Tuesday, October 07, 2003

its recall election time
so go out and vote...

NO ON PROP 54!!!

and for governor....hmm...i dunno...check this out...


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Sunday, September 28, 2003

week 0
so this was just my last ever week 0 at ucsd. did a lot of tabling for apsa this past week and did a few of the welcome week activities that were going on. mainly, i just went to the different dances (marshall, all campus, warren, multigreek) and went to the summer bridge reunion. 1st day of class was pretty cool...had 2 classes, my sign language lab class and tep 117. not 1 word was verbally said in my sign class, as we just practiced saying our names in sign, and played some charades. tep 117 was full...out of 120 seats in the class...there were at least 150 peeps in the class, 30 of whom were trying to get in. ian and i, who are already in the class, came 5 min before the class started and had to stand in the back. that night was the APSA ice cream social.
friday was day 2 of school, where i had 2 other classes. hdp 191 and asl class (not lab). good news/bad news...good news is i'm the only male in a class full of 35 females...bad news is I'M THE ONLY MALE IN A CLASS FULL OF 35 FEMALES! i feel like im gonna have to be the voice of all males in this class...it already started on friday when we had to defend or argue against the statement "males and females develop their personalities differently due to the shape of their brains and their differing hormones." yep...i had to tread carefully when speaking. even more pressure was...the professor knew my name (obviously cuz im the only male in the class)...i hope i make it out alive! asl class was pretty much the same as asl lab...no talking! that night, i had dinner w/ Kim, Stephanie (Kim's roomie), Lauren, Ryan, Annie, & Daniel at fuddruckers before i headed out to the KP bonfire at paradise point. got boba at Green Tea House w/ Cerissa, Abby, Gail, & Daniel (different one) and headed out to La Jolla Cove for a bit and hung out @ Cerissa's dorm.
Saturday was the APSA bonfire @ La Jolla Shores...so that was pretty much all day...then got more boba @ Tapioca Express w/ Cerissa, Abby, & Gail...and hung out some more @ Cerissa's dorm...yep, sometimes repetition can be fun.
so now, instead of practicing my fingerspelling for asl, here i am typing out this blog. tomorrow morning, i start my research by tutoring at torrey pines high school before going to class. and so school starts forreals...tomorrow. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages >=0

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

last day of summer
tomorrow is the first day of class...am i ready? no. 2 classes tomorrow...sign language (stupid last muir college requirement that i havent finished up yet) at 930...and tep 117 @ 2pm. APSA ice cream social is tomorrow @ 630, and then hopefully/maybe pb bar & grill tomorrow night. and so tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of my time here at ucsd. 1 more year, 3 more quarters, 7 more classes, and im outta here! stay tuned we'll be back after these messages =p

Thursday, September 18, 2003

i wonder...
why i haven't been blogging. maybe because nothing has been happening lately to warrant me blogging. just trying to enjoy my last bit of summer break. went to disneyland and california adventure on monday, got stuck on a ride (the water ride @ CA) and they had to drain the ride to rescue us. wing nights @ callahan's with friends are always fun. that's all the really exciting things that happned to me lately. school starts in 1 week. am i ready for it? no thanks! stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =p

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

hmm...
yes i have been gone for awhile. nothing much has been happening...just trying to enjoy the rest of my summer. went to the beach today w/ Aldrin, Ryan & Lauren. the waves are soooooo much better for boogie boarding @ torrey pines state beach than they are @ la jolla shores! only drawback is that i think the lifeguards are only there during the summer, cuz they weren't there today...so if you arent a somewhat decent swimmer/boarder, i wouldnt recommend it unless there are some lifeguards there. came home, took a nap, and then hung out w/ Nan for the rest of the night. pretty chill my days have been since summer bridge ended. i did get a new cell phone last week...a Motorola T721 for at&t, meaning that im gonna be ending my contract a lil early w/ cingular. better to pay $150 to get out of the contract, then to pay ~$200 for another 5-6 months of crappy service. do i wanna fill u in on everything else that ive done since i last blogged? eh, not really...maybe later....prolly not though. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

Saturday, August 30, 2003

it's over
so summer bridge ended yesterday. i cant believe its over...the whole month went by really fast. the way i led my suite this summer was really inspired by my atc Jesson and many of the things that he did with me when i was a student during bridge. i hope my students got as much, if not more, from bridge as i did when i went through it. here's to you Alex, Mark, Miguel, Huy, Mohan, & Roberto...i am honored that i got the chance to know you guys over the past month...i look forward to meeting with each of you over the next year. just remember that i am not just your atc...i am also your friend.

now that i'm home, its weird knowing that i dont have anything to do for the next 3-4 weeks til school starts. i have a few things that i have to take care of for one of my classes, but other than that...im down for fun. i wanna go to vegas and have the "vegas" experience...i dont wanna go with family, just with a bunch of friends. so is anybody down for a trip? stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

happy 22nd birthday to the bestest friend in the whole wide world, Chie Cathy Saito...hope your day was great...but you're still a big dork =p

Thursday, August 14, 2003

i dunno what im typing
cuz yeah it's late/early, and i am not fully here. yep i had some fun tonight, since it is after all my night off from summer bridge. one thing that i realized based on reading my past blogs over the past month or so is that i have been reminiscing a lot about my bridge '99 memories. i guess it's because of my experiences working at bridge this summer, and noticing the scary similarities between the guys of my suite, and the guys of the suite that i was in back in '99. also, a lot of the experiences that i experienced in '99 are happening all over again...nothing too major, just a few things. ok...my brain is not really functioning right now...i'm surprised that im even coherent right now as i type this. but before i go, just wanted to say hi to my friend nina (not the one on clickages)...but the one who's apartment that i am coming to u live from right now as we speak. she's my friend from way back when i was a 1st year @ ucsd. she's on the phone right now, but i thought i would just give her a shout out before i lefted. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

night off
yup, tonight is my night off from summer bridge. and yes, i do have the worst nights off from bridge (what is there to do on monday and wednesday nights anyway?) why is it that the newbies to summer bridge gets the cool nights off, and the veterans like me get crappy nights...well actually, im the only veteran to get such crappy nights. so yeah, instead of partying since no one partys on a monday night, i went down south to chula vista to get my hair streaked by my coworker/friend Suzie...well, it didnt really get streaked, more like blobbed, since my hair is so short. i have blobs of light brown and black all over the top of my head...oh well, it's a change from my normal black hair. thanks suzie for the hair job.

so as for the lack of updates, bridge has been keeping me quite busy. i work from 4-midnight everyday, and im usually roaming around argo hall after midnight, before i go to sleep around 3 or 4am. so i just have mornings and early afternoons off to do anything, and i usually just sleep the morning away, waking up just in time for lunch @ noon. so technically, i have 4 hours to do my thing...usually, i just go to the beach or run errands and shower, before i have to go to my 4pm staff meetings. so yes, u can say that my days are pretty full...but i like it, cuz bridge is fun. sometimes i wish i could go back to when i was a bridge student so i can relive some of my memories, change some things that didnt work out my way and maybe create some new ones with some people (person)...i look at the students of this year, and remember how it was for me way back in '99. i had a lot of fun back then, but some things just didnt work out, or fell through the cracks, and looking back at it...if i had the chance, i woulda worked harder to make some of these things work out. but i guess thats all u can do in retrospect, just look back and wish u could change things for the better. that's life. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =l

Monday, August 04, 2003

it's 7:46am...why am i awake???
because i had to wake my students up for their 1st day of class. yep...summer bridge 2003 started on saturday, and it's been a busy weekend. lotsa activities and get to know you stuff went on this weekend. my students are sooooooooooooo cool...i couldnt have asked for better students, and it's only the 3rd day of the program. i hope that it wont change over the next 4 weeks. the dynamic of my suite is something that i did not expect to happen right away...and i am glad that it is happening, since it means less work on my part to make things work, and that is a good thing. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

home...but not for long
moved half of my stuff that i need for the month into argo hall today after training...didnt get the room i was expecting to get, but cant do anything about it, so imma just make the most of it. weird that i'm gonna be the atc of the suite that i was in when i went through summer bridge, way back in the summer of 99. didnt feel like staying there tonight, cuz not too many people are staying there tonight...most likely i'll be there tomorrow night though. gonna cut this post short cuz i got training at 8am, meaning that i gotta get up at the buttcrack of dawn so i can make it to training on time. and u know i'm definitely not a happy camper when it comes to getting up at the buttcrack of dawn...thats the time i usually go to bed =p thats what i get for not staying @ argo tonight...oh well. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =S

Monday, July 28, 2003

another quickie
got my car back yesterday...they forgot to connect one of my back lights...grr =/
installed a new stereo...Panasonic cq-df583u...from Circuit City...in my car today it plays mp3 cd's =)
bbq @ Edsel's today...made yummy pork chops...proved why they call me "Cheffrey" haha
retreat @ Julian for summer bridge was great...had lots of fun, and got me some caramel apples
k...time to sleep...training @ 9am tomorrow =/

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Wednesday, July 23, 2003

a quick blog because...
i gotta go to sleep so i can get up @ 730 to start training for Summer Bridge tomorrow. yup...training starts tomorrow, and the program starts a week from saturday...fun times ahead.

more movies to add to my list of movies
Johnny English
Bad Boys 2


yep my summer is full of movies. went to Irvine yesterday to watch Johnny English with Ellen and hang out with her at Dave and Busters at the Irvine Spectrum...lotsa fun, lotsa randomness...i like =)
then visited Jen Minimo & Rachelle Casinio @ their apts in Irvine, and caught up on each other's lives...more good times
watched Bad Boys 2 today with Liziel, my friend and student from bridge 2 years ago, then went to Dave and Busters in Mission Valley to meet up with Ronnel, Joanne, Annie, Ant, Eugene, & Matt did i mention that i'm becoming a DnB junkie too? didnt think so. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

Saturday, July 19, 2003

coming to u live from...
LAS VEGAS!!! right now i'm blogging from the kitchen of my mom's house on my laptop. boo to dial-up connection...it's sooooo fricken slow i tell ya. it's so hot here...but weird cuz it was raining and lightning last night. i've been here since thursday night...right after i turned my car in to get fixed, i got my rental Pontiac Grand Am, and headed up the 15 with my auntie lyn and my cousin romeo to vegas. got here round midnight on thurs night/fri morning. the thing that sucks though is that i came down with a cold on thursday, and ive been trying to recover since then. i'm feeling much better now...but im still recovering lil bit. also, i'm missing Mr. Baker's going away bonfire in SD tonight...oh well...sorry mang.

right now my mom, my aunt, and my cousin went to chinatown las vegas while i just stayed here to rest a lil bit. so right now, i'm listening to NAS's "If I ruled the World" video on BET on the tv in the background and blogging away. i caught up to my nephew Rajen and my niece Sydnee last night, and took them out to Circus Circus, even though i was snotty and coughity...but they had fun. Sydnee came home with a few new stuffed animals to add to her collection, thanks to a few of the 50 cent midway games we played. i enjoyed seeing her smile each time we won a stuffed animal for her...i shall post pics of her soon. well...im gonna go back to veggin in front of the TV, so i can feel a bit better. might go out to aladdin tonight...we'll see how i feel. but i definitely wanna feel better by tomorrow, cuz that's when i head back. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =l

Thursday, July 17, 2003

movies seen so far this summer
The Italian Job

Finding Nemo

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Terminator 3


yes i've been watching a lot of movies this summer...i still want to see Bad Boys 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2, and American Wedding. yeah, it's costing a lot of money, but i enjoy watching movies with friends. if u wanna watch with me...just call me up...i'm always down to go. thankfully, summer bridge training starts next week, meaning that i'll be getting paid soon...these movies DO cost money, and it would be nice to have some money in my account. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)
photos
click here to see pictures from my birthday this past weekend, as well as pictures from Jasmine's 22nd birthday which was today.

happy belated 23rd birthday DorkyJanet whose birthday was on July 15...youre a year older, and dorkier than ever...but i hope u had a good one! =)

happy 22nd birthday to Jasmine who's birthday was today (7/16)...hope u had fun w/ us @ olive garden tonight...check the photos =)

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Sunday, July 13, 2003

yes i'm 22
thank you everybody for the birthday wishes..and thanks for those of u who made i t out to my bbiirthday celebraetions @ joe's crab sahck and e st. alleya...just got home, and im n ot really typing strainght..im not really buczzed anymore or drunk...jjust really tired and my hands are out aof orsder right now...honestly, havent dankr since way earleir, i just dont want to correcet my mistakes right nowa. happy birthday to me...stya tuned..we'll be aback after these messagaes =)_

Sunday, July 06, 2003

finally!!!
after many weeks of complaining bout not going to the beach...i finally went yesterday. Darrell, Ann, and her friend Dennis came with me, as well as a few of Darrell's friends (i forget their names). i got the opportunity to test out my new boogie board...and might i say it was quite fun...my tan is developing quite nicely...a few more trips to the beach, and i shall have a somewhat normal tan for a black filipino ;)



after the beach, we went to Hooters and then the san diego county del mar fair (it will always be the del mar fair, not the san diego county fair) NFG performed, and they were pretty good...especially when they played the Karate Kid clasic "The Glory of Love."


after the concert, we walked around the fair where i indulged in a deep fried snickers bar...an overpriced, yet tasty experience. they were $3.50, i prolly coulda made my own for under $1...but its all good since it IS fair food. i also got my caramel apples. =)

twas quite a fun day, thanks Darrell (and the other APhiO peeps), Dennis, and Angeli for yesterday's fun. yes folks...summer fun is here again!!! stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)

Saturday, July 05, 2003

Happy 4th of July...and whoever hit me, fuck you!
yeah...so today was the 4th of july...i was looking forward to having fun with all the festivities, and my friends. i walk up to my car, and what do i see?





yeah...i was shocked. at first i thought it was a big bird who decided to use my car as a bathroom, but i dont think bird crap has some red in it (unless the bird had bloody crap). some bastard decided to park in our complex and scrape my car...and didnt have the decency to leave a note of apology. it was prolly someone's drunk ass who decided to park in our complex to watch the mira mesa 4th of july parade, and left in a huge hurry. damn it! this is the 3rd time in the last 18 months that my car has been damaged when i wasnt even in the car...im sick of putting it in the shop for repairs. thankfully the insurance company is being patient with all of these "incidents"...just sucks that each time i have to front $250 for the deductable...i hate it! stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages >=O

Thursday, July 03, 2003

perfect beach weather
and yet i havent been to the beach yet this summer. ive been wanting to go, but everyone is busy with summer school, work, or plain ol laziness. hopefully i get to go to the beach before i turn 22...by the way i turn 22 in 9 days, just in case u forgot...but no worries, u still got plenty of time to get me a birthday gift ;) i've become a dave & buster's junkie...i've been there twice within the last week...funny how i'm spending money, and yet i dont have any sort of income coming from a job. ah well...summer bridge training is a lil over 3 weeks away, can't wait. oh well...back to being a bum, hopefully i wont get too broke. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =)