Tagged

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. (ill do the tagging on facebook)

1. Optimist for the most part
2. I love my robotics team
3. favorite cereal would have to be fruity pebbles
4. I can play Street fighter for hours
5. usually when I'm sad i just smile
6. I'll tell anyone anything if they ask
7. I cannot lie without giving it away
8. More often than not im overthinking things
9. I'm seriously a major slacker
10. Most people i text are more than half the world away
11. I'll do anything if there are good people involved
12. I used to be fat >.<
13. My motivation has been decreasing since 2009 started
14. Alex Ryuichi Akazawa is my brother
15. Asian + Glasses + Shyness + cute accent = Perfect Girl
16. I'm not racist, but i have certain tastes with girls
17. I hate not having closure with issues
18. I always think people have a problem with me
19. My biggest fear lies within disappointing others
20. I dream of doing everything, but in reality i want to be an engineer
21. Traveling the world with friends is the life long dream
22. I love pen pen
23. the other Sabers are just as good as we are
24. Shizuko is the reason why I wanted to go to georgia so badly
25. I second my brother on line 25

a little less than a fourth

Late at night im typing this before i head to bed. there hasn't really been anything blogworthy going on in my life lately. So ill just ramble on.

Recently in rosario's class we had to do a self discovery project in order to tell the class who we are as individuals. The presentations for the first few days were very memorable and none were really tragic or anything like that. But towards the end people got more and more boring. it was like after the first 2 days of projects people would get better and better but sadly they didnt. Everyone had pretty much the same story too "my parents were divorced i hated them" "i have such a hard life"

not to take anything away from them they were interesting but just they way they were presented just kind of bored me to tears. it got to the point where it became really predicatble. I love everyone in my class i really do and this is just what went through my mind as we finished these projects. i dont know maybe my expectations were too high.

Regardless it was a fun 3 weeks getting to know everyone in our class a bit better. Most people say doing presentations are the worst but i can honestly say i enjoyed mine. Even though all i did was talk i think i made a lasting impression on my classmates.

one thing is for sure i am never wearing 7 shirts at once ever again.

For The First Time In Ages...

I got home before 4:00 xD. If anyone knows me than they pretty much know that C-103 is pretty much my second home. It's apparent that i have no life but im beginning to think i spend way too much time in Imada's classroom. Well then again its is kinda required that im in there more often than most people. Being the "President" of tech club, having two classes and being captain of the robotics team finds me in there almost the whole time im in school. Anyway this is the first time in a while i actually have time to update this blog so much has been going on lately, its starting to take its toll on me. I find myself too tired to think rationally, it's been the same routine for the past month and a half... the semester is almost over though so we will all see what happens. With our VEX robots due on the 15th we need to hustle to get all 5 of em done.

What else can i ramble about??? oh there's this girl. She's really cool, and I think the best part of my day is seeing her. I'm not sure if these feelings are one sided, but i hope not

Period 1 Siopes

So me and my buddy Alex have been good friends since freshman year. Well it took 4 years for us to have a single class together. So we're sitting there in class im half awake and Alex writes BoA Kwon on my paper. So on his i write Mithra Jin (MC from epik high). What follows is the memorable quotes from written text...
"(i have an)outsider(in my pants)"
"(my pants reach an) Epik High"
"(my penis is) SHINee"
"(i named my penis) Super Junior"
"(there was a) Big Bang (in my pants)"

My asian obsession story

If you havent noticed im kind of an Asian freak, like otaku but with all of asia pretty much. So I thought it would be nice to take a journey through the time line of my hobby. Lets reminisce shall we...

It all started when I was a young kid. My grandpa was full japanese and his mother (my great-grandmother) was an immigrant from the old plantation days of Hawaii. As a kid i would spend more time at my grandpa's house then my own. This was where i was first introduced to my asian culture. Whenever i was there i would always watch this show Crayon Shin-Chan with my grandpa. i guess you could say that was my first anime, from crayon shin-chan i started watching kikaida along with other asian influenced shows like power rangers. at the time there wasnt alot of asian presence in the media so i settled for whatever was on kiku. i was amazed that people could communicate in a language other than english (keep in mind i was still 4). that was when i began getting interested in learning other languages.

Sixth grade is when i started getting serious about my hobby. before i just watched whatever was on, but that was before i met paula shiraki. she was a grade above me and i thought she was kind of a weird kid when i first saw her. it wasnt long before i started hanging out with her and her crew and they are the ones who introduced me to manga. i never knew these existed, books and comics of the same show i watch on tv. Dragon Ball Z, Knights of the Zodiac, Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho the list goes on and on. As my obsession grew and grew i met more people who had the same niche as i did, actually my first girlfriend i met through a friend and we hit it off because we both had the same hobbies. Kinda Nerdy but it works.

As Manga and Anime got more and more poular my intrest for it waned. i didnt like being part of a majority, honestly i still hate it. Paula and the rest of my friends felt the same. It was a normal day in the morning... meet up in the cafeteria hang out all that fun stuff. but then something caught my ear, they had been listening to something i had never heard before. The guitar was incredible unlike anything in our country at the time, then i listened further. The song was not in english... rather it was in japanese. At the time i didnt know it but this small discovery would change me forever.

Cain and Abel

So with summer vacation comes a whole bunch of free time. Last summer my free time was spent on maple story. This summer, even though i am a bit more busy, gives way to a new addiction.

Cain and Abel is the story of two brothers Lee Seon Woo and Lee Cho In. Seon woo has always been jealous of Cho In for taking everything that was good in his life away from him. As a child Cho In's parents suffered a deadly crash leaving him an orphan. When the Lee's took him in the father shunned Seon Woo completely. As adults Seon Woo and Cho In have become accomplished surgeons, but even with Seon Woo's intense training he is still in the shadows of his naturally gifted younger brother.

This show has a natural progression that starts off familiar then branches off and becomes it's own story. The acting is superb and the story will always leave you begging for more after the ending cliffhangers. The plot also serves as political commentary over south korean political issues. definetly a must see for anyone who likes their house, with a dash of grey's anatomy, and a side order of prison break.

To my family

Wow im really getting late on these blog posts. I mean I always say im gnna update more often but I always get too lazy. kind of a shame too because i get so many good ideas but when it comes to putting these words on blogger it just never happens. Well the class of 2009 is finally on their way to the rest of their lives. school is definetly not gonna be the same without them. especially since some of them have been like family since the first day of my freshman year. you guys really made high school memorable for me and its gonna be hard without you guys. the first day seniors were gone i walked to out to the library and it was just empty, not even alex was there and the band room is a damn lame alternative. i really mean it when i say you guys are some of the best people i've met in my entire life. i cant thank you all enough for everything.

Its gonna be Alex and I next year though, and i know this isnt the last time we see you guys

It's heartbreaking...

Todays was the first day the seniors weren't in school. I was left in the back of the library alone. No one was there, it was completely empty from corner to corner. I still remember my first day of high school not knowing where to go or who to hang out with. Walking around campus i saw them... my family of sophomores [at the time] the people who made my freshmen year better than i could've ever thought. I remember that Hot Hot Heat concert where we all saw each other... so many memories. As the years went on you stopped coming to the library but i still considered you family. this past year felt empty without more of you guys there, it still hasnt sunk in yet. It's just so heartbreaking knowing you guys won't be there tomorrow. i love you guys so much and i know no matter where any of you go you'll succeed

Yumm...

i cut through a pig skull into the brain with a scalpel in physiology class today

let me tell you i didnt think i would freak out like i did

the moment the scalpel went through...

lets just say i didnt handle it like a man xD

bring on obon season

Maui Matsuri was tonight and that means it is the beginning of the obon season. The night before i saw Cheese at the mall and we made a pact to go to every obon festival this weekend. For those of you who dont know what an obon is it is a japanese ritual to honor the departed. It is both a religous thing as well as a cultural event because at these festivals there's always food and games and all kinds of fun. The major part is the obon dance. participants dress in hapi coats and dance to traditional japanese songs, it may not sound like much but trust me its really fun. if you are even in the area near an obon, dont think just go. you dont have to be buddhist to participate, nor is it pushing any religious ideologies. today was all about having fun and just doing things for the hell of it. Cannot wait till next year's Maui Matsuri ^^

so dead right now

it seems that i only blog here once in a while and whenever i do its wayy to long to keep the attention span of normal people. well ill try and keep this short.  Alot has been going on AP tests have started (did one today), and its crunch time for grades. i got an offer for an internship (more about that later). And i finally relized i suck at prioritizing shit. well i just have to deal for a few more weeks. school is almost over and a fresh start to a new year will come by like that. i can only hope it doesnt come too soon.

oh and about the picture above. thats kinda where my mind is at right now. hope its not too morbid.

oh shiz almost forgot i'm back on stickam. 

Processing time...

So much has happened in the last week i can't even begin to describe. I am not exaggerating when i say that the events that occurred are possibly life changing. Maybe i exaggerated when i said so much happened, its more of a so much happened in one event kind of thing. Well anyway onto the story. As i said in the last post Maui High First Robotics Team or Blue thunder or Team 2443 won the Hawaii Regional a few weeks ago. That win earned us a spot in the FIRST Robotics world Championships in Georgia. Now with Championships being so close and with little money left in the team account I didn't think we would actually be able to go no matter how much i wanted it to happen. But thanks to the Support of various companies throughout Hawaii we were able to raise $20,000 in three weeks, enough money for us to take the entire team. When it was time to finally leave it all still felt like a dream, it was so hard to believe that we were actually going. When we finally got there the scale of the competition was unlike anything we had ever imagined four FRC fields, Three FLL Fields and two FTC fields all on the floor of the georgia dome. The world congress hall was Filled with the work station of every single team. robots as far as the eye can see. the competition was intense from the start. We knew the game and we knew how to play it, the only variable was whether or not it would work with the teams we were paired up with. I cannot begin to describe the other robots on the field... super-human minds went into creating those beasts. On that field there was so much pressure on our team because if we had lost it would have most likely been our fault. we played strict defense and were able to shut down some of the top scorers in the entire competition. just being there was a thrill but performing the way we did made it all worth while, and the team really bonded over the course of the trip. We were no longer a team, we were more of a family than anything. No matter the out come of the matches we always looked up because we were in a position that some only dream of doing. Being known as one of the world's best. The Hawaii Regional was definetly luck, but at Championships we proved that we belong in atlanta. Beside being one of the four teams from hawaii to make it to Georgia we also broke other milestones: We had the best record out of any Hawaii team [5-2-0] , Highest seed among Hawaii teams, 18th out of 87 in curie division, and the first team from Maui to make it to Georgia. there are so many people to thank and yet there is still so much work to be done. Next year is my final year and there is no way im settling for less than what we did this year ^^

For pen pen

I know some of you may not understand this but a while ago she wanted to know hoe this story ends. but our time was cut short, but out of that experience i mad a new friend . So now almost 5 months later she finally gets the ending to her story.

sorry i was really bored. thought i'd kinda reminisce about when i used to do this sort of thing

Mindy and Choukichi met in a real awkward way but it was from that moment on they realized they would be as close as friends become. On his first day at Hilcrest High, Choukichi fell down the stairs on the way to his dorm room. The loud crash alarmed mindy and she ran outside as soon as she could. as she stepped out she saw the boy had fallen down the stairs. After the two had introduced themselves and went their separate ways it wasnt long till mindy's curiosity kicked in. She decided to go see kichi in his dorm room to see what he was up to. it was there she met his little red panda shizu and she was always full of energy. kichi felt like he could tell anything to mindy and that no matter what she would stick by him. so he told her of his dark past how he had lost everything he had ever loved. it wasnt long till the two of them realized that what they felt for each other was more than just friendship, even shizu could tell that the two of them loved each other. As the holidays came closer and closer Kichi knew that Mindy would be leaving him.

hmm... mental block

Pen you wanna write some? its your story too after all

Team 2443

I didn't think it would happen. This weekend Maui High School made history by being the first Maui team to qualify for the world finals in the FIRST robotics competition. The experience was something I will never forget. Our first and second days at the competition was a string full of bad luck: Trailer hitches fell off, controls were reversed, motor keys fell out, motors burned out. Whether it was us or the robot there was always something not working right. The team stuck it out and ended friday with a win which landed them 19th in the qualifying rounds. On Saturday we had two more matches before the finals and no one was really optimistic. We won one match but lost another putting us back in 22nd. Alliance selection took place and by some divine miracle we were put on a team with Mckinley and Moanalua, two very high ranked teams. together we competed in the final eight and pulled out a spot in the final two without no losses. Throughout the afternoon our team yelled before every match "Bankai" which means to go all out. We pulled out a victory in the finals and landed a spot in the world finals in Georgia. I couldnt believe we actually did it. All the hours we put into it wasn't for nothing and now we have a chance to make our state proud. I cannot thank Moanalua and Mckinley enough for their choice to have us ally with them. Being on the field and Driving that robot knowing that if i screwed up it would be a loss for us, it was unreal.

Other than the actual competition there are other things i would like to mention. Since putting them down in paragraph form would take too long, i've decided to just list them:
-The other sabres
-Tinikling in the crater
-cupid shuffle
-Mark doesnt have a watch
-i like dolla
-hey do the thing
-Bankai!!! ^^
-Cheezits/jesus[[pronounced hey-soos]
-losing our voices
-non alchoholic beer
-sleeping with andrew on the floor
-kimobean >.<
-My best friend ashleigh
-Elliot is the pimpinest guy ever
-slow claps
-Nakamura's speech at Todai's
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-watching the knowing [it sucked]
-nerdgasms in the arcades
-funny shirts in razor's
-a book called frriend
-inspirational speeches at Todai's
-massive hunger on the way home
-dad not shutting up about winning reigionals
-368, 2438, & 2443

Feeling like im in high school on prom night

Last night was Prom and i gotta say i had alot more fun than i thought i would. Unfortunately i had to be there at 3 for one last court practice, after that we all took pictures and just hung out until we could get in. The court coronation went smoothly no one screwed up that bad and anything we did wrong was played off well. The dance wasn't all that bad either. There was an instance where i almost fell before we got on the dance floor but thats just normal clutziness. My partner rose was just great she did everything perfectly, all those time we screwed up during practice made her nervous so i knew if i screwed her up i wouldnt hear the end of it and she'd probably hate me >.< Everyone on the court was pretty much flawless and anthony of course being the class clown and king had to give everyone a good show. Shining Star and Cupid Shuffle which was our second dance went perfectly, even the drop spin which was scary during practice. Cupid shuffle was a great change from the normal ballroom dance, it was really the perfect way to show everyone what our class was all about. Making a fool of ourselves having fun and not caring what other people think. After the court dance and dinner it was really time to party. The dance floor was so crowded, once you got in there was really no way to get out. Unfortunately my parents wouldnt let me stay the night so after prom it was back home, no after party, no hanging out. Either way i had a great time with everyone and the whole experince is something i won't forget

alot has been going on...

I notice there are a string of days where i update this alot, and then all of a sudden i just forget about it. Sounds like a pretty weird cycle considering how much im online. but lately that hasnt really been the case. I can honestly say I've been busy. Busy with judo, robotics, ap classes, prom court >.< yeah i made it onto the fricken prom court out of dumb luck. Anyway learning ballroom dancing is really fun and i think i've gotten pretty good at it, i just hate having almost no time to myself on tuesdays. Judo season has started up again and that's been alot of fun some days and a major bitch most days. Then theres the classes i have for school, which arent too bad now that i think about it just need to apply myself more.

But then there's robotics...
we leave for competition the first week of spring break. I honestly can't wait, but there's alot of people on the team who shouldnt be going on the trip. I swear most of the people on the team barely did any work. It was always a handful of people who got the job done. What's worse is that most of them are seniors. So next year we are pretty much F****d.

i think im done ranting for the day
need to head off to bed
Peace Homies xD

Free pancakes...

the title says it all day after promotion me and jon go out for pancakes at ihop. they were giving out free short stacks all day. sounds like a goo idea dont it, no way in hell. See free food is always good, but not right before practice. got my ass whooped in randori by pretty much everyone there. i dont think im going out for food before practice anytime soon.

Today's practice was allright. taught the newbs how to throw and all that. but now because of them we have to do fires tomorrow. thank you so much assholes.

Till next time people

Promotion...

I honestly can't believe my mom's reaction. She was so stoked that coach Glenn actually gave me my green belt. Yes people i do have a life outside of my computer screen. Anyway it took two years for me to get it and i honestly haven't really wrapped my head around it. Really to me i see it as a great accomplishment, but i also see it as a wake up call. I really need to stop being so lazy about everything around me. I dont remember where i heard the saying but i will never forget the message behind it. "Change will only happen when you decide to take the reigns of your own destiny." I'm through with being a slacker, although it was really fun. Now is not the time to be tapering off. The home stretch is within sight and i know for sure that i will make it to the top.

Procrastination...

It seems as if i've lost the vigor i once had. My passion for my work is now gone and all that is left is a desire to do nothing. i dont seem to recall when this transformation took place but all i know is that i need to regain my perseverance.

wow i sound so smart in those last three sentences. well anyway just thought i would update this because i keep forgetting. Here's some of the stuff thats been going down in my life:

-Judo started back up
-finished a website for class only to have it rejected because of my partner
-got lectured and then apologized to by the same person in 24 hours
-got 5 chapters behind in AP world History
-Threw a 180 pound wrestler on a lucky uchimata ^^
-shipped a robot that was half complete
-stayed at school past 8 PM
-decided to join marching band next year
-threw a pie at my teacher's face
-read a 300+ page book in one day
-fell asleep in almost every class
-Found someone who actually matters
-went diving with friends at kamaole III
-Yelled "save the whales" out of a car window
-gave someone the nickname "sex appeal"

just some of the stuff thats happened in the past week or so
Peace out people

she just left...

today was friday the 13th and oddly enough the next day was valentines day. i knew i wasnt going to see sherron tomorrow so i was hoping to make up for it today. but it seemed like no matter what i did it felt like there was a wall between us. i saw her during recess and she barely acknowledged my existence. called her during lunch and didnt answer her phone. called her after school and i found out that she went home earlier than normal. things have been going fine, i dont know whats wrong. she really means alot to me and i hope everything is okay. we always meet after school but what made today different. maybe im just overthinking things again... but i cant help but worry.

i keep forgetting

i have this blog and i barely ever use it. alot has been going on but ill mosve on to this past weekend. i had the opporotunity to go back to camp RYLA for a second year. RYLA is a leadership camp put on by the Rotary Clubs all over the world. Each district holds its own cam where they teach leadership skills to juniors and sophomores. this time though instead of learning, it was my job to help teach them how to be effective leaders in the community. going back gave me a whole new perspective on what i learned last year. i made so many new friends who i hope i can still keep in touch with, and overall the experience was one that i wont soon forget.

why am i up?

yesterday was a really long day for me. long but in the end it ended up alright. i cant seem to find sleep anymore. the rain woke me up. i've tried but nothing seems to work. what's keeping me up? and why do i feel so anxious? i dont really understand it but im not gonna fight it. i should be using this time to do work but since when do i ever do what im supposed to. its still raining... i have class in a few hours. maybe ill take an umbrella, and meet her outside in the rain

Ichigo Ichie

That song has been stuck in my head for the whole day. ever since i saw Jake Shimabukuro perform live saturday night. it was amazing to see such an amazing talent live. if you blink you would miss his strumming, his fingers are so fast, so precise. yet the sound coming from his uke is so gentle. im sorry im kinda geeking out here but it really was an amazing show. i cant even describe it. saturday night's show was the 5th time i saw Jake live: twice at school, once at a festival, and two concerts[one of those being saturday night's show]. the first concert i saw was an intimate gathering in the small Mccoy theatre, it was just Jake and his uke. This time exactly one year later he was in the castle theatre playing for upwards of 2,000 people, with a live band accompaniment. i am utterly at a loss for words. nothing i can say can describe how much i admire Jake for his work and his live shows. he's one of the main reasons i still play the uke today. everytime i watch him i learn something that i try to apply to my music. i never get tired of hearing the intricate picking of "Dragon", the gentle soothing melody of "touch", and the mastery of "gently weeps".

Jake thank you so much
for being a performer, a teacher, and a hero

Oh your god...

Just a warning. If you are coming over to my house to preach mormonism or whatever occult thing your into, ill be nice on the outside but in my mind ill be thinking about burning you in hell myself. Geez you guys are so fucking annoying. why not be happy with what you have and just let everyone be happy the way they are living their lives. Dont push things onto other people just because your god says so. fuck man and what about the people who have their own faiths? i swear next time one comes over to my house im gonna screw with em so bad. while their preaching to me the moment they say god im gonna drop to the floor and pretend to have a seizure....