Monday, March 15, 2004
Sunday, March 07, 2004
After a month, SJEC is over. If you couldn't tell from the pics I've posted before, this year had a lot of great memories. Props to all the officers for running a great program (or am I just saying that because I know all of them? :P ) Anyway, here are the final set of pictures (until I find my way to Japan again):
Washoku Day:
Shino cuts one of the many birthday cakes
The students serenading us with a famous Japanese folk song
Tahoe:
Only two pictures here...I don't think I'm legally allowed to put the other ones up.
Akiho wrestles with Arthur
The incredible view by our cabin
Farewell Party:
Chillin
The best way to have fun? Why, wearing the same balloon as one of your hosts!
Shino deciding that maybe that's not such a hot idea
My Chinese-speaking partner, Taya
Nori really knows how to show a guy a good time
Shino was good enough sport to take a picture with me, even after seeing what Nori did to the balloon
Aiko and Mayumi
Naomi with her new pet
Fun with balloons
Kaipo getting tossed in the air
Christine and Naomi
Christine, Catherine, and Risa
The Tahoe car reunited!
Movies from the Farewell Party (you must have the xvid codec installed to view these files):
I'm going to miss these kids.
Washoku Day:
Shino cuts one of the many birthday cakes
The students serenading us with a famous Japanese folk song
Tahoe:
Only two pictures here...I don't think I'm legally allowed to put the other ones up.
Akiho wrestles with Arthur
The incredible view by our cabin
Farewell Party:
Chillin
The best way to have fun? Why, wearing the same balloon as one of your hosts!
Shino deciding that maybe that's not such a hot idea
My Chinese-speaking partner, Taya
Nori really knows how to show a guy a good time
Shino was good enough sport to take a picture with me, even after seeing what Nori did to the balloon
Aiko and Mayumi
Naomi with her new pet
Fun with balloons
Kaipo getting tossed in the air
Christine and Naomi
Christine, Catherine, and Risa
The Tahoe car reunited!
Movies from the Farewell Party (you must have the xvid codec installed to view these files):
- Formations - 1 (5.27 mb)
- Formations - 2 (5.27 mb)
- Formations - 3 (3.13 mb)
- "Arigatou, sayounara..." - Kaipo, Christine, Chieze, and Jeff (5.1 mb)
I'm going to miss these kids.
Monday, February 23, 2004
I just got my hair cut. I think they're ice skating down in hell right now. I like it, but MAN I look like a fob.
On another note, here's my personal battle cry:
On another note, here's my personal battle cry:
Saturday, February 21, 2004
More pictures
Instead of working on my paper, I think I'll add up more pictures. These are from last night, after gorging ourselves off of Korea House, and finishing up things with crazy karaoke.
So much food...
...which Aiko didn't mind eating
Lounging around at World Karaoke
Nao in action
The latest dancing style straight from Japan
Instead of working on my paper, I think I'll add up more pictures. These are from last night, after gorging ourselves off of Korea House, and finishing up things with crazy karaoke.
So much food...
...which Aiko didn't mind eating
Lounging around at World Karaoke
Nao in action
The latest dancing style straight from Japan
Friday, February 20, 2004
Big Update
feeling: like the whole world is against me
Not really, but when the stress starts piling up, it sure feels that way sometimes.
Apologies for the lack of updates...I've been getting a lot of flack for not updating, but those who know me should have known that this was a doomed experiment right from the get-go.
Lots of things have happened since break, and I have a ton of pictures to post. First up, headed up to Monument Valley (where they filmed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) with the family:
Lots of rocks
If you think my hair is long, check out the pics below
More rocks
The family
Future ad for the Honda Pilot
My camera can handle sunsets!
Poker Night:
Can it be? All of the drawgroup is here?? God sure missed his big chance...
The Making of Christine's Cake:
On the night before Christine's birthday, a bunch of us holed ourselves in my apartment to bake her a cake. And by we, I mean Jess Lee, who pretty much did everything. Um, I made almond jello (which is still in the fridge)?
In the beginning...
...almost there...
...finished!
Taking a small break
Oreo no-bake...in a bowl! Siu Hong looks so proud
SoCal Trip:
Driving 600 miles over the weekend was a little bit insane, but seeing some old friends made the trip definitely worth it. The dance picture is from the UCI intercollegiate garba dancing competition, in which my friend Nipa entered with the UoA team. After-party pics from the House of Blues in Downtown Disneyland.
UoA in action
Vince!
Nipa!
Clubbin in SF:
What started out as a drawgroup trip to SF became a full-blown expedition with 7 other students from Japan. But the more the merrier...the club was tight and even the Yin Yang Twins showed up!
Partying the night away
Mai freaking Aiko?
Goddamn we look so fucking sketch
feeling: like the whole world is against me
Not really, but when the stress starts piling up, it sure feels that way sometimes.
Apologies for the lack of updates...I've been getting a lot of flack for not updating, but those who know me should have known that this was a doomed experiment right from the get-go.
Lots of things have happened since break, and I have a ton of pictures to post. First up, headed up to Monument Valley (where they filmed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) with the family:
Lots of rocks
If you think my hair is long, check out the pics below
More rocks
The family
Future ad for the Honda Pilot
My camera can handle sunsets!
Poker Night:
Can it be? All of the drawgroup is here?? God sure missed his big chance...
The Making of Christine's Cake:
On the night before Christine's birthday, a bunch of us holed ourselves in my apartment to bake her a cake. And by we, I mean Jess Lee, who pretty much did everything. Um, I made almond jello (which is still in the fridge)?
In the beginning...
...almost there...
...finished!
Taking a small break
Oreo no-bake...in a bowl! Siu Hong looks so proud
SoCal Trip:
Driving 600 miles over the weekend was a little bit insane, but seeing some old friends made the trip definitely worth it. The dance picture is from the UCI intercollegiate garba dancing competition, in which my friend Nipa entered with the UoA team. After-party pics from the House of Blues in Downtown Disneyland.
UoA in action
Vince!
Nipa!
Clubbin in SF:
What started out as a drawgroup trip to SF became a full-blown expedition with 7 other students from Japan. But the more the merrier...the club was tight and even the Yin Yang Twins showed up!
Partying the night away
Mai freaking Aiko?
Goddamn we look so fucking sketch
Friday, December 26, 2003
Merry Christmas!
Every time we have a gathering with family friends, I get a chance to revisit my ultra-dorky past - and not that much has changed over the years - by staying up to the whee hours of the morning playing non-stop computer games, video games, and oh yes, Magic: the Gathering. Lawrence brought his girlfriend to dinner last night and he tried explaining to her that he still played Magic, a game we started playing from sixth grade, and kind of got this blank what the fuck stare in return. Good times. Oh yea, we also ordered four plates of crab puffs. And by we, I mean Brian.
The nice part about being back home is seeing old friends again. This time it was a little more special since, because of studying abroad in Japan, I hadn't seen most of them for at least a year. Aside from the usual gang of family friends, I've got see some old Dobson friends, seeing Return of the King with Nipa, who's little brother has sprouted two feet since I last saw him, hanging with Allen (we better play some ball man), and joking with Chrissy how we were the black sheeps of the family.
Every time we have a gathering with family friends, I get a chance to revisit my ultra-dorky past - and not that much has changed over the years - by staying up to the whee hours of the morning playing non-stop computer games, video games, and oh yes, Magic: the Gathering. Lawrence brought his girlfriend to dinner last night and he tried explaining to her that he still played Magic, a game we started playing from sixth grade, and kind of got this blank what the fuck stare in return. Good times. Oh yea, we also ordered four plates of crab puffs. And by we, I mean Brian.
The nice part about being back home is seeing old friends again. This time it was a little more special since, because of studying abroad in Japan, I hadn't seen most of them for at least a year. Aside from the usual gang of family friends, I've got see some old Dobson friends, seeing Return of the King with Nipa, who's little brother has sprouted two feet since I last saw him, hanging with Allen (we better play some ball man), and joking with Chrissy how we were the black sheeps of the family.
Monday, December 22, 2003
Corrections
Thanks to Christine for pointing out that the sidebar was acting funky on IE. I fixed it, but I would recommend Mozilla Firebird as the only real way to go. Why is it better? Tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and not having to be scared that clicking on someone's IM buddy profile link will give you a crazy-ass virus are just a couple of reasons.
Thanks to Christine for pointing out that the sidebar was acting funky on IE. I fixed it, but I would recommend Mozilla Firebird as the only real way to go. Why is it better? Tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and not having to be scared that clicking on someone's IM buddy profile link will give you a crazy-ass virus are just a couple of reasons.
How I've wasted my break thus far
Saw Return of the King yesterday. Watching it again tonight. Yeah, it's that good, but you have to get passed the 5 or 6 endings and the fact that Peter Jackson feels inclined to fade into black after each ending. Ah well, I'm seeing it again, aren't I?
other achievements this break:
current projects:
How productive.
Saw Return of the King yesterday. Watching it again tonight. Yeah, it's that good, but you have to get passed the 5 or 6 endings and the fact that Peter Jackson feels inclined to fade into black after each ending. Ah well, I'm seeing it again, aren't I?
other achievements this break:
- finished watching Beautiful Life, Full Metal Panic (again), Liu Lou Hou Zuo (Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat), and X TV
- bought what I thought was a bootleg Jolin Tsai music video DVD, and found out it was a Jolin Tsai karaoke DVD with los-res videos. Fuck you China.
- killed 175,000 little stickmen in Defend Your Castle
- put up Christmas lights
- pretended to sort photos for the SCTI photo CD
- contemplated about starting my Christmas shopping
current projects:
- watching Chrno Crusade, Kimi ga nozomu eien, Fullmetal Alchemist, and of course, Naruto
- killing little stickmen in Defend Your Castle
- picking classes for my schedule
- looking for a job
- thinking about finishing the SCTI photo CD
- Christmas shopping
How productive.
