Day 366/366 - The End
12/31/2012
Well, I did it.
I took a photo a day, every day, for the year 2012. I wanted to give up so many times… but I’m so glad I kept going. I can look back at all of these photos and recall all of the memories from that particular day. Some of them may be pretty bland and some of them may be pretty amazing. The occasional food runs, the parties, the hangouts, the concerts, the car meets, the bonfires, and, most importantly, the time spent with family. My brother, Robin, my cousins, Beverlyn and JC, graduated from high school and started college. My dad made the decision to stay in the US with the family to work, instead of moving somewhere far away to make twice what he does now. My grandpa turned 90. My Lola Oding passed away. My mom survived breast cancer. The birth of my (soon-to-be) godson. All of the time spent with my family made my year… and all of the time spent in between with my friends made it awesome. Especially, the most #upset group of friends I have. The Bakas. #brohonestly. Mark, James, Dface, Drew, Alex, Mary, and Bea. Along with Aaron and Mae, who I met this year! Charles, Tom, Danielle, Angel, Leilani, and Roniza. My distant best friend from Chicago, Mina. My carpool buddies, San Marcos friends and my ading. Lance, Andy, Alex, and Alyssa. I even spent a lot of time with my brother’s best friends as well! Ardreen, Ryan, and Katie. They may have moved away for school or were too busy working a job or were too busy spending time with their significant other… but they always had the time to catch up and hang out every now and then. My friends… they kept my year exciting. Spontaneous hangouts. LAN parties. Life bets. Photo shoots. They have, in a way, become characters this year. Characters in an incredibly awkward story involving a 19-turned-20-year-old young man and his camera.
Honestly, I’m at a loss for words. I cannot express just how thankful I am for having these people in my life. I originally started this photography project to become a better photographer. I wanted to get better at taking photos. I didn’t realize that I also become a much better brother, son, friend, student and an overall person. I focused on keeping with my New Year’s resolutions. I’m so happy I accomplished them. I told myself that I would finally go to my first concert. I went to 9 concerts, including a music festival. I told myself to focus on school. I managed boost my GPA… a lot. I told myself to keep with this photography project, no matter what… and I did. I worked so hard this year and looking back… I wouldn’t change a single thing. I definitely do not know what 2013 will hold for me but I am really looking forward to sharing it with my family and friends.
Thank’s to Tom for snapping this last photo of the year for me! I spent my last day of 2012 with my good friends Tom and Danielle. Now I’m gonna spend the night celebrating with my family! :D
This is also, more or less, a goodbye. A goodbye to tumblr.
I intended to leave a long time ago but I wanted to keep people updated with my project. Now, I don’t have any initiative to keep this blog alive. Unless I start another 365 Project. But that probably won’t happen… or would it? Don’t be surprised if you see me reblogging or liking things every now and then. To my followers (yes, all 5 of you /sarcasm) I’d like to thank you for keeping up with my project and most importantly my interests. If you’d like to keep in touch at all, send me a message! I’m not that active on social networking sites. I use Instagram, so you can follow me there @harveyAM. I also use twitter more often. You can follow me there too @theharveyAM.
Again, thank you!
- harvey
Day 365/366 - Korean BBQ at Home
12/30/2012
My parents went to H Mart in Mira Mesa and brought home some Korean BBQ! OH MAN. Didn’t do much except sleep and play LoL with friends. Ending the night with more Korean dramas… LAST DAY OF 2012 TOMORROW. AHHH!
Day 364/366 - Another Rainy Day
12/29/2012
I stayed home… again! I watched Korean dramas lol. BUT I finally got around to playing LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. I’ve had an account forever but I never got into it… until now.
Day 363/366 - Fancy Wallet Case
12/28/2012
I stayed home today D: I was so tired from yesterday’s activities, I just go lazy. I took a shot of my cool wallet case my cousin got me for Christmas! So cool.
Day 362/366 - Still Functioning at Manna
12/27/2012
Friends slept over so we can go to Manna BBQ for dinner the next day. We wanted to pay Drew a visit at his work, haha. We watched Sherlock before we headed down to San Marcos. It was Angel’s first time having Korean BBQ. Yeeeee.
Day 361/366 - Christmas Party at Harvey’s
12/26/2012
I had a Secret Santa with my friends too! I had Alex but I bought all of my friends gifts. I got Alex a GG button and a Troy and Abed mug from Community. Angel was my Secret Santa and he got my a compilation book of Banksy’s artwork “Wall and Piece” So cool! Ryan even surprised us from Berkeley! :D He surprised Robin when he came home. Phase 10. A lot of food. League of Legends. Denny’s at 5 in the morning. Not sleeping. Sleeping. Kakao Talk. Mark, Dface, James, Drew, Alex and Angel slept over too. Good stuff.
Day 360/366 - Santa’s Little Helpers
12/25/2012
My Ateh Jing got all of the kids elf t-shirts! Lawl. I love my family :D We had our annual Secret Santa and White Elephant too! Kuya Bong was my Secret Santa and he got me a cool beanie from and 2 cases for my iPhone 5! Awesome! I had a lot of fun playing games with my relatives.
Day 359/366 - Christmas Eve!
12/24/2012
Spent Christmas Eve with my family! Went to church and then we took family photos haha.
Day 357/366 - Tis The Season
12/22/2012
I went with my mom to her annual co-worker’s Christmas party. It wasn’t as fun as I remembered when I was a kid :( I just stayed on the couch using my phone until the battery died. They gave me presents though. A box of chocolates and a Starbucks gift card. Woo.
Day 356/366 - Charles’ 21st End of the World Birthday Party
12/21/2012
Oh man, December 21, 2012. The end of the world. Sike. But it was Charles’ 21st birthday so he threw a HUGE party. Tom, Danielle, and I came over to Janine’s to help clean and set up… even though we didn’t do much because the canopies and tables didn’t arrive until later. It was so cool reuniting with a lot of friends from San Diego and others I haven’t seen in a while. I didn’t take a lot of pictures because I got a little drunk… a little. Lol. Mr. Birthday boy knocked out upstairs but a few of us drew on him before we left, haha. Happy birthday to my bro, Charles!
Day 355/366 - Testing the AE-1*
12/20/2012
*This is a temporary photo I took on the same day :P I’ll update this when I get the film developed… which will take a while haha.
ANYWAYS. I went shooting with Ardreen (kinda, we just went outside and he taught me how to use the camera) Afterwards, we went to In-N-Out to catch up with Aldrin and Dominic!
10 more days until the I’m finished with this project!
Day 354/366 - Sushi AND Korean BBQ
12/19/2012
I had a looong day. I spent the day with Bea and went Christmas shopping. We got sushi for lunch after :D Later, Robin and I went down to San Diego to spend the night with our cousins and Glen! We met up with a group of other K-Pop fanatics haha. Then we went out for Korean BBQ in Convoy! Went to a karaoke bar to meet up with the other K-Pop fans from earlier. Fun fun fun.
Day 353/366 - Starbucks with Therese!
12/18/2012
Today, I caught up with my good friend Therese :)
