2013 Nike Commercial Kobe Bryant ‘You Showed Us’ (by iSportsGaming2012)
Wow this made me cry. Inspirational.
Thanks for the tears.
Best Kobe video ever!
2013 Nike Commercial Kobe Bryant ‘You Showed Us’ (by iSportsGaming2012)
Wow this made me cry. Inspirational.
Thanks for the tears.
Best Kobe video ever!
I haven’t really had the urge to blog or just write about anything recently, nor have i had the urge to go onto Tumblr at all. I guess its fitting that amidst spring break with nothing at all to do that I come back to my tumblr and blog about the thoughts I’ve had, and what has been going on in my life.
Winter Quarter took a lot out of me. It was a roller coaster ride with few highs, and many lows. I came into this quarter optimistic that I would be able to turn around my struggles and do better than I had been doing. Nothing really turned to fruition for me this quarter, turned out how I would’ve liked and hoped. Honestly the worst quarter of my life.
I saw my first psychologist this quarter, trying to figure out a lot about my life, and try to understand what was going on with me, my thoughts, my actions,why i waste so much time, pretty much everything.
But Winter Quarter really help me realize somethings. Things that I had been oblivious to before. I realized what I really want to do with the rest of my college experience, how i want to spend my time outside of class.
Before this quarter, I would’ve talked myself out of the things I’m thinking now, but to be honest, I’m really at peace now. I know what I want/need to do.
sorry if this at all sounds super vague to those of you reading, I didnt really want to disclose everything, but if you’re curious, feel free to ask me.
TIS ALL for now.
So i have a Bio research paper due Wednesday, and im trying to summon the motivation to get started… so far not too good. D=
when you get ripped to shred by your peers. I never really enjoyed giving speeches, I never really know what to say about myself, and I tend to just ramble on about random nonsense. I guess its just hard for myself to articulate my thoughts and ideas when it comes to that kind of setting.
That’s why I hate elections and speeches so much. I don’t think I’ve ever given a decent speech while running for office, maybe with the exception of my two minute speech for APO elections a few weeks ago. It’s just so difficult for me to think of things to say, and remember them when it comes to that time.
Public speaking is probably the most difficult thing in the world for me in these type of settings, my thoughts seem to float away from me, and I just find myself just trying to remember what i was trying to say prior. This past week were CKI elections for UCSB, and I really wanted to be somewhat more active in the club that revered so much everything that inspires me to grow so much as an individual. Once again, I pretty much blew away my chances of fulfilling a long-term goal of mine, and i guess its just really demoralizing when your passion is there, but people just cant see past your ability to deliver a speech, or answer questions in pressure situations. I dont know something i always thought about. It’s been a full year since I ran for VPA as a first year, and again, i feel the delivery of my speech was just crap. but What can you do? Just hope that everything works out? I guess thats all i can do right?
I also came into this elections way less prepared, and less focused than i was last year for some reason, maybe i was just sabotaging myself, because deep down, I actually didnt want to be on board. food for thought i guess.
I’ve always wanted to share my VPA speech from last year because i felt the words on paper, came out with so much more emotion than when I gave my speech, sorry for this giant block of text.
“For those that do not know, my name is Tony Duong and I am running for VPA. You might have noticed that I am usually the one who blurts random comments during our Circle K meetings, but today I am not going to. I’m not going to try and wow you with some fancy rhetorical devices that we all learned about in English class, but speak from my heart.
I first started in Circle K, the beginning of last quarter when I first came to UCSB. I was not sure what to really expect. I mean, the difference between Key Club and Circle K has to be great since Circle K has all those people that join because of service , and not because of the social aspect of it. To be honest, I first joined Key club in high school because of the social aspect of it, I mean, Would a high school boy do anything different to meet cute girls from other schools? But as I stayed in the club I grew to love volunteering at the variety of events that key club offered me.
Upon arriving to my first circle k meeting, I realized that I was around people that felt the same way about service that I did. Since then, I’ve been hooked to this club. I know I barely went to meetings last quarter, but that was because I had to go home for doctors appointments on Wednesday night.
Being around everyone makes me want to keep growing as a person and continue to do what I love to do. Volunteer.
I know I am only a first year, running for maybe the most laborious jobs on board, but something inside me just tells me that it will all be worth it in the end. I feel that I do in fact have what it takes to be what Alanna calls the HBIC, or (Head Bitch In Charge).
There’s something about leaders that inspire me to do things. If I did not end up meeting Danny at my key club’s regional beach clean up, I don’t think I would have come out to the first Circle K meeting. And also, I don’t think I would have been running for VPA if it wasnt for Sarah Oda, and the rest of the people on board. Because of the people on A Board and E Board, I was inspired to run for the only position I thought I could do. They inspire me to want to inspire future members of the club to strive to keep our club growing and keep our sights on what we really are here for, Service.
I cannot guarantee you that I have all the answers for problems the current board may be facing or what needs to be changed or implemented, But I can guarantee you that if you elect me, I will work my hardest to make your Circle K experience enjoyable and fulfilling.
Lastly, I just want to thank everyone out there who believes in me and whoever nominated me for this position. It is a great honor that I cherish greatly. I know it is probably a hard decision between the three candidates, as they are all as qualified as I am for this position, with whatever decision you make, just know that, Our Club will definitely be in good hands next year.
I hope I somehow make the selection process easier for some you guys. My name is Tony Duong and I am running for VPA, so please vote for me. =]”
WHERE’S MERCED?!?!
i didnt even know there was a ucsf
Heellllllll yeah ucsb!
It has been awhile since I’ve posted on Tumblr. Recently, I have come to the realization that, regardless of what I would like to happen, there are things that are out of my control. As hard as I try, there are just things that are not meant to happen.
I’ve tried to be active in a lot of things, but after a certain point, all that effort is just a waste. I really just need to let some things go. Let go of history and just move on to more exciting and interesting things.
Just what I have thought about recently… There’s no use in putting in time, when in the end, I’m not happy. So, i guess its just time.
I really wish it didnt have to end this way, but I’ve lost touch with why I did this in the first place and I cant lie to myself saying that its worth it to me anymore..
On another note, I happier than I used to be during some point of last quarter so thats good.
break from ochem.. i havent seen this on tumblr, so i thought I’d share it… very powerful anti smoking ad.
I really thought I was getting to the point where I would be able to manage my life. Everything seemed to be working itself out and I felt like I was figuring it out…
I told myself when I graduated from High School that it would be a beginning of a new part of my life… that I would leave all my bad memories of how I felt so alienated from my own peers, and that life would work out for the best. So much for my optimism.
College was suppose to be where I would meet the people that would impact my future the most, the people that I may one day call my lifelong friends, but I feel lmy life has fallen back to the way it was in high school, where the word “close friend” is nonexistent. I find myself once again, an outsider to the groups of people that I’ve put so much effort and time to be my friends.
I guess its time to analyze this. If this is happening to me again, then its probably because of the person that I am. I mean, I’ve tried to change everything about me that I felt caused my high school social life to become the way that it did. I don’t know.. really… I just wish that I knew why it has gotten to this point again. I’ve tried to be personable, I’ve tried to put myself out there and just be friendly to everyone, but I also get to the point where I am truly worried about how my peers view me.
It’s one thing to feel alienated by a small org that I am not as active in, but currently, I feel completely on the outside of EVERY SINGLE org that I am apart of.
Maybe its the stress of school and my struggles at trying to grasp the material of school that is making me feel this way, but I just dont feel the sense of Unity,Brotherhood, and friendship, that caused me to join these organizations in the first place.
Maybe, I’m just at a point in my life where, I am just reading too much into things. I seriously think that I have some mental health issues right now, and that anxiety and depression have just become a part of me, and at times I have no control over how i feel during the day or when I’m out and about
Some days are better than others. But some days I just want to leave this place, and just start all over again. I mean Santa Barbara is a lovely place but the “close” friendships that i thought i built my first year are now just mere memories of false hope..
I hope that if you’ve read this far, that I didnt bore or frustrate you with my ADD prone blog posts and that it has made some sense to you. Its really hard for me to just reveal all of my feelings to some of the people around me, because i feel that like half the people i talk do don’t give a fuck about this, and the other half would go out of their way to help me. and If you’ve read this far, Thank you. i appreciate it.. Its nice to know that you care enough to read through all this jumbled grammatically horrid piece of text about how much I dont understand my life. Tis all.
