Karma

I came home today only to find a $35 parking ticket on my car. It was parked on the side of the street where there's a "No Parking Noon-2pm Tuesdays" sign that's clearly posted. I told a friend of mine what had happened and he told me that my "karma is depleted." That got me thinkink, scary to think that I had any karma left from what I did two weeks ago. So all of last week I did whatever I could to rebuild myself back into good karma status. The thing is, karma is tricky. The things you do must come straight from the heart, with no other intentions. You can't just do something good, in hopes that you will get the same in return. Once you think that you are only doing it because you want something good in return, it doesn't count because it was fueled by selfishness and greed. Next time you think about doing something nice for someone, do it because you want to see that person smile or laugh. Why not bring a little happinees into someone's life.

Ok, so that was totally like too down to earth but I had to say it. I was starting to think I'm becoming too "L.A" as some of my friends have pointed out to me. It's not my fault people, the industry made me this way! Regardless, I know where I came from and who helped me to be incredible person I am today. Thanks mom, I love you.

One Year Later

Funny thing happened today. I was kinda bored and as usual, I began reading other people's away messages. So I ran across my roommate (Steve White) and read some of his blog postings. Then I realized I had started one of my own last April. But of course, it's been over a year so I didn't even remember my username or password. Somehow I guessed what email address I had used and was able to log in again with a new password that I just blanked on at the moment. Anyway, so I posted a comment on one of his blogs, hopefully others will read it and cherish my thoughts forever. Then it got me thinking, I got some down time now, I should post one, especially one year later. So here goes....

It's been a year since I graduated and a lot of things have happened. I'll take you down a quick memory lane..

After graduation I...

- Went to Thailand for a month and had a great time with Jeff and my mom. I enjoyed my time there because I learned a lot about myself, how much I valued being Thai and having Thai roots. People in Thailand have such uncompromising generosity towards everyone; that they make everyone feel welcome. I guess that's where I learned to be the friendly, out-going person that I am today. (*pats shoulder). At the same time, however, my grandfather's failing health worsened and it got to a point where he couldn't even get out of bed. I was really lucky being one of the few grandchildren who got to take care of him. He passed away in August.

-Struggled finding a full-time job. KIIS turned me down because they had just finished hiring people for the summer. But I guess I had some good karma left, I got a call two weeks later and got a position to be a show producer for one of the morning show's personalities. He fired me a week later but my boss, Kevin Seki (at that time), kept me because I guess he thought I was a good kid. I've been there ever since, trying to work my way up to something full-time but nothing so far. I'm not giving up.

-Moved back home and stayed there until May 2004. I moved out the first week of May into a cute apartment in Burbank (2.88 miles from KIIS). My roommate is a straight white guy and he's totally awesome. We make a really good roommate match.

-Started dating someone a few weeks ago. He's really cute for someone a bit older than me (12 years older), though it's going really great so far. I'm not gonna say much more cuz I don't wanna jinx it.

That's pretty much me in a nutshell. Life is great, work is great, love life is great. My relationship with my parents have gotten 100 times better since I've moved out. It's like I actually have time to miss my mom though I miss coming home with food on the table. I gotta resort back to my college days again..haha. I'll survive..I'll survive.