| Upsaid journal entries and comments by user: kgrp |
| (File created on: September 14 2005) |
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| the new mrs. robinson |
yes, she's now Mrs. Robinson.
and yes, we downloaded that song to play at her reception. =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 26 2005 at 8:03 am |
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| sexay |
sexay!!!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 24 2005 at 8:44 pm |
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| ben & brandy - the couple |
finally, a picture of brandy =) and of course, there's ben, her fiance whom she will marry today! muchas felicidades a ustedes! i'm so happy for you both!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 22 2005 at 12:45 pm |
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| candle |
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 21 2005 at 9:24 pm |
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| ben & brandy |
can you believe i haven't taken a picture of me & brandy yet? so this beautiful picture taken by joslyn will have to do for now... i used this photo for the front cover to the wedding programs, which brandy let me design - yay! which meant a lotta runnin around today to get things done & printed...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 20 2005 at 5:32 pm |
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| ya la vi la brandy |
i'm here in texas typing this post from brandy's fiance's sister's husband's computer... and i sure hope he lets me use it again. i feel like i've been away from "civilization" for oh-so-long, mostly, from 3pm wednesday till midnight on thursday. i guess that's not -that- long a time but i've been editing photos of brandy & ben and working on their wedding progams and it fricking sucks to have a laptop open and no internet connection!!! i've been so spoiled at home...
but it's really nice just to be hanging out with my yunta again, so, hey, i guess that's a fair trade, eh?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 19 2005 at 10:25 pm |
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| leaves |
just a photo of the trees... =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 19 2005 at 10:16 pm |
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| apples & oranges |
from the wedding... these fruits came in beautiful baskets that were giveaways, nice, huh?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 18 2005 at 10:49 am |
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| yummy! |
it was so nice to see the bride sneak in a piece of kalbi =) even she couldn't stay away! hahah...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 17 2005 at 11:08 am |
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| pam & ron's wedding |
they got engaged almost 2 years ago and yesterday they got married... congratulations you two!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 16 2005 at 5:17 pm |
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| PunTaboo! |
inspired by jimbo's puntaboo...
if you insult her hair it causes anguish
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 13 2005 at 8:31 am |
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| math is beautiful! |
this is what nerd math teachers take pictures of at the nctm math conference... yes... that would be me =) oh, and this is a 3-dimensional fractal with a pyramid unit shape. cute, huh?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 12 2005 at 1:02 pm |
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| gym night tonight!!!! |
oh my gosh i am SOO excited that there'll be gym night this wednesday and every wednesday from now on... IT'S ABOUT TIME!!! yah, so that's where i'll be from 8-midnight every week =) shweet!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 11 2005 at 10:18 am |
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| @llfc =) enjoy! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 69.108.93.164) on 05 / 18 / 2005 at 7:19 AM
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| Where is this open gym at? |
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Comment posted by David (ip: 12.155.228.3) on 05 / 17 / 2005 at 9:48 AM
David's E-mail: davisoli@yahoo.com
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I actually wanted to post on you cap and gown pic because, damn you´re hot! But then there was the wedgie pic and, well, wedgies demand recognition.
So anyway here I am in Barranquilla Colombia wasting time on the internet pretty much like I would be at home except I´m a little hotter here and much sweatier. For a complete description of the heat and moist nature of my sweatiness check out Kat´s blog.
I´m jealous. There is not such thing as gym night here. I´m not even sure there´s such a thing as basketball here. In fact, I´ve eaten more and exercised less than at any other point in my 27 years of life with the possible exception of infanthood. When I do get back to the states I´m going to be fat, lazy, and bilingual. Any monitary benefits of speaking two languages is going to be offset I'm sure by the other two. K bye. I now leave you with the the words by which I left Kat´s blog. Write me. I´m lonely. |
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Comment posted by Alan (ip: 200.89.236.139) on 05 / 12 / 2005 at 8:10 AM
Alan's E-mail: camacho.alan@gmail.com
Alan's website: http://www.glassmanproductions.blogspot.com |
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| hahha... i noticed that too! but i posted it anyways cause I'M GONNA PLAY VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT! ooooh YEEEaahhhh! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 05 / 11 / 2005 at 4:13 PM
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that girl's either wearing a thong or has a MAJOR wedgie. Sorry, that's the first thing I noticed. And I thought your post was going to be about it!
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| Comment posted by laura (ip: 69.23.133.200) on 05 / 11 / 2005 at 3:18 PM
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| -!!!YEHEY!!!- |
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| Comment posted by Von (ip: 204.69.4.81) on 05 / 11 / 2005 at 12:13 PM
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| he's buntis! |
last week when all my cousins got together we spent a good hour or more outside being filipino and taking forever to say our goodbyes. and then we found out that we need to throw carlo a baby shower too! =) i wonder who's tummy was bigger...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 09 2005 at 3:22 pm |
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| no way!!!!!! this pic is pure yuck out!!! ahahaha... good times |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 71.110.196.17) on 05 / 10 / 2005 at 1:12 pm
carlo's website: http://fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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| *sigh* |
y'know, i'm not that much of a secretive person. but there are personal things which i reserve to share with only the closest people to me... and when i share these things, especially when i'm excited and happy, i'd really like it if you were happy for me too.
and you know that i appreciate your opinion too... and i'd really like if you shared it with me, instead of walking away or being quiet when i tell you something important. even if it's not something i agree with, hearing your opinion is much better than you acting uninterested in the stuff i saved to share with you. but also keep in mind that your opinion is just that and i have my opinion too, and when i'm happy about something i'm sharing with you, even if you think i'm making a mistake, tell me that you're happy that i'm happy. aren't you happy that i'm happy? or does that not mean anything to you? does it help you to be quiet in the midst of my happiness? geez! or do you get some enjoyment outta telling me that i don't deserve to be happy and i should be living my life differently?
just because you think you've gone through this stage in your life before, or because you think i'm going through a stage i need to get past... that still means i have to go through it and learn from it on my own. yes, i'll make mistakes. and yes, it might be hard to watch me make them. but once again, i'm happy right now. and your support and encouragement would be really nice. besides, i was there for you when you went through this stage, so...
at the very least, if you have nothing nice to say to me, it'd be great to hear something like, 'wow, thanks for sharing that with me' or 'i appreciate that you're confiding in me' cause i'm beginning to think that i might not wanna share with you anymore...
c'mon, you're so important to me - you're my friends, you're my family. and i've always been there for you. please?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 08 2005 at 6:12 pm |
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| thanks u guys... i appreciate your concern =) and that you're willing to talk & listen. it's not u... just... well, i'm learning to deal with some of my friends =) but yah, thanks for the messages! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 05 / 10 / 2005 at 11:28 AM
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Yo! We love you Kimi. We're happy with you and for you when you share cool stuff with us. And whenever you've asked us to pray for you, we've received Jesus' joy for you. He's happy about you and happy with you, no matter whether we are or not.
He takes great delight in you and rejoices over you with singing! And He quiets you with His love. (^_^)
Maybe sometimes we don't tap into His heart deep enough and may forget how joyful He is about you. I hope I don't give advice until I've hit the artery of His love for you! I'm sorry if I have. But we're always honored & blessed when you ask us to pray for you and share in your happiness, Kimi.
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.41) on 05 / 08 / 2005 at 8:30 PM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
Ramone's website: http://fulfilledinjesus.blogspot.com |
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Rough day at the office?
You're in our prayers Kimi. It's a frustrating, but true saying... "This too shall pass." |
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Comment posted by les (ip: 69.23.133.200) on 05 / 08 / 2005 at 8:12 PM
les's website: http://camacho.tv |
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| happy mother's day |
here's me with my mom and her mom =) i love you!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 08 2005 at 3:40 pm |
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| mmm.... food.... |
it's friday. i've eaten at maria's twice already. and we're going out again... i love eating!!! oh, and this is robin - stuffing his face at bjs. that's how i like it, all over the place, in your face, and yummy as hell!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 06 2005 at 10:10 pm |
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| got my cap, gown, & hood! |
oh YEEah! i picked up the outfit yesterday and i'm ready to graduate! i absolutely LOVE the hood - makes me feel so... distinguished. hahaha! and the gown - it's different from the regular BA or BS gown, it's got these extensions on the arms... i can grab 'em & sit down like prince humperdinck did when he was scared of wesley in the bridal chamber, y'know what i'm talking about? hehhe... *sigh* ok, but back to my graduation outfit - isn't it the sexiest thing you've ever seen?
5 more weeks baby!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 05 2005 at 8:20 am |
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| You look great, baby! ;) |
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Comment posted by Datchan (ip: 210.166.36.154) on 05 / 06 / 2005 at 5:21 am
Datchan's website: http://datchan.blogspot.com |
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| are we teachers or students? |
for that field day we had at the end of last quarter there was a mummy relay, and we didn't have enough students from our team participating, so ms. afadonis & i jumped in and played alongside the students. after wrapping me up in tp she was supposed to carry me across the finish line, but she picked me up and dropped me on my head! owie...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 04 2005 at 7:42 pm |
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| National Teacher Day! |
thanks to google, i found out today is national teacher day! and it's teacher appreciation week all week too!
someone should thank me for making public schools great, according to the NEA =) hahah...
as for me personally, i'd like to thank loribeth, jay, derek, grant, dan, yana, and steve for being great first year intern/student teachers and for all the support they've given me, helping me study, sharing textbooks, sharing study guides, etc, etc, etc and mostly just for being my buddies in all our EDUC classes.
it's almost over, guys! yeesh... we're graduating soon!!!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 03 2005 at 11:39 am |
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| so long and thanks for the all the fish |
oh man, i saw the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy this weekend, and it had me laughing! although i'd never finished the book (i was trying to catch up on some sci-fi when i picked up this book but i was on an asimov kick at the time, so i never finished adam's book), i knew that all my friends endorsed this book and found it hilarious, so... i guess i knew what i was getting into when i watched the movie =)
it contains it's own special brand of humor - one which i'm not sure every person will get - and i know i was the only one laughing in the theater at times, especially cause i was catching small nuances in the background that i'm assuming everyone missed. afterwards, while discussing it, we tried to label it as a more modern python-esque film... that sorta comes close. i think i agreed with that only cause arthur dent (martin freeman) reminded me somehow of michael palin. but still - with all it's wackiness, it's one that i'm sure will entertain me time and time again - it's not the story line, but the quirkinesses within the plot that have me rolling... if you enjoy it, then you'll probably like hanging out with me and my friends. if you are one of those who stare at us and call us psycho (BRIAN!), then this movie might not be for you... that's ok, cause we'll still enjoy it =) and we'll probably be sitting there laugh at you as well =)
but yah, i also wanna know what all my friends (who actually READ the book) thought - if they're disappointed or pleased and if they enjoyed - which are two totally different things, y'know =) so whatcha all think?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 02 2005 at 11:28 am |
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| clouds |
don't these clouds look fake? these were the leftover clouds after the rain on thursday. aren't they beee-yay-youtiful? =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 02 2005 at 8:18 am |
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| words you don't expect to hear in May |
"I just took out the Christmas tree"
it only proves how behind I am in everything... *sigh*
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| Entry posted by kgrp on May 01 2005 at 12:38 pm |
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| i'm gonna miss alan! |
last night david & vicky invited a bunch of us to eat dinner at bj's as a last hurrah for alan before he leaves for colombia! vicky was so great - she printed out a buncha pictures of all of us and got a scrapbook/album started, and she brought cards for all of us to write messages to him - our cards were facing the pictures of us... it was so artsy and cute and what a great idea i wish i had thought of it first! but then that woulda meant i woulda had to go out and buy the stuff... i guess it was a good thing vicky and dave were there to organize this thing cause johnny and i saw each other at church and we both asked each other if we were gonna do anything for alan before he left... pobrecito has a bunch'a slacker friends who were waiting for the other friends to plan something =) hahaha... but i think we all had a fun time hanging out and making fun of each other and takin' lotsa pics, although the group picture didn't turn out - there were actually twice as many people there, they're just on the other tables that aren't pictured!
anyways, i think we're all gonna miss alan alot - cuidate en colombia y aprende el espanol para que podemos hablar cuando regresas. ojala que te diviertas mucho y que disfrutas de todo... ya es tiempo para ir =) i've been waiting for you to go! hahaha... by that i mean - in '99 a bunch of us left the country - me, daryl, kat, les, kar, etc, etc - and alan was the only one who thought he should go but didn't - so i'm glad he's taking this opportunity now.
praying for all the best for him...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 29 2005 at 4:33 pm |
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Oh man, I'm so glad you all did something for Alan and I'm sooooo sad we couldn't be there! booooo!
Alan we'll miss you so much, but we are very excited about this next part of your grand adventure!!!! |
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| Comment posted by laura (ip: 69.23.133.114) on 04 / 29 / 2005 at 9:36 pm
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| on the phone |
hahahah... i was looking for pictures of alan to print out for his going away party and to send with him to colombia, and i saw so many funny pictures =) man, there's some good stuff in those archives. we've had so much fun through the years.
so, i figure, i'm going to japan soon, so here are pictures of me dressed up as a japanese school girl =) lovely, huh?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 28 2005 at 2:09 pm |
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| on the bench again =) |
wow, it's cool to see that most of us made it last night, but we were missing jackie =( but hey, ate gigi was there! plus, it was her birthday (and kuya mike's too), so that made it extra special. i think we took hundreds of pictures outside! and inside too... as soon as they busted out with the cameras, then the camera phones came out too and there were probably more cameras than people there but hey, we were the asian table, right? of course, there were a bunch'a inappropriate jokes that were probably said too loud and a lotta fun being had... and we've turned into our parents, it took almost an hour to say our goodbye's outside =) hahaha...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 27 2005 at 8:30 am |
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| banaag chicks |
several years back when grandpa enchong turned 90 we got together on sunday (and they bowled and grandpa won!) and then the cousins from outta town said they'd be here till wednesday so we planned a cousins night out that tuesday night...
ate kay was back in town this weekend for her baby shower and it's our turn again to go out on tuesday night, so we're headed out towards LA to hang out with everyone =) woohoo!! it's always fun with all of us there... just as long as we make sure we get a section of the restaurant where it's okay to be loud =) and there aren't 54 of us this time... just 15 or so, so we should be somewhat manageable =) yay, it'll be fun!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 26 2005 at 6:19 pm |
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| happy bday gma jessie! |
this is my grandma jessie, folks! i've commonly referred to her as my "cooking grandma" (while my other grandma gained the distinction of "sewing grandma"). she's the most awesome chef ever! you can take her to any restaurant where you love the food, make her taste the food, and then she'll go home and cook your favorite items for dinner the next day =) i'd love to inherit that ability from her!! i was gonna crop this photo closer to zoom in on our faces but then i realized i was cutting out the kitchen, and it seems so much more like my grandma to see the kitchen behind her. she was always in there... cooking dinner for her three sons and their families! i think she'd only take a break to pick us up from school, and then we'd all head back to her house and wait for my dad to pick us up to bring us home. she'd go back to the kitchen and prepare fried tofu, pancit, lumpia (if we were lucky!) and eggplant adobo... box it up and have it all ready for us to bring home for our family meal. now that's love, folks!
my parents used to tell me that all my grandparents didn't have much in way of monetary inheritance, but that they were sharing their inheritance with us every day. every time she cooked for us, every time we went with her on the drive to loma linda to pick up boxes and boxes of vegemeat, every time i asked her for lumpia, she was giving to us of everything she had... no, she was giving to us of the best that she had! i think all of my friends who ever visited my grandma's house or my cousins' house would agree - cause being the filipino hostess she of course would start urging them to eat the second they entered the house - and i know my friends didn't mind picking me up from my grandma's house cause they knew they were getting good food =)
for her birthday my dad and his brothers and all the family flew out to hawaii and they're vacationing right now in maui! my brother, laurie, and i are the only ones stuck here in so cal... =( i called my mom yesterday to see if i could talk to my grandma but she's talking in ilocano now, so i didn't understand a word of it! when my other grandparents reverted back to tagalog i could barely understand it, but now... *sigh* i wish i could tell her how much i love her and how i appreciate all she's done for us. i think i missed her exact birthday but i still want to say that she's the bestest thing ever!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 25 2005 at 3:45 pm |
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| my favicon |
last night, instead of studying, i was reading my friends' blogs and i came across this entry that talked about favicons. i've ALWAYS wondered how in the world different sites were able to make different icons that showed up with their name in the favorites bar, and FINALLY i had been handed the answer. SHWEEET!
so, you should now see my kp logo up in the address bar, or add me to your favorites to see it there (after you add me to your favorites/bookmarks, you might have to use that link to find my page before you see my li'l favicon there... and if you've already bookmarked it before you might have to delete that first and then try starting new. just so it reloads it). but hey, so you don't have to go through that trouble (but who wouldn't want me bookmarked, huh?!!), i'll show you what it looks like here:
the beauty i find in this is that it shows up with my website and it's personalized and something unique to my site alone! yay! plus, this is the signature that shows up on all my ceramic pieces, paintings, drawings, and photos ever since '96, so i guess it's appropriate that i'm stamping it on my website =)
thanks laura (for inspiring me)! and thanks ben for asking laura to make one!
i feel so professional & cool! *eeek* i'm excited =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 25 2005 at 6:35 am |
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| I see it! Cool. Good job. |
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Comment posted by les (ip: 69.23.133.114) on 04 / 25 / 2005 at 10:03 am
les's website: http://www.camacho.tv |
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| gaslamp district |
took this one watching all the cars pass by us goin thru san diego's gaslamp district
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 24 2005 at 8:22 pm |
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| GO GET YOUR TIVO NOW! |
for some reason i decided to visit ableshoppers today and i ran across this link to get a free tivo after rebates. i'm gonna get mine today!
you should share links like this with me as well =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 22 2005 at 12:55 pm |
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| just remember, the tivo maybe free but the lifetime service is $200-$300. monthly service is $24.00. hotbeef |
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| Comment posted by (ip: 68.66.132.194) on 04 / 22 / 2005 at 4:00 pm
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| where's the beef! |
i'm not vegetarian anymore. and no, i'm not talkin' bout how i would cheat and eat korean bbq beef when given the chance, or how i ate fake crab in my california rolls even though it's made from fish. so i had exceptions to my vegetarian-ness... so sue me!
but as of this week, i've actually made a conscious decision to include meat in my diet. i just don't think i'm getting enough nutrients with my brand of vegetarian-ness. i mean, i'm WAY too lazy to cook a good healthy square meal for one person. sorry, it's just not gonna happen. so what i've been left with ever since kat left the house has been me eating at taco bell to get protein from the beans - but with no source of vegetables and what not. or, if i ate somewhere else, it was like, hey, rice and vegetables, yum, but i'm starving still cause i had no protein! or at in-n-out, i'd get a grilled cheese to add the protein to my sandwich even though i don't really wanna eat cheese anymore... or buying a quesadilla (so much for cutting cheese, huh?) at a restaurant cause it was the ONLY vege option. oh, i guess most restaurants would have a vegeburger option. but C'MON - why do they charge $1.50 extra? i mean, it's just a gardenburger or boca burger patty on a bun with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. it tastes the frickin same at every single restaurant, just like it tastes at my house. that is NOT why i'm going out to eat... plus, it costs $8+ and tax and tip. *sigh* so maybe i was just too cheap to eat heathfully. yah, well... i'm kuripot, i already knew that.
but anyways, i'm sick of my limited options and feeling un-nutrient-ized. (*sigh* i know, i make up my own words. you know what i mean, so shush)
as of this week, i'm throwing meat into my diet so that i can attempt at eating regular full meals that includes each and every part of the now obsolete food pyramid. yup. i'll probably try to keep it down to a minimum (read: i'm not going to order steak everyday) but it'll still be good stuff...
last night, i had two - that's right, count 'em, TWO! - cheeseburgers at in-n-out. mmmm.... the first one didn't fill me up so i got a second one. =) as a side note, i don't quite think my stomach is used to it yet, though... maybe this was something i shoulda eased into =/ whooops! but still, it's yummy for my tummy!
at any rate, i'm lookin forward to barbecues and chicken adobo (yum!!!) and teriyaki chicken and orange chicken and general chicken and kalbi (korean bbq beef) and more in-n-out. ya got some favorite food out there that i haven't tried yet? lemme know... i'm still not a big fan of fish but any beef or chicken dish out there that's good - i wanna hear about it!
so, what's your favorite meal? tell me where to go and what to order and i'm so there - ya wanna come along? =) hahaha...
BRING ON THE BEEF! i can take it!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 22 2005 at 11:03 am |
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i always thought you enjoyed the chicken adobo a little too much whenever we fed it to you. we should hit up manna in k-town sometime for some yummy all-you-can-eat korean bbq. only $15!
btw, why is it that you, me and your brother are stuck here while our parents and the rest of our family are out playing in maui???
boo on them. |
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Comment posted by the mastermind (ip: 66.126.31.2) on 04 / 23 / 2005 at 8:42 PM
the mastermind's E-mail: puen@usc.edu
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| They should consult the Japanese when they make the new food pyramid. |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 219.122.201.247) on 04 / 23 / 2005 at 7:53 AM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
Ramone's website: http://fulfilledinjesus.blogspot.com |
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Next Tuesday I am going to Schuyler, NE, a big meatpacking town which was featured on 60 Minutes this week (about hiring illegals).
I'll let you know how it goes. :)
I'm a practical vegetarian - I hate cooking meat, don't know how to buy it or store it properly - so I only eat it at other people's houses or in GOOD restaurants.
I think it's really important to get organic, humanely raised meat. Otherwise it's just sick (and you could be too!)
We had organic beef burgers at a friend's house the other night - oh my goodness. That was the best burger! If you really like the taste of meat, the home-grown natural stuff is the way to go! |
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Comment posted by laura (ip: 69.23.133.114) on 04 / 22 / 2005 at 11:21 AM
laura's E-mail: laura@camacho.tv
laura's website: http://www.camacho.tv |
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| happy earth day! |
the drive to puc is so beautiful =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 22 2005 at 8:31 am |
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| i'm not so normal |
You Are 40% Normal
(Somewhat Normal) |
While some of your behavior is quite normal...
Other things you do are downright strange
You've got a little of your freak going on
But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself |
but i guess we knew that already...
i also took a quiz that told me i act like i'm 25 years old. funny, i AM 25 years old =) hahhaha...
also, i guess i'm INCREDIBLY logical... hahhah... what do they know about me?
You Are Incredibly Logical |
(You got 88% of the questions right)
Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic
You think rationally, clearly, and quickly.
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 21 2005 at 1:01 pm |
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did you check out my website? Better? =P
oh, and I'm 45% normal. I think the test needs to be a bit longer, though... |
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Comment posted by Datchan (ip: 210.166.36.154) on 04 / 21 / 2005 at 3:58 pm
Datchan's website: http://datchan.blogspot.com |
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| oh, for the love of nerd-dom! |
i am such a NERD!
even at the nctm math teacher's conference 2 weeks ago i was more nerdier than most of the other teachers - impressing one of the booth guys so much cause i actually stuck around to solve all of the questions - resulting in the winning of multiple prizes instead of just one =) yay! another thing i got - i picked up a pocket protector (that's right! can you just imagine the guy handing it out - skinny asian dude with glasses and a pocket protector - whoa!!!) and it had writing on it: i love NERDS! i have no idea when i'm gonna use it but i just had to have it =)
when i was younger i'd try as hard as possible to be like everyone else and cut out all big words outta my language, and yet people still called me a nerd! nowadays, i revel in it - being a nerd is cool to me, so i'm learning to use these words in my everday speech. it makes me so happy for some odd reason...
last night i used the word asphyxiate instead of the much longer, wordier 'pass out from not having enough oxygen by choking', and it was so great to be understood instead of being met with a blank face asking, "huh?!"
plus all the little math puzzles i have in my room... like the 7 pieces of wood that can be assembled to make a cube... or tangrams... or how i told kat & jay about the puzzles i did at the nctm conference and jay didn't want me to talk -at all- about how i found out my answers 'cause he wanted to figure it out on his own!
or how about when felcar and i took the nerd purity test (where is it? i wanna find it again...) online and we were competing for who knew more values of pi (3.1415926? i think that's correct... but that's only 7 significant digits after the decimal point). we also competed on who knew the greek alphabet more and what it stood for in science and/or math (a=alpha, used for angles, b=beta, used for angles in trig, d=delta which is used to signify change, etc). i think the test had it correct because the last question told us to give ourselves 10 more points just for taking the test!
dude, i am a nerd. my friends are nerds. and i love it!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 20 2005 at 11:05 am |
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| count the letters of each word |
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| Comment posted by jimbo (ip: 66.237.175.171) on 04 / 26 / 2005 at 7:37 PM
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k, jimbo, 'xplain!
what's up with that phrase? i must be missing something... |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 04 / 22 / 2005 at 10:39 AM
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This reminded me of an article I read in the paper the other day.
3.1415926535
I just remember the phrase:
May I have a large container of coffee, cream and sugar. |
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Comment posted by jimbo (ip: 66.237.175.171) on 04 / 20 / 2005 at 11:56 AM
jimbo's E-mail: jerthompson@gmail.com
jimbo's website: http://jimbomiah.com |
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| a lovely new ugly sight |
a while ago les asked me to post some pictures of stuff that's changed since he and laura have left the area. i IMMEDIATELY thought of this new freeway that's going up - the nifty new 91-60-215 interchange, but it took me 2 months to get a picture. after all, i only go to this part of riverside at night after my classes at UCR, and 9pm during february while driving on the freeway is definitely NOT the best time to be snapping pictures of the new developments.
on my way to OC during the middle of the day with friends, i was finally able to pull out my camera and take a picture without putting the life of everyone on the freeway at risk, and so i can now proudly share this treasure... it's not that great a photo, and it's an ugly development, yet... - it's beeee-youtiful for the promise it brings of wonderful interchange-ing and no ugly cloverleaf-merging-in-and-out-of-the-freeway-all-at-one-time madness. i excitedly await its completion =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 20 2005 at 10:40 am |
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| michael w smith |
the highlight of the evening - and i didn't know any of his songs! but that's ok, it was still entertaining... and i loved the stage design =) especially the use of the three big screens - very cool!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 19 2005 at 1:02 pm |
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| Ben & Jerry's Free Ice Cream Day tomorrow! |
man, there aren't any ben & jerry's near me anymore, but this free ice cream day (always celebrated near earth day - april 22 this year) is something that i've participated in since my glendale days... we'd go with the volleyball team down to ben & jerry's and go through the lines about 4 times =) hahaha... man, i LOVE ice cream!
go get your free cone if u can! tomorrow, k? don't forget!
get one for me too =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 18 2005 at 5:27 pm |
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| that's awesome! i'm glad someone got free ice cream. and bringing your classes there? sheez! if i taught within walking distance to a ben & jerry's YA KNOW i would've brought 'em too! coolness yo! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 04 / 20 / 2005 at 10:32 AM
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| Got mine today! Man, what a line! People brought their elementary school classes to Ben & Jerry's! It was a sight to see. Mmmmm, nothing sweeter than free ice cream! |
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Comment posted by kat (ip: 66.65.133.217) on 04 / 19 / 2005 at 10:59 PM
kat's E-mail: oka.yuri@gmail.com
kat's website: http://www.kathykhoo.com |
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| should i cut my hair? |
  
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 18 2005 at 9:04 am |
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| That A-line haircut is soo 1995. How about some sexy bangs to frame your face instead? |
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Comment posted by David (ip: 12.155.228.3) on 04 / 18 / 2005 at 4:37 PM
David's E-mail: dsoliven@gmail.com
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bangs?!?! what the...! i don't think i have any picture of me with bangs - but if you have a picture of an example please send it my way =) i'll add it to the mix...
all the other haircuts are hidden in my pictures because my hair was always in a ponytail! ack... |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 138.23.2.196) on 04 / 18 / 2005 at 4:58 PM
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| heck no! |
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Comment posted by Daryl (ip: 210.166.36.154) on 04 / 18 / 2005 at 4:14 PM
Daryl's website: http://datchan.blogspot.com |
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| fish fest |
yesterday kwai and i met up with ate kris and kuya sean at fish fest - Christian music concert... we saw audio adrenaline perform and also michael w. smith. man... even though i listen to ksgn 89.7 and fish 95.9 and air one 90.1 i hardly knew any songs! i only knew the older songs from audio a and it's only because that was the theme song for the student missionaries my first year at la sierra... "hands and feet" but it was awesome singing it with them!
oh, and they actually pulled out a cowbell! and the dude said, "i got a fever!!! and the only prescription...
is MORE COWBELL!"
oh yeeah!!!!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 17 2005 at 10:02 am |
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The cowbell solo is awesome. i love it. does anyone know where to find it on the net, so i can listen to it?
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Comment posted by Drew (ip: 67.139.228.189) on 05 / 10 / 2005 at 7:50 AM
Drew's E-mail: drewfro_2000@yahoo.com
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It's the only kind of fever to have.
ROCK ON WIT YOUR COWBELL! |
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Comment posted by kat (ip: 68.161.183.10) on 04 / 19 / 2005 at 9:25 AM
kat's E-mail: oka.yuri@gmail.com
kat's website: http://www.kathykhoo.com |
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| relaxin on the Sabbath |
today's a day of rest! time to feel rejuvenated. i LOVE the Sabbath!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 16 2005 at 9:47 am |
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| happy tax day! |
i mean, happy bday! both to rod and to mark! y'all are tax babies... =) hahah.... anywyas, i was trying to find a picture appropriate for tax day and i realized their birthdays were more important, so... yah. hope you enjoy!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 15 2005 at 1:48 pm |
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| glad i wasn't him! |
at the field day on the last friday of last quarter, we had buckets of water bottles sitting in ice - and we started handing them out to the students. of course, we ran outta bottles, but the students started dipping their hands in the ice water to cool themselves off, and of course, with tons of students crowding round a few plastic buckets, all hell broke loose and water fights started.
i helped, of course =) i was helping distribute the water with a student and to keep the students from crowding around us we held the bucket up, tilting, and we both used our other hands to spray the water out, keeping the students away. this grew tiring, though, so i put the bucket down and took off as soon as possible so i wouldn't get wet by the students...
mr. bayless wasn't so lucky - he was just standing around and didn't realize that the students picked up the bucket to dump it all on him! he was standing there, holding a bunch of girls' purses, and turned around with a shocked look on his face, and then he took off running. he woulda gotten away from the students who were bogged down with the ice buckets, too, if he hadn't slipped and fallen.
i, of course, had my camera out and was chasing all of them down to take the picture.
poor guy! he was lying there, fallen on the grass, and the students ran up and dumped the bucket on him... hahha... he was a pretty good sport about it, but the girls who had given him their purses were pretty pissed that all their stuff was soaking wet! pobrecitas...
apparently one of my students had another bucket and was coming up to dump it on my head but i got saved by another teacher - only cause i had my camera out and they didn't want it ruined... =) nice being the photographer, huh?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 14 2005 at 1:38 pm |
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| WE'RE ALL THE SAME!!! |
these are two of my best friends...
kat who's been my roommate and my twin (i don' know how they mistake us for each other, but we get mixed up all the time. in fact, just yesterday kat called me "kat"! i swear! i'm not even exaggerating! it was pretty funny...)
and carlo, my "cow-sing". ang pinsan ko. na pinsan ko? sa pinsan ko? whatever! u get the picture =)
since kat has been living in ny, she hadn't met carlo yet. so, last night at the yardhouse was the first time that we all hung out together, along with jay and perry, who are also cousins. it was just a weird combination of a whole bunch of different worlds melding, but it was cool - everyone got along splendidly!
it was really funny taking this picture because they didn't know that the other was making a face, and they made the same one. perry and i were sitting across the table from them and we just started bustin up when we saw the picture, and of course, they were like, "lemme see it!" and i just said, "oh, you two are more alike than you know!" which made them laugh and hang their head in shame when they saw the picture.
funny how your friends can resemble each other even though they've never met.
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 13 2005 at 6:29 pm |
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| kat, if u went bald, ud take my place from being "the cute baldy" nyahahaha... won't be that scary... but enough to scare me...:)j/p |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 4.30.26.229) on 04 / 15 / 2005 at 9:41 PM
carlo's website: http://www.fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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that'd be AWESOME! hahah...
speaking of cutting hair, i wanted to get my hair cut. a trim, a layering, something! i'm getting sick of my hair! too bad i'm telling you now and not while you were in town, huh? but i don't quite know what i want yet... |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 04 / 14 / 2005 at 11:12 AM
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| good times. it would be gooder with me there! hahahaha. just kidding. hee hee. |
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| Comment posted by gorilla (ip: 68.64.115.191) on 04 / 13 / 2005 at 8:31 PM
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| Maybe if i shaved my head, Carlo and I could look more a like. Wouldn't THAT be scary? |
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Comment posted by kat (ip: 151.205.117.176) on 04 / 13 / 2005 at 11:22 PM
kat's E-mail: oka.yuri@gmail.com
kat's website: http://www.kathykhoo.com |
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| Magic Mountain season pass! |
for the price of one ticket ($47.99), you will get:
- unlimited visits in 2005 (no blackout dates) - including entrance to all six flags theme parks across the country!
- one FREE friend admission
- one FREE child admission
- one FREE Hurricane Harbor admission
- one FREE parking coupon
- discounted admission coupons for friends & family
- discounts on food, games and merchandise!
buy your ticket now!!! and by now, i mean by april 17 - or else the deal is gone!
yay.... that means i'll have people to go with! =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 13 2005 at 9:43 am |
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| hey hey im planning a group trip, this will help. yams |
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| Comment posted by (ip: 68.66.132.194) on 04 / 13 / 2005 at 11:04 am
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| going to Japan! (part 3) |
i sent my acceptance letter in just right now! yesterday, i was warming up to the idea but i left all presence of internet when i left my school at 1:30, and i had no way of sending the email. i then lent my laptop, which had my email on it, to a friend because he needed to make some poster for a ministry. so even though i knew i wanted to send the letter, i took the time away from my computer as a reflection period to -make sure- that i really wanted to send the acceptance...
so i just sent it in! =) yay! and i'm excited about it! actually, yesterday, when some co-worker asked me about it, i started talking about going excitedly... and i'm really glad that i'm going! thank you so much for your prayers and words of encouragement. i think it is pretty unanimous amongst everyone who prayed for me that this would be a good step in my life... thank you for sharing that with me and for encouraging me to be bold and take courage and take that step =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 13 2005 at 7:08 am |
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| I'm very excited for you! |
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Comment posted by David (ip: 12.155.228.3) on 04 / 13 / 2005 at 3:50 PM
David's E-mail: dsoliven@gmail.com
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Wow, cool! Run in His joy!
Let us know when you're coming in. I imagine they'll fly you into Kansai airport (just outside Osaka) and then have you take the shinkansen (bullet train) out west to Hiroshima. If you want to chill here for a day before heading out to the school, our place is open to you! We have an extra futon and bousozoku, haha.
Blessings again & congratulations!
In His love,
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.19) on 04 / 13 / 2005 at 6:08 PM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
Ramone's website: http://fulfilledinjesus.blogspot.com |
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| M-I-C... K-E-Y... |
yup, that's right, we're mickey's crew! hahah... the students (mostly the class president) chose this for their team name, and they were competing against the pink panthers (lopez's team) and the tigers (puffer's team). it was pretty cool for them - any 8th grader who passed their classes and didn't get suspended was allowed to go... and it actually did a lot to help motivate the students not to fail!
anyways, the backs of our t-shirts have all the names of the 8th graders on our particular team (we're half the size of the other teams because half of my classes are 7th graders, and they didn't get to participate!), and at the bottom they put our names cause we're their teachers... it also says CLASS OF 2005, and when i've worn the shirt people have actually congratulated me on graduating this year - do i really look that young? hahah... oh well...
anyways, these are the teachers on my team - i think the most experienced person is here for their 3rd year, but one of those was only a half year... so yah, we're young, but we're energetic! =) and would you believe i'm the second oldest in the group? i'm older than both lucero and afadonis (yah, we all address each other by last names... i get everyone mixed up if i try to call 'em by their first names)
i think we're a fun bunch =) i really like my team... i like my math dept too, and also all the people i eat lunch with. i really have great co-workers here, i hear it's rare to actually like as many of them as i do... but they're awesome here =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 12 2005 at 1:47 pm |
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| going to Japan? (part 2!) |
last night i got an email from Mr. Kiyomi Watanabe answering my questions about teaching in Japan, and letting me know that there are at least 10 students interested in taking my class, and probably more students once they make my class an official class on my roster, depending on my answer.
my answer...
i was ready to say yes, i even wrote the email accepting the position... and then i remembered that my parents would like to be notified before i make a big huge decision like this, to be considerate of their feelings, and also just to make sure that we were all okay with this... with me moving away, etc. looking for their advice, but more than that, i just wanted their blessing.
and then my mom said no... she had lots of doubts and asked me why i even wanted to go, etc... i told her i really wanted to and that i'd already written the email and that i was looking for her approval/blessing... and she asked me to hold off making a decision until she could pray with my dad about it that night. i was horribly disappointed but i agreed to that because i want their prayers.
well... it's morning, they've prayed, and now she's ok with it. but i feel like she's passed on all her doubt to me... and it's happened this way each time i've wanted to leave. all my opportunities before ended this way - my mom not being ok with it, her reluctantly giving in to allow me to go, and then i've not been ok with the decision because my mom planted the seeds of doubt that this is what God really wants.
i suppose if you ask me what i think God really wants, i think He would be ok with me going, and He'd be ok with me staying, but He just wants me to make the choice for my life, all the while trusting Him to take care of me and lead me. and with that in mind, i should be ok with going... but i think i'm gonna need prayer to release me from the doubt and the fear that started last night. something so that i'll be excited when i accept the job - i don't want to send an acceptance letter all apprehensive-like... i want to be excited about it, and right now... well, just prayers would help =)
thanks...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 12 2005 at 8:30 am |
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Dear Kimi,
It seems everyone has an opinion on whether or not you should go to Japan, doesn't it? Well, I know that you are praying, and following God. But from what you posted, it sounds like God isn't really giving you direct instructions on what to do.
I totally understand what it's like to have God sit back when I pray to Him/Her and seem to watch what I'm going to do. I've wrestled with this a lot and wondered: Could it be that God doesn't care? I doubt it. Could it be that we are praying with the wrong question? We are praying "when" and "where" questions. But what about the Dear God: "how should I approach this new phase in life" questions. Or "God, what do you want from me if I . . . or if I . . . ?" questions.
Personally, I feel God being silent when I ask about my summer plans. I feel God pulling me away from Whitewater rafting because it's taught me negative things: selfishness, irresponsibility, laziness. And now, I want to go abroad, but I don't know if that's what God wants either. It'd be easy to follow signs and believe that God's will is directed by those who come into your life and offer me a position. But that hasn't happened yet and it's taking a lot of work to even find an organization that might let me volunteer.
I think that God's will is more subtly spoken through those who ask us the hard questions and help us understand our honest motives for the decisions we make. Once we truly understand what we want, then we can distinguish that from what God wants from us (and if we're lucky, they'll be the same thing!)
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Comment posted by Christina (ip: 4.16.1.108) on 04 / 17 / 2005 at 4:06 PM
Christina's E-mail: born2wwraft@yahoo.com
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Hi Kimi,
Don't you worry. Follow God. Sometimes blood parents and spiritual parents will not understand, but God wants His own relationship with you, and He will teach you how best to respect the parents who love you.
If someone ---anyone--- talks about God's will for you in this or that decision, don't rack your brain trying to figure out if it's God's will or not. Go straight to the Man's mouth, if you know what I mean.
When we ask for prayer & confirmation from others, God will indeed send it, but it's not the primary way He wants to lead us. He wants those witnesses to be mere added witnesses to the primary witness He puts in *your* spirit.
You know how "resonance" works in physics, right? If you hit the right, perfect note, an object will begin to vibrate. God's voice works the same way. When He gives you a prophetic leading or confirmation through another person, it will only be to make your heart resonate with His loving voice inside of you. If it doesn't resonate, then don't take it immediately as the voice of God. There may be things in the way, or it simply might not be His timing for you to hear that word. But remember that He WILL resonate His will inside you, just like He said, "The shepherd enters through the gate". He will enter through the gate of the spirit He has birthed inside you.
I know you've experienced this already because I've seen it happen to you, but I mention it anyway just because we all forget sometimes and then get anxious trying to figure out what He's saying because different people have said different things and we don't know which to follow.
He didn't say, "those who are led by the prophets are the sons of God", but He said, "those who are led by the Spirit are the sons (and daughters) of God"! (Romans 8:something).
Bless you, Kimi. I know as you rest in Him and look to His voice alone, you'll know a stirring ... some little seed of joyous excitement about going the direction He's calling you, and I can already see you smiling. We'll all share in your joy.
Your bro in Him,
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.187) on 04 / 12 / 2005 at 10:48 PM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
Ramone's website: http://fulfilledinjesus.blogspot.com |
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God has carefully orchestrated every opportunity and every encounter in your life thus far. It is not coincidence. Still, it is ultimately your decision to walk through the doors he opens for you. He just happens to have the answer key.
Keep praying and he'll light your path.
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Comment posted by David (ip: 12.155.228.3) on 04 / 12 / 2005 at 5:02 PM
David's E-mail: dsoliven@gmail.com
David's website: http://www.myspace.com/coolwater |
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you're right... that spirit of fear comes from somewhere else - and i wanna get rid of it! no more decisions made out of fear! haha!!
just trying to stay positive and joyful =) i'm already smiling again... it's about time i being like my grandparents, huh? i like that... |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 04 / 12 / 2005 at 10:01 AM
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Hi kimi,
just a couple thoughts to consider and pray about.
First, the doubts aren't coming from your Mom. At least directly. Anything that produces doubt, fear, and confusion is from the Enemy. So even though the it got to you might have been your Mom's words, remember who the originator of such things is. And pray against it. Reject it.
Second, I've been told this a number of times and I've told you once or twice, albeit timidly. But you have been gifted with your Grandparent's spirit. As Elisha was gifted from Elija (sp?), so you have received the spiritual gifts that belonged to your precious grandparents. Maybe its time to start using them.
Jesus, thank you for clearing Kimi's heart of confusion. Remove the doubt and fear from her. And open her eyes to what you have bestowed in her. May her heart see Kimi as you see her. amen. |
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Comment posted by les (ip: 216.229.17.187) on 04 / 12 / 2005 at 9:49 AM
les's website: http://www.camacho.tv |
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| back to school |
4th quarter starts today - so that means the countdown is on! 45 days left to the school year, and then it's summer! =) hahhah... that's the first thing the principal said to me today when i walked into his office to turn in grades for 3rd quarter. i'm starting off on the right foot too - i forgot my keys at home! but i'm sure things will go well today =) oh, pray for me!
p.s. (according to carlo, i "porgot something")
oh shoot! my students just told me it's minimum day all week... oh yeah!!!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 11 2005 at 8:26 am |
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| hmm, i see you took a picture of a chain link net, yes net, not fence. when kids in the field are unruly, schools use the the chain link net to capture the wild childs where they will be put into tuna cans or made into fish sticks. |
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| Comment posted by gorilla (ip: 68.64.115.191) on 04 / 11 / 2005 at 2:35 PM
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| Forgetting keys... I think its a cool trend. *lol* I sometimes do it too (cause Im Cool!).. goodluck getting inside the house later Kimi :-)! Don't worry :-P You have a nice car to sleep live in... |
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| Comment posted by -von (ip: 69.235.212.214) on 04 / 11 / 2005 at 2:17 PM
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a photo for photo's sake... no story either =) much catching up to do, though... off to work i go!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 10 2005 at 11:42 pm |
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| u must b hungry... or like butterfingers. my color must be way off cause i see reese's peanut butter pieces =) oh yah! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 69.236.48.220) on 04 / 11 / 2005 at 7:01 AM
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| the colors remind me of a butterfinger bar |
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| Comment posted by gorilla (ip: 68.64.115.191) on 04 / 11 / 2005 at 1:37 AM
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| why do you go to church? |
last night while talking with marc the topic of going to church came up - and i asked why so many of our friends don't go. he said he goes most of the time, but it's mostly a social event for him, which is why he doesn't feel bad if he doesn't make it. i had to agree - i enjoy church, and i go every week, but it seems like the meat is missing from the service, and it's more fluffy feel good stuff... and i can see how people would go just for friends, and not feel fed.
is this an adventist dilemma or something that's widespread? i know i have another friend who grew up adventist and he even teaches Sabbath school, but he attends a sunday church at night because he enjoys the meat of the sermons there. when he described the sermons to me i thought that i might start going with him to church there, too... why is it that we're looking for more?
i know that the contemporary service is there trying to pull these people back into church, yet, it's missing so many of the youth/collegiate/and older people... i have another friend who finally started going back to church after years of not attending, and she goes to mt. rubidoux - a black church which keeps it's people packed in the pews until 2 pm almost every week, with no potluck afterwards - but the people stay because they're being fed anyways. no gimmicks, just the gospel being fed to these people. i think that's what everyone is looking for.
i think that my friends who stay away from church don't want to go just for the community, because they can always meet up with their friends for lunch afterwards... but i know that they believe in God and that they're looking for a relationship with Him. they think that going to church isn't necessary for salvation (it isn't - works don't save you), and so they don't go. but they're missing out on the community that can help them grow closer, they're missing out on the opportunity to share their faith in God with their brothers and sisters in Christ, and they're missing out on the communion that i enjoy so much. is that bad? for some of them, they grow in different ways, and maybe i need to accept that. but i also think that maybe there's something i can do about church to make it what it needs to be to adequately feed our flock. change up the way we do our services, or maybe even just change our view of the services. right now i don't know what it is, but i suppose i'll just have to start with prayer - for my friends and for the church that misses them.
and of course, any suggestions/input/advice from you would help...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 08 2005 at 12:04 pm |
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i finally read 4/8/05. thanks....
aside- you know a lot, you feel a lot, you sound like you can give a lot of great (solid) advice to people who may need to come to you for your wisdom.
my advice- listen to yourself, hear what YOU say, pretend you're that friend who needs that wisdom and then DO what YOU would tell them to do...
the deep advice that we have nerve to tell only ~our best friends~ might be exactly what we need to hear for ourselves...muah! |
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Comment posted by ching (ip: 4.36.236.82) on 04 / 11 / 2005 at 2:47 AM
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The last church Yoko and I were a part of were very big on the "teaching" and "equipping" part of going to church... that is, you came to basically be educated. There were so many other things, twists, and things that needed intercession there, though. Eventually God had to level out my expectations of going "to be fed"... in order to go and carry His heart instead. Does that make sense?
It's like visiting your friend's home. Would you go so that your friend could teach you? (or "feed" you?) Or on the flip side, would your friends come to your place so that you could teach them (or feed them)?
Anyhow, we've learned that God wanted us to carry His heart wherever we go, and not to "go" when He's not calling us to. Radical thought there. He's not always asking us to go somewhere to be fed. He might ask us to go somewhere instead to be a blessing to someone.
Fellowship at the last church (and at nearly every church I've attended) has always been during the potluck, or during the times my friends and I *skipped* church to talk in the hall, hang out in the evacuated Sabbath school room, or go out to McDonald's or Taco Bell.
The church service (program) is not fellowship, simply because it is a one-way affair. For the same reason, when you have a date with someone and really want to get to know them, you don't only go to a movie together. You go to dinner as well. Shoot, maybe you skip the movie entirely.
Anyhow, in answer to the question that is the title of this whole thing: No, actually we don't go to church. Going to church isn't a Biblical requirement of Christians. It's not anti-Biblical, either. It's simply a tradition we've made, and it can be good, and it can be bad, depending on the people and most of all depending on whether God has called you to be there or not.
Having prayer meetings at Hazel's with other Christians, waiting on the Spirit, worshiping together, sharing burdens and laying hands on each other in prayer... it ruined me for traditional church. I've had some great times in traditional church as well, but nothing like the time spent at a home waiting on God and each other together. The long and short of it is that "church" really is where two or three gather in His name, and going further, that "church" is wherever you and He are. It's an identity instead of a place, and definitely not a one-day-a-week thing. |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.33) on 04 / 09 / 2005 at 5:37 AM
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im sure the sermons and social aspects are factors that make people attend/not attend church. another thing is also routine. i think for some, after being affected by whatever reason to come or not to come church, comes a point where routine kicks in. so people that do come to church keep goin and the ones that have stopped havent returned. i guess im just speaking from personal experience, i used to go 3 different churches every sabbath, right until everyone changed up their service hours. i went to all 3 cause i was used to it.
another reason i think is quick rewards.
not to sound negative, but realistically, the majority are looking for something in return. (this is just my opinion btw, im probably completely wrong) i believe the people that do not currently attend regularly are wanting something more than what they are receiving, and i think it also has to deal with if what theyre looking for to receive is the right thing to look for. i guess its kinda like going to the garage looking for a screwdriver so you get a screwdriver, but the whole time you needed a hammer to do the job. (i hope im not getting too profound here, hehe)
i also think age comes to play. in the case for llfc that is. it seems that there is an average age range where members stop attending for whatever reasons it may be; work, relocation, no satisfation. almost appears to be a trend, where the ones before them become awol, as do they when they reach that point.
i dunno.
these are all just speculations on my part. i get to church late. ALOT. so i dont know if i should be saying anything, hehe. but i like church. ive had my phases where i stopped going to church, as well as phases of denouncing my faith and stop believing in everything.
im not the "ideal sda," but if im at where im at right now, despite what and where i used to be, i think everyone else could be too, pass me up tenfold even.
as far as reviving and getting people back, i think group activities, outings, get togethers, are the best bet. and im a betting man, haha. but yah, the whole purpose of the church is to have a place to worship together and fellowship. once the fellowshipping is achieved the worshiping, in my opinion, should be in the same neighborhood.
sorry kimi, that was hella long. hehe. peese out.
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| Comment posted by wila gorilla (ip: 68.64.115.191) on 04 / 08 / 2005 at 7:46 PM
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I think you have a point in what you said about the popular black church: "no gimmicks, just the gospel being fed to these people. i think that's what everyone is looking for."
The problem is, so many churches just don't KNOW the gospel message and suffer from an inferiority complex about the gospel - like, it isn't REALLY GOOD NEWS.
So they feel the need to kinda "spice it up" a little.
This is Alan's rant more than anything, I know. I think that what the LLJC has going for it is the collegiate Sabbath School. It's a forum that's willing to tackle more than just the "warm fuzzies" of salvation and go into the much more demanding realm of "living life to the full."
I think that a church that focused on restoring its members to their full potential in Jesus would really draw in not only the hungry and thirsty, but the currently apathetic.
How to make this happen? I don't know a set of rules. Just lift up Jesus and, like He promised, He will draw all men unto Himself.
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taken while relaxing down at la jolla beach. have a great friday y'all!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 08 2005 at 9:30 am |
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| What's up Glendale? I actually am familiar with Escher's work. My coworker has a picture of Waterfall at his desk. Now I understand why you had difficulty explaining what his work is like. The first thing that popped in my mind when you told me though was that picture at Theodore's desk I always pass by. Go figure! |
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| Comment posted by David (ip: 12.155.228.3) on 04 / 10 / 2005 at 1:21 pm
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| mt high |
it was awesome - i tried jumps, and the rails, and the border crossing (or is that s'posed to be boarder crossing? wow, that makes so much more sense), and the halfpipe... what else... oh yah, and just practicin' plain old carving while keeping my back hand close to my body, and getting more comfortable picking up speed.
kwai looked like a professional doin those big jumps... we got a disposable camera cause i forgot mine at home and so i actually have to develop and -wait- to see what our pictures look like, but i'm pretty sure we came out with some good ones. i boarded ahead and plunked myself down in the snow, hanging off the side of the jumps, poised and ready to shoot kwai flying through the air, silhoutted against the sun... i wonder if he developed that roll today - the suspense is killing me!
oh, and we actually took off our jackets and just boarded around in our t-shirts - i've ALWAYS wanted to do that - and it made me feel more like a real boarder chick. when i can finally hit the rails... i mean, when i can actually -do- the rails, and not -hit- them (you should see the nasty nasty bruise that covers my entire shin! it was so swollen yesterday it was like my calf was put on backwards!) then i'll feel like a cool boarder chick.
i had a great time - we used all of our 8-hour pass on the mountain, and i'm so tired and sore right now, but it was well worth it... kwai said i was gutsy - or maybe i just wasn't smart enough to stay away - but i certainly tried a lot and learned a lot... i can't wait to go again and start off the day hitting the jumps...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 06 2005 at 6:50 pm |
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| Who's this kwai guy? sounds like a dork! |
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| Comment posted by Elvin (ip: 66.215.8.166) on 04 / 10 / 2005 at 11:03 am
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| group photo in s-dawg |
this is the closest thing i have to a group photo... and i'm sooo sorry that i cut out lalee and david, and part of gayle! we used the timer function on all the cameras and unfortunately my camera didn't catch everyone... and i know some other cameras took the other half of the group and missed the people i caught. so - y'all have to share now, y'hear! i actually have the pictures from most of the people - like cheeno, regi, ron, and jr - but that's only up till sunday morning, and i still have to get omar's pictures. and everyone's sunday pictures. and then, and only then, will i make a cd for everyone who went =) yup! i have all the evidence, so you better treat me nice =) hahhaha... just kidding, but i do want all your pictures before i burn a cd, so get in touch with me somehow....
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 05 2005 at 11:51 pm |
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| spring break |
it's warm enough to go swimming... that's frickin awesome! in san diego this weekend we just hit the beach and slept under the sun and had a wonderfully relaxing time... saturday night we hit the pool at our hotel for a lit'l bit, and this is the closest thing to a group photo i have at the time. i'll have to download all my pics but i'll write about the trip later.... and of course, more pictures to come!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 04 2005 at 6:04 pm |
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| school's out! |
spring break has officially started 6 minutes ago! woot! i am so ready to hit the beach and just chill! oh how nice that will be...
and just as a testimony to how nice southern california is, after tanning on the beaches of san diego this weekend, i'll be hitting the slopes and boarding on tuesday - from the sand to the powder one day to the next. i love this place!
okay, enough typing, i'm just gonna turn off my brain and relax... yah, you know you're jealous!
aaahhhh.....
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 01 2005 at 3:09 pm |
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| puffer baby! |
all us math teachers had to go to a training day at the district - and we took off for lunch together. for some reason we used mr peterson's car even though he has a baby seat in the back seat, so we plunked our resident baby puffer into that seat...
yup, this is one of the teachers at the school i work at! fun, huh? =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on April 01 2005 at 10:09 am |
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| disco lights and fur-trimmed hats |
my two roommates-who-are-no-more and i used to use our old 70's apartment as our photo studio, taking pictures against our backdrop (that's right, we had a backdrop in our apartment! our "studio" was our second living room, it had no furniture other than a small coffee table which housed our props, and it had a large extra-wide cloth that draped down the wall on one side and served as our backdrop), or taking pictures with our "creative lighting" aka the disco ball in our "red room". you could often find us trying on new outfits and going all out with our makeup and accessories - i suppose letting out a side of us that never leaves the house - we just got all gussied up, took pictures for fun and then that was it =) i miss the cloths hanging from the ceiling and the room full of props - i mean, c'mon, we had an asian umbrella, the rice-picker's hat, along with 20 other hats, awicker chair, feather boas, and the scarfs and other small accessories...
i miss the good ol' days =) hahah... and i miss those girls... =/ we definitely need to plan to get together again!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 31 2005 at 9:52 am |
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| happy birthday, carlo! |
look at the twinkle in his eye, folks! my cousin carlo turned 22 years old today! woohoo! last night we were out to eat again - just at denny's this time, since it was so late - and at midnight this guy's phone started ringing off the hook! he definitely is loved by his barkada =)
happy birthday, papa! hahaha.... his friends make me laugh, with their nicknames and the way they treat each other =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 30 2005 at 7:40 am |
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| this quarter is gonna SUCK! |
oh man... i just got home from classes at ucr. yup... it's 9:15 and i just got outta classes. i left home at 7:30 am to go to the school that i teach at... and then school ended at 3:00... didn't leave that school till 3:40, when i started heading over to UCR. i got stuck behind a train and was late to my first class, which goes from 4:10-7:00, but the teacher kept us till 7:05... even though i had another class from 7:00-9:00. and so, i just got home at 9:10, and it'll be this way every monday for the next ten weeks, until i graduate !!! that's a 13 1/2 hour day... tuesdays are normal, and then wednesdays will suck too - minimum days at school, but they make up for that by having 2-3 hours of meetings after the students leave, and then i have another class at ucr from 5-8, so i'll be pretty busy there. and missing gym night too... argh... that sucks!
but hey, when this is all over, i will have a masters and a credential. yay! it better be worth it cause i'm stressing all over, and all i had to eat today was a leftover pizza slice for lunch. thankfully i also have good friends who are willing to bring food over, so that's gonna arrive soon and i'll have dinner... *sigh* oh what joy! k, now i'm finally gonna get outta my button down work shirt and just chill for the rest of the evening... finally!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 28 2005 at 9:29 pm |
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Hang in there! You can do it! I totally feel you on the night classes since every class i take out here is night time. Sometimes, i stay in my little tiny apartment room and just read/write all day and then go to class at night only to find that I've completely missed daylight. -__-
I am teh NYU vampire.
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| congratulations, omar! |
omar graduated with his BSN from CSUSB this weekend, and there was a big celebration at his house on Sabbath afternoon. of course, us cousins took some pictures... a nice one:
and of course, the mandatory silly one... although ivy didn't participate!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 28 2005 at 10:24 am |
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| on the ice |
last night kuya glenn rented out pickwick's ice skating center and invited family and friends... it was a far drive and most of the loma linda people didn't make it, 'cept for me and carlo. cheeno, jr, ryan, & omar - you suck! you're in for it when kuya chester sees you next. he was a bit dangerous there on the ice too - he tackled me down and sat on me, and i almost sliced his head with my blade when i was kicking trying to get outta the lockdown. but thankfully, no injuries for me or for anyone else =)
it was really cute watching all the younger cousins on the ice, though. they're pretty good - even this little one was making it around on the ice, although she had to be held up and pushed sometimes. just a few more times there and she'll be zipping along nicely like all the other young'uns - but hopefully not pushing me around like riley did! hahhaa... he takes after kuya chester (who you can see lurked into the picture of me with andy and my brother). and yah, i'm so glad i got to see my brother... i hardly get to see him! he said he'll try to plan something for me and laurie to hang out - yay! i guess i'll be driving out to LA more often, but it's definitely worth it to see cousins...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 27 2005 at 4:51 pm |
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| the good samaritan |
alan preached (i so want to say "praught") the sermon last week at the grove, and it was about the good samaritan. today's easter service was also about the good samaritan, by the way... but last week, alan did a pretty good job, especially for his first time ever doing a sermon. and it was nifty cause the lights were highlighting him all cool like and stuff =) cool beans, dude!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 26 2005 at 8:06 pm |
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| going to japan? |
when i got this invitation, i wasn't sure what to say.
and i still don't know!
it sounds like a really GREAT opportunity, but i still have my reservations... but y'know, my friends made a great point last night - i'm only going to be there for one semester, so it's not like i'm signing my life away. any reservations i might have are lessened by the fact that i won't be there very long. i can always sign on again for a second term at the end of the first one... but i'm not signing my life away right now. and that eases the decision a bit =) so right now, i don't feel like i should walk away from the job, but thinking about accepting the job makes me feel apprehensive, too. *sigh*
i have prayed about this and i haven't received a definite yes nor a definite no - and my dad says that this is because the choice is up to me, whether or not i want to.
i'm thinking i want to.
=)
so i'll be praying about it today before i email back mr. kiyomi-san =) but i HAVE to let him know in a day or two, because there's someone else from PUC in line for the job if i choose not to take it.
yeeeesh... i need to discuss this with daryl more... so i'll do that today when i get outta school. pray for me that i'll be able to come to a firm decision that i can back up, and that it will be what is best for me and for the school in hiroshima.
please? thanks... i need the prayer =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 25 2005 at 10:22 am |
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| good friday |
today's Good Friday... and sunday is going to be Easter. just a reminder - i didn't even realize till today =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 25 2005 at 8:28 am |
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| watching naruto |
we were downloading naruto to watch it all crowded around my laptop on that one couch, but while we were waiting, we went through all my archives of photos from all our family gatherings - going all the way back to the pictures i'd scanned in of grandma and grandpa. i have a picture of omar & ryan when they're around 4 years old, and pictures of our grandparents lookin' all guapo back in the day in the PI =) jr was all proud of 'osias' and his pimpin' style =) and it was just really fun looking back at family...
you can see some of the photos on my albums on my multiply - hope you enjoy!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 24 2005 at 9:26 am |
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| big bear boarder |
it's been raining all week and i bet that the conditions are nice at big bear... when i went boarding 3 years ago my first camera was brand new, and i eagerly tried it out. i didn't know how to play with the settings yet, so most of the pictures were blurry or the shutter snapped after the action had left the frame, but this is one of the pictures where i actually was able to capture the boarder in the frame =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 23 2005 at 8:07 pm |
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| prayer meeting |
on monday, i was taking a much-needed nap at home when kuya garry called at 6:30 - he invited me to the prayer meeting at church starting at 7, and in my sleep-induced stupor, i agreed. he was so amazed, he almost talked me out of it! =) "are you kidding? are you sure you want to come?"
so, i dragged myself off the comfy couch and headed on down to the church.
now, lemme say a few words about this prayer meeting. it's not your usual run of the mill wednesday night prayer meeting. no, this one is more of a "prayer warrior" thing, full of praise songs with powerful words, and calling on God's promises from the Bible, standing up while saying, "i stand on God's promise to _____________" and then you fill in the blank with the verse you want to claim.
oh yah, and my dad is in charge of this.
see, there's a slight problem with me going to these things. i believe in God's promises, and i believe in the power of prayer, the power of the words we speak, etc, etc, etc. i especially enjoy the singing that we do.
but it's really hard for me to participate in the part where we quote the Bible in our sentences, and in our prayers, and in our praises. i'm comfortable with saying, "Praise God!" when i hear something that i want to praise Him for. but then, when it's during the meeting, it sounds... well, i dunno... prescribed?
i'm corrected and told - "no, you should say, "i praise God because _____".
but what if i don't want to praise in that way? or what if i want to say something else?
it just feels more like i'm in an English class where my sentence gets revised by the teacher and i'm under review. what i write isn't a reflection of me but instead a formula i'm filling out - "okay, i need a noun here, i need to quote a verse there, oh, and it'd be nice to put a praise here" except i don't even have the options of where to put it, and all the sentences are structured in the same way.
i think the biggest problem i have with this is that i was forced to do this as a "summer school" for 3 HOURS EVERY SINGLE MORNING during the summers when i was in high school. no, i'm not kidding. no, it's not an exaggeration. we had to write down our prayers, and then use these prayers that we'd written for closing prayer, keep praise journals in which we had to write and the revise our statements, and oh yah, we learned greek. as a result, i hated to pray! and i hated that doing that program made me hate the act of praying, because i wanted more than anything to pray and get close to God, but instead, i was kneeling there, reading my proofread and revised prayer, and hating every moment of it, and not wanting to get anywhere near prayer when the sessions were over. yah, you heard me correctly - i stopped praying!
anyways, back to present day. so.... they want me to show up to this prayer meeting again next week.
i think i have too much baggage from growing up to be able to participate well during the meetings. i mean, i could still attend. i would still go. i would enjoy the songs and sing along and read the scriptures with everyone. but somehow, when we start doing the exercises where we start saying sentences, either of blessing or praise, i just tend to shut down and i don't want to speak. i've tried so many times, but it just feels fake to me! it feels forced, contrived, and prescribed. it doesn't feel natural at all, and i've been doing this for 10 years!
*sigh*
what am i going to do next week when they call me? i really wanna be able to pray and talk to God, not write and proofread my prayers. and maybe a better attitude would help.
i dunno. i want to work on my relationship with God, but maybe i need to find a different way, one that works for me.
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 23 2005 at 11:03 am |
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"It is only love that can fit us for the work of intercession."
-Andrew Murray, from "Absolute Surrender"
I just looked at it online and wanted to add that. (^_^) Let His love lead you, even if His love leads you to say "no, thank you." |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 219.122.201.188) on 03 / 23 / 2005 at 9:05 PM
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Hi Kimi,
I'm sorry you had to go through all that. It's rough and I hate the feeling of uncertainty... "It works for him... am I supposed to feel this upset or shallow about it?"
There is no formulizing God. Yes, He can use promises of Scripture, but it needs to be personal for you, and if you don't have Him say "it" to you, then it's no good.
Jesus said, "out of the mouths of babes You have perfected praise." What comes out of children to God makes Him smile, and when we approach Him like children, even when we don't know what verse to look at, it's what He wants. He's our Daddy.
Remember the song, "The Heart of Worship"? The truth is that it's all about You, Jesus. It's the same thing with *prayer*. Yes, that should be obvious, but you and I know it's not always "all about You, Jesus".
Don't go unless *God* is calling you to go, Kimi. And if He's calling you to go, ask Him why, and ask Him for His heart as you go. Maybe you'll speak with them, maybe you'll cry instead. Others there might feel the same way you do, but keep it stifled inside for fear of acknowledging it. But whatever happens, it's all about Him.
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| painting... |
this is the artist at work, creating a backdrop for pictures so it looks like you're on a cruise =) the painting turned out surprisingly well in photos, it looks so beautiful! i mean, it looked good in person too, but you could tell it was a painting... but in pictures, it almost looked like a real backdrop - really good stuff, y'know?
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 22 2005 at 11:58 pm |
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| yah, it was for the lljc valentines banquet - you know, the one where alan sang karaoke! the theme was "the love boat" and we sold pictures =) i think it turned out great! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 03 / 24 / 2005 at 12:58 PM
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| WOW! That looks coool! What was it for? A formal event with pictures and everything? |
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| laura's $.02 |
Kimi asked me to add my thoughts to the relationship discussion found here as well as on Kat and Daryl's blogs.
I'm going to post something fairly straightforward and non-humorous, because I heard that Alan is going to join in and you know he'll blow anyone else's attempts at humor out of the water so I'm just not going to go there!
The big Question is, Interacting with folks of the opposite sex is impossible to avoid - how do I avoid accidentally leading someone on while still maintaining a more-than-acquaintanceship?"
Answer:
Guys: Don’t pursue her heart.
Girls: Don’t invite him to pursue your heart.
Kenny said it well in his comment on Kat’s blog – guys are drawn to the mere chance of love/intimacy. He then went on to say this is shallow, and I totally disagree with that! It’s a damn good thing that men are wired to pursue, because women are wired to BE pursued and to invite pursuit.
We complement each other beautifully.
Since we’re created in the image of God, the way we’re wired is not ONLY for our mutual benefit and satisfaction, but also of great use to Jesus in our lives. When a man pursues his woman, it’s not only him, but Jesus working THROUGH him to pursue her heart for Himself. And vice versa – a woman has the incredible opportunity to invite her man to pursue Jesus as he pursues her.
The reason God tells us to love Him with all our hearts/souls/minds/strengths and THEN, secondly, to love our neighbor as ourselves, is because He knows only He can fulfill the desire He planted in our hearts. Our emotional and spiritual needs can’t be totally satisfied by one another.
Think about it – why do guys often cool off their affections after “the chase” is over? And why do girls tend to get needier and clingier when this happens?
In and of ourselves, we cannot ever be enough for another person.
Only God is large enough to be pursued forever, and only God is extravagant enough to woo us in new and different ways throughout our entire lives.
So. Back to the question at hand. How to keep those pesky “but I thought we had something…..” type friends from happening.
1. Give your heart to Jesus.
When it’s obvious that your heart is not on the market for rescuing/wooing/pursuing/inviting, it’s much easier for others to see that you are not available, even when you’re single. Usually this will do the trick right away. It’s like that awful bar trick: Looking earnestly into their eyes and saying, “Have you accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?” gets pretty much ANYONE off your back!
In all seriousness, if you are getting the kind of attention from Jesus that you need, you’re not going to be looking for others to fill that longing.
You won’t be sending out the vibe.
Guys, if you’re pursuing God with all your heart, you won’t have time or inclination to go after the girl who is desperate for anyone/anything to come after a heart that’s actually lonely for Jesus.
Girls, if you are allowing yourself to be romanced by Jesus, pretty much anyone else isn’t going to be a contender and you won’t be paying attention to him in that way. Guys are very good at figuring out where they can’t compete. And believe me, NO ONE can compete with the astonishment of a romance with the Creator of all things romantic! Lol!
2. Show them the bigger picture.
Often being totally in love with Jesus has a magnetic effect to people who are really looking for the same kinda thing, and sometimes they’ll mistake YOU for what they’re looking for.
If you start getting that creepy-crawly feeling that your “friend” of the opposite sex has something more up their sleeve for you, gently remind them (usually just through general conversation; rarely will you have to resort to “The Talk”) that it’s really Jesus we’re all after, ultimately.
If God is Love, then WHENEVER we are looking for love – even in a plain old boy/girlfriendship – we are seeking something much more transcendent than flowers and candy, a hug and a kiss.
Point them to the Source.
3. BACK OFF
Sometimes you have to do the uncomfortable and sacrifice the friendship for the good of those involved. If someone is consistently mistaking you for Jesus in their pursuit of Him, you need to get out of the way.
Nothing good EVER comes from playing savior.
If you find this a difficult proposition yourself, then think long and hard about what YOU are getting out of the relationship that might not be so kosher.
Anyway, those are my thoughts from personal experience. Keep in mind that this is advice for “getting rid of” (that sounds horrible!) of people in whom you’re not interested in “that way.”
There’s nothing wrong with pursuing and being pursued in a relationship; it’s vitally important. But you can’t get ALL of it from your earthly relationship. You absolutely MUST be getting it from Jesus first. The relationship fulfills a secondary need and points you to your first Love. But it can’t take the place of a healthy relationship with Jesus. Heh. That’s a whole ‘nother post in and of itself!
Thanks for letting me guest lecture, Kimi!!
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| Entry posted by laura on March 22 2005 at 2:04 am |
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| interesting people |
lately, i've noticed that i really enjoy hanging out with certain peoples... and i'm finding it very interesting indeed!
what is it about some people that make you want to hang out with them more? is it really simply because someone makes you laugh? or because the fact that they're telling YOU that joke makes you feel special and loved?
i think this is a concept that i've struggled with on and off... wondering what makes that friendship special... but mostly wondering what makes someone attracted to someone else. what is it about certain people that creates that wonderful li'l feeling inside you, making you think about them multiple times throughout the day? or how does one person earn the power to make your stomach flip flop when the phone rings with their special ring tone? how would someone work their way into your life to make you smile everytime you see your inbox with an email from him/her?
as a disclaimer, i have no one in my life like this right now... although i'm open to suggestions =) i think i've had these questions in the back of my mind, wondering what it'll take for someone to impact my life in that way.
but seriously, if someone makes me feel that way, is that a good enough reason to start dating them? why does that feeling of yearning seem to equate into a relationship that should be pursued? and maybe even more importantly, if i have friends in my life who do this for me - make me laugh, make me feel special, spend time with me, fill up my inbox, and call my cell phone - why is it that i want to eventually find that one special guy who'll do this for me? not that i'm desperately searching, but that is definitely something that i think of as nice to have...
yah... i just don't think i understand the psychology behind it. regardless of whether i understand it or not, though, i have to admit that i'm a pretty social person and i'm glad i have friends that do make me feel special, the same friends who company i enjoy.
and for that, i'm very thankful =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 21 2005 at 3:13 am |
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| nephews and niece |
these kids are so FULL OF ENERGY! it was extremely difficult to get these 6 to be in the same picture... there was always 1 that was running around, but i finally got them to be all on the same couch, although i couldn't get them all to look at the camera. but they're so funny (and active) - griffin jumped right of the couch into this next picture:
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 19 2005 at 8:25 pm |
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| kat's view on these relationships |
after i wrote in daryl's blog last weekend, daryl responded with this entry about relationships. we had called up kat & alan and asked for their 2 cents on this topic to round out the conversation... and i'm so glad to say that kat wrote an entry - a much longer one than either of ours, and it goes more into depth.
i wholeheartedly agree with her (and laura's comments) so far... c'mon, let's not be willfully ignorant, ladies!! *ahem*
heehehe... i'll have more to say on this topic later, but i wanted to send you over to kat's post to read it.
enjoy!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 18 2005 at 7:21 am |
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| long beach harbor |
i finally found a picture in my archives that didn't have people in it... just a photograph =) it was way too hard to find that. i really need to get my butt on taking pictures again. (hahah... i know, isn't my butt talented?)
EDIT: apparently, i still don't take pictures sans people - this one was taken by randall and i had it in my folders and had forgotten to separate it out, so i posted it as my own. *eeek* whoops... so, here's credit where credit's due =)
thanks faxdata =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 18 2005 at 1:12 am |
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| a dog and his stogie |
wilbur is by far one of the cutest dogs i've ever met - and that's saying a lot =) he'll sit there in his living room, 'cigar' in mouth, hanging out the side... and just stare you down like he's the godfather.... how cute!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 17 2005 at 7:47 am |
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| old skool |
digging even deeper into the archives! i found this one last night and we had a good laugh at the way all of us looked back in the day. this was taken on jenny's bday in 1984 =) at their house on that li'l street next to the hospital. (she's the one in the pink dress) man, i can't even remember what that street's called. but yah... what memories! we used to spend lotsa summers there...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 16 2005 at 7:00 am |
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| I showed the picture to Yoko and said, "I think this one is Kimi" and she said, "Of course!" and "absolutely" in Japanese. (^_^) |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 219.122.201.199) on 03 / 19 / 2005 at 1:24 AM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
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| That's you front & center in the yellow, right? (^_^) |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.81) on 03 / 16 / 2005 at 7:43 AM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
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| hahah... good job. that is me. i was all of 4 years, 4 months =) |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 163.150.15.187) on 03 / 16 / 2005 at 9:10 AM
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| kimikatkiri band pic |
once again, the archives. this was from our may'02 road trip to puc with merv. we had some good times on that road =) and quite a lot of pictures, too! merv tried his hand at photographing all of us, this is one of the "band" pics that we came up with... =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 15 2005 at 12:14 am |
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| i like this one. |
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Comment posted by honestyrain (ip: 142.161.94.140) on 03 / 17 / 2005 at 4:21 PM
honestyrain's E-mail: honestyrain@honestyrain.com
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hey laura!
let's go back to visit... i LOVED it there! and u got to live there all year 'round =)
giugni's here we come! |
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| Comment posted by kimi =) (ip: 69.108.90.69) on 03 / 16 / 2005 at 7:09 AM
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Oy! Those are my old stomping grounds!
I'm utterly homesick at the moment. *sigh* |
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Comment posted by laura (ip: 69.23.133.114) on 03 / 15 / 2005 at 6:55 PM
laura's E-mail: laura@camacho.tv
laura's website: http://www.camacho.tv |
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| darn flu! |
ugh... i've been sick the past 4 days and it sucks big time! i got it from the teachers/students at my school. on thursday i felt great, and then on thursday night in the matter of an hour i got a high fever and my eyes were burning. i went to bed thinking i'd be better but then on friday i woke up sore - it hurt even to cough! and then i was standing there in my classroom shivering saying, "i don't think i should be here, guys..."
so i went home and slept the whole day. and on sunday, i spent the entire day in bed also (bed = living room couch for now). but i've been so blessed to have an influx of visitors - cuz see, i hate to be home alone, and it just sucks more when you're sick and can't move. my last surviving roommate is on vacation and home with her family, leaving me in this big huge house all alone. 'cept as i said, i haven't really had to be alone because of the wonderful friends who stop by and keep me company and sleep over to take care of me.
thank you to: daryl (who's back from japan), felcar ryan, ray, alan, carlo (who cooked ramen for me - salamat), christina, cheeno (who also cooked), and my dad (he brought me Taco Bell! he knows what i like...). i don't think they meant to keep a rotating schedule on purpose but it seems like anytime someone had to leave someone else would drop by, and so i've been well taken care of.
you guys rock! thank you!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 14 2005 at 9:53 pm |
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| "studying" |
here's me "studying" at ucr =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 14 2005 at 5:44 pm |
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| that is a very nice picture kimi... i wonder who took it... |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 4.30.26.229) on 03 / 14 / 2005 at 7:10 pm
carlo's website: http://fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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| Billy was right, eventually |
It's kinda sad to say, but it seems like we've made all of our opposite sex friends that we're gonna have. So, if you're a new guy in kimi's life, you're just drama. (jab, jab) After all, Kat's making same sex friends, and she *never* does that! (jab, jab) Speaking of Kat, I think I had this conversation with her, but we never wrote it down. So, if you have anything to add Kat, post an entry here too! (use the link on the top on the right side) I suppose it's mostly because of our stage in life. We're all no longer in school and now we're kinda moving on. We're working or in grad school or whatever. We're just too... busy, I guess. We have 100% of ourselves, right? And we allocate percentages of ourselves to certain things, like school, home, work, hobbies and whatever, including making friends. But now, we have things that need more of our attention so we've probably taken what we used to put into making friends and have put that energy or percentage of whatever into work, grad school or whatever. We're just not willing to deal with the drama anymore, I guess. But maybe that's because of our personality too. Because, I wonder, is anyone else going through this stage?
I suppose I should qualify what I mean by "friends." I guess what we mean is close friends, inner circle friends, not friends who just go to the wedding, but are in the wedding. Friends that you can get mad at and yell at and scream at because it's okay. They tell you how it is, not because you want to hear it, but they have the right to say it. I think you get the picture.
This is Daryl, by the way. kimi guest author'ed on my blog, so I had to reply...
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| Entry posted by datchan on March 13 2005 at 12:30 pm |
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| I FINALLY posted on my own site just cuz it was cool to have that little triumvirate of blogs going about the same topic. :D |
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Comment posted by kat (ip: 68.161.140.115) on 03 / 17 / 2005 at 11:22 PM
kat's E-mail: datkatskat@yahoo.com
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whoa... we're gonna get in trouble here! i think those jabs were meant as jokes but there were no smilies =) here are all the smilies =) =) =) =)
ahh... and there are most posts coming - guest posts from the friends, that's right! i was laughing while reading alan's but then he wants to start all over again, so, give it some time. you'll enjoy it =) |
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| Comment posted by kimi (ip: 69.108.69.18) on 03 / 13 / 2005 at 9:41 PM
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| carlo in lights |
same photoshoot as jr... i took cool pictures of them and then they took all these photos of me sleeping on the table. they suck! hahah... whatever...
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 13 2005 at 12:29 pm |
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| Wow... Carlo knows how to do magic... he watch to much naruti movies haha |
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| Comment posted by Von (ip: 69.229.10.206) on 03 / 15 / 2005 at 7:58 PM
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| as for those who doesn't know what i am doing in this picture, i am actually building up my chakra concentrated only to my left hand... im practicing my new jutsu, it's called, the RASENGAN...(ok, only naruto fans can get that) y'all know what i mean |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 4.30.26.229) on 03 / 14 / 2005 at 7:12 PM
carlo's website: http://fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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| jr |
this boy just had a birthday, so now he's all of 19 years old! took him to dinner in riverside and then took some pictures outside the restaurant waiting for everyone else to show up. everywhere's a photo opp for me =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 12 2005 at 7:28 pm |
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| i'm gonna GRADUATE!!!! |
yikes! *shiver* exciting! i'm about to get my a Masters degree! woot!
I'm just about to head down the hall to turn in my "application for candidacy for master of education in the field of education" form to the office, to get approved to graduate this June.
that's right! THIS JUNE!
uh huh, just so everyone's on the same page, here's the info:
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 7:00 pm, COMMONS LAWN
no tickets required, seating on a first-come first-served basis.
y'all better be there! or at least shower me with gifts =) hahah... I'd really like both but one or the other will do, as long as you acknowledge the long hours I'm putting in going to school full time for my credential AND my Master's in Education (try 11-15 credits each quarter) on top of my full time job of teaching (for the first year!) at a public school (7 hrs a day at school, plus grading and prep-work). *sigh* Seriously... this shtuff is hard to juggle!
but the end is in sight!
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 7:00 pm, COMMONS LAWN
be there!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 10 2005 at 6:48 pm |
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| Haha, well, I can't spell Japanese for love of the built in swear-word detector! My wife's maiden name, by the way, was "Yamash**a". But congrats again, Kimi! Omedetou and **otsukaresamadeshta!!** (there we go, and that's closer to how it's pronounced, anyway) |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.50) on 03 / 10 / 2005 at 9:29 PM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
Ramone's website: http://fulfilledinjesus.blogspot.com |
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Congratulations, Kimi!
Otsukaresama desh**a! |
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Comment posted by Ramone (ip: 218.42.225.50) on 03 / 10 / 2005 at 9:28 PM
Ramone's E-mail: fulfilledinjesus@yahoo.com
Ramone's website: http://fulfilledinjesus.blogspot.com |
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You ROCK kimi! Congrats!
Wish I could be there. Oscar and I will send a gift. |
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Comment posted by les (ip: 69.23.133.114) on 03 / 10 / 2005 at 8:12 PM
les's website: http://www.camacho.tv |
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| auditorium |
last week we had a buy back day at colton high, and i was admiring their auditorium. our students? well, we have a cafeteria. they take the benches out but leave the tables tucked away and the students have to pile onto the benches for any/all assembly-age that has to happen. it sorta sucks for them.... but i guess they have something to look forward to when they hit high school, huh? =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 10 2005 at 3:27 pm |
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| what a fool... |
if you wanna see the video of this check it out here... perry and vil were trying to do some jackass videos and vil tried first but bailed... perry ended up boarding straight into the tree for his stunt, but you can actually see vil trying some jumps/flips in the background =) hahha.... those two were crackin' me up there on the top of mt. baldy. it sho' was some fun times =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 09 2005 at 1:36 pm |
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| going up the mountain |
the lifts were old and slow and it took forever to get to the top of the mountain, but we had an incredible view. perry and mark were yelling at me to stop taking pictures but i was loving the view so much - it's just incredible to look at and think we were right there =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 08 2005 at 8:29 am |
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| waaaaaaaaaaaa!!! those two wer gettin it on while on the lifts! ahahahaha... good times... |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 4.33.102.227) on 03 / 08 / 2005 at 5:42 pm
carlo's website: http://www.fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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| mt baldy |
that's right, we hit the slopes again! and HA! i payed for the tickets this time =) we were able to get $25 discount tickets for mt baldy through sportmart the night before... so i picked 'em up. that's right, i'm a millenium woman =) hahah!!! i know some of y'all out there are wondering in amazement that i wouldn't let vil pay for me but i instead payed for him. what a difference than before, huh? *sigh* i'm growing up...
anyways, the snow was really nice, it was deep in some places and i'd sink in. but we went off the main trail and dodged the trees and tried some jumps. last time i hit the jumps and landed a few but did not do them correctly... but this time, i think i finally learned what a real jump is supposed to feel like - from crouching before and jumping at the end of the hill to landing without falling over... it's all coming together.
hmmm, next week i'll get a chance to practice it a lot more! that's right, we're going again! woohoo!!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 07 2005 at 8:11 am |
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| I'm soooo jealous! If you ride better than me, I'm going to be sooooo mad |
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Comment posted by Datchan (ip: 210.166.36.154) on 03 / 07 / 2005 at 4:38 PM
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| hey... wer's our picture together? |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 204.69.4.81) on 03 / 07 / 2005 at 1:13 PM
carlo's website: http://fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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| and then there were two... |
rita got a new job working for a consulting company (yay for her!!), so they'll be flying her out to washington state on monday. needless to say, she won't be rooming with us any longer (boo for us!!) =(
she had a li'l get together (it was more like we filled up all of hawaiian blues!) last night and we just karaoked and had a blast! we sang tons of songs... and everyone was so friendly... well, except for one dude - what was up with him?!! WHATEVAH!!! but it was cool cause then afterwards some of my other friends showed up and i got to hang out with them also. oh, and i whooped tony's butt playing chess =) that was a highlight...
but back to rita - she'll be moving out this month *sniff sniff* that leaves just shelia and me in this big house all alone.
hey, do you know anyone who wants to room with us? you do?!! gee thanks, that sho' would help out alot... hook us up, man! =) thank you!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 05 2005 at 9:48 am |
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| I'm wondering what the weather is like in Cali. What should I pack?? My friend from Tokyo is coming too, so I want to introduce her to you and the rest of the crew |
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Comment posted by Datchan (ip: 210.166.36.154) on 03 / 07 / 2005 at 2:11 AM
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| Can I room with you? HEHEHEH =) ide be more than willing! =P *wink* |
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| Comment posted by Joanne (ip: 68.171.155.182) on 03 / 06 / 2005 at 8:39 AM
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| my "harem" |
they wanted me to look all hard and stuff with all of them looking all girly beside me =) i don't know if can pull off the gangsta look but i think they did an awesome job of looking all pretty!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 04 2005 at 1:24 am |
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| you're too cute to look tuff ;) the guys, on the other hand, have pulled off looking girly rather well. |
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Comment posted by honestyrain (ip: 142.161.94.140) on 03 / 04 / 2005 at 10:02 AM
honestyrain's E-mail: honestyrain@honestyrain.com
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| ahahahaha...i can't type cuz im looking at ryan's picture... i love the cheek bones... dude we look gay in this picture but ryan is just plain gay on this one... props to kimi! ms harem... just learned a new word today.... salamat kimi!!! |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 69.233.89.34) on 03 / 04 / 2005 at 1:27 AM
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 03 2005 at 10:37 am |
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| oscar |
oscar would take naps on the couch in the funniest positions... this picture is a fairly normal shot of him, but he would also sit up on his butt and lean back and sleep like he was a person, or he'd twist around and have his body all preztel'ed up, with his tongue hanging out and threatening to fall off the couch. he was pretty funny and always cute like that =) i love that dog!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 02 2005 at 9:38 am |
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| curious george!! |
von, cheeno, regi, carlo, ryan and i went to denny's after studying, and as is typical for those guys, they played that claw game where you can win a stuffed animal.
i didn't think it was ever possible to win an animal. that the whole set-up was a way to steal money from our pockets because it was frickin' impossible to ever walk away with a toy.
last night, they proved my theory wrong TWICE!
while we were paying our bill i heard regi get all excited - jumpin' & bein' all happy and stuffs - and i turned around to see cheeno win a teddy bear wearing a cow outfit... it was so cute - he gave it to her immediately and she looked so happy!
so then von was playing the game and got the curious george in the st. patricks day outfit, all of us were crowded 'round again - exciting cause now i got to see two stuffed animals get "chosen" (got that reference? you're cool if you do!)
i got to take curious george home =) really sweet of von, 'di ba? salamat!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on March 01 2005 at 5:25 pm |
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| hmm... von is cute... ahahah... tell ur friend johanne that von thinks she's cute because she thinks he's cute.... ahahaha... |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 4.30.26.229) on 03 / 02 / 2005 at 5:23 PM
carlo's website: http://fatbaztard.multiply.com |
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| Von is cute |
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| Comment posted by Joanne (ip: 68.171.155.182) on 03 / 02 / 2005 at 2:55 AM
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| hahaha... von is holding george's head like he's gonna kill it...!!! |
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Comment posted by carlo (ip: 4.30.26.229) on 03 / 01 / 2005 at 5:51 PM
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| he's not that innocent |
david was talking 'bout how he wanted to learn to dance like britney, and he was busting out with some of her moves! i discreetly pulled out my camera, turned it on and ready, and asked him to show off his moves again =) hahahha... he started singin britney's song 'n dance and was SO surprised to be blinded by the flash from across the table. whooops! now it's recorded for all eternity to remember! BWAHAHHAHAH! *evil grin on my face*
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 28 2005 at 8:25 am |
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| jim's right... i think dave should consider teaching britney cactaur. |
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Comment posted by raf (ip: 65.60.84.190) on 03 / 05 / 2005 at 10:02 AM
raf's E-mail: rafalosophy@yahoo.com
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| I like dancing to Britney's songs as well, who's this guy? maybe we can get along... hehe |
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| Comment posted by Joanne (ip: 204.69.4.81) on 02 / 28 / 2005 at 1:17 PM
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| It still doesn't beat the Cactaur. |
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Comment posted by Jimbo (ip: 66.237.175.171) on 02 / 28 / 2005 at 11:15 AM
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| "bilyar" |
i went with carlo, james, and robin to play "bilyar" after we finished watching hitch at the krikorian. it was pretty sweet - as usual, i sucked big time during the first game. but hey, i came in handy and shot the 8ball in to win! after that, i think i was warmed up enough, cause i was able to hit 2/3 balls in a row and even set up my next shot - jay would've been proud! =) i even did some combos! easy ones, but hey, they're good practice.
note to anyone who plays teams with carlo: ALWAYS PLAY SOLIDS!
that boy kept on sinking the other team's balls on purpose! as if i needed a bigger challenge or something... *sigh* whatever! i don't know know why he can't remember that he's stripes!
but before we hit up the movie, we crashed the lljc gym night for some bball/vball. i played basketball with lora and some guys i didn't know, and so of course they split up the girls and have us guard each other. but HA! i made the first 3 out of 4 shots (some guy made the 2nd shot) and i kicked out team off to a great start. those silly boys didn't think i'd come in handy! but i showed them! hahah.., j/k, they were pretty nice and giving me good feeds and passes right under that basket and stuff, so anytime i was able to get open it was a sure hit. but i have to say that was pretty fun - i'm gaining confidence and driving in more, and that makes me happy... one of these days it'll be old hat! hopefullly.... *keeping fingers crossed*
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 27 2005 at 3:09 am |
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| cousins |
on thursday, carlo invited me to king buffet to hang out with cheeno, ryan, jr, and a whole bunch of their friends... i was really tired but how could i pass up a night with my boys?
i had so much fun with them, just chillin' and laughing and having a great time...
oooh, and i got this in my fortune cookie:
"a family reunion in the coming months will be a tremendous success!"
how'd they know i was planning our gen4 cousins reunion in april? that's frickin' awesome =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 26 2005 at 2:04 am |
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| in da club! whooops... i mean... |
i have 17 students in my classroom right now - they just visited me for lunch cause they want to practice a song for the talent show.
only about 5-6 of them are going to do a routine, and the rest are in here watching... it's so cute to see them do all their moves... and their "fan club" watchin' em practice. actually, their fan club is made up of all their friends who are too embarrassed to be dancing in front of the school =)
what cuties!
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 25 2005 at 1:21 pm |
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| let's paint the town red! |
one day, rita said it'd be neat if she painted her room a bold color. and then the very next day, THE VERY NEXT DAY!, we came home from church to see her painting her room red. ok, OVERACHIEVER! i'd never see someone as go-getter as she is.
speaking of which, congratulations, rita, on landing that job with the consulting company. we'll miss you as you're traveling, but man... i'm so proud of you - i know you'll do great! let's celebrate!!!!
(by the way, kat and i jumped in to help her paint and i of course had to paint my initials into her wall.... not the conventional way to paint, but hey, it made the job much funner!)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 25 2005 at 12:14 am |
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| silhouette |
taken february 2003 out in the OC, this is one of the pictures from a photoshoot i actually got paid for! yup, i was a professional for a day... =)
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 24 2005 at 3:03 am |
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written by my student "lmc" who showed me her poem today. she said it's her first poem, she dictated it to her aunt who wrote it for her. i thought it was cool... i'm so proud of my students when they do stuff like this =) so expressive! impressive! ok, here it is:
How do u repair a heart that’s broken?
How do u heal the wounds?
How do u ever trust another?
How do u love so soon?
You left me asking these questions
You left me in the dark to wonder
How could I know you’d deceive me
And break the spell I’m under
We had a love like fairy tales
Prince charming on one knee
I thought I was your Cinderella
But I was blind to see
You claim ur luv was real for me
Now I must question u
If so u wouldn’t have lied
U would’ve been loyal & true
So now I hide within meself
So my pain-filled eye won’t show
You’ve made it hard to trust another
Makin sure no paths are crossed
Since u never knew what u had
You’ll never know now what u lost
My heart was all for giving
But all u did was take
I know one day I’ll love again
And learn from my mistakes
Be careful who u let in ur heart
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| Entry posted by kgrp on February 23 2005 at 10:52 am |
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| This is a very deep poem! |
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Comment posted by K-dude (ip: 66.215.8.166) on 04 / 03 / 2005 at 9:48 pm
K-dude's E-mail: kwaiet@juno.com
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