hey, how've you been? i know that it's been awhile. i'm sorry.
there's a lot going on right now for me, but i should update on how i am. for one thing, this upcoming week is the last week before finals. yes, the fall 2010 semester is almost over. i can't wait. this was the hardest semester out of the three i've gone through. even though it was the same number of units i took last fall, it was a lot more difficult because all the things that has happened these past few months. but nonetheless, i'm ready and pumped for spring semester.
i'm taking 14 units, the most i've ever taken since college started, but i'll be focused a lot more. no distractions whatsoever. in other words, i'm taking most of my classes alone. it's very beneficial, so that i don't have the temptation to talk to anyone. all i'll be doing in class will be to focus on the professor. the only classes i have together with people is aas33b, with michelle and a new friend of mine jayne. (funny how i met jayne actually. she's really popular on youtube now because her and her friends covered "erase me." i met her over youtube and facebook, and we ended up enrolling in the same class for spring.) pretty cool.
i start most of my week later in the day too. at 1045 to be exact. :) except on wednesdays, because i have a lab at 730. not looking forward to that, but it's a good thing it's only one day. and i also have a friday class from 12-1. guess it's a good thing. i can practice driving to campus, since hardly anyone is at school on fridays.
that's enough about school. let's talk about other things. even though i've gone through a lot of different problems, i'll talk about the good things that's happened.
after maboohay in october, i was honored to become friends with a few people i've looked up to for so long. the main person that i'm grateful for becoming friends with is none other than melissa polinar. yes, THE melissa polinar. how did i meet her? well, i first met her at the maboohay meet and greet. i didn't have much time to talk to her, but it was after maboohay where we started talking more. as with the maboohay concerts i go to, i took a lot of pictures of the event. you know, just to hone my photography skills. i posted them up on facebook, and tagged a few of the performers that i had as a friend, and one of them was melissa. i wasn't expecting anything, because what famous youtube singer/performer would notice a nobody's photography? i take their pictures out of the kindness of my heart. well, i was completely wrong about no one noticing. a day after maboohay, i get 3 notifications...all from one person: melissa polinar. she "liked" a particular picture, then used it as her profile picture for her personal facebook and singer facebook. i thanked her so many times, and to this day, i still don't think it's enough. why? because it was that picture that opened me up to so many opportunities.
a few weeks later, i get an email from christina luna (the luna co). she runs one of the most successful managements for asian-american artists, such as gabe bondoc, melissa polinar, and such. she personally thanked me for the pictures that i took of melissa. (i forgot to mention that melissa asked me to send her the raw files of those pictures for her to use. the most well-known thing that those pictures were used for was for melissa's kickstarter video.) they'll also be using them for any other thing that they need it for, and personally credit me for taking it.
this is just a tidbit of the amazing-ness that happened to me, and it raised my spirits so much. i gotta give thanks for melissa and the luna co. they were the kick start to more success. i also have to thank them for reviving my love for photography once again. i wasn't able to touch my camera until that day of maboohay, but now i use it as much as i did when i first started taking pictures.
till next time again.
soul4soulcv.
