Cloud Nine

Ten days ago, I had the privilege to step foot on the ground and floor that Walt Disney himself walked on. My mentor gave me a Disney Studios Tour and it was amazing. It felt like a beautiful, beautiful dream. It felt so surreal. Last year at D23 Expo, my dad took a picture of me with the image of the Team Disney Building, pretending as if I'm actually there. He then said something along the lines of that one day I'll be actually there taking the real thing. Who knew that day will happen in less than a year. It felt like I was in heaven. A place full of love and joy dedicated to storytelling. A place full of Disney history in the making. It was incredible. I still felt like I was on cloud nine when I got home. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to able to get the tour of Disney Studios. Thank you mentor. Forever one for the books.

Find a Rainbow Day

After every rainstorm (or after gloomy weather), find a rainbow in the sky. Or a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow you find. I found myself a lovely rainbow, made out of... words.

This Spring Break, I started my first screenplay. In March, a producer at my internship site talked to me about writing my own work when we were talking and I mentioned that I write and have a blog. He told me that some people start writing their own screenplays/scripts and that's how they begin their journey in the entertainment industry. I thought about writing myself a while back and I think it had to do with another conversation I had with the same producer, but it wasn't until this conversation I had in March that made me buckle down in a chair and think about writing.

The concept of this story came to me at night actually. It was as if a lightbulb went on in my head and the ideas came pouring out. I told myself that I'll start writing, and sure enough I did. I am at about 28 pages right now, not including a title. Still a working progress with school and all, but I'm going to finish it soon!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today and hopefully, you can find a rainbow or inspiration in your situation right now. Good luck!

April 2nd

On April 2nd, we wear blue. Today is World Autism Awareness Day. It is dedicated to acknowledgement and acceptance of those with autism, a condition with challenges of communication, social relationships, and repetitive action. I know some people with autism and I see the difficulty and hardship not only for them and for their family members. It is not easy to lend a helping hand to individuals with autism or to relatives to individuals with autism. There is something that everyone can do: treat them with respect and fairness like you would treat your friends, strangers, classmates, and many others. Autistic people have feelings, have emotions, and most importantly, have something to say. These may come in different forms but above all, autistic individuals embody all of them and everyone deserves to be respected, understood, and treated equally. This not only goes for autistic people, but also for individuals that embody a characteristic that is different from a typical person, whether it is a person who is in a wheel chair or a person who is colorblind. Or simply, a person who is left-handed. Everyone deserves to be valued and treated with civility. Be accepting of all differences. Then and only then can we live in a world with less discrimination and with more love.

The Good of All Outcomes

Results are emailed out. You receive an email. You are scared to read it, hopefully you got it or it's officially done. You hope in the little excerpt of the entire email in your notifications will tell you the two typical words you look for: "unfortunately" and "congratulations" (or something along the lines of those words meaning you got it or you didn't).

Today, I got two emails. These were the results I was mentioning about in the previous post. One good and one bad.

The good news is I finally officially declared my major as Business Administration with a concentration in Entertainment and Hospitality Management! Woot woot! There's a process to it and even though for this, there isn't really a denial to the action of declaring one's major, it can be turned down if requirements aren't fulfilled and so forth. Anyways, officially declared! Ahhh! No longer does it say "Pre-Business." Yes!

The bad news is... Do you want to guess? I did not get an executive board position for a club at CSUF for 2018-2019 school year. I am a little sad, but I knew that I wouldn't get it after my interview. There was just a vibe in me that told me. However, I did the best I could do, with still being sick during the interview (still currently, a cough I can't get rid of).

And you know what? I am okay. Failure does not define a person. A person is defined by what he or she does after failing. One can stand back up from where one fell or do the complete opposite. Failure helps a person grow and learn from failing. I also think this failure is helping me to ready myself when failure happens in the future, when situations are more pressing than before.

People may see these two news as a win and lose, but I see it as a win and a win. What do you see? At the end of the day, YOU get to choose how you see the outcomes in your life.

The Big Two Zero

My my my, two decades around the Sun. I turned 20 about two weeks ago and shared my birthday by celebrating pandas as it was Panda Day (so happy to share my day with my favorite animal). It's crazy how time flies. I remember being anxious to start college, and now, here I am, as a second year in college. Almost halfway done with my college career. But who knew being 20 would feel like a wrecking ball swinging in all directions.

I was sick on my birthday. It got worse when the weekend came around. The following week of school was tough, but luckily, I had no exams. I just had to make it through one more week before Spring Break. I got this, I told myself. Then Spring Break came around, now halfway done as well and all these choices through at me. Decisions to make, opportunities to jump on, but there's a catch. The opportunities collide with other opportunities, events, or plans. Now, what do I do?

It feels like that getting sick when I'm officially 20 was a sign. A sign telling me that from here on out, nothing and I mean nothing will be black and white. There will be grey times where I will have to come to decisions that are hard to make. I will be torn in all directions. Some decisions would work out and others won't, like how a wrecking ball may do a great job tearing down a building for construction but may do more damage than needed. But hey, isn't that life for all of us? Full of tasks and jobs to get done. A list that never ends. Things that will keep us awake at night.

I cannot say I am ready for it all just yet, but I'm definitely glad to get an added spoonful of sprinkles of it to get my feet wet even more to understand the world of adulting.

There is some news I am waiting upon to see and possibly share with you, my fellow readers soon but for now to keep you updated with what is happening with me is a bunch of paper planes flying and zooming around in my head. Some paper planes know where they want to land in my head and others are ramming into the walls of the inside of my head. I'll see what happens soon.

Before I leave this post, I just want to say another shout out to Women's History Month. Thank you to all the women who have inspired us all over the years and to all the women out there, you rock. Keep being you and making the rest of us proud and happy to stand together.