- good friend(s)
- good food, preferably inexpensive
- multiple stories to share
- a willingness to act a fool and be yourself
Saturday
Friday
LessonLearned
After a more than eventful hangout yesterday I've decided to set some personal resolutions. It mustn't be January 1st for me to promise to improve myself but like most resolutions I may or may not follow through. Only time will tell. Basically I want to...
Here's to a new me. Hopefully.
- keep my phone nearby especially when someone is about to pick me up
- remember less is more
- LEARN HOW TO WHISPER
Here's to a new me. Hopefully.
Sunday
Friday
Obsession
I play this game so much it's ridiculous. I remember one time telling my mom how excited I was that I made the leaderboard that day. Her reply?
"Good Job!...
...You really need to get a life."
...You really need to get a life."
Sad but true.
p.s. image not of an actual game. If it were, the long piece would be placed on the far left, not middle. just saying.
p.s. image not of an actual game. If it were, the long piece would be placed on the far left, not middle. just saying.
Thursday
Smile!
Day 04- My self-portrait
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The more I looked at my self-portrait the more I didn't like it so I've replaced it with this picture instead, the one I wanted to originally post but decided against because the prompt called for a recent, self-taken portrait. Or at least that's what I thought it wanted but to hell with it. I'd rather go against a prompt than have a slightly unflattering picture up for the world to see (though who says this is any more flattering hahah). Plus this one is a genuine smile and taken with one of my fave people in the world. Love you sis!
//edit
The more I looked at my self-portrait the more I didn't like it so I've replaced it with this picture instead, the one I wanted to originally post but decided against because the prompt called for a recent, self-taken portrait. Or at least that's what I thought it wanted but to hell with it. I'd rather go against a prompt than have a slightly unflattering picture up for the world to see (though who says this is any more flattering hahah). Plus this one is a genuine smile and taken with one of my fave people in the world. Love you sis!
D03
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
-Blackstar "Thieves in the Night"
I'm tryna live life in the sight of God's memory
Like that ya'll
Like that ya'll
-Blackstar "Thieves in the Night"
PlayThatSong
For the past week or so I've had Amerie's debut album All I Have on repeat. What's strange, though, is that it's not Amerie in particular that I love but more so the simplistic yet effective writing and producing style of Rich Harrison. In all honesty, these songs could be sung by any artist and I would love them just as much. I do have to give props when props are due and Amerie certainly does her thing on this album but at the end of the day it's the songs themselves- the lyrics, vocal arrangements, beats- that get me every time.
Fave tracks:
- Why Don't We Fall In Love
- Can't Let Go
- I Just Died
- Show Me
Tuesday
Day 02-The List
I was afraid that this list would contain only 4 bullets because my days are rather boring but Monday was refreshingly fun-filled:
- soc lecture
- yummy blueberry-banana smoothie
- soc discussion (ended 20min early)
- visit from Heather
- swimming at UVT's pool because my pool was occupied
- came home, showered, dressed
- visited Heather's rented house
- had yummy shrimp linguine
- chatted it up with the housemates
- got home around 1am
- slept
Monday
Day 01- Introduce yourself
I like to think the banner says it all.
My name is Ciku (pronounced shE-kO) and I truly am a vibrant, talkative, almost always confused young-adult with a lot on her mind. My parents hail from Kenya so I identify myself as a Kenyan-American although I really am more American than anything else. I don't even understand my languages! But I am working on it.
I'm a third year Chem major (yay?) and uber ready to gtfoh. College is lame but I have to do it. Besides, there isn't anything else I could see myself doing right now sotorture college it is. /sigh
In regards to school I can sound a bit bitter but other than that I tend to have a cheerful disposition. I try to focus on the positive things in life and find reasons to be grateful for each day. Sounds cheesy, I know, but its true.
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Likes: laughing/making people laugh; Sudoku; movies with quirky characters; fashion blogs; men's cologne; Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day; cloudy but sunny weather; my birthday; daydreaming
Dislikes: college; doing dishes; wack rappers who swear they're the ish; obnoxious people; disappointment
My name is Ciku (pronounced shE-kO) and I truly am a vibrant, talkative, almost always confused young-adult with a lot on her mind. My parents hail from Kenya so I identify myself as a Kenyan-American although I really am more American than anything else. I don't even understand my languages! But I am working on it.
I'm a third year Chem major (yay?) and uber ready to gtfoh. College is lame but I have to do it. Besides, there isn't anything else I could see myself doing right now so
In regards to school I can sound a bit bitter but other than that I tend to have a cheerful disposition. I try to focus on the positive things in life and find reasons to be grateful for each day. Sounds cheesy, I know, but its true.
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Likes: laughing/making people laugh; Sudoku; movies with quirky characters; fashion blogs; men's cologne; Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day; cloudy but sunny weather; my birthday; daydreaming
Dislikes: college; doing dishes; wack rappers who swear they're the ish; obnoxious people; disappointment
Sunday
Bulletproof
I think I just saw the most bad-ass movie EVVAAA!!!!
I've come to realize that I have a love for assassin movies. The fight scenes, absurd violence... it's all so magical. Especially when it's so fantastical that it's unbelievable that it could happen in real life. It helps me sleep better at night.
There is also a great message to this movie:
Sounds simple enough but most people (including myself) need to be reminded. Going about your daily routines, numb to life, is easy enough but is it really best?? Watch the movie and find out.
I've come to realize that I have a love for assassin movies. The fight scenes, absurd violence... it's all so magical. Especially when it's so fantastical that it's unbelievable that it could happen in real life. It helps me sleep better at night.
There is also a great message to this movie:
Do Something with Your Life.
Sounds simple enough but most people (including myself) need to be reminded. Going about your daily routines, numb to life, is easy enough but is it really best?? Watch the movie and find out.
Wednesday
15 Days
So in the spirit of consistent blogging I've decided to jump on the bandwagon and post replies to daily prompts.
The whole "30 Days of Letters" seems popular enough but I just know I'd run out of ideas/interest after about 5 days. Plus the people you write to overlaps too much so here is something else I jacked from a friend's blog. Yeah it's from tumblr but who says I can't transfer it back onto blogspot?
15 Days
Day 01 - Introduce yourself. List your likes and dislikes.
Day 02 - Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day.
Day 03 - Share your favorite quote/song lyric.
Day 04 - Smile! We want to see your teeth today. Post a self-portrait.
Day 05 - Share your favorite recipe.
Day 06 - Time to face morph: Pick one of the categories.
Day 07 - Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes.
Day 08 - Create a bucket list, whether or not your aspirations or rational.
Day 09 - Describe your food consumption today.
Day 10 - Share one of your current favorite tunes.
Day 11 - List some of your favorite tumblrs.
Day 12 - Set a goal.
Day 13 - Provide the HEX code(s) of your favorite color(s).
Day 14 - Post a Youtube video that makes you laugh/inspires you.
Day 15 - This is the last day and you are an owl. Place your hands like this over your eyes and take a picture.
The whole "30 Days of Letters" seems popular enough but I just know I'd run out of ideas/interest after about 5 days. Plus the people you write to overlaps too much so here is something else I jacked from a friend's blog. Yeah it's from tumblr but who says I can't transfer it back onto blogspot?
15 Days
Day 01 - Introduce yourself. List your likes and dislikes.
Day 02 - Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day.
Day 03 - Share your favorite quote/song lyric.
Day 04 - Smile! We want to see your teeth today. Post a self-portrait.
Day 05 - Share your favorite recipe.
Day 06 - Time to face morph: Pick one of the categories.
Day 07 - Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes.
Day 08 - Create a bucket list, whether or not your aspirations or rational.
Day 09 - Describe your food consumption today.
Day 10 - Share one of your current favorite tunes.
Day 11 - List some of your favorite tumblrs.
Day 12 - Set a goal.
Day 13 - Provide the HEX code(s) of your favorite color(s).
Day 14 - Post a Youtube video that makes you laugh/inspires you.
Day 15 - This is the last day and you are an owl. Place your hands like this over your eyes and take a picture.
Tuesday
Really?!
So I show up to my soc lecture this morning when my TA spots me and says, "You're gangsta!" I gave her a puzzled look and while pointing to myself asked, "Me?"
Turns out that I got a perfect score on my first soc test last Thursday. A perfect score. Who does that?! Now I'm not selling myself short. I thought I did pretty well but right before turning in my test I checked my answers and figured I had missed 3-4. I guess I'm good at guessing. =)
It's weird but I usually thoroughly enjoy and do really well in my humanities classes while I struggle to pay attention and FAIL my science classes. Even with that I still couldn't imagine myself switching over to a humanities major. Masochistic much?
Turns out that I got a perfect score on my first soc test last Thursday. A perfect score. Who does that?! Now I'm not selling myself short. I thought I did pretty well but right before turning in my test I checked my answers and figured I had missed 3-4. I guess I'm good at guessing. =)
It's weird but I usually thoroughly enjoy and do really well in my humanities classes while I struggle to pay attention and FAIL my science classes. Even with that I still couldn't imagine myself switching over to a humanities major. Masochistic much?
Friday
ThankYou
Dear God,
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to help someone in need yesterday and for reminding me that first impressions are often wrong.
You see, here I was at the train station in Industry waiting for my mom to pick me up when this older black man pulled up in his mechanical wheelchair. At first I thought, "Oh no. Not a creeper..." but he turned out to be just fine.
He had just missed the train (it left the station as soon as he pulled up) and he now had to take the Foothill bus and a subway back to LA. He was picking up mail from his sister and because of an errand or two that she had to run he was late. He wasn't bitter though. He instead quoted the apostle Paul and referred to the story of Job, saying he was not going to be discouraged or curse God because things didn't turn out exactly as he had planned. As luck would have it as soon as he was about to leave to find the bus stop his sister pulled up.
He had mentioned before that his sister was willing to drive him back. Only problem: How to make his scooter fit in her car. That's where I came in.
With a little patience, a couple hiccups, and some heavy lifting the 3 of us were able to put his chair in the back of her mini-SUV. There was a security guard across the way but instead of driving up and offering to help he just sat in his air-conditioned car and watched as we struggled. What's worse? As soon as we had figured it out and gotten his chair into the car he drove right past us and nodded.
Whatever dude.
Things happen for a reason and if I had just gotten picked up from school or asked my dad rather than my mom to pick me up from the station, I would have missed out on helping these sweet people because God knows the security guard wasn't going to do ish. The feeling I got from it was pure bliss and reminded me how nice it is to do things for others, especially complete strangers.
You really work in mysterious ways.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to help someone in need yesterday and for reminding me that first impressions are often wrong.
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You see, here I was at the train station in Industry waiting for my mom to pick me up when this older black man pulled up in his mechanical wheelchair. At first I thought, "Oh no. Not a creeper..." but he turned out to be just fine.
He had just missed the train (it left the station as soon as he pulled up) and he now had to take the Foothill bus and a subway back to LA. He was picking up mail from his sister and because of an errand or two that she had to run he was late. He wasn't bitter though. He instead quoted the apostle Paul and referred to the story of Job, saying he was not going to be discouraged or curse God because things didn't turn out exactly as he had planned. As luck would have it as soon as he was about to leave to find the bus stop his sister pulled up.
He had mentioned before that his sister was willing to drive him back. Only problem: How to make his scooter fit in her car. That's where I came in.
With a little patience, a couple hiccups, and some heavy lifting the 3 of us were able to put his chair in the back of her mini-SUV. There was a security guard across the way but instead of driving up and offering to help he just sat in his air-conditioned car and watched as we struggled. What's worse? As soon as we had figured it out and gotten his chair into the car he drove right past us and nodded.
Whatever dude.
Things happen for a reason and if I had just gotten picked up from school or asked my dad rather than my mom to pick me up from the station, I would have missed out on helping these sweet people because God knows the security guard wasn't going to do ish. The feeling I got from it was pure bliss and reminded me how nice it is to do things for others, especially complete strangers.
You really work in mysterious ways.
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