12 Hr. Power Outage in Hawaii

2008/12/27 18:22 / Daily Life

Approximately 6:45 PM in Hawaii, Oahu had lost its power according to the spokesman of Hawaiian Electric Co. However, it wasn't till two hours later when the entire islands of Oahu has lost its power due to outage in the generators also. In reference to many of the Informational Websites, power outage had left outage in island's population of 900,000 people and thousands of tourists including vacationing President-elect Barack Obama.

By 6 o'clock in the morning,about 113,000 customer's power has been retored, mostly on the west side of the island. However, it's not till later the remaining of the island's population will gain back their power.

Gov. Linda Lingle has said that the utility will be taking one of the generator to Obama, elected-president's rented beach house, but was informed that he has had already 3 generators in position.

The outage seem to be caused by the thunderstorm little after sun has set, but thunderstorm soon calmed, leaving the island under dark.

As for me, I was in Ala Moana Shopping Center working on my part-time job. Around 7 O'clock we had our power out, leaving most of our customers under ruckus. By 7:45, we had most of our customers leave after their manual check outs and our managements had finally decided to close down the place. By 8 o'clock the employees were informed that we are able to leave after cleaning up some of the mess. Although it was a unconvinient experience, it's one of the 'happenings' that it seems to me as I can share with my co-workers.

Currently, I'm at post by my cell phone since the restaurant has still not gained back its power and I was informed that it's not till later on that we will be opening up again.

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    By 8:30 am, Hawaiian Electric has restored over half of Oahu. approximately at 179,000 of their 295,000 customers.

    We seem to pay one of the most highest pays in electricity bills yet seems as if we also have most unreliable electrical grid in the nation. It is understandable that we are not connected to rest of the nation-wide grid, meaning no back-up system. However, a grid more resilient to minor problems would be very nice..

  3. Jaecie 2008/12/28 00:22  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    Yea I lost power around 7:30ish and I was watching a Japanese Drama on the computer and all of a sudden my screen went dark. Good thing I was using a laptop and the whole episode was loaded already lol. It was pitch black and it was so funny because 30min after everything went dark some people started to play a bunch of fireworks ^^. Since there was nothing much to do I ended up playing my DS for a bit and then went to bed kinda early. I tried to read a book but holding a flashlight while reading got annoying. I saw a lot of lightning but I did not hear thunder.
    I was wondering if any malls and such went out because I know Pearlridge has a backup generator and so I was assuming that Ala Moana had one too. However, it seems as if even those were not working and everything really did completely black out. There was a Zippy's that still had power tho and my friend said that it was really busy over there. Well it is good that you were able to make it home safely. And lol you were updating this from your phone I probably would have done the same thing cept I don't know if I can use my phone to update xanga. If I had the iphone I could but I only have the itouch and that requires actual internet.

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      actually i didn use my phone to update a blog. i woke up early in the morning. exactly an hour after the power has come back, i was up online on my computer hoping to keep everyone updated in the time being. well i headed to work this morning and well, the water was still not running at islands, which delayed our openings. So the restaurant later opened up at 4 pm. the company must've lost lots of money.

20th Christmas in my life

2008/12/25 13:55 / Daily Life

Today is the 20th Christmas in my life. This may not be as important in one point, but in the other hand, it's 2 decades of history. Looking back at last 19 to 20 years of my life or at least up to the point where I could recall, it really had been a long journey for me. From an early childhood to teen-days and now into the entrance of twenties, I can't even point out when my major change was throughout my life.

As I see the end of 08' close by, if there's anything that I made up my minds on, it's probably how to take care of myself. For last several years of my life, I lived with regrets thinking pondering my course of life. As immature as I was, perhaps all I wanted to do was to stay as a teen or even as a child all my life. However, with a realization as with my maturization, I came up with my new year's resolution.

It would perhaps be to take care of myself. That in fact, to take a full control of myself. I've been putting aside of things that I did not favor and wasted last 20 years of my life. So it would really be helpful if I could at least take control of managing the time and the effor that I put in things whether it's on the studies or working or even on exercises.

There are lots of things that I have in mind, but it seems like I'm having a little trouble with organizing thoughts at late night. Perhaps this is a good time to close.

As for my next entry, we'll hope that it's well organized entry rather than a rant/blunt.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

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    Np bout everything. And yea you will probably do better next semester. The first year is usually kinda hard for freshies cuz everything is new so you have to adjust.

    Your new year's resolution is a good one and I am glad our gonna try and stick to it. Everyone on the inside wishes to remain a child even if they wont admit it because it was a time in your life when you could be so carefree about things. But yes we do have to grow up and be responsible for our actions. However, we should still keep a little of our child like personality with us because that is what keeps life enjoyable and fun ^^.

    Anyways I hope your Christmas was a good one and that you got some things that you wanted. Soon I am gonna be leaving for my trip and the days seem to be getting shorter. I guess I better get as much fun out of the trip as I can cuz when I come back it is time for school and I am gonna have to start workin too lol ^^;

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      i hope you make the best out of this trip and have fun while spending your time there. And since we have our classes together whether you have gotten in the japanese class or not, I will hope to see you soon.. or eventually. :] thanx for the comments btw :)

2009 Spring Semester Registration

2008/12/11 01:01 / Daily Life

So, today was the registration for 2009 Spring Semester for us, freshmens. I got the very last time which was 2pm of 2008, December 10th. Although i panicked and freaked out a bit, I am glad I was able to get all the classes that I planned to sign up for.

It was right after the last class of Japanese, so I hurried my brother to take me home to my laptop where I could register. As soon as i got to my computer, I soon found out that my computer was trying to work on its windows update. So w/o a choice, i ran downstairs onto my brother's computer. There were couple of episodes where i pressed on a different link and could have missed the time of registration. But I was able to get back to the add course screen by 1:59. So after plugging in all my classes, i pressed a button, but since there were all the other freshmens trying to sign up for classes, there were huge lags that was caused by heavy burden on the UH servers. So after about 20 minutes which was around 2:20-ish, i was able to find my next semester schedules up online.

So this next semester, I applied for 15 credits. And the classes consists of Chemistry 161, Chemistry 161 Lab, Japanese 102, Math 421, and Hawaiian Studies. Chemistry, Japanese and Math, they all have 4 credits respectively and Hawaiian studies w/ 3 credits. I'm hoping that this isn't a too much of a burden for me as i'm still a freshmen getting to know the whole college system and whatnot.

Hopefully my schedule wouldn't interfere with my working schedule, so i need to look out for that in the future sign ups. I hear lots of fellow students not getting their classes, but I can ensure you that there still are possibilities that you guys can override into the class as long as you get a contact with the professors and show up on the first day of the class in session. Tell professor that you would like to apply or override into the class, and they will tell you guys the next step to take.

Now that my classes are settled, i'm looking forward for my student career development advising. After taking survey, it pretty much tells you what your strength is and possible career or major. For full time students, it has the minimum pay of 20 dollars and i highly recommend to those who have not yet decided on their major or trying to find something else that you are more interested in.

So this is all for my entry :] good luck with you all on your finals.

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  2. Jaecie 2008/12/15 03:28  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    Yea just tell me when you decide what to do with the site I would love to see it! ^^

    Anyways I am glad that everything worked out and that you were able to get the classes that you wanted. I wish I could have gotten all the ones that I wanted -_-;. I would like to override but it was more a time conflict then a no more seats left thing. But so next year we have hawaiian studies together ^^. It is gonna be a long walk to the building. At least we can keep each other company on the journey lol. I think for you the only thing your gonna have to worry about is Chemistry and Math. Well actually your good in math you just have to get up for class :P.

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      i just found out that i did pretty bad on my final exams. so hopefully next semester will be much better. thanks for all the encouragements and also keepin up w/ me ^^

Final weeks through college

2008/12/03 19:06 / Daily Life

It's already been through a whole semester of college. Whether I have done well or not, it has come to the final week. Oh noes; the Finals. The classes that i thought would've been a cruise class, didn't really end up being the class of my thought and became ones that i struggle in.

Like in psychology, although it is pretty interesting, and easy to get through, i've noticed that once you fall behind, it'ss really hard to catch up. Chapters maybe a bit long, but as long as you follow up with daily readings, I believe it's much do-able. It's because of this class of which i could've finished and concentrate more on other classes, is holding me back at the moment.

Math. I highly recommend going to lecture classes. Although at first, everything seem a bit easy and not worth awhile, never judge too early. Through whole 4 mid-term exams, I was managed to do well on the first two. However, after not studying and being unattentive through 2nd half of the semester, failed to manage to get higher than a C - D grade. Uh-oh.. Hopefully it is still manageable to bring up my semester grade through Final Testings.

Japanese. Thanks to my teacher, it has been a pretty cruise class. Although i still haven't gotten down -Te and -Ta forms and such, her grading systems are awesome. I have oral/oral final/final exams coming up. This should be pretty interesting if not a cruise. Therefore, i'll continue to be in next following levels of japanese classes.

English. I haven't really gotten A's in any of my essays or assignments, but i would say her grading systems are pretty easy. Well if you are one of those people who are just dying to get an A, it may be a little bit harsh, but if you can settle for a B or anything lower than that, it's pretty awesome i should say. She jokes alot in class, so i think it was not too bad of a class to be in.

Overall, like any other classes, if you do your daily studyings, it's going to be a pretty cruise classes and if not, a failure on your forehead. Now it's time for me to go to school :] and.. also come up with schedules for the next semester. see you through my next entry!


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    For Psychology I had the same problem >< I figured that it wasn't gonna be too hard and that I could finish it fast but I ended up putting it off constantly. I am sure you are gonna pass it tho so don't worry d(-.^) And yea our Japanese teacher was really cool. I learned so much better from her than I did in my 3 years of trying to learn it from my teacher in high school. And having a 2 hour break before the class did help so I could study for the quizes lol. If you need help with te and ta form I can help you because I pretty much understand it, just ask me ok ^^. I thought it was really cool tho that are schedules were practically the same. Hanging out everyday was awesome and lots of fun ^^. Although you were evil a lot o(>.<o). Haha but I am gonna miss the hanging out. So we definately have to get the same Japanese class again next semester ok!

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      so my psychology, now i'm on my last chapter.. or 2nd to last.. idk.. although our last chapter was supposed to be around 17, i missed a class in the beginning of my classes, so i would have to pass chapter 5 also.. but i'm close.. so i am not worrying too much about it ^-^.. hopefully i would be able to pass by tomorrow.. or within this week.. :]

First Crush

2008/10/30 12:23 / Daily Life

One late night, I came across reading one of my ol' best buddy's blog which dealt with his first crush. A really long blog entry that just kept me reading. Although I knew it was time for be to hit the hay, I was still up on by the computer, thinking about MY* first crush. I gave it a thought, up to the point where time went beyond when I had been thinking was the first time I had a first crush. More likely, a first love. Because it was at an age where you don't quite remember what really happened and not know for sure if that was the feeling that you had, I still felt a bit confused.

Everyone that I know, remembers and thinks that I had my very first crush during middle school if not in elementary when I first moved to Hawaii. But there's a little history to where I left off. I should say, a time when no one here knows what I've been through and been doing. Because it was such a long time ago, I too don't remember much.

It all took place in Korea. When I just started elementary school. I predict it to be around the year 1994-5. I met a girl who lived not too far away from where I lived. She was a cute little girl who had a smile of an angel (Maybe this is why I started to like girls with nice smiles; I mean who wouldn't). I recall being a normal kid who wasn't as smart nor as athletic at the time. As few girls might have liked me, I wasn't much interested in girls either. As I spent same old normal days through elementary, I met her through group of friends and somehow, we both started to share this common feeling for one another. Everytime i needed to be in a group, i was in with her and wasn't afraid to be teased that I was grouped with a girl.

Whether you believe it or not, the first girl i liked, liked me back. It's really hard to have that all worked out. However, because as shy as I've been all my life, I wasn't able to ask her out, and we never really had a chance to be a couple (but most of the class noticed that we liked each other).

There was also this time when I didn't do my homework and the teacher was punishing us. I am not sure whether our teacher was trying to punish me and my fellow slackers or the girls, but after she's stick a piece of tape onto our faces, she made the chosen girls to take the tapes off of us with their lips. I really had nothing to lose (and thought i should do this more often). But was it a faith? the girl of my first crush was the chosen girl for me. As others screamed in pain of having their tapes taken off of their face by the girls whom i thought was "eww", I stood there with a tiny smile. The girl's small lips came onto my face. As her lips touched my cheeks, i thought a volt of electricity went through my entire body. She missed a couple time (although i'm not sure if that was such a hard thing to do). After her second try, she finally got the tape off and we were both sent back to our assigned seats. With a smile on my face, I spent the rest of the day in a good mood.

However, our time together didn't last very long. After a Good year or two, my parents had decided to immigrate to US. To Hawaii to be exact. As a little kid who thought he was going on a small trip, wasn't able to say good-bye to his first crush, first love. And time passed on. fourth grade, fifth grade... I did meet lots of other girls here and learned the language that i never spoke before and the memory of her slowly faded.

On the year of 2002, my entire family took a trip back to Korea. It was amazing how my mother was still in contact with all the parents of my old friends. And we all met up again. As little more grown up. And there she was. The girl who taught me the feeling of butterflies in stomach. But, things didn't go too well with our relationship. As time has made everything awkward, i wasn't able to talk to her much. I was even too shy to ask her how she was. Just like that, a month in Korea passed by and I left my home country once more.

Then, the memory of her faded again under time...

elementary, intermediate, high school. Even through these 3 stages in my life, I buried her under my heart and never brought her up. And now in college, as a 19 year old grown up mature adult, I dare myself to bring her up in my head...

As she is my very first crush... my very first love...

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    This entry is so cute ^^ I can tell you had a lot of feelings for this girl. I told you that you have a nice side to you. If you were always an evil person you would not be able to have these kinds of feelings nor express it in the manner you have :P And so she will go on the list of the few ppl who have seen your really nice side haha even tho it was when you were young. Especially since you said that you were too shy to ask her things I am sure you were not spending those few moments constantly insulting her lol. I am sure if you just were yourself around her and not try to cover yourself up to look "cool" you could have found many things to talk about ^^; Sometimes you just have to take a deep breath clear your mind and go with the flow. Anyways sorry for the long comment. I have been meaning to comment on this one... well actually all your blogs soooo expect more comments soon and I will be expecting more blogs haha.

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      heh, although this was somewhat unexpected, i really like your comments ^^ thank you. well i guess that's just how all first crushes are, you jus feel shy and nervous just by seeing that person and feel the butterflies in your stomach :].. well i don't think i've ever tried to look or act "cool" in front of ppl just to impress them ^^. I guess it's good that i always try to be myself and maybe time to time.. be able to just be chilled :]

Interest in Computer Application

2008/10/20 09:45 / Daily Life

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With an interest to Web Applications & programming, over last couple of weeks, i had looked into C++ and VB codes and often found great codes that i could be using one day. However, was my passion too weak? i could not go beyond scrapping codes. I needed inspiration. Only thing i could possibly do, other than scrapping was probably making websites. A website that could continuously remind me what i was trying to do. So i did...

Above image is one of the sites i made. Guruin. Guru means an intellectual or spiritual guide or leader. Also, any person who counsels or advises; mentor or a leader in a particular field. With various of codes that this site can provide to future programmers, Guruin was opened.

http://guruin.com

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This is the new banner which was designed during my Math Lecture class in UHM. One morning, an idea popped up on my head. What if i jus simply connected the letters into one word without the spaces in between? and so i did. :] it worked better than i had imagined. Although the 1st and 2nd U's were embedded in between letters, it actually looked pretty good. but it was still somewhat empty. So i added in a huge [dot] and [com] :]. And taha~.

I will continuously update the codes that i come across and i hope it will help not only for me, but others who are interested in this field as well. If you are really interest in something and can't really afford to get a tutor or cram places where you could learn these techniques or skills, i recommend you try to learn it on your own through internet :]. it jus may worth your time :]


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  2. Jenn :D 2008/10/23 03:44  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    wow this site is so nice ^^ but since.. it's all in korean.. and i don't know really understand what the site is actually for.. lol.. then.. >.<.. lol :D but it's still good that you are still making websites like you did before ^^ i still want to be able to make.. like.. how your top part of your website is.. like.. some kind of drawing paint thingy.. with brushes and stuffies.. but it's so hard.. and i don't have the greatest imagination to come up with putting stuffies into it.. haha.. >.<

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      haha thanks ^-^.. its been awhile since i made something the last time.. and i should say i haven't had much time to myself to be able to make anything.. but since its more of a cruise after the midterms and everything.. i think i have more of a free time for little hobbies. well if you keep practicing and start from the very beginning, you'd be able to make things too :]. just like how you are managing on your myspace layouts and such :] keep up the good work!

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    Lol I am glad you like me leaving comments on all of your blogs. It is my mission to do every blog eventually ^^. Anyways I remember you telling me about this site. So I went to go try and visit it again but I came to find out that the site is not working no more. Did ya shut it down or something? I mean I can't read the site but I am sure it was helpful to people. It looked really nice lol. I was thinkin about finding a page translator to see if it would work or not ^^;. Hm... you should try and make your xanga look really unique or something since xanga was always easy to toy with. When you have the time tho. Don't stay up till 5am doing it you dork!

    • ShaiZer 2008/12/11 01:09  Modify/Delete  Address

      yeh actually now im just thinking of something to make, and probably will be using this domain just for profit use. I'll let you know though the next time i make something.. ^^;

Being sick

2008/10/03 08:50 / Daily Life

For the last couple days, I've been sick and I still am. It first came down to me with a sore throat. Not expecting much or for it to last, I tried to sleep it off after havin one 'emergencies', the powdery substance that disolves in water. The next day, came with pain in the throat. The dry throat kept me bothered for the entire day up until i had taken pills. Then i fell asleep again. once i woke up, i felt a bit better. the throat pain was gone, but was still a bit dizzy.

To shake it all off, i went off to the YMCA with my brother. Worked out for a good two hours and came home. Thought it'd be over by then. But, it was still far off from being done. I started having trouble with my nose. it came to where i couldn't breathe through my nose anymore. after taking pills, i fell onto the bed.

The next day. still no sign for this to be over with. i'm still sick.. and noticing that i'd losen up with blogging, i came to randomly rant out and cover up the days i've been missin out for..

and tomorrow i'm back tew working.. hope this is all over by then. until next time.. see y'all

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  2. Jenn :D 2008/10/05 07:58  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    feeeeeeeeeeeel betterrrrr ^^

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    Hm... I think I remember you bein sick. You seemed really out of it thats why. I hate those kinds of colds tho. Where you go to sleep expecting to wake up better the next day but instead you end up with another problem to deal with. Well since this a late entry I can't really tell you I hope you feel better but yea haha. And as for your last comment about me not coming across those things till you actually become a dad, ya never know. One day you might be in a super good mood and want to be really nice or something... Haha! Idk if thats how it actually is gonna go but I wont give up on seeing it! d(-.^)

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      heh.. yeh i don't like being sick.. thats why i keep working out to make sure im fit so my body doesn't get weak. and um.. good luck with that.. you know it won't happen.. as long as i have in mind that you are expecting me to be nice to you. :)

First week through University

2008/08/28 10:34 / Daily Life

Here we go again, with the most randomest blog entries that I can ever think of. So this time, its about my new school :] University of Hawaii @ Manoa Campus. I often call it 'Harvard of Hawaii' just to make myself feel better for the fact that this is the only place I applied [how stupid].

Well, so! let's start up this blog! :]. Alright.. so I'm an Electrical Engineering Major, and planning on Japanese Minor. As I've written in my earlier blog entry, [http://blog.netwy.net/tc/entry/University-of-Hawaii-NSO-New-Student-Orientation] I'm not that interested in my major (did I even write this?). As far as I know, electrical engineering is one of the hardest major in ALL UNIVERSITIES. And guess what :]?! I was a fool to be the one to take it ^-^. Smart? or not so smart.

Then, it goes to my minor :], Japanese. It sure sounds good. I mean, isn't it? Being able to speak other languages and hopefully next time you visit that country, you don't have to be depended on either your friends or your guide! But guess what? My professor can't speak english. This is "THE SHITTIEST FEELING" that I've gotten this entire year. As I was hoping that I wouldn't regret my choice, I had already hit the ground on my very first day in UH(University of Hawaii).

Let's not forget about Math class. It's in a BIG lecture room with a huge black boards and 2 projector screens :] how sweet! even better, with a professor who looks like a turtle :]. I just had to take five in order to ROFL at myself for not being able to make into Calculus (and having to be stuck with him). My assistant teacher wasn't so bad though. He was kind of like DR. IDA, (former math teacher) but with more hair and little confusion with his sexuality. Other than that, he was great.

OMG! Psychology. One of the classes that I was eager to take! :]. However, I came to realize that our classes are cancelled until our 3rd week. I learned it the hard ways though. I sat in an empty class with fellow students who were lost with me. For about 10 minutes, we sat there and talked, waiting for our teacher. And whether it's a He or She, didn't show up. As impatient as I could be, I was the first one to walk out of that class (didn't have anyone that I was interested in :]).

Well, these are all my classes with short details for each :]. I'm still trying to get used to this whole university thing, but as far as I've been through, there's really no difference with high school. College just have more time to manage, and I guess one needs to be able to learn how to keep it organized. And until we are notified of Midterms and Finals, we are pretty much free-souls :]. I will continue to write whatever comes on the way and keep you guys informed.

ROCK ON KIDS! :]

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  2. Jenn :D 2008/09/03 08:33  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    all your classes are just lectures the whole time T.T.. i am studying very hard in my japanese right now though :D i am hoping that i can do super well by the end of next year.. ^^ hopefully.. things more exciting in college will happen ^^

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      well.. they aren't too bad though ^^ to be honest. its good to hear that you are tryiing hard.. which i should be doing also ^-^.. maybe i'll learn something and continue w/ japanese as my minor :].. thanx~

  3. ray 2008/09/03 19:54  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    yay for college life! hehe...ah classes, i don't like classes. but you're right about being excited for psychology! i'm taking it this semester (so you can help me too!) and it's been pretty interesting so far. i like it. :-) but good luck with all, and i'll be sure to read your blog more often!

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      haha thanx for dropping by ray. um.. lets see.. well its been like my 2nd week? or 3rd? of my college life.. and there hasn't really been anything that had gotten my attention. well my psychology class is the one where i study on my own and just meet up once a week just to take tests for what i studied.. so i should be doing fine as long as i don't fall behind :]. you too, good luck with college :]

  4. Jaecie 2008/11/21 06:42  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    Haha UH is also the only placed I applied for ^^;; My first week of college was a bit odd I must say. I felt a bit lost heh -_-;; But yea when I first met sensei I thought she couldn't really speak English. I was like oh no how am I gonna explain to her that I want to enroll in this class ^^; I am glad I was able to work everything out tho. I got to meet you fun ppl haha. I remember that first week or so when we were doing the business card thing I think I was partners with you and your brother at that one time we were standing and using our name cards for the business cards. Lol I think I remember I was acting kinda weird ^^; But who knew that one day this random Korean would come and sit next to me in the library and invade my bag and ask me for the hw. Haha and then the evilness started. :P
    And lol yea I went to the first day of my psychology class too. Haha that jus shows that noone reads their emails :P Well your on CH 10 now omedeto! Just 8 more to go ^^; Don't worry you can make it.
    Well this school semester is almost done and I am commenting on a blog that talks about the begining haha. I can't wait till vacation but then that means no more Japanese class :( So we have to get the same class again next semester too ok! Haha this comment is kinda long... It could be it's own blog ^^;

    • ShaiZer 2008/11/25 11:20  Modify/Delete  Address

      mm.. well lots of things to worry about.. like finals that's coming about and exams and tests.. shouldn't be wasting my time, but i just can't focus onto my priorities. it kind of worries me how things are going to work out. hopefully for the best.

      thank you for the long comments also.

Clubbing Experience

2008/08/19 07:32 / Daily Life

Alright, as you can see from the title, this is a blog that has to do with my very first personal clubbing experience. This may be the very first time, and probably not the last of it. On the 16th of August, 2008, for  the very first time of my life, I went to the club, Xylohs. And so, This is how it all went.

It was around 11:00 PM when everyone decided to meet up at one of our friend, Dylan's house. As Dylan, Dari and Adrian had picked me up and got to Dylan's, we were able to recognize a few familiar faces. A few of our friends had already arrived before we got there. Soon, the rest of the people arrived. It ended up as that Dylan's house was packed with our '08 class of Kalani graduates. As I remember, there were about 20 peoples filling his house and this was without Scott and his Mckinley friends such as Angelica, Keith and Saori. Soon, it was time to go. After few minutes of chatting and preparing, we let majority of the people to leave. And once more, it was just Adrian, Dylan, Dari and me. We had decided to take couple shots prior to our arrival and this was to save money from alcohol purchases at the bar and to reduce the awkwardness while spending our time there. My body had still rejected alcohol from prior days at Dylan's, but I was still able to take couple shots with Pog, some mixture of fruit juice. Then, we were on our way to Xylohs.

As we arrived, we were checked of our ID's by Securities. Then as we followed a line of people, there were these 2 people on the counter who were checking a list. I recall that if your name wasn't on the list, you were not allowed to enter. Thanks to Dylan and maybe from others' hook up, I was able to enter and we were able to reunite with the people who were at Dylan's earlier that night and Scott with his Mckinley crew. We shared handshakes and hugs as greeting. I personally thought this place was going to be lot bigger, but unfortunately, it wasn't. And as small as Islands of Hawaii gets, I met people from my elementary and middle school and also people that I work with, Such as Kainoa, and Tam.

Fastly, to be honest, I was getting bored with the place. Adrian, noticing my trains of thoughts, took me to the counter and bought me a glass of beer. I thanked him with a cheer. However, this didn't really get me anywhere. Since I do not dance, I was often standing still and have couple conversation with people I've met. Dari and few others tried to convince me that it was waste of time to stand still while being at the club. I agreed in my head, but my body was no longer under my control. It refused to move. Dylan, again, took a step for me and pushed me into the dance floor [which was packed with weird people, so I thought]. As awkward as it could be, Dari kept me company while I was there. Not knowing what to do, I took a quick view of others and mimicked what I saw. Unfortunately, my head was still telling me, "failed".

The night soon ended. When we got out of the club, it was little over 2 or 3. As we were about to leave, we received a call from Keith, informing us that his car was towed. Thus, he joined with the rest of us [Adrian, Dari, Dylan, Scott, and Me] on our ways to Zippy's. And there, we had our early breakfast. Dari who didn't feel very well at the time, fell on the bed straight after we got to Dylan's. We all slept over at his house and our day was over. I found myself to be the first one to be up on the morning. And I left the house, as they did not notice me leaving.

This is the last of my memory of the clubbing and the last day of hang out with Scott. I can not deny that this experience was somewhat exciting, but mostly awkward too.


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  2. Jenn :D 2008/08/19 08:04  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    wow.. i haven't put a comment on your blog in a really long time.. and hardly talking in person or voice.. or online at all too :[.. just worried that if i talk to you.. you will busy with school already.. like the placement exams that you were telling me about.. and how you have to work a lot longer until you go back to school.. so.. i am just hoping that you are still doing goood.. like the moood that you were in when you sort of ran.. and walked with me and laughed about stuffies.. unless if... i just thought it was funny.. and you were laughing at me lol -___-.. but reading this.. it seems like you have officially become a college student :D i dunno if that's a good.. or bad thing.. but a lot of new things are slowly happening.. like.. how you say a lot now that you are meeting a lot of new people.. and a lot of your old friends from before too that you haven't seen in a long time.. ^^ i don't know how much different i am becoming.. hopefully nothing much has changed for me :[ but.. i can imagine you not dancing.. especially at a club lol :D but when i was reading all of this.. i started remembering about the things that you told me that you experienced this past summer too.. like.. that 'moment' that you had.. and other stuffies ^^.. all of that sounded so fun to do though :D maybe not for the drinking part yet.. and the dancing part.. but everything else lol ^^ i am glad that you are having a good time though ^^

    • ShaiZer 2008/08/19 11:31  Modify/Delete  Address

      thanks jenn :] i'm suprised that you still come around and read my stuffies and also read comments on them :] i'm touched >w< haha.. ^--^.. well school starts on 25th and i'm done w/ signing up for classes and such although i have another chemistry placement exam on the 20th! omg. haha.. um and yeh.. dancing part.. its like another new experience for me.. lol i probably felt super awkward about the whole environment.. and i met my co-workers there too!! omg.. haha i'm working with him tomorrow.. haha pretty nuts!! :] umm.. i'll talk to you next time i see you :] mkay? and lets see.. i wonder if i can still make it to kalani this wed. :] u guys still have practices? :] i'll try to make it mkay? :]

  3. Jenn :D 2008/08/21 05:54  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    awww you didn't come :[ well school starts soon for you already.. so i wouldn't think that you would want to spend your free time running lol >.<.. how exciting.. i bet you did well on your chemistry placement exam too :D i failed my test so.. i had to take re-take today :[.. lol :D but if not.. hopefully i'll see you sooon then ^^

    • ShaiZer 2008/08/21 07:49  Modify/Delete  Address

      yeh.. i had to go buy textbooks for school and take chemistry placement. sigh.. school's going to start already!! oh noes T.T . well i probably won't be able to come as often.. or maybe at all.. but i'll always try to ^--^. and yeh actually i got 16/25 on the placement. so i just made it :] borderline ^^ haha.. i guess i'll see you soon too then :]

  4. Kam 2008/08/22 12:49  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    Hey! lol sounds like it was an ok night! lol

    well take kare!

    -Kam

    • ShaiZer 2008/08/23 06:22  Modify/Delete  Address

      i guess i got to admit that it wasn't as bad as i thought it'd be ^--^.. but i don't think i can say i was fully satisfied w/ the whole environment ^^. maybe because it was the last day to hang out for some of us like scott and knowing that we jus had to try our best to make it the bestest time.

      anyways thanks for dropping by kameron. :]

  5. Ray 2008/08/28 02:48  Modify/Delete  Reply  Address

    hey ji soo! wow, what an experience. but at least you went to Xylohs and not some other place like Venus..-_- haven't been to Xylohs yet, but i heard it was one of the better clubs. :-) but yes! we should go clubbing when i get back during winter. with adrian or something! hehe. alright, take care now!

    • ShaiZer 2008/08/28 09:26  Modify/Delete  Address

      oh wats awp Ray :] haha yeh it was quite an experience :] i had heard of venus. why what is that place like? :] lol idk about better clubs.. how different can they be ^^ u know. haha jus call me awp whenever you get back and i guess we shall hang out whenevers :]

University of Hawaii : NSO [New Student Orientation]

2008/08/02 00:09 / Daily Life

On the 31st of July, 2008, I visited University of Hawaii @ Manoa, Campus Center. Expecting lots to learn, I woke up early in the morning and arrived at the Campus by 7:30 Am. When I got there, there seem to be a tent where all new students were to check in and receive our name tags as with who we have as our NSO leader. My leader was Chun. Right before our Orientation, I met my friends from middle school and high school, but only with a short greeting, we were separa