i don’t understand the now before the then

just a little peek of the fire on my way home…

so yesterday was pretty up and down. i’m embarassed to admit it, but here it goes…
well, let me start from the beginning. i woke up kinda early, and i didn’t really have much to prepare for for school. i decided to try and replace my ipod chord thingy in my car, cause it’s been really crappy lately. i was surprised that i was actually able to dismantle the dashboard without breaking anything. so i picked up a monster cable and installed it all fine and dandy. so that was pretty sweet, and a good start to the day.

jon took the day off work, so we decided to once and for all go check out new furniture for the living and dining rooms. my mom had suggested to find a dealer for a manufacturer that she’s used, but we ended up going to Linder’s (close to the Fry’s on Euclid). their ish is so cheap, it’s crazy. you gotta check it out if you’re ever considering new stuffs for your place of living. anywho, we went back and forth for about 3 hours, finally ending with a very satisfied choice for everything. when we came back home and discussed it with mom, she totally ex-nayed the whole dining room set, which were my favorite pieces. i learned from my brother, that sometimes you need to sacrifice for the greater good, no matter how much it sucks. and that’s true. my mom takes care of my brother and me so well. i love her dearly for it, and just some stupid furniture selection doesn’t matter. but at the same time, i just got really incredibly frustrated. it’s unbelievable how i can take insults and personal blows rather well, but be crushed when i don’t get to go through with my selection of dining pieces. this is going off totally on a tangent, but i was thinking about it this morning, and i’ve concluded that i only get really mad or angry at those i truly love and care about. i think this mostly because the only people that i’ve ever really gotten that pissed off at are my mom, brother and calvin. meh. i don’t know. just a thought. but also they were all about the dumbest things. anyway, when we went back to Linder’s later that night, in the middle of purchasing the crap dining set, my mom rung me up and gave in to the original design. i know it doesn’t sound like much, but i know it took a lot for my mom to let us go with it, because it actually sorta/kinda goes against her beliefs. anywho, that’s just another reason why i love her.

today was pretty average with school. just another day of good fun studio classes. jess, marvin, and i went to HK market to grab some dinner and food stuffs. i bought a lot of junk food and snacks, but jess had me get this nasty canned snack that was basically silkworm cocoons (Chrysalis) in this gross juice. i found a good picture of a disected one from this german site:

anyway, this was the one i had. marvin and jess didn’t dare to try it. i just had one. and one was enough. it actually wasn’t too bad. but the idea of a silkworm in you mouth. spinning silk. cocooning. just moving around in their caterpillar like manner…GROSSSS~!!!!!

my love, do you ever dream of candy coated rain drops?

the weekend was sort of a bummer. nothing really too interesting. some driving, some school stuff, some movies, and some talking. overall, i’m realizing that relationships are pretty much complicated for everyone. not mentioning anyone’s names, but i’ve talked with three girls in particular about their bf relationships in the past week, and it’s all more or less the same. it’s amazing how universal these emotions are. i mean, just sometimes from a 3rd person’s point of view, everything look fine and dandy. nothings perfect. that’s the beauty of relationships. and that’s also why we hate them so much too. hence forth ‘bros over hos’. =P

on a side note, gulliver’s little mimosa flower that sprouted last week has pretty much died already. i don’t know if that’s just it’s lifespan, but the pink is all greyed out and shriveled up. maybe it’s just not meant to last a long time. makes sense.

and since the weekend wasn’t all too productive, i’ll end with a nice little pic from the 7th floor of SST. take care my peoples.

It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away

A foggy morning

The day started out with a nice gloomy fog over irvine. I loved it. In class, my AutoCAD teacher, Mathew, pulled me aside during break, like I was in big trouble. He told me that he saw that I am progressing much faster than the other students and offered for me to work for him. He’s a professional architect by day, so he’s got a buttload of projects that he’s working on. I’d basically be subcontracting under him, doing more basic stuff like drafting and whatnot. But the cool thing is that he is totally on my side, because my boss is technically his boss. So if i don’t think I’m getting paid as much as I should be, Matt can totally just raise the ‘drafting costs’ on his invoice and badabing badaboom, I’m making more money. At least in theory. =P But yeah, that was an excellent way to start off the day.

Mid-day was bland, as I sorta just sat at home doing nothing much. Later in the evening though, Marvin, Jess, and Rowland came by to pick me up for bowling. We met up with Hans, Lili and her hall. We never seem to reserve enough time, but ’twas still much fun. After that, we in-n-out’ed at which point Daisy dropped by. Then for the next while, we just mosied around campus like the old crickhollow days. good stuff.

in the memory you’ll find me, eyes burning up.

Okay, so over the weekend, i went back up to the mont to celebrate chinese new year at my mom’s place. It was fun, but very shortlived. the only downside was coming back to the beginning of a new week. meh, i like to spend my weekends to myself, kinda sorta.

anywho, class has been getting better. i’m loving my CAD and drafting class. studio time is just really fun. wednesday’s are started to get pretty okay too. i’m getting to know more people, slowly. it’ll be fun when i get to see them again next quarter and build from there. it’s funny how 3 hour classes aren’t so bad when you’re actually interested in the subject that you’re being lectured on. C7 just wasn’t for me. =P

i’ve been craving a lot of asian cuisine lately. yesterday i dinnered with crystal, marvin and jess at BCD. for some reason, i never really liked the one in fountain valley. the decor is just very uninviting. especially at 2 in the morning. the new one on culver is just a bunch more modern and fitting for nighttime dining. we finished off the night with ‘sympathy for mr. vengeance’ (prequel to Old Boy) at my place. it didn’t really connect all that much, ‘cept for the whole revenge theme.

so two weeks in a row of disneyland is enough for me. suo-ye, tomorrow, jen and i are getting manicures. i never really got on officially before, so i’m kinda excited. but i’m thinking it won’t last for a long time. meh. i hate dry cuticle. hmm, i’m kinda in the mood for some japanese food. possibly fukada. i’m hoping for a gloomy day tomorrow.

i’ve been doing a lot of dreaming lately, and tacking on ideas on my bulletin board of goals, but i’ll leave that for another time. and before i forget, gulliver sprouted his first mimosa flower. it’s a little dinky pink bulbous thingymahjiggy. you know how i can’t take pictures for crap, but here’s two, to give you an idea:

laters.