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To the people who have been submitting questions and messages for the interact page, thank you, your answered questions and messages will be posted to the page when the new site is launched with the release of the album. I would also like to thank you guys for supporting the site, which is doing very well. Thank you.

I watched a few soccer matches last week, Farborough VS Arsenal, Arsenal VS Fulham. I also watched German soccer, Strutt VS Hertha.     

Remember a few months ago on the sound off page when I wrote about people losing expensive cell phones. Well, I found a cell phone last week. I didn’t leave it in the parking area where I found it, because someone else may have found it and not tried to return it to the rightful owner. Some of these phones have important numbers and text messages stored in them. It taught me a lesson about the info I store in my phone. If I lost my phone, I would want it returned. Still, I don't store anything that important in my cell phone. 

The only person I saw in the parking area was on a cell phone, so I figured it wasn't his phone. I didn't want to go asking who lost a cell phone because a lot of people would have probably said yes, even if it wasn't their phone. When I reached home, I tried to contact the owner. I looked at the list of stored names and an entry was listed for home, so I called that number.   

I didn't want the phone to go to the wrong person, so when I called the number I told the person I'm calling about a phone. If you've lost a phone and someone call's your house saying that, you would know that's what they meant. However, if it is not your phone, you wouldn't know what the person meant. Even if they didn't realize the phone was missing, I left my number with that vague message, so they would call once they realized.     

The person who answered the phone didn't know what I was talking about. It turns out it wasn't her phone. A few minutes later, the owner called the phone saying she lost her phone, so I figured she was the rightful owner. I told her a bit about where I found it and she confirmed the rest. She dropped by my house for the phone. She was a nice lady and I'm glad I was able to return her phone to her. 

She gave me a cash reward for returning her phone to her, which I kept refusing, but she kept insisting, so I accepted it. She was so happy and relieved that she got her phone back. Too many bad things happen to people because of other people’s actions or just accidents that happen sometimes, so it’s nice when you can help some one in that way and make them smile. 

February 14, 2003

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone is doing well. Do I have a Valentine? No. Am I bothered by that? No. I believe God will help me find the right person soon. Right now, I'm doing very well and I'm very happy. Things are going well for me. I would love to have a valentine, but I haven't found the right person and I'm not gonna go out with someone just to go out with someone. I'd rather wait for the right person. Tonight my mom and I are going out to dinner with friends.  

I have been doing a lot of work. I've been swamped with work. Things have been really hectic here. I've been doing a lot of songwriting and I mean a lot. The album is coming along really well. I still have a bit more to record. 

Last week I watched a few matches, in soccer, Farnborough VS Sunderland and El Salvador VS. Costa Rica, and in tennis, I watched the doubles match of the Davis Cup. Speaking of tennis, my little sister and I were talking about tennis and uh, she stunned me a bit with something she said. We were talking about different players and I named the players I think are good, then my little sister says, I don't watch it for tennis. She said she only watches the tennis players that are cute. I couldn't let her know I wanted to laugh because I want to set a good example. 

Here it is, daddy is probably happy that another one of his children is showing an interest in tennis because he loves the sport and plays it very well, but my little sister is really watching the cute tennis players. 

My god brother is doing pretty well, his basketball team won yesterday. Congratulations John. Sometimes when I talk to him on the phone or on line, I make jokes about his mom (nothing mean) and he laughs at them. ooo wait, she doesn't know about that. Michelle, you should ground him for laughing at my jokes about you. Hey, she makes jokes about me too...and he laughs at those jokes as well. 

Hey, my little sister and my god-brother are the same age, they are not related, do you think they should be each others valentine ? er, I better go now before they read this. They're at that age where they find all that stuff awkward and are easily embarrassed. Anytime I make jokes like that, they get all embarrassed and try to shut me up. When they read this, I'm gonna be in trouble (haha). If I leave now, I can be in Mexico by tomorrow. Bye, have a good night guys and Happy Valentine's Day. 

February 28, 2003

My condolences to the family and friends of pastor E.V. Hill. He passed away on Tuesday. I've been listening to his sermons for years. My condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Rogers, who was also a pastor, who passed away on Wednesday. They will both be missed, but they are with God. 

I'm in the studio now, when am I not, huh? I might as well live in here. I've been working on finishing up my album. Most of it is completed now. I've also added a new song to it, that I'm half way through recording. 

I read in the news about an episode of the television show Boston Public that is to include a character named Aisha, who is a reluctant singer; she is in an abusive relationship, in which her boyfriend is jealous of her success. Okayyy then! Oh, what a comforting thought. I laughed at the part about the reluctant singer named Aisha though, how ironic. The abusive relationship part doesn't sound good though, but sadly it happens. I know people who have been in those situations. It hurts when you see friends go through things like that. I didn't get a chance to watch the episode because I wasn't at home. I've been so busy that I haven't stopped to do much else other than work. 

I realized the other day that my sister and I don’t fight as most siblings do. My little sister is trying to earn extra income for her summer vacation without getting a set job, so she's been charging my dad exorbitant fees to type letters for him or do chores around the house, which she would normally do free of charge. My sister the capitalist. I wonder where she gets it from. 

P.S. Daddy, if you would like me to save you some cash by convincing her that it's a bad idea, you will have to pay me. I'm kidding guys.    

My god-brother’s basketball team lost their game last week, aww. I tried to encourage him and tell him it wasn’t a bad loss, but they lost, and I mean lost! Talk about a trouncing, they lost 72 to 26 (stop laughing, it’s not nice to laugh at children...- Aisha laughing-). Actually my god brother was a good sport about it and was able to joke about their butt kicking, er I mean defeat. His teams don't lose that often though. When he was younger, he used to get very upset when any of his teams lost, but now he handles it very well. 

I didn't catch too many games last week as I was really busy, but I did see one. San Luis Vs Tigres, in Mexican Football, or Futbol. My grandma was half Spanish (Brazilian), so let me pretend I can speak Spanish (Portuguese), okay. Arsenal won their big match against Man U. I haven't seen it yet, but I figured they would with the way they've been playing  especially Henry. In the games leading up to the match, they've played quite well.