Okay y’all, can you imagine yourself packrafting in an alpine lake surrounded by larches?

I’ve been wanting to do this hike for a million years but always end up skipping it. I’ve done it’s neighboring hike, Maple Pass Loop

Overdue photos from a recent trip up to this amazing lake along the Mountain Loop Highway.

When I bought my packraft from @kokopelli 3 years ago, this was exactly what I envisioned. So glad I got the chance to do it more this year. It’s also t

...went as planned. What I mean planned is that it went back just like any other day. It was good that the sun was finally out in Seattle, a city that's always been clouded with 50 shades of grey. No pun intended by the way.

I spent my New Years with a smaller group this year. It was definitely more low-key than the usual NYE gatherings I've had in the past. Started the day visiting the Seattle Meowtropolitan, a cafe dedicated for cat lovers and a cafe that a few of my friends are involved with. It was a clean and woodsy environment that serves one of my preferred coffee roasters - Herkimer. Working at Starbucks automatically attracts me to Starbucks coffee mainly because I get a discount (why not save on caffeine when it's become such a necessity in life?) and because I do genuinely like the company and how it treats most of its employees. I can't speak for everybody but while I was a shift supervisor there, I had a good experience working there.

Then the night came. It started off with hanging out in the basement of WeWork. It was a coincident because my first GA class was at their South Lake Union branch. It was the first time I set foot into their downtown location, which by the way, looks ten times better than the SLU one. Night consisted of board games, cheap and possibly expired champagne, and flat and almost tasteless beer (at least the alcohol content was still alive). After all that, we headed over to a piano bar down in Pioneer Square called 88 Keys. This spot was a legit dueling piano bar and it was definitely one of the coolest, most underrated spots on my list. Again, it was my first time there but the piano bar has genuinely given me some good vibes that I'm hoping to return soon again. As I was chugging down Manny's life there's no tomorrow (ironic because the whole point of that was to celebrate a new day was commencing), the clock struck and it was midnight. And of course, the regular routine rolls in and everyone cheers for a happy new year.

Honestly, as I grow older, I realized that the New Year is nothing but another excuse to drink. I personally treat everyday as somewhat a new year. Resolutions are overrated but it doesn't mean that I don't sit my ass down to reflect on crucial events that either rolled by me or rolled over me. I have posted this onto Facebook earlier yesterday,

Perhaps one of my New Year's resolutions would be really to take in as much knowledge as possible and hope for the best. 2015 has been a wild yet boring year. Nonetheless, I have had a pleasure to witness my own personal growth and launching myself into new possibilities. And perhaps, most important of all, take charge of your future and own your decisions. #2016Goals

I am so very thankful for being able to learn to become a better human being. I am so very grateful for not being the perfect grown up yet. Life only gets better as the days go by. I'm ready to look forward and welcome any challenges and obstacles thrown my way. The day that I stopped being challenged will be the day I start worrying about everything.

Here's a tune to welcome everybody to the New Year, and also good vibes to jam to while I am trying to figure out this whole Ruby on Rails thing. #Cheers

First Day of the Year.