snowymidget's Xanga

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:12:18 GMT

It's pretty easy for me to find joys in the simple things of life: cold apple juice, cereal and cartoons, lying in a field watching clouds, running in the rain..

but how do you respond when the major things that dictate your life begin to crumble around? Or when you're trying to find a solution to a problem or void... but the object of desire.. is unknown?

Monday, February 12, 2007

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:21:43 GMT

i need to meet new people (or girls)

im also going back home this weekend:)

school is getting tough.
or should i rephrase, school is extremely frustrating for me.
I don't understand things like i used to.. i just don't.. "get it" anymore.. or i can't remember things like i used to. and it also frustrates me that people who rarely spend time doing hw are doing just as well/better than me.

I need to be more organized and find a way to motivate myself.

Basketball is fun but frustrating.

I shouldn't act on my emotions.

I should get injured less.

hm... alright that sums up the past couple of months. I think... I'm too lazy to elaborate.
how is everyone?

book to read?

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:06:47 GMT

I'd like to read a good story this last week back home. So anyone with a good fiction book/story to suggest, please let me know asap so i can go check it out.

also any good movies to suggest? I used to have this list of movies, but i can't find it.

have an excellent day

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:37:29 GMT

I usually don't ask for stuff for special occassions cause i can't think of things..

but you know...i wouldn't mind getting a Wii for Christmas. That thing looks like it could be fun. But then again.. i am taking harder classes next semester...

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:27:54 GMT

holy crap,

i think God talks to me through scrubs.

Friday, August 25, 2006

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:12:28 GMT

alright, im back in houston jet-lagged and all after missing my connecting flight and being stuck in LA for 8 hrs. this has been an incredible summer.. and I don't even think i could cover everything. But be expecting a post sometime soon.. with pictures too.. i think. :)

take care

Same old, same old..

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:42:20 GMT

(a private type of public entry)

"Days change, seasons change.. People don't change."
- Jack Mosley, 16 blocks

I just recently finish watching this movie, starring Bruce Willis and Mos Def. I gotta say, no matter how cliche some of his movies may be, I still really like Bruce. He just always has that calm composure and unbreakable will. Props to you if you've seen the movie too.. I never even heard of it before I watched it yesterday, heh.

But really now.. do people change? It seems to be so, I see people changing over just 4 years of high school. Some for the better.. some for the worse.. but that's only in my opinion, and i'm in no position to judge.

It's already been a year though, and yeah sure, some things have changed. Little things that i try to do here and there, but deep down.. I don't think I've changed at all. At least, not that problems that I was dealing with. I can't get rid of certain character flaws that I have, and I'm still as lost as I was last time around.

"perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."
- Ender's Game

Maybe I'm just trying to be too many things that I'm not. But then again, i dont want to "just be myself".

MYtimeINtaiwanISalmostOVERnoTIMEEEEEEmustGOcrazyyyyyyyyyy

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:50:35 GMT

okay! Well, time is really flying by fast, but I thought i'd just jot a few notes on what's on my mind right now.

-I love the food so much here. It is so much cheaper and sooooooooo gooooooooooooood
-I wish I had taken more pictures during my stay here. Actually, I wish I could just take pictures by simply..blinking. That would be so awesome.
-I feel kind of like I've missed out on really experiencing Taiwan because I haven't really gone to any of the scenic spots around Taiwan. However, hanging out with people has been more than enough fun.
-I really wish I didn't quit Chinese school in 6th grade.. I have such a hard time reading stuff here.
-It's sad to realize that some of the really good friends I've made during this trip back to Taiwan, I will most likely never see again..
-I can't believe I was even nervous about coming to TTT
-This is the first time in my life when I dont have to worry about conserving money at all. I have a bit left over from the stipend after deducting living costs.. and I can just basically blow it on whatever I want or see.
-I really want to do something crazy before I leave Taiwan. except for clubbing.. I dont want to go clubbing. But u know the kind of fun that leaves u sore from overworking your body, laughing until ur on the ground grabbing ur stomach, good times..

anyways, if anyone thinks of anything they really really want let me know! If anyone wants jerseys, they usually have them for 50% off here.. so its like 30 bucks. Let me know if ur interested.

have a blast for the rest of the summer everyone. School is right around the corner..

88!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:02:35 GMT

Edit:

I almost forgot! I randomly met up with genghis from last year's SEC! That was really crazy.. seeing how taipei..is so big.. and the exact timing.. haha (sorry about that)

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Time is passing pretty quickly in Taiwan, and that is kind of depressing. I feel like I should be making better use of my time... talking with/meeting more people, exploring more, planning more trips, etc.. but everyday I just feel kind of tired and lazy. I would blame it on the immense humidity.. or on summer laziness.. but I dono.

I met up with Eric again this weekend walking around Taipei Main Station area and Gong guan near NTU. We're a pretty bad pair when it comes to decision making, though. We spent over an hour again looking for food til we finally settled on an average restraunt on some small street. We ended up walking around for about 5 hours without really doing anything productive.. haha.. doh.

I also just paid my summer rent for the dorms we're living in. It was half my paycheck. :(
Now I'm gonna have to budget myself for the next 2.5 weeks until my next paycheck. Sigh... no more buying food and snacks spontaneously at will.

Otherwise, I'm settling into a pretty routine schedule. Wakeup, go buy some breakfast, get to work, order lunch, eat lunch, go to dinner (with some work added in between those last 4), change, exercise, read, shower, sleep. However, I haven't gotten used to our hard beds yet. I wake up every morning to aches in my back. I asked my counselor if she slept on those too, and she said "what? no! that's killing!" haha -_-

I also need to get a haircut. But I dont know how to cut it. If anyone has suggestions + freetime, you can link me to a picture and I'll consider it, heh.

so back to work/trying to learn more chinese/asking my coworker what to do every 2 minutes since I still can't really understand much/wasting time daydreaming/reading random articles online/counting down the minutes til lunch

I find myself talking in broken English and with bad grammar from time to time now. Especially when I talk to local students here. This is a bad sign.

fast forward in life

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:09:08 GMT

I just had a random thought while browsing through xanga subs...

If/When you have kids in the future, and they get to the age when they know how to surf the web, are you going to let them read your xanga (or whatever online blog that you grew up writing in)?

or will you close it down before that?

b/c growing up, at least for me, there are some personal and probably quite immature entries scattered throughout. I think it'd be weird if your kid were to read your thoughts as a kid. Or maybe not..

But since this is all relatively new, just wondering what you guys think about this.