I have lived in a suburb in Los Angeles, Torrance, my whole life and even though there is everything to do in the world, go to Major League Baseball games, go to an NBA game, go to Disneyland, Universal Studios, go to the beach, etc, I always complained that there was nothing to do out there.
I never thought I would be moving out of Torrance and was dying to get out of there. Until an oppotunity came upon me to play baseball at Mount Mercy University...IN IOWA!?!?! I thought to myself, "Iowa!? There's probably nothing to do out there."
Although I got accepted to University of Oregon and University of Hawai'i academically, I decided to sign my letter of intent with Mount Mercy University to continue to purse my career in baseball. I talked to a friend that went to college in Iowa and he really got me interested to coming out here. He told me that one, I get to play baseball. And two, I should just go out to where ever I'm going, in this case Iowa, and just experience something new because you only live once and might never be able to do this again. He also mentioned that Cedar Rapids was the second biggest city in Iowa so it shouldn't be that bad, and i could head out to Iowa City if I had free time to get more of a College scenery.
This is going to be my 12th week here in Cedar Rapids and I couldn't have asked for a better time here. I really didn't except much at first but my teammates and the people I met at school has made it a pleasant experience so far.
However, I do miss spending time with my family and my friends back home. I'm not saying Iowa is a horrible place or anything, but I cant wait to go back home for winter break and spend some quality time with everybody.
Until then, I have to stay on the daily grind of school and baseball.
-Jun
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