matt's blog
wow i'm gonna be writing a lot of stuff here
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this is it huh? i’m seeing you tomorrow
well, i’m certainly excited. it’s strange, because just a little while ago, i was really really really wishing for this day to come, yet cursed the fact that it was so far away. now that i’m here.. well, i wouldn’t say i’m not looking forward to it.. not at all. i’m just kind of nervous, you know?
but seeing you will make things okay
much love, matthew
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Photo reblogged from Pink Lips. Blue Jeans. Wild Hearts.
please refer to your phone for a glimpse of the yumminess to come
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Photo reblogged from fuck yeah sushi!
yay, i am excited for lots and lots of sushi! and being broke as well. maybe this time i can treat you to a sushi place instead?
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i did not even realize i made my post on your blog today
anyway, what do you think of squirrels? there are infinity squirrels in boston, except in the dead of winter. before i used to think they were quite cute, but there are just so many of them. are there any in tokyo
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Video reblogged from VISUAL ACUITY
im not sure if i told you, but i’m currently reading the fountainhead. its turning out to be a really excellent book, even though i don’t necessarily agree with the message 100%. if anything, the book is more like a political manifesto. you should check it out!
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Photo reblogged from Live Laugh Love
do you ever wonder if there were civilizations on earth that we just never learned about, nor can we find any evidence of? we can trace civilizations as far back as the mesopotamian cultures (haha, history class), but what if once upon a time there were civilizations which were before that, which were maybe even technologically advanced as us, but were wiped out because of nuclear war, or famine? evolution probably would still hold true, but there are just periods of the earth which historians and scientists still know nothing about. it makes me wonder if there are parts of history which could be radically different from what we currently understand
however, this is a dumb thought. still, i wanted to share it with you
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Photo reblogged from jephjacques
you seem to be very diligent with work. don’t go too hard, and please remember to take breaks. oh, and snacks help too, even though i bet you’d say something like “oh, matt, i’m just gonna become even more bloated if i did that”
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exciting, no? i really do think time moves by too quickly.. not saying that i wish it would move slower or anything, but it’s just fascinating in retrospect to just look back and think “wow, things have gone by in the blink of an eye”. do you think that we’ll be old before we know it? that’s what older people always say, so maybe it’ll happen to me too. anyway, i guess i should be at least thankful that time has moved slow enough for me to enjoy my childhood
so yes, my haircut.. it was terrible. but you know, some good came out of it, because i at least kind of learned how to cut my own hair! my mom and the rest of my family got really angry at me because i cut my hair in the dining room (because there is a big mirror there and i needed it to watch myself cut my hair) and as a result, there was hair pretty much everywhere- even on myself, as i didn’t put a cloth on or anything. i had to get a shower afterwards. but yes, the point is, i don’t think i did such a bad job, so it got me thinking that maybe in the future i should just learn better how to give myself haircuts, so when i find myself in need of one, i can get one in the convenience of my own home! seriously though, i don’t have a regular place, and i feel like they always mess up my hair. plus, think about it: my haircut was about 150 hkd, so that means if i get a haircut at minimum 3 times a year, i spend 450 dollars on my haircuts per year. if i live to my desired age of 85, that means that i still have about 65 years worth of haircuts to get, which ends up costing me about 27k hkd in my whole life! that money could be much better used if i just learn how to cut my own hair and do that for the rest of my life. sure, i might mess up a little at the beginning, but i’d get bettter, and its such a cool feeling that you get when you know you’ve done something on your own, and cutting your hair is no different. ahhh, i’m probably just insane though
but yes, i’m looking forward to actually showing you in person. thanks a ton for your offer of lettin us stay with your grandmother. im very conflicted now, because i feel like it is an inconvenience on your family’s part, but at the same time you’ve gone to the trouble to help us already, so i feel like i should just say yes and be grateful. however, i guess i could still afford a hotel room if i wanted it. you know, i don’t think ill be bringing quite as little money as caleb to japan, so it should be fine.. hey, how much do people usually spend in a day? and would you say that the average grocery list for the week in tokyo is much more expensive than the same one in hong kong? its strange, because so many goods which japan consumes are actually made in japan (you have things like milk, or fish) whereas in hong kong all that stuff is imported, yet costs less. i wonder where all the additional value comes from? japanese goods are perhaps better than hong kong ones, but i fail to see how they could be that much. i remember reading an article once in the newspaper about how coffee in the morning for people who were going to work was considered a great treat, considering it’s way more expensive than coffee in other places of the world. i guess, in the end, this winds up being hardest on you, because since you’re not getting any money anymore, and you have to find a job, high costs only get in your way more. ah, but don’t worry about it. im sure you’ll get both the hotel thing and the teaching thing, get a raise in no time, and then be making loads of money :)
i will continue to look for some of that darkening stuff you told me about. i am going out for some more errands tomorrow, so i’ll probably have the opportunity to have a look
xoxo, matthew
