Sunday, August 28, 2005

What I'm Really Looking Forward To

I realized my last entry felt pretty stale, so to make up for it, here are two things that I'm REALLY looking forward to:

1) The release of Kanye West's new album, Late Registration (Releasing August 30th)

2) The release of We Love Katamari, the sequel to the greatest game ever created (Releasing September 7th)

Time... Want Some?

So I haven't had internet in my apartment for the past few weeks now, so I haven't had a chance to make a significant update in a while. But really, other than two friends' birthday parties and the last two weeks of training at work, nothing's really happened.

And how's work? Well... work's... work. Co-workers are fun. I'm learning a lot. But really... it doesn't feel like that big a deal. Which was what I wanted, right? Get your 9-hour shift, a lunch and two breaks in between, don't really think too hard, do your job and go home. Got decent pay, with benefits and a retirement plan. And no real drama. Yay.

I guess the bigger struggle is what to do when I get home. I've never been a guy who just wants to go out, especially now since I'm trying to save up some $. I never really know what to do, and when I'm around folks and they ask how my life's going, well... I tell them that paragraph above. And, well... that's it.

So I guess things feel like a standstill right now. Nothing too amazing, but nothing too lousy. Just a lazy median. I think the only moderate amount of excitement I get is when planning for some events we have for the Pilipino Alumni Association. You could say all that planning gets me back to my roots. I guess I'd forgot about how many people you connect with when you're involved in an org and you're planning events and coordinating with other people. Life's cool right now, but I do miss college right now.

Anyway, if y'all have any plans, email me, call me, mail me, yell out my name. I'm free!

Sunday, August 14, 2005

He's leavin'... on a JET plane...


I've been so blessed having befriended so many great people at UCLA, and Chuck Del Rosario is a guy who belongs near the top of that list. Funny, charming, anime aficionado, SportsCenter buddy, an awesome roommate and just all-around great guy, Chuck, the man who introduced beach Sumo wrestling to my family, will be leaving for Japan on Tuesday to work in the JET programme. He'll be gone for at least a year, maybe more. We celebrated like crazy the last two days, signaling the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. Between graduating, folks going off to grad school, my new job, and friends going thousands of miles away, life's decided to slam the accelerator and not let up.

You're gonna have a blast in Japan, Chuck. I wish you nothing but the best!


PS A shoutout to Trinh, who reminded me how great John Denver is.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

For the Beautiful Women in My Life...

... who make the mistake of not believing in their own beauty. Enjoy, and celebrate the beauty that is you.