...Bienvenido...

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At the behest of others, I've decided to take up xanga again.  Not sure what the hype with facebook is.  Its nice to keep in touch with people.  And yeah i'll look at some pictures but gets old without knowing the person.  looks arent everything right?  whence back to xanga.  Its been a few months...the same people have commented on the same entry..and things are well the same and different.  confusing?  i'll paint this picture for you.  if you've ever heard of impressionism, that sums it up pretty well.  From far away things look relatively the same but upon closer inspection, you realize that the painting is really composed of alot of smaller grains of color that together add up to, well, life. 

I went up to ny recently and saw the culmination of one of my bro's successes.  Part of me can't help but feel a tad jealous as he unwrapped his new tv, but mostly i'm happy for him and if anything, it's motivated me even more.  its another example of our generation accustomed to instant gratification.  It may seem a bit materialistic; but those superficial objects are merely a symbol of success.  i've given myself 4 more years to hit that point.  after that, its whatever.  aside from that, it has merely cemented the fact that I want to be in nyc.  I had a fabolous time there, meeting up with bros and old friends i haven't seen in awhile.  and for once i dind't stay in and play video games all day.  ventured out to central park and explored the city.  can't ask for anything more.  hehe

on a more tangible note, what have i been up to?  took the gmats...again.  part of my plan to move to ny...hopefully.  see where the winds take me i guess.  Visited Cornell in May for quite possibly my last time.  it was nice, but i could tell i was getting old.  Went to Dewey Beach for Mem day Weekend where me and 4 other guys and 9 girls killed mulitple handles as well as 300 beers.  it was the crazy spring break i never had.  haha  july 4th was nice altho fireworks were not on the main agenda this year.  well i think this is long enough for one entry.  good night!

Stuff that makes you go AWWWWWW

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=5762&view=list&src=020607_0405_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters

18 baby pandas born in China.  Girls...go wild.  hell, even guys can appreciate 18 baby pandas.

Caribbean getaway

 Back from my vacation and just had to share some of the beautiful sights Jen and I saw...For those not in the know, I "won" a vacation last summer at the Fairfax festival I was volunteering at.  Goes to show it pays to volunteer huh?  Well I say "won" b/c I still had to pay some money for it even tho it was dramatically discounted.

The catch? Oh there's always a catch.  I had to sit in on some vacation ownership presentation....no biggie cept I had to wake up early for it. 

What did I get?  2 passes to Universal Studios, 3 nights of hotel, 1 week rental car, and 3 day Bahamas cruise.  Like I said though, we still paid a good chunk of cash.

Now onto the fun part:

1st night we went to this place called Wonderworks.  Not Orlando's biggest attraction but we had a good time.


 
Jen the astronaut!!                                                   Me playing with soap?  I forget what you call them...

Onto Universal Studios:




Classic pic.  Cept the stupid tourist didn't know to wait for the sign to rotate more...



DOnkey!!  hahaha he was hilarious...the head moved and he talked. 
Donkey: Where you from?
Me: DC!
Donkey: Oh yea?  I remember a few weeks back, I was there and got mugged. 
hahaha~

Can't goto Orlando w/o stopping at Disney!

 


Look familiar?  Main Street USA!



Another pic closer in, w/ my next home purchase in the background...har har




At Futureland, playing FOB with our alien buddy. 



Goofing off at the gift shop.  Fantasia may be one of my fav Disney movies...hehe



My Minnie.  =)

Cruisin away!
Unfortunately I dont' have too many pictures on the cruise.  It was a fun time though with all the shows and entertainment going on...too bad we got motion sickness the first night...ugh.  I liked our cruise director (very funny!), won $200 at the casino with Jen's help, ate lots of good food.  Off the ship, we checked out Atlantis, the aquarium there, and lounged around on the beach.  Also went snorkeling but no pics of that obviously.  Waiting on the underwater pics to get developed!!





Sailing into Bahamas...Atlantis is BEAUTIFUL, but pricey!





The setting sun on the ocean.  I wanted to wake up for a sunrise too but never did it...

Good way to end the entry no?

Happy Holidays!