Suddenly i see

I've got a low threshold for happiness i think.

I could be happy with pan de sal and eden cheese or with uhmmm not pan de sal and eden cheese.

Mostly though, i am really enjoying this stage.

As a kid, i like beating others in patintero or in teks or just about anything. I'm quite competitive. I'm not an athlete, but the thought of winning it over my brother or my neighbor is just very appealing. When nintendo came out, i was in utter frustration that i could not finish balloon fight. Hence when i managed to finish that stupid balloon trip on gameboy two years ago, i literally jumped for joy and shouted with ecstasy which made my brother say - you are weird. This is the happiest moment you've had. More happy than when you passed your doctor exams.

I dunno. I'm weird that way. But nothing beats finishing that game which i've been trying to finish since i was eight years old. Wooooohooo! Or saving the princess in mario without dying. Woooohooo!

Now, i did jump off an airplane once but i don't see myself doing it as a sport. I'll try it again for sure but i've done it. Nothing much to do there. What i've always wanted to do are the following:

1. figure skating
2. wakeboarding
3. play drums
4. learn martial arts

figure skating - hmmm i'll do this in the winter time, but not terribly excited as it is too cold.
play drums - i could do this a couple of years from now when my neighbors won't kick me for playing too loud
martial arts - so i could kick my neighbors back.. just kidding.
wakeboarding

Ahhh. Wakeboarding.

I love this. I went for my first lesson the other day with this person who used to be number in the world. I mean, how good could that get? Apparently grew up around kalamazoo area and has his own private lake. During the first half i kept falling off. It's harder compared to cable skiing as you have to be in the water for this and really need good muscle strength. Now weeks before i decided to do wakeboarding, around spring season, i trained my muscles for this. Trained my legs and my upper body, and even went on balance training. May i say this - it wasn't until i was wakeboarding that i felt muscles that never existed come to life and scream "Stop it!". While the boat was speeding and to the sound of my "coach" saying " okay pull those legs up, direct your right leg in front, control it... let go" i was ready to give up. I was always falling for the first few times and felt like i could never ever get up the board.

But when i was able to get up, oh man, what an accomplishment.

So there, summer is here and i have decided to be a wakeboard star. or starlet. Nah, i'm a big daydreamer. i'm gonna be a wakeboard supernova.