1) Centralia, Pennsylvania
2) Secret Sidewalk, Fremont
3) Catacombs of Paris
Monday, January 12, 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
2014 recap
Because every year, I just have to make one of these. Show me how I've lived my year, and I felt like this was the year of "changes."
In 2014, I've:
-Celebrated the 1st of the year with an epic hotel party hosted by one of my friends, while bringing another friend along, and for privacy purposes, lets just call him Vinh. Parked a mile away while carrying a 32 pack of beer through downtown, partied in the hotel, walked around with a robe downtown, breakdanced on the streets, so on.
-Attended one of my friend's birthday parties at another hotel in February.
-Barely celebrated Chinese new year's due to the lack of time, but that's that.
-Attended a party for the loss of one of my good friends, who died early in the year.
-Attended a four month long firefighter academy for my volunteer fire department. That was hell in itself, and definitely the hardest four months of my life. I honestly felt that the whole process since the very beginning took about half of my year away. The first day of this academy was the day after one of my friend's hotel party, so I felt like super shit that day, you know, lack of sleep and whatnot.
-Made it into my volunteer fire department, attended events, functions, and volunteer services. I will always remember the "Saddle Rack."
-Hiked the Big Basin trail with one of my friends.
-Took a little trip to Jackson Casino.
-Went bowling numerous times, played Left 4 Dead 2 numerous times. Played a lot of new games as well.
-Worked my EMT job this whole year around, and I'm still thankful that I have a job.
-Took the BART with one of my friends to go to San Francisco on July 4th. Boy, was that a trip.
-Got my gym membership again, and started to practice breakdancing again.
-Took a trip down to SoCal with a couple of my friends "just because." It was actually my first time taking a trip with these people, and I haven't been down to SoCal since I was 10, not only that I don't take many trips. So that was a trip in itself, and I had a blast.
-Worked Halloween Haunt again this year, at first I was regretting working again because I could be doing other things, but turned out I met plenty of new people, caught up with old, and had a lot of fun this year. I remembered fucking around at work more than actually scaring people. Like I would start dancing and doing the worm in front of people instead of being scary, gave out candy, snuck into other mazes while in costume, etc.
-I also attended the Monster Ball at the end of the whole event, and that was the best monster ball as well. Had plenty of fun dancing and whatnot, and I needed a dance after a long break. Honestly I felt like I had the best haunt this year than any other year.
-Threw my birthday party at one of my friend's house, and I had a blast. Bringing in random people I usually don't talk to much but still friends nevertheless and partying was fun.
-Made a lot of new friends, connected to new people, also lost some friends, but that's the circle of life.
I can't wait to see what 2015 has for me. For the time being, I'm not making any plans, goals, or expectations. I'm just going to let life ride out as it is and see where it takes me.
In 2014, I've:
-Celebrated the 1st of the year with an epic hotel party hosted by one of my friends, while bringing another friend along, and for privacy purposes, lets just call him Vinh. Parked a mile away while carrying a 32 pack of beer through downtown, partied in the hotel, walked around with a robe downtown, breakdanced on the streets, so on.
-Attended one of my friend's birthday parties at another hotel in February.
-Barely celebrated Chinese new year's due to the lack of time, but that's that.
-Attended a party for the loss of one of my good friends, who died early in the year.
-Attended a four month long firefighter academy for my volunteer fire department. That was hell in itself, and definitely the hardest four months of my life. I honestly felt that the whole process since the very beginning took about half of my year away. The first day of this academy was the day after one of my friend's hotel party, so I felt like super shit that day, you know, lack of sleep and whatnot.
-Made it into my volunteer fire department, attended events, functions, and volunteer services. I will always remember the "Saddle Rack."
-Hiked the Big Basin trail with one of my friends.
-Took a little trip to Jackson Casino.
-Went bowling numerous times, played Left 4 Dead 2 numerous times. Played a lot of new games as well.
-Worked my EMT job this whole year around, and I'm still thankful that I have a job.
-Took the BART with one of my friends to go to San Francisco on July 4th. Boy, was that a trip.
-Got my gym membership again, and started to practice breakdancing again.
-Took a trip down to SoCal with a couple of my friends "just because." It was actually my first time taking a trip with these people, and I haven't been down to SoCal since I was 10, not only that I don't take many trips. So that was a trip in itself, and I had a blast.
-Worked Halloween Haunt again this year, at first I was regretting working again because I could be doing other things, but turned out I met plenty of new people, caught up with old, and had a lot of fun this year. I remembered fucking around at work more than actually scaring people. Like I would start dancing and doing the worm in front of people instead of being scary, gave out candy, snuck into other mazes while in costume, etc.
-I also attended the Monster Ball at the end of the whole event, and that was the best monster ball as well. Had plenty of fun dancing and whatnot, and I needed a dance after a long break. Honestly I felt like I had the best haunt this year than any other year.
-Threw my birthday party at one of my friend's house, and I had a blast. Bringing in random people I usually don't talk to much but still friends nevertheless and partying was fun.
-Made a lot of new friends, connected to new people, also lost some friends, but that's the circle of life.
I can't wait to see what 2015 has for me. For the time being, I'm not making any plans, goals, or expectations. I'm just going to let life ride out as it is and see where it takes me.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Never work so much that you forget to live
It's been forever since I've updated this page, and I really need to follow this saying. I've been so busy lately that in my days off I barely have time to relax as well, as I am doing chores or personal errands and whatnot. It's funny, because I usually have a habit of always finding time to relax or "hang out."
Well maybe on a schedule.
Well maybe on a schedule.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
July 2012
7 months update.
Since then, I've moved houses and changed schools.
I live in a mobile home with no internet, cause we're that poor. =/
I hate being poor. No money for anything.
No internet, no cable, no form of entertainment. I get hella lonely too, because I can't talk to people or go on Facebook and whatnot. Whatever. And I can't go out because I don' have money.
I need a job.
In good news, I'm in an EMT program at Foothill, just trying to get my life in order. My nursing goal is nonexistent. I guess this is what I'd rather do. Maybe I can go to paramedics or firefighting. Or even both.
I don't know. School is not my best interest.
I always tell myself "I don't know how I'll make it, but I will, and that's all that matters."
Since then, I've moved houses and changed schools.
I live in a mobile home with no internet, cause we're that poor. =/
I hate being poor. No money for anything.
No internet, no cable, no form of entertainment. I get hella lonely too, because I can't talk to people or go on Facebook and whatnot. Whatever. And I can't go out because I don' have money.
I need a job.
In good news, I'm in an EMT program at Foothill, just trying to get my life in order. My nursing goal is nonexistent. I guess this is what I'd rather do. Maybe I can go to paramedics or firefighting. Or even both.
I don't know. School is not my best interest.
I always tell myself "I don't know how I'll make it, but I will, and that's all that matters."
Thursday, December 15, 2011
2011
It's not the end of the year yet, but I'm waiting for it. I remember telling myself that this was the year of disappointment, because there were so many things that pissed me off so bad, and it ended up being upsetting and disappointing.
For one thing, I couldn't get into my Biology class. The required class I needed for my major, and not that I couldn't get into it once, but twice. Twice! I remember that distinct feeling of disappointment, telling myself that everything will be okay, even though I knew it probably won't.
Another disappointing thing about this year was that I couldn't get into my Halloween job at Haunt. I've worked there for two years; I was pretty much guaranteed a job. But I guess I fucked up somehow. That was probably my favorite job til this day.
For one thing, I couldn't get into my Biology class. The required class I needed for my major, and not that I couldn't get into it once, but twice. Twice! I remember that distinct feeling of disappointment, telling myself that everything will be okay, even though I knew it probably won't.
Another disappointing thing about this year was that I couldn't get into my Halloween job at Haunt. I've worked there for two years; I was pretty much guaranteed a job. But I guess I fucked up somehow. That was probably my favorite job til this day.
Lately, the thing that disappointed me most was my lack of skills. I used to be a pretty decent bboy with some decent moves. Some moves I had were exceptional, like the Jackhammer. Anyway, I don't know how it happened but it did: I got bored of bboying, and I quit. It was like October of last year (2010) when I stopped, and didn't get back until about April of this year (2011.) So roughly about six months. Honesty, I wouldn't of been able to get back if it weren't for the help of 4 Elements Hip-hop Organization, my so-called "club" at De-Anza. Although they didn't physically do much to help me, they motivated me to help myself, as I had to help others.
Thing that bothered me the most, was when I got back into breaking, I pretty much lost all moves. Moves I used to do so easily became the most difficult thing in the world to do. I spent so much time, as in years, trying to learn these moves, and they disappeared, just like that. I just wanted to give up after that.
Thing that bothered me the most, was when I got back into breaking, I pretty much lost all moves. Moves I used to do so easily became the most difficult thing in the world to do. I spent so much time, as in years, trying to learn these moves, and they disappeared, just like that. I just wanted to give up after that.
Another thing this year relating to skill: I played the trombone for eight years, starting from 4th grade, ending senior year in high school. I wasn't the best when I first started out, but I gotta admit, I was pretty damn good in high school. I was first chair in my section sometime. I could hit notes with a clear tone - that's difficult, just so you know. Anyway, after high school, I had no opportunity to practice again. I had no instrument, for about two years. It was then, this year, that one of my friends decided to lend me one of his extra trombones. When I decide to play it after two+ years, I was horrible. As in, really horrible. So bad that I wanted to cry. I had spent eight+ years playing this instrument to perfection, and my talent ruined, just like that.
I will probably add more - A LOT more, but I'm running short in time. Ultimately, I'm taking baby steps in both bboying and playing trombone, and I'm seeing decent progress. I know I can get the skills back. It won't be easy, I know that, but surely not impossible. At least for someone with my mentality. And by "decent progress" I mean I'm happy with that I got, for this amount of time, at least.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
7/19/2011
Is when this blog is first created. I needed something to express myself. Funny thing is, I was pretty fed of with blogger, because I had another account linked to my youtube account, all ran my google. I probably have a shitload of blogs, except I never use them. One's from high school, I think I'm using it. Anyway, I was using tumblr, but I'd figure its not merely based on personal blogging, and although everyone's page is theirs, there's always that feeling of trying to fit in. In other words, hype, hip, etc. So much hipsters. Not that it's bad (I have one), and although there is hella dope shit on it, its so much hype, and not focusing on oneself.
Eh, but anyway, I'd like to mention the name of my blog, "All we need is time."
Sounds corny as fuck, yes, I know, but its something that I like to take notice of.
Title is self explanatory, all we need is time.
You see, time is limited, whether you acknowledge it or not, and whether you like to believe it or not. Yeah, there may be a psychological illusion to it: when you're in the process of waiting, you feel the need to speed things up, and when you're enjoying life, time does speed up. My point is, whether life is moving fast or slow, time is always passing, and you can't move back. While life is moving, we need time. Time to do things: time to get better in life; time to know someone; time to explore the world. You see, we don't have all the time in the world to accomplish every single desire in the back of our minds. Some people enjoy the fast life, while some like to take every opportunity to live.
Eh, but anyway, I'd like to mention the name of my blog, "All we need is time."
Sounds corny as fuck, yes, I know, but its something that I like to take notice of.
Title is self explanatory, all we need is time.
You see, time is limited, whether you acknowledge it or not, and whether you like to believe it or not. Yeah, there may be a psychological illusion to it: when you're in the process of waiting, you feel the need to speed things up, and when you're enjoying life, time does speed up. My point is, whether life is moving fast or slow, time is always passing, and you can't move back. While life is moving, we need time. Time to do things: time to get better in life; time to know someone; time to explore the world. You see, we don't have all the time in the world to accomplish every single desire in the back of our minds. Some people enjoy the fast life, while some like to take every opportunity to live.
First post on this blog
I hate blogger, whenever its connected to google. Anyway I guess I'll be using this. We'll see how it goes.
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