even greater passion

I had such a wonderful weekend! I am even more fire up about Jumpstart! I made new friends and bonded with other team leaders and other Jumpstart members from our western region :D. It was such a wonderful experience :]. What a great way to start the year and building an even greater passion for Jumpstart! Woohooo! Yay! Wonderful wonderful experience! Everything in the beginning was so sudden and overwhelming, but after attending this SLI training leadership conference I feel a little bit more confident and a little bit more prepare for Jumpstart even if I am entirely new to Jumpstart's program.

From the day I applied for Jumpstart I always had the passion in me. This 3 day conference training really encouraged me to work harder and set a good example to my corp. members. Not only did i learn how to become a better and professional leader, but I also acquired other valuable skills, such as a manager, coach, & observer ( '4 hats that we, Team Leaders, have to be able to interchangably & simultaneously wear at all times' - - 1st hat is a given: leader, so i didn't mention or include it in the list).

There was one particular trainer/mentore/role model that really inspired me to become the best that I can be as a Jumpstart Team Leader, and that inspirational individual's name is called Lygia! She is such an awesome speaker! Truly inspirational and entertaining just listening to her. I love Lygia's fun and engaging spirit that just somehow draws everyone's attention. Amazing! You're just going to have to hear and see her just to believe it. I want to have as much enthusiastic spirit and confidence as much as her one day :].

I know this semester is going to be very challenging juggling with 18 units of classes ontop of my practicum/internship - Jumpstart program and my evening night tutoring job, which is unfortunately not very stable :/. I guess I can't complain because in its way I get to use that time wisely to catch up and put that extra time I have in my studies. I have to be honest, I am scare about this semester. This is my very FIRST semester TRYING to do all this accomplishments all at ONCE O_O; can you SAY: OVERLOAD -_____-; I PRAY God that I will be able to MANAGE and survive all that I am doing this semester =x. Please help me God! MERCY please!

Oh my goodness! I forgot to mention that after our long day of training on Saturday. We all got to go to Disneyland :] ! YAY! it was so much fun! It was very exciting chatting with the rest of my peers about funny stories and personal stories. It really was a wonderful opportunity for all of us to bond and get to know each other in a free and fun evening. I was shocked how fast the lines went on a Saturday night. Honestly I would not mind standing and waiting in line because it was already fun chit-chatting and playing games with our peers x]. fun! fun! fun! We were inside the park from 7pm-disneyland closed. For once disney was empty xD. It was very nice having the feeling that the entire disneyland park was all to ourselves. Mmmm I was craving for ice cream, unfortunately before leaving disneyland we didn't get the chance to get some ice cream. Mmm speaking of ice cream, I have a craving for a vanilla ice cream cone from MickeyDee's xP. They have ONE of the BEST vanilla ice cream cones EVER! i love it!

Okayy, anywho, I better stop typing and rambling on and go finish my homework now -_____-;