Monday, August 18, 2008

Hyperdunks!!!!




Today I got my new shoes!!! I did not think that it would come that quickly just after what 3 or 4 days. Before the shoes came my sister tricked me that my shoes came because she saw the vehicle. Then the mailman really came and dropped off a huge package and my sister told me that it came. I got up and opened it right away and it was really light. I then decided to post this on my blog so here I am typing this blog....

HYPERDUNKS!!!!
RULE

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Last Day







Well on Friday I got up and ran down the hill then ate breakfast. went to lecture and took a nap afterwards. After lunch we drove to Kentucky falls which took about 45 minutes. I got so car sick during the drive. After the drive it took us a little bit more than an hour walk to get to the falls. Joanne twisted her ankle on the way there. We got to the falls and it was such a nice site. We walked right next to the fall and Jackson slipped because the algae on the rocks were very slippery. David fell in and decide to start swimming. David Williams (other David) was indecisive about going in. The water was colder than the Pacific Ocean water. Joanne then caught up with us. Most of the kids left away from the falls then just left Julia, Tammy, David, David William, Joanne and I there and we all decided to jump in and go under the falls. We got some pictures and that is a memory I will always keep. That was an accomplishment in life. On the way back the walk was deadly because it went uphill. We got back to the cars and this time I went in the back of Henry's truck and there I got sick. Took a cold shower and felt more sick and then took a couple Tylenol and went to lecture. The last day we finished the Ten Inexhaustible Treasuries. Then we went around in a circle and told our most memorable moment. Two people were about to cry in the circle whom were Joanne and Henry. And that concludes my Oregon trip!!!!!!

Thursday (4th day at Oregon)



Felix and David this morning decided not to get up for breakfast. I washed the dishes for breakfast yet again. After the dishes I went to wake David and Felix again then I left because I myself did not want to be late for the lecture. After the lecture I went to sleep and screamed at them and they gave me their wonderful excuses. 1 was I feel sick from the dunes. 2 I feel fatigue. After lunch we went on this long hike to the middle of nowhere which was quite fun. Julia got cut by a bush during the hike and Washed dishes after dinner. Took the outside shower once again but this time I felt like yelling because the water was so cold. I could barely put my whole body in the shower. Then after lecture went to sleep. No movie today. I could not sleep though I talked to David for a while. Then kept waking up the whole night.

3rd Day at Oregon





Well today was a typical morning like all the others. So after the first lecture I went to take a nap instead of doing yoga. That nap felt so refreshing. When it was about 11:00 I got up and Gage gave us a ride down the mountain. After lunch everybody was so excited to go to the Sand Dunes and the Pacific Ocean. It took a good hour to get to the Dunes and it was not windy for the first time. We kicked the soccer ball around and through the football around and it was so fun. Although the water was freezing everybody got wet well almost everybody. So many people fell down in the water because of this humongous wave. David got all wet and hugged me a little and got me wet. Everybody was splashing water around and I accidentally kicked sand at Joanne and got David extremely wet. Felix made lines in the sand just so we could play some Volleyball which did happen. The kids played volleyball and I hit Jackson in the face accidentally. We all left early then planned because most of the people fell in the water. My mom fell in the water twice because somebody dragged her down twice. Michael Suc Suc almost got Isabelle sick. After we st oped by the Dairy Queen to eat. We all had to take a shower and I took one outside and it was quite warm that day. I had to wash the dishes once again for dinner. We then went to lecture and finished. Afterwards we watched Ratatouille which everybody liked because it was so cute and cool. We then went to sleep and at 4:50 David woke me up because he said "get the F#$K off me. And he was sleep talking.

2nd Day at Oregon




Well it was Tuesday and as usual I got up at 7:00 to go to breakfast. Then went to lecture. But at lunch we had tomato soup which was very delicious. After lunch we went to the creek to have a discussion and some adults joined also. We told our most embarrassing moments and most of the men(older people) told their love story. But can't go in to detail so sorry. You people would be laughing so much. That day we did not go to the mandatory meditation. But we all went to the discussion and then to dinner. I washed dishes because nobody signed up for that day so my sister signed me up. After the lecture we watched the Spiderwick Chronicles which was a good movie. Then we went to sleep. But we actually we talked on the walkie talkie. This night David brought his sleeping bag so he sleep the whole night with us and when we woke up Felix was off of the air mattress and sleeping soundly on the floor.

Monday, August 11, 2008

1st day at Buddha Root Farm



Well the night was long and cold but I woke up bright and early well not really that early. I woke up at 7:00 were I walked down the hill and took a shower and afterwards ate breakfast. At 8:10 or so I went to the lecture but actually but ended up as a discussion and ice breaker. We all introduced our self. After the introduction I went to set up tents and by the time I was done it was time for lunch. We had a extremely scrumptious lunch. After lunch everybody went to set up their tents if they did not do that yet. I signed up for dish washing duty with Julia and Felix. When some of the kids came back from setting their tents up we went to the creek were we splished and splashed. Many people fell down such as Prajna, David, and Joanne. Then we threw the volleyball around and used it as a weapon to splash people far away. Everybody tried to get me wet. At 3:30 we went to meditate and then at 4:00 we started the 10 Inexhaustible Treasuries. At 5:00 my sister and I ran down the hill to eat dinner. After dinner all the kids went up to do Evening Ceremony. Then went to lecture which was very interesting. After the lecture we went to "sleep" Felix and I slept in the same tent and David decided to join us that night but while I was listening to my Ipod I saw a cricket and freaked out and moved away squishing Felix to the corner. we all screamed like little girls and then another person near us practically told us to shut up. we got it out but before that it jumped on me and I was so startled. David then went to sleep but without a sleeping bag. In the middle of the night he went back to his tent because he was so cold and freezing which was hilarious. That concludes the first day in Oregon.

Car Trip to Oregon



Everybody should know that I went to a trip to Oregon!!! It was a sort of retreat slash family camp but mostly for us kids it was a Family Camp. It started out us waking up at about 5:45 AM and getting ready. Although we woke up on time we did not get to Berkeley on time actually we were one of the latest. We got there and talked to everybody and we were all excited about this trip. There I met Crystal and Joanne. They were my mom's friends niece(Joanne) and the granddaughter(Crystal) they were very load and spontaneous but they did not hang out with us because there was that kind of awkwardness. So we left Berkeley and hit the road which took about 12 or 13 hours. During the ride we slept most of the time until we got to CTTB. We kids were craving a talkmage store Burrito which we got and held until lunch at about 1:00. We met up with Dharma Master Sure for lunch but when we got there he was already done. I called Ben after lunch and he was in L.A. But just talked to him for a bit. Then got in the car for about the next 8 hours. We got to our destination( Turtle Mountain) at 9:00 PM and ate dinner and called it a night. But before I went to sleep I went to my friends tent because he came 2 days prior to us. Felix and I talked to him for a good 15 minutes then went to sleep.