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question by dee haw

dee: "babe, is the gold medal really made out of REAL gold?"
dav: "WHAT??? no babe, it's gold plated!"
dee: "could i melt it?"

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Passion at Yerba Buena Gardens, SF. This cat is talented yo. Check out the rest of the photos...

it's been a long time...

...since i last posted. a lot of things have probably happened. imma try and recap...

1) i did get another job recently (april) working at an outpatient chemotherapy infusion center. i really love working there except that my sleeping pattern is even more messed up since this gig requires me to work from 9a-5p. i actually get to talk to my patients and it's not a stressful environment. it's a good balance working here because the icu is such a stressful environment. i'm actually thinking about working at the clinic full time and working at the hospital as a per diem. who knows. will keep you posted.

2) i bought a new camera. nikon d300 with a nikon 17-55 f/2.8 mm. this has probably got to be one of my best purchases yet. haha. photography has pretty much consumed my other hobbies (which aren't much). i try to shoot as much as i could. dee is still my biggest critic (i hate it, but she is helping me to get better). jason deguzman has definitely given me a lot of direction...so thank you jason. we definitely have to get together and shoot some time. if you all have time, check out my website:

www.davidvillanueva.smugmug.com

i try to post as much of my photos as possible.

3) trying to get together with the band. gig on october 4th in san diego! try and come out people. we still trying to finalize rehearsals and logistics. really miss playing with the band.

4) might be starting a young adult youth choir with dee at st. augustine's church. check out dee's blog about the new thing that she is getting into. proud of you, babe. i pray that God continues to lead and bless you as you begin this new journey.

5) this sunday i will be playing in my first bay area basketball league! yeaaaaa booiiii. really excited about it. i haven't played in an organized basketball league in a really long time. it's probably been about 3 years or so since i last played in one. we'll see if i can hang for at least 1 quarter! haha.

6) the search for a house as been postponed. didn't find one in time so i had to renew my lease at my place. what's really cool is that dee moved in. it's been great. we fight, but what's new. we will always and forever have a love/hate relationship! love you! i should add that dee loves to COMPLAIN that the place is too small and she doesn't have enough space for her things. haha. hey can't ask for too much in a studio. anyway, she ended buying a "closet" and i'm not allowed to put my clothes in there. oh well, guess the rest of my clothes gotta stay on the floor. hahahaha...

7) getting ready to go down to so cal for my nephew's bday. totally miss my family. wish i could see them more often. especially charles. he's growing up so fast and everytime i go back he gets bigger and bigger. and he's also getting more and more handsome, like me. hahahahahahahaha. LOL. any comments?

8) aite that's about it. going to the giants/dodgers game. try and look for me on tv. you probably won't but try anyway.

peas

favorite show of the moment...

...I SURVIVED A JAPANESE GAME SHOW

This game show is sick!

Happy Bday...

DANTE and REGINA...

for some reason i'm sorta home sick. haven't felt like this in a really long time. i think it's because i have to start work tonight and i just came back from a nice long vacation. but damn feeling home sick sucks especially when you are home alone. that's one of the things about working at night. everybody is at work during the day and you get stuck at home not doing anything. i could be doing something more productive like working out, cleaning my place, washing my truck, and cycling, but damn, i'm too damn lazy right now. really wanted to go back home this weekend but air fare is too expensive and i'm not really in the mood to drive from SF to LA and back over a 3 day break. anyway, just wanted my fam to know that i miss you all very much and i can't wait to see you all soon!!! love you!

a little glimpse

till we meet again...

in approximately 5 hours dee, my mom, and i will be on PAL heading to the motherland. it's going to be the first time for me to be back "home". still don't know what to expect. i'm sure things are going to be totally different. i'm really not looking forward to the flight though. 15 hours on a plane is just a bit long for me and i really don't know how i'm going to handle it. taking charter flights to LA and SF are no prob. 1.5 hours max. haha. the longest i've been on a flight was about 6.5 hours and that was going to the east coast. and i was serioulsy dying. i was so irritated and restless. anyway, besides the flight i'm really excited, my mom is excited, and dee is as well.

please pray for us and for our journey. we will all see you guys soon. take care and God bless!

Happy Easter to you all!

STRIKE

from march 21-march 31 my hospital will be on strike #3. luckily i'll be in the philippines not worrying about it. since i'm scheduled for vacation i still get paid. unfortunately, tons of my co-workers will be affected. i'm totally against crossing the picket line for several reasons. but i definitely don't look down on those who do choose to cross. many of these nurses are carrying multiple mortgages, caring for their spouses and their children. losing 10 days of work as a nurse can cause a huge hit to one's financial status.

our union is still fighting for better patient safety issues, retirement benefits, and a couple of other things. i'm praying that there will soon be resolution between our union and sutter health. strikes don't benefit anyone, so the sooner things get resolved the better!

???

another night of no sleep. well, i actually slept from 1230 to 330 and have been up since. tried to sleep but was wide awake with my eyes closed, tried watching friends and now i'm wide awake. freakin aye! so now i'm trying to tire myself out by blogging. so if you all haven't checked out both of dee's blog lately, a lot of things have been going on. first of all, we are still trying to figure out whether or not to buy a place before getting married. it's so hard to not look at places right now with all the price drops. in the last couple of weeks we've taken a look at several places and have been researching on the net for places around the bay area. we both want to have a place of our own by the time we get married, but we also want to have an awesome wedding with as many people there as we could afford. getting a place now may affect that and may even postpone the wedding a bit. dee and i really want to get married in 2009. so within the last couple of weeks i've been going back and forth. house vs. wedding: 1) house first, wedding postponed 2) wedding first, house postponed 3) house and wedding with no postponement (am i even spelling that right?) which may require another job. the latter is very much possible but i don't know how well i'll do with that. i'm tired enough as it is working at my hospital so i don't know how i will do with another job requiring an extra 4 shifts a month. i know it doesn't sound much, but working an extra night at the hospital feels like 3 days. so what i've actually been doing is working extra hours at the hospital and seeing whether or not the funds would be enough to get a place by summertime and have enough dollar bills to cover the wedding. so there you go. my head is spinning. don't know which direction to take. i'm being inpatient. i always want things done as of yesterday. anyway...

so check out dee's blog cause she also posted something about APERTURA which is one of our favorite potential photographers for the wedding. they are freaking talented. check it out and if you have time try and respond to dee's request. this may help us out in the whole planning process of our house vs. wedding! thanks all.

update

good morning! i finally got the opportunity last night to start drumming for a hula/tahitian dance group, the same one dee's brother chris has been with for several years. i had a great time. really looking forward to continue on with this. will probably be drumming and playing some guitar and bass for the upcoming USF show as well as the july show for the actual dance group.

one morning after work i got home and thought about how many times i complained about something while at work. this nurse didn't do this, this nurse didn't do that, why is it that i'm always on my feet when others are sitting around, and when i get to sit down some other nurse asks me to turn their patient, help bathe another patient, and so on and so forth. anyway, i've decided to STOP all that and just be the nurse that i am. i've realized that i'm on my feet constantly night after night because i'm trying to be the best nurse possible for my patients and the other patients in the unit. i think that's what it is. so i'm really going to go into work for now on with this new attitude. i did this on sunday night and i sure was tested. i wanted to complain so bad because the night was so tough and i was basically given a half-ass report about my patient and was left to clean up ALL the paper work. i get home and dee asked me how was work. i wanted to complain but chose not to. then she told me, that it's okay to VENT.

so what's the difference between complaining and venting? in my opinion they are pretty similar. what makes the difference between the two is that when you vent you complain about a particular situation or person or what not and let it go. do what you have to do to get that negative energy out and continue on. get passed it all, move on and learn from the situation. thanks for putting it into perspective, dee!

for sale

growing up

engagement photo?

REALITY

so i got home about an hour ago and decided to start taking of some pictures of the shoes that i'm about to sell. i just came to a realization that i probably wouldn't get the chance to wear some of these shoes in my collection. so far i've taken pictures of 6 different pairs of dunk sbs. man these shoes have a lot of memory to them. leaving work early, staying in long lines, worrying about not getting them, hanging with derrick, driving long distances to find them and so much more. but seriously, if i gotta save for a wedding, this is just one way of doing just that. so the dunks sbs that are for sale are going to be:

- Midnights
- Oompa Loompas
- Avengers (Blue)
- T19
- Halloween Pack
- Shanghai 2

Still deciding whether or not to sell the Cali's and Unlucky's. I guess it's going to depend on how well I sell the shoes above. We'll see. I'm really sad right now. Like really SAD. But I think I could probably get close to 2K for all these pairs. Let's cross our fingers. I pray that these shoes go to worthy SHOEHEADS out there that are really in the game for the main purpose of loving shoes, loving the hunt, and loving to break necks! and NOT because of HYPE. I hate hype because it has killed the shoegame in many ways. So long shoe game. See you soon. I'll be back from retirement. But I will definitely come back with a vengence!!!

PEAS

Payday

is a great day. i'm happy for about a day or two then i got to pay bills. that's the crappy part. i really don't see much of my check. anyone have that same problem. man making good money yet i don't even see the money. have a great weekend everyone. enjoy yourselves. i definitely will. no work for 3 nights!

already???

can't believe january is already over. where did this month go? it seems like now a days time keeps going by faster and faster. i really miss my family. really want to see charles and try to have a conversation with him. my parents said he's starting to talk a lot more. damn, wish i was there. will definitely be there some time in february.

so having no cable tv SUCKS! i finally got internet again, but no cable or digital tv. i really miss it. all i do is watch the same ol dvds over and over again, and have watched almost every single friends episode X3. haha...but seriously, i have. contemplating whether or not to get cable again. i really don't have time to watch but it is nice to have when i do have time.

state of funk

over the past several nights i've been thinking a lot about my health and the way i take care of myself, especially when i get home from work. my unit has recently been getting a lot more patients in our age range. can you believe that? 25, 30, 35 year olds being admitted to the ICU!!! unbelievable. on several occasions i've taken care of these young adults and wondered, WHY? why this young, why them, why this family??? it's scary people. as a health care professional, i take pride and am motivated to care for the sick and dying! i think i'm good at what i do and i am very blessed that God has allowed me to be His healing hands and have had the opportunity to learn and become educated in the field of medicine. that's an awesome gift. unfortunately, there's a sad component to this: i take care of these people yet i don't care for myself. i eat horrible food, don't exercise the way i used to, and stress myself out over things i shouldn't be worrying about. i think about it more and more and have come to realize that i'm just putting myself at just the same risk that my patients have put themselves through. and look at where they have ended up. in an ICU. SAD, UNFORTUNATE, REAL! i really need to shape up and remember that i'm only 27 and have a whole life ahead of me and in order to see that life i need to take care of myself, medically, emotionally, and physically! my friends, take care of yourselves!

peas

random thoughts

someone please tell dee to blog something new. i'm pretty tired of seeing the same photo for over a month. has it been a month? i don't remember. anyway, anyone here about the freaking satellite coming to earth in about a month. freaking aye if i saw a freakin bus sized thing flying in the air and coming right at me...damn i don't even know what to think. haha. would i even have time to think. wtf. shouldn't we blow that shit up before it hits something. our country spends hella money on national security yet they can't prevent something from flying into earth that has the possibility of killing people? haha. i'm just talking jibberish. but not really. but you know what i mean right? am i even making any sense. i'm tired. i got work tonight. one night left, then one night off. then back for 2 nights. anyway, i think i'm in need of a trip to so cal to see family and friends. aite ya'll take it easy.

FINALLY

... a win! 3 wins 3 losses. gotta keep going. i hope it gets better. playoffs?

things i want...

...BUT can't have!!!

at least for the time being

- nikon D300
- AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
- tattoo
- lift kit for truck

DONATIONS anyone???? haha...jk

does anyone realize what a year it's going to be for jordan brand. i think there is only one person that will understand, dante derrick david...daayyyymmm. this year will definitely be the year of bankruptcy for many. shoe release every single month with multiple releases. i'm definitely staying away. actually, maybe not. not crazy shoe shopping but just enough to keep me SANE and left with some money. this year will definitely test me to save, save, save and see how i keep up with my priorities.

on another note, looks like Philippines 2008 is going to happen. really getting excited to go.

REASONS:

1) mom is going
2) dee and her fam are going
3) first time to visit the home land
4) will be there during holy week
5) will meet my mom's side of the family
6) food, shopping, and fun

unfortunately, my dad ain't gonna be able to go. he's been a little sick in the past couple of weeks and he might be susceptible to getting even more sick. please pray for his health and pray that he gets well soon.

PRAYER

please pray for my brother-in-law's nephew. he's really sick and needs every single one of your prayers!!! i usually don't ask people to pray for me much, but this time is different. please be the awesome prayer warriors i know you all are!

STAY STRONG, JADEN!!!

my biggest challenge for this month is to join a gym, lose fat weight, gain muscle weight and start trying to look decent for engagement photos. really don't know when that's going to happen, though.

FINALLY

went into work last night, checked my mailbox and FINALLY saw my official 12 hour schedule. i've been trying to switch over to 12 hour shifts for quite some time now. many benefits to it! only have to work 3 times a week, get more time off, and get paid more. can't complain about those 3 reasons. i even had to "threaten" work that if they weren't able to grant me 12 hour shifts that i would quit. i was actually serious, too. it really makes a big difference. so starting feb 10 12 hour shifts are in full effect. will definitely have more time to go down south and visit my family.

speaking of family...i miss them! it's only been 2 weeks since i last saw them but i really do miss hanging out with them. we usually don't do much when i go down with dee. our usual routine is EAT, hangout, EAT, rest, EAT, sleep, and then all over again. worth it! haha...but seriously, it's just really nice to be in their presence. miss and love you guys.

Frustrating

It's now 0412 in the morning and i've been trying to sleep for the past 2.5 hours. this is one of the things i hate about working nites, can't sleep. i was laying in bed eyes closed, but wide awake! sucks. HEEEEELLLPPP...i need to sleep.

Philippines 2008

Ever since last year, Dianne has been encouraging me to go along with her and her family to the PI this year. I've been approved for vacation at work and things were all good. I really want to go and I've even asked my parents if they would like to go back home. Both my mom and dad agreed, but I'm still hesitant. And the main reason...WEDDING '09. Not saying this is a bad thing, but getting engaged really changed a lot of things. PRIORITIES, I guess is the main concern. You know it's really hard to save for a wedding!!!! Freaking aye. There's so much that I want to do as a single person, but I get so stressed out sometimes cause I really want to be able to have an awesome wedding with Dee! It's funny, cause this wedding stuff is freaking so weird and foreign to me. Dee talks about all this stuff and I just nod my head, not because I don't want to talk about it, but because I have no clue as to what or how I should respond. I guess it's the same way when I talk to Dee or others about nursing or cycling. So back to my main point. Philippines 2008. YES OR NO? I think I should really pray about this and determine what my priorities are.

PEAS

EFFIN FLU SHOT

So I got the flu shot last friday for the first time in my life and the only reason why I got it was because I got a letter in my box at work stating that in order to continue employment at MPHS I needed to get the flu shot. Freakin aye...I should have read the entire sheet cuz I ended up getting the flu the following day. Got stuffed up, unable to breath out of my right nostril, dripping snot and the whole shieeeettt. Then on Sunday I ended up getting body aches. DAMN the flu shot. So guess what the back sheet said. If you decide to decline the flu shot please submit the declination form to HR. DAMNIT...LESSON to be learned. Read everything. I ended up calling in sick for 2 days. What a waist of PTO (paid time off). Rather saved those hours for some snowboarding. Oh well! Guess I gotta work more to make that time up.

GOOD TIMES