Friday, August 26, 2005

Coming of a New Age


This is my last post in the great SoCal area. As hard as it is to believe, I will be moving to the El Yay area manana. A bitter sweet feeling festers inside me. Leaving a place where I know o so well to a place filled with unknowns can be exciting...and scary. Letting go of the family and friends I hold so dear...is never an easy task. I know I am going to norcal..it's not the end of the world...but a lot can change in 3~4 years. People come, people go....things change..people change..you never know what might happen. With that in mind...my sentimental nature kicks in. Will this be the last time I see a lot of you? Will I be in touch with all of you? Will I be forgotten? (pssssh...riiiight...i'm too unforgettable..hahah..) I will definitely miss quite a few things...such as cruising down the busy freeway, bumping my music way up high during traffic, socal sun, socal beach, all the glam, the fancy clubs, the food, the vast emptiness, and of course...friends and family...sitting together spitting boba balls. Some good times...even with all the bad...still quite an advanture.


Now...new place, new age, and new chapter, new dramas (which i hope there will be none), and new life. Hitting my big 2-3 and going into 4 years of hell. oh goody goody joy. Last nite, I attended a USC health and sciences party. It was fun...but it's just funny how everyone's the same as me. Heading into a new territory with questions and excitements. It's also funny the type of impressions I have on my friends and the new ones I meet. Saw some old friends that never partied with me and was totally in shock to see the party animal that I am...and the ones that ONLY partied with me are surprised to hear I have the nerdy side...afterall i AM going to UCSF School of Pharmacy. With every new person you meet, you're like a blank piece of paper...they know nothing about you and you are suppose to fill them in with the 411s about yourself. Hence, there are always chances for reinvention every single time you go to some place new. How do I wanna present myself in this new environment has been a question in my mind. No doubt I want to be real...but can the "real" be accepted and handled by the mass? Or do I chose to be superficial and stay at the surface so I can guard my inner self from public criticisms? One thing for sure...I will always have the mentality...there's only ONE Aileen...TAKE IT or LEAVE IT! hehe.. now...back to the world of nerdom...baibai SoCal and......

HELLO SAN FRANCISCO!!!

and oh yes..how can I forget......

Happy 23rd bday to mua! mwa ha ha ha ha ha... Aileen..have a cake on yourself..you deserved it =D

What a boring post...thanx for reading =P

Simple Pleasures in Life

- reflecting on the good memories of SoCal.... =D


Saturday, August 20, 2005

2046

It is now 1am...I'm still awake...what in the world am I doing at this time? Nothing...just this urge to blog and talk to this computer screen i stared at for so long. Days pass by slow and boredom catches on quick when you have no responsibilities. I start to forget the details of each day...such as what I did, what I ate, and what I said. Just a blur...a blurry summer...and a haze in my mind. It is not my nature to sound all...umm.."down"...but hey..you all can use some change (perhaps I already desensitized you with my continuous "hyperism"..this ought to wake you guys up) I have just finished watching the movie 2046. It's a chinese film, which should be out as an Indie film soon in the states. I liked the movie...liked it so much that I am blogging about it. I recommend you all to watch it.

After watching the movie...a lot of thoughts are running through my head. The movie got me thinking a lot. Why? I would like to think it's because it's a deep movie and I am simply appreciating the "deep" aspects of movie by chewing on it in my mind (that or I am just a natural and a pro in "films" haha...riiight...) Possibly, it is only because I can identify with all the characters in the movie...identify with the storyline...it tells my long time inner struggles that I avoided all this time. Why am I blogging about it to let out this "secret" for the world to see? As we all know..anything extremely personal should be prohibited in blogs...you never know who might be reading. I just want to share this secret to this thing called "internet"...and whomever that might read it...I hope you can get something out of it.

The theme in this movie is this place called "2046" (no duh aileen...get to the point already). People go to this place to find this one particular memory that they once lost, and they usually stay there. Most people who went to that place...never returns. It's a fictional place in the movie...it's a place where the main character wishes to go to in his mind...but find himself unable to stay in that place (sounds complicated i know...but you really have to see the movie to find out).

The movie got me interpreting my own personal love life...or perhaps..your's as well. There's this "one" person that creates the 2046 in our mind. This person let you experience something you've never felt before. You input in emotions...and your all. It's a place of no return once you have decided to give it your everything. You might lose the person...but the memory stays...the emotions will always be remembered. You're permanently "scarred". Afterall...it's made its impression and its imprint in your mind and your heart. You often wishes to go back to that familiar place in your heart and wishes to experience that same emotions again...but more than likely...it's never quite the "same". You might encounter others in this process...some might be just a "replacement"...only because the person and the experience reminded you of what it once was like...but yet..in the end..you know u're only fooling yourself. you might give up at times and just dive into the "pleasures"....believing maybe you might be happier this way...afterall...that "one"experience hurts you so...you ache every single time you go close to it...so might as well close it up so you won't be in pain anymore. One thing for sure...regardless of how much we give up, or how much we wish to avoid it....we still linger around that "one"experience ...in search of one day we will once again be able to create another one just like it...but no more pain.

We always want to know if we're that "one" special experience to our partner. We try so very hard...because afterall...if he/she made that strong of an impression in your mind and in your heart...you wish to have the same impact as well. It hurts a lot to know perhaps you're just one of many to that significant other. We all wish to have our own imprints in others' hearts. When you know you're none other than the norm...u're just like the "others"...while they're your "2046"...it'll bring nothing but pain. What we fail to realize is that..maybe that person already have his/her own "one" experience for which they treasure. You can't expect to replace or to create a new one just like it that easily. Regardless of how eager we want to be "special"...more often than not...you'll never unlock that secret place again.

Will we experience that "true" and that "one" experience again? perhaps...maybe sometimes in the future...maybe never. We all want to give up from time to time...call it quits. Afterall...you might be hurt again if you decide to unlock that place in your heart. However, there will never be hope if you give up. Hope can only occur in those that never gives in. Regardless of how many times you wound yourself...you still keep at it.

I always question myself...am I someone's "2046"? I know I have experienced my "2046"...and to tell the truth...I'm running away from it...because it brings only pain. Took me a while to "restart"....but every single time..when someone comes remotely close...when i "feel" i have unlocked and touched that secret place....i wanna close it up again...fearing that once again I'll be wounded. I have become a quitter. When will I have the courage to try again...and even if it brings more pain...I will keep going at it like a trooper? I have no idea...but I wish to have hope.

Who's your 2046? are you a quitter? or are you a die hard trooper? Wish you're the latter....

Simple Pleasure in Life
1) Eating watermelon on a hot summer night
2) Having epiphanies
3) Watching Zoolander
4) Eating dinner with family
5) Bdays

Saturday, August 13, 2005

All That Glam

When I run out of things to do on the internet...I generally proceed to update my blog to waste some time. I am updating now....so what does that imply? *wink* I will soon be moving to SF...in 2 weeks to be exact. I've been sustaining my "carless" status for 2 weeks already! I feel like I went back in time to the primitive days...and that is prior to getting my license and car to be exact...when not even jack sh*t can be done. Being in southern california without your personal mean of transportation (HA...like the public transportation actually works...what's the Metrolink doing in downtown LA anywayz? does it even run to anywhere?) sux a$$. I've been getting a lot of "am I happy to move?". To some degree...yes..i'm ECCSTATIC! The feeling of having a refreshed start and exploring a new city is quite remarkable. Leaving all the dramas and past history behind..start with a new life (with more dramas to come). However, the feeling of departure from friends and family brings tears to my eyes. Yea yea yea..I know it's only NorCal and SoCal....but I just know my tendencies...I'll get so busy that I won't be coming back..and i know YOU (yea you...who's reading and knows me...but seriously..who reads this crap?!?) probably will give me the excuse of "it's too far" and never visit >=( i saw right through your plans! Another is that I finally got acquainted with LA...this is the first time I stayed in LA for an extended periods of time post the age of 21...explored a lot of the LA scenes...and I'm starting to develope a liking for the city. Just right when I'm about to like it..i'm heading off to somewhere far...shucks!

I will soon be hitting the old folgie stage...23...what an age. As much as people like to tell me..."that's still young!"...it probably is..but i do feel the age catching up to me. I can no longer "get down" in party atmospheres like i used to. I think about sleeping and going home at 10pm and being a homebody is acceptable for me. 20's suppose to be a person's prime...3 years has passed...I feel like i'm lagging behind...with no committed relationship, no career, no savings, and just more schooling. It almost seems like I have taken back a step. How does this whine and gripe talk have anything to do with my entry? You will see... (but seriously...when does ANY of my randomness pertained to the topic of my entries? i'm only getting your hopes up only to drop you down to the pit later..mwa ha ha ha ha..actually..that's not even funny...i'm just lame, doh!)

I've been into the whole "club" scene in LA for the past 2 weeks. LA is the city of gLAm. Clubs are all decked out and everyone bring on their best game hoping to score some. You see guys with their sexually horny eyes gawking at plastic girls...wait..i mean..fake girls..wait i mean..superficial girls...doh! i mean..umm.."pretty" girls. Guys size each other up and girls scale their competitions (the contest is...who's your hoochie mama! and who cakes on the most make up!) Just like Chicago the Musical...it is just All that Glam!

C'mon babe, why don't we paint the town? And all that Glam.. I'm gonna rouge my cheeks and pull my jeans down, And all that Glam.. Start the car I know a whoopee spot, where the rum is cold but the DJ's hot... It's just a noisy hall where there's a nightly brawl, and all that glam!

In the midst of all the youngin's..enjoying their legal drinking age status...you'll see an occassional few man/woman in their late 20's and early 30's. Just the other day...I was at a club...I witnessed two women in their late 20's, perhaps early 30's...looking all plastic and hooch...standing there...awaits for their next desireable dumb and horny young victim. THAT is when it hits me....omg...I wish I won't be one of them when i'm at their age! I think about it again...I will be at their age in no time!!! (dude...time passes by quickly ok!) Men might be like fine wine...only gets better with age. Women on the other hand...are like pickles..they turn SOUR with age! I don't think I will want to go clubbing...dressing all hooch.."pretending" I'm young...when in fact I am a step in too deep into the hell of middle age. I am in no way implying old folks should not go clubbing and have fun...by all means...go for it! I will probably still be enjoying my grooves then (if my hips and knees dont give up on me by that time =P) . However, none of that Sex and the City...single, in the 30's, and hunting for male prospects in the clubs. That to me is...you cant get over the fact that you're no longer the hot commodity on the market. It is just sad to see those two women standing there, waiting for a guy to hit up on them...when in fact..the guys are busy with the "hurray for 21" girls. I got enough "oh...I gotta go....my friend's calling me....nice meeting you" talk when i proceed to say i'm 23! (eh...close enough to 23 anywayz).

Call this a quarterlife crisis if you may (more of that talk to come in the next few years)...and the people who are a year or two older than me can smack me if you want to. Seriously...time waits for no one...time to kick it up a knotch!

(----end rant------)

P.S. HAPPY BDAY to Amy and Frank!

Simple Pleasures in Life
1) When everyone's on time
2) Turning down unwanted guys
3) Being in a room with your crush
4) Looking at old pictures
5) Ranting



Sunday, August 07, 2005

Miss Me?

After a long wait and anticipation...I have once again resumed blogging. Have I forgotten about my blog? No....it's been on my mind. I know I "should" update...but I simply got too lazy =P A little highlight...I"m back to the US of A once again. Returned to the land of the free as my fobby self...oh goody (guess there's never such thing as "you're TOO fobby") Mostly because of my hair i suppose...curly and light...what a great combo. Taiwan was a blast because there's a lack of emotional turmoils this time around...i'm FREE! Plan now? just chilling in LA...enjoying the absolute heat...and be content with my bumming status...it wont last for long. I will be moving up to SF on the 28th. I will however have a little Bday/Farewell pool party thing sometimes in the month of August (further details will be announced in the near future).

Part of the reason why I havent been updating because I have lost my cynical self. Due to experimental reductions and reasonings...I have concluded that my cynicism and to a lesser degree...partial nihilism.. resulted from my hatred for work and my lab. Now that work and lab's over...i'm back to my happy and vivacious self. Don't really have anything profound, insightful, or sarcastic to say. My mind...has been just "blank" lately. I am tired of a lot of things...relationships, family issues, and my so called "deep" thoughts. Perhaps I am just through with Socal...ready for a new life and have a clean slate. Or maybe...because I am happy...with happiness..you're reluctant to reflect on the "life" issues. This is probably why we all need sufferings. When you're constantly happy...you don't learn. You are just emersed in your own positive energy and just want to avoid sadness. You'll only appreciate happiness after you experienced hardships. Otherwise...how would we know what complacency is? Just like..you won't appreciate money if you're Bill Gates' offsprings. You'll only appreciate it when you have lost it or never had it. My past year experience was quite a challenge....but because of all those challenges to my brain and emotions....i start to appreciate this new found "nothingness" and "airheadedness". Placing everything aside...and just enjoying the company of friends and family. It is probably the calm before the storm. Before I fill you guys with complaints about school and all those exams......i'll refrain for now. it'll come in time..no worries! hahah.. afterall i DO rant like a mad supernova!

My first update in a month...and yet...i have nothing interesting to say. To make up for it...i'll end with the following observations.... it has come to my attention that we like to be "fair". whether it's between siblings, co-workers, gf/bf, or shopper vs. marketable labels...we hate to be "gipped". We always like to bargain the best deal we can get and even splitting the bills has to be 50/50. "i love you more than you love me" is often a common phrase we hear in every relationship. "how come you got a bigger piece?" is often a complaint we hear between little kids. With all that said....is there such thing as absolute fairness??? I think fair...is more or less...as long as "I" am not the one getting the lower end of the bargain. It's just a matter of who's willing to forgo their privilege more than the other person. Even if you split pies down the center after measuring with a ruler...how can you be sure it's absolutely perfectly down the middle? Yes you measured with a ruler...but it's bound to be a mm off! There is no such thing as fairness...it's just..."don't gip me". "you win some you lose some" is a saying we all know...but in reality it's more.."i want to win more and lose none". Why do we care so much about being fair when there's no absolute fairness? for the peace of mind? I think it's more a self-fulfilling prophecy and justification for our own selfishness. Using fairness as an excuse to cover up for our selfish tendencies. There's gotta be a winner and a loser...it's just a matter of who is ok with losing a little more than the other person. With that in mind....we all need to learn to just let go.... knowing there's no absolute fairness...as long as we're not gipped too bad, it's all good. For those of you who hate being the loser..just think...with more pie..that person's more prone for illnesses from all the unhealthy sugars the person's consuming...so you win in the long run! die b*tch for eating more pie..mwa ha ha a ha (just an exaggeration to get my point across...in no way is that a representation of what i think about when you get more than me...or is it? o.O)

i ranted as always...i do wanna see all of you before i head to the el-yay (ripped from frank) area. for now...peace out from H-town. Y(^.^)Y (hmm...i guess i do need to get over my fobby self....that's a fobulicious moment right there)

P.S. a shout out to Juan....HAPPY BDAY!!! \(^O^)/

Simple Pleasures in Life
1) Dancing the nite away
2) Finding a guy that can keep up with you on the dance floor
3) Alky buzz
4) Having not a care in the world
5) Checking out a hot guy

You have just survived one hellish blog. Thank you, the Devil awaits your re-visit..Mwa ha ha ha ha