done

just submitted my bioengineering application! the result will be out before July 15th!
wish me good luck! ;)

to-do list:
1. photos from Japan
2. read Outliers
3. join gym membership
4. find a short-term job in some sort of store
5. hang out with friends :)
6. most importantly, PARTY!

sounds like fun eh? I wanna have a great time!
have fun guys! it's summer!

and a bad news.... nyan cat video was taken down by youtube due to copyright issue... :(
hope it will get back soon

it's pouring outside and thunders have been roaring for the whole afternoon

here are some new photos
moving out of Mercer:






flight from Seattle to Taiwan:

chilled with my high school friends yesterday
felt good to catch up with their life and had a few drinks
typhoon Meari came close to Taiwan and we got some downpour here

photos from the Golden Gardens Park back in Seattle

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eat shit & die 189

it's been almost a week....

sorry i haven't updated the blog since last saturday? or friday...
I went to Japan with my family for vacation
we went to Fukuoka and Nagasaki
it was raining for the most of our trip because it's their plum rain season now
I took some really great photos their and can't wait to share with you
when i was walking on the street of Japan
i can feel the cultural diff (from both America and Taiwan)
it's a great experience! (though it's already my sixth time to Japan :P )

i've started to write my personal statement for my application to bioengineering and hopefully i'll get in :)

going to be busy for several days :/
but it's better than doing nothing, right? :)

oh and i can feel Seattle Daniel is being corroded away
i think it's a process of fitting into my life in Taiwan
oh well, i'll regain myself when i'm back to Seattle

total lunar eclipse june 16th

Magnuson Park

a really nice place to walk around

though a bit too far for me if i'm taking a bus :P
these photos were taken back at the end of May

magnificent thunderstorm!
the thumb sized raindrops!
and thunders!

some more photos from the TOSA's night market event

NYAN!!!!

nyan got an awesome scrollbar!!!
thank you YOUTUBE!!!

TOSA's night market

and here is my packing up process timelapse

june15

so yesterday my brother forced me to go out with Vincent and Harry
lol i was too lazy to go out
i would like to thank my brother for making me out
it's really fun to reconnect with friends and talked about all kinds of stuff

Vincent and two of us had our dinner at a comfy restaurant
I think it was about 9 something and it's already dark outside
i really like the restaurant
people there were chatting so were we
we were sitting outdoor though it was hot but the breeze made it a little better
i ordered a mojito and a burger

we chatted
my brother smoked some cigarette
later on Harry joined us

we all went to Harry's restaurant later
it's called 一丁
we all got some beer and chatted more

later we went to a really really Taiwanese seafood restaurant called 角間
we had more beer and i swear i inhaled at least two second-hand-smoke cigarettes
but oh well
i really enjoyed the Taiwanese atmosphere there


when i was back home
it's time for lunar eclipse!
but a stupid building blocked my view
i had to climbed over a few walls few doors away
and i finally saw the beautiful eclipse!
and of course i took some pictures!

hey guys

i'm back at Taiwan and it's freaking hot here

so far so good
well a bit boring
and i'm catching up with flickr and stuff
and start planning my summer plan
i'll go workout hopefully with my brother or friends
and i'll go work at some store which sound really exciting!!

and got some morning blue today... i miss Seattle....

and i posted my flight log :D

flight log

2:09 am

Taking a window seat!!! Excited!!

Got on the plane

Put stuff in overhead cabinet

Waiting for plane to take off

2:17 am

Yes my seat to my right is empty 

And a young man took the seat next to the walkway (so there's an empty seat between us... Just to make it clear)

He's reading a book called, the Internet is a playground

Yes I do think it's a playground

It provides me entertainment like nyan cat

2:29 am

Took off and already in the air

Nooooooooo my dear Seattle is getting tinier and tinier D:

Beautiful view up here I can see everythig!

Beautiful setting moon and I can see the stars too!

Secretly took out my camera and snapped some pictures :D

Though they are damn blurry and noisy cuz I cranked up the iso

2:31 am

Young boy on my right is sleeping already lol internet is too much for him

Light is turned on can't see out the window :(

2:36 am

Put on my earphones for music!!! Oh I see the moon again!

It's so yellow and foggy!

And it disappears right after I typed the previous sentence...

2:40 am

"party rock is in the house !"

Omg if I block the light with my hands while I look out the window, I can little glowing stars!!

Sorry I have no idea why I'm so hyper now....

I smell food and yes the attendants are serving dinner!? I suppose?

2:46 am

I decided I want to read my flight log I typed last time hopefully it's still in my phone

Oh and I bought a book while Frances and I were still waiting for boarding

It's Outliers 

It's about how successful people are different from others

Interesting ah!?

2:52 am

Finished reading my previous flight log... It's quite fun to read what I did last time

I'm not playing my playlist this time

I am playing podcast called House flavor

Check sky... It's literally nothing

Complete darkness... I guess it's going to be like this for the most of the flight then :/ but still excited hopefully I can see the sunrise or something special!!

Nope I don't think they're serving food yet 

Maybe they're serving people with special request...

2:57 am

No they're serving food now...

 I saw two attendants in the front pushing the cute food cart

No the music is draining my phone battery have to find another way to keep the log

 maybe I'll listen to my playlist on my iPod then... :/ 

3:01 am

Ok I'm switching to my iPod....

3:04 am

Bored wanted to read the book after my dinner but still waking for dinner...

Omg I'm so happy and comfy here

I can put my left leg over my right leg! Yes!!! 

It's going to be an awesome flight!

3:06 am

"I Remember" by deadmau5 best song ever

Wanna switch my earphone to the Eva one 

The music might sound better let's see....

3:09 am

"chicken rice or fish noodle?"

"ummm... What!?"

"chicken!"

"umm... Ehh... chicken rice!"

"thank you!"

I totally can't make quick decision

The young boy beside totally just said chicken and I'm still thinking lol

Plugged hopefully can work

3:12 am

"You want some juice? Water, juice, or soda?"

"Juice!" (yes my quick decision)

"apple or orange?"

"um... Orange!" (a bit slow but I think it's ok)

Ok I gotta try the Eva headphone now plz work

Noooo it's not working

Nvm then going to switch back to my own earphone

3:16 am

And he just finished the main dish the chicken rice and I haven't started yet... Lol

I'm really slow...

3:19 am

Photo of meal

Seriously it looks damn greenish with iPhone camera

3:23 am

Finished my bread and butter

Dry but love the butter

I'm never going to finish my meal if I keep on typing lol

Anyway

I got some tea!!! Yay!

3:27 am

The boy just finished his meal and I just started...

3:32 am

Omg am I having stomach ache? Like now? No way!

But I think I'm fine now

3:38 am

Finally finished my main dish

And aww... A flight attendant just told to close the window shades :(

Well it's totally dark outside can't see anything

I'll peek through the crack later when I feel like checking the view

3:41 am 

Salad now I get salad dressing too!

3:45 am

Fruits! Should I eat the cake? Cuz I don't want to eat something too sweet which might bring my stomach ache back

Anyway I'll give it a try

And I think I'm going to pee later

"sir may I help you?"

"ah oh ee I still.... eee..."

"oh you still need to finish it?"

"yeh!"

Lol what the heck

3:52 am

Bumpy air

Tea and juice, plz don't spill

Oh here comes a flight attendant

Quick pretend you're still using the spoon lol so she won't ask me if I'm done with my meal or not

3:55 am 

Yes!! Finished my meal!

And the light just went off lol

And it's so bumpy!

3:57 am

And a flight attendant just took away my plate! :) just at the right time!

3:59 am 

Just checked the sky

It's looks much brighter out there And cloudy down there! Looks like a gloomy morning or evening (either will work)

4:03 am

It's so dark can't read my book like this :/ I'll just read it later then...

Feel like taking a roller coaster ride right now...

4:22 am 

Feel sleepy I think I actually fell asleep few minutes ago

No wonder I was waken up by myself drooling lol

Still feel like peeing

I'm just gonna go then...

Sorry for interrupting your movie boy...

Feel good now but when I clean my nose I found out that my left nostril has dry blood

It's weird because I remember there was blood in my left nostril few day ago

What's happening?

4:33 am

Anyway I feel really sleepy now I'll try to sleep...

Wait check window again!

About the same brightness out there

But the clouds are prettier you can see patterns in the clouds :D

Almost forgot to turn my music back on lol

My earphone line was stuck and unplugged when I was getting out of the seat for bathroom

4:40 am

Adjusting my seat for best sleeping position and accidentally pushed the button of the interactive thing and the screen is so bright arggggh....

I pressed the mode button and Yes! it's off!

Sleeping time!

6:36 am 

Gotta sleep more, feels good!

Outside is still as bright as the last time I checked

And im at 40th song of my 93 songs playlist

8:53 am

Omg I'm sleeping so much

Probably I was too tired

Outside is darker 

Still able to see the horizon though

68 on playlist

Btw it's so cool

I dreamed this time and the music I was listening to got into my dream!! Crazy ah!?

I remember there was one part of my dream where I was buying stuff at 1101 and background music was pumping "Kick Ass (cutmore club remix)" and the other part of my dream where I was walking along a beach and the background music was still the same song

I check my playlist

It was two songs before the song I was listening to when I woke up

Really interesting

Keep sleeping Daniel!

9:13 am

I actually snapped some pic of the horizon. It's beautiful!

9:40 am

Took picture of the inside of plane

Playing with bokeh and stuff

78 of 93

Wanna sleep again

I want music to get into my dream!!!

11:07 am

Nope no dream

Just woke up and found out he got his laptop out playing tetris

Gotta take some more picture of the clouds though it's still dark outside

11:25 am

I'm pissed and tired

The reflection on the window is really annoying I tried to use the stupid blanket to make a little dar room

But the stupid blanket is too fuxking tiny

I'll use my jacket

12:00 pm

Still kinda pissed cuz pictures are blurry (out of focus and turbulence)

I saw city light down there it's Japan!

12:24 pm

Lol stared out the window with the blanket over me for more than 20 minutes

Playlist replayed it 19 of 93 now

"would you like Chinese porridge or western scrambled egg?"

Definitely scrambled egg

picture of food 

It looks awesome!

The boy just asked me if he could put his laptop at the empty table

I said it's fine

He said thanks

And he asked me

"are you an international student?"

"ummm... Yeh... But I was born in te states but I stayed at Taiwan for 14 years... I think it counts as international student..."

I should ask him something too but I'm lazy don't want to talk :P

12:35 pm

And guess what he just finished his breakfast an I just started mine lol

12:44 pm

The yogurt is weird I miss the yogurt I always have in Seattle already ;(

And I just heard a shocked baby voice

It's like the baby found something scary

1:09 pm

Finished breakfast minutes ago

Taking tons of pictures cuz it's much much brighter out there

1:19 pm 

foggy out there no need to take pic

Dang! I lost my lens cap twice but found it later on

Didn't read the book at all

Cuz view outside is too pretty 

You can't see that on a regular basis you know?

1:28 pm

"no way"

"yes way"

1:30 pm

Gonna read my book

1:40 pm

Actually no

Turbulence still going on

I'm still using Seattle time

I'll change it when we land later

1:59 pm (taiwan time 5:00 am)

Descending

Can't use cell phone anymore

Cya later then 

Before we landed the clouds are so beautiful I took many pictures!

But later I was told to put away the camera

I gave her a really really huge smile like really huge that my eyes are really tiny

Trying to send out a message saying, "it's so pretty but I have to turn off my camera. What a shame"

Before I got off the plane I talked to him 

he's studying in shoreline community college an he's applying for neurobiology(?) uw next year 

I think he has a really good chance of getting in! Good luck to him!

2:44 pm Seattle time (5:44 am)

Got off plane

It's so humid here 

Sticky feet and hand 

6:01 am

Got 2 luggages already waiting for the third one with Frances

6:14 am

Got on bus

So hot and humid

Like I can't get the heat away from my body feeling D:

And can't breath feeling

7:37 am

Arrived Taichung via HSR

Bye Frances I'll see you around ;(

I don't feel like the Seattle Daniel at all right now :/

Goodbye Seattle

Im going to miss my life in Seattle so much!
It's such a crazy week
After my finals I started packing and moving my stuff all over the place
Yesterday Frances and her bro and me went to Golden Garden it was hell pretty over there though the weather was awful but the night view was amazing
It's a beach with people playing volleyball (well, that's the main reason we were there), having BBQ, walking around, view sighting...
And there was even a wedding... according to what people around us said
And there was a train rail just beside the beach
I took some pic and I'll show you guys later when I upload them on flickr

And today is literally going to be a long day
Woke up at 10 :15 as my nyan alarm went off
Got off my lowered bed and felt empty because it's the last day in Mercer!!!
Went to take a shower saw some of my friends packing
I packed up and checked out with our floor RA Melissa
Moved out and carried a fxxkingly heavy huge luggage and two bags and pillow and comforter
Melissa helped me out carrying
I took bus up the street
Frances helped me out carrying later
They are damn heavy

Crazy packing flowed and moving boxes down to the first floor flowed afterwards...

I spent my last day of my first year in Seattle crazily
Did tons of packing

Then Frances and I took a cab here it saved us so much time and energy!!!

Anyway I just to to say this again...
I'll miss you, Seattle!!!
Waiting at the gate now

Cya guys later!
Oh I'm going to do the time log thing again if I feel like doing
Like the one where u keep track of what I'm doing in specific times :)

depressed...

i don't know why but i'm feeling down right now...
everything seems to be ending right now
and i'm leaving....

photos from Farewell Mercer

extreme packing

i've been packing crazily
fill my luggages
carry them to bus stop
and pack stuff at Frances's place

i'm tired period...

today my roommate moved out
it's sad...
it's sad to think about how people move in and out of your life but i bet we are going to meet each other someday in the future...

and i'll miss Seattle so much...
and friends over here :(

i'm DONE!

finally! i'm done with the final!
gonna start packing up tomorrow!
and do a timelapse thing for packing up process :D

here are some new photos

i had a great day

done with chem final
prepared for math final
got my hair cut :D
and dined out with friends! i'll miss you guys during the summer!! ;)

back to flickr!
here are some new photos!

starting with the fountain maintenance
according to my photo club president, maintenance happens about every 5 years
i guess i was lucky enough to witness an empty fountain and now flowing with clear water





and of course the awesome weather!






and then it's the Pink's event at Dante's







more photos coming up!

eating and socializing

my eating schedule is so messed up...
i don't have a breakfast, a lunch, or a dinner
i'm eating whenever i feel like eating...
and ended up eating a few things for the whole day...

though friday was awesome
i talked to people and smiled and laughed a lot
but on saturday and sunday i'm not making any effort
damn it Daniel... damn it

i've always felt that i can do more and talk more
so i'll have stronger friendship
but apparently it's not happening....

sorry guys

i really have to say sorry to everyone...
i've been really busy recently...

i'm still doing my amath final which is 21 dat files long and haven't nailed it yet
chem final on monday morning
math final tuesday
and i have to pack up throughout the week and bring stuff to Frances's apartment part by part

and it's so sunny outside i really want to go out but i can't
well, i brought my laptop outside with me to do the final yesterday but it's such a hassle

by the time i'm done with final it'll be gloomy and rainy again :( according to the weather forecast.

anyway i can't wait to be done with all the work
it's so annoying and stressful...

Last day

Last day of class!!! Dang!
I just finished my last class of my freshman year...

And it's so freaking sunny out there! Dun want to stay indoor for stupid amath final :/
Nevermind I can bring my laptop out :D


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:(

This is ridiculous...
I wanted to run but my heart refused to....


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