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The Start
On this day , it was the start of my life , my birthday. This was the best day of my life. I was born in Elmwood Park. -
Trip to Disneyland
This was my first ever trip to Disneyland , and this was the first time I've ever went outside of Illinois. -
First Day of School..Ever
On this day , it was the first day of Preschool , I remember I was very noisy and sleepy. At this time , I was more of a extrovert and more proactive in things. -
Meeting New Friends
During preschool , I was starting to make friends , it was weird and difficult I remember because of how noisy I was but it worked out in the end. -
Learning How to Bounce a Small Basketball
During this month , somewhere in this month I started to know how to bounce an small basketball , my brother taught me how to bounce the small basketball , he was like 13 years old at that time. -
Started to Ride a Small Tricycle
During this month , I started to learn how to ride a small bike , It was one of those bikes where it was very colorful and it was pretty easy to get used to if I remember , I was a quick learner during this time. -
First Day of Elementary School
On this day , it was the first day of elementary school , I went to Elmwood Park Elementary School , it was from what I remember a little different from preschool. I think I was more talkative and I always wanted to be involved in things. -
Met A Really Awesome Friend
During elementary school , since I was talkative and wanted to meet people , in one class , I met my best friend , she was really kind to me and she lived right next door from my apartment. I remember I used the word awesome a lot and I used to spell awesome differently like "awsome" and she used to make fun of me for it. -
Fun Time at Six Flags
This was a cool moment in my life , I never went on the big rides obviously but I did go on the small rides in Six Flags. It was a fun time. -
Third Grade Started
During the time when third grade has started , it was a difficult time , everybody was changing and finding new friends including my friend I met in 2011. I was also changing my personality a little bit , I was getting more quieter and more introverted when days went by which separated me from people. -
Civic Center Basketball Team
During third grade , My mom signed me up for an basketball team at the civic center where people can be on actual teams of the NBA and play against each other for Best Record award. For example , i was on Team Spurs (San Antonio Spurs). This was during the time where I picked up from being introverted , I started to be a team player. -
Buzzer Beater Shot
This moment is by far my top 5 moment , My team was down 2 points , I remember my coach saying screen David (me) for me to get a open shot. At the time , I didn't really know plays or defensive plays the only thing I knew was to put the basketball in the hoop. So my friend , who my mom called ourselves 'dynamic duo" screened the defender and I got a wide open shot to make a 3 pointer at the buzzer beater to win the game. -
Participation Trophy for Civic Center Basketball Team
Unfortunately , we didn't get the best record , although we had the second best record , the whole season was a really cool moment in my life , definitely top 10 of moments. Our team did get a participation trophy which I have as of 2021. -
Got an Bike
Finally got a bike and I started to learn how to ride one , it was pretty easy. -
First Time to Wisconsin Dells
First of many times my family went to Wisconsin Dells , this moment was really fun because we went to Mt Olympus water park. My favorite was the Poseidon's Rage. -
Graduating Elementary School
At this time , I graduated elementary school , me and the friend that I met in 2011 has moved elsewhere and we haven't talked but I did have my best friend still. Middle School was on it's way. -
Second Time to Wisconsin Dells
This time was different , we didn't go to Mt Olympus , this time we booked a hotel room by the Dells strip or downtown. We ate good , my favorite place was Famous Daves and Monks. -
Graduating Middle School
7th and 8th grade were tough years for some reasons , everybody and I mean everybody from elementary school has changed. Their voice , personality and everything and I changed as well , me and my best friend were still cool and overall it was just a tough time in my life. -
Moved from Elmwood Park to Norridge
During this time , I moved from Elmwood Park to Norridge , for all my life this has never happened , so when I moved away , things started to changed , I became more quieter and more introverted than ever before. I also left my best friend behind and we never talked since , now it was time to enroll in another school and district Taft High School. -
Virtual Learning and COVID
COVID hit during moving which kinda slow things down , but I finally moved into the new apartment , it's nice and it's way newer than my old apartment. I never been into the new school yet but I know it's nice and huge , way more huge than Elmwood Park's. So , my journey continues from here on out.