Steps Of A 10,000 Mile Journey

Alive and Kicking

2007-09-29T23:06:00.000-07:00

What's going on yall, haven't posted in quite some time now and just wanted everyone to know that I'm still here. Went to a party recently with the fam so those are the pictures that you see. I was supposed to go back to cali today for the Madden Challenge Tournament but had to stay and work because we are so close to finishing the model, but I will be back this upcoming week. Not much new with me just working and more working going on, I'm backed up and booked all the way until the end of december, at least I have work, that's a good thing I guess. Kinda of hard to have a life right now but I'm trying, I'm dating on and off a few different people, noting serious, but I'm not a player, just enjoying the company of new people, what can I say, I'm a social person. Well I'm out yall bout to head to the bars and try to relax a little.

Epiphany

2007-08-12T03:30:00.000-07:00

What it do yall, I've recently have come to certain realizations with the aid of some good friends, I've been spending my whole life chasing that which is not important. I've realized that my recent happiness is due to the people that surround me in my life and that would be my family and my true friends. In my early years I surround myself with people that only wanted me to be as miserable as them, my real friends were always proud of my success instead of spiteful and jealous. I know that I'm fortunate to have the people that I have around me now, who needs therapist when you have a good person to lean on, ain't that right Zhuan ; ) . Any ways just thought I would rant, I'm looking for a plane ticket to Boston right now, hopefully I can find something within reason, I saw some going for $1700! Man I've been working so hard and not relaxing that my hair has turned white, hahaha, I guess that's what I'll look like in 30, no make that 50 years. If my time in Atlanta taught me anything, it was to enjoy myself and the people that I care about. I'll see all you guys sooner than you think, take care and thanks for being a real friend and family. I felt like getting old skool with that youtube joint.

~How does one weigh success?~

What's new?

2007-08-08T01:05:00.000-07:00

What's up yall, haven't posted on a regular because I've just been so busy, I'm still between Oakland and Seattle, and whenever I'm back home I'm just working on my own projects. I've got so much going on right now that I'm just waiting until I can get a real day off to just sleep all day, so far when I do get free time I'm either fishing or running the lake, I can now do 3.5 miles in 26 minutes without stopping. It seems like it never stops, on the bright side I'm doing really well and happy with how my life is going. Hey at least I cleaned up nicely since the last picture, haha. Things seem so different the more time passes, one year my life is one way and the next it's all upside down. Yup life is full of surprises.

~It is never too late to be what you might have been~ GEORGE ELIOT

The Journey Continues

2007-07-23T02:49:00.001-07:00

It's been a while

2007-06-21T01:17:00.000-07:00

Man, I haven't posted in a while. I've been so busy with a lot of things, so where to start, I quit my job at Verizon Wireless in the middle of May, I'm currently living in Seattle Washington. "What are you doing in Seattle" you say, well good question, I have to wait on a place for lease to open my store, it seems renovations are still being done, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to help my brother out and move to Seattle for the time being. In Seattle I am helping my brother with renovating a single family home, I'm learning so much but working so hard, so far I've worked for 3 weeks straight with no days off and a minimum of 12 hour days sometimes up to 16. The good in all of this is that I get to spend more time with my brother but, also I'm learning how to fix a house from top to bottom and front to back, there is nothing in the house that I haven't touched from the basement to the attic, and the front lawn to the backyard, hopefully I can upload some pictures when it's done to show you guys what I've helped build. What a busy month, and the upcoming months will be even busier! I can't wait, I feel my time coming around the corner!

~ Great men know that they are great because of the company they keep not because they are great. ~

So Far So Good

2007-03-23T04:35:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted in a while, so much has happened since then. I turned 27 and lunar new years pasted. Didn't do much for my birthday, I just tried to stay low key. For tet I went to the temple and spent time with my family and close friends, I also passed out a lot of envelopes, which hit my pockets hard, haha. This past weekend I took a trip to LA to visit westminster, I've always wanted to visit Phuc Loc To, man all I can say is the vietnamese people out there make me proud, the is doing their thing out there. I've finally come up with a name for my store " GT Mobile" or "Global-Tech Mobile" I actually got that name from a dream that I had, is that a good sign or bad one...hhhhmmmm. On the way home from LA we stopped at a Lake Pyramid, my cousin Becky would of loved this place it was so peaceful and beautiful, hopefully she comes down here to visit me, I miss my nature partner. While I was in LA I visited the temple to show respect, and it was kinda of funny because they had like 15 other statues literally that I didn't know who they were, haha, my friends had no idea who they were too but we still lit incense for them to pay our respects. If you can't make out that first picture that's the hollywood sign with a ton of smog covering it, LA=HELL SMOG.

~The journey thru life is a bumper one with a lot of twists, u-turns, and illegal parking~

Star Studded

2007-02-17T00:05:00.000-08:00

This past sunday I went to celebrate the one year anniversary of a bar that my friends know the owner, anyways he had a few vietnamese singers like Linda Trang Dai, Trish Thuy Trang and Shayla to name a few. It was pretty cool, because their performance was in an intimate setting, the bar probably had about 50 people. We had a lot of fun and just relaxed and chilled, unfortunately I didn't get an opportunity to talk to Trish because right after her performance she left immediately for the airport, my friend drove her to the airport and asked me to ride along but I just wanted to chill. I ended up getting pretty drunk so we went home early and I just slept it off.

~Memories can only fade if you let them~

To The Mountains

2007-02-01T02:20:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! What a wild weekend this was, we rented out an entire house from friday to monday out in lake tahoe, it was a huge house with a pool table, jacuzzi and huge @ss living room, about 16 of us stayed there. I will admit the morning of I was worried that something might go wrong, but once we was on the road and finally checked in, I knew that it was going to be a memorable weekend. Everyone came, all of my closes friends and then some, we mostly partied all day and all night, but still managed enough time in between to do a little snowboarding. It was kinda funny because this was most of my friends first time snowboarding and right when we got off the tram, a ski patrol pulled up with a dead body, everyone just looked at each other and said "Do you guys still want to do this", I knew he wasn't dead just injured really badly but the picture would've been enough to scare anyone. I tell you the view out there is so beautiful, all you feel like doing is sitting around and taking it in. It was definitely good to not have to worry about waking up early to go to work, although we all didn't get much sleep anyways. This is but the first of many more adventures to come, next on the list might be a trip back to atlanta, or hawaii or vegas, who knows, like I said new year new path, the possibilities are boundless.

~Can man find the beauty in everything that exists?~

Happy New Year

2007-01-05T03:23:00.000-08:00

So much has changed in this past year, I lived in 3 different states in one year. And now I'm back home, I feel the opportunity for forward progress here, I just need to stay motivated and focused. I have a potential job offer from T-Mobile for a management position but its a good 45 minute commute from where I'm at, as long as the pay is better I'll consider it, I still plan on opening my own store by summer, thats my timeframe. I've been going to a lot of different clubs but it's hard to hit them all up, some weeks I'm in San Francisco, others it's out to Sacramento, Sometimes San Jose, the bay area is soo big to try to cover in the short amount of time that I've been here, I've only been back for 2 months now and have visited more cities than I ever did living her, I feel like I'm really all over the place. Christmas this year was pretty weird in a good way, I ran around searching for a tea set for my niece and my friends ran against the clock to fulfill their christmas lists, it was kinda of a different experience shopping for kids with my friends since we all grew up together, this was probably one of the few years that I actually did any christmas shopping. This new years has been a wild one, spent it just relaxing with my friends and reminiscing about our youth, does this mean I'm old?! Anyways my friends and I are planning a trip to Lake Tahoe this January 19 so stay tuned for more pix and hijinks.

~New Year, New Life, New Path~

Back Home

2006-12-03T05:10:00.000-08:00

That sign should say +1 now that I'm back home, haha. I've been back for about a month now and it still feels kinda strange, still haven't settled in yet, but for those who know me, I don' t unpack until it's time to leave haha. I recently got hired at Verizon Wireless, just waiting on the background check to finalize, but for now I've been working with my friend who is an electrician, he hired me and is showing me so much, it's a very exciting job, and everyday is a new thing so it keeps me interested. Haven't done much, I've been to a few clubs in frisco and palo alto but nothing major yet, just give me a couple of months and I'll have it cracking like I did in atlanta. Haven't really tried to holla at any girls, because my best pick up line right now is "Hi, I'm unemployed and homeless, you think you could loan me $20.00." haha, at least I still have my humor. I miss all me peoples in the A, especially my cousins and my boys, oh and how do I go on without Zhuans constant criticism, I'll manage somehow, I plan on taking more salsa lessons and I'll be back to dazzle you Zhuan, and this time I won't drop you ;) , I miss my people out in Boston too, Jeison and Saurab who are like brothers to me, Killer my nigga, I got much love for them, but hey we are all on our own paths, hopefully our roads will cross again someday, until then everyone keep doing your thang and keep yall heads up, it's always brightest after the rain.

~If you cease to go against the wind it will carry you home~ -Zhuan-

Thanks For Giving

2006-11-24T03:52:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since my last post, just been trying to readjust to this California lifestyle, so far it's been good to be back home. I feel happy to be back in my hometown, and it seems to have reinvigorate me with a new zeal that I'm hoping to parlay into success. This past wednesday I went to the Lawrence Hall of Science, located in Berkeley right on top of the UC campus, this was a place that I visited as a kid so I had always wanted to go back, this time though instead of going with my 4th grade class I went with my friend, his daughter and her cousins, it was kinda of funny because it still felt like a field trip with all those kids, haha. It was cool to visit a place I hadn't been to in 16 years, and this time around I didn't have any pesky teachers to watch me, haha.
Today was Thanksgiving, I spent most of the day with my family, we all haven't been under the same roof in 10 years, so I thought that it was great to finally have the whole family together again, with the addition of my niece and nephew, they are great kids and the next generation, kinda weird to think of it like that. Afterwards I went to my second families house, I'm referring to the childhood friends that I've known for 14 years, it was really nice to see all of us together again also, but this time it was more of a family event since a lot of my friends have kids now. Everyone was getting their punches in, since they haven't seen me in a while and I look different now, some said that I look like a nerd now, haha, I guess that suites me. So basically I went from house to house, freeloading on thanksgiving goodies, haha, what can I say I'm greedy.

~You can always go home~

Evolution

2006-10-30T23:56:00.000-08:00

As I near the end of my time here in Atlanta, I have mixed emotions, there is so much I still haven't gotten to do here, but at the same time I'm excited with the prospect of exploring my hometown. It's funny, I feel as if I'm going to a new city even though I've already been there. I left Cali as a boy and now here I am 10 years later returning a man who has seen the other side of life. I'm really going to miss the friends that I made here, I have made Atlanta my home way faster than I did Boston, although I do miss my peoples up there also. I've already started to compile my list of things to do in Cali, just like I did here. I'm definitely going to miss my cousins Minh, Becky and her husband, my roll dogs Thai and Edward, my boy Jb who made this journey down here with me, and especially my special girl Zhuan, who has always been there for me and helped me find that adventurous side again that was dormant in me, much love goes out to them. I am excited to be going back and seeing all my childhood friends, especially my boy Lai who I grew up with. Just goes to show you life is short and you never know what tomorrow will bring or where the roads in life will lead you, sometimes its far away and sometimes, if your lucky the road will lead you back home.

~Its the experiences in life that make it worth living~

Once in a lifetime

2006-10-24T00:35:00.000-07:00

What a week this was for me, to kick start off the week my boy Thai came by on tuesday and on a whim wanted to go to North Carolina to hang out, so we headed out at 12:00 am and went to a Casino in Cherokee, we was there for a good minute and got back at 9:00 am after my boy broke even. Then this past weekend we decided to head out to the clubs, I wanted to stay home but my younger cousin Becky forced me to go out, haha, I can't say no to her, she's like my little sister. Once we got to the club you know it was VIP treatment all the way, you know how your boy does it. We hit the bar hard and danced the whole night away, it was the first time in a while that everyone was out, I even convinced Zhuna to come out, If I had to go out and didn't want to so did she, haha, I'm gonna miss her, that's my girl. I mean we had everyone dancing even Becky's boy Kevin was getting his groove on which you won't see happen often, now if only I can get him to Harlem Shake or Shoulder Lean, haha. The night ended when we got something to eat, but leave it up to my n*gga Edward to act a fool, he kept going on all night about how he wanted to be "Prince" because Prince gets all the girls, he's even talking about being Prince for halloween. The only thing that the night was missing was my roll dog Thai, but he was in Florida on a solo mission. It's all good, since I'm leaving soon this upcoming weekend is going to be off the chain!

~Time can fade memories, but good times spent with loved ones never die~

Somethin' Else

2006-10-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

Went to a charity event yesterday which Cingular was a sponsor of, the name of the event was "Chopstix for Charity", it was basically a fundraiser to help promote awareness of Asian American Businesses, they had silent auctions, and you know where there's asians there's gambling going on, it was definitely something different from what I'm used to, hell all I know is that it was open bar and free drinks and food, haha. It was hosted inside a hangar that's why you see airplanes in the background, it wasn't that bad, it gave me a chance see how the asian community in atlanta does it. Aftward I went home and was relaxing when my boy Edward called and wanted to go out, I was trying to lay low at home but he came by and kidnapped me haha. We ended up going to Karaoke with his friend and some girls, man that dude is hella funny, you had to of have been there to know what I'm talking bout, this is the same dude that was trying to take his pants off at the club to show some girl his "ANACONDA" because she was trying to clown him, luckily we didn't let that happen, because that would've been bad on both parts.

~laughter is like vitamins for the heart~

A Final Hurrah

2006-10-14T20:08:00.000-07:00

It was the last asian night at Club Aikos, so you know yours truly had to make an appearance, haha, I came thru sporting the little mohawk, lol. It was a pretty cool night, ran into a lot of people that we knew, the highlight of the night had to be that little korean girl that me and Mike met, I mean damn she had some spunk in her. She pretty much tore thru the entire crew with the exception of me and Mike, I mean her insults weren't just jabs but more like haymakers. It was all good though, kinda of enjoyed exchanging quips with her, weird huh?! I guess any girl with balls the size of her, is good in my book. It was a pretty good way to send Aiko off, my boy Thai even made a late entrance before the club closed, even though he had to check into boot camp the following morning, ya gotta love that n*gga.

~The bonds we create in life strengthen our souls~

Compound

2006-10-12T17:56:00.000-07:00

Went to compound this past saturday and it was packed, arrived late but still got in for free with the VIP passes. Just trying to prepare for my trip back, I'm really gonna miss the friends that I made here but hey, in life not every one you meet stays in your life forever, everyone has to travel down their own roads. I'm trying to sort out what I'll bring and leave, hopefully it'll be sooner than later, but in my life drama seems to be a constant. Murphy's law is in full effect! Aint that a b*tch. Well if there weren't any problems in life, than life would be boring.

~Everyone has something to teach you, from a newborn baby to a dying old man. Take these lessons and learn from them.~

Monkeying Around

2006-09-27T02:59:00.000-07:00

Its funny how we sometimes spend our whole life searching for something that is right in front of us, sometimes the journey away from home helps you realize that there was no need to search in the first place. We are always looking for that one thing to make us complete and yet never seem to find it, probably it's due to the fact that we are not blessed with the gift of sight, I don't mean that in the literal sense but more on the spiritual side. It seems to be, that which I have spent the last decade searching for was always at home for me, but I was blinded by my own ambitions. I guess sometimes on our paths we just have to stop and listen to what is happening around us and take it in.

~Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, See No Evil~

California

2006-09-25T22:59:00.000-07:00

I've been contemplating a lot lately about my road and so far it's been a rocky one, I think it's time to admit when I've made a mistake and be man enough to do something about it, I think I've finally come full circle, I think its time to go home...

~To be free or imprisoned is a choice that's in your head, you choose the paths~

Graduation

2006-09-20T00:35:00.000-07:00

Went to my cousins graduation in Decatur, and it was pretty nice, it was at a church or something like that. We spent the day celebrating and then went to dinner, nothing too extravagent. Afterwards we just stayed up watching movies, like I said nothing too extravagent.

~Every man comes to a crossroads in his life where he must choose a path, the road he chooses will forever change his destiny~

NOPI Night

2006-09-17T23:34:00.000-07:00

Went to NOPI on saturday night, and it was packed, luckily my boy Thai was able to get us in and skip the line. It was pretty ghetto being that it was 18+ that night, its always the young ones who want to be rowdy. I think we all had a pretty good time though, we were celebrating John's birthday. At the end of the night a big fight broke out and then someone pulled out a gun, it seems whenever I don't bring out Zhuan drama always happens, I guess in a way she's my lucky charm.

~Time stands still for no man~

Keep On Trucking

2006-09-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

More good news today, finally I feel like I'm moving forward again. Probably will be trying to take another salsa class again with Zhuan, yeah go ahead and say something, buy once yall experience it, it's totally different. This weekend should be fun, I have a NOPI after party to go to, and we got the inside hook up on it, so I'm hoping for it to be wild, I need to blow some steam off, cause I haven't been out in a while. I just wanted to thank those people around me that continue to support me and believe in me even in my current situation, especially my family who have never given up on me, I appreciate it even though I don't say it, I won't let you guys down. Tomorrow I'm headed off to the races, what can I say I'm addicted to speed, haha. Summer is officially over and what a summer it was, I did so much already so I can't say I'm disappointed, but the funny thing is I'm actually going to miss the snow fall in Boston, maybe I'm feeling nostalgic but go figure! It's funny I've only been here for about 6 months and I seem to know all the clubs and lounges to hit, don't get it twisted I've been to almost every tourist site to see and I'm still not done yet. Its so funny, I'm not the same person that I was in Boston, down here I'm a social goliath, if there's a party I'm there, anything big happening in the ATL I have a beat on it, I'm always going out trying to meet new people and expand my network, I'm so much more outgoing and relaxed down here. I have big plans in Atlanta and hopefully I will accomplish them.

~No one is luckier than he who believes in his luck~

Steps Forward

2006-09-13T00:01:00.000-07:00

Just received a positive today, finally I'm making forward progress, hopefully this ship won't sink. I feel really bad, I feel as if I'm letting all the people who believe in me down, more the reason to work even harder I guess. Even though I struggle with my own demons I don't want to let them down, that would be the worst. Someone close to me, once told me that the worst thing that you can do is waste your potential, which seems to be what I'm doing right now. A few bad things happened to me this week, or should I say to the people around me, all I can say is that it taught me a very valuable lesson, as to who is really here for me and who's not. No one will every understand why I do what I do except one person, and they are no longer a part of my life.

~You can only focus on that which you can control, everything else is secondary~

What next

2006-09-09T00:50:00.000-07:00

Its been a rough month, the first part of this month has seemed like a dark cloud continues to loom, bad premonitions leads to fear of the unknown, knowing that it's going to happen soon. This picture pretty much sums up how I feel right now, on top yet still locked down.

~The paths that we choose knowingly leads us to the roads that are unpaved~

The BBQ

2006-09-03T23:02:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was my cousins birthday, so I took her out to the club the night before to just relax and have some fun. It was pretty ghetto at the club, we actually walked in on a booty shaking contest, I was surprised to see a white girl in the finals.....go figure, its the south, nothing but sweet tea and grits, any ways I digress, we ended up having a good time and partied into the early mornings. The next day she thru a bbq and it was cool, I had almost forgotten the feeling of being out in nature and how much I missed the outdoors and lakes. The bbq was held at stone mountain and it was a pretty nice place. This is definitely something that I need to do more of, they even busted out with the "pinata" and everyone took some swings, Including Zhuan, especially when it was the wrong time as you can see from the pic.

~The journey is long, the paths short, the sacrifice many, the rewards plenty~

Another day in the ATL

2006-08-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

It was just another day in the ATL, nice sunsets and just chillin at lounges, my boy JB and me had went to some lounge that I frequent and just chilled. Atlanta is definitely nice with a location for all types of groups to hang out no matter your fancy you can definitely find something to do.

~laugh now cry later~

First Time

2006-08-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

Went to the Falcons VS Patriots game on friday, it was something else. This was the first football game I have been to and I must say it was an experience, all those people packed into the NFL's largest dome, unfortunately I didn't stay to finish the game, a friend of mine was getting us into club FEVER on the VIP so I had to try to make good time before the VIP list closed. When I got to the club it was alright, I wasn't able to really enjoy myself because I was so freakin' tired. Ended up calling it a night earlier than usual. I guess old age is catching up to me.....yeah right.

~The biggest lie is the one that we tell ourself, the biggest truth is the one that we don't admit~

Another Late Night

2006-07-13T22:56:00.000-07:00

Not much to add tonite, sorry no pics guys for the 4th or for the crazy weekend I had when my friends came to visit me, I guess I was so wrapped up in the moment forgot to take pictures. It was a real good time, I took my friends out around the ATL and they loved it, almost got into a fight with some stupid drunk fools, they tried to mess with me because they thought I was by myself until they had 5 big black shadows hovering over them, haha I guess alcohol does make you stupid. Still struggling with my own demons, can't seem to catch a break lately, times are rough but that is good, because it only means that their is brighter days ahead. Until I plant my feet I'm going to try to enjoy my life and my current situation. All I can do is keep on trying to make things happen cause nothing is going to fall into my lap.

~Sometimes people mistake coincidence as destiny and destiny for luck, learning to differentiate between the two will reveal the true path.~

Therapy

2006-06-30T01:41:00.000-07:00

Got my friends from Boston coming down to the ATL to visit me tomorrow, I already know what's bout to go down, because these ain't my stay at home and watch a movie friends, these were the friends that I hung out with when I wanted to have a good time. This is going to be one wild week, definitely pictures to come. I definitely need a weekend like this with close friends, I've been really stressed lately, for some reason I've been really angry. I almost got into a fight with a customer and beat his @SS, that is not like me, I'm way to old to be acting like that, but I guess the stress is getting to me. That's a really weak excuse but the only one that I have, hopefully I can blow some steam off this week and get my focus back on what I need to do.

~The truth is always with us, its just a matter of if we admit it and accept it.~

A Step Back In Time

2006-06-26T23:00:00.000-07:00

What a day this was, I recently ran into my old friend Yo who was visiting from cali, it turns out his best friend was getting married so they had invited us to the wedding when I met up with him at the club the night before. I haven't seen Yo in almost 10 years so you know it was bout to go down. The wedding was your typical vietnamese wedding, it was funny though to me, I had brought Zhuan and my boy Thai to crash it with me, and the whole experience was so vietnamese, something that I haven't experienced in a while. I felt like I was in an episode of "Paris By Night" (you'll only understand this if your vietnamese). It was really cool to be hanging out with someone from cali again, especially someone that I had grown up with. To make it even crazier my friend Yo was speaking vietnamese fluently and I don't mean the formal way, he was making jokes and had the lingo down pact, this was crazy because he is chinese and he never used to speak even a lick of vietnamese, me and Thai kept staring at each other in disbelief, I guess we were both expressing the same amazement from it all. We had a lot of fun and hung out until they kicked us out of the party, from there it was to the house to party into the morning light. I guess the morale of this story is learn to hold your liquor or you might end up like the guy in the last picture.

~I'd rather try and fail at something I love than to not try at all~

Wild Day

2006-06-21T21:10:00.000-07:00

Where to begin, what a crazy day this was, my cousin and her daughter decide to go to Callaway gardens and safari so I tagged along because it sounded interesting, needless to say it was wild. Upon arriving at Callaway gardens it was nice and peaceful, a great place to just relax, they have all kinds of activities such as golf, fishing, biking, you can even rent boats and paddle boats. The best part is that its all free! We first went to the butterfly garden where I spotted a butterfly the size of a bat.
After the Gardens we took a ride up the street to the safari, where we rented a car with no windows and proceed to drive thru the park. Upon first entering we were instantly attacked by a giant ostrich which had to be 9ft easy, I mean the thing was freaking huge, he kept trying to poke his head in the car. It was quite the experience, because animals just kept coming up to the car and some would even follow us at full speed. My cousins daughter was so funny she kept trying to feed the animals saying "I have to feed my friends" while hanging out the window, me and my cousin were freaking out, because this was up close and personal with wild animals. I mean what would I have done if one of the animals got a hold of her, can you imagine me getting out of the car and beating on this animal while his buddies surround me, it would of been real ugly but at least I would of been on the 10'o clock news, haha. Between almost hitting a giraffe, being charged at by a bull, having a zebra try to lick us and a peacock almost peck me, I had a lot of fun and would definitely say this is experience words can't describe, you can only live it.

~life is a journey not a guided tour~

Insomnia

2006-06-08T23:50:00.000-07:00

Its 2:50 AM in the morning and I can't sleep, too much on my mind, I've been cleaning all night trying to get organized. I guess in some weird way I still haven't unpacked my life yet, oh well I guess I will when I'm ready. I've finally started looking for locations to open my store but have run into a barrier. My dilemma reminds me of that poem "I came to a fork in the road and I took the road less traveled" I guess I should "Make my own trail and blaze a path". Ok enough with the quotes, I seem to have so much on my plate right now only cause I over analyze my situation too much. Hopefully the next month will add some insite on the right way to do things, at least it'll give me time to ponder my next move. Its funny how certain things in life seem to fall into place when you least expect it. So many things to experience and so little time, aint that always the case.

~I rather be a failure at something I love than to succeed at something I hate~

A Day at the Gardens

2006-05-31T20:33:00.000-07:00

Went to the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, It was a nice place to see all the vegetation and just to have a day out in the sun, because I haven't done that in a while. Becky and I broke a few rules and that would of been embarassing if we got caught, cause who gets thrown out of a garden?! The Gardens is a beautiful place to visit, I definitely recommend it if anyone ever comes to Atlanta. The city of Atlanta definetly has a lot to do, and yall will see the pictures of it.

~Our family is our roots in the world, they nurture us and help us grow. Without them we would surely wither and die~

Memorial Day

2006-05-30T22:42:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day we had a bar-b-q, I got there late and by the time the grill was started it was already night. My cousins and I hung out with our friends Mike and Zhuan, just relaxing and enjoying the ATL weather, we also had the little ones with us. All and all it was a pretty mellow day to just lax out and enjoy the company of family and friends. That first picture has to be one of the weirdest that I have ever seen, haha. This is what a day off is, just hanging out and having fun.
~Knowledge is nothing without understanding~

First Step

2006-05-23T00:16:00.000-07:00

My brother once told me that there is an old saying that goes "Every journey begins with the first step", I guess this would be my first step. In case you couldn't tell thats me with the rice bowl haircut. Haha, ya gotta love asian kids.