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Summer Begins

Good day Ladies and Gents.  Its been a while since I have written a post. I should update my life more often so if I forget things, I can just look upon this blog to remember.  How's life people? Mine...."good." <--why "good"? Well, if you compare to other people's life who is less fortunate, my life would be actually great.  I am truly blessed, but am I truly happy? I believe without a doubt, that I am not. This is because of several reasons:

1. I am not receiving the Computer Science education I wanted from my school Norfolk State University.  I barely do any programming at my school which is bad for a computer programmer.  So I am completely unsatisfied, and for someone who loves his education, I am also unhappy.
2. I am easy to talk to and I can talk to strangers really easily. I also can make friends easily, I do not have a lot of friends at my school.
3. I do not like being at Norfolk State.  I feel like I do not belong there. This may relate to #1. The standard of education is low, maybe only in my cs department.  The quality of service is low.  And NSU has screwed me over so many times, that I am still paying for it.  I belong in a better institution than this.

I thank God for the friends I do have that I talk a lot with like Marx the omnipotent, Serina the beautiful, and JP the ugly.  I have others like Shaquetts my Honey, Jazmine the Snake, and some others.  So I can not say I'm lonely.  I guess that's how my life turned out to be.  Sucks.

The next thing I am going to talk about is part of the events in my life that keeps me going.  I am going to attend another internship, but this will be at University of Californai Los Angelos. I am so excited.  I always look forward to my internships because I can learn something new and be challenged, something I do not get much at my university.  California is about to be POPPIN.  I will def be updating my blog a lot. Its going to be so much fun!!!  Plus from what I learned in US-Japanese Relations class in Japan, there are lot Japanese in Cali.  #awesome. I can maybe interact with some Japanese and practice the language.  But more importantly there are a lot of good looking women there :) lol.  Bout to have fun!!!! Its starts June 21st though, so I still have  a month and a week.  

Hmmmm.....anything else.....well I really want to go back to Japan, or leave my school.  Oh yea, this semester is the first time I have received a 4.0 .....ever.  The bad thing is, I am not happy as I thought I would be for reasons #1 and #3 above.  I definitely did work for it but what good is the achievement if the work came so easy?  This is my life, just another day....just another day in the life of me.  no smile.

Olympiad Aftermath

Ok. Ladies and Gents.  Its been a long....three weeks.  I recently participated in a robotics competition formally known as ARTSI Olympiad.  My two favorite parts of the competition is the Cryptography and the ARTSI MovieFest.  Anyway, the reason for this post is that I wanted to inform that a coordinator of the ARTSI MovieFest cheated and screwed me over.  I submitted my video for the movie festival, but when I arrived he said that I did not.  I sent 5 different emails.  I sent it to the correct address most definitely, yet he "did not receive it."  Coincidentally, his team placed first this year and last year.  Hmmm, is that not shady at all? So, I was highly irate at the time when I confronted him about the emails I sent to him because he was ignoring me and turning his back.  I wanted to punch him in his face because that is highly disrespectful, but I composed myself before I did so.  The night I returned to my university I felt like I did not know what to do with myself because it seemed that I did four days worth of work with only four hours of sleep each night for nothing.  I was not depressed nor sad, but just helpless.  I laid on my bed for an hour and a half, do absolutely nothing.  I later indulge myself with unhealthy by going to chinese restaurant.  After eating my food, I looked at the fortune cookie and I FELT, YES I FELT like it was important. More important than any I have ever received before.  I know this sounds crazy because that is exactly what I was thinking when I felt that way.  I opened and I read "You are not a loser until you quit trying."  There is a God.  If that is not a Heaven-sent message I do not know what is.  Not only that, I had received to fortune cookies and this one stated "Idleness is for fools."  Another significant message.  This raised my spirit back up, and I began writing my script for next years competition and I'm almost finished.  For the next four days after that night I gathered evidence with my evidence to accuse the coordinator Andrew Williams for cheating.  We gathered as much evidence as we could and presented it to the ARTSI board.  I will not discuss everything that we gathered in fear of a longer blog post, but in short, at the end of the fourth day he had resigned his position WILLINGLY from the ARTSI Board before any action could be taken upon him.  His first mistake was cheating.  His second was cheating me.  His third was cheating someone who worked really hard on his project.   His fourth was accusing me of lying.  His fifth was fucking with computer scientists with determination.  KARMA IS A BITCH...AINT IT?  Just another day in the life of me.  straight face.

FINISHED!!!!!!!

Ok. Ladies and gentlemen.  Let's see.....this week has been freakin busy for me!!! NO JOKE! But before I get to the main topic of my post, I want to mention something that has been on my mind since Sunday of March 14, 2010.  And this is how I want to start it off........'WTF WAS WRONG WITH YOU DAVID!!" I don't believe I got attached this girl....what was I thinking.  I don't wanna say to trust my "n**ga instincts and shouldn't have grown attached to her.......wait......that's exactly want I want to say.  I don't know how I came to realize this...., maybe because she was the only thing keeping alive in my boring life.  So I guess since I am participating in activities to keep me busy, I don't need her as an anchor to keep me from insanity in the forsaken place called NSU.  Don't get me wrong she was ....."is" cute as hell, sexy,....nice bod....cute personality,.....damn.....now I remember why I started getting attached to her. Nevertheless, it was suppose to be for fun, but I had to give it a try....smh.....a lesson learned.  Plus I only get attached to, well suppose to,  people who I can see my self in a relationship for a long time.  My last girlfriend was someone I could see myself with for a very long time, ....I mean.....she was like the full package: brains, witty, quick with the mouth like me, and she is most definitely gonna be successful in life.  Well...."shit happens." ANYWAY....BACK TO MY ORIGINAL TOPIC.


Monday through Thursday morning, I only had 12 hours of sleep!!! WTF. I was so busy with this project for the ARTSI Competition with a sub competition called Movie Fest.  We recorded all our video in two days, but I did all the editing.  It took a long time, but I finished it.  Thank God. I'm exhausted right now, and I need to take a break.  However, I can not because I haven't done any work for any of my classes all week because of the movie project so I am definitely behind and it has piled up.  Ganbatte ne = Good luck to me, right.  Anyway, here are the videos I created.  Just another day in the life of me :)




















Just another day in the life of me :)

Ok. Ladies and Gents.  Last week had to be the best week of this semester thus far....like I was on my grind.  So I applied to this scholarship/internship/ job provided by the DOD , but it took me 10-15 hours to do it!!! Tsukareta (tired).  Therefore, I had to run to the research building back and forth because I was receiving aid there. I had to write essays, fill out an application, and sign some papers.  It was hard, BUT FUN AND CHALLENGING!!! It threw my whole schedule off.  It made my currently dull life....a bit interesting for a short period of time.  Sadly, that week is over so I'm back to ole' regular boredom again.  Well, actually I am entering into this video contest which I have been thinking up ideas for almost a year now....so thats keeping from complete boredom.  I just have to get these negroes on my team to help me, because they are procrastinating right now and I need to get something done with the movie smh.  I think I will boot them out my team and replace them with someone else.  I am not trying to be mean....but i don't have time for bullshit. I may be a procrastinator, AND A SERIOUS ONE A THAT lol, but when it close to the finish line I know its time to kick it in gear, so to speak.  Anyway, I got 5 midterms exams this week, and I haven't studied for them....I am the ultimate procrastinator.  But you know what?  This is just another day in the life of me :)

Studying for Linear Algebra Test

Ok, ladies and gents. So I am completely unmotivated right now. I am currently studying for my linear algebra test. Kind of bored doing it though, no I am bored. Hmmm.... I need something exhilarating to happen to me. Yea...I think I'm go skydiving in a couple of weeks. But what should I do in the mean time? Hmmmm.... studying Japanese and re-watching Death Note is keeping soul connected to this body, but that will only last for so long. I need something to help sew up the roots. Well....I think there is a shooting range near my university. Maybe I can go shoot at some paper targets. Man....I need some ideas. I still got at least two months in this pathetic school. Anyway, just another day in the life of ...me (sigh) .

Ok, Ladies and Gents. It's been almost a month now since the last post. Has there been a significant change in my life since then, hmmmmm? Yes, I guess. Since my education is the most important thing to me right now, I will start with everything related to it. So I have applied to eight internship thus far, and I will still apply to more for this summer I have been procrastinating a lot this past month, but I will explain why later. Other than internships, I have a research job on my campus, but I have not been doing much in it. I was given a seventy-five page paper to read, and I did, about a video they are trying to develop enlightening gamers of the history of George Latimer and his son. George Latimer was a slave who escaped to freedom when he reached to Boston, I think. So far the only thing I assisted on was making the game appealing to the modern day gamer, but I want to do more than that. I want to learn how to do something, but I have not got any word yet, and I do not want to nag them. The next thing is my Japanese class....smh...sigh. Remember in my last post I said the young African Americans are not pushing themselves to the limit, but actually below average is fine with them? Well, IT IS GETTING ON MY F'N NERVES!!!! Let me tell how slow my class is at Norfolk State University by using lessons in the Japanese learning textbook for comparison. The textbook has twelve lessons in total. In Japan, my sensei (teacher) went from lesson one to lesson five for Japanese 101. I come back to NSU and take Japanese 101-2, the second level, and the second level starts at Lesson 4!! I asked the teacher "why are you going so slow?" She responds "well, the students here are not as motivated as students elsewhere. I have to make sure that they pass." WTF!!! Not only that, but I found out she also teaches at another university not far from my school and in their Japanese 101, she teaches from Lesson 1 - Lesson 6!!!! Oh My F'n Goodness. The classes I attend at the school in Japan were all challenging, so do you know how depressed I was when I heard that shit. The only thing that kept me alive was this girl I liked in Japan that I knew was coming to America to study. I thought I could build a relationship with her since we "dated" (<----it complicated), however, she shut me down about three weeks ago, and that "tipped the glass over." I was so depressed that I felt I could not move for half a day. I wanted to cry because I feel I am not getting the education I want, I felt lonely, I feel utterly unsatisfied. What do you do if you have a full scholarship, but your parents do not have money for you to transfer to better university? What do you do when you are lonely and not interested in any woman....on your campus...in your home state....not even in America? What do you do when you are so unsatisfied that you are far past the point where you begin to think "what is the point of life?" I am not the type of person to commit suicide if anyone is thinking that. Dying is too easy, and it is not a challenge at all and you know how much I love a challenge. Remember, it is always harder to live than to not. Sigh. Well, just another day in the life of me (no smiley face this time).

Ok, Ladies and Gents. Its literally two weeks since I have been at NSU...smh. Like I said before... I wish I was back in Japan. I do not want to sound like I am complaining a lot so I will say this: "Count your blessing," because other people are in a worse situation. I really cannot say that I am in a "bad" situation. Cool Friends. Full Scholarship. Internship in both 2008 and 2009. I mean nothing is wrong in those situations. The ONLY thing I really have a problem with this school is the computer science education and how low the standards are. I am so bored with these professors because they are used to the African-American students not pushing themselves to the limit, not even trying to be average, but below it. smh. Shouganai (that's life). Anyway, currently I am applying to internships for summer 2010. I am applying to like twelve of them. Hopefully I get one again, God Blessing. The internships I have applied, especially the last one smh, was challenging. THAT IS WHAT I LOVE.....THE CHALLENGE, PUSHING MYSELF TO BEST I CAN BE. I may hate the challenge during the process, but the taste of sweet victory, the feel of a great accomplishment always make it worth it. Time to go watch some anime, and finish this internship application. Just another day in the life of ...me :)

Hello Ladies and Gents. I know I know....i havent blogged in a long time, and you have told me that. So I was just invited to the new Google Wave so I am updating now since the Wave has features that deals with Blogger. Anyway, last time I signed in I was in Japan. Now I am back in America. A lot has happened since the last time I wrote. So I will give you a list of major happenings:

• Moved out my host family's apartment because of the lack of communication which created an unwanted and "not welcomed here" atmosphere. So I packed my things and literally left there place without a word. One thing I should note, Japanese people are evasive and that was the beginning of my problems.
• I took the second test of Eastern Religion class and I GOT A FREAKIN A!!!! I am happy because i failed the first with a 69 which was one of the top 3 test grade in the class smh. This time I think i was number one. Remember kids: "fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me." I passed the third test as well with an A as well, that was one of my hardest class, if not the hardest.
• HALLOWEEN!!!! Yo, the Japanese cats I was hanging with at LCJ took it to the extreme with their costumes. We had a lot of fun at our schools halloween party. Apparently the previous year's Halloween was wack, but our int'l group for Fall '09 made it worth while for the Japanese cats.
• So there was this lady, nicknamed "kaasan" which means mother in Japanese. She was given that nicknamed because people though she looked older for her age. Well, that same lady.....I liked a lot. smh. Kaasan ha samishii you da yo! <--- That is Japanese for (i think) " i miss kaasan" with an affirmative stance. She is coming to study abroad in America, so maybe I can meet up with her :)
• I almost forgot about Thanksgiving because Japanese people do not celebrate it of course. So we decided to go to a Portuguese restaurant which was awesome lol. You will see why when I upload the pictures. It was me, Alex, Ryu, George, Tinu, Ashley, Jency, Marx, Mari, Angelina, Gerry, Misaki, Maasa, some russian guy lmfao, and I think that is it. It was like a buffet for a reasonable price especially since food in Tokyo is crazy expensive smh. But we definitely enjoyed ourselves ;)
• Finished my finals...I had a 3.88, almost had that 4.0 F*CK!!!! Remembering it makes me mad. Anyway. I had three A's and one A minus. Oh well sh*t happens.
• I stayed an extra week and did things that I wanted to do before I left like spend time with friends and the girl I liked :*( I visited Kamakura which is a beautiful place to see around November to December in Japan because around that time it is like fall in America. The leaves are gorgeous. Sugoii desu ne (amazing isnt it?)
• I went to Ito which is in the mountains!!! It was f'n awesome. Like, who do you know that lives in the mountains?! Well my friend had a little party at her house and it was real good. The view is really beautiful too. I miss Japan.
• I returned to the U.S. and dreaded being away from Japan and the friends I made there. I played games most of the time. Man...let me tell you about New Year's....um actually...maybe not because it is probably too explicit.....well I can say some things. :) lol. So had a little get together/ slash party. We had music going, had drinks ( a lot), dark lighting... and the rest is history :) THAT IS HOW YOU START A NEW YEAR!
• Now I am at school, ole Negro State University (the name is actually Norfolk State University) but this place gets on my nerves, but shogonai ne (thats life).

Like I said I am updating my blog because Caramina sent me an invite which I am totally grateful for. Just another day in the life of me :)

Ok, ladies and gents. So I had a very fun weekend....but freakin tiring. NEMUII To TSUKARETA!

Translation, sleepy and tired. Friday night, 10/9/2009, we went to the Alps as usual. the Alps is a bar/restaurant/chill spot type of thing. The bad thing is that there is a lot of smoking which gets on my nerves! Every time we go there we spend close to 300 hundred bucks! Never again. Lets see......Saturday I went to Ueno, Japan thinking that I am going to meet a friend there, but it supposed to be on sunday so I felt stupid when I called her and asked her "where you at?" lol. So I decided to look around and saw these girls staring at me, but tryin to be inconspicuous about it. They worked at a Very small jewelry store so I decided to walk in. They were very cute, we talked a little....well as much as we could since there is a language barrier, but my Japanese is getting a little better every week so I could convey some of my thoughts to her. I bought something for my friend in the U.S. Anyway, Sunday night I met with my friend in Ueno and instead of taking me on a tour, she surprised me and took me to another city called Odaiba. It was freaking beautiful! There is a smaller version of the Statue of Liberty residing on the coast of the waters. There is also a amazing view of Rainbow Bridge. Not only that, we went to a restaurant called La Boheme where there was an even better view of the bridge, and if you notice Tokyo Tower is right behind it. Romantic, kind of. Anyway, I did a lot of things this weekend, but I am tsukareta right now. this is just another day in the life of me :)

Ok, ladies and gents. So my Eastern Religion class was suppose to get our test back today, but apparently most of the Japanese students grades are very low so the teacher wants to boost their grade up by allowing them to turn in homework that was passed due. However, she will not return or reveal anyone's grades until next week!!! I was severely pissed, well.....not really, just disappointed. I really studied my ass off for it and I want to see the fruits of my labor. She said there were three A's, but I do not know if I was one of them. Life goes on. Anyway, I just got an email confirming that I am receiving a check to support myself in Tokyo!!! This "organization" that is funding me is freaking AWESOME, without this "organization" i do not know what i would have done, probably take a loan and work it off. But once i get this check, its over, Tokyo is going down!!! Well, its just another day in the life of me :)

Ok, ladies and gentlemen. What should I talk about.....well last friday 10/2, I took an Eastern Religion test. There was only one thing on the test that I had no idea about. The question asked to explain the Four Yugas. Seriously, in my head I said "What the F!!! is a Yuga?!!!" I skipped it and went on ahead and finished the rest of the test. Then I came back to the question I literally spent like 30 minutes trying to figure out what it was. Yuga is related to Hindu time which was covered in like the very first week of school back in September 1st or something!!!! I was highly pissed! But life goes on and I tried my hardest, and God bless, I believe that I passed it with at least a B, hopefully. Anyway, back to my social life. So I have been to the club EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND I have been here smh. I spent alot of money smh. The clubs are expensive smfh. This past weekend I didnt want to go, but the girls insisted smh. I'm a sucker for women s...m....h. But I had fun with them so I guess it was worth it. The only thing I dont like is all the smoking in this city, especially a place as confined as clubs. My whole body, including my hair!, smells like cigarettes after I leave and it takes a whole day before it can air out. It still smells like smoke but not as poignant. Most definitely, one good thing came from going to the club, which was meeting a bodygaurd who is helping me find a teaching job!!! So yes, again, it was freaking worth it cuz I NEED MONEY!!!!!!!!! Another day in the life of me :)

Ok ladies and gents. I totally forgot to blog about my hike to the top of Mt Fuji!!! So this trip occurred during the first week after I arrived in Japan. It took eight hours to travel to the top of Fuji-san, and out of the eight hours four of them were excruciating. Climbing Mt. Fuji is not an easy task. I would not recommend it to anyone that is has not grown up in Japan to climb this mountain without exercising hard. I say this because the Japanese people walk or bike everywhere mostly so they have leg muscle to handle the climb plus the lung capacity. I can not imagine how long it would have taken me to reach the top if I did not exercise at all this summer. This trip can only be done by the brave and the bold, as well as the determined. There were many times I felt like giving up, but Charlie-san, Lakeland College Japan staff, helped me tremendously, and I am truelly grateful for that. Fuji-san is not something to take lightly because people have died trying to climb to the top; eight people died in July 2009 and I climbed it August 2009. One wrong step could be the end of you, seriously. I am glad that I made it to the top because I was able to see the sun rise, which was beautiful. Not only that, I have a sense of accomplishment for beating the greatest physical and mental challenge I have come across in my life. But, there is a proverb stating "a wise man climbs Fuji-san once, a fool climbs it twice." I do not see myself trying that feat again, at least not anytime soon. Anyway, um... I think I passed my Japanese test with an 'A', maybe. I have another test for Eastern Religion Traditions this coming Friday, and that is the only class I am worried about, but hey....I love a challenge. This is just another day in the life of me.

Ok, ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday I took a test in Humanities, and I think I got an A....hopefully. Anyway, right now I am studying for my Japanese test. I believe I will pass it too, I just got to make sure I do not make careless mistakes which I have been doing on past homework assignments. So since I have been here most Japanese people, especially on a train, treat me like a disease and are afraid of me, at least that is what I think. It really irritated me, but I can not do anything about it. However!, last night on the train I was trying to study Katakana and then a Japanese older man started to kindly help me. I could understand certain words he said and used context clues to figure out what he was saying. Basically i was writing the Katakana in the form of 'a e i o u' but he said it was wrong to do it that way, it is actually 'a i u e o'. So there is 45 'a i u e o' characters such as ka, sa, ta, ra, ma, na, ha, etc. It felt nice that someone looked at me like a normal human being. Today is gonna be a good day! This is just another day in the life of me!

Ok, ladies and gents. So I spent most of the day studying Japanese, Humanities, and Eastern Religions. I have a test on tomorrow, thursday, on Humanities. Then on friday I have a test on Japanese. Humanities I cover pre-historic European, Mesopatamia, Ancient Egypt, Cyclades, Minoa, and Phoenicia cultures. I hope I past this test and any other tests in Japan because if I do not....well say bye bye to my scholarship back home. My scholarship program requires me to have a 3.2 gpa at least every semester and to obtain a grade higher than a C in every class. But WAIT... even getting straight B's is out of the question because thats a 3.0! I know, thats kind of harsh. Oh well. Life goes on....but between you and me.....I LOVE the challenge in it. I get a natural high off of challenges....you can say its my anti-drug. Anyway, this is just another day in the life of me.

Hello ladies and gents. So I went to Tokyo Disney Sea yesterday and it was freakin awesome. That was my first time attending a Disney theme park....ever. So Tokyo Disney park is split into to park which are Disney Sea and Disney Land. My first impression of disney sea is that its huge, but there is another half I have not explored yet. Apparently, compared to Disney Land in the U.S., Tokyo Disney combined is small! I need to visit the park in the U.S. My favorite part during my adventures at D.S. was the attraction shows. They had several throughout the day. My favorite one was the very last which was during the night. It was beautiful. It was epic....it is really hard to describe. There are seconds in life you can record, instants you can capture, but then there are those events that can only be experienced. Those events are hard to describe because sometimes you feel words can not capture the moment nor describe it. It felt wonderful to say the least. I am enjoying Japan extremely, except for the insane prices they have here lol. Til the next time in another day in the life of me.

Hola

So, I've been in Japan for about three weeks now, and its great. They have
some cool/weird stuff here. The first thing I saw when I got to the airport
was in the bathroom. The toilets have buttons on them besides the regular
flush, which I found to be very hilarious. The cell phones have 8.1 mega
pixels cameras on them, tv, 3d viewing capabilities, and other great stuff.
Plus unlimited txt messages and internet plan is very cheap...relatively. The
women....the women are beautiful! I would say that ...one in every 7 girls
in america looks "good", but in japan one in every 4 girls looks good. So no
matter where I walk, im not bored for even an instant since the women
outnumber the men by a huge amount. Anyway, im living with a host family
called the Shimizu. They have a 3 year old daughter that is really cute. The
worst part about living with the family is that they live over an hour away
from my school which really sucks. That brings me to my next topic. The
transportation here is crazy expensive. I just bought a train card for like
300 dollars and that is only because I have a discount since I am a student,
and if I wasn't the price would double. The food here is expensive too, but
it is really good. The bad thing is that you buy food with more money for
smaller portions, which is what i am not used too. Just another day in my life :)

Yo!!! Wat up People. Its the last official working day!! I just finished my research paper, but it was two hours late. I had to do 4 hours of like revisions and stuff. its watever. I just gotta say, its been good.....and bad, but I learned alot. Gotta give thanks to the SRL for what I learned and accomplised, and that I hope that future interns receives the same or even more knowledge in the world of CS than I did here at Texas A&M. This is gonna be my last blog, so I'll leave it with this: I CANT WAIT TO GET OUT OF THIS SUN, DC HERE I F'N COME!!!!!

Ok, ladies and gents. So I finished my research paper yesterday. But I know it needs revisions, so my grad student mentor is gonna look over it. Im just chilling now til I hear something from him. Peace

Ok, ladies and gents. On friday, I worked on my poster all day. I used photoshop cs 9. It took me longer than I wanted to but I finished the rough draft. I sent my grad student my rough draft saturday morning so that I can make revisions if need be, but he didn't respond until sunday afternoon!!! SMH! Right now, I dont think Hammond is gonna approve every part of the poster but, hey, its the last week and there is nothing that can be done. I always put my best in everything I do especially if I am working for someone else because I feel that you do no want to leave with a bad name. So if Dr. Hammond does not like it, I hope she just knows that I put my best at it even though I am still a novice at this stuff. Anyway, my time here in College Station, Texas is almost up. The last thing to do is to work on my research paper. So gotta get to work. Peace!!!!