Sunday Briefs: Hunger Pangs

by Mike Nguyen

posted 2 Aug ’09

category Personal Stuff

I’m hungry. There’s no reason why I should be this hungry. I’ve eaten half my fridge and it’s barely 2PM. Sundays make me hungry. Here’s a fun fact on hunger pangs (I always thought it was hunger pains. It would be definitely more fitting.) “When hunger contractions start to occur in the stomach, these are [...]

Sunday Briefs

by Mike Nguyen

posted 14 Jun ’09

category Personal Stuff

It’s Sunday. I feel like procrastinating. This should be my new blogging goal, to blog on Sundays. It’s especially relaxing to blog on Sundays for some reason. ————————————————– Instant Gratification of the Week So I got a Palm Pre on Thursday. I know it’s only been out a week but…FINALLY. I was hoping to get [...]

The Long Overdue Vacation: Day 16 – In Bruges

by Mike Nguyen

posted 30 May ’09

category Travel

I was watching In Brugesthe other day and it reminded me I never finished my vacation series. Stunning little canals, colorful townhomes, quiet, desolate cobblestone streets, and lots of chocolate. Every 100 paces or so in this town could go on a postcard. We never really intended to go see Bruges, but Brussels was a [...]

My Thesis Journal: My Attempt at Logo Design

by Mike Nguyen

posted 19 Apr ’09

category Uncategorized

The one I settled on is the one on top, but which one do you guys like best? What else could I do with it?

The Long Overdue Vacation: Day 15: WTF, Brussels

by Mike Nguyen

posted 20 Mar ’09

category Travel

After one of the most memorable New Year’s I’ve had, it was time to head off to Brussels. And another train station, another debacle. You see, it doesn’t matter that we got there a full hour before the train departed at 8AM (quite an accomplishment after last night’s New Year’s). Why? Because I had forgotten [...]

Whispers of a Didgeridoo

by Mike Nguyen

posted 19 Mar ’09

category Travel

Have you ever done something you thought was so spectacularly indulgent it made you ill and super-excited to be you at the same time? Well, I just did last night when I booked a round trip flight to Sydney. It’s official. My next big vacation adventure is to Australia. I had talked it up this [...]

Waiting to see the love of my life

by Mike Nguyen

posted 8 Mar ’09

category Uncategorized

IMG_3995 Originally uploaded by nornnyweb. She’s a cutie, no? I cannot wait to get home. Bored at airport. Missed my connection, have been stuck here all morning and afternoon. Should have gone into Atlanta for brunch, but didn’t want to risk missing my standby flight. Turns out it was overbooked anyways because they switched planes [...]

The Long Overdue Vacation: Day 14 – Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

by Mike Nguyen

posted 3 Mar ’09

category Uncategorized

Wow, I swear, I am about a week away from finishing this series. I’m not going to stop now. But yes, I realize the relevance of this trip has worn off, as I’m writing about New Years three months after the fact. This felt like two days in one because day and night were literally [...]

The Long Overdue Vacation: Day 13 – How We Almost Didn’t Make It To Amsterdam

by Mike Nguyen

posted 3 Feb ’09

category Travel

This day got off to the roughest start ever. It pains me to even write about this day. Just a fair warning, you can already throw this anecdote in the “How did these three even come back to the States in one piece?” pile. Let’s go through this chronologically. Night before – We all get [...]

My Thesis Journal: Who Am I?

by Mike Nguyen

posted 1 Feb ’09

category College Life, Personal Stuff

I had to answer these questions to figure out myself, in hopes that it will ground or inspire me to think up some ideas for my eventual thesis topic. Who am I? I joined this university and am pursuing this degree as a left-brained individual who is trying to re-invigorate his right-brain. In general, I’m [...]

My Thesis Journal: You didn’t even know I was taking classes, did you?

by Mike Nguyen

posted 31 Jan ’09

category College Life

I’m getting an art degree, y’all. I’m at the point of no return. I have to start my thesis. I’m taking a class this semester devoted to conceiving a brilliant thesis proposal to present at the end of the semester. Throughout the semester, I’m supposed to chronicle my progress in a journal. Since no one [...]

The Long Overdue Vacation: Day 12 – I’m Ashamed to Admit Today Happened

by Mike Nguyen

posted 31 Jan ’09

category Personal Stuff, Travel

We made plenty of bad decisions throughout the trip, but today’s itinerary might have taken the cake. It was our last day in Paris, and none of us had gotten anything for the people back home yet (Confession, in Barcelona, we got all our souvenirs at the Girona airport as we were waiting to board [...]