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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
*We are proud of you.*

Hello Guardians,
It's been a month and I'm long overdue with writing another blog. What better to do with my time while waiting to board my plane back home to So-Cal for Thanksgiving?! It was only a week ago that I was here at this airport coming back from an amazing weekend spent walking the streets of Washington D.C. This month has been insane. I only really saw 2 weekends in Berkeley and even then I had friends visiting so it's been pretty busy and left less room for Circle K. Blah, I feel like I haven't been to a home club project in so long and I sincerely miss that feeling of going to projects all the time and always being in the thick of the action. These semesters pass way too fast for all of us to stop and really appreciate them. Senior year is passing almost half over and crap it's on to graduation and being a full fledged adult?!

Aside from my freak outs about what I'm going to do once I graduate there is always Circle K ai yai yai. Just want to reflect on my last ever FTC and this past month for the Golden Gate. My last Fall Training Conference began early Friday morning around 2AM when Cal-Nev-Ha's District Board rolled into my apartment after a long drive from Southern California. It was great seeing everyone again. Especially since I'm from the North, I barely get a chance to hang out with these kids. Every time District Board reunites I'm reminded of the crazy chemistry that we have together. I swear we feed off each other's energy and can seriously act like a perpetual motion machine. Whether we're dancing endlessly during general sessions, cheering appropriately and inappropriately, or sharing our latest failures and successes in life I definitely know I ended up on an ideal D-Board. Hahaha. We got each other's backs from Hawaii to the Bay and in any time of need. I can't wait until I get back to So-Cal for Winter Break so I can take a tour of So-Cal with them.

Oh Fall Training Conference will forever be one of my favorite District Events and I definitely think that this year's FTC was the perfect ending to four awesome years. The Guardians repped the Golden Gate by wearing our super hero shields--so tizight---really showed our unity. I'm glad I decided to put the whole thing together the day before FTC... I'm such a slacker/over achiever--once I get an idea in my head I just have to do it and do it well or at least try to. We rolled into opening session 100 strong Guardians and of course we were one of the few divisions present since we were the hosting division. Ai yai yai. Nonetheless, we definitely showed Cal-Nev-Ha who the Guardians were! We took up about a quarter/25%/ 1/4 of the FTC attendance! BLAM! SHAZAM! IN YO FACE! hahahahaha :P Just kidding. Figures since we are the largest division and the closest to the event.

I'm so proud of all my guardians! I think we really blew away the district with endless Guardian cheers--people actually knew the cheers! GO US! Even better, we really cheered for our individual clubs!

"When I say FOOT ya'll say HILL! FOOT! HILL! FOOT! HILL!"

"WE SAID OOOOHHH AHHHH! BERKELEY ROCKS THIS HOUSE!"

"DEANZA'S LIKE WHAT?! DEANZA'S LIKE BOOM!"

"CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! GOOOO GATORS!"

"CAL-STATE-EAST-BAY!"

Cheering is definitely a passion I have within Circle K I'll never forget all the spirit we brought to FTC. The giant almost formed mosh pits. I could've easily jumped on top of you guys and just hope that ya'll carried me all the way to the dining hall. Hmmmm. That doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. How about at DCON? WHO'S IN?! I AM!!!!

Other cool moments that I'll never forget? Campfire skits, random/impromptu D-board skits, the *DESERT GATE BOOTY SLAP!!!* Best moment ever: the Super Guardian Dance Crew getting up on stage during Saturday's dance to perform the choreography to Big Bang - Lies. I could see everyone's face in the crowd--they were definitely surprised. I think we all went crazy over that performance. Great job Super Guardians! That was definitely one of my proudest moments as LTG--dance crew come to life! (tutorial videos can be found online! ON YOUTUBE) Now onto that music video... We really showed Cal-Nev-Ha what Golden Gate's made of: pure divisional unity and spirit.

There was never a quiet or dull moment for us at FTC. I'm so proud to be able to call myself the Golden Gate Lieutenant Governor and I'm glad we got to represent in front of all of Cal-Nev-Ha. Let's continue to pop, lock, and drop it all the way to District Convention (DCON) in March! *WE ARE PROUD OF YOU SAID WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!!!*

So proud,
Cheriz :]

posted by Cheriz Cajita at 1:58 PM 1 Comments