Another Amazing Day Thanks to God

Today, our confirmation students got confirmed, and I have never been so proud!  In addition, the Lakers toppled OKC, with clutch action from Pau Gasol!  After a wonderful dinner hosted by the Bishop, I am finally home resting and really reflecting on life.  It is so good, and I only have God to thank.  =]  PEACE OUT HOMIESS

-Kev

Thank You God!

For this day and for the lessons you have taught me.  I pray that you give me the strength to really change for the better, to become more responsible, considerate, honest, pure, and a better instrument of yours.  I'm really sick of pain, depression, hurt, anger, lust, and I really want to make better choices for myself and for you.  I want to be better, I really want to be able to forgive and ask forgiveness for all my shortcomings and failures.  Please help me turn this wish into reality.  Amen.

So Close Yet So Far

This semester is ending in two weeks believe it or not...and I'm finishing really strong in 499 (senior seminar).  I gave my presentation on my research yesterday and it went really well!  I also found out I got an A+ on that midterm as well so I'm just kicking @$$!  I'm just gonna fill out a bunch of paper work and I have to start figuring out my grad party stuff...the end is so close yet so far!  I pray that God is with me through all of this and all of my friends and family as we're approaching the Summer!

-Kev

Ping Pong! ...and Theresa's Barfday =]

So the last few days have been spent prepping for the end of college :D  I have really tough weeks ahead of me, but I've played hard in anticipation:  My neighbor Barry got a ping pong table and so I've gotten quite into it!  It really tests the reflexes and attention, but I really enjoy the challenge of a new technical sport.  Today I took the WPE exam at school, which was about the lottery.  It was alright, I hope I answered it well, but then again it's the test that you can't really fail...I visited SC to watch the basketball tournament, headed to my own SB to check out the fiesta con amigos, and tailed back to Theresa's for her 25th!  It was a lot of fun joking around and hanging out, today was just another chill day in life. Looking forward to a new day tomorrow!

-Kev

Mama D's!

Looks like Claudia and I brought the restaurant new patrons tonight, Theresa, Minh, Coco, Quang, and Jonathan!  We had a fun night eating awesome Italian food and putting each other on the spot!  I'm actually glad we did, as embarrassing as it was...I also spent time with Matt today shooting pool and talking about business stuff, looking forward to a fun future =]

-Kev

Can't Wait To Walk!

Well, this school week is passing super slow...I really am having a hard time focusing on school work, no surprise!  Anyways, I have to start making invitations for my "graduation" , but I'm actually walking.  I'll be finishing up my undergrad units at community college, say, OCC?  Wow I'm so gonna buy a shirt and rep it :)  Today I'm gonna have a business meeting with Matt, shoot some pool, and bible game night =]  I definitely need to play more tennis this week because I haven't had my daily exercise and it is becoming evident -___-


-Kev

Minh's Night Out and Owl City and Museo!

Thursday, SC people took Minh out the club to have some bonding time and fun before he has to return to military service =\  It was a lot of fun, and I hope to God that he enjoyed the night...I pray that he'll be back to enjoy much more joy and happiness soon.

Last night my sisters and I went up to LA to watch Owl City, who was extraordinarily weird...but sounds as good as the records he produces so it was good!  I slept over at Jessie's apartment at LMU and it was good to spend time with her.

This morning me, Jess, and her friend Francesca went to the Japanese American National Museum, which was very interesting since, as a history major, my field work focuses on Japan and the United States relations.  I also specialize in Chinese history, which made it very easy to understand the exhibits there.  We also stumbled upon the Cherry Blossom Festival just outside on Alameda and Central with a lot of Hirojuku girls?  Now I'm home and resting...long week...just trying to get through school again and looking for a new job!

-Kev

DISSERTATION!!

It is finally drafted!  twenty something pages of hard hard work and a lot of sources!  WHEW my head was going to explode with all that information and stress! Thank God the draft is out and now I can really perfect it.  I don't think it's really bad at all, it's about Unit 731 and if you don't know what that is, ask me, google it, wikipedia it, or youtube it.  I spent all day working on it yesterday and today with Kelli, and tonight I hung out with Tweena, Coco, Quangy, and Minh, which was super fun!  I'm just very relieved the stress is really off because the hardest part of college is over!  Looking forward to the summer now =]  Night world!

-Kev

Happy Easter!

Jesus is the reason for this season :)  I'm very thankful God has given us the greatest gift and that Jesus sacrificed his life so that we may have the opportunity to live and serve God and each other.  I've had such a sacred, spiritually refreshing weekend, despite having the 30 page dissertation hanging over my head.  I plan to attack it tomorrow and get as much done as I can since the rest of the week is going to be busy starting Thursday night.  I pray that God gives me the strength to accomplish my goals and that my friends and family are safe throughout the next week :)

-Kev

Holy Weekend!

Good Friday was yesterday and at Saint Callistus, they performed the Stations of the Cross which I took very seriously and prayed really hard on each one, surprisingly and I really enjoyed it.  At the last one I sort of woke up from a prayerful trance and then we went into "service" for another hour and a half.  It seemed so short though!  After I went home and had bonding time with second cousins, playing tennis, ALMOST going to the bar -_____-  I could sure use a drink while working on this 30 page dissertation thing.  Jeebus, but it's holy week.  I wish I could REALLY focus on it without the research paper but oh well, I've seriously been lazy and slacking on it for the last couple days when I said I would finish it by Sunday evening.  Well, I'm gonna at least try to get the outline all set and at least a quarter to a half of the paper done by said deadline.  Wish me luck!

-Kev

10 Year Anniversary of Chu Bi's Death

10 years have gone by since the death of my youngest uncle, Kenneth "Bi" Duong, who was 29 that day.  I can remember getting picked up early from school and before I knew it, was standing at his side at the funeral home next to my sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles, and my poor grandma, who never thought her youngest son would leave the earth before she did.  He was going to get married, got a new job, was getting his life together.  But just like that, he was gone.  I loved him, thought I didn't know much about him or spent too much time with him, but if I heard his voice today I'd recognize it, and I still remember his troublemaking personality that made our family gatherings so festive and special.  Today we remembered that, as our family gathered at his grave and reminisced with much laughter.  Things have changed so much, but I'm glad we're all still together and love each other.  RIP, ten years to this day.

-Kev

Quality Time

Today I played tennis with Johnny, who took me to UCI with him.  We had Wahoo's and then played some pool before he went off to class.  I met up with my cousin Dustin and we had a beer while chilling and catching up.  He gave me a pretty entertaining tour of the campus and I ran into both Chantale and Jessica, two girls I miss very much :)  I really am considering grad school there so we'll see what happens.  We headed back to Westminster, had Pho 79, and then I spent the evening playing tennis with Cat, Barry, and now I'm just listening to slow jams.  First day of spring break = awesome!

-Kev

Lenten Lock In

Yesterday, I spent most of the day a church preparing for the lock in at Saint Callistus.  It was really hard to get everything organized as usual but we set up and a TON of people came out which was awesome, though I knew a lot of them were required to be there in order to pass Confirmation but still!  :P  Paul Kim was the guest speaker and did an amazing job beatboxing as well.  He performed with me, Tweena, Quang, Coco, and Andrew, and the music was so fun to do.  However the best part was obviously the stations of the cross, which the youth group performed in such a solemn way.  I was very moved by their performance and I can't wait until next year for when we plan the next one!

-Kev

JOHN MAYER CONCERT!!

Oh yes.  My father, sister, her boyfriend, and I went to the Staples Center yesterday to see John Mayer :D  Though the opening band took an hour of my life away, that I'll never get back, John definitely made up for it with amazing music!  Loved every song and even though the guy is a jerk in real life, he's pretty funny.  Favorite song had to be the mash up of Half of My Heart and Fleetwood Mac and Journey.   I stayed up a little late playing some electric just to get some of that energy out, and knocked out at two.  Lenten Lockin is today so its time for me to hope back on the electric after many months!

-Kev

Things are Finally Slowing Down for the Moment

I can finally breathe, a lot of papers have been written and a lot of textbooks have been scrutinized for information this last week and last few days.  I just finished a 4 pager in like an hour.  AMAZING, but that's how easy the paper was and I'm actually very proud of it, it reads well and presents and argument well.  Hopefully the grade will reflect my hopes for it!  Anyways, all I've been doing is homework really, other than that, playing tennis in the morning.  I washed both cars today, mine and my sisters, during which my neighbor gave me a ton of new tennis balls that I desperately needed and that I prayed to God for.  He answered my prayers obviously to which I am super pleased.  Things are looking up really, I mean, after spring break the work load will be ten times more difficult than it has been, but at least now, I'm in the eye of the storm and as far as I'm concerned, ignorance is bliss!  Peace out!

-Kev

BUSY BUSY

Well, yesterday I don't really remember...oh yeah I picked up Jessie from LMU and we went home and chilled.  Then I think I went out?  Maybe with Jenny to Cha for Tea?  Dang my memory sucks!  Anyways, today was Cat's 21st at Bubba Gumps and Mai Tai which was fun!  We shared a liquid cocaine and three wise men and I think she went to the bathroom to yak but...yeah not sure :)  that was quick!  Hope she had fun though and now I'm at home moping.  I won't say why, just stressed out, old feelings, things are catching up fast with me!  Church all day tomorrow so sayonara!

-Kev

Too Much Homework :(

Man I haven't been able to blog because of all these papers I've been having to write =[  Yeah I'll just fill this up tomorrow when I'm pretty much all done/have time to breathe before the last two next week.  -____-




-Kev

Holiness Is Faithfulness

The day shot by quick with no major occurrences so I will not note any, other than FINALLY hanging out with my buddy Kevin at Taco Bell.  Now I am planning music for a lock-in :)  PEACE

-Kev

Busy Day

I woke up at 11, which was really 12 because of the time change, and scrambled to eat and shower before heading off to church.  It was sort of a chill day, sort of not, but it's nice to see that the children are almost done and getting closer and closer to getting confirmed.  I stayed after mass for their Sunday night activities, and got a good workout playing elbow tag!  I'm really tired now, partially because of that but also because of the TICKET I found on my car after leaving church -____-  I really hate money.  I'm really considering selling my guitar to make some ends meet...anyways, there's also the academic pressure of midterms and papers coming up.  I really pray that I get through the week and stop slacking.  Peace.

-Kev

What A Stress Busting Day

I went to church today with my dad and sister, which is always nice to be back at my home church.  Anyways, afterwards we went to Chi Kim's birthday party at Concourse.  It was pretty sweet, I suck at bowling but whatevers I rocked at pool :D  A few beers really helped me do sort of better at bowling, but my arm is KILLING ME.  Gosh I know I'm gonna wake up with a sore ass arm.  -_____-  Anyways, it was nice to just drink and relax with old friends from church and watching some crazy bowling!  Man those kids are good!  But yeah the ride home was fun and now I'm just getting ready to knock out.  Chatting with my cuz then I'm out so GOOD NIGHT!

-Kev