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| So I went to my first Phoenix Mercury game tonight. I had never been very interested in WNBA all these years but my co-worker Erin is a fanatic and talks about them every time I see her... we've been talking/joking about the WNBA for so long that I figured it was about time for me to actually check it out, especially for this one because part of the ticket price went to the YMCA.
I gotta admit I had a good time. While the level of basketball is not the same as NBA, you still get a fun experience and tickets are a lot less expensive. We had a deal on our tickets and we paid $15 and they were row 11 behind the hoop. It's definitely something more in my price range as compared to Suns tickets. It's fun cuz it's just more laid back too. When I watch the Suns and it's a close game I always get mad when they mess up... with this game, it was very close at the end I was definitely was getting into it but I didn't mind as much that they lost. And why should I? NBA players are getting paid millions and I hear most WNBA players make between 30K and 70K. It's okay if they miss a open shot because they make a normal and not ridiculous amount of money. So taking into account what they're getting paid and what I'm paying for my seat, it's a good deal for the money. I'd definitely go again. Let me know if you're interested!
Other cool things about it:
The hip hop squad was really cool! It was guys and girls and they had several functions. They were cheerleaders (but cooler cuz it was hip hop... y'know), they danced between quarters and they also did the fun audience participation stuff during timeouts and stuff.
Amare Stoudemire was there too! He had courtside seats and at half time we walked passed where he was sitting so we could get a closer look... haha.
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| Xanga is saying they're going to close my account if I don't update and I was about to just copy all my entries into a word document and let them close it, but then I start reading them and it was cool to see some of my old entries. So I'm thinking I may try and get back into this...
for tonight...
Best things I like about playing volleyball:
1.Spiking
2.Successfully diving for a ball
3.Receiving a spike
4.Blocking a spike
5.Setting it really well and my teammate spiking it... this one happens very rarely for me--the last one i clearly remember is a month ago when i had this perfect bump set over my shoulder (i was near the out of bounds line about ten feet off the net) to andrew wong who spiked it really hard on sarah... haha.
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| I went to Fiddlesticks with my friend last night and a bunch of the games at the arcade were FREE!!! Dude, the freeness made them 10x more enjoyable! We played all the way through a machine gun game and then we played Fast and Furious a whole bunch a times! It probably would've normally cost the two of us $20 to play that much.
On a different note:
There's that saying "great minds think alike" ... I know people say it for fun when they get the same idea but I wonder if anyone really believes it. i think it's a lot more accurate to say that "ordinary minds think alike" or even "uninspired minds think alike." my guess is that ordinary minds will keep thinking the same ordinary stuff, while great ones are all over the place analyzing, inventing, imagining.
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| At my internship at Simis Elementary School we do self-esteem groups with the kids and it has made me start thinking about this concept of self-esteem. Kids are so obvious in craving our attention and wanting our approval. It seems so juvenile but aren’t adults exactly the same but in more subtle ways. We feel like we’re mature but we still crave and work for the approval of those around us. Must we all constantly compare ourselves to others and look to impress others? Is our confidence based only on what we accomplish and what we are able to do? I know I constantly forget this but I believe everyone should be confident in knowing that every human being is intrinsically valuable.
We should be humbled by the fact that we are tiny and temporary specks in a huge world—a mere speck itself in an enormous universe governed by an omnipotent and timeless God. Yet we can know that we do have worth simply because God said so—He created us and He loves us. The song “Your Beloved” helped me to see this is where our sense of self-worth, our self-esteem, comes from. After diving into how amazing God is, we ask the question “Who are we in comparison?” In comparison we’re nothing—we’re completely useless. But then we hit the chorus… we are His Beloved. Somehow, we do have value and our life can have meaning… because God loves us. | | |
| Well, it’s already three weeks into the semester. Winter break was ridiculously busy for me. Mexico was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Houston was also some quality fun with cousins, relaxation, video games, eating, and reading time. Then ABF Retreat was awesome. I thought I would be worried about it and not be able to spend time for myself. But I had few responsibilities and I learned a lot about Jesus. I’ve really been getting more into the basics during winter break and really absorbing into my heart these truths that have been in my head.
I decided that I should thank God every day for this day He has given me because surely I don’t deserve heaven, let alone one single day in this beautiful world. filled with the knowledge and peace of His love and sovereignty. During the family time I opened my Bible and a passage in Isaiah was talking about God laying waste to the world. All of us are selfish and sinful--we deserve death. But instead of giving us the judgement we deserve, God showers those that trust in Him with His love and blessings. Pastor Peter Kim said that what doesn’t make sense about Christianity is not God’s wrath because every single wrong thing we do (and there's a lot) deserves punishment. What truly makes no sense is that instead of destroying us, God loves us so much that He came down to us as a human and suffered and died so that we might be saved. | | |
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