#personal outlook

[yanmmm2026]

The Kind of Person Who Keeps Things Simple

I’ve always noticed the kind of person who keeps things simple.

Not in a minimal-for-show way. Not as a rule or a philosophy they explain to others. Just quietly, in how they move through the day.

They don’t complicate decisions that don’t need it. They don’t add layers where one will do. Their routines aren’t rigid, but they’re steady. There’s a sense that they’ve learned which details matter — and which ones don’t deserve extra attention.

You see it in how they plan their days. They leave space instead of filling every hour. They choose familiar places over endless options. They’re comfortable saying “this is enough” and meaning it.

Simplicity, for them, isn’t about having less. It’s about carrying less.

That approach shows up in what they wear, too. Clothes aren’t a way to signal taste or intention. They’re just part of the background that lets everything else feel lighter. Something easy, something known, something that doesn’t turn getting dressed into a decision.

For a lot of them, that looks like reaching for a parke hoodie — not because it stands out, but because it doesn’t. It fits into the day without asking to be noticed, which is exactly the point.

There’s a calm that comes from keeping things simple. When you’re not managing excess — of choices, of noise, of attention — you have more room to think clearly. More energy to respond instead of react.

People like this aren’t uninterested in the world. They’re just selective about what they let in.

They don’t chase complexity to feel fulfilled. They trust that simplicity, when chosen deliberately, creates its own kind of depth. The day feels more coherent. Less fragmented. Easier to move through without friction.

Some people add more to feel complete. Others subtract.

And the kind of person who keeps things simple understands that ease isn’t the absence of care — it’s the result of knowing what’s worth keeping.

[my-faith-is-my-fortune]

Actions speak louder than words

My grandmother, mother and aunts have always said this quote to me and cousins, since I was a child. I even started using it to friends and love interest when I got older. Only recently did I begin to think about what this really means. If my actions are aligned with my words; therefore I do not have to declaim what I do to others. But my actions would show all my intentions just by what I do.

That is why my grandmother always says “your actions will tell all who you really are”.

So now I am working on aligning my actions to my words, or just making my actions speak for themselves.

[tamytamtam-blog]

Current thoughts.

When I have children, by God's will, I'm gonna teach them that there's more important things in life than what you look like. Character is very important. Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive. Nevertheless It's a very important lesson to learn, especially nowadays. Your self esteem should not be based upon what people say about your looks. There are so many wonderful qualities each of us have, which don't involve our appearance, and we should all celebrate them more. Working with children and other teachers has made me realise that you act as a role model to children all them time, and they make me wanna be better. 😎🙏💪

[chau-time]

Food Jobs in the Bay Area.

Anyway, I taught 4 classes on a Sunday before driving up to Daly City to watch the movie with friends from Davis. I skipped out on free dinner for all the volunteers, but I had a good dinner with good company. Back to the Stanford teaching gig. The event is called Stanford Splash and it allows their own students to enhance the learning experience for high schoolers to go beyond the classroom setting and explore concepts or their liking. For me, I taught food sociology, food science intro, culinary science in product development and food culture: miracle berries. The turnout for the food social science courses was low. The food science courses attracted a full class with many enthusiastic students which was awesome. A few students stood out among the crowd because they had energy and asked lots of questions, but most importantly, they participated.

One of the questions got to me. This bright, young student asked about jobs in the food industry. She is going for UC Davis in food science having done her research and that shows commitment and passion. When I was her age, I did not know what food science was nor did I know what school to attend or major to study. I gave her my honest answer.

Food science industry jobs in the SF Bay Area are hard to come by simply because the bay area is more suited towards technology. You will find spots of jobs scattered around the East Bay and South Bay, but less so for the North Bay, San Francisco area or anything West Bay related. That is simply because Silicon Valley is dominantly westward and lies in San Jose as the heart. That is not to say there aren't food manufacturing companies around the area, but there is much less. That is why NETWORKING is important. I cannot emphasize this enough. Jobs are still available out there; you just need to have help from a third party recruiting agency which is a big deal in California. These agencies thrive on graduates nowadays. I got my first and current industry job through a third party recruiting agency. I am basically a food science mercenary. I have no allegiance to a particular company. I wish I did. Even with the help of a recruiting agency, you might end up in a temp only gig or a part time gig which means you don't have the full experience or you will end up being chewed up in the industry and spat out like a useless cog.

Let's say you do get into one of those gigs. The reason you are stuck as a temp is because you are often viewed as incompetent. What do grades matter to a company? Experience is more important. Where are your internships or research to prove them otherwise? Let's say you are competent enough. Well, the economy doesn't necessarily look all too great still. With that said, people with seniority are going to stay in their jobs knowing they aren't likely to get a promotion. As long as they have a job, right? Well, that means the graduates who are going to saturate the market aren't going to have any luck. Besides competition amongst other California food science graduates, there are graduates from science fields, culinary fields and just to mess with your head, the tech field. You are also coming to a realization that people like to move to California. That just means graduates from out of state or out of the country are going to compete too. More so, those who have years of experience in the food industry are more than capable of taking a basic job as long as they have a chance to live in the Bay Area.

All of this information is a downer. Yes. However, this information is key to knowing your future options. If you just want a job out of college in the food industry, you settle with the extremes: the far North, the central valley, the South (not too bad, commute might be worse), and the agricultural patches in between. There is also the lovely opportunities of networking where you land a dream job. Network for that! If you are stubborn, you might as well start with a third party recruiting agency and hope for the best. You might learn about companies you haven't heard of before and that is cool too.

Note: the food jobs are not pertaining startups, newer food biotech/tech companies, food labs (although, food safety testing labs have limitations too), and the slow food movement local type jobs. Those are more or less readily available.

[this-does-exist]

Whenever someone compliments me I just want to yell from the rooftops that I'm ugly and that lying isn't nice

[catalystguardian]

So I tried to see the clip from open water 2 where Richard speight Jr dies and ....I could not do it. I could not bring myself to watch it. The first ever time I saw the trickster was in hammer of the gods and he died right there. That was one of the reasons he gained my allegiance well that and the whole act natural scene and where he died to help the boys and save his former lover. He went out like a hero and that stuck with me. Now I can't seem to bring myself to watch him die again. I think that's a very big sign there of my allegiance.

[thatpunktrekkie]

So I wrote out my life story.... it turned out to be more depressing than planned......

[welcome-to-stay-blog]

I need to start accepting myself

I've been noticing more and more that people have been telling me that I am cute/attractive. I appreciate the comments but I still don't fully believe them.

All my life I've put myself down that I'm not cute, that I would always be in the shadow of someone much better than I am. Now I'm getting told this much more and from more than the one or two people that used to tell me it. I always doubted them because I have known them for a long time, as if they're trying to make myself feel better about. Sometimes I still doubt people when I am told that. Maybe its because I could never see how I would be attractive? Maybe I just like hearing that I am? Maybe I need to change my own perspective and tell myself that I really can be someone's dream guy. Then again, it might not just be what I look like that makes me attractive. Maybe it's my personality that gets to people. Either way, I need to change the way I look at myself.