Ray Kitabayashi:  

School/Career Life: Right after graduating from Madison Sr. High, I attended Miramar College, specializing in Law Enforcement. I graduated college in 1986 and then moved to Kauai, Hawaii to start a career. I was a police officer with the Kauai Police Department from 1989-1991. I continued working in the law enforcement field and eventually returned to San Diego in 1998. Currently, I work with the San Diego Sheriff's Department at the South Bay Courthouse in Chula Vista. Love Life: Once upon a time...there was a man and he had a dream. His dream was to find his soul mate, his partner in life and his best friend. This man had been thru some terrible past relationships and just wanted to settle down with someone special. He searched and searched, but never could find her. Convinced that he was going to be an old and lonely man, he was about to give up on love. Then one day while at work, he expressed himself to a co-worker. That co-worker told him that she had a close relative, living in the Philippines, that may be interested in knowing more about him. He hesitantly gave her a photo of himself and wrote his address on the back side of the photo. Two months past by and there was no response. Then one day, he received a letter from a girl named Lauren in the Philippines. She wrote to him frequently and started to call him. In time, they both kept in contact with each other, for nearly a year. This man wanted to follow his dreams, so he decided to go to the Philippines and see Lauren. Upon arrival, he seen Lauren for the first time....she had been everything that he expected. On the first two days, he and Lauren talked about their past life, family, cultural background, educational background and all there was to know about each other. On the second night, together, while he was asleep....he heard a noise and woke up. It was Lauren sitting at his bed side, and she was crying. When he looked around, he found that there were tiss...Expand for more