Extramaganda-fantasmalicious and more

WELL, it's been a while since I've updated this history log... er, I guess the correct term would be blog. Anyway, I decided that this week I'd surprise you all with an excellent photo of me in my new soccer clothing wear. It's a new look, with a dark, marine-blue on white, with sky blue highlights and letters in White. I hope you enjoy this as I'm not very good at making things match. But this, oh, is probably my best match EVER!
On another note, we've changed rooms. Previously, we were in Chicago, but the mission president decided it was too dangerous for us to be there, and we had to find a new room. Well, mission accomplished, and now we have an EXCELLENT view from our BALCONY. I'll show you. The mountain/hill you see is the Huacca del Sol y de la Luna. (I've been there before).
Well, that's all the news for now! Hope everyone is doing well. Now where's my inca kola....

En Memoria del 24 de Julio

I decided to Make a post in memory of the 24th of July today, thanking all those pioneer ancestors for sacrificing their lives to come to a place free from the persecutions of the land. What a great example it can be to us, to show us that we should stand up for what we believe in, and never deny that Christ is our Savior!

As a personal sacrifice, I decided to eat a sucker my parents sent to me. Now, many of you may wonder "what kind of sacrifice is that, that's CANDY!" Well, I'm here to tell you, that the sacrifice was my teeth. They turned red! That's right folks, I turned from a regular white toothed person, to a vampirish looking of a fellow! I think I'll let you take a look at the pics...

And as a side note, I want you to NOT notice the red nose recently burned while visiting a touristic site called Chan Chan, the biggest adobe ancient ruins in the world. But that's aside the point, let's look at the photos now...

BEFORE (How nice...):

That's me with the white teeth (and the red nose which, of course, is not to be mentioned of).

That's nice, eh? Now lets take a look at the NEXT picture...













AFTER:

Not so cool, eh? Well, now that they're stained this way, I get all these funny stares! Why? "Why baby, Why!?" (Name that movie - it's from a remake we did like a couple years ago...)
















Teeth did not stay this color. This post was maybe a little exaggerated. Go figure, Elder Buck, exaggerating? Yeah right.

Peru's Largest Milk Can Tower

July 10, 2006
(Trujillo, Peru)Making Huge news this week is Elder Michael Buck, who successfully stacked average milk cans on top of each other to a towering height of more than 14 cans. While he would have liked to continue, the fear of them falling deterred the notorious Elder Buck from stacking them further to taking them down and putting them back onto the shelf.

Elder Buck tells us of his accomplishment: "I feel very happy to be able to stack that many cans of milk on top of each other." Peru News thought was the most interesting bit of information was the fact that they were stacked while ON the table! If you can imagine stacking cans on top of an unstable environment, you will absolutely die knowing that Elder Buck stacked his cans of milk on TOP of the table. That's right.

Furthermore, Elder Buck would like to thank Sister Sosa, (seen between the cans and Elder Buck) for being such a help in handing the cans of milk to him. "The most critical part of can-stacking is finding someone to help you. I am glad someone like Sister Sosa could help me." Comments like these were among many at the time this amazing record was accomplished. "I'm betting this was the most cans ever stacked in all of Peru today," Elder Buck was overheard saying. Now THAT'S a record.

A full story of this news article will not be available for immediate use. In other words, don't try looking for this on google.

I'm a Father now!

Well, as many of you may know, I became a father last week. It's true. Here is a photo:

Wait, that's the wrong one, that's my girlfriend, Inca Kola. That's just the best thing here!

Here is Elder Stucki. He's from Bountiful, UT, and is 19 years old. (For those too slow, I didn't "Really" have a baby, but in the mission they call people your son if you are their first companion, or their trainer. I am his trainer.):

Brownie Night

Just last night, I, yes, the great Elder Buck, became a SUPER CHEF and decided to make one of my favorites with the family Cabanillas (Pronounced Cab-uh-knee-yuz). That's right, my mom's Recipe for her amazing Brownies. It was great. You shall see what it takes to create such a delightful dessert such as this.

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The first step is very simple. Melt the 200 grams of butter and the 50 grams of Vegetable Oil/Lard. Don't worry, I don't use animal fat in my cooking, I use vegetable oil, 100% NOT ANIMAL. So for those animal rights people, don't worry...
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The next step is also quite simple. 50 grams of cocoa, or in other words, a half a cup. That's right, 50 grams is the same as half a cup, which means 1 cup is 100 grams. Imagine! Anyway, as you can see I'm dumping in the cocoa.

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Then, the next thing you want to do is add WHITE SUGAR(Highlight that blank white space). Uh huh, 2 cups of it. Okay, do your math, and Yep, that's 200 grams of sugar as well. Here I am dumping in the sugar. Oh how sweet!

If you know ANYTHING at all about cooking, you will guess what's coming next. Yep, the Eggs.

It gives a great texture to any meal, and sure helps dissolve that sugar a lot easier. Don't ask me why, I think it's the watery egg white that does it. Anyway, 4 eggs one by one without shells and Boom, done.

Okay my fellow chefs, or is it cheves... j/k. Anyway, you know what is missing, right? THE FLOUR!!! Yep, one and a half cups (do the math...) or 150 grams of flour. The kind that is all ready to cook with. No yeast stuff needed. In peru you can buy it prepared or not prepared. But that's not the question. The answer is I needed prepared flour, so that's what I used.

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"Don't eat that! There are raw Eggs in there!" I'm quoting that because surely any mom would tell you, exactly like that, to not eat it.

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The next part is the easiest part. If you did not eat all your mixture, you dumped it into the greased pan and placed it into the oven at 180º Celsius (About 350º Farenheit) and waited a looooong 30 minutes. And Longer if you don't know how to control the oven's temperature... Not to mean I did... or anything like that...

The next part is a little difficult. Usually it's easy, but since there was no rectangular pan to cook with, we used a regular cake mold. Well, I was able to cut Every piece to look almost like a square. Can you imagine? It's true. I cut square shapes out of a round mold.

For those who are daring to try new things, add a spoonful of GIN on top of your brownie, for some real kick. Just a joke, come on! I do not recommend doing that to anyone. So if you took me seriously, I'm sorry. Anyway, you do NOT want gin.

After all the fun of baking is over, you get the great opportunity to enjoy the brownie with the whole family. How cuuuuute.

I actually DID make this wonderful dessert. What a surprise, no? I hope you enjoyed the post.

Amazing Discovery in Peru

I have discovered something incredible. No one has ever uncovered something as marvelous and great, but I, Elder Buck, the Buckinator, in Peru. That's right folks, I have discovered that my car has been stolen, was sent to Peru, got a new color of paint, and surely been used in many crimes.

Evidence - Photo One. See this Photo? See the problem? MY CAR IS GONE. Take a look:

How do I know that my car was taken to Peru? Simple... I FOUND IT! Take a look:

What a find, eh? Who'd a thunk!

Welcome to... my area.

You have just been enlisted as a missionary. Here is your map.

If you get lost, just look at it, and the color coding will help guide you to your final destination.

Please, stay away from the street Jose Galvez those saturdays and sundays... the drunks are robbers too!

So there you have it... my area!

Map ©2006 Elder Buck. All Rights Reserved. Copying is prohibited.

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For those who don't know what the city of Trujillo looks like... here is the map of all of the city, with my area marked out:

My new look

Months of working out has officially paid off! I took a picture to show you guys how much exercising really DOES help! What do you think?

M&M's or... M&Buck's???

This is a miniature type to say that this was supposed to be posted last week but I didn't post it so I'm posting it now. Enjoy the post, and don't worry - I'm posting one for this week too!!!!!!!
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So I got a package just the other day, and to my surprise, when I went to eat some of my favorite chocolate candies commonly called M&M's, I found that their names had been changed! No longer were they the normal M&M's as we all know them, they were... ELDER BUCKS&PERU MISSION candies! What a personal touch to such a sweet candy!


Enjoy these couple of pictures, including one abstract:

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Thanks family for sending these candies with my name on them! It was such a surprise!

Counting sheep

Well, Last saturday the 15th of April, of 2006, I counted 4 more sheep. 4 people got baptized, and the lady we taught was very ecstatic. She was a little nervous, but she continued firm, and now counts as one of the lost sheep found. This photo is me, Agrepina, Elder Quispe my ocmpanion, and the family of Agrepina. It was a special day, and on Sunday, she got confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and recieved the holy ghost. What an experience! not even 3 weeks in my new area and we had a baptism! Well, I hope you all deem this worthy of blogging, because the worth of one soul is great in the sight of God, and He would surely deem this blog-worthy.

Call me "Uncle Buck"

Well, it's official: I'm an Uncle!

Name: Kail Graves Buck
Birthday: April 5, 2006
Weight: 8 lbs. 13 oz.
Length: 20 inches
Hair color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue

It came as a big surprise to me, and it's quite exciting news. I'm sure my brother is very happy to be the first one in my family to have a son. It sure is interesting all the stuff that happens while on a mission. I'm sure this little blessing from heaven is glad to have recieved a body.

Signed, "Uncle Buck"

Scorpion Sucker™ = 500%+ Protein

Today I ate the Scorpion Sucker™. That's right, I put the Scorpion Sucker™ in my mouth and I survived. I believe I have my protiens for the day. Eeaccgh (I believe that word describes the feeling of a scorpion in your mouth.)! Give me a pat on the back, and look at these frightening photos, of my quest to eat the Scorpion Sucker™...


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The blueberry flavor was helpful to hide the scorpions flavor. In fact, it was worse trying to eat the sucker because the scorpions claws began poking out of the sucker and it just felt really wierd, like a small stick inside a clear sucker, and as the sucker gets smaller, the stick scrapes your mouth. Anyway, after I sucked most of the blueberry stuff off the scorpion, I washed him off so I could hold him without getting all sticky. You have no idea how sticky this sucker made my fingers. Yeach! Taking off the wrapper was a work in itself. Anyway... here are the photos of me actually eating the scorpion:
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After the nightmare was over, I sang a ditty: And then I threw up. Okay, I didn't throw up, Late-n'-Lame April Fools joke! Nor did I sing a ditty. Another lame-n'-late april fools joke, heheh. But the scorpion eating is aaaallll real folks.

Let's Play Cleanup

I don't know how many times I've done it, but this time I was successful... I cleaned my desk! I can actually use my desk to write letters to my family, friends, relatives, neighbors, etc.
This amazing feat took a relatively long, (and dedicated) time. You will be amazed by the before and after pictures, and will wonder how it was possible to use my desk before I cleaned it (it wasn't):
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS FOR A LARGER VIEW

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After: _____________

These photos were taken about 2 - 3 weeks ago. Just an FYI.

6 Steps to get Halfway to your Destination

1. Choose your destination. our choice - hill.
2. get down steep drop.

3. throw rocks to help others get across.

4. If you can do it, jump across the river!!

5. begin climbing, well, walking up the hill.

6. Get halfway there and get too tired and take photo and go back down.

Lost Water Bottle

Today The zone and I went to a city called Otuzco. It is far, far away and we decided to go up a big hill. Part of the way there, we realized we'd have to jump a small river, those in Utah would call it a stream. Anyway, while there, one Elder neared the river, lost his fingering on the bottle and... whooosh... (slow motion...)... sppplllaaaasssshhhh. Just like that. Here in the photo I caught precisely the moment as it passed by me. The Unfortunate elder didn't retrieve the water bottle and went home empty handed, (and dehydrated.). but we couldn't let the loss of the sad little water bottle stop us in our adventure to our destination.

The Many Moods of Missionary Man.

As a missionary I have many different moods. Most of them seen... yep, indoors. Usually outside, only seen smiling. Take a look at this in depth coverage of the many moods of a missionary.

1. The Average "Cool"...
This is what The Buckinator always looks like... including the wicked hair style. Don't worry, he's all calm as he shares the gospel with the people in a confusing world.



2. This is the look of my face when I think "What the heck happened to all our appointments?" Almost always you'll see me like this because people are always hiding from us!



3. The P-Day Hunk Elder, also free with outfit is the hairdoo and the bod. Don't you just like this look? Sorry, I still have a year to serve full time. (Then you'll have to catch me while STILL serving even when I get home in between school and stuff.)



4. Finally, the "Too much Candy" Elder. ¡AY, carambas! This is what happens when people send candy to him... and he tries to eat it all in one hour. Rare, but it happens. You're lucky I caught it on camera for y'all.