{"id":85,"date":"2010-01-12T03:16:47","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T07:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewhuynh.com\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2010-12-01T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:00:37","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello World!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>e-props to anyone that recognizes the nerdy reference.<\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s not much to write about nowadays. winter break is nearly over &#8211; it&#8217;s been a good one. i think i got all my laziness out so i&#8217;m ready to spring back into college. i wasted a bunch of time watching this korean drama during break named &#8220;boys over flowers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/boys-over-flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86 aligncenter\" title=\"boys over flowers\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/boys-over-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/boys-over-flowers.jpg 466w, https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/boys-over-flowers-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>it wasn&#8217;t a great drama, but i felt like it reminded me of who i was at heart: a gay guy. haha, just kidding. but i felt my personality soften as i watched the drama. at the risk of saying too much on a public blog, it finally allowed me to forgive that girl that broke my heart. the majority of dramas are about pain, but after the pain, there&#8217;s always relief and possibly some insight\/change. i mean, you exercise through pain to get a stronger\/better body. the [emotional] heart&#8217;s the same way. you break it a couple of times, and once it heals, you&#8217;ll come out the other side stronger.<\/p>\n<p>anyways, enough about sappy love shit. let&#8217;s talk about ambition. where am i on my goals?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>school <\/strong>&#8211; i am excited about my upcoming class schedule: sociology, history of graphic design, advanced software systems, and intro to databases. since i&#8217;m interested in all my classes, surely i won&#8217;t fail! haha. i also got a B last semester in my (hard) Algorithms course so i am again motivated to continue my life as a CS major.<\/li>\n<li><strong>pool<\/strong> &#8211; i&#8217;m probably going to hit the pool hall way less this semester. it&#8217;s not really a priority, and from what my near-pro friend Bochen says, it&#8217;s lonely\/boring at the top. like i&#8217;ve said before, the fun is in the challenging climb upwards (my rehashing of the phrase &#8220;it&#8217;s not the destination, but the journey&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li><strong>work <\/strong>&#8211; i have 2 jobs, one at <a href=\"http:\/\/cfaito.bu.edu\/\">CFAITO<\/a> and one at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.829llc.com\">829 Studios<\/a>. i&#8217;m going to be splitting my time between them this next semester. it&#8217;s going to be really challenging, but if i manage to juggle everything, my knowledge of web development is going to leap forward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>snowboarding <\/strong>&#8211; i actually learned to ski, but it&#8217;s no where near as fun as snowboarding. i haven&#8217;t gone as much as i&#8217;d like, but that will change in the coming months. boxes and rails, here i come.<\/li>\n<li><strong>finances <\/strong>&#8211; this is actually a new aspect of my life that i need to monitor. aside from spreading myself thin, all my activities are really adding up. ever since i turned 21, my alcohol bill has skyrocketed. this is not good. i&#8217;m going to try to cut back on unnecessary spending, especially on food. that extra dessert or drink not only costs money, but it&#8217;s just more calories that i have to burn off later at the gym or at practice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ultimate <\/strong>&#8211; i need to get in even better shape. i&#8217;ve reached a plateau because i am not putting forth the effort to exercise more regularly. the tournament is less than a month away and i need to be in the best condition i can be in so i can support my team. this is most likely going to be BU&#8217;s most competitive season in many years and i definitely don&#8217;t want my fitness to be the reason for a loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>i should talk about family, but this post is getting long [and i&#8217;m getting lazy] so i&#8217;ll leave that topic for next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>e-props to anyone that recognizes the nerdy reference. there&#8217;s not much to write about nowadays. winter break is nearly over &#8211; it&#8217;s been a good one. i think i got all my laziness out so i&#8217;m ready to spring back into college. i wasted a bunch of time watching this korean drama during break named &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/hello-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hello World!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[61,58,59,48,60],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponderings","tag-break","tag-drama","tag-exercise","tag-goals","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}