Ode to 08

Alas, I have awoken from my blogging slumber...

So my excuse for this long absence has been my crazy crazy schedule and commitments that have pretty much kept me going for these few months... blogging happens when your naturally bored with no obligations and free time and where your thoughts start to wander to blog-worthy topics (such as now)

But this is probably the last post of the year for me... with xmas celebrations going on and such. But to truly reflect on this year, probably the best year of my life so far. Between turning 19, to joining my fraternity, to meeting new people and experiencing new things... its definitely the year of new things. And having done all the college extrapolates how these memories will be fondly kept and returned to for the rest of my life. There will no doubt, be a million crazy stories from this year.

My highlights of 08
- Becoming a Delt, and sharing it with my kick ass pledge class
- Getting my own place... with my own bed, and desk... and experiencing toilet plunging
- Finaly deciding my career goals... med school oh ya
- Making Shrimp Fra Diovolo and Penne Bolognaise that came out really good
- Reconnecting with the ol' gang and having an awesome summer of '08 (and spending some meaningful family time)
- Becoming one of those involved freaks... Housing OA, Source OA, Club Tennis, Ski team, Research, SAC, Adopt-a-school, delt stuff....
- the 100+ parties this year.... and beasting it at cocaine (the drinking game.. not the drug)
- Going to new york for spring break
- More?

And i just recalled that it was a rough start to 08 when i feel alseep through the countdown alone in my dorm room......

A look forwards to 09. I hope for stronger friendships, more awesome stories and hangs, maybe some new gadjets, contuining my 4.0 quarter and perhaps... just perhaps...a non-lonely valentines... |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 2:52 AM

Anti-Depressant TV

So if your ever feeling kinda down, watch MTV True Life. Im not saying you shud gain joy from other people's misfortunes, but sometimes when you emmerse yourself in someone's else's life who have bigger problems then the petty ones you currently have, you'll realize how lucky you are. Yea im taking a chapter our of the ultimate cliche book, but its true. So feel better about your life, cuz chances are its not that bad. |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 8:58 AM

Halloween Update in 5 quick words

Awesome, Drunk, Fun, Surprise Complications......sigh* |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 4:08 AM

Mission Partcomplished

So remember that mid year resolution. I actually did one... i did a half marathon. The Columbus Half Marathon was AWESOME, i did a solid time of 2:00:32 for a 13.1 mile run and it was exhilarating and I'm definitely excited to do another. But more importantly, i actually followed through with something i wante.d

I'm getting crazy involved on campus. Fraternity, Work, Classes, 2 majors 2 minors, club tennis, ski team, SAC, Adopt-a-school, it goes on...i shouldn't do this to myself really...

erm i suck at updating... but ill find time to actually blog some time |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 11:20 AM

I forgot about this, i wrote this in JFK a few days ago

Another grueling grueling 20+ hour flight gone. Another tired tired traveller eager to just turn in to bed eventhough it is only 2pm in the afternoon.
So JFK airport is another dud... what is up with these big american airports being kinda terribe and old and run down? I would ahve to say Cincinnati airport wins big in the style department when it runs up against JFK and LAX. and so far, i've only been missing home... food, people, family, friends. But i guess that was how i was when i first came back to Asia anyway, i'll get over it.
C u in Cbus |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 12:36 AM

Happy 19

So it was a pretty decent birthday. I mean honestly, i've never had a good track record of birthdays and have never really had a serious celebrations so i'm not too knocked up about it. Being at a party with friends and watching the game (eventhough we got absolutely trashed) is good enough for me and its fun.

good news... my house is semi furnished.. and semi clean... so awesome!! going to ikea today. |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 12:28 AM

Im listening to Into Dust by Mazzy Star (dreammy, so so deamy)... and it makes me really miss The O.C. Sure I know what your thinking, tean soap opera, wtf rite? bu there was just something abt that show... it just was so relatable for me, the characters, the situations. For some reason, every episode kinda made me really sad. I dunno, it was a realy good show nevertheless (eventhough it was cancelled, but the show without Marissa Cooper wasn't the same...) .

So bascially Im just missing alot of things right now.. and I haven't even left yet..=/ |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 8:22 PM

Life's Weird... Not Incest Weird, More Like Sarah Silverman Weird

I came into summer with expectations. I expected things to be alittle weird, seeing these familiar faces once again after being seperated for so long while each of us have our own seperate lives, friends, experiences. I expected home life to be upsetting, fustrating, head pounding, you know, usual stuff. I expected people to change, to have seen the world and experienced new things and now have become different individuals. I expected to be monumentally bored.

Sure, all of these expectations turned out to be somewhat true one way or another, but truth of the matter is Summer of 08 will probably go down as the best 3 months of my teen years (yes i still use teen, because i have the chance to, cuz once i hit 20, teen hardly sounds appropirate anymore).  That was something i never expected. Having been to USA, the USA, i've expereinced so many new things and met so many new individuals, it kinda really sucked leaving there and comnig home with all these negative expectations hanging over your shoulders. 3 months did not sound fun at all. Sure the first 3 weeks kinda turned out to be a dud, and I quickly found myself counting down the days till my imminent departure but things changed. They kinda changed for the better, you know, hanging out with people got more enjoyable and less of the awkward catch-up small talk. I started remembering why I love hanging out with these silly silly people I call my friends and why JIS was truly memorable (albeit all the depressing moments). You know, we kind of made what we could of Brunei, we did things I don't think I would have normally done elsewhere but we did just because it was us, young and dumb. Family life got more nejoyable, espaically if you keep thinking of how there is going to be less and less time to spend with them. And the lack of curfew; turly remarkable.

So here I am, desperate for more time here in a complete reversal of my feelings 3 months ago. That's why life's weird. Or life's kinda sadistic and twisted. I dunno, you be the judge. So now that I have 5 days left, I truly began to reminisce the times we spent together, the photos we took, (the posters we stole, the pinnacles we climbed, the flying fishes we desperatly grabbed on to) and I can't help but to feel kinda bummed. I guessed I should be glad that things worked out
cuz truly, summer08, will never be forgotten.

Labels: Random Rants

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Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 10:39 PM

Glam.

For some reason, I'm going through a Glam rock-ish phase... without any David Bowie. Here's some high-pitched, theathrical songs that maybe you might enjoy (or hate) too.

Filthy and Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters
I Turn my Camera On - Spoon
The Past of a Grotesque Animal - Of Montreal |

Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 9:59 PM