AND A YEAR LATER....
lol... I haven't updated this journal in a year. Well with the official DEATH of xanga, I no longer use that as my blog anymore because as we all know the world of Myspace and NOW even facebook is taking over. For me, though I've always been a "wordy" person. Blogs are more for me, myspace isn't the greatest blog it's really more for commenting your friends and trying to reunite with some old friends lost along our years. So here I am again to livejournal! As you can see I have wiped out my entire list of entries because it's 2007 now and there are alot of different things on my mind. It's time to start over new. (Don't I sound stupid, it's almost 2008 now -__-;) So I don't even know who reads this anymore but I guess I have to update alot.
Well, I have forgotten how to function livejournal now since it's been so long, and I'd love to change up the layout from a YEAR ago (my kingdom hearts layout but i got rid of the banner) but I forgot how to customize and even how to make "cuts" (LJ pic cuts) geez... well guess I'll have to learn it again! Livejournal uses some weird html codes -__-; guess it shows I'm not so html savvy afterall (besides myspace). Anyway, soo.... let's see well I got accepted to FIDM [Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles] which took little to NO effort to get into might I add.... it's a private institute and it's HELLA expensive. I was supposed to enroll the fall semester but due to some financial difficulty, I'm going to have to postpone my jumpstart in education for a little while. I hate how my family keeps on pushing me to go to a public university like UCIrvine or UCLA or something like that. It's like I have to remind them every time that I want to actually apply my talents in education and get a good job doing something I LIKE and that I'm good at. If I wanted to be a psychologist or major in biology, sure I would have jumped on the UC wagon years ago (well a year ago). Why can't people understand that? Hasn't anyone heard the statistics yet? You are either going to be successful by means of knowledge gained by your education OR you will be successful by means of your God given talent. Well actually I do plan on going to a four year university after I obtain my associates in apparel manufacturing at FIDM (hopefully). I figure, why the hell am I so worried about not going to school right now? I'm younger than I THINK I am and I still have time to fix up my personal life before I start with college... AGAIN. So my advice to anyone in college or going to college soon, don't fret about being in college for over four years, or taking a break for a while before entering college. Yes, of course you want to get out of school as soon as possible and get your money on with a high paying job, but what's the rush? Keep working at that crappy minimum wage job, save your money, go out and hang with your friends now and then, have some fun! Explore outside your boundries, have fun while your in school even, and meet new people. You see life really is too short to be so worried and stress on one thing alone like education. Of course it's the fundamentals you'll need to get a good job, but if you're young really I would'nt worry too much.... but yes I have reached the age that I know I have to get things straight, so I will! Now enough of that (sorry i ramble on about one thing if i'm too into it xD)
Speaking of jobs.... so I moved to the heart of Los Angeles and decided to live with my mom in the beginning of summer. So far, it sucks ass because I can't really do anything yet, but I have done some sight seeing and exploring of Los Angeles, and I realized that I am in LOS freaking ANGELES. This place is the city of opportunity so what the hell am I doing here at home watching reruns of Family Guy all day?! (not that I really mind doing that...) So I went exploring, I went to J-TOWN by myself with public transportation, and regardless of my horrible navigation skills I managed to find it just fine! I just discovered that they were building a PINKBERRY (frozen yogurt) in Little Tokyo and when I went again last week with my friend they finally opened! So I figured, okay I want to work somewhere that I think will be a cool atmosphere, and what better place than pinkberry (literally and figuratively "cool"). Since they just opened they already had a few employees, much to my surprise, none of the workers there were Japanese, not even Asian (since it's owned by koreans i think) no matter, so I walk in get an application and receive a surprise interview ON THE SPOT. Which was no sweat because I've had my share of on spot interviews before, so the guy basically was DIGGIN ME!(not in that way...) He said he would love for me to work there BUT he has a full staff as of now. I was dissapointed and kind of relieved at the same time. Why relieved you ask? Well J-Town isn't exaclty a block away from my place, but I guess that's the sacrifice I'll have to make.... either way I was just happy that I get an opportunity there. They said they would call me back in two weeks but I wish they would call me back ASAP because I applied to like 3 starbucks lol and they are calling me back too (the first starbucks is right by my house! too bad they want night shifts -_- so X there, the second one is also in J-town, so is the third. But see if im going to go to jtown to work anyway, i might as well work at pinkberry! even though starbucks gives you WAY more of a work experience and benefit... bleah i dont know yet we'll see what happens!) Anyway so that's pretty much it. The manager asked me if i spoke Japanese and I thought, damnit there goes my op. But really she asked me because none of the workers there are japanese obviously, and they work in the center of Little Tokyo. So I told her I know "SOME" and she was ecstatic! o_o. I asked her why they don't have any Japanese speaking employees and she said none of them have a Social (SSN) and I was like, "ahh... yeah that's why you work in Koreatown. Everyone who works there are practically immigrants."
I think that's pretty much the update on life. My share of family bitchings, trying to go to FIDM. Trying to find work in east LA, and not get shot at the same time. =X Life is sure never dull... when you live HERE.
Well, I have forgotten how to function livejournal now since it's been so long, and I'd love to change up the layout from a YEAR ago (my kingdom hearts layout but i got rid of the banner) but I forgot how to customize and even how to make "cuts" (LJ pic cuts) geez... well guess I'll have to learn it again! Livejournal uses some weird html codes -__-; guess it shows I'm not so html savvy afterall (besides myspace). Anyway, soo.... let's see well I got accepted to FIDM [Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles] which took little to NO effort to get into might I add.... it's a private institute and it's HELLA expensive. I was supposed to enroll the fall semester but due to some financial difficulty, I'm going to have to postpone my jumpstart in education for a little while. I hate how my family keeps on pushing me to go to a public university like UCIrvine or UCLA or something like that. It's like I have to remind them every time that I want to actually apply my talents in education and get a good job doing something I LIKE and that I'm good at. If I wanted to be a psychologist or major in biology, sure I would have jumped on the UC wagon years ago (well a year ago). Why can't people understand that? Hasn't anyone heard the statistics yet? You are either going to be successful by means of knowledge gained by your education OR you will be successful by means of your God given talent. Well actually I do plan on going to a four year university after I obtain my associates in apparel manufacturing at FIDM (hopefully). I figure, why the hell am I so worried about not going to school right now? I'm younger than I THINK I am and I still have time to fix up my personal life before I start with college... AGAIN. So my advice to anyone in college or going to college soon, don't fret about being in college for over four years, or taking a break for a while before entering college. Yes, of course you want to get out of school as soon as possible and get your money on with a high paying job, but what's the rush? Keep working at that crappy minimum wage job, save your money, go out and hang with your friends now and then, have some fun! Explore outside your boundries, have fun while your in school even, and meet new people. You see life really is too short to be so worried and stress on one thing alone like education. Of course it's the fundamentals you'll need to get a good job, but if you're young really I would'nt worry too much.... but yes I have reached the age that I know I have to get things straight, so I will! Now enough of that (sorry i ramble on about one thing if i'm too into it xD)
Speaking of jobs.... so I moved to the heart of Los Angeles and decided to live with my mom in the beginning of summer. So far, it sucks ass because I can't really do anything yet, but I have done some sight seeing and exploring of Los Angeles, and I realized that I am in LOS freaking ANGELES. This place is the city of opportunity so what the hell am I doing here at home watching reruns of Family Guy all day?! (not that I really mind doing that...) So I went exploring, I went to J-TOWN by myself with public transportation, and regardless of my horrible navigation skills I managed to find it just fine! I just discovered that they were building a PINKBERRY (frozen yogurt) in Little Tokyo and when I went again last week with my friend they finally opened! So I figured, okay I want to work somewhere that I think will be a cool atmosphere, and what better place than pinkberry (literally and figuratively "cool"). Since they just opened they already had a few employees, much to my surprise, none of the workers there were Japanese, not even Asian (since it's owned by koreans i think) no matter, so I walk in get an application and receive a surprise interview ON THE SPOT. Which was no sweat because I've had my share of on spot interviews before, so the guy basically was DIGGIN ME!(not in that way...) He said he would love for me to work there BUT he has a full staff as of now. I was dissapointed and kind of relieved at the same time. Why relieved you ask? Well J-Town isn't exaclty a block away from my place, but I guess that's the sacrifice I'll have to make.... either way I was just happy that I get an opportunity there. They said they would call me back in two weeks but I wish they would call me back ASAP because I applied to like 3 starbucks lol and they are calling me back too (the first starbucks is right by my house! too bad they want night shifts -_- so X there, the second one is also in J-town, so is the third. But see if im going to go to jtown to work anyway, i might as well work at pinkberry! even though starbucks gives you WAY more of a work experience and benefit... bleah i dont know yet we'll see what happens!) Anyway so that's pretty much it. The manager asked me if i spoke Japanese and I thought, damnit there goes my op. But really she asked me because none of the workers there are japanese obviously, and they work in the center of Little Tokyo. So I told her I know "SOME" and she was ecstatic! o_o. I asked her why they don't have any Japanese speaking employees and she said none of them have a Social (SSN) and I was like, "ahh... yeah that's why you work in Koreatown. Everyone who works there are practically immigrants."
I think that's pretty much the update on life. My share of family bitchings, trying to go to FIDM. Trying to find work in east LA, and not get shot at the same time. =X Life is sure never dull... when you live HERE.