::some old asianavenue gibberish:: 02.22.02 3.04PM here's a little project i did on surveillance - surveillance 02.19.02 4.12PM this is awesome... takes a lil'while to download though - hungry for design 02.19.02 12.02PM it doesn't get any better than the comp-ed frank sinatra suite at the mirage =) 02.7.02 11.10AM pay checks are so overrated... 02.01.02 8.54AM check out my big lil'brutha's geocities webpage 01.30.02 1.53PM i noticed that there are just as many good-hearted people out there as there are foul-heart people. that makes me happy. 01.29.02 11.09AM if quark express was a person, i'd kill him. 01.26.02 11.46AM why am i at the office on a saturday?? i'm constantly getting reminded of how old i'm getting. i just filled out a form and had to check the '25 to 35' age bracket. ...it's big difference from the '18 to 24' age bracket. pretty depressing. but gett'n old has it's advantages though... like, um... well there's... uh... 401K ...i guess... anyway, completely off subject: click here if anyone needs a laugh. 01.25.02 10.17AM even though i'm comin in the office tomorrow, TGIF... i think my pee is atleast 30-proof... i really got to stop doing things in during the weekdays... oh the agony... 01.21.02 9.10AM whoa, i was so dizzy... i can't believe how completely smashed we got at sharks on saturday. it was fun! ...but i payed for it yesterday... argh... my body felt preserved from the alcohol... oh the agony... 01.18.02 10.15AM TGIF!! whoa, i'm dizzy... i can't believe we went out last night and got completely smashed at Q's . it was fun! ...but i'm paying for it now... argh... my body feels preserved from the alcohol... oh the agony... 01.16.02 2.34PM it's amazing how there is balance in this universe. i grew up in a christian environment, but i because of my asian heritage and my studies, i believe in the concept of yin/yang and the balancing harmony of everything. i'm still very curious on how christianity integrates this theory of balance. i know it exists in the bible... good and evil... god and satan... it's just that christianity doesn't emphasizes it was much as buddhism... light and dark... hot and cold... yin and yang... i'm pretty sure that it's god who balances the universe and i think he's balancing my life right now. 01.14.02 11.08AM the whole thing about 'not hating them cuz i love them' thing i mentioned earlier? nevermind... i hate 'em. actually just one... i've never felt so much anger towards somebody. ah, i'll get over it. i've been trying to find a reason why this is all happening. so far i narrowed it down to this: 1. i did something wrong in my past life. 2. something really good is going to happen to me 3. god is telling me to get my ass back to church. i hope it's #2 but i think it's #3. i think god is doing things to me right now. i'm gonna trust him. so i guess hate isn't good. 01.11.02 3.07PM click here to see a few pics from my trip to korea. more coming soon. 01.10.02 3.41PM taste the bitter or the sweet isn't as sweet. 01.10.02 11.33AM i don't know much about love. in fact, i always thought i wasn't capable of love ...but i recently came to a realization that i felt it ...i've seen it ...i've experienced it. and it sucks. i learned that love is definitely unconditional. i learned this from my parents on my recent trip to korea. even though they are not together anymore and can barely stand each other, they are willing to get together for a nice family christmas dinner when me and my sister came to visit. i was so confused. it sounds like a romantic story-book definition of love, but and i also realized that the one who loves doesn't necessarily have to receive it. i learned this from some of my friends. i guess their not my friends since they hate me ... and i want to hate them back sooooo much for hiding me in dark shadows. but i can't conjure up negative feelings towards them. i really tried. my only explanation is that i love them. i don't know how to deal with it. i just want to disappear. 01.07.02 11.04AM i recently had a door of opportunity open for me at my company. our corporate office in japan will be looking for a someone to hold the fort creative dept for the asia/pacific region. i could go if i want and i'm seriously thinking about it... this could be the change i need. i feel that i don't have anything here but false dreams and bad memories... i'll take the good ones with me. i don't know... a lot can happen in a year. 01.04.02 11.15AM i have white hairs! oh great... 01.03.02 5.17PM i fell in love with lee jung byun in korea. ![]() 01.03.02 3.58PM i`ve realized that the cyber world is changing basic human instincts. it has created an alternative state where people can deviate from their natural self in a negative way. it`s obvious that there has to be, not only an emotional, but a physical bond between two people. whether as a friend or soulmate, it`s natural for someone wanting someone physically and emotionally there. it`s simply human nature. ...and everything shared before, conversations and letters (or even e-mails and internet chatting), only adds to the day two people meet. so i hope you people, out there who haven`t been too influenced by the cyber world, take my advice and keep in touch with your true human feelings. cuz the day you deny your human feelings is they day you deny yourself. 01.02.02 5.26PM happy new year! i'm back from the muthaland, back at work... i was listening to coldplay, radiohead, and vertical horizon on my new mp3 player... and feeling a little nostalgic. i hate that weird feeling... in the pit of my heart, or stomach,... maybe it's my throat... or the dog i ate. i dunno. anyway, i have a feeling 2002 is gonna be a good year... 12.29.01 12.28AM my liver's gonna need to go through some detox when i get back to the states. anyway, it's amazing how beautiful women are here... i just don't understand. hmmm... could it be that 70% of women here go under some kind of beauty-enhancing medical procedure? still... what a vacation... and tomorrow, i'm gonna eat dog for lunch =) i'm gonna miss this place. 12.24.01 11.13AM it's christmas eve here and it's snowing =) i'm gonna miss this place. 12.22.01 4.07PM i'm so hungover from a 48-hour party at a lesbian club in seoul. i can't even begin to describe that surreal experience. we drank for 8 hours straight... argh... anyway, we had so much fun we might go back tonight. uh, maybe not... 12.20.01 9.25PM korea is f-f-free-ee-ez-z-zing...!! but, like always, it's fun! flying here business class was a very pleasant experience! and luckily my deathly sickness disappeared before my flight... or was it before the twenty-thousand beers at my house warming... catching up with old friends and family here was nice... except it makes me realize how time passes so fast. and don't get me started on how many 'so when are you gonna find a wife?' questions came up... anyway, visiting korea has always been a eye-openning experience. but this time will be an experience of a different level. in the past few days, i've realized so much being with my so-called family. i feel like i've been cheated out of so many things for being on my own for eight years. it's nothing that i regret, since things i learned on my own are things i wouldn't have learned if i was at home. but, still, something's missing. it's supposed to snow tomorrow! 12.13.01 2.41PM argh... body aching... must go... dying... 12.12.01 6.49PM i suddenly got so sick... my body is aching and overloaded with acetaminophen, pseudophedrine, and dextromethorphan. i hope i get better for my trip. i feel like i'm dying. 12.11.01 4.54PM victims of selfish love don't know that they're victims. ...like a mouse, captured by an owl, will never know what happens until he's being digested. 12.11.01 12.51PM IKEA is an evil place... you go in thinking that you only need a shelf and some hand towels... and come out a coffee table, tv stand, some candles with candle holders, a cd rack, a few small wall mirrors (only $1.99 each), 2 wicker-like mats, 4 stools which they named oddvar and an empty wallet. not only did i forget to buy the stupid shelf and hand towels, my new hackas (swedish for cd rack, i suppose) didn't come with any screws. i bet they do this on purpose... i'm gonna HAVE TO GO BACK and WALK THROUGH THE FRICK'N IKEA MAZE and buy my shelf and hand towels, pick up my missing screws for my hackas, and who know what else i'll pick up... 12.10.01 12.14PM i think i the tenants before me forgot to disconnect the cable service when they moved out. let's see how long we get free HBO. 12.10.01 10.31AM it was nice walking to my office this morning. i don't even care that my car broke down on friday. i just feel so refreshed from this move. i'm probably gonna spend the time after work this week to see what ikea has to offer for my new open space. ...must budget for christmas presents too. 12.7.01 6.44PM i can't believe i'm still at work... i still have to pack for my move tomorrow... i'm dead... 12.6.01 2.51PM seriously, you find out who your true friends are when it's time to move. all of a sudden, all my playas are busy saturday. hahaha... punkassess... 12.5.01 4.20PM how do you measure time? by days? months? years? by the hours you work? by fond memories? by each meal? by the different friends? by your mistakes? by dreams? by the routines in life? by popular tv shows? by your hairstyle? by your change in music tastes? by the places you lived? by the different schools you've attended? i think i measure time by the things i look forward to. i know it sounds weird... 12.5.01 11.33AM if you get a chance, download the song 'hanging by a moment' by lifehouse. really listen to the lyrics... it's beautiful. 12.5.01 9.10AM perhaps that's my reality. it seems like the more people i get to know, the more alone i want to be. there are seriously twisted people out there. i've never felt so untrustworthy towards people as i do now. the moment i feel that there are people out there that i could have faith in... i hear a little 'just kidding!!' and so i crawl back into my hole of negative thoughts again. this is probably why i like this song so much... the only kind of real fantasy illusions are a common thing i try to live in dreams it seems as it is meant to be... 12.3.01 1.56PM this is great. i finally found a bigger place and movin in this weekend. i'll miss by daily beach stroll, but i'll definitely be happier with the 1350 sq ft townhome than my current 150 sq ft room. only thing is that my balcony is facing my office building. which means everytime i look out my window, i'm going to see my work. i don't know how that'll affect me... but oh-well, atleast i get to walk to work now. how many californians can do that? 12.1.01 8.37PM i don't understand people who thrive on making other people feel horrible. i want to kick them in the face. 11.30.01 5.21PM it doesn't smell so good when you burp after consuming pizza and coffee. thought you should know that. 11.30.01 12.43PM mmm... mmmm... what is up with all these new victoria's secret tv commercials?? talk about great marketing... you got all these girls watching and subconsciously thinkin 'wow i want to buy that bra so i can look like that' and you got all the guys watching and subconsciously thinkin 'wow i want to buy that bra for my girl so she can look like that'. victoria's secret sales gotta go up... i just have trouble standing up after watching these comercials. 11.28.01 6.07PM it's only been four days since i've had my last cigarette. it thought it'd be easier than this... i always told myself i can so quit any time i want, and here i am after 7 years, kicking myself, forcing myself not to stop by the liquor store. being surrounded by smokers don't help much either... but it's ok, i have a friend who's movin' out with me around feburary and he doesn't smoke. that will help me big time. i shall conquer the evil sovereignty of nicotine... muahahahaha~ kaka... *cough~* *cough*... hack!~ 11.27.01 9.20AM hello cyber world... today i launch my geocities page. i'll use this site to post up my ramblings pertaining to my life. i found out that posting my thoughts and crap on my asianavenue site (which is where you probably came from) were an outlet for me in which i didn't even know i needed... especially these days, when my life revolves around work, and close friends slowly disappearing into their nearly-married lives, and the only things i look forward to during the week are my lunch breaks at yaohan's, working out at 24-hour, and when the new releases come out at blockbuster. lemme splain... lunch is what temporarily breaks the monotony of my work mode. i'm a graphic designer in creative services so i'm constantly in some kinda brainstorm-zombie mode... i don't know how they make me do it, maybe they taint the coffee or something, but when i go on my break at yaohan's (now mitsuwa or somethin') and wash down my chicken katsu curry special with my tiny-ass styrofoam cup of water... i become free... working out is another thing i look forward to. i try to stay in shape, go swimming, hit the spa once in a while. but the sad thing is... i'm more motivated to go cuz i see my asian christina aguilera there once a while. she's hot! ...okay, she's not mine, i suspect that she's an item with one of the fitness counselors. but oh-well, eye-candy's keeping me in shape. i'm a big movie fan. i much rather watch them at the theaters but i don't bother anymore. i got sick of being the 3rd, 5th, 7th wheel all the time. so blockbuster is usually my date on friday nights. dang, what happened? i guess this the mid-twenties-life crisis. ok enough complaining... back to work... __________________________________________ november 26, 2001 i`m finally getting outta here for a while. leaving LAX on december 15th to the motherland. i`ve been in such a rut these days... is it something in the air or maybe it`s the cooler weather... or maybe it`s cuz 99.9% of my friends are practically engaged and hangin out with them repeatedly reminds me of how single i am and starting to believe that girls are really like parking spaces; all the good ones are taken... i need something to break me from this down and the monotony of work. ...like a night of drunken party madness (nah, already tried that too many times) ...like an affectionate hug from a sweet, caring, sexy girl (like that`s gonna happen) ...i think a dose of family in korea during christmas will be what i need. i just hope i`ll survive the next 3 weeks... ______________________________ november 20, 2001 regrets, i`ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention. i did what i had to do, and saw it through without exemption. i planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway. and more... much more than this, i did it my way. yes, there were times, i`m sure you knew, when i bit off more than i could chew. but through it allwhen there was doubt, i ate it up and spit it out. i faced it all and i stood tall... and did it my way. i`ve loved, i`ve laughed and cried... i`ve had my fill, my share of losing. and now, as tears subside, i find it all so amusing. to think i did all that... and may i say, not in a shy way, oh-no... oh-no not me, i did it my way. for what is a man? what has he got? if not himself then he has naught. to say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels. the record shows i took the blows... and did it my way. - frank sinatra ______________________________ october 16, 2001 we had way too much fun with this webcam thing this past weekend. i felt like i was on vacation for while... thanks to my bros letting me chill`n in their ktown palace. i just can`t wait for the week to be over. ______________________________ october 12,2001 i love this movie (recorded) Hi. This is Nikki. Leave a message. (beep) Hi, Nikki.This is Mike, again. I just called because it sounded like your machine might`ve cut me off before I gave you my number, and also to say sorry for calling so late, but you were still there when I left the Dresden, so I knew I`d get your machine. Anyway, my number is...(beep) ______________________________ october 5, 2001 here we go again! vegas baby, VEGAS!!! there`s nothing like driving out to vegas in the spur of the moment... anticipating the drunken madness you`ll be in 4 hours...imagining the pile of chips infront you with the music of dean martin and frank sinatra filling the casino... tonight, we`re gonna give daddy the old rainman sweep... can you dig that?? vegas baby, VEGAS!! __________________________________________ june 22, 2001 WE`RE BACK!! here are some of the pics from our crazy trip... ______________________________ june 5, 2001 thanks for a great birthday guys (even though it seemed like there was a little too much alcohol and oysters that night). ______________________________ may 31, 2001 "Computer games don`t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we`d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc. 1989 ______________________________ may 8, 2001 "To be happy with aman, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her alot and not try to understand her at all." -Helen Rowland ______________________________ april 12, 2001 what`s the difference between repeating yourself because you don`t remember doing it before, and doing something because you don`t realize thatyou are goingto doit again? ______________________________ april 3, 2001 ...in the BirminghamSunday Mercury (7thJan 2001): Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. GeorgeTurklebaum, 51, whohad been employedas a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heartattack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still workingduring the weekend. His boss Elliot Wachiaskisaid: "George wasalways the first guyin each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusualthathe wasin the same position all that time and didn`t say anything. "Hewas always absorbed inhis work andkept much to himself." A postmortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after sufferinga coronary. Ironically,George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died. You may want to give your co-workers a nudge occasionally. And the moral of the story: "Don`t work too hard. Nobody notices anyway." ______________________________ Feb. 6, 2001 just for fun... would you rather have stunning charm but be the ugliest person in theworld, orhave the physical beauty of a god (or goddess) but uncontrollably fart every 10 minutes? would yourather have intelligence of extraordinary magnitude but havebubbly snot dripping down your nose constantly, or have superman-like powers but have a d-cup-size boob growing on your forehead? ______________________________ jan 26, 2001 i`m craving tsing tao. ______________________________ jan 5, 2001 here`s a warning e-mail i received today... spread the word!! ***Male Date Rape Drug Warning*** Police warn all maleclubbers, party-goers and unsuspecting public houseregulars to be more alert and cautious when getting a drink offer from a girl. There is a drug called beer, that is essentially in liquid form. The drug is now being used by female sexual predators at parties to convince their male victims to have sex withthem. The shocking statistic is that beer is available virtually anywhere! All girls have to do is buy a beer or two for almost any guy and simply ask the guy home for no-strings attached sex. Men are literally rendered helpless against such attacks. Please! Forward this to every male you know. |