update on my AMAZING life July 12, 2007

so I received a certain sum of money from this national scholarship foundation and in return I had proposed to do some sort of project in my application…the problem is, I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT I PROMISED!!! …it might be in my extra storage device but otherwise, they are not going to be happy.

so basically the task for this weekend is to write up my travelog from India(I can’t be bothered with other countries at the moment since I don’t remember many of them lol…eventually….), write about how the study abroad program changed my life(bahaha), apply for internships, and go to Whitney, stop by a friend’s unofficial book-release party in(gasp) Brooklyn, then go to a reunion next day, followed by a photoshoot + see Switches on Sunday. I like my life. yeah

oh and also Alicante Spain Feb-May 2008 might be out of option now…but why am I smiling? oh you will see my friend, you will see….a little bit of revise in my schedule might be coming soon..I’m thinking of staying in Japan until the end of Feb(since I have doubts about my Japanese level) if I can do Mar-June instead of Feb-May as a spring semester…

speaking of getting jobs(since I have been singing about how I don’t want to get a permanent job for next decade since I got back), I have been watching travel channel with my friend almost everyday and I thought of doing my own “nomadic amateur” show aimed for REAL BUDGET TIGHT TRAVELLERS and laughed at the prospect of their filming my sweaty dirty ass on the road hahaha they’ll probably cut it or have to digitally alter my face for the entire show.

oh oh and guess what, PERU doesn’t require visa!!

god bless’em.

just to make things clear July 10, 2007

*disclaimer* this is not a self ego-boosting post, but if you think so, well, too bad.

I am not made of money. I know a lot of people out there assume I am sitting on some sort of money cushion but I’m not, I never have…well except when I was in High School with fat checks coming in every week(which I soon wasted haha)

It may seem that what I have now has been handed out to me so easily,-I know this because various people have told me this continuously and to certain aspects, it’s true. I’m not denying the fact that I’ve been blessed with great opportunities but I’ve also worked hard to be where I am at the moment. I do not want to start whining about my past here(unless you are paying me to write a book, HA!) but my life has been quite different from what people consider as “normal” for someone of age 21, and that’s the only way I know how to live, I know that without my past I wouldn’t be the same person I am today, that is all.

Many people I’ve met on the road made a big deal about how I’ve “accomplished so much at such a young age,” and about how they wish they had done certain things as early as I had- which to a certain point, I take it as a compliment, but the truth of matter is, I don’t believe I am this “super 21 yr old” they make me out to be, I just think everyone has accomplishments in different fields. Comparing oneself to others leads to nowhere, I mean if I compare myself to some of other people my age, my so-called “accomplishments” seem pretty dismal but I just try to make the best of the situation and that is all, it’s not that I’m ambitious or over-achieving, but it’s just the way I grew up.

In other news, am I the only one who’s freezing in NY? for god’s sake I got cold since I got back to the U.S. geesh. oh and since I’m in a pretty lousy mood today, expect posts from India by tomorrow early morning. I promise this time!

July 10, 2007

this is completely unrelated to India(I’ve been meaning to finish them up but I’m too tired from unpacking) but apparently, I owe NY gov $6380 now(wtf) which means I’ll be living with my friend in Queens for the rest of the year.

on a brighter note,

I am sooo psyched for Inca Trail/trip to Peru in September 11-22,

and I’ve decided to go to Tokyo alone(instead of through a study abroad program) sometime around 12/23 and take free Japanese classes offered in various locations and head to Alicante, Spain early Feb or at the end of January.

back to the bad news, do these people expect me to pull $6000 out of my ass???? I would not be on a financial aid if I had that kind of money sitting around. UGHH. goodbye social life, I’ll be working when I’m not interning or at school. UGH UGH UGH.(only so I can leave the US for several years once I’m done with my coursework by the end of this year….don’t like being in debt)

oh and another good news: Switches are finally coming to town, and I’m doing an outdoor photoshoot with them…trying to come up with some ideas……too tired to elaborate for now, adios.

back in big apple July 8, 2007

I’m back in NY for now. I apologize to my friends for not seeing them in Philly before I left but I was really worn out and I just stayed at my aunt’s place for 2 days. I’ll go back sometime soon(20th?) so I’ll see you guys then.

posts from India by tomorrow! god I miss travelling ugh ugh ugh.

Nihao the HK style July 4, 2007

hello everyone, right now I’m in Hong Kong for a brief period of time and let me say that this is a good place. So good that they have free wifi (even for Mac users). and Fuck you, Korea thou who boasteth about thy non-exisitng “world’s first country-wide wifi service,” & went ahead and chargeth me US $3+ for 30 mins usage of Internet.

as some of you may know already, I had originally scheduled to leave yesterday but alas, I missed(yet another) flight yesterday, spent basically entire day at the airport & found a replacement ticket for the same flight, just 24 hrs later. (with my hopes of chilling in Hong Kong for a day being destroyed) I was on the standby for a few hours and went all crazy when I realized that after I had been informed of the plane being full, they kept on checking people in, even 30mins before taking off(I had arrived 20 mins before taking off and they had rejected my entrance) My mother saw me spitting fire at the poor flight attendant in distance and kept on gesturing to me to come back and sit down-later she told me that she thought oh shit, she lost her temper, and that it was going to make the whole situation worse, thinking that they will not offer me a place even if there was a space. lol I don’t know what I was thinking, it’s not like I did something right-but truth be told, some people get the impression that I am a nice person at the first encounter, be it on the phone or in person (and I try to be), and they try to take advantage of it and try to snub me, telling me how it’s  “impossible” to do this, and then when I lose my temper and spit fire at them(all hell breaks lose) suddenly these “ways” start to appear-seriously, why can’t people just do that the first time? I mean, do both of us a favor and just be nice when I’m nice to you the first time around, geesh.

Then there came my bag(s) I didn’t even buy much in Korea yet I ended up with the total of 81Kgs of luggage!!!! GAHH!!(I mean I’m not a light-packer-ended up carrying 20+ kgs around in India, but still) AHHH!!!! I found out that my small suitcase alone weighed 7kgs so my mom and I went to the closest store in the airport and bought this bagpack with wheels for US $70+. ugh. I ran through the security the last minute possible. lol My parents usually get all teary-eyed when they send me off( I usually see them once a year+) but this time around, I didn’t even say proper goodbye and they didn’t say much since they were probably sick of being at the airport hahaha.

Anyways I can see waterfront from the beautiful airport and went all woos and ahhs at the view from above(I usually hate flying). I’ve done many of my photos from India, and trying to decide whether I should only post “photo worthy” pictures or everything that I have documented.  I have about 40 mins before I get back on the plane(for 18 hr-long flight. UGH!!) and will post a few more on my flickr account. I’m going back to NY either this Friday or Saturday after spending a few days in Philadelphia.