Volleyball

So I work as an Event Staff for different sporting events for other big productions. One of my favorite sports to work are the volleyball games. On Saturday I worked inside and got to sit on the front row and lift a gate during timeouts and between games. The volleyball team is pretty much amazing. Two of my favorite players are Ivan Perez and Jonathan Charette. I think they both must have 40 inch verticals. My dad played in the early 80's for BYU. I wish I could have seen him back, they probably wore those short shorts, haha.

Easter!!!

I think that there is a similar food pattern for Easter as there is with many holidays. For easter I went to my grandparents house for dinner. For dinner we had ham, funeral potatoes, rolls, jello, a vegetable tray, and roast. When I came back to my apartment I asked a group of friends who had stayed in the dorms for easter what they had eaten. It was almost identical. Of course a popular food group that was consumed by probably everyone was candy. I had way too many sweets for my own good. Oh well, I guess it's ok to splurge every once in a while. What did you have for your easter dinner?

BYU Basketball

If you haven't already heard BYU made it to the NCAA tournament. They are a number eight seed against Texas A&M who is a number nine seed. The game is Thursday at 5:30. I am a big basketball fan and won't miss the game for anything. I think that the cougars have a good shot but they got a worse seeding than what I would have like. Texas A&M will be a tough fist round match up for them. I think a party is in order for this game. I was thinking about what kind of food is eaten at a party and thought back to the presentation my group did for English. We thought of foods that would go good with a superbowl party. Pizza, chips and dip, pop, popcorn, chex mix would all be good.

Taiwan Flag?

After I received my mission call I decided it would be cool if I ordered a Taiwan flag to put in my room. My roommate also purchased a flag of the United Kingdom because he is going to Leeds, England. I came home from school on Monday to find my roommates flag hanging on our window and a package sitting on my bed. I ripped open the package in excitement to find that they had sent me a Thailand flag. Well that's not going to work. I was disappointed but figure people make mistakes so I emailed the company to tell them of their mishap. They apologized and said they will look to see if they have any Taiwan flags in stock. So I am still waiting to get my flag while my roommates sweet United Kingdom hangs proudly in our window. By the way I heard that they eat monkey brains in Taiwan. Yum.

Mission Call!!!!

Well I got my mission call today. It was really hard waiting throughout the day to open it since I got it at 12:00 but didn't open it until 4:30. So if I didn't pay that well of attention in English class today forgive me. I received my call to... drum roll please, the Taiwan, Taipei, Mandarin speaking mission. I am so excited. I was literally shaking after I read my call. It feels like the perfect place for me and I really wanted to learn Mandarin. I have spent the day looking at pictures of Taiwan and figuring out what the climate will be like. I even ordered a Taiwanese flag so I can hang it in my room. I report the Provo MTC on June 25 and will be there for about three months. I will probably be eating a lot of rice, noodles, and fish. So in the language that I will be speaking for the next two years Zai Jian.