Name:LiN Country:United States State:California Metro:Orange County Gender:Female
Interests:sleeping, taekwondo, laughing, smiling, shopping, eatting, singing (in the shower), and much more . . . Occupation:Full Time Student; Waitress
Wow . . . has it really been that long? I haven't been on this xanga page in a year give or take a few hours. My life has been so hectic lately. My birthday was sweet, and I saw a bunch of people that I hadn’t seen in ages seeing all those faces and hearing from a bunch of buddies was really heartwarming. My office is trying to throw me a little birthday party next week because I’m soooo busy the next couple of weeks, I’m trying to convince them to throw me one the week after because I have finals all next week.
This year, I have so much on my plate . . . it’s not even funny.
I currently have:
Work: computer programmer at work
School: taking 15 units (two studio classes)
Cambodian Student Association: President
ZDADA.com: my freelance projects with print, digital media & web (a good side business that pays well. I’ve had the site since I was in high school so there’s a lot of heart and sweat put into it . . . new site layout coming soon currently under construction because I need to rearrange some info)
iSTUDENTTV.com: online tv station . . . taking a lot of my time. Currently putting it on hold because there’s not enough hours in a day. Latest Projects: FPAC which was the Festival of Philippines Arts and Culture. I received VIP passes to interview a bunch of Filipino-American icon in today’s society. Example: Christine Gambito HappySlip, Kiwi and Bambu former Native Guns, and a bunch of local artists. The videos are finished but we’re relocating our tv station to a studio/office. www.filamarts.org (go here to look at this year’s site . . . they’ve asked me to make 2009’s filamarts site—coming soon)
Lately I keep sleeping at the weirdest hours. And wake up at random hours. I went to bed after I got home from having dinner with Ash-Lay and and my family. I got home a lil before 11pm and then woke up at 3:30am . . . and now I just can’t seem to fall back to sleep.
I spent thanksgiving with Di’s family, it was really interesting because it totally didn’t cross my mind that di and kris reginaldo were cousins (even they kind of told me awhile back). Sooooooo, during my turkey day break I happened to see kris, krystal, and ron. I felt like it was a high school reunion . . . shot pool in the backyard and everything. We caught up, seeing what’s going on with our lives and all exchanging info and all. Good stuff. Life’s just full of surprises.
Now playtime is over . . . I have to go back to sleep so I can wake up for work in a few hours, boooooo. If it wasn’t for my blackberry curve, I think I’d be so disorganized right now /:
Wow, it's been awhile it's been a LONG while hasn't it?
Last entry was written about four months ago. I've been so busy lately I haven't done a whole lot of xanga-ing, myspace-ing, or facebook-ing. Because as of August I got my first job ever . . . even though my parents and I were fighting the whole time (they don't like the fact that I'm working because they feel that it will take away from my academics).
To tell you the truth . . . this semester is one of my best academic semester thus far (: I currently have straight A's baby (; yea-yeah!!! And the pay isn't too bad either the only downside is that I only get one check a month. The check ranges between $800-$950 yea-yeah!!! (; and all I have to do are PROGRAMMING and DESIGN 20/hrs a week.
But then, I feel bad because I haven't been able to spend a lot of time with the 'homies' since I'm always WORK, WORK, WORK, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, & CAMODIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION. Trying to balance work, school, friends, family, and being president of the cambodian club isn't as easy as I thought it would be, but it's still really fun. If things don't go to crazy I might even join a sorority next semester *SHHHHHHHHHH* but I'm not telling anyone what sorority I'm thinking about rushing for . . . MUHAHAHAHA. The only thing that I can say for sure is that I am not going to do TDB little sis. I'd feel awkward because I'd be seeing Dion way too much.
Hey I love him but it's not really ideal to spend 24/7+ hrs together haha . . . that does sound fun but we'll probably just annoy the shit out of each other (: hehe. And yes we're doing GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT (: With a blink of an eye, it's already almost one whole year with the booboo.
Wow . . . look at the time it's time to go to my class -.- haha aiite I'll continue this while I'm writing my paper later today.
I haven't written in here in the longest. I remember back in the day when I used to write everything i did in xanga, from the workouts to the headaches . . . those were the days . . . hehe.
This summer I've had so much time on my hands since I don't have summer school and I'm just watching the kids (bro and sis) And I do get to go out every now and then so I'm not tooo locked up from the world. I've had a lot of time to think and look back at what I've gone through within the past few years in my life. Who I've experienced them with, basicly who's still with me and who I've lost (both in death and in relationship/friendship~wise).
I've noticed what's happened in the past can never really forget, especially from the people that you open yourself to and those that you let close into your life. I feel that there are some things in my life that I've left unfinished or untouched. When I do try to go back and look at all the decisions I’ve made, I noticed that I let small obstacles get in the way of what could have been one of my greatest accomplishments, yet at the same time now I understand why I chose a new and different path in road instead of finishing the original.
My sophomore year in high school my life totally changed when the one person in my life that kept me sane passed away in a head on car collision. I went from being a very optimistic person to always been down and depressed whenever I wasn’t around my friends and such. Since I wasn’t able to accept my cousin’s death, I was constantly in denial . . . the relationships that I had with my friends were the same I was still as hyper as ever, but deep down . . . I noticed that the young girl that always had a reason and an explanation for everything just slowly started to die inside. At the time I talked to a few people about what I was going through and that I wasn’t sure why I even wanted to go to school.
It wasn't until my grandmother passed away last September that I finally started to look at the outside world a little more. Once more I was sad but very optimistic . . . different from before I was determined to find out what I truly wanted to do. It wasn't until this summer that I start to understand the things that my cousin was trying to tell me when she was still alive. I thought that if someone or something was meant to be it would just automatically appear . . . since it was naturally yours. But as time went on . . . I noticed that if you really want something in life you’re just going to have to go out there and get it. It just shows how much you truly want it—physically (and/or) emotionally.
Now I feel like a whole new person . . . having new goals in life and enjoying it with new and trustworthy people. Just when you think you can't really trust anyone, you just happen to bump into a great bunch of people that makes you feel all warm and cuddly.
But there's one person in particular that I can't get enough of . . . my c0la bear (:
After seven years of being off the Cal State Fullerton radar, the
Cambodian Student Association made its presence felt on Friday night
with its first culture night since 2000.
To celebrate Cambodian Lunar New Year, the scent of authentic Cambodian
food wafted through Titan Student Union Ontiveros room while club
members waited with their friends and families for the festivities to
start.
Decorated with red, white and blue balloons and matching crepe paper
streamers, the room filled quickly until every seat was taken. While
Cambodian music played in the background, attendees had their names
written in Khmer, the Cambodian language, and ate the food that was
provided at the back of the room.
"I'm surprised at how many people showed up," said 22-year-old Bernard
Lim, who volunteered to man the food tables. The accounting major and
member of the club spent all night behind the tables, serving and
describing dishes to onlookers.
Food included chicken and beef skewers, veggie egg rolls, pickled
vegetable toppings and sweet buns filled with pork, egg and Chinese
sausage. The most interesting of the selection, though, was the sweet
banana rice rolls, Lim said. The rolls were slices of purple baked
bananas wrapped with rice and green banana leaves, resembling a sushi
roll.
"The food was really good," said accounting major Tony Heng, 23. "This
is the first event that I've been to, so I'm looking forward to the
dances."
The night's masters of ceremony: Vice President Melinda Ung and Officer
JB Ngoy, welcomed everyone while people hurried to find a seat. They
introduced the club's board members and recognized the event's sponsors.
To warm the crowd up, Ung and Ngoy joked with each other, alternating between Khmer and English.
"Dang girl, you put the 'body' in Cambodian!" was a highlight of Ung's English punch lines, in the midst of other Khmer jokes.
As laughs from the audience died down, the Blessing Dance began,
performed by the club's president, Angelica Keam, and two high school
students, Amanda and Breeana Men, from the Long Beach dance troupe The
Spirit of Khmer Angkor. The dancers slowly circulated around the front
of the room smiling serenely with petals in their hair. Ung later
explained that the three young women, outfitted in jeweled silver,
green and gold outfits and ornate crowns, carried small silver trays of
yellow and red rose petals as they "blessed the audience."
The Blessing Dance is one of greeting and good wishes of happiness,
usually performed at the beginnings of ceremonies, she said.
After the dance, members presented a slideshow of past events and meetings, played to Foo Fighters' "Times Like These."
The audience was comprised of not only friends, family and members of
the club, but students from Cambodian associations at Cal State Long
Beach, UCLA and UC Irvine who were there for support.
"All of our clubs are within one organization called the Khmer Student
Coalition," said Keam, a 20-year-old public relations major. " All the
Cambodian clubs come together … we inform each other of events and we
help each other out with problems within the community or the club."
After the slideshow, members performed the Coconut Dance, which
illustrates the courtship between male and female dancers. Three
couples danced circles around each other while clapping each other's
coconut shells. The dance symbolizes youth, fertility and the value of
the life-giving coconut fruit, Ung said.
The night's festivities ended with Cambodian games, which led to
singing and dancing in the front of the room, while the rest of the
crowd socialized for the rest of the night.
"It was more people than we expected," said 22-year-old secretary Willa
Duong, a business marketing major. "We were expecting something really
little so I'm proud of everybody involved for their hard work and just
getting the word out. We're just really proud that we got all these
people out, and have them notice that our club has spread itself out in
Fullerton."
Keam said she felt the same way, especially since this was the first
culture event held after she and other members rebuilt the club that
was disbanded in 2000.
"It was our first time doing this and we had a great turnout," Keam
said. "I'm just very happy that our culture is representing Fullerton
once again. For the past few years a lot of people haven't had the
chance to see our culture, and I'm very, very proud that we
accomplished this tonight and people are able to see our culture."
