A Lovely Gift from my Lovely Girlfriend
Recently, I’ve received a lovely gift from my girlfriend and didn’t get to make a post about it yet. It was given on Thursday, April 30th, which was our first month anniversary. I wanted to say thanks Isabelle and that I really love it. I’ve always loved gifts that are made since I know it shows their time and effort put into it. Here’s a picture of what Isabelle made me:
Now I have a picture to look at of us whenever I enter my room. Thanks again Isabelle. I simply love it! <3
The Longboard Project.
A large majority of the time I see students around campus riding their longboards. Each longboard has their different shape, sizes, and colors. Many college students cruise around campus with their longboards enjoying the nice ride before arriving to their next class. So about a month ago or so, I hear Isabelle talking about longboards and wanting one everytime someone with a longboard passes by. I remember Jeff telling me that riding a longboard is a great experince, so I’ve decided to save up some cash to buy Isabelle one. Originally, I was going to jsut buy a premade one, but I thought it would mean more if it was custom made. Also imagining the type of board Isabelle wanted seem pretty sweet. What kind of board was Isabelle thinking about? Well, since she’s Filipino, she wanted the Filipino flag for her board to show her pride for her country. So during that month, I would ask Jeff some questions about the longboard and some recommendations. He showed me different sites and all the parts required to make the longboard. I probably would’ve gotten nowhere without his help. Thanks Jeff.
Also, with Namphuong’s help, I was able to find out what kind of board to get Isabelle since the two talked about it alot. Heres the board type:
MINI Rounded PinTail
So thanks Namphuong for the info. You are a ninja fo sho!
So then after reviewing all the parts needed for the longboard, it was time for me to buy everything, but then there was a problem. At the time, my debit card wasn’t working, so I needed someone with a debit or credit card. Thanks to Khiem, I was able to give him money to buy the necessary parts to make the longboard. So if it weren’t for Khiem, I probably would have ended up delaying this board even longer. Thanks Khiem for the help.
So once I’ve recieved all the materials, I was ready to begin, but sadly I got sick and ended up in the hospital, which delayed even more. Something always delayed me from working on the board, so I figured I as well tell Isabelle about it. Haha she seem very happy about it even if it was unfinished.
Once I got out of the hospital and was feeling better, I started to paint the board. This was my first time painting the board, so I kept messing up. Took awhile till I actually got the colors to look right. Each wait was long since I had to let one color dry before putting on the other colors. The most difficult was putting on the sun. The first time I put on the sun, it turned out quite ugly since the poster board cutting of the sun was really flimsy around the rays. After I was done with the flag, I made two white stripes on the other side. Heres how the flag looked so far:
So next, I had to add the coating. This process probably took the longest since I had to do three coatings for each side. I also had to sand it after the third coating, but I may of sanded it too hard since the day I used the grip spray, it caused the stripes to crinkle up and it ended up looking ugly. So I had to sand off as much of the crinkled stripes as I can and redo the stripes again. After finishing the coating and grip spray the second time, I attached the truck to the board. Luckily Jeff helped me earlier in the week to attach the wheels to the truck. Screwing on the bolts probably took a chunk of time, but not as much as the painting process. Here are the results:
So in the end, I realized its really hard to make a longboard (or at least the first time). It takes a lot of time and effort to make it perfect, but I did find it fun. Perhaps in the future, I can make one for myself and learn from my mistakes from the first attempt. Anyways, hope you love your new board Isabelle! <3
Christmas Gifts
So I didn’t expect to get any gifts, but so happens some of my friends and family got me gifts anyways. So I wanted to show some of the gifts I received this Christmas.
First off from my parents, I’ve received this:
Originally it was suppose to be a surprise, but my mom wasn’t that good at keeping secrets. Well actually originally I didn’t know my parents got me a Wii until Lydia said that my mom was bad at keeping surprises when she kept saying Santa was going to get me a Wii. But yeah, thanks Mom and Dad for the Wii!
So next gift I received was this:
This little nifty gadget is a pocket camcorder I’ve received from Andrew, Jeff, Np, and Lydia. Although it can only record one hour, the quality is great and its pretty easy to use and upload. It can record for two hours if its set on low quality. Now wherever I go, I can bring this little gadget to record instead of holding my bulky camera which can barely fit in my pocket. Thanks again Andrew, Jeff, Np, and Lydia!
So next on the list would be this:
I’ve received this jacket from Jessica. Its a reversible jacket so I don’t always have to keep with the same style and still wear it continuously. Thanks Jessica for the awesome jacket.
Lastly from the gifts I’ve received:
This is a lovely shirt given to me by Isabelle. Its nothing I’ve ever worn before. I’m still a noob at mixing and matching, so I would probably not be able to wear this at it’s fullest. Its definitely something new for my wardrobe from fitted shirts (band shirts, etc.) and jackets. Now I have something different to wear other than my usual clothes. Thanks Isabelle for the shirt!
Just an add-on, this was a white elephant gift Kevin put in that I’ve gotten (or traded my gift to get from my sister since I help her get the monkey hat):
Its a journal handcrafted from India (or so it says). For some reason I love having journals probably because I can write whatever I want in there keeping all my secrets and thoughts in there. It has a high risk of being exposed, so I probably would have to keep it with me at all times or hide it. Perhaps I should have a safe for it.I don’t plan to use it till I finish up my current journal which Karen and Eliza made for me for last Christmas.
Last year I’ve received a journal from Karen and Eliza:
Some of you may have seen this around, maybe in my room or maybe in my backpack at school. I try to keep it as close to me as I can making sure no one reason it, or not yet at least. As soon as all the pages are filled in here, I shall start on my new journal.
So this concludes the Christmas Gifts I’ve received. Oh also I got money from relatives, so I would like to thank them for the Christmas money. Thank you all for these great gifts and I hope you all a happy holidays. Also thanks for all the people who participated in White Elephant and who came to the Christmas party. I hope you all had a fun time and filled up from the potluck food.
