The Sweet Escape

"Great love can change small things into great ones, and it is only love which lends value to our actions..."

62 YEARS GOING: I forgot to mention in my last entry last week would've been my grandparent's 62nd wedding anniversary. Thinking bout it was happy yet sad at the same time. My grandparent took care of each other, with errthang they had. I remember when we celebrated their 60th anniversary my lola wore the same exact wedding dress that she wore on her wedding. I know he's taking good care of her from where he is. I praise God for the grace that He's given to my family most of all my lola. She's probably one of the strongest people that I know of. My prayer is that God will continue to shower her with more love and blessings. Growing older is a scary thought, but when Im sure when you have someone else by your side to grow old with, it's not that scary anymore. Happy 62nd Anniversary lolo and lola!


PRODUCTIVE: Monday was productive one, I was able to get errthang I wanted to taken care of done. Woke up this morning and did a little jogging around my block to get the body moving and going. As I was running past the mc donalds on western, it brought back memories of when Id use to run cross country. Errtime we would run corners and Id pass by mc donalds I could smell the aroma of food from the restaurant. It was so tempting to go inside and pick up something to eat. Then had lunch and met up w/jennif. I love that kid ethan, he's so chill he doesnt cry or anything. He's such a happy little baby too. Came home and decided to put up a shelf in my room for all my catholic books. I have this little altar in my room and underneath there's my collection of books Ive bought over the years. ANyway, so it was overflowing so I decided to put them all up on a shelf. It didnt take too long and in fact it looks so much neater and cleaner too. Finished the evening off at holy fam with youf min. meeting.

HAPPY BIRFDAY: Tuesday I took carl out for his birfday before he had to get his wisdom teeth pulled out. Dang that kid is 18 now, maan I cant believe how fast they grow up ha. So went to the brea mall and active, then had lunch at the rock and roll sushi place. They dont give you big portions for the price you pay over there it sucks. Good times hanging out though, it's been a while since I've talked to the kid so it was great way to catch up and see wha was going on with him. He's got a lot going for him and I know he's going to go long way in life, he juss continues to follow the path he's on now. I feel its important to continue to keep track of those kids who helped in my journey and walk.

3RD STREET: Tuesday evening, being there was no confirmation(woo!)took a trip to Santa Monica with chentel. Back in the days we use to chill like errweekend, it was kinda cool. Anyway, so we kinda got sidetracked cuz she missed the on ramp to the 10w (oh why?!). Well we got there most of the stores were closing when we got there, but it was coo. There was shirt I saw at urban that I was almost tempted to buy. It was a picture of Our Lady of Sorrows on it and it said below the picture 'something sacred.' The shirt was like $40, so I figured it wasn't worth it and on top of that I didnt really like the 'something sacred' below it. Had dinner at this place called 'The Deli' it was kinda pricey but the food was good. I had grilled cheese with a glass of red wine ha what a combo. I was so sleepy on the way home that I was juss ready to crash already. Later I realized I should've taken a picture of each day to post on the blog...oh well.

GWEN SONGS: You know how there are juss some songs that are catchy and the beat is pretty d0pe that it keeps swaying back and forth. Yeah those are gwen songs, ha for some reason I cant help to get out of my head the 'sweet escape' song. I always find myself singing it during random times of the day. The lyrics are so damn catchy I think thas why I find myself humming to it. I wanna get away, to our sweet escape woOo hoOo woOoo hoOo yeeaoOo. This song is such a hit and she's performed already twice once on american idol and then on the nicklodean kids choice awards. Fun song it really is.

LUNCH DATES: Spring break has been fun being able to do lunch dates w/different people errday juss doing the whole catch up thing. Wednesday, Rob and I hate lunch at rubios, the first time we've done lunch in a long time. Normally, I eat lunch at 1130am, so by the time 1pm comes around Im not really hungry anymore on top of that 1) I'm juss ready to go home and nap before going back to work again then 2) driving to the block is agh! Anyway, so we finally did lunch after trying to plan something for the longest time. Back in the days we'd have lunch almost errday. We'd do our baon days those were fun, :sigh: the good ol days! It was juss coo that we finally were able to do our lunch date, even though he was pissed that I was late. Agh thanks friend for lunch, lets do it again sometime! The evening followed by HFYA prayer meeting, then rushing home to watch lost.

STANTON CREW: Thursday was coo, I ate so much though. Yeah sad thing is that Im sure I gained so much weight with all this eating I've been doing during spring break. Had lunch with a couple of my ol coworkers from stanton. Apparently they fired another rec leader, I dont know the reasons but I heard it was pretty bad. ALmost as bad as what I had done ha! We had that golden steer, which I hadn't had in geez how many years? They really good steak there, so the place isnt all that bad. The city has changed so much since I've left, but the changes have been good ones. I gotta give props to the director of parks and rec who's really transformed the city around. The community is more involved and they seem to have really responded to the changes. Errtime I go back it makes me kinda miss working for the city. Those were the good ol days.

OCTOBER ROAD: I think I must the only person who watches this show, but it's so good. Im sure I mentioned it in a previous entry. The show starts off kinda slow and there's not anythign real dramatic that happens well except for last episode, I dont know there's juss something bout that show that's got me hooked. Oh yeah I also got addicted to this winterbells game you have to step on the bells and not be able to fall. Its one of those addicting games and the music that goes with the game, wow its like one of those soft lullabies that juss makes you want to lay down, sometimes I juss like to leave the game on w/o even playing it juss for the music.

SWEETY THAI: Thursday nite, went to celebrate Nariza's birfday, they created this artesia city plaza across from the church. There's a couple of new eatery places there to check out. So we went to sweety thai to celebrate nariza's birfday, good food there. I really like their calamari its good stuff. Afterwards hung out for some more at the tea station right next door. They have some small side dishes you can order but most of it drinks like boba and tea. We all shared this non caffeine lemon with honey tea. A nice warm drink on a cold spring evening ha. The weather has been real cold lately. Sometimes it feels like there's going to be a hurricane coming with harsh winds and the bizarre rain.

VANGUARD: Friday nite Micah had joey get us into the Vanguard in hollywood. Fred and I met up the rest of the crew over there. We got hungry waiting so we hit up this whole in the wall burger joint, they make a mean BLT sandwich, it kept the stomach nice and warm while we waited. The club was pretty interesting being it wasnt your typical 'filipino' club. There were mostly chinese, koreans, and other asian ethnicities up in the club ha. When errone finally got there it got crackin real fast. However, there were some weird asian guys over there that like touch you while passing by. Yeaaah, that happened twice in one nite over there. I dont know if Id ever go back there again though, the bar tab gets expensive. They wont let you use your card unless its $30 minimum. So yeah, go figure I guess cuz it's hollywood. In the end though it was fun times. While they were swiping my ID to see if it was legit, I got a little paranoid cuz they swiped it at least 3-4 times. Geez I was getting nervous thinking I may not be able to get inside ha even though I knew my ID was legit.

DOWNTOWN FULLERTON: The celebration continued Saturday evening at rockin' taco for jaycee's birfday. Actually that was my first time at rockin' taco I think we were the only non-white people in the restaurant. Those guys playing piano and singing cover songs start to get real annoying after a while. I was ready to leave within the first 30 min. I was there ha I think it was combination of me being tired, the people there, and the entertainment. So we left that place and hit up florentines afterwards. That place right next to it, has some good drinks for a good price. The place was crackin, the music was alright, but I wasn't really feelin' it too much for various reason. After leaving that place I was bout ready to go to bed already.

NEW ASSISTANT: This past saturday was coy's last day working w/me. He's the second person that I've gone through in the past year that I've been there. Despite my frustrations w/him and the countless times I had to ask the Lord for patience, its been a great 6 months. The messing around, buying take out, the many texts and time off requests I signed off. He did alright for his first job, it's all apart of the learning and growing process. Ha they called us in the beginning, 'coy-fish.' ha Now its all bout the transition from one person to the next. The qualifications of the new guy, well he has it, and he seems to know church stuff pretty well. However...well Ill juss say this, you know how when you start to see/spend time w/someone all the time you start to get irritated and frustrated w/them. Yes, I can see this happening already w/the new guy. Oh why?!


WYD: Last weekend the youf min. started to officially kick off and promote World Youf Day at all the masses. I did the presentation at the Saturday 7pm mass it was exciting getting up there and sharing w/the parish community, the goals and plans, also asking them to help participate as well as pray. A part of me is excited to go, yet a little uneasy at the same time. I think its juss the whole being away from home. Sometimes when Im out of my comfort zone for too long, I get real tired and home sick. The trip is suppose to last for 2 weeks, one week in sydney and the last in new zealand, however I dont think I want to stay for the 2nd week though. I remember about 5 years ago when SH had their youf and young adult LSS and the guys from oxnard came down they had juss came back from world youf day in canada, and all the stories they had came back with...it sounded so exciting real as if you were actually there. Im hoping to get a lot of people who'll help support and sponsor me to go.

FIRST WEEK BACK: The first week back to work is always the hardest especially after a long break. It went by pretty fast but what a intense dramatic week it was. Not juss at work but across the whole nation. Monday that whole VA Tech tragedy, gosh its crazy all the sad things taht took place over there. When I first heard bout it, I didn't really pay too much attention to it, but the more I seen/heard bout it, the more it sunk it. I remember back when I was a jr. in high skool, the whole columbine incident that happened. Ha I made this really big and nice banner to send over there saying something to the affect of 'Our thoughts and prayers are with you.' Then displayed it outside for the whole skool to write on it during lunch. Well there was this one big kid who thought he'd be funny and write something like 'eff you' on it or whatever. Yeah, he got his ass suspended for a good week for the inappropriate remark.


2 more months left!

"I have a dream, that we're going to work it out..."im done, im out God bless