So, I haven't updated on this thing in A LONG time... but this was worth mentioning...

SIN CITY, HERE I COME!!!

Going to Vegas for a week with Raymatic, leaving the 6th and coming back the 13th.  Free ticket (thanks Tita Julie!), free place to stay, and 10 minutes from The Strip!  I gotta start practicing my texas hold'em, blackjack, roulette, and craps skills, or else I'm gonna gamble my life savings away!

Happy Holidays to everyone!  Be safe and have fun!

Okay... I'm at work... alone... bored... and I was looking through Xanga...  It's been forever since I updated, and I figured that I should... but I don't really have anything huge to announce or share with everyone...

So...... I got to thinking... I feel kinda old...  Less than a month away, and I'm gonna be 21.  The big two-one.  Sounds exciting I guess.  It's like the last major age milestone that I'm gonna hit in a long time; that is until I reach 50, when I'm deemed "over the hill" (whatever that means).  So, I decided that this update will be my countdown to 21.

1 day til I'm 21!

I know no one is gonna read this unless I leave a picture or two.  So I decided to end my mini-update with this one picture.  I hope it foreshadows what's gonna happen when my birthday comes around.

"Chug Chug Chug!" "NO!...  ... Okay... "  I have no self-control...

Look at that double-fisting!  Now I know why they say "don't mix liquor and beer..."  Can you tell that my liver is hurting in this picture?

Thank you and have a great day.  Hope to see you all on March 14th.  You'll probably find me in the same position as the picture above.  Till next time.  Adios.

P.S.  If anyone has a picture of me passed out, laying near the jacuzzi from my 20th b-day... it would be awesome if they could get that to me... lol...

So... long time no update... well... sorta...

Anyways, after a long day of study and homework... AND an unfortunate invasion of privacy... i figured it was time for a break from work and an update was soooo necessary.

WARNING: Im studying for MATH462 and MATH463 at the moment... so excuse me if my update seems very mathematically oriented...

731 is officially falling apart... not only figuratively (mmm hmm...) but literally...  After an amazing weekend, i come back to the apartment Sunday night to Swimming Pool 731...

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MAJOR WOMP WOMP!! I guess we had our own little hurricane at the apartment... maybe the people upstairs didn't have a plunger... thank god its just a busted pipe...

On another note...

Everything has been going well, but I feel sooo overwelmed right now.  FCA and school are kicking my ass... its just a lot of work, so the weekdays are killers.  If you come to visit my apartment, you know what I'm talking about...

My apartment has become FCA's second office...

those are my big ass chopsticks... i am asian afterall...

i had nowhere else to put it... so it joined our bottle collection atop the tv stand... I left space for the guy's turkeybowl trophy on the left,too, after we win it back 

AND you know school is bad when you have a bookbag for mon/wed/fri classes and tues/thurs classes...

no... i dont have 2 bookbags to match what I'm wearing for the day...

I can't wait for the weekends to come... qt with wifey is my sanity...

Anyways, I must go back to the mathematics studying... so I leave you with one more equation.  I know everyone feels the same way, and its simple enough...

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I wish I could do a little more of that second picture...

P.S.

Remember to lock your door when youre trying to take a nap or else someone might try to take a picture of you sleeping...

Wow... it's been awhile since i touched this... and so im sitting here at home, on a friday night, relaxing with the sister... aka not having a life (joke lang )... and ive decided to update...

THROW THEM 5'S IN THE AIR

I know its late, but i had to post some pictures, cuz we all know people dont check the xanga unless pics are involved... and these were some of the last ones i had... so...

Dwight's B-day/Cinco de Mayo was a blast.  One of the last bashes of the year.  Im glad everyone, especially the bday boy, had fun

Shot of Grey Goose (my favorite) with the bday boy "Harry Potter" in his "Dwightee"

Team Flipcup All-Stars!  We ran the table... 4-0?  We were supposed to look hard... but i guess only me and Dom and Patricia got the memo... or maybe i just went overboard... i was a little inebriated...

At least this drunk tries to clean up after puking in the sink...

Sophomore guys rolling deep... Throw them 5's up in the air... 5/5/05... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DWIGHT!

SUMMER, SUMMER, SUMMER TIME!

School is over... welcome the summer... relaxation is so necessary.  What else is there to say?  Summer classes are in the plan... but as long as i can chill for 2 months... theres nothing better.  I should be at the 731 during most of the summer, so definitely hit us up, cuz visitors are always welcome

FINAL THOUGHTS

I just find it funny how things happen so fast and things spread so quickly.  Its interesting to get updates about yourself from people that have heard things about you.  "I heard about..." and "Oh, so someone told me..." seem to be hitting me a lot lately... haha, im not complaining... cuz im not hiding anything and i know that its a part of our filipino-ness... i just thought it was worth noting

Anyways, catch me around CP... any summer plans are welcome!

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK 2005 GRADUATES!!!!  Ill miss you guys...  definitely keep in touch...

You guys really know how to make a guy feel loved...

So now I'm 20... and people say its a useless age, without any milestones... but I really do feel different... I'm no longer a teenager... and BOY OH BOY did I celebrate!!!!

Conversation at the 731:

Mike: Yo Ryan, lets have a party on Friday at my house!

Ryan: Hell yeah!  Lets say its for my birthday!

Need I say more?  Introduce the pics to tell the rest of the story... and away we go... (Thanks to Gena and Mike for all the pics... I didnt get to take any... lol)

So whats a house party without a keg??

Props to Mike for putting down for the keg and letting us use his house

I LOVE MY KEG!!!!

But a keg just isnt enough... so we had to take it up another notch and provide an alternative to beer...

mark sporting the empty bottle of "everclear" while mixing the jungle juice

all i have to say is... ghetto... lol, way to stock up on the beverages... lol

We got everything ready and there werent too many people there yet... but its never too early for the b-day boy to start drinking...  and so it began...

Then things started picking up... tons of heads rolled through for the festivities...

thanks to Raymatic for buying me the grey goose... "IT GOES DOWN LIKE WATER!"

most of the super sophs... always looking forward to the next step

mingling upstairs... b-more club session downstairs...

I was set with liquor... so many people bought me stuff to drink... and i couldnt just leave it lying around...

me brandishing liquor bottles in each pocket and each hand...

not only did we have liquor, but we had dancing... haha, look at the concentration on christine's face...

But there were so many putis... and the keg ran dry quick... then went the jungle juice... I NEEDED KOOL-AID!!!

awwww... dont cry... sorry we ran out...

So then kids started getting hungry and started raiding the house for food... thats when you see...

...crazy kids eating cheerios out of a cup with some chopsticks... hahaha

But by that time... I was done...

can you tell that im struggling...???

and they got me with an early Mortal Kombat... "GET AWAY... IM GONNA PUKE!" was my only defense...

After everyone left... we still had some stragglers... so what better than a sleepover?

slumber party in the living room... lol, a few of those kids are just passed out... lol

Oh... but its not over...

On my birthday... i walk back into the 731 at 4 AM... and look what awaits me...

the door to my bedroom... saran wrapped...

my floor... covered in tape...

my closet door... saran wrapped...

and my entire bed... saran wrapped...

"Sealed for Freshness"... guess i never have to wash my sheets again...

Not only that... but later in the day...

my car... saran wrapped...

HAHAHAHAHAHA... I love these kids!!!

THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for coming out and for the Birthday wishes!!!  I'll always remember it (well... ill remember what I can from that night... lol)... My friends are amazing!