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My car moved to Japan

With the purchase of the new car, I have to make it very stylish. A friend of mine from my office has a VW Golf with a German license plate. It looks extremely cool so I wanted to try to get the same theme except with a Japanese license plate. Recently I bought some decals to go on the rear window of my car but I have not had time to place them on yet. Tomorrow I will go to my dealership and have the front license plate added on. Until then, I only have pictures of the unpackaging.

Sidekicked to the I.D.

[New phone acquired! - Sidekick I.D.]

As Mika left to Japan, I thought about finding a simple device that would allow me to keep in contact with her easily through email. In Japan, the email system is used among mobile devices, not text messaging. I didn’t want to have to go with another PPC (PocketPC) and have to troubleshoot it at times so I went with Sharp’s Sidekick. It’s a very good device and I recommend it to many. Many of my friends have the Sidekick 3 and now the LX but I have no reason to go with such a device since I only use it for text messaging and email. An extra mp3 player and camera isn’t needed. I have removed the thought of upgrading from my mind. It’s very stable and it looks very clean and sleek. I can comment on the data service and say it’s been connected 24/7 since I have gotten the phone about a week ago. I cannot commend on the phone service since I don’t use it as a phone. And mainly, it saves me money since it is 30$ a month and I was paying 15$ on my PPC phone for text messaging and 40$ for the data plan which only included internet usage. In my eyes, the Sidekick I.D. is a bargain, pricing at 99.99$ with a 50$ mail-in rebate. Can’t get much better than that!

Life: In a post.

Today I start with a new beginning. Many things have changed in my life this year and hopefully things simmer down. I’ll start with the biggest news ever that most people are happy about.

STEFMAX is engaged. (^_^)

Usually a person my age would say to ones self, “I can’t get married now! It’s too early and I’m too young!” In this case, I am that person stating, “It happens; when you fall into love and feel as if you can be with that person forever, you will no choice but to try to be with that person as long as you can.” Who knew love could be so strong! The feeling of knowing that soon I will be a husband is incredible. Since, I have been mapping out my life on a mental chart, choosing with paths and decisions I will have to make in the near future. Say for example, my schooling and graduating, my money situation, and even more decisions. Love seems to add a little bit of special to the boiling pot called life. That pot just needs to be handled carefully or else it will spill and you will drown in it. It gives you a pillow of comfort to know that someone is by your side cheering you on and that for yourself, you have to accomplish the goals needed with the time period you have chosen. It’s one less thing you have to worry about, one less piece of stress that can add to the other madness happening in your life. I guess that’s why so many people fall in love and then are so easily broken up after a few years. It’s something that can take over your mind and make you agree with evil decisions that are created within your brain which is drunk with love. For me, it’s in the case you find someone so similar to yourself and who you are. It’s like destiny knocked on our hearts. We both say the same thing to each other: That it was destiny that led us together. We have only been together for months but it the feeling that is held by the both of us is strong and comforting. When it comes to communication, my Japanese is not so good compared to her skill level in English. Out of 10 she is a bright 8 when it comes to English and I am a slow 3 when it comes to Japanese. This semester I am taking JPN1101 so slowly it is becoming like a second language to me. When Mika and I speak to each other, it’s usually a mix of the two languages. If you were to sit in-between us you probably couldn’t make out our conversation if you spoke only English. I think it fuels that same feeling my Mother and Father held at one point in their life.

What else has been going on in life? My artistic side has punctured a hole through my skin and finally began pouring out again. Ricardo and I are writing a script to a short film. It’s going to be fun creating such a piece since we both have some pretty intense imaginations and movie effects. It’s going to be an action/adventure/sci-fi show that will be broad casted on youtube but I think we may end up going with a higher quality streaming player. As to production, I finally maxed out the designing system to 4gb and can now execute Photoshop in a quick 9 seconds. Premiere loaded fast as well, faster than I expected by bar. Once we finish the script, we have to go location hunting and the choreography for the fight scenes. Also, I must get use to the effects found in Combustion and After Effects. It’s fun to be able to design again.

School is cool for people who aren’t tools. Truth is, I hold it to myself to place college in that basket of things I must complete within the next 2 years of my life. If it takes me 3 years, I won’t be disappointed in myself but if it does, it would only be a summer term. I plan to do all 4 of them for the next 2 years to knock off having to take them for Fall and Winter. It’s really a waste of time to take a summer vacation.

This summer I will be visiting Japan! Mainly the Tokyo area but my goal will be to visit every location that I find extremely interesting. Mika won’t have much time off so I hope to stay a few days with her. It will be quite the adventure my heart has yearned for. Since I won’t see her for 8 months, my heart will turn from a brick of stone to a heart pumping with love blood at the first glance I see her when I step into the airport. If anyone else plans to visit, maybe we can meet up and make plans! Onegaishimasu~