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2008 will come to it's final destination tomorrow, and with it we will be welcoming in 2009 with open arms to hope, optimism, and the opportunity to have a clean slate, that each new year brings. The ending of 2008 and the begining of 2009 in particular will be significant for many reasons. Let me recap the year, like many others do as each year ends and a new begins.
There was a lot of buzz around the word "change" and "hope" this year. Not just for me, but for millions of people around the world. And this year was defenitly a year of "change" for me. In a previous post, I posted things I wanted to accomplish this year, and by the first four months I had completed all of the list but one.
In February, I was offered a job working for the San Mateo County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO as the Political Director. I took the job seeking something, I'm not sure I exactly found. Either way, I found myself in the political arena just like I wanted. I worked for a couple months straight during the November Elections, helping to elect in local, state, and national candidates. I've gotten a broader perspective of the Labor Movement and the many different Unions, and because of it I think I've lost a smige of the idealism I once held. However, one of the more significant things I was able to do this year, was help elect in President-Elect Obama. The man who has given the American population and many nations HOPE, and the possibility of change in the future that we've lacked for so many years. The closing of 2008 and the opening of 2009 for the world will be significant for this reason alone.
The new job, also located me across the Bay and I now live by myself in San Mateo. I like my little one bedroom apartment, although I don't spend much time there. The only real complaint that I have is that my neighbor next door is a creepy, anal, ass hole. Either way it's become my little home.
The other two things on my list, one was sky diving and the other was law school applications. I went sky diving with my boys and it was a very freeing feeling, but with no adrenalin rush. I know it's weird to say, but it's true. However, we had fun together and it's something we'll always remember together. It was also a strong bonding point in our friendships.
Law school applications were finally turned in. However not as many as I had originally wanted because of the shitter the economy is now in and other factors. We'll see how the cookie crumbles in the upcoming months. But it did check off the last of my new year resolutions.
Ok so on to things I didn't expect.
You might have remembered me saying that I am never really home, there are two reasons for that. One would be work and the second reason would be Craig. Ahh yes, the girl who was never able to commit has finally found someone she didn't want to run away from. It's was very unexpected, but for the past 8 months and hopfully many more to come, he has made me a very happy woman. =) I'm excited to welcome in 2009 with him...
The BFF and I planned a trip to Brazil for Carnival this upcoming February. It started off with just the two of us and there's now 9 of us going. It's defenitly a plus for going into 2009! True, we should have done more planning and studying, but it's who we are, spontanious planners. I hiked Half Dome in Yosemite with Craig!! I believe it's a 14 or 16 mile hike and we did it in one day! It was friggin amazing! =) However, we couldn't walk for the next couple days. haha
And I have started learning to become a wine conasour courtesy of Craig =) We've had some awesome times out in the wine country. hehe
Anyways, 2008 was definitely a year of many changes for me, and I hope to continue to grow and I am excited to see what 2009 has in store.
Best Wishes in 2009 everyone!! |
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Is there really anything more that needs to be said?! Change for America, vote Obama! |
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I just wanted to wish everyone a happy, fun, and safe holidays!! =) |
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I talked to two of my old roomies yesterday and the day before, and now my two sussex buddies.. oh how i miss those wounderful people and times... *tear* |
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awww... school started today for them uci'ers... how i miss college... haha... and talking to some of my lovely friends down south makes me miss them like crazy and all those oh so good times we've had... *tear* college years really are the best years, i guess you don't really realize it until it's over though, so you people still in college enjoy them! hahah... Anyways, I just wanted to wish Hapa and SPA the best of luck this year! I hope your clubs prosper and that you both acomplish whatever your goals might be! On another note, I might be down in the OC at the end of Sept, so let's go play if I make it down!! =) i miss playing with everyone! hehe... Other then that nothing much going on up here, just been chillin with friends, looking for a job, visiting my baa-chan, and whatever else presents itself for me to do at the moment. haha... ok then, cheers mates! hope all is well...
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Sigh... so my friend brought up that it's been a year and one week since experiencing one of the best times of our lives... that's right Sussex Summer 05, no responsibilites, drunk every night, good friends, so many places to explore and so many adventures... it was one crazy summer... damn i miss u Sussex Uni people and crazy europeans! haha... *tear* oh the memories... my friends right is it too much to ask for to have a nice pint of guiness with good friends?! haha... And the other obvious thing I'm missing.. of course my Irvine friends and the OC! hahah... geez I miss u crazy kiddos! Who else wants to go over the edge and back all the time, and honestly just doesn't care what people think of us when we're u know "those people" .. haha... i miss my roomies, my hapas, my boys, my heffer, my lovely ladies, my kiddos, and everyone... and my apt.. hahah... living at home bites sometimes u know?! But yea, I guess I can see why so many people who go to school at UCI never end up leaving the area, I only know this because I meet these alumni on the plane when I used to fly to Sac all the time. haha... But yea talking to some of my favorite people tonight made me really sad that I can't just see them whenever I feel like it. =*( ... or go out to play with them... *sigh*... I guess one could easily say that the grass is always greener on the other side, which is why i'm so antsy to go back to these places.. but the thing is when I was there in those places I loved being there every moment... But more then anything it's the people there that make me want to go back to these places... Although I love seeing my friends here too, if only we could all be in one place... haha... But yea what an EMO entry WTF.. haha... so I shall end this emo'ness... eeee... haha... cheers mates!
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So I've decided to take a break from what seems like the never ending job search. I mean who would have thought it would be so hard to find a damn job, especially when they assure you that if you go to college it'll be easier for you to get a job and you'll be better off. But for now I beg to differ, it seems that the only jobs I can get are ones that don't need a degree!!! wtf mate?! ahh.. well, I guess I'm more or less panicking about this whole job search thing right now because my grandma keeps reminding me every few hours that I need one. haha... that and I'm begining to feel very unproductive, and have the urge to be on my own already. haha... But what I guess I really have to do is really decide what I want to do. I guess I've decided to stay in California instead of trecking it out to DC because of the current events I just want to be closer to may family. SO maybe in a few years. Then again I am hopping to be back in school in a few years to get a masters in Public policy. haha... but I guess I could go to DC for that. hmm... but yea, then I'm thinking maybe fuck going into politics all together, yea it's exciting, but at the same time so unstable. Therefore, I've been looking into Human Resources, where the problem would be I have no experience at all. haha... but, it will allow me to move back to So Cal. Yea, so that's a problem within itself too because I'm not sure if this has anything to do with my slight hesitation into going into the political world. But as a result, I've been applying to jobs in Sacramento and Orange County like crazy hoping that someone will hire me. haha...because geez I really need a job, this is getting to be depressing. I mean I've been out for almost two months already.. boo... but yea cross your fingers for me that I get a job sometime soon yea! haha... Ok and to wrap up this whinny entry, I'll ended it with another complaint... haha... graduating college sucks and trying to find a job you'll want to do for a while sucks even more. Why isn't there an awsome political or governmental relations job in Orange County that will pay you decent, that I'm qualified for, so that I can move back down south and be with my best buddies?! why?! haha... a girl can wish... toodles... |
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This past week has probably been one of the most emotional and hardest weeks of my life. Last Monday I got a call from my Grandma that my Grandpa had passed away. =*( And to make matters worse it was all over the media for the past week, but really who's business is it of theirs to keep putting all this shit in the newspaper and on tv, just make our loss more apparent and keeping throwing it in our face. SO FUCK THE MEDIA. Then of course it was all the planning and getting things arranged sucked, but of course needed to be done. You don't understand how much this weekend i've heard "you should do it, it's good for you" ... my dad and his brothers are way too much alike even if they don't want to admit it. haha... But yea, so I spent a lot of time with family, and true colors came out with certain people and at the moment I don't really give a fuck about them because honestly how selfish can you get and what's worse is not realizing it. And that's one of my biggest pet peeves, people who are so selfish yet don't realize it and think that there is nothing wrong with them or what they're doing. argh. But yea, spent a lot of time with Baa-chan and tried to keep her company because like everyone else in the family we're all hard asses who don't like to show emotions. haha... the thing about my family is that we're all really prideful, stubborn,hot headed, and hard headed. haha... I guess not the best qualities to always have but that's us. However, I did learn a lot of interesting history about my Jii-chan's side of the family and realized how much I don't know about him. But damn my Jii-chan was fucking awsome. Not only was he a WWII veteran who recieved 3 purple hearts, he organized the Modesto Throttlers the third oldest car club, was pretty much the all american dad who was his sons troop leader, in the dad's club, and was a race car drag racer, and deputy sheriff at the lake. Then the history of his family was just insane, apparently my Great Grandfather wasn't killed by a black man on the farm, but my jii-chan's oldest brother accidently shot him in the head when he was making wine with his friends and was really drunk, and didn't move back to japan because he didn't like america, but was disowned by the family and was exiled to canada. And then there was just other random drama and what not within the family, and apparently our swords weren't stolen by a random person but someone in the family. wtf. But yea I guess our family in Japan was pretty influnencial as well, we had samurai's in our family but we also owned a silk farm and had close ties with the emperor and were really well off and powerful. But yea our family crest I guess is still in Japan and no one here has seen it. But yea, it was a very stressful and emotional week to say the least. But I guess I'm happy for my Jii-chan because I know he's in a better place now and that he's probably a lot happier then he was here. It's just that I miss him so much... 
I love you Jii-chan...
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Sooo... my Aunt's sister in law told me that I would have to move out to DC in order to find a job in DC. Obvious enough, but that's a huge risk... I mean what if I move out there and don't find a job?! Yea, she said she'd give me leads and everything but I don't have experience on capital hill... and I'm not sure I'm ready to take such a huge risk... but then again I would have a mentor.. it's just that it's still a huge risk... Now it's the decision of state politics or federal politics... all these damn decisions, who woulda thought growing up would be so complicated. sigh. but yea... gotta think long and hard about this i guess... i mean this is my future ...
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so i was excited about the first day of work, but now it's more like what a fu*king long day... i mean then again i knew what i was getting into but i guess experiencing is more of a reality check... the question is can i last.. i guess once i get the hang of things i can do it... Other then that people seem cool at work. Anyways, I'll update later when I'm not so tired... night!
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Yes that's right dudes and duddetts, Trish has a job! haha... no longer the unemployed young professional, but now just a young professional!! Crazyness! I never thought that day would come when I would be working full time... In fact I'm working more then full time, I've signed my life away until after the november congressional elections... =$ ... minimal pay, long hours, but supposed experience of a life time... haha.... let's hope so! It's still so sureal to me. Funny how much I whine about leaving the OC and want to go back, yet I go find a job that's going to send me to another state for a few months, and all over the US. haha... But this is what I wanted, the opportunity to explore new places and try new things, and this is the perfect opportunity for me to live and experience the different places around the US like I had originally planned. It's time for me to pop that bubble that I've been living in here in California and see what else there is out there, sure it could end up making me very jaded by the end of it all, but I don't want to judge places before I've been there and this will allow me to experience the things I've heard.. so let it jade me, but at least I've experienced it first handed. SO part of me, is super excited about this opportunity, but part of me is still so unsure if this is the right choice and the righ decision.
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i remember so clearly last year that day... drinking at noon until 3am... lots of drinking, dancing on tables, singing on the national anthum, and hitting on the oh so hot bar tender Simon... haha... ahh... you would think we'd have kept it down since we were in England the country we declared independence from oh so many years ago.. but it was funny how much patriotism we all of a sudden had that day... This year was much more calm... i had dinner with my parents, and then went to my friends house to spend a relaxing evening watching the fireworks with my old high school friends! It was a great way to catch up with each other four years after we've graduated high school, crazy. But it's nice how independence day seems to bring people together as Americans... ahh.. god bless the USA... haha...
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It's weird... in a few days I'll be living at home home again. Yet a part of me just won't except it, so I feel as if I'm just going home for summer vacation and will be back in the fall for school, and I won't be leaving my friends here. Even my empty desk and empty draws don't slap me in the face telling me i'm really leaving. But the reality of it all is that on Sunday afternoon I'll be saying good-bye to the sunny OC and all the wounderful people I've met down here and returning to the place I once lived my whole life until four years ago. I guess it's not really good-bye though because I know I'll see many of you and I'll be visiting, but you know it's just not the same. And the weirdest part is not living at our apt anymore, I've lived here for three years, it'll be strange even coming to Irvine and not being able to come here. I'm really gonna miss you 1020. haha... and the funny thing is last night our neighbor come up and apologized for being so anal this year. Tobad my parents are coming tomorrow to help me move out because we wanted throw a fat party and she even said she wouldn't care. wow. haha... It's gonna be even more weird not having Michelle as my roomie, or my drop in roomies Kat & Alex. And not seeing the roomies Randie and Joe even though we never did have our roomie night, and we only lived with each other for three years!! haha... But yea, I'll miss mines and michelle's late night talks, and when Kat comes over more late night talks! haha.. or just going to the boys's place when we're bored and our long dinners we tend to have wherever we go. And of course I'll miss my hapas and the constant drinking I do not only with hapa but of course where that binge drinking all started from the boys. haha... ok to make this short i'm gonna miss everyone and everything here, i love you guys! And I thank you for all the memories and good times and friendships! I'll be down to visit often! =) Weird how from not really wanting to come here four years ago, I now don't want to leave here. =/
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CONGRATS CLASS OF 2006!!! UCI Alums now!!! Crazy! haha.. but yea offically done as of yesterday night and confirmed as a GRADUATE of UCI!!! now it's time to find a job... hmm... happy father's day too!!!
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The best things about being done with all my duties is that I don't have to be nice to people I don't care for anymore. Life is grand, and my homies right, no more bull shitting for me anymore, yea boi! =) And boy does it feel good... On another note, I'm really gonna miss my Leg. Affairs interns! Your mommy loves you guys! aww... I'm gonna miss my kids! And I'm gonna also miss most of my hapa kids too! Alan and Anthony you two were too cute last night! |
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dude... it's 10th week! crazy how fast these 10 weeks have flown by. Although Spring quarter does seem to just do that in general. haha... I must be honest though this quarter wasn't the least bit satisfying because I don't really feel, Ok this is going to sound nerdy, but academically acomplished because damn I didn't learn a thing! haha.. politically through extracurricualr activities I've actually done something I can be excited and happy about, but learning wise... ehh... I really should have choosen my classes based on what I want to take, tobad I had to just take classes to fullfill my minor. Damn the cuts on higher education giving me less choice in the classes I can take! damn u i say!!! haha... In other news, well not really news, but yea I have major senioritis! haha... For example, today after my classes and getting my cap and gown, instead of doing my papers early, I just watched tv and took a nap, and then went to watch the Omen for Chanda's bday. Although my original plan for the day was similar just minus the tv and 3hr nap because that was suppose to be paper time. haha... BUT at least I went to class today, and all of them! it's been a long time since that's happend. haha.. and you would really think that because next year I won't be going to class anymore I'd take advantage of the situation. But then again maybe I am, it's my last days of slacking off and doing whatever I want before I hit the "real world" and have to go to work. Alright though, I best get some rest because tomorrow I'll start working on those papers I've neglected, that and my cousin and ramon are "supposedly coming" this weekend, but we shall see... good luck to those who have finals this week!!!
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Thursday was Hapas banquet! Crazy that this year is finally over for my board and I! And what a year it was to say the least. But a lot was learned or I hope learned from the experience in gerneral. I just wanted to thank my board for everything this year, and I mean my whole board from the original one to the one at the end of the year, although I know we had our difficulties at times, we also had a lot of good times and memories made. Banquet was nice, I had it at Villa Nova, a cute little resturant in Newport. It was a nice way to end the year and especially with everyone dressed to impress! =P Just it was crazy to think that I've been President for a year because it sort of feels like things just got started. Although looking back now I see that this year was not so short at all. haha... I still feel as if welcome week was just yesterday... good luck to you next years board! 
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Today I applied for a couple more jobs because I've actually started to find jobs that I'm interested in. BUT, now it's time for the wait to see if I'm qualified for the jobs. haha... that sucks, but what can you do. BUT LET ME TELL YOU... job hunting is pretty tiring.. haha... I mean sure your not moving around when your applying for jobs online, but re-typing your cover letter and editing your resume to fit that job, is really tiring. hahah... or I'm just that lazy. Maybe the later. LoL. None the less cross your fingers and toes for me because I really need a job!! Yet,this job hunting thing has actually made me excited about graduation! I'm ready to take the bull by it's horns and take control. And hey worse comes to worse, the bull will stick his horns up my ass, but there's nothing I can do about it except get up and try again. haha... although my ass will probably be hurting like all get outs. On another note, watched X3 last night with the homies... and yea not as great as it was predicted. And that's all I'll say for those of you who haven't watched it. Anyways, I'll be back in the bay in a few hours, so gotta get my stuff ready. Hope everyone has a fun and safe memorial day holiday! Until next time, Cheers mates! |
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