flashback

hola,

so i was looking through old photos on my run down pc that sits on my desk waiting for me to turn it on every once in a while. in other words, it used to be one of my prized possesions and now it just calls me to ignore my lovely mac for a couple of minutes to show affection and love to it. i spent about an hour or so transferring photos onto my usb and boy did i find crazy pictures. this one in particular is of my family and i just about to drive past 481-481 comm. ave (my residence this past year) about 5 years ago. 

it's so startling to me because never in a million years did it cross my mind that i would be living right there in a couple of years. its so funny how things turn out huh? i remember going to noodle st. with kei and my dad and thinking it was the weirdest restaurant ever. (its because we ordered some strange soup that no one orders instead of ordering the pad see you and pad thai) now i cherish eating there whenever i get the chance. i didn't even think i would end up in boston and now looking through all these pictures i've found, it's so crazy to see that i ended up there. man o man, but i do have to say that boston is one of the best things that has ever happened to me thus far

 i also have to say.... life is just full of surprises. who knows where i'll be in 10 years? heck, more like in one year? i look back at myself one year ago and i feel like a different person. well not entirely but you know what i mean. right?

 so i was talking to a friend today of how i used to compromise myself to please other people and it got me thinking... i wasted so much of my life worrying about what others think of me that i didn't even give myself a chance to figure out who i was. especially after coming to college, you really are forced to either show your true colors or blend in with the crowd. life is so much easier blending in but why should i ever compromise who i am for anyone? why should i do something just to get a person to like me? people say what they want to say and thats that but that doesn't mean anyone should get affected by it. like honestly, who the hell cares what people think of you. i remember one time at the country club, an old lady sitting in the jacuzzi gave me this advice: "always stay true to yourself. people might not like you for it but they will always respect you." i never forgot that and if you really think about it... just as long as your close family and friends know and accept you for who you are,what more do you need? 

anyways, enough of me pondering about life. i just wanna say that these pictures show how much fun i've already had and i'm still only 20 years old. 

 life is crazy huh and who knows where we'll all end up. only God knows that.

 i just need to keep living my life and expect the unexpected.

live life,

yuri