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Name: Kelvin
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Birthday: 8/12/1982
Gender: Male
Interests: Sports are my hobby...dont' do much outside of that...other than sit on my fat ass like a lump of coal
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
2/21/2002
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| hmmm...So i haven't written in awhile, but lots of things have happened. I've made up with the most wonderful person in the whole wide world. I think I could just spend days and days with her and it would never get old. I'm really bad a communication and various other things, i.e. being a jackass. So things can be/get a little hairy sometimes. But things are pretty damn wonderful. I've gotten back to work and I'm now taking on youth in an afterschool program and getting paid for it. It's pretty crazy. So...I've got 14 kindergartners and first graders for the school year. Today was the second day of program and it's pretty interesting. They are so cute and fun to be with. I need to brush up on my cantonese and learn some vietnamese so I can converse/ support them in what they do. I'm pretty happy with what I get to do and I'm really excited to do what I do for the year. I just have to plan things out the way they should be happening. It sure would be nice to figure out things that I can do with them that are truly age appropriate. I think I need to hit up the barnes'n'noble or borders to sift through their books and workbooks. maybe even other school bookstory-ish type places. The youth are generally ESL/ELD for those of you who know and for those of you who don't english as a second language/ english language development. I'm really in need of activities to do with them that I can tie into the school day. Also we are lookin for another afterschool program leader in the great city of SF during the hours of 2:30-5:30 so they may work with me, and two other exciting people. We are definately fun people. if you know anyone holla at yo boy, kelvin@chinatownbeacon.org Kelvin over and out.
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| I think I'm starting to feel more myself. I feel more at home in my home and where I'm at in my life. It's kinda weird. I'm not as confused as much anymore. Thanks Dan. Good times, I needed that pat on the back. I mean I'm confused, but I think things were alleviated by last night. Seems like things are going to go alright. It just needs time like anything else. I can't force things and I don't want to. I want there to be just a natural progression. If things go bad then they go bad. But I'm actually trying to be there and aware now. I'm trying to be all the things that I can be for you and myself. Last week was a good vacation time. I'm going to get my tooth taken care of on the 12th and then things will be all good. I don't have a car, but I have a bike. It's so much better for me and I'm so much happier for it too. I really just need to make myself move and get around. I also need to just be myself and relax. I've been second guessing myself too often. I think I just need to trust myself, but also take sometime to think things over before they start too. I'm happy and things are looking up. I've got a fulltime job, a good roof over my head, and an amazing partner. I think I lost the boyfriend status from somewhat previous recent developments. I'm hoping to regain it in the near future...if I don't act like a jackass. | | |
| Hmmm...so my life is being less busy, but I still feel like I need some time off. From life. Ever have that moment when you turn around and would love to just step away and watch life? I don't know why, but I would love to do that right now. My life is kinda weird, things happen fast and they haven't even tried to slow down a bit. I guess it doesn't help that I work an INSANE 60 plus hours a week and try to volunteer at the Asian Art Museum and Chinese Historical Society. The only problem is that I feel like I need to spend time sleeping or just like being in the moment not letting the moment pass me by. My after-school program has stopped and now I'm just doing lunchtime programs at Gordon J. Lau Elem. Most of the other sites have ended or are ending their programs already. I think that my kids are just, so interesting. I had them make super-hero Cards(kind of like Yugi-oh or Magic cards for you older crowd). They loved it and I really got mixed sucess with it. Some kids took it as a time to make characters from other places and some took it as a time to make themselves or people around them. One of the girls, who I might add is really mature, made her father, uncle, mother and herself. She's the quiet kid that is really smart and knows alot more than she says. I'm really amazed at the plethora of personalities. I often have to take a minute and look back at what kind of kid I was when I was little. Alot of times I can't remember what or who I was when I was little. I think I was the quiet kid, but I did alot of athletics because of my brothers. I often wish that I could step back in time and say hi to myself and see what I was like from this point of view. Hmmmmm...... | | |
| Hmmmm....Just got back from a big Camping trip with my Middle Schoolers. Kinda funny...Never thought I would be working with kids. We went to Angel Island from Wednesday morning to Friday afternoon. Kinda crazy. It rained pretty hard on wednesday afternoon through early evening, but it was perfect on thursday and friday. It was so perfect. You could literally see Oakland and San Francisco from Angel Island. We hiked all the way to the top of Angel Island and back again. I was really proud of my kids in the way they just kinda followed us through the woods and where ever we wanted to go with very little complaining. We went with 13 6th graders, 5 boys and 8 girls. We had three tents and it was interesting that one of the tents had a hole in the bottom letting some of the water in and the tent full of girls just fought right through it. I feel so glad that these kids trust us enough to just follow where we are going and what we are doing. I hope to do it again and I'm glad I had the opportunity to spend the time with the kids in this type of situation. | | |
| So...haven't written in forever and really didn't think about it until someone else showed me their page and then I remembered the fact that I had a page. Anyone want an update? If I said I was married had four kids would anyone believe me? Yeah, I didn't think so, I wouldn't believe me either. So, I don't have any of that, but I am living in the San Francisco Bay Area, north oakland to be specific. Right now, I'm bumming it up in Americorp(kind of like the peace corp in america). I'm working with kids, elementary through middle school right now. It's quite fun. Kids are cute, I really never thought that I'd ever be working with youth and impacting their lives. I still have much to learn about how to work with them and what to do, but I really like it. I'm not enamored with Americorp as an organization, but I love the experiences and chances that it offers to people. I would have to say that I would never have been able to do the work that I'm doing now if I hadn't been with Americorp. To be able to see the kids smiling faces and joy when you see that they learned something or when they did well is very fulfilling. I feel like although I'm more or less below the poverty line it's all worth it when you see that. It definately gets tiring, but i wouldn't change it for the world. I know that I still make mistakes, but as a role model I am trying my best to teach them new things and make an impact on their life. maybe I'll start writing more often, but who knows. | | |
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