Chronicles of a Young College Boy

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Skiiiiiiing...hehe..i went skiing ytd for the first time in my life...its real fun!...feel like gliding in the air...and when it comes to the hill...u can feel the speed in ur blood and even though i feel a little scared of the speed, my mind is like saying..."FASTER!!!" hahahaha....but its pretty fun though....after i rented the equipment, the indos and i went to a golf course (which is now covered in snow) to ski...its a pretty big golf course and the beautiful thing about the place is that when you are deep in the course....you really cannot hear anything but the leaves whisper and the branches crackle...after a long course of skiing i laid on the snow...Its really really comfortable and its only then i realise these beauty of silence you can never get in the city...I will definitely put up some picts of the course in the next entry because one of the picts i took is definitely one of the most artistic ones i have ever taken ....hehehe...

Anyway i watched smallville epi 12 last thursday and it was about clark being possesed by a phantom and he was brought to a place where the people he knew all had a different life...like lana being his gf and him being in an asylum....when i watched this...I realise myself thinking back on the first few weeks that i was here in the US...when I thought about it...It was really scary to be in a place whereby you don't know anyone...and about the same time now last year...i was in a such troubling position that sometimes i wonder how did i ever come to where i am now....well of course i think the major part of it is the support i received from home... you guys probably dont know how much a simple message or chat means to me during those periods... but well lets say as what i mentioned last entry....it made me into a much better man and that is the most important thing of all...=)...as what motivational gurus always love to say..."If you are scared to do it, there is only one way overcome that fear. Do it!." (in my opinion, it can be really annoying to listen to that particular advice if you are in the position)....

This actually reminds me of the dinner i had just now...My friends and I went to a place called Hooters to eat..and if you guys actually search what kind of restaurant it is...the guys might go, "sounds like heaven!"...while the girls will go, "How can they have such places?"..haha well its bascially a place where all the waitresses dresses basically in a small and pretty tight singlet and a small pants that resemble a swimming trunks...heh my friends were...as always...making fun of me being and looking young and all...so i actually bet with them that i will ask one of the waitresses to come over to check who looked the youngest...if the waitress picks me....i lost the bet...if she picks any other person at the table...i win...well i was pretty nervous to do it because..well the waitresses there are...well..hot ..for the lack of a better word hehehe....go google "Hooters girls" and you will see what Im talking about...anyway I actually got to pluck up the courage and asked one of the girls who look the youngest...well she picked me...lol...so i lost the freaking bet and treated everyone dessert..huahuahua...but the thing that i got out of the thing is i step a little out of my comfort boundary to ask a hot girl idiotic questions...and by doing this i at least stay true to my new year's resolution...hehehe...

DanieL counted snowflakes at 11:09 PM

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Heeeyyyy....back in Milwaukee....was actually planning to post an entry the day i came back...but was too tired to do so....anyway this pict was taken on new year's day in jakarta...great memories...both good and bad...good because im back with family...bad because i got pretty sick....

anyway the trip back to indonesia was a pretty educational one....somehow its like a report card for me...the result of what i have become from the one year of living alone in the US...its a pretty good report card actually...at least from my perspective....there are a view indications of tht...firstly...my self-confidence definitely went up...because when i went back to indo for a wedding just with my dad....i have to mix with people tht are kinda higher up...but im not intimidated as before anymore...they probbaly dont know i was intimidated b4...but im always good at masking my true feelings anyway...but yea i got a lot more confident in talking to ppl...

Heard of the quote, "Absense makes love grows stronger."?...well when i come back its proven...not with the bf gf type...but with my family...i feel closer to them when come back because i know what it feels like to be without them.....it sucks... so i do cherish almost every moment tht i can spend with them...this absense thing is at least proven with mutual love...im not sure with one-sided love...it will probably grow stronger only when u see the person u fall for...but in the absense...u r tested constantly for your absense and strength... one of the only ways to keep the love alive is to remind yourself why did u get urself in the spot in the first place...

These 2 are basically the major stuffs tht i realised i have achieved in learning in the US....just 2...but probably gonna b crucial in my life....=)

New Year Resolutions time!!...i did this soo late man....like 9 of january then i got arnd to think what do i want to achieve this year....well here it is...

1) Read 2 Business section articles everyday.

2) Focus on courage and destroying procrastinations.

3) GPA of 4.0 for both semesters (arguable).

4) Cleansweep every TKD tournament.

5) Work out (fitness) once a week, with or without friends.

haaaa.....there it is...now at least i got a record of what i want to achieve this year...last year didnt have anything to write on...not tht i got arnd to do it anyway....i just like have it on my mind only...Have a Great Year Ahead!!

DanieL counted snowflakes at 10:37 PM

Monday, January 08, 2007

Hey everyone!! man how long has it been since i blog...3 weeks?...i keep putting it off hahaha...kinda sucks though becos now the whole break only had one entry to sum up the great time i had here back home...=)....

Well at the beginning when i arrive in spore i had to say my family's reaction of my hair length is more or less what i have expected...hehe..well i cut it right away anyway..i myself cant stand it bcos its just wayy too long...so yea then i play santa claus when my friends and I meet...giving them presents and all..it actually felt nice...i had the chance of seeing a sentence in a person's blog..."I only give presents to those ppl who gave me presents for my birthday. Its justice."...(dont bother checking... its none of the people on my list.) i feel tht the person who wrote this dont really understand wads real love and giving means....and tht word justice...is just not the right word when it comes to describing the term 'giving'...its really kinda immature because if u really should not expect anything in return when u give something away...especially when it comes to love...heh reality kinda beats the crap out of us doesnt it....as it is said beautifully, "We are not virgins. Life has screwed us all."

hahahaha anyway to continue with my story... i went to indo and met cousins and wad a blast we had hehe...we had quite a fun time catching up and stuffs....then i lost a freakin camera...i don think i want to emphasize on tht because its just not pleasant....then i had a pretty bad encounter with food poisoning...or virus of some kind...apparently after i got it a lot of ppl i know was down with it too...so im the carrier...hehehehe...

anyway i just watch the movie 'Click'...i heard from other ppl tht they cried when they watch the movie...i was a bit skeptical when i heard abt it...because when i saw the preview of the movie its like another typical laugh-at-dumb-things movies...but i got my shocker when i watch it abt an hour ago...i did laugh pretty hard at some parts...but then nearing the ending its pretty touching and i kinda understand why they said they cried when they watch the movie...(and no i did not cry when i watch the movie...u can ask my sis..she is there when i watch the movie...)..but anyway...i don think i want to really talk abt wad kind of lessons the movie taught....bcos its really kinda self-explanatory...the movie in a way opened my eyes really abt the fact tht life is all about the journey, not the destination. Kinda brought me to tht timespan when Stuart told me about tht lesson abt life...This is life...this moment is all u have tht is certain...and the future is not gonna get better unless u make a change...be the change...=)

DanieL counted snowflakes at 9:52 AM