racheL is MY name

and hello!

2009-02-24T20:39:00.000-08:00

God knows if anyone still reads this. I know....it's been a while. I've been, well, busy. You see, I made this new years resolution: HAVE AS MANY ADVENTURES AS I CAN! One stipulation: I can't take off crazy amounts of time from work AND I can't be the only one going on the adventure. Someone has to join me. Sooooo if I can afford it and I won't have to miss work or miss a lot of work, I'm probably going to say yes and DO IT if you ask me. This is the perfect time to do this. God knows what will happen to me tomorrow right?

So far I went to the CHARGERS v. COLTS playoff game, went to VEGAS, partied it up with a whole lot of January babies, took an almost spontaneous/partially planned trip to MAMMOTH, planned a baby shower, and decided that I was going to do FIGHT NIGHT for THE BOXING CLUB. **disclaimer: I signed up for fight night again, but this doesn't mean that I will actually get a fight. I can only hope that they find me a match this time. But for those that are interested in coming to watch, in the case I do get a fight it's MARCH 14 @ the POINT LOMa gym.

Some of the other stuff I've got coming up: chillin in LA on Saturday with my bro and Ellene, going to UTAH for a lil' snowboarding trip with Karen, Kristine, and the rest of the boys of ZAPATA RD March 4-8, then the return of a College Kids VEGAS TRIP JULY 4TH WEEKEND!
So, rest assure friends, if you want me to join in your fun, there is time and space for you!!! I figured its a great to spend quality time with people I love and meet new people....like I need to meet anymore people right? Sometimes I feel I know too many.

Other than adventures keeping me busy, I've just been working....a lot...and at the same time trying to train and workout. Unfortunately, working has been overtaking my working out and it's making me irritated and pissed off a lot of the time, making me stress out at work because I have to cancel sessions because of work. WORK WORK WORK...I really do hate complaining about work, but that's what I find myself doing a lot lately. Mainly I think it's because between me and the other guy in my department (YES THERE ARE ONLY 2 OF US ON MY SIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT) we are not getting ANY help and no one's cutting us any slack at all. The two of us are doing the work of 4 people (including stuff that should be done by a supervisor, stuff my manager, the bossman, can't do because he has other stuff to do). This includes splitting the work load and writing up the expirements for the day or future days. Due to circumstances out of my hands, the company has to decided to give Will and me A SHIT LOAD OF WORK. Sometimes it feels as though the "powers that be" (at work) want to just push and push me to see how long it'll take before I crack and have a breakdown...which unfortunately kind of happened today in front of good bossman....I think I just don't want to feel like I'm a failure and I can't handle the pressure or something like that.

So, here's my reasons why I should shut up and stop complainning because I know better:
1. At this point in time, I should be glad I have a job.
2. My boss is a great boss and all this crap that's happening is out of his control.
3. I'm not the only one stressing out over work. EVERYONE else does...at least at some point.
4. I refuse to look like I can't handle it.
And there, venting over. I think I just need a hug or something.

Something else about fight night: I'm scared that I'm ill prepared. I havent been trainning as hard as I used to. My heart is still in it, but I haven't been spending the same amount of man hours in the last couple months like I used to. I wanna do this, I wanna do this. I feel like I have something to prove or something.

Ok, well, anything else on my mind? ehh....blog about it later. Hopefully I can keep up with the blogging again.

already?!

2008-11-02T15:37:00.000-08:00

what the hell...halloween has come and gone....now this just means its full on holiday season. holy crap...its already november. i swear i just came back from the philippines...at the same time it does feel like its been soooooooo long ago.

halloween was fun. going to HOB this year was like having a mira mesa high school reunion. who needs a reunion when you can just go to HOB for halloween right? this year i was a dirty pirate whore. next year my definately be my last to go out like this for halloween. im getting too old for this. but who knows what next year will be like right? shit...im just waiting to see how this one's gonna end....its been pretty interesting this year.

broke

2008-10-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

i think im getting carpel tunnel (using the computer right now isnt helping much)
they think im a freakin' maching at work...no im not...i'm just THAT GOOD at my job...im
sorry.
my lower back is killing me.
i can barely walk. let alone sit down for long periods of time. i cringe walking up a flight of
stairs.
now i have a headache.

when am i not gonna be broken again?

fuck it..im gonna sleep now

tv

2008-10-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

dumbest show on earth:
THE PICKUP ARTIST, on vh1...fucking dumb. that guy mystery is a douche and looks alike one...he prolly smells like one too. if he came up to me i'd sock him in the face then kick him across the neck. thanks for reading!

ups and downs

2008-10-19T18:31:00.000-07:00

man..the life of a charger fan is rough...when we lose, it's heartbreaking. when we win, it's freaking awesome and basically flawless. arrggghhhh

and thats all i got.

im full

2008-10-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

and i like my friends...
...i gotta say that im blessed with the people that come into my life. they've all helped me to become the person i am today and i still continue to evolve through them/with them.

MY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!

2008-10-03T21:31:00.000-07:00

is getting more confusing everyday. what the crap am i doing? geees....someone just tell me what to do and set my ass straight! oh..im not fuckin up in life..so dont worry about that guys...im talking about the dating section in my life....wtf am i doing?

btw..sam the cooking guy is awesome....

my bathroom is finally done being rennovated...ughh..2 weeks of using my parents bathroom..what a fuck hassle...everytime i had to pee at night, i just held till the morning cuz i didnt wanna walk all the way to my parents room to use the bathroom. wow..ok too much info...

and with that...IM GOING TO DISNEYLAND TOMORROW..unfortunately, this is quote from my brother "They're closing disneyland at 8 tomorrow because that cunt miley cyrus is having a sweet sixteen bday." my thoughts: fucking bitch...fucking disney princess...go to disneyworld!!!

hot like fire

2008-10-01T20:52:00.000-07:00

it seems like we went through the whole summer with out any crazy heat wave, then all of a sudden this crazy ass hotness just appears out of nowhere...WOW! its been blazin hot the last couple days. my workouts the last couple days have been more like, well, ehh. it feels like im basically there just to move my body around for a lil bit.

so anyway, i havent posted anything on here in like FOREVER. mainly because, i havent had anything to write about. i still dont...well not really. nothing too exciting. ehh...life...full of ups and down....sometimes confusing. lately it seems like you get the hang of something, then all of a sudden the rug gets pulled out from under you and you gotta get through another obsticle. or i feel like im struggling with the thought of, "shit....am i doing the right thing?", "ughhh, i feel like theres an empty hole in my life thats seems like its never gonna get filled....how can i fuckin fill it? buy a car? what are you stupid...save your money" instead, i've been trying to fill the void the only way i know how, workout. i've been totally slacking for the past month on my trainning and workouts. that was a much needed break and now im getting back into it...my obsession is coming back. i've also been trying to fill it through friends...hanging out... dinners... lunches... brunches...whatevers....at least they keep me occupied for a while. ehh, i have no idea where im going with this.

haha well, welcome back to my blog. im gonna try to start blogging regularly again....

yikes

2008-05-07T16:24:00.000-07:00

sorry, it's been like a month since my last blog..wow...time does fly by. well since then, i've basically spent every saturday running errands, buying stuff, and getting ready for the lil vacay to the PI. and wouldnt you know it...its practically here already. i leave SD friday afternoon. i leave the USA midnight from LAX to Seoul, Korea. then to manila. i believe its about a 12-13 hour flight from lax to seoul and from seoul to manila is about 2-3 hours...i think...yea man thats gonna suck.

but for now im just excited for ALICIA KEYS TONIGHT!!!!!!!!! this is gonna be soooo goooooooood. and ne-yo's performing to..oh and jordan sparks, but ne-yo's gonna be good. i love his songs. man..im soooo psyched for this. it seems like i've the tickets in my hand for like forever. geees...but now the day is finally here and my vacation is just a blink of an eye away...much needed excursions indeed. hopefully i'll be able to update you people with some pics during the trip on my down times.

for the next 3 weeks though im really gonna miss going to the gym and trainning. that place is like drugs to me now. when i come back though i know im gonna die. but i gotta train and train hard cuz dude...that next fight night is mine! i know they'll find me a girl to fight. and dude...that'll be my motivation for sure...get into fighting condition and make people be proud.

well thats all for now...peace out...stay safe...if there's no updates, well, i'll just see ya'll when i get back

xoxo,
rach

countdown

2008-04-07T20:42:00.000-07:00

one more month till i leave for the PI. in lew of my vacation and the fact i wanna stay looking good...wait...i wanna look even better...BANGIN' EVEN...im cutting out carbs in the form of rice, breads, mexican food, candy, sugar till i leave. its not that im not cutting out all carbs, im cutting out all processed food carbs. dont worry i will be eating a lot of veggies and fruits. fish and chicken will be my best friend...and yes i will have a cheat day once a week to keep me sane.

well thats all..yay! im prolly gonna hate this shit

caution girl issues coming:

2008-04-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

sorry in advance to the people, mainly guys, who dont like hearing about women's issues.

so i've noticed in the last couple months that everytime i get my period lately i bloat like there's no tomorrow...i automatically gain like 10 pounds...no joke...it grosses me out. and a large part of that is because before i get my period i get cravings...BIG CRAVINGS. like i never get full or something. and i cant help it. i just eat. its gross. does this happen to anyone else? like i can finish a whole order of carne asada fries and still feel not grossly full. this used to never happen. is this what happens when you get older? thankfully after my first 2 days everything calms down and my food issues go away. but still i have to work extra hard to just feel normal again. its grossssssssss.

well anyway. here's something else thats gross...my coworker called them badges of courage. here's the bruises i was talking about that were on my ass and on my hip: excuse the fat girl scars aka stretch marks

black and blue

2008-03-31T21:05:00.000-07:00

thats what the side of my left hip/butt cheek looks like...freakin a dude. i swear people dont know how to aim and they just keep kickin' my ass...literally...dude..how's a girl supposed to sit?
yup i got knocked around a bit on saturday sparring....its all good though. all part of the learning process. i've learned that in sparring i tend to be the more passive one...taking the first hits and stuff. but give me the oppurtunity and i'll rock the shit out of you. lets hope that in august (and hopefully it happens in august) that im the aggressor and i stay the aggressor and kick some chicks ass..cuz believe me i've taken some pretty good hits and nothing has been able to knock me down yet. everyone's pretty surprised. so am i. yes im crazy.

well there's just a little bit over than a month left til my vacation. i really cant wait. it'll be my first vacation as an official working adult. i get more excited as each day passes...there's nothing left for me to think about right now hahaha

spring time!

2008-03-24T22:04:00.001-07:00

yay i love the weather we're having...too bad the lab feels like the arctic circle and all i can do is take a peek outside the window in order to enjoy the weather.

as of late i've been up to...well...nothing much...lent is over and i gotta say that the last week was an utter failure in trying to slow my roll in the swearing department...i counted my money and it was the grand total of $153...damn thats a lot...i've decided to use that money strictly for buying my gifts for my cousins for my trip to PI.

so lets see...good friday i hung out with my coworker michelle aka MO...we had dinner and decided to catch a flick at edwards. we saw HORTON HEARS A WHO. it was pretty cute..i didnt think they would be able to turn a small ass book into an hour and half movie...but it was cute. saturday was my coworker's babyshower down in chula vista. picked up cherlyn, neil, karen and karen's little boy and headed to dino and choua's place. basically ate and chilled with the coworkers some more...as if we dont get to do that everyday at work right? well the 5 of us headed out a lil early cuz cherlyn and i wanted to rest up before WPG night. that night the girls met up at thuy's house for some pizza and pre partying then we headed downtown...crazy shinanigans as usual...it was a great night.

came home by 4am and woke up around 8 to get ready for 1030 mass with the family. then we went to a family/friends party for a christianing. basically ate then chilled...decided to go to yogurt world with some friends cuz the we werent satisified enough and it was hot. came home and slept...

now its monday. i sparred today...my lower lip is a lil bruised right now and i hope when i wake up it doesnt get any worse. sadly i heard the weather will be cooling down and less sunny as the week goes by...damn...

and that my friends is my life up to now. thanks for stopping by!

6 more weekends til i leave for the PI!! man i cant wait!

i knew this would happen

2008-03-13T20:30:00.000-07:00

so after muay thai class tonight i decided i would bug some of the guys at the boxing club and ask when fight night was. then they gave me an answer....MAY 10..UNFORTUNATELY..if some you read my bulletin on myspace...i can't do it BECAUSE im leaving for the PI MAY 9th....just my luck dude....well i hope when i come back i get back into trainning and get ready for the next one...MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! what a bummer

springing forward

2008-03-09T20:40:00.000-07:00

i love that it gets dark later. that means i can workout outside much later than before.

well its sunday and that means the weekend is over already. boo. this weekend was pretty much uneventful but still great.
friday i came home from work and skipped out of going downtown for shai's birthday. my headhurt and i was freakin' tired from working all kinds of wierd hours this week. instead i went for a run and did the laundry.
saturday i had my usual saturday morning trainning. then headed over to the delacruz's family's house for brian's engagement party. man it was wierd being there. reliving childhood memories and stuff. then the brother and i headed down to chula vista to kick it with kuya and the family. had dinner at phil's bbq to celebrate shai's birthday some more. murdered my half rack of babyback ribs...it was awesome.
today my brother and i went to mass today cuz my parentals are still sick...my dad sounds like he's gonna cough up a lung. mom's cough still hasnt gone away yet. after that we just came home and lounged on my bed the rest of the day. man i love 3 hour naps

hmm...well i guess thats all the happenings in my life right now. things to look forward to: alicia key's tickets go on general public sale this saturday :)
PLUS im getting a haircut this saturday too...going for new look, new change. damn it karla it better turn out great.

2 more months and i'll be in the motherland YAY!

moving

2008-03-04T18:44:00.000-08:00

my department has now movied into our new building in la jolla. i can never go home for lunch again. that makes me super sad. the new place has its ups and downs like for example, eataries are a lot farther than before and we can no longer eat in the labs...at all...but hey what work place is perfect. well anyway, the last couple days have been like 10 hour work days. packing stuff, unpacking stuff. make sure stuff works right, getting stuff put in the proper place. finding out stuff got broken and reporting it. and tonight im just waiting for anthony (the boss man) to give me a call around 8pm so i can head back over to work and help set up the flow cytometers (machines attached to computers that read cells tagged with our antibodies) for everyone to hopefully use by tomorrow. god knows what time im actually going to work tomorrow if im going back to work tonight. i was already there from 730 this morning til 530 tonight. aint no thing though. thats what salary...well the boss man just called...gotta go..peace

uhhhh

2008-02-28T11:04:00.000-08:00

lets see, the last couples...no wait...weeks have felt like well...like a downer. i miss good friends. and fun times. i hope those times come around again, but for now i guess i'll just have to wait it out. peace

crazy

2008-02-25T20:31:00.000-08:00

i have the makings of my first black eye and a fat upper lip YAY! i took a beating today...

yikes

2008-02-19T20:28:00.000-08:00

i sparred today for a little bit. it was fun. it was an adrenaline rush...i got hit in the face. and kicked in the head a couple times but im all good.

i spar again monday at 5. this time just boxing. i need a little help in that area...i need to get over the fear of hitting someone in the face...well im sure that'll go away when im actually fighting a girl and wanting to knock the crap out of her. we're starting to line up sparring partners for me to get ready for fight night...whenever the hell that is. ha! but i keep hearing march...so yea..march...keep that in mind folks.

well that was the highlight of my day/night. work was pretty...eh...im kinda irritated. whatevs right?

tomorrow's wednesday...week is halfway over...YAY!

monday..OVER

2008-02-18T20:27:00.000-08:00

first i would like to say, sorry...for a couple things:
1.) for promising a fight night sometime in february. but i've been promised one in march. still no specific date but promised. the reason why no fight night in february is because the boxing club changed ownership and everyone is trying to get other clubs together and organize and stuff....but AS SOON AS I GET A DATE EVERYONE WILL KNOW! I PROMISE!!!!!!! please still come out to support me...im guaranteeing a great show!

2.) for having emo blogs...i dunno whats wrong with me...ha. but no worries. im ok. just trying to get back in the swing of things. when you get a lil confused like i do, sometimes the only outlet is this stupid blog. i dont mean to put my business out there for all the world...sorry.

ok now that thats over with, how is everyone? i had a pretty good weekend myself...no 3 day weekend but still good. a decent happy hour at trophy's on friday for eBioscience. saturday morning trainning at convoy followed by a day of galavanting with cherlyn. it was more like a day of eating haha. sunday was a normal family day then an inpromptu dinner with cel and eunice at red lobster. did you see the money i left in your car cel? haha did you think you were gonna get away with paying for dinner? crazy girl! but thanks for inviting me ladies. it was great.

i woke up this morning and i felt fat. weighed myself on the scale and TADA...I GAINED 10 POUNDS... ok that is NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD AT ALL! back to a strict diet and lots of running again. followed lots of punishing workouts to get my butt back in order. no more fast food again. strictly only 1 cheat day. gotta train harder too. god..not good at all...CRAP!

oh yea and just in case i never mentioned this: IM GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES IN MAY!!!!! may 9-31. 3 weeks of great vacationing with my cousins...3 weeks of not doing anything...3 weeks of not worrying about work...3 weeks of not thinking about life...3 weeks of having things taken care FOR ME...3 weeks of baking in the HUMID TROPIC AIR! but i love it...and im gonna be totally broke when i come home...actually in theory im already broke haha but its gonna be well worth it.

and with that...i leave you...thanks for stopping by...LOVE Y'ALL

dead presidents

2008-02-17T21:55:00.001-08:00

tomorrow is presidents day...i wish i still had those days off...man...i miss 3 day weekends in the month of february.

oh well...have a great everyone...LOVE Y'ALL!

LOVE

2008-02-14T13:45:00.000-08:00

dear lovers and friends,

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

each and every one of you mean the world to me and i just thought that you'd like to know that.

love,

rach

ok

2008-02-12T20:03:00.000-08:00

seriously, if it wasnt for the gym, kicking, and punching bags, i think i would just be an angry, frustrated mess...why angry and frustrated? i dunno. i actually dunno...maybe it's just the girl in me that wants to over-analyze things. and i know that is totally not me, but you know at the end of the day i am still a girl. a simple girl at that. i guess the only reason for over-analysis: not knowing what will come next or not being able to come up with a precise answer. but duh that would drive any normal person crazy right?

ok where am i going with this? once again, i have nooooooooooooooooo idea...ramble ramble ramble. ha...ok no more of this. have a great day wednesday cuz tuesday's over

i need a longer weekend

2008-02-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

weekends are seriously toooooo short now a days. but still, it was a great weekend filled with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. decos for cherlyn's birthday friday night. west covina saturday with my mom to visit my cousin and her family. a girls day with the WPG sunday followed by a little chillin with the cousins down in otay. home was basically just a place to sleep this weekend.

now, tell me something, why does something that seems soooo simple to me, seem so complicated to someone else? or as soon as something good comes along with my life something bad, not great or unexpected happens right after it, usually not of my doing or of my power? as great as my life has been these last couple years, i've noticed that trend has been happening a lot lately. i usually just keep quiet about it, but man...it does get a little frustrating. so i just take out at the gym...that seems to be the best and only outlet i got right now.

where am i going with this blog? haha seems like nowhere.....cuz it prolly is going nowhere.

in the meantime, im going broke. im truly trying my best to hold my tongue and watch what i say but when it comes to certain topics now a days, the bad words just seem to come out then i get more angry. :( forget it...im just gonna stop talking now

ok adios...yay monday is over

almost over

2008-02-06T20:24:00.000-08:00

so i havent had much of an update lately, im sorry. i'll just do a quick re-cap of this past weekend:
fri: meeting at the new building, dinner at coworker's place, followed by DNB's for jrew, franks, and kevin's birthday
sat: i woke up to get ready for the gym only to realize i had sooooooooooo much crap to do that i've been putting off for about a year. i did a massive cleaning of my room. about 6 years of college and life was reorganized and/or thrown away. but it had to be done. after about 6 hours of that i basically knocked out
sun: mass with the family and superbowl at albert's house.

as for the rest of the week, its been, well back to normal so far. its back to normal workouts and thats whats most important.

today was ash wednesday, which marks the season of lent. i decided that i would try to make myself a better person and stop swearing. for everytime i slip i owe a dollar in my swear jar at work. you guys know how bad my mouth is when im comfortable around people and i need to stop that. you'd swear i was a sailor. ha

well, i think im slowly getting less confused and realizing what a want. i think i just need to verbalize it

hmm...

2008-02-04T21:13:00.000-08:00

...now i feel a lil confused. oh well. i'll figure it out later

sorry i lag

2008-01-31T20:55:00.000-08:00

mammoth is now my new disneyland. i can not wait til i get to go again...whenever that will be. that placed forced me to learn toe side and have a better sense of balance. plus all the crazy memories. it was like being in vegas but staying in one spot and cold haha. renting out the 15 passenger van aka the bang bus was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo worth it.

-everyone wants in on the bang bus now.

-jeff im so proud of you! im sooo glad you love snowboarding....now teach me how to surf hahaha

-watching cherlyn become the go-go dancer she always wanted to become was worth it.

-10 fingers is a very dangerous game.

-albert is a champion...apparently

-lap dances are always great

-erwin is a douche and an awesome tour guide at the same time for making us go up the gondola

-kimtan and i are new bff's HAHAHAHA THUGGIN' IT down the mountain

-those bitches at domino's dont know how to add up 10 pizzas...dumb asses

-apparently SCHATTS isnt a good place to "schatt" even though half the crew did take one

-rochelle, tina, dj, jerel: OHANA MEANS FAMILY AND NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND! hahaha

-thank you jerel for no leaving us behind, we prolly would still be in the mountains somewhere if it werent for you

-fuck the flats

-everyone wants a massage

-18 people, 4 bedroom condo...AWESOME

-sure cherlyn...fuck chains huh? crazy go-go dancer

unfortunately, by the end of the weekend, my body decided to give up on me and i started to get sick. i woke up monday morning, not able to go to work and with a fever, conjested, coughing, weezing, and body aches...i think i had a mild case of the flu. that was the worsed i've felt in sooooo long. who woulda known right? the girl who didnt get sore from anything that weekend was the girl who ended up getting the flu or something. but im better now, a lil sniffle sniffle, but nothing major.

and with that, i leave you these:

im freezing

2008-01-17T20:51:00.000-08:00

i just came home from dinner with cecile, april, and celeste at, where else? NIBAN! it was great catching up with those gals. its always nice hanging out with them. i love how no matter what happens in our lives, no matter the fact we havent seen each other for a while, or that we dont hang out as much, we somehow are able to include each other in our lives still and generally care for each other. and for that, im thankful.

thanks again girls for dinner. i hope that this year we're able to hang out more. LOVE YOU!

wow

2008-01-15T20:06:00.000-08:00

basically the one word that can describe my life right now.....WOW...haha that bascially describes the weekend i had AND the birthday i had. i say that in a good sense and in a confusing sense as well.

so friday was the start of my birthweekend. despite the fact that i got kicked out of yardhouse all fuckin' early, i had a great time. seeing the people there made me feel sooo happy (as well as the drunk) and loved. no other words can describe it. i love them for carrying the party on even though i got kicked out, cuz thats the way i wanted it to be. jeff, thank you sooo much for taking care of me and for dealing with my shit. i know you could've bailed out on me at any moment but you didnt and im greatful and blessed.

saturday i awoke to a billion texts and missed calls asking what happened the night before, as well as greetings. i wish i was able to sleep in but i had to wake up and head down to otay for my cousin's first birthday party. being surrounded by my family that day was more than anything i could ask for.

after having a LOOOOOOOOONG saturday, i woke up EARLY sunday to go mass at 830 then went straight to jerel, dj, and gelen's place at del sur to watch the game. arrived to a couple of the boys in the kitchen cooking breakfast (jeff, you make great eggs!) and the girls watching the game and waiting for the food to be done. the rest of the guys were in the living room watching the game. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK THE WHOLE GAME! but we came up victorious and that was more then anything i can ask for on my birthweekend.

i mean it when i say i am the most blessed person in this world. i hope i can repay everyone someday somehow for all the love everyone has showered me with.

so far so good

2008-01-08T20:38:00.000-08:00

8 days into 2008 and im liking how its going. yea of course there's been slight ups and downs but nothing i havent been able to conquer or get over.

since the start of the new year, its been pretty chill. rang in the new year at home. the 2nd was jeff's birthday. i took him out to lunch then we went bowling with his homies that night...man i suck at bowling...again. but i had fun, he had fun, we all had fun. i gotta say it was a struggle to get through the rest of the work week though. i just wanted to goof off play the whole week. the weekend finally came and jeff got really sick. i decided to just watch national treasure with jackie, jrew, quyen, and jeff. it was pretty good. the first one was better. NICHOLAS CAGE LOOKS WEIRD! but it was a good night. saturday was a normal saturday including workout. finished running errands and chores at home then i went to hang out with jeff. i left earlier than i wanted to cuz i had to drive back down to otay ranch cuz i was sleeping over my cousin's house. sunday was a spa day for me and the girls to start MY BIRTHWEEK! spa tiki was soooooo nice and my deep tissue body massage was sooooooooooooooooo GREEEEAAAAAAT! i highly recommend that place. it had a nice, relaxing, island feel that i could get used to. man i gotta say i love my cousins. they're crazy but they got my back and i got theirs. the only downer was that i didnt get to watch the game. but its all good. cuz we won and that was the best way to end the weekend.

now its back to work and working out...back on the grind...well kinda...haha i cant help but have some sort of ADD this week, being that its my birth week. HAHA YAY!

what an ending

2007-12-31T18:51:00.000-08:00

with a little more than 5 hours to go, we will be welcoming 2008 with open arms. this last month was well, very interesting. lets just say i'll have to wait til next year to see how things develope. everything and i mean EVERYTHING is still in the growing phase, but its nice to even be in that growing phase, you know? its nice to have things being developed.

well thats all, i guess...i dont wanna go into too much detail. well i hope everyone has/had a great new years eve. and i hope everyone has a blessed 2008 full of love, happiness, family, friends, laughter, and good times.

new years resolution: continue to grow as a person. open my heart more. oh and read more

sorry this took so long

2007-12-26T20:30:00.000-08:00

wow its been a while since my last post. geees im sorry! god so since then i've been somewhat of a busy bee. 2 weekends ago i was in west covina for my cousin raymond's wedding. it was sooooo nice catching up with him, meeting his wifey and kid, and catching up with the rest of the cousins. hopefully, now that we're all grown and stuff we'll be kickin' it more...especially during those dodgers vs padre games...ITS ON GUYS!

after the reception, we came home only to have to end up in the hospital cuz mom went into anaphylactic shock.....one of the scariest moments in my life. but no worries everything ended up all good, until i decided to eat at mcdonalds. oh yea we missed the annual college kids christmas due to the unexpected hospital trip. so we finally came home around 2 am and i knocked the hell out right away. only i woke up the next morning to a sour, torturous stomach pain that i couldnt shake off. well anyway i dealt with it and went to the cuenco's marriage blessing/baptism for anabel and ferdie and baby. after, we went to great moon for the reception and ate. i ended up coming home worse than how i felt and promptly threw up followed by the other thing...and over and over and over again. it was horrible...and continued monday. boooooo

god what else happened? oh yea im pretty injured on my left thigh from muay thai, but its all worth it.

now christmas this year was great. great food, great family. great day it was simple but drama free, just how i like it.

well thats my happenings....NEXT STOP...NEW YEAR!

what the future holds

2007-12-10T22:32:00.000-08:00

of course, being christmas time and all, loved ones and friends are constantly asking me what i would want for christmas and stuff. i am announcing to the world right here and now that i dont want anything for christmas. i say this with all my heart. please use your money for other people and loved ones who you know what presents to get. or give you money to charity like the salvation army or toys for tots or even aj's kids crane thingy. that'll make me happy.

ya'll know that me being me, i love christmas and i love giving generous gifts during christmas especially when i got the extra funds. but this year i decided to give a lil more to help out the people. last friday night on my way home from kuya's house, i decided to stop by aj's crane (aj form channel 933) and donate the cash that i had to the kids. im not gonna say how much i gave, but it was pretty generous and i wish i could give more. i told hula that i didnt know if i would have time to stop and pick out toys for the kids and since i was passing by already i wanted to give them that but use this money to get all the good toys that you could get. i walked away with a big smile on my face and i felt good. i hoping that next year i could do more things to help out people in need, along with helping my family and loved ones more often when they need me, no questions asked.

so yea, next year...rather next month i turn 25. HOLY CRAP! i know technically its still pretty young, but dude its borderline getting old! like its the first time in my life that i feel....well panicky and i dont know how to stop feeling like that. why panicky you ask? for one single dumb ass reason: my lingering single status and that fact that all of my family has to decided to point that out to me every time i see time. one day i might just break down and cry. im gonna be 25 years old and i still dont know how to go about getting a date, let alone how to get a boy im interested in be interested in me. CRAP IM JUST GONNA BECOME A NUN. i love god, i love church. im religious. why the crap not haha. oh geeess i hope i dont resort to that.

me...becoming a fighter. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE RED CORNER COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF MIRA MESA. WEIGHING AT A WHOPPING 105ish...i think...maybe 100...god i hope not...fighting for the boxing club and making her fighting debut...RAAAAAAACHHHHHHHELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL *INSERT NICKNAME HERE* VELAAAAARDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! and the crowd goes wild! i still dont know the exact date, but it'll be in the beginning of february, i know i said end of january, but hey i dont plan the shit, i just train for the shit. so please please please come...i swear i'll take care of tickets if money is the problem. it'll be the one time when i need the support of the people i love around me. i dont think i can do this alone.

so after that, im heading to the motherland in april. oh yea somewhere in between christmas and spring i plan on going snowboarding with anyone and everyone! ok back to the PI. i cant wait. im so excited...so much has happened since the last time i was there. cousins finishing college, some starting college. some moved out and got a place of their own cuz they got jobs. some have relationships now. others are just plain growing up. im excited...i wanna just kick it everyday, take a weekend to lay on the beach at boracay and tan. haha

june im thinking about doing the 10k camp pendleton mud run....jeff brought it up and im really interested in it. i think it'll be a good challenge for me...i mean i can run 10k now, but in the mud through an obstacle course is a whole different story, right? right! we'll see. so that would mark the beginning of summer. and that would mean i might be going guam/hawaii for a couple weeks to spend with my cousins and head back to SD with them. i hope that comes true. and so far thats what i got planned. oh yea SF in october for my cousin's wedding WOOHOO.

SO somewhere in between all them plans i wanna go to SF with mo, mel, and kick with them with linh. i still need to visit kristine in seattle and watch the fish fly at fisherman's warf. i hope i can do it all. i wanna do it all. i owe it to myself. haha

well thats all...thanks for stopping by. LOVE YA'LL!

nice cold air!

2007-12-09T17:23:00.000-08:00

the cold chill air outside totally brings out the fact that christmas is in the air. i love it! and whats amazing is that IM ALMOST DONE WITH SHOPPING! all i have left to buy is a present for my godson, lolo and lola, and mom and dad. i guess i saved the most expensive for last right? oh damn i still need to buy gift wrapping paper and stuff...HAHA well thats easy.

so i know we still have a whole month of december left to go, but i figure nothing's wrong with reflecting on this past year's events already. so lets see, i remember ringing in 2007 with my family at my house. for some reason i already knew that this year would be one of those good years...ya know? especially cuz i had just gone through one of the hardest quarters of college i had ever gone through with one more class to go through for the winter quarter. the justin timberlake concert was in january and it was well...AWESOME! but later when i came home i found out that my mom went into anaphalactic shock and was in the ER. that scared the hell out of me. thank god she was alright. the next day shai went into labor and we welcomed baby KIAN ZACHERY DIZON MANCE to the world. 3 days later i turned 24...whoa...24. seriously that was one up and down kind of week. geees what else happened that month, oh a lot of birthdays and i started my very last quarter and class at UCSD. oh yea i gotta add that the beginning of january marked the month i decided i needed to change, make myself better, healthier, and grow up a lil.

feb was a slow month...bah

let's see, the i remember going to vegas in march with kuya and shai and their friends cuz they decided to get married there. that was a life altering moment for sure. i met new friends and got closer to my family. and they definately learned that im not a little girl anymore. i think at that point i had lost 15lbs or something. oh oh and i just finished my last quarter and class at UCSD...IM OFFICIALLY DONE WITH COLLEGE! WOHOOOO!

april was just a regular month i believe. nothing too significant happened.

may was when the craziness started to happen....jeff's birthday at J6 bar...uhh..enough said. brother and friends graduating. one crazy ass night at belo followed by another crazy drunk fest at decos...MY GOD THE DEBOCHERY THAT ENSUED! that was the beginning of a great summer! oh and kristine left san diego to live in seattle of all places. what the hell dude! but it was for the best and i know now that she doing sooooo well for herself. im proud of you chicky!

june, i finally did my official walk out of UCSD with my BS in Biochemistry/Chemistry. at that point that was the biggest accomplishment i had done for myself in my lifetime. i thought i would never be able to do it cuz god knows i had my moments. VELARDE PALOOZA happened and it was a success...never throwing a big shindig like that again though...mom gets too loopy. she doesnt know how to handle situations at all, i swear.

july, kuya lito and family arrive from guam to kick it for the summer woohoo! then my life changing event happened. one of shai's friends, who i made friends with in vegas asked if i wanted to try out kickboxing at her gym, "the boxing club". i went, i loved it, and i knew it was right for me. Rowena i am in debt to you girl. you gave me something to do with myself other than work.

august, was a hard month with the untimely passing of my tita linda in the PI. dad was pretty sad for a while. i dug deeper in the world of kickboxing and started personal trainning sessions in muay thai. i think at that point i lost 30lbs or something for the total years count. i was feeling good about myself. i also was hanging out with the family a lot at this point, which was a great thing cuz we havent been so close in such a long time. that makes me soo happy.
edit: omg i totally forgot about VEGAS again with sandy, frank, and ellene...OMG thanks ellene for the reminder...not that it was forgetable but its just that my memory slips sometimes...HAHA REMEMBER THAT DRAG QUEEN AT BODY ENGLISH? HAHA

september was a slow month up until another untimely passing of my little cousin irvin in the PI. that was another hard blow to the velarde family. seriously thank god for kickboxing cuz i dunno how i woulda been able to handle that stress and pain. september was also when my visiting family left to go home and summer was over. one of the best summers ever.

october-november marked marked the start of the holidays with halloween and thanksgiving. at this point all i had going was was work, muay thai, lots of trainning, and get togethers with friends in between. thanksgiving was a success this year with lots of food and family gathered. that weekend was exhausting and thats all i remember about that.

now that brings me to the present. at this point in my life this year i have managed to get closer with my family again and get pushed into adulthood. i started off the year weighing 160lbs...i think..im pretty sure. i now weigh 109lbs. MUTHA FUCKA WHO KNEW HUH? besides graduating, this is the second biggest accomplishment life altering moment to happen to me. i've been blessed with great family, great friends, and a great life so far. every little bump that happened in the past has helped me to get through this life and i know that now. i mean i knew that in the past that that stuff had to happen for a reason. im a firm believer that that these things do happen for a reason and that eventually you'll find out why. im also a firm believer that we meet certain people for a reason too and that you should never take these people for granted. try your best to always put on a good face, be nice, and helpful when necessary.

well this blog has been long enough. thanks for going on this journy of reminscing with me. next time maybe we'll talk about the things im looking forward to and hoping for, yea? yea!

2007-12-06T21:08:00.000-08:00

my week so far has been, well, ordinary. unfortunately, its been busy enough for me to not be able to update. well, last weekend was jackie's lil birthday shinanigan at min sok chon. all i can say was a bunch of lil girls had the time of their lives that night followed by some spewing of liquids. but all in all it was great. sometimes it is worth staying sober for. the saturday was followed by some hanging out at jeff's condo. i loved his place. i forgot what i did on sunday besides church....oh well. monday after work, i took ellene with me to kickboxing. YAY she made it through, im proud of her. unfortunately i was subject to a lot of teasing cuz i didnt take the muay thai class that night. its all good though, i was glad to take the kickboxing class with her. its nice to take friends along with me to work out...changes things a bit for me. tuesday i trainned my lil butt off with my coach. i came out of there drenched in sweat and my shins and feet all bruised. but its all good. im fine. im a tough lil girl, i've realized that. wednesday was a lil crazier at work, but a managed to go to utc and get some christmas shopping done. im halfway done. YAY! work was followed by a light workout that night cuz i think i felt a little burned out. today was a pretty easy work day. although for some reason i felt like i was stuck in some kind of fog in my head. but work sped through then i found myself leaving a little early. i headed down back to utc to search for my ugly christmas sweater for our UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER HAPPY HOUR. i found a pretty hideous one at sears...50% off too! seriously, UGLY. after that i headed to the gym and took muay thai class. it was a good workout.

so gees christmas is coming on sooooooooooooo fast. then it'll be 2008 and before you know it uhhhhghhhh i will be MUTHA FUCKIN' 25 YEARS OLD...MUTHA FUCKA. and thats all i can say about that. well i can say a lot more, but it would just be bitching and whinning about dumb stuff. wow, i think you know what, i never thought becoming a lil older would bother me in the slightest bit, but i gotta tell you the truth, it's starting to bug. in some ways im prolly the luckiest girl in the world, but in other ways, i just feel...well...empty inside. and with that i will leave you.

dont worry I STILL HAVE MY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT! I LOVE CHRISTMAS AND THIS TIME OF YEAR!

free lunch tomorrow!

2007-11-29T21:55:00.000-08:00

tomorrow is the last friday of the month and that means free lunch at eBioscience for all the employees! yay! tomorrow we will be lunching on some good bbq and other dishes courtesy of TEM'S BBQ in the sorrento food court. shoooot, im just glad tomorrow's friday. this has been an up and down kind of week at work. nothing too crazy, nothing too boring, everyone's starting to get really excited about the holidays and i absolutely love it. i am at the moment creating a playlist of a BUTTLOAD OF CHRISTMAS SONGS to play over and over and over agian hahahaa.

shoutouts:
-HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINET! i know it was monday...i didnt forget! i just didnt know if you'd be able to read this considering you're in the motherland
-CONGRATS CELESETE! im sooo proud of you for getting into school...i knew you were gonna get in. YAY WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE!
-HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE! can't wait to celebrate!
-JEFF NICOL! CAN'T WAIT TO PARTY AT YOUR PLACE! YAY FOR ASIANS RUNNING AROUND YOUR WHITE BOY APARTMENT! LOVE YA!

well then...ok...thats all. thanks for stopping by!

the result of boredom

2007-11-25T21:51:00.000-08:00

i have no idea how this happened, but i was just browsing through the web. i think it was after i was watching some tfc with mom and wanted to google this guy i saw cuz i thought he was cute. well anyway i totally forgot his name now cuz i came across this blog...someone took the time to rank the top 100 pinoy stars: models, actors, singers, whatever. so if your bored and interested here ya go:

http://sexy-pinoy.blogspot.com/2007/08/no-1-sam-milby.html

on the lower right panel you can see the list of 100 and a link of a bunch of pictures...ENJOY! so i dont know most of them but damn its nice to see that we got some hot as pinoys out there...not that i didnt know that already

it's beginning to look alot like christmas!

2007-11-25T17:05:00.000-08:00

now that thanksgiving madness is over, it is now CHRISTMAS TIME!!! and i have yet to accomplish any christmas errands.

speaking of thanksgiving, this years was good. i went for a 5 mile run in the morning to get my workout in. then my brother and i headed down to otay to help shai bake the apple caramel cheesecakes. when we were finished we headed down to lola's house for dinner. we were surrounded by family and great food. it was followed by some crazy midnight madness at the carlsbad outlets. i only bought a couple stuff for myself but most of the stuff was bought for the family at the PI when i go home in april. man...the next 5 months is gonna fly by.

friday day was i spent the whole day practically sleeping. i think i didnt get up officially til about 4 or something. then i finally got up to go hang out with jeff at barnes followed by some hooters in RB with jeff's friends. i decided to cut out after hooters and not hang out at dj and jerel's house cuz i had trainning in the morning.

saturday morning i woke up, went to the gym. ugghhh i dunno if its the lack of nutritional foods, dehydration, or because i've been inactive the last couple days but that morning i thought i was gonna throw up a couple times during my trainning. all my coach could do was laugh at me cuz i gotta admit it was funny. i would stop in the middle of a hitting/kicking combo all of a sudden, shake my head a little and tell him to hold up. the rest of the day i just chilled at home then dinner with my parents.

today, church with my family and lunch at souplanation. i love that place. i came home and decided to take a nap before the game, only to wake up to the second half. haha oh well, it was a good way to wake up.

things to look forward to this week:
monday: muay thai class
tuesday: trainning and hopefully dinner at the lei lounge with edwards people
friday: jackie's bday celebration! woohoo
saturday: karla's cutting my hair at paul mitchell. get together at jeff nickel's new pad! YAY!

somewhere in between im going christmas shopping....i gotta get this done.

til next time!

one more day of work

2007-11-20T20:36:00.000-08:00

today felt like it was never gonna end, then all of a sudden i found myself finishing an hour early HAHAHA. i love it when that happens, dont you? dude i dont wanna work tomorrow...its gonna drag for real...thank god for an early pay day...JUST IN TIME FOR BLACK FRIDAY DUDE!

tonight i took 3 coworkers with me to kickboxing. THEY LIVED. good job. i think it helped that i remembered to tell them to pace themselves. so i realized after class today that i wasnt all tired and out of breath. granted i was trying to help out my friends so i technically didnt work out the whole time, but when i was doing stuff i gave it my all. oh i was still sweatin' bullets but not as tired.

ok so this is the lightest i've ever been right now and i dont think my body likes it...seriously. every other day im craving something bad to eat and its starting to get hard especially when im not at my goal of 105 yet. like today, i came home from the gym and was expecting to eat the salmon i had in the fridge from yesterday only to find out my parents bought pizza from costco. normally i would not have even touched it and have some self control but tonight...damn...3 slices...down. tomorrow, i will run and take class to make up for this slip cuz thanksgiving was my cheat day this week and not today...URGGHHHH now im getting frustrated. you woulda thought i'd only have one slice, but my mind is twisted. what was i thinking...foods not supposed to make you feel guilty, its supposed to nourish you, give you energy, help you live, not make you feel guilty and thats what im feeling. ok...crap. no more.

haha this blog is turning into a diet journal...sorry. sometimes i just gotta write it in just to help me remember my progression. ups and downs and all that.

well its passed my bed time. good night!

up and downs...mostly downs

2007-11-18T22:09:00.000-08:00

damn chargers....thats the mostly down part of the title...next subject.

this past week was basically a preview for thanksgiving and holiday festivities. wednesday was happy hour at rock bottom in la jolla. friday was happy hour at callahans. saturday morning was trainning and my sore as hell still. saturday night was the 6th annual college kids thanksgiving. thanks janel for letting us into your house this year. and today...charger game..boo..followed by my girl cousins turning me into a lil project and i ended buying lots of make up...much needed though. thanks girls.

yay thanksgiving is at my house this year. for once i dont have to wake up early to leave my house and go somewhere else...i can be totally comfortable.

hmm....ok thats all. peace

end of a weekend

2007-11-11T21:27:00.000-08:00

man, tomorrow is the start of another work week. damn.

well lets see, oh ok so friday i went to the maroon 5 concert with ellene. they were great. pictures will be up soon, im just a little lazy right now. we sat sooooooo close. man that was awesome. i cant wait for our next concert adventure....hopefully it'll be miss alicia keys! oh im excited for her album to come out on tuesday. i'm in need of some great music.

saturday was a trainning day as usual. well, it was a trainning morning cuz i dont work out the whole day, that would be nuts. i found out the next fight night is end of january/beginning of febuary. so kids...GET READY. ITS GONNA BE BANANAS! im doing it for sure....some poor girl is gonna get a beat down. also, my coach/trainner/mentor/sifu guy and i were talking and he's been receiving a lot of compliments about me...it made me really happy! and that he said that the boxing club might come talk to me and put me up on the website. wow i dunno....i dunno if thats true or if that'll ever happen but the fact that my coach said that makes me kinda...giddy?! haha i dunno. but for sure if that goes down, than of course i'll let you guys know. im sorry, i know everyone is sick of me talking about kickboxing, muay thai, working out, trainning, but i finally found something that kinda sets me out from everyone else, that makes me happy, that helps me be a better person.
ok so after trainning i past by the theatre to hang out with jrew and steve-o and have some jamba juice. then i came home, finished the laundry, took a shower, then headed over to snowjam with my bro. i bought a new board. its the white/black/ with gray tribal looking flowers roxy board. i know a billion girls have this board, but since i couldnt find the one with turtles i went for my second favorite. im giving my old board to my godson. he's all kinds of excited. im all kinds of excited for this season. and the rest of the day was spent chillin' at home. i knocked out pretty early cuz i didnt get to take a nap.

sunday was church day with the family followed by lunch. i came home, knocked out for a couple hours then went to the commissary with mom. i came home to the middle of the first quarter of the charger game. all i gotta say is DAMN! oh well, a win is a win and i'll take it. philip rivers is a panicky little bitch and norve turner is a crazy old man.

at this point in my life, im just having fun hanging out, discovering new things about myself and how far i can push myself. but despite all this, i still...uhh....hmm...long for companionship?! that sounds kinda corny, but yea its true. although within the past few months i've felt a little bolder, i still dont step my game up....if thats what you call it. wow i need to stop now. you guys dont need to know this...haha WELL just in case i dont get to write again HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE!

thanks for stopping by

wine-o's

2007-11-07T20:16:00.001-08:00

as promised here's some pictures:

rechilda decided to skip the glass

jackie wanted to join too

the little girls

the rest of the pictures are on my mulitpyl: http://rachelismyname.mulitply.com

because she told me to

2007-11-06T22:45:00.000-08:00

jackie said she wanted a shout out sooo....
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oh and dont forget SANDY, MIRANDA, AND RECHILDA, but
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p.s. pictures to come hahaha

2007-11-06T14:28:00.000-08:00

killing time at work again. the boss man went home early cuz he's sick and work is hella slow. hopefully i'll be able to go home in about 20 minutes cuz damn there is nothing to do fo sho. i love the cloudy weather we've been having though, its great.

oh so this past weekend i went camping up in cristianitos/san onofre area. that was fun. my cousins friends went all out and cooked a grip of food. the tents were all comfy. it was definately not roughin' it. i wanna go camping again. that's the first time i've been camping since i was like 8 or something. and that was the highlight of my weekend.

everything in my world is same ol' same ol'. but hey at least there aint no drama.

this morning i woke up around 3am and i couldnt go back to sleep. i dont like that. i have no answer as to why i woke up, but i did. i hope this is not a recurring thing this week. i cherish my sleep very much.

well this was very boring, but i thank you for stopping by...peace ya'lll

2007-11-01T20:37:00.000-07:00

halloween totally threw my week off. i wish it wasnt on a wednesday. going to work today sucked balls. i wasnt hung over or anything, its just hard to go to work after a celebration the night before, being mom's bday and all. oh well, i got over, went kickboxing and now tomorrow will be friday...YAY.

now that halloween's over, IT IS NOW HOLIDAY SEASON! bring on thanksgiving, black friday, christmas, and new year. seriously...new year? WOW....and hopefully throughout the whole winter season i will get some serious snowboarding done! i hope it'll be a great season. LOTS AND LOTS OF POWDER. oh next week is snowjam too...i want to go and see if i can get a new board.

well this was boring...grey's anatomy is on...

somethings eating at me...

2007-10-28T19:48:00.000-07:00

hmm...lets see...what to write about...i guess i'll start off with how my weekend was. friday, i finally went back to work after having 2 shitty days of sinus problems. after work some coworkers and i went to tgi fridays for dj's birthday. hung out there and then headed over to kris b's apartment for more hanging out. i managed to get dj really wasted...hey i figured if im not gonna drink someone's gonna drink for me and plus it was her birthday. i had fun.

saturday i finally went to kickboxing....one whole week sure does make a difference and plus i have this crappy cough and im a little conjested. but im glad i got my work out in. i ran errands with my mom after then kicked it the rest of the night.

today, sunday was church with the family as usual, ate tapsilog from gemmae's, and watched the game from home. VERY NICE! that was such a cake walk. then i took a nice long nap.

ok so now everyone's caught up in my life. so looking back on this week, i've come to the conclusion that staying home and not working out is not good for me. when i stay home, i tend to want to eat everything and that is not a good thing. but when im out of my house and at the gym i dont have the thought of wanting to eat everything in my mind. soo...imma stick with kickboxing. best investment i've ever made.

thats all. that was boring. thanks for stopping by!

fire storm 2007

2007-10-23T23:09:00.000-07:00

thats what everyone in the media called it. for the past two days, i've been watching all the news stations and listening to AM radio trying to get the latest on the fires. this thing got pretty nuts. when i got home from work yesterday, dad made up us pack essentials just in case the fire started coming down south or west from scripps. i knew the chances of it coming to mira mesa was slim to none, but you may never know right? i was also worried for all my friends that got evacuated from 4s, rb, poway, esco and worried about family and friends down in la mesa, bonita, and otay. im glad that everyone is ok and all the homes are intact.

also, all the family from literally around the world is calling my house to make sure we're ok. we got calls from canada and london, texas, new jersey and texts from the PI.

you know, seeing how many people were evacuated and how calming and collected everyone stayed was good to see. no crazy riots broke out, no looting happened (although i joked around and said lets go get me a flat screen), and people were turning away volunteers in some places.

i just cant wait til life gets back to normal. i havent worked out since saturday and it doesnt help that i havent been doing much because of sinus problems. damn ashy sky. and damn all the cars need to get washed. well hopefully tomorrow starts the normal life again

thanks. stay safe.

food for thought

2007-10-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

Father Joseph at the 1030 mass at Good Shepherd made a good point during his sermon. He said (and im paraphrasing): "Most people, when they do something like dieting, get into a relationship, or pray for something for example, expect results the next day or almost immediately. Life isn't like that, God isn't like that. You need to be patient, you need to be persistant, and you need to have faith. You can't expect to be a better person overnight" He also said that, "With God, it doesn't matter how you pray, just as long as you do pray and that you have faith in him."

I've always thought those were great ways to live by. I can only hope that with each day, I do become a better person than the day before and that in some way I can help others to be better people as well because God knows, I'm not perfect by any means.

Thanks for stopping by.

my kind of weekend

2007-10-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

I practically stayed in bed the whole weekend. Nice. Minus working out yesterday morning and going to mass Saturday afternoon, I had no plans to actually do anything Saturday, so I didn't do anything. I laid in bed and vegetated in front of my tv. I was supposed to go down to Otay and watch the game and hang out with my cousins, but Shai got the flu and Kuya got a stomach bug. Everything got cancelled. Poor guys. I hope they get better soon. So I watched the Chargers massacre the Raiders from the comfort of my home. My perfect end to my weekend.

Lets hope work is more laid back this week.

quickie

2007-10-10T14:16:00.000-07:00

I got like 5 minutes to kill. So I just want to say thanks Cel, Eunice, and Bev for taking the kickboxing class and stuff yesterday. I'm so proud of you guys for making it as far as you did. Believe me, you three did very well for not having worked out in a long time! If you ever want to try it again, let me know! I think I'm going a little crazy because after class I trainned for another hour.....yea I know...bananas.

Today I walked from our main building to the other building at the end of the other block 3 times today...stupid machine. Other than that work is alright. After work, it's kickboxing as usual. This time my other coworker is coming with me. She seems really into the idea. I hope she makes it through the class too or at least half way as well.

Ok that's all for now. Peace

good sports weekend!

2007-10-07T19:13:00.000-07:00

Pacquaio wins his fight against Barrera. Chargers beat the crap out of the Denver and Kansas City lost. Very nice!

So I ended up not going to Heat to celebrate April's birthday. Sorry dude. I ended up having dinner and hanging out with Quyen. It was a nice relaxing night. Good conversation and long overdue catching up.

Saturday was a trainning day for me. I sparred with my coach for an hour plus about a half hour of conditioning. My coach and I talked about the upcoming Fight Night, which is October 27 and we came to the conclusion that it's a little bit late notice for me to sign up, but for sure I will be fighting in the next one WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT. The next one is going to be either the end of December or the beginning of January, I think because of the holdiays. So for all I know, I could be fighting on my 25th birthday...B-A-N-A-N-A-S!!! My coach said I'm ready for this fight night and thinks I can hold my own, but due to such late notice we're just going to skip this one and totally get me ready for the next one. My reaction: fuck it, I'm down. No fear. After trainning I stopped by Panera to buy some lunch and I stopped by the theatre to say hi to the homies. I'm glad I got to see Jrew and Steve-O! So I bought a salad at Panera, took a shower at home and ate lunch. The parentals and I then headed down to Otay to hang with the family to watch the PACQUAIO fight.

Today, church as usual then THE CHARGER GAME at my house. This was all followed by a great nap. YAY

life changing commitments

2007-10-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

I woke up a little earlier than normal today because I had to leave for work early to pick up bagels for breakfast for the department. After brushing my teeth and taking care of morning business, I decided to weigh myself. I normal don't weigh myself until Friday, but this morning I was kinda curious. This morning I weighed........115lbs. I haven't weighed that much in 3 years. This means that I have lost a total of 40lbs since January. I am soooo close to my goal. 5 more pounds man. I think this last 5 pounds are gonna be a bitch, but I'm damn determined to get this done.

Now, a lot of things were going through my head the whole day. The whole day at work was kinda like i wanted shout it to the rooftops until my lungs gave out and say, "LOOK BITCHES!" Or some dumb ass thing like that. At the same time I just wanted to keep my cool and go about my day. For the most part I did. Except I did tell 3 of the girls I talk to the most at work. It was kinda nice to let out something like that...like a secret or something. The girls were like, "dude how are you gonna celebrate?" I was thinking about it and how do you celebrate? I guess shopping right? haha

I am very proud of myself though. Come on, who wouldn't be, right? Other than finishing college, this is one of the biggest accomplishments I've ever made. It seriously was no piece of cake man. I've totally changed my eating habits, but I do have my cheat days, I push myself to the limit when I work out, and I don't let anything discourage me from achieving my goal. Kickboxing and Muay Thai have given me that extra push I think. That sorta competitive environment to kick harder, punch harder, move faster than the person next to you comes out of me. Out of working out and training, I've made it a conscious effort to not impose myself on everyone else's daily routine because no one wants someone telling them you shouldn't do this, you shouldn't eat that, right? I made this change for myself and myself only. I never expect anyone else to do the same as me. If anything, I want to be an inspiration to anyone looking for change in their lives whether it's with weight, school, or a bad situation they're in.

I still have a lot to work on within myself though. Yea, for the most part I play the "laid back, confident, happy-go-lucky" chick, but I do struggle with stuff within myself. Just like lots of women, I'm very self conscious. When it comes to guys, well we all know my story...I HAVE NO STORY. I think, I'm slowly coming out of my shell. I'm hoping that with God by my side and the help of Muay Thai that I begin to build more confidence in myself. I need to be stronger.

Ok well that's all. This was longer than I thought it would be. Thanks for stopping by!

PS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS APRIL JOY CALALAY!

insert title here

2007-10-03T21:23:00.000-07:00

Yea, I got nothing. It's been a pretty boring week so far. Well, not boring, just regular. Let's recap:
Saturday: Kickboxing. I got my tattoo then chilled at my cousin's house in Chula Vista.

Sunday: Church as usual with the family then I headed back down the Chula to watch the Chargers blow a big game....URGGHHHHHHHH

Monday: Work. Muay Thai class. Heroes...YAY! And I agree with Ginet and April Peter Patrelli is looking damn hot. YUM

Tuesday: Work. Trainning.

Wednesday: Work. Kickboxing.

As you can see, nothing much is going on in the land of Rachel-ville. Hopefully this weekend will change that? With April's Birthday Hullabalooh, I might get to see people I haven't seen in a long time.

So I'm watching Private Practice right now and I gotta say, hmmm...it's not as good. I'm not so interested. I can't wait til Lost starts.

Well, that's all. Thanks for stopping by.

SD inked

2007-09-30T00:33:00.000-07:00

as promised here you go, much love to GURU TATTOO in PB and my tattoo artist MONICA FROM AMSTERDAM/FRESNO:

thank you ellene and sandy for coming with me, keeping me company, and being my paparazzi. I LOVE YOU GIRLS

WOW

2007-09-26T21:29:00.001-07:00

2 blogs in one day? this one's quick one. here's pictures i took today at the gym before i started class:

this is me and my homie arash

this is me and my trainner cosmo

cosmo, in the middle of a trainning session

that's me, being a dork

my fighting stance, with a smile

boredom

2007-09-26T15:41:00.001-07:00

i got like 20 minutes to kill before i can leave work. today was an ultra slow work day. i took an two hour lunch. i decided it would be a great day for me to head down to PB and check out this tattoo place that my coworker told me about. so i did. i checked out guru tattoo. that placed looked pretty cool. good environment. all the artists there are booked up 2 months in advance and some are even 2 years. that totally bummed me out cuz i really wanna get this done. FORTUNATELY, this weekend they have a guest tattoo artist coming in to do some tattooing and she was taking appointments. so saturday, imma be getting myself inked. i was able to see some of her work and i liked it. its femanine but strong and colorful when it needed to be. she seemed to have good detailing too. hopefully when she draws mine out, she shares my vision (hopefully it's an even better vision). i'll post a picture so you guys can see the final product. im pretty psyched about this one. this one kinda means a lot to me.

oh man my parents are gonna freak when they see this one. hahaha but i swear this one is gonna be my last.

so i just took a glance at my hands and dude my knuckles are bruised...prolly from yesterday haha

ok thats all...im going home...f this...

drippin' like water

2007-09-22T19:24:00.000-07:00

i woke up to get ready for some trainning this morning and took a peak outside. it was cloudy with the sun peaking out, no rain in sight. a half our later i open the door, step outside, then its starts POURING LIKE CRAZY. it was dark and pretty scary. even still, it was such a nice change from hot ass weather. so i get to convoy to train there for the day and its sunny no rain. crazy. today i sparred with my trainner for about a half hour. i got knocked around a couple times. gees i need to take picture of this guy so you know how big he is compared to me. the rest of the time was spent conditioning.

after trainning, i decided to get me some yogurt world. strawberry and mango tart with strawberry slices and dried cranberry. seriously that thing is a great pick-me-up after working out. makes you full without making you REALLY FULL ya know? i drove home, took a shower, and ate my yogurt. now im home chillin' and watching season 2 of weeds.

oh yea, last night by the wonder of technology, i was able to see my cousin's funeral in the PI. thank god for webcam's, wireless technology, and laptops. bananas huh?

well ok thats all. oh yea apparently its supposed to warm up a little bit this week...CRAZY ASS WEATHER

case of the mondays

2007-09-17T20:48:00.000-07:00

i wonder how many times that title gets used every monday. well, in any case i sure as hell had a case of the mondays. i woke up this morning and felt sooo angry and irritated. i layed in bed for about 15 minutes contemplating on how i SOOOO wanted to call in sick. but i realized that my brother didnt have work today and that he would be home the whole day until he left for school tonight. so being home alone would be out of the question and kinda not worth it for me to call in sick. in the end, i got up, got ready for work, and dragged my ass to the car so i could go to work. needless to say when i got to work i felt pretty grumpy the whole day. i wasnt much for talking and conversation.

as for why i was soooo miss cranky pants today, god knows. its prolly a mixture of a lot of things right now. some from the chargers...WHAT KIND OF A FUCKING GAME WAS THAT...it was as if they didnt have any heart. and prolly some of my emo-ness is stemming from finding out the details of my cousins passing. soooo violent, so accidental, yet many questions still remain. all i can pray for is that foul play isnt involved because so help me god its over when i go back in april.

it seems like as soon as my life starts to get balanced out and i start to become happy, excited, and relaxed, something always comes around to bring my ass down to earth. but i guess thats life right? and i guess i wouldnt be the person that i am today if i havent experienced the things i have experienced so far. im not saying im the strongest person emotional because believe me im not and i know many people who are much more stronger than i am, but i do believe i can hold my own. only problem is, sometimes i think i bottle it up inside cuz i tend to feel like im surrounded by so many people but i dont have anyone to talk to, ya know waddamean? and when i finally do have someone to talk to i end up not saying much cuz in the end i feel retarded for feeling the way i do. hoooo hummmm. whatcha gonna do right?

and now i should just end right there before i say something stupid. hopefully good things come from this week and this sadness.

peace and love goes out to everyone out there. you all mean the world to me, really, you do

RIP IRVIN VELARDE

2007-09-13T11:04:00.000-07:00

2 months later, it happens again. i woke up this morning to get ready for work. i hear my yahoo messanger go off on my phone and its my cousin in texas sending me a message. she asked if i got the email from my tita lorna from in the PI and i said...no im getting ready for work. she copy/pastes the email on YM and informs me that my cousin in the PI drowned and passed away last night early this morning (our time). and thats all the info that i got

its soooooo surreal. he's only like 20 years old. we werent that close but since our tita's passing a couple months ago, we've been talking to each other every once and a while through yahoo messanger. he was such a smart kid.

now i dont know whats going to happen. i dont know if dad's going to want to go home now or wait til april. i dont know if i want to go home with dad if he goes home now. well i kinda do. i dunno....

how could this happen again. no words could express how i feel now cuz this is like different kind of sad to me. this is the first of a blood related cousin to pass away suddenly and very unexpectedly. audrey's death was different. we were blood related but it was expected and yes it did hurt but you know she went to different place. this time its like, this kid had is whole life ahead of him.

ok thanks for stopping by. REST IN PEACE IRVIN

cranky pants

2007-09-12T16:18:00.000-07:00

today i went home for lunch so i could take a nap...geees it was soooo necessary. unfortunately i woke up to go back to work and i was still tired and grumpy. now im at work, wasting time before i leave. maybe some kickboxing will do the trick....i hope so.

hmmmm............so i was flipping through the channels last night and i stumbled upon the season premiere of biggest loser. that show amazes me. everytime i watch it, it kinda gives me an extra push to work out harder....especially cuz i a lot of heavey set people run in my family. actually, in my family, you're either pretty fat or pretty skinny. weird huh? then i started to watch LA INK. I LOVE THAT SHOW! i love their art. i wish they could tattoo me! but alas, i heard there's like a years waiting list. who the hell wants to wait that long.

speaking of tattoos, i am meeting with a tattoo artist recommended by some guys at the boxing club on saturday. i hope he's real cool and understands what i want and can also input his own ideas to make it even more sick, beautiful, and fierce...'na whadda mean?! so i guess if he's not busy i might have a tattoo by the end of the weekend...or possibly next week? who knows..

ok GOTTA GO.

killing some time

2007-09-10T11:37:00.001-07:00

im at the other building right now, waiting for my timer to go off so i can finish shutting down my machine thingy (so scientific). well anyway it is now officially football season and im a happy camper. i finally got to watch football without having to worry about what homework is due the next day or if i have to read any papers for biochem class. AND WHATS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT THE CHARGERS STARTED THE SEASON RIGHT WITH A WIN!!! is was touch and go at times but all that matters is that we got the W. after church yesterday i headed down the otay ranch and watched the game at my kuya's house where he bbq-ed. so basically i spent the rest of my sunday there

saturday on the other hand felt like i spent the whole day working out. i left for the gym at 9 and didnt get back home til 1! wtf! yea i went for a run at the la jolla boxing club only to find out that my trainner was at convoy so i left for convoy only to find out that my trainner wanted me to spar with him....so basically he knocked me around for a bit. i got hit pretty good at the head a few times. nothing major though. im glad i was able to hang though. that was a pleasant surprise. after working out i came home and basically wasted the rest of the day home chillin'. which i gotta say i liked cuz i had the house to myself and that rarely happens.

oh yea i did see chicago the music at the civic center on friday with beverley, cel, cathy, and theresa for beverley's birthday. i enjoyed it very much cuz i love musicals but i gotta say i kindda like the movie version a lil better

and that my folks is my weekend in a nutshell. oh yea i think fight night is OCT 27. i dunno where yet though...so i got 2 months....

about time

2007-09-06T14:26:00.000-07:00

GOD ITS FINALLY NOT 1000000000 DEGREES OUTSIDE! my house was like an oven this weekend. my mom is totally convinced that we need centralized a/c in the house by next summer because 1) it was, like i said, an oven in my house. 2) my mom is convinced that because my parents are getting older that they wont be able to stand the heat in my house, since we're not moving any time soon. and 3) i said i would chip in. well shit i figure i might as well if i plan on not moving out anytime soon.....right?

with that said. work has sucked last couple days. 10/11 hour shifts tuesday and wednesday with no actual lunch break. saturday was spent at my cousin's pool in chula vista. sunday was spent showing relatives around SD in the afternoon, followed by baking in my house and monday was spent sweating balls all day long at home. i went to the gym just so i could cool off...how sad?

well thats my life. FOOTBALL STARTS SUNDAY!!!!!!!! actually it starts tonight but CHARGERS PLAY SUNDAY!!!! I LOVE THEM

you for real?!

2007-08-29T20:49:00.000-07:00

thats what i told my trainner yesterday when he said, " i wanna try to get you ready for our NEXT FIGHT NIGHT". and this was while i was doing a squats. i nearly fell on my ass. yea i know, in the beginning of all this craziness i told him, as well as the managers, "yea dude i wanna fight." so yea...i believe the next fight night is 3 or 4 months from now. yes, i know, my initial response was more like me wanting to run away, but i've thought about it and you know what...I WANNA FUCKING DO THIS. i wanna see just how tough i am and how much i can push myself. so, if my trainner says im good enough, and i actually do this, will you guys support me and come out to see me and stuff? PLEASE?! i dont think i would be able to do this alone.

another weekend down

2007-08-27T21:37:00.000-07:00

so once again, its monday. actually monday's practically over. tomorrow's already tuesday. ok so anyway, this weekend was pretty chill. saturday morning i woke up to my mom freaking out. appearantly, the fucking liquid laundry detergent fell off the counter in the garage and SPILLED ALL OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR. MUTHA-FUCKA! so we cleaned it up by hosing down the garage. dad had to finish cleaning because i had trainning. trainning kicked my ass totally. i did a lot of conditioning in the form of 200 push-ups (which i could barely do), 500 sit-ups (not so bad), a butt load of jumping jacks, 100 burpies (those things where you jump up, then kinda do a push up when you go back down), 50 knee ups. ok so that was boring. sorry. well after trainning, i went to my auntie's baby shower to eat lunch. then i went home and chilled the rest of the night.

sunday was church with the fam, breakfast at ihop, a quick stop at the exchange, then chilled at home in my bed, watching season 1 of gilmore girls on dvd.

work was horrible today. i woke up to a headache, which felt like the makings of a mini migrain. there was no way i could call in sick cuz i already knew work was gonna suck. i sucked it up, took some excedrin and went to work. so the damn thing didnt kick in for the longest time. the whole morninig i suffered and was pretty cranky. the meds finally kicked in and i was ok the rest of the day. i actually got out of work on time today (on time if i went to lunch) which means i worked 9 hours. kickboxing after work, as usually. my eye candy showed up, we took the class together, worked out together. he's cute, he works out sooo hard cuz he doesnt get to take the class very often cuz of work. wow, im boring. and once again, i would like to state that i have no game. thank you very much and have a nice week...

busy busy busy

2007-08-24T21:33:00.000-07:00

so the last time i left you guys was last wednesday. i know i know. your all wondering, RACH WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? well i'll tell you....work. actually last saturday, i drove up to cerritos to kick it with my cousins before they left to go back to guam. it was fun. went shopping, hit some balls at the batting cages (which by the way i impressed my little cousin), and watched the second season of WEEDS. i was planning on going home that night, but i ended up sleeping over. well, we fell asleep like at 330 i think. since my cousins flight was at 930 and was heading to the airport at 630, i left for home at 630 too. when i got home, i got ready for 1030 mass with the family. after mass, shopping at fashion with the family. i got home from the mall around 4 then the last thing i remembered was putting my head down on my bed and not waking up until then next morning to go to work. so i slept for 15 hours. YAY!

the rest of the week was spent working and kickboxing. i dont remember much execpt 10 hour work days, followed by sweating my ass off at the gym due to frustration at work. i gotta say that the eye candy at the gym never gets old and everyone's so friendly there. ugghh....how do you get someone to ask you out? haha ok never...

so this weekend...no plans except for trainning tomorrow morning and a quick show of face at a family friend's baby shower. ok thats all. thanks for stopping by. have a great weekend!

never-ending

2007-08-15T17:19:00.000-07:00

although i went home on time today, i thought this day would never end. as the day went on, i felt more and more sluggish. i don't know if its the weather or the fact that i might be coming down with something. when i came home, mom said i was looking a little pale. it could also be the fact that i didnt eat a real lunch today. all i had was a banana and some sun chips. but that was around 1030 this morning. at least im not going to kickboxing today because the family is having dinner tonight down in chula vista. i hope i dont feel like this tomorrow. nothing worse than getting sick during hot weather.

ok....i need to rest before i go. bye

oven-like weather

2007-08-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

yessir, the weather in vegas was very oven-like. the company made it worth while.

frank, sandy, ellene, and i arrived a lil before 5 i think. we checked into the hotel. then got ready to go watch KA at the MGM. i gotta say that i liked that show. im not really into cirque shows, but this one was cool. then after we headed to body english. it was an alright night. they played a lot of old school and freestyle. but it was an overall good night. nothing crazy.

saturday, we woke up and had brunch at the paris hotel. GOOOOOOOOOOOOD BUFFET! then we watched the bellagio show, cuz surprisingly i've never seen it. then we walked around the planet holleywood hotel/mall thing. gambled some. then went back to the hotel to rest before going out to tryst. i gotta say i liked that club a lot. VERY VERY NICE! it wasnt overly crowded and the music was great, until they played house music then we split and called it a night.

sunday we woke up, checked out, and basically called it a weekend. we got back to my place just in time to watch the end of the 3rd quarter of the charger preseason, but we were listening to the game on the way home as soon as we were able to pick up the station.

and that, ladies and gentlemen is my mini-vacay.

today was back to work day. god, was it busy. sooo much work. i was so glad to leave and go kickboxing. seriously, there's nothing like kicking and hitting the shit out of the bag to relieve some stress. too bad i didnt give it my total all cuz it was soo freakin' hot and i was still pretty tired from vegas. my head was sayin' GO but my body was like OH HELL NO..NO MORE PLEASE!

so plans for the rest of the week: work, kickboxing, trainning, kickboxing, work. i need to workout extra hard nowadays and find different ways to work out to help me with muy thai. its getting harder for me to lose this gut.

ok this has been unnecessarily long. sorry. hopefully someday soon i'll write something more meaningful. i know i know, lately it just been my happenings in my life. no little self-dramas, no crazy stories, no self-pittiness. but hey, maybe i'll conjour up something good soon. hahaha

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

another monday

2007-08-06T14:31:00.000-07:00

happy monday guys. damn another weekend down. it wasnt a big weekend but it was family filled.

i got off work friday at 3. i shoulda left at 2 because we finished everything so early. but anyway i went home and contemplated on going to they gym. during said contemplation i fell asleep. i woke up around 630, called my cousin because it was my godson's birthday and found out they were cooking dinner. i asked mom and dad if they wanted to go, they declined and i headed down south. yummy yummy barbeque chicken wings and skewers. godson had a great time just kickin' it. i went home a little early.

saturday i woke up, went kickboxing. i came home and cleaned my room and gave away some clothes. now i have space...again. mom and dad were busy building some new cabinet thing in our kitchen. cousin called me and informed me that lolo was cooking pancit palabok. i headed down there for dinner since mom, dad, and their friends were busy building shit. brother met me down there. apparently there was a really bad accident on olympic parkway so i had to detour through telegraph canyon road. we ate dinner, played with the boys, kicked it, and watched a really embarrassing video of me during my cousin's wedding when i was 10.

sunday the parents, bro, and i went to mass at 830. the rest of the family came over to my house in the afternoon and off we went to THE PIRATE DINNER ADVENTURE. in all honesty, i loved to appetizers. the food was pretty good. but the show BLAHHHHHH. my brother and i thought it was hilarious that the people in the show were rejects who couldnt work at disneyland. but the kids had fun and thats all the mattered.

thats my weekend. off i go the kickboxing...peace

sore all over

2007-08-01T15:58:00.000-07:00

yesterday was trainning day and boy did he kick my ass. i was exhausted by the end, but my trainner said i had heart and that im a tough chick. those are some encouraging words to an exhausted girl. i did a lot of squats and not just little squats, i mean ass to the floor squats. we did a lot of kicks. so much so that my calves started to cramp up a little. like i felt a charlie horse coming on but luckily it never happened. i love it. i wouldnt do it, unless i did because seriously who in their right mind wants to actually do this except little ol' me?
after trainning i came home took a shower and went bowling. i left a little early though cuz i was...EXHAUSTED (remember?). i bowled my most shittiest game to date.

so now im here at work. wasting time until i go to kickboxing class. i got a wii! but its for my godson. his birthday is friday....im a good ninang huh? man, i swear i give that kid whatever he wants, but thats cuz he's such a good kid. i wouldnt be doing this unless he deserved it. he's my boy! then on sunday the cousins, my brother, and i are taking him to the PIRATE SHOW! im so stoked for that. i've been wanting to check that place out forever and nows my chance.

last but not least, vegas next weekend. aug 10-12. YAY FOR SANDY'S BIRTHDAY.

well i gotta change before i head out to the gym.
laters

i love naps

2007-07-29T18:33:00.000-07:00

I just woke up from a 3 hour nap. I love those. When I woke up, I was sweating. My fan sucks balls.

Now you're probably wonder, "Gee Rach, what have you been up to lately?" Well, nothing big really. Friday, I went to TGIFridays with my coworkers because 2 of them were leaving for bigger and better things. After I dropped Elaine off home, I headed over to Anabel and Ferdie's house because all the band kids were there. We were formally introduced to Ferdinand Cuenco, Jr. He's such a cute kid. He's a got a full head of hair too and his dad's lips! SOOOO cute. I love their place too. They live in the military housing right behind ralphs and across the street from Hage Elementary. I came home around 1130 because I was so tired.

Saturday, I did the laundry, cleaned my room a little bit (because I haven't been home lately). Then I had my first personal trainning session at the gym. The trainner helped me improve my technic in punching and kicking. Hopefully all my bad habits don't relapse and go away. After my workout, we talked about my goals and what I wanted to get out of kickboxing. I told him that I really wanted to learn how to fight and that I've been wanting to get at it for such a long time. So now, once a week I'm going to be trainning on my technic and strength with him so I can get into MUY THAI. I'M EXCITED. My new hobby, plus it'll give me more motivation to try to be healthier. OK after that, I took a shower and headed over to De Anza Cove because my cousin and his friends were throwing a bbq/bonfire. I love free food and family.

Today was the normal sunday: church with my family. Then breakfast/lunch. We decided to eat at Denny's. I came home and slept.

You wanna hear something funny? So I had the funniest dream last night. I dreamt that I was pregnant. That was such a weird feeling. Who's the father? GOD KNOWS. But I'm pretty sure I know why I had that dream. It's probably because I've been around sooo many babies and kids lately.

Alright so now you're all caught up in the life of me. Thanks for stopping by!

fun weekend

2007-07-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

friday i had dinner with coworkers then i drove down to otay ranch to hang out with the family for the weekend. i met all of kuya's wife's lil cousins visiting from guam. they're hilarious. im not used to being around that many girls who arent friends...theres like 8 of them. chilled at the house and took em around town saturday after deciding that the girls didnt want to go to knotts soak city. i slept over again saturday night and woke up at 7am sunday to go home and get ready for baby kian's christening and reception at karl's strauss. YUMMY BRUNCH MIMOSAS AND BEER! after eating and chismissing i ended up down in otay again for the day. thats all thats all ive been up to lately.

tonight im going back down there after kickboxing. im spending tomorrow with them again plus karla's using me as her floor test for school at paul mitchell. no worries, everything's simulated. she wont be doing anything real to my hair. sa'll good.

ok...thats all. till then have a great day!

major

killin' time

2007-07-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

so i got 15 minutes before i leave work. i see no point in leaving 15 minutes early cuz im going to kickboxing and not home. kickboxing isnt til 530...so im not in hurry at all.

its tuesday. yesterday was monday. tomorrow's wednesday. why can't this week go any faster? i feel like its just gonna drag on forever, but hey at least its payday this friday. that always puts a smile on my face. today, work was umm...pretty busy in the morning, then it dramatically slowed down after lunch. oh oh and i managed to break a mirror (about half inch in diameter) used for one of the lasers in one of my machines i use for work (for those in the know its for my cytometer). oh well, boss man said its all good. im pretty sure that thing is pretty expensive though, but shit happens. i cant believe i accidentally dropped that lil sucker and the damn thing broke in half. crap.

other than that, nothing. sunday i slept the day away. oh and then i took my parents to watch 1408. pretty good. one of the better psychologial scary movies i've seen in a while.

yesterday i thought i was gonna pass out in kickboxing. i decided it was a good idea for me to try to step it up which i did. little did i know i'd cramping up later during the workout and boy do my thighs hurt from squats. oh oh, i've also noticed that a little of the flab from my arms are disappearing and mini-biceps are forming woohoooo! not that i want any biceps, but it makes me happy to see flab go away. my god is it 430 yet? nope.

oh did anyone see VICTORIA BECKHAM'S SHOW LAST NIGHT ON NBC? I SURE DID! my impression of her before the show was that she was prolly a snooty little biotch, but that totally changed! she's funny as hell and she's married to the sexiest man ever. she's major in my book. haha my favorite part was when she smacked to blow up doll that was supposed to look like her. hahaha

ok thats all. wow, im quality of blogging is totally going to shit. lately its just been all about kickboxing. hmm..who knows, maybe i'll actually be serious about this and really really learn how to fight? right? ok thanks for reading.

title shmitle

2007-07-14T21:39:00.000-07:00

I'm horrible at making titles especially when I don't even know what I'm blogging about. As we speak I am watching the re-run of the B.E.T. awards at home. I watch for the performances. I'm home alone on a saturday night, which is totally fine with me because I don't get the house to myself very often and when oppurtunities like this arrive, I like taking advantage.

So today wasn't very eventful, but still pretty productive. I woke up at 7:30 and laid in bed for about an hour. Then I threw in a load of laundry and got ready for the kickboxing class at 10. My God, by the time I got to La Jolla it was pretty damn hot already! So I got to the gym a little early and I decided to run a bit. I ran half a mile just to get my blood going, did some stretches, and then waited for the class to start. I love that gym, people are so friendly. This guy (who I've seen around the gym) came up to me, introduced himself, and said that he was pretty impressed with me because he's seen I've been trainning pretty hard. No one does that at 24hour...or at least to me. I, of course, introduced myself back and said thanks and that I hope I can keep it up. OK, so class started and I pushed myself a little more than the previous days because I thought it was time for me to step it up a little more. I thought I wasn't going to make it, but I did.

After kickboxing I stopped by target to buy some body wash and face cleaner because I was running low. Then I went home, finished the laundry, took a shower, then went to fashion for a little shopping. I bought some stuff at Macy's because I had gift cards. I love gift cards!

Elaine Escuadro's family was throwing her a little going away party for her at their house so I stopped by to have dinner and hang out with her and some of my coworkers. She got into Marshall University in West Virginia and is going to school for her masters in forensic science. YAY...BUT DUDE...WEST VIRGNIA!

And now I'm home....ohhhhh yeaaaaa, thursday I had dinner at Ginet's house with Cel, Molica, Mel, and Linh. Ginet, I love your place! And I gotta say that looking at our year books is HILARIOUS! My God have we changed! I also came back to bowling on Tuesday after a month hiatus. I bowled pretty well considering a had a bad right bicep

So, yea my schedule has now calmed down again, Thank God. It's back to working and working out again, with the occasional outtings here and there. With the amount of working out that I'm doing, I seriously hope I can lose 10-15 pounds by the end of summer. OK, I'm rambling. Have a great Sunday everyone!

street fighter

2007-07-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

haha not really a street fighter, but i did join the boxing club in la jolla. i loved the kickboxing class on thursday. seriously its exactly what i've wanted. i was supposed to go to the class last night but mom and dad wanted to have dinner, so i went this morning. my shins are sore and bruised, my arms are burning, but I LOVE IT! i really think i've found my hobby that i've been looking for. my friend told me that after about a year of taking classes and the trainners see potential in you, that some trainners decided to personnal train you for sparring and stuff. MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE ME? hell maybe i might even start fighting? that would be nuts huh? would you guys come see me fight if that ever happened?

as for the rest of the weekend: chill chill chill today and church and padre game tomorrow. have a great weekend guys

remember when

2007-07-05T12:34:00.000-07:00

that seemed to be theme for 4th of july this year. unlike years past, i spent the 4th at my kuya's house in otay ranch (chula vista for those who dont know). i know i know. it's blasphemy that i didnt make it to the rec this year, ya'll know that family comes first. especially if cousins are visiting from guam for the summer and there's a new baby in the family. we were one big family again. i like that. i miss that. it's nice to have everyone hang out again. most of time was spent eating and talking about old times and the cousins making fun of my brother and i for the music videos we used to make and all the times we would get bossed around (which come to think of it, still happens today).

its weird comparing the way my brother and i were to my godson and my other little cousin. the two of them are about the same age difference my brother and i are and the difference between the little cousins and i are about the same as my older cousins and i. the interactions are soooo much different. the kids are A LOT more rough than my brother and i ever were, but its fun...they give me a work out. haha

so now im here at work. boring. im waiting for my cousins to call because im supposed to be having lunch with them. thank god im in the other building right now cuz i shouldnt be doing this. seriously, i know everyone's been saying this but having a holiday in the middle of the week SUCKS ASSSSSSSSSS

ok thanks for stopping by. thank god i get paid friday

what a great nap

2007-06-30T18:31:00.000-07:00

seriously that was one of the greatest naps i've ever taken. i loved it. undisturbed and everything. although i stayed home last night, it was a good night for me to do so. i ended up talking...oh wait...chatting with my cousins on my dad's side from the PI and in texas. we were all using webcams and everything. it was really nice to see everyone and catch up and get to know the cousins i've never really talk to dispite recent events. i've always thought it was weird how tragic events bring people together, but they always do and hey i aint mad at it. i think i stayed up til about 3 talking to everyone.

today, woke up at 9, did the laundry, attempted to clean my room, then fell asleep. tomorrow...i dunno...we'll see what happens.

fo sho...laters

hmm...

2007-06-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

lets try to write something more upbeat. how about an update of this week's events:

well saturday was my grad party. i had a great time seeing everyone there. thanks again. sorry pat and neil for not making it to DnB's. i was sooo tired.

sunday was cel's bday. despite the unfortunate news from the PI, i managed to get my parents to let me out of the house to hang out with cel for her bday cuz duhhh i wanted to see the birthday girl. me, ellene, sandy, and karla met up with the birthday girl and the rest of the gang at BASIC downtown. i really liked that place. soo chill and the pizza was good. good drinks too. good job april for organizing it all together.

monday thru today was just normal work days. nothing much. just chilled at home. no bowling for me. mom and dad asked me not to go, totally understandable yea?!

i did go to the gym yesterday after a 2 week hiatus. i hope next week my schedule goes back to normal, despite the coming of 4th of july. speaking of 4th of july, what's everyone got planned?

oh and speaking of the gym, i'm thinking about joining a kick boxing gym in clairemont my cousin's wife was talking to me about . i wanna check t out first, but im really intrigued and i think it would totally be good for me, get all my agressions and frustrations out. it helps when you have someone kickin' your butt. we'll see.

ok that was kinda boring. we'll try again tomorrow. peace

heavey hearted

2007-06-25T19:39:00.000-07:00

as i said before, i hope everyone had a great time on saturday. thank you everyone once again.

unfortunately, the celebration of graduation quickly came to an end with news of the untimely passing of my TITA LINDA (dad's sister). you loved everyone and everything whole heartedly, you never let anything or anyone get you down, you did the best you can with what you were dealt with. we love you and miss you dearly.

although she was not much older than my parents, i pray that i live my life as full as she lived her's. as tragic as these events are, times like this totally reaffirms my belief in GOD, JESUS, the HOLY SPIRIT, and THE VIRGIN MOTHER MARY. without these entities in my life, as well as my family's life, we would never get through heartbreaking times like this. it seriously makes you think about what's most important in your life and that little petty dramas are totally not worth it. *side note: im talking about dramas in general and nothing in particular*

i've dealt with many losses in my lifetime and it never gets any easier. it seems to actually get a little harder each time, slowly losing people you love. but i write this blog not so you feel sorry for my family's loss, but to help make the realization that life is short and anything can happen at any moment. one moment you'll be celebrating graduation, then BOOOOOOM....this.

i leave you with something personal, something i pray every morning before i either get out bed or right before i leave for work, it's something that comes from my heart:

LORD GOD, help me be a more humble, patient, loving, and compassionate person. please help me be a better person than i was yesterday. watch over my family, my friends, and my loved ones. keep us safe, keep us healthy, keep us together. AMEN

exhausted

2007-06-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

just a quick one.

thanks to everyone that came on saturday. i feel loved. hope y'all had fun too.

details later

deadliest catch

2007-06-21T21:46:00.000-07:00

that show is awesome. dont ask me why. its on the discover channel. cash cab, dirtiest jobs, and mythbusters are amongst my favorites too! see, i am a nerd after all. i like watching the discovery channel.

tuesday was korean dinner night at my coworkers house. homemade korean food is FREAKIN AWESOME. thats all. wednesday i went to work early so i could get off at 4. i drove down to otay to hang out with my cousin at his house. ellene and sandy came over and we hung out for a while. kuya cooked us some snacks. sandy and ellene met shai, karla, and the baby. sandypants left to hang out with frank the tank. me and ellene went to the mall for some walking around and some shopping. came back to the house, kuya cooked some more..THANKS! hung out some more then left for our homes. today was a regular work day. ran some errands with mom, bought all the drinks for saturday.

tomorrow will be errand day. mom made me take the day off. oh what fun will this be.

man i miss going to the gym. i havent been to the gym in like a week and half. i wont be able to go back til maybe sunday, most likely monday. crap. i might join a kickboxing gym though. im really looking into that. i might really enjoy it.

the back of my trunk is full of beverages. its pretty much riding kinda low-low. nice.

one last thought: i know its only june but this year is one good ass year to be having. i know its only gonna get better. HOLLA!

celebrations everywhere

2007-06-18T22:37:00.000-07:00

i took a big step into adulthood on sunday, walked across the stage, and officially graduated from ucsd. hey even my diploma came in the mail. i spent about 10 minutes just looking at for a while just in shock of what i had accomplished. remember, for the longest time i thought i'd never get through it and that i totally f*ed up my future. its corny, but persistance, hardwork, a little support and love from family and friends, and some prayin to the lord above got me through it. and i know that all those things will help me get through life and help me be successful in the long run.

so as for the rest of weekend. fantastic. ran errands with my mom the whole day saturday, so i didnt get to go eugene's birthday shindig at la jolla. found out excelsior got shut down so we headed to downtown. went to decos for a bit then made our way to visions...yay for long islands. denny's with aubrey, leonard, francis, and david.

graduation sunday. brunch at hotel del coronado again for father's day this time with the rest of the familia. kicked it at otay ranch the rest of the day, poolside. yay.

this week's plans: dinner at coworker's place tomorrow. she's cookin' us a korean dinner cuz she's...korean. the rest of the week: errands errands errands...man i hope everyone will have fun on saturday. shit, i hope i have fun saturday.

oh yea on a sidenote...PEPCID AC IS MY HERO

damn good week

2007-06-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

this week was....fun. monday was dinner with CFG. tuesday went BOOOOOWLIN'. bowled some of the best games i've ever played that night. wednesday cel called me up and we went to see JACK'S LAST BULLET at PB. thursday ditched work and hung out with sandy and ellene in LB. YUMMY YUMMY chicken and waffles at ROSCOE'S and JUSTIN YOUNG at MAI TAI BAR. my heart melted when i heard him sing maroon 5's sunday morning. friday was the most chill day. went to costco to start buying stuff that's needed for next saturday and had dinner with the parentals at olive garden.

plan's for this weekend:

-more errands today, try to stop by eugene's and joe's birthday party in la jolla

-excelsior tonight for aubrey's birthday

-I GRADUATE TOMORROW MORNING

-brunch with la familia for me and papas' (dad, lolo, and kuya)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE POPS OUT THERE AND CONGRATS TO ALL THE FELLOW GRADUATES!

all grown up

2007-06-12T11:01:00.000-07:00

if you read ginet's blog, we had dinner last night with melissa and molica. seriously, it was as if we were reliving our junior high days except we now have credit cards and bachlors degress. i really do miss hanging out with them. catching up on everyone's lives and reminiscing about the past and talking about how old we are now. that's sooo weird. i love how we're all still the same, but mature enough to talk about you know...adult stuff.

you know, its kinda weird though how we decided to have dinner in the first place. it was as if it was meant to be and that it was time for us to hang out again. if i remember correctly, ginet ran into mel, i had dinner with ginet, i was running into mo at the gym frequently, and i saw mel a couple times around mira mesa (at church or homecoming at the high school). as corny as it sounds its like fate drew us together. i love that.

it's nice to know i still have great friends wherever i go in life and that they always have my back, no matter what circle of friends i may be in.

im kinda upset

2007-06-10T21:34:00.000-07:00

ok so as you can tell from the title im kinda mad. kinda at my mom. so my graduation (not my party) is this coming sunday right and its 830 in the morning. i understand that the ceremony is all kinds of early in the morning and that maybe my grandparents and my cousin and his family will have a hard time coming up here from chula vista, but they're my family. mom's telling them to not come to the graduation. and i totally understand why. my grandpa already says he doesnt wanna go. well thats ok cuz he's a grouch sometimes and thats all good. but i dunno...like i said, i totally understand why my mom told them not to go, but shouldnt that be me telling them? and she didnt even ask if it was ok. IT'S MY FUCKING GRADUATION. its not like the family's not doing anything after the graduation cuz it is father's day too but still. uhhgghhhh. i know i wasnt that excited to walk before, but now, i feel like its kinda important to me. and seriously, how many important days am i gonna have in my lifetime? for all i know this might be the most important day in my life. on the other hand i know its just a ceremony and like i said, we are gonna be hanging out together for lunch and stuff but i dunno. hey at least i didnt have to get tickets right?

ok so enough about that. i took my parents to the fair today. they had a great time. mom wanted to eat everything. dad wanted to look at the animals for some reason. haha. we rode the sky ride. i now have a weird tan. but i still had a fun time.

well thats all. see you all at VELARDE-PALOOZA JUNE 23, 2007! please dont get dressed up. no presents either, just your presence.

payday

2007-06-09T00:40:00.000-07:00

thats right, today was payday. im a happy girl. PLUS i finally reserved my bounce house for my party and it looks like this:how freaking awesome huh? im gonna love it and im sure everyone else will too right?

so i just came home from the padre game. another loss, but at least this time it was a good game for about 2 seconds. then we lost it in the 11th inning.

tomorrow im going to pasadena for my niece's 3rd birthday. the last time i saw her was christmas. she's so cute. she's such a princess. but ok so i went shopping for present on monday and i was looking at little clothes north county fair, i didnt notice how many little kid clothings stores they have and how cute the clothes are. how come these places weren't around when we were kids? i bet i would be such a better dresser if i had those kinds of clothes when i was kid. can you imagine me? a better dresser? whaaaaa?

ok i should go to sleep now. good night, good morning, and have a great weekend for the fair starts this weekend! YAY!

boosted

2007-06-06T22:31:00.000-07:00

you know what's nice about my life? as soon as i feel down, somehow, someway, i end up feeling good again. and this time it came in the form of friends. bowling was extra fun last night. i bowled well too! and i was able to do this will the names on the screen:

Genius huh?

ok. so i went to yogurt world two days in a row...shame shame. but its soo good. and it wasnt my idea. it was the girls at work. they are addicts. i mean, i love the place but they like LOOOOVE that place. hey, at least its frozen yogurt and not ice cream right? and plus most of my toppings consist of fruit. the only unhealthy thing in it is the mochi balls.

after the gym today i decided that i was going to get dinner at panera cuz i was craving the grilled salmon salad. i drove by the theatre and saw sandy painting. i parked my car and decided to detour to the theatre and bother her for a while. she decided to stop painting and grabbed dinner with me at panera. dinner turned into a 3 hour conversation. i love it when stuff like that happens. those conversations always lead to crazy tangents about life, love, and everything in between.

well ok. thats all. peace out

pick me up

2007-06-05T19:55:00.001-07:00

i feel like i need a pick me up. for no appearant reason other than what i can call craziness, i feel like i have low self-esteem. sadface. bye. time to go bowling.

im at work

2007-06-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

despite the fact that sometimes i feel like i dont do much at work, i rarely, wait no, i never have time to write in my blog while im here. but today i do.

this weekend was so much fun. i love it when i get to hang out with some of my favorite people in the world.

friday night was dinner down in otay with my family at cheesecake factory. YAY FOR ALMOND CHAMPAGNE!

saturday i was able to make to anabel's baby shower. sorry i cut out so early. who woulda known you would be able to yuo and janel at your party! dang lucky. oh yea ok so i left early and headed down south for ellene's grad party. lots more food, lots more hanging out. after, i went home to rest for a lil bit and get ready for decos. quyen picked me up and we headed out to decos for this open bar vodka thing they were doing. damn was that dangerous but GREAT! who woulda known i could drink that much and not get sick.

sunday, woke still tipsy, went to church then headed over to janel's grad party at marina village. again, good food, lots more hanging out. after all the festivities, i came home. chilled. then i had a late dinner and lots of talking with cel, shannon, natalie, and erica. who would thought we could talk for 3 hours about random theatre crap....and cleo haha

today, im going to yogurt world for lunch with my coworkers. we are obssessed with that place!

short week = awesome

2007-05-31T21:03:00.000-07:00

what more can i say. tomorrow is already friday! yay! and we get free lunch at work tomorrow. too bad its chinese because i'll be eating chinese for dinner again anyway. my family's going out to golden chopsticks for my lola's birthday.

so yea i saw pirates of the caribbean on sunday. i liked it. it was waaaaay better then the second one but no where near as good at number 1.

monday was memorial day. after a light afternoon nap, i find out that my lola, lolo, cousin, his wifey, and baby were coming for dinner. my godson was with his mom so he didnt get to chill with us. we ended up barbequing ribs, steak, some trout. nothing big.

tuesday was a normal day. i went to work (boring), went to the gym (most needed), then went bowling for len len's birthday. nice seeing everyone. strange happened: i was drinking beer and nothing happened. no change of color, no red. i dunno what i did differently. cool.

worked a normal day on wednesday. i skipped out on the gym because i had to finish the invitations for the party. YAY IM DONE. all mailed out. now its all about taking care of food and extras. man, this is why i dont throw parties. too much stuff to think about. im a party goer not a party-maker.

today work (whats new) followed by dinner with miss april at where else, NIBAN. you can never go wrong at that place. thanks dude for dinner. it was great catching up with you, great chismis as always. haha and it was nice running into cel, cile, and mike. that was random. haha

dang so weekend plans: ellene's grad party followed by decos. im missing out on anabelly's babyshower, sorry. sunday is janel's turn and her grad party. YAY FOR LONG BEACH STATE!

k sorry for the boring blog. maybe i'll come up with something after the weekend. maybe?

2007-05-27T19:31:00.000-07:00

"spit on me and i'll buy one" -some random dude on charm school talking to pumkin.

i just thought that was funny. who the hell tells someone to do that to them. that dude must have some weird spitting fetish.

on another note, today i took a 4 hour nap. im telling you, thats what sunday's are made for. 4 hour naps. later tonight, im watching pirates with francis, kim, janel, and hung. YAY! or rather...AAAARRRRRRRR.

dinner at buca di beppo downtown last night was fun. you can never go wrong with chicken with lemon. oh oh and the salmon with pesto was sooo good too! good choice ate cha-cha.

lastly, i was talking to a friend late last night, i mean early this morning about people, friends, and dating. i've come to the conclusion that at this point, i really dont know if im actually looking for a relationship or if i even want to just date around. i think i just want someone to chill with and have fun with then i'll figure it out from there. just one problem, i still need to find that cool dude. "i just wanna find the someone who i mesh well with. i want to be meshed" haha

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

about time

2007-05-25T20:58:00.000-07:00

yup its about time that its friday. i woke up yesterday morning thinking it was already friday. how shitty is that?! i went to dave and buster's last night with quyen, francis, and jen. it was fun playing "how many people do you know here tonight?"

today for lunch, i went home and took, what must have been, a 2 hour nap or at least a two hour nap. i love my job. nobody even noticed that i was gone that long. i even got to go home early today. YAY! now im home. actually i got home and took another nap. that was nice. so tonight im gonna just kick it at home.

weekend plans: so far its just dinner with my cousins and some of their friends at buca downtown. other than that, nothing else YAY FOR 3 DAY WEEKENDS!

the middle of the week

2007-05-23T20:01:00.000-07:00

well actually the middle of the week will come to an end soon but i dont have the slightest idea what to title this. i never come up with clever shit to put up there. no big updates but i just thought i'd write a lil something.

monday was a typical workday followed by me dragging my ass to the gym. wow i thought i was gonna pass out that day.

tuesday same ol' workday, the followed by some BOOOOWLING! wow did i suck last night. oh well hopefully next week is better. i love tuesdays.

today, the girls of the department went to lunch at karl strauss. one of the girls in my department is getting married next week and we wanted to take her out as sorta a bachelorette kinda thing. very tame cuz it was lunch. she's a busy girl and didnt have time to have a crazy wild night. the funniest part was that one of my coworkers likes to bake and she made her a brownie shaped into a tee-tee hahaha INCLUDING FLESH COLORED ICING. i shoulda took a picture.

ok. thats all. bye

pooped

2007-05-20T21:49:00.000-07:00

sundays are made for 3 hour naps. i love it and boy did i need it.
i missed out on seeing TI at sungod this year, but i had dinner with my parents friday night anyway. saturday i woke up early, ran some errands, then finally headed over to SDSU with the rest of my family for my brother's graduation. CONGRATS LITTLE BROTHER. after the ceremony, and after deciding that waiting in line to get the hell out of PS4 wasnt worth it, the family decided to just take the trolley over to mission valley and we ate at onami's for the dinner celebration. my brother and my cousin headed over back to state on the trolley and picked up the cars and the rest of us back at mission valley. we finally headed home. me and brother got ready to head out to belo to meet up with quyen and the friends. we had a good and sweaty time. YAY! today i crawled out of bed, went to church, did the laundry and fell asleep.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY!

guilty

2007-05-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

i didnt go to the gym today. now i feel so guilty. why didnt i go the gym? no reason. well i figured since i had to do my work in my other building today and i walked back and forth from my lab to other building, that i didnt have to work out. what did i eat when i got home: an orange (good), a piece of corn (i guess thats good, fiber right?), a bowl of baked potato soup (tasted good, but not good for me), and a chocolate chip cookie. wow...so much guilt. oh well...i'll eat healthier tomorrow, possibly more walking as well. as for going to the gym tomorrow, prolly not cuz its friday.

new summer hobby: BOOOOOOWLING! tuesday nights. awesome. im gonna get that curve down i swear. well thats all. thank you very much. bye

great weekend now im pooped

2007-05-14T21:30:00.000-07:00

this weekend was one of the funnest weekends i've had in a while. not that the past weekends havent been fun, but this was one was just emm.....eventful.

saturday i hit up downtown with jrew and sandy to meet up with jackie's family for some tailgating and then the padre game. jackie said her family was gonna be there by 2 so we got there around 3. little did we know they were running behind...like a couple hours. so the three of us did some walking around downtown. after getting a beer at trophy's the three of us headed over to jackie's family. did a lil' eating, had a couple beers then headed to the game....we lost...boooo. after the game we headed to the J-bar to celebrate jeff's 28th birthday. yay for drunken fun...hehehe

sunday after 3 hours of sleep i woke up and got ready for 830 mass with the family. after mass we headed over to my grandparents house and went to brunch at the Hotel del Coronado. DAMN THAT WAS GOOD. mom and lola approved. they were happy and thats all that mattered. after brunch we did some hanging out then we finally went home and i crashed...wow do i love my sleep.
now for some pics:

me and the birthday boy jeff

me and ryan

at least im not so red in this picture

the familia

my kuya, my brother, and me

so this week im taking wednesday off. my brother made the dean's list and we're going to the little ceremony thingy. its not til 4 but hey its a good enough reason for me to want to take the day off. then saturday is my brother's actually graduation. dinner with the family then after...hmm i dunno. so i guess this week is all about my brother. haha but then again in his mind everday is all about genesis velarde.

thanks for reading...peace.

sunshine day

2007-05-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

the last couple days have been GORGEOUS! i love it. too bad it was wasted with work. wow im glad tomorrow is friday and payday.

update over the battle of the buldge:
this week was a failure. i only managed to go to the gym monday and wednesday. birthdays at work are a killer cuz of food. despite this week's failure, my weight loss is now -19. yay. i know my progession is slow but that's the right way right?

in other news...wait...there is no other news...maybe after this weekend.
things to look forward to:
-dinner with coworkers tomorrow night. gonna keep it light.
-gonna get my hair did saturday morning. geees i need a haircut. i've decided to not color my hair anymore. not only will it save money but i decided i like my dark hair better.
-tailgate and baseball game saturday YAY! i didnt get to go to a game last season and this is hopefully just my first game of this season.
-jeff's birthday bash at J bar after the game.
-church and sunday brunch with the familia at the crown room at hotel del coronado. YAY

family fun

2007-05-06T20:15:00.000-07:00

this weekend was spent just chillin' with the family. dinner with the 'rents friday night at phuong trans. bbq at silver strand beach followed by more bbq and the de la hoya/mayweather fight at my cousin's house down in otay ranch. sunday was all about 1030 mass, lunch, and some galavanting at mcrd.

i had the funniest conversation with my godson this weekend. the topic kinda sucked (on my behalf), but having this conversation with a 7 year old was kinda interesting and basically hilarious. so i left the beach a little early and took my brother home because he apparently had homework and shit to do. i took my godson with me so that i could go back down and chill at my cousin's house after they packed up from the beach and headed down to otay. we get to back to my house. chill for a bit. then he says, "ninang im hungry." you would think that he wouldnt be hungry considering we barbequed the whole day, but he was playing the whole time and didnt eat much. we discuss what he was in the mood for. i love that he eats anything and everything. he decides that he's in the mood for some L&L. we get there, i order som chicken katsu for the two of us. then out of nowhere, he goes, "ninang do you have a boyfriend yet?" im a little startled. i say, "no." then he follows up the question by asking, "do you like someone?" and at this point im am crackin' up cuz seriously, he is 7 years old and a boy! who has this converstation with a 7 year old boy? haha i just thought that was funny. i think this kid is gonna grow up to become a heartbreaker.

man, mother's day is next sunday already. plans are all set to take my mom and my lola (and the rest of the family) to the sunday brunch at the crown room at hotel del coronado. YAY!

Cinco de Mayo!

2007-05-05T10:08:00.000-07:00

happy cinco de mayo everyone! be safe.

just call me crazy

2007-05-01T21:41:00.000-07:00

rather its called "crazy" by ne-yo. im totally diggin that song on his new album. the song is so chill so hot so sexy. im diggin his new album. he's a good artist.

this weekend was like an eating marathon for me. diet totally went down the drain, but it was all for a good cause. after work the coworkers and i headed over to rock bottom in la jolla for michelle's farewell. that was fun. got to see naomi. then i headed over to surprise the homie sharon for her 21st birthday at dan's house. its so weird celebrating someone's 21st birthday....havent done that in so long. the rest of the weekend was basically dedicated to spending time with kristine carabeo because it was her last weekend here in san diego. she's off to a new life in seattle, washington. this is where the whole "eating marathon" began. saturday was the last day the college kids hung out at her apartment for a good ol' barbeque. haha we decided that burgers and stuff werent enough so we ordered a butt load of hot wings too from hooters. geeesss never ending. sunday was pretty much spent the same way except now we hung out at her parents house here in mira mesa. kickin' it there was fun but wierd, seeming as though a lot of us haven't been there in such a long time (besides her grad party last year). it was like re-living old times.

so now after all that, im paying the price at the gym...i thought i was gonna die yesterday. today...thought i was gonna die again today, but it wasnt as bad as yesterday. random thought: what happened to the sun? talk about may gray. please sun, come back soon.

its so weird that kristine's moving to seattle this week. she leave officially thursday. i totally wish all the best to her and nick as well. i promise kristine that the college kids will go on a road trip to visit you. i dont care what francis says, he'll ride in the car with us. it'll be a good road trip. KRISTINE YOU BETTER BE HERE FOR MY GRADUTATION PARTY!

ok thats all. well not really but its pretty boring.

busy bee

2007-04-26T20:38:00.000-07:00

since last week works been kinda busy. lots of changes...it was like a bomb dropped in my department. soooo last friday, we found out that my department was getting two new people. then we find out that michelle was leaving us for a new job at amylin in la jolla. that totally sucked. im gonna miss that crazy girl. then we find out that anthony was phasing out of our deparment and was gonna head quality analysis and gina's gonna be the head mama of qualilty control. we did manage to get one of the girl in the r&d department to transfer to our side. she's real cool and really wanted to come to qc anyway. so this week was basically spent trainning the new people in our department and preparing for michelle to leave and transferring all her knowledge to us and blah blah blah. but you know its a part of life. people leave and you just gotta deal. hopefully we keep in touch and run into each other every once in a while.

other than work, i just go to the gym whenever i can...dude i run into so many people over there.

dang i think its funny how my last post was all about how my life was finally coming into its own and stuff then all of a sudden work stuff changes. ha! i guess i spoke too soon. hopefully the next following months and years to come arent so stressful and i can step up to the plate.

next topic. lets talk about.....boys. ok yea thats a good topic. we all know that my love life has been non-existant and as of late...it still is non-existant. so due to this non-existant love life i have become accustom to, i have come to the conclusion that i dont know how to show i guy im interested. flirting is one thing...but then again i think i just flirt in a more playful manner so that guys cant tell the difference anyway...does that make sense? i dont even know if i make sense. i dunno...do you just simply go up to a guy and say hey...yea your kinda cool....maybe we should hang out? or is that too forward? what? or do you go old school and tell mutual friends that your interested? haha god...IM 24 YEARS OLD FOR GOODNESS SAKE...WTF! haha ok...yea thats all...i should stop now...thanks for reading...sorry if its too much info...but yea thats my way of keeping shit interesting i guess.