With God's will, I've been fortunate enough to have lived another full year. Time flies so fast when you continue to grow up more and more. Throughout the course of a year, of course everyone will experience their ups and downs, but once the end of the year comes and the new is on the horizon, we should be forunate to have lived another year and hope to live many more years in our lives. I'm really thankful that I've been given this opportunity to experience another New Year's eve and await the dawn of a new year.
I've had my good times and bad times of 2007 and all I can do now is look back and remember and learn from those experiences. For each month, I'll come straight from the dome and name moments or events that made my year. If I miss out on an event, it's either that I completely forgot about it or I choose not to put it up due to privacy issues, so I apologize in advance. These events will not all be specific.
January
- Auntie's birthday party with family and friends
-First official loss in Blitz 64 for Nintendo 64 for the first time in my playing career
February
-Experienced a rough month with family
-Moy sprained his foot
March
-Lola's birthday with family
-Mom's birthday with family
-Bought my mom a bracelet
-Witnessed Hov's happiest day ever
-Recorded Yul's goodbye videos
-Finally bought a laptop
-Uncle comes to SD from Alaska
April
-Celebrated Easter Sunday with family in Long Beach
-Chilled with bros, Hov, and sis-in-law at Otay outlet centers
-Watched Wrestlemania at Matt's house with the home boys and bros
May
-Attended Meryl's debut
June
-Picked up Moy from his last day of school for the second consecutive year
-Attended SCPA C/O 2007 graduation and met old friends and classmates
-Graduation party at Matt's house
-Went to Del Mar Fair with bros and the crew
-Two wisdom teeth extracted
July
-Celebrated Grand Uncle's birthday in Long Beach at Super China Buffet
-Recorded Sword Wars with bros
August
-Attended Micha's debut
-Dad's birthday
-Celebrated Lolo's 80th birthday with family and friends at Manila Tokyo
September
-Start of the daquickfixx blog
October
-Wildfires of Southern California
-Attended first Chargers game
-Quiet Halloween
November
-My birthday
-Hung out with college friends and ate at BJ's
-Thanksgiving with family in SD
-Thanksgiving dinner with the bros and crew
December
-Super China buffet at Long Beach with family
-Experienced heart problems
-Older brother's birthday
-Moy's birthday
-Anthony's birthday
-Christmas dinner on the 23rd
-Christmas eve in SD
Even if very little activities happened this year, I'm still appreciative of the events and moments that I was able to take part in with my family and friends. Another year is about to be in the books and let's pray for a better life in 2008 and that we can continue to develop our lives and be with the ones we love year after year. To all my family, friends, and everyone else, Happy New Year! We made it through another year!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Got Me Shook
Since Thursday, my chest wouldn't feel good at night time. I had this sharp pain on my chest, especially the left side of where my heart is. It was a very uncomfortable feeling and it started to scare me. It was a pain that felt like a knife stabbing through my heart or someone pinching my heart. The pain would come out of nowhere and I would be just holding the left side of my chest, hoping for the pain to go away. It would eventually go away, but come back minutes later.
The few nights before Sunday, I was kind of nervous to go to sleep. The pain in my left chest area felt like it was getting worse and I started thinking that what if I went to sleep and didn't wake up the next day. I started thinking that maybe an artery in my heart was clogged or my heart was just wanting to give up or a heart attack was bound to happen. Thankfully, I would wake up the next few days with no pain at all, but the pain would return at night again. I've never had any kind of pain around my heart area that was really painful so I decided to tell my mom about it on Saturday night because it really started to give me a scare. She decided that we would go to the doctor the next day. Amazingly, I haven't had an appointment with a doctor since middle school, so I've been pretty healthy since then, but now the pain in my heart area was more of a concern.
I visited the doctor on Sunday, got evaluated, blood drawn, blood pressure checked, and an EKG. They found everything such as my kidney, liver, and especially my heart being fine. The doctor said that I wasn't going to have any sort of heart attack, so I was glad to hear that. One thing that did surprise the doctor and my family once the news was broken was that, I have high blood pressure. My bad diet and stress caused me to have a blood pressure of 169/57, which is really bad and unhealthy, which caused me to have the pain in my heart. The doctor was surprised that for a person my age, I would have that high of a blood pressure. After finding that out, I am more nervous for myself. The normal stage for regular blood pressure is 120/80 so my blood pressure is way above that, which is kind of scaring me in a way.
It's crazy how a few years back, I was active and had athletic ability but now, I've pretty much been inactive and lazy. I haven't had the sufficient amount of excercise or have a well-balanced diet so some things are going to have to change for me to have a healthy lifestyle again. Just having that blood pressure test has given me a reality check. I don't want to end up with heart disease or a heart attack at an early age so I really have to put an effort to be healthy again and I want to be healthy again. In a sense, having the pain in my heart was a sign that I need to make the right decisions and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This coming winter break, I really have to put in the effort and excercise more and watch the foods I eat. I really can't afford to lose my life that way. I thank God for not letting anything major-like happen to me like a heart attack and thanks to my mom for making me go to the doctor even though I was nervous and didn't want to know any results. It really gave me a better outlook for myself. Now all I have to do is put in the effort.
The few nights before Sunday, I was kind of nervous to go to sleep. The pain in my left chest area felt like it was getting worse and I started thinking that what if I went to sleep and didn't wake up the next day. I started thinking that maybe an artery in my heart was clogged or my heart was just wanting to give up or a heart attack was bound to happen. Thankfully, I would wake up the next few days with no pain at all, but the pain would return at night again. I've never had any kind of pain around my heart area that was really painful so I decided to tell my mom about it on Saturday night because it really started to give me a scare. She decided that we would go to the doctor the next day. Amazingly, I haven't had an appointment with a doctor since middle school, so I've been pretty healthy since then, but now the pain in my heart area was more of a concern.
I visited the doctor on Sunday, got evaluated, blood drawn, blood pressure checked, and an EKG. They found everything such as my kidney, liver, and especially my heart being fine. The doctor said that I wasn't going to have any sort of heart attack, so I was glad to hear that. One thing that did surprise the doctor and my family once the news was broken was that, I have high blood pressure. My bad diet and stress caused me to have a blood pressure of 169/57, which is really bad and unhealthy, which caused me to have the pain in my heart. The doctor was surprised that for a person my age, I would have that high of a blood pressure. After finding that out, I am more nervous for myself. The normal stage for regular blood pressure is 120/80 so my blood pressure is way above that, which is kind of scaring me in a way.
It's crazy how a few years back, I was active and had athletic ability but now, I've pretty much been inactive and lazy. I haven't had the sufficient amount of excercise or have a well-balanced diet so some things are going to have to change for me to have a healthy lifestyle again. Just having that blood pressure test has given me a reality check. I don't want to end up with heart disease or a heart attack at an early age so I really have to put an effort to be healthy again and I want to be healthy again. In a sense, having the pain in my heart was a sign that I need to make the right decisions and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This coming winter break, I really have to put in the effort and excercise more and watch the foods I eat. I really can't afford to lose my life that way. I thank God for not letting anything major-like happen to me like a heart attack and thanks to my mom for making me go to the doctor even though I was nervous and didn't want to know any results. It really gave me a better outlook for myself. Now all I have to do is put in the effort.
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