Woo, Timothy

On My Mind...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:10:16 -0400

Some things have been on my mind lately. Most are bad, but some are happy and nice thoughts.

Happy - as most would want to read that:

A month ago, I was bored at night and decided to apply for an internship, 2 actually. After a whole year of not getting a job on campus and being told that I wasn’t good enough, mixed with my terrible grades, I nearly gave up on the fact that anyone wanted to give me the chance to work. I was so defeated multiple times of the year and I felt like a piece of crap left unflushed in the toilet (for the lack of a better analogy haha). Anyway, long story short, I was accepted to both of them and was left with the choice of which one. I chose iBank and thus began my journey to success.
After my first quarter, I was left with a 2.5 overall gpa. The second quarter, I didn’t do much better and tried to make it look as if I were succeeding. I really questioned whether I’d be able to explain this to my parents and gave up that I wasn’t going to get the 3.7 overall I wanted for so long before I came to UCI. This quarter, I nearly got dean’s list - not what I wanted (3.4 gpa), but baby steps right?
November 2-4th, was one of the best days of my life, despite my miserable state of pledging. I met one of the most genuine person in my life - Teresa Tran and I know she stalked my tumblr once, but I hope she sees this one day. I call her big sis not because she is my big sis, but because she’s like the older sister I never had. I felt so blessed to have someone to always talk to and go to for advice as well as just have a good time with while being fed too much food. I know I wasn’t always the person to deal with, but this is the first time I’ve ever truly worked so hard and got what I wanted and it was so worth it.
Just recently, I was offered a 3rd internship for a month, getting paid to put in content for a book that will help college students with connections because nowadays, it’s really about the people you know and connect with. I’m not blessed because I can make money or get a 3rd internship. I’m blessed because I get the experience, the knowledge, and to see how to apply my skills to real life - to learn about entrepreneurship. After a year of living with my brother, I have come a long way from when I wanted to be a financial analyst to becoming an entrepreneur. No way will I ever work for someone above me or take orders to do some job I hate waking up for. Even if I like it, I’ll get bored. Even if the pay is well, I’ll hate myself for working 40 years just to retire on a million dollars or less. Debra Faris is going to be the leverage I need to build connections and bring myself into the entrepreneur world. August will be exciting!!
Installs was a lot of fun, especially who I went with. Glad I’m the one who got lucky enough to be able to talk to someone as hard working and diligent as her.
I truly believe Vector had one of the biggest impact in my life. To this day, I am still thankful for Tim for giving me that piece of paper telling me to do Vector. Yes, I learned that it was a pyramid scheme, but I think that really helped me in life. Vector is an unforgettable experience and it helped me get my first “job.”

2. Bad - failure, defeat, and depression

Life is always about how much more you fail than you succeed. Whether you’re going to be willing to let some simple failure keep you down on the ground or not, is entirely up to you. Don’t complain and just live life - chances are, a million other people are having just as bad of a day as you are.
Sometimes, hard work will pay off. But most of the time, hard work will tell you to work even harder.
I got rejected from 10 jobs on campus - even did interviews for them. I didn’t get into the SPOP program and I didn’t even make my school’s student body (ASUCI).
I got a 2.5 gpa fall and winter quarter.
I realized that being a fraternity isn’t all that I thought it would be, but just another social network for me.
I felt like I disappointed a lot of people this year.
I’ve tried to make money, but failed to do so.
I didn’t even make it to the next level of one of my classes during fall quarter.
I went for 2 positions in cabinet and didn’t get either - even though one was a super easy position to get.

All in all, the experiences I had this year was worth more than anything I’ve ever asked for. People are so right when college goes by too quickly, especially with me planning to graduate early. I feel like I grew up way faster than most of the people around me, even though I’m still 19. Not even a 2nd year (officially), I know what I want to do and how I want to do it. I know life isn’t always about money, but right now I want financial freedom and to retire with millions before I’m 25. But my dream goal is to help someone and to know that I helped them change their life. I might not believe anymore, but I still believe in the moral value that it provided for me.

If you haven’t failed, you haven’t succeeded. Try to fail! In fact, fail as much as you can because you learn so much more when you fail and try to improve yourself. Failure brings experience and opens the door to so much more.

So my point is that you will fail so much more than you succeed, as evident from what I’ve posted. I can tell you how much more I’ve failed than even succeeded in getting anything and that’s because of the experience I learned. Look positively to life and look forward. The past is the past, leave it there. Do what you got to do and do it well.

Find what you’re passionate about because motivation is temporary while drive is forever. When you have passion, you have drive. When you have money, you have motivation. Passion may not give you all the money you want, but it will get you happiness and it will eventually pay off. When you love to do something, and you genuinely want to change the world, the money will come to you as opposed to you chasing the money.

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Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:31:00 -0400

brilliant.

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:17:46 -0400

brilliant.

this is by far the most calming and best song i’ve heard...

Tue, 22 May 2012 03:50:00 -0400

this is by far the most calming and best song i’ve heard in a long time.

sometimes, we care too much. be patient, but take action —...

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:54:00 -0400

sometimes, we care too much. be patient, but take action — results come when you do it, not watch it happen.

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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:42:00 -0400

speechless

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:40:00 -0400

speechless

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:55:00 -0400

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Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:06:00 -0500

good music is only good if you share it!

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:53:54 -0500

good music is only good if you share it!

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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:36:00 -0500

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Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:08:39 -0500

because i have no where else to put it

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:20:11 -0500

hi.

you rear ended me 2 months ago. you’re a woman and you’re asian. you drive a bmw and you seemed like a nice person. i thought i’d be nice to give you a chance and not go bananas on you because you made the careless mistake of checking your phone while driving. so you hit me…HARD. i pushed it off even though i got whiplash and i was late for class. you even pushed me hard enough to hit the car in front of me and damage my front bumper.

so why is that i hear from your own insurance agent that you WEREN’T on your phone aka texting or whatever you were doing? why is that i should be sympathetic to you when you lied to my father about you being on the phone? it’s funny that you put off that “nice asian lady who’s a christian” card, but it’s 10x funnier when you can’t even do it right.

just recently, i found out you also lied about the accident. you said i hit the person first and then you hit me. i called the insurance agent and had to find out for myself that you said that. i thought about it for a while, thinking “damn…she’s a smart person.” at first, i freaked out. suddenly i had this thought and proceeded to tell the agent, “if i hit the person first, wouldn’t they feel TWO impacts instead of one?” and the surprised agent responded, “yes, yes they would.” and WOW. you are one dumb idiot.

you are absolutely the stupidest person i’ve met in the 18 years of my entire life. you drive a bmw, you can’t even afford to fix my car, you think i have no common sense when in reality, you have not the least bit of common sense. i’m pretty sure even a rat has more common sense than you.

honestly, i would give you credit had you ended up getting away with this. but seeing that i’m not stupid like you - you’re going down. HARD. oh man. i’m gonna get you and you’re gonna pay. PAY for the 2 months i’ve been taping my stupid trunk down with gorilla tape. PAY for how embarrassed i am to drive around. and PAY for how dumb you are to even hit someone WITH a bmw.

i hope you see this and i hope karma bites you in the rear like you did to my rear end.

man, you’re pathetic and i hope you end up paying more for your stupid insurance rate while i enjoy my young lifestyle of being a college student who definitely has more fun than you do working a 9-5 shift.

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Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:47:00 -0500

go go go go go!

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:35:26 -0500

go go go go go!

Vibe 17

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:58:26 -0500

Vibe 17 Dance Competition tickets are now available! Get yours today! For those of you haven’t heard of this event, it one of West Coast’s biggest and longest running dance competition thrown here at our very own UCI campus!

Ticket Pricing:
Presales - $26 ($23 with UCI ID)
At the Door - $30

Purchase from:
1. LTD/VIBE Booth on UCI Campus (Across from Starbucks)
2. Visit the Box Office at 100 Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 92697
3. Call the Bren Events Center Box Office at 949-824-5050
4. ONLINE SALES COMING SOON!

Website: http://vibedancecompetition.com/

Event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/214474588632348/

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