if i could change one thing in my past

If I could change one thing in the past, I would have changed the time when I had cut open my heel from swimming. This event happened not too long ago on December 17^th of 2010. This was the last day for our school and Christmas break had started. The weather was looking so beautiful that I had planned to abruptly go to Wing beach and spearfish. Spearfishing has become a sport and a hobby to me that I love so much, because I loved the water ever since I was a kid. Water has always been in my life and my passion for the water has become greater when I had been introduced to spearfishing. Not only did my interest for water increase, but as well as the respect for the inhabitants inhibiting the waters that I swim in.

Some people who do not know how to swim may not understand how deep my passion is for the water, however, someday I want to record my adventures and share it with others who may or may not know me. But the people I want to show the most of my adventures to my friends and family who mean a lot to me. My family does not really love the water like I do. When I was young, my father loved cliff fishing so he would take me along with my mom to a night of cliff fishing where my mom would watch me as she cooks dinner sitting on the carpet. I was too young but as I grew older, my father would take me fishing more often and I would love to follow him every time. My love for fishing was so great that even though my father would try to give me five dollars to cheer me up when I couldn’t go with him, I would reject his offer of the money and try to follow him fishing.

My dad was the first one to introduce me to fishing and I fell in love with it just like my dad did. Although his type of fishing is different from the sport of spearfishing that I do, I still respect the sport of cliff fishing and any other type of sport that deals with fishing. Spearfishing is different from a regular fishing because unlike bottom fishing, spearfishing involves diving and holding your breath as you dive underwater to depths of 10 feet to over 100 feet, depending on how well you have trained to become good enough to dive that deep. As you dive down and reach the bottom, there are many types of ways to hunt fish: stalking the prey, hiding and then ambushing the prey, or stay camouflaged and then catching the prey. Each technique is needed for different kinds of fish and some may work better than the others depending on the type of fish that is being hunted.

Spearfishing is a sport that I love very much and I will never live without it. The love of passion for ones hobby will always be with me until I die.

pleasing others more than pleasing yourself

I think that most and every one of us have experienced this before of what I am about to say. This topic relates to everyone because I know that I am not the only one who has experienced this as well. I know that this topic relates to me so much because I have spent much of my time pleasing others rather than spending time caring for myself. When one's feelings are touched by another, supposedly by the opposite gender, those feelings tend to become greater especially when someone is hearing your feelings and troubles out. When you tell someone of the opposite gender your feelings and troubles, then that troubled person then feels a greater respect to the one who is listening and the one who is listening has more sympathy towards the troubled person. This is how a human's heart works. Every heart contains a certain amount of feelings towards others which is limited until that heart can not take anymore and becomes spiteful towards the world they live amongst. In order for these lives to not lead toward a wrong path, we relieve our “stress” by sharing our troubles and relating them to others who have experienced it.

Not only does this concern to people of the opposite genders relations but as well as to the same gender. This is because I believe that men get along better with men when it comes to understanding each others reasons of depression and their sorrow towards girls. This is the same as saying how girls love shopping while boys love sports and are adrenaline junkies. Throughout experience, I agree to this because I have been through both in which I had to agree upon having a more comfortable feeling while talking towards other guys. You would not feel as awkward as you are talking to a girl about what guys talk about. As to girls talking about how hot guys are and who is the gossip of the day and such. Gossips in my opinion I ought to be around for both sexes however, it seems that girls tend to make those gossips more into a rumor and such.

The only way to escape the turmoil of keeping these pain is to let others know and share those pains with them in which I must say that I have used this quote as well, “ You do not have to keep everything to yourself, the more you keep it to yourself, the more it will affect you with pain. I am here to relieve your pain by taking some of those burden off of your shoulder and putting it on mine and I am sure that most friends are willing to do the same as well. Friends are there to hear you out and help you through those hard times. Never think that you are alone in this world.”

pleasing others more than pleasing yourself

I think that most and every one of us have experienced this before of what I am about to say. This topic relates to everyone because I know that I am not the only one who has experienced this as well. I know that this topic relates to me so much because I have spent much of my time pleasing others rather than spending time caring for myself. When one's feelings are touched by another, supposedly by the opposite gender, those feelings tend to become greater especially when someone is hearing your feelings and troubles out. When you tell someone of the opposite gender your feelings and troubles, then that troubled person then feels a greater respect to the one who is listening and the one who is listening has more sympathy towards the troubled person. This is how a human's heart works. Every heart contains a certain amount of feelings towards others which is limited until that heart can not take anymore and becomes spiteful towards the world they live amongst. In order for these lives to not lead toward a wrong path, we relieve our “stress” by sharing our troubles and relating them to others who have experienced it.

Not only does this concern to people of the opposite genders relations but as well as to the same gender. This is because I believe that men get along better with men when it comes to understanding each others reasons of depression and their sorrow towards girls. This is the same as saying how girls love shopping while boys love sports and are adrenaline junkies. Throughout experience, I agree to this because I have been through both in which I had to agree upon having a more comfortable feeling while talking towards other guys. You would not feel as awkward as you are talking to a girl about what guys talk about. As to girls talking about how hot guys are and who is the gossip of the day and such. Gossips in my opinion I ought to be around for both sexes however, it seems that girls tend to make those gossips more into a rumor and such.

The only way to escape the turmoil of keeping these pain is to let others know and share those pains with them in which I must say that I have used this quote as well, “ You do not have to keep everything to yourself, the more you keep it to yourself, the more it will affect you with pain. I am here to relieve your pain by taking some of those burden off of your shoulder and putting it on mine and I am sure that most friends are willing to do the same as well. Friends are there to hear you out and help you through those hard times. Never think that you are alone in this world.”

is billiards a sport?

In my opinion, anything that is needed to be moved physically along with a tool is recognized as a sport. Many things are used with tools in our daily lives and is needed for the simplicity and ease of use for constructions and repairs of what not. When someone uses tools to make something out of another object, for example, using carving tools, screws, hammer, and other materials, this is called craftsmanship. Crafting should be a sport that would represent another world of dimension in which involves thinking and skillfully revealing the craftsman's talents.

Swimming uses ones body to propel themselves forward as to billiards in which an individual uses a stick to hit the ball physically in order for the ball to move forward to the designated spot. Golf is a sport that uses similar style in billiards by using a type of stick to hit the ball in order to move forward and put it in a designated spot. Most of the major sports use balls to make a goal and everyone in the team must cooperate in order for their team to score more points and be the best of the best amongst other teams. Time is of the essence in basketball, swimming, track, marathon; however, other sports like golf and baseball do not require a limited time because it could always end quicker than expected times or later.

Anything that is used as both mental and physical is needed for sports. For example, spearfishing is a sport, but more of a hunting. In this sport, your body must be conditioned and prone to temperature changes as it becomes colder as you dive deeper. When you are diving deeper, the pressure will also challenge your body and how comfortable you are with your surroundings with an environment that is not for human to live in. Many may assume that the water is one of the elements that is not harmful to our daily lives, however, the element of water is a very destructive force that should not be taken lightly. The oceans currents is so strong that I would advise you to take precaution as you swim. Rip currents for example is one of the scariest things to experience because you will not realize what had hit you until you are already out 200yards in the water. Rip current focuses on one area mostly in the channel where all the water inside the reef and the shore must go out from. The channel gives this path and is focused on this channel. When a person goes in waters waist deep, it is most likely that you will be sucked out by the current in seconds. The scary thing about this is that people think that it is safe because of how the water is calm at one point and then it turns into a raging water that sucks you out.

All sports should be taken seriously and cautiously in that you know what you are doing and even before you do any of the sports, you should learn the basics of that sport and play safe. Dive safe and always have a partner, always watch the ball as they throw it to you, yield to others passing by as you hit the ball while playing golf. Do not exceed your limits if you think you cannot do it. Always think positive while playing the sport as though you have already won. Respect the sport and have good sportsmanship, in return, you will have respect as well from your peers and opponents.

Pro athletes today are overpaid

Pro athletes are getting overpaid now-a-days because of their sponsorship and advertisement in both the sport and for the brand of clothing and objects that are needed to promote the companies products.Each and every one of the sport is sponsored by brands such as Nike who has sponsored Tiger Woods, who is one of the best golfers in the world.
As society modernizes into a more materialistic era, people can obviously identify multiple changes in advertisements, social medias and networks, and technology. In order to appeal to the public, companies would use sports as an "eye-catcher" for the public. For example, Nike sponsors major pro-athletics such as Tiger Woods and David Beckham. Advertisements would include punchlines that grab customers' attentions. As they see these athletics, the people are brainwashed into thinking if they buy this product, they'll score a hole-in-one like Tiger Woods or a perfect Rainbow shot into a soccer goal like David Beckham. These companies overpay these athletics to promote their products. and in result those in the middle class struggle to make a balanced living.
Though athletics are taxed the same percentage, they still haven enough money to buy their wants while satisfying their needs. As this occurs, a middle class family struggles to pay for mortgage, insurance, and other necessities. How does the government expect the low social class to pay for a living while these athletics flaunt around the world with their money? Is it necessary to pay these athletics such high income? The companies expected people to buy their product with the little money they have. If this cycle continues, the economy will worsen and taxes my result in an increase.

Name an animal and describe it in 500 words

A shark is an animal that resembles the power and strength of a beast with fearful abilities to sniff out a drop of blood from a mile away and know when you are in fear. Being in fear triggers the sharks senses to act aggressive and become in a attacking mode. When a person is in fear and panicked, then their heart will start to race, beating faster and faster. The beating of the heart can be heard underwater and the sensitivity of the sharks senses is a deadly skill.

There are many types of sharks in the world and most of them are animals capable of attacking a person by mistake or just out of curiosity. The sharks that are almost harmless to people are nurse sharks and reef sharks. Although most sharks have their own calm side, once they smell and taste the blood or meat of a carcass of a fish or anything considered as food, they will start to become aggressive. Once this happens, it is best to get out of the waters as quickly as possible before other sharks are attracted to the smell of blood and from the other sharks aggressive behavior.

It is like a chain reaction for sharks that go in packs, for example, the gray reef sharks. I have heard about these type of sharks from an experienced spearfisherman in the island of Saipan who told me that if you see a reef shark and it is in a group of three or four or more and they have their backs hunched up with their swimming behaviors changing a bit weird, it is best to get out of the water relaxed and calm without stirring up the waters too much.

I have had an encounter with a gray reef shark and a black tip shark that have come close enough for me to poke them with my speargun and they would not stop in doing so. This was about a month ago with my partner Kai Staal and Jake Van Dam. We were out spearing outside of the reef in Wing Beach. After about an hour and having caught a decent amount of fish, the gray reef shark about 6 feet long swam up to us (me especially because of the 8 pound trevalley that I just caught was spazzing out). The shark would not stop circling around until we finally left the vicinity of our hunting grounds.

For so long, sharks have been misunderstood by people all around the world who is only scared of what would happen on the negative side without considering the fact that most sharks are harmless and is only occurred that incidents of most sharks are made because people make the mistakes happen.

People who are scared of the water and sharks should really learn how to swim and get more comfortable around the waters in which we are surrounded in. This is something that will strengthen the mind and body of ones self accomplishing something of great importance in their life.

What do you want to do for Valentines Day?

For Valentines Day, I really want to spend time with the girl that I love; of course this is what almost all the people who are in love would say. Buying gifts for the special person and telling them how much you love them. Valentines Day is a day in which everyone around the world would do something for their loved ones.

Like I said, I would love to spend time with the girl that I love, take her out to the movies or take a stroll around Saipan at night. One thing that I really want to do though is to take her to banzai cliff at a clear night with no clouds that would hinder our plan to watch the stars. The first time I watched the stars at banzai cliff was with my senior classmates when we had gone there to chill and relax. The view was unbelievable and as soon as I laid my eyes on it, I fell in love with it instantly. As I watched the stars in the clear night sky with millions of stars, you could also feel the cool night breeze that blew constantly.

When someone suddenly spots a shooting star traveling across the night sky, they will have many things that run in their mind. Most people would make a wish and hope for it to come true, but when wishing something too superficial, it would be of a silly wish, which would show how he/she does not really believe in wishing amongst a shooting star. That night was an amazing encounter in which me and some of my friends have seen shooting stars. Once the time came for us to leave, I kept on telling them that I wanted to stay a little longer. Majority ruled and we had to leave.

I want to show the girl I love what I have felt that night, while feeling so relaxed and the mood is set perfectly for a romantic and beautiful night.

The catch in this is that the girl that I love is not here on Island. She is away in another land that I must keep to myself. Maybe someday in the future I will be able to have this romantic evening days with her as we live on the same Island, which will make it easier for us. Time is of the essence which in this situation makes it really important!

People may say what they want, but those words are just words of foolishness in which they can not control for their own jealousy and envy. A true friend will always support and encourage the other, however, once they use the words of blasphemy, what good is there to that friend? He/she is of no use but another obstacle to go through. I hope he understands later in life that words used in a joking manner may hurt that person and will rethink of ever meeting up with him ever again. He must realize the feelings of others and not only his own selfish being.

Everything happens for a reason and your behavior reflects the outcome of what you deserve. Each time you make a move, think before you act, it will really make a difference. Keep secrets that must be kept secret, even though it may be hard to keep it to yourself. Valentines Day is day of love and happiness, but also a day of heartbreak and sorrow. Act as you may want and do onto others as you want them to do onto you.