Jan. 19th 2012

Havn't been on here for the longest so thought I updated for once :) Soo where to start...

Thanksgiving day this year, my sis and her hubby started their move. I helped them with lifting their belongings into the truck they rented and move it into the new house. it was one of those sad/happy day for all of us. Sad that my sis is finally leaving but happy that she has started a new chapter of her life. All of us have similar goals in life and moving into your own house is of course one of those so I'm happy for my sis. At the time everything seemed cool, but after awhile, my feelings started to sink in. I felt as if I lost a best friend, my sis and I have a great relationship that many don't have with their brother or sis because she pretty much knows everything about me and we talk about everything and do everything together. So those past couple of weeks that past, i was kind of sad but i know that's life and it happens to us all so the feeling is neutral now.

Christmas was awesome, I didn't really anticipated on having that much fun. Spent time with family from the east and even family close to home that I didn't expect to see. All of us haven't seen each other for a long while so it was great to see them all. Loved my baby cousin! I could not put her down! haha but then again I could never put any baby down, they're all soo cute! haha My family has always lived on our own due to all the dramas in the past, so it's really great to see all my cousins again. We all went to the happiest place on earth, only it wasn't too happy christmas day. It was SSOOOOOO crawded!! each ride was about 3hrs long! we only go to ride 3 rides that day, so ridiculous! lol but over all it was spending it with family that made it good so it's ok in my opinion. We had dinner at a chinese restaurant afterward. That night my cousins have to pack for the airport they can't stay long because they have to re-open their business back home. I miss them

For New Year's 2012, I celebrated it for my friends in Lakewood. It was fun, not too many of us, just about the right amount and I knew them all so it's kool. I don't normally drink but I thought it's the new year so celebrate! We had our little count down and everyone was having fun, the fun only liquor can bring out, hahaha. Had 3 shots and 2 mixed drinks. That's actually a lot for me, considering I hardly ever drink! But it's the new years so it's all good.

I'll end it here, but will write some more later. Over-all life goes on

06.25.11

I'm living dangerous today, I packed 2 sausages and some veggies for lunch and for the evening at work. I usually just make chicken breast with veggies but even that gets tiring everyday. I cut out the rice, I'm tryna loose some pounds, so no carbs for a few weeks or so. Been changing up on my exercise too, added more cardio and been doing alot more legs than any. I've been noticing alot of changes by doing this for 2weeks now. Starting to get more cut and the bulk is leaning down, which is what I want.

This is what i usually make to eat, mainly chicken but I switch to beef from time to time just so i won't get bored of eatting the same old thing.

I also make different drinks when I'm thirsty, shown here is peanut butter, banana smoothie. I don't like to take protein powder, just want to keep everything natural, no artificial enhancements. There's other ones I make too, Berry smoothies, strawberry banana, mango, the list goes on.

Career Change

So talking to one of my good friends, I decided to steer into a new direction. Its not so much that she talked me into it, because I have a strong mind and I don't just give in so easily, it's just she made some really good points. Advices that I have already known and that made alot of sense. For the longest, I've always was interested in two things as a career, in media arts and a fire fighter. I know both are 2 completely different paths but that's just another side of me, the adventure side. I still love art and think that I might still be doing it but just not as the main career. I like those action, hero type movies and being a fire fighter, you are a hero. There's more other jobs that makes others heroes too, but fire fighters are more of the physical type. Running into a burning building, breaking car doors, fighting fires, help the sick and injured people, because we do get there before the ambulance.

I'm feeling real excited right now, I've just finished registering for the orientation and for the CPAT testing (Candidate Physical Ability Test). I believe I have the build and strength they require already so hopefully I will past the testing. It did cost me $200 to take this test. $25 each for the practice I scheduled 2 practices, and $150 for the final testing. If I past that, then I will go on to the academy where I will be training. I have to also past the academy too, to be an official fire fighter. I've hear people tell me about their experiences and that it is very competitive and many people had failed. That is sad to hear and kind of a let down but hopefully my faith will take me through it all, if not then at least I gained an experience.

Starbucks Frappuccino Contest

Haven't been on here in awhile so thought I make an up date. So I found out of a contest Starbucks is having of Deviant Art and thought I test my creativity. The theme of the the contest is "Happiness in A Cup." So you have to design all that makes you happy in a cup. The Template they provide you with is just an outline of the cup and the Starbucks Logo and you design the rest. It would be great to win considering they are offering many prizes for the winner and runner ups. But if not its still a great experience for me to use my creativity.

Believe it or not the hardest part of the process of creating art is getting ideas together, brainstorming on how to design each piece together and harmonizing it. So here's my entries:

1st Entry

2nd Entry:

Personally I like the 2nd one better, made more contrast to the background and added another gradient layer in the back of the cup. You choose :)

05.22.11 - Disney's Tangled

So...I never got to watch Tangled before even though it came out a long while ago. But I did finally got the chance to watch it. I like this movie, as of many Disney movies, they never disappoint us. To me, the moral behind this is even though you get caught up with everyday life(stuck in the tower), never give up on your dream(adventure to see the floating lights). Because that dream can be your destiny calling and if not, you can always make a new dream.

What made me think more into the movie the most was when Rapunzel started remembering herself as a baby, seeing the sun symbol, realizing the sun was hidden in all of her murals in the tower representing her repressed memory. I believe in life everyone have their destination, every aspect of your life is already written...for example, on this date you hurt yourself, this date you meet your first love, this date you found your ideal job, this date you got into some sort of accident that changed your life so you can get back on track to your destination, and the list goes on. To put that in the story, Rapunzel always knew that there's something about the floating lights that is connected to her somehow  but never went through with it to find out what it was. So when Flyn came along, he was her fate/strength to go on the journey for her dream. Flyn later on reveals his dream which was to be with Rapunzel and its obvious because he cuts away her hair to protect her in the end even though he knew it would be his death. Obstacles were thrown at them both to overcome and it did seem like they didn't make it when Rapunzel was brought back to the tower and decided to get back to her normal life in the tower, AGAIN. But fate tapped into her memory and made her remember the sun symbol it was then she realized to get back to her dream/destiny. Both the characters was each other's guide, fate brought them together to fulfill their needs. Flyn helped Rapunzel to be more strong-minded/determined to reach her dream and she helped Flyn to have a meaning in life/a dream, other than being a thief. In the end they changed each others lives and found their destiny, their fate...which is together, in the right place. Overall GREAT movie!