Arka's Online Journal

Ahhhh what am I doing?  I should be in bed.  Have to work at Costco in approximately 7 hours from now.  Should get some sleep....ZzZz.

Haven't been on this for a while.  Hope things are well with all my friends.  Mine is.  Got another job at the student union that I worked at before.  It's part time so I can basically go in and probably work on my day offs, OR if I have Costco at night.  It will be interesting however, since I haven't been in student politics in a long while; so, I'm sure that it's going to be a huge catchup of what's been going on since then.  I get to meet with the Director of Finance and start figuring out to how I can help a campus that doesn't have anything at all.  Sounds like the same situation at Newton, but this one is completely different!  This one deals with no space at all for a student union to put their things in.  It's like I'm starting homeless and trying to build a nice home there for everyone to enjoy (not just myself) XD.

Watching my cat also playing with her mouse.  I throw it at her, and then she goes nuts and purrs like crazy!  As well, I like my cat making nice scratching walls on my wall beside my bed.  OH WELLZ!

Hey all,

What to say about what happened to myself for the past month and a bit (and I know it's been a long time but what can you do when you have too much stuff on your mind haha XD)?

Work
Since getting permanent part time position at Costco, I'm still working there and some supervisors were happy that I got the job! I guess they see me as a real reliable person and someone who can work hard when under pressure! Now I'm kicking ass in the cashier part, as I hit the highest number under pressure (a 56mpg and the store average is 48 :o). Usually I am in the very low 50s and high 40s, but today was a landmark ^_^. I'm just having too much fun over there and am seeing myself staying there for a fairly long time!

Life
I am planning to move out of my parents house sometime in the future. When they left to go to Los Angeles (family wedding) and on a cruiseline to Mexico, I enjoyed living on my own! I have had offers to live with other friends, but for now I feel that I'd be better off if I was on my own, just because I enjoy it. I'm not saying that having a roomie(s) is not fun, but I'd prefer my own time to myself. It's a little hard to say but I do have some reasons that I like to be on my own. As for when the date would be, it's just that I am starting to save up some money and go from there. Probably when I hit around 3,000 to 4,000 I will be serious in terms of finding a place! I'm sure by then, my pay would be good enough to cover me with some money to use for friend's gtgs and other jibberish!

Car
My ride is going well, as I'm getting some plans for it soon! I have to start fixing my front bumper (as I accidently killed mother nature's creatures at 1:30am while driving in the snow on River Rd XD). One night, I drove my buddy from Richmond to Tsawassen, and then drove home. I was more cautious on the road than seeing around me just because of a possible Black Ice. Suddenly, I heard a huge BANG on the road and I thought I hit a bit pothole; so I pulled over and checked it out and I found my front plate(s) were MISSING! *shrieks of terror*

So I went back in my car, reveresed slowly to not hit oncoming cars, and then the Delta PD came and pulled over XD. I came out with them and told them my situation and they came with me backing up. Then I found that I roadkilled a raccoon! It wasn't a baby raccoon or anything, but it was a huge one and I think it might had been a mommy one due to the size of the thing. Dunno if daddies look the same or not, but I know it must had been a parent just from looking at it. I then found my front BC plate holder got underneath the animal, with a little blood stain on it and some sweaty areas. My actual BC plate flew on the other side of the road and it looked like I hit the raccoon's head or ass on it (due to the curvage!). The europlate was on the right side of the raccoon. Other parts that were affected were my lip, bottom part of the bumper, some light cracks (beside my amber lights in front), and a little streaking crack on the driver's side. Luckily, no other blood stains were around the car. I put the BC plate inside the car (on the window) and drove home like that.

Now I'm saving up some money to get a new euro front end done and hopefully put in my new headlights and taillights before the Summertime hits! :)

I think that's about it. Only thing that has been going on is just work work and more work. School is alright, but took a break from it. I should look back into it in March just to start making moves and maybe put my name somewhere to start in September (if I figure out what to do).

Cheerio =)

Can someone say "permanent"?

*crowd cheering like I won the World Series / Stanley Cup / Super Bowl / whatever*

Current Mood: happily excited!
Current Music: Queen - We Are The Champion!

Cat almost ran away when I arrived home late. She was standing right in front of my door, as she was ready to jump out. She did go past the door, but on the floor mat and that was it. I grabbed her and took her inside. I didn't want to make too much noise, so I had to quickly make my move, or else she could of gone somewhere I wouldn't know. I got her in and took her to my room so that my brother can come in with no cat problems.

Work was alright. My paycheque was pretty good and another two to go. So far so good :D

Went to other computer places to get quotes on a new computer system that will be alright for gaming and doing media things. I have finally decided to go to my friend's computer shop not far from Costco and am planning on buying the Intel P4 Core 2 system. The only expensive part of that is the chip (as he gave me quotes for the cheapest motherboard that the card can run). I'm thinking to maybe upgrade it to one stage better than the cheapest, just because I think it might be better! So I'm gonna buy it next week, as he doesn't have the computer chip in stock. OOOOOOO, I can't wait!! :D :D

Current Mood: excited

Hope everybody had a Merry Christmas with the family and loved ones!

So far today is my first day back after the couple days off I had for Christmas Day (stat) and Boxing Day. Got excited because I'm working for another month with Costco and a huge decision will be decided when the Inventory date comes closer (January 20th). I'm getting VERY nervous about this and doing my extreme best so that everybody knows that I'm really a good worker and all! I love the work environment and would like to still keep the job! If they want me to go to another location and still keep me, I will take it too ^_^.

My Boxing Day was fairly interesting. It all started at 2am, when I left from my house and arrived at the Metrotown branch of Future Shop. I was awaiting a friend and his two friends to show up there. They did about 15 minutes after I did. We were probably around #70 or somewhere along there. We all had our turns playing some PSP games, eating a bit of hot stuff in the cold weather, and checking out all the interesting events around us. One guy was sitting in front of the "Good Feet" store where I think he was homeless and he kept picking his feet for something...I giggled a little bit just because of where he sat. Joke was "look where he's sitting at and the store is suppose to be 'good feet'" XD. Then apparently, the paramedics came over and helped him. I guess maybe he had something go in his foot or something....they stayed for quite a while (app. 1 hour). Then Future Shop decided to open the doors a little early just because of the huge crowd they got (they had the crowd from the front door til under the stairway, then down to the end of Sport Chek, and out til the A&W entrance!).

We all were heading in and right away, the first 15 or so went straight to the 2GB Ipod Nano and that was gone within seconds. Then, everybody went and grabbed whatever they wanted. While I was trying to get in, people were pushing in different directions. Then I got to the door and there was a good 8 - 10 people trying to fit in one door that was opened. It was small that only a couple could fit. I got humped on the window for a good couple times and I was lucky that it didn't break or anything, from the force that people were pushing. Eventually I got in with the couple push and shoves; AVAS, time to shop XD. So I went straight to the cheap ones and made my way through and this is what I got:

-a printer for my brother (Black and White Laser)
-a 10" subwoofer for my brother (just the sub, no Box)
-a MTX amplifier for my brother
-two Memorex 512mb Flash Drive (one for my brother and the other for me)
-a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for myself
-a 100 pack of CD-Rs for myself

All of that totalled about 370 bucks. It was pretty good, as my brother has to pay about 270 of it. So I technically paid just about 100 with rebates to come still. My brother was happy and so was I. I went to pay for it, then needed a hand dragging it to my car because I somewhat had a bit of the back pain from the pushing in the small gap earlier that time. So the guy got me a cart and helped me put it in the car. Then we went back in to do my friend's shopping and he also got some nice stuff too. He got a PS2, two memory cards, an external Hard Drive, and Final Fantasy X-2. I was planning to purchase the WoW game, but I heard WoW doesn't have the DotA portion and that I need to find Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. So I decided to not buy it.

After the shopping, all of us went to Denny's for breakfast and I went to ATIC to see if I could buy a new computer with the very minimal parts (with more parts to pay for later). I told him the ones that I was thinking of getting and the guy told me that for gaming and media, he'd prefer me to spend a little more and I got a quote from him. My quote was $524.32 and I said that I would get back to him about it. I'm gonna see if my buddy at Slaco Computers may beat the price, or even some computer places around town in Surrey. I would still buy stuff from ATIC, but I thought that it was a little bit expensive just for a Motherboard, CPU, RAM, and Case. It was gonna be a AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2.2GHz system with 1GB of RAM (2 x 512mb cards).

After that, I went straight home! Dead tired as I was, I put my brother's stuff in his room and I put mine in my room. Got my receipts organized for our Mail-In rebates to fill out and then I finally passed out for a good couple of hours. I then woke up that I was on my couch away from my room and my dad was wondering to what was going on. I guess he didn't know I stayed up all night! XD

If I haven't wished you guys a Merry Christmas before, I apologize and I guess I can say "Merry Belated Christmas" XD. Hope all is well! Now it's time for bed! Ciao!

Current Mood: sleepy

( my xmas stocking ) Fixed :D

A lot of things have been going on with me since the last time I've posted here...here we go:

• Costco has been going well so far.  I'm enjoying my time there and I hope to god that I do get a permanent job there and maybe get a full-time  position there if school is going to be a long while for me to start.  Only one problem occured during the work and that was when someone was trying to request me of doing something for the elderly lady.  I accepted to assist them but the cashier didn't hear her and told her to ask the exit guys to bring help if she needed it.  Then she went balistic and I reported to the supervisor immediately so that way, she would get help even if I didn't do it.  I told him that if he could do it, it might be better since she didn't want me to help her anymore.  The supervisor did that and came back apologizing on behalf of her for the behaviour she was giving me.  Other than that, I've been getting anywhere between 25 to 35 hours a week.  The pay is much better than my other job, and I'm saving a good 200 - 250 bucks a month and I feel very good with it.  I either use it for myself, or just save it up for bigger and badder credit card bill.

• I'm still seeing the school counsellors to see my current options.  I'm currently looking into a couple trade programs that I seeked interest in and currently investigating them.  I already have the Stagecraft and SETA idea again in my mind but haven't made my mind yet; I still want to see where the trades field would take me.  When I find out, then I may have a couple more meetings with the counsellor and I should find out what I really want to do.  I am also exploring into different options, so we will see and find out what I can do.  I'm also trying to be careful in terms of my learning disability, and making sure that the program will be good for me to do instead of running into difficulties.

• This week has been an interesting week in terms of the weather and how I had to deal with it.  First off was the snow...it was unbelievable!  I kept sliding the car even though I was being very cautious!  The first night that snow came down, I had a little tough time coming home because I live on a hill and the roads were a bit slippery.  I was able to get in my driveway easy NOSE IN.  I found out that the next morning, all I left was a huge mud tracks XD.  I had a difficult time moving the car out and my dad had to assist me in backing the car out.  Then when I tried to come home, I really slid away and I wanted to learn on my own on how to park the car in the driveway when the weather comes to this.  Unfortunately, we had help so we got it done.  I just say unfortunate because I wanted to try it on my own.  Even though it was gonna take longer than expected, I wanted to still give it a go!  However, I am still learning on how to drive in the snow, so my level of knowledge is still growing.  Tomorrow I will tackle the roads again; so it will be fun!  As well, we had our power lost two times and the span was a day and a half.  So out of a week, I was able to handle three days of no power.  The first night wasn't hard to deal with, because you were use to the remainder of heat; however, the second day was the worse because the temperature change was just like how it was outside.  So we had to double-up the blankets and the amount of clothes that I had to wear.  I wore a good 4 layers of tops and 2 layers of pants.
  

Current Location: watching TV @ home
Current Music: None.

I got a call from Telus Mobility sometime late morning to mid-afternoon. They wanted to review my contract and see what deals they can give me since I was about 2 months away from ending my 2 year one. So they went over and since my phone is fairly new, I didn't really want a new one; but if I did choose, I had another one in mind ^_^. So they went over it and they were giving me a deal that I couldn't say no. Currently, I was paying around $45-$47 dollars with the plan I had currently; during the whole conversation between Telus and I, they had given all of my bundles for FREE. As well, they gave me a couple new things that was for free as well (such as Web Surfing on the phone, added more text messaging for me to send since I did an average of about 120 each month XD). So I still have my old plan that was discontinued back in 2004 with a new 1-year contract and with all of these services free, I was surprised and happy. Now my bills will be around $35 bucks :D

Other than cell phone news, I just chilled the rest of the day. Did other work around the house, helping mom with dishes (cleaning and putting away), and chilled on the computer as usual. I took my mom's car to Aircare (since her insurance is gonna expire in a week and she needed to get it done) and I was surprised when it came out of it; she passed everything but with levels I couldn't believe!! The way it passed, it was like the car was about a couple years old....and it's a 1987 O_O. I told her the news and same with my dad and they were impressed that the car is running perfect for all of us and the abuse that we gave it (i.e. the many trips we went to LA from Vancouver, doing a lot of moving around and needing the space, etc etc)!

Seeing the school counsellor every week and so far, we have narrowed down the whole career thing to a limited amount; that is VERY good in my terms. Now within the next 2-3 weeks, I should have a good area to find out what I should do with me redoing the courses; wait for the while and do it, or just move on to another program! So far, moving on might be the answer....I have found another program out at Douglas College that I am planning to attend the Information Session (and possibly take notes). The program's name is "Stagecraft", which deals with behind-the-scenes work of plays and stuff. They also have parts that deal with Sound Production and Ligthing, which I am pretty familiar with. Again, I will update more when the time comes along.

That's been it for me...I've been working a lot at Costco, as this week I'm working 6 days a week and who knows for next. Keeping busy like a big bumble bee as they say XD.

Current Mood: impressed
Current Music: Justin Timerlake featuring Timbaland - My Love

A week has been gone and so far, I'm enjoying the Costco business. Everybody around me is very friendly and we all have fun together. The work environment is more of a family atmosphere and I feel that a job like this would be awesome to keep. Lets hope that I get out of Seasonal and get put on permanent. So far, I'm getting 25 hours a week but it's great because I'm gaining tons of experience while the days come ahead for me. Everybody is starting to talk with me, even the cute girls ;).

Decided to still keep my car wash job, but only do that once a week to make pocket money. As well, trying to get rid of some stuff that I'm not using and giving it to others who might need it. I have too much things to buy, but first comes first; gain some cash flow and then start spending slowly.

Current Mood: happy!
Current Music: Basshunter - Vi Sitter I Ventrilo Och Spelar DotA

Arka has now gotten into the Costco business, assisting the cashier and maybe doing buggy duty. XD I'm going for orientation (paid) this Saturday at 10am. Going to be 4.5 hours of fun LOL

Current Mood: surprised
Current Music: Dj Shadow feat. Mos Def - Six Days (Remix)

Interview #2 is coming up for Costco on Wednesday.

I was surprised to hear back from them because from the way that the interviewer was answering and how she looked at me, I thought I didn't do that well. But it seemed like I still kept my confidence up and did it. Now I may have two more interviews to come if all goes well; so let's hope the second one isn't too difficult for me.

Current Mood: shocked and surprised
Current Music: Cascada - Miracle

Job hunting time......yay! XD

Going to try and drop off resumes at a couple places while going to the car wash work. My mom is sooo into having me go into Costco, so I am giving them a second chance. If they don't accept me this time, then I may not attempt to go back there for a very long time! I'm not saying that I can't do it, but I feel that going over and over and them not wanting me for whatever reason is going to bother me. Oh well, we'll see what kind of job (if I do get one) I can get out of this. Got some in line for tomorrow....Costco, a warehouse place in Annacis Island, and maybe do the usual round-abouts around Surrey.

I just ended a 9 day working streak and man do I feel tired or just happy because I'm going to get a fat paycheque ^_^.  I know for sure that I'm close to hitting the 80 hour mark (or even more if I get to work on Monday to wrap my hours up).  I'm so close to paying off my debts and then I have to pay off my new video camera that I bought before AE.  Its wonderful and I hope to keep it for a very long time!  I'm sure for those who know me will see it eventually - either at car trips (aka VW), Anime Club meetups, and all that.

I have been using the bus to go to work on the weekday and I am very happy that I'm doing so.  Whenever I get on the skytrain around 8am, I see the biggest and dirtiest lineup on King George Highway ever in my life.  I mean, I have seen worse times, but this one was insane!  From Patullo Bridge till about 108th Avenue is packed with cars and trucks, trying to get into New West / Burnaby area.  If I were to go to work in that situation, I would have to leave my house around 7:30am and just pray for no traffic lol.  The only time I drive to work is on a couple occasions:

(1) If I have a get-together right after work in Richmond or Vancouver
(2) weekends; since there isn't any traffic on the bridge and it's an easy 25 - 30 minute drive, while driving on the weekday could be an HOUR!
(3) If I have some things happening on the actual weekday that I desperately need the car (and something that's not transit accessible).

Winter is coming up and I have to start clothing shopping for the wintertime.  I have some things, but not enough!  I have TOO much summer clothes - thanks to the t-shirts that I have been receiving over the past couple years - and very less sweaters and jackets for me to wear during November til March time.  I have gotten a little bit of clothing for friends gtg or night time wear and now will have to start on the winter stuff....maybe after my debts are dealt with.  I also have some things to pay off for my car and get some new parts to put in so that I will be winter-ready!

School planning is going alright, meeting up with the sweetest counsellor ever; and she is pretty cute *blush* XD  She has been helping me a lot in terms of how I should be thinking in terms of career and the kinds of testing that I have taken over the past two sessions.  I'm sure that I should find out what to do by the end of October and start finding the program at different schools and begin registration.  It's like anywhere you go, you should have some sort of education at an university or college level.  Everything here in Canada is changing; from education to living.  You name it, it's either gone up or it's getting eliminated.  I envy those who live on their own and are able to keep up with payments and everything that they own.  I have even started to think about moving out of my parents house and live on my own, but what keeps me away from that is the financial situation that I'm currently facing.  When I have been planning and putting my funds on a little budget, I sometimes tend to go over or am under by a couple hundred dollars.  I think I may need to get one more job (and possibly something that is more than $9/hr) just to break even and make things running smoothly.  I'm happy at home with parents, but there is something inside of you that's telling you to move on and start doing things independently.

I just have a lot of things running in my mind on a daily basis and I just know how to deal with them when the situation comes.  I don't spaz out or go into a depression mode...it's like everything around me relieves me; friends, people (of all ages and guys/girls), and all the love that's around me.  Even registering on forums and posting with other users around the world calms me down.  I guess I'm too easy going for everyone LOL XD.

I have just noticed that I'm starting to get white hair after little bunches on my head.  I'm scared because it makes me feel that I'm aging too quickly >_< LOL.  I know i'm still young and that I'm 23 years old, but I'm sure something in me is making me feel a bit old. 

After this entry, I think that's all I have to update for the time being.  Who knows what the future will bring forward to me, but I hope it's in a good and right direction! :)

Cheers to all =)

Current Location: home, on my laptop
Current Mood: peaceful
Current Music: Celldweller - Own Little World

After a whole month of not posting on LJ for the longest time in my LiveJournal history....I HAVE FINALLY CAME ON TO POST SOMETHING XD LOL.

So where to start....

Anime Evolution

This was a blast! I really mean blast....mainly because I was the insane person there doing too many things. I was doing some parts of the sound for most of the events happening at the Convocation Mall, being one of the DJs at the dance on both Saturday and Sunday nights, and being a participant at the Anime Walkoff. Personally, I had a lot of fun and probably the best fun I had all year.

Anime Walkoff - This was hilarious! I finally succeeded to what my friend dared me to cosplay (which for those who want to know what it is, it's Man Faye) and I made it all the way to the 3rd round. I got eliminated by a dude named Zack, who was really good. He went all the way to the finals and lost to another Zack (First Soldier Zack XD). When I got out of my secret dress and showed the fans the actual Man Faye costume, everybody was in shock! I guess because I modified the actual costume so it would be user-friendly, but also that someone was able to do it. I had a good chat with the host of the Walkoff MC_Kyo and he was very impressed with me and glad that I did the costume; not just because it's something unique, but it was a costume that took a lot of guts to do! But overall, I had fun and that was that! I know the fans loved it....

Dance - OH MY GOD! This was a HUGE improvement from last year. Last year was awesome, but this year was more than awesome...probably because we played awesome music for the crowd, and we had bigger and better space....OUTSIDE! It was fairly warm on a Saturday and Sunday night and we had a pretty good amount of people out to dance their hearts out to a bit of Top 40s, a bit of rave, techno, and of course Japanese tunes (anime related or not). Big prop out to Dj CruzMissile, who is a very close friend of mine and a wonderful DJ for playing the latest tracks. I had the video camera out to video tape both Saturday night (10 mins) and Sunday night (about 30-35 minutes of footage). They should be up on YouTube by now, or maybe at the next anime club at Johnston Heights, I will show it (if it's allowed by the teacher of course ^_^).

My busy life

After Anime Evolution, I have been going through a cycle. Basically, nothing new; same old stuff, different day(s).  Here was my schedule after the convention:

-Worked 6 days in a row at the car wash
-Volunteered for 3 days on Kwantlen campuses for New Student Orientation
-Worked again for about 6 days in a row at the car wash
-Did some DJing gigs at Kwantlen campuses for 4 days
-Worked 2 days so far and who knows how many after

And now we are here. ^_^

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Fatty Koo - Bounce!

AE is close to coming....another couple more days! I seriously can't wait for this to happen. I just wonder to how much I will survive after the con. My actual date for the convention starts on Friday, with preparing and setting up stuff, then a meeting. Then Saturday, that's when all the fans come by. My secret cosplay is done; just needs to be worn and see how it looks. Rick James and Borat I haven't found much of them, but I am thinking of being creative. So let's hope that my creative judgement will work. ^_^

Hopefully see you all at the con!

Current Mood: stressing out slowly
Current Music: Manuel - No Control (Eurobeat)

Yohz!

Nothing new to report much. Just been working hard and paying off bills :S. So close to getting out of debt...:D

-AE is coming up...so that means that I'll become a ghost and I will not be able to be around much. I was offered to assist with the sound production for the concerts that are happening at AE and even the dance with my good buddy CruzMissile. I think it's gonna be a blast and I can't wait! Just under two weeks away and AE is here...woohoo!!

-Went to Stephan's BBQ party, but arrived fairly late (sorry for all). However, I got in just in time to see the old gang (like Stephan, Dan, Mike, etc). Unfortunately I wasn't able to see a lot of people from animation club, but at least I was able to see a couple others. I'm sure that I'll see the rest of the gang sometime.

-I'm starting to play a lot of computer games (such as Counter-Strike Source, BattleField 2, etc) and unfortunately, I dont have a fast computer at home to play them all. I'm thinking of getting a fast system so that I am able to play all of them and practice up to go against buddies. I would still use my laptop to do the usual things, and use it to take around for DJing or other purposes, as the desktop will be stayed at home most of the times (unless if there is some gaming at people's houses or tournaments) for games/school/other stuff.

-Got an email from my program instructor that I am not able to continue on with the program because of me not passing more than 60%. I've had some school friends who told me that I should be on some academic probation but so far, I haven't heard anything about that yet. I may inquire about it and see what the deal is, but unfortunately all classes for this September are booked and I can't register for them until next September (in 2007). It really hurts me because I have tried so hard to get good grades and I have really enjoyed this field of study! I want to do it again, but waiting a whole year is like wasting a year of my life. I've been in pain, I've felt it and even moreso, I feel that I could of done more if I had the second chance....however, it wasn't the case :(. Now I will figure out what other things I may want to do - I still had backup things like "Sound Technician" or even doing the SETA program again. Now I have to think and put things through before registering again in November.

That is all.

Current Mood: See-Saw

Wow been a month that I haven't updated LiveJournal. What's new with me within the past couple of weeks? Well lemme see...

1. Work has been the same thing; nothing has really changed! I am starting to work more and more and it's getting to the point where I was becoming a ghost in my house. It's automatically reminding me when I was working at Global TV, KSA, and taking classes full-time a couple years ago. I was pulling off 20-hr days two times a week, which was not THAT bad but still. This time, it's coming back to me again, but it's coming on a majority daily basis. I'm hanging in there, while I'm trying to start cosplay shopping and paying off debts. I'm like 80% paid off so far, and that's great!!

2. Life has been tough lately. I guess my emotions are somewhat starting to kick in. But now I have learned to control it well and now I'm starting to build my good life back in. I guess I just am getting too frustrated with a lot of things that are going on with me (like with family and how they act around me, about my schooling, my friends, etc etc). But now, I'm starting back on the right track and hopefully, my life will be successful!!

3. I have had a couple of people come by to my house and looked at the car. It seems like not a lot of people like 'rebuilt' cars XD. Even though that they saw the car, they thought that the car was decent enough for the price; price is gonna go down a little more since it's been on the selling part for 2.5 weeks. I think more people will be interested once it hits to $6000obo...we'll see what will happen later.

4. Anime Evolution is coming up and I can't wait! I have been preparing music up for the dance that I may be DJing at. I'll be letting you guys know about it. I'm playing songs on my radio show, to have people understand what kind of music will be played at AE. The walkoff is gonna be great (and yes I am a contestant in it), the dance is gonna be sweet with J-pop, some English, and Trance music becoming to combine as one whole, and going to buy a video camera to document everything that happens during the convention. Who knows...I may have a special showing at the JHSS Anime Club, or have a friend's gtg party or something.

5. The radio show is gonna come back to Power Hitz Radio starting on Monday (but there was one little problem). I wasn't able to kick our bot off so that I could take over the airwaves; so I contacted the top head of the station about my situation and hopefully, an answer will arise!

6. My parents went to Toronto for a week to attend my cousin's wedding. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend because of other commitments that I had to do at home. My parents had a wonderful time over there, but they weren't fond about the hot weather that Toronto had over the week. Mom explained it to me and saying that she wouldn't want to live there. I prefer Vancouver than the other cities, just because it's the average of any weather. Like we have a little bit of snow, rain, sun, clouds, etc etc. Different areas around the world, from what I've seen, lean more toward the hot and coolness; here, it's like a package - an 'all-in-one' package XD.

I think that's about it for the time being...will continue to update once I have more time!

Current Music: LifeHouse - Beautiful

The past two weeks have been fairly busy. So far, I have worked 72 hours in the two week pay period, which means that I can pay off my debts a lot quicker. The next paycheque is somewhat becoming like that too. I guess you can say that the month of June is "work full time month and pay off your debts!" XD. Probably starting in July, I will be buying a monthly bus pass if I continue to go like this. If that is the case, it's better for me just because I won't have to drive my car around a lot, and since the gas prices are starting to rise, I have started to drive less than usual. I will be putting my car in the paper for sale, as I'm planning to upgrade and go back to my favorite kind of fuel...DIESEL! XD

Everything else has been going well, I can't complain much! Unfortunately, since work has been giving me a lot of hours, I haven't been attending a lot of my car club meetups and even Animation Club. I don't know to how long I will be like this, but I hope I will make it to their party. I have my brother's graduation on the same day so I may swing by for a couple hours before I jet down there. This is gonna be exciting!

I've also had a problem on my car club forum. It seems to me that one user just hates my guts. I don't know why he's being like that, but I kindly asked him to tell me what the hell is going on and that I was willing to talk about it; the response I got, well, let's just say that he wants me to stay away from him (like 30 feet away) and to not talk to him nor reply back to him ever! I said this to my good friend on the forum and he told me that the guy is a jerk and idiot! I'm just wondering if he was upset with me about not helping him pay for something I didn't cause. It started one year ago, when all of us gathered up to go to White Rock for some Fish'n'Chips. On our way out, I was hit on the passenger side, and he got the worse of the hit by getting some rubber off of me on his nice rims, and a damage on the corner of his rear fender. I had a independent witness that he saw clearly that it wasn't my fault and it was his because he was speeding a hell lot on the parking stall and trying to get ahead of me. I didn't see him and I thought at first he jumped; instead, he scraped my bumper. ICBC told me that I wouldn't lose anything and it was his fault. I would still like to find out, but I don't think I'll ever do! I have a lot of good friends on the forums and I don't want to have that bother me.

I'm getting excited for Anime Evolution, which is just under 2 months away. I heard that there will be a dance, but how many of them is the question. For sure, I'm gonna do a dance with my good friend, Dj CruzMissile, and we are just gonna have fun like what we did last year. You can find the mini-dance video on YouTube (search for AE 2005 and you should see the dance video). This year, we are planning to have it outside instead of the pub, since it was a very small area. The outside will be great, just because of the HUGE space and the nice and breezy air that we will get. As well, gonna be cosplaying as Rick James during the dance, and others that I'm keeping a secret until AE comes up. I will post some pictures when I get the chance.

So far, so good I'll say! Coming up is gonna be a busy one. I have become a Sound Director for a play thats gonna happen on June 25th at my church! Been busy working on that. Gonna start getting quotes and talk with the directors on what stuff we need and get some sort of script for me so that I know what cues I need to do and stuff. I went last Friday and it seemed straight forward...doing a script would be better for me! As well, working more hours would be a good idea; save up some $$ for AE and cosplays, pay off the gov't, and even during the school years.

And finally, Year one has been completed! I'm waiting for one more mark from my courses and it seemed like I did better on the first half than the rest; I was basically see-sawing. I failed one course, as I plan to re-take it in September. Another course I got a high D but I got the credits for it. The rest of my courses were pretty good and the course that hasn't been inputted is gonna put my GPA up a hell lot. I know I passed with flying colors on the one that's missing. I can't wait for Year Two, as I think I'll do better then than how I did in Year One. I don't know why but it seems like how I worked before was better than how I was the last 2-3 months. I'm predicting I finished as a "C" average during my Year One studies. It's not bad, but I think I could of done better! Right now, I will enjoy my summer vacation and take the advantage of time off. When school comes, then I will become "Arka, the friendly ghost!" XD

See you all very soon...time to get ready for ZzZ.

Current Location: home
Current Mood: a bit sick and exhausted
Current Music: Yellowcard - Breathing

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SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER XD
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Since I updated this, I have completed all my three classes and two presentations. I did very well on them, which I feel very happy of. One of them was just professional and the teacher really liked the way I used my Powerpoint skills on the presentation. I think that people did learn a lot from it and that was the main point. The other was just on my knowledge of the topic I picked. Me and another partner did a lot of the talking on our topics because it was mostly inter-related and it did cover a lot of things about the whole thing. So it was very informal! So I got one grade letter back (got a C- in one course, but at least I got the passing mark :D). So my GPA went up from 1.2 to 1.4, and I know that one class I did very well in. There is one more class that I'm worried about and if I do well, I should be in good position in terms of my GPA.

So work has been starting to put me on more of shifts and that's good, probably because they know that since I'm done school, they can put me on multiple days. I'm still in the process of finding another job and maybe keep this one to do once a week for just spending purposes. Still planning this out, but just playing by ear so far. At least, the good thing is that work is giving me hours and now I can pay off my debts fairly quickly :D I know it's been two days so far, but I think they got the message and maybe I will hit a good chunk of hours.

That's about it...

PS: Ringo, thanks for getting me hooked on that Buttons song! I'm now cranking at home and soon in the car.

Current Location: home
Current Music: PussyCat Dolls - Buttons XD

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CLASSES REMAINING: 3
PRESENTATIONS TO PRESENT IN CLASS: 2
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So far, I have found out my mark for the Saturday class and I failed! :( I got pretty upset with it and I should re-take it for next year. I think I have a course later in that year that is a prerequisite for the one I failed; so, I will have a very busy schedule from September to December. Instead of 4 classes (I have to take an English class for some weird reason), I will be taking 5 XD. This will be a lot of pressure on me because I have to keep up with the new info, while reviewing the old things again.

I have just started working on my Thursday presentation (which sounds simple I think), which I have to discuss and prepare a day in the life of a person who has "depression". I chose that topic because I recalled some incidents in the past that people had this symptom and I thought learning more about it would be easier. I think it has and when I handed my assignment in, I felt more confident that I will get a good grade on the assignment. Then the presentation is worth a small portion of it, but I still want to do well on it. Half of the presentation marks is going towards me participating in discussion of other's presentation (like asking questions, commenting, etc etc). So, I think I will do well in that class.

For Saturday's class, I did my part of the work, which was to prepare a Powerpoint Presentation on Down Syndrome. I basically used the same questions (not all of them, but used the most frequent asked questions) and answered them with different pictures of children who has Down Syndrome. When I showed it to the group (which I was about 70% complete), they really loved it and liked how I did the slides up. So, I finished it all last night and emailed it to my group members and hopefully, they will have any updates / changes by tonight and then I will go over one more time (and timed) to make sure that I fit under 5 minutes. I dont think my things will last even more than that.

I'm planning to put my car up for sale next week. I am planning to go back to a turbo diesel engine, just because it will help me financially. Now, I'm paying my bills off slowly and am planning to get rid of one of my credit cards, as I plan to stick with just one - at least for now. This way, when I'm better organized, then I won't have to deal with more credit cards coming my way and keep using them and owing a lot of money. I'm being cautious with what I spend and how I spend my money, so that everything will be good for me in the end. I just wish that work gives me more hours. Even working full time three days a week will help, not like 1-2 days a week. -.-

Wish me luck on my presentations! I will write when they are completed! Now back to working on the one for tomorrow *writes*

Current Mood: relaxed, but overworked