Saturday, November 22, 2008

thanksgiving

thanksgiving is 5 days away, but why wait when i have a lot to say thanks to and to be thankful for. it's been long overdue to thank all the people who celebrated the despedida (bon voyage party) with me. it was 60 hours of partying (although I crashed 4.5 hours before the strike of midnite on sunday nite). the only thought on my mind waking up at 430am monday morning was whether i'm gonna have a hard hangover and migraine while i wait and get interviewed for the US visa. good thing i didnt have any post-partying, post-drinking headache -- and the best part, the interview went well and i got my visa stamp.

i think everything's gone the way the universe wanted it to go. it's been more than what i've imagined or planned. i want to return the glory to the Big One, first and foremost. the overflowing blessings of opportunities, loving family, friends, colleagues and the good amount of roadblocks that made and are making everything more worthwhile and senseful. i mentioned the roadblocks, because it's not a smooth ride to unit 2233. it's also good to mention that i didn't make it here on my own.

everything happens for a reason!

i'd like to take this opportunity to thank people in my life. it will be hard to mention names, so i'm not going to do that -- plus i don't want to run across the pain of forgetting people and making them feel bad about it. so the safest way would be saying -- thanks to you! you know who you are! :)

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i know my friends have been waiting to hear from me. i've been getting IMs and emails asking me to post the recent pictures from the party, the japan trip and yea, oregon. you know i'm excited to post them as much as you are excited to see them, but aside from not being able to find the time yet... i also forgot to copy the folder of pictures on our home desktop pc, so i don't really have a copy of them with me. the only set i have is the one from the first night -- with intel friends -- and it's in my work laptop, which ofcourse i only turn-on when im at work. anyway, i'm gonna try to get hold of those pictures as soon as possible.

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here are some teaser photos from japan and one from oregon:

the busiest intersection in the world (in shibuya)




tokyo tower (near roponggi)




hard rock tokyo




a picture of mount hood in oregon (this was taken from my iphone while in the car during my settling orientation, thus the quality)

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