Back a few years ago, I used to keep up with a blog (xanga) where I would write about anything and everything that was going on in my life. I am not going to promise that I will update this blog as much as I my old one, but I will try to continually keep up with writing an entry every month or so, that is the goal. To be honest with you, my life is not interesting enough for me to really have a blog--I'm not Gilbert Arenas or Mark Cuban or anyone famous, so why would I even do this? Well, most of it is for me; for memory keepsake. I will include things such as the interesting restaurants I try out, new people I meet, stuff my friends and I do, unique occurrences at work, and everything else that may be worth mentioning.
For those of you who don't know, I am currently living in Austin, but it seems like I am always traveling somewhere or visiting someone so I really am not home that much. I am working part time for The American Cancer Society (3-4 days a week), and it has been a great experience so far. The atmosphere at the office and the people there are amazing, and it makes me happy to know that I am doing my part in helping people.
I took my LSAT's and finished all of my law school applications a few months ago and I've been playing the waiting game ever since. Which school wants me? Which school doesn't want me? As of today, I've heard back from every school I applied to except for two. I got accepted into Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara in California and SMU, Texas Tech, Baylor, and St. Mary's in Texas. The schools that I am still waiting on include the University of Houston and Texas Wesleyan University in Fort worth (The University of Texas said no). Therefore, I have not made any decisions on where I will be during this upcoming fall yet, I'm still waiting on a couple schools and a couple scholarship offers.
Anyways, I don't want to bore the readers (haha) any longer so let me talk about what I did this week. On Monday, Titus and I drove down to San Antonio to meet up with Hao. Hao got us tickets to Game 2 of the Mavericks/Spurs playoff game, so it was pretty much a no-brainer on whether or not we were going to make the trip down or not. Speaking of which, we are going to Game 5 in San Antonio next Tuesday as well. Game 2 was a terrible game for us Mavericks fans, we were blown out of the building and it was over before it began. However, the one thing that I did learn was how friendly the fans in San Antonio are. Trust me, that's not a good thing. When three guys are entering your hometown team's arena sporting all Dallas Mavericks gear, you don't offer them Spurs t-shirts. I mean come on. As for the fans that were there with us in the seats, I was not ridiculed, made fun of, or physically harmed once; nothing was thrown at me and nothing was spilled on me. I thought Spurs fans were supposed to be crazy? I mean, the San Antonio Spurs is the only professional sports franchise in your city right, where's the passion?
We left for Austin right after the game, and we didn't make it back until 1:30 in the morning, which really isn't that bad for a normal night especially if you know about my sometimes wacky sleeping schedule. But this night was different, the next morning I was meeting Jenny at 7 AM to help her at her school (she teaches first grade). I thought I would be much more tired and sleepy on Tuesday while trying to run around with the first graders but surprisingly I had more than enough energy. The first graders at Jenny's elementary school went on a field trip on Tuesday, so that is why I wanted to help her out because you know how kids get during field trips. We went to Aquarena in San Marcos, Texas and it was a great time. We saw all different types of fish in the acquarium, we went on a boat with a glass bottom so people could see things in the water, and we had very interesting bus rides to and from the place. All in all, I am glad that I went and the kids in the class did more for me than I did for them.
Oh yeah, this morning I bought a new laptop. It is the Asus 1000HE, and I saw the deal on fatwallet; it was just too good of a deal to pass up. I'm pretty excited about it because my current laptop has been failing me for the last year or so. I can't wait to finally have a laptop that turns on when I want it to, doesn't burn my skin when I touch it, and isn't as loud as a lawnmower. FYI, do not ever buy the Hewlett Packerd TX1000 series, it's the tablet laptop and it is all show and no go. As a matter of fact, if you are seriously thinking about purchasing anything manufactured by HP, make sure you do a lot of research beforehand because their products are very hit/miss.
Well, that's the first post. Let's hope I keep my promise and not be too lazy. In the meantime, make lots of memories and don't forget to appreciate the joys of life. Yeah, I'll be working on a cooler last line before my next blog. Stay classy San Diego.
Faith and trust in Him,
Albert Nguyen
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