I am in korea right now,
in the Incheon airport...
super bored,
waiting for my transfer flight to go back to my hometown..
excited, yet anxious, ecstatic, yet nervous.
Wish me luck guys!
i'll blog once i'm there
(to be continued)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
back to the hometown (buffet unnecessary)
So, tonight is the night that i depart for china... for a month.
i'm quite excited to go back to where i was born, and to go back to see my grandparents (who raised me from when i was 2-8). I haven't seen them in a year, and I think it'd be nice to visit them once more before I head off on my own adventures in college.
I gotta say, I've had quite an overwhelming day today. Basically, I wake up, and I find that my Iphone 3GSweetie <3>sound effects and flashbacks for the portable machine that is my fictional baby. I love this thing. So, i silently (out of respect) and carefully trasferred the lifeless, limp, cadavre into its little sarcophagus labeled "iPhone 3Gs." Then, I did the deed. That's right. I called my dad. This is what he replied to my "how do I bring my little frankenstein baby back to life?" dilemma:
"WHAT THE @(*$ IS WRONG WITH YOU? THAT THING, I BOUGHT THAT THING 5 @)(*$)(*#$ DAYS AGO. WHAT THE @)#($* DID YOU DO? GET YO BUTT OVER HERE. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE APPLE STORE"
so we HEAD onto the apple store, and damn, this is the first time i've seen my father so mad at me.
well , which makes sense.. this little "baby" of mine isn't thrifty. It cost 500. ):
MMhmm back to the story. So i'm at the apple store, and one of the representatives comes to my rescue, and says " i'm sorry, you're going to have to pay 200... our general manager said so.."
AND I WAS LIKE,
" ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS THING IS NOT WORTH.. 500+200! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! IT's not like it's an ACTUAL baby!"
So there i was, totally distraught. Contemplating about whether or not if i should take the leap, work for my dad for FOREVER, earn his forgiveness, and the 200 dollars......
THEN, OUT OF NO WHERE. AN ANGEL SHOWS UP. well not exactly. but he's quite an angel to me. This angel is the guy who helped me with my 3GS transaction the first time. He saw my little cutie laying dead upon plastic, and said " let me see what I can do."
SOMEHOW, he got me a hook up! SO, FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE screen change.
I honestly will never forget his kindness. OH, I show eternal gratitude, the doode is getting presents. ( not as bribes, but as... a sign of.. my forever indebtedness to him...). He is amazing.
I hope he gets whatever wish he wants GRANTED. Damn, he deserves it.
okay so, that is my day.
woo hoo.
haha
and now it is t minus 5 hours before i head for the airport.
and i'm only about 1/2 done with packing.
i hate packing, don't you guys hate it too? You never know what to bring, and you want to bring EVERYthing (just in case), and yet, obviously everything isn't going to fit into one compact suitcase...
THEREFORE, time to do some thinking, and see what is essential for my trip.
au revoir, mes amis importants.
”Donnez la gentillesse sur ceux qui vous donnent la gentillesse"
i'm quite excited to go back to where i was born, and to go back to see my grandparents (who raised me from when i was 2-8). I haven't seen them in a year, and I think it'd be nice to visit them once more before I head off on my own adventures in college.
I gotta say, I've had quite an overwhelming day today. Basically, I wake up, and I find that my Iphone 3GSweetie <3>sound effects and flashbacks for the portable machine that is my fictional baby. I love this thing. So, i silently (out of respect) and carefully trasferred the lifeless, limp, cadavre into its little sarcophagus labeled "iPhone 3Gs." Then, I did the deed. That's right. I called my dad. This is what he replied to my "how do I bring my little frankenstein baby back to life?" dilemma:
"WHAT THE @(*$ IS WRONG WITH YOU? THAT THING, I BOUGHT THAT THING 5 @)(*$)(*#$ DAYS AGO. WHAT THE @)#($* DID YOU DO? GET YO BUTT OVER HERE. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE APPLE STORE"
so we HEAD onto the apple store, and damn, this is the first time i've seen my father so mad at me.
well , which makes sense.. this little "baby" of mine isn't thrifty. It cost 500. ):
MMhmm back to the story. So i'm at the apple store, and one of the representatives comes to my rescue, and says " i'm sorry, you're going to have to pay 200... our general manager said so.."
AND I WAS LIKE,
" ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS THING IS NOT WORTH.. 500+200! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! IT's not like it's an ACTUAL baby!"
So there i was, totally distraught. Contemplating about whether or not if i should take the leap, work for my dad for FOREVER, earn his forgiveness, and the 200 dollars......
THEN, OUT OF NO WHERE. AN ANGEL SHOWS UP. well not exactly. but he's quite an angel to me. This angel is the guy who helped me with my 3GS transaction the first time. He saw my little cutie laying dead upon plastic, and said " let me see what I can do."
SOMEHOW, he got me a hook up! SO, FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE screen change.
I honestly will never forget his kindness. OH, I show eternal gratitude, the doode is getting presents. ( not as bribes, but as... a sign of.. my forever indebtedness to him...). He is amazing.
I hope he gets whatever wish he wants GRANTED. Damn, he deserves it.
okay so, that is my day.
woo hoo.
haha
and now it is t minus 5 hours before i head for the airport.
and i'm only about 1/2 done with packing.
i hate packing, don't you guys hate it too? You never know what to bring, and you want to bring EVERYthing (just in case), and yet, obviously everything isn't going to fit into one compact suitcase...
THEREFORE, time to do some thinking, and see what is essential for my trip.
au revoir, mes amis importants.
”Donnez la gentillesse sur ceux qui vous donnent la gentillesse"
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
J'ai BESOIN d'INTERNET.
OH BLOG, I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!
Since my family is officially converting from avid Charter followers to fellow Direct TV'ers, I do not have internet right now in my home. Everyday, I have to use the little tiny power of my iphone in order to have a social life on the web. Well, of course you're wondering right now of how the heck I'm blogging at this very moment if I do not have the privilege of having internet access. Why, I traveled all the way to El Monte to borrow my dad's office, here, I am typing on his computer, and hindering his working efficiency. Hopefully he'll recover.
Obviously a lot has happened since June. I feel quite terrible, since in the last blog I promised that i would start writing regularly again. Due to circumstances, however, I could not fulfill that promise. ): Forgive me.
My little hubbie/love slave/partner in crime/boyfriend, has officially departed for the Phillippines, and this actually happened on the night of my orientation at UC Berkeley (of which i will elaborate later on in this blog). Gosh, this is quite pathetic, but I miss him a lot already. OH YES. If any of you have not witnessed yet, EK has completely shaved all of the hair on his head OFF. YES. it's ALL GONE! Now, he reminds me of Humpty Dumpty... because his head is particularly egg-shaped. It's a nice discovery I guess. Without the hair style change, I would've never realized that my boyfriend has a head that mimics a chicken's offspring... (well before the cracking part). I gotta say, he better grows his hair back to his old hairstyle, he's not exactly... amazingly attractive right now. Although, i'll still take him as he is. haha. Afterall, I hope not to be shallow. What are physical appearances anyway, psh. He has a semi-wonderful personality.....
Just kidding.
he does have a great personality
Now, onto the topic of my CalSO, which is the orientation for Cal, or UC Berkeley. ( In this segment, I shall use the original nickname of Berkeley, which is Cal because Cal takes much less effort to type.. I'm lazy. sue me.) I gotta say, CalSO has definitely made me fall in love with Cal. They exposed so many different aspects of Cal i never could've expected to discover by myself. Oh, and somehow I caught on this natural hatred for Stanford. Mostly because Stanford and Cal are rival schools. So DOWN WITH STANFORD. GO BEARS! woo hoo!
haha. hopefully i won't turn into one of those super competitive, belligerent, and hostile college cheerers...
So what did we do during CalSO? Well the first half of the orientation was quite boring. In fact, i fell asleep straight through 3 seminars. Thank Goodness they did not catch me and videotape me. They decided to show a collective video of all the people that were sleeping during CalSO at the closing ceremony... Lucky me. whew. The second half of the first day, however, was absolutely eye-opening and life changing. We had an exercise called the "Stand If" exercise, in which they would give out a statement, and if it applies to you, you STAND UP!
IT was surprising to see how many people had gone through the same things I did, and also how many people gone through different situations. Everybody had... similar yet different opinions about subjects. It gave me a great feeling of "belonging" to the Cal community. I mean, there were so many things that I didn't know about people before the exercise, but after it, I felt as if i knew everybody so much better. It paralleled a "secret telling session." Basically we were all stepping out of our comfort zones and... well. expose who we are. It was AMAZING. Afterwards, we had a little discussion seminar about our opinions. That was fun too. Some people were not who they seemed to be. It's very cool. The whole CalSO experience just reiterated the lessons that my grandfather taught me when I was young. I should have never closed off my expectations of Berkeley, because well, it's such a beautiful school, such an amazing university, with such outstanding opportunities. I should've kept an open mind, as I always should. It also reiterated to never judge. We, as human beings, have no right to judge.. I mean if you think about it, we've all made mistakes... we've all sinned, who are we to comment on others' mistakes?
Right now, I am so proud to be a GOLDEN BEAR! haha.
Hopefully I'll be able to blog again soon, and hopefully I can keep my blog meaningful and interesting.
I'm out of time,
so i'll end this blog with a famous Bear CHEER!
You know it! What?
You tell the story! Yeah!
You tell the whole damn world this is BEAR TERRITORY!
au revoir mes amis importants,
"gardez toujours un esprit ouvert, car l'envie proche cause l'ignorance et la stupidité."
Since my family is officially converting from avid Charter followers to fellow Direct TV'ers, I do not have internet right now in my home. Everyday, I have to use the little tiny power of my iphone in order to have a social life on the web. Well, of course you're wondering right now of how the heck I'm blogging at this very moment if I do not have the privilege of having internet access. Why, I traveled all the way to El Monte to borrow my dad's office, here, I am typing on his computer, and hindering his working efficiency. Hopefully he'll recover.
Obviously a lot has happened since June. I feel quite terrible, since in the last blog I promised that i would start writing regularly again. Due to circumstances, however, I could not fulfill that promise. ): Forgive me.
My little hubbie/love slave/partner in crime/boyfriend, has officially departed for the Phillippines, and this actually happened on the night of my orientation at UC Berkeley (of which i will elaborate later on in this blog). Gosh, this is quite pathetic, but I miss him a lot already. OH YES. If any of you have not witnessed yet, EK has completely shaved all of the hair on his head OFF. YES. it's ALL GONE! Now, he reminds me of Humpty Dumpty... because his head is particularly egg-shaped. It's a nice discovery I guess. Without the hair style change, I would've never realized that my boyfriend has a head that mimics a chicken's offspring... (well before the cracking part). I gotta say, he better grows his hair back to his old hairstyle, he's not exactly... amazingly attractive right now. Although, i'll still take him as he is. haha. Afterall, I hope not to be shallow. What are physical appearances anyway, psh. He has a semi-wonderful personality.....
Just kidding.
he does have a great personality
Now, onto the topic of my CalSO, which is the orientation for Cal, or UC Berkeley. ( In this segment, I shall use the original nickname of Berkeley, which is Cal because Cal takes much less effort to type.. I'm lazy. sue me.) I gotta say, CalSO has definitely made me fall in love with Cal. They exposed so many different aspects of Cal i never could've expected to discover by myself. Oh, and somehow I caught on this natural hatred for Stanford. Mostly because Stanford and Cal are rival schools. So DOWN WITH STANFORD. GO BEARS! woo hoo!
haha. hopefully i won't turn into one of those super competitive, belligerent, and hostile college cheerers...
So what did we do during CalSO? Well the first half of the orientation was quite boring. In fact, i fell asleep straight through 3 seminars. Thank Goodness they did not catch me and videotape me. They decided to show a collective video of all the people that were sleeping during CalSO at the closing ceremony... Lucky me. whew. The second half of the first day, however, was absolutely eye-opening and life changing. We had an exercise called the "Stand If" exercise, in which they would give out a statement, and if it applies to you, you STAND UP!
IT was surprising to see how many people had gone through the same things I did, and also how many people gone through different situations. Everybody had... similar yet different opinions about subjects. It gave me a great feeling of "belonging" to the Cal community. I mean, there were so many things that I didn't know about people before the exercise, but after it, I felt as if i knew everybody so much better. It paralleled a "secret telling session." Basically we were all stepping out of our comfort zones and... well. expose who we are. It was AMAZING. Afterwards, we had a little discussion seminar about our opinions. That was fun too. Some people were not who they seemed to be. It's very cool. The whole CalSO experience just reiterated the lessons that my grandfather taught me when I was young. I should have never closed off my expectations of Berkeley, because well, it's such a beautiful school, such an amazing university, with such outstanding opportunities. I should've kept an open mind, as I always should. It also reiterated to never judge. We, as human beings, have no right to judge.. I mean if you think about it, we've all made mistakes... we've all sinned, who are we to comment on others' mistakes?
Right now, I am so proud to be a GOLDEN BEAR! haha.
Hopefully I'll be able to blog again soon, and hopefully I can keep my blog meaningful and interesting.
I'm out of time,
so i'll end this blog with a famous Bear CHEER!
You know it! What?
You tell the story! Yeah!
You tell the whole damn world this is BEAR TERRITORY!
au revoir mes amis importants,
"gardez toujours un esprit ouvert, car l'envie proche cause l'ignorance et la stupidité."
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