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Welcome to My Planet

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Ching under Games.

Brian and I are obsessed with ogame. Every morning and before going to bed and sometimes throughout the day we’ll both be checking how our planets are doing. He now has three planets because he has been colonizing. I only have one because I just recently started. It’s super fun, though. You should all play! Sign up for Universe 4 so we can all play together.

Acck! My nerdiness is showing! LOL!

Anyway, we have to go shower. We’re meeting Brian’s parents at the Warren for the War of the Worlds 1:00 pm showing and they want us to be there early. They don’t like having their food delivered during the movie so we have to be there no later than 12:30 pm. Actually, neither do we.

P.S. We saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith last week and it was good. You all should see it. I will let you know what I think of War of the Worlds when we return (after I finish my homework, of course).

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And the Moral of the Story is..

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Ching under Movies.

We saw War of the Worlds today. I thought it was great. I was on the edge of my seat. Brian said it’s better than the original. I never saw the original, though, so I can’t make that assessment.

Anyway, here’s what I figured.. If the aliens ever come to attack our planet, you’re better off staying at home and hiding in your basement. The aliens will soon die or leave anyway. The people who panic and go out and try to travel with the mobs, those are the ones who die. If you stay away from the crazy people and those who are trying to kill one another, then you’ll have a better chance of survival. Which leads me to the conclusion that Brian and I need to hurry up and fix up our house so we can sell it. We need to buy one with a basement. 😛

P.S. I provided a link to the War of the Worlds web site because they have some cool desktop wallpapers for your computer. You all know how I am about sharing the cool things that I find online. Enjoy!

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Typical Poker Text Convo

Posted on July 1, 2005 by Ching under Poker, Sex.

ME: My table is full off callers. I pre-flop raise my pocket tens and I lose to a guy holding queen six. BRIAN: My table sucks too. You wanna dump and go home and have sex? ME: Sure. BRIAN: Let me know when you go all in. ME: You let me know when you go all in. BRIAN: Alright, I’m going all in. ME: No, no, no. Wait! A few minutes later Brian comes by my table. “I’m out,” he says. “Why?” I ask him. “I told you wait.” He just shrugs and walks off. Fast forward to the last hand before break. A couple of people call the $100 blind. Shawn raises to $200. Darren re-raises to $400. Matt and Ken both fold. I go all in over the top. Everyone else folds except for Darren who calls my all in. I happened to have more chips than he did so I ended up taking $400 back. We roll our cards up. He has ace queen of clubs. I have pocket nines. Flop comes eight, eight, junk. Nines are holding so far. A queen comes on the turn — aah, but it’s the queen of spades. One more spade and I get a flush. Sure enough, another spade came on the river. Four spades on the board plus my nine of spades. I took the hand with a flush. It’s funny how the lead changes with every card that is turned over. First I was in the lead, then he took it by pairing his queens and then I ended up winning the pot. So we chip up and then it’s break time. I play a hand of knock poker. As we are starting, I get this text message from Brian saying “Come lay on the couch with me.” We lay together for a bit. We agree to go home and have sex as soon as I get knocked out. Although, I think this was just a ploy because Brian had nothing to do and was bored. So then break is over and we resume play. Second or third hand in, I pre-flop raise my ace king. I had two callers. Dude next to me called my $600 raise with a ten seven. I guess because the cards were suited. LOL. I bluff at the pot and go all in. Little did I know that the guy tripped his tens. Who would’ve figured that he would call with junk? Anyway, I had a feeling. Brian was already out, though. There was no reason to stay. Besides, who would pass up an opportunity to have sex? As we were walking out Brian goes, “I feel like having some ice cream.” Delaying the inevitable. But I couldn’t turn down Cold Stone. Our favorite thing there is to split chocolate ice cream with almonds and chocolate shavings in a chocolate dipped waffle bowl. Yummy! So we agree to have sex after ice cream. I’m waiting for him to get done now. Okay, he’s finished eating his ice cream. Time for sex. Holler at you all later! =P

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Thoughts About the Filipino Ball

Posted on June 29, 2005 by Ching under Family.

I actually wrote this up just really quickly for Tita Esper because she wanted a young person’s perspective about the annual ball for submission to a Filipino newspaper in Chicago. I’m not sure if my perspective can be considered youthful anymore. I’m going to be thirty in a couple of years. I consider myself pretty old. LOL.

Anyway, I’m not sure if she’ll even be able to use the write up because I wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to write about.. If I was supposed to write about the annual tradition in general (which is what I ended up doing) or if I was supposed to just relay the details of the event (as in narrating what transpired, sort of like a play-by-play). Either way, I think it’s a valiant effort on my part. 🙂

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Traditions are very important in any society. This is particularly true of the Filipino community in the Greater Wichita Area. Every year over three hundred people come together to celebrate milestone anniversaries, debutantes, and educational achievement. I feel truly privileged and fortunate to be part of this great tradition.

My family moved to Wichita in December of 1994. We attended our very first June affair in 1995, the year that I came out to the Filipino community as one of the debutantes. My family has been an avid participant of the event every year ever since.

My husband and I were invited to participate in the Rigodon de Honor in 2003. We also danced in the Rigodon de Honor the following year, 2004. It’s amazing to be able to look back at all the years that have passed, not just since I attended for the first time but also since the inception of the event and the very first annual ball in 1988. It seems only yesterday that I was a debutante and now I am among the married couples that dance in the Rigodon de Honor.

Having been honored last year for achieving 25 years of marriage, my parents helped organize this year’s event. The theme was nostalgia and in keeping with the theme, the couples that were invited to join the Rigodon de Honor were those who have celebrated milestone anniversaries in the past. I found it inspiring to see all these couples that have successful marriages. I feel that they are successful because of having achieved such longevity.. It’s enlightening to see that couples really stay together and marriages really do work. My husband and I aspire to one day be honored for our milestone anniversary years from now, like the great couples that have come before us.

The event isn’t just about marriage though, it also about celebrating youth and the achievements of the younger members of the community. It is also about getting together with friends and family and distant relatives who one may not have the luxury of seeing on a regular basis. People from all over Kansas attend the event. Some even come from far away states. Everyone eagerly anticipates the event each year because you do get to see people who you have not seen in a long time.

For instance, my friend Richard who now resides in Houston attended the event this year. He brought his girlfriend Jessica with him for us to meet. The event provided an excellent reason to visit because he then could touch base and catch up with everyone who means something to him in the community rather than just visiting a couple of people. It provided an excellent opportunity for everyone to meet his Jessica, who is now a significant part of his life.

The next day, Richard and Jessica came to our house to catch up and visit some more. Jessica likened the event to a family reunion. Upon reflection, I realize that she is absolutely right. While some families have a major gathering or reunion type of event every few years, the Filipino community has a reunion type gathering that occurs annually. And I think that is a great way to describe it because I really feel that the Filipinos of the Greater Wichita area are one part of one big family. I would guess that everyone in the community feels the same way.