uniformity is undesirable.

imperfections allow room for growth.

so said Kenko and apparently ancient Chinese philosophers
Too often, I set a mental to-do list that I never get around to complete it all.

Right now, I want to beat my brain up for never finishing my old to-do list....
why didn't I do this,
why didn't I do that.
Then.
I could have.
done this.
did that.

but there will always be imperfections.
if i had done all that, I would most likely see another problem to work on.

The best way to deal with it all is see that I am always making progress.
I'm always getting better.

THINK POSITIVE!!!!! RAGH.

snow blankets Seattle!

why would you ever go in the water!?

I saw a lady taking a photo of this fountain,
so I decided to take a photo too.
then I realized, what is in the fountain is not snow.. but foam! why?!

I used to sit here to eat my lunch during summer...!

I love this photo above!

brrrrrd

at least I know I can walk to work still! :)

Photos of Summer 2008
Tacoma, Victoria B.C, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Gorge WA

what fascinates me
what drives me
what empowers me

I think about these questions everyday
even on days when I don't feel at my best

lessons I learned
actions I took
qualities I possess

replenish my soul.

Chiri's All American Experience Pt. 2 + Fall Break


I carved a pumpkin for the first time in my LIFE earlier this month! since we carved so early, they all got moldy & soggy so I threw mine away yesterday =(

well.. rest of the photos are not so American as they're more mainland U.S. experience... but check ittt..

Sunset view from my window :D

One day, I decided to bring my camera with me to go to the bank/grocery shopping. I wanted to capture Fall + everyday Tacoma scenes. I was surprised to find that there are SO MANY different kinds of trees here!! I also love pretty lawns... mMMmm..

Proctor!
mMMm multicolored treeee o_O

Fall Break pt. 1
John and I went on a bus adventure to Tacoma Mall. The weather was so nice! Full view of Mt. Rainier from Border

Fall break pt. 2: we walked to Old Town!

soooo prettyy :D

Chiri's all American Experience Pt. 1

"Frisko Freeze" an ALL American burger joint with Hummer parked next to it...!

out the hummer, comes a family of four grabbin' dinner

downtown Tacoma with white boys! super American!

downtown Tacoma... see Tacoma was supposed to be the Seattle of Washington, but people found gold in Seattle so Tacoma got left out... I feel like downtown Tacoma encompasses all elements of an "urban" city but it always seems so deserted. although that is my favorite part of this place because I feel like its still a place with a lot of potential for growth, like no one has yet discovered the "gold" in Tacoma... o_O *deep*


more entries to come soon!

I went camping!
I didn't take these photos, I got these photos from John because I forgot my camera (and I wanted to kill myself)

We left Tacoma on Friday night and we drove up a mountain and camped at the top. Next day we did a 4 mile hike down to Echo Lake and set up a tent at a camp site near the lake. On Sunday, we woke up at 8am and hiked 4 miles back up! O_O
So my school has this freshman orientation program called Passages where they divide the freshman into smalls groups and go out on a variety of outdoor activities like backpacking, kayaking, canoing (?), etc . Well I missed mine because I got really sick during that week and I always regretted not going. 3 years laterrr, I finally felt like I made up for my lost time by deciding to go on this backpacking trip. It was a pretty difficult hike, thing as I'm SUPERRRR out of shape but the lake and the mountains were so beautiful; it made me love the northwest even more <3

ahhh this is my last week of summer! I can't believe its almost over! although... I didn't really have a vacation because I was working full time... (and I still am till this Friday...) I think I'll go nUtz this coming weekend because its a three-day weekend! and almost everyone's gonna be back! :D :D

I really like this guy's animation.
Only if my computer wasn't so fragile, I would totally work on another flash animation. >=(

I went to a house party this past weekend which was called the D-party. People had to dress up as something that starts with the letter D. My housemates and I dressed up as Destiny's Child (photos on my myspace). It's been a while since I went to a good house party and it was a ton of fun XD

I can't believe theres only about a month left of summer! O_O A lot of exciting & crazy things happened this summer and yet I'm proud of myself for still keeping a stable daily routine and being able to sustain my own happiness :D I think for the first time in a while, I feel like I've got my life under good control and I am extremely content with the way things are going :DDDDD hOWEVERRRRR there are couple things I NEED to work on next month.. which is maintaining my finances and getting back into school mode. O_O
I must r3gulate my expenses. I decided I'm going to sign on my online banking everyday and remind myself how much of an idiot I am for spending so much money last month. So far, this tactic is working pretty well. Because I'm online 24/7, if I ever think about going shopping, I'll just look at my balance and its like punch in the face (!?). I realized that I always refuse to sign in unless I'm making a payment, because I'm too scared to look at the bill. NO. I MUST FACE THE REALITY.....!!!!!! I WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM!!!!!! O_O_O_O_O

Until then...

ms paint. 7/24

Summer bummaaaaahhhhh

pic 1: housemate + friends lounging outside
pic 2: Geese!
pic 3: da Sound
pic 4: me n' Steph on our date by the Sound

Its July O_O but my two homeslices left me behind. =(
Things haven't been going so hot lately. Work has been pretty stressful the past week. One thing about customer service is that its really awesome when I can actually be of help to others, and they respond back with an enthusiastic "thank you," BUT when people are PISSED OFF for one reason or another, they make sure to make me feel like I've just murdered their moms (and their computers). Now looking back, all my 2384092834 jobs that I've had have been customer service related. I think I've become better at handling with customer complaints but this past week, I've been dealing with too many raging computer illiterates, its making my head explode. I come back home and I don't even wanna look at my computer. and in fact, its my computer doesn't wanna look at me because it shuts off whenever it feels like it. ha ha..haha..ahaaaaa..