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March 30, 2003
10:30pm
What a nice day. What a great night. my usual sunday. went to church, stopped by at Rite Aid, had lunch. took a small nap, went to the gym, then came home to a kalbi dinner. made some mandoo with my mom. and chilled. but it was a nice day. the gym was good today because i felt so much more energy than i did yesterday. so i actually did most of my sets and exercises this time around. felt more power today. much more progress, at least for maintenance. after lots of lifting, i showered and came home.
so today was/is such a nice day/night. i mean, outside, the breeze is warm, and the air is crisp. it really feels like summer. i relish nights like this. mmm...relish, on a polish sausage. that's something i haven't eaten in a while. anyway, back to the main point. this is the kind of night i have romantic fantasies about. like, walking with a girl down by a lake or just in the hills. holding hands and looking into the night sky. she'd be wearing a summer dress or something simple. i'd be in some button up and jeans. and it'd be perfect. *sigh* i'm a romantic. hopelessly a romantic. i kind of wonder how many nights like this i'll actually have. summer nights in LA arent' always this nice. desert climate tends to make nights very cold.
i just realized something. a couple of things really. i really really miss all my friends. this weekend has felt even more lonely than usual. especially because i wanted to share thsi night with someone. i mean, it's just SO nice outside. i could spend all night outside. a good book, a little light, some snacks, and i'd be in heaven. but of course, the experience is better when you have someone who can appreciate it with you. last time i had a nice night like this (at least one i remember) was last year. i also recall the night i saw Princess Mononoke in San Francisco. after the movie we were all outside and the wind was just really warm which is rare for SF. anyway, i wanted to share this night with someone so badly. *sigh* well, at least i got something out of this. another thing is that i'm glad that i can appreciate something simple. usually i like to spend money on stuff and that's how i appreciate things. especially if i've earned the money to buy something. but now, i'm glad that i have something simple to appreciate. life just sort of slows down and i can't help but to smile. everything is calm and life seems to just want to be quiet and let you revel in it. of course i know there's a war going on halfway around the world. not to say that they're not important, but i hope that those troops can come back soon and enjoy something simple that makes them happy as well. my thoughts on teh war... i'm opposed to war in general. i never really saw the need for the United States to play Police Officer to the world, but i do support the troops. i wish them all the success and i hope no lives are wasted in this conflict. i hope they all come back safe and sound and that peace can come across all lands. with that said, i say, good night.
March 29, 2003
9:46pm
where to begin? wow. March is almost over. i can't believe it. so fast. but so slow. well, got up early this morning. went to stepping stones to tutor for chemistry. good session today. worked on some problem solving strategy. i saw kevin there. we chatted a bit. fun stuff. after that hour, i started cleaning up. i noticed i got my first paycheck form there. i think i'll hang it up...naw....i need the money too badly. even tho it's only like $65. but hey, it's money. afterwards, i went to tkd. taught the all level kids class. they're spunky. i like that. soem of them fool around too much, but then again, i was the same way, sorta. but i had them do a lot of stuff so that was kind of fun. did some demo kicks, some sparring, some strength training, lots of different stuff. hehe. i think i'm going to run out of ideas soon. after tkd, i bolted over to the gym. good routine again. fun stuff. i talked with christina afterwards. we did some kicking on the wavemaster like things they have there. i was so tired today tho. i barely did any real lifting. i showered and went to get my hair cut. i went to supercuts. man, stupid bitch. i told her not to cut my bangs and to leave the outer edge of my hair longer so i could have a flat look on top. also i told her to keep the sides a bit longer than a zero fade. so she cuts the sides well. after that a friend comes along and she starts talking to him. after she's done, she starts cutting right where i told her not to. she started cuttng my bangs. i was like "what are you doing?" and she just had this stunned look on her face. so she had to adjust the rest of my hair cuz she fucked up. i have a fucked up haircut cuz this stupid bitch had a brain fart. so i was complaining. not really characteristic of me, but i was askign why she did something when i asked her not to. her supervisor came and gave me a discount on my cut and a coupon for a free haircut. i just tore it up and left. went home to see my parents. i told them about it. they were nice about it. i ate lunch whcih was some leftovers. good food. tang soo yook. sweet and sour beef. i fell asleep. that was good. i woke up to have dinner. dinner was man doo. korean dumplings that my mom made from scratch. so good. and now i'm here.
i really gotta get a digicam. a good one. i've wnated on, but i never felt the need till now. for a couple of reasons, i want one. i wanna be able to make pages for the routines. and i just realized just how much i'm missing out by not having my pictures up. so many lost memories.
so i was supposed to meet with my best friend Kevin today. but he got a call from his parents so we couldn't meet up. well, at least we work in teh same place so it's not so bad. but i don't get to see him all that often. oh wells. i'll see him at work on monday anyway. i gotta get some more pages done soon.
March 28, 2003
10:46pm
not much happened today. went to bio class as normal. man, i know it's not that hard, but i feel so sleepy and bored in that class. ugh. the prof is a nice enough guy, but still. i'm always counting the minutes till he lets us go. on my way to school, my dad was worried about traffic cuz there was some really big truck that hit the center divider. luckily, i don't take that particular freeway even tho i see the start of it. so i didn't see any of it. but i know that there're soem pictures of it. if i find it, i'll post it up. i think i should post some pictures on my blog. make it more interesting. anyway, after class, i went to lab. i did the enzyme lab. it was kind of nice that not many ppl were there. so i got to do just about all of the experiment with little distraction. quiz was easy too. i went home and had some chow mein. i didnt' do much. i'm still reeling from that night of study before my chem test. so i slept for like 4 hours. i called Stepping Stones at first to see if i had been assigned any students for the day. luckily, i hadn't so i got to sleep. i really needed it. i then got ready for tkd. had to teach today. man, there was SO much traffic again. right where the 210 and 134 meet, there's a lot of traffic. stupid traffic. took me like 40 mins to get to the studio. so i taught a huge kids class. sorta fun i guess. then i taught the adult class. that was better. more advanced techniques. then i came home, showered and ate. now i'm wasting time on my computer.
i'm so freakin' isolated. most of my friends are in berkeley. the few that i have down here are really far so i dont' do much these days. especially at night time on fridays and saturdays. or any night for that matter. ugh. well, i know why i'm doing this. i need to make the grade for dental school. oh well. gotta keep chugging along.
hehe. i saw a lot of thongs at lab today. i have this crazy fascination with thongs. =D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROMY!!
March 27, 2003
10:49pm
man, i feel crappy right now. but for the most part, the day was a good day. funny how one little thing can make me feel this way right now. ugh. well, i'll recap a bit then first then go over why i'm feeling this way now.
tuesday was a normal tuesday for the most part. i went to class in the morning till lunchtime. my experiment wasnt' going so well. titrations are boring. oh well. anyway, i went home, ate some club sandwiches. i wanted to study, but i only got a few problems done. then i went to go tutor. didn't go as well as i had hoped. afterwards, i went home for a bit, then went to the gym for hip hop class. class is always fun. came home and studied a little.
wednesday i had to wake up early. so drove to pasadena to drop off my car for intermediate service. i had to use the minivan for whatever i needed to do. i just stayed home. finished some tasks since i had the morning to do things. made some important calls and did some stuff. so i was semi productive. for lunch, i got to meet up with april from berkeley. haven't seen her since finals. she looks just as good as ever. so i took her to lunch at a chinese restaurant in glendale. we had spicy fried prawns and sweet and sour beef with rice. we couldn't finish so i took the rest home. i dropped her off at her best friend's place since they were going to hang out. i went home and called the honda dealership where my car was. they told me that my timing belts needed to be replaced as well as a water pump and engine mount. wtf? so all that would have been more than $1000. forget that...i know it's important but my parents decided against it. so i headed to pasadena to pick up my car then to drop it off at another mechanic. while i was driving there, i thought my first tutor appointment at Stepping Stones was at 5:15pm, but i got a call saying that i had someone for 4:15. damn, totally missed it. oh wells. anyway, i had 4 other students lined up. one missed so it was kind of nice to have an hour to myself. one of the students who i subbed for asked to be transfered to me permenantly. that was flattering. so i had some good sessions. my dad came to pick me up. i felt like such a student. anyway, i ate and then i studied like mad for my test. i started freaking. i was doing some practice probs but i wasn't getting any of it. so i just stayed awake for the next 5 hours or so studying.
today. i went to school. i woke up so incredibly groggy. i had about 2 hrs of sleep. so drove in the minivan. comfy ride i guess. luckily i left early cuz traffic was kind of bad. i got there and did some last minute cramming. the test wasn't as bad. good thing i did that studying tho. the only problem i didn't finish was one of the early equations. but i think i got everything else. i felt pretty proud of myself with that. so i stayed a little after to get a little bit ahead of my experiment for the lab. afterwards, i went home. i was still riding the good feelings from that test. good thing i like math. anyway, i ate some fried rice. i took a little nap. i really needed that. now here's where things turn a bit sour. i went to go tutor. i was hoping she had studied at least a little since tuesday. nope. *sigh* so as i was trying to reteach her about DNA, RNA and stuff like that, she just got frustrated. i just got the hint that she didn't want to try anymore. this is why i feel bad now. so we talked a little. i know she's going to study at the last minute. that's a LOT of stuff to cover. i hope she can manage. i feel bad cuz she failed her last test. that makes me feel like i'm wasting her time, my time, and especially her mom's money. i don't want to do that. i'm actually considering returning the money back cuz she failed. anyway, after that, i went to pick up my car. the mechanic said that the replacements can wait. the stuff that the dealer said was broken wasn't. damn ripoffs. so i drove straight to the gym. lifted some, then had dance class. a lot of new ppl in class today. on the day when we finish the routine. after that, i was still feeling bad so i tried to lift some more. hehe. i was doing cable curls for biceps. thsi girl behind me was wearing a body suit (i guess that's what you call it) kinda like a swimsuit but it was a thong suit. she had warm ups over it, but she was doing these bent over crunches so everyone pretty much got a clear view of her backside. hehe. and the funny thign was that she was doing this right behind me so i couldnt' see it until i turned around. after that, i couldn't stop snickering. hehe. so i came home, had dinner and how here i am.
so why am i so upset? i'm upset if ppl dont' try. more than anything, i hate when people give up before they start. that's what happened with the tutoring session. that also happens in tkd when i'm teaching. if she failed cuz she tried her best, then i wouldn't care. but she also doesnt' tell me what her teacher says. she just tells me "oh, the teacher just said some stuff". that doesnt' really help me, now does it? so i'm taking shots in teh dark as far as big concepts in the bio class she's taking. but apparently i'm wrong. so i'm kind of worried about her. i just hate when ppl can't even give me the slightest effort. or at least tell me if u dont' get what i'm fuckign saying. ugh. ok, enough venting. i'm done. i should sleep anyway. i hope u all feel better than me right now.
March 24, 2003
11:25pm
I hate days like this. i slept a lot and i was just so damn tired the whole day. i got my stuff done, thankfully, but still...i could have done more. ugh. woke up later than usual and so i ate. i tried to get some things done. i got a few things done, but cuz i woke up so late, i didn't get nearly as much done. so i ate, did some studying and some cleaning. made some important calls. afterwards, i ate lunch adn went to ikea. i tried to find something for my mom but they didn't have the right color. i was looking for a metal cup for holding pens and pencils. anyway, i drove to work after that. i had a longer day than usual. 4 students, one 15 min break. good day. i had to sub for two people. but they seemed to like me. so far so good. felt longer than usual. but i got home kind of late. and now i'm blogging. i wish i had more to say. hopefully i can set my routine better so i can say something more interesting in here. chem test thursday, gotta study.
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