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Been a long but nice last week before school starts...

Wednesday was a super long day lol...worked out in the morning...came home for a few hours, worked out again with my friend and then grabbed some lunch, then worked out again at night at crossfit...after that went to korean barbecue and we dealt with this super rude waiter...I actually wanted to punch him in the face...from when he was talking to us, to slamming the food on the table, rushing us to leave, taking our food away, ignoring us completely once we paid the bill...like there was a lot more...not nicey.

Thursday was a chill day...spent most of the day at home watching movies. Chilled with the homies later that night and played board games. Actually so addicted to monopoly deal lol...but all my homies are going back to school, not nicey.

Friday, drove my mom to work and then had to go to work myself...worked a 6 hour shift....which is nice cuz you get 2 breaks because it's more than 4 hours. After, went to fellowship and we had a combined program with the high school fellowship...after, the homies came over again and we played some more board games lol.

Saturday...had to wake up super early for a meeting till like 10-11 ish. Rested at home and got ready, went to the CNE with the homies at like 4 ish...it was nice...got some cool foods, walked around, played some games here and there, went to the casino, the sport zone...it was definitely really fun, by the end my feet and back were done lol...left at like 12, didn't sleep till like 2 ish cuz I had to shower and stuff.

Sunday...was super tired and felt sick, both tired and my stomach hurt the whole morning and I had to lead worship...luckily when I was on stage it was okay but after it came back and kept hurting. Grabbed a quick lunch at the mall with 2 friends then went home and literally spent most the day just sleeping...even now I still feel really tired and my stomach isn't horrible, but it still feels kinda weird.

Tomorrow's a holiday...but for most people they're going to be moving into university, definitely sad, especially the people I didn't get to see this summer that I wanted to. But till next time for sure...can't believe and def not ready for school to start...

Flashback Friday

Found these on my phone, first time coaching a softball team...all smiles, fun and lots of hardwork, take me back...lol. 

1/10

Already counting down till this blog hits 300,000...I mean...we're already 10,000 down right...man it's def gonna be an exciting time. December coming soon which means another year of this blog being in existence. I'm so excited and even more overjoyed that I get to share this journey with y'all, thank you.

True Love

As weird as this sounds...I feel/can see myself marrying in the first serious relationship I have. I dunno...I've never had a serious relationship you know, anything that isn't a year or more or like you have truly genuine real feelings, I don't consider serious. There are so many firsts I haven't had...and I feel like my first real serious relationship I'll be able to pour my entire heart into her and share with her everything about me. Is that weird? I dunno...I've always been.an oddly romantic kinda guy in a different way lol...don't even know where I'm going with this or how it started, it's too late for this lol...

BRB

A week already...dang...where have I been? Busy lol...sorry. Will catch y'all up tomorrow, super tired right now...literally just trying to squeeze every bit of summer left before school starts. Sorry for the slacks...

Mr. Anonymous

My friend pitched this funky idea about changing the URL for the blog LOOOL...I actually still don't fully grasp what he was trying to say. But he's like yeah man, I read this post about how you hold back sometimes and aren't always 100% open and honest because some people might read it. He's like yo, if you change your blog, you can be totally honest and no one will know it's you...LOOOOL like what. One thing I have been thinking about is is like 10 years down the road...I'll be 32...hopefully married...but like would this blog still exist LOL. Obv the entire landscape would be different...I wouldn't be talking about the same things I am today. But I also wouldn't rant in the same way...it's not like I'm gonna make a post like damn man...my wife made this horrible tasting dish today LOOOOOL. Like when I scroll through random blogs...a lot of it is family blogs...like moms or dads who just blog about their family and their kids and stuff and I thought and def smiled at the thought of this blog becoming like that. Like me blogging "my son's first steps or words"or something like that you know...lol that would be pretty cool I think.

Closure

Thank you for today...and I'm also sorry at the same time. I'm pretty sure I got most of what I've been bottling up/suppressing off my chest. There's probs things I forgot, but I got most to all of it...and I'm glad. There's not much else to say...but that I'm gonna try, it might take time...but not as much time as you think. I hope you know I'm really gonna do my best to make it work...and as hard as it is for you to find courage sometimes, know that same goes for me lol. It'll definitely be hard...after everything we've talked about and what I shared with you about how I feel. You're someone who knows me so well and who I know so well...but know that after today, I'm feeling very good about everything...about where we stand atm, about where this is headed...about my own feeling. Know that I'm content with what we have...and whatever happens, happens, wherever God takes us on our individual journeys, I know it'll be for the best. But I can't stress enough how much I really am going to try to make this work...because of everything that we talked about...thank you for being so understanding...and always being there.

Nights Like This Part 2

Refer to part 1... http://thebestyouneverheard.blogspot.ca/2014/08/nights-like-this.html

Today was a super long and tiring day, went to the gym in the morning after dropping my brother to work, met up with a friend for coffee and spent like 2 hours talking (will get to this in a different post, maybe...), went to a buffet with 4 of my friends cuz it was cheap. Man I love moments like these...one of my friends is going to New York for a semester, another friend just came back from his job being downtown all summer...and my other 2 friends who I see often...it was nice, eating together, chilling, laughing and having fun. Finished at like 3 ish and we were like hey let's chill, we decided to go watch Guardians of the Galaxy...which I wasn't too fond of just cuz it was super bright and nice outside and I'd preferred to do something else, but I'm glad we went, the movie was surprisingly good. After the movie, 2 of our friends dipped cuz one had work and the other had to return the car to his parents. We ended up picking up another friend, chilling outside his house and shooting some hoops before heading to church for some more ball runs. It was definitely a good night...good day in general...def hope to see just people before school starts you know...especially those who are going away for university.

The Calm Before The Storm

Man, school hasn't even started and I'm starting to feel the stress lol. This year is definitely going to be the most important of all my university years for sure. I'm taking a full course load with the hopes of graduating next summer. Going into my 5th year, y'all know I messed up 2nd year and took the second half of it off. Spent 3rd year boosting my marks and 4th year taking all the prereqs that I need for this year. So this year is def make or break, gotta do well in all my courses this year. Apply for graduation as well and most likely apply for more school as well...either teacher's college or college. Either way it's gonna be either 1 or 2 years or more school. What else...gonna be balancing a job as well, but we'll see if I get super stressed, I might just have to quit. Then there's of course church stuff, fellowship, worship practice, gonna be teaching sunday school again soon...and of course a new school year will bring many new stresses as well...praying that God has a plan for me this year.

Charice - Pyramid feat. Iyaz

Nights Like This...

Yesterday night I was just chilling with a bunch of the guys all day pretty much...and that's what summer is all about, that's my idea of fun and that's what I prefer doing. My friend and I chilled at the mall, got some food, went back to my house. Another friend joined us and we played cards for push ups lol. Another friend joined us and we went out to dinner, came back home and played cards for dares this time haha. We recorded some videos which I'll post at the bottom. But these are the kinds of nights I live for...yeah going out and doing activities is nice...but I really do love just chilling at home and doing simple things...gaming, movies, board games...these are the nights I love, the nights that really are the highlights of my summer.

Post by Rodmond Tham.

Post by Rodmond Tham.

Post by Rodmond Tham.

Post by Rodmond Tham.

Chris Brown - All Back

What You See Is What You Get

A lot of my friends or people that I used to know...had a lot of baggage with them...ex boyfriends, ex girlfriends, a lot of problems, things they always kept to themselves. Now I'm not saying I'm perfect or that I'm 100% upfront all the time, But I won't lie when I tell you with me...there's no bull...what you see is what you get no lie. This blog, twitter...has made me very honest and very open and comfortable with who I am...who you see...who you read and what you read about...that's me...and that's what you're gonna get from me if you meet me in person or if you know me and continue to know me on a personal level. I just wanted to share that because I have and had a lot of friends who just had a lot of baggage and stress that came along with them...that sometimes made me wonder dang...it's a hassle being your friend sometimes...but that's just me you know.

Every Waking Moment...

You know how some people complain about those friends who never have any time to chill any more cuz they're always with their girlfriend/boyfriend. Part of me in a weird kinda way and I'm sure a lot of people as well...want that you know. Want someone to be with...not necessarily 24/7...but someone to chill with, do stupid stuff with, do nothing with. Someone you can just loaft at home with and do nothing...but also someone you can do everything with...go to the movies, hang out, take walks...all that. I dunno...sucks thinking about this stuff sometimes but I'm getting to that stage of life lol...

New Beginnings

A lot has changed as of late with me...new hairstyles, new attitudes on a lot of things...I guess you can add this to the list. A new chapter in my life...something that has been in my heart for over a year...but didn't start to really come to fruition until this summer. This summer is when I really started to think more and more about it and it became a very serious thing that I wanted to do. After a lot of thought, prayer and advice from friends and family...I finally got it done. Drove downtown with my friend...got there exactly at 11, when they open and they already had people waiting outside lol. So I was like 3rd in line...but the dude who was first was like can I get the tattoo at 5 cuz I have work...so I was 2nd...the girl in front of me was so indecisive about what she wanted that the guy was like how about you wait and think about it while I do the next guy and then you let me know. So I ended up being the first piece done LOL...it's definitely a painful feeling, so if people say it didn't hurt,they're lying. It wasn't like crazy unbearable, but it's pretty much like a needle drawing on your skin really hard...so it kinda hurts...but I got used to it after a while. Swear my tattoo took less than an hour...around 45 min ish. Funny thing that I thought I tipped $25, went home and saw that I apparently tipped 25 cents...whoops, actually really sorry about that. Anyways, ended up getting some lunch with my friend...felt super weird walking around downtown with this huge bandage on my arm that became a bit bloody throughout the day lol, looked like I got beatup or something. Walked around Eaton Centre a bit then got home around 3 ish and just chilled the rest of the day. Def not looking forward to the tattoo scabbing and getting itchy lol...

Flashback Friday

Found some super old gems from my iPhone notes...

On Second Thought...

So yesterday I had full intention to quit my job...had my resignation letter in hand, already let my manager know...walked in with my resignation letter and she was like oh...so you really do wanna quit. Reason I wanna quit is obv cuz school is coming up and it 's my last year...as well I haven't been feeling the tasks I've been doing a work...pretty much I've been doing everything but the job I was hired to do and my manager is super annoying sometimes. So the whole shift she was like super nice and convincing me to stay. She's like honestly you've been doing a really good job even though I don't say it and stuff. She's like do you enjoy this job, do you like what you do and stuff...she's like what about just one shift a week or something and see how it goes. I stood there for a while...thought about it for a while...and part of me was like nah man, I'm done yo, let's just quit  But this other part of me, this overwhelming voice inside of me was like just stick to it for a bit at least and see how it goes. So I told her I'd try it out, one shift a week in September, maybe more and see how it goes...

Same Old Song

I'm pretty convinced I'm either really bad at having best friends who are girls...or I'm not supposed to. Well realistically speaking throughout the last little bit of my life I can only really count 3 girls who were like my super close friends. There were a few others who could make the cut LOL but fall just shy, as lame as that sounds lol. I dunno...anyways 2 of those 3 friendships have kinda...ended...or at least taken some severe steps back and this last one I fear is probably gonna go in the same direction. Again I reiterate my ip ending statement...I swear I'm either really bad having girls who are best friends or I'm just not supposed to...

Scariest Injury of Life

Man, so if y'all are on twitter, facebook or you follow the NBA...you'll know Paul George broke his leg...very reminiscent of Kevin Ware's injury as well. In basketball, injuries are a given...rolled ankles, torn acls, back spasms, etc. Lemme share with y'all a story about the scariest injury of my life to date. It was grade 10, basketball tryouts, long story short, there were 2 courts...one court were the returning players and other court was everyone else trying out. Try out court would face each other and whichever team won would go and face the returning players and see how they fare. So my team won a game at the tryout court and we moved on to the returning players, these guys are all my friends and my team wasn't that good and I was known as a shooter...so for some reason they double teamed me...but one guy didn't get the memo and triple teamed me for some reason, I tried to spin away and my knee bumped into another guy's knee and I dislocated my kneecap...most painful feeling ever, my kneecap was just out of place...me lying on the floor riving in pain...my friend covered my leg with a shirt cuz it was pretty nasty to look at. Sat there for like half an hour waiting for an ambulance...they came in and tied my leg to some flexible thing that would keep my leg still and they put me on a stretcher...lifting me up was soooo painful...every bump in the ambulance was so painful. Finally went to the hospital and we waited AT LEAST an hour for a doctor and /I was asleep from the gas, but I heard the doctor took less than 5 minutes to pop my kneecap back into place. Dang...spent 3 months in a cast from my thigh down to my ankle...after 3 months, found out I had to do another 3 months in a diff cast just to switch it up. After that they gave me a brace to wear...never ended up doing physio...just leg exercises...I've hyperextended my knee a couple times...but as of right now present day, it's rpetty good, pretty strong as well I would say, but I'm still very cautious and careful...and it's definitely made me a different player in terms of sports in general.