Journal Entry: Choon Yong-01/24/2025-Phoenix and Dragon clouds.

Journal Entry

1/24/2025 Friday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:00 AM. Made up my bed. cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and made a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 60 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:20 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (Harina de avena, torta, leche, azucar, un manzana y agua).

Plan for today (Plano para hoy):

  1. Stretch.
  2. Call Doris.
  3. Check email form Doris.
  4. Email daily diary for 1/23/2025.
  5. Walk 6 Miles.
  6. Split Stretch.
  7. Yoga.
  8. Quotations.
  9. GED Tutoring 12:00 – 3:00 PM.
  10. EBRR Classes Trauma Part 2, 7:30 -8:30 AM and Basic Cognitive Skills 8:45 – 9:45 AM.
  11. ACE Class Oxytocin Crisis 5:30-6:00 PM.

The morning started out dark, hazy, sparse cloud, light breeze and cold – 37 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of dark smoke, sparse clouds that is shaped like a phoenix and a black and white dragon, the light breeze made the temperature colder. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood lights turned on but were not testing their vehicles. Rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. Breakfast was served early and no wildlife appeared after breakfast, so the inmates left their food on the ground. Several inmates commented that the clouds looked like a black and white dragon under the crescent moon. But the front of the dragon the clouds formation looked like a phoenix. The beautiful dawn sky was on display: band of red haze over the Sierras, analogous colors radiated out of the suns path, the clouds on the suns path was peach and gold colors, thus it made the phoenix cloud gold and the dragon was peach and gold color, the crescent moon was in mid sky at 11 o’clock and the dark blue sky. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. As the sun rise over the Sierras, it illuminated the Sierras amid the Red Haze, the golden phoenix and peach golden dragon was prominent and it warmed the air as it ascended through the haze. The birds appeared around 7:10 AM and they feasted on food left by the inmates and foraged in the fields. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:30 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 12 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 22 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 4 seconds per lap. EBRR Class Trauma Part2, 7:30 – 8:00 AM. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga in the morning sunshine at the basketball court until 8:45 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the cold morning walk. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful dawn sky with the golden phoenix and dragon formation beneath the crescent moon for Chinese New Year. Opened my eyes to the blue sky with crescent moon in mid sky at 11 o’clock. Attended EBRR Class Basic Cognition Skills 8:45 – 9:10 AM. Talked to Doris at 9:15 AM: Doris is well and rested. It was cold when she let the dogs out. She is going shopping for Chinese New Year flowers with Diana. GSW won their game against the Chicago Bulls . I will be busy with tutoring and the ACE Class tonight. Counselor Reyes told me, we won’t have any new inmates until 1/27/2025. Cleaned the computer room. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:40 AM. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: fried fish sandwich, Cole Slaw, beans, mixed vegetables, bread, bran bar and water. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9467 steps, 17.3 inches step length and symmetry was 8.0%. Yesterday was the 355th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She is shopping for flowers with Diana. GSW won their game against the Chicago Bulls. She will visit tomorrow and Christina will drive her to Atwater. ETA is 10:30 – 11:00 AM. Went to sewing room: exchanged 2 XL shirts and 2 40X30 pants for Gabrouel, exchanged 3 XL T shirts for Ortuna, fabricated pillow case for Soto, repaired Khaki uniforms and repaired Green uniforms. Had a short nap. GED tutoring 12:00 – 3:00 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Casserole, salad, green beans, bread and water. Haircut at 5:00 PM. ACE Class Oxytocin Crisis 5:30 – 6:00 PM. Showered and changed to casual clothes. Census count at 7:00 PM. Census count at 8:00 PM. Cleaned up at 9:00 PM. Final Census count at 9:30 PM. Went to bed at 10:00 PM.

Today was a good day: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9467 steps, 17.3 inches step length and symmetry was 8.0%. Yesterday was the 355th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will visit me tomorrow. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED Tutoring sessions and ACE Class. Auspicious cloud formations of a Golden phoenix and golden dragon beneath a crescent moon.

Francis Bacon: Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the greater and the relief of a man’s estate.

Books Read: 48 Books, Book Reports: 48 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 19 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 17 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 82 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3407 Miles, Target: 5000 Mile’s.

Francis Bacon: New nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time.