it's sunday morning.

just woke up...had a halo session at my house last night. yeah sounds kinda dorky...but it's actually pretty fun.
always good when i get to hang out with my boys. this was no exception.

anyways....i'm tired like crazy. but what can you do. my sister's grad party is today. should be real interesting. just have to go there and help set up. woke up later than expected...but what can you do right.

anyways...i love the fact that this is the memorial day weekend. great feeling to just relax and what not.

oh yeah...heard from joe javier...who i haven't heard from in years. hopefully get to have lunch with him tomorrow. he's always been considered one of my closest friends...just sucks that we haven't been able to keep in tight contact with him. but still feel the same way about that guy. you know how it is. seems like we just saw each other and the years have passed by. means you have great friendships with that person. cool thing is...it's like that with alot of people.

going to start eating and cooking better. as well as working out more. i really need to lose weight. at least get more fit. i've been way too lazy. can't do that anymore. have to man up and just work out. should be fun though...always felt good after i did that.

well....have to go. help my mom set up for jen's grad party.

later all. i'll probably write another one tomorrow.

pretty blah entry if you ask me.

Ok....been a week plus since i last wrote

hmmm....what's happened....NOTHING.

oh yeah...the nick berg thing is out of the news already...but the embarrassed iraqi soldiers is still in. go figure.

was supposed to play ball at the park last sunday, but my boys were lazy...so we ended up going bowling instead. did alright. averaged about 140...not good for a crap bowler. but sheils wants to get a ball...looks like we'll be doing the bowling thing more often. it's fun. can't complain about it much.

hopefully i get to play ball more this weekend...saturday in particular. however we have a halo party that night. meaning 4 x-boxes...4 tv's...16 guys...and melee's all over. should be cool. although some people keep bringing in new people...but i guess you have to start somewhere.

just have to clean the house...get ready for saturday.

other than that...just waiting for the memorial day weekend. really could use the extra day to sleep in and just relax. that's the goal.

question: what makes a great relationship? is it adapting to your partner, is it enough to just love someone, or do you need to do more. my opinion...it requires some work. but it should be second nature to make your partner happy and for them to make you happy.

to my heartaching friend....love you and come home.

oh yeah...sheils and i had an awesome shopping day. bought tons of dvd's....got a couple of new videogames...and we both got shoes. marriage is way too cool. definitely was worth the wait. i know...GET OVER IT CHRIS. but it's how i feel about it.

Yes,
today i'm posting a new blog.

played ball today...felt real good...went to another park near my house. my shot was going in. yup taking the ball inside and outside. given it was only 2 on 2. but it still felt good to work out.

this is the 3rd week into our marriage...and i have to say that it's been amazing fun. my wife makes me laugh more and more every day.

plus i'm happy because we installed a new closet system in our bedroom. didn't realize how small our closet really was. that and i have THAT many clothes. so i also realized what i have to get rid of. reality check. that's all it is. anyways. it's in...our clothes are in there. and i can't complain one bit.

right now i'm sore. sore as hell, but it was so worth it. hoping that we can play ball every weekend. that's the goal. plus i want to work on my handles and footwork. alot of things i want to do this summer...bowling, golf, basketball, and tennis. just really want to be active.

anyways.....don't want to work tomorrow...what else is new. but got to pay the bills right.

to all our friends...thanks for everything.

to my wife...this may be cheesy...but thank you for giving me a reason to love.

Unfortunately...i watched the most disturbing thing I will ever see.

I watched the Nick Berg video. Can't believe how that happened. Just a really sick and twisted retaliation. I really hope that this opens up the eyes of the politicians who are complaining about the fact that pictures are taken of our prisoners.

Completely overblown. What happens whenever our soldiers get captured...tortured. what happens when we get prisoners...well it's stupid that they're all complaining about the fricking pictures...but they don't pay attention to the prisoners of war in the other side.

I hate politicians. i really do. stupid election year. i really hope that they do something about this. because what has happened...was just really sad. I hope it's a wake up call from how we treat prisoners as compared to the enemy.

also...i know the race isn't really finished...but i'm hoping that arroyo wins the election. poe jr is an actor and nothing more. the filipino voters haven't learned their lesson from estrada...what's up with that?

anyways...this is my political blog. but seriously though...i probably sound half ass...and extremely unreasonable with my thinking...but if you didn't know me...politics do play an important part of my thinking. more often than not that's for sure. i just hate politicians that are trying to get bush out of office, but at the same time..not take a stance. that really sucks.

well...had a pretty uneventful...fairly eventful day.

woke up this morning at 4:30 am. my mom had surgery this morning to remove her gall bladder. she was done at 9:30....and was sent home at 11 am. glad that it was endoscopic...so it was a real fast procedure and recovery time.

spent the day with her...and watched the filipino channel all day. wasn't too bad. just real cool hanging with my moms.

anyways...the weather really sucks major ass right now. it's warm as hell outside...and too early to turn on the air conditioning. pretty much taking 2 showers a day...in the morning and at night. hate when it's warm outside. hate when it's earlier than expected too.

just happy that my mom is ok. even though it was a routine surgery...just real glad that there weren't any complications...and that she doesn't have to spend the night at the hospital.

have no idea why the pistons have blown the last couple of games. hopefully they can make a run and change their gameplan when they go home for the next game. we'll see.

Back on the PC.

Anyways, got back to work today. Don't you hate working with people who just don't pay attention and think they know what you're talking about. then when you check up on them they got everything all wrong. Anyways....have to constantly deal with that. Sad thing is...she's IN A HIGHER POSITION THAN ME!!!!!

anyways, my mom is having surgery tomorrow on her gallbladder. I really hope she comes out ok. I know it's a routine surgery and it should be fine. But you never know how things are. So i'm just going to relax when she's finished...till then. I'll worry.

Also visited father smits today, he was supposed to officiate our wedding. We visited him a couple of weeks ago at the nursing home....what a difference 2 weeks make. I hate to say it, but it's scary. He is definitely weaker now...and he lost so much weight in such a fast amount of time. I worry that he might be in his final days. But i'm happy to have met that man and that he has guided sheila and me to our wedding. I pray that he will make it though.

But have to go to bed. my mom has to be at the hospital at 5:30 am. so that means i have to get up in a couple of hours. but it should be alright.

well...i'll hit this up again.

later all...take cares.

writing this on my PDA. so the spacing will be real weird. Anyways, first off CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SISTER FOR GRADUATING. I'm proud of you. Got a cool call from Maria a couple of hours ago. We have been baffled with one of our exclusive jokes. A Willie Nelson Joke. Anyways, it was a real cool call. That's the kind of friendship we have. A call anytime, exclusive jokes. Definitely good to hear an international call because of a punchline. AWESOME DEAL!!!! Also had lunch with Claudine, Ronalyn, Jason Barrios, & Ronalyn's boyfriend. Good to know that even though it has been a long time since we talk or see each other, there's still the same love. Oh yeah, saw our cake lady yesterday to return a few things. she told me her husband died since we last saw her. Makes you not want to take your loved one for granted. You just never know when will be the last time you tell them you love them. I LOVE YOU ALL !!!!!!!!! Don't ever forget that!!!!!

it's been a week since i've been married...and i have to say that it's better than i thought it would be.

love waking up next to sheila...and knowing that she'll be the first person i see when i wake up and the last person i see when i sleep. awesome feeling. we put away most of our gifts and cleaned up most of the house...little things here and there. pretty much just have to start putting away some things in the other closets to give her more room.

if you didn't know...i have a ton of clothes. most i don't wear. sad but true.

other than that...not looking forward to going back to work. but it had to happen sometime. right.

i love looking at all of the pictures out there that everybody posted. feels good to see all of them. great feeling reliving that day that's for sure...even though it's only been a week. it feels like an eternity since we've seen our friends. a week is too long to not see everybody. but we all know that we are all there for one another. so it's ok.

oh yeah...saw my 2nd chick flick in the theatres ever. 13 going on 30.....i have to say that jennifer garner is so damn hot. and she's really great in the movie. i recommend watching it if you already haven't. was very impressed and super surprised that i liked the movie as much as i did. tonight though, hoping to watch kill bill vol 2. I LOVE TARANTINO!!!!!!!!! him, david fincher, and tim burton are my favorite directors. they go against the hollywood grain.