My 2 cents

Bleh, another boring week in this long summer... everyone pray for me to get a job >_< If everyone wills it and prays... it has to happen... Hope the places I call open up soon. =/ Anyway... I finally saw a semi-new chinese movie, one of the lunar new years one, My Lucky Star. It features Miriam Yeung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. A classic romantic feel good comedy that revolves around the concept of Feng Shui. If you're into that stuff, you're in for a treat! If you're not... watch it cuz you're probably bored and have nothing to do but be mesmerized by the power of Feng Shui... ::play eerie music:: Yes this movie is just about everything you could ask for in a Lunar New Year movie... makes you feel good... makes chinese all around feel proud... has a good theme song (I love this duet by the two =D)... just about everything... except for quality laughs. U_U;; Don't get me wrong, there were some "funny parts". But it could have used some more. I'd recommend this movie for any Asian peeps out there and tell them to get in touch with their heritage by checking out Feng Shui for themselves. I think I'm going to hold back my ?/10 rating for now... Peeps needa see it first =P So what else that's more important about me that's happened this past week? NOTHING @_@ Except I got kinda grounded for being out too late one night... =/ But whatever, it's not like there's anything for me to do at home anyway @_@ Can't go out to spend money everyday anyway... And I think it's stupid I'm grounded for staying out too late during summer, on a weekend.......... *sigh* Talk about a queer family life... Well, that's enuf for now. Mebbe I'll write again when something actually happens... in a month or something @_@

posted by Jason @ 1:05 AM 0 Comments

Man, the days are soooo long and boring... I've been actively pursuing many jobs but even that gets boring and stressful at times... In the rest of my spare time I've played some video games but even they get hella boring u_u;; Yesterday however, I was lucky to have watched 2 pretty decent movies, Chocolat and John Q. Start with Chocolat; A feel good movie about a woman who travels from place to place with her daughter and opens "chocolataries" to "share the healing power of cocoa" Sounds cheesy, it is. But if you're like me and have usually absolutely nothing to do at home, you can check this movie out. OK movie... I'd probably give it a 6.5 - 7 / 10. As for John Q; Suspenseful movie about a father who decides to "do something" when his son is denied a heart transplant. (Takes the emergency room in the day hostage) Very good acting by Denzel. His wife overacted a bit... Plot and development was very good. Although the ending was a little rough. Everything just happened to work out this way... erp don't want to give away too much. I'd probably give it about a 8.5 / 10. Worth seeing especially on these summer days. So today was much more fun and interesting. First a shoutout to Jennifer See cuz it's her 18th birthday today~! Yup so *someone* had planned originally to have a picnic and go canoing, and then to go to wild waves, and then to go have lunch somewhere... U_U;; We finally ended up having lunch at Cheesecake Factory til like 3:30pm. Then we wanted to go to Skate King, but when we got there it was closing in a half an hour so we ditched that. So we went to karaoke instead at SBK for like 3 hours. Haven't done that for quite a while... good fun... Afterwards we headed back to Jennifer's house for cake and that's the end of my day. Now I'm sitting here telling whoever happens to read this about it. If anyone's as bored as I am during the day, PLEASE call me and let's do something... dear lord I dunno how many more days I can spend like this...

posted by Jason @ 11:55 PM 0 Comments

It's over...~!!! WAAAAAHHHH NO MORE HIGH SCHOOL. What a bittersweet feeling. From my previous blog, you can get all the good/bad stuff that I wrote on what I thoguht about graduation before the procession. The whole ceremony actually didn't feel that long for some reason. I think it was just cuz I was nervous in front of the 4000 or so people the whole time. It was all quite saddening, to see all the teachers you've come to like and look up to watch you walk away. I feel proud, not because the diploma we got had a blank piece of paper in it... but that I've gone far to reach this benchmark of my life. After the ceremony, getting around Meydenbauer center was hectic. Got to take a few family and friend pictures. After that we all loaded up on buses for our senior party!!!! Probably one of the best nights of my life. Such a good time. So we left around 11ish on our way to an unknown destination for the party. As it turned out, the first place of our party was at the family fun center in Tukwila. Free fun for everyone and food too! Good stuff. Go karts was hella fun, although some didn't think so =P. Bating cages were pretty intense, felt good to smack the crap out of some balls. Arcade games a plenty the whole night. Laser tag was pretty weak. We stayed there until about 2am, from which we left to go to the Rainforest Cafe in South Center Mall. Our PTSA parents had rented the place out for the night until we had to return at 6am. There, we had a DJ, breakfast type buffet, sumo wrestling, black jack tables, a cartoon artist to draw portraits, a game show type game (with buzzers and all), and at the end we were all mesmerized by the great hypnotist. At this point I wasn't that hungry, but I grabbed a little to fill my stomach. Throughout the night I had stayed away by sugar and caffine. Played blackjack, but got bored of it so bet all my money and ended up losing it. O well fake money is worth nothing anyway =P. The DJ was pretty good, cept I wish he woulda played a little more variety of stuff. However, I would have to say that the end hypnotist was probably the best part of the night. Never have I laughed so hard for the most random things that go on in some people's minds. I would have to say that it was pretty real for the most part. Don't think most people were faking it, although the hypnotist caught most of those who were faking and told em to leave... There were about 10 people hypnotized and it was pretty funny what they were all doing. I don't wanna say too much b/c I would really encourage you all to go watch this sometime in real life. It's very intriguing and entertaining. After the hypnotist was finished, we finally loaded up on the buses and went back to the high school to arrive around 6am. This is where I felt the end of my high school career was a little saddening, in a lame way. Everyone seemed to just go off in their own way, probably becuase they were all too tired to stick around and say their goodbyes. I wish we could have done a little more of that, even with those people who I wasn't good friends with. *sigh* O well, people come and go in your life and you have to deal with that fact. The few who stick by for the long run are the ones that really matter. Time for me to go reminice again... =*** I wish everyone a great life in front of them and college career. See you all at the reunion. Peace out for now. **MI Class of 2003**

posted by Jason @ 11:12 PM 0 Comments

Ahhh!!! I'm graduating in less than 48 hours >_< How did it come so soon... It seems like just yesterday I was playing with Ninja Turtles and watching Doug on Nickeloden at 7pm every weekday night... And now I've got to make this big transition to the "real world" Why must it have come so soon u_u;; I'm still a kid at heart and need time to let it out... The more I think about it the more unfortunate I feel. Graduation... it's definately gonna be sad. Watching most of the people you've known for the past 8 years roughly, leave. No longer having the small comforting same place to go to everyday, expecting the same things. Now everything's completely changing. Going to have 35,000 classmates instead of 1300. Need to travel pretty much 5x the distance to get to my new "familiar place". Gosh, I'm being too pessimisstic... =/

OK, lets try some optimism. I won't be stuck with freshman around me on the bus for the most part =P (that's a big yippee for me) Meet some new people. Get rid of the people that I didn't like... (j/k...sorry that sounds mean but they didn't like me first @_@;;) I officially start my "real world" working/adult lifestyle and the whole being independent thing. Erp... as you can all tell, I'm very anxious and nervous about graduation and all... I need to sort my things out and figure out what's next after I enjoy this nice summer =D I like that thought... Summer bliss to enjoy time with my friends before they all leave =***************** I'll miss you all... To Be Continued... (after graduation or whatever)

posted by Jason @ 12:53 AM 0 Comments

Ahhh!!! I'm graduating in less than 48 hours >_< How did it come so soon... It seems like just yesterday I was playing with Ninja Turtles and watching Doug on Nickeloden at 7pm every weekday night... And now I've got to make this big transition to the "real world" Why must it have come so soon u_u;; I'm still a kid at heart and need time to let it out... The more I think about it the more unfortunate I feel. Graduation... it's definately gonna be sad. Watching most of the people you've known for the past 8 years roughly, leave. No longer having the small comforting same place to go to everyday, expecting the same things. Now everything's completely changing. Going to have 35,000 classmates instead of 1300. Need to travel pretty much 5x the distance to get to my new "familiar place". Gosh, I'm being too pessimisstic... =/

OK, lets try some optimism. I won't be stuck with freshman around me on the bus for the most part =P (that's a big yippee for me) Meet some new people. Get rid of the people that I didn't like... (j/k...sorry that sounds mean but they didn't like me first @_@;;) I officially start my "real world" working/adult lifestyle and the whole being independent thing. Erp... as you can all tell, I'm very anxious and nervous about graduation and all... I need to sort my things out and figure out what's next after I enjoy this nice summer =D I like that thought... Summer bliss to enjoy time with my friends before they all leave =***************** I'll miss you all... To Be Continued... (after graduation or whatever)

posted by Jason @ 12:50 AM 0 Comments

ok quick entry... about the NBA deal. THE WHOLE ASSOCIATION IS REALLY PISSING ME OFF. I guess it started with Gary Payton being traded away. Gradually, my hate for the NBA grew more and more. Watching Ray Allen do wonders for our team was good though. Probably the only good. After getting mad at the GP trade, I watched the games with Seattle against Mav's and that's when I really started getting pissed. The one game that Seattle needed to win to have a chance at that playoff spot. So we start out ok, pretty close game the entire time. When we get to the third quarter, that asshole Bradley (center) elbows Reshard Lewis in the head!!! And no foul was called!!! That's so much BS. Lewis was down for like 3 minutes before he was walked off and the game just went on with him lying on the ground. WTF is with that? And then later as the game went on and Lewis eventually returned only to get a technical, and then ejected from the game @_@. One other Mav's player got ejected for getting into a fight with Lewis though. A couple more technicals were given and yea... talk about the NBA getting hella messed up. After that, I was rooting for the Kings. Too bad that became short-lived when C-Webber got frickin injured in one of the most messed looking fashion ever. Piss me off... And now I'm rooting for the Spurs to kick NJ's ass. Net's playing fashion except for Jason Kidd disgusts me, along with others who fit this description. They aren't playing basketball. I mean since when can you stand in front of someone and wait for the ball to come in front of you and rip it away while making the MOST OBVIOUS CONTACT IN THE WORLD. I mean Kenyon Martin was just grabbing at Tim Duncan the entire night and getting steals that should've been fouls. And when Tim Duncan did it once to him, he got called for a stupid foul. That's hella messed up. In my mind, basketball is supposed to remain a finesse sport with some contact and to a certain degree. If there was a referee from back when MJ was still playing in his prime, I would not doubt for a moment that the entire Nets team would foul out, just for reaching in. Not even including shooting fouls or rebounding fouls. It disgusts me that basketball has turned into such a barbaric sport where everyone just literally fight to get the ball and the STUPID REFEREES MAKE THE DUMBEST CALLS EVER. Gosh, I guess you'd have to watch part of a game with me to really understand me, b/c I'm basically just venting on what I dislike about the NBA now. My dad has opposing opinions wiht me, saying that that's "East Coast basketball" and I dunno what them New Jersians do in basketball but that's not what the West Coast is about. There's a reason the West Coast has been superior the past couple years. On the other hand, my dad also thinks that it's all drama in the NBA and that the referees are in bets and illegal gambling since a lot of people are supposedly betting on the Nets to win this year. O well, I hope next year will be a better season with LeBron James~~!!! <~~ (this kid (literally a highschool kid) is da new sh*t of bball)

posted by Jason @ 2:48 PM 0 Comments

OK, this is getting on my nerves like none other!!!!!! this is hte 3rd time i've had to rewrite this blog becuase of random things that erase it before I'm done. First time was my sister who just got on the computer and signed me off w/o even asking me. The 2nd time was someone's random link that I didn't really want to see that erased it... so now, unfortunately those who wish to read this, will get the very VERY condensed version... So I was talking about Urban Plunge ( stay on streets for 2 days with only $2.50) We left on friday afternoon at 5 and stayed on the streets of Capitol Hill until 10pm roughly. So we loitered and went to restaurants to ask them to "donate food" to us students on a project to help people... and out of 4 restuarants, nothing came up. Then we hit gold when we went to Dick's Drivethrough (good burger place), who gave us each a burger and 2 fries to split among us... Good stuff... heheheh, only group to get that. That night was the most HORRIBLE night of the weekend... The stupid teacher told us to all be lights out and quiet by about 12... but he ended up staying up with a group in a separate group talking and laughing until like 2am... @_@ talk about unresponsible. Then at 3am some dumbass from the other room decides to go outside and bang on our window to wake everyone up. (what the hell is going on was what everyone was thinking) eventually he stopped after 5 min and we tried to get whatever sleep we could until we had to wake up at 7:30. On Saturday, we were sent to T.T. Minor Elementary to do community service. Basically cleaning every spot in the school and weeding. Got to fit in some basketball with a ball we found on the school grounds and that was the most fun. Then we went back to the church to do more community service there by cleaning their place up. At about 3pm we were cut loose till 10pm again on the streets. Almost everyone on the trip came together and went to Volunteer Park since it was so nice. Two people chipped in a quarter each and got a frisbee and we played various frisbee games the rest of the afternoon under the nice early summer sun... I can't imagine anything better, except if there were more girls playing and lemonade on tap... aw yea...... ok enuf of dreaming, since it wasn't supposed to be fun. Later I bought some packets of ramen, which is probably the best deal you can get when you're hungry (4 for $1). And went to bed. That night went better probably because everyone was tired. Woke up again and left the place around 7:45 and were loose until 4pm. Ate a ramen for brunch and everyone went to volunteer park again for the rest of the time to waste time. I went into the Asian Art Museum in the park, it was ok, nothing really special. All the chinese bowls and such looked like they came outta my kitchen. We went back at 4pm and teh teacher had got us pizzas, Dick's burgers, and some stir-fry veges. O geez... you shoulda seen everyone rush for those burgers when the teacher said "you may have one burger each and only one slice if you get 1 burger............" PHOOOOOMMMMM and all the burgers were swiped, gobbled, and devoured. We all ate a lot since all we had been living on the entire weekend was ramen and bread basically. Overall, this was a pretty good experience I'd have to say. I got to know a lot of people that I do not normally talk to and spend quality time with some that I already do know. Living with hardly any money wasn't very new to me since I hardly ever spend money anyway. Lack of food was probably my biggest problem. I was starving almost the entire weekend. I could go on to list some "morals" and such that I learned, but I believe that each person should go through suffering themselves to learn what I would say in a line or two. I hope that everyone gets this experience one day, not so that they have to suffer, but they can learn the value of everything around them that they are privilaged to have. Well I've rambled enough, I got other stuff to say, but it'll have to wait till another day. Next topic... Why I'm starting to hate the NBA and really hate the referees...

posted by Jason @ 9:58 PM 0 Comments

Damn... talk about forgetting a long lost essential. Well I'm back now, and a lot has happened since I last logged in. Sorry for the delay, I know the few who actually read this are wondering what I've been up to =P I'm gonna make this one short since I need to get to bed. The next one will definately be waaaayyy long. So in May we had prom... that's what's sticking out in my head for the time being. IT WAS GREAT =D A time I will never forget. Good times with friends can never be wrong. So here's a synopsis of the night. 4pm took shower and started prepping. I ended up being a little late (SORRY) but when I got to David's house at 5pm everything started to sail nice a smoothly. We took lotsa pictures with parents and such then we went off and luckily, the limo driver let us fit all 11 people into the 10 person limo. yay for that. From there we drove to the Columbia Tower at about 5:30 to meet dinner reservations at 6. They let us in early and we hung out and ate until about 8:30. After that we went driving around capital hill for the heck of it and so that we would be a little late for the dance. We got to the dance around 9:20ish and it was filling up pretty fast when we got there. Darn pictures took soo much time... roughly an hour and a half was waiting for pictures alone... Very dissappointing because this dance was actually very good. There was a good DJ and the dance area at EMP is quite nice. There were spot lights and a cool spectrum thing that you see on the equalizer on some computer players like WinAmp. Yes... food wasn't that great but that's ok. Music was current and selection was alrite. Some random songs but nothing that really made people want to leave. Unfortunately, prom dance came to an end at 12 and we were shooed out by teachers and such. Afterwards we took the limo for a ride since we had an extra hour to alki beach. We just drove around for a little while and ended up at David's house again at 1am to change and such. We then went to Poon's for the rest of the night for karaoke and FUN~~~!!! Well it was... kind of...until people started to have to leave. Mine and David's dates had to leave around 2:30am so we drove them home. Afterwards, the night died down really fast, because people were tired and without everyone else it seemed a little sullen. It kind of sounds really sad, but in a way it was. We had planned a sleep over but that didn't pull through unfortunately. The rest of us ended up going home around 3:30am. Sorry to make it sound like a sad ending, but it was really fun and great while it lasted. I wouldn't have traded that night away for anything else. Time to go.... I'll make another update tomorrow night or something.

posted by Jason @ 12:40 AM 0 Comments