MuchoTravel: July 2013

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Breathe... and go camping

Today, I received much disheartening news. I have to move. Mid-day at work, I got a phone call from my landlord, stating that she had seen my dog, Austin, barking and bobbing his head from my flat's window. And as per our lease, I can't have pets on the premises. Well, when I signed the lease I didn't intend to have a dog and now I have not only a dog, but a woman's best friend.

The whole day at work, I kept on thinking what is my next course of action. Whether or not I should hide Austin from her, and just keep on taking him to doggy day care. Or move to a new place. Or get a place with roommates to save money, since I need to start my business/project. I was so overwhelmed by these thoughts that I wasn't even able to focus on the present or work. You would go bonkers too, knowing how much I pay for my wonderful bungalow downtown Austin.

The logical thing and correct course have yet to come, but I'm willing to bet that it won't come with me going out of my wits worrying. Popular wisdoms say, take a breather, meditate and drink a glass of wine. Will do! Will take things as they go. Ohm or Om... Wine.

Mean while, this past weekend I camped, and celebrated a close friend of mine's birthday, at a spectacular spot in Austin, called Pace Bend Park. I will let the picture ruminate:

Oh nature... How do I love thee! And within this trip I've also realized that I'm more outdoorsy kind of gal. I've noticed that I no longer revel in the party scene. I have since graduated to activities that are outdoors. Nature have this amazing quality of healing me and allowing me to breathe and clear my head. I shall let my situation takes it course. ;)

A bonus round:

A moment of Marilyn

Birthday boy!

Our Model

Breathe...

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

#Foxxifailed

When I was 19, I was cool, or so I thought. I was also a dork, so I came about with an online alias, FoxxiDork. Recently, FoxxiDork came about to embarrassed the heck out of me, as follow:

Skype Work Conference Chat:
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[7/3/2013 2:55:30 PM]  Co-worker #1: I have reached out to Coworker #2
[7/3/2013 2:56:04 PM] Co-worker #1: she has escalated the issue and will get back to us soon
[7/3/2013 2:56:28 PM]  Co-worker #1: also, who is foxxidork?
[7/3/2013 2:57:09 PM]  Co-worker #3: good, foxxidork? I do not know
[7/3/2013 2:57:20 PM] Co-worker #3: where does that come from?
[7/3/2013 2:57:40 PM] Co-worker #1: well there are 3 of us in this chat
[7/3/2013 2:58:01 PM] Anna Nguyen: Oh god, this is really embarrassing
[7/3/2013 2:58:23 PM] Anna Nguyen: It's Anna. I guess this is how it shows up to people not on my contact
[7/3/2013 2:58:32 PM] Co-worker #1: lol
[7/3/2013 2:58:38 PM] Co-worker #1: yes it is
[7/3/2013 2:58:44 PM] Co-worker #3: ah je
[7/3/2013 2:59:27 PM] Anna Nguyen: Yeah, it's not one of the brightests point of my day.
[7/3/2013 2:59:33 PM] Anna Nguyen: have a good day guys.
[7/3/2013 2:59:56 PM] *** Anna Nguyen has left ***

Lesson of the decade. When you enter the work force, make a new Skype name. #foxxidorkfailed.

Monday, July 1, 2013

And so We Meet Again...

So I have fell off the blogging bandwagon. Why? If only I knew. All it took was one day. One day led to two days, and then three, and then about a month and some later, I realized something is missing. Something that I really enjoy to do. Today will rectify my blogging gone awry.

Well, not all was lost in my time astrayed. I was very productive in other aspects including this amazing project, www.much-o.com, which I hope to debut in November or December. I can't wait to share this with the world. It was inspired by my journeys and my encounters with awesome and creative minds.

Mean while working on that project, I have also been working on myself. Working on oneself is dramatic and freaking long journey of ups and downs. And right now it's in its down

cycle, pushing its way back up (I hope). This down cycle consist of me getting discouraged and in turn I panic in confusion, not know what to do with my life. The enormity of such awareness makes me feel so vulnerable. But through much examination, I perceive that this is a good thing. To be confuse in life is a good thing. It allows me to question, "WHY?" Why do I do the things that I do? How do I get what I desire and aspire? What can I offer the world? Yadah Yadah, dah, and more life related questions.

These life pondering questions can go on indefinitely. However, what I can conclude from this experience is that, life can be confusing and it should be confusing. Because if I have it all figured out, I maybe doing something wrong...

Stay positive and continue to ask questions.

In the mean while, I still am stopping to smell the roses: