new years eve

employing grading help

chess w/ my father

tastes like hs

never lose

vegas warmup

Christmas night

under my tree

free drink for anyone who can guess what's in
the white/silver wrapping w/ the green ribbon..

my cousin, the barber

shoes

6 months, a half-marathon, and miles & miles later

g-pain

first thing my brother says when i get home
"did you bring home your mac? you can sing like t-pain w/ garage band!"

i'll be home for Christmas

secret santa

the best of all mess is the one on christmas morning.
don't be quick to clean up!

not a 8:10-3:05 job

5pm chats w/ the janitor.
damn, made those desks squeaky.
(i know, the back needs touching up - says 'fuck' -> you)

lazing about

i blame the weather and the short days

plotting to recapture

myself, my enthusiasm, my passion, my drive..
fucking everything.

great time out

been far too long since i last felt that nba atmosphere

more snow!

wish i could've gotten better photos...
i was glued to this window
a kid witnessing falling snow for the first time.

snow!

didn't want to risk breaking the cam since i'm still a n00b at snowboarding,
so i caught this instead.
but i'll gladly say that i've got a handle on it now!
all on the coldest day i've ever experienced.

Fridays = Quiz Days

christmas tree

lil tree, big spirit. smells like christmas too.

department meetings

skyline for exactly one year now.
would've never thought i'd speak up THAT much during a meeting.

and i thought OURS looked good.

one thing i love about this 'one pic a day' thing
you give yourself reason to photograph.
so today, after driving/biking all over berkeley
to gather tree, ornaments only to get the pursuit
shut down by ace hardware (6pm, really!?)
i begrudgingly biked and found this in my path.
arriving home, i immediately grabbed my camera
and walked back down the street.

the spirit hits 2422

christmastime!

10pm

sunday drives to catch mass
2 weeks in a row.

i'll miss you

r.i.p. mama nising.

Coco

arriving home friday morning, i was greeted by this lil one.
ate treats her like a baby.
which begs the question, ate, kuya arch... howbout it?

skyline in the night time

darkness rises so early nowadays!

1.83?

one HUGE difference b/w summer & now.

full tank back then: 65+
full tank now: <26

the teacher's desk

taken afterschool.
and after, drinks/soulfood @ scend's in oakland where
members of the otf cohort inject much needed motivation in me.

mon-dayne

i start this again to contrast peaks of two seasons,
to document both sides of the coin.
(i enjoyed it back then; i know i will now)
because i trust these young-to-mid 20's will ultimately pave the way
to something refreshing.
and i wanna look back at days when all of it
felt so suddenly uncertain.

Saying goodbye to 31 days in July

Goodbye July
And I feel blue
Where'd August come from?
No effin' clue.

(title unknown)

Guitar Hero

He tears up the video game the same way he does it on the real thing.

New shoes

Back to where my love for running originated.

The Morning After

Carnage @ Melvin's 21st.

Garlic Fest

Good 'ol American fun.

asked one dude to Josh: "So, how's that smooth.... how's that fruit friz smoothie?"

A Step Ahead

That's what I emphasized during my short speech on stage before calling names, handing certificates, and shaking my students' hands one last time before watching them walk out of my classroom and into the rest of their ed careers.

Similar to Wall-e's "get home" routine...

Take all the stuff out of my pockets, change my clothes, etc, etc...

The 'get home' routine after work.

One last time tomorrow before I retire it for an ENTIRE month! Wooo!

Gotham City

Walking onto the nighttime streets of SF after Dark Knight on imax felt like entering Gotham City. Beautiful.

No longer a bopper!

Yay for April on her July Bday! Though there were other legit postables this day, I can't resist giving tribute to folks on their bdays. Hope it was a happy one!

Spaz

n.e.r.d. @ the fillmore!? Are you frikkin' kidding me!? Shit was off the hook!

Sunday Cafe Sesh

Now I think I'll be up all night.

Something Different

Decided on some colorful shoes. Too red? Thoughts?

Shoulda carried around the cam a lil more... several unphotographables:

1. Breakfast w/ the Guiriba fam
2. Papa Guiriba's 'museum'
3. Joshie's place
4. Night out in the city
5. Nightcapping at LC's

Weekends like this make me feel like I never wanna leave the Bay.

Field Trippin' @ SJSU

And gettin' hyped for the Olympics.

Hah, my summer students are pretty adorable sometimes.

Not double fisting, DOUBLE SCREENING

And pushing myself to continue 31 by drawing inspiration from that blog right there.

I teach in Oakland, most...

Proof.

T Days = Hoops Days

Wilson

Sometimes April says hi from outside the opened window, sparking up conversation with no expectation for us to open the door for her. Reminds me so much of one character from one tv show....

"Hi dee ho good neighbor!"