ISFP

So, I've taken a test, the Jung personality type test, based on the Meyers-Briggs typology... I read the description on my type and I think it's fairly accurate.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
there is the link to the test I took. I am not sure how legit it is but the results really were something I could relate to. I'd recommend taking the test just as a fun little exercise. But don't be surprised if you see stuff that you already know about yourself, you may even discover some traits you didn't know that you possessed. Anyway, I guess I should be wrapping this blog entry up. :) Life is amazing.
~manny

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Yep.
Well...nothing much to say. Still living life, nothing exciting happening at the moment.
~manny

Still searching

in myself and this city.
Blech at this city but it's what I know...
Things are lookin up for you kid.
~manny

I am a lanuage learning whore.

I want to learn portuguese badly! haha I don't want to learn it badly, I want to learn it a lot, I have yearning to learn it. XD ANYWAY. So I'm in Oxnard Ahhh I absolutely love the weather here. perfect weather, perfect climate perfect- gets me to my next topic...Twilight haha I loved(LAUGHING) at the movie. it was hilarious haha sorry if you like it. Me and Lodi aren't those kinda guys(gay). HAHAHA Anyway in short, it's not my bag baby! Not my *COUGH* cup of tea *Sneeze* Sorry, I'm allergic to cliches.
Lataaa
~manny

Ohhhhh my god.

WOW. I'm back home in California after spending a month working in New Mexico. Feel so weird, don't know how to explain it. Anyway, I'm pensive about my current situation, having been DROPPED from all of my classes, and STILL not knowing if I qualify for financial aid. HAHA Can't blame my mom though, she's been EXTREMELY busy as well. I'm just glad I was able to get some work experience, hopefully I find it easier to get a job now here in CA. I also have completed CPR training, so maybe that will give me a leg up? Hmmmm... Welll I'd write more, but I'm tired from the 15hour drive :p
~Manny

Nikon D40

Is my goal. I really would love to get an SLR Digital Camera, and since I'm a photog n00b, that camera seems GREAT for me. I'm going to work hard, and hopefully I'll have enough moolah to get it. That's the ONLY thing I'm going to splurge on. I need to be frugal with my money, since I may have to pay for school by myself this semester. D:
Anyway, that's what I wanted to say. The D40 is IN MY SIGHTS!
~manny
PS. Here's a link to check it out.
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/nikon/d40-review/
At Target, it's $542.99 including taxes. UGH 8.25%?! REALLY, CA?
http://www.target.com/Digital-Cameras-Camcorders-Electronics/b/ref=nav_t_spc_11_4/191-3043375-6860862?ie=UTF8&node=160213011

I keep thinking about my future

which is never good.
DX
iFail hahahaahahaha nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ok I'm a little woozy since I SHOULD be asleep, but I can't sleep because my brain won't SHUT UP!
D:
I have doubts, I have worries. I won't know until I get there...
I wish I was with someone right now...
They probably know who they are, they call enough. :D
Anyway...
Time to try to sleep, once again.
PS
알아서!
~manny

I think I'll hyperventilate...

So I'm going to New Mexico. Nice!~ :D So I'm gonna see my grandma. Yay! So I'm going to make money while I'm there. Terrific! So there's no internet. WHAT!?!?!?! NOoooo, you're joking right?! You're just fooling with me, yes!? Nope. Oh God...Ok. It'll be ok. They have a cell tower, so at least I'll have my texting. maybe? hahaha oh god. My head is hurting. 2 months. this will be a test. Which I am totally up for. At least the good outweighs the bad. I can't wait to travel by myself. This is gonna be interesting. Anyway, I'll be back by August, I HOPE. :D hahaha And I will hopefully have at least $1,500. I need it, really. When I come back, I'm going to try to find a job again though... I need a steady source of income.
Eh..
Lost my fire.
~manny

Strawberry Festival Part 2.

So I woke up around 11am today, after waking up at 6am and going back to sleep! XD I woke up, and stuff was pretty much a blur, but at like 12, Ryan sent me a text and I knew. SECOND DAY OF THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL! Haha So I tell him I'll be ready in a while, I clean out the fridge and other chores. So we headed to the festival, today was even MORE packed than yesterday! : o Lookin around for interesting things to do but only found amusement in mocking the weird lady singing jazz and the Celtic harp players! XD we're bad. Anyway, first half of the festival was alright, but then Ryan and I got the idea to take a FREE shuttle to the Camarillo outlets! Wooo!!! Haha damn, we were nervous but kept our cool. Camarillo Outlets were wayyy less packed than the festival! haha Most of our time there was spent looking for our friend Sinhue and friggin Savanna(h) haha. BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake just a few minutes ago, didn't feel it. eh. But yeah, back to my day... Umm were GONNA go to American Apparel ahahaha yeah it was just pretty pimp/gangsta that we snuck our way to Camarillo. Ran back to catch the (4,5? I forgot!!! XDDD):30 bus back to the festival. Driver was cool. Only me and Lodi on the bus ahhaha (no homo). She told us to be back by the last call time ahhahaha we weren't goin back though! XD Uhh, got back to the fest, still pretty damn packed!

This long ass line was for this crap:

BAhahaha!!! we SO wanted to take a picture with Strawberry Shortcake, but no luck man!!!
D:
Interesting stuff:


Strawberry Carne asad?!?! XD



Usual strawberry smoothies



Buena HS music program: FUNNEL CAKES! pretty good...



PINK people. EH!


Strawberry Nachos wut?!



I wanted to get a Henna tattoo that read "COxCH" hahahahahahaha





You can LIVE in the PODS!!



Wonder if they'll let me back in tomorrow...LMAO



And that's it. hahaha took a video of Don't Stop Believin' playing "Don't Stop Believin'"
HAHAHA
they kinda were subpar. Backtalk(Joe) didn't miss much.
~manny

Strawberry Festival Part 1.

Well, today I didn't think I was gonna do much. I woke up too early for my tastes but to a good meal. My little sister had to go to one of her friend's houses on base to work on their science project, so my mum dropped her off there and then came back home. We went to Target to find this surprise for my sister for keeping her room clean, a pink comforter with pink pillows. Snazzy, eh? So we roamed Target for a while then decided we should get home before deciding to buy anything else. On our way out, Ryan gave me a call on my cell and he asked me what I was doing. I told him, that I was at Target, but would probably be doing nothing after. He surprised me by saying that he'd found a way to get us into the strawberry festival for free! :) I'd never been to a strawberry festival before, and I've always wondered what it'd be like. Expensive was one of my guesses and boy it was. haha I didn't get anything to eat while there, the main reason I went was to watch the various cover bands that were there. Rock and 80's hair metal, very nice genres. :) I was impressed with the blues band we saw, even though it's not exactly hard to play a 1-4-5 progression over and over haha. I liked the 80's rock/metal tribute band, their name slips my mind but they had two very good musicians in their group. Their drummer was pretty good, was impressed. Their guitar player was NICE. He killed "Eruption" though sounded like he added his own style in to it. Isn't that what it's all about though? There were a lot of Koreans and Asians in general haha I was surprised that they'd like Tejano music. That's when I noticed them, when this Tejano band was playing. After the band, Lodi and I walked around for a while, but I soon got kinda tired of it. It was 5, so I decided to go home. I hope to return tomorrow maybe, but if I don't, it'll be ok. I kinda wanna see the Journey tribute band though. BUT ANDERSON COOPER AT UCLA CALLS TO ME! I doubt I'll be able to go though, which greatly saddens me. :( I hope this won't be the only chance I get to meet him. Anyway, I end this story at home, where I watched some interesting stuff on NatGeoHD ondemand. :DDD Happy camper.
~manny

Waaaah!!! D:

So Anderson Cooper's gonna be at UCLA tomorrow, and I won't be able to go meet him because I don't have a ride!!!! D:
Mannn that sucks. It's a free event too! I don't know when I'm gonna have an opportunity to meet Anderson again! wahh! hahaha hopefully I will though.
http://www.international.ucla.edu/burkle/calendar/showevent.asp?eventid=7173
It was some event for Daniel Pearl, some Jewish journalist? Seems interesting.
These are the times I wanna beat myself up for not having my license, or a job, or a car.
I think I will go to New Mexico this summer though, and work. HOPEFULLY. I might get like $2K out of it! :o And get to see my grandma. :D Anyway, I'm still bummed I may not meet Anderson. :/
Oh and an update on lucid dreaming:
Err not going so well. :(

~manny

Waaa school's out

for summer!!!
ok not yet, but soon! I'm baking cookies for a little party my Japanese class is having! :D
Errr more editing Blahhhhhhhhhhh D:
But I gotta get it done!!!
Git-R-Done.
Anyway, I was just posting this to see if my twitterfeed picked it up! XD
~manny

New layout.

Yes? No? :D hahaha I like the banner.
Anyway, attempt at lucid dreaming #2.

It was like a Dawn of the Dead situation but idk exactly HOW I came to be in that mall. I was in a mall in Britain, and then all of a sudden... ALERT! BIO BREACH! Foreign agent detected in air! so the mall gets shut down, but for some reason, I have to manually lock the doors to the mall, and there's people scrambling to get in, but I CAN'T let them in, because they've breathed in the virus! : O
Trying to lock the doors while people are prying them open, adrenaline pumping! I could see in their faces that they were starting to change. The virus works so quickly! destroying the victim's white blood cells until there is no defense left. As I stared into the man's eyes who was trying to pry open the door, I felt sickened because I could still see somewhat into his soul...behind the rouge of his infected eyes was a person who felt and loved at one time.
Mall secured, now let's see if it will stand up to the masses of undead.
*greater detail: The guy that was trying to open the door had a desperation in his face at first, which turned to bloodlust and anger. very weird first dream.
Then I dreamed I was on the road to New Mexico, vistiting my grandma! Can't remember much, except my brother and I were at a convenience store and looking for food to eat.

I need to do more reality checks during the day! D: I need to get my mind used to asking itself if it is awake, or dreaming. This is key to lucid dreaming.

Tonight, we'll see what happens...
~manny

Lucid Dreaming

I wanna have lucid dreams. If you don't know what those are, go here: http://www.wikihow.com/Lucid-Dream
and hopefully it will explain.
Anyway, one of the courses of action I've read(to induce lucid dreaming) is to keep a dream journal, so I did. right next to my bed. This is what I wrote down for last night(SURPRISING!):
Now this was after I was awakened by a STUPID STUPID STUPID marachi band playing at 6am across my street. I forever hate my across-the-street neighbors. >.< Anyway, the dreams I remember:
I met (somewhat) about meeting Anderson Cooper, I swear. But mostly I just dreamed I was reading his twitter updates... :/

I actually had the STUPID ASS MARIACHI in my dream for a few secs before I woke up.

I next hid in a toilet stall. It was either in a school or at the Morgan Stanley building in Oxnard.

I then was warped into an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098749/) and there was drama between Brenda(Shannon Doherty) and Kelly (Jennie Garth).

I had a dream I wrote in Puro Pedo magazine and I was at a meeting with Joe hahaha which, the transition from 90210 to that, confused the HELL outta me.

I really had to poop(i don't know if in real life), but that warped me back into that damn toilet stall in the unknown building. Then I heard Ryan's voice outta nowhere, leave it to Ryan to disrupt me going to the bathroom(like he did when Joe,Little man,Ramon and him went to that thai place hahaha)

So I exit the bathroom and I walk into the school/Stanley Morgan building


This is the ONLY tall building in Oxnard haha

Anyway, the hallways were similar to the Morgan Stanley, angling around the structure like an octagon.
I WOKE UP!
then I decided to write what I had down, and fall back asleep, next sequence:
I DREAMED MY BOTTOM TEETH HAD FALLEN OUT! Which worried me a lot. That was just creepy so I woke up again.
it was 8:10am so I decided...Why not? hahaha
So I went to sleep for one last time and the next dream I had was even weirder...
Me.
Joe.
Burger.
FELIPE.(?![the homophobe])
at Osvaldo's house, WTF!? We were playing guitar and shit, and just hanging out. WEIRD. It was just an awkward feeling. So I know I wasn't having a lucid dream, because I'd have been able to control everything, including the awkwardness levels. haha
Anyway, I'll keep trying, have my alarm wake me up a little earlier so I can remember my dreams.
You should try it too!
~manny

School's almost over

for the time being. I need a job still hahaha I'm buggin at Vons, hopefullyyyy.
OHhhh god. haha
but yes yes.
errrr.
Editing on Saturday at 10:00am.
>.<
I found Andres' website!!! Hahahaha
http://andresorozco.com/

Psyched.

I have a ton of new software, but the ones that STAND OUT are Sony Vegas 7.0 and Sony Acid Express. Both free, one legit. Hahaha shut up! There are people doing much worse!


It would still be cool to get Adobe Premier from someone... *cough* Joe.
hahaha
Anyway, yeah I filmed on Saturday of last. It was fun, I definitely want to see where this takes me. I have much work to do this week *_* Editing, scoring. oh god. I love it though.
My throat still kinda hurts. :/
-Manny

I just want some word...

I feel anxious now. Don't be stupid, Manuel. I have worries now...Stuff I didn't think about before.
I just need some word...

I wonder how he's doing, you know?
There are at least 3-4 days before he's back in the US.

Vlog :D

I have a flickr!

To "showcase" my photography.
haha
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30815225@N04/
My latest work:
A wallpaper I made :D

Fun times of our youth.

I've recently taken a liking to documenting fun times in these days, because one day we will look back, and all we will have are our memories.
so here are a few selections of mine.
(OH, and thanks to Bopha-Chan, I save my photos in .png format. WAyyy better than .jpg)

untitled
haha I like that one. :D
lone swinger

number one fan

I'm not creepy. haha

私の友達一番は中国に帰りました。

So Feng recently had to leave to China. No, not because of deportation HAHAHA. His grandmother died. I'd never heard him so sad in the time I've gotten to know him, than that night he called me. He explained that he felt so terrible. He was thinking he'd get a chance to see his grandma next year, but that oppourtunity is gone. Aside from missing his constant phone calls, haha I miss the kid himself. BUT as I was getting to another side of the subject, it makes me want to visit my grandmothers. One in New Mexico(that'll be easy since I don't need a passport) and one in good ol' GTO Penjamo, Mexico. Why does it take tragedy for us to realize the time we have is precious? Because that's how humans are, I guess. I really would like to see my grandmothers though...before it's too late.
~manny

Hopefully this works..

OH I had the weird hindi thing on! hahaha
Anyway, I'm psyched, MUCH because I'm going to be making a short movie next week for film class. Mystery most likely haha that's what Andres said. Andres is a cool guy, favorite professor material. Anyway, we're not shooting in HD, but whatta ya expect, it's OC. hahaha I will hopefully star in it and edit it of course, that's the course title. hahahaa anyway, I'm psyched. Going to Soule Park today, in Ojai, I love that place, many good memories. :D I'll post a blog with pics today haha.
Uh, COME ON VONS, cut me some slack! I'm trying to get a job still. $$$$ is crucial D:
Signing off for now,
~Manny
PS.
俺は日本語を勉強しています。
がんばります！

होपेफुल्ली

उन्तित्लेद

हरम्, एवेर्य्थिंग इ टाइप इस बीइंग चंगेद इन्तो हिन्दी।
इ दोन'टी क्नोव वही।
वहत थे हेल्लो!?!

As of late,

I've been stricken with a case of insomnia. I didn't go to bed at all on Sunday night, or Monday morning...I was up all night, looking up useless facts, watching random videos. All I have to say is that Anderson Cooper's cool. :D But yes, I've delved into the world of computers. I am dual booting Ubuntu OS alongside Vista. So far, it's really nice! If I could figure out how to connect to the internet wirelessly, it'd be even better. Ubuntu has GREAT open-source software pre-installed. There's this photoshop imitator that's PRETTY DAMN good. I am a HUGE fan of open-source software, that's why Firefox is my favorite browser. My need for a macbook pro isn't so much one as it is a want. Though, with me having a macbook, my little sister would be free to have this laptop. :D If I have my mac by the time she graduates high school and if (god willing) I have the money, AND if she graduates with at least a 3.0+ GPA, I want to buy her one. Anyway, I never knew I was such a nerd when it came to computers. I've always utilized computers in a way that everyone utilizes them, but lately I've discovered another side to them. It's nice to write a post like this one ever once-in-a-while. :D Times are hard...Fuck em aha. Anyway, there are questions rotating in my mind and uncertainties. But I feel enlightened.
-Manny

Never good enough for some people.

Title explains it all. No matter about Manuel, he's not in the circle...
私は心を話します。。。
分かりません。
私の心は悪いですか。
私のため善良な人はであるか。
私は十分によくない。
ネバー。
私の友達は一番です。
私は友達が好きです。
僕の日本語は簡単です。僕は学生です。

A lot of

Anxiety haha. hmm...Life's just weird. Office Depot, hook it up!
But what will change??
-Manny

In Recent news...

Hrmmm. I'm an internet whore. Well, more of an "aspiring" or wannabe more than anything.
I became too addicted to twitter, so I'm stopping for a week to see how I fare. I think the logo's cute haha here's another picture (if blogger will allow) haha anyway, I wonder what I'll film for TV101...I'm excited. though I've had feelings of malaise over the past days, though it happens every once and a while. I miss some people they know who they are...I'm really trying to cover a lot of different areas in my schooling. I really feel I could be a film maker, my prof kinda inspires me...I HATE prof. Kenney! DX he pisses me off too much to like his class haha I wanna strangle him, not really.(I'd never strangle anyone) I'm sitting here waiting to go to TV101 which is being held AT OC today, Phew! I hated walking into CI, BADLY. It just reminded me of the person I was when I was a teenager(not that I am not anymore haha I'm still 9TEEN). I don't like it, I don't like feeling old either, but then there are other older people in my class haha. I recently was added on myspace from a girl in my class, if that didn't make me feel old, then haha...
I like life.
Goodbye for now.
-Manny

I could sit here for an hour...

and I may.
Today was hilarious hahaha all the free food I got today had to be paid for in a way.
=/
It's true what "they" say, things are never really free. Hrmm...
My trip to San Francisco was pretty cool, considering I had to stuff 3 days of sight-seeing into 1 day, haha but I got to see my sister, whom I hadn't seen in a long while. I am considering moving up there, with her, I'd just REALLY need to find a job there, as I wouldn't be staying for free haha. Don't think I'm ready at this point though. The past few weeks have been interesting, I like my film editing class, the teacher's hilarious, reminds me of George Lopez. I reeally need (and want) that external HDD haha I'm a nerd. Seriously though, we start editing next week, and I don't have it. Aside from school, there's nothing much to talk about, which is kinda sad, I guess? haha I am either at school or at home, day in, day out. I do have some heavy stuff on my mind...which is something I need to talk to Bopha about, haha I need to speak to you, Bopha-San! err...I find amusement from watching different Partners on youtube haha... This guy in the library looks like a more mexican looking version of Danny Nguyen. I miss that guy, haven't heard from him in a while. Wow still like, 45 minutes til class geeez I don't know what to do with myself. haha I can't believe my eng. prof got mad at me for sayin dat Japanese people, and they're skinny! It's true! somewhat. I'm supposed to call angie at vons next week...I do really need that job, I'm broke haha. it's not funny. There are a lot of things I need, and I'm aware of that...but it doesn't really help for someone to tell me this over and over. I already feel like a failure for not starting to work right at 16. and not aiming for my license...it could be worse, I could be like a certain someone....
Anyway, 19 is proving to be a weird age. I am not a child...but I don't feel like an adult...I don't even feel like an adolescent. I feel misplaced. Yeah. the internet's a weird place. I still don't get everything I see on it hahahaha I guess I'm slow.
Uhh I don't know what else to type, really.
-Manny

Haven't posted in a while...

Anything deep. But that's ok. I think that right now life is the best it has been in a while. I'm still looking for a job, but that's redundant. I am going to lunch today with some buddies from JPNR101b, which is exciting. It's raining right now, and that kinda got me down. The weather is gloomy and that transfers onto my psyche and makes me gloomy haha. I AM ADDICTED TO BONES(the tv show). I miss Bopha and some other people, and am wondering how everybody is faring this quarter at their respective schools. Ahhh I'm really into Twitter which is just a little pathetic, but IDC, it's fun! haha follow me!! www.twitter.com/mannykimchi.
SAN FRANCISCO! I AM PSYCHED FOR.
Hrm.
If Jessica's there, I'll try to visit her at Berkeley. She's told me she really doesn't want to talk about college, and that she's mostly been sleeping. Hmm, it's funny how you can think something to be your dream then be miserable when the time comes.
I guess I'm done with this blog post, ahaha. Oh wait, Orchestra's super hard. not even because I have to play A LOT, it's because of how LITTLE I play haha. oh well, it's all good.
Ok then
-Manny

Ok so you think you're a bigshot?

I haven't written in this for a while...
But I have to say, life's pretty good. It's always the one thing though. Well, maybe a couple but can I really complain? Here I stand, belly full of Chinese take-out, content. For now. Let's see where the next few weeks take me...

Nice.

Hrm, yeah, semester's looking good. I just need more money, but we alll could use some more of that, no?

Freshman year flashback.

hahaha I have a band class tomorrow. At least I'm not playing tuba. XD I'm excited for this week. =D
-Manny

Doomed

So it's almost my birthday and all my mom can do is bitch about the water bill not being paid and the broken car window.
-Manny

Parents are home...

haven't seen the van...>.>

So a peanut walks into a bar...

So life as of now looks bright. As it should usually, don't you think?
I am looking forward to seeing my Japanese101b buddies soon, =D as well as meeting other new people. I'm watching House right now...and I must say...it's not bad. I like house and his attitude, but I'm sure that if I knew him in real life...I'd try to stay away, haha. Uh...I'm spending the night at my Brother's house...partialy because my damn water has been shut off. XD argh man. we have money problems up the wazoo right now.
But...we'll get through it. I am going to spend the least amount of money I can these next few months. I am excited for GameCrazy and maybe Costco. I just need a job, you know? There's no use in saying that anymore, it's been pretty much said to death. But yeah, I'm excited nonetheless.
=]
My parents come home tomorrow...eeeee the broken van window, crap! hahaha
well, goodbye.
-Manny
PS. I miss you too, Bopha.

So far in 2009...

I have...
Broken my mom's van window(she doesn't know yet)
Owed $80+ dollars to a bank
umm...
Need to deal with more financial school issues
don't have a job.
but....
I FEEL GREAT!
=D
So the movie night was pretty good, not bad at all.
uh, today I will check on my mother's van...Hopefully she doesn't have to pay for it to get fixed...
=///
but yeah.
I like 2009 already.
-Manny