Blueberry Pancakes

Not sure how it's going to go but I've started talking to my friend about a business in buying real estate. We would buy houses and then rent them out to tenants. Hopefully we could get enough houses that we would have a solid line of real estate investments. Again, I'm not sure how far we will get into this, but real estate is always a solid investment so I'm hoping this goes well. Covid is still going strong, in fact it's stronger now in the US than it has been at any other time due to winter and people staying inside. They have supposedly found a vaccine that is set to be approved in the coming weeks with it going out to normal folk next year. It would be nice, I would like to do some traveling and be able to hug my parents again without fear of giving them the virus. Here’s hoping.

When you're in school it seems so easy to make friends. You are all forced to be at the same place for roughly 8 hours or more a day. It just seems natural that you would become friends with people around you. After school ends though, there isn't a whole lot holding you and your friends together, so oftentimes you slowly drift apart. Maybe you meet occasionally, but even that seems to slow down to a stop. In my mid 30s, I have one, maybe two people who actively try to hang out with me every once in a while. Other than that, the other people I would consider friends only hang out with me if I am the one inviting them. I still invite them because if I didn't, I'm not sure I would ever leave my apartment. Sometimes I try to reconnect with people on Facebook, but the people I try to reconnect with always have some reason to go after roughly 5 minutes of conversation. It makes me wonder why we are still Facebook friends. Why follow someone you don't really care about an...

I have a tradition that when I leave a place I have lived in for the final time, I stand in the doorway and just relive all the memories of that place. I then thank that place, and bow to it in gratitude. I am very thankful for all the memories and for allowing me to live with one of my best friends for three years. It was fun, and it's unfortunate that good times must come to an end, but such is life.  Thank you Campus Park Apartments #216. Fortunately, I found an apartment just down the street that is even closer to my work that I was before. Instead of a 10 minute walk, it's now a 6 minute walk. Instead of a 3 minute drive, it's now a 2 minute drive. 2020 has been an interesting year, but hopefully I can make some magic happen with these remaining three months.

The entire west coast seems to be on fire. I keep checking the evacuation maps to see how close it's getting to my parents. My friend Ike has already evacuated his home in Estacada with his family. Even up here in Vancouver the skies are filled with ash that is snowing down even though we aren't all that close to the fires. The year keeps getting crazier it seems like. On a positive note, I did manage to make a chicken and kimchi dish that I really like.

My second most favorite sound is the steady pat pat pat of rain drops crashing into the earth. The rain can't be too heavy or too light, it has to be just right, and it must maintain consistency. My favorite sound is nothing. Late at night when you go outside and there are no cars, no people, nothing man-made running and all you hear is the sound of nothing. Time stops for me for whatever reason when I hear nothing and I love it.  Right now there's not a sound going on outside my apartment and it's music to my ears. My favorite smell is the aroma of morning. It reminds me of getting up and waiting for the school bus in my elementary school days. There is also just something about the morning smell that smells so good. There is probably a scientific answer as to what it is, but I'm not sure of what it is. It's unfortunate that I am not a morning person.

 Every Sunday my roommate and I have a tradition of playing video games together in the evening. Yesterday was the last time that I played video games with my roommate. Of course, we will definitely play video games together in the future, but it won't be as roommates. He has had a dream of living on his own since he was in high school and now, he thinks he has the ability to do so. I wish him well, even though I'm not entirely sure how smart of an idea that is. I say this as I know exactly what his pay is since I am the financial manager at the company he works for. No matter though, if he wants to try it then I wish him well. I'm also kind of excited to start living on my own. Having a roommate means there are a lot of considerations you need to pay attention to in order to keep harmony with your roommate. Now that I will be living alone, I only need to worry about myself. Having lived by myself before, it's very nice.  I have this thing where I really just like to ta...

Lately my wrists have been in bad shape so I haven't been posting as much. I'm trying to lessen my typing. Covid 19 is still going as strong as ever in America so things are still locked down although we can eat at restaurants if the restaurants are at 50% capacity. I got a new camera, the Sony A7R iii. I really like it, it takes much better pictures in low light and it's mirrorless. I also started looking up YouTube videos on how to learn new things. I am thinking of trying to learn how to draw, sing, and maybe learn popping. The last one is a suggestion from my friend so I thought I might give it a try.  My boss suggested he wanted to be done with his company in about 10 years. He asked if I would be interested in buying it from him along with a few other people who have been with the company for a while. I'm definitely interested as having my own business has been my dream for forever, even if I don't end up starting it myself, which I might not at this rate.  It...