#averageday

New Year's resolutions are difficult because life is busy and messy and constantly changing on the minute. However, I do think that having self reflection moments are good for your own self journey.

A NYR might be "Take your camera more places" while a reflective thought might be "I really enjoy looking back on intimate moments of joy and laugher from events".

One of them will make me feel bad if I forget my camera or don't take it to the next birthday party I go to. The other one makes me cherish the time I did and maybe that will make me eager and excited to bring it the next time around.

Also since I'm a professional, bringing $10,000 worth of camera equipment to the beach is a choice I can only make on days I do not plan on going in the water or leaving my bag around in hopes someone won't steal it. Feeling guilty about missing those moments on camera, when I did want to go swimming, isn't helpful.

Day in the life of an Ape

You may be asking yourself, what does an average day at Space Ape actually look like? Well, look no further. Here’s a transmission of an an average Tuesday:

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Tuesday, 6th Feb 2018

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07:31 hours  - Sunrise

08:00 hours - Hypersleep disengaged. Apes are awake. Ready to take on the world

08:30 hours - Apes are on the bus / train / bike / two feet en route to the studio

09:30 hours - Apes are arriving. Coffee has been brewed. Weetabix are being eaten. Boosters engaged

10:00 hours - Daily company stand up commences in the kitchen. Game team updates are communicated. PSA’s are broadcast. New joiners are welcomed

10:10 hours - Apes to their stations. We have lift off. Ideas are being developed. Limitations are being jettisoned. Games are being made

12:30 hours - Apes break for lunch. Refuelling commences

13:29 hours - Refueling complete

13:30 hours - Apes return to their stations. Prototypes are being iterated. Code is being written. Characters are being conceived. Games are being made

15:15 hours - Apes assemble to honour another Ape’s trip around the sun. Candles are blown. Cake is cut. Crumbs

15:30 hours - Apes return to their stations. Avionics are engaged. Knowledge is being shared. Data is being crunched. Bugs are being splatted. Games are being made

18:00 hours - Systems powering down. Games are being played. Apes are returning home.

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11/30/2017

Today was an eventful but average day. I woke up around 9 to add in last minute details to my powerpoint presentation. My team didn’t really meet up to talk about who is talking about what. They just said we’ll each talk about the slides that we made but I’m not sure if they considered that our slides may still share the similar info. I set an alarm for 9am so that I would have extra time to prep and get to school. I still managed to almost be late LOL I walked into class about 2 minutes before class started and my group was already up front waiting for me. We were presenting first. Good thing is that there are 10 teams in the class. Our company choices were General Motors, Honda, and Tesla. We were 1 of 2 teams to choose GM and also first to go. So we had more room for error and we wouldn’t be in the awkward position if our information clashed with the other team because we went first. There was no tax class today so I left school early.

Van was coincidentally leaving school at the same time because he had some stuff to do. We ended up getting a bite at Chipotle. I haven’t had it in so long and omg it’s so good! What have I been missing out on this past semester? Look at that beautiful bowl of deliciousness…mmmmmmmm. We hit the gym shortly after. First time we both went to the gym but worked out separately. I wasn’t expecting to run into him at school today so I had my own workout plans. I was just going to work out all my muscles lightly so they aren’t tense or tight before the tournament and I did just that. Van’s plan was to work out lightly such as push ups and sit ups. Left him for about an hour and came back to him panting and sweating…idiot did a legit work out and his knee is already bad gdi. I seriously hope we’ll be fine on Sunday LOL

My plan after getting home was to put up the Christmas tree but my dad had already done so. I told him last night and this morning that I would do it after I came home but I guess he wanted it out of the way? Oh well, less work for me.

Dinner was pretty good! There were sweet and sour pork ribs, one of my favorite foods at home. Mood was fine until dad started talking to me. Basically he’s talking about how I should study more about taxes because it’ll be one of my essentials when I start being a real accountant…keep in mind he doesn’t know how I’m doing in class. And then he’s like shouldn’t you find this stuff interesting if it’s your field? Do you find it interesting? I’m like no…no one in accounting class finds tax interesting. We are taking it because we need to. Then I guess he kinda snapped and was like so why are you studying accounting then? And all this bs about how I should do what I want and that I need to work harder. Something along the lines of if I wanna take life easy, I should move to Hawaii because jobs are basic and income is low but enough for a simple life…idk and a bunch of other bs where I just wanted to snap that I do things a certain way because I care about what he thinks of me. And I am held back on certain years because I decided to work for him or Costco because he told me to. And I just wanted to storm out and scream. And then he said stuff like why don’t you come home earlier at night and also wake up earlier. You’ll accomplish more this way. Stop spending your time with losers. They’ll only drag you down. That’s when he got up and started cleaning up the dinner table. I did a bit but I think a tear was about to fall from my eye so I just walked away. After he went upstairs to his office, I texted Peter, Jhoii, and Lara that I was going bowling and stormed out.

I ended up just bowling by myself. Peter was already at open rec. Lara wasn’t feeling well. Jhoii was getting food with her friend. Not that I minded I guess. I could chill there with a cup of 805…that first game of 205 and that shitty frame pissed me off. I bowled about 6 games until my finger was swollen and basically wouldn’t go into the ball anymore. And then Jhoii ticked me off when I told her I was leaving. She asked if I could buy her wine. I didn’t mind and she’s like oh I don’t think you’re gonna make it to Walmart because they’re closing soon. I’m like ok well what’s the plan. She’s like idk lemme know if you find anything that’s still open and sells wine. I’m like woman…I ain’t your bitch, your bf, and you are about to lose the friend part if you keep this up. I just told her idk any and went home…

Started packing for Davis when I got home. Don’t remember what it’s like to play a tournament lol. I forgot how many shirts I should be packing and what else I need to bring. That paper you see is the form for me to be authorized to drive…yes after 4 years on this team, I am finally one of the drivers…and of all places to fucking Davis.

11/28/2017

Today wasn’t such a great day. Short and kinda sad actually. When I woke up in the morning, I was just really upset with how I’m doing in school. Like I am letting one obstacle stop me from going any further and the hardest part is, I actually thought if I put in the effort, the results would show…

I didn’t have class for my graduating senior class today because last day of instruction for that class was about 2 weeks ago. We are currently just focusing on our final papers and presentations. I went to school for tax class. We were just going over new material and honestly I felt like my stomach was churning in the class. I just wanted to walk out but knew I should stay because the final will be cumulative gdi. Also, it was a good thing I didn’t leave because there was a pop quiz just as Van had predicted. I think I did ok on it? But honestly, that has never happened in this class. I always think I did ok…

I asked the professor if he was still having office hours today after class and he said yes. I had about an hour to kill before that so I went to Starbucks and tried a eggnog latte? I couldn’t really taste the eggnog but at least it was warming in this cold weather? I went up to the professor’s office hours at 5 which is when it opens and his TA’s were still in there. He asked if he could get 15 more minutes so I waited outside at a desk. And then when he came out he was like sorry I need another 10 minutes and went to a different office…ok LOL don’t post this as your office hours if you can’t meet at these times.

Anyways, when I finally got to see him, I basically asked if it’s still possible for me to pass the class. I said and played every possible card I could. I told him I’ve been trying super hard but the effort doesn’t translate to the exams. I’m graduating this semester and that I’m doing fine in every class except this one and it’s the only one stopping me from graduating…and my final chance before I’ll have to switch majors. He wouldn’t budge which was no surprise. I asked him if there was any extra work I could do to boost my grade and give my final more breathing room. He said that’s why he made the homework so many points and is dropping my 2 lowest quizzes…In the end, he recommended me to cut time from where I can such as work, other classes, or even sleep if I must to spend more time focusing on this class…ok lol all in all, I need a perfect score on everything coming up to pass with a 75%. Excellent :)

The drive home was bad. Not so much of the traffic but mostly just my thoughts wandering off. I just really wished you were here in person for me to talk to. When I got home, the rest of my family was getting ready to go out for dinner. We went a place called Gourmet Palace. It’s next to Ranch 99 where Causeway Bay used to be…I’ve been to that shop 3 times and all 3 times were different restaurants. Yea this one is probably gonna close down soon lol. 

Danice and I went to Happy Lemon afterwards. Honestly I don’t know why I keep coming back here. Like Gong Cha is right there and there’s better tea places in the area. I tried the milk tea with salted cheese and I guess this time the drink wasn’t so bad? We also dropped by Austin’s house (the one from MSJ badminton) because Danice wanted to dropped one off for him. He bought her t4 last time. We got there, he came out, I handed him the drink, he said thanks. I said dude aren’t you cold in shorts and a t-shirt. He said, “Oh yea these are actually my boxers. They’re just longer so they look like shorts but these are actually just boxers lol.” Um ok….

After coming home, I had a Skype call with the other officers…basically end of the year headache/closing/planning/and me trying not to blow up. We haven’t ordered trophies yet and our tournament is next week. They are still not settled with how we want to pay for Davis. We don’t have enough cars or rooms yet. We underestimated the amount of people going. Competition proposal hasn’t been submitted yet. All the credit cards are maxed out on their limit as of now. Shirts haven’t been ordered yet. Yes I’m trying not to blow up here.