If it happens ... it happens

2004-05-07T23:53:00.000-07:00

WOW ... what a day! first .... I get teo work all day .. literally. But my mind was all about the afternoon. Where our vball team faced Head-Royce .... undefeated all year .. our last regular season game of the year, and to top it off ....... we got Sport Focus to come film our game!!!! Anyway .... make a long story short .... I lost my voice ... and we won in 5 games. VERY AWESOME! thanks to everyone who came out to watch! Then we had YBC .... Scott and Sharon spoke on dating. Very cool ... then we played Spot the Sponsors .... very cool too. I was able to find a SUPER hiding place and no one found me ... except Dennis .. but he's in LC so it don't count. Then i got home .. turned on the TV .... and there we were ..... on Sports Focus. WAY WAY WAY COOL! Now .. super tired ... so I gtg .... later

"It's all about TEAM!"

2004-05-06T22:47:00.000-07:00

Hmm ... today ..... didn't do very much. Just went to work .. and then went to play vball. We lost 0-3 but its cool. It was kind of fun. Got to see the "NEW" thing a friend got .... pretty cool. Too bad it stings when you sweat! haha. Anyway ... yeah ... had some good times drivin ... not too shabby!

"its been 4 weeks since we played ..... hey now!"

2004-05-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

ok .. haha ... super procrastinator!!!! Anyway .. i'm REALLY tired tonight. I was at work at 7:30 this morning .... VERY proud of myself ... with the help of 2 wake up calls ... or at least 2 calls in the morning to assist me. THANKS! Anyway .. I proctored the AP Calc test .... and then in the middle of it I had a Dr. appointment ... the Dr. looked at my eye .. and was "encouraged" at how much it went away .. but not completely though! Anyway .... then I did some home improvement stuff ..... re-caulked some windows ... and then did my take home midterm (while watching the A's BLOW ANOTHER ONE!). Just sent it off ... and .. that's it ... time for some nice ... ZZZzzzz's

"What's 10 + 10 ..... (someone who shall remain nameless) uhhhhh one and six"

2004-05-05T00:47:00.000-07:00

YES YES YES ..... finally ... the SHARKS go to the conference finals. I tell ya .... they win every game that I don't watch! I watched all their wins (when I am in town) on tape! Anyway .... hmm today .... went to work ..... then .... went to SF cause of the vball game. won 3 - 0. Head Royce on FRIDAY .. COME PEOPLE COME .... COME CHEER ON YOUR TEAM! And then played softball tonight. We beat this very obnoxious team! They kept talking smack .. even though they were losing by a lot. Well ... we won ... and that's cool. I have to be at work tomorrow at 7:45 AM!!!! Proctoring an AP exam ... so i better sleep .. since it's like almost 1.

"GAME 1 .... ON MOMMA'S DAY!!!"

2004-05-03T23:15:00.000-07:00

ok .... so .. here's the story of my day. worked all day .. then went to school .. came home ... ate dinner .... watched TV .... THAT'S IT! HAHA .... ok .. i'm pretty tired ....

"MIDTERM TIME ...... :( "

2004-05-02T23:44:00.000-07:00

ok .... lets see ... i was suppose to wake up at like 7 something so I could go to church to register for retreat ... THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. So .. when I got to church .. 9:40 ish ... i registered for camp .. and found out it was FULL! But i'm a leader .. so it's all good .. I HOPE! Then after church ... the MMMT went to the Oakland Cinco de Mayo festival. It was rather interesting. Then .. came back .. stayed at church till BTG Night. Then came home ... watched ALIAS ... hmm ... better be a good ending! Anyway .... GOOD NEWS .... my eye infection ... its getting smaller!!! YAY ... it popped ... so once in a while like this puss stuff comes out. But its all good .. almost all healed! Have to work all day tomorrow ... and then I have school tomorrow night .. NO FUN! But i must finish!!! Anyway ... have a lot ahead of me tomorrow ... so .. later gators!

"We learned that the Cinco de Mayo festival .... is just like our own STREETFEST!!!!"

2004-05-01T23:54:00.000-07:00

SATURDAY .... SATURDAY .... SATURDAY. Usually a nice relaxing day ..... and guess what! IT WAS! HAHA ... well except the fact the SHARKS lost in OT again .... too much DRAMA .. just win and get it over with. Anyway .. went to the Movies with some friends .. watched WALKING TALL. It was alright. Short ... and ... well not worth $9.50 .. but hey ... it's cool ... i was with my friends. Hmm .... nothing much happening today .... taking meds for my eye infection. I notice it gettign smaller ... YAY!!!! Hmm ... nothing else .. have to go to church tomorrow at like 8 AM ...... just so I can sign up for Camp LIFTL ... yeea .... ANyway ... tired ... from doing nothing ....

"don't run over the KLUMPS!"

2004-04-29T23:23:00.000-07:00

ok ..... today ..... well ... kind of .... weird. I was on the boy-girl panel for Chapel .. that was alright. Then we had a vball game ... beat INternational. Anyway .. I am just too preoccupied with the fact that I have this NASTY STYE .... and its gettign worse. I have to go see the Dr. tomorrow .... real bummer ... the worse part is .. IT HURTS! can't get rid of it .. until i see a dr. MAN!

"Meds ... I NEED MEDS!!!!"

2004-04-28T23:52:00.000-07:00

ok ... well .. today .... was kind of bad. See .. first of all ... i was going to wake up early .. and like study. BUT ... i got a bit of the sleepy bug .. and slept in a little. I got up .. and went to work .. where I had the intention of studying for my mid term I had tonight ... but when i got to rm 9 .... i realized ... i forgot my book! So there went the studying time. So .. i ate lunch with some of me fellow teachers .... and we got to talk about some interesting stuff! Then ..taught ... then had vball practice .. then went to class. Got to class late cause i needed to buy some scantrons. We had a case study to work on in my Labor relations class ... and I forgot to read that too! But its ok .. then after that .. i went to my other class where I had that mid term .. hmm ... not very good ... I didn't know a good portion of the questions. Then ... had a very .... tough decision ... while I was talking on the phone .... anyway ..... always so MEAN TO ME! I think its cause I'm so ... NICE! Anyway ... yeah ... I got this stye (however you spell it) on my eye .... and I can't wear my contacts ... so I have to wear my glasses. ALL MY STUDENTS SAY I LOOK WEIRD .. haha .. but its ok! Someone called me a SCHOLAR today .. cause I was working on my laptop ...... and was wearing my glasses .. and doing work. HAHA ... oh what an image I can FAKE! ANyway .... that's about it folks ....

"stories are just that ... until you get it from the source .... then it either becomes FACT ... or a FARCE"

2004-04-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

ok .... well .. i'm a lot less tired than I was last night .... especially since I slept for almost 12 hours .. I THINK. I'm not even sure when I fell asleep. I just remember watchign TV ,.... and then .. I woke up .. and the TV was still on ... turned it off .. then .. of course ... went back to sleep. Today ... hmm .... pretty fast. I went to work ... then coached a vball game against Bently .... then came back .. and played softball tonight .... we won ... got 3 hits ... fun funfun. Anyway ..... I have a mid term tomorrow night .... better get crackin on the books!

"Business, Government, and Society ... fun fun fun ... NOT!"

2004-04-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

ok ... well ... just got home from the Grand Canyon/Bryce Canyon/Zion National Park Trip. WAY TIRED ..... lots of stories ... lots of AWESOME things to talk about ... but like I said ... way too tired. BYE BYE

"For every hour down the canyon .... it is 2 hours back up!"

2004-04-22T23:19:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone ... I'm here saying HI from the Grand Canyon! We got here at like .... 5 something today. Anyway .. we did some walking around ... and then we saw the sunset over the canyon hills. VERY COOL! AND ... it's super cold here too. Anyway ... i don't think that I'll be online again ... we'll see ... later all

"BBBBbrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

2004-04-21T21:27:00.001-07:00

Well ... i'm off to the Grand Canyon .... hope i don't go falling over the edge .. that would be bad! I hope you all have a good weekend!

"Gone to see the big crack in the EARTH ... :)"

2004-04-21T21:27:00.000-07:00

Well ... i'm off to the Grand Canyon .... hope i don't go falling over the edge .. that would be bad! I hope you all have a good weekend!

"Gone to see the big crack in the EARTH ... :)"

2004-04-21T01:05:00.000-07:00

Hmm ... well ... today ...... I was ... kind of lazy ... but its all good. the boys vball team won again .. beat lick wilmerding. I leave for Grand canyon soon ... like ..... 5 AM on thursday. FUN FUN FUN. I got my group ... i mean ... my room group ... should be interesting! Played softball tonight ... we finally won! haha .. now we are 1 - 2. Maybe this is the turn around we needed. Anyway, this week is gonna be done soon cause I am goign to the GC. Hmm .. still need to do major laundry! Chaiwat is going to be staying over so he has a ride, and wake up place before we get to the airport. So .. it means I need to clean my room.. HE HATES it that I don't clean my room up ..... haha .... what a good friend! anyway ..... time to sleeep .....

"to be the beast at something .... requires practice practice practice"

2004-04-18T01:11:00.000-07:00

today ... was a VERY good day! I went to HOUSE practice, then came home ... i guess before that I had a REALLY NICE sleep. You know ... the ones that feel like you've been asleep for like forever ... btu it was only a couple of hours .. and you have a couple of more hours still to go! AHH .... love those. Anyway, after HOUSE practice, I came home ... and then Amanda called and we went to help out the WOMT, and the pizza party they were having. Basically I was a pizza delivery boy. well, getting the pizzas was very interesting! but we got them .... and went to west oakland. I have to say ... WOMT ..... good job. PRAISE GOD for the things HE has allowed you guys to do there. If you didnt' get the chance to see what they did .... you definately missed out. I was only there for a couple of hours ... and I was totally blown away! I got there around 6:30 PM and didn't leave till 12:30 AM. Very good time of seeing what WOMT was there to do. I got to experience a little of what they did, and the share time ... POWERFUL! If you want some serious praising ... talk to one of the WOMTers. I wanna thank GOD for allowing me to be there today .... very humbling, very exciting, VERY ...... "PRAISE GOD"ing!

one word WOMTers: "WOW"

2004-04-16T23:03:00.000-07:00

Hmm .... Koosh tag can be a very tiring game! well ... today ... I worked pretty much all day ... and then played vball with the team ... kind of relaxed after a good game yesterday. If you didn't know .. we beat the #1 team in our league, well they were tied for #1. So .. that was cool .. it was very intense. Today ..... gave guitar lessons ... and then went to Derek's bday party. YBC ... now home .... still feelin kind of sick. Have a pretty long day tomorrow .... so .. i'm out ..

"Hmm ..... "

2004-04-14T21:54:00.000-07:00

aww man ...... I think ... no .. I know ..... I am sick! WHAT A BUGGER! Well .. that's all I'm going to say ... cause I'm pretty out of it.

"I hate being sick!"

2004-04-13T23:56:00.000-07:00

Hmm .. today .... I went to school .. and found out i have an oral presentation to do next week on the social aspect of the environmental change at CSUH. Yeah .. EXACTLY ... i don't get it either. WHATEVER. Then .. lets see .... found out who is going to GC with me .... umm .. going to be interesting. Needs to find some kids to lock onto .. haha. Then we played softball tonight against a teamon steroids ... SERIOUSLY ... they were SMASHING THE BALL! And .. i didn't play all that well .... so the loss is mostly my fault. Whatever ..... then went to Jay's house to watch the SHARKS game ... NICE .... up 3 - 1.... one more at home .. hopefully they'll play with the same energy they did today! Anyway .... don't have to sub tomorrrow .... so I guess I'll sleep late tonight .. YAY!

"Easter isn't Easter without the consumption of some kind of chocolate" <-- that was from my teacher today

2004-04-12T22:12:00.000-07:00

Booo ..... the SHARKS lost ... but its ok. Didn't do all that much today. worked .. then came home. Ate dinner .... nothing "spectacular" happened. I bought a laptop today. wondering if I'm going to regret it .... oh well.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

2004-04-12T00:17:00.000-07:00

Well ... today .. was kind of fast. I went to church ,..... then went out to eat with some friends ... then came home .... watch TV .. took a nap .... went back to church .... came home .. watch TV .. and did laundry ... FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN!!! Hmm ... went to Sizzler for the first time in like FOREVER .... had the steak and all you can eat shrimp! MMmMmM. Then ... hmmm night service .. we did this Easter Seder thingy. This lady came and explained the different things that was served and ceremonies that was done during the Passover, done by the jews. It was kind of interesting. Alias .... next week .... vaughn is gonna find out!! WOO HOO! that's all .... have to sub tomorrow .. and have classes tomorrow night .... WHEN THE SHARKS ON ON TV TOO!!!! Have to find a place to HIDE .. and listen to my MD player .. WAIT NO FM!! AHHH!!!!!!!!!

"GO SHARKS!!!!"

2004-04-11T00:39:00.000-07:00

wow ... what a super long day! We had our tournament today .. well not ours .. but Head Royce's tournament. we played them first and almost pulled it out. But in the end ... we got a trophy for finishing ... in essense 5th place. we won the consolation bracket of the tournament. We got a trophy for finishing "5th" .. and the 4th place team didn't get anything ... hehe ... OH WELL! then we went to Applebee for dinner ... man .. was I hungry. OH .. we stayed to watch the finals ... i must say .. we have a long way to go .. if we want to play like the winning team! Then i just finished watching the Sharks beat up on the Blues .. haha .... NICE! Anyway ... Easter tomorrow .... today .. right now .... need to wake up in time for church tomorrow .... BYE

"Because of what HE did ..... we will be able to do all things through Christ!"

2004-04-10T00:48:00.000-07:00

WOW ... what a waste of a day! I had all these plans to do stuff today ... haha ... but the ZZZzz's had control! Its cool .... need a break anyway. Didn't do anything .. honestly ... just went to a LIFTL meeting ... then came home. nothing else ..... tournament tomorrow ... so going to get some rest ....

"SO MUCH TO DO .... SO LITTLE TIME"

2004-04-09T00:30:00.000-07:00

WAHOO!!!! WE WON WE WON WE WON!!! we played our playoff for the volleyball league i play in on thursday nights. It was fun fun fun. Anyway, today .. I was totally tired. Everything was sore .. and tired. I think it might be age ... although I'd hate to admit it! Then i did my taxes today too ... and hung out with my brother and his family at their house. WAS suppose to go to pee wee golf with JT ... but Brandon got a little sick .. so we decided not to go. Then I came home ... and then went to the vball game ... then we went out to celebrate at TGIF in Union City. Now .. I'm home ..... pretty tired .. watching the replay of the Sharks win in their first playoff game for this year! :)

"way to go .... DINKS!"

2004-04-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

Hmm ..... today .... I woke up kind of early for vball practice. Good thing we had practice too. The guys were pretty rusty .... its a good thing we have another one tomorrow. we need to get ready for our tournament ... well Head Royce's tournament ... but yeah. Then I went to the A's game. Hmm ... it's a bad sign .. when the first game I go to .. they lose. But ... I knwo its not me .. haha ... I'll be there more often I hope. After that I got went to get my car back form the mechanic. He said he couldn't find anything wrong with it. And when I drove it home .. the little check engine light was gone. WEIRD!! I was scared cause I thought I would have to pay to get it fixed again .... even though i like brought it in in Jan. with the same problem. Then I went to Target .... got some little knik-knaks. then off to school I went ..... classes were alright. My last teacher ... OH MAN .. was he ever boring. Like .... 4 people just got up in class and LEFT! I was good .. I sat there .... tried to listen .. btu it was very hard. He wasn't being very ... followable. then I just got home not too long ago .... just wrote a 2 page paper ... in like ..... 5 minutes .. HAHA ..... FUN FUN FUN. TOMORROW .... vball playoffs .... :)

"DINKS DINKS DINKS"

2004-04-07T00:09:00.000-07:00

well ..... today ... was totally an errand day. first ... I got my hair cut .. then I went to the eye doctor ... well .. before al that ,... i went shopping for some softball stuff since we had our first game tonight. That was after my haircut, then i went to the eye dr. Actually ..... i was just going in to make an appointment .. but there was a no show .. so I was able to see him. Got yelled at for my improper wearing of daily contacts. HAHA .. oh well ... after that ... i went shopping for stuff ... then went home .. ate lunch .. COSTCO HOT DOG AND PRETZEL!!! Then .. dropped my car off at the mechanics ... and then went home .. took a nap .... my eyes were diolated ... so everything was all jacked up ... very weird feeling .. but after my nap ... it was better ... then went to sportmart .. cause i lost my softball socks ... then played in the game .. lost 5-6 ... not bad .... seeing that we really haven't practiced as a team YET! I got 2 hits ... almost 3 .... but it was fun. Came home .. watch the A's win AGAIN! (yes the GIANTS WON TOO!) Suppose to read another chapter in my BGS book .. but don't think I'm gonna. Have vball practice tomorrow at 9 AM ... so I gtg ....

"2 - 3 .... I'm batting .667!!! YAY! .. and .. more importantly .. NO ERRORS .. yet ... :-\"

2004-04-06T02:35:00.000-07:00

1 - 0 BABY!!!! Come from behind victory! Way to go A's ... and GIANTS .. haha ... after many many many long months ... baseball is back! Hmm .. today I didn't wake up till like almost 11 AM! Then all I did was watch TV .... play video games ... and ... I was a little good ... I did some reading for my class I had tonight. Anyway .... my main focus was on OPENING DAY! I have my opening day tomorrow night at 6:45PM in SL. If you are around ... come on by and CHEER CHEER CHEER. But i don't think we will do all that well .. cause we really haven't practiced all together all that much .... I'm kind of nervous. But it's all about fun ... that's what I have to remind myself. I just found out that the vball team I play for on thursday nights ... we finished 2nd overall ... and we made the playoffs as the 2nd seed. That should be interesting. So this week ... not only do I have MY opening day tomorrow .. but playoffs on thursday ... and then a tournament on saturday .. ALL DAY! HAHA .... well .... hope you are having a nice "week off" (even though I don't really have a week off)

"If you try your best, there's nothing more you can do!"

2004-04-03T23:39:00.000-08:00

Howdy EVERYONE ... man .... today was cool!! I went to this Youth Workers seminar in Piedmont and it was very very cool. Met some new people ... learned a lot about myself, and about youth ministry .... boy do I have a long way to go! Then went to the Asian Culture day thing ... even though I didn't buy a ticket. I was only there for like ... 30 minutes ... THEN THEN THEN ... my car's engine light came on AGAIN!!!! it's like the 2nd time in .... less than 6 months! Hmm ....... so i drove home ... and my allergies were SUPER bad today .. either that ... or my contact was super old. I think it was the latter. so .. i had to wear glasses to the drama production. Very good i must say ... a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I must give my props to the cast crew and teachers! GOOD JOB! Anyway, fixed my PS2 ... well .. it turned out to be a bad game disk. OH WELL .... all's good now .. don't forget to move your clock ahead tonight ...

"When you are yourself, God has more freedom to use you"

2004-04-02T23:14:00.000-08:00

boy boy boy ...... I'm pretty tired! Today ... we played against Bentley. Very interesting game ... boy was there major tension. Anyway, during YBC ... Davey spoke about Easter, and what Jesus went through. We saw a trailer for Passion for the Christ ... and it reminded me .. I still haven't seen it yet. And it was one of the movies I was toyally waiting to see! Oh well .... maybe I will watch it .. some time. For rec today ... we played "graveyard" ... it's similar to "Baby if You Love me ..." The kids were pretty funny ... trying to get the other kids to laugh. THEN .... we the sponsors went down on the floor .... and the kids had to try to get us to move. Some of the kids are pretty rough ... someone (KEVIN GEE) messed up my hair! And these other kids ... were like .... totally messing with me ... telling me lies .. and singing to me ..... and .... were like ... saying LOTS of stuff to me! It was cool! Well .. tomorrow .... I have a conference all day .. and then I promised Garmen that I would go to the Asian Culture day thingy to watch her in the fashion show. I'm gonna be ther with my camera!!!!

"I just saw this show where this guy farted 357 times in 5 minutes ..... GROSS!" <-- HAHAHHA

2004-04-01T22:19:00.000-08:00

Today was fun fun fun! Well .. lets see .. I had this "wellness & leisure" class I am taking at hayward state. Today .. we talked about ... how we perceive what wellness is ... and what leisure is. And then we had to buy this Student reader that the teacher made ... $25!!! And then ... taught Kindergardeners .... too windy today ... then Chapel ... Grrr ...... TOO STRESSFUL!!!!! But it was cool .... then went to UCCA for vball practice .... I was really into the scrimmage today ... very fun. Then we played Rec vball ... won 3 - 0 .... last game was kinda close. Too much messin around. HAHA ... and then ... MORE TACO BELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MMMmmMmMmmmm ... haha. Tomorrow .......... YBC!!! YAY

Reggie ... " GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!" <-- hahahaha ....if you wanna know .... just ask! HAHAHAHA

2004-03-31T22:56:00.000-08:00

WAY TIRED TONIGHT. I subbed all morning again today. Had very interesting conversations with some of the kids. Met a new kid in the 6th grade. She's pretty cool. Anyway, I didn't blog yesterday .... and I'm not going to mentioned "my friend" and what she said I would do after a while. anyway, we played Head Royce yesterday .... not bad of a team. we lost 3 - 2. But the guys played pretty well .... just a little too many mistakes. But it's ok .. we see them again in the tourney on the 10th! We actually play them first in the tourney. didn't have school today .. ceasar chavez holiday ... whatever .. no school .... so its all good. Tonight, my WHOLE family came over to my house for dinner. It was cool .... got to play with my niece and nephews. Good food too! HAHA ... we have a NEW FRONT YARD! New grass ... well its been there for a while .. BUT .. we have this cool new white rock garden looking thing. way cool .... i wonder how many kids will throw our rocks all over the place .... Hmmm ... anyway ..... LATER

"When God closes a door, its cause there's another one that's open!"

2004-03-29T21:40:00.000-08:00

WOW ... what a day! I was Mr. Camburn today. But i kind of messed up when I was subbing for him. Better talk to him later. Anyway ...... it was interesting having the 8th graders all day. Hmm .. then my students took their test ... just a little miscommunication between us. Oh well .... Today .. i started up school again ... got soem pretty hard teachers ... but its all good. Should be an interesting quarter. Nothing much happened today ... had mexican food AGAIN for dinner ... someone just gulled me into going to Taco Bell. But it's all good! ANyway ..... time to go ...

"MORE GRILLED STEAK BURRITOS!!!!"

2004-03-29T00:43:00.000-08:00

today was my mexican food day!! After church I went to Guadalara (however you spell it). Then tonight ... i went to my grandparents house for dinner cause my grand aunt, uncle, and aunt from SoCal came up to see my grandfather ... cause he ain't doin so good. My grand auntie made us some MExican Meatball soup. Forgot the spanish name for it. But it was good! So ... i'm pretty ... ya know ... from all the mexican food. Anyway ... church today .... ahh yes .... we set up HOUSE in a face to face service. That was neat .... then had Dr. jabbour (very funny guy) speak in combo service. Then watched Derek, Chris Gee, tracey (and her family) all get baptized today ... WAY COOL. I didn't know that Tracey was going up there till Davey told me. Ahh .. the joys of being a sponsor ... seeing one of our kids up there following GOD ... WAY COOL! well .... I'm done with MY spring break ... have classes tomorrow night .. I HOPE. Need to get into some classes ... and drop some other ones. just need to finish as fast as I can ... (NEED PRAYER!!!!) Anyway .... I have to sub 1st - 4th tomorrow morning .... then work my regular load in the afternoon .. then go to school from 6 PM - 10 PM. FUN FUN FUN ... i'm gonna be TIRED!

"1 billion muslims in the world .... 6 billion people in the world ..... how we get 1 out of 7??? ..... PP?? HOW?????"

2004-03-28T00:04:00.000-08:00

its weird sometimes when you don't do anything at all .... but then at the end of the day you are WAY TIRED! Well .. that was today for me. I just had softball practice (8:30 - 10:30 AM) .. then came home .... ate ... watched TV .... played with my MD player .... watched more TV .... played video games ... and then mowed the lawn .. then ate again ... and watched more TV. It was a pretty relaxing day. Well .. its late ...

" .......................................................................................... too tired"

2004-03-26T23:09:00.000-08:00

ok .... i'm really tired tonight. YBC was nuts .... "HEEYY YYYAAA" ... haha. I really didn't get that song. Anyway, worked another full day .... then went to SF to coach a vball game. We won 3 - 1. It was VERY interesting though .... some of the players came out of their shell and played MARVELOUSLY! And then we sped back to CCS. I went to Jack in the box for dinner .... then went into the YBC room .. where some of the kids ate almost half my dinner! But it's cool ... anything for the YBCers! Then we started YBC .. and during one of the songs ... Prince of Peace .. we sang it SUPER fast. It was like Prince of Peace on too much caffinee! Didn't have much air after singing that song ... then we had Shepherd Groups .. and we listened to a CD with different songs. That was neat. Then we played Musical Mania!!! Kristina Behrens won ... not too shabby! Then we had Bday refreshments ... HOT COCOA!!!! And I got to talk to some of the kids ... found out A LOT of interesting little things about them and other people too. Man ... I just LOVE YBC!! and the kids ... OH OH OH .. Sharon brought Jordan to YBC .. sOoooooo CUTE! Anyway .. it's late ... so I'm going to end here ....

" let the rain fall down ... and wake my dreams .. let it wash away my sanity ... cause I wanna feel the thunder, I wanna scream .... let the rain come down ... I'm coming clean .. I'm coming clean"

I put that there cause the other week when YBC went on our annual snow trip ... I didn't know the words when I was talking to some of the kids. :)

2004-03-25T22:24:00.000-08:00

well well well .... another day has passed. Today I worked almost a full day. Except 2nd and 4th period. I subbed in the morning, and then had the usual full load in the afternoon. Got a little peeved this afternoon, but hey .. its only a couple more months of school left ... I can live with it. Anyway, went to the gym ..... but there were some super leaks in the ceiling ... and while we scrimmaged ..... 2 of our players who went after balls got to them .. and then slipped in the puddle of water ... and scrubbed. It was like they were on a slip and slide water thingy. Yeah ... so then I played vball again tonight ... it was a little scary in the beginning, but our team pulled out a 3 - 0 win. good thing too .. cause I really wanna get into 2nd place ... so we dont have to face the good team till the finals ... if we make it that far. Hmm .... that's all for tonight. I think I strained my forearm muscle .... strangest thing.

"MMmmm ..... GRILLED STEAK BURRITO .... NOT STEAK GRILLED BURRITO!"

2004-03-24T23:43:00.000-08:00

WOW ... just got back from the David Crowder concert. WAS IT EVER LOUD! The church was super nice! Anyway, the concert was cool. A little "rocky" but I have an open mind. It wasn't all that bad .. I kind of liked most of it. Like I told my YBC kids last week ... it's majority about the lyrics. The concert was super. The best part though was when we tried to get his autograph .. it was a mob scene. But we got there ... some of the people i went with ... like snuck behind him while he was signing other people's stuff ... and i got pictures of them posing with Crowder ... without him knowing it. Pretty funny. Then got in there to have him sign something for Hil and jennifer ... and then we took a group picture. Then ... i asked him if I could pull his Gotee .... that was funny .. he let me too! Anyway ... just got home .. .pretty tired. I have to be at work tomorrow at 8:30 AM. So ... I'm signing off .. later

"Squirrels are BAD ... " <-- You had to be there!

2004-03-24T00:36:00.000-08:00

DAVID CROWDER TOMORROW ... actually today. I didn't wake up till about 10 AM today (yesterday). Let's just assume that I am talking about Tuesday. Anyway, work went by pretty quick. FUNNY THING. I woke up at 10 ... took a shower and got ready to leave for work. I get upstairs, and i hear the TV on. SO I ASSUME that it's my brother watching TV. I go out there, and there's this old chinese lady sitting on our couch watching The Price is Right. I say HI .. and she goes on (in chinese) about how she wants to watch different channels .. and she wants me to turn there. So i do .. and she can't find any chinese programming. Well I should say I didn't find any for her. But that was strange ... totally expecting my brother on the couch .. it was this old lady. I think she was with those people that are finishing up our lawn and garden areas. Anyway, that was interesting ..... then today .. did a good deed for a friend. Even though I KIND OF strung them along ... but with the intention of doing it the whole time. BAD BAD BAD ... i know i know. Did another good deed for that same person ... keepin them from killing themselves on the road! HAHA ... it's all good though .. anything for a friend. Well, tomorrow ... i will finally try to wake up early .. and get some errands done. Been really lazy this half spring break. Half cause i have spring break away from CSUH, but not from work. I'll get another half spring break in a couple of weeks when I have to go to school (CSUH), but not work.

"The reaction of someone when they see something (or someone) that they thought was going to be someone else is ... priceless"

2004-03-22T23:38:00.000-08:00

ok ... well ... today was interesting. I mean ... its been hot for such a long time and then today ... COLD COLD COLD. I mean .... there wasn't much pure sunlight out there today. Man .. was it a rough afternoon. First of all ... my 7th grade boys couldn't count the number of laps their partners were running during the mile test. and ... i accidentally erased the times of a lot of the kids, but it was already all messed up. ANYWAY, today went by relatively fast. nothing REALLY interesting happened. Going to go to the David Crowder concert this wednesday. Should be interesting. Hmm .... other than that ... nothing else I can think of. Got my new "toy" in today. Can't wait to use it. Have to learn how to use it first. If I don't get my laptop by Grand Canyon Trip, at least I have the MD player to listen to on that LONG bus ride. Well .... that's it i guess ....

"Its always cold when you want it to be hot, and hot when you want it to be cold .... go figure!"

2004-03-21T23:07:00.000-08:00

man ... was my friend EVER so right ... even though she hates it when I'm right. I think I know how she feels. I have NOT kept up with my blogging! Anyway, let's see ... what interesting thing has happened recently. Umm ... I think the most exciting thing is that I was able to get through my finals this past week. It was a little stressful, but probably NOT as stressful as this coming quarter is going to be for me. Thsi past quarter i fell into a little bit of laziness. I can't afford that anymore .. for about .. a period of 9 months! MUCH KEEP PRESSING ON! (PRAY FOR ME) Anyway, I spoke at YBC this past friday, on the topic of music. Man, did i learn a lot from preparing for the message. That's one of the things that I'm really greatful for. Being able to study God's word and stuff. Even though I am studying to teach others, I always find something for myself. Anyway, this weekend was pretty .. lame ... didn't do very much. Ate a lot .. that's about it. HA ... today at church .. Jenna told me that she found this. HI JENNA!!! dunno if you read this. Anyway, I noticed that mine are pretty long. Well .... I have spring break this week, but yet i have to work. Kind of weird, but it's cool. wonder if I'll get any golf in this week. But this week SHOULD be relaxing ... i Hope. Anyway .... if any of you people (person) that actually reads this ... can you show me how to make it all nifty and stuff. I see other people's blog spots ... and I get jealous! HELP NEEDED!

"When it comes down to it, do you really know what the songs you listen to talk about? Do you let it affect you? Does it affect you in ways that you don't even notice? MUSIC ... it can be a powerful weapon for both GOD and satan."

2004-03-16T21:51:00.000-08:00

Here it is ... Tuesday, and I haven't kept up with my blogging. Anyway, I think I had a pretty good excuse. FINALS! Well, today was the end for the quarter. thank goodness! just have to wait and see. These past couple of days have been pretty draining. Lots of catching up, and paper writing. yes yes ... procrastination .. I KNOW. Anywho, not much happening here. Going to go to the Saddleback conference next week ... MAYBE. Depends if PP gets it together. I hope we get to go. I'm excited to go. I hope I don't have to sub tomorrow. That way, I can run a few errands. Things I always wanted to do, but didn't have time, or enough time. I think I need to start planning my SPring Break. I really hate the fact that I have to do all the planning for our trips. I mean, the other people just go, and its like .. MAN ... did you have any idea how hard this was. ANYWAY .... i want a lot of things recently. My new thing is a Laptop. I hope to find one soon, that way I can use it when I go on the 10th grade trip. I doubt that there will be ... like internet access, but at least I will have a DVD player .... MAYBE! Anyway, I need to study for my message this friday ... music .... hmm ... it's an easy topic, but yet hard to prepare for. anyway .. i need to grade papers.

"what you hear, isn't always what is being said"

2004-03-13T23:12:00.000-08:00

Wow ... i just realized that I didn't blog about my day friday. Was that ever a doozy! Well, it all started with CSUH as usual, then I met up with my vball team. I was all dressed up cause I was going to go to the Formal right after the vball game. So, we were suppose to meet in SLim's room at 12:15 to go to In N Out for a "team lunch". But some people got some things crossed up, but eventually we all ended up there. Scary moment was when the CSUS AD called and said that there might not be referees fpr the match. So, we just hung out till we got the for sure OK. PLayed CSUS, played very well. Just couldn't maintain it for the whole match. But I must admit, like I said the other day. Our guys REALLY came through! This past week's scrimmage was pretty ugly. But they played well, considering the circumstances, and took them to 5 games. We'll get them next time guys! Then I drove Scott, Jon, Carl, and Brenton to Scott's house so they could shower up for the Formal. I drove out there, and got there and was surprised. It turned out pretty neat. I checked in, and found out that Amy from the Bridge was the guest speaker. I was pretty pumped for that, then saw all those "kids" lookin all "grown up" .. that was kind of cool too. I sat at the "young teachers" table, that was neat. I was the ONLY person on our table that got the Salmon. EVERYONE ELSE got steak!!!!!! So I was like .. awww man! But the person I was sitting next to was gracious to share some of her steak with me. HOW KIND! Anyway, so we played games and I had to eat this whole apple. I mean ... the apple meat .... apple core .. stem EVERYTHING! that was interesting ... did it in about 4 minutes. Anyway, after that .... helped Davey clean up, and went home.

Saturday ... YBC snow trip. EXCITING .. cause I didn't have to drive. Knowing that I stayed up all night playing PS2!!! got to church around 6:45 AM, took off around 7:30 ish. rode in a bus .. yes a bus! Not only that, a bus full of girls. I was looking for a quiet ride, but NOPE. But that's cool. I sat with GQ the WHOLE TIME. THere and back .... over 6 hours worth of GQ. Anyway, the snow trip was the same as usual. The highlights would probably be the Snow sculpting contest, with a CAR theme. I was an "ordained minister: for one day, as I was able to baptize a lot of people with snow ... :) I think the best was at the end when everything went NUTS. People were attacking each other, and Darrell and his little friends started attacking the sponsors ,... BAD IDEA. Toby would tackle one of them ... and the rest would get Toby. Jeff and I were like .. HERE WE GO! So .. i ran ... got one of them off TOby ... and Jeff did the same ... and it was like a never ending cycle. It would always be ... 3 of them on 1 sponsor .. then another sponsor jumps in .. so forth and so on. THEN ... darrell decides to jump the female sponsors ... NOT A GOOD IDEA EITHER. Those female sponsors can be just as mean as we male sponsors can! So .. Darrell got it pretty good. The ride home was like SUPER loud .... a lot of singing ... picture taking ... and FUN FUN FUN. Ate at In N Out (again), and ... went home. SO MUCH FUN! LOVE THOSE KIDS!! Now .. only if GQ could control her laughing!

"When you mess with one, YOU MESS WITH US ALL!!!!"

2004-03-12T00:16:00.000-08:00

Wow .... what a day. I just love my Kindergarteners! It was neat to see them try to play new games and learn to have some kind of coordination. Anyway, I really hope that my team really gets their act together! I mean .. I know these guys are totally capable of playing the way that they are suppose to. But I tell you ... the past few scrimmages have really put my coaching into practice. But as usual, the guys will put out an excellent effort. Either way, it'll be a learning experience! Tomorrow will be our first league game of CCS's school history. Too bad not a lot of the students will be able to amke it. I really hope that more kids will support our sports program .. we really need it! well, I haven't decided what to wear to the formal tomorrow. I mean .. it's not a BIG deal. But I think I might have to be in that for the whole day. Well ... tomorrow should be interesting.

"When the time comes, there is something in all of us that will bring out the best in us!"

2004-03-11T00:52:00.000-08:00

Man ... SUPER HOT TODAY ... again! Well, i finished one of the 2 essays I was suppose to write ... not bad. the other one is relatively easy. Anyway, today was neat, had a pretty interesting conversation with someone about how "innocent looking" how a student can ba, but yet can be sooo evil inside! Well, let's see .... i hurt my shoulder pretty good today. well its kind of been in pain all week, but today it was in a lot of pain. I SHOULD get it checked out ... but it's ok ... I know i know .. not listening to what I usually tell people. But the weird thing is that tonight ... it doesn't feel as bad as it did when I was playing vball. Weird .. let's see how it is tomorrow when i have league. Hmm what interesting thing happened today .. OH ... made a pretty big deposit into my bank account today, even though it was a loan check. Anyway, its pretty late, and I have to try to catch up on work tomorrow, both school work and grading papers (didn't know how much I had to grade).

"It is totally amazing ... one night you can't sleep cause you are worried about almost EVERYTHING that is happening in your life. Then one day, God goes "BAM!" ... here you go ..... and everything works out! What a great GOD we have!!!"

2004-03-10T01:04:00.000-08:00

WOW ... what an exciting day! Well .. not really ... just went along ... as usual. I am half way done with my papers, even though I relaly need to get them done by wednesday afternoon. I don't think I am very good at catching up after procrastinating. Man ... just have to not put myself int o this position next time. Anyway, I think that I get too worked up about sports, today I was yelling at the TV ... hmm .. have to learn to enjoy more .. and get out of the coaching mode once in a while. Anyway, its super late .. and I have to try to get my life back in order .... LOOK .. my blog is getting shorter!! HAPPY! :)

"When everything around you is going well, that's when it's the easiest to lose control!"

2004-03-08T23:41:00.000-08:00

Well well well ..... man was it hot today! You know when you procrastinate ... it NEVER makes things better! Anyway, I went through all this trouble to reformat my computer cause it was restarting itself. So, I had to reload everything last night ... just to have it do it to me AGAIN! I guess all that reformatting was for nothing! Now i have like nothing in my computer anymore .... and it was all for naught. Anyway, today i had my class look at their shopping list (to see how much it could cost having a baby in it's first year). We only got through some of the main categories, and i took the lowest prices that the kids could find (minus eBay stuff), and it was about $900. Not bad, but like i said that was just for a couple of the categories. Anyway, I decided to go to the formal today. I was waiting cause I didn't know if we had YBC. Well .. I thought I had YBC, but I don't cause we going to the snow on Saturday. So, i am going to go to the Formal, first time since the "game" one. Anyway no quote tonight ... pretty tired

2004-03-08T00:51:00.000-08:00

Man .... my friend was right about me keeping up with this blogging thing. Anyway, this weekend went by pretty quick. I didn't do much, which was a bad thing. I have a nice stack of papers waiting for me to grade, as well as my own stuff i need to finish. I guess I just have to buckle down this week and just get things done. Anyway, today I reformatted my computer. I didn't realize the TOTAL ramifications of doing this. I mean I knew I would lose everything, except the stuff i wrote onto a CD. But, it turn into a WHOLE redecorating of my room. Anyway, it's like 1 AM, and i'm DLing stuff for my computer that I forgot to copy onto a CD. OH WELL. Here's my thought: actually i learn this in church today:

"Evolution is its own greatest enemy."

2004-03-06T00:46:00.000-08:00

Today ..... well today was relatively quick. It was a minimum day, so work was pretty easy. I went to the library, but it wasn't open yet. The SL Library does not open till 10 AM. So I drove all the way there for no reason. Anyway, we had this Sports Rally at work today, introducing the new teams and stuff. It was pretty cool how the kids showed their enthusiasm. But not too many people came to the game. Oh yeah, we played Valley Chrisitan again ... this time we beat them 3-0. Then we had a small scrimmage afterwards. I think I strained my knee ... and i did it doing NOTHING! I just raised it up to rest my foot on something while I was sitting, and I felt this burning sensation in my knee. So, i've been limping around for the better part of tonight. YBC was neat, Jeff spoke on current issues, and how we as Christians should have answers for things that are happening. Then we played ULTIMATE ELIMINATION! For as long as we have played this game, NO ONE has ever won. Tonight, Darrell and Nate came the closest, but the game still prevails over all. Well, tomorrow should be interesting, its going to be the first time our softball team has gotten together since our last game of the year, LAST YEAR. I tried to throw a softball the other day, barely made it across the basketball court. Actually, I don't think I did make it across. SAD SAD SAD. time to get back into playing shape. But I will say that with all the physical activities that I have been part of lately, roller hockey, rec league volleyball, scrimmaging with the volleyball team, and shootin hoops. I have noticed that my tummy (yes I have one) is getting smaller! That's a good thing. Confusing thought for the day .. or something to think about :

"It is funny how something you enjoy can be bad for you, but yet you NEVER feel the affects of it. Then one day ... BAM!"

2004-03-04T23:47:00.000-08:00

Well, another day, another adventure! Today was bad! I didn't wake up in time for my morning class, which is REAL bad cause it started at 10 AM! Anyway, it's kind of ok ... cause I am getting a SOLID A in that class. So, I went to work, and tied up some loose ends that needed to be done for Chapel today. Then, there was Chapel, very interesting. I love it when the kids try to help lead worship. I think its the coolest thing about working with them, when they try to serve God, and dont' care about "how they look". Then I kind of messed PP up on his message, those darn LEGO pictures! Then we ended CryBabies today. This year was pretty bad compared to previous years. I don't know if it was the last minute changes we had to do, or maybe the lack of understanding these kids had. But in the end, I hope and pray that the message got across. WAIT ... i take that back ... i think most of the kids understood it, just those select few I pray for! Anyway, volleyball practice was almost a circus in itself. From no game friday, no gym thursday to ... game on friday, but no gym time on thursday. Well, we play Valley Chrisitan again on friday. I hope we ... play better than how we have been scrimmaging lately. I'm sure the guys will pull it out. Tonight we had our league volleyball game. VERY INTENSE for just a "for fun" league game. EXCITING ... we beat the best team (they were undefeated). Just found out that I have a paper due tomorrow, by midnight. Looks like I have to go to the library tomorrow morning, before i go to work! Anyway ... it is that time again ..... time for my thought-provoking (confusing) thought of the day:

"sometimes, we do things that we think are right. But that's the problem .... WE THINK its right. What we think is right may not always be right .... RIGHT?"

2004-03-04T00:03:00.000-08:00

Man .... today went by pretty quick. I can remember leaving my house in the morning, and the next thing I know .. I'm on my way home after work! I guess its a good thing huh? Well .... I have to admit that compared to my last 2 entries, this will be short. Today was pretty uneventful, which can be a good thing sometimes. I was in a pretty foul mood, I must admit. I was fine when I got to work, then I saw one of my students, who is doing the CryBaby project, carrying his baby with like a strip of cloth wrapped around the baby's neck. Not only that, he was carrying it over his shoulder, the strip of cloth over his shoulder, and his baby was being hung over his back, like it was some kind of book bag! After I reprimanded him, a teacher told me that 2 of my students were play fighting with their babies, then i took care of that, and as I was walking away ..... i caught another one putting a paper clip in the computer box in the back! WHY DON'T THESE KIDS GET IT!!!!!! Well, that pretty much trashed my afternoon, and unfortunately I think I took some of it out on the volleyball guys, SORRY! Anyway, we are going to have a big rally for our sports teams on friday, and hopefully the boys vball team will have a game! Long story, something about the team we are suppose to play can't get 7 guys to our gym ... or something like that. Anyway, that's all for this one. A friend said that I will soon get lazy and tired of doing entries, and will procrastinate and this will have all been a waste of time. we'll see how long I can keep this up.
Confusing thought of the day: Its funny how something sooo make believe, can teach you about the REAL WORLD!

2004-03-02T23:34:00.000-08:00

Today was quite interesting. DIdn't have to go to class cause our professor was at some conference thing. SO i had the morning free!!! GOOD THING .... right??? Well ..... I called ... and called .. and called .... but couldn't get more hours to work. SO, with no work for me to do, I ended up meeting Annie for coffee, at the Alameda property. So, i got up .... went to Alameda, and when I got there ... that's when the day went off on its adventure. It was cool though ... so I was waiting for Annie, as she was talking to a parent. Then .... a couple of families come into the office. To make a long story short, one family stayed in the office while the other family took a tour of the Alameda property. GUESS WHO LED THE TOUR. Yes .... yours truely! I must say, it was one of the most frightening things I have ever done. But it's cool, God works in mysterious ways! After a 45 minute tour, i was relieved of my duties. Annie and I got some coffee, and had an interesting conversation! Then off to work .... and PE with my WONDERFUL Kindergarteners. I don't think I can play "fireman tag" musch longer, it's starting to lose its luster with cute little ones. Then to 5th graders, those kids ... i tell ya .... almost as rowdy as my Kindergarteners. Anyway, then it was one to CryBabies. Didn't get a chance to talk to all the kids about how it was the first night with the "babies". Had 2 students break their keys, now they have to write an essay for me. NOW I HAVE TO READ AND GRADE THEM!!!! Then .... the boy's vball game against Valley Christian - Dublin. Not bad, had some good rallies, some good plays, good serving, and ... of course ... things we REALLY need to work on. But overall, it was a VERY good match. I have to say .... to see where some of these guys were just a mere 14 days ago, to how they played today. I must admit .... I'm impressed. So ... that's it ... here's my confusing thought for the night ..... Its weird how sometimes, you just don't get what's going on .... but then ... in a flash .... it all comes together ..... how? WHO KNOWS! (except God)

2004-03-01T23:47:00.000-08:00

Ever get "the case of the MONDAYS" ... well, i've been getting it very often. Today was no different. Didn't do very much, school .... work .... eat .... etc. It's almost like its the same things OVER and OVER and OVER again. But hey, what can I say, at least its consistent. Today ... hmmm ..... today was a little different. My class started the CryBabies program, can't wait till i see them tomorrow. I went to a Manager's meeting for our recreational softball team. VERY much of a waste of time. Its weird .... grown men arguing over the most stupidest things. I just sat there and listened for 1.5 hours! MADE ME MISS "VEGAS"! At least I got to watch the finale for Average Joe 2. Again, the "hunk" wins, but in the end ... she gets "rejected"! What's the deal with Fabio?? I don't get it, he dumped her cause she dated Fabio? Anyway, getting away from "make believe". Have you ever gotten the feeling that you were somewhere, with some people, but yet, you feel like for some reason you shouldn't have been there. But you can't given yourself a REAL REASON why you shouldn't be there? Confused? Well, its a confusing time .........