My Sister, the Longhorn
She spent a great amount of time thinking about it, but my sister Eunice has finally decided to accept her admission into the University of Texas. From the looks of it, she’s taking it a lot better than I thought she would. She was even awarded with a $20,000 scholarship and she’s already talking about housing options. I can only imagine how happy mom is with all of this. Finally, both of her annoying children will be out of the house for good and she’ll be able to live in this “peace and quiet” she’s been babbling about for the past twenty years. Plus, she’ll be able to boast about how she’s the parent of both an Aggie and a Longhorn, because we all know how boastful Korean parents like to be.
I know that there’s still plenty of uncertainties lying around in that head of hers, but I know Eunice’s college experience will be a great one. Even as her evil Aggie brother, I’ll do my best to support her in every way that I can.
Dear Sister
To my dearest younger sister, sit down and please make sure that you’re ready to read this. It is rather lengthy.
Hello! This is your brother in College Station. I hope that you’re doing well. I’ve been stressed quite a bit these days with assignments and exams, but I’m trying my hardest to balance it out while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
So after talking with a friend, I noticed an interesting post that you made on your Facebook around a week ago about a short conversion that we had together along with mom:
My mom fucking laughed at me when i said I wan’ted to go to MCAD. She said I should just work at McDonalds. She said I’ll be wasting my time.
Oh, and guess what, my brother said it too.
My family is beyond horrible. No matter was decision I make about my life, their gonna have some shit to talk about it.
Wow! I have to say, that’s a nice little post you made. You managed to sway your friends completely to your side and they didn’t even give it a second thought. I’m glad that your friends love and support you, that’s a good thing. Now, just know that I’m not trying to dismiss any of them, but they’re just naturally taking your side and generically boosting your morale because they’re your friends. They don’t know me, so why should they take my side?
But honestly, one thing bothers me, specifically about some of the information that you hid. Oh you know, information such as the tiny little fact that you’re choosing to attend the Mineapolis Instudute of Art and Design over the University of Texas at Austin. I’m starting to become upset over this. Not because you made us look bad, but because no matter how hard mom and I try, we just can’t seem to make you come to the reality that you’re actually making a bad decision. We aren’t saying this because we don’t like MCAD, or because we’re not as “artistically inclined” as you are. We are saying this because based on our past experience, we don’t want you to make the same mistakes that we have. Unless you know any better beforehand, you won’t realize that you’re making a mistake until you actually make it, which is why we’re trying our hardest to make sure that you know better. Read more >>
That was Spring Break?
So this past week, I spent my Spring Break in Killeen. It went by so fast and it didn’t really feel like a break. Before the break started, the game plan was to focus primarily on work and schoolwork. Unfortunately, everything didn’t seem to go as planned. At the same time, a few upsets were thrown into the mix. Let’s sum it all up.
The Good
Being able to see old Killeen buddies throughout the week was probably the best thing about my break. I’m glad that I was able to catch up with people like Raymond and Matt, who stay in San Antonio and Houston respectively. Not only them, but also Jasmin, Green, Ana, Dustin, Thomas, Devo, Krystle, co-workers, and the Killeen Town Brawlers crew. It was great to see all of them again. Since my life seems to revolve around friends at College Station these days, seeing all of them was like taking a small peek into a time capsule. It’s also great to be around my mother as well as my sister Eunice. I’m not a confident Korean speaker, but I tend to speak more Korean when I’m around my mother these days. She constantly spends her time studying English pronunciation, I should at least do the same for her native language. Throughout the past few summers, I’ve tried to commit time to become fluent in Korean and failed every single time. I want to try and make it work this summer. Being close to mom makes me want to try to become more fluent in Korean by Fall 2011.
I also worked close to 40 hours at Geek Squad during the break. The workload was really insane and it looked like they could really use the help. I’m just glad that I was there to do so. Managers constantly kept thanking me for helping the store, but should they really be? I’m a full-time college student who is able to focus all of my time on studies without having to work. At any period of time, I am able to return home and work as if I had never left. And it’s not even a bad job either. I repair computers and make a decent wage. How many students even have that kind of power and flexibility? Not many. The managers shouldn’t be thanking me, I should be thanking them. My employment with the Killeen Best Buy alone is enough to be thankful for. It really helped make a difference while living in College Station, and I don’t even need to work for their location either.
Visually Reviewing 2010
2010 will be coming to an end soon. It’s been such a great year filled with memories and milestones, and it’s a year that I certainly won’t be forgetting anytime soon. These are a collection of my memories, events, and experiences from this past year. There is one photo for each of the past eleven months and they work together to create an abstract representation of my life throughout the 2010 timeline. Enjoy.
Origami Killer
Hello again. As always, I hope that everybody is doing well. The weather has been humid and ugly all day today. Here’s a quick photo that I wanted to share. It’s an origami figure that Eunice created for me. The figure is based off of a dramatic thriller-type video game called Heavy Rain. For the past two nights, Anthony, Matt, Raymond, Thomas, and I have been playing this game nonstop until we beat it. The game is really incredible and kept all of us on the edge of our seats through the entire game. It’s a really fun and suspenseful game that gets everybody indirectly involved. The storyline is truly an incredible experience and will keep you thinking for days to come. If you have the chance to play this game, then you really should, especially with friends!!
So anyways, I finally finished my application for Texas A&M University. It took weeks for me to finish it and I’m glad that I nailed it before the deadline. I also applied to University of Texas San Antonio, kind of as a fall back plan just incase things don’t work thing. It’s crazy that it took weeks for me to apply to A&M, but only minutes to apply for UTSA. I did not apply to University of Texas at Austin because I missed the deadline (or laziness) or Texas State University because it did not offer what I needed. Well nonetheless, I’m glad that I finally have all of my college applications all squared away and I don’t have to worry about them any longer. The only thing left for me to do cross my fingers and pray that I make it, here’s to hoping! :)
Please stay happy and healthy everybody! I’m going crazy. I’ll see you soon..