THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN

IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT ONE PUTS INTO SOMETHING, WHETHER IT BE YOUR JOB OR RELATIONSHIP OR ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE. THERE IS NO HALF ASS, YOU CAN ONLY DO THINGS FULLY TO ALL OF YOUR CAPABILITY. YOU REALLY GET WHAT YOU PUT IN, AND IN LIFE DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SETTLE? NOT REALLY SETTLE BUT IF YOU ARE ALREADY GOING TO TRY SO HARD WHY NOT TRY YOUR HARDEST? JUST PUT THAT LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT INTO SOMETHING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU CAN SOMETIMES GET AWAY WITH HALF THE EFFORT BUT IN THE LONG RUN ISNT IT BETTER TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL FOR EVERYTHING? AT LEAST IN THE END YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND KNOW THAT YOU TRIED YOUR HARDEST AND THAT YOU DIDNT LEAVE ANYTHING OUT. THAT YOU CANT SAY WHAT IF? THAT YOU KNOW YOU LEFT IT ALL ON THE LINE AND IT EITHER WORKED OUT OR IT DIDNT. HONESTLY, YOU GET WHAT YOU PUT IN. LOOK AT ATHLETES, SURE SOME OF IT IS GENETICS OR NATURAL SKILLS BUT THEY ALL PRACTICE AND PRACTICE AND PRACTICE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT KIND OF EFFORT AND DEDICATION RESULTS IN WHERE THEY ARE. THEY DO NOT JUST GET TO WHERE THEY ARE BY NOT TRYING. THE WAY I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN THINGS IS THAT THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF PEOPLE, IVE SAID IT BEFORE AND IL SAY IT AGAIN...

1. CONTENT

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST HAPPY WITH BEING WHERE THEY ARE, DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY DONT ASK FOR MUCH AND DONT NEED MUCH IN RETURN. DAY IN DAY OUT THEY ARE JUST CONTENT WITH EVERYTHING. NOTHING REALLY CHANGES AND NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS, BUT THEY ARE CONTENT WITH THAT. THERES NO HASSLE OR PROBLEMS OR WORRIES EXCEPT FOR THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

2. HIGH ACHIEVER

THESE ARE THOSE THAT DEMAND AND STRIVE FOR THE SKY. THEY DONT REACH, THEY TAKE, THEY MAKE, THEY GRIND. NOTHING IS EVER GOOD ENOUGH OR THEY WANT MORE. USUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE BRANDED AND NEED TO SHOW THAT THEY MADE IT. SOMETIMES THEY COME OFF THE WRONG WAY AND RUB THOSE AROUND THEM THE WRONG WAY AS WELL. ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE, AND DEMAND WHAT THEY WANT.

3. SEARCHING

THIS IS WHERE I AM, THOSE IN THE MIDDLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT OR WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. THEY WILL NOT SETTLE, AND WANT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DESERVE. WE WORK HARD AND NEVER GIVE UP. WE APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE MAKE OUR OWN. WE ARE NEVER CONTENT AT WHERE WE ARE AND WE DO NOT NEED TO REACH FOR THE STARS. WE WANT TO BE THOSE THAT CAN HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.

FORGET ALL THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO WIN THE LOTTERY, OR ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN  LUCK AND YOU MAKE YOUR OWN PATH. SO WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU WANT, GIVE EVERYTHING YOU DO YOUR ALL, AND WATCH IT ALL PAY OFF.

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THAT HEADSPACE...

ONCE AGAIN INEVITABLY YOU WILL REACH THAT HEADSPACE WHERE YOU WONDER... WONDER ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING... WONDER WHERE YOU ARE GOING... WONDER WHAT IT ALL MEANS... ITS A NATURAL PART OF LIFE, AND IN EACH OF YOUR MINDS A STORM IS BREWING AND A BATTLE IS WAGED. HOW DO YOU LOOK FOR ANSWERS AND WHERE DO YOU DO THAT... ANSWERS THAT CANT BE ANSWERED BY ANYONE BUT YOURSELF. IVE WROTE ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT LIKE CLOCKWORK THESE QUESTIONS WILL CREEP BACK INSIDE YOUR HEAD AND MAKE YOU WONDER... MAKE YOU QUESTION IT ALL... QUESTION EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND EVERYTHING YOU ARE. NO ONE CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND THATS WHATS FRUSTRATING... EVERYONE IS ON THEIR OWN PATH... THEIR OWN JOURNEY... AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT BEGINS OR ENDS. SOME PEOPLE FIGURE IT ALL OUT QUICKLY AND OTHERS TAKE A LIFETIME TO KNOW, AND SOME WILL NEVER FIND OUT THE ANSWER. PEOPLE TAKE TIME OFF TO FIND THEMSELVES AND SOME ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THE ANSWERS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. ANSWERS CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU READ OR SEE OR HEAR, IT COULD BE A MEMORY, OR IT COULD COME TO YOU IN A DREAM AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP, ALL IS CLEAR. ANSWERS COULD COME FROM INSPIRATION, PASSION, LOVE, HATE, HAPPINESS, SADNESS, AND A MILLION DIFFERENT FEELINGS AND PLACES. POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ALL TRIED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND EVEN TO THEM THE ANSWERS ARE NOT CLEAR. TOO MANY QUESTIONS IN LIFE AND TOO LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS. I GUESS IL LOOK WITHIN AND SEE IF IT COMES TO ME IN MY DREAM TONIGHT. I JUST NEED TO GET LOST TO FIND MYSELF. IN THE END, DONT WE ALL JUST WANT ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE???

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DOING THE RIGHT THING!!!

DO YOU ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING??? WHAT IS RIGHT ANYWAY??? RIGHT IS SUCH A SUBJECTIVE TERM. WHAT ONE PERSON SEES AS RIGHT COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG TO ANOTHER. SOMETIMES IM NOT SURE IF WHAT IM DOING IS RIGHT OR NOT... IN THE MOMENT OF THINGS IT SEEMS RIGHT, IT IS ONLY AFTER THAT YOU REALIZE THAT IT MIGHT BE WRONG... IT IS WRONG... I CANT HELP MYSELF, I TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND SOMETIMES LOOKING BACK WHY DID I DO IT? WHY COULDNT I JUST HAVE DONE IT WRONG, WHY BE THE GOOD GUY AND DO THE RIGHT THING. THERE IS NO REAL PRIZE FOR GOING THE RIGHT THING, YOU JUST FEEL BETTER. SOMETIMES THE RESULT OF DOING THE RIGHT THING IS EVEN WORSE THAN DOING THE WRONG THING... SO WHATS THE POINT? IT ALL JUST ENDS WITH WHAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH. IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH YOURSELF DOING IT WRONG, THEN ODDS ARE YOU WILL DO IT THAT WAY. SOMEHOW IT TURNS OUT THAT I WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND LIVE WITH MYSELF... BUT SOMETIMES I REALLY WISH I DID THINGS ANOTHER WAY. SOMETIMES ITS JUST SO HARD TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. YOU TRY TRY TRY AND YOU JUST CANT DO IT. SOMEHOW TRYING SO HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING YOU END UP MESSING IT UP... LIFES FUNNY LIKE THAT, AND WHEN YOU REALLY DONT CARE ANYMORE, THATS WHEN THINGS GO RIGHT AND WORK THEMSELVES OUT... FROM WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO DO THE RIGHT THING... BUT WE SEE ALL THOSE WHO DONT FOLLOW THAT RULE DO SO MUCH BETTER THAT MAKES US RETHINK IT. EVERYTHING JUST WORKS OUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE... BUT REMEMBER KARMA ALWAYS COMES BACK SO THINK OF IT IN THE LONG RUN. JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT TO... IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH YOURSELF... BUT IF YOU DONT DO IT SOMEONE ELSE WILL... SO WHY NOT YOU BETTER THAN THEM??? THAT LAST BIT DOESNT REALLY APPLY TO EVERYTHING... AND IT ALWAYS GOES BACK TO WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS AN EXCEPTION TO EVERY RULE LOL.

NOTHING NEW BUT THE SAME OLD WORK AND LIFE. STARTED A FEW NEW TV SHOWS AND BURNING THROUGH THEM QUITE QUICKLY LOL. ITS 2 WEEKS INTO MY 366 DAY DEADLINE AND I REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE FOUND THOSE SHOWS... IL GET RIGHT BACK TO THE WORK SOON ENOUGH... LOL

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DAY 5 OF 366

WELL I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST RECAP THE PAST WEEK AND SEE HOW PROGRESS IS GOING... IT IS GOING... SLOW........................ VERY SLOW............................... LOL... BETWEEN BEING CAUGHT UP WITH WORK, SOCCER, AND SOME BDAY CELEBRATIONS I DIDNT REALLY GET A CHANCE TO REALLY BEGIN ANYTHING. I REALLY DONT THINK IL BE ABLE TO START TILL THIS MAD RUSH IS OVER. TOO MUCH TO DO RIGHT NOW AND TOO TIRED WHEN IM BACK HOME. BY THE TIME IM FINALLY HOME I JUST WANT TO EAT AND CHILL OUT THEN GO TO SLEEP. BDAY WAS NICE, JUST HAD DINNER WITH THE CLOSE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND THEN WENT BOWLING... WHERE THEY SCREWED UP AND NOW I HAVE TO CALL THEIR GM TO COMPLAIN AND GET MY MONEY BACK. THE ZONE HAS NEVER BEEN THIS BIG OF A HASSLE, THE PEOPLE THERE THAT NIGHT WAS COMPLETELY USELESS AND DIDNT EVEN UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN SYSTEM. THE FACT THAT I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THEY DID WRONG AND HOW ILLOGICAL THEY WERE ACTUALLY MADE ME FEEL DUMBER... NOT TO MENTION IT WAS MY FREAKING BDAY!!! ANYWAYS I GOTTA DEAL WITH THAT SOON. HUNG OUT WITH THE FAMILY ONE DAY AND HAD DIM SUM THE OTHER. OH I DID HAVE A SOCCER GAME LAST WEEK AND IT WAS GREAT. WE WON AND I SHOULD HAVE SCORED LIKE 3 GOALS!!! INSTEAD I WAS THE UNLUCKIEST GUY EVER... LONG STORY SHORT I KICK THE BALL AND IT HITS THE RIGHT POST, WHEN THE GOALIE TURNS TO LOOK AT THE BALL, THE BALL RICOCHETS OFF THE POST AND HITS HER SQUARE IN THE FACE, THEN THE BALL BOUNCES OFF HER FACE AND HITS THE SAME POST AGAIN, AND THEN BOUNCES OFF THE GOALIES HAND AND ROLLS ON THE LINE BUT NOT IN... ARE... YOU... KIDDING... ME..........   THAT SURE WAS UNLUCKY... SIGH... WELL ANYWAYS GONNA GO GET SOME SLEEP, FINISH OFF THE WEEK STRONG AND HOPEFULLY START ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

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366 DAYS UNTIL DEADLINE

SO GUESS WHAT!!! IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN :) YES!!! ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE ITS ANOTHER YEAR THAT SOON... IT SEEMED LIKE YESTERDAY THAT I SAID IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY POST AND NOW HERE WE GO AGAIN. LOOKING BACK IT WAS A BIG YEAR!!! I WAS A REAL GROWN UP ADULT... HAHA. ITS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IVE ACTUALLY WORKED FULL TIME THE WHOLE YEAR AT THE SAME JOB, I ALSO FINALLY FINISHED ALL MY SCHOOLING, AND TONS OF RANDOMNESS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT. FRIENDS WERE MADE, EVENTS WERE ATTENDED, AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF THIS YEAR. I REALLY FOUND OUT WHAT I WAS MADE OF, AND NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMING YEAR I GOT BIGGER DREAMS AND BIGGER PLANS. IM AT THE AGE WHERE I REALIZE I HAVE TO BE MORE GROWN UP AND THINGS ARENT EASY LIKE THE WAY THEY WERE BEFORE. I CANT KEEP DOING WHAT IM DOING AND IN ORDER TO CONTINUE I NEED TO CHANGE. I HAVE TO BE BETTER, I HAVE TO LEARN MORE, I HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE TITLE... 366 DAYS UNTIL DEADLINE... FROM MY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEKEND I AM GIVING MYSELF 1 YEAR TO GET TO WHERE I WANT TO BE. ITS AN AMBITIOUS GOAL AND I KNOW THERES A LOT OF HARD WORK AHEAD OF ME IF I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WHAT I WANT IN THAT SHORT TIME, BUT THERES NO POINT IN JUST THINKING AND HOPING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. ITS 366 DAYS SINCE ITS A LEAP YEAR THIS YEAR LOL SO TECHNICALLY I GET A BONUS DAY ACTUALLY LOL. I FIGURE THERES NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW AND SINCE ITS MY BIRTHDAY, THE MORE REASON TO START. YOU CAN ALL HOLD ME TO THIS AND I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT GOES IN A YEAR. WELL... IM GOING TO KEEP THIS BLOG GOING SO I GUESS YOU WILL STILL GET UPDATES AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH THE YEAR THE UPDATES WILL ONLY GET BETTER AND BETTER TOWARDS MY GOAL. THIS IS GOING TO BE MY YEAR AND JUST LIKE I HAVE SAID IN MANY OF MY PREVIOUS POSTS, THERES NO ONE ELSE THAT CAN DO IT FOR YOU EXCEPT FOR YOURSELF, IN THE END YOURE THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS, NEVER GIVE UP ON WHAT YOU WANT, DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, HARD WORK PAYS OFF, AND NEVER LET ANYTHING STAND IN YOUR WAY OF OBTAINING YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS. EVERYONE IS CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING, AND IM GOING TO START TAKING MY OWN ADVICE AND DO WHAT I WANT. I REALLY CANT WAIT TO SEE WHERE I WILL BE IN A YEAR, AND I CANT WAIT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TOO :) SO LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!!

AUGUST IS ALWAYS THE BEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, BESIDES THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FRIENDS BDAYS THAT I HAVE, THE SUN IS OUT AND TIME TO PLAY :) JUST THE OTHER DAY I HAD THE MOST PACKED DAY EVER... BARELY SLEPT SINCE I PARTIED THE NIGHT BEFORE... WENT TO DENNYS IN THE MORNING, THEN HIT UP THE GOLF RANGE, GRABBED SOME STARBUCKS, THEN WENT TO SING KARAOKE FOR 3...4... HOURS..., GRABBED SOME DINNER AT QUIZNOS LOL, WENT GO-CARTING, AND ENDED THE NIGHT UP WITH SOME BOWLING HAHA. THAT WAS A LONG DAY AND MOST OF IT WAS RANDOM, WE DIDNT END UP WHERE WE WANTED TO FOR DINNER BUT ENDED UP WITH SOME RANDOM GOOD TIMES INSTEAD. ITS WAS A LONG WEEKEND AS WELL SO HAD BBQ FOR ONE OF MY FRIENDS BDAY. LASTLY AND OBVIOUSLY I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I MENTION IS THAT TOMORROW IM GOING TO WATCH THE NEW DRAGONBALL MOVIE!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! DRAGONBALL Z: RESURRECTION "F" AHHHHH FRIEZA IS BACK... AGAIN... HAHA. I GREW UP WITH DRAGONBALL AND HAVE TONS OF FIGURES AND SUCH AT HOME TOO. I ALSO CANT WAIT TIL I GO BACK TO HK IN OCT SO I CAN GET MORE STUFF TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION. OH OH OH YA SO DID I MENTION I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHERE IM GOING FOR VACA? WELL IM GOING TO TELL YOU AGAIN EITHER WAY IF I DID HAHA. TICKET FROM HERE TO CHINA TO HK BACK TO CHINA TO HOME, PLUS 7 DAYS TRIP IN CHINA, 5 STAR HOTELS, 3 MEALS A DAY, ALL TRAVEL AND ENTRANCE FEES PAID FOR, GUESS HOW MUCH??? ITS REALLY CHEAP!!! WHATEVER YOU ARE THINKING, GO AHEAD AND HALF THAT AND PROB TAKE SOME MORE OFF WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. YA!!! THAT CHEAP!!! ITS NUTS!!! SO CRAZY THAT HOW COULD WE NOT GO!!! IVE ONLY BEEN TO 1 OF THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY ARE INCLUDING IN THE TRIP BUT WHO CARES, SINCE I HAVENT BEEN TO THE OTHER PLACES AND THAT ITS SUPER CHEAP!!! THIS ENDED UP AS A FAMILY TRIP ALONG WITH MY AUNT AND COUSIN AND SOME OTHER FAMILY FRIENDS. THEN I GET SOME TIME IN HK TO CHILL WITH MY FRIENDS THERE. IM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS VACA CAUSE I REALLY NEED IT. JUST NEED SOME TIME TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL AND RELAX AND JUST RECHARGE. ITS BEEN A LONG YEAR... SO I ALSO HAVE THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO :) WELL THATS ALL FOR NOW, SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK WHERE I WILL BE ANOTHER YEAR WISER................. AHEAHEHAHEA

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ITS A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL

1ST OFF I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS POST #200!!! HOLY CRAP!!! I CANT BELIEVE IVE MADE IT THIS FAR... EVERY WEEK WITHOUT FAIL FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS... ITS BEEN WONDERFUL CRAZY WEIRD RIDE, AND DONT WORRY THERES ONLY MORE TO COME LOL. NOW BACK ON TOPIC :)

HONESTLY VANCOUVER IS SO SMALL... YOU CAN REALLY BUMP INTO ANYONE ANYWHERE ANYTIME. ALSO, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE, OR AT LEAST YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT SOMEONE. ITS BOTH A GOOD THING AND A BAD THING. IVE FOUND MYSELF MEETING SOME REALLY INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO IVE BECOME FRIENDS WITH AND RECONNECTING WITH PEOPLE I ONCE KNEW OR PEOPLE I BARELY KNOW. TAKE RECENTLY, JUST THE OTHER WEEK I BUMPED INTO AN OLD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE THAT I PROBABLY ONLY BUMPED INTO A HANDFUL OF TIMES IN THE PAST 10 YEARS SINCE WE GRADUATED, YES... NOW YOU KNOW HOW OLD I AM LOL. EVERYTIME WEVE BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER IT WAS JUST A HI HOW ARE YOU, GOOD SEEING YOU TYPE OF SITUATION. THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFERENT, WE ENDED UP CATCHING UP A BIT AND NOW IVE FOUND MYSELF TALKING TO THEM REGULARLY. THE FUNNY PART IS WE NEVER REALLY TALKED TO EACH OTHER IN HIGH SCHOOL AT ALL. A SIDENOTE IS THAT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS ACTUALLY LOUD... LIKE REALLY LOUD... AND NOW IM PRETTY QUIET... THE ALL CAPSLOCK THROWS YOU OFF EHH LOL. BACK THEN WAS LOUD AND I GUESS YOU CAN SAY INTERESTING, AND NOW IM MORE SOCIAL, NOT TO SAY I WAS NEVER SOCIAL, IM JUST MORE CONTROLLED I WOULD SAY. DONT GET ME WRONG I CAN STILL BE LOUD AS HELL AND IF YOU EVER COME TO ONE OF MY SOCCER OR FOOTBALL GAMES OR BE I THE CITY OF WHERE IM PLAYING YOU CAN HEAR ME HAHA. IM THE TYPE OF GUY THAT LIKES TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EVERYONE, WHEREVER ANYONE ENDS UP I WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE TIME TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH EVERYONE. SOME OF MY FRIENDS THINK ITS WEIRD... THAT IF PEOPLE ARENT IN YOUR LIFE WHY DO YOU PURPOSELY REACH OUT? I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING AND WANT TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE. IM INTERESTING IN PEOPLES STORIES AND WHERE THEYVE BEEN. SORTA WENT OFF TOPIC BUT ANYWAYS... SO VANCOUVER IS SMALL!!! I MEAN... A WHILE BACK ONE OF MY BUDDY WAS GOING OUT WITH A GIRL THAT LIVED ON THE ISLAND, THE SMALL WORLD PART IS THAT THE GIRL AND I BOTH WENT TO THE SAME CAMP, SAME YEAR, SAME INTAKE, SAME GROUP ABOUT 8 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT AND THE FACT IS THAT WE BOTH RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER!!! ITS NOT EVEN IN THE CITY AND STILL MANAGED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CONNECTION ACROSS THE WATER. IF YOU THINK THATS A SMALL WORLD CHECK THIS OUT. WHEN I WENT ON VACATION WITH THE FAMILY TO CHINA 8 YEARS AGO, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITIES ON THE SIDE ROADS AND SOMEONE COMES UP TO ME AND ASKS IF IM RICKY... TOOK ME A SECOND BUT THEN I REALIZED WE WERE BOTH IN THE SAME CHINESE CLASS TOGETHER YEARS AGO AND ITS BEEN YEARS SINCE I SAW THEM, AND WE NEVER EVEN TALKED TO EACH OTHER IN CLASS!!! THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN HONG KONG WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE I BUMPED INTO ANOTHER FRIEND FROM VANCOUVER... OUT OF 7 MILLION PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, I AM ABLE TO BUMP INTO THE ONE PERSON THAT I KNEW FROM HOME AND ITS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. THINK ABOUT IT... THE TIMING HAS TO BE SO RIGHT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE WHERE YOU ARE TO BUMP INTO THAT PERSON AT EXACTLY WHERE YOU WERE. THE WORLD IS SO SMALL... IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE I GO WHETHER THE STATES, EUROPE, ASIA... OUT OF 7 BILLION OTHER PEOPLE I WILL STILL BE ABLE TO BUMP INTO SOMEONE I KNOW FROM HOME. THE BAD PART OF IT ALL IS YOU CANT GET AWAY... I REALLY WANT TO JUST BE ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE SOMETIMES WHERE NO ONE KNOWS ME AND JUST FORGET IT ALL. ITS NOT LIKE I DONT HAVE ENOUGH THINGS TO DEAL WITH AT HOME, IL ALSO HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO REMIND ME OF IT WHETHER IT IS GOOD OR BAD IT JUST WONT LET YOU BE AND LEAVE YOU ALONE. ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTING EVERYONE TOGETHER YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO DISRESPECT OR OFFEND THE WRONG PERSON, BECAUSE YOU REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHO KNOWS WHO AND WHOS FRIENDS WITH WHO. IF YOU DO, THEN YOU REALLY DONT KNOW WHOS CONNECTED TO WHO AND YOU MIGHT END UP SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT. THIS IS WHY I TRY TO BE FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW WHO OR WHEN THEY MAY BE IN A POSITION TO HELP YOU OR DESTROY YOU. IT COULD BE FOR A JOB, OR AN INTRODUCTION, OR SERVING YOU, OR A MILLION OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS, AND YOU DONT WANT ANYONE TO HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST YOU. THAT IS WHY FOR ANY TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP, BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL IF IT DIDNT WORK OUT THEN IT DIDNT WORK OUT, BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO BE FRIENDS IF POSSIBLE OR AT LEAST BE CIVIL IF OUR PATHS EVER SHALL CROSS AGAIN... I MEAN... THE WORLD REALLY IS TOO SMALL.

ON ANOTHER NOTE SOCCER GAME THE PAST WEEK WE PLAYED OUR GOOD OLD RIVALS. A TEAM THAT WE HAVE PLAYED ABOUT 7 OR 8 TIMES AND WE USUALLY WIN AND ITS A GOOD GAME. SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP TYING... FINAL SCORE 1 ALL AND I SCORE THE HEADER FOR OUR TEAM. FINALLY MADE UP FOR THE LOST HEADER LAST WEEK HAHA. OH OH OH AND I ALSO WENT TO MY 1ST EVER WHITECAPS GAME :) BESTIE TOOK ME AND WE HAD TONS OF FOOD AND WE WON TOO. THAT WAS COOL. HAD A MEETING TODAY AND IT WAS GOING TO BE INDOORS, BUT NOOOOOOOO LAST MIN EVERYONE SAID IT SO NICE OUT LETS JUST GO HAVE THE MEETING IN THE COURYARD... AKA THE PLAYGROUND. SO THERE WE WERE... NEXT TO THE BUSHES... AND THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE JUST SWATTING MOSQUITOES... THEY WERE EVERYWHERE!!! I JUST FELT ITCHY ESPECIALLY WATCHING EVERYONE IN SHORTS AND TSHIRTS GOING CRAZY LOL. I WAS IN A SUIT AND EVEN I FELT ITCHY UNDER MY CLOTHES LOL. OH AND THE BEST PART... I START SCRATCHING AND ONCE HOME I CHECK... YOU ARE KIDDING ME... I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN BITTEN 7 TIMES!!!!>@>?!?>@??!@#> WTF!!! THROUGH THE CLOTHES AND ITS LIKE THE THIGH AND INSIDE BACK AND KNEE AREA... THROUGH THE CLOTHES... I HATE MOSQUITOES!!! ARGGGGGGGGGGGG. NOW TIME TO SLEEP SINCE I HAVE AN EARLY MORNING MEETING AND ANOTHER MEETING AT NIGHT LOL.

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MONEY MONEY MONEY

MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND. ITS TRUE, EVERYTHING COST SOMETHING AND EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE. MONEY IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL AND THE SOURCE OF ALL ENJOYMENT. YOU NEED MONEY FOR EVERYTHING, FROM BUYING GROCERIES TO SURVIVE, TO BUYING A PLACE TO LIVE IT. EVERYTHING HAS A COST, AND THIS DAY IN AGE YOU REALLY CANT DO MUCH WITHOUT MONEY. FORGET ABOUT ALL THE WANTS YOU WANT, JUST GETTING THE NEEDS YOU NEED IS ALREADY TOUGH. WITH EVERYTHING HAVING A HIGHER PRICE TAG THESE DAYS HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO KEEP UP??? HOW DO ALL THE PEOPLE ON MINIMUM WAGE SURVIVE, HOW DO THEY SUPPORT THEIR KIDS AND PAY FOR RENT? I MEAN IM DOING OKAY RIGHT NOW AND THERES NO WAY THAT I CAN GO BACK TO WHAT I USE TO MAKE. ITS NOT EVEN ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THE THINGS I WANT, ITS THE FACT THAT MY EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED, AND BECAUSE I LIKE NICE THINGS AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HAVE WHAT I WANT HAHA. ITS FUNNY THAT WE ALWAYS WANT MORE MONEY, WE ARE NEVER SATISFIED... ALWAYS WANTING MORE. YOU BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO YOUR LIFESTYLE AND ONCE YOU BEGIN YOU JUST CANT GO BACK. THAT IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN DEBT, OR SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE MONEY, INCLUDING ROBBING SOMEONE OR A BANK. IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW MUCH SOMETHING COSTS. THE FUNNIEST LINE THAT I EVER HEAR IS THAT MONEY CANT BUY YOU EVERYTHING... I BEG TO DIFFER... MONEY CAN BUY YOU ANYTHING, EVERYTHING, AND EVERYONE. THERE IS A PRICE TAG ON EVERYTHING, INCLUDING PEOPLE. EVERYONE HAS A NUMBER AND IF SOMEONE THREW ENOUGH MONEY AT A PROBLEM, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT WILL BE SOLVED. WE ALL JUST WANT TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR OURSELF, AND IF THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU COULD PASS IT UP? MY BUDDIES AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE MANY TIMES LIKE HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO... SO AND SO OR SUCH AND SUCH. EVERYONE HAS A PRICE. EVENTUALLY EVERYONE WILL HAVE A NUMBER WHERE THEY WOULD GO BACK ON ANY BELIEF OR MORAL THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OFFERED. THE ONLY REASON WE DONT ACTUALLY DO IT, IS USUALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO CONVINCE OURSELVES TO DO IT IS A REALLY BIG NUMBER AND NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IT. I LOVE HOW SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT MONEY CANT BUY YOU HAPPINESS... THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE AND INSULTING!!! MONEY CAN ABSOLUTELY BUY YOU HAPPINESS!!! IT CAN BUY YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT!!! HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EVER SAY THAT ARE PEOPLE WHO DONT HAVE MONEY. LETS BE HONEST... MONEY CAN EVEN BUY YOU LOVE!!! MONEY CAN REALLY BUY ANYTHING. THERE IS NOT MANY THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT MONEY CANT BUY... THE ONLY REAL THING I CAN THINK OF IS TIME. EXCEPT YOU ARE USING TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT, SO ITS MORE OF AN INVESTMENT IF YOU ASK ME LOL. WITH THAT BEING SAID... MONEY COMES WITH ITS OWN PROBLEMS... SOMETIMES YOU JUST DONT HAVE THE TIME, OR PEOPLE WILL ARGUE ABOUT IT, OR YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH. IN THE SEARCH FOR MORE MONEY YOU MAY END UP GOING TO PLACES YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD GO, YOU MIGHT END UP NOT RECOGNIZING YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR FRIENDS, LOSE YOUR FAMILY, LOSE YOURSELF... THE TIME YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE FOR IT... THERES ALWAYS A TRADE-OFF, AND IF YOU THINK ITS WORTH IT THEN ITS WORTH IT. RIGHT NOW I THINK CAUSE IM STILL YOUNG, THAT MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A LOT OF THINGS. IM STILL TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT I WANT IN LIFE AND ITS OK TO WANT WHAT I WANT AND DO WHAT I NEED TO, TO GET IT ALL. ALWAYS GOT MONEY ON MY MIND AND MY MIND ON MY MONEY... LOL :)

WENT TO WALK WITH THE DRAGON THE PAST WEEK AND IT WAS THE SAME AS USUAL. WEATHER WAS GREAT... HOT AS HELL... WENT THERE AND CHECKED THINGS OUT, GOT SOME SWAG, PLAYED SOME GAMES. OMG!!! SO THERE WAS A GAME WHERE YOU HAD TO THROW 3 PLASTIC BALLS INTO THE MIDDLE NET TO WIN A TEDDY BEAR... THE BALLS ARE THOSE BALL PIT BALLS AND ITS LIGHT... WELL LETS JUST SAY WE SPENT ALMOST ALL OF OUR TICKETS AND THEN SOME TRYING TO WIN IT... IF YOU MISS THE 1ST ONE BASICALLY YOU CANT WIN... SO WE KEPT ON PLAYING KEPT ON LINING UP NONSTOP AND FINALLY ON MY 2ND LAST TICKET I DID IT!!! ONE OF US FINALLY WON IT!!! OMG!!! CANT BELIEVE IT. AFTER THAT I WAS DONE, ITS THE KIND OF GAME THAT PISSES YOU OFF AND YOU JUST WANT SOMEONE TO WIN, AND WHEN I WON IT WE WERE ALL SO HAPPY HAHAHA. BESIDES THAT WENT TO SING K TWICE THE PAST WEEK AND WORK IS WORK. STARTED WORKING ON MY SIDE THING AND JUST NEED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT HARD AND WORK AND GETTING TO WHERE I WANT TO BE. ONCE AGAIN EVERYTHING ALWAYS ENDS BACK UP WITH THE ISSUE OF MONEY... HAHA.

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