Sunday, May 1, 2011

spring quarter stories #1

Spring quarter. There is just so many good memories with Spring Quarters here at University of Washington. But this is not the story about old memories, but more about this current one. My last one here at UW as an undergraduate student. I'm going to show you a set of photos that tell you stories of my life since the end of March. I think you'll enjoy it. Well, I hope you will. Yay!

#1: Spring break: Honolulu, HI
Sandy Beach. We were there during the first couple of days.  We got there for 5 minutes and it started to pour down. But we are Seattlites, shouldn't we be able to handle rain and storm? :p
The wave at Wai Mea Beach is SO BIG. My friends and I got swept by the 6ft waves a couple of times. It was seriously, SERIOUSLY crazy! :p

This particular story, I feel obligated to tell. During my visit at the Pearl Harbor. I wanted to pay my respect to those that lives have been lost as the result of the attack. I didn't realize this, but my friend later told me that I was pretty much the only Asian there. I didn't realize this neither, but apparently people look at me weird and assumed I was Japanese. Honestly, I feel so discriminated against. People learned from their mistakes, they learned from history. For people who think that I should not be there that day, to pay respect, learn about history and hopefully I can contribute to the world by making sure that they are not learning the same mistake, you are just another ignorant individual who honestly need to educate yourself about how WIDE the world actually is. Maybe, you will learn that the world is not just in your state. 


#2: My best friend visiting
I miss you so much. I'm glad you visited me. Although we didn't really have time to ourselves to catch up and hang out like we used to. But it was nice to see you in the city where I am now. 

#3: Michaela and Stephen Jensen :)
Woot woot, dance party oh yeahhh! My two good friends got married at the end of the spring break!  Yeah!!  Cheers to them. Great time :) Lovely small cozy wedding with close family and friends. And of course an awesome dance party at the end! LOVELY, yay!


#4: Saying goodbye, yet again.
This quarter is actually all about saying goodbye to friends, the friends that I've made here in Seattle that is leaving... two goodbyes already. How many more?


#5: SICKNESS

Well, i have some bad story too I suppose.

 #6: Olympic National Park

This is actually from the Tulip Festival in Mt. Vernon. Pretty huh? :)
My favorite photograph that I took from the trip, our Twilight tour. I'm just kidding, we are not a fan.


#7: Epic Friday/Weekend
Wow, seriously that weekend was a great weekend, period. I made new friends who made me laugh who made my night. And to top that, it was sunny all weekend long. Hopefully, there will be more to come, with you and with you all. :p 


#8: Steve Aoki 
Well, I'm not sure what to add to that except maybe, "get ready for some turbulence!"

#9: PostSecret in Seattle
PostSecret came to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON! 4 years, I have waited for it to come. And I am lucky enough to have attended the talk with Frank Warren. The courage that people took to step up and talk about their secrets, their most inner self exposed to hundreds of people at the event. Thanks to them. I feel more confident about accepting myself and choosing my path. I feel like I am more willing to let go and allow myself to love. Yes, to love. To put yourself out there for people who are attracted to. To love them, no matter how they think of you. Thank you for that encouragement.


#10: Sunny Seattle:
This is just April. stories during April. there will be more. But only this past month I've learned so much. I've learned to let go and relax, to enjoy myself from time to time :) April, I'm thankful of you!


Thank you for listening.