July 27, 2015 // Introduction

Hello beautiful people of the world!! 

I have came across this idea of filming short films and starting vlogging videos as well! I ran this idea across my BBFFFLLL and she said it was an awesome idea!
So to start these new projects i've decided to make a short video just for the aesthetics on my youtube channel lol
Anyways hopefully you guys are excited bc I AM 

 Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo

June 20, 2015 // San Fran I'm coming man

Hello beauties !

Well exactly a month from today i'm heading out to San Fran wow 
I mean I'm excited! REALLY EXCITED! I will be on my own and follow through with some plans that I have in store since a long time. It's just awesome that I will finally be able to care for myself and be independent since I rather like to do things on my own. 

Therefore I decided why not make a segment of me just updating on what i'm doing in preparation this last month. Here we go!!! 

My mom took a candid of me cleaning out my closet haha. She is honestly having a hard time with this since I can tell that her eyes water when I tell her about my plans for San Fran. I'm honestly glad that well she is very accepting of it and let me actually attend SFSU. She knows that I do need to move from the small city that i currently reside in because well i tend to remember certain memories that i have here which bring me pain? I love my city and all but sometimes I feel like it's too much for me.. i rather just start fresh somewhere else. Beside the fact i have my mom's acceptance.. I just realized that I will be the first in my entire family to move out from my house at my age. WOW I find this rather awesome because deep down I like to be the first in my whole entire family (aunts, uncles, cousins,etc) that does something out of the "ordinary". It brings me joy. Ill stop rambling haha. Well San Fran see you in a couple of days!

            Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo

July 12, 2015 // The Limit

Hello specks of joy !!!!!

I recently went to an awesome "festival"!!!!!! It was in a very hip place on Sunset Blvd ayyyy 

It was honestly SOOOO MUCH FUN!! Really tiring from standing for more than 8+ hours but I mean the mosh pits were totally worth it :-) My bffl Josselyn and I jumped right into those for a couple of band performances! Two out of three in which we joined in the mosh pit were for The Garden and No Parents. I CAN NOT EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I LOVE NO PARENTS BC OOOOOOOOOO MYYY THEY WERE SO OOOOOO GOOD!!! THE GARDEN WAS ALLSOOO WICKED!!! The other band that I loved was Slow Hollows. Get this.. while I was watching them perform Tyler the Creator was behind me lmaooooo... We both were pushing people who were nudging us to go in the pit. I was obviously trying to be chill so I acted like I didn't recognize him but I was trying not to die of laughter bc come on.... TYLER THE CREATOR AHAHAAHAAHA. 

I being so lame was actually doing my summer math hwk at the concert wowow go for responsible Karla right? The point is I actually did the hwk okay.

Other than the fact my Saturday was pretty wicked. I also have came across "personal limits" this past week. Recently I have received an apology from someone I dearly love to heart. In all honesty I felt joy but anger since well they wanted to push my limits of forgiving someone who well made me feel less of myself. This person that I don't want to forgive has had shown disrespect to women close to me. I being a victim of his sexist view have had him come close to my face and raise his voice in a rudely manner. The words that escaped his lips were very negative.. something no person should have to face. It then made me question how everyone has their limits that others should take in consideration. At the Runaway festival I saw a male grab other females in a risqué way. This one female in particular would try to go as far away from him as possible by "playfully" pushing him towards the pit. Others surrounding knew that she was uncomfortable with the way he was being persistent with her. This male individual also approached my  friend and I however we refused to partake anything with him.

See it's then individuals should take in consideration someones limit bc well it's just not awesome!! Its fair and simple! So therefore DONT PUSH SOMEONES LIMITS!!! 

                        Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo

July 08, 2015 // VEGAN?!?!

HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It has been 4 days since I have started my journey of Veganism! I honestly find it well kind of exciting since I never thought I would have the ability to do so?? I had became a vegetarian just a year ago and now becoming vegan wowowowoowowowow :-)

Well I just wanted to make a short post on some vegan tacos that I just demolished bc wow they were soo good!!!

  

These beautiful tacos consisted of corn tortillas, cooked cactus, and mushrooms!!!!

Topped with the awesome sauce my momma made (which btw I'm going to miss topping on my foods and yes I'm talking about the sauce still).

Speaking of little things that i'm going to miss when I move out other than the sauce is ....... well my family but also CONCERTS. My bffffllllllllllll and I have been getting into "garage bands" and it soooo happens that they are all touring and having shows in the LA area. HOW ANNOYING RIGHT?!?!? We specifically are dying to go to Beach Goth bc (1) the line up is soooo good (2) THE LINE UP IS SOOOO GOOD

but now it's our job to bust a mission back home every once in a while haha oooooooooooooooooo the adventure that awaits us!!!

Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo

July 06, 2015 // June in one post

Hello cuties !!

I really need to start blogging more.. I always complain of how bloggers that i follow don't post as much yet i'm just sitting here... posting nothing. 

Well June went by really fast!

First of all I finally got to see my niece that i love to heart! I teared up a little when i saw her for the first time in two months since children grow so fast! Honestly i don't know how mothers do it bc i freaked out when I saw her! 

It was honestly a relief that she still loved me as well. I think it has became a fear of mine to actually have reciprocated love? I feel like it's important to have someone feel loved or cared for.. you know? My weakness of mine that I have realized is that I give to much and people tend to take advantage of it which ends up really hurting me at the end. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Update on the cutie aka my little warrior- she is cancer free as of a couple months ago so she is able to grow hair with the minimal chemotherapy that she still has to go through. One major difference is her mood improved so much! She is just filled with happiness and energy.. its honestly a wonderful painting.. well to me it is just to see her improvement!

Also in the month of June, I went to orientation for SFSU! I felt like this time around I actually enjoyed my trip and fell in love with the campus even more. I was honestly really hesitant to go but now i'm sure of the fact that I love my future school! During orientation I noticed many personas.. it's honestly kind of weird to me to see people that I can compare to people from my old school personality wise. I find it kind of funny in a way bc the trend is continual and probably will throughout the period of my life.

Besides analyzing people and their ways.. I met some wicked people! I mean I think I have became more of an outgoing person since High School which is awesome due to the fact I was in part anti-social. Now I feel like I can talk to anyone and carry on a conversation! (THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO IMPROVED MY COMMUNICATION SKILLS).

All I can say is I'm sooooooo stoked to attend SFSU and prepared for what it will bring me!

On a side note: I have recently reconnected with my cousins! Yes .. I believe I did such action wayyyyy toooo late for the fact that i'm leaving in about a month or so but it's just freaking awesome! 

I mean my family has always not been in good terms just for the fact individuals within it have HUGE egos. However it's not my job to change their personality even for the better bc well i'm working on me and should be only looking out for me :-)

We were always close as small little aliens but as the older we grew we tended to abide to those older individuals and kind of distanced ourselves from each other. ANYWAYS the point is we are now again communicating and just having fun. 

That is the important point.

Having fun and caring for each other.

Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo

June 10, 2015 // Update

Hello Beauties,

I can say that i'm finally a high school graduate and officially a college student.
So far summer is great I mean I went to my first intense concert where a mosh pit was involved. I actually went in a mosh pit with the help of a friend that I made there. It was honestly so freaking cool!!!!! Something I will always remember to be honest.

Any who.. Summer has also made me realize how much i miss some of my friends that I used to hang out with. ESPECIALLY.. the one's that I barely got to know towards the end of the school year.

I keep contact with some of them but don't really see them as much blah. Honestly I was blessed to have met some awesome people before I even graduated since it will always stick with me the memories I had with them. Who they were. Their personality. Most of all how they added a little spice to my life which most random people don't tend to do. 

ENOUGH WITH THE MUSHY PART OF SUMMER.

Well I actually have a little more time to myself so I have taken the hobby of skateboarding and crafting more. I started doing a journal for the second time in the hopes of actually putting use to it.

Journaling has not only pushed me to think more of societal concerns but actually research certain topics. Take for example the other day.. I was looking into women being rejected the right of sexual pleasure due to cultures. I then came across the practice of FGM which is a mutilation of the female private parts. In particular the clit which stimulates most of the orgasms from what i know. It saddened me a bit because well these individuals don't really get the choice of being able to feel the certain sensation since the practice is usually done at such a young age. A ted talk that inspired me to research more on this was done by Khadija Gbla! You guys should definitely check it out. Khadija herself had this practice done on her at a young age and discusses how her mother perceived empowerment through it. 

Well on this note, i'm going to go watch more Ted talks and journal more.

Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo

April 3- 5, 2015 // The Future

Hello wonderful people of the world!

I honestly barely got around to putting myself together.. yes it's a thing.. well for me it is. Recently I was going through some emotional issues, a mixture of sadness, a mixture of excitement blah blah. It wasn't fun mainly because I was isolating myself which i tend to do a lot when i'm going through these emotional issues.

Anyways, earlier this month my family and I decided to take a trip to San Francisco to visit SFSU. Yes.. I am going to SFSU!!! Excited? YES  Scared? YES. To be completely honest this trip was hectic not just because we had to leave at 2am but because I began to realize how everything is coming so quick! I mean I only have 4 more weeks of school! 4 MORE WEEKS! Another thing that made this trip hectic was a admissions issue and my stubborn car (OLIVER TATE YES YOU LITTLE BRAT). Rewind to the admissions issue.. I apparently was born in China in 1963... yup... every undergrad's nightmare of having issues BEFORE you start attending school. At first I didn't take this very well hahaha (tears were involved mainly because of frustration). However I felt much better when I spoke to some handy experts in the Undergrad admissions area. Let's just say a lot of paperwork has to be done wooo. Other than that i loved LOOVEEEDD the campus and the atmosphere. I felt at home. I mean it will be in a couple of months. 

During our trip we decided to go to Fisherman's Wharf (touristy place! woo!). We really just walked around and visited the shops near by. Oh wait here is the exciting part.. we ate at *Drum roll* Red Robins. Wow exciting right?!? I mean because there isn't any Red Robins at home. There isn't really a reason why we went there.. it was mainly because well I'm vegetarian and i REALLY REALLY wanted a veggie burger. Yes i'm a savage ahhhh. 

We also decided to take touristy pictures to accompany our touristy visit. Wow my family was on a roll with the typical touristy look! AESTHETICS !

Overall the trip was awesome especially when I spent it with my annoying/loving family. 

As I said earlier about my emotion problem.. I think it mainly has to do with change. I have lost friends this past year that I still care about but because of bumps in the road i have lost them. It makes me sad at times since I remember memories that I created with them still encompasses my mind. However what can you do? I mean its really just on being patient and waiting if they do end up coming in your road again. This is another reason why I am so scared of going to San Francisco since this feeling may follow me there. Then how do I get rid of it? 

                            Signing off until next time, 

Karl-lo