July week 3 of 4

Whoops, forgot to update yesterday. A thousand Internet apologies for that.

Anyhow, three weeks of July are gone. Let's see how I measured up.

Learn Ilokano

• Nothing new here. BUT! My Lola's here for a week. That's like a sure-fire way of learning new Ilokano phrases.

Improve Tagalog by speaking a different sentence a day

• I actually impressed my Lola today with my awesome Tagalog-ing. I forgot what I said, but it was awesome.

Learn to cook a new meal each month

• I think I missed the boat with this one. Unless I cook sometime mid-week. We'll see.

Ballroom dancing

• I really struggled with my last lesson with advanced Rumba. I really couldn't get the steps down and it frustrated me. I will be back with a vengeance on Monday!

Consume an average of 1800 Calories per day (381,675 / 657,000 calories total for the year)

• I think I under-ate last week. Consumed about 1,748 Calories per day for that period. It seems like a miscalculation, but it's a pretty good estimate I'd say.

Make Facebook app

• I'd say the Game Design Document is complete. At least for the Gameplay section. I'm working on Implementation section (the technical details of how I'd code it, etc.) Boy, it seems like this is work all over again.

Spend at least 20 minutes a day to walk the dogs

• Man. I'm getting as lazy as Wilbur. I gotta walk them more and for longer periods for sure.

Don't curse for 300 days (accumulated) (161 / 300)

• Easy 7 of 7.

Don't miss Church

• I haven't missed one yet. I think it's worth mentioning that my Church's new Priest, Father Paw (yes like how dogs have paws) is an awesome sermonist! Big ups to that man.

Learn 5 new piano songs (5/5)

• Sure I've learned five. But what's stopping me from learning another? Nothing! So i'm learning Sun and Moon from Miss Saigon.

Learn 5 new guitar songs (0 / 5)

• I'm currently working on worship songs right now. I want to say I'm done with one, but mebbe one more week to polish it up.

That's how the week went. The coming weekend is Las Vegas! Gonna see my buddies all the way from Canada. Cannot wait.

July: Week II

2 weeks are up. Two to go.

Can't say anything exciting happened this week. Went rock climbing again. Like last time, I'm sore everywhere.

Learn to cook a new meal each month

• Probably need to cook next weekend. What am I cooking? Who knows.

Ballroom dancing

• Went back this Monday. I'm taking Intermediate Waltz and Advanced Rumba. It's pretty easy still. I missed the Beginner's class (Samba) and it looked like a blast. Shoulda went.

Consume an average of 1800 Calories per day ( 369,435/ 657,000 calories total for the year)

• I consumed 13,100 the past week, or 1,871 Calories per day. No family functions = controlled eating for me!

Read 5 new books (5 / 5)

• Even though this one's done, I'm still reading. I'm reading more C.S. Lewis. This time it's The Four Loves. He explains there are four loves that one should know: Affection, Friendship, Erotic, and Divine. Pretty good stuff so far.

Make Facebook app

• Deadline's coming up. I think our Game Design Document is maturing nicely. We probably need a final review from someone other than the two of us.

Spend at least 20 minutes a day to walk the dogs

• Ugh it was so hot this week. I got lazy and walked them 5 out of the 7 days. Damn heat.

Don't curse for 300 days (accumulated) (154 / 300)

• Haha so rock climbing made me say the S-bomb again. I slipped and thought I was gonna plunge to my death. 6 of 7.

Make money off investments

• Stupid stupid stock market why don't you stabilize? Not making much here. Just the initial $ 500 I made in the beginning of the month.

Draw & Compose

• So sad. I need something to motivate me to do these. So so sad.

And that's that. Half of July's gone. My trip to Las Vegas is coming up at the end of this month. Gonna see my comrades from Toronto. Should be a blast!

And the 1st week of July blasts by

Ah missed the update. It was supposed to be yesterday.

Last weekend was fun. Got to go fishing with my cousins on July 4. Launched some fireworks in their backyard. Almost burned down their house. Good times.

"Burned down their house?"

Yep. It's true. Their backyard was full of dry grass. One of the fireworks just spark around and the grass caught fire. Thankfully, I was brave enough to stomp the fire down with my mighty right foot! It's on video too! Waiting for my cousin to upload it on Facebook.

Anyhow, here's how my first week of July went.

Learn to cook a new meal each month

• Again, I need a new recipe. Thankfully I have this: http://cookmenext.blogspot.com/. Now I don't even have to think about what I can cook next!

Ballroom dancing

• I missed last week because of laziness :| I'm gonna attend Monday's classes. I've got beginner's Samba, intermediate Waltz, and advanced Rumba to learn.

Consume an average of 1800 Calories per day (356,335 / 657,000 calories total for the year)

• First week I only at about 12,920 Calories, or 1,845 Calories per day. Right on target. The past two weeks have been good since there hasn't been any family functions so I can stuff my face full of food.

Maintain budget of $40 per month for game related purchases ($ 210 / $ 480 for the year)

• Bought Bad Company 2 on sale last weekend. I was weak and couldn't resist the $33 price point.

Make Facebook app

• Got called out for not contributing. I'll be editing, revising, and updating that game design doc tomorrow.

Spend at least 20 minutes a day to walk the dogs

• Ah, I couldn't walk them at all last week. Wilbur got sick =[. But he's got his meds now and should be fine.

Don't curse for 300 days (accumulated) (148/ 300)

• Nothing new here. 7 for 7.

Don't miss Church

• I went last Saturday. I met the new assistant-pastor Father Paw Nguyen. Dunno if he's good or not yet. I'll see tomorrow.

Learn 5 new guitar songs

• Picked up my guitar again. I've been learning praise and worship songs, but none of the listed. Just warming up.

Read the Bible

• I'm on Isaiah now. Not sure what to think about this book. But the prophecies are pretty interesting to read.

Volunteer

• Gotta find volunteer work.

Draw

• Slack. Er. I'm gonna draw tonight or tomorrow. FOR SURE.

That's it! See y'all next week.

(2010.5) Update

So sore. SOOO sore from rock climbing. I managed to prevent myself from whining at work. Good job me.

That's that! Half the year has past. Wow. 6 months. This blog has served me well. It's been an interesting half year. It definitely helps when you see your goals just being chipped at little by little.

Recapping June:

Learn Ilokano

• Didn't learn anything new here, unfortunately. Gotta keep my ears alert.

Improve Tagalog by speaking a different sentence a day

• This has been going well. Although I have no real discipline, I still think I'm improving. I even talk to my Filipino (born in US) coworker in Tagalog sometimes. He's usually like, "wat".

Learn to cook a new meal each month ( 5 / 12 )

• 
  Deliciously easy to make.

Ballroom dancing

• I've graduated intermediate Rumba! I'm gonna move onto Advanced! And Intermediate Waltz too! We'll see how both go. I'm not gonna be taking the beginning classes (it's getting too expensive now.)

Befriend someone new

• Nothing really here, but I did go out with my coworkers for rock climbing yesterday. It was blast!

Consume an average of 1800 Calories per day (343,415 / 657,000 calories total for the year)

• So after 10 days, I've consumed about 18,180 Calories, or 1,818 Calories per day. Right on target! Looks like it's gonna be tough. I'm already past 50% of my total Calorie count. We'll see.

Read 5 new books (5 / 5)

• Finished My Life with the Saints by James Martin. Highly recommended book. It taught me about praying to and with the Saints is not only okay, but also encouraged. Restored some of my faith in Catholocism. =]

Maintain budget of $40 per month for game related purchases ($ 177 / $ 480 for the year)

• Bought a game off Steam for $7 last week called "The Witcher". Haven't touched it since. =]

Make Facebook app

• So my friend and I are kicking butt with this one. We've created a Game Design Document on Google Wave. It seems to have inspired him (and myself). We've got some early concepts and ideas down. Now we're gonna chip at it and solidify the ideas. We gave ourselves til the end of July to finish up the Design portion. Fun.

Spend at least 20 minutes a day to walk the dogs

• Ah I must confess I haven't done this very diligiently. Gotta keep up.

Don't curse for 300 days (accumulated) (139 / 300)

• Ah I actually said the S-word when I slipped from rock climbing. Ah well. The numbers look bleak (less than 50%) but I actually have about 6 x 30 = 180 days left. I can still achieve this.

Make money off investments

• Oh stock market I hate you. Everything's down. Oh well. I'll keep parking my money.

Don't miss Church

• Still good here.

Find a new job (or prospective job) by the end of the year

• I think instead of a new job, I'm gonna be heading back for school. Go get some teaching credentials and teach in high school. Once my Dad gets a job that is.

Buy own place (house/condo)

• May be a while before this one happens.

Learn 5 new piano songs (5/5)

• All done. Faithfully is mastered. Gonna move onto Guitar.

Learn 5 new guitar songs

• First song to learn: Daughters by John Mayer.

Teach Charlie (new dog) new tricks

• Ugh, I need a slap on the wrist for this one. I haven't taught that dog anything new lately.

Read the Bible

• So Ecclesiastes. That was an interesting book. I'm actually past Song of Solomon and am now on Isaiah. But Ecclesiastes is an autobiography of King Solomon. It's great because it contains a lot of useful wisdom and practical knowledge that can be applied in today's world. "Vanity of vanity, all is vanity. What profit is there in life under the sun?" It concludes by advising the reader to enjoy what you do, know what you have is given by God, and know you must fear him. Great book.

Volunteer

• Spring Fling in June. Dunno what July has in store for me.

Draw

• Yeah I've been slacking here. Gotta do something about this.

Compose

• And I haven't touched this since I've added it. Pure fail.

There I have it! I'm past the half way point of 2010. In 6 months the name of this blog will make no sense and most likely will never get touched again! Looking forward to that time.

Until then, keep on truckin'.

Happy Canada Day!

Need to delay post. I can barely type after rock climbing today. Post update tomorrow.