This Time Last Year (Incoming Freshman)

It's crazy, this exact night one year ago was when I slept in my bed, in my own room one last time before I moved out to San Jose. I was excited and nervous as hell. Had all my belongings packed up and ready to move out the next morning. I don't even think I could have slept that easily, that's how anticipated I was for moving out. I remember pulling out my driveway that next morning, with my car full of my stuff, and driving off. I knew from that point on, my life was going to be moving in a whole different direction. I left behind my life in San Leandro and opened my new chapter to San Jose. I know it's not that far, but any distance away from home for some time will change things. Sadly, my ties to home eventually faded and many of my friends became acquaintances and the times we had became old memories.

I remember pulling up to the campus, SJSU. I got to my room and dropped my bags. I arrived. A lil' Asian boy taking his first steps to his new life. I literally came with no one. No one in particular at least. I was all alone. I knew I had to pretty much start all over with my foundations in my soon to be friendships. I really didn't know where to start. I really thought college was going to be something where I would always walk around never knowing anyone to say wassup to.

Luckily, I feel like I was blessed to have met the people I have. Now it seems like I can't walk around campus without seeing someone I know. I would've never thought it would've been like that. It felt like everything just fell into my lap luckily and my road to where I am now was paved out in cement for me.

College so far has been a great journey. I met tons of great people already, and gained many life lasting relationships between my brothers of Delta Sigma Phi.

What's crazy is it has been pretty opposite of what I expected. Like I said, I expected to be some small ass fish in a big ass pond around campus, but it didn't turn out that way.

I thought I would have been eventually hanging out with groups of nothing but Asians, turns out the group I hang out with are nothing but diverse.

I met tons of great girls, but there were actually only a few that made me consider actually pursuing. Unfortunately, I eventually ended up in the same position I was in last year, seeing no potentials.

Overall, I've come a long ass way from a new freshman knowing no one, to the guy I am today. It's just crazy how exactly one year can change so much.

I typed this up because school is literally right around the corner (3 days from this date) and I can't help but remember how this was last year for me. In fact, I'm still excited and nervous about what this year has to offer, but I'm ready for it. I can't wait really.

I just wanted to type this up, not only to remember how this all started, but because I know many people will be the new freshman of other colleges soon, beginning their new lives. I just wanna tell you guys that everything's going to be fine and that it's perfectly normal to feel afraid/nervous/or alone in the first days. Just settle in, and embrace it! Embrace and enjoy your new journeys. Meet new friends! Welcome to college!

And on the other side, to the new Seniors of this year in high school, have damn fun with it, it's your year now and you damn well deserve it. You earned it and high school's almost over! Woo hoo!

Yeah I'm talking too much now, to cut this I just wanna say I feel truly thankful and humble for the people I have by my side today. I love you guys.

I know it seems cliche but this Drake line really applies right about now:
"I know way too many people here right now that I didn't know last year, who the F are yall?"


Well then, to another year of college!

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A Late Thank You.

I know this is pretty late and I know this sounds so cliche but I just want to take the time to say THANK YOU to everyone that sent me any ways of saying happy birthday, whether it was the countless Facebook comments, Twitter, Formspring, the LoserboiMusic site, the countless text messages, and the few phone calls, etc. I still can't believe people from all over the world such as Australia, Brunei, Hawaii, Philippines, and so on, were sending me happy birthdays. I would have never imagined getting that type of love. It might seem like a little comment is simple as hell but it means a lot to me, honestly from the bottom of my heart, the fact that you guys took the time out of your life, set all things aside, just to wish me a happy birthday. I would love to personally respond to each one of your comments but I realized there is just way too many and I don't have the time right now which is why I'm doing this general one. There's some specific birthday things I would like to give appreciation for:

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-Of course I'd like to thank my mother, I got to have dinner with her on my bday and I told her that none of this would be possible without her. She knows I love her and is so thankful to have the wonderful mother that she is. Sent this in while having my birthday dinner with her.



-So I found out facebook notifications only go up to 100 but there was more. If you were any ONE of these notifications, I want to say thank you so much and that I love you guys. I'll try to reply to as much as I can when I get a chance!


-A birthday shout out from Cathy Nguyen was pretty cool. She's pretty cool ;]

-A shout out from Dev, the one that sings on "Like a G6" was pretty awesome too.

Yeah that's pretty much it. I'm so thankful for everyone that showed me love. It is you guys that make my birthdays as great as they are, I wouldn't know what to do without you guys. Once again, thank you everyone, I love you all, and hope your birthdays are even better!


TY :]

Smile. :)

I had a conversation with one of my coworkers today,
she smiled the same adorable smile she gives me every time I look at her,
so I asked her, "What is it that makes you give me that smile whenever I look at you?"
and she said,
"Oh you don't remember?"
and reminds me of one of the first things I said to her when I first started working at Forever.
She said "remember when you first started working here and I wouldn't talk to you much,
I remember smiling once around you and you just randomly told me "You should smile more often, you have a nice smile" so from then on, I've smiled at you since." then she said "I remember thinking that was really sweet of you, like no one really says that you know?"
Isn't that just cute?
It was crazy because I actually did remember saying that to her.
It just comes to show how much the simplest things like that little sentence can change how someone is to you, like I never would've imagined those words would be the reason she smiles whenever she sees me, but I'm glad it is.


So smile that beautiful smile of yours. Happy August! Beautiful month isn't it? :)