Valentine's Day / Tet Mashup!

This morning our family went out to eat at Trieu Chau and afterwards headed for the Westminster Mall so my mom can check out the Orchid Show.  Me and my sisters were so nauseated by all the MSG in the food that we were like, zoning out while walking around.  After shopping, we headed to my aunt's house for Tet where there were 5 boxes of Popeyes!  HALLELUJAH!  We spent a few hours playing spoons, egyptian warfare or whatever it's call, before I headed to church.  Later my sisters and Kien drove Jessie home, making a stop at Yogurtland before hitting the 405 all the way to LA.  At LMU we explored campus, played ping pong and pool, went to the library, and then Patty got a stomach ache.  I drove her home super quick where she happily pooped :)  Finally, I fed and played with our new pet bunny, Trixie.  Now, I sleep :)  GOOD NIGHT!

P.S.  I saw this weird sign at LMU's bathroom in the library...something about the girl strikes me as odd...

Retreat Training #2

I woke up early to play tennis with Johnny but we had to cut our session short so that I could make it to Saint Callistus in time for Tina's Grandma's funeral mass.  I was very moved by what Cha Long had to say in his homily, that she can live on in the good works her family she sacrificed so much for can do.  We then had training in the YC and I think we had a really productive session.  Afterwards, me and Jonathan rode up through the crazy traffic to Riverside where we picked up our sweaters :)  I'll post a picture up at the end of the next week since this one is so hectic already!  Finally I was invited to a Valentine's Day celebration with the Newman Catholic Club at CSULB.  It was a lot of fun and I met a lot of cool people!  I think it's definitely about time I joined this group.  I'm super tired and ready to knock out so goodnight world!

-Kev

Pre-Tet Motions

Today I woke up dreaming that my close friend Bill Steelman was still alive and that I visited him.  It was really real to me and I kind was on a high but crashed when I "woke up".  It also turned out to be the birthday of my deceased cousin today, Danielle, who would have been 15 today but she died about 6-7 years ago.  I guess I was a little overwhelmed this morning about the deaths in my family.  I don't want to elaborate too much about this one because it's just personal and two because I may potentially have to talk about this and share my experiences in light of our faith.  I'm fine with that, I guess in short I don't really wanna give too much away.  

Later on my mom, my little cousin Dayna, and I drove up to LMU to pick up my little sister who I haven't seen in almost a month!  I missed her and it's to have her back home.  We stopped by Costco in Los Al and had pizza/polish sausages, it was just a nice day to be outside and the sun felt really good on my skin.  After we got home I was asked to go to work by Jonathan and I did, visiting the kids always makes me really happy inside.  I love all the hugs and high fives I get from them and I am also glad that they still want me in their lives.  I am definitely considering returning when I have more time away from school.

Next I had dinner with Cat at Kabuki's happy hour, feasting on calamari, spicy seafood udon pasta (MY FAVORITEEE) and sushi rolls.  We both were oogling at hot workers and gosh there was a super cute server but I just couldn't man up enough to talk to her.  I sort of regret it I sort of don't care but it's okay :)  I headed to church to visit BASIC and then to attend Tet Mass.  I was really impressed by the organization and cultural displays of incense burning, praying, and dancing.  I'm proud to be Vietnamese and I hope that this year will be a great year for me and my family and friends.  I look forward to succeed hopefully.  Now I'm home and I know I should sleep because there's such a long day tomorrow.  A lot of cleaning needs to be done and things to get out of the way in order to relax and celebrate this weekend with the family!  Good night world.

-Kev

Night Classes SUCK!!

I woke up today and played tennis with Johnny.  We practiced for his chump match with some dude at Los Amigos High.  Obviously he won so that was good, he owes me one now!  I headed off to school in the afternoon and got amazingly great parking!  Better yet, my first class's quiz was canceled and I spend the second one playing bubble something on addictinggames.com :)  Finally, there was the night class I always dread because it's the senior portfolio class and there's always so much reading/thinking/talking you have to do.  LUCKILY my analysis turned out to be right on and the teacher was impressed with my synopsis.  In reality, I got totally lucky, but that's much better than failing =]  Turning in for the night, so buenas noches!

-Kev

Bumming it until Tennis!

Seriously, the day was sooo slow.  I got out of class as usual and went home and found that my aunt made rice and chicken just like $1.99.  However, it was obviously superior, and I munched it down before being lazy for like, 6-7 hours straight!  Then I got out to play tennis with Justin and his two friends on Chapman and Knott.  Dang I played a great first set, then tanked it the next one :(  Oh well I got some good shots in and we all made miraculous shots throughout the night.  I had a lot of fun, but I'm down about my forehand :(  Well I better sleep soon, gotta wake up to help Johnny prepare for a grudge match tomorrow at 8am :)  goodnight world!

-Kev

Rainbow in the Sky

I woke up today to play tennis with Johnny.  Despite doing the best I could with my old flabby weak body, the boy edged me in performance today for pretty much the second day in a row.  It's okay though I still got a few good shots in.  I headed to school and as the rain poured I swear I almost slipped more than 10 times.  I decided to walk super slow but careful in order to avoid the embarrassment of falling down in public.  The cool part of the day happened as I was coming home on 405, I saw a FULL rainbow to the North and as I did, the song "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" by CCR comes on my phone on shuffle.  Right then and there I prayed to God out of shock!  Later in the day I just jammed on my guitar and am resting.  I have a sore throat and I'm just sore from two days of tough tennis.  Well, it's back to action tomorrow at 8am so until then, PEACE!

-Kev

Apples to Apples: Bible Version!

I had Modern China class today, and I parked in front of Brotman Hall at a meter space.  I put enough coins for 2 hours and headed for class.  Of course, today lecture ends early and I'm out of class 30 minutes before my meter runs out.  Annoyed, I sat outside CBA like a loser basking in the sunlight texting randomly friends and family.  Then Yen and Joanne come walking across and pleasantly surprised I walked them to the Horn Center while inappropriately texting Leyna, all in good fun though!  After catching up, I walked back to my spot just as it ran out and I satisfyingly pulled out and headed home.

Johnny came over at 2:30 ish and we played some amazing tennis today, though he definitely edged me out today.  I played better until Claudia and Jonathan came because I was having too much fun making a big verbal competition out of Johnny and trying to impress Claudia!  Afterwards, we went to Main Place Mall to buy bible board games like "Bibleopoly" or "Bible Scattegories", and my favorite "Bible Apples to Apples"!  We met a guy there who was really into his faith and explained to us several shirts that caught our attention.  Quote of the day found on one of these shirts from Ronald Reagan surprisingly:  "I've noticed that everybody who is for abortion has already been born."  We were sent off with prayer and headed out to eat at Bubba Gump!

We ordered SO much food including shrimp, crab claws, fries, cajun shrimp, fish, whatever!  The bill came out to be $80 for me, Jonathan, and Claudia, however Claudia's wonderful discount cut the bill by 70%.  Bottom line?  We payed $26.00, and $41 total including tip!  Amazing no?  =]

Finally we headed back to Claudia's and after a brief tour of many many baby pictures and many many parts of the house, and also Spanish speaking :D, we played Bible Apples to Apples with me, Claudia, Jonathan, Martin, Adam, and Alex!  We had so much fun and I'm sad the night went by so fast but definitely a great feeling!  Time for sleep though so I can handle school tomorrow...GOOD NIGHT!  :D

-Kev