living it up

just a few more days, and it's "break" already.. i've got lots of paper due this week, and my autobiography video's due on the 13th. i'm not one to complain. i think just mere fact that i won't be having any school work for at least 3 weeks, is already break for me. :) break for some people would be the beach. i know, i kinda envy them, and i still wish i could soak myself and get darker yet AGAIN until i'm unrecognizable. haha i love my break seriously. i get to face my ultimate nemesis. the alterego. VOLLEYBALL. this is my time to step up since we'll be having a league come may. (well that's if i get lined up)

being an athlete is not a bed of roses. a totally cliche term for a perfectly realistic state of being. that's why i despise people who think athletes are jocks, and don't have anything between the ears. get my drift? it's not easy to think of plays and other things to dupe your opponents. it takes a large amount of WIT and INTELLIGENCE to do that. i'm glad i'm able to express this thought right now because i really want other people to respect athletes. consider this. an athlete wakes up early in the morning EVERYDAY to train and then go to class until late in the afternoon or evening. some teams have their trainings in the evening, so their classes are scheduled in the morning until afternoon. after a day's worth of physical and mental exhaustion. an athlete never gives up and looks forward to the next day's challenge. now would you call that dumb? i don't think so.

there are a handful that sadly, do not care about their academics but that's not the whole athletic community's problem since they have their own CHOICE. if they realize that they've taken the wrong path, we will all gladly take them back. that's how it is. we help each other. :)

bottomline is, i CHOSE to be a student athlete. no one can decide for me, and no one has the right to judge me when it comes to these things. nobody can claim that we're just wasting our time, and that we're not thinking about our future. let's just say, i'll smack that person with a TIME, STRESS AND PROIRITIES MANAGEMENT 101 if he happens to be a smart aleck. i've never been deprived of breaks even if i have crazy days to battle. i think it's a matter of discipline and knowing what you really want to do that matters. PASSION is definitely everything. zeal with each breath? i wonder if anything could stop you. :)

this is for all the athletes who have been unfairly judged by people who don't break their bones, scar their knees, bruise their arms and legs, lose a tooth, sprain their ankles and feel at a loss at the discovery of their achilles' heel. :)