After that we went to a Vietnamese coffee shop with Joel to catch up on old times and a few other guys met up there also. While talking with the guys, we found out that two of them have contacts that can help us in the next stage of Ryce. Rod and I were talking about what we need to do next for Ryce to grow bigger and these two guys are our golden ticket. We couldn’t ask for anything better. The whole purpose of Rod going to OC was to see Joel. The whole purpose of me going to OC was to get a massage. You’re thinking, “What’s so good about a massage in OC?” First let me make sure we’re on the same page here. Most massage places cost about $1/min which usually comes out to $60 or more/hr. What’s so good about OC massages? It’s $15 for 1 whole hour!!! It’s a full body massage and they do a good job, at least that’s what I think. My first professional massage was at my friend’s day spa and salon. This was my second massage, so I wouldn’t have many experiences to compare it to.  I would rather have the 1st massage again, but I would definitely take this $15 massage any day. For $15, the quality of the massage is really good and I felt bad for all the work that they did at that price. I felt like I was having a 10 year old Asian child make me a sweater.

After I played volleyball, I found out that one of the girls can play in the Las Vegas volleyball tournament with my UCLA volleyball crew.  We’ll be submitting 3 teams this time and we only need 1 more girl. Since my friend Kat decided to play with us, my team for the Vegas tourney is completed thus securing my spot in the tournament this year. So we’ll be rolling deep to Vegas with 21 people because we’ll have 3 friends that are coming just to hang out. We already booked two 2-bedroom suites at $120 a night. It has 1 King bed, 1 queen bed, and 1 queen size sofa. The whole 2 bedroom suite is 1,262 square feet. Our volleyball crew knows how to hunt for good deals and DAAAAANG this is a really good deal.

So on top of all this, a team asked me to play with them in a volleyball league on Wednesdays in Ontario. YAY, more volleyball. Plus our team is STACKED. So I’m currently trying to move my work schedule around so I can play in the league. More volleyball = more fun = happy Ryce Randy

Summary for today: Ate pho, found two contacts that are very key to Ryce succeeding, $15 hour massage, played volleyball, recruited Kat to play on our Vegas team which in turn secured my spot for the Vegas tourney next month, got invited to play on a stacked vball team for a league, found a co-worker to switch my Wednesday for their Monday so I can play in the league, and noticed that it’s 6:30 AM and I’m still not tired because I’m soooo happy right now. I’m on that high, the same high that you get when you’ve been playing at the craps table for only 20 minutes and you’re already up by $200. Now that I just looked outside and it’s not dark outside is the same feeling that you get when u walk into a Vegas casino at 11 PM and come out when it’s bright outside. Either way, it’s time for me to go to bed.

Remember: “Any day above the ground is a good day”

- RYCE Randy