Waterfall

i started school today. i am not sure if i am exited or not. i only did like half a day because so much time was spent cleaning my office. i do a full day tomorrow. what was, or is it like when you start or started school? comment and tell me about it. i would love to hear.


my garden is doing ok, but not geat. that may be because i have been gone so much lately.

here are some pictures of the trip to CDO where the tournament was held. there was a really cool water fall that we stopped at. we never stopped before cause we are always in a hurry. but this time we stopped. it was really cool.

tournaments, and finally some pictures!

the tournament was somewhat disappointing. but i learned a lot. at first the tournament web site said that the tournament would be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. and the prize was going to be 40thousand pesos. a ton of cash. And we were meant to get t-shirts too. i was guaranteed 6 games. in the end, i only got 3 games, the prize was only 7thousand, and we did not get t-shirts. and we only played on Saturday and Sunday. i lost all my games. i played singles first in the morning. i had a very sick stomach, due to not eating right. in doubles which i played at 8pm, i only got to play one game, the others we won by default. the one we played we lost, but it was close, and a very good game. over all, i learned a lot about what to eat, and what no to eat, and about traveling for competition. it is very different playing when you are staying at a hotel, and eating all kinds of weird food that you don't normally eat. i have traveled to tournaments before, but always we stay at a place we know, and eat somewhat normal things, or at least things that i eat before.
Kaleb did very well, he only played singles because his partner could not come. he played four games, and won three of his four, in the end he lost because the boy who beat him won four games. but he played very well.


here are some pictures of different forms of transport they use here. i only got pictures of a few, but i will see if i can get some of the others.






a homemade bicycle with side cart. very common.

an upgrade on the last, this ones has an engine in it, and a larger cab. i have seen 10 people in one almost like this, with a whole set of furniture on top. also completely homemade.


here is a jeepney. they have routes, and you just hop on and go as far as you want. they also use them to haul stuff. i wish i had a picture of one fully loaded. there are sacks piled as high as it is tall on top, the cab full, and things hanging off the sides. unbelievable. also homemade.



well i better go now. have a great day!
Kevin

it has been a long time

it has been way too long since i have posted. life just got a little busy.

the tournament is starts tomorrow. i am getting very exited. the draws were meant to posted today, but they are still not there. i really want to know, mostly because there will be games at two or three different courts around the city, so i am just hoping my games are all in one place. and i am wondering if our whole family will play at the same place, or if we will all be in different courts. that would be very hard.

i guess i should mention that i cut the bottom of my big toe on my left foot. i had three stitches. i wont say much about it, because it was not all that interesting.

i still dont have any pictures on my computer. it is really too bad, because i think my mom got some cool ones. if you want to see them you could always check out her blog. there is a link on the side.


i have finished my novel. well i cant say that it is totally finished. it still needs a lot of work. but for now it is done. i think i will post it up here chapter by chapter but i am not sure. i am going to ask my mom how best to do it.



i need to go eat lunch, but i will post more later i hope. have a good day!