japan

i just got to my apartment. before i go into how AWESOME my apartment is I would like to share with you the first thing I saw when I got on the bus from the airport – a love hotel called “First Wood.” i was thinking to myself, yep im in japan. i actually provided the link to love hotel, inside of trying to explain it in order to avoid sounding like a ex-pat, which i am, kind of, well yes, kind of no, ug.

anyways my apartment is STACKED son! its got a full size bed + every single kind of ameniti you can think of. there’s pretty nothing i need to buy! WOHOOO. its got a cd player, fax machine (uh..?), tv, cool lamps, table, chairs, frig, stove top, awesome shower, awesome toilet (yes the kind that sprays your assh*le with water), vacuum, cabinets, nice lighting, fancy feel. plus i got 2 bottles of water, mini travel shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel bottels, q-tips, soap, towels, laundry machine, laundry deterrgent, etc etc etc.

and as my mother so annoyingly reminded me on skype just right now, “they aint giving you the apartment for free. they expect that much in return.”

im so excited to work!

miss you all

haha

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pacts

i made a pact with my friends to never ever wear bluetooth headsets when hanging out, no matter how telephone intensive our jobs may become.

dictionary.com word of the day

defenestrate \dee-FEN-uh-strayt\, transitive verb:

To throw out of a window.

Some of his apparent chums . . . would still happily defenestrate him if they caught him near a window.
– Andrew Marr, “No option bar the radical one”, Independent, July 5, 1994

I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!
– Lane Smith, quoted in “Who’s News”, Time for Kids, September 25, 1998

A woman, driven to fury by the manner in which her lover prefers to lavish his attention on a match on the telly rather than her, starts to throw his possessions out of the window. He’s finally moved to stop her when she tries to defenestrate his new Puma boots.
– Jim White, “Budgets substantial enough to buy most of the clubs in the Endsleigh”, Independent, April 6, 1996

Defenestrate is derived from Latin de-, “out of” + fenestra, “window.” The noun form is defenestration.

my hero

my sis met the jabbawokees before they became famous

hell yes… my claim to fame

opportunity, privilege and education

as president roth so eloquently articulated in his speech to the PBK class of 2008, there exists a great paradox that comes with opportunity, privilege and education.

opportunity and education affords us limitless flexibility and space to learn and explore, create and dissect, and question and answer. from my college experience, i have come to truly and genuinely cherish and appreciate this. however on the same token, i have come to learn that opportunity and education unlock knowledge and realities that make me wish I had never gone down that path of inquiry from the start. it seems that the more i learn about the world, the more i am made aware of the paradoxes and contradictions that exist. in short, how fucked up the world is. and the more and more i learn, the more i become paralyzed and immobilized by cynicism, pessimism, anger and fear. do i know too much? ignorance is most certainly bliss.

a major source of these dark and oppressive emotions does not come from how i perceive the world but rather how i see myself in this context. i take a look at my actions and i can’t help feeling guilty and responsible for contradictions in my own actions and words in every aspect of my life. how can i judge others when i am contributing and fueling the machine.
i guess the key is to turn apathetic cynicism into constructive criticism. easier said than done.

yes!

me: hows ur pad?
Cecil: .sweet
small
but good enough for me
me: thats what she said

lucky

i am come to the conclusion that i am just one of those really really really lucky people. and im talking about RIDICULOUSLY lucky people. where ever i go, there are people who take care of me, people who look after me and people who have helped me. even my mom tells me.

i’m just wondering when my luck is gonna run out.

mental note

don’t ever get COMBO A (bubble tea + hellza spicy taiwanese fried chicken) at Tapioca express @ 1AM. the morning after, you will regret it. i was kind of like a food hangover. if that even exists.