another week, another monday. this week should be fairly quick though. we will work through wednesday. after, the company party is thursday. then friday is off, then monday we have off for juneteenth. i wish i would’ve known sooner, because i would have taken a short get away. i should’ve planned better, but i say that so often that it makes it seem like i’m winging it, and i am, so maybe i should say i should’ve planned instead.
smh.
-ratha, 5:23pm, 6.13.22
i woke up to bu san and uncle dave over. bu is the khmer word for uncle. they were all helping my dad put in the sliding door. it took us about all day, but by 10pm it was looking good. the door feels a lot more sturdier to be honest. plus my mom grilled burgers, skewers, and hot dogs for lunch so we were definitely eating good during our breaks. i’m looking forward to having house projects one day with the homies.
that seems like such a blessing, yet such a good time as well.
-ratha, 11:32pm, 6.12.22
i went to a new mall today after cutting the grass and walking bagel. the reason? i loved the north face shorts i purchased yesterday so i went looking for different colors and according to the website, there is a north face store in the peabody mall. i went and they didn’t have the teal color i wanted. the guy purchased them for me and shipped them to my crib with free 2 day shipping. not bad, if you ask me. as i’m walking out, i see the milkshake kiosk. i hop in line then grab a skrawberry banana smoothie. as i walk to my car and sit down, i notice they put a slice of skrawberry and banana on top. i take the top off to eat both slices and as i lift the skrawberry one up, there’s what looks to be a small spider fighting for his life. thinking i gotta save this mf, i grab a napkin for him to climb on to. he was quite sticky, so i tried wiping as much of the smoothie off as possible without smushing him. when i did all i thought i could, i put him in the passenger and we rode home listening to throwbacks.
it could have been tragic for the little homie, but maybe he’ll think a bug’s life isn’t so bad after all.
-ratha, 5:36pm, 6.11.22
i went to the mall today looking for a new pair of shorts. these nike ones and the bathing suits i’ve been wearing for the past 5 years seem stale, so i needed some new flavor. luckily for me, i found some north face shorts in macy’s i liked a lot. i had time on my hands, so i figured why not walk around the mall. if not to look for something specific, then to at least get some cardio. i went into the lego store and they had their new ferrari daytona set on display. it’s massive. i definitely wanted it, but it’s $400 beanzos.
i’ll probably cop later down the line but right now i got my eye on the real thing.
-ratha, 2:58pm, 6.10.22
the bad part about waking up this morning was that i didn’t sleep well last night. the good part is i woke up (thank you god). another good thing that happened this morning was that it was raining when i woke up. those are the best days. it gives a peaceful and slow start to the day before all the hustle & bustle begins. because i’m feeling tired, i will stop by heav'nly donuts to get a skrawberry sprinkled donut along with a cruller. i’ve convinced myself i needed something sweet to keep me up for the commute this morning, and in the event those donuts weren’t needed, i’ll at least have something i wanted to start my day which would make for a not-so-bad morning after all.
-ratha, 6:11am, 6.9.22
there are emails in my inbox every few days giving me news from back home. i don’t know how they began coming in, but with the web and internet cookies and people selling information i can say it doesn’t surprise me. plus, this is one unsolicited newsletter i enjoy reading. i gotta make it back to charlotte. it’s gotta be like day 500 without bojangles. i really might fly-in for a weekend just to get a bo-sized 4 piece supremes meal. my cravings is getting outta hand lol. plus, i didn’t get to appreciate charlotte for what it was when i was there. i guess the same can be said for boston, but that’s me in general.
though when i leave boston, i’m pretty sure i won’t be missing much food options, sadly.
-ratha, 8:42pm, 6.8.22
last night yhosh sent me a fb friend request. i’m thinking, we been friends on fb, we been brothers in real life. i haven’t spoken to him in maybe 4/5 years. confused, i went to his page. there was a public status stating he had been hacked and if you’re not convinced to call him. i end up calling him. come to find out, it was him. we spent 2 hours talking, catching up, rapping, talking about music, life, politics, etc. i told him no matter what happens, i couldn’t get rid of the bug to make music. it was ironic because he wrote a verse for the first time in a while a week ago. more on this convo later, but yhosh always tells me something that resonates with me every time we speak. every. time. he explained how hip-hop used to be a young mans sport, but as generations grow older, they need older artists talking about what they’re going through. i thought that was an astute observation. then he went on to say how we’re like hamsters on a wheel. yhosh said we gotta plan to jump off the wheel, but we can’t jump off the wheel without a plan.
damn.
genius-level thinking from my brother.
-ratha, 12:21am, 6.7.22
work got so hectic today because of hella inconveniences. first, we had to move 200L of water into the suites. then when we opened the drum, the bag was put upside down. this is at 10:00am. at that point i was already over it. all our buffers expired so we had to make them all. then we had to figure out the water situation. i stayed in my gym clothes the whole day, didn’t have a chance to hit the weights. i’m leaving a little early (4:30pm) because dad has an evening meeting, but now we have to fight about an hour of traffic just to get home.
mondays.
-ratha, 5:34pm, 6.6.22
dad and i went to home depot in reading to purchase a sliding backdoor. he’s going to replace it this year, and apparently it’s expensive. they want $2k for installation, and the door itself is $2k. the thing is, they didn’t have one of the pieces we needed. the alternative, which worked itself out, was going to the home depot in new hamshire because there is no tax there. when we pulled up, they had all the parts we needed, plus the door itself was nearly $200 cheaper. while we were looking at things, an older white gentleman walked by us and started talking to us about the doors we were looking at. he told us we needed this, that, this, that, and this. if we wanted blinds, we would need this along with this. i thought it was mad random, but before he left, he said he had just clocked out and it seemed like we needed some guidance. that was so kind of him. later when we went to check-out, the worker only scanned one of the main 4 items. he scanned the 2nd to least expensive item. then he told us our total. so not only did we walk out paying no tax, we walked out paying 1/3 of the price we expected to. my dad felt bad, but i told him when a blessing falls in your lap, just accept it.
my dad is the greatest individual, he deserves more of these breaks in his favor.
-ratha, 7:43pm, 6.5.22
i’ve never played golf in my life despite constant comparisons to tiger woods. i’ve only participated in mini-golf, which i find to be extremely fun. i pulled up to unicorn golf course around 9:50am. nicole told me to check-in, so i checked in. i met up with alan, sharon, and carlos at the golf carts. i didn’t know what the fuck i was doing, but it was fun. our team hadn’t gotten par the whole day, but the last hole i told them we was going home with par and i was able to sink one in. it had me feeling like tiger at the pga frfr. we all went out to eat afterwards to lord hobo, a brewery i’ve never even heard of. i got a water and a double cheeseburger with fries. to my surprise, the food was incredible. on the way home, i stopped by dandi-lyons for a milkyway double scoop. i just got home and ming is leaving for toronto today. i’ll try to spend some time with her and mom before they go to the airport.
then after that, i’m liable to take the meanest nap.
-ratha, 4:24pm, 6.4.22
