So it's been so long because I left to Vegas with my mom for vacation-specifically for the Rugby 7's tournament and it was fun. There were a lot of things that bothered me on the trip because I'm not used to being around second hand smoke, open containers of alcohol, open prostitution, and f bombs going off left and right. LoL. Man you can really tell I live in a bubble because this is exactly how it was when I was on my mission but eventually got used to all the BABYLON things and I learned to just block them out. I have never looked so forward to Sunday and church(which was, no lie, my favorite day out of the 5 we spent there).
We got in Wed, Feb. 8th, and left Monday, the 13th. The night we got in we toured Freemont Street 'cause it was really close to our hotel-California. Majority locals from Hawaii occupied the hotel and its slot machines. haha. The strip, and the bus rides, were cool during the day but once it hit the late nights it was irritz with all the drunk people. eeh...
Shows we saw and loved were The O Cirque du Soleil(Bellagio), La Rev(Wynn), and Phantom of the Opera(Venetian: MY FAVORITE-the sets were amaaaaaazing). I gave a pass-along card to our one cab driver. He was very friendly and accepting of the card.
Sunday, again, was amazing. I never felt so spiritually devastated and couldn't wait to feel the safe haven effects of sacrament, Sunday School, and Elders Quorum(sounds so cheesy as I typed that lol). I met my dad's cousin, mom's friend/aunty lori's classmate, and he was so nice. He reminded me of the evil guy on Spy Kids. haha no joke-I think it was his hair. Sunday School people were really friendly. They guy next to us introduced himself and then my dad's cousin introduced us to a guy behind us who apparently is a grandson of one of the past general authorities assigned over the South Pacific back when my mom was in high school or something(Elder Simpson). He was a really nice guy, showed me to priesthood, and turns out he was the EQ president. EQ was cool. The lesson was on Jesus Christ and George A. Smith's testimony of Him.
Afterwards we had an amazing lunch at the cousin's home and watched Manu Samoa win the 7's rugby tournament against New Zealand! They scored in the last minute and won 26-19 after being tied 19-19! Later we visited the temple that night and took pictures. Then headed home to the hotel to pack. Oooh we also went to the Hoover Dam Thursday morning. COOOOOOOL.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
99.5 The Coral, family radio show
Happy February!
Well I had a neat drive home yesterday from the airport after driving the New Orleans' team there. When dropping them off I was in the west bound traffic for like 15 mins, =( , with no AC, and then traffic in Kaneohe. So I turned down the Jack in the Box street to get on Kam Hway(I think that's it) and drive the back road past King Intermediate. As I drive past the school I scan through the radio stations and come across 99.5 The Coral. A male and female are talking about how good Christians should have kids and raise them in the scriptures and to be God-loving people-that's what the world's issues need. Good people to combat these issues. I thought it was interesting so listened to it all the way to Hauula when it ended.
The show talked about raising your kids and it had a lot good points that I will not do justice towards and the points will be out of order than what they were discussed in.
You should only care what God thinks and not what people think when it comes to people judging your parenting. They brought up a good example of the female dj, who is an author on parenting, and how at SS her 8 or 9 year threw a tantrum like he was 4 years old. She said feels bad now 'cause she was more concerned about what people were probably thinking about her rather than focussing on the needs of her son then and there.
Also they brought up the point, from the Bible, of Samuel's kids going astray and how some people think that he wasn't a good parent-a great church leader but a poor father(which is wrong). They said it's unfair that a lot of people believe Samuel to not have been a good parent just because his kids all went astray. But... they did bring up the point of Samuel's predecessor and him getting scolded by the Lord because he didn't do anything to rebuke his sons when they were acting out in rebellion.
I really liked how the dj's brought up the point that each child in a family is different. One will have no problems being obedient while another one will be the opposite. One will excel in school while another one will struggle constantly. They also brought up the point that teens don't necessarily mean to rebel; rather they're exercising their agency and ability to think for themselves and parents/adults should learn they don't necessarily mean to rebel but are reasoning for themselves.
It was cool to hear that parents won't be on the same page like the male dj and his wife disagreed on a movie he wanted to take his son to see. The son was 12, the movie was PG-13, and the wife was against it. But... he did his research and read it was PG-13 because of the dinosaur violence and so his wife was okay with it(of course with a few more questions). I tht it was so neat to see people doing research on films to decide how appropriate it may be.
The show was really good and I'm gonna google it now. LoL
Well I had a neat drive home yesterday from the airport after driving the New Orleans' team there. When dropping them off I was in the west bound traffic for like 15 mins, =( , with no AC, and then traffic in Kaneohe. So I turned down the Jack in the Box street to get on Kam Hway(I think that's it) and drive the back road past King Intermediate. As I drive past the school I scan through the radio stations and come across 99.5 The Coral. A male and female are talking about how good Christians should have kids and raise them in the scriptures and to be God-loving people-that's what the world's issues need. Good people to combat these issues. I thought it was interesting so listened to it all the way to Hauula when it ended.
The show talked about raising your kids and it had a lot good points that I will not do justice towards and the points will be out of order than what they were discussed in.
You should only care what God thinks and not what people think when it comes to people judging your parenting. They brought up a good example of the female dj, who is an author on parenting, and how at SS her 8 or 9 year threw a tantrum like he was 4 years old. She said feels bad now 'cause she was more concerned about what people were probably thinking about her rather than focussing on the needs of her son then and there.
Also they brought up the point, from the Bible, of Samuel's kids going astray and how some people think that he wasn't a good parent-a great church leader but a poor father(which is wrong). They said it's unfair that a lot of people believe Samuel to not have been a good parent just because his kids all went astray. But... they did bring up the point of Samuel's predecessor and him getting scolded by the Lord because he didn't do anything to rebuke his sons when they were acting out in rebellion.
I really liked how the dj's brought up the point that each child in a family is different. One will have no problems being obedient while another one will be the opposite. One will excel in school while another one will struggle constantly. They also brought up the point that teens don't necessarily mean to rebel; rather they're exercising their agency and ability to think for themselves and parents/adults should learn they don't necessarily mean to rebel but are reasoning for themselves.
It was cool to hear that parents won't be on the same page like the male dj and his wife disagreed on a movie he wanted to take his son to see. The son was 12, the movie was PG-13, and the wife was against it. But... he did his research and read it was PG-13 because of the dinosaur violence and so his wife was okay with it(of course with a few more questions). I tht it was so neat to see people doing research on films to decide how appropriate it may be.
The show was really good and I'm gonna google it now. LoL
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Jan. 31, 2012-January's ovah!
I can't believe that the first month of the year is almost done. =( It was a great month in regards to New Year's Resolutions and I hope I keep it up.
Well for Project Philly I played vball last night for 2 hours... and I suck! lol it's been a while but I will keep trying. This morning I jogged the stretch and it was bomb. Thank you ipod playlist Run U Fat Slob.
Now I'm off to work before pay period closes for the students(I have to put their bonuses in). K Dad just got home with my bike. Ciao!
Well for Project Philly I played vball last night for 2 hours... and I suck! lol it's been a while but I will keep trying. This morning I jogged the stretch and it was bomb. Thank you ipod playlist Run U Fat Slob.
Now I'm off to work before pay period closes for the students(I have to put their bonuses in). K Dad just got home with my bike. Ciao!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Jan. 30th, 2012
Well I'm feeling pretty good this whole day(knocking on wood). Altho late to work, because Ke... woke up late and I had to pick her up, traffic was pretty good and we got to work with 5 min to spare and just relax.
Kaneohe(our musician) got a new truck, and it was kind of hectic talking with him about what we were doing because he wanted me to go with him instead of Ke... to check and see if his truck would fit in the Trade Center parking lot. lol we figured it out in like a full minute of talking and him walking back to the van like 3x changing his mind and asking more questions. Ke... went the She-she instead of I and it turned out well. Hale Koa was pretty cold Lan(the hostess) was awesome and had our muffins ready to eat when we left. Summarized, Kane's truck fit(w/an inch to spare from the roof of the parking structure), I had an amazing 7-11 breakfast bento of adobo and fried rice, and a had good day in Waikiki doing hours and performing at the Marriott hotel. While at the Marriott Colt Brennan, UH qb alum, took a pic of us with some tourists. He's a way cool guy, my co-workers had no idea who he was so I told them, and Ke... ran after to take a picture with him(before I told her who he was she tht he was a perv-she's killing me haha).
Drove home, changed, went back to PCC, finished hours and the bonuses, stopped by my brother's to find no one home, saw Just running to lift at his cousin's house and tht, "Freck... I'm supposed to match(look like) him", for our Philadelphia trip coming up at the end of Feb. Eeeeeeeeh! Tonight I'll run and do vball after the ward Home Evening(if I don't get called in).
Read part of the SS lesson for Sunday and must be in the right spirit 'cause I got so much out of it. The lesson's on 1 Nephi 16-18 and studying Nephi's obedience, faith, and courage. God is good and does a lot of miracles in their lives. I hope I'll be able to point out the miracles in my life(like my swollen lymph node going away! =) lol.
Okay... gtg and watch an Oct. 2011 Gen Conf talk. PEACE!
Kaneohe(our musician) got a new truck, and it was kind of hectic talking with him about what we were doing because he wanted me to go with him instead of Ke... to check and see if his truck would fit in the Trade Center parking lot. lol we figured it out in like a full minute of talking and him walking back to the van like 3x changing his mind and asking more questions. Ke... went the She-she instead of I and it turned out well. Hale Koa was pretty cold Lan(the hostess) was awesome and had our muffins ready to eat when we left. Summarized, Kane's truck fit(w/an inch to spare from the roof of the parking structure), I had an amazing 7-11 breakfast bento of adobo and fried rice, and a had good day in Waikiki doing hours and performing at the Marriott hotel. While at the Marriott Colt Brennan, UH qb alum, took a pic of us with some tourists. He's a way cool guy, my co-workers had no idea who he was so I told them, and Ke... ran after to take a picture with him(before I told her who he was she tht he was a perv-she's killing me haha).
Drove home, changed, went back to PCC, finished hours and the bonuses, stopped by my brother's to find no one home, saw Just running to lift at his cousin's house and tht, "Freck... I'm supposed to match(look like) him", for our Philadelphia trip coming up at the end of Feb. Eeeeeeeeh! Tonight I'll run and do vball after the ward Home Evening(if I don't get called in).
Read part of the SS lesson for Sunday and must be in the right spirit 'cause I got so much out of it. The lesson's on 1 Nephi 16-18 and studying Nephi's obedience, faith, and courage. God is good and does a lot of miracles in their lives. I hope I'll be able to point out the miracles in my life(like my swollen lymph node going away! =) lol.
Okay... gtg and watch an Oct. 2011 Gen Conf talk. PEACE!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
1/29 Sunday 2012
I love Sundays when I do it right. I've been up since 815ish and been prepping my lesson for EQ next week and going over New Year's resolutions(while listening to Rebecca Lopez' There is Hope jam=).
I watched OCT 2011 GC's talk by Elder Richard G. Scott, The Power of Scripture, am fixing this blog, and hope to start reading up on EQ lesson in 2 weeks.
Just got done with reviewing suggestions of the brethren in EQ and they were good ones. Most popular were Go Karts, Scripture reading, Temple attendance, Home Teaching, and service projects. Funniest suggestions, I thought, were rest hymns, food, snacks, self defense, food eating contest, and pinewood derby LoL! I really hope we do these haha
I watched OCT 2011 GC's talk by Elder Richard G. Scott, The Power of Scripture, am fixing this blog, and hope to start reading up on EQ lesson in 2 weeks.
Just got done with reviewing suggestions of the brethren in EQ and they were good ones. Most popular were Go Karts, Scripture reading, Temple attendance, Home Teaching, and service projects. Funniest suggestions, I thought, were rest hymns, food, snacks, self defense, food eating contest, and pinewood derby LoL! I really hope we do these haha
Friday, January 27, 2012
Great and abominable church
So I just got done reading 1 Nephi chapters 13-14 and there are some good stuff to think about. Especially in regards to the horrible church mentioned which I can't help but think about. Now I've heard a past apostle say it's a specific church, and I've heard a prophet come out and say it's not a specific church.
I wonder if it refers to media, politics, etc. I can see how those things can could remove many plain and precious truths, etc. Yet they do some good as well. Hmmm... I was even wondering if it's just anything that has to deal with being worldly. Because it seems like anything worldly is of the devil and the devil's church. It can be pride, sin, lust, coveting, etc.
Sooooo I'm excited for SS to see what apostate answers I'll hear(LoL) and especially for some new insights.
I wonder if it refers to media, politics, etc. I can see how those things can could remove many plain and precious truths, etc. Yet they do some good as well. Hmmm... I was even wondering if it's just anything that has to deal with being worldly. Because it seems like anything worldly is of the devil and the devil's church. It can be pride, sin, lust, coveting, etc.
Sooooo I'm excited for SS to see what apostate answers I'll hear(LoL) and especially for some new insights.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Ko Olina! =)
Yesterday afternoon and evening my sisters, brothers, I and some cousins went to the Ko Olina resort to swim, bbq, and eat with Uncle Sam and Aunty Lori in their time share. IT WAS BOMB! 3 pools, 1 lagoon... YEAH! I scared 'noke in the water fall at one of the jacuzzis, then out at the fishing net with 'liki. LoL those kids are so funny. Then the evening was spent cracking up at Sina in the hotel room. We stopped at the Kunia Walmart and I bought some movies(WWJD, Ferngully, Diary of Whimpy Kid, and Sword in the Stone).
Today I woke up so late, 9:25 am, but it's ok because I'm off. Buuuuut I wanna go to the doctor's for my stupid rash but apparently there's no record of me having insurance. Eeeeh. So I'm waiting for a call from my work's insurance rep. Dang it.
Today I woke up so late, 9:25 am, but it's ok because I'm off. Buuuuut I wanna go to the doctor's for my stupid rash but apparently there's no record of me having insurance. Eeeeh. So I'm waiting for a call from my work's insurance rep. Dang it.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Book of Mormon
So I think I want to blog about my Book of Mormon(BofM) study for Sunday School(SS)! Today will be short 'cause... yeah LoL. We did the 3rd lesson yesterday so I'll just type my thoughts and notes I've made.
Intro: I really like this because it flat out says, "You share with your Gospel Doctrine teacher the responsibility to help the class be successful." So don't come to church expecting to be served spiritual experiences on a silver platter(unless you're in/less active and coming back to church). Part of the whole spiritual experience comes from at-home preparation(I think).
One think from the entry I think I need to work on is asking questions, and bear testimony.
Lesson 2: My favorite scripture so far for the year, "2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken ahard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the bguilty taketh thectruth to be hard, for it dcutteth them to the very center. This applies to everyone for sure.
Lesson 3: The Vision of the Tree of Life was a great lesson where I learned and emphasized even more on how we need to be proactive on things and not wait to be told. Laman and Lemuel are a bad example in 1st Nephi 15 where they say they don't know the interpretations of the symbols from the vision because no one has told them what it means. Nephi was a great example because he sought out, through prayer, what they mean. He didn't sit around and wait to be told what they mean.
I thought about how Laman and Lemuel are a lot like members in the Church who just go through the motions, do what their parents say, and then when they venture off on their own they fall away and apostate from the Church because they never figured out things on their own.
And even in Sunday School I see kids who come, sit, are quiet, don't participate, and probably don't study for the lesson, then think class is so boring, they don't learn anything, and then end up on the in/less active list for the ward and it takes a while before they realize how they can get active again.
Well that's it. Sorry for the bad grammar... I gtg to work.
Intro: I really like this because it flat out says, "You share with your Gospel Doctrine teacher the responsibility to help the class be successful." So don't come to church expecting to be served spiritual experiences on a silver platter(unless you're in/less active and coming back to church). Part of the whole spiritual experience comes from at-home preparation(I think).
One think from the entry I think I need to work on is asking questions, and bear testimony.
Lesson 2: My favorite scripture so far for the year, "2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken ahard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the bguilty taketh thectruth to be hard, for it dcutteth them to the very center. This applies to everyone for sure.
Lesson 3: The Vision of the Tree of Life was a great lesson where I learned and emphasized even more on how we need to be proactive on things and not wait to be told. Laman and Lemuel are a bad example in 1st Nephi 15 where they say they don't know the interpretations of the symbols from the vision because no one has told them what it means. Nephi was a great example because he sought out, through prayer, what they mean. He didn't sit around and wait to be told what they mean.
I thought about how Laman and Lemuel are a lot like members in the Church who just go through the motions, do what their parents say, and then when they venture off on their own they fall away and apostate from the Church because they never figured out things on their own.
And even in Sunday School I see kids who come, sit, are quiet, don't participate, and probably don't study for the lesson, then think class is so boring, they don't learn anything, and then end up on the in/less active list for the ward and it takes a while before they realize how they can get active again.
Well that's it. Sorry for the bad grammar... I gtg to work.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012
Today was... frustrating, great, funny, tiring, exciting, lol. Royals was frustrating w/being late(for many different odd reasons), odd seating w/the younger person not sitting in the back-so I had to, the musicians singing Te Ihinga in the wrong key and even the wrong notes, yet our crowd was the biggest ever. But it was Si and Farwyn's last day and it was a good show over all. Kei came, and we had 7 girls and 3 guys. I can't wait for our farewell party next week(it should be good).
Moanikeala with my curry plate was da bomb, and hanging out backstage with everyone was fun of course. I went Foodland to return my In My Sleep dvd, then home and did my dishes(which saved me a lot of time after work to finish some more dishes), and then went back to work for Night Show(NS).
NS was fun... I took my fake gum(shocker) and shocked Tilo, Tui, Kilo, Lucky... that's all I can remember lol. Jo scared me up on the mtn while getting ready for torch carrier(in the beginning of the show), Megan's Tahitit solo was the best I've ever seen yet, and Lucky was cracking me up with his comments about her moves(bumble bee, and idk what he said lol). Too funny my job(ugh... I can't wait to get a real job tho).
Moanikeala with my curry plate was da bomb, and hanging out backstage with everyone was fun of course. I went Foodland to return my In My Sleep dvd, then home and did my dishes(which saved me a lot of time after work to finish some more dishes), and then went back to work for Night Show(NS).
NS was fun... I took my fake gum(shocker) and shocked Tilo, Tui, Kilo, Lucky... that's all I can remember lol. Jo scared me up on the mtn while getting ready for torch carrier(in the beginning of the show), Megan's Tahitit solo was the best I've ever seen yet, and Lucky was cracking me up with his comments about her moves(bumble bee, and idk what he said lol). Too funny my job(ugh... I can't wait to get a real job tho).
Friday, January 20, 2012
2nd entry 2012
So today's my day off and it's been pretty good. I woke up at a decent time, around 820, watched half of a movie(Snow Flake and the secret fan), updated my Run U Fat Slob playlist, went on a 40 min job at the beach(Hukilau to Castle's), ate, finished the movie, and am going to make a good effort to go to the temple-I think I'll do initiatories. I was going to put it off 'til next week for Ward Temple Night but who knows, I might get called in to work or something.
I exercised but now my legs hurt and I don't want to do anything so I'm trying to force myself. LoL Happy Pay Day! =)
I exercised but now my legs hurt and I don't want to do anything so I'm trying to force myself. LoL Happy Pay Day! =)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Maui Promo Trip-Maui News!!! =)
Happy New Year! 2012 and now I'm 28! =/
Well I'm supposed to be starting a new blog of some sort but I'll stick w/this one until I can figure out what to do. I was just watching L. Tom Perry's Oct. 2011 General Conference talk, Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear, and it was a great inspiration on sharing the gospel and making it a habit to do always. That is something I've been trying to work on as I have like 8 pass-a-long cards in my man purse that I carry with me EVERYWHERE.
This might seem like a tangent but as I was watching the talk I couldn't help but think about... crap I forgot what I was going to write... oh yeah it was about the 3 degrees of glory and how in the Gospel Prinicples manual last year it said that those who accept the gospel in the next life don't make it past the Terrestrial kingdom... but then it made me think then why do we do ordinances for them, like sealing, which is somthehing we do to obtain the HIGHEST degree in the Celestial Kingdom?
Anyways I don't wanna spend too much time on here otherwise I'll won't come back on for a while.
So I turned 28 yesterday, on MLK Jr holiday(again), and spent the morning and early afternoon w/most of the fam(except Gma and Dad) at Kualoa ranch on ATVs, eating a delicious Chinaman's Hat burger, petting animals, watching a 10" clip about the ranch, and going on a Jungle Expedition in a jeepney. IT WAS BOMB! Especially on the ATV rides w/my brothers and mom. Mom and Evan were in the front 'cause they were the slowest in the trial run(LoL!). Evan was sooooo slow and cautious, but Darrell and Sterling were reckless. First Darrell flipped over on his ATV and got stuck under it, LoL, so he wasn't allowed to ride anymore(had to ride on the back of the guides ATV then got picked up by the Jeep "of shame". Then Sterling that dummy almost ran into me and so overtook my trying to play it off like nothing was wrong... and of course at the end of the ride when we've gotten off he says and laughs, "Oh shoot! I didn't know had 2 breaks!" eeeeeeeh! I am not surprised.
Sina had fun w/the pig, baby goats, rabbits, and calf and donkey at the petting zoo.
This might seem like a tangent but as I was watching the talk I couldn't help but think about... crap I forgot what I was going to write... oh yeah it was about the 3 degrees of glory and how in the Gospel Prinicples manual last year it said that those who accept the gospel in the next life don't make it past the Terrestrial kingdom... but then it made me think then why do we do ordinances for them, like sealing, which is somthehing we do to obtain the HIGHEST degree in the Celestial Kingdom?
Anyways I don't wanna spend too much time on here otherwise I'll won't come back on for a while.
So I turned 28 yesterday, on MLK Jr holiday(again), and spent the morning and early afternoon w/most of the fam(except Gma and Dad) at Kualoa ranch on ATVs, eating a delicious Chinaman's Hat burger, petting animals, watching a 10" clip about the ranch, and going on a Jungle Expedition in a jeepney. IT WAS BOMB! Especially on the ATV rides w/my brothers and mom. Mom and Evan were in the front 'cause they were the slowest in the trial run(LoL!). Evan was sooooo slow and cautious, but Darrell and Sterling were reckless. First Darrell flipped over on his ATV and got stuck under it, LoL, so he wasn't allowed to ride anymore(had to ride on the back of the guides ATV then got picked up by the Jeep "of shame". Then Sterling that dummy almost ran into me and so overtook my trying to play it off like nothing was wrong... and of course at the end of the ride when we've gotten off he says and laughs, "Oh shoot! I didn't know had 2 breaks!" eeeeeeeh! I am not surprised.
Sina had fun w/the pig, baby goats, rabbits, and calf and donkey at the petting zoo.
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