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Monday, August 29, 2005
 a little la jolla cliffs action :D xxx Wednesday, August 24, 2005 dear julie, i cried for you today. its hard to accept that you are no longer here... i don't think its really sunk in yet... you left too soon. we didn't spend a lot of time together in college, but you were always someone that was refreshing to talk to. what i remember the most about you was your passion, flare, and yearning for God and his people. you weren't just one of the many who went to harvest... you weren't just a 'church go-er'. you were real. you were real with where you were, and who you were to God. i appreciate you for that. i don't recall exactly where this memory comes from... but a bunch of us had met up and ventured into the city. i was lucky and had you as my driver. (: on the way up, fabolous feat. nate dogg "you can't deny it", came on the radio. you were like, "i love this song!" it was hilarious... seemingly uncharacteristic of a "christian girl", you were singing along, mmm-ing out all the cuss words, and all of us were having a grand old time. :D just remembering that makes me laugh and feel better. i regret not keeping in better touch with you and sharing in your life. but thank you julie, thanks for keeping it real. i miss you and hope to see you again someday... xxx Tuesday, August 23, 2005 people are complicated. and in many ways, it saddens me. we are all unique people, and therefore we all feel/approach the circumstances/situations that arise in our lives differently. i accept that. but, we are all the same, in that we are given the ability to choose. most of the time we know what is good for us, and what isn't. we may feel like we're losing something, but sometimes we gain so much more. one of the ladies at my work saddens me. she's been smoking for some 40 odd years. she says she's 47, but in actuality she looks like she's 65. her voice is raspy, her breathing sporadic, and her emphysema intensifying. she goes through these 'quitting/not quitting' cycles. her cough gets bad. so she quits. she's clean for maybe a week, two weeks, at most... then when her cough is gone or better, she's back outside for a smoke every half hour. it reminds me of my childhood. mom would wake us up to the blender, without fail, every morning. what she thought simply delightful, for us was gut-wrenching nastiness. we didn't want to drink it, no way jose! but she'd pay us a dollar, and we'd drink it. the mixture of beet, watercrest, whole oranges, and whatever else she threw in there tasted horrible... yet we knew, all of that, was good for us. now, everyone at work comments on how healthy caleb and i eat. it was a choice that i'm sure we initially did not fully embrace, yet, over time, having made the choice for good health... our eating style became habits rather than hindrances. this reminds me of me. i'm a sensitive guy, i admit that. some people say i'm overly so. but maybe i choose to feel the way that i do and be the way that i am. maybe the guys who are all about ARRGHHARRRRGHHarrrr, checking out girls, being rude, vain, vulgar, and "i'm-a-man-i-don't-feel"... choose to be that way. my feelings define me. they tell me that i'm alive, that i'm human. maybe i choose to feel because, really, its not a bad thing. i believe the same goes with everything else. the person who usually holds us back the most is ourselves. you have the power to choose on love, life, and other mysteries. :) now, would you like fries with that? :D xxx Saturday, August 20, 2005  found this picture on bq's jusspress. man, i miss my 'stache. :'( xxx Thursday, August 18, 2005 so i signed up for gym membership at LA fitness last night. it was a weird feeling. while i was warming up on the treadmill... the first thought that came to mind was, "man, i feel like a yuppie". its funny, because it sure isn't the first time i've paid for my gym membership. i mean, i paid and worked out at rimac for a year! i suppose its the change in atmosphere that caused the thought. because... no longer am i working out at a "student institution", no longer surrounded by college students, no longer are people coming to the gym from class... all in all, i am no longer part of the "college scene". at LA fitness, people come from work... most are professionals, most are serious about keeping fit, and there are for sure more hotties with bodies. (: definitely a sweaty and eye opening night. i feel so grown. its amazing, i didn't know that joining a gym is actually a ceremonial ushering into the true working world. :\ xxx Tuesday, August 16, 2005 i'm finally home in san diego. and we finally have internet too! heck yes! new pics up on jusspress. also, my media recommendations for the month of august: ::music:: tristan prettyman - twenty three jason mraz - mr. a-z mae - everglow ::movies: pi - interesting, didn't get it at all, all shot in black and white, 1/5 stars grosse point blank - one of those movies i always remember hearing about, but never saw it until now. john cusack, i like that guy. 3/5 stars. ::book:: the five people you meet in heaven - mitch albom harry potter and the half-blood prince - j. k. rowling xxx Monday, August 15, 2005 um, talk about frustrating. *sigh* so i leave san diego wednesday night to come up to LA to drop off my busted-piece-of-junk car. the original plan was to have it fixed by thursday night, leave for the bay, spend a day with nia's family, and saturday be up there for my grandma's 90th birthday celebration. caleb didn't want to come. parents wanted him to. so that left me to accomodate him, and wait for him to show up after work on friday. he really didn't want to go, so i rented a car, and drove up. even the car rental was frustrating. obviously i had no car, so i needed the enterprise pick up. the enterprise pick up took 2 hours. -_- well, as a result of that, i got a 2006 mercedes E350 for a pretty good deal. so the last time i talk to the mechanic is friday afternoon, he said he was working on the car. from saturday on, i can say i've made probably a hundred calls to both his cell phone and the shop, but no response whatsoever. i would think he would have courtesy enough to just give a call and let me know if its actually DONE or not. i mean, i even had linda and do drive me there, in hopes of the chance of him leaving the car out. i'm still sitting here in LA, not at work, wondering when i'm gonna be able to get my car... so you know how that turned out. :\ so i also had to return the rental car this morning. in the process, i stupidly leave my phone there. OOOOOK. have to walk back there... pick up the phone. and lo and behold, my phone cannot get a service signal whatsoever. couldn't call the mechanic, couldn't call the shop, couldn't call work to let them know i can't be in. also, didn't have the keys to get back in to the apartment. i tried sticking a sock in the side door, since i figured it wouldn't be as frequently used as the front - but i came back to find the sock missing and the door closed. GREAT. i end up climbing the balcony to get back into linda's apartment. and this is with a police station only a block away. today is not a good day. but yes, at least you know i'm still alive. ;\ xxx Friday, August 05, 2005 well its been a whirlwind of activities and emotions this past week. let us recollect the days!  joel, bi-ying, erin, me, chuckie, eileen  suuuunset  getting my ass spanked by two lovely ladies friday - had a bonfire with some great people down at la jolla shores. the night included slap-jack, surfing for some, hotdogs and hamburgers on the bbq, me getting wrestled to the ground more than once by erin and eileen, good conversations, mikey firewalking on the pallets, lots of laughs, warm faces and a perfect summer night. :)  me and my natural mohawk saturday - picked up my good friend linda from the solana beach train station. she came to visit for the weekend! we had souplantation for lunch, hit up vertical hold for some rock climbing, hit the beach for some rays, and ended the night with some dinner at her parents house. we also watched 'xxx: state of the nation' and 'constantine' on their big big screen tv. Ooo, this was a good saturday. :D sunday - moving day! was faced with some troubles as all uhaul's were rented! :( but taking initiative, i borrowed us a truck from a friend. (thanks lee!) we started the move at about 2 and finished by 7! *whew* long day! thank you pepe for all the help. *hug* so, the lack of updates is also due to the fact that we do not have cable/internet set up yet! so i will be updating with more pictures mid-next week. stay tuned!  sunset  two goofy dudes  the beautiful heavens  house on a cliff wednesday - ben got back from atlanta and paid sd a visit. we picked up some fin's, then headed over to the cliffs. it was good times, took lots of pictures, had very good conversation. we were there waaaaay past sundown... had to hop the fence to get out! yep, so thats that. this august is looking to be a busy one. still have lots of stuff to clean up and unpack at the new place... grandmama's 90th birthday coming up this next weekend... need to get bike ready for trackday in september... and need to visit LA lots. (: 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 |