one more before 09

i havent been on here in a month, mainly because i have nothing really to complain about. sure some things bothered me though. hmmm...the DECEMBER CONFIRMATION 2 RETREAT was chill because i was a workerbee and i had an easy and relaxing job. it was quite weird being on the other side i kept thinking to myself wow i was just here as a retreatant last year. MADRIGAL FEASTE: went pretty well, i didnt break my arm or drop the heavy boar's head so that was cool haha. my decatet did a good job i might add, we did a lot better than i had expected except for one night when we had to start over. i was crying during silent night on the last night. ahhh i can't believe that this is my last year its unbereevabrr. MUSIC MAN: im pretty excited and i can't wait till we've learned all of our stuff. i love being a part of this musical and i just wish i could've done this throughout high school. MAH BIRFDAY: it was pretty fun. i finally did something for my birthday, but i thought of what to do like the day before and so alot of people couldn't make it because it was last notice, but its coo. CHRISTMAS!: it was great. midnight mass as usual to kick it off, me and my sisters kept singing the versions we were taught in choir haha like in silent night etc. i had to clean up like crazy though christmas morning. family came over, we watched the celtics lose to the best team in the world. dinner and opening presents all that jazz. me, christine, and tiffany ended up getting a wii for christmas along with my favorite game BRAWL. i got money and giftcards from others =). some of my relatives slept over and my sisters, my cousin, and me watched the curious case of benjamin button and i must say 4 stars meng! OVERALL WINTER BREAK: my break was pretty chill i kept myself busy because i didnt want to spend too much time at home. only thing that was missing was that i didnt go to disneyland (because i still havent renewed my pass yet) and i didnt watch polar express this season so it doesnt fully feel like christmas break. LOOKING BACK AT 08:hmmm... this year was quite challenging. the lakers lost, vocal got dq'd at golden state, grades slipped, and the heartbreak happened, but this year was still a good year. im looking more towards the positives that happened this year like fun in puerto rico, pwning at golden state, singing my many solos haha, getting confirmed, joining the cross trainer ministry, compromising with a good friend, prom and homecoming, obama getting elected, and more. as for 2009, im gonna try my best to make the most of it and make it a better year than 08. im pretty satisfied with the turn out of 08. i would put pictures of the past year up, but DAMN THIS IS LONG!! peace haha. p.s. best movies this year: dark knight, iron man, and benjamin button. (havent seen wanted so i can't put that down haha)

awkward

this was a really awkward week for me. i patched things up with a friend last week and when we went back to school, my mentality was like okay, she's still kinda ignoring me, now what? haha. i just feel awkward around her now haha. i'll fix it though. anyways i've been alright lately. i havent been doing much of my homework, i have mad senioritis. i even had my mom take me to school at 2nd period because i didnt do this timeline project for first period haha. oh yeah i tried out for boars head and omg that tray is so freaking heavy i can't imagine how heavy itll be with the boars head on it. im not saying that i have the solo i dont even really consider myself that good. im pretty humble, but everyone keeps saying to me its so yours. eww i heard a rumour from a lot of people from choir and im just so disgusted lol. on the other hand, i feel very blessed that now i am on the staff list for the next confirmation 2 retreat in december. i really want to be a workerbee because i don't feel like i'm ready to be a facilitator quite yet especially to teens that are one year younger than i am. i was really suprised when i heard richelle call my name because there are some people that i feel are more prepared to staff on a retreat, let alone the con 2 retreat, than me. so this means that im going to miss out on the pacquiao fight and the obey sale, but whateves. i pray that i have a good week, a good thanksgiving, a black friday or in this case brown friday because im so going to rooted on friday for brown friday.

YAY!!!

i love this weekend. i feel really really good. finally i settled things with my good friend kim. she went on retreat and i wrote a short letter to her and she replied with alot to say. i'm not gonna go into detail cuz its no of yo business and plus i dont know everyone who reads my blogs. anyways my weekend was tight, i'll have to admit there were some bad parts i guess like the fires obviously, the lakers lost, but it was their first loss and also i found out my part in the musical and i am marcellus, but im the understudy and to make matters worse i am craig's understudy haha thats what i get for always making fun of him haha. (just for the record, i dont hate craig, he's just one of those people who you'd love to make fun of because he doesnt do anything about it haha.) on friday i had rehearsal, welcomed the retreatants and helped with the loading of the buses. most of the teens that were there looked like they didn't want to be there and when sunday came, they looked like total different people. i truly saw God's love in them.
on saturday, i watched quantum of solace in the morning at like 11 with some people from choir. quantum of solace was a good movie, but i kept remembering that it was a bond movie so i was like ugh points off haha. i expected it to be better, but im still satisfied with the way it turned out even though he only did one chick instead of the usually two and always i was ticked that he didnt say "bond, james bond" or "shaken not stirred" i was like are you serious? he really isn't gonna say it? its a bond movie haha. the actor, daniel craig (idk how his last name is spelled, but whatever) doesnt really look like a james bond type to me, but according to the books, thats how james bond should really look like. i guess its because i grew up with pierce brosnan as james bond. sean connery without a doubt is the best james bond.

later on, i went to prayer warriors with the cross trainers who didnt go on retreat, there was around 10 of us though and we were praying for the retreatants and the cross trainers who went on retreat. i went to my friend matt's house and we played gears of war 2 for a little while, but then we heard that the fire was spreading to chino hills. yesterday was cool, i went to piano lesson, went to mass early to help out with passing out the candles to the parents, stayed after mass to listen to testimonies and watch the slideshow, went to sandra's with all the cross trainers because they eat there after every retreat and went home. i found out that i didnt have school today and so i stayed up till like 2ish and so far all i did today was go to bravo and play nba 2k8.

its been a while

my blogs were starting to get repetitive. im only gonna post on different days haha. even though i didn't fully agree with either candidate because they each had their pros and cons (i was leaning towards obama more), im happy to say that the better man won. last tuesday was great, john mccain and barack obama both had great speeches that made me feel proud to be an american (that sounded lame, but its true). i am also happy that proposition 8 passed. im not against gay people, im just against the idea of gay marriage. it ruins the sanctity of marriage which should be between a man and a woman. pretty old, but "its adam and eve, not adam and steve." God created a woman from adam's rib, not another man.



woo!! thanksgiving is almost here, meaning christmas time is also almost here! december is gonna be a fun-packed month. december con. 2 retreat (first time facilitating (hopefully)), mad feaste!, vocal party at heather's, me turning legal!, and can't forget about CHRISTMAS! i just love the overall feeling of christmas. i wish i had that feeling all throughout my life haha. i might sound like a hypocrite for posting this because i love getting presents, but you should really watch this video it makes you think:



anyways, i've been pretty good lately. my halloween was dope (dont wanna get into details, but it involves a girl), i wanted to see my baby cathy nguyen perform the day after but i wasnt feeling good, im trying out for the school musical "music man", we did okay at the festival at fullerton college, and the last couple days have been good, we beat the huskies 18-17. im really loving this 4 day weekend haha, even though i dont have any plans.

Yesterday

haha yesterday was so dope. it consisted of a lot of eating. rehearsal ended early because josh's call time for the festival in anaheim was 4. me, gerry, keoni, and emerald were determined to win some of the cashh mahhney at mcdonalds from that monopoly sweepstakes thingy. we needed one more for 500 and one more for 25,000 so we waited for like two hours just chillin till we get hungry again so we could try to win haha. We were so full so we ended up just getting fries for us and we got something we didnt need. After a few minutes everyone left and me and gerry both didnt want to go home. we were walking around, saw click and cue is 10 times better than that, it looked so wack in there lol. We called up matt to see what he was doing and he wasn't doing anything like us so we walked to his house and watched a show about gangs on the history channel. we left to go to youngs, but couldn't find any parking so went to joghurt and then went back to youngs and stayed there for a while and matt's friend came too. we were there for a while talking about past girl problems and stuff and you know i had to talk about mine haha. after, we dropped off gerry, went to matt's, saw a shooting star and ended up go to alberto's. yesterday was so chill haha. the whole day only cost me 20 bucks.

love

today in english we were having a discussion and journal entry about love. the topic was to describe love and why do we seek it. i said that love is that tenderness you have inside where you care so much for something and we look for love because it is a neccessity of life. everyone wants love, you feel positive and optimistic. when we were talking about it, marie had a good point. she was saying that you can't really look for love, you have to let it come to you. most of the time when you look for love you ended being screwed over. that was pretty ironic to me because i liked marie, freshman year and thats kind of how it turned out, i didnt really talk to her much after freshman year until this school year haha. after school, for vocal tenors, we had sectionals and we were talking about this subject haha. i came up with the weirdest reality and i didnt know where i was going with it though haha. i thought of the phrase "there's plenty of fish in the sea." i said that the ocean is kind of like love. its rocky at some parts and it takes you places. so i started calling it the ocean of love haha the waves take you places it takes you to the end and it breaks and you're out of love and sometimes it takes you to a river. fresh waters like some sort of fresh love hahaha. today was pretty dope meng. its a thursday so it was pretty much a given haha.

fsho!

thursday is usually my best day of the week, but these last couple days have been so dope!
on thursday: after sectionals some of us were waiting for the girls in womens to see if they wanted to go to johnny rockets with us, but nahh. whateves during that time that we were waiting me, snowflake, and jepri kept fucking around messing with the mens tenor 1 sectional and with some of the girls in womens. freaking bowling in the hall between roddys office and the practice rooms haha and just throwing the red ball at the altos in womens haha. anyways after that, me, jepri, jeremy, and daniel went to johnny rockets and chilled around the shops for a while. slapping some 5 star stickers and talking about girls, specifically the one that daniel has the hugest crush on, but is nervous all the time whenever he's around her. funny thing was we ended up seeing her and saying hi and daniel was off to the side nervous as hell haha. after that he was like i should've said hi to her i can't believe i did that, for about 30 minutes. we were like you know what lets go and talk to her and he started walking the other direction haha. i took him about 20 minutes, but he finally went in the store with us, but we were huddled at the entrance telling him not to be so shy. another 5 minutes go by and he finally says hi, but looks down again. it was the funniest thing haha. side note: damn that store reflection always has hot ass chicks in there haha. after that i needed to leave to go to the cross trainer meeting, but my ride was taking to long so we walked to st paul. at the meeting we talked about what we would like to see more of and we later had adoration.

Friday: i only went to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period because for vocal we had a festival at a protestant church in la that looked like hogwarts haha. it was pretty dope we got to see our competition and some of the people that competed in the golden state competition last year. we also got to see that asshole that ratted us out telling the judges that we were over the time limit and dq'd us. anyways i saw kanye west again haha, that fools dope. i have seen him at so many festivals in the past, all throughout my high school career with the exception of freshman year cuz i was in mens. on the way home, on the bus we played 10 fingers and i must say we are pretty bad haha. when we got to ayala, me, glenn, gerry, and scott went to the shoppes and later on walmart except glenn. we fucked around in walmart filling up a cart and leaving it there and jacking clothes haha. i was really sleepy and ended up sleeping kind of early around 11.

Saturday: For vocal we sang the national anthem at the band competition "music in motion II" we got to have free food and we left after that. me and jepri stayed in the choir room alone just jamming and writing shit on the board for like the next 2 hours or so haha. we were so bored and went to the shoppes. mhm the shoppes for the third day in a row haha. we just chilled there ran into chris tju and went to pinkberry. after i left and i went to baldwin park to pick up my lola esther to bring to lax.

Today: was chill. i woke up around 12 and went to mervyns because there are some good sales because they're going out of business. i went to mass at 5 and i went to guy's night after that. guy's night was pretty dope, i got to learn about myself. so anyways my weekend was pretty dope meng!

AMEN!!

60 things most girls dont know
Guys hate sluts even though they have sex with them!
(oh yeah..you're not "popular" if you've slept with more than 6 guys..you're a HOE)
--"Hey, are you busy?" or "Are you doing something?" ~ two phrases guys open with to stop from stammering on the phone.
--Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about.
--Before they call, guys try to plan out a little about what they're gonna say so there aren't awkward pauses, but once he's on the phone he forgets it all and makes it up as he goes.
--Guys go crazy over a girl's smile.
--Guys will do anything just to get you to notice him.
--Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend or ex love-interest. Unless they're goin for the let-her-complain-to-you-and-then-have-her-realize-how-wonderful-and-nice-you-are method.
--A guy who likes you wants to be the only guy you talk to.
--Boyfriends need to be reassured often that they're still loved.
--Don't talk about your guy friends to your boyfriend.
--Guys get jealous easily.
--Guys are more emotional than they'd like people to think.
--Giving a guy a hanging message like "You know what?!..uh...nevermind.." would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking. And he'll assume he did something wrong and he'll obsess about it trying to figure it out.
--Guys are good flatterers when courting but they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.
--Guys hate asking parents for money to buy girls presents. So they come up with ideas like saving their lunch money for a week. But it never works because guys are always hungry so they end up asking the parents for money anyway.
--Girls are guys' weaknesses.
--Guys are very open about themselves.
--It's good to test a guy first before you trust him. But don't let him wait too long.
--Your best friend, whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problems with you may end up being admired by your boyfriend.
--If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don't need to give advice.
--A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you.
--Guys love you more than you love them if they are serious in your relationships.
--Guys will brag about anything.
--Guys use words like hot or cute to describe girls. We rarely use beautiful. If a guy uses that, he likes you a whole hell of a lot.
--No matter how much guys talk about asses and boobs, personality is key.
--Guys learn from experience not from the romance books that girls read and take as their basis of experience.
--Guys worry about the thin line between being compassionate and being whipped.
--Guys think WAY too much. One small thing a girl does, even if she doesn't notice it can make the guy think about it for hours, trying to figure out what it meant.
--Guys seek for advice from girls not other guys. Because most guys think alike, so if one guy's confused, then we're all confused.
--Any guy could write out a rulebook or advice book for flirting, but no guy can write out a book about relationships.
--Try to be as straightforward as possible.
--If the guy does something stupid in front of the girl, he will think about it for the next couple days or until the next time he spends time with the girl.
--If a guy looks unusually calm and laid back, he's probably faking it and is spazzing inside.
--When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl, he really is. Guys rarely say that.
--When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he's just actually saying, "Please come and listen to me."
--Guys don't really have final decisions.
--If a guy starts to talk seriously, listen to him. It doesn't happen that often, so when it does, you know something's up.
--If your best guy friend seems to avoid you or is never around when you're with your boyfriend, he's probably jealous and likes you.
--When a guy tells you that you are beautiful, don't say you aren't. It makes them want to stop telling you because they don't want you to disagree with them.
--When a guy looks at you for longer than a second, he's definitely thinking something.
--Guys like femininity not feebleness.
--Guys don't like girls who punch harder than they do.
--A guy has more problems than you can see with your naked eyes.
--Don't be a snob. Guys can be intimidated and give up easily.
--Everything in moderation. Put on makeup, wear perfume. Just not too much.
--Guys talk about girls more than girls talk about guys.
--Guys hate rejection, but they hate being led on even more.
--If you are going to reject a guy, just do it. Don't say they are like a brother or just good friends, it just hurts even more. Tell them that you aren't interested in a relationship and they will respect you.
--Guys really think that girls are strange and have unpredictable decisions and are MAD confusing but somehow are drawn even more to them.
--A guy would give his left nut to be able to read a girl's mind for a day.
--No guy can handle all his problems on his own. He's just too stubborn to admit it.
--Not all guys are assholes. Just because ONE is a jackass doesnt mean he represents ALL of us.
--We don't like girls who are too skinny.
--We love it when girls talk about there boobs.
--Always make sure you know what kind of stuff your getting into before making out with a guy ...like wheather it's a one time deal or not ....
--Believe it or not shy guys are the most easiest to talk to..it may not seem right but trust me they will start opening up like books after you just ask them questions about their lives and unoticable tell them about yours...
--When a guy hits your butt it means that he wants you sexually
--Even if they refuse it all guys are ticklish on the ribs..
--Guys love neck rubs and if he lets you keep doing it ..it means that he really likes you or his neck really hurts...
--Guys will test the waters to see how far they can get with you. Even if he doesn't intend to it will happen. Know how far it is you want to let him go and he will respect that...after you let him know a couple times.
--When a guy sacrifices his sleep and health just to be with you, he really likes you and wants to be with you as much as possible.

another cool weekend

friday was cool. ehh rehearsal, home for like an hour, came back for singing the national anthem for choir, and after it was kinda wack haha. 30 minutes after singing the national anthem was over, i ended up being alone in the band hall playing luv sic pt3 haha. I was needing to go to chino buffet for my friend rob's 18th birthday. I just didnt want to go to the game. I got my mom to pick me up after mass and went home. After that i picked up matt duarte at school to go to chino buffet. We got there and everyone looked like they've been there for hours haha but it was all good. i got to be with my homies. I really need my license haha. saturday was dope. woo cal state fullerton festival. we were the opening choir and one of the choirs that got invited to perform as a whole because the honorary choir was made up of many high schools. But only quartets of the high school. so it was an honor to perform there in cal state fullerton. they're new auditorium is so tight. i love the acoustics in there it reminded me of mt sac's auditorium. After the festival i finally got to meet kanye west haha over the years i've seen this fool from santiago high school that looks like kanye west and it was pretty cool cuz we acknowledged each other and we talked about each other's choirs haha it was pretty tight to have met that fool and he said everyone calls him kanye. After that part of vocal went to fatburger and i was hella full after that. we kept picking on craigo haha. the way back was tight because tim got distracted and we ended up in buena park haha. when we were there i was like wtf medieval times, mcdonalds. dude i think were in buena park, lets go to knotts haha (in our tuxes). haha it was dope. Today i couldnt even wake up. i was too sleepy, i ended up going to 11 o'clock mass though. after i just chilled at home went to craigo's house for that semi sectionaland after i stayed at home.

BEST WEEKEND EVER!!

Wooo!!! i loved this weekend! friday after choir practice some of us stayed after and we were jamming and dancing and stuff for a little bit haha. Then i went home, i went to go order the corsage for hc and to go get my tie. after took a nap, then i went to the harvest festival. i met up with mah nigguhh matt for a little while, then i hung out with rob and janno for the rest of the night and the group made a bboy circle, that was pretty tight, but it didnt last long haha. Later on i ran into my homecoming date katrina for a little while and after i ran into some old friends that i havent seen in a while including my friend megan haha. ughh the only thing is i saw that girl that i've been talking alot about on here, but whatevs. Saturday came by and i was so excited for homecoming! i woke up around 10ish and i was just watching jack and having cap'n crunch :) my mom came hella late from my sister's soccer game around like 1:30ish though and i needed to get a move on to go pick up the corsage, buy a new wallet, and buy gifts for my cousin's party that i didnt go to. So i was really pressed for time because i had to pick up katrina by 2:30 to begin the festivities haha and to top it all off my mom kept on panicking and yelling at me because she left a chair at the park for my sisters game. I got home finally and i had 20 minutes to get ready so i didnt take a shower and i still had to iron my shirt and stuff. So i got picked up by leann and her mom hahaha because i can't drive so leann's mom took us around, then i went to katrina's house, then andy's and we took pictures and stuff. After we went to jc penney for the pictures and we had the funniest photographer ever!! he would chuckle after everything he said. After that 3 hour madness at jc penney me, katrina, leann, andy, caroline, and i forgot the other girls name (sorry haha) to johnny carino's, then we went to the dance. woo!! homecoming was so much fun! then we went to guppy house. on sunday i was gonna play ball at 9am with some of the cross trainers, but i was too sleepy and sore so i just slept and woke up at around 1. I went to church around 3 for church choir practice for the 5 o'clock mass and that was fun. i went to the harvest festival after and ate with my sisters then i was with katrina and i met her friend fatima i believe and i forced katrina to go on chicago loop with me haha that was fun then we went on himalaya. we met up with nee coal and janno later on and then katrina had to leave. After that was BLACKOUT BINGOOO!! wooo!!! i didnt win though :( i had 2 more!! Oh well this weekend was the shit no doubt. i want more weekends like this. its hard to believe that this was my first and last homecoming, but whatever who knows i might go next year haha idk.

the weekend

Another chill weekend. Friday I forgot what I did except for vocal rehearsal. Saturday I went to Harkins with Rob, tbag, and Devon. Janno couldn't come though, but oh well. We saw Righteous Kill and that was pretty tight. After we went to Thai BBQ and we went back down towards Harkins to Maggie Moo's and just chilled. Today I went to choir practice before mass and sang at the 5 o'clock mass. It's been a while since I've sang in choir at church so that was pretty nice. Came home, my tutor came and basically I just chilled after. I still need to do my homework lol. My weekend was dope! I hope next weekend will be dope too and the weekend after cuz thats Homecoming and the Harvest Festival! I'm so stoked to go to Homecoming with someone I genuinely care about. It'll be tight!

Yee

Today was pretty chill. So many people got asked to homecoming today and i kicked it off last night lol. I'm pretty stoked for homecoming! I finally asked someone who isn't a straight up bitch and is overall chill to be around haha shes cute too :) Okay and about that one girl thats been messing up mah head lately. I'm gradually getting over her, I really don't care if we go back to being friends or not, I could care less. She isn't important to me anymore at all anyways. Well whatever happens happens I guess and I guess you learn from your mistakes right?

Woo!! Today!!

Went to the cross trainer meeting at 7. I started to realize where my faith has been and like I feel like I should really be more positive, start to pray more often, and think about what I'm doing more. I shouldn't really rely on certain events like retreats or anything just to make me feel better. I want to feel like that everyday no doubt and my main goal now is to have a stronger relationship with God and to be content with errthang yadidamean? After people shared their faith life as it stands today we had ADORATION! I feel all cleansed now, but the real test is going to school tomorrow and facing my everyday problems. After the cross trainer meeting, we were chillin as usual at church and I asked my friend Katrina to Homecoming! woo! she said yes or else I wouldn't have blogged about it haha. Now I'm feeling a lot better and I hope the good news keeps coming.

My Day

ehh today was alright. i swear my day doesnt get any good until 9:28, when i get out of freaking 2nd period haha. im always almost late to first period and i dont wanna go to 2nd period everyday. Whatever i guess today was aight, i didnt really see her today as much as all the other day which was a good thing. In 3rd period we presented our anglo-saxon poems and my group's poem was the bomb haha. freaking pancakes. Ill post that poem soon haha. All the other periods it was just another day. Lunch was dope. I was in the choir room as usual and i was at the bass' "sectional" and we just had a jam session. We gotta do it again and tape that shit tomorrow i swear. Jepri can freestyle haha. Oh yeah and today i was going to ask my friend to homecoming, but i didnt really come up with a plan on how to ask her so i didnt do it. So tomorrow will most likely be the day haha. woo cant wait for tomorrow! school, sectional, CROSS TRAINER MEETING, and getting tutored. An overall chill day, im beginning to love thursdays now. Everytime im feeling bad im always like yay today's thursday. i love cross training :)

my weekend

damn i wrote one earlier, but i accidently closed the box haha. well anyways my weekend was tight. mostly yesterday though cuz for cross training we had our catholympics kinda retreat thing which consisted of reflection, sharing, in-n-out, chillin while people were playing football haha, water balloon capture the flag, tug o war, watching people jump rope and double dutch, and finally a legit game of basketball. Before yesterday i havent played basketball since like may and thats really unhealthy and the longest break from basketball i've ever had in my life. i need to get on that. i was gonna play ball again this morning at 9 at crossroads, but when i woke up i was super sore. So i ended up just chillin, going on myspace and making this blogspot haha until about 12 when i went to shima for some shabu shabu. I havent had some in a while so that was good. I went home, watched harry potter, took a nap, then woke up for mass at 5, i was gonna go to the guys night after, but i remembered i had homework which i havent started yet haha. I have to do an Anglo-Saxon Poem. Anglo-Saxon poems deal with isolation and loneliness, so i knew exactly what to write about haha. My teacher also said we could write about someone and i was like oh perfect. Damn i do not wanna go to school tomorrow, but whatever i hope the week goes well. Im already starting to lose touch with some people :(