Dreams

When we were young, children really, we all had dreams. Some of us dreamed that one day we would rule the world as the leader of the greatest country in the free world, while others dreamed of the family, house, and white picket fence. No matter what the dream was, it was important to us. How important was it really? How many of us achieved our childhood dreams?

Let me take a little detour here and go off on a slightly different tangent. Recently my uncle was diagnosed with Pancreatic and Liver Cancer. As you can imagine, this was a fairly traumatizing event for my family. My good friend Scott, being the cool guy that he is, sent me a link of a video of Professor Randy Pausch’s final lecture at Carnegie Melon University. Carnegie Melon had this program where they asked distinguished faculty to hypothetically give a “final” lecture on what deeply matters to them and what wisdom they would try to impart if they knew it was their last chance. Mr. Pausch, is an innovative Computer Science Teacher who is recognized for his work in virtual reality. He was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer in September 2006. In August 2007 the cancer had spread and he was told he had, maybe six months, to live. In September 2007 he delivered his now famous “Final Lecture.”
His final lecture inspired me to look at my dreams and just take a look at life. I always appreciated and was very thankful for my life. I have, up to this point, lived a very blessed and wonderful life, but have I achieved my dreams? What are my dreams?
So here I am, sitting in my room, late on a Friday night contemplating what those dreams are. An hour has passed and yet I still can’t think of what those dreams are or even were. As a child I was given every opportunity. I know my grandparents hoped I would follow in my grandfather’s steps and become a State Senator. I knew my parents wanted me to be a productive member of society and to be happy. But what did I want? Truth is I liked the easy road, kind of being pointed in a certain direction, and for the most part having my path laid out for me. I came to realize though that is not really my dream, that is not my wants, that was not my real desire. So I look back and think what did I love.
I always loved sports. I was never that good at them, although I did have my fair share of athletic accolades, but I loved them. It didn’t matter if it was boxing, baseball, football, hockey, basketball, if it was a sport I loved it. So I think my first dream was to be a part of professional sports. This is a dream I guess I am still working on. The cool thing is, this was a similar dream of Randy Pausch’s. He never achieved this dream, but he learned a lot from sports and right now that is my accomplishment, I have learned a lot from sports, but if it truly is a dream you can accomplish it. I guess I would say that if nothing else I got experience, which according to Mr. Pausch is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. Now tt would be easy for people to say well you are not big enough, fast enough, smart enough, or athletic enough to be a professional athlete or be a part of professional sports. This would be a true statement, but really those things are all just brick walls, and as Mr. Pausch likes to say brick walls are not stopping points, they are tests which are in your path to prove how much you want something. And if I really want this I will overcome the brick wall and make this dream a reality.
After writing all of this, I realized that another way to figure out my dreams was to look back on life and see what brick walls I faced and climbed over. I think part of my family’s hope for me to be a politician included things like becoming a lawyer. I didn’t go to law school for them, I went because God called me to, and I found I really enjoyed the law. This adventure of law school was not without its brick walls. When I first applied to the law school I went to, because I was called to go there, I didn’t get in. I was put on a waiting list probably because I didn’t have the grades or what not. Haha in fact I didn’t even have the grades coming out of high school to get into the University of Hawaii. My first attempt at college didn’t go that smoothly. My second, third, and fourth attempts didn’t go much better, but I persevered and pressed on. Eventually on the fifth try, I graduated from college, nine and a half years later. Anyways so back to the story at hand, so while I was put on a waiting list I moved to San Diego, even though I did not get into law school yet. I knew that is what I wanted to do and that was the school I wanted to go. As a little side note I did get into UH’s law school, but I didn’t go there because I wasn’t called to and well haha I wasn’t good enough coming out of high school so haha why should I be good enough now, haha ok. Anyways so I am in San Diego and not admitted to law school. Soon enough the call came and I was admitted to California Western School of Law. One brick wall climbed on my way to becoming a lawyer. Then I found out I couldn’t get my school loans. This wasn’t stopping me either. Instead I went to different banks and scoured the internet for the law school loans I needed, and you know what I found them. So now I am in law school, but as you probably guessed from my many attempts at school, school is not my thing, so I struggled. But I knew I wanted this and so I pressed on and in two short years Brick Wall number two was scaled. I came home to Hawaii and took the bar exam, not once, not twice, but three times and I still don’t know if I have passed (I will find out in May). Brick wall number three, I am almost over that one and will keep on climbing that suckah until I am over. So what was my other dream, it is to be a lawyer. Which sort of I guess is related to the dream about my career. In terms of career, my dream job would be to be a District Court Judge in Kaneohe. Within that I would love to be a public defender and a JAG officer that serves in Afghanistan and Iraq, on my path to achieving that dream of being a district court judge.
In terms of my personal life, I guess there is a dream there as well. I want the beautiful wife, 2.3 kids, and house on the ocean with air conditioning and a pool, which I guess is kind of weird because I don’t really know how to swim, but those are the things that I love. While this dream has not been achieved yet either, a lot of brick walls have surprisingly popped up already. Buying a house is a tough chore living in Hawaii. When you had student loans that are larger than some folks mortgages well it makes it even tougher, but I will not let that stop me, no instead I will climb that wall, maybe sit at the top and look at the amazing journey I have been on and turn to face the future that awaits me. I also haven’t found the wife yet, which sort of precludes the 2.3 children but again that is just another wall to climb.
So those are my dreams. These are the things that I am willing to fight for and persevere for. These are the things that I am willing to sacrifice for. These are the things that no brick wall, no matter how huge or how imposing it may seem will stop me from achieving. I guess the last thought before I wrap this up will be this, and again another quote from the amazing Mr. Pausch, We can not change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. What are you willing to do to achieve your dreams? Will you let brick walls stop you and make you turn tail and run or will you climb those walls, maybe changing the way you would have played the hand that is dealt to you.

Water War

It is always fun to get an invite to participate in an epic battle. This battle I was invited to was definitely one for the ages. So my friend Serena told me that her brother was going to do a slip and slide thing in their backyard and have a little water war and I was invited if I would like to come. Well me being the fun loving fella that I am thought sure why the heck not. Well of course, the trash talking starts early and someone is convinced that they are so going to work over someone else, I won’t mention any names but someone, haha thought they could dominate. They even started a little arms race of super soakers and water balloons. Well being one who doesn’t back down from a challenge, I decided to make sure I had my secret weapons. Boy was Serena surprised at how effective my secret weapons. You are probably wondering what my secret weapons were, and while words are good nothing says it better than a video. Haha in case you didn’t catch that it was my cousin’s two little girls and what effective secret weapons they were. First I couldn’t be shot by water when I was near the little one, cause she didn’t want to get wet at first, haha and of course I knew this. I also knew how protective they were of their uncle JohnJohn, and this turned out to be the best weapon at all. Anytime one of the Treches took a shot at me there was an instant return fire from my two little ladies. In the end you know who dominated and was the ultimate winner. Although it wasn’t a total loss for Miss Serena, she did get to team up with me in a game of taboo and we beat up on her mom and brother. All in all it was a fun day and I had a great time hanging with Serena and her ohana.

Whatcha Gonna Do When The Orange Roughy Runs Wild On You!

So I thought I should put some stuff about me. I have nothing to write and I thought this might be interesting, plus I love top ten kinda things like the guy from high fidelity, that guy had some list issues, but it was funny and so I like to make top whatever lists, although I guess the real blame has to go to that Late Night guy who always does top ten lists himself. So here it is……

10 Real Random Facts About You

1: I’ma wild and crazy guy who is really not all that wild, crazy, or exciting!
2: I drink uppity beers like Guiness, Newcastle, Primo, and other beers that cost way too much money for just beer. 3: I gave blood for the first time like a few weeks ago.
4: I am a professional scuba diver and a wannabe surfer and I can’t swim. 5: I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die…just kidding but it sounded funny when I heard it on wings 6: I’ve only lost once at Trivial Pursuit 7: I need my blankie to sleep at night.
8: I’ve coached and played rugby.
9: I am a super ultra mega right wing conservative but I’ll still listen to other points of view, because contrary to popular belief, and I know this is a tough one to swallow, I am not always right.
10. used to be conceited but now I am perfect.

9 WAYS TO WIN MY HEART

1. Be Honest and True. 2. Be a Christian, love Jesus, and know its about a relationship with Him not going to church or stuff like that, although church is good, don’t get stuck in the rules.
3. Be funny and love to laugh.
4. Just say NO to drugs.
5. Have some beliefs even if they aren’t the same as mine and be willing to talk about them in a nice way 6. Love the outdoors, especially the ocean, or at least be willing to try those kinda things 7. Love me for me not because i Not because I look like Tyson Beckford,With the charm of Robert Redford,Oozing out my ears, But what she sees , Are my faults and indecisions, My insecure conditions, And the tears upon the pillow that I shed. (HAHA bonus if you know what that last one was) 8. Believe that relationships are partnerships that are done together (not codependency) but if you get it you do and if not, well keep trying, perseverance can be pretty hot as well. 9. Look good in a thong, haha or red underwear (haha)

8 THINGS I CARRY/WEAR EVERYDAY

1. The Palm Treo.
2. iPod.
3. Wallet.
4. Keys.
5. Something by Oakley.
6. Oakley sunglasses.
7. Pocket Smile.
8. Thoughts of a hot chick.

7 THINGS THAT ANNOY ME

1. People who send SPAM.
2. People who don’t eat meat cause they are vet-uh-narians.
3. People who suck at driving and don’t take their right of way.
4. Close minded folks.
5. People who complain about life but never do anything to change it, speaking of which I heard an awesome definition for insanity, something like doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
6. Whiners haha not weiners but whiners.
7. People who have no sense of humor, haha and you suckahs no who you are because you are offended right now, haha.

6 STATES I’VE VISITED

1. California.
2. Nevada.
3. Hawaii.
4. Colorado.
5. North Carolina.
6. New York.

5 FOREIGN COUNTRIES YOU I HAVE VISITED

1. Russia.
2. Germany.
3. Mexico.
4. Canada.
5. Layovers in England, Ireland, and Italy.

4 THINGS I’M AFRAID OF

1. Heights.
2. The Ocean.
3. Quick Sand, and if you know that reference huge props, triple bonus, will you marry me.
4. Commitment, hence why I have piercings and not tatoos the ink kine not the little guy from fantasy island.

3 THINGS I DO EVERYDAY

1. Sleep.
2. Eat.
3. Communicate with some hot chick via phone, text, email, or IM.

2 THINGS I’M TRYING NOT TO DO NOW

1. Let Fear rule my world.
2. Do things I say I isn’t going to do.

1 THING I WANT TO DO NOW

1.Wow sheesh that is kinda personal, who comes up with this stuff, haha. But it involves this really hot girl, haha get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about going out on a date, sheesh suckahs what kinda guy do you think I am.

Hi, my name is: The Orange Roughy, but everyone calls me JohnJohn.

When I’m nervous: I sweat and charge em.

The last song I listened to: Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flats.

If I were to get married right now my best man would be: Fredsticles, its a whole rotation kinda deal

By this time next year: I’ll pass the bar and be an open water scuba instructor.

I have a hard time understanding: people who don’t speak english.

If I won an award, the first person I would tell: a whole bunch of people either via blog, mass email, mass text, or something of that sort.

Most recent thing I’ve bought myself: Yankee Tickets for yankees vs red sox

Most recent thing someone else bought me: Dinner or a movie or something of that sort, kinda like my own personal Sugar Mama.

My favorite hair style is: spikey with highlights, wow that made me sound so metro its a good thing i make it look goooooood.

My middle name : is something in japanese that I am not sure of the meaning.

In the morning I: hit the snooze button many many times.

Last night I was: working on my trip to new york and florida in august.

If I were an animal I’d be: a penguin, penguins totally have sugar mamas.

A better name for me would be: nothing cause i already have the bestest name in the whole wide world, so whatcha gonna do when the orange roughy runs wild on you?

Tomorrow I am: ruling water war and playing on a slip and slide oh and working at dive oahu

Tonight I am: working on this blog, duh

My favorite color(s) is/are: Orange and maybe some black and blue

My heart is: probably in better shape than i thought cause i totally have like blood pressure that was not as bad as it was like a few weeks ago

Have a Pint On Me!

Ahh what an interesting day I had, I went and had a pint for lunch. No, no, no actually I gave a pint for lunch. Actually I had a garlic chicken bento that I bought to support the foodbank. So anyways what I was really going to write about was my very first experience of giving blood. So this really hot chick, which from talking to the guys in my office this is a common occurrence, says hey wanna go give blood with me tomorrow. And of course I am like what I get to hang out with the hot chick for like an hour, shoots I am totally there. Of course i am nervous as heck, cause I don’t like needles or pain. Which always begs the questions then why do you fight? and my answer is fighting shouldn’t hurt for me. I should be fast enough to dodge my opponents punches and kicks, smart enough to sprawl their takedown attempts, and be bad a word enough to use my gma jiu-jitsu skills to tap em out or throw the orange roughy combo supersized to knock em out, and therefore not experience any pain. Anyways, I digress. So I roll into the joint at lunch time, following close behind the hot girl. I am totally trying to like be cool and all macho, but apparently it is not working cause she is like are you nervous, haha and I am like maybe. Anyways so i fill out the forms and of course I have to laugh at the questions they ask and make my silly comments. Like one of the questions is have you ever had sex for money or drugs and I turn to her and say now thats a silly question, I only have sex for money and drugs not either or, duh. Anyways so after you fill out their little form, they take you into the closet and asks you all kinds of other personal questions and I thought, hoped is more like it, that I would be disqualified, but no such luck. So then they are like we need to test your iron, and of course this means I get pricked with a needle. I was so full of iron cause of my humongous muscles that I broke the iron reading machine, haha now we know who the real iron man is, not that creepy guy whats his face robert something or what not. Again I am getting off track. So back to the lecture at hand – so they are getting ready to hook me up to the vampire machine and then the hot girl finishes, and they are like wow that was like five minutes, so of course being the competitive guy that i am, I had to beat her like I did at monopoly. So then they tell me i have outside veins and they like to roll, and I was thinking man do I really want these people poking me with a big needle and taking my oh so precious blood cause I am pretty sure my veins are inside my body and if they can’t see that then well haha maybe I don’t want them jabbing me with their life stealing spikes. Anyways she figured it all out and before long I was screaming in pain, actually I was looking away in case I cried, I didn’t want the hot girl to see me tear up, just in case, but I didn’t cause I am a manly kinda guy. So they gave me a world to rule while they stole my blood, which was ok. The sucky part was my blood was slow, like molasses. It must be all the butter and bacon I eat with syrup. I was trying to encourage my blood to go faster but it wasn’t listening to me. So I ended up losing the time trial. Then to make matters even worse, they have those arm bandaids, that hurt like heck cause they put it on so tight, in every color but the good one. So i end up going with purple at the hot girl’s suggestion. Anyways so that was my first donation experience. Haha and you think it should end there, but it doesn’t. They have all these rules like don’t smoke for like half an hour after and don’t do any strenuous activities for like 24 hours, and leave on the irritating bandaid for like 4-7 hours. So of course I have to break all the rules being the rebel that I am. So of course as soon as I get out of there I have to smoke like a whole pack of cigarettes, take the bandage off, and of course I have to go toGMA and train hardcore tonight. Ok so I don’t smoke so I didn’t really do that, and i actually waited until I got back to the office to take off the bandaid so that people at work would believe me, I guess I could have just showed them my receipt, but the bandaid looked much cooler, and I will probably go work out, that is yet to happen so haha we will see. Anyways haha that really is the end of my adventure. So what have i learned? Well I learned that people that say that giving blood doesn’t hurt is lying. It hurt like the dickens, especially the little prick in the closet. I guess the actual giving blood didn’t hurt although it did throb a lot, which was irritating, it was more the bandaid thing at the end that hurt. And lets see I also learned that it is good to do and even if it hurts you should do it, so do the right thing buddy? By the way hopefully ya’all get the do the right thing buddy reference its from a great movie. If you have any questions you should at least check out the Blood Bank’s Website and if you get the chance go donate. Hey one day i may need your blood cause I am really not that good of a fighter so the life you might save is mine!!

Aids Walk

I have been super blessed with like super awesome friends. So awesome that they recruit their friends to pray and light candles for me and stuff. So when those friends of a friend, who is also super awesome and lit a candle for me, decides to do something like an Aids walk I totally want to help them out. So I reposted a bulletin of hers and if ya’all feel like helping her out and supporting her just read the rest, click on the links, and do the right thing buddy! So Kara this one is for you, good luck with your walk (which I am glad you are doing, I hate walking myself)!

“I got this invitation from my friend Auriela to participate in the Aids Walk this year, and I realized that I had never participated in a cause before. I’m looking forward to being able to make a difference in something so important.

Dear Friends and Family,

I recently accepted the challenge to become a fundraising walker to support AIDS Walk Houston in their effort to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS in our community, while helping those living with HIV and AIDS live healthier and longer lives!

Please help support me in this important project by contributing generously to AIDS Walk Houston. Your tax-deductible contribution will fund programs for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. It is faster and easier than ever to support AIDS service organizations in Houston – you can make your donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this message.

Please visit my personal page to make a donation to me.

If you would prefer, you can also send your tax-deductible contribution to the address the following address:
3202 Weslayan
Houston, Texas 77027

Whatever you can give will help, it all adds up! I greatly appreciate your support and will keep you posted on my progress.

Thank you for your support!

Click here to visit my personal page.
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Click here to view the team page for Spring Young Moms and Kids Group
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Shout Outs and Thank Yous

Another Bar Exam is in the bag. I finished taking the bar exam, again – haha, but it’s all good. Anyways this was probably the awesomest bar exam ever. I had so much support and prayers it was awesome. Nothing makes you feel more loved and appreciated then knowing that when things are tough your friends and acquaintances are praying for you and pulling for you and cheering you on. So I wanted to send out a huge shout out and a whole heap load of thanks to each and everyone that was praying for me and supporting me through this time.

So first and foremost the biggest shout and most thanks has to go out to God, haha so cheesy yeah? Haha I feel like one of those actors or rock stars at one of them awards show, but seriously without Him none of this would be possible. I have a million things to be thankful to God for, ya know the fam, the friends, the job, the church, the fighting, being able to live in Hawaii, and the list goes on and on. Today though I am super thankful for this opportunity to serve and glorify him in doing what he has called me to do, be a lawyer. He totally got me into law school (I had good test scores but really bad grades), He got me through law school (I am such a bad student), and He has been my source of comfort, joy, and peace through the multiple times taking the bar exam, so Thank You God for getting me through this and totally hookin me up when I so didn’t deserve it.

Of course I gotta thank the parents next. Without mom and dad letting me live at home, eat their food, and totally being supportive I probably would be on the streets cause well I can’t afford to pay my student loans and pay for rent and all that other stuff. They have and always are my biggest supporters. Every time I got that letter that said I didn’t pass they cried for me, so I didn’t have to, haha well my mom anyways. They didn’t give me a hard time and constantly encouraged me. I could never repay them for all that they have done for me and so I am totally thankful and thats why they get the spot right behind God in the list of thanks.

Now this is kind of the hard part who gets number three, because there are a lot of folks who have been praying for me and supporting me through all of this. But number three has to go to Serena, cause without her haha I probably would have missed the test. So she calls me up Monday night and we are talking, and she is so cute saying I hope I am not taking away from your study time, and I am like its all good don’t worry about it. Anyways she asked me something like what time is your test on Wednesday, and I am like hmm I don’t know let me go check. So I go get my admission ticket and take a look, and something doesn’t look quite right, so I ask her what day today is, and she is all like its the 25th and I am like oh hmm I guess the bar exam is tomorrow and Wednesday not Wednesday and Thursday. I was totally planning on waking up at 9 on tuesday, going to the beach do some studying and just chill out to make sure I was relaxed for the test. Man I would have been in so much trouble if I didn’t talk to her on Monday night, so for that alone she gets the third bit of thanks. Plus in addition she was praying for me, and again so cute yeah, she was praying that God would totally take any anxiety I had away and like put it on her, and on Tuesday and Wednesday she was so anxious for me and I was like super calm, so I gotta give Miss Serena a big shoutout and a huge thanks. Oh yeah and she did even more, she didn’t stop at just her praying, she went out and recruited her friends and family to pray for me. She had her parents praying for me so a thanks have to go out to Joe and Sharon for praying for me as well, a boy they don’t even really know except as a friend of their daughter’s. Serena also recruited her friend Kara, who lit a candle for me and again, someone who doesn’t know me personally but was totally pulling for me, so Kara if you read this, huge Mahalos out to you.

These next set of guys I gotta lump em together cause well they are the boys that when things go bad for me I turn to and they are always there, in fact when I was in Colorado being my bad self, they were in Hawaii praying that I would come back to God. These guys prayed for years and it is kinda scary to think where I would be if they hadn’t been praying. Anyways these guys I know were praying for me all the time to do well during the bar exam and are my closest and bestest friends in the whole wide world, Scott and Fredsticles. Thank you very much for all the support fellas! You guys are the best friends anyone could ever hope for and I am super lucky to be able to call you guys my best friends.

Ok so now I am going to go through bunches of folks who I am all equally appreciative to. If I don’t write out a little thanks to you and just list you by name, it does not mean I am less appreciative, I just didn’t realize how many folks needed and deserved a shout out and thanks from me.

The next one has to go out to the Fok Family in San Diego – David, Nely, Keilah Joy, and Kealoha. This is my awesome family in San Diego, who totally took care of me while I was in law school in San Diego, inviting me over for game night, coloring with me, introducing awesome movies to me like my fair lady, feeding me, and praying for me. In fact they pray for me on a regular basis and so I am super stoked and thankful for that. They also not only pray for me to pass the bar but to also find a girl who may eventually turn into a wife. I can not tell you how awesome these guys are and how thankful I am too them.

I guess I should give a mass thanks to the family now – Jasmine, Aunty Alice, Uncle Tom, Aunty Grace, Uncle Mush, Grandma Ajifu, Aunty Lo, Uncle Jeff, Reid, Shane, Aunty Aileen, Amanda, Chris, Brysen, Dylan, Uncle Mike, Aunty Co, Kristel, Sherice, Aunty Aileen, EJ, Shenee, and the millions of other people I am related to who prayed for me or encouraged me and have always been supportive, THANK YOU!

I also have to give a huge thanks to my service providers at Catholic Charities – Melba and Linda who were praying for me as well. Which reminds me I need to give a shout out to my boss, Sam the Man, who let me take off of work to study for the bar, he gave me a job that I totally love, and has always been supportive. Which reminds me I should also thank my mom’s boss Georgina and Robert who have also been very supportive. Robert thank you also for taking me out to lunch to help me feel better about not passing and for always encouraging me to do well on the bar exam.

I also want to send shout outs to my mini church – Roger, Freddie, Moto, and Peahi thank you guys for praying for me and being supportive. You guys are true friends and all around good guys.

Also from my church, I gotta show some love to Aunty Jo, David, The Nevyaks – Mike, Kei, and JT, Uncle George, Uncle Doug and Aunty Bonnie, and the rest of the Manaoloana Ohana. What would I do without you guys?

I can’t forget the folks at the capitol, Reps. Finnegan and Meyer who have always been supportive. Roosovelt and Anthony in Rep Meyer’s office you guys are awesome and I am glad you guys were with me to provide support when I found out the first time I failed. You guys are the bomb diggities. I also gotta send a huge heaping thanks out to Boyd Akase and his family, of House Minority Research, who have also been some of my hugest supporters. Thank you for tutoring me and offering me all the help I could want even though I didn’t always take your help or advice I do appreciate it.

Haha wow this list keeps on growing, I also gotta give a shout out to Officer Vinnie, Kristie, Jason, Kevin, Dural, Steve, Clinton “The Rock”, Mikey, Liz, Kawakami and all the Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay crew who have also been supportive.

I can’t forget the law school crew, from the Mali-BU’s – Charlene, Robyn, and Gabi. GAbi you are always so encouraging and Char you are always so thoughtful I really appreciate the card and starbucks for encouragement. You guys made law school a blast and one of the best times in my life and are one of the big reasons I miss San Diego, so thank you. And I can’t forget Mr. Weeks, my Oakley buddy who is also one of my heros and Katrina and little Chandler, thank you guys. Bartzy you are awesome thank you for your support, Terri I love cheesecake factory and I am so thankful for your support, haha I am really considering being a public defender because of you. China, buddy I know you will rock your bar exam and thank you for your support as well. Abs you are a stud and I hope one day I can work for your law firm the Kazeroonian Law Group. Meeshtard (haha you know who you are so don’t even try and pretend that this isn’t you, haha) haha thank you also for your support and prayers, I am praying for you as well. Kristi, Melissa, Casey, Hessy thank you all for the good times and more to come.

And last but not least, haha and of course I saved the best for last, The Souza Clan – Kaala, Leesa, Issaiah “BIX”, Micah, Brandi, and Boink “Savannah”. Thank you very much for everything, from training me in your garage, to encouraging me when I was down, to praying for me as I took the bar exams. Thank you for never judging me and always pushing me to do better. This last year was a great year but it was made so much more awesome just by the fact that you guys were a huge part of this year. I know words are not always enough but haha that’s all I have right now. Thank you very much and I’ll see you guys in the garage and in the “Cage”.

To all of you above, Thank You Very Much. You all have played a huge role in the successes in my life and I am truly thankful. Each and every one of you have been a tremendous blessing. If I have forgotten any of you, I do apologize, it is purely accidental and I do appreciate you and your support as well.