Azusa Pacific University's Info Booth of Waving. Yup that is my current one week job. I smile and wave at all the cars entering APU. Why? because APU wants to bring an welcoming atmosphere to the campus and also because my friend who had the is going to mexico for a week and needed a quick substitute. Me and my critical need for money really couldn't object... plus it was a great time for me to cram my head with EMT knowledge so i can get a jump start on the class. Other than waving like an automatic drone also direct people to their desired destinations on campus and answer question that I don't know the questions too or questions that are just, how should i say?, stupid? Either way I have to keep a professional composure with an expert knowledge of the campus. Tomorrow will be my last day of my booth jail and will be free to roam once more like a wild animal.

Today was a me and Hiroko day. This is the first time we went climbing alone together... well second time.. but this time she knows how to belay. We had such a great time. We woke up fairly late and drove to Malibu Creak to go climbing. The day was so nice. Clear skies, sunny, breezy and just the perfect temperature. At malibu we did so many climbs because there was only two of us. Out of all the ones we tired my favorite was Hot Lips 5.12 something. Beautiful big moves on steep face. I was lucky enough to have a 30 minute coach session with Michael Reardon.. Well all in all good day.. work tomorrow and hiroko has school so.. good night and Merry Christmas.

As you might have heard I'm participating in a fundraising event called summit for someone. If you haven't and don't know what the program is about click on www.summitforsomeone.org or you can read about it in on my web page by clickin' on the summit 4 someone tab. Well Anyways to fundraise some of the funds i decided to start making some wallets. The wallets are made of synthetic paper and are waterproof and tear-proof so they will last you a long long time. One of the things I like about the wallet the most is its simplicity. Its made of one 8.5"x11" sheet of paper and some electrical tape. Another things i like about it is its thinness. Its so thin that you might forget its there.. great for if you like keeping it in your back pocket or if you like keeping things slim. The wallets are printed with designs of both my creation and things i find on the internet. The price for each wallet is $5 - As much as you want to donate, since this is a fundraiser. I can do custom designs for you and put names or dates or whatever you like if you want. Just let me know. If you would like to donate and without purchasing a wallet just click on the summit 4 someone tab on my website and it'll take you to the events donation website. Here is some samples that you can purchase. If you have anymore questions feel free to email me.
~mark

Lets recap. biking.. CPR.. and Mother's Day in one weekend. Weewhh.. this was a tiring weekend. Week for that matter. Lets just start with the week. The week didn't really start till thursday. On thursday I decided to visit Michael, Diana, and Erich. So I drove Hiroko to Colton and left for UCR to hang out with my friends. I came back later that evening to pick her up. We stayed at UCR for the night since Hiroko had work in the area (colton) the next day anyways. I did some more chilling around then at night is when the festivities started. We (mike, diana, hiroko, me) got down to Downtown's Pershing square at about 10:00 pm to ride Midnight Ridazz ride #63 DADA. It was such a fun experience. We rode 14 miles throughout LA. stopped on the 6th street bridge, rode through a movie set, stopped traffic, screamed and hollered, and just had fun. There was a sea of riders, probably over 400. It was so great. We finished our ride at about 12:45am and got home had food and went to sleep at about 2am. This was really bad since i had a 9 hour CPR rescuer course that day at 7am. I woke up.. did the course went home and slept the rest of the day until sunset. I went over to glendora to hang out Hiroko and Elizabeth and to pick up my mom's mother's day present, a bike i'm going to restore. Well today is mothers day.. lots of just chit chatin' with mom and washing some clothes.. over all .. good weekend.

This Me and Hiroko waiting for the ride to start at Pershing Square, Downtown LA

Michael and Diana at the round about.

Me and Hiroko at the 6th street bridge.. I think... it was so full cars can't get through..well almost

This is Hiroko's Bike, Himachan. Hi for Hiroko, Ma for Mark.. Chan means the bike is a girl. On a side note Hima means bored in Japanese

Today is a day wasted. Wasted on Games and Anime. My unrelenting quest to level up my characters in Final Fantasy 12 with my desire to discover the next event in Death Note trapped me in my room's dry heat. With only escapes to use the restroom and to grab an occasional bite to eat. Though i felt like the day is wasted there really isn't much i can be doing anyways. I just finished this school year and i have a month of summer before my WEMT course starts in Yosemite. There actually is quite a few things that I would like to do with this one month void, however due to certain financial situations I'll be forced to save money. So no driving, no eating out, shopping, watching movies and other things. I would hang out with my friends however most of my friends are still in school far far away, which mean i must drive.. but driving.. can't do that.. it cost money for gas, especially with the ever inflating prices. Oh.. I'm sure I'll find something to do.