Jessica


The after Party at Mary's to burn some prayer ties from last year and to do some releases. But first! We had to have an awesome awesome dinner. Along with a night filled with jokes and laughter after some wine and drinks that Garfield our bartender for the night made. It was yummy! Then we had a little fire in a pan to do our releases. After that it was more jokes and laughter. And last but not least! the highlight of that day, or shall I say lesson...



To always live in the present!
Jessica


Not long after camp I called up Lori to go out for dinner before she left town. I asked mom to come along as well because I knew she hadn't seen Lori for a couple years. And Lori brought Suzanne out for dinner as well. It was really cool how we all know each other actually. I know Suzanne from Wizard camp and Lori from Warrior last summer when we both krewed it. Mom knows Suzanne from Life Directions, which is another course from peaks, and met Lori on the shuttle into Sunset Resorts in Malaysia when they krewed the first Warrior Malaysia together. So we all know each other, but this was the first time we were all together. Awesome how we're all connected eh?
Jessica


This camp felt like it was two camps in one! I went up an extra day early to camp. The night before set up day Alex and I played beer pong! I think that one will be a tradition to keep. Probably the most awesome part of camp before the actual camp where the participants come in was the late nights of star gazing above the sea cans. During MOSHOG there was a meteor shower so it was perfect! Oh and most of us will never forget that one hugeeeee meteor that we saw enter the atmosphere, went from red to purple, watch it burn out and leave a chalk in the sky for literially 5 mins. And of course hearing everyone go OHHHHHHHHHH! and Andy repeating it for the next 10 mins. It was awesome lol.

I must say it's amazing to watch and hear the kind of things and questions people ask after their third or fourth camp with peaks. This camp was probably the one that I got the most process out of the three I've been at all summer. I'm still processing along with all the many other people who were at camp this
summer. There were a lot of learns for me in a lot of different ways. Things to do with l
eadership, communication, and asking for
help no matter what the situation is.

After camp was over, I stayed for clean up, and man was it a process. Who woulda known it had
to take 2 and a half days to sort out all the stuff, reorganize all the bins, put things in where they
make sense in the sea cans, and then label and count everything. The awesome outcome? The sea can is freakin so organized and everything is in a place that makes sense, which means next summer it'll be soooo much easier to find things in there! And that I am a big fan of.

For once in the last 3 summers I've spent with peaks, I gotta say, I was finally sick of camp and just ready to go home. It was definitely worth my entire summer though. So thank you to all those people who were there at camp!
Jessica




Warrior was something I waited an entire year to happen again! We had an awesome krew as usual. It filled me up with warm fuzzy love that you really can't get any where else. The energy of the camp and the inside jokes on staff kept us all going even on days where we didn't get much sleep. Yes camp is lots and lots of fun, but we do so much work that on the last day we all just crash... and I think the picture says it all. It definitely didn't help that set up day for wizard was practically the next day at 8am after this picture. However those of us who stayed from warrior, warrior and wizard it out. I officially crashed at home for a week till I caught up on all my sleep. Then it was back to camp for more Mind of Steel Heart of Gold!
Jessica

After 5 longggg weeks of Edmonton I made it to krew the Denver MMI. Oh and guess who won the draw for a free course with peaks? Yup thats right. I did! Then drove all the way down to Durango Colorado and spent a week with the James family. After that, we drove 13 hours to LA. Spent the first couple of nights with the Calvillos. Awesome Spanish family that have a beautiful home with a pool in their backyard! yahhh! We went to Huntington beach for a day to play in the ocean. Met up with Lori Bachleu the next day and went to Venice beach for another day at the ocean. It's where the dark dark tan started. Kinda happened unintentionally. My family isn't too happy that I'm so dark, but meh I'll be white again when winter rolls along. Finally, the last week of June was spent at Extreme Health. Felt like a family reunion. Saw the Mullen sisters, Tielman brothers, Daddy Dimples, and met lots of new cool people. The highlight of Extreme Health I must say was learning how to catch food with my mouth and playing Sardines on the first 10 floors of the hotel at midnight.
Jessica

Working with Sam and RJ and the rest of the crew, we were all in groups of roughly 12-18 people to see how many people we could sign up for the company we were all in. There was lots of training that went on each Saturday with Floyd Wickman and with RJ constantly making sure I'm working at home as well. It was fun and we even won the program! However I must say I started getting bored of doing presentation after presentation. So it was time to move on! I think I learned what I needed to learn with that company.
Jessica



Well surprise surprise! My one and only brother who has been with his girlfriend for I think 8 years? are now married. The wedding I must say was a blast!

We started the day early at Dianna's doing hair and make up. Then all the
groomsmen came over, and if you're reading this and have not been to a traditional Asian wedding. The awesome part about an Asian wedding is that when the groomsmen comes over to pi
ck up the bride, they must pay up a sum of money that the bridesmaids demand. Usually it's some massive number like $888
888.00. Of course they can't pay up. So they must pass a test. A test that the bridesmaid created that involved seaweed passing with the mouth along the line of groomsmen and singing Backstreet Boys As Long As You Love Me while doing push ups before they're allowed to see the bride.

After the tea ceremony at the sis-in-law's, we were soon at the church for the ceremony where th
ey actually walk down the aisle. It was pretty and Father Scott was funny as usu
al. I'll never forget the part when Ben sneezes during his vows lol.

It was then followed by group photos of everyone who showed up for the ceremony. From the Tseng family to Voo family to Burnaby friends to Coquitlam friends to SFU friends.

In the afternoon, was one of the best parts of the day. The wedding party all went out to take photos. And I must say it was a lot of fun.

Dinner was awesome. Saw lots and lots of family that I haven't seen in a while. A lot of "when is it going to be your turn?" questions and "Wow! You're all grown up! I wouldn't of recognized you if I saw you on the streets!".
Oh the funny part of dinner was when Dianna threw her bouquet and Pansey caught it for the second time at a wedding. Then, get this! Her boyfriend, Felix we made come up to the front when Ben threw the garter and it lands right into Felix's hands without him even moving it.

Yup and that pretty much sums up Ben's Wedding.
Jessica
As you can probably tell, I'm not very good at keeping my blog updated. I must say that the last 3 months have been quite the adventure for me though. Since there's a lot that happened I won't update it all in one blog here but to go a little bit at a time till I'm all caught up.