http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/text.iq/index.html

“LONDON, England — Workers distracted by phone calls, e-mails and text messages suffer a greater loss of IQ than a person smoking marijuana, a British study shows.”

This is nuts…I just wanted people to read this.

Looks like the house in San Diego is going to be rented out. My mom told me though that my room and that the master bedroom will remain Nicolas occupied. Looks as if we have made the big filipino trek north to retirement land. Send some pitures guys!

By the way, good job mom! I hope that things will be going well from now on.

Today was a good day to take out my housemates boat. The only concern was that it was a little bit on the windy side. We got the motor to start and the battery was all good. Matt just changed a few spark plugs and off we went!

We hit up the High Bridge Boat Ramp and undocked there. It was nice to cruise around, but not that exciting after a while. Matt and I were thinking of going out again sometime to find a place where we could take out our girlfriends when they come here on May 20th. The water was all mucky and stuff and definitely not a good place to go out for a swim. There were a lot of fish apparently. Flounder, Salmon and Red Fish all over the place. We didn’t catch any because we didn’t have any current Florida Fishing Licenses. They are very strict over here.

Here’s a pic of me driving the boat. It’s a nice one too. The cruise speed of 30 was smooth. The only thing missing today was the ladies in front of the boat. Hurry and come guys!!!

Hey guys!!! This is the beginning of it all! This is a picture of Forrest, Craig (my instructor) and me with the brand new two stripes. I am a Certified US Private Pilot! The trick is, keep talking and assume questions so that you can always just keep on doing what you do. I passed the oral with not that much of a problem and then the checkride!!! It was an awesome day to go flying.

Check this out! Now, the accents that you see isn’t a red but more or less a mahogany deep cherry. Here’s the direct link to the manufacurer’s site. http://www.kohlerandcampbell.com/kmv52md.html

So I’m back! Not in San Diego but in civilization. Barnes and Nobles!!! I’m telling you. It brings me back to that feeling that I had in the Mira Mesa one back in San Diego. There are people of all sorts here. Young Adults my age and other ethnicities here and there. Its nice to study again and just be in the presence of “others.”

Just finished studying 3 hours straight for my Private Pilot Oral Exam. I have a Pre-Oral on Monday. My Mooney Pilot Buddy, Andy, told me how he did it. He had everything all set on a table with notes everywhere. I want to be ready just like the way he was. I want to be the best of the best and I will be secluding myself this entire weekend to get it down packed.

My landings today were great. I greased them in but I would still rate them to be either an 8 or 9 (out of 10) only because I know that I can’t get it that perfect yet. Maybe, but I’m hard on myself all the time as you guys might know already. I got my Final Checkride on either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Its creeping up so fast.

stress, steak, steak

So, Adelle and I went to DisneyWorld thinking that the “Magic Kingdom” portion of the park would resemble much of the park in LA. To our dismay, it is half the size with a lot of other attractions not in the mix. Apparently, they are at the other Parks such as Disney-MGM, Epcot, Animal Kingdom or whatever else. To top it off, we paid a huge price for such a small park. But, it was amazing to be with buddy once again.

Sorry joogs that I didn’t write about our weekend. I should have! It was so great that Adelle came by. She cooked some Chicken Adobe for me and my friends for dinner the last night she was here. And she surprised me with some Filipino treats! I got 2 different bags of Pan de Sal, Sia Pao, and a bag of frozen lumpias. It was great! I love lumpia!

I had a great flight today. I’m only 1-2 more flights away from my Checkride and I have about 4 hours of recorded Private Pilot Oral Examinations. I have to transpose them all, but it should be fun! I can’t wait. Hopefully I’ll do alright. Wish me luck!