was like real world Davis but not really. Instead of opening my door to a luxurious home fully equiped with jacuzzis and confession rooms I come home to a mundane 2 bedroom apartment to a girl still unpacking and getting settled in. We talk. Small talk turns into big talk? So far this is what I know of her:

She's 29
She drinks a lot of tea
She broke her back cliff diving and may never fully heal
She knits and sells her stuff on etsy
She's very open and honest
Reminds me of someone who could be on friends. Sort of like Monica
She's had an unbelievably crazy life. She's been through a lot. I commend her for bouncing back and going back to school

I feel like she's one of those people who - because she lived a tulmultulous life and survived - have come out wiser. I can learn a lot from her.

2010-01-04T17:22:00.000-08:00

I had my first class today marking the end of my winter break. No more sleeping at the wee hours of the night, but instead waking up at the wee hours of the morning. Break was good to me. I didn't spend enough time with the people who I intended on spending time with. I hung out with a bunch of random friends. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy hanging out with those people, it was just...different. A lot of things changed back home. We didn't even have our annual Christmas/Thanksgiving get togethers. All of us have grown apart but have always found time to get together for the holidays.

I don't know. It was my first time being home for an extended amount of time. I sort of - naively - expected everything to be the same as when I left in the summer. Everyone is doing their own thing now. And thats the way it should be. I mean, it would have been nice for all my friendships to have remained as strong as before but unfortunately thats not how it works. Things change, people change, and priorities change.

the older we get, the more we change

the more things change, the more they remain the same

One thing that we can be sure of, the only consistent thing in life, is that nothing is permanent. It is that constant change that makes us all alike.

More like the more things change the more they stay...insane! jk

2010

2010-01-01T13:29:00.000-08:00

2009 was a great year. I turned 21, got accepted into UC Davis, and Vegas brought upon plenty of stories. Other than a few minor mishaps, I can't complain.

I'm not a big new years resolution person. I feel like you can make a change for better or for worse at any point in your life. But, it is a nice starting point and I see the merit in it. Here are some of mine:

Be more patient and take things in stride
Be more productive. I watch more tv in a day then a lot of people do in a week. And its not even like its good tv either.
Make peace with my past so I don't spoil the present
Don't half ass things. If I have no choice but to do something or be somewhere, I might as well do it to the best of my ability
Try and eat breakfast as often as I can
Live a little more spontaneously; Steve jobs said it best: "If I look in the mirror and ask myself: "if today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? If the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, than I need to change something"
Be better in 2010 than I was in 2009

I still can't believe its 2010. 10 years ago I was in sixth grade hanging out with my then best friend Ben recapping all the matches from smackdown and playing kick ball. Where has the time gone? Its been a great decade. Lets hope the next ten years will be just as good as the last.

fall seven times, get up eight

2009-12-29T15:48:00.000-08:00

I can finally cross off "visit snow" off my bucket list. I can't believe I waited 21 years, 8 months, and 28 days to see snow.

I had the most awesome time snowboarding. Granted, I can't get off the lift for the life of me and I fell close to 50 times in about a 5 hour span but I had an amazing experience. At first, I was thinking to myself, "uhhh what is all the hype about?" but once I was able to ride down the slopes for more than 10 seconds I reached a snowboarders high, if you will. My new roommate is from tahoe so maybe she can take me whenever she goes back home. Or people who go, can pick me up on the way =)

Thank you to my cousin Kristen and her boyfriend Peter for taking me. I am finally de-virginized from the snow!

50 people 1 question

2009-12-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

I've taken on a project similar to this video. I take pictures of strangers and get to know them on the most intimate level you can with a stranger. It's really fun. Of course, you get the occasional person who thinks you're the biggest creep and wants you to leave them alone. Aside from that, its pretty fun. If anything, I just work on my portraits. I have pictures of like 4 people. Maybe I'll post them later? Maybe. We'll see how it turns out. I got the idea from flickr. As I saw that, I came across this project too.

http://www.theplug.net/28/strangerphotos.htm

I remember when I was introduced to post secret back when I was a freshman in college. This girl who I liked at the time showed me it and I've checked it every Sunday since. I'd like to think that some of the secrets aren't fabricated.

2009-12-18T11:47:00.000-08:00

deezypeezy.tumblr.com

2009-12-12T17:07:00.001-08:00

I've been on a brief hiatus from blogging. Finals have kept me busy. Thankfully, I am done. No more blue books, no more scantrons, no more library, and no more 24! And what is my reward? 3 weeks of break while Ohlone doesn't go back till Feb 1st -___- I'm not gonna lie, thats a bit demoralizing but oh well.

Anyways, I've contemplated moving to tumblr. I mean, i already have one w/ all of my previous posts transferred over. So its not like I would just forget about all of these blogs? I dunno. It's a lot easier to use and you can reblog and what not. We'll see...

Blog more later. Congrats to those who are already on winter break and good luck to all those still taking 'em.

Red Balloons

2009-11-22T17:59:00.000-08:00

Red Balloon 2009 is a benefit concert that sponsors the UC Davis Childrens hospital and the got your back Network.

I had anticipated my Saturday evening to consist of reviewing lecture notes and catching up on some tv shows. I was at the library when Darwin shows up buzzed and probably high (he's the biggest pothead I know) and asks if I wanted to go to a free concert/show on campus which was headlined by Gabe Bondoc! It was a tough decision. Do I continue to study? Or do I go to a free concert and get the chance to listen to some potentially good artists? After minutes of debating, I chose the latter. I'm glad I did.

We bike on over to the science and lecture hall and we see a suggested donation of $7. I give them all I had - $2. I walk into the hall and its like all the cute asian girls in Davis decided to show up to watch the show

It was a really great concert for a great cause. After being more informed on what they were trying to accomplish, I felt so shitty for only donating $2. Here's a promotional video for the event:

To open up the show were these 3 girls from UC Davis. They performed covers, medleys, and spoken words. The tall asian chick on the guitar was super hot. I was really hoping she would see me in the crowd and just like perform to me like how Torrance had cheer sex w/ Cliff in bring it on lol. The girl who beatboxed was really sick too. Here's a video someone took at the performance:

The next group performing was Thoma's apartment. They're pretty popular on youtube. I felt bad cause they were like rocking out and the audience were just like chilling there. Maybe it had something to do w/ their speakers going in and out? I dunno. I thought they were dope.

After Thoma's Apartment was Tyler Weinrich. I was really surprised at how good he was and how much he resembled Ryan Reynolds. He's very Jason Mraz-ish. I really liked his song "don't go too far" (if you click the link, you can hear the song)

Next was songbird. The lead singer was super hot. She kept saying she was hungry in between songs. I yelled out I would take her out to dinner. She respectfully declined. I think she would've taken me up on my offer if she didn't have to drive back to socal. Or at least I would like to think that lol.

Finally there was headliner, Gabe Bondoc. I remember watching his videos on Youtube back in high school. I've subscribed to him since. Man, he is crazy on the guitar. Plus he has great hair. I wish had cool hair like him lol. After the show, I got to meet and take pictures w/ most of them. They were all really great people.

(Again with the cool hair! lol)

I was so inspired to play guitar after watching the show so I biked home and got my guitar and headed straight to Darwins to learn. Learning the guitar is so frustrating. Its very...tedious. But it is the best feeling when you get a series of notes down and you somewhat resemble the actual song you're playing. I think I'll stick with it. It'll give me something to do in this town. After about 3 hours of jamming, I can now play the first 5, maybe 7 seconds of Daphne Loves Derby's Simple starving to be safe and the first 10 seconds of more than words. Soon, it will hopefully be the entire song. It was a good Saturday.

lazy blog

2009-11-20T10:32:00.000-08:00

Nothing new lately to warrant a decent blog, but enough to have bullet points!

The first thing my mom says to me is "you look homeless" in chinese. So after a month or so, I get shave and cut my hair
I got an A on my last midterm
Cooked some good ass pasta that I wouldn't mind paying for
My cousin is 90% sure he is transferring here so I'm looking forward to living w/ him next year
I think this girl who I'm semi interested in, is trying to set me up w/ her friend -___- lol
Modern Family is a great show
Goodbye Stephen Jackson
My roommate got an internship in LA and is leaving after this quarter. I am in search of a new roommate(s). If anyone is interested let me know
Thanks to My, Stacie, and Judy, I had my first Wiki

Birthdays

2009-11-17T15:53:00.000-08:00

Both Amitoj and My celebrated their birthdays this past Saturday. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend either.
Happy Birthday Brown Bear. I wish I could've been there to celebrate your 21st as you did with me. From the looks of it, it looks like you had a blast. Or maybe they're all holding you back from fighting as you typically do when under the influence. Anywho, I'm glad a lot of people came out for your birthday. Its a testament to what a good person you are.

Happy Birthday to you too My! We've drifted apart since you graduated high school but ever since I've got to Davis we picked up where we left off. As a transfer student, its pretty hard to meet people but you've made the transition a lot smoother for me. I've met a lot of cool people through you and I am very appreciative of that. Whether its calling me to go to a party, inviting me over, or just offering to feed me, it's nice to know I have a good friend out here.

I hope both your birthdays were a blast! Hopefully I can make it to both your birthdays next year.

2009-11-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

Family is everything to me. That became more apparent to me than ever after this weekend. I decided to go home after I got the news about my aunt and uncle. It felt good to be there with everyone and go through it together, as a family.

It's not fair to you.

It's not your fault.

My brother and I are always a call away.

I love you.

Other things may change us, but we start and end w/ the family - Anthony Brandt

signs

2009-11-09T10:50:00.000-08:00

Jinjer showed me this short film. Its 12 minutes long but its totally worth it.

Another aeroplane, another sunny place

2009-11-01T14:12:00.000-08:00

After countless hours of studying, writing papers, and midterms, my batteries were on low and in need of charging. Well, I was able to go home last weekend and recharge them. This stop back home was much needed; it was my first time being back home since school started I got to go to a place of familiarity and be among my friends and family whom I've truly truly missed. I went trick or treating w/ my little cousins and in the process I met former warrior and current KNBR co-host tom tolbert!

(sorry for the quality. It was pretty dark plus it was taken w/ my phone)

It was nice to leave my hectic life in Davis and just do nothing for the weekend. You take for granted those times where you just sit and chill w/ friends and do nothing.

School is hard, I'm strapped for cash, and I'm constantly hungry. I figure, if I can get through this struggle, I'm confident I'd be more equipped to take on anything. I feel like I'll come out a better person for it. Even though I'm struggling to keep my head above water, I'm in a good place in my life right now.

I can't complain. Happy kristen? :)