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Thursday, July 28, 2005
since someone wants me to update so she has something to read... *rolls eyes* :D here ya go. this is defintely the season: summer. these are definitely the times: the 20's. yep, you guessed it: marriage. the months of may through september are rampant with weddings. i've already been to a couple of weddings, as well as been IN a couple of weddings. i hope to go to a couple more weddings. they are definitely times of joy - seeing two people in love, make a committment to love, cherish, and hold each other for the rest of their lives. (of course we live in an imperfect world... where committments and unions don't mean jack to most, and usually end in divorce, but lets save that for another discussion) obviously marriage isn't as easy as the movies make it seem. yes, there is a lot of happiness... but there is also a lot of heartache, trials, and definitely LOTS of learning about living with someone who you love and are now accountable to. sometimes the two parties involved seem to have been 'married' for a long time even before actually being so. sometimes they're shotgun weddings... unexpected but joyful nonetheless. a new marriage always makes me wonder if their relationship has changed in any way or upgraded to another level. but the biggest question that registers in my head, and i think most people think about as well, but never dare to ask is, "how's the sex?" :-* (haha, i know, this post is messed up...) xxx Monday, July 25, 2005 july 24, 2005. remember this day joshua, remember this day well. ingrain it in your mind, ingrain it in your heart. never forget how your heart felt... that "feeling", the one which it once knew so well, suddenly present, but oddly different. remember where it took you, where it brought you. remember the joy, the pain, elation, inner peace, and freedom. remember this day when times get tough, and even moreso when times are so good that you wouldn't know what else to ask for. remember it... the significance of how all the loose strings came together. remember it... as a testiment of struggling, pushing on, and never giving up. remember it. please, remember it well. xxx Friday, July 22, 2005 "how much time do we have?" - kiera knightly, the jacket xxx Tuesday, July 19, 2005  shabooyah!  "shee-gua" (watermelon in chinese!) ahhhh... what fruit is most synonymous with summer? it has GOT to be the watermelon! picked me up a good sized one from costco this past weekend. so i was browsing dem watermelon pickings, and there was a lady browsing as well... since i did not know the method in which to get the juiciest, sweetest one... i asked her. so those of you who don't know... you want to get the watermelon with the biggest round thingy on each end (dunno what its called, but basically where the vine would attach to the melon)! i got myself a fantastic one. whoooo. my fondest memory of watermelon was this one summer when caleb and i ate so much watermelon that we both had bad cases of watery diarrhea! good times! :D xxx so i've been riding my bike to work for pretty much the past month, month and a half? somewhere around there. because of my profession and its adherent dress code, i have to 'do my hair' every morning. now this 'doing of hair' is due to the helmet, and what they call 'helmet head'. anyways, i end up fixing my hair up in the restroom, and for some reason i am really self-conscious when it comes time to do it. i always make a bee-line for the restroom door, hoping and praying there is no one in there, or that no one comes in while my head is under the sink. when people do come in, they often give me a weird look... but i think over the course of the month... errr... they've kind of figured out what i'm doing in there. (: dunno, just thought i'd share. haha :D on another note (also involving the men's restroom): why do some guys not flush the urinal???? i mean, isn't the urinal pretty much like a toilet, except it is a pee-receptecle only? if you flush the toilet, shouldn't you flush the urinal? i mean COME ON! think about it man... the urinal is even closer to your 'unit', now do you really want someone else to get your urination splashed all over them? oh wait... maybe thats why they don't flush. ;\ dammit! oh well. *shrug* tuesday's grey and wednesday too... xxx Sunday, July 17, 2005  my entertainment suggestions for the month of july: *music* between a bullet and a target - citizen cope second place - this day & age homesick at space camp - fall out boy heartache - one groove *movies* - spanglish - 5/5 stars, paz vega (beautiful spanish actress) and adam sandler (good father-figure in the movie) - wedding crashers - 3/5 stars, vince vaughn is freakin' off his rocker hilarious, and rachel mcadams is such a cutie in this one. *book* the power of one - bryce courtenay xxx Tuesday, July 12, 2005 i tire of this never ending search for food. it seems to resurface everytime my stomach gets hungry. haha! i think thats why i prefer to know exactly what i'm going to have for lunch everyday. for periods at a time... i pack lunch - turkey or roast beef sandwich, fruit (apple, pear, nectarine, grapes, banana), yogurt, cliff bar. yummmmm :D so when i do that, i'm fine, but when i run out of those things, i'm relegated back to food hunting. not only do i have to decide what i want to eat, but i have to make an effort to go and purchase said foodage. ;\ maybe i'm just a lazy bastard? or maybe i just need a butler, or someone who doesn't mind fixing me food. or better yet... a cafeteria! OH MAN... i remember those summer camp, tennis camp, and retreat days... all you can eat, all the food to choose from, no need to prepare, no need to go out and purchase it... its all just laid out in front of you for the picking. *sigh* i miss those days of gluttony. and yes, perhaps i am a lazy bastard. on a side note, my name, converted to hawaiian, would be iokua kiu. *edit: this is what i ended up hunting down. i shot a chicken, bbq-d it, threw it on some bushes, and made some sauce from scratch. mmmmmm yum!  xxx Sunday, July 10, 2005 its so true when people say that you are never alone in how you feel or what you're going through. i have a friend who's been going through a lot. and for once, i understand what that saying means. it doesn't necessarily make what i'm going through or what i've gone through any easier... but now i know why i needed to experience those things... because now i'm someone who understands him. i know how he feels. i understand why he does or doesn't do certain things. i can relate. this common bond doesn't change the situation(s)... but it does change the fact that now we're 'in it together'... and hopefully we can spur one another on to experience more personal growth, contentment, and many many adventures. :) xxx Friday, July 08, 2005 carlos olmeda and jason mraz at lestat's cafe here in normal heights a couple of weeks ago. download the VBR mp3's of 'dear anna' and 'ah willamina'. quality is kind of crap... but the songs are nothing short of amazing. man, jason sings his heart out on 'dear anna'. clickey here xxx  i want this puppy soooo bad! he's the white guy, 9 weeks old, an american bull dog mix. too bad my new place will up the rent $205/mo. if we have a dog. *sigh* plus i won't have enough time for the lil guy. yes, he deserves someone who can frolick beaches and go on runs with him. xxx Wednesday, July 06, 2005 "But the plain truth is this: love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible. To love you have to climb out of the cradle, where everything is 'getting,' and grow up to the maturity of giving without concern for getting anything special in return. Love is not a deal, it is a sacrifice. It is not marketing; it is a form of worship... it is, in fact, the deepest creative power in human nature." - Thomas Merton xxx Tuesday, July 05, 2005 this was my favorite video from the weekend. :) its funny how much she's grown. and its actually quite funny how much of my life is documented by pictures! i'm going to be putting up pretty much all my pictures (well those of relevance), from the past 2 years or so, on my jusspress tonight! feel free to see what i've been up to these past 3 years. also, LOTS of good pictures/videos of little zoe. man she was/is a cute bebeh. :D xxx Saturday, July 02, 2005 zoe drew these all by herself, with no help whatsoever! she just hopped onto mspaint, and started drawing. colors and everything! my favorite are the last two. i think we have an artist in the making. dang, zoe you're so smart, your unkie is so proud of you! *sigh* children never cease to amaze me. :) :D  this one is her family in the night. the red guy is daddy. the aqua one is mommie. the darker green one is her. the blue one is her brother ian. then there's grass, the moon, and stars. there's flowers, grass, the brown thing in the sky is an airplane, a sun, clouds, a momma bird, zoe, an apple tree, and "its a baby bird even tho it looks like a lamb", and the red things are mats, with grass on them. (: this picture is of the ocean. the first two are fishes. then a jelly fish. can you guess what the one furthest on the right is? "its a giant clam!" and lastly we have an eel. :P she named it "zoe sign". its her name... on a sign. you know... like a 'one way' sign, or a 'stop' sign. :) wow, look at the colors. (: oh, and new pics up on jusspress again. ahhhh... the wonders of technology - laptop, wireless connection, sd card slot, ftp. woot! xxx WOW. what a beautiful day here in san diego. i was supposed to be well on my way to vegas, but alas, i sit here, folding laundry and watching a movie. i've got to say, 'sliding doors' has got to be one of my favorite flicks of all time. its so true how every decision, or every little 'thing' can play a part in changing the course of your day, or even your life history. if you've seen the movie, i'm sure you know what i'm talking about. so, if i had gone to vegas, i would probably be languishing in traffic right about now... turned dark as a mexican cornerworking for the trackday... and most likely have lost a good amount of money at the blackjack tables. now, this decision of not going was influenced by someone whom i decided was not worth my time dealing with over the long weekend. so with that, i will be moseying my way up to los angeles (one of my least favorite places) to see nia, jonathan, zoe, ian and the liu family (all are some of my most favorite people). :D i was thinking about this the other day. i'm not very good with words. i'm not very eloquent. i don't use big words. i simply use enough to get by, to get my point across. i like reading those who write well. writing has never been one of my strong suits since my high school days. so, with that, i leave you for the long weekend with a quote from someone who writes exceptionally well, kim, "make good choices. and when you make a choice, take responsibility for it. remember: you choose your choice." 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 |