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Name: yoko
Birthday: 5/30/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: i play piano, i play taiko, i like reading, i like movies, i like chillin' with my buds, taking naps ... eating ice cream (mmmm)
Expertise: SLEEPING (especially naps!!)
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
8/27/2003
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| The boy didn't know what a person's Personal Legend" was.
"It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.
At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for eveyrthing they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend."
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... in our older, jaded states of mind, how can we tell what pull of our hearts to pursue? which one has been there the longest, which one is caused by fear, which is caused by true desire?
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| itchy ...bugs like me, unfortunately ... and it seems, after being here for 1.5 months they've discovered me. so now i itch. and it is not so much fun.
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| there was an earthquake yesterday morning and for a short time, life on the island went a little awry ... the strange feeling of insecurity and discomfort from the power outtages. wondering what to do? what does one do without electricity? taiko classes cancelled and whole day to pass, but what to do without tv, internet, not being able to make phone calls (*gasp*), a little too dark to read. drizzle and pouring rain all day. a little trip around the island to seek adventure, but dark windows, blank stoplights and long lines everywhere. and the rain, everywhere ... making this beautiful island remind me of gray seattle for a moment (just a moment). long line of cars at the gas station, irritated people not thinking straight. long line of people at the grocery store, going into a dark store. people in panic mode? kind of surreal watching the lights come on, first up the hill, then across the street, down the hill ... giving up and going to bed, listening to soft songs sung across the street ... then waking to the lights coming on. finally! and falling asleep blissfully with my fan cooling my muggy room.
... then wondering what it was all about as the week starts without a glitch (save for a few networking issues in the office), cars and buses come and go (i guess the came and went yesterday too) and all is back to normal. | | |
| it sure has been awhile. and boy are things quite different!
after a whirlwind of a summer, doing lots of taiko things and seeing lots of places and having encounters with different, and extremely interesting people, i'm "settling" into life in honolulu, hawaii!
transitions are ... interesting and certainly push you to grow, change and adapt. life after college is definitely different, taiko after college (i.e. not stanford taiko) is different, meeting people and making friends ... a whole new ball game. i can't help but feel a little lost here. thankfully i have some awesome companions to keep me optimistic.
more to come, hopefully ... because i want to remember, and i have a horrible memory. right now though i'm trying to make sure to remember that life here and now is DIFFERENT ... life in "paradise" isn't bad, it's just not what i'm used to.
but really, who am i to complain? the weather's beautiful. the sunsets, breathtaking. the beaches comfortable (and close!) and i get to play taiko ... but i sure do miss my friends.
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| i don't know if it's this whole graduation hubbub or what, but i've been having the most vivid, violent/disturbing dreams of recent. woke up crying the other day. very strange.
need to start packing.
need to not be sick.
where did this year go? i'm freaking out ... just a bit. | | |
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