brian

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
- Unknown; originally credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Name: Brian Rangel
Age: 17
Birthday: October 7th, 1989 @ 8:15 pm
Height/Weight: 176.53 cm/ 65 kg 57 kg (5'9.5", 126 pounds)
School: Pearl City High School
Languages: Fluent in Japanese (it was my first language), English, and currently studying Korean and Mandarin Chinese
Siblings: None
First Favorite Song: ID; Peace B by BoA
Current Favorite Song: Choo Choo Train by EXILE
Favorite Fruit: Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries... mostly any kind of berry.
Favorite Color: White & Silver... and now Red
Place Most Visited: Europe (almost every year now... my mom likes it so much)
Likes
- Calculus
- Japanese things
- Cooking and baking
- Making things for people
- Learning languages
- Traveling to different countries
- Yoga
- Eating healthy
- Sleeping
- Funny people
Dislikes
- Physical Education
- Running
- Science, period. :<[br /> - English (school subject)
- Discrimination
- Spoiled people; people with no manners/morals
- Things involving big change
Astrological Sign: Libra --click to learn more about Libras
Blood Type A(That's me!)
People with blood type A have a deep-rooted strength that helps them stay calm in a crisis when everyone else is panicking. However, they tend to avoid confrontation, and at times feel uncomfortable around people. A-types are shy and sometimes withdrawn. They seek harmony and are very polite, but all the same feel that they never really fit in with others. A-types are very responsible. If there is a job to be done, they prefer to take care of it themselves. These people crave success and are perfectionists. They are also very creative, and the most artistic of all the blood types, most likely because of their sensitivity.
People with blood type A are also likely to be considered classic "type A's": stressed and conscientious.
What I Want To Do In The Future
- learn calligraphy
- go to college in Japan (since I didn't get to go for high school... and I really regret it)
- get my second operation on my nose before I go to college
- travel all over the island and take tons of pictures
- be able to play the piano good
- make my last days in Hawaii the best...
- go back to Japan again before I turn 20
- eventually live in Osaka or Tokyo (most likely Osaka..)
- inner thoughts -
I guess you can say one of my passions in life was singing. I loved to sing. I would sing whenever I had the time. It was a great stress-reliever, and I just found it fun to do. I can't really do that now though. The week before July 4th, 2005, I experienced my first collapsed lung on my right side. It was quite a scary experience, seeing as though I have never been hospitalized for anything major before. I still remember what happened clearly until this day. After staying in the hospital for 4 days, I was released... and during a check-up the week after, the doctor had found that it wasn't fully healed... and that both my lungs had collapsed. So I had to be hospitalized again, this time with surgery. It was such a hard, emotional time for me.. but I still managed to overcome it. After a little over two weeks following surgery, I was able to go home.
The reason why I decided to put that in my profile was that.. it was one of those moments that.. made me wake up, you know? To live, to have things that other people don't... these things don't really hit you until something like this comes up.
I realized how much it meant to be able to walk around healthy, to have so many things, to be fortunate enough to live in my own home. I'm sure there are people out there who are in a worse situation than I was. But I just wanted to say, I couldn't be grateful enough to everyone out there who made me who I am today. To both those people who looked down on me, and to those who fought the battle alongside me.
Thank you so much.
I only wish I could sing like I used to. Isn't it ironic? How your own passion becomes your demise. The first time I got my collapsed lung, was when I was singing. Something went into my throat when I was holding out a note and I started coughing really hard. That started everything.
Sometimes I wish I was more healthy. Now I have to constantly watch myself all the time. Its no fun, really. I can't afford to get hospitalized again, ever. I get stressed out a lot and sometimes get moody. Heh. -_-; I have too many responsibilities in my life, and I don't want to be thrown way behind again.
But thats how the Lord made it.. and I don't know what else he has in store for me, but I just hope I can overcome it like how I did back then.
-more than year has passed...-
This may seem like not much of a big deal to people out there reading this, but this one event really changed my life. It really taught me gratitude and appreciation towards life as a whole. Even now, as I type this (July 11 '06), more than a year has already passed... however, I can still vividly recall the events that happened... even the feelings of pain and hopelessness... to tell you the truth, I'm a bit afraid of the possibility that the same thing may happen again.. but I just have to move .., I was just some kid with wild dreams and ambitions like everyone else... thinking that eventually I would get what I want. I took things for granted. Even things that I would have never missed before.. namely, the ability to stand on my own two legs. I realized that things have to be worked for, we have to take care of ourselves, and we must never take even the slightest thing for granted. We might as well enjoy our lives while we're still living on this planet... but rewards never come before work. Through our hardships we learn, grow, and mature into better beings.
- music -
I love listening to music. Strangely enough, I don't listen to much English songs. I listen to mostly Pop/R&B kind of music.
- my love for language -
I don't know why, but I find myself trying to learn more languages... more specifically Asian ones. I'm fluent in Japanese, know some Korean, and now I'm starting to study Mandarin Chinese once again (I started long ago but eventually gave up because I thought it was too complicated).
- future goals -
I hope one day I could participate in a talent audition (once I get over my nervous streak when I stand on stage in front of an audience). Yes, I know... don't we all? -_-;; I've been singing for 6 years now, and I just want to audition once in my life... to see if I can make it. My parents doubt me and my body's giving out lately... but... later on, when I'm strong enough, I hope to go against the odds. I want to be a stage performer or actor one day... but we all know life isn't that fair.
In college I plan to major in something that has to do with fine arts, probably graphic arts... or mathematics/architecture since my parents recommend it to me so much... and possibly minor in drama/performance.
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