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1st Day in the Philippines

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:17:59 -0700

So my mom and I arrived to SFO on sunday around 645 pm? After we checked in our luggage we had dinner with my dad in the food court and then made our way to the gate. We were pretty early, I found out later that our flight was departing at 1150 instead of 1030 so I had plenty of time to do nothing haha…Anyways while I was at the gate, I decided to watch a movie on my macbook, good thing I brought hella dvd’s too, I ended up watching Gran Torino, which btw is a great freakin movie, totally recommend!

Our flight started boarding around 1130, and we left the USA around midnight…plane ride to Manila was too freakin long! 12 hours and 24 minutes is too much, especially considering I have to sleep in a chair, not lying down or anything ya dig? BOO! So we arrived to Manila around 345 AM, July 21, 2009. The time here is ahead by 15 hours, so after we landed we had to make our way to the connecting flight to Cebu, ended up waiting in Manila for 2 1/2 hours cuz the flight didn’t depart till 750 am…I just chilled in the boarding area and yeah…

Arrived in Cebu around 9 ish? Got our bags, got picked up by my mom’s brother and then made our way to the hotel, which is where I’m at right now…free internet FTW! My mom and I are just waiting for her other brother to arrive and then it’s off to SM to have some lunch…oh and btw I had to bring a suit for my cousins wedding, the only thing I ended up leaving behind was the coat, fuuuuck lol. So my mom wasn’t as mad just mad at the fact that we have to buy one now haha, k well i’ll tumbl my next day soon, love you guys! love especially mky

For Zahra

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:04:34 -0700

I know you’ll be reading this, you have your laptop on your lap, and Jesus is sitting right next to you, but if you can please answer this question, why do I feel like you’re having a blast while in heaven? I feel like you’re just messing around up there totally having fun lol but I really do miss you, and I love you Zahra

Zahra and I first met in high school, I met her through my friend Darrell. We used to talk a lot on the phone and eventually she came to my birthday party where we first met. We talked every now and then after that but we were then reunited when I joined JAC 63…I looked at her differently, I remember she was den mother when I joined, and the brothers dorm was being too loud one night, she walked in along with another sister and said we were being too loud and that as punishment we had to say the hail mary lol. I was intimidated, and at the same time I looked up to her, even though we were the same age, and I was older by like 2 weeks! lol Seeing her at JAC made me wanna change for the better, I wanted to turn my life towards Jesus.

After serving a couple of retreats with Zahra, we parted ways for a while. I came back to JAC 80 with the help of Melanie…I remember during that renewal, Zahra and I sat down in the eating area and we just talked and caught up. I also remember asking her who she think would be the next assistant lol, I remember telling her how I wanted to become one eventually, I wanted to do what she did. By God’s grace, I was called, 9 months later was JAC 83 reunion, and I called Zahra and asked her to please come by, I thought she would be proud of me. She came by, and by God’s grace she stayed to help serve others and eventually was called to become a mentor for Aileen.

For some reason when I came back to JAC I felt so comfortable, and when I hung with JAC people outside of JAC, it made me feel like I was on top of the world…I wanted to avoid my friends who weren’t in JAC and wanted to hang out more with my JAC family…I told Zahra of my situation and she told me she felt the same way, we both loved how we were able to have a real mature conversation with someone in JAC despite how old they would be, take for example Brandon or Nicole…We loved that there was no drama in JAC and if there was we were able to resolve it as adults…we made a promise to each other to hang out more…we started fufilling that promise too, I ended up making cupcakes with her, Aileen, and Allen one night, we made plans to go to Great America, and to see Blink 182 in concert…

I’m so mad at myself…I didn’t call her that one day to hang out while Mark and Melanie were planning the retreat, she got upset with me and I felt bad…Soon after that she started tweeting about how she was sick and she asked for prayers, I didn’t even pray for her. I played it off as a simple sickness and that she would be over it and up on her feet hanging out with me, Melanie, Allen, Aileen, and Nicole…She said something about not having health insurance either =...I called her a week ago to check up on her, but she didn’t answer…

We arrive to today, after JAC 86 workshop Uncle Mario delievered the terrible news…I was shocked, and mad at myself…If only I prayed, if only we hung out more…It made me appreciate many things too, sometimes it takes something like this to turn it into a lesson for many others…After today, when we all hugged and said our goodbyes, each JAC staffer said to another “i love you”…It made me happy inside, don’t just say it to your family or loved ones, say it to your friends, why? Because for all you know it may be the last time you see that person…

After I heard the news, I cried, but at the same time I heard Zahras voice in my head telling me to stop crying and to just go out and have fun…

I miss you and love you Zahra, try and to have too much fun while up there ok?

p.s. we plan on going to Great America soon, the guys and I will leave a open seat for you =)

National Doughnut Day is a go on June 5, 2009! Free doughtnuts for all!

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:24:20 -0700

National Doughnut Day is a go on June 5, 2009! Free doughtnuts for all!

i need a new job…seriously! where to apply though, lucky? target? a bank teller? any other...

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:21:47 -0700

i need a new job…seriously! where to apply though, lucky? target? a bank teller? any other ideas people?!

my summer is going lovely so far…so many things planned, and i’m spending it with the...

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:20:49 -0700

my summer is going lovely so far…so many things planned, and i’m spending it with the people that mean the world to me…

trying to catch up on my running, i doubt i can go tomorrow, so i’ll probably go on friday, sorry patrick! 4.4 miles each week, that’s my goal!

with the jac fam about to watch up! yayuhh

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:37:54 -0700

with the jac fam about to watch up! yayuhh

dude coldstones is selling ice cream that doesn’t melt from june 3 - july 28…let’s...

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:48:43 -0700

dude coldstones is selling ice cream that doesn’t melt from june 3 - july 28…let’s get some tonight!

they were working with the fellows over at the jell-o factory and basically what it is, when your ice cream is at room temperature, instead of melting, it turns into pudding! coldstones FTW!

reminder to self: watch up, land of the lost, and the hangover

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:14:45 -0700

reminder to self: watch up, land of the lost, and the hangover

I love reading the comics, now can someone please get me one of...

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:57:23 -0700

I love reading the comics, now can someone please get me one of these plushies?

what a great day! I love my jac fam, i’m right where I want to be in life, everything is going...

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:44:38 -0700

what a great day! I love my jac fam, i’m right where I want to be in life, everything is going so great.

what else does summer have in stored for me?

most likely when you watch a show involving celebrities, they are like what D-list celebrities? the...

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:49:58 -0700

most likely when you watch a show involving celebrities, they are like what D-list celebrities? the old movie star, the unknown couple, the reject baldwin brother, the eliminated singer, the retired wrestler, the retired athlete…typical show

which reminds me i’m also tired all the VH1 celebreality shows, they can go on for so long too…Flavor Flav —> New York —> ?…Brett Michaels —> Daisy —> ?… Ray J —> ? —> ?… STOP IT ALREADY! PLAY MUSIC!

yay! hopefully this is my new xanga…I will most likely be using this and my twitter aw I miss...

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:36:08 -0700

yay! hopefully this is my new xanga…I will most likely be using this and my twitter

aw I miss blogging, hopefully people will subscribe to me and read about my life.

i’ll most likely talk about school, jac, fam, technology, music, tv…anything that interests me basically!