Life Update.

[An Intro!!]

I realize I haven't updated in a long time... although admittedly, neither have a lot of you *points finger accusingly at friends on blogspot whose blogs have stayed stagnant for the past few months*. I figure I might as well post some pictures and fortune cookies I've accumulated throughout the past few months of school (since obviously I can't come up with any focused, quality content right now)

...Feels like a good amount of things have happened.

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[Random Pictures]

Buying shoes with the suite-mates

Login info an administrator gave me at my volunteer workplace... password "Sunshine!"--made me laugh. 

Seoul Taco; never heard of this b4... but I was REALLY looking forward to it... 

We got there and it was sold out.. T_T; 

You can tell how close a suite is when you see how close they're willing to come together.. physically :P

 Sign in the bathroom of "Pho Long"; amusing, no?

 Complimentary cup of soup!!

 I love pho more than life itself; wait no, not true... but pretty damn close.

One of Jimmy K's new signature drinks, that he dedicated to me
Titled: "The Intern" (Under the "Grumpy Old Man" Collection)

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[MEGA FORTUNE COOKIE POST]

1.) Yes it does, and yes it did, and yes it still has yet to do. 

2.) I wish. Well... we are all the masters of our own circumstances, that I will agree with.

3.) Wait wat?

4.) Nah, I'd rather have company.

5.) Thank you for the vote of confidence.

6.) I did, but... there are just SO MANY things I want in life :D

7.) Hahah, yeah? Don't really think of myself as having charm, but if you say so.

8.) Good to hear. :)

"You will meet someone interesting at a strange party" (Not Pictured)

9.) Hahahahahhahaahhahah... lol yeah...

 

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[Life Hacks]

^A new segment about the little things I notice in life that make things just that much better.

I've recently picked up on two pretty random things (that probably sound ridiculously obvious to the rest of you)

1.) Having a netbook in class makes taking notes and being productive so much easier!

2.) Bringing a water bottle around everywhere is convenient, cost-effective, and healthy.

Win.

Back to School 2011 Fall Semester

[Life]

So... I'm back at school now.

I've gotta say, I'm pretty content with everything at the moment. I'm finally getting enough sleep, waking up at normal times, exercising, hanging out with [school] friends (shout-out to Ai-Lin, btw, for getting people together for her last few days in the StL), and just digging life in general.

I live in an 8-person-suite on campus right now. It's pretty cool, everybody's really chill... and for the first time in my 3+ years in college I like my dorm room setup, haha. I feel like it might be smaller than some of the rooms I had in the past... but it feels really spacious.

Pull-up bar

Entering the room

Bed

Bed again

Desk

Desk again

Closet

Closet again

Oh yeah, and I finally got to cook for the first time in forever, haha

Just some basic stir-fry, nothing special, but whatever; it just feels good to make your own food once in a while.

..and no, I did not eat the whole thing in one sitting... still got more than half left, haha.

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[Fortune Cookie!]

Really now... interesting..

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[Style]


My first, and possibly my last post concerning fashion? (Actually probably not.. I'll probably get some pics of the final fades in these jeans in a few years at the very least)

So... I'm not particularly knowledgeable about denim or anything, but one of my friends got me interested in the whole raw/denim fading and selvedge cut thing. A few weeks back I was looking to buy some raw, selvedge denim.

My first attempt ended in failure when I purchased a pair of ZAK Five Pocket Jeans (Black) from myhabit.com and they sent me the wrong size (it's a discount site so they run out of supplies really quickly so I couldn't exchange it for the right size). Regardless, I didn't know that the jeans were slim since the description didn't mention it online (definitely should have realized it from the pictures though, in retrospect). I ended up giving them to my suite-mate Thomas in the end, they look great on him :)

Zak Jeans

(^these are pictures from myhabit... this is NOT Thomas, lol)

On my second attempt I bought a pair of "The Unbranded" (yeah that's the brand name) Straight Jeans in Black Selvedge from Karmaloop.com. While the online description didn't mention that the jeans were raw, the product came with a label claiming that they are.

Selvedge cut

(Was too lazy to set up the tripod and use the self timber... so big ups to Thomas for the shots!)

Truthfully, the thought of wearing a pair of raw jeans everyday without washing it for months is pretty disgusting... but I suppose the ends justify the means... gotta get them sick fades, yeah? Hahah.

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[Amusing Picture Of The Day]


Saw this chilli sauce container at a Vietnamese/Thai restaurant while at home.. couldn't resist snapping a pic w/ the cell.

Yeah. Chill sauce. :P

Goals

A few weeks back I decided to compile a list of miscellaneous goals that I want to accomplish throughout life. I'll post them on this separate page here, and update what I've accomplished on this blog as I get them done.

Admittedly, not all of the goals are entirely realistic; I basically wrote whatever came to mind in terms of things I would like to do at least once in my life.

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My one big summer commitment is now over--I've got a week before school, haha... so I decided to do a bit of dancing last night, here are three of the vids I took:

Warm-Up Vid

Get-Down Vid

Just-For-Fun Vid

Haven't really been able to delve deep into the music... still working out the kinks on my movement--this is getting really tedious.. haha

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~IT'S FORTUNE COOKIE TIME! [Again]~

An ironic (and quite awesome) fortune for those of you who know what I was up to yesterday, hahah.

Let's just hope, yeah?

Popping Update (7/17/11)

A recent vid.. (Movement Practice: still trying to improve my angles/positions)

^bleh, boring.

Looks like it's time to really dig into the fundamentals of the different funk styles...

mmkay.

FORTUNE COOKIE TIME!!

lol, wat?

Mic Check

Truth be told, for a while now I've wanted to learn how to sing--I think it might be something I will actively pursue now in my free time... along with my billion other hobbies, hahah.

I bought a usb condenser microphone a while back but never really had a good chance to use it until recently after I got myself a mic stand for it :)

Just made a recording to one of Buble's earlier songs.

 

  Michael Buble - "You and I", Practice Cover, mp3 ver. (6/09/11) by bicente

Excuse the horrible singing.. I pretty much butchered the song with my wimpy-ass n00b voice.. but hey, it's a first effort--not like I'm exactly looking to impress anyone.

[Self-Critique:]

- cannot vocalize loudly (but it would really be helpful if I had a soundproof place to practice or just a very isolated area with nobody around me..)

- my pitch wavers... a lot.

- my "vibrato" sounds fake and forced to me.. actually tried to limit doing it

- definitely went down an octave at the climax... don't have the capacity in my range to sing that high, haha (don't think I ever well)

- nothing special about my tone... pretty boring actually

^Bear with me, I like to keep a record of these kinds of things..

I had to make this at night in my family room so that I wouldn't bother the rents.. and also so they wouldn't notice that I'm doing this because it's kinda embarrassing, lol; you might also hear thunder and clock noises, haha, it was raining pretty hard outside.. and I was right next to that clock.. which was already pretty damn loud.

AAAAAANYWAYS... hope you enjoy! (or at least get a good laugh :P)

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FORTUNE COOKIE TIME

Oh yeah, and here's a little something I guess I'm going to just try to start/continue doing.

(mostly because it amuses me)

Sometimes I wonder whether I should keep fortunes from fortune cookies and collect them in a little jar.. instead I've decided I'll just take pics of them and post them here.. I dunno, I really do get a kick out of what these things say sometimes...

The top fortune was mine, the middle was my mom's, and the bottom was my dad's.

When I opened it, I thought mine was bad... then I read the rest of them, hahah

None of these are actual "fortunes"... but at least I apparently have a "good sense of humor". :D

Wonderfully Mysterious

It's truly strange... how fulfilling one's nostalgic yearnings for a particular type of food--especially when completely unexpectedly--can bring one so much joy.

 

Man, I really haven't had dippin dots in forever... it really brings me back.

Also went out to dinner: Vietnamese food *drool*

 

Good food, good friends, good times.

Oh yes.. and the reason for the title of this post?

Haha yeah, fortune cookies always crack me up :P