I can’t believe time has flown by so fast. So happy for graduation and the memories this past couple of years have been amazing! I just hope that I will make amazing memories for the next couple of weeks I am here at UCLA.
It’s been two weeks since I have been back to UCLA and crazy me is taking 6 classes, again. Yea! So if you don’t see me, or hear from me. I am sorry. I am not secluding myself, or ignoring anyone on purpose. I really am truly busy this quarter. Love you all, and I wish you all a good quarter.
Yes. The title sums it up. I am back in my regular schedule which is great since I finally can start winter quarter and not have a hard transition with my sleeping schedule. (My playlist just started playing Moments in Love. OH BROTHER). I have been reading a lot since I got back from UCLA. Which is great since I have so much books I want to finish out the year.
I am just happy and content with things right now and ready for the new Year. As it’s my “Golden” Year. Since I am 27 years old, and was born on the 27th of August, I expect good things for the new year.
Over all, I am content with what I have done this year, and I plan on doing greater things post-UCLA. I have recently been debating about taking a year or two off from school and work on a few projects I have put aside. I feel if I do not do this now, I am forever going to regret them. The interesting thing that happened to me the other day, I was cleaning out my room, and stuff I collected throughout the past decade since I was 17 *MAN I just had a realization how old I am* and I remember writing in my journal when I was 21 that I wanted to go to the Philippines before the decade was over. NOw that the decade is coming to an end, this gives me a reason to visit the Philippines soon. Hopefully a Fulbright scholarship will help me and get me to study in the Philippines for a year. That would be nice. But aside from that, I was reading a few things that I have accomplished and I noticed that I need to do more with my life. I know, can Robert do more? Yea. And I know I can, I just have to focus my energy for the next year and do more things.
I sort of don’t want to come back to LA for winter quarter, since I am enjoying my time here in the Bay Area. I love it here with a passion. I plan on living in the San Francisco area soon. By the time I am 35, I promised myself I would own my own house in the city. Let’s see how that goes in the coming years.
I am currently reading: Anna Karrenina, Emma, and a few Asian American Authors. Hopefully I will finish them before I head to LA.
I love her.
My passion
So my friend calls me at 3 am in the morning, and since I’ve been back at home in the Bay Area at this hour, I am up. So he calls me frantically asking me just to listen, which by the way, the best thing to do when your best-friend calls you at 3am in the morning, is really just to listen. So he tells me his story about his father’s reaction on post-grad. The guy is brilliant. Smart, witty, and has his shit together. He’s at UCLA for a reason. But anyway, He calls me, and not to his surprise, his dad is not thrilled he got into Law school. Penn Law School. Which is great! I was ecstatic for him that he got in, but, the first thing his dad told my friend was: “It’s important you work after you graduate from college!!!!” My friend, mind you, is the sweetest guy in the world. Has a good head on his shoulders and has an AMAZING girlfriend who supports him all the way. But, for some reason his dad, who is having a hard time in the economy that he needs his son to help around the house. You know. Pay some bills. Rent, food, and whatever the father needs to get bills paid. Mind you, the guy is 72 years old. Retired, and wants to utilize all of his children in helping him out. Which I get…
So my friend is telling me his story, and I am sad that he has to go through all of this, and says to me “Robert, what do I do?”
First, I am confused. I don’t know what to tell him. In my head, I am thinking “Fuck the dad, follow your dreams!” But then the more I think about it, “He is 72 years old and needs your help…. MAN why do you have to get into Penn Law School?” I laugh and I am glad I am not in his shoes! The question I am prosing to everyone: Should my friend go to Law school? Or should he go back home, defer law school for abit, and help his dad?
