I was about to finish my first year of college and managed to keep my seasonal job. Summer was around the corner and I wondered how I should spend my Summer. Another life-altering moment that Ani was involved in was deciding what I plan to do during the Summer of 2011. She had spent the…
#235 the last night of my 20s
Last day of my 20s June 4th. 2022 was the last night of my 20s. It didn’t hit me until my best friend sent me a video from my 27th birthday. I couldn’t believe that three years has already passed by. Life is such a beautiful yet frightening experience. It goes by so fast. It…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 11
A career in the film never dawned on me until my senior year of high school. As I mentioned before, I had classmates pursuing filmmaking since it was storytelling like theater was. I was missing theater insanely during my first year of college. None of the other majors or careers excited me the way film…
Happy 30th Birthday to me
On June 4, 1992, my mother’s water broke. She walked across the street from her apartment to the hospital. She left her other five kids with her oldest son. Her youngest and last daughter was born at 12:30 AM on June 5, 1992. Today I can’t believe that 30 years has gone by but I’m…
#234 the latte
Happy June 1 Two weeks ago, as I sipped on a latte at a cafe named Sweet Butter Bakery. This latte was magnificent. It pierced these feelings of satisfaction inside of me. The taste stayed for days. These thoughts wandered into my rambunction mind. The latte Right now, at this very moment, I have so…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 10
The first year of college was transformative. There were all of these questions I needed answers to. One of the biggest questions was what is going to be your major? Initially, I decided it would be undecided but that made me apprehensive. At some point, I changed my major to history with the hopes of…
#233 tragedy
Nothing seems fitting enough to post after this week's tragic events. I am just so sad for the children that passed away. As a school teacher, I constantly feel anxious about the possibility of a dangerous person on campus. I keep my doors locked from the outside and I have gone over with my kindergarten…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 9
I was drawn to the toy store after I experienced it with Ani. I loved my mood rings, and I went back to ask if they were hiring. They weren't at the time, but I decided to take their business card and try again. I would call once a week until finally, one day, they…
#232 make peace
I was serving a couple on a hot Thursday evening on the patio of the Italian restaurant I work at. Their names were Monte and Paula. They were an older couple who bickered most of the night. Maybe in their 60s? From the looks of it, Paula had just dyed her hair a striking red…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 8
Ani and I in college. Ani and I after working on our assignment. We got panda. They messed up her order and than delivered it to her. It was 2010, and I was fresh out of high school. I was excited about college even though I had no idea what to major in. I kept…