College Days.

Boy, oh, boy.

Once college is over, days feel like they pass even faster, yet slower. Everything seems so abstract. I must say- college eventually became just as good as high school, or even better. Like every other blog, I'd love to share my own tips or experience.


Never believe what others tell you. Their situation is theirs. Yours will be similar or different depending on how you handle it. I always thought I was going to be broke and eat ramen noodles. In college, I was eating AND cooking good. I ate organic. I ate out at nice restaurants. I still even traveled. If there is one thing I remember Jordan Zimmerman stating in my class, it was to not fall for what society tells you. If somebody tells you, you're not going to find a job, don't believe it. Push yourself harder to get it.

Yes, work hard, but most of all, work smart. I was a workaholic as a waitress in college, but I definitely knew how to spare my time to treat myself. I still went out to socialize. I analyzed my schedule to know how I could make money yet have time to study and play.

Choose a major you love and make sure it'll be useful in the end. I remember stressing in the beginning of college trying to figure out what I wanted to do and what I wanted to major in. I was a business student then tried to be the "old me" and wanted to pursue the pre-med path. Also, everybody else was doing it. I then realized that, that person wasn't ME anymore. I wasted my time doing something I wasn't passionate about. I changed my major and tested it out. I LOVE BEING AN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS STUDENT. Everything made sense. I loved the energy from my peers to my professors and advisor. Just stick to a major and FINISH.

Challenge yourself. Ever since college, I did this "challenge a semester." It taught me to get out of my comfort zone and learn something new. It ranged from visiting different religious facilities, participating in the Hmong pageant, joining a dance team and competing with other schools, building a new relationship, joining a sorority, being an emcee, and studying abroad. After that, you start setting MORE goals like trying to new restaurants and bars, or traveling all over the world, and encouraging yourself to finish a 5k even though you hate running.

Make different friends. I don't know how much I always emphasize this. Make friends who share the same background so you'll have understanding people to vent to. Have artsy friends who take you to unique lounges and restaurants. Also, your mind will expand by appreciating art. Grab some ratchet friends who will make you laugh and always have your back. Gain smart friends who give you daily fun facts because eventually, you'll look just as smart *winks.* Rich friends to see the lavish life. Poor friends to appreciate simple things in life. Friends of all ages, ethnic, and places. You'll become more culturally reflexive.

If you want it that bad, just do it. You'll never know unless you try. Never doubt yourself because if you keep stalling, you'll wonder how it would've been... or wish you could've experienced it. For example, my sorority. Enough said.

Live with family to save money. Eventually live on your own to love independence.

Make friends your family. Make random places your home. Enjoy every minute of it and notice the little things. Go jog and take different routes around your campus! You'll enjoy life so much more.

Take the advantage of everything. Join clubs, whether it's a wakeboarding club or a marketing club. Get close to your professors and advisor because they're your references and mentors. They'll hook you up or will always help you to aspire what you want to be. Your main resources. Intensely listen to guest speakers or even try to shake their hand and thank them for coming. Be an ambassador at your school. Get to know a couple members of student council/government. Volunteer. Meet people outside of your major. Talk about the future, your dreams, etc.


Live to aspire. Aspire to inspire. Most of all, be you because nobody else will.


There are a couple of things I wish I could have done differently or sooner but up to this day, I will say that my last couple of years in college were one of the best growing experiences because I finally lived it how I imagined it. I woke up almost everyday loving my school, major, classes, job, friends, Tampa, apartment, etc. I don't know how many people get that opportunity to embrace everything, but I did... and I hope future college students will, too.

It's so beautiful out today but it's so sad.

A lot of people seem to criticize and misinterpret the Greek life. Today I just realized the beauty of being Greek. Even though people have their differences, by the end of the day, it's all about brotherhood and sisterhood. By the end of the day, everybody supports and respects one another outside of Greek terms. Many organizations from USF came together today to grieve over four innocent lives... Even spiritually from those at UCF and UF. Although, I may have not met or known the four brothers of SigRho, it's the fact of losing four young innocent lives that always hits the hardest.

And it's moments like this that always scares and traumatizes me. I thank God for being alive and surviving through certain situations, but I always feel bad for other innocent ones. Gosh. It's true. Call a friend or a family member, even a  cab or don't rush to go home yet  because you may cause harm to everyone else around you. Most of all, being reckless never makes matters better.

I just can't imagine if it happened to those close to me and give my sincerest condolences to the friends, family and brothers of Sigma Beta Rho, Mu Chapter.

Before everybody wanted to be ravers and go to every EDM show, there was the era when street racing was all that mattered. Hondas with turbos and speakers. Of course with the speakers, you had your blaring TRANCE/RAVE music. So youngsters, if you missed this era, rejoice yourself and bring out those glow sticks. Some of my favorites. Don't get me started! Once I find a few, I'll spend the next hour or so reliving my childhood days of AsianAvenue and digging for these songs we used to jam and rave to in our basements. Mind you, my cousins and sister-in-law always requested for my "cool" CD with all of my techno, rave, trance music. Although we tried to shun ourselves from the fob-like music, I knew electronic music was going to become the future one day. I have bewildering premonition and fortune-telling powers. MuahZ & xoxo's to my CD burners, ravers, racers, and break dancers.

#throwbackthursday #flashbackfriday #imsoasian #icantevenopenupmyeyes

Some Self-Love and Self-Worth Advice from Aryn Rand

"Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. [...] He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects the deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience -- or fake -- a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer -- because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of achievement, [...].

He does not seek to gain his value, he seeks to express it. "


I had to delete some extreme things she wrote  lol.