Just a Little Catch Up

Hello everyone, I am in a very good mood because my favorite artist, Drake, just dropped his new album, Views, and I am in love with it! I've been listening to it since it dropped and I am currently listening to it right now. So yesterday was the coaches vs. volleyball girls game and it was horrible, I wanted to cry. We played so bad and we argued and yelled at each other and just brought each other down. I was very ashamed and embarrassed because everyone was watching and the coaches looked very disappointed. We could have definitely played better and I think we were just thrown off because of the crowd and we weren't taking it as seriously as we should have. It's okay tho, there will be a rematch very soon! I am very very happy because I came home yesterday with my progress report and I have straight A's and E's and I am very proud of myself. I wasn't feeling very well on Friday so I missed practice and I shouldn't have, I'm starting as one of the main hitters and I love my position. The only problem I have with my hitting is that when I get up to jump, I rewind and I don't get the ball in time, but I'm working on it. May and June will be a lot of fun with my friends and all the things I have planned before I leave. Making memories with the poeple I love is my favorite thing.

Very Excited!

Hey hey hey! I am very excited as you can tell and I've just been in a good mood these past days and I'm happy. I'm doing well in school and I've been doing good in volleyball, let's not jinx anything though. So this Friday is a volleyball girls VS. coaches game and I am very excited and I'm hoping that the girls win. There is like 6 more weeks of school left and graduation is right around the corner! I really want to right a graduation speech because I have a lot to say but I'm not sure I have the time and that really makes me sad. I have my dress for graduation I think but not my shoes yet, I also have my dress and shoes and jewelry for the formal dance and I'm very very excited because it will be a lot of fun. Anyways back to volleyball, we have many tournaments coming up and our jerseys are on their way and they are so nice! I got the jersey number 1 and my last name will be on it too, also the colors are black red and white. I feel like volleyball keeps me busy and it helps me focus on other things like school. I think everyone should do a sport and it doesn't have to be volleyball, but just to have some kind of sport activity can help a lot. Also we should all learn to kick out the negative things in our lives and to let go of the things that are putting us down. Make sure the hand you are holding onto isn't holding you down.

Know Yourself

Hey everyone, it's almost summer again and school is almost over! As we all know I'm moving this summer and I'm excited but sad at the same time. I don't wanna leave my friends behind and it's just hard to start over in a whole new environment but I've learned to look at the positive sides of things to make myself feel better. I'm proud of the kind of person I'm becoming, I'm learning how to react to some things that are hard to deal with. I'm a really understanding person and I help people as much as I can but sometimes people do things that are not okay and I try to be okay with it. I'm trying to teach myself how to not except things I'm not okay with, because it's time I take care of myself and do things for me. We are all working our way up to the future we want and the things we do right now are getting us closer and closer to our goal. Well tomorrow I have practice and guess what!? We raised over 1000 dollars for our volleyball team in a one day fundraiser that was held at UbaTuba in Tarzana and it's amazing. I think we have a few games coming up, like legitimate club games because now we are a club team. I am very excited, wish me luck. Xoxo

A Little Mislead

Hey guys, how is everyone? So I've been kind of having a bad time lately and my mind has just been very full. I'm kind of stressed about everything and I feel like that I'm not giving a 100% for the things that I do especially school and volleyball, I'm not happy with myself. I decided to take a little time off to regroup myself from volleyball and I'm going back this Tuesday because honestly I can't go on with my life without playing. I'm guessing that it's just the stress of end of the school year and all the things that coming with it like graduation, dance, grad night, and grades. I don't think that my grades will be a problem for me because I have good grades and I'm keeping school work under control, but to be honest I am getting lazy. I don't want to give up at this time because I pushed myself through the whole school year and I don't wanna ruin my hard work. The biggest problem on my mind is people and no matter how good you treat them, they still lie to you and go behind you back even when you give them all your trust. It makes me sick how many lies I've heard in the past weeks. I'm trying to put it behind me and I'm trying to focus on school and volleyball but I'm still bothered, and a "I'm sorry" doesn't fix everything, especially when they don't mean it. Another thing that bothers me is how people are so blinded by what on the outside of someone, and they don't see the inner self of that person. The devil wouldn't come to you in its true form, it will disguise itself to look like everything you want. I just hope this week goes well, I really need it to be.

Happy Easter!

Hey guys its Easter!  Spring is officially here and I am so happy because the weather is getter more perfect by the second, and when the weather is perfect thats when we go out to play volleyball. So today, to celebrate Easter, me and my family went on a barbecue picnic at the park and my dad and I played volleyball the whole time. I am very excited because Tuesday is the first tryout for the travel v-ball team, and even thought I am not staying I am still going until I can. I want to spend as much time as possible with my team and play with them because I will miss them so much and I owe everything that I know to my coach because I started with him and he's got me this far. The barbecue today was amazing and I had a lot of fun even though I scarped my knees a little bit. Last year I spent easter with my cousin and we went egg hunting and it was really fun, but this year was the best with my family. I hope everyone else had a great Easter as well, :)

Good erspective

Hey guy, I've got some news and theres a good part and a bad part. So my volleyball coach is starting a volleyball league for us because we won district championship and he believes that we have the potential to play club. The tryouts for the league is Tuesday and I'm going but I will not be able to play on the actual team because I will be moving and the league is about a year long. I am very sad about the fact that I can't play here, especially knowing that theres going to be many opportunities for me to go as far as I want. The good news that I have is that I got into a very good volleyball club where Im moving to, its a national team thats very serious. So I'm not so sad anymore about moving, even though I am going to miss a lot of people like my coach, my team mates, my best friends, and that one special person. I hope that everything works out and that I don't loose touch with anyone through out the time that I'm not here. I've started to look at my situation in a positive way, now I just see things as new chance and a new start to focus on myself and to work toward the goal I've set for myself. The only thing I'm going to do in Iran is work out on my volleyball and stick to my education. I see Iran as a place that is just going to get me ready and 10x better for here, just my nurturing place. Anyways I hope everyone is having a great spring break. :)      ( link to picture; http://rivals.ph )

Bussing Beach

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Hello everyone, sorry I haven't blogged in a little while but I'm back with a wonderful story. So this Monday me and my six other friends decided to go to the beach, but we did not have a car ride so we took the bus, alone. We all met at my friends house at 7am and walked to the bus station, by 7:30 we were on our first bus. While we were on that bus we were trying to find out where we are going to and let me tell you, we were lost for a good 10 mins. As we found our next bus, in about 30 minutes, that took us through the freeway close to the beach we calmed down, mostly me because I was freaking out. By about 9am we were off the second bus and we found a Subway and Starbucks store right next to each other and we were hungry. As we spent almost an hour there eating and drinking our food, we missed our next bus so we had to wait for the next one. While we were at the bus stop, a homeless guy walked up and tried to kiss my friend! She got so scared, she stood up and ran until the guy was gone, the guy looked like he had some issues so we didn't make a big deal out of it. It was crazy but I was on the floor laughing really hard, it was so funny. As we got on our next bus, it took about another 45 minutes to get to where we wanted but we finally got there. It was about 11am when we reached 3rd street and we walked the rest way to the beach and the weather was amazing. We were finally by the shore and we went in the water and had a lot of fun. The ride back from the beach was another story, 20x more crazier, but the fun that we had ruled it all out and it was a great experience.

Got Me Thinking

Hey everyone, today in my period first class we were talking about high school and college credit and it got me thinking about what I wanna do. I always had the plan to finish school earlier with a good record, grades, and more than enough credit so I can get a good job in the career that I choose to major in. I want to go to a really good university and most universities are very expensive so I was thinking about getting a sport scholarship by playing volleyball. I am positive that I can play volleyball and do school work like I am right now, even though university is 100x harder than middle school. In high school, especially the first two years, I am going to just take honor classes and practice volleyball. These two years are going to be basically my nurturing years for volleyball but I will be focused on school work also. After these two years I am going to be taking AP classes and classes in the summer to get college credit. By then I am hoping that I am in a club volleyball team or a varsity high school team. I have very high expectations for myself and my future, I believe than working hard will pay off and I will have a comfortable life that allows me to do anything I like. I hope you guys start thinking about your futures as well because its an important thing.

Some News

Okay hello everyone, my parents were thinking about moving back to my country, Iran, now its official. I'm going to move back this summer for 2-3 years and them I'm coming back here again. To be honest I think its a dumb thing that my parents are doing because I'm just going to fall back on my school over there. I mean is a whole other language and everything is different. I have to get used to reading and writing in Farsi again and I don't think thats gonna be so easy. The only thing thats good about the moving is that I can work on my volleyball a lot and improve greatly. There are amazing programs and clubs for volleyball that take it seriously and play really well. But I still don't support their decision but I don't have a say in it so I just have to do the best I can. I an positive that that I'm coming back and I'm positive that I'm going to go to the school that all my friends are going. I just hope I can keep up with school and I hope that when I come back I make a high school varsity team. Wish me luck guys. Till next week

Champions!

Hi everyone, okay so today was my championship game and let me tell you, I wanted to kill someone. First of all I jammed BOTH of my thumbs the day before the game and I basically was crying the whole day friday. Than today I arrive at the game late, while were warming up, oh and my thumbs are still jammed. We warm up and were getting ready for our first game. The first game was the most nerve-wrecking game that I've ever played, the score was so close it was insane. Every game in two sets to 21 and the first set we lost the first one but won the second one to 19-21. We had to play an extra set to 17 because it had to be best out of three, and we won the second one 16-17! It was the scariest game I've ever played and the last point was honestly the worst because my heart legit stopped. I was so nervous I missed two tips and a serve, I was shaking the whole game. The second game we played was easy and we won without a problem, mostly because we played better and we worked as a team. At the end when we got our trophy and metals, we took pictures and it was then we really felt like a family. I can't wait until our district game, I am so proud of my team mates and so proud of how far we have come. We're gonna work hard and when we get to district we are gonna leave with the W.

Key To Success Comes In Tunes

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you guys know that music is amazing. With the stress that school work and volleyball bring, listening to music helps a lot. Its like a medicine for the soul and it speaks to the mind. The type of music that I like is Hip Hop/Rap, Pop, and R&B. The artists that I really like are Drake, Future, Chris brown, Bryson Tiller, Post Malone, Trey Songz, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, J Cole, Jhene Aiko,  Justin Beiber, and Rihanna. Oh my God Rihanna's new album named ANTI is so amazing,I've had the album on replay for like three days. I just think Rihanna is beautiful and I just totally love her.

But mostly I'm very proud of Bryson Tiller (my baby) for woking his way to the top of everyones playlist, his music speaks to me in a different levels and Im just in love with him.

If I was to talk about all of my favorite artists it would take me days to finish. So if you are tired and you need something to relax you just listen to music thats created by these amazing artists. Till next week loves, Xoxo 

One Big Family

Hi guys, its been a while since I blogged, sorry about that. I have been so busy since this semester started, keeping up with school and getting A's, and volleyball, I guess I forgot to keep blogging. Talking about volleyball, we had our second game which was the semi-finals and we won! So happy at this moment because volleyball is going good and I'm doing great in school. Im not going to lie, it is a challenge for me to get everything done but I do it everyday and I know that my hard work is going to pay off real soon. This Saturday thats coming up is the finals/championship game which if we win, which we will, we will move on to district championship which is my teams goal. We have been working on many things such as techniques, foot work, arm strength (for hitting), and coordination. I have a good feeling that we are ready to win the game this Saturday and to win the district game because we work together as a team and we practice everyday. The position that I'm going to play is basically every position on the court because of the rotations we have. I love my teammates and I'm proud of every single one of them because without them there wouldn't be a team and we wouldn't have gone this far. I also love all my coaches because without them there wouldn't be any progress either. We are one big volleyball family.

Scared of Excited?

Hello guys, I'm back and oh my god this Saturday is my first game! Im not sure if Im scared or excited, probably a combination of both. This week Ive been practicing with my team but I have this feeling that I didn't do so well. In volleyball there are three things you must know, which are: bump, set, and kill. In this sport/game each side has these three things to use before they get the ball to the other side, and also each side/team could only touch the ball three times than they have to get it over the net. When you're on the court you have to constantly be moving around and getting ready to hit the ball. As a volleyball player I move a lot and I have a very loud voice because I have to call my ball when Im going to receive it and communicate with my team on the court. One things thats a problem for me is my tone, when Im trying to point something out to my team mates, I have a tone that seems mean and it upsets my team. I really am not trying to be rude or mean, Im trying to help them and tell them how to do something better, but my tone sends another message. So anyways Saturday is my first game and I have no idea what to do, wish me luck everyone. Till next time. Xoxo

Hard Core

Hello guys, Im back and I have good news! For my volleyball I got a starters spot front middle! Im so happy and excited. On thursday at practice we had to condition for about an hour and let me tell you it felt like boot camp. First we did three sets wall squats for two minutes which made our legs stronger and stiffer. Second we did 30 push ups on my coaches count, it was so hard and it felt like forever until we finished. Third we did another three sets of two minute planks which gave us upper arm strength. At the end we did three sets of wall jumps for two mins and that was when most of us started to go slow. Over all we did good at practice on thursday and we got stronger. After the conditioning we played games and it was really fun. I believe that when you work hard after it you can have fun and do things you enjoy.

Just Perfect

Hi guys I'm back again and I cant wait to tell everyone about the one thing I love the most, volleyball! Now that we all know second semester has started and so has volleyball season. I have started volleyball for a week now for 2-3 hours a day at my school. Keeping up with my school work and volleyball has been a challenge but I prepared myself since last semester. Last semester I tried to find the ways around my classes and get to know the techniques that were required so that I can properly perform them without difficulty this semester. Throughout this first week I was able to do everything in the way I was asked to do and managed to do good in volleyball. This semester the main two things that I'm going to focus on is school and volleyball. I have noticed that since volleyball has started, I have been able to focus in class much better and I understand things more clearly. I think I am able to focus better because school and volleyball takes all of my time and I don't have free time to do things that I really do not need to do. I leave my house at 7:30 in the morning and come home at 6 PM from volleyball and by the time I finish my homework and my shower, its time to sleep. Im glad that volleyball has started because it frees my mind and helps me focus, I hope that everyone has a hobby that they feel strongly about.