12 STRONG

SO WHERE WERE YOU WHEN 9/11 HIT? DO YOU REMEMBER? I WAS LITERALLY AT HOME EATING BREAKFAST BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN MY MOM SAID COME TO THE TV SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. WE ARE 3 HOURS BEHIND NEW YORK SO WHEN THE FIRST PLANE HIT AT 8:45AM, IT WAS 5:45AM HERE. AROUND 6:00AM HERE WAS WHEN THE SECOND PLANE HIT. IM NOT QUITE SURE WHY I WAS UP SO EARLY, BUT I THINK MY MOM TOLD ME TO WAKE UP. ANYWAYS WE BOTH WATCHED AS BOTH TOWERS CAME DOWN SHORTLY AFTER AND THEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. WHEN I GOT THERE, THE SCHOOL WAS PRETTY EMPTY... I THINK IT WAS SCIENCE CLASS OR SOMETHING WHERE ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF THE CLASS SHOWED UP. I GUESS EVERYONE JUST DIDNT SHOW OR WAS AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT. I THINK WE CARRIED ON THE DAY OR THE DAY ENDED EARLY. ITS HARD TO REMEMBER RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT ENDED UP BEING A HALF DAY. THINKING BACK IM PRETTY SURE IT WAS. I REMEMBER HEARING THE PRINCIPAL GO ON THE PA SYSTEM AND SAY SOMETHING AND THEN WE BASICALLY ENDED THE DAY MIDWAY THROUGH 2ND BLOCK. AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

NOW THE MOVIE 12 STRONG COMES OUT AND IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE 12 FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE ATTACK. THE MOVIE HAD REAL NEWS REEL OF THE EVENT BACK THEN IN IT, AND MADE THE MOVIE MORE AUTHENTIC. THE MOVIE STARS CHRIS HEMSWORTH AS A NEW CAPTAIN WITH NO COMBAT EXPERIENCE TASKED TO INFILTRATE AND HELP TAKE OUT THE TERRORISTS/TALIBAN, MICHAEL PENA AS A SOLDIER AND PLAYS THE SAME TYPE OF CHARACTER AS USUAL, MICHAEL SHANNON AS A SEASONED OPERATOR, ROB RIGGLE AS A LT COLONEL AND CHRIS CO, AND WILLIAM FICHTNER AS THE COLONEL AND CO OF THE FOB. ITS WEIRD SEEING ROB IN COMMAND WHEN HE USUALLY PLAYS THE GOOF OR A VARIATION OF FUNNY AND IDIOT. WILLIAM I CAN SEE IN COMMAND, HOWEVER WHY IS HE BALD... THATS MY QUESTION. ANYWAYS THERES ALSO A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT I DONT REALLY KNOW THEM SO THEY ARENT HERE. SO THEY MAKE IT IN TO AFGHANISTAN AND THEN PROCEEDS TO SHOOT STUFF UP. TONS AND TONS OF ACTION, AND LOTS OF REBELS/TERRORISTS DIE, BUT NOT ONE SPECIAL FORCES OPERATOR. THE MOVIE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP THAT WAS BUILT BETWEEN CHRIS AND THE GENERAL OF THE REBELS FIGHTERS. WORKING WITH EACH OTHER THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE OVER A KEY CITY AND DRIVE THE TALIBAN OUT. I GUESS HAVING AIR STRIKES HELPED A BIT AS WELL. THE MOVIE IS OVER 2 HOURS LONG AND IT DIDNT HAVE TOO MANY SLOW PARTS. OVERALL IT WAS A PRETTY ACTION PACKED MOVIE. LOTS OF SHOOTING, LOTS OF KILLING, AND LOTS OF BLOWING SHIT UP. SOME REALISTIC SCENES AND SOME UNREALISTIC... AND SOME JUST OVER THE TOP THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH. THEN AGAIN THERE WERE PARTS THAT ONLY THE GF AND MYSELF LAUGHED AND THE WHOLE THEATRE WAS SILENT LOL. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SENSE OF HUMOUR I GUESS YOU CAN SAY... LOL. ANYWAYS IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE MOVIE AND GIVES EVERYONE MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACKS. THIS IS ALSO A TOTAL PATRIOT HURRAH MURICA YEEHAW PEW PEW MOVIE. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, JUST SAYING. OH AND THEY ALSO RIDE HORSES INTO BATTLE, SO THAT WAS FUNNY. I GIVE THIS MOVIE A 7.5-8/10 DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU STAND ON THE WHOLE WAR THING.

TODAY WAS BUILDEX, BASICALLY A BIG CONVENTION FOR BUILDING/BUILDERS/CONTRACTORS/BUSINESSES/MANAGEMENT/DESIGN. OUR COMPANY GOES EVERY YEAR TO CHECK OUT THE BOOTHS, MEET PEOPLE, TALK AND NETWORK WITH PEOPLE, AND IM MOSTLY THERE FOR THE FREE SWAG AND LUCKY DRAWS. SCORED QUITE A LOT OF STUFF AND ENTERED A TON OF DRAWS. LETS HOPE I WIN SOMETHING, SINCE THE PRIZES ARE PRETTY GOOD AS WELL.

IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE VALENTINES DAY TODAY, SO WENT TO DINNER WITH THE GF. GOT HER FAVE KOREAN FOOD, AND THEN WE ATE TOO MUCH... AS USUAL LOL.

SIDENOTE... IM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING... WONDERING... THINKING... PONDERING... ESTIMATING... CALCULATING... REVIEWING... POSTULATING... IMAGINING... CRUNCHING... DECIDING... IF I SHOULD KEEP THIS BLOG GOING... THIS PAGE IS OVER 6 YEARS OLD... IVE POSTED EVERY WEEK WITHOUT FAIL FOR THE PAST 6+ YEARS... THATS 331 POSTS INCLUDING THIS ONE... IT IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT... BUT SHOULD I KEEP THIS GOING... HOW LONG SHOULD I KEEP THIS GOING FOR... DOES ANYONE EVEN READ ALL THIS OR EVEN READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POSTS... WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK... SHOULD I KEEP GOING AND CONTINUE... SHOULD I STOP... SHOULD I GO BACK TO POSTING REAL POSTS... OR KEEP DOING WHAT IM DOING... ALL YOU READERS OUT THERE... LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK... CAUSE I OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW WHAT TO THINK RIGHT NOW... THANKS.

RT

WHATS IN A NAME...

SO BACK TO MY REGULAR RANDOM POST ABOUT THE RANDOM THOUGHTS I HAVE. WHATS IN A NAME ANYWAYS? SO WHY DID YOUR FAMILY NAME YOU THE NAME YOU HAVE TODAY? WELL OBVIOUSLY MY NAMES RICKY AND THE STORY IS THAT MY GRANDPA LIKED A SINGER NAMED RICKY NELSON AND BOOM THERE YOU GO... IM NAMED AFTER HIM... BUT AT THE SAME TIME RICKY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO MY CHINESE NAME SO WHICH ONE ACTUALLY CAME FIRST??? PRETTY SURE IT WAS THE CHINESE NAME AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS IT WORKED OUT LOL. SO LETS SEE WHAT MY NAME MEANS:

RICKY

IN GERMAN MEANS: "HARD RULER" 

IN AMERICAN MEANS: "HARD RULER"

IN NORSE MEANS: "EVER OR ETERNAL RULER" "POWERFUL, STRONG RULER" "GIFTED RULER, PEOPLE RULER"

SOUL NUMBER: 9

PEOPLE WITH THIS NAME HAVE A DEEP INNER DESIRE TO SERVE HUMANITY AND TO GIVE TO OTHERS BY SHARING MONEY, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, OR CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC ABILITY

EXPRESSION NUMBER: 3

PEOPLE WITH THIS NAME TEND TO BE CREATIVE AND EXCELLENT AT EXPRESSING THEMSELVES. THEY ARE DRAWN TO THE ARTS, AND OFTEN ENJOY LIFE IMMENSELY. THEY ARE OFTEN THE CENTER OF ATTENTION, AND ENJOY CAREERS THAT PUT THEM IN THE LIMELIGHT. THEY TEND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND ARE SOMETIMES RECKLESS WITH BOTH THEIR ENERGIES AND WITH MONEY.

WHICH IS AWESOME CAUSE IM A RULER LOL. ALSO APPARENTLY ITS SHORT FOR RICHARD...WHICH I NEVER UNDERSTOOD. SAME WITH DICK OR BOB OR ROB OR JIM OR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE A SHORT FORM THAT MAKES NO SENSE... ANYWAYS... SOOOO NOT BAD... I DO EXPRESS MYSELF AND YES IM THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. I DO ENJOY MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND I AM SOMETIMES RECKLESS WITH MY ENERGY AND MONEY. IM NOT REALLY SURE IF I SERVE HUMANITY OR LIKE TO SHARE BUT IT CANT ALWAYS BE 100% RIGHT EH.

SO HERE COMES TO THE POINT OF WHERE THIS ALL CAME UP... I JUST STARTED THINKING HOW DID PEOPLE COME UP WITH THEIR NAMES. I MEAN THE VERY FIRST PERSON TO BE LIKE OH IM GOING TO BE CALLED "NAME" LIKE HOW DID THE PERSON PICK IT? HOW DID THEY KNOW THAT, THAT WOULD BE THEIR NAME? HOW DID THEY KNOW THE NAME IS A NAME? OR GO EVEN FURTHER BACK, HOW DID THE HOMO SAPIENS KNOW THAT A CERTAIN SOUND IS THAT PERSON? A GRUNT? A COUGH? A SCREAM? HOW DID THEY CREATE A NAME? WHAT IS THE OLDEST RECORDED NAME IN HISTORY??? LIKE THE FIRST NAME TO EVER APPEAR. SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND ITS NOT CLEAR... SOME PEOPLE SAY EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS NAME SOME SAY BEFORE THAT, SOME SAY SOME GODDESS'S NAME. WHO REALLY KNOWS? AND IF SO ITS ONLY IN THE PAST FEW DECADES OF GENERATIONS THAT ALL THE WORDS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHATS WHAT AND WHATS CALLED WHAT. SO TECHNICALLY BEFORE EVEN NAMING SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A NAME FOR A PERSON. LIKE 1000 YEARS AGO THE WORD LIGHT BULB WASNT INVENTED SO TECHNICALLY I COULD HAVE BEEN NAMED LIGHT BULB OR BEEN CALLED SATELLITE. HOW ARE NAMES EVEN CREATED...??? I MEAN NOW ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST COME UP WITH AN ORIGINAL NAME THAT HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD OF BUT HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THEM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO? THIS JUST BOGGLES THE MIND... WHICH ALSO GOES INTO HOW ARE THINGS NAME FOR WHAT THEY ARE NAMED... I MEAN AN ORANGE ISNT AN ORANGE... ITS ONLY AN ORANGE BECAUSE WE CALL IT AN ORANGE... IT COULD ACTUALLY BE AN APPLE, OR SOMETHING THAT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A NAME. ITS FASCINATING TO THINK ABOUT HOW NAMES COME TO AND ITS JUST A LABEL THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH, BUT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW NAMES CAME TO...

SO THERE YOU ALL GO AGAIN, ANOTHER RANDOM INSIGHT INTO THE MIND THAT IS MINE AND THE THINGS THAT GOES ON INSIDE IT... LOL :)

AWWW YEAH!!! I WIN!!! WOOO FREE POUTINE :)

I THINK THE DRESS IS A LITTLE LOW... UNLESS ITS A NEW FAD GOING AROUND... I WOULDNT COMPLAIN LOL

MMMMM KOREAN FOOD :)

SO I WAS 2 STALLS OVER TO THE RIGHT... I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE AND HEAR A HONKKKKKKKK THEN SCREECH AND SMASH. LOOK OVER AND SEE THIS AND THERE WAS A GUY SCREAMING. SO I GOT OUT AND CHECK AND THE GUY WAS PINNED AGAINST THE PUMP BUT GOT OUT OK. APPARENTLY THE CAR THATS NOT IN THE PICTURE CUT THE BENZ OFF AND HIT IT AND THEN PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO THAT CAR. YEAH... AND THE GUY OF THE GMC SAID THAT HE WAS LATE FOR HIS HOCKEY GAME LOL NOW YOU GONNA BE EVEN MORE LATE... IF YOUR CAR CAN STILL DRIVE... SINCE IT MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE REAR TIRE... BUT I LEFT BEFORE THEY SOLVED IT SINCE I DIDNT SEE ANYTHING. 

RANDOM SNACKS LATE AT NIGHT EQUAL EGG TARTS, DORITOS, AND MOZZA CHEESE HEHE

FOUND OUT MY COWORKERS ARE SCARED OF SPIDERS WHEN THIS GUY WAS JUST HANGING NEAR OUR HEADS FROM THE CEILING THE OTHER DAY LOL. SO I PUT IT IN A BOX AND TOOK IT OUTSIDE AND LET IT GO FREE :) BUT YA WHEN IT SPREAD OPEN IT WAS HUGE!!! PICTURE DOESNT REALLY DO IT JUSTICE...

FAMILY DIM SUM :) WOOOOOO

AWWW YEAH SOUP DUMPLING :)

SO ANOTHER THING IS HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE :) YUPS IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO LAST FRIDAY. THATS THE GOOD THING ABOUT BEING CHINESE, I GET 2 NEW YEARS :) THE 1ST NEW YEAR I HAD WASNT THAT GREAT... FINALLY JANUARY IS OVER AND NOW ONTO A NEW NEW YEAR IN FEBRUARY. I ACTUALLY WENT TO TEMPLE LAST MONTH AND ITS SUPPOSE TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR ME, NOT TO MENTION ITS THE YEAR OF THE HORSE WHICH IS ALSO SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD FOR ME. SOOOO DOUBLE AS GOOD... I HOPE :) BUT I MEAN I ALREADY HAVE A FEELING THAT ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR. SO BRING IT ON :) I CANT WAIT FOR THIS YEAR TO GET STARTED... AGAIN... LOL

SO HOWS EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE? WELL... WORK IS WORK, SCHOOL IS SCHOOL, AND I REALLY HAVE NO DAY OFF SINCE 1 OF THEM IM AT SCHOOL AND THE OTHER IM STUDYING FOR SCHOOL... SO TECHNICALLY IM WORKING EVERYDAY... YAY... HAHA. BESIDES THAT? HMM JUST GRINDING LIKE ALWAYS.

ALSO IF YOU GUYS EVER WANT TO SEE ME WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING OR ANYTHING JUST MSG ME :) EITHER JUST TO SEE WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE, OR WANTING TO SEE WHERE MY RANDOMNESS MAY LEAD. I MEAN... IM PRETTY RANDOM ALREADY... YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL BY ALL THE RANDOM STUFF I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT. A LOT OF THEM HAVE MEANING, A LOT OF THEM ARE RANDOM, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST THERE... LOL. SO DONT BE A STRANGER :)

RT