With Carmageddon II closing up the 405, my friends and I decided to go on some adventures within the Valley yesterday. After going on a short hike on the Betty B. Dearing mountain trail and spending a good amount of time sitting and talking at Balboa Park, Harold, Astrid, Liz, and I wound up going … Continue reading
After spending most of Thursday working an event at UCLA, I got a call from Rona wanting to know if I could make it to an Il Volo concert that she had won tickets for on a classical music radio station. Il Volo is an Italian operatic pop group comprised of three teenage singers and … Continue reading
I got my first cell phone when I was in middle school. It was a relatively simple device that had a black-and-white screen and was useful for basic phone calls that were supposed to be reserved for mostly emergencies and when I wanted to get picked up from school. I still used the land line … Continue reading
Yesterday, I learned that you don’t always have to go looking for an adventure because sometimes, adventure winds up finding you. That may sound a little cheesy, but it’s true. Earlier in the day, I was lamenting the fact that I haven’t had an adventure in a while. Life had just been consisting of school, … Continue reading
While we are on the topic of aquariums (check out the post about the Aquarium of the Pacific if you haven’t already), this gives me time to focus on two others that I have visited within the past few years. Even though aquariums can tend to have the same exhibits as each other, they do … Continue reading
Goldstar seems to have deals for the Aquarium of the Pacific pretty regularly so Rona, Harold, and I took advantage of the discounted weekday admission to visit on my birthday. Including processing, the price for one adult comes out to around $17, which is still close to $9 cheaper than if we bought our entry … Continue reading
For some reason, I usually have a tough time celebrating my birthday. I don’t normally plan things to do because I tend to get a little erratic and my emotions go all over the place. I have conflicting feelings of wanting to celebrate and wanting the day to just pass over so that I can … Continue reading
While driving to class today, which coincidentally was a lecture on globalization and cultural diffusion, I was listening to 104.3 MyFM and there was an interview with PSY, the South Korean rapper responsible for the K-Pop single “Gangnam Style” which has surprisingly exploded in popularity here in the United States. Much of the spread happened … Continue reading
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