Miracle and Inspiration - Heart of a Champion

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones..

I am all about miracles and inspiration, I believe each and everyday miracles big and small are being performed. So many life changing events happen to you and me, though we may not see the tangible effects of our own miracles they totally exist.

This Christmas has me watching ESPN - the story of a fallen fighter and Coach - Coach Mulkey. Coach Mulkey was a firefighter and a high school coach for a 4-A team. The day after his first wedding anniversary Coach Mulkey was dispatched to the worst fire since Sept. 11. - trying to stop the fire somehow Coach Mulkey got trapped and died with 9 others during this fire.

5 years before this incident Coach Mulkey had a vision that his Summerville basketball team would win the state championship. 6 months after the fire the team dedicated "there" year to Coach Mulkey. In a heroic effort the team went on a 23 - 6 record and heading to the state finals. It was a buzzer beater shot that saved and gave the Summerville basketball team the state championship.

SO.. what does this mean.. it means that miracles bring inspiration. so believe in your truths and hopes and God will continue to bless you...

BART etiquette

so last week i was riding BART. i spend about 80 min on Bart (40min. each way), 400min. per week on BART and etc.. so this post is dedicated to the "DOOSHes" who have not been educated in what to do on BART - BART etiquette.

BART:
1. Full train - move over toward the ends of the train. This will allow for people to come into and out of the train.
2. "Ol' Chinese Lady with PINK bags" - DO NOT bring your smelly seafood bags from Powell/Montgomery to Balboa station. However if you do please tie a firm knot so minimal smells protrude.
3. Earphones - earphones are meant for you ears, not for the public.
4. Cell Phones - DO NOT have a full conversation on the phone yelling on the top of your lungs "I'm going through the tunnel, and can't hear you," if you are saying this please hang-up the phone. do not proceed to continue your conversation.
5. DEODORANT - if you SMELL, for humanity please put on some deodorant.

and the real reason for this post.. (see pic).

So on a train going northbound there was an individual we can name "Bob". Bob looks like he doesn't ride Bart much because of his "characteristics". So sitting on a four seater, Bart and I are sitting directly across from each other (diagonally from each other). So Bob begins to listen to his music and shake his entire body - Shaking your entire body creates a mini earthquake that shakes the entire BART train. Bob continues to shake but now has decided that the he wants to put this huge smelly feet on the empty seat next to me. So NOW he is shaking his body, with his legs entirely on Bart. I begin to give him the "eye" the "stare" but to no response he continues this for the whole ride. Then Bob begins to stare at all the ladies, young and old. Too my disgust I crop-dust a Fart that makes him a little weary of his place. A small win in my thoughts as i exit to my bart station..



So to Bob.. i hope you read this post and learn from your uneducated ways.. Peace be with you Bob and I hope you learn BART etiquette.. To when we meet again ..

help wanted!?!?!?

So after a nice brunch in Northbeach on the way back to the gf house we notice this ol' Chinese lady looking at her pumpkin. As we continue to walk forward a few more feet, I turn around and see her kicking her pumpking up the street. The rest go as follows..

below: so this is the beginning - it looks like she is yelling at me but she was a very quiet ol' Chinese lady who spoke a dialect of Mandarin..



below: So since i did not understand her dialect of Mandarin she proceed by writing her address on the pumpkin. (Her apartment was on Powell and Broadway - we met her on Powell and Union. So about a 4 block walk!! carrying a pumpkin!!)



below: this is by our 4th block we were nearing her apartment. I though it was a retirement home but she said "Bu - Bu - Bu" meaning NO NO NO.. she had a huge smile the whole way while we were walking..



below: we got to her apartment, she lived on the 3rd floor (no stairs). A little confused i set the pumpkin at the foot of the first floor. She said NO! And told me to carry it up the stairs.. This is my victory pose and us at the foot of her door..



After i dropped of the enormous pumpkin in her living room, she kindly asked us to come in for what i think would be tea and snacks. But we were a little bit oddly strucked by the whole matter and said no thank-you.


The ol' Chinese lady, whose name was "Wu." She is a gentle-hearted soul who wanted her enourmous pumpkin.. It would have taken her hours to kick and stab her pumpkin up 4 slightly inclined blocks. I felt a little tug on my heart and wished her well as we said goodbye. Her apartment seemed very lonely and dark. Auntie Wu if you blog.. I wish you the best with your pumpkin stew..!!!

and finally we had our traditional Sunday family dinner.. and it was ummm AWESOME.




STUDYING + PUMPKINS + Ol Chinese lady WU + Walnut creek...