July 10, 2006 This past week I took a vacation from myself…I stopped. I stopped everything A few months ago I wrote down new 5 year plans – and created smaller time frames and strategies. While I’ve been excelling each day professionally, physically and personally: I still had a lot of ground work to do with my internal fighter. 2 things happen when you start goal setting: you build a desire for it to come ‘alive’ – and you build…
July 3, 2006 We went on a short road trip to Fresno on Saturday to watch my good friend, Betty Hsu, compete in Miss California America. She looked absolutely beautiful and even tied for evening gown! The entire production was amazing. What was more astonishing was the immense talent all these women on stage housed. Today is Sunday, and it feels like one of the longest days of my life! I woke up after 6 hours of driving on Saturday…
June 26, 2006 I am tired! I am officially, unmistakably tired. My body feels like it’s been hit by a bus from 4 cardio sessions in less that 40 hours. I traveled every weekend for the last few months and while I want to take a ‘break’ I still have a pretty full schedule for the next few months. Despite my fatigue, I spontaneously ran on the treadmill tonight after we went shopping for dinner. It was Monday, I was…
June 19, 2006 This past weekend I was a bridesmaid in my favorite uncle, Eddie Aducayen’s wedding. I credit my uncle for many things: he introduced me to the world of pageantry when we used to watch Miss America when I was little. He continued to be my biggest supporter (with my mom) and made it a point to make it to every national and international competition. He choreographed my first cheerleading tryout routine for and he brought the beauty…
June 12, 2006 So yesterday evening I went on a moon hunt. For those of you who don’t know about San Francisco Summers – it’s absolutely nothing to get excited about. This weekend was cloudy, grey and cold. All last week I suffered from a drawn out head cold. And so I was invited by my friend, Minji Wong, to attend a moon hike with some friends in Marin County. But due to my sickness and the lack of time…
June 4, 2006 Everyone needs motivation. And I am no different. This evening, right before I decided to spontaneously run outside for 20 minutes, I got on my computer and just started writing: whatever came to my mind. I wrote down adjectives of what I was feelingwhat created those feelingswhat I wanted to feeland then I created a small 1 hour plan on how to attain that goal. In two minutes I was able to brainstorm, identify, and create a…
May 31, 2006 I spent the past weekend in the East Coast celebrating the wedding of Haylee and Sean Queller’s marital union. It was a beautiful wedding, possibly the most fun I have ever attended simply because they had such a strong family bond and relationship understanding. Lately I’ve also been very busy reading books and journals, watching movies and documentaries, observing different cultures, business practices and families and just absorbing every facet life has to offer.it has made it…
May 24, 2006 There are those in life who live each day in both the regrets and rewards of the past – and then there are those who live each day in the dreams of their future. My eternal hope is to live each day, right ‘now’ and know that consciously living in this moment in time makes this moment. Mine. While I’ve achieved what others would consider some success my greatest success, the only true success I’ve ever achieved…
May 14, 2006 I am in the car right now – driving back from a weekend of sisterly gossip, hyper kids, burnt barbeque, hot park slides, long church sermons, sweet candies, soothing wine and motherly love. While I usually wake very early and train – every day last week I’ve woken up around 7 or 8. I would lay in bed and let the sun’s rays stream into my bedroom while I sit and think about all the things that…
May 8, 2006 This past week I attended Aaron and Lorinda Dorman’s wedding in Missouri. Not only was I able to meet Louis’ family and friends, but I was also able to see and experience what it meant to live and grow up in a ‘small town.’ One night while we were barbequing – Louis was playing catch with his brothers, I was at a corner playing horseshoe and a little dog caught my attention in the midst…