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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
something i read today that felt like God's affirmation on my decision about my job: "Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle." - Proverbs 23:4-5 xxx Monday, April 26, 2004 oh dude! my friend david chian got engaged! congrats daveydave! man... people gettin' hitched left and right... i need a girl. :D xxx well, i officially quit my job today. just needed a change. yes yes i know... i can't keep changing jobs here and there and not really putting my time in at one place... but it was just a choice i made. it wasn't that i did not like my job, which can be interpreted in different ways - i loved the people that i worked with, but i didn't like doing the sales. i don't think most people would like doing the sales either. but through the 10 months that i was there, i definitely learned A LOT - how to interact, talk to, and lead people, work ethic, discipline, and keeping a great attitude throughout any and all circumstances. i know for sure that i disappointed and let a lot of people down. for me the main reason for quitting is that i don't want the end result. not the owning my own business and making a lot of money part... but more so my life just being about work. of course the whole thing with this business is also to have a short career and then have money to be able to do things that i love and spend time with family. but i don't see the trade-off being worth it right now. working 60-65 hours a week and making commission doesn't really help pay the bills, and at the same time it takes away from LIFE. i don't want to make excuses or complain... but it just gives me so much more free time to spend with others. that's what i'm all about. making and building the relationships that i have. i've been down here for about 2 months, and in that time i've only seen my brother maybe twice. this past week, due to resting my leg as well as contemplating my decision about work, i've hung out with him 4 times already. its just things like that that made the decision easy for me. so as of right now... i'm just gonna deliver pizzas or something while looking for a worthwhile career to pursue and stay put at. please continue to pray for me. i want to be positive. i want to be happy. i want to make a difference. xxx Tuesday, April 20, 2004 man... i'm going through a quarter-life crisis. please keep me in your prayers. i'll let y'all know what's going on once its all figured out... xxx Sunday, April 11, 2004 just finished talking to my little 2 year old niece on the phone. we talked for about 15 mins: me: "zoe, how old are you?" zoe: "twoooo. yeeap." me: "when's your birthday?" zoe: "i don't have a birthday." me: "yes you do silly!" zoe: "we sang happy birthday to rebecca today at church." me: "zoe, can you say uh oh?" zoe: "the teletubbies say uh oh." me: "can you say uh-oh-spaghetti-o?!" zoe: "uh-oh-pisghetti-oh." :D zoe: "are you still there?" zoe: "what are you doing?" zoe: "do you have work today? me: "no, i don't work on the weekends!" zoe: "oh yeah." hahaha zoe: "my phone's standing up!" *she put the portable phone straight up" (: 
ian... finally with some rolls. :P 
awwww... xxx had some awesome sushi in downtown la jolla yesterday with some old friends. then saw "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" with caleb - i recommend it. my leg still hurts, don't know if i should go see a doctor or not. happy easter! He is risen today! 
doesn't that look good? all you can eat baby! 
calchao and eugene 
jason and danae 
group pic in downtown lj xxx Tuesday, April 06, 2004 i'm at home today... nursing as someone called it, "a baby cow". haha. i was playing bball at ucsd last night and got a bad bad bad charlie horse. ouch man. my right thigh is twice the size of my left. couldn't walk this morning... doing a little better now after some icing. so all i've been doing all day is watching tv, surfing the web, and looking for things to buy on ebay. oy! xxx Sunday, April 04, 2004 well... its been about a week since i blogged... and if you were worried that i didn't survive my skydiving free-fall... herrrrrrrrrrre i am! :D it was a great experience! i highly suggest it to anyone. how did it happen you may ask? so i got back from laguna seca with a busted bike. we were dropped off in LA... and i had to ride said busted bike back to san diego. it was hairy! only had the rear brake... i even lanesplit... :\ anyways... i dropped my bike off at my buddy's deniz's place... and he was like, "i'm going skydiving tomorrow, you wanna come?" my initial thought was... "dude... i just spent about $500 for the trackday... i don't have any money." then i figured... well, this is one of those things people always talk about doing (just like guys saying, "yeah, i wanna buy a bike" but... uh.. never do...) and never get around to doing... so i said, "what the heck! lets go jump out of a perfectly good plane!" haha :D yeah, so if you want to see the video or pictures... just ask. if i get the pics scanned... i may put them up. here's one of me and deniz: 
this past week went by really fast. it went by REAAAALLY well too. i've kind of found my groove... err... trying to at least. monday, went to play ball at the main gym at ucsd with old friends from college. tuesday, checked out a new small group/bible study through the rock. wednesday, met up with brian chen (aka. peaty, bc, milhouse, etc.)... had dinner at souplantation and a good time just talking/catching up. thursday, stayed in, got some stuff done... hung out with the neighbors. friday, just stayed in and got to bed early. saturday... man got so much done! and here i am. beautiful sunday! gots a barbeque coming up in a couple of hours, church tonight... and just getting ready for the work week. this is the track layout of laguna: 
here's some pics of me at laguna taken by the track photographer: 
coming out of turn 11 with adrian chasing me 
turn 11 later on during the day, when i was a lil' faster :) 
turn 9 i believe 
turn 3 or 4 
corkscrew! turn 8a 
leanin' it over in turn 2 xxx |
 name: joshua chiu age: 28 birthdate: march 26, 1979 height: 6 feet weight: 172.5 lbs. location: san diego, ca loves: God, family, kids, motorcycles, sports, music, deep-meaningful relationships, competition over video games, food - any and all |