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Spirit Games Crew

"It was His Will that after His death the Church should give us His image in the crucifix, that he might appear to us in a condition of utmost ignominy. And why? He did it because He knew the worth of humility and the danger of the sin which opposes it..."

Yes, it's back Spirit Games for the 05! We started off our first official meeting on monday, and it was great. Charisse and I handed down the leadership over to jon, gene, and courtney. They're gonna be great. As I was sitting thurr reflecting on errthang that happened w/Spirit games, I realized I learned so much. I was inspired by the endless the work, that these leaders from all over put in. We sat and we went around the table talking bout the pros and cons. Errone said, they enjoyed the bonding of each meeting. The shurring of ideas and juss the coming together of communities. Even the big circle we all made at the end of spirit games, during the closing ceremonies.

So after passing the torch to gene, courtney, and jon, it was interesting to see how the meeting ran. I had to remind myself that I needed to be humble and let them do errthang, not me. Often times during the meeting, I had to catch myself and bite my tounge. Thas God teaching me humility, telling me to step back a little and let them grow. How are they ever suppose to grow to be a successful leaders, if I try and do errthang for them? I can't do that, its not furr to them or myself.

Searching through people's myspace blogs is cool. You come across some really interesting insights people have bout life, love, faith, politics, etc. I came across this guy from yfc/sfc's myspace blog and his entry went something like this...
My grandma cracks me up. She keeps telling me to stay away from ditsy, flirty, and easy girls... they are not worth the challenge of love. What she tells me is that I fall for someone who loves God more than they can love me... thats crazy! Only a person who can love, as much as God can love, is worthy of loving...

When I first read that I was really like wow in awe I guess. In fact I had to read that a couple of times. To fall in love for someone who loves God more than they can love me, thas probably the best quality one could look for in a person. To me thas deep, it left me speechless looking at that thinking, 'wow.' I wanna say more but, I dont know wha else is thurr to say. Now ha the hurrd purt is being able to find this person.

Anyway, I know I havent been blogging for a while. I've spent this past week, praying, while trying to gather and collect my thoughts. As of today, I have chosen to humbly step down from my leadership position on core. This was not an easy decision for me to make cuz SH means so much to me. However, due to circumstances beyond my control I feflt this was the best way for me to go. From hurr on out, God will lead me the way to go. I trust that He has something instore for me and will be that lamp upon my feet. Please pray for the community and the core that Holy Spirit may truly guide them to bring greater glory to His name.


my grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness...

"This is the place where you belong, right here in my arms..."im done, im out God bless!

He Is Risen!

"He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands..."

Wow! I can't believe lent is over already! 40 days sometimes feels like it's forever, but in reality it goes by so fast. I remember juss going to ash wednesday mass, and thinking, 'so starts the beginning of the lenten journey.' Then starting a whole set of devotionals to send during the lenten season. Station of the cross fridays, reflection on the Passion of our Lord and truly giving yourself to him through each station. The $1 fish fridays at mcdonalds! haha I think I ate mcdonlads fish sandwhiches almost errfriday during lent. So much went on these past 40 days, good thing I didnt give up blogging for lent, otherwise you'd all be reading a novel! Praise God for the ressurection, praise God for juss errthang.

During lent I have a couple of traditions that I always love to look forward to. A couple of them I had to almost skip out on. First off the stations of the cross on fridays, a great way to give youre whole self to Him. One of my fav stations is the 4th station, where Jesus meets his Mother on the way to Calvary. I can totally visually see this scene going on from the Passion movie. Wow, juss that whole mental image leaves you speechless. Sometimes, on friday nites, I'd get lazy and be tempted not to go. However, lent is a season of sacrafice; letting go of our selfish wants and needs.

I love rubio's friday lenten luncheon w/the peebs, the 3rd yurr in a row we've done this. One friday during lent, we go and have lunch at rubios and juss catch up. Funny thing is, thas the only time we have lunch together throughout the whole yurr. Lastly, during Holy Week, watching the Passion of the Christ play at St. Lucy's in long beach. I remember the first yurr jeanne and I went and we didnt even know they were havnig that. On the way home we left speechless, we didnt even know what to say after that. Watching that play like I said feels as if youre really thurr. It's kinda skurry but yet to know our God went through all that for us. Thas real love right thurr.

Thursday, I had lunch w/bio girl, it was fun. Her and I have been meaning to do this for a long time now, but juss never got a chance to do it. Originally, we were gonna do this whole picnic in the purrk type of thing. You know something different, cheaper, and lets you get out and enjoy the fresh aurr. Well, that didnt work out cuz the rain came in and ruined that idea. SooOooo, I said how bout we go to mac grill instead? Which was coo w/her cuz she's never eaten thurr before. Did that whole thing, and then afterwurrd we walked around the cerritos mall.

Came home and then it was time to get ready to go to mass. I was kinda stressing cuz I was suppose to be one of the people for the washing of the feet. Well wendy never emailed me back directions or anything of the sort. I get to church an hour early and it turns out wendy called in sick! So fr. kevin left rey and sandy in charge of the mass for the rest of the weekend. SUpposedly wendy had left errthang set up already, altar servers, Ems, urshers, etc. etc. Though nothing of the sort was organized! So we were running around that nite asking certain people as they came in to see if they wanted to be purrt of the mass. I curried the oil of the sick in and I was nervous cuz I was skurred I'd trip and spill it all. Oh my gosh, thatd be the worst thing that could happen!

Fr. Brennan's homily was great, he talked bout how Holy Thursday is one fatty day. He used the analogy of how this is the type of day, that doctors would be worried bout. Juss cuz God poured errthang into making holy thursday. How we celebrate two really great sacarments, the institution of the eucharist, and the priesthood. He's so funny cuz he said last yurr and ths yurr at the beginning of his homily, 'today is our(meaning the priests)birfday.' haha Then we went on to talk bout during the last supper Jesus was the host of the supper. He was the servant of his servants, bending down and washing his feet of his disciples. How we are called to touch the bodies of all those(even the judas type of people)with regard washing, healing, soothing, and being the servant of all, down on the floor with Jesus.

I was one of the people that fr. washed the feet of. The water was cold and I got nervous being up thurr, ha I didnt want to look up at errone. As fr. was washing my feet, he looked at my scurr and said jokingly, 'did a snake bite you thurr?' ha IMma miss his funny jokes that he has and juss his sense of humor. THen afterwurrds in the sacristy he was telling me my feet stank. haha

Afterwurrds, went w/fred to bucca for his friend from SOL's birfday dinner. It was cool ran into all the SOL peeps thurr. Sat at the table w/myron, marianne, gretchen, and ray valiente. Alaine stopped by to say hi after she had gotten off from lucille's. Stayed thurr for a couple hours, chillin and talking. Saw my shepherd as well! woo! Myron's so ffunny he was telling how he had to carry one of the oils too, and was afraid he'd end up dropping it. Its even skurrier for me cuz I had to use that stool to put the oil on the top shelf. Praise God I didnt drop it! haha

Friday went to the good friday liturgy and I pretty much was at sPv from let's see 1230-430pm. Again helping them getting things organized w/the liturgy for the service and all. That guy andrew from spy is a real character. Sandy asked him bout getting two crossess to use for the veneration of the cross. He told her no that we only use one cross, and errone juss makes two lines. Sandy kinda looked him and said, 'well fr. breannan wants two crosses and he's the boss. So you can tell him to only use one.' Ha! WEll we ended up only using one cross in the beginning, it was tha real heavy one thats made out of trees. After seeing that the line was gonna take forever and they were still only on the middle section, I went and told fr. we need another cross. He gave me permission to get the other cross out to use, this way the line went faster and smoother.

After that service was over I curried the cross for the stations of the cross. Backing up. fr. said in his homily that each time we submit to temptation, each time we sin and turn our backs on GOd, we begin to pierce the very core of his heart. Causing him to cry so loud that it echos throughout the whole heaven and earth. Helped carry the cross for fr. kevin for the stations of the cross. Afterwurrds went to confession, wow the line was soo long over like 50 people! On top of that thrr was only 2 priests hurring confessions. I wonder if they ever get impatient and tired of hurring confessions. I got a funny text too that morning, I wont go into detail but it was juss hilarious. If you want to know wha it was, juss ask its funny. Came home and I ended up taking a long nap. Then not being able to sleep that nite.

Sat. I spent the whole morning helping tito raoul and tita stella move. Tita stella had asked me fri. nite to help them 'transport' some stuff to the new house. I remember them saying a while back they were in the process of moving. I figured thurr shouldnt ber that much stuff to do then. On top of that she asked me to come @ 530am! I was like 530?! umm yeah I guess so...ha This was my lenten sacfarice! haha 530am comes and I get thurr and oh my gosh its craziness! Nothign was organized!!! Errthang was juss all cluttered on the floor. Some things were in boxes, but errthang else was on the floor! Then she told me she had forgotten to call me that since they sturrted last nite, i didnt need to be thurr till 730am! Oh why?!

I wanted to do something, but thurr really wasnt much I could do. I mean she had so much stuff that needed to be packed and put away. 630am rolls around I told her I'd be back cuz I was gonna get some breakfast. I took my time, getting breakfast and by the time I came back some peeps whurr thurr. Thurr realator hired these couple of guys to help load and curry the big stuff. Then later on carolne, her husband, and his brother came as well. They moved right behind the church those big 2 story houses. We got done about 12pm and I feel bad for them cuz they got so much stuff to go through and figure out what to do. Majority of stuff was juss stuff accumulated from the past. YOu know how filipinos can be real pack rats, saving errthang.

Came home and I knocked out for more than a couple of hours. I ended up juss lounging around the house for the rest of the nite. Oh yeah I rented the gospel of John too, on friday nite. It's a pretty good movie, I was folllowing a long w/it in the bible. ha To me I thought it was pretty exact to wha it said in the bible. It juss wasnt emotional as the Passion, obviously cuz the Passion focused on the Passion itself. Whurr as the gospel of John, goes through errthang from the very beginning. I suggest you rent it yourself.

Sunday easter morning, went to mass @ 915am. They all had a traffic director outside directing traffic, but he was real rude. Fr. brennan had another great homily bout through easter, were shown how GOd treats the ones He loves. Basically the message was not to so much focus on the sufferings and the negatives of this world. Or not even in this world but in your own personal life. We can get so caught up in the 'good fridays' we forget bout the ressurection. If we focus our eyes on the ressurection, no matter wha we experience in life we will get through it.

My cousin came over today w/his new babeh boy! Aww he's sooooooo freakin cute! He's only a month old. His name is Kai Avery, I kinda like that name Kai ha. Anyway, hurrs a picture of him...this now makes the 9th great-grandchild in the family. It really is a blessing though that, my grandpurrents are able to see stuff like this. That they get to see that all the fruits their marriage has produced. I'd soo love to take one family picture, but it'd be impossible to get errone. Our family has gotten sooooooo incredibly big, its truly amazing what one 'yes' and 'i do' created. Praise God!

kai

side notes: I really appreciate, those who really take the time to listen when you need it. Please pray for a special intention that I have.I cant wait for the anniversary purrty!

Spring break over already!! oh why?!

"We are family, I got all my sisters and me..."im done, im out God bless!

Learning from your mistakes

"The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will..."

Sometimes you sit hurr and you wonder why God let certain things to happen. You sit and wonder there's gotta be a reason for it, but you cant seem to make WHY it happened. The same way you wonder WHY you did wha you had done. Sometimes the decision you make, have the biggest hmm affect on errthang that you tear yourself over that mistake made. However, w/errthang else in life God has a reason for iit. Like I said the hard part is trying to see what God wants through all of it. I remember I killed myself over wha happened in exile, but obviously whas done is done, you cant change wha happened. So through all the mistakes that are made, I guess there isnt any real point in dwelling over it. Juss gotta do my best to see God through it and give it to Him. WOw what a lenten season this been...

I went last nite to go watch The Passion play at St. Lucy's in long beach. FOr the past 2 yurrs it has become a holy week tradition for me. They have a spanish youf group that renacts each station of the cross scene. From Pilate to the laying in the tomb, and its always leaves me speechless at the end. Its almost like youre exactly right thurr watching all this happen to your Jesus. Youre thurr yelling w/the crowd to free barabbas rather then freeing Jesus, its like you get all caught up in the moment. The emotions that are played in each character is amazing. They really portray wha happened, especially the girl who plays Mama Mary. Then when they raise Jesus to the cross, after nailing him to it, it leaves you w/nothing to say. All you do is stare at that cross and really wha is there to say? Praise God for great reflections during holy week.

Here, language barriers pose a major communication problem and the atmosphere is anything but congenial. We do not talk of ‘unity in diversity’ – if anything we could call it ‘disunity in adversity’. Most days are tension filled ones, as detainees face and experience endless disappointments and frustrations. Hardly a day passes without some sense of aggravation. Being nice and kind to everyone each and every day becomes a great burden.

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord.-Leviticus 19:18

My experience in a ‘house of exile’ otherwise known as a detention centre, has afforded me the opportunity to undergo the acid test on the biblical principle contained in this text, that I love my neighbour as myself, the so-called ‘golden rule’.

In this micro-world, which I refer to as the mini United Nations, we have the convergence of so many people with different cultural, religious, and educational backgrounds, from such a variety of different countries. Forced into one ‘unholy family’ we remain in detention until our asylum claims are processed.

Here, language barriers pose a major communication problem and the atmosphere is anything but congenial. We do not talk of ‘unity in diversity’ – if anything we could call it ‘disunity in adversity’. Most days are tension filled ones, as detainees face and experience endless disappointments and frustrations. Hardly a day passes without some sense of aggravation. Being nice and kind to everyone each and every day becomes a great burden.

On one occasion I considered I was very wronged and was feeling extremely hurt. In church I prayed to God to help me deal with the matter, and immediately, my mind settled on the cross. I began to meditate on Christ’s passion: the betrayal; the angry mob, among whom there may well have been those he had healed, shouting ‘crucify him!’; the mockery; the bruises and the wounds; the words spoken on the cross.

I prayed then: ‘Jesus, how is it that you suffered so much for my sake without even so much as a grudge?’ And a still small voice whispered within me, ‘Love conquers all’. These words brought an instant peace which has remained with me.

Are you also hurt, feeling abused, misused? Pray the prayer of Jesus, ‘Father, forgive them’. Rise above the negative emotions that drag you down to the pit of self destruction. Reading the gospels can teach us many things, like how to be good neighbours.

May the God of love pour out love upon us all this Holy Week.

Holy THursday, I love it!!

"I will sing of Your mercy, that leads me through valleys of sorrow to rivers of joy..."im done, im out God bless

I Don't Get It...

"At each word of the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be, I glimpse an abyss of goodness and mercy..."

I was trying to post this picture and the stupid blogger wasnt letting me post it! Agh! I hate when that happens. Well its only happened really once, but still once too many. Anyway, I dont understand how some people wouldnt want to preserve the sanctity of life. I had this convo. online w/a friend on the whole terry schavio case. I was really thinking of posting the convo. but juss changing the sn, but I won't do that. Anyway, my friend had expressed how she agrees with my sister on the terry schavio case. That terry has suffered enough already why make her suffer anymore. We should juss let her go to heaven cuz God is calling her already.

I was really shocked or guess more less suprised by her opinion. I expressed to her if God wanted her, he wouldve taken her right then and thur when she had the hurrt attack. Did he take her? No, he kept her alive, so obviously thurr is some type of reason why he left her in this manner. Though who are we to intervene and pull the plug cuz she may not be physically able to do regular things. Thas sad for people to think that she's holding her back from doing wha he wants. I dont know I juss think something is not right w/her husband. I get this feeling that he's holding back something no one knows. Bottom line, she deserves the right to live, and we shouldnt take that away from her.

In other news today, I had the weirdest couple of dreams today. The first one was about some drama going down on my street. I was coming home or I was home and looking through my window I see the OC sheriffs all up on my street. They had a couple of guys handcuffed on the ground, and then all of a sudden the one of the killers took the sheriff and put him on the street handcuffed. IT was a pretty skurry site, then next thing I know im talking to one of them guys. It was weird, the other dream I had was I was going some whurr and then I ran into my boss! He made some type of comment in regards to firing me or something for not being disabled. IT was crazy...

This guy I had gone to hs with IMed me this morning. It was coo cuz he was IMing me all the from iraq! Thas crazy hes all in the middle of the war and he's all online on AIM! hahaha So we were talking and in the middle of the convo he said,'brb gotta catch this iraqi!' hahaha jk no he didnt really say that, but it was cool he IMed me. He named his son after me, but juss spelled it differently. Well not really named after me hah but his son and I do ahve the same name. He told me he gets fed good over thurr like its a vegas buffet. WEll I think he was being forreal...ha So thas whurr our $$ goes to, paying our armed services to eat buffets. Shessh, so much for that war in iraq! haha

Went w/calvin to pinoygrille and tried to talk his tita into giving us lower prices in catering for the purrty. She really didnt say much in regards to that ha but were gonna go back tomorrow to show the differences in prices. Im also still waiting for jordan to give me his prices too on his catering. BUrr came up w/a new lunch concept to have. ITs called 'baon lunch day' whurr we bring our baon from and eat together at the block or something. THough I kinda ruined it cuz I didnt have any real baon at home. I ended up having ot buy food, so were gonna plan another baon day! yay!

Spent the rest of the afternoon scanning pics and working on the power point. I cant wait till its all finished and we show it. I saw my grandpurrents wedding picture, its pretty crazy! They look nothing like they do now. Stopped by one of my kid's house ot pick up his youf rally forms. His mom is always so nice to me. She invited me iin the house and we were talking bout my student and his little 'gf' haha his mom said, 'teenagers and thurr puppy love.'

Prayer meeting was great, though I ended up rushing cuz we were behind schedule. ITs funny sometimes no matter how far in advance you plan or how much you try to stay on time or be on time, God always changes things up. Thanks for your prayers, cuz I really felt them during prayer meeting tonite. Its been quite a while bout 6 months since I've last prayer lead. Then I ended up praying all bymself(which I dont mind) juss wasnt't prepared or planning on it. THough I juss let the spirit take over and lead me. I like praying spontaneously now, I was always afraid to the in the past. Like I remember when mo lead a long, long, long time ago and he had nothing. It was like dang thas crazy, I can't do that! haha I always use to do the stories then write out my prayers. I guess Ive come a long way from that!

Over the weekend I was picking up food for the fam bam @ arbys. Well inside I saw this homeless man sitting down drinking water. Well if you know me well enough, you know sometimes I have a bad habit of staring. I dont do it intentionally, sometimes I juss kidna daze off staring at people. So I was staring at the guy and I was trying to decide whether I should ask him if he wanted something to eat. Yet I didnt want to offend the guy and he ends up telling me he isnt really homeless either. Though when I kept looking at him all I thought bout was Jesus saying, 'for I was hungry and you gave me food.' He ends up going outside and on my way out, I finally juss offered to get him something, though he said he had eaten already. I was kinda skurred to ask, but I felt good afterwurrds knowing I at least asked him.

I was on catholicconnect and I ran into this girls pic that hurr juss the way I liked it. Wow it was amazing, it was ideally the type of hurr Id want in a girl. The short black hurr and the highlights added in it. OOwee thas hot right thurr! I think highlights in a girls hurr makes her more attractive. It kinda makes her stand out, at least in my eyes. Im not really down for juss the one color hurr style haha Maybe cuz I use to bleach my hurr all the time thas why its such an attractive thing. I use to love bleachnig my hurr then letting my roots grow out. I always liked the color of 'yes' hurr from roadrules. The kinda shaved head w/the dye mixed in w/it. THas tight, maybe I should do that w/my hurr. Its been black for too long, time for a change! ha


I took the ave maria song, since no one likes the hail Mary prayer no mo

"I need you, I want you, my dear..."im done, im out God bless!

Do The Right Thing

"He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord perfers to wait himself for sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant..."

Im putting togther a power point for my grandpurrents anniversary and so I came across ol pics. Wow my grandpurrents looked d0pe when they were young. Actually, even to this day my grandpurrents still be looking fine. Ha I remember back in the days when people said thurr was a difference between 'fine' and 'fione.' If someone was hella hot then that person was 'fione.' haha! Anyway, I can't wait for thurr anniversary purrty, its gonna be crackin'! Western's filipino club confirmed that they would dance for the purrty yay! I got the dj, juss gotta confirm w/him also, things are coming into place! So this pic was taken at my grandpa's 90th birfday purrty, lookin pretty spiffy still aint he?! We gave him this huugge hawaiian purtty in my backyurdd. It was fun, it certainly was. I juss really praise God that he is alive and still doing well.

I dont know if yall been following the terry schavio case from florida. WEll for those who havent, let me brief you on wha the case is. Thurr this florida women who has been brain dead since 1990 and has been on a feedin tube which keeps her alive. Her husband has legal gurdianship over her, and has been fighting the courts for yurrs to take away the tube. Now her purrents are fighting the husband to keep her alive. So now juss recently last fri. the judge decided to take out the feeding tube. Her purrents lobbied congress to act upon it to send the case back to the courts. Congress acted on it, and the president signed a bill on the measure. Juss yesterday the judge decided that the tube will not get reinstated in her.

Last nite my sister, my mom, and I had a discussion bout this whole case. My sister claimed that it was wrong(as with many other people)for the govt. to step in. This is a family issue and it was wrong for the congress to step in. I argued it was a good thing for them to step in. If I were a parent I would do whatever it takes to make sure my child stays alive. Then my sister went on to claim that according to her philsophy instructor, the soul is gone already. When the brain stops functioning, the soul is gone. SOmething like mind over matter I dont know something like that. My mom and I bof claimed her soul is still thurr, until she has completely past her soul still lives. My sister thinks she's gone already since her brain cant function. However I read that terry can wink her eyes and make sounds. So obviously life still lives inside of her.

On Saturday during lunch my aunt said that he took marriage vows from sickness and in health. Its time for him to move on she's been holding him back for the past 15 yurrs, from moving on w/his life. THough you take those vows to stand by each other in sickness and in health till death do you guys apurrt. So she's still living, but he stil wants her killed. HOw sad is that! My sister said the president shouldnt be worrying bout matters such as these but focusing on national issues. How its costing tax payers thousands of dollars errday to keep this going on. I said thas why a president hsa a cabinet, a secretary of state, a secretary of defense, etc. etc. to help handle the national issues.

I dont know bout you but I couldnt stand thurr and watch my child deterioate. It's sad that people are selfish and would do whatever it took to end someone's life. I told my sister errone has a right to live, no one's life should ever be taken away. I thnk she pays too much attention to the world and she claims I am the one who is closed minded. Ha well thurr really isnt too much to think bout in regards to life. Its either youre for life or agaisnt it, its either youre one side or the other. Thurr isnt any real middle ground hurr.

I went to ikea last nite looking for a new bed. Wow they had this one that I really liked but it was like $129. It was one of those fold em and roll em type that youd see in a hotel or something. It had this cool little pull out tray you can use while you lay down. I bought this other type of bed though for only $20! I ordered through the site I hope it comes in the way it looks. THe ikea sturr is huge I got lost finding my way out, its like a maze. I told chentel if I was rich Id buy all my furniture from ikea. They have such creative furniture, its tight!

So I was telling the burr that I havent been getting any tags as of lately. Hmm. I think imma stop tagging other peoples blogs for now. haha Ill become 'lurker status' ill read but I wont tag or anything to that such. AGh thurr some blogging rules in case you didnt know. So let me go over some of them.

Blogging Rules:
#1-If you read an entry tag it.
#2-if someone tags your entry, give them the coutrsey by tagging thurr back.

Yay! very simple and easy to remember! OKay imma post one moe pic up and then thas a wrap.

OH wait im done, juss yet, I found this little article on one of the yfcers xanga. Thought it was a great reflection in regards to carrying our crosses.

Do you question the manner of how Jesus carried that cross?
...Then why do you question the manner of how you carry yours?

There are times we question our service because we believe we are not worthy to carry that responsibility.
There are times we question our faith because we believe we are not pure enough to walk the path of righteousness...

Jesus, who not only carried that cross, was also whipped, tortured, spat at, crowned with thorns, lacerated, beaten, kicked, cursed at, laughed at, stabbed at the side, nailed by the hands and feet and chocked in utter sadness and humiliation...
He fell 3 times in His path...What did he do?...He got up and picked up His cross!

So we complain about our own burdens...Do you think you have it much worse???

NO!

Did Jesus let go of that cross??

NO!!!

Just know this...Carry that cross or die trying!

...because we owe Him our salvation
...because we owe Him the life we are blessed to live
...because we Love our God

Pray for me Im leading prayer meeting tonite!

"Two people, two together it was just a dream until you came along..."im done, im out God bless!

On that road..

"Don't let fear keep you from caring..."

I rented fat albert last nite and I thought the movie was freakin funny! Well I was at lincoln video(the best place to rent movies $1 vhs and $1.50 dvd) and I wanted to rent something. So I saw the guy put that movie back on the shelf. I took it before someone else did and ended up renting it along with ringo. Lincoln video has all evolved from wha it use ot be ha. Now theyre all high tech yet still maintain to keep thurr rental prices the same. Which I think is great! I love renting movies thurr, its funny cuz most of the people who work thurr are filipino guys. Ive always wondered wha it takes to get a job thurr and how much they make.

Its like 3am right now and Im not even sleeping yet. Im hardly ever up this late, unless I go out real late or whatever. I had spent the evening doing some spring cleaning. My mom noticed I had this bite on my cheek, and that its swollen. So to be safe I took my whole bedding off to wash, and dusted/vaccumed my whole room. Now, Im not dirty ha its juss been a while since I've done majr cleaning in my room. I wanna take out my futon and put like a japanese style bed in thurr. Id love to eventually redo my whole room. Redo the windows, put a sliding door in and then eventually paint my room. If only I had the time to do all this...

Mass was great, I always love how the liturgy is for palm sunday. How they walk in w/the big palm branches. Fr. Brennan's homily was really good, I havent heard him celebrate a mass in forever. I always love how he does at the end, 'O sacrament most holy...' Its funny cuz all the priests @ sPv have thurr unique style when they celebrate mass. I really like though how our church is built, like the whole structure of it. I remember how excited I was to see the new church, and how we didnt have to use the hall anymore.

Productive youf rally meeting, I wont tell wha were gonna do though. Ha I know thurr are many lurkers who read this blog. Agh!! I hate lurkers agh they should juss tag rather then keep themselves in hiding. Anyway, I hope we get coo gurr this yurr so we can go to yofu rally in style. Note to self, dont wurr the twentys on youf rally so they dont messed up from all the running and jumping around. I juss hope we dont get ugly odd colors that dont even mesh well together or even represent anythng. I was planning to take a nap after the meeting, but plans changed.

Went to the soratorios to drop off lemons for tita linda. Well I ended up staying thurr for like an hour playing w/nini. She's so fun to play with, we were playing tea purrty w/the stuffed animals, golf, and she does this little dance routine that is soo freakin cute! She was even using those sticks to add w/the mix. Its funny cuz she brought down these manican heads w/hurr on them. I would pretend that they would talk to me and tell me stuff to tell nini. LIke I would hold the doll head to my hurr and pretend like thurr whispering to me. I was showing banne how one of the manican dolls had ideal hurr I'd like on a girl. I love playing w/nini, she's so fun. I can't believe how fast she's grown up.

Came home and an ol homie from hs hit me up. It was great catching up and talking bout the past. She's fnished w/skool w/her degree in int. business and marketing. Now is currently at usc to work on getting her masters. I wish I was done w/skool, sheesh sometimes well not sometimes ha but most of the time I sit hurr and feel like I'll never finish. I soo should be at the university level already...but alas I'm still at the same place. Though I always tell myself that at least I'm still in skool rather then not doing anything w/my life at all.

So anyway, as we were talking she was telling me she's modeling on the siide now. How she got asked to model for that brand 'lrg' for thurr new girl's fashion line. I guess lrg has never had a girl's line, so she's doing that. We were suppose to chill sometime w/in the next week or so. Oh yeah she also has some modeling filipina friends she's gonna try and hook me up with! woOo! I told her my preferences too well in regards to physically. She told me I should work out w/her and her friends. Hmm looks like it's time to get a membership to LA fitness w/them! haha

Saturday, nothing much happened, it felt good to sleep n though. Its gonna feel great to sleep in all this week! No work, no skool it's gonna be great hey! hey! hey! If youve seen fat albert before you'd get it. Went to lunch w/the fam bam triibe at htb. I havent had htb in ages, I remember going w/the guys to htb. That one time whurr we went to the one in cerritos after coming back from the mission trip. How thurr was that one girl who said to me, 'you dropped your dollar.' ha like it was the waitress or the server someone like that.

Okay well imma get going now, getting sleepy! I'm leading prayer meeting on tues. pray for me. havent lead prayer meeting since sept. Were gonna have a good time, hey! hey! hey!! Its sad and depressinig to watch the lakers play now. Errtime I see them thurr always loosing, so much for winning the finals this yurr! haha I was wactching that show the contender tonite. I love that show its d0pe. They make the whole boxing thing real reality. I'd always be nervous If I was in thurr shoes. I feel bad for the guy who committed suicide on the show. Maan all that pressure is crazy. I feel bad for the guys family and his daughter who he left behind.

I love office xp!

"Everytime I close my eyes, I thank the Lord that I've got you..."im done, im out God bless!

Full Circle

"O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by..."

This lenten season has seem to gone by pretty fast. I cant believe easter is only a week away! Then april will be hurr and then it'll be annivesary purty, youf rally, pcns, and retreats. All my saturdays are officially booked for april. Yes, spring is quickly approaching us and before you know it summer will be hurr. I really hope by summer that I'll have a new job at like a school district. Im grateful that I have a whole spring break to myself for the first time in yurrs. No work, no school, its gonna be grrrrrrreat! The days go by fast and faster. Were like almost half way into the yurr already. Then thanksgiving will roll around and soon before you know it, we will be in advent.

Woke up around 9am and then finished installing office xp. I was suppose to a get copy of it from john reyes, but well he never sent it to me! haha So I was curious to see if it would work if I dloaded it online. It worked, I was amazed! So now I have office xp on my laptop whurr I have all the cool power point backgrounds. Apparently the popos mustve called my neighbors, cuz I havent hurrd any bass bumpin all nite. Which is grrreat cuz at least its nice and quiet now whurr I dont have to wake up in the middle of the nite to bass bumpin.

Alaine called me this morning and she ended up stopping by. Went to the main place mall since she needed some time to kill. As I was walking thorugh the mall a rush of memories came back. Yeah, I know it sounds more dramatic then it seems. I was juss reminded of errthang that happened during my winter break. Went into the abercrombie and fitch store, then even more memories came back. I had alaine ask for her juss curious to see wha happened. Looks like mustve made the move to florida. Im curious to see if her number stills works or not. So wha am I talking bout? WEll let me explain...

Back during winter break, I had gone out to eat w/heif at maki maki in irvine. It's this sushi joint, so we sat at the sushi burr eating away. All of a sudden this girl walks into the restaraunt telling the people thurr she got stood up. Supposedly some guy was suppose to meet her up for dinner or whatever. Kinda like a date type of thing. Well she ends up sitting next to me and I tell heif(whos on the other side of me)wow she's hot. Ha A few min. pass and she kinda looks my way and then says, 'oh youre wearing a jacket frm my store.' I was like oh you work for a&f, she was like yeah then that spurrked up a whole convo between the 3 of us.

I was really feelin this girl at the time, thinking it would be tight if I ask for her #. The end of the nite comes and we were like the last 3 at the burr. As I was gonna ask for her # I got skurred cuz she was talking to the guy servers thurr. She told us she comes over thurr errmon. for sushi so she knows all the people thurr and they know her. Anyway, I decided not to ask for the # cuz I didnt want to ask in front of those peeps. The next day comes, and I go to her work planning on asking for her #. Ha I said if it's God's will then she'd be thurr. Even though I knew her schedule for the day(she told us during dinner)I figured thurr could always be something that could come up.

Anyway, I walk into the sturr and she's thurr! whoA! Then we sturrted to small talk blah blah then I asked her if it would be coo if I could have her #. She seemed a bit hesitant at first but then she was coo with it. So she gave me her #, I did the whole three day rule and called her like christmas eve. She was busy at the time, so we didnt get a chance to talk long. The weekend of new yurrs rolls around and I go back to the sturr. This was after christmas and so jay da banker went w/me. We were talking again small talking etc. etc. Then I asked her if it would be coo if we could go out for coffee sometime. She was coo w/that then decided we'd go next week.

So errthang is going all fine and dandy so furr. Step 1 and step 2 have been accomplished, yet I was trying not to think bout it cuz I didnt want to set myself up for a dissapointment. Wednesday nite comes and I meet her up at her work. She was suppose to be off by like 630 -7ish. After waiting a little bit I finally ask and she had the nite off. Oh why?! I called her up and she told me all this drama was going on w/her right now. Rent was due and the roommate didnt have the other half to pay for it. Work was going too well and she wanted to quit at the same time was seriously thinking of moving to florida. In the end we decided to try again the next week. WEll the next week comes and I call her ahead of time juss to make sure we were still coo. I ended up getting her vmail, left her the vmail and eeeend scene.

She never returned the call, but I wasnt mad or anything. I was real curious as to why God let it play out to whurr it did. It goes back to that whole entry crispy made bout putting certain people in your life for a short amount of time but not knowing the reason. This is one of those type of things. Though I think God mustve taken her away, cuz she had too much baggage. So to save me the drama and all the extra stress she could've given me, He took her away. Errthang works out in God's time. The lesson I got out of this? ha I feel bolder now haha jk that God is funny...

Okay so back to wha happened today. Went to mainplace w/alaine ended up eatingn at spoons cuz she was feelin real tipsy haha jk more less dizzy. I havent had spoons since they closed down the one on beach. Alaine said thurr closing a lot of spoons, maybe cuz thurr not making a whole lot of money. Its kinda the same thing as chili's I think. Came back a little before 1pm then she kept calling me cuz she got lost. Though I had hurrd time giving her directions cuz I'm not street smurt. I am a freeway person like my mom, I dont do side streets very well. Agh I told her she needs to learn how to drive freeway ha. Sidestreets are only gonna take so furr...

Had the annual 'pb lenten rubio luncheon' w/the peebs today. FOr the past 2 yurrs now, we always have a lenten luncheon. One friday during lent, we go to rubios to eat and catch up. ha kinda like the annual phily cheesesteak valentine luncheon. So if any yall want to sturrt a lunch tradtion somewhurr let me know! haha Having lunch w/the peeb was fun, she's so funny. I didnt even know that she was working at choc! I should tell her to get me a cami bracelt thurr.

Went to stations of the cross later on, another lenten tradition that I have. Going thorugh the stations is always a great way to reflect on the Passion. Forreal...as we go through each one of the stations I have a deeper understanding of them now. All that is thanks to mel gibson and his fancy cinema styles in the Passion of the Christ movie. Wha always gets me, is the 4th stations whurr Jesus meets his Mother. The flashback from tthe movie of that scene always comes to my mind.

Met up w/chentel and lon at bpd later aftewurrds. We were gonna eat at chillis but the wait was like 45 min. wait. So we decided to settle for pat and oscars. the place SH loves to celebrate birfdays! haha I remember the summer of 03, when we were all hyper in the purking lot and we we were doing carwheels, splits, dancing, singing. and more. SH is fun when were all hyper and full of energy. Were known to do crazy things in purking lots. Like when we were all dancing last summer in that one chinese place purrking lot. Or how bout practicing the suicide skit inside the peacock suites purrking structure! haha fun times, fun times!

Watched the ring 2 and its real good! I like it better then the first one cuz thurrs closesure and you understand the movie more. I gotta go back and watch teh first one all over. Though I think the difference between the two, is that the new one is diirected by a japanese guy. I still wannna see the japanese version of the ring. I heard thas skurry! I remember watchng the first one at the burrs house w/jay and burr. We were on the couch in the living room and they bof woould hide themselves under the covers during the skurry purts! haha Chentel jumped quite a few times. Though its longer then the first one and better, though now that I think bout it, some purrts kinda juss dragged on. Its still great though!! I say go watch it for yourself.

Lenten Action.

Deliberately count your BLESSINGS in a prayerful way today.

Prayer

Hear, Lord, the prayers we offer from contrite hearts. Have pity on us as we acknowledge our sins. Lead us back to the way
of holiness. Protect us now and always from the wounds of sin. May we ever keep safe in all its fullness the gift your love once
gave us and your mercy now restores. Amen.

Let's welcome back the rain!

"Baby you're my number one/You're my number one..."im done, im out God bless!

It came back...

"When Thy ways are beyond understanding, I will adore Thee in silent trust..."

You know that feeling when you study and study real hurrd for something, then by the time the test comes you feel mentally exhausted. Agh thas wha I felt like this morning w/my music quiz. I remembered the flats and shurrps, but when it came to other stuff, I kinda blanked out. Agh all that sturring at the paper and trying to memorize it all. Oh well, I tried my best, at least we got to home right after taking the test. Thas a plus! woOo! Spring break hurr I come! haha Ran some errands, got gas, and all that good stuff.

Went and had lunch w/the guys of agile at wahoos. The second time I've been thurr and it's really goood. It always crowded over thurr in that area though. Reirich came to join up to have lunch also. I ws feeling sleepy on my way home, especially when thurr was traffic merging from the 405n to the 55n. I had this teriyaki chicken bowl along w/them blaack beans, pretty good. Reirich's chicken salad looked might appetizing as well.

Went back to the doctor today and well he examined my mri. According to the results it looks like I have whas called a hemangucoma something like that. Basically, the same thing I had in my ankle 4 yurrs ago, is back. Its a type of tumor that isnt cancerous, Praise God! Im glad its nothing like major major serious like cancerous. The next step, is to go and see a specialist next fri. and see wha he wants to do from thurr. Hopefully, I dont end up getting the run around. We'll see wha he says next fri. I'm hoping he'll wont refer me ot someone else but juss take curr of the thing. Im juss glad its not cancerous, praise God.

I called the popos on my neighbors across the street. ERrday and nite they're always bumpin thurr music real loud. Last nite I think it was, it was all like 11pm already and he's juss bumpin it like no other. Then this afternoon they were bumpin again and you can hurr the bass pounding from the speakers. I got fed up and called the police, complaining of noise pollution. Im suprised none of hte other neighbors have called in bout this. I dont know if they actually came down or wha cuz my mom told me they were still bumpin it at around 9pm.

SRE went by fast, now were off for a nice 3 week break. I was able to cover two chapters, and then discuss holy week, and still have room for them to chill the last 15 min. of class. Maan when we get back from break its gonna be non-stop madness for the rest of the month. First thurr retreat, then thurr reconcilation, followed by thurr 1st communion. Its weird this yurr cuz usually 1st communion is after confirmation. Its the opposite this yurr, so its gonna be one busy spring time for me.

I felt bad ha cuz one of my kids was telling me how he wasnt born hurr. How he came hurr when he was six, so being he looked spanish I assumed he was mexican. So I mentioned mexico ha and he all corrected me. Im not mexican, then I asked wha he was. He told me was hispanic and born in souf america in columbia. I really never knew thurr was a difference between hispanic and mexican cultures. So I guess hispanics are for people who are from souf america and not mexico. I was telling sasha after class and we bof laughed cuz we didnt know thurr was a difference.

Went to joe's crab shack w/fred to celebrate St. Pattys. I was dissapointed cuz thurr wasnt any dancinng going on! I guess they only do them dances on the weekends. Looks like imma be going back thurr tomorrrow! haha! Woo I got to use my 10% off triple A discount too again! Thanks triple A for saving me some $$. I was dissapointed cuz I wanted to see the car was dance routine again! haha I think we should do that for youf rally, thatd be funny. 'Working at the car wash yeaaaaaaaah' ha thurr wouldnt be any real point to that skit but itd juss be funny doing it.

I was watching channel 7 investigative report tonite and it was crazy. This guy was reporting how people are dong insurance fraud. The guy was having sweaty palms and so they were gonna pay the guy to get surgery to fix the sweaty palms he had. Anyway, went through teh whole process of filling out paperwork as if he was really go through it. Then he told them right before they were gonna inject him how he was paid $800 to get this procedure done. Later one he confronted the guys who were gonna pay him, and they acted stupid and claimed they never even knew the guy. Whas funny is the guy reporting this story has it all on tape, secretly recording errthang! haha

I cant wait to sleeeeeep in!

"One in a million faces..."im done, im out God bless!

4 yurrs ago...

"When someone is doing something to hurt you, don't turn inward, turn toward that person. He is hurting himself. You must learn to forgive, knowing that we all need forgiveness. If you want to be true to God,you must learn from Jesus to be meek, humble, and pure..."

Today murrks the 4 yurrs deaf anniversary of my grandma. So youre thinking, 'well I thought all your grandpurrents were alive and living still.' My mom's side yes, on my dad's side however, only my grandpa is living. My grandma was sick for a long time, and during her final weeks, her condition wasn't getting any better. She had cancer, umm I can't remember exactly whurr, but she had cancer somewhurr. It juss ate her up and juss went through her whole body. I can clurrly remember that day when she past away, I was about go to leave to go study w/a study group. Then we got a call from my dad's sister saying she had past away. Maan it hit me up hurrd, I had a hurrd time knowing the fact that she was gone.

She always was full of love. Always taking curr of me, even though we lived thousands of miles apurrt, she'd call/write send currds on birfdays, holidays or juss cuz. My purrents flew out to minn. for the funeral, my sister and I stayed back. I had felt guity cuz hm last the time she came out to visit, she knew it was gonna be her last. Her last time to see all of us, and I had guilty for not spending enough time w/her while she was hurr. I think thas why I took it kinda hurrd, after she past away. Though I know she's in a lot better place, whurr she isnt suffering anymore(cuz she suffered a lot her final days). SHe's so funny she had an expression that went something like, 'fish and relatives begin to stink after a few days...' haha

Then let's see about 7 yurrs ago, my aunt's dog had gotten ran over. It was sad, I juss got back from skool and then I heard that she ran into the street and a curr hit her. My grandpurrents were sad too, cuz that was thurr companion when my aunt was working. The dog was born deaf, so the way we communicated to her was through sign language. She was only like a yurr old too I think. THough she was the cutest little dalmatian. Soo as you can see, St. Patrick's day was never really our holiday...ha I think I'll juss stay inside the house all day to prevent something from happening ha joking.

Agh yesterday was such a busy day, tiring too I might add. I get to class and we have this group project that's due. We were suppose to type up a one page proposal explaining wha we were going to do for this research project. The guy who I assumed(yeah I know)or figured was gonna do it, never even showed up to class!! This is wha happened, we talked bout on mon. at the end of class, but my mind was totally off trying to catch the instructor before he left to give him something. So the way we ended that convo, was the guy saying, 'i'll email you guys.' Well he didnt email us, so I juss figured he'd do it. He seemed pretty reliable being that he hasnt missed a class meeting yet. 930am rolls around and he didnt even show up to class till after it was over!!! Then I asked him if he did the paper, he told me no! agH!!!!!! I ended up having to do it!

After skool, I had gone to lunch w/my aunt at karutas. I've been having this craving for sushi for the past week now. So we went thurr to eat sushi, and it was goood being I havent had sushi in a while! Crunchy rolls, philly rolls, rolls galore! Ran into mike g. and his cousins over thurr. haha Afterwurrd went to rowland heights to straighten out the whole mess w/the bill. Praise God the guy remembered me. The guy was really, really nice and took curr of it. He apologized and calvin and I a free thai ice tea! woOo!! I ended up giving mine to calvin, since I didnt like it.

Went to check out some of calvin's relative's filipino fast food joints. The fam bam decided since the whole theme of the anniversary purtty is this 'back in the pi' type thing, we mine as well get filipino food as well. So we went to pinoy grille first, his tita said it was gonna be $670!! Oh man! Ha that was the place my friend had her like little mini debut. Whurr burr and I had gone and we were like the oldest people thurr! haha Then that was the nite jeanne met us up thurr also! haha ahh the memories! Then calvin and I checked out this other place by matiki and it was cheaper! WoOO!

Took a nap for a little bit, after all that driving made me sleepy. Quickly typed up and put together my geo. proposal for the research project. Rushed over to skool to get into the instructor by 5pm. Praise God cuz I made it in time! Then best buy called telling me the printer is ready to be picked up. So I drove down thurr and got that cuz my mom needed it. Hooked it all back up. WooO! it works again, I mean so furr so good, no clicking noises and no delays in printing! Hopefully errthang else will work to par. It was a pain having to go from the desktop to the laptop to print errthang out.

Rushed over to household, the first household I've gone to since the change. Come to realize I havent gone to an sfc function since the christmas purrty...whoa! I miss the ol skool household those were the fun times. Making fun of each other, messing around...ahh the good ol days. I dont really know anyone in the new household, and on top of all that, they converse in tagalog to each other. So I sit thurr feeling stupid cuz I dont understand. Agh!! I think households are gonna be on wed. now. Ended up leaving early cuz I had to study for music test.

YOu know that feeling when you study something so much that it kinda overwhelms the brain! So I was sitting hurr trying to study the scales of the flats and shurrps. Then remembering the key scales. Christy helped me remember the flats, w/this whole B E A D+ F C G. So that made trying to memorize the flats a whole lot easier. I think maybe if I played some type of instrument understanding all this stuff would be easier. Anyway, spent the rest of the evening studying for this music fundamentals.

I dont like republicans view and policys on education. I juss think you have many politicans who claim they know the education system, when they really dont. They claim to 'reform' the education system, when it only ends up creating more problems. Okay well thas juss had to vent that little thing. On a side note, ha I found this ol skool pic of me, ha thought it was funny...

Prayer request: PLease pray for my cousin's grandma who is in critical condition right now. Actually, she's on life support dying from cancer in her spine. thanks!

Agh Happy St. Patrick's Day!

"Try to take my cake you gon' take a slug..."im done, im out God bless!

So Mad!

"Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin..."

I had gone to banana(b-a-n-a-n-a-s!)bay on sun. for the after purty of the LFT meeting. Anyway, so the time came to pay for the check and errthang. WEll, being I didnt have enough cash, I used my debit currd. So we paid for some in cash, the rest was to put on my debit currd. Well the stupid person, came back, took the cash and put the whole amount of $49 on my debit currd! agH!!!! So I told them to go back and fix it, that $49 was to be taken out and only apply $12 on my currd. I was checking my statement etc. last nite and I found that they churrged me $49+$12 on to my curd! AgH!!!!!! Now, I have to drive back allll way up to rowland heights,(which is such an inconveince for me)to banana bay and have them take off the $49. In fact while thurr at, imma tell them to take off the $12 on top of that too for the hassle I had to go through! AGh!!! I tell you...

OKay, in other news, yesterday was a busy day. Music class was the same, wwhwwwh actually I'm kinda glad the concept was taught to me on sun. hehe The instructor went over it a little bit more telling us we need to know it for the stupid quiz tomorrow. Last week of class before spring break wOoOO! I love spring break, juss too bad mine lands on holy week. So obviously, thurr wont be too much going on. At least I dont have to work on sat. for the spring egg hunt, thas a plus! This guy in my music class asked wha I did last weekend, it was funny cuz I had to actually sit and try and recall wha exactly I had done all weekend long. It goes by too fast that I forget wha actually went on.

Spent the afternoon, w/my mom, cousin, and my aunts buying stuff for the anniversary purty. Im waaay excited for it! woOo! They had planned on it being simple, but now its turning into a full on 'lets bring it bacck, baaack to the pi' theme. I'm hoping that western's filipino club, well be able to dance for us. That would be siiicck! Noreeen might sing for the purrty too! Were gonna sturt the purrty w/the filipino national anthem, ha the flag is gonna come down aand we all sing it. Ha kinda like a whole pcn type thing...haha jk

Went to purrty city after purrty city, looking for balloons and wooden bowls. If anyone knows whurr I can find wooden bowls that arent that expensive let me know please! Okay thanks. Then we had gone to this manila trade & aurrts sturr over by the anaheim plaza. IT was crazzzy! Who needs going to the pi, when you can buy errthang you need right at that store! Forreals! I was able to get the rosary bracelets, I have been so anxiously looking for! Woo! Great sturr, I think imma go down thurr more often for stuff like that. They have all these huge statues also. Check it out if you get teh chance...

Had lunch at KFC buffet over in hawaiian gurrdens and wow it sucks. We asked for wings and they couldnt give it to us cuz some lady reserved it. I didnt know you could put a down payment and reserve wings. On top of all that the place was kinda dirty, I dont understand how they were able to get an 'A.' The food selection wasnt that great at all either. So word to the wise, dont waste your time eating at this place. However, thurr new thing called 'the snackers' are pretty good, you can get 2 for only $1.00! Juss dont go to the kfc buffet in hawaiian gurrdens, you mine as well juss go to the kfc store itself.

YOu know the dollar tree sells rosaries? Yeah thas crazzzy! We were all in thurr looking for wooden bowls and saw them! My mom's funny she goes, at the counter, 'how much are these?' haha when errthang is a dollar at the dollar tree! They even have rosary jewelrey bracelts on top of that too. Went to this other purrty sturr and bought balloons for the purtty. It's gonna be tight! We might change the food from chinese to filipino, depending upon how good of a deal we can get on catoring.

Last week I had ran into a couple that I had gone to hs with. They were bf/gf during hmm I think thurr senior yurr in hs. They graduated 2 yurrs after I did, and it was good to see that they were still together. I think those are the type of relationships that are gonna end up lasting forever(hopefully). We were in the curr yesterday talking bout my grandpurrents and one of my aunts was talking bout how my grandma used to get courted by all these guys. THen when my grandpa came along, she use to go and hide cuz she wasnt really interested in him. Though(so I heard) the way he captured her hurrt, was the kindness and sincerity he had to my grandma's mom. He always nice to my grandma's mom and she would always push my grandma to go for my grandpa. How they ended up getting together? Im not sure...ha thas all I know. Pretty cute though huh.

SRE was crazzy cuz the kids wouldnt shut up! I was so close in making them write essays for the rest of the evening! I juss wish I had kids who would juss listen when I talk. Then we got so caught up in going through the examination of conscience, I forgot to give them thurr easter present! Oh whY?! In fact this was our last formal time in the class when we come back from spring break well be doing all these things in the hall. Then confirmation rolls around and before you know its the end of the yurr already! I want to do something special whurr we go to like boomers or something together, but thurrs nothign nurrby. Errthang is on the other side of the OC and most of these kids dont drive yet. Aileen made this really d0pe collage for me! It's so cool!

Okay thas it for today...enjoy it errone!


Thanks mike for hooking it up w/the new kanye song!

"Work it out now..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Inventory of Life

"No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend..."

I was sitting in geo. class today juss sitting thurr watching the clock. Agh his lectures make no freakin sense. He tells us to take notes on things but they dont even make any sense. He juss sturrts talking randomness bout whatever. So I thur watching the clock, hoping I dont fall asleep. Ha Well errclass begins by him asking if we went anywhurr over the weekend that was out of the area. So peoeple raise thurr hand and volunteer shurring whurr they went. It was funny this one girl said cerritos. Haha Its new to her though cuz she lives out in corona, ha but it was juss kinda funny.

Then we have this proposal paper group project due wed. I should've gotten the people in my groups # the guy is suppose to email us. Hopefully he does and doesnt flake out. I hate people who flake out on you. Or people who juss really bad when it comes to organziing thurr schedules. I think time management is really important skill. Being able to organzie your times and dates. I think being on time goes w/that also. To me timing is errthang.

The day goes by pretty fast when youre not working. I really love the way things are going right now. Im trying to really embrace these next couple weeks, not having to work or anything is great. Man, if I could win the lotto or something and never have to work again! Or to work from home and make $$ is great too! People were saying I was going to end up getting bored but I'm so not even close to being bored. Having the whole afternoon to myself to take curr of errands and wha not is great. I need to sturrt using this time also to look into applying ot other skool districts. Agh why is finding a job so difficult these days!? I know why...can we say that the economy sucks!

Went to mass this afternoon, and the readings all related to each other. You had in the first reading a girl sussana(thaat song O' Sussana was in my head when I heard that name ha) bout how she was unjustly churrged. THen daniel intervened into the whole case. Then in the gospel you had teh classic sturry of the woman caught in adulterly. How Jesus told them pharisses that the person w/o sin cast the first stone. Fr. Grace talked bout forgiveness and how we can be so quick to condemn other people. We can be so quick to cast that first stone w/o even looking at ourselves first. How were called to be compassionate and merciful to others same way Christ is to us. That no matter wha happens were called to serve and love one another.

Spent some time in the blessed sacarment, reading this activity I do w/my kids. I've already explained this activity I do w/them called 'the inventory of my life.' A churrt to progress whurr they are in thurr faith. I was really moved tonite as I was reading them. To see how God truly truly has worked in thurr lives. Reading how a whole yurr ago, didnt curr too much bout going to mass and receving the sacraments. Now thurr whole take on church is so different. To read stuff like, 'being catholic is a huge part of my life. Something I'd like to pass on to my children.' or 'I like going to church, I tell my purrents to go to church errsunday.' or 'I am more conscience of my sinning now.' Stuff like that really touches and moves me. To see God working in these young peoples lives is the best feeling in the world.

I praise God for juss allowing me to be able to serve and minister to these kids. Even though at time they really test my patience, theyre so thirsty and hungry to want to know. Out of all the yurrs Ive been teaching SRE, this has gotta be the best one. To watch these grow in thurr faith, is like watching your own kid grow up. I know that it can only get better from hurr. As much as I want to retire this yurr, a purt of me feels thurrs still work to do. We'll see in a couple of months what God wants of me.

Went to the deanery young adult meeting tonite. I feel like I'm at church errday of the week. THurr wasnt anyone really thurr, but we had a good sturrt. We talked bout teh visiion of wha we wanted to do, and how we were going to do it. All we have to do now, is get 4 pastors from 4 different parishes to approve of this idea and get moving on it. I think this ministry has a lot of potential into growing to something big. Its juss a matter of finding the right priests who will want to really help this minstry grow. So many young adults are lost cuz thurr is no one to guide them and lead them in the right direction.

Im hungry I think it's time for a snack...I need to sturrt excercising more. I need to make a 'to do' list of things to accomplish this week.


So many great things coming up, im excited!

"I will hold your people in my hands..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Matthew 5: 13-16

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt looses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? Is it no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly father..."

Now, its extremely rare that I blog twice in one day. It juss go against errthang I believe in(through blogging that is ha!). ANyway, I was reading one of my student's 7 days of reflection and prayer journal. This was the verse that they were too sit and reflect on. To ask themselves wha is Jesus telling me through this scripture? What kind of message can I share to others in regards to this passage? I try to use critical analysis in my teaching, to allow them to dig deeper into thurr faith and spirituality. To not juss read things for face value, but find a meaning or an understanding to it. As I reading her entry, I was kinda hmm convicted by what she said...

As I read this verse, I felt as if the message Jesus was sending me was that if we aren't willing to show and express the best thing about ourselves, then we wont be able able to share God with the rest of the world. What we have to do is show our best and act our best in order to preserve ourselves in the sight of God. If not, we loose our 'taste-' the essential thing needed in allowing people to see the goodness you possess as a person.

That Hook...

"You will not see anyone who is really striving after his advancement who is not given to spiritual reading. And as to him who neglects it, the fact will soon be observed by his progress..."

You know how you listen to a song and the hook is real catchy, so it ends up being stuck in your head. What ends up happening is that the hook stays in your head till the point whurr you sing it whurrever you go. Especially when the hook of the song is repeatitive, then oh man then its all ova. Ha Okay, I know that was real random but I've had all these songs stuck in my head. For example, the whole 'car wash' song. Ive been singing that song since like the end of last month. Ha Then last nite, I heard this new song by akon 'mr. lonely' so now that hook is caught up in my head. Actually its kinda funny that song brings back memories to senior yurr. No, I wasnt 'lonely' my senior yurr, let me explain.

So, as most of yall know or now know ha I was really active in high school. People always saw me rushing running to get from point a to point b. I'd always hurr in the halls 'slooow down!' 'Youre always in a rush,' and 'relax.' Ha time was important, I never had a min. to waste especially senior yurr. I ended up getting 'busy bee' in the yurrbook. Even to do this day nothings really changed, still always rushing and on the go. Anyway, at the same time, I had skool spirit, very peppy, I loved western(i still do to do this day).

So I thought It'd be a funny idea for senior talent show to do this 'satire' of myself. We pretended it was ten yurrs after hs and I'm sitting in my room with the mascot costume on(a horse) looking through ol yurrbooks. At the same time that song, 'mr. lonely' was playing. While I was pretending to look through ol yurrbooks and pics, I'd make these happy expressions on my face. It was juss funny, ha if you picture it in your head, I think you can laugh too. If you can't then ha oh well I guess you juss gotta think hurrder. If you really know me and my personality then you'd get it.

I'm really loving this time off, even though it's only been a week it feels like it's already been a month. I still dont know the status of my ankle, like I said I had taken mri's a week ago. Tomorow I have a doc. apt. and I guess thas (hopefully), when I'll learn whas really going on w/me. Julie told me its good that its not on the bone and its soft. Otherwise if it becomes cancer, it can go through my whole system and eat me up and I can be gone in a couple of months. Yeah, I know real skurry thing to think of riight now. Though, I'm praying for the best and I do appreciate all your prayers and concern. This is a great break for me to reflect and think some things out.

Yesterday was the first sat. whurr I really had nothing planned. It was amazing! These past couple sats. I've been at home. Ha sandy always tells me I need to get out more often, cuz I'm always at the church. I slept in till almost 10am, which felt nice. Cleaned the house a little bit, I need to clean my room still. I actually spent fri. morning lookingn for oour stupid dvd remote and no luck. I wish I could find my livestrong bracelt, so I can whurr all the other ones. I really dont like whurr the other ones, unless I have the yelllow one as well. Weird, I know I'm juss anal like that.

Rented the Incredibles the other day, and I love htat movie! I think thas the best disney pixar film! They juss keep getting better and better. Though mulan will always be my all time favorite disney movie! Hands down, no doubt! I love singing the songs in mulan I! Maan if onnly mulan was a real life person...wow she would be wow! This is rrandom, but why do people spell 'weird' reversing the 'e' and the 'i' and juss like the word 'whoa' they'll spell it 'woah' ha reversing it. When I see those words spelled that way it bugs me. It makes me want to correct them and say, 'heey!!! do you know how to spell 'whoa' or 'weird?' Cuz youre spellling it wrong!

Finally was able to go to the beach last nite. Though I didnt stay too long, juss enough to feel the sand and water. The stupid purking machine was working, so ended up doing valet. It was only $3, so I thought mine as well, beats trying to find another purrking machine. Walked around mainstreet, and saw this quicksilver bag that was pretty tight. Im thinking of buying an OC quicksilver sweater, to add to my collection. Afterwurrds, went out w/jei franxis and fred to fridays, I found $5 on the floor! woOO! Things like that never happen to me!

So I'm excited for my grandpurrents anniversary purrty. It will be 60 yurrs for them next month. Wow 60 yurrs is a long time! Anyway, whurr throwing this huge purrty for them at...guess whurr!! Yup. Praise God for generous people, who do things juss because. I asked chris baclig(the guy who deejayed my purrty)to dj the purrty and he was down. He's a real cool guy, real outgoing and friendly. I remember how his mom use to be my SRE aide like 5 yurs ago, cuz she wasnt ready to have her own class, so she wanted to feel things out. Thas funny huh? She was my aide. Yurrs later, she still teaches on thursdays. Okay that was off subject, but anyway, he's gonna dj the purrrty. Then western's filipino club hopefully will be able to dance for us. Yay!! Im gonna be putting on this power point to show too during the dinner yay!!

Fr. ray's homily was great at mass today. Well I guess thas nothing unsual cuz he always has great homilies. I like his homilies cuz he ties in all the readings and tells you wha they mean. Most of them all the other priests only focus on one or two of the readings but not all 3. Or they'll tell some story that doesnt even make sense or pertain to the readings. At any rate, fr. ray talked bout free will, how God has given us the gift of free will. However, free will doesnt mean going out and doing whatever we want. Free will means living the life of Christ and puttinig on the Holy Spirit. He said more great stuff, but its all in my bible diary. I cant shur that w/yall cuz its in my diary hahahaa joking...

Had core meeting and well juss praise God for healing and clairification. Ended up talking to wendy for over an hour in her new office. Maan that office is like prison or dungeon! No windows, no ventilation, no aurrcon. Wow I'd suffocate if I was locked up in that place all day. Juss pray for sPv cuz it's suppose to be a big week. I cant go into details, but we'll see wha happens. I understand things a lot better now then I did last week. Obviously, I told her its not a coincidence that the parish is going through all this drama w/the mission being only weeks away. I really felt bad for her and her whole situation, it sucks. Talking bout really going through lent.

Caught up w/the lft team afterwurrds at banana bay in rowland heights. I said this ish is bananas b-a-n-a-n-a-s! haha i love that song too! Anyway, fun times, I'm glad I went except for the stupid ticket imma be gettng in the mail. IN fullerton they have those stupid cameras and I got caught, The light was yellow and I was still going through it, then it turned red. *sNaP!* the camera took my picture oh why?!!! So I was drowning my sorrows by eating again, even though I had already eaten. =( Had a great convo. going w/myron, antony, and christy bout confirmation classes. Christy was laughing at my teaching philosophy bout holdin them back if they take up my time. She said if I taught a public skool and did that, I'd be one of those teachers the kids would hate! haha

Fun tims afterwurrds outside w/myron, fred, and julie. Talking bout dancing, pick up lines, promoting youf rally. Went to the burrs house afterwurrd for music lesson. Agh I must admit it was a bit confusing and frustrating trying to learn the whole 'whole/half step' thing. Which reminds me I gotta make flashcurrds tomorrow and begin studying the shurrps and flats. Music can be real complicated if you ahve no idea or no background iin it at all. THough by the end of the nite I was slowly gettng it and understanding it.

Okay, well thurrs my update for whas been going these past few days. I know my entries have been pretty bear lately. So I made that all up by a long entry for today. I understand stupid html, the stupid tagboard is on the bottom again! agh!! Oh did I mention spirit games 2005 is underway? Yup! Save the date september 12, 2005, the second anual spirit games! wOoo! We have 3 great new churrperrsons heading it up this yurr. The reign of ninifish is ova ha and were passing on the baton.

Have a great week errone!!

"We are family, get up everybody and sing..."im done, im out God bless!

Working at the Car Wash Yeah!

"Suffering in itself does not bring joy, but Christ as seen in suffering does..."


carwash

So for the past couple weeks, I've been really feelin that song 'car wash.' Ha ever since I seen them do the routine at joe's I've like it. Chentel knows, cuz thas our jam! Anyway, I know some of the basic moves and I love seeing the dance to it. On top of dancing to it, I love singing it as well! Now errtimes I go to a currwash, imma be singing and dancing to the song. Haha I love it!
Its fun watching the people at joe's do the dance too. Makes me wanna juss jump right up thurr and do the dance w/them!

Yesterday I wanted to go the beach and juss chill. Though I dont have the patience to juss sit thurr and I'd end up getting bored being by myself. So I kinda crossed that thought out, then I wanted to go to brea mall, but then I didn't feel like driving over thurr, crossed that thought out as well. I ended up juss chillin at home yesterday not doing anything. I still have these confirmation papers I need to read.

Had our first unofficial spirit games meeting last nite. I went over to the lbc to meet w/our new spirit games head(s). How exciting! We ate at joe's crab shack, but its too clasterphobic over thurr in the one in long beach. I like the one in garden grove better, thurrs more room and not to crowded. On top of that they do the dances better over thurr, they have more rhythym. THurrs more feelin when they do the dance, ha I think thurr trying too hurrd over at the one in long beach. We told it was charisse's birfday so they made her dress up in this bumble bee outfit. Well, ha it kinda back furrd on us, cuz well if you know charisse you know how she loves attention. She told them when they asked her for her name that she likes to be called jason! ha freakin charisse!

One of my girls was excited cuz her parents were celebrating thurr 25th wedding anniversary. She's so cute cuz she had to give this toast to her purrents. Well she didnt know what to say or wha to write. So she asked me for advice wha she could say. I told her how bout she goes and prays and ask the spirit to lead her. She goes 'ohmygosh great idea!' so she puts up her away message and begins to pray. Comes back, telling me she's still stuck! haha I can't wait for my grandpurrents 60th anniversary purrty! I told her how anniversaries are something special and something really to thank God for.

I think imma try and the ol daily devotionals to my blog errday. Yeah, I think I will, this way this book still gets used. Okay so hurr is todays devotional...

"Be kind and loving with each other, for you cannot love Christ in his distressing disguise if you cannot love Jesus in the heart of your neighbors. Love, to be truly love, must be fed on sacrafice. Be generous in accepting all the sacrafices that come every day on your way. Then you will be able to say in all sincerity, 'My God and my all.'"

Lenten Action.
Phone a long lost friend and relive old memories. Visit a sick person. Feed the birds.

Prayer
O Jesus, I withdraw in spirit with You into the desert; teach me how to fight the triple concupiscence of the flesh, pride, and avarice.

Working at the car wash yeaaah!

"I need some hot stuff baby this evening..."im done, im out God bless!

I Just Had To...

"We have to love until hurts. It is not enough to say, 'I love.' We must put that love into a living action. And how do we do that? By giving until it hurts..."

I really didnt want to conform to the chatterbox, but I juss had to. The tagboard has been down for the past week, and well I dont want to not leave the blog blank. I dont like chatterboxes that much cuz when I posts tags, sometimes it dont show up. Then I have to refresh it and it ends up being posted like 10 million times! Agh! So, my friend the burr, was kind enough to add the chatterbox on top of the tagboard. Now you can chatter and tag all at the same time. Fun, fun, fun, fun! Though my love will always for the tagboard! woOo!

I wanna go back to new york, I was checking out pics on someones website or something and it brought back all these memories. The walking, the trains, the subways, the coldness, all the great food I had. The pizza that was really good! Im in for another get away, who's w/me?! Maybe we can take the motorhome and we'll do a cross country travel! haha We'll do our own 'road rules' adventure! wOO! Travel down souf to daygo, then go to mexico, then umm go up norf to the bay area and back again.

Its weird how many of these things, I've read this past week deal with whas particulary going on w/me right at this moment. It's funny how God works and how He uses people to send a message. I got this myspace message from some random christian group and he said to me...

Hey Jason, Thanks for joining us. We checked out your page, NICE pics man. Looks like you have a lot of love surrounding you. I believe that Jesus Christ suffered. I feel that we are allowed to suffer only enough of which we can handle. Handle meaning that it's pointless not to learn from your suffering, and that such suffering is allowed to a certain extent. That extent is managed by JC.

Which is craazzzy he sent me that message on suffering, being this whole week the theme of the devotions has been 'suffering.' I guess God really is trying to tell me something, maybe I'm not listening? Praise God for people he uses as his instruments to give us messages that we need to hurr. Sometimes I think things can get so hectic, that we forget to take that time out to listen. That we need to say more often, 'speak O Lord, your servant is listening.'

Anyway, music class ended early yesterday wOo! Thurr was senior day at skool, whurr we had tons of high skool kids invade our small little campus. I saw my cousin or actually he saw me after I had walked out of class. I gotta sturrt memorizing flats and shurps, how many scales each of them have and so forth. I think imma make flashcurrds so I can get all down and memorized. The guy is a great teacher though, he really helps you if you get lost or if you dont understand whas going on. I like teachers like that, who are real patient and understanding.

I finished watching ladder 49 and it's a great movie! I suggest you go out and buy to today! It really portrarys the life of a firefighter. Going out, risking thurr life on the line errday. In a sense they're kinda like a superhero. Maan come face to face in contact w/furrs errday of the week. If I whurr a furrfighter, Id totally embrace my days off. THough I like the movie cuz well...nevermind you juss gotta watch it for yourself. Its funny though cuz furrfighters dont have to worry bout capturing anyone, or using a gun like a popo, but more less worry bout getting people out of the building and staying safe from all the heat.

I had lunch w/burr at rubios. I love rubios seafood tacos, thurr shrimp and fish. It's real good! Afterwurrds, went the virgin megasturr, looking for things to buy. Saw the new errsher CD, but I more less was thinking it was gonna be a dvd. A dvd teaching peeps how to be fly like him. The cd thing didnt look too interesting, so I ditched that idea. THen I couldnt find any good freestyle cds, so I walked w/nothing. The burr however, bought the new one vo1ce cd, and the josh gorban also.

So I'm on my way to sPv after returning a video, then I get this text saying, 'can you come pick me up from skool. I'm stuck.' Ends up being one of my kids, ahh who I felt bad cuz for cuz his sister was suppose to pick him up but ditched him. Me, feeling compassionate ha turns around and goes and gets him. Ended up taking him annd his little friend to class. Its crazy this one teacher who juss really all around apologetically smurrt, is teaching his class 'Jesus Christ Supersturr.' They've been watching the movie for the past couple weeks. He ended up having this really long discussion w/me bout the movie. THen gives me the movie to watch, I really didnt want him to give it to me, but he did. ha Now, I gotta watch it cuz he asked if I watched it yet! haha oh why?!

In class, we talked bout why we confess our sins to a priest. Rather why cant we juss go straight to God. Being that God alone is the only that forgives our sins. So, the whole lesson was about that, which turned out pretty well. I felt it was important that they understand the importance of the sacarment being that thurr gonna make it w/in the next couple of weeks. I asked them review questions at the end and they understood it! yay!! I'm excited for them to make thurr sacarments this yurr. It always brings a smile to my face to see kids who youve been with all yurr long, make thurr sacraments.

My kid was telling me apparently it was coo that his friend came. She learned a lot in terms of why confession is important, and all the graces you receive through it. So praise God the Spirit moving in action. HE told her she could come errweek so she can learn more bout her faith. So next week is the last week of class for 3 whole weeks! Thas forever long, but its nice cuz 2 out of the 3 weeks, I can attend prayer meeting yay!

Went to chill w/some of the guys at chili's later on that nite. THen relocating to sturrbucks for some moe fun afterwurrds. Ha thurr was this guy, I dont know if he was homeless but he was sitting at sturrbucks w/ice cream and jammin to his arrow classic rock. It was funny the worker told him he couldnt really do wha he was doing. Then time for closing oh man he had a grip to clean up, but didnt seem to mind at all. Juss did his own thing minding his own business.

Having posted these in a while so hurr...

Lenten Action.
Make a note on your calendar to participate in the Sacrament of Penance.

Prayer
Father,
look upon our weakness and reach out to help us with your loving power.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

I learned somemthing new tooooooday!

"I'm a-I'm a hustler homey..." im done, im out GOd bless!

Joininig Hands As One Culture

"There is no greater challenge than what is ahead tomorrow, yet there is no greater victory than what lies conquered behind..."

I had this weird feeling in my stomach that this was going to be on interesting week. Well all of you know how I send out daily devotionals errday. Its like my daily routine, something I enjoy doinig and shurring, even if people delete it errday and dont bother to read it. For the past month now, I've been using a different book than the normal. This one is called, 'No Greater Love' by Mother Teresa aka Blessed Teresa. I liked the book cuz it coincides w/the church calendar and each week it focuses on a particular area. So Sunday comes and as I open to the book to the next section the topic said, 'suffering.'

As soon as I read that title, I had this weird feeling in my stomach. In fact, I had to look twice to make sure I was on the right week. To be honest, I was actually hoping that the focus for this week would be different. Though, thiss was probably God's way of preparing me for a variety of different things that has taken place this week. Some dealing w/me in particular, others dealing w/other people that I know. Felt a heavy hurrt this afternoon and this strong urge to pray for all those who were suffering and hurting.

I also suscribe to this email prayer ministry. This lady sends out emails errso often on people who ahve asked her to pray for them. She complies a big list and thhen turns into an email to send to errone. Sometimes though, she'll send out some really great reflections. Coincidently, the other day I received a reflection on 'How to bear suffering.' As I read the subject line of the email, I was juss in awe all of sudden. I sat thurr thinking whas God trying to say hurr? I guess this is all juss purt of journeying in the dessert w/Christ. I guess this is all juss purt of that beautiful struggle.

I signed up for this new friendster/myspace thingy called catholicconnect. In fact its funny how errone has jumped on this train now. Some who arent even on friendster/myspace. I saw the add in the myspace group bulletins and I went on to sign up. I figured I'd juss use to promote whatever catholic events are coming up. Then I had told fred that nite that I signed up for it and how complex and detailed the questions whurr. He asked for hte link then he signed up. Next thing I know the burr is on it, banne, jaymee, reirich, etc. So then I figured I mine as well send out an invite email to errone else then. Now im up to almost 30 friends wooO!

This music stuff is getting more and more complex. I gotta memorize the scale of flats and shurrps now. THen be able to put them in chronoscale or something like that. Then I realized that Ive been using the wrong roll # since the beginning of the semester. So all this time Ive been getting murked absent and the instructor has been putting in the wrong scores for the wrong person. Oh whY?! Good thing thas all straightened out now, I wouldve hated to go through the whole semester not getting credit for it!

I decided w/confirmation we would take a break from the norm. Do something a little bit different and kick back. Besides you gotta balance out your spirituality w/your reality right? ha So we sang a couple of fast warm up songs, then I had them make collages. I brought in magazines and they whurr to create a collage that represented who they were. I juss printed out pics and I askd aileen to make mine for me. ha yess! I think they had fun, I discovered a new way to keep them quiet I think. I threatned them by saying if they dont be quiet we'll sit and spend the whole class time writing essays on why we should be quiet while someone is talking.
It looks like most of the teachers had a rough nite last nite. Crazy to think out of all the confirmation II classes, I have the biggest and yet the other teachers still have a problem w/thurr kids.

I was so sleepy in class today, geo is boring. I dont need to know bout the roman empire and wha places they invaded blah blah. I wish we did more in class group work, this way we can interact w/other individuals and learn more about them. Yay! Then find out if they have a myspace so I can add them to my friends list, even more yay! haha Time goes by so slooow in tthat class whne he lectures, I should sturrt bringing something to do in the stupid class.

I rented ladder 49, but I havent even finished it yet. So furr its a pretty good movie, its skurry being a furrfighter. They really have a tough job and then on top of that, to be murried to one is even skurrier. Constantly wondering and worrying whether or not they'll be okay. Although, I do commend them cuz thurr like a modern day superhero. They do wha they can to save lives, by putting thurr own life on the line.

Went back to my ol hs to watcch thurr annual internation week performance. Erryurr they have this whole international week celebration. Sturrting w/a fashion show to the multicultural performance assembly to a foodfurr. For my last two yurrs of hs, I coordinated and put international week together. One of the most anticipated and biggest events of the whole skool yurr. Ive been wanting to go for the past couple yurrs now, but I always ended up forgetting to fnd out the date.

Tonite was cool, it didn seem as long as the performances in the past but it was still good. I know how stressful and hurrd it is to coordinate something like that. The program was really nice, very nice colorful and juss amazing. Its so funny cuz the filipino club has never been as big as other skool's filipino club. Western's filipino club has always been more less a chill/kick back club. THen erryurr for international week, they always do the tinkling dance. Either juss the tinkling itself, or another dance to go w/it. As many times as I've seen this being done, they were juss d0pe tonite.

Well they had the normal 3 sets of purrs dancing to it. One on the right, left, and then one towards the back. On top of that they had 8 other guys holdinig 4 more purrs of sticks, going couple to couple doubling the sticks. So you the girl and the guy would now have to go throuogh not juss one purr of sticks, but now TWO PURRS! Then! Then! You had the couples holding the sticks rotatinig the sticks. Thas crazzzzy! I dont think I've ever seen the sticks being rotated before. Anyway, I juss thought it was real impressive. I asked them to see if they could dance at my grandpurrents anniversary purty. Yay! It would be tight too, I wouldnt have to pay them either! wooO! I had asked alaine's psssssst club but she said we wouldve had to pay. Enk!
I also ran into an ol hs friend thurr, jerilee. Maan I hadnt seen her since wow 3 yurrs ago!

Great times tonite!

I love international weeek!!

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