HELLO!
This weekend was one of the best weekends at SC :) I was really feelin' the love this Vday :D
On Friday, I spent the night talking to Won and hanging out with Helena. We did pilates! yayy :D I also cleaned my room for good luck on Chinese New Year (impressive right?? I even vacuumed :D)
Saturday morning, Regina, Solanda, Richard, Jon, Valerie, and I went to Love Life, a conference on love, sex, and marriage in a Christian context. They boys got us breakfast! SO adorable :) Thoughtfulness=A+. Also, we managed to leave SC 20 minutes before a fire alarm went off at 9AM. Sucks for everyone at Pside :) Haha thanks God!
Anyway, Love Life was a HUGE blessing, it answered a lot of questions yet led me to some too that I have yet to answer. But in general, a lot to digest. And I never really read the Songs of Solomon too carefully but did you know that the Bible addresses the merits of oral sex directly?!?! I didn't.
Is sex god or gross? Neither! It's a gift :) FOR WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED.
Aite also, we ate at this cute Korean shack thing for lunch which was interesting. Anyway, when we got back, I ate my leftovers and then we had Crazy Love with the TCF girls :) It was really fun to just be with my sisters and bond :D
After that, we went back to Lorena's and made the guys their Vday goodie bags :)) yom for baking!! We also watched Mulan and ordered Thai food :D
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! :D
Sunday, the weather was starting to get REALLY HOT, like 80 degrees! Just how I like i! Reality's sermon was really good this week, but left us with a lot of cliffhangers. Brunch was enjoyable as always, and afterward, I got some work done before Helena, Rachael, and I walked to Ground Zero to buy some of their famous milkshakes :) GOOD IDEA STEFF-O!
Then we got ready for TCF Girls' Appreciation Night.
TCF Girl's Appreciation Night definitely succeeded in making me feel OVERWHELMED by love and service from the guys. I cried. Really, I did, and I felt my like my heart was getting so heavy with love it'd just drop right out of my chest. There's also something about cute boys in suits making food and dancing for you :D Keke. Anyway, the whole night, they served us on hand and foot with a delicious homemade 4-course meal, song and dance, a Biblical play on love, and a fun game. My favorite, though, was the movie. (Insert tears). They made this interview style movie for us with fun questions like "How would you describe TCF girls in one word?" "What do you love best about TCF?" Some guys were really fun and open about it, while others really opened their hearts and were very transparent. I have never been so touched or blessed in my life, I was not the only one tearing up either.
Check out the last bit of the video, it's pretty amazing :)
I'm going to watch this movie whenever I am sad.
After that, we went back to my room and we played Pass the Bomb and read magazines and just talked until 1AM before everyone went to sleep.
Monday was also VERY NICE weathered, Ben had Richard and I wake up SUPER EARLY like 11AM! For discipleship. But that was because he had found a car! And he drove us all the way to Arcadia (only Chinese places open on holidays) to have delicious Chinese food and PMT. :) A really good start to my day.
The rest of Monday and Tuesday were spent suffering from WRIT140 and COMM206 because I had hung out all weekend but I don't regret it at all :D
Oh yes, and Tuesday I had accountability with Alice at SGM and we sang all the praise songs we knew (limited...) and we could actually see stars! It was fun :D
MORE TO COME! Stay tuned because I know my life is SO fascinating :DD
I know you're an independent person but I thought you could depend on me. That's what a relationship is for :) Wo ai ni
20100215
20100212
Catching Up
Hey guys,
So I'm about 1.5 months behind or something so I will do a general recap :) no details!
And I'm going to break it down right here:
1. Rest of Winter Break
2. First Month of School
3. TCF Happenings (JJ+Marks, Accountability, EPIK, Reality LA)
4. MISC. (Leggings, Banana Pancakes, Housing, USC Culinary Sekrits [not really])
Rest of Winter Break:
Spent it primarily with family, Deniz, and Won.
For Won's birthday, we went to this place on El Camino called Cherry Sushi and it was really good :) Then the really cute manager took a picture for us keke. We went to see Up in the Air after that because Won has this strange man crush on George Clooney and yes, that is what I did.
The next day I saw Naynay, Winny, and Albert and we had PMT for a few hours :P haha
When Harker started again I basically went everyday to see old '09 friends, Won, and old teachers. It was good to reconnect :) I miss high school :(
Deniz and I probably gained 60 pounds over break.
Ooh, David and I had dinner at Elephant Bar and then Barrett joined us for desert, which was dericious. Afterward, we met up with Seany and Deniz and we went to Stanford to visit the Mandells on the first night of their second semester, which was fun. It's interesting to see how different their dorm life is and etc. but in general, pretty quiet granted we were there at like 11PM on a Monday. And we forgot to go to the Palo Alto Creamery!! Shame.
Hmm one highlight of my Winter Break was probably traipsing through SF with the guys and Masha and finally seeing Avatar in IMAX-3D. We left South Bay and drove to SF and had a really nice Indian dinner after wandering around and chilling in hotel lobbies. Afterward, we went to the Metreon and in search of snack food. We ended up wandering around some famous sculptures and waterfall installments and this AWESOME PARK but the police man said it was closed and we couldn't go :( oh well. For another day.
That's all I can remember.
ON TO USC! :D
First month of school:
I started the first two weeks feeling pretty behind :(
Chinese has been going well although we have quizzes every day so it's pretty overwhelming and time consuming to be studying for these quizzes/oral presentations/doinghomework/tests every night :(
Writing 140 is unsufferable. It's 8AM and terribly boring and I failed my first paper BLEH! Kind of.
Soci is boring and the room is really cold and the teacher is meeehhh and yah no good. I hope the class is easy though...
Comm206 is alright. I hear it's graded rather harshly so that's no good.
I JUST WANT A GOOD GPA :(
TCF Happenings
I also had to deal with making some pretty hard decisions when it came down to SEVERAL EARTH SHATTERING EVENTS IN MY LIFE. Actually, just one. But before that, I really struggled with deciding whether or not to go to January Jumpstart or Harker's Winterball and I was really feeling the pressure but in the end, I went to Winterball and I haven't regretted it.
On the same note, Mark Study has been an incredible blessing and enlightening process to which I look forward to every week. Also new in my TCF life, I have an accountability partner!
Alice and I have met three times already and it's been amazing :) The first night, we had dinner at EVK for their Asian theme night which was meh, but good conversation :) The last two times, Alice came up with the brilliant idea of going to the roof of SGM and having a picnic there.
Last night, the door was not propped open and a little light was blinking. We were very ready to run if the alarm rang, but God was on our side and we were able to sit and eat and talk for a couple hours.
LA IS BEAUTIFUL. Aside for the recent bad weather and smog etc., it's been really nice to be able to put everything in perspective. It sounds silly but I feel closer to God, because I physically am. I can see my whole campus (which is gorgeous and not that big at all), all of South Central, I can probably see Skid Row if I really looked. I could probably see the Hollywood sign and the financial district. Maybe tiny fashion district and little Tokyo. And I can definitely see downtown. LA is really a great place to be and is full of opportunities. But it's also a place of hurting and heartbreak; a pretty comprehensive look at the rest of America, and the world too.
It's been good to sit on the rooftop and talk about the burdens of my heart and have someone to share them with. It's also comforting to know that there is a God who created everything I can see from the top of SGM, and more. It's also saddening to realize that so many people have less than me. But it is encouraging to know that I have not yet accomplished God has put me here to do.
I haven't been to the tops of anywhere else but Alice says SGM is pretty baller in comparison so check it out :P If you end up getting chased by the DPS, don't blame me.
At the beginning of the semester, the TCF freshmen went to check out Epik and meet some of our brothers and sisters there. They had a testimony night and it was very comforting and inspiring to see their openness and transparency with each other. In the same vein, I can't express how grateful I have been for TCF. Last Saturday night, following Love & Influence, our car had gone to Ralph's to buy a little cake for Helena's 19th birthday. We then called two other cars worth of people and Alice from Southside to bring some candles. When we got to Parkside, the guys had brought a few upperclassmen and Alice had brought a whole army from Southside and it really made me want to cry because although Helena acted very embarrassed by the whole process of having been called into the hallway by two RAs and then being sung at in front of many many people, I think we really touched her heart. I think both her and I have really come to appreciate TCF and their loving on us. :)
A lot of stuff has been happening...
Last Friday-Saturday, TCF went to Love & Influence, yet another InterVarsity conference in Burbank. To be honest, it wasn't exactly life changing, although I found the application part very fun and the testimonies quite moving. Altogether, it was a good weekend to reflect on the practical ways to love on others with the love of God. It's good to feel God tangibly :)
I didn't sleep well at all, we had to sleep in a toy room in the Sunday School section and there were creepy dolls everywhere. We had stayed up till 1AM telling sekrits :) and I had tossed and turned for 4 hours, finally MAYBE sleeping at like 6, only to get up at 8. I had a dream about Parkside serving us Asian pancakes (the ones from Hong Kong? They're the best :))
Our mission that afternoon was to go out to the mall in Burbank and find a way to further God's kingdom with 5 dollars. Sound familiar? I was sent out with the same mission when I graduated high school and began school at USC with 100 dollars in hand. It was really difficult, we were in a group of 4, two of us from SC and one from UCR and another from a local school in LA. We ended up buying three cups of hot tea and talking to those Chinese masseuse people in the mall people tend to avoid. We had to speak in Chinese and learned that they had just immigrated and it's been hard getting by but they try to ever so often go to the local church and pray. It was immensely encouraging just seeing the hope and determination they had in coming to this country.
It was also very comforting to know that we had more skills than we had that could break things down (like language barriers). Nothing amazing, but we were able to share the burdens of these people and pray for their lives. Three people touched :)
Then we went to this church of Scientology shady store thing and it was hella freaky, no lie. They like tried to brainwash us or something but they left us alone after they saw that we were Christian (forgot about the Bibles we were holding...)
WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD jOIDFJ SO STRANGE. But for the first time, I was really aware of how it felt to be on the OTHER SIDE of a religion and learning more about a way of life I didn't quite want to be a part of.
Learning about what others did with their 5 dollars was immensely encouraging as well.
I also got to eat In n' Out, very satisfying :)
Two weeks ago, I began to go to Reality LA church instead of Evergreen and I've been LOVING IT. It's not far at all and it starts at 9AM instead of 1130AM. The worship is incredible, the messages are relevant and thought-provoking, prayer is important, and I can really feel God there with us. On a more shallow level, there are other college kids there! I don't care if they're from UCLA! It feels good to be with others in my age group and know that the messages are tailored to people of our generation and the things we are going through.
Last Sunday, we got into conversation with this HUGE MAN sitting behind me and we were casually chatting with him and his wife just about where we were from, what school we went to, and our SAT scores (??) haha yeah, turns out he went to SC too! He fist bumped us and we noticed a ring on his finger. That was not his class ring, it was his National Championship ring! He had played for the Trojans on our O-Line back in the 70's!! Super cool :) AND he's from the BAY! He went to Saratoga High. Funny how things work out like that :D
MISC.:
Just a few more important things that have occured in the past month:
I have now understood the appeal of wearing leggings as pants. I feel ashamed to do so, but do it often. It's just too comfortable. This feels like a sin.
A couple weeks ago, Sambo visited and we had a lot of adventures on the row, outside Trogro (TCF AND HARKER FUN :)), and in our room. It was pouring that weekend and for the first time in my life! I had some really delicious banana pancakes courtesy of Parkside :) And we listened to Jack Johnson's banana pancake soon "Can't you see that it's just raining..."
We had an excellent adventure hoisting her stuff over the fence because it was locked and the taxi was on the other side...5 minutes later, soaked to the bone :]
Also, I have discovered two important culinary experiences that have changed my life. 1. Chicken nugget Tuesdays @ EVK. I LOVE CHICKEN NUGGEST. I LOVE TUESDAYS (NOW). AUGHH!!
Also, LiteraTea! ADORABLE! I love tea stores and this store has the CUTEST deserts like mini-macaroons and they have bottles of Mexican Coke, Aloe, and delicious tea. I LOVE LITERATEA. AND THEY TAKE DINING DOLLARS YES. Been there twice in the past three days.
LASTLY, Housing has finally been settled, I'm rooming with SOLANDA on the second floor BOO and suiting with Mai, Dana, Ivy, and two three unnamed persons at the moment :)
God has been good. In terms of special interest housing (basically Parkside), all of the TCF-ers have gotten what they wanted. Looks like dorm ministry is a go! :)
That is all. Coming up this weekend...
1. Birthday celebrations?
2. LOVE LIFE (ANOTHER CONFERENCE TOMORROW) I think it's going to be good for me. Really good.
3. TCF woman's appreciation night <3 :) ruv TCF boys.
4. Sleepovers! (all of us are lonely due to Chinese new year and also the fact that all of our roommates have gone home for it.)
5. TWO PAPERS, ONE TEST (week 5) TWO MIDTERMS (week 6) AUGHHH
Good day! If you read all of that, you're amazing.
So I'm about 1.5 months behind or something so I will do a general recap :) no details!
And I'm going to break it down right here:
1. Rest of Winter Break
2. First Month of School
3. TCF Happenings (JJ+Marks, Accountability, EPIK, Reality LA)
4. MISC. (Leggings, Banana Pancakes, Housing, USC Culinary Sekrits [not really])
Rest of Winter Break:
Spent it primarily with family, Deniz, and Won.
For Won's birthday, we went to this place on El Camino called Cherry Sushi and it was really good :) Then the really cute manager took a picture for us keke. We went to see Up in the Air after that because Won has this strange man crush on George Clooney and yes, that is what I did.
The next day I saw Naynay, Winny, and Albert and we had PMT for a few hours :P haha
When Harker started again I basically went everyday to see old '09 friends, Won, and old teachers. It was good to reconnect :) I miss high school :(
Deniz and I probably gained 60 pounds over break.
Ooh, David and I had dinner at Elephant Bar and then Barrett joined us for desert, which was dericious. Afterward, we met up with Seany and Deniz and we went to Stanford to visit the Mandells on the first night of their second semester, which was fun. It's interesting to see how different their dorm life is and etc. but in general, pretty quiet granted we were there at like 11PM on a Monday. And we forgot to go to the Palo Alto Creamery!! Shame.
Hmm one highlight of my Winter Break was probably traipsing through SF with the guys and Masha and finally seeing Avatar in IMAX-3D. We left South Bay and drove to SF and had a really nice Indian dinner after wandering around and chilling in hotel lobbies. Afterward, we went to the Metreon and in search of snack food. We ended up wandering around some famous sculptures and waterfall installments and this AWESOME PARK but the police man said it was closed and we couldn't go :( oh well. For another day.
That's all I can remember.
ON TO USC! :D
First month of school:
I started the first two weeks feeling pretty behind :(
Chinese has been going well although we have quizzes every day so it's pretty overwhelming and time consuming to be studying for these quizzes/oral presentations/doinghomework/tests every night :(
Writing 140 is unsufferable. It's 8AM and terribly boring and I failed my first paper BLEH! Kind of.
Soci is boring and the room is really cold and the teacher is meeehhh and yah no good. I hope the class is easy though...
Comm206 is alright. I hear it's graded rather harshly so that's no good.
I JUST WANT A GOOD GPA :(
TCF Happenings
I also had to deal with making some pretty hard decisions when it came down to SEVERAL EARTH SHATTERING EVENTS IN MY LIFE. Actually, just one. But before that, I really struggled with deciding whether or not to go to January Jumpstart or Harker's Winterball and I was really feeling the pressure but in the end, I went to Winterball and I haven't regretted it.
On the same note, Mark Study has been an incredible blessing and enlightening process to which I look forward to every week. Also new in my TCF life, I have an accountability partner!
Alice and I have met three times already and it's been amazing :) The first night, we had dinner at EVK for their Asian theme night which was meh, but good conversation :) The last two times, Alice came up with the brilliant idea of going to the roof of SGM and having a picnic there.
Last night, the door was not propped open and a little light was blinking. We were very ready to run if the alarm rang, but God was on our side and we were able to sit and eat and talk for a couple hours.
LA IS BEAUTIFUL. Aside for the recent bad weather and smog etc., it's been really nice to be able to put everything in perspective. It sounds silly but I feel closer to God, because I physically am. I can see my whole campus (which is gorgeous and not that big at all), all of South Central, I can probably see Skid Row if I really looked. I could probably see the Hollywood sign and the financial district. Maybe tiny fashion district and little Tokyo. And I can definitely see downtown. LA is really a great place to be and is full of opportunities. But it's also a place of hurting and heartbreak; a pretty comprehensive look at the rest of America, and the world too.
It's been good to sit on the rooftop and talk about the burdens of my heart and have someone to share them with. It's also comforting to know that there is a God who created everything I can see from the top of SGM, and more. It's also saddening to realize that so many people have less than me. But it is encouraging to know that I have not yet accomplished God has put me here to do.
I haven't been to the tops of anywhere else but Alice says SGM is pretty baller in comparison so check it out :P If you end up getting chased by the DPS, don't blame me.
At the beginning of the semester, the TCF freshmen went to check out Epik and meet some of our brothers and sisters there. They had a testimony night and it was very comforting and inspiring to see their openness and transparency with each other. In the same vein, I can't express how grateful I have been for TCF. Last Saturday night, following Love & Influence, our car had gone to Ralph's to buy a little cake for Helena's 19th birthday. We then called two other cars worth of people and Alice from Southside to bring some candles. When we got to Parkside, the guys had brought a few upperclassmen and Alice had brought a whole army from Southside and it really made me want to cry because although Helena acted very embarrassed by the whole process of having been called into the hallway by two RAs and then being sung at in front of many many people, I think we really touched her heart. I think both her and I have really come to appreciate TCF and their loving on us. :)
A lot of stuff has been happening...
Last Friday-Saturday, TCF went to Love & Influence, yet another InterVarsity conference in Burbank. To be honest, it wasn't exactly life changing, although I found the application part very fun and the testimonies quite moving. Altogether, it was a good weekend to reflect on the practical ways to love on others with the love of God. It's good to feel God tangibly :)
I didn't sleep well at all, we had to sleep in a toy room in the Sunday School section and there were creepy dolls everywhere. We had stayed up till 1AM telling sekrits :) and I had tossed and turned for 4 hours, finally MAYBE sleeping at like 6, only to get up at 8. I had a dream about Parkside serving us Asian pancakes (the ones from Hong Kong? They're the best :))
Our mission that afternoon was to go out to the mall in Burbank and find a way to further God's kingdom with 5 dollars. Sound familiar? I was sent out with the same mission when I graduated high school and began school at USC with 100 dollars in hand. It was really difficult, we were in a group of 4, two of us from SC and one from UCR and another from a local school in LA. We ended up buying three cups of hot tea and talking to those Chinese masseuse people in the mall people tend to avoid. We had to speak in Chinese and learned that they had just immigrated and it's been hard getting by but they try to ever so often go to the local church and pray. It was immensely encouraging just seeing the hope and determination they had in coming to this country.
It was also very comforting to know that we had more skills than we had that could break things down (like language barriers). Nothing amazing, but we were able to share the burdens of these people and pray for their lives. Three people touched :)
Then we went to this church of Scientology shady store thing and it was hella freaky, no lie. They like tried to brainwash us or something but they left us alone after they saw that we were Christian (forgot about the Bibles we were holding...)
WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD jOIDFJ SO STRANGE. But for the first time, I was really aware of how it felt to be on the OTHER SIDE of a religion and learning more about a way of life I didn't quite want to be a part of.
Learning about what others did with their 5 dollars was immensely encouraging as well.
I also got to eat In n' Out, very satisfying :)
Two weeks ago, I began to go to Reality LA church instead of Evergreen and I've been LOVING IT. It's not far at all and it starts at 9AM instead of 1130AM. The worship is incredible, the messages are relevant and thought-provoking, prayer is important, and I can really feel God there with us. On a more shallow level, there are other college kids there! I don't care if they're from UCLA! It feels good to be with others in my age group and know that the messages are tailored to people of our generation and the things we are going through.
Last Sunday, we got into conversation with this HUGE MAN sitting behind me and we were casually chatting with him and his wife just about where we were from, what school we went to, and our SAT scores (??) haha yeah, turns out he went to SC too! He fist bumped us and we noticed a ring on his finger. That was not his class ring, it was his National Championship ring! He had played for the Trojans on our O-Line back in the 70's!! Super cool :) AND he's from the BAY! He went to Saratoga High. Funny how things work out like that :D
MISC.:
Just a few more important things that have occured in the past month:
I have now understood the appeal of wearing leggings as pants. I feel ashamed to do so, but do it often. It's just too comfortable. This feels like a sin.
A couple weeks ago, Sambo visited and we had a lot of adventures on the row, outside Trogro (TCF AND HARKER FUN :)), and in our room. It was pouring that weekend and for the first time in my life! I had some really delicious banana pancakes courtesy of Parkside :) And we listened to Jack Johnson's banana pancake soon "Can't you see that it's just raining..."
We had an excellent adventure hoisting her stuff over the fence because it was locked and the taxi was on the other side...5 minutes later, soaked to the bone :]
Also, I have discovered two important culinary experiences that have changed my life. 1. Chicken nugget Tuesdays @ EVK. I LOVE CHICKEN NUGGEST. I LOVE TUESDAYS (NOW). AUGHH!!
Also, LiteraTea! ADORABLE! I love tea stores and this store has the CUTEST deserts like mini-macaroons and they have bottles of Mexican Coke, Aloe, and delicious tea. I LOVE LITERATEA. AND THEY TAKE DINING DOLLARS YES. Been there twice in the past three days.
LASTLY, Housing has finally been settled, I'm rooming with SOLANDA on the second floor BOO and suiting with Mai, Dana, Ivy, and two three unnamed persons at the moment :)
God has been good. In terms of special interest housing (basically Parkside), all of the TCF-ers have gotten what they wanted. Looks like dorm ministry is a go! :)
That is all. Coming up this weekend...
1. Birthday celebrations?
2. LOVE LIFE (ANOTHER CONFERENCE TOMORROW) I think it's going to be good for me. Really good.
3. TCF woman's appreciation night <3 :) ruv TCF boys.
4. Sleepovers! (all of us are lonely due to Chinese new year and also the fact that all of our roommates have gone home for it.)
5. TWO PAPERS, ONE TEST (week 5) TWO MIDTERMS (week 6) AUGHHH
Good day! If you read all of that, you're amazing.
20100130
Urbana pt. 2
Finally! Haha so I'm finally getting around to posting about Day 3-5? Yes.
So here we go:
Day three:
Today was the day things started to change! :) We woke up (hardly) and barely missed breakfast! We took it to our Bible study room, however, we were late so we had to split up :( I think today was the day I happened to sit next to this really nice married couple (AWK.WARD.) and they happened to be from San Jose! They were very spiritually mature (being, like, 8 years older than me or something) and made me feel kind of meh (unintentionally of course!) but in general, it was a very growing experience :) Afterward, we went to the convention center and continued our study of John 1-4. The session really made me think about stewarding what we have, for God. It didn't matter how much we have-or how little we have-we should live by stewardship and not ownership. I really got a glimpse of what it was like to "hold [possessions] with an open hand." A valuable lesson indeed :)
After the morning session, TCF SPRINTED TO OUR DESIGNATED EATING LOCATION and went to the St. Louis Bread Company! Which is actually Panera Bread in disguise but it was good stuff :) (I have never been to Panera either!) Anyway, I had a really hard time choosing (my very first!) seminar and after spending the very long wait for our soup and bread bowls pouring over my tracks and seminars booklet, and I finally decided on "Decision Making and the Will of God"
...
So Solanda and I walked the many many blocks to Millenium center and and sat very close to the front with some other TCF-ers and listened to James Choung speak. Not only is he an amazing speaker, what he had to say was very intriguing and honest. He also authored a great book, "True Life," so check it out :) He sometimes visits Steve too so we're hoping to catch him around South Central :D It was very interesting just to consider how God might play into our everyday decisions and life decisions. Ultimately, though, just because He calls us to do something, it doesn't mean that it's going to be easy. What a simple, but hard, lesson to learn.
After that, Solanda and I hurried back to the America's Center (and got a picture with the Arch on the way :D) to attend "Ethical Dilemmas in the world of Christian Development." It was interesting-though not what we expected. To be honest, I had a hard time understanding what he was saying, partially because we were SUPER TIRED at this point, and also because it was just really heady stuff. But he did speak about what Evangelism meant, the core reason we were at Urbana, and also what poverty really meant. Poverty does not mean financial status. It means broken relationships. Furthermore, you can't help someone until you understand them.
The evening session, Shane Claireborne, who is a great speaker with great experience, spoke about really loving our neighbors. The evening session concluded with many other speakers and we finally went home.
Our family time was really a blessing to me, I really grew closer to my sisters and learned a lot about God and Godly relationships. We ended up talking until 4 or 5 AM and DUN DUN DUN
Day four:
We overslept!! It was a total disaster, although, in retrospect, totally worth it! Wednesday was a special day because they pushed back Bible study half an hour and then the whole day was a bit different because instead of seminars, we would just be having some quiet time, or time with our fellowships, or whatever we wanted.
So anyway, the session started at 11:00AM and someone called us at 10:45AM. Somehow, we managed to sleep over all 5 of our alarms and miss Bible study! Not only that, when we got to the center, we had no seats saved for us and Ben was very angry at us :( I do not like when people are angry at us. Despite being late, we walked joyfully to the Center because it was SNOWING! Being a typical Californian, falling snow was very exciting for me. The flake were so fat !! :) Anyway, our whole situation put me in a not so good mood for the rest of the day. I was somewhat disappointed in myself just because Tuesday was really a very growing day for me and it seemed as though Urbana was going in a positive direction. Sleeping in on Wednesday morning just didn't feel good at all (although a bit rested. I slept more during midterm season that Urbana!!)
One really cool thing that happened when we were sitting up in the nosebleeds was that that morning, they called for those who would commit their lives to Jesus, and the would get glow sticks. From our seats, we could really see the impact that Urbana had on the lives of these people. It was one of the most joyous feelings in the world, just to see who had just entered the Kingdom, how many more sisters and brothers I now had. :)
Anyway, we didn't eat lunch with TCF that day, we went off to some really good steak place and enjoyed ourselves. However, service was super slow and yet again, we were late to our meeting with TCF. BEN FACE -_______-. Anyway, even then, I think our family group made really significant contributions to the conversation about how to spark revival at USC. In general, I felt pretty good after that.
The day really turned out to be a blessing in disguise. After the meeting, us girls really got to explore Global Connexions and learn about the opportunities we had all over the world. We also went to the bookstore and bought lots of things :)) Tehehe A lot of good books to read. I have yet to read all of them but when I do, I will most definitely post a review! :D
I purchased:
"Becoming the Answer to our Prayers"-Shane Claiborne
"How to Inherit the Earth"-Bessenecker
The books were MAD cheap, less than 5 dollars, some of them. But we split them up and decided to swap throughout this semester.
That night, we had what is called a solidarity meal. It gave us the chance to experience what it was like to not have enough to eat. We always took for granted that we always have enough to have the choice of whether or not we wanted more. This was really a humbling experience. Plus, I met some cool people from Canada! :D
The evening session was especially important for me because Sunder Krishnan spoke that night. His sermon was a powerful take on how prayer should be executed. Pray big and pray bold. The one phrase that really stuck from that night. He spoke about how the way we pray guarantees results, but real prayer is not fundamentally about getting answers. Intercession is God's gift to us, history belongs to the intercessors. Prayer has always been a really big growing point in my own spiritual life just because I grew up in the church not really valuing it. Prayer was also a big reason I joined TCF, because TCF really seemed to emphasize the connection and speaking to God.
Family time was once again, a large blessing :) But we remembered to sleep earlier (but not my much) that night :)
Day Five:
We made it to our last Bible study! Finally, we had finished our inductive study of John 1-4, and it felt good! The morning session was about how we are called to obedience-and not necessarily to success. A really scary thing if you think about it. The problem with us today is that we see problems, but not opportunities. We need to continue to be on fire and learn how to let go and change our ways if they impede the way to the Kingdom. So many important lessons to be learned! Definitely easier said than done.
Afterward, we went to this quaint little cheap restaurant that was surprisingly empty when we got there. We really beat the rush!
My first session on Thursday that I chose to go to was originally called "Birthing Faith Communities in Missions." I got there early and they had asked me to fill out a survey at the end of the session. When the seminar started, it had actually been changed to "Birthing Mission through Kingdom communities." Something quite different, right? But I had to stay because I had that survey to fill out -___-
To be honest, I was incredibly bored. But I did still learn something (praise God) and that was that in order to really reach out and bless people, I had to live among them as Jesus did for us (the general lesson of Urbana '09, but we had some real life examples). Mission doesn't passively occur (he had the strangest analogy, likening it to childbirth...) and we weren't made to do it alone. Anyway, this really solidified my conviction to serve in the freshman dorms next year.
After that seminar, I went to one that was led by an organization that really sparked my interest. OMF international is an organization that works primarily in East Asia. The people I talked to were very kind and the mission of OMF really interested me. Also, one of their leaders is actually part of my home church in the Bay so yes :) perhaps a part of my future plans :D
Anyway, it was called "Six Ways to Reach God's World." The seminar carefully outlined what exactly, what these six ways were. They then asked us to work with others in carefully crafting how we would go about this. I was the only one from TCF :( So I was feeling lonely. But one of the two leaders actually came over and talked to me and it turns out that she's also from the Bay Area so that was really exciting :)
Anyway, I left feeling pretty good about that last seminar.
The evening session was just really, indescribable. The music was great-as it had been all week. The sermons were great. What was really amazing, though, was the partaking of Communion among 16,000 of your brothers and sisters. I really have no other way to describe it, it was one of the most powerful images/events I have ever taken part in. The things I had learned had really hit home at that moment and my heart started to break for those who were hurting around the world. I couldn't stop crying, and neither could those around me. Afterward, worship was tangibly more joyful (if that was even possible) and the love around me, between strangers, was positively electric. We prayed aloud for revival on our campuses and around the world. I felt as though all barriers were lifted. We truly worshiped in the new year, I could feel that 2010 is going to be good :)
On the way home, we sang and praised God. The lobby of our hotel was full of drunk people and this drunk Asian guy was hitting on me. Haha. Anyway, we had good family time, again, and packed up for home.
Day Six:
HOMEBOUND! When I woke up, the majority of our family had already left. I got all my stuff and made my way to the guys' hotel and had breakfast with some of the guys. Then Cauchy and I got on the subway and went to the airport! It was cool to see all of the people who went to Urbana AND were from the Bay Area! Lot of CCIC kids :P Anyway, I started talking to this cool guy about our experiences at Urbana and it felt good to have this close communion with a complete stranger. The flight home, with one stop in Las Vegas, was very sleepy.
The flight attendant gave a shout-out to those who went to Urbana! Very cool.
Anyway, I went home and showered and slept.
A good end to an amazing journey!
Trojans in St. Louis! :)
I hope you all enjoyed reading this :D The details may be slightly inaccurate just because I waited almost a month to post the last half of our trip.
Anyway, I encourage you to all go to Urbana '12 :D
And I'm so excited for what God has in store for this year :) and for TCF!
Coming up:
Second semester, New Year's resolutions, just general happenings in the life of Steff-o.
Today, we're going to the opening of a Teen Center in South Central. We helped out at this particular organization during Frosh Con, and we really hope to become affiliated with their work. Hopefully we'll get to mentor high school students :) I'm so excited!!
It's a big risk, to open such a luxurious, safe space, in such an area, but I have faith that God will do amazing things with this vision.
Haha I remember running into World Impact (the organization ^) at Urbana and the lady was SUPER excited that we were from USC and really had no words, she just hugged us :)
Anyway, time for hw :(
So here we go:
Day three:
Today was the day things started to change! :) We woke up (hardly) and barely missed breakfast! We took it to our Bible study room, however, we were late so we had to split up :( I think today was the day I happened to sit next to this really nice married couple (AWK.WARD.) and they happened to be from San Jose! They were very spiritually mature (being, like, 8 years older than me or something) and made me feel kind of meh (unintentionally of course!) but in general, it was a very growing experience :) Afterward, we went to the convention center and continued our study of John 1-4. The session really made me think about stewarding what we have, for God. It didn't matter how much we have-or how little we have-we should live by stewardship and not ownership. I really got a glimpse of what it was like to "hold [possessions] with an open hand." A valuable lesson indeed :)
After the morning session, TCF SPRINTED TO OUR DESIGNATED EATING LOCATION and went to the St. Louis Bread Company! Which is actually Panera Bread in disguise but it was good stuff :) (I have never been to Panera either!) Anyway, I had a really hard time choosing (my very first!) seminar and after spending the very long wait for our soup and bread bowls pouring over my tracks and seminars booklet, and I finally decided on "Decision Making and the Will of God"
...
So Solanda and I walked the many many blocks to Millenium center and and sat very close to the front with some other TCF-ers and listened to James Choung speak. Not only is he an amazing speaker, what he had to say was very intriguing and honest. He also authored a great book, "True Life," so check it out :) He sometimes visits Steve too so we're hoping to catch him around South Central :D It was very interesting just to consider how God might play into our everyday decisions and life decisions. Ultimately, though, just because He calls us to do something, it doesn't mean that it's going to be easy. What a simple, but hard, lesson to learn.
After that, Solanda and I hurried back to the America's Center (and got a picture with the Arch on the way :D) to attend "Ethical Dilemmas in the world of Christian Development." It was interesting-though not what we expected. To be honest, I had a hard time understanding what he was saying, partially because we were SUPER TIRED at this point, and also because it was just really heady stuff. But he did speak about what Evangelism meant, the core reason we were at Urbana, and also what poverty really meant. Poverty does not mean financial status. It means broken relationships. Furthermore, you can't help someone until you understand them.
They don't care what you know until they know that you care.After those sessions, I was feeling pretty good about feeling spiritually more intelligent :P or some sort of feeling similar to that. We had dinner and really got to explore Global Connexions a bit.
The evening session, Shane Claireborne, who is a great speaker with great experience, spoke about really loving our neighbors. The evening session concluded with many other speakers and we finally went home.
Our family time was really a blessing to me, I really grew closer to my sisters and learned a lot about God and Godly relationships. We ended up talking until 4 or 5 AM and DUN DUN DUN
Day four:
We overslept!! It was a total disaster, although, in retrospect, totally worth it! Wednesday was a special day because they pushed back Bible study half an hour and then the whole day was a bit different because instead of seminars, we would just be having some quiet time, or time with our fellowships, or whatever we wanted.
So anyway, the session started at 11:00AM and someone called us at 10:45AM. Somehow, we managed to sleep over all 5 of our alarms and miss Bible study! Not only that, when we got to the center, we had no seats saved for us and Ben was very angry at us :( I do not like when people are angry at us. Despite being late, we walked joyfully to the Center because it was SNOWING! Being a typical Californian, falling snow was very exciting for me. The flake were so fat !! :) Anyway, our whole situation put me in a not so good mood for the rest of the day. I was somewhat disappointed in myself just because Tuesday was really a very growing day for me and it seemed as though Urbana was going in a positive direction. Sleeping in on Wednesday morning just didn't feel good at all (although a bit rested. I slept more during midterm season that Urbana!!)
One really cool thing that happened when we were sitting up in the nosebleeds was that that morning, they called for those who would commit their lives to Jesus, and the would get glow sticks. From our seats, we could really see the impact that Urbana had on the lives of these people. It was one of the most joyous feelings in the world, just to see who had just entered the Kingdom, how many more sisters and brothers I now had. :)
Anyway, we didn't eat lunch with TCF that day, we went off to some really good steak place and enjoyed ourselves. However, service was super slow and yet again, we were late to our meeting with TCF. BEN FACE -_______-. Anyway, even then, I think our family group made really significant contributions to the conversation about how to spark revival at USC. In general, I felt pretty good after that.
The day really turned out to be a blessing in disguise. After the meeting, us girls really got to explore Global Connexions and learn about the opportunities we had all over the world. We also went to the bookstore and bought lots of things :)) Tehehe A lot of good books to read. I have yet to read all of them but when I do, I will most definitely post a review! :D
I purchased:
"Becoming the Answer to our Prayers"-Shane Claiborne
"How to Inherit the Earth"-Bessenecker
The books were MAD cheap, less than 5 dollars, some of them. But we split them up and decided to swap throughout this semester.
That night, we had what is called a solidarity meal. It gave us the chance to experience what it was like to not have enough to eat. We always took for granted that we always have enough to have the choice of whether or not we wanted more. This was really a humbling experience. Plus, I met some cool people from Canada! :D
The evening session was especially important for me because Sunder Krishnan spoke that night. His sermon was a powerful take on how prayer should be executed. Pray big and pray bold. The one phrase that really stuck from that night. He spoke about how the way we pray guarantees results, but real prayer is not fundamentally about getting answers. Intercession is God's gift to us, history belongs to the intercessors. Prayer has always been a really big growing point in my own spiritual life just because I grew up in the church not really valuing it. Prayer was also a big reason I joined TCF, because TCF really seemed to emphasize the connection and speaking to God.
Family time was once again, a large blessing :) But we remembered to sleep earlier (but not my much) that night :)
Day Five:
We made it to our last Bible study! Finally, we had finished our inductive study of John 1-4, and it felt good! The morning session was about how we are called to obedience-and not necessarily to success. A really scary thing if you think about it. The problem with us today is that we see problems, but not opportunities. We need to continue to be on fire and learn how to let go and change our ways if they impede the way to the Kingdom. So many important lessons to be learned! Definitely easier said than done.
Afterward, we went to this quaint little cheap restaurant that was surprisingly empty when we got there. We really beat the rush!
My first session on Thursday that I chose to go to was originally called "Birthing Faith Communities in Missions." I got there early and they had asked me to fill out a survey at the end of the session. When the seminar started, it had actually been changed to "Birthing Mission through Kingdom communities." Something quite different, right? But I had to stay because I had that survey to fill out -___-
To be honest, I was incredibly bored. But I did still learn something (praise God) and that was that in order to really reach out and bless people, I had to live among them as Jesus did for us (the general lesson of Urbana '09, but we had some real life examples). Mission doesn't passively occur (he had the strangest analogy, likening it to childbirth...) and we weren't made to do it alone. Anyway, this really solidified my conviction to serve in the freshman dorms next year.
After that seminar, I went to one that was led by an organization that really sparked my interest. OMF international is an organization that works primarily in East Asia. The people I talked to were very kind and the mission of OMF really interested me. Also, one of their leaders is actually part of my home church in the Bay so yes :) perhaps a part of my future plans :D
Anyway, it was called "Six Ways to Reach God's World." The seminar carefully outlined what exactly, what these six ways were. They then asked us to work with others in carefully crafting how we would go about this. I was the only one from TCF :( So I was feeling lonely. But one of the two leaders actually came over and talked to me and it turns out that she's also from the Bay Area so that was really exciting :)
Anyway, I left feeling pretty good about that last seminar.
The evening session was just really, indescribable. The music was great-as it had been all week. The sermons were great. What was really amazing, though, was the partaking of Communion among 16,000 of your brothers and sisters. I really have no other way to describe it, it was one of the most powerful images/events I have ever taken part in. The things I had learned had really hit home at that moment and my heart started to break for those who were hurting around the world. I couldn't stop crying, and neither could those around me. Afterward, worship was tangibly more joyful (if that was even possible) and the love around me, between strangers, was positively electric. We prayed aloud for revival on our campuses and around the world. I felt as though all barriers were lifted. We truly worshiped in the new year, I could feel that 2010 is going to be good :)
On the way home, we sang and praised God. The lobby of our hotel was full of drunk people and this drunk Asian guy was hitting on me. Haha. Anyway, we had good family time, again, and packed up for home.
Day Six:
HOMEBOUND! When I woke up, the majority of our family had already left. I got all my stuff and made my way to the guys' hotel and had breakfast with some of the guys. Then Cauchy and I got on the subway and went to the airport! It was cool to see all of the people who went to Urbana AND were from the Bay Area! Lot of CCIC kids :P Anyway, I started talking to this cool guy about our experiences at Urbana and it felt good to have this close communion with a complete stranger. The flight home, with one stop in Las Vegas, was very sleepy.
The flight attendant gave a shout-out to those who went to Urbana! Very cool.
Anyway, I went home and showered and slept.
A good end to an amazing journey!
Trojans in St. Louis! :)
I hope you all enjoyed reading this :D The details may be slightly inaccurate just because I waited almost a month to post the last half of our trip.
Anyway, I encourage you to all go to Urbana '12 :D
And I'm so excited for what God has in store for this year :) and for TCF!
Coming up:
Second semester, New Year's resolutions, just general happenings in the life of Steff-o.
Today, we're going to the opening of a Teen Center in South Central. We helped out at this particular organization during Frosh Con, and we really hope to become affiliated with their work. Hopefully we'll get to mentor high school students :) I'm so excited!!
It's a big risk, to open such a luxurious, safe space, in such an area, but I have faith that God will do amazing things with this vision.
Haha I remember running into World Impact (the organization ^) at Urbana and the lady was SUPER excited that we were from USC and really had no words, she just hugged us :)
Anyway, time for hw :(
20100103
Hakuna Mungu Kama Wewe
URBANA '09! was a life changing experience and I recommend all christian college students who are currently freshmen...or in high school I guess, to go to Urbana '12.
To avoid too much summary, read this article! :
Urbana '09: The Tradition Continues
As for my personal experience, I'll try to explain the best I can what I got out of the past 5 days in St. Louis, Missouri :)
Day one:
Was a traveling day! It did not start out well, I ran to barely catch my flight (thankfully, Cauchy saved me a seat) and I was painfully reminded that I am very, very out of shape. Then, thinking we barely had time to make our transfer flight out of Chicago, Cauchy and I ran from one terminal to another only to be informed that our flight was delayed an hour. Upon arriving an hour later than scheduled, registration took an additional hour for me because I'm not old enough to sign my own waiver -____- Also saw some fellow 4hoc-ers :) Nice to see familiar faces from home! When we finally made it to the welcome session, we had already missed half of it. Afterward, TCF ate in family groups at this really good Italian restaurant. Despite the troubles some of us faced, TCF had arrived in St. Louis safe and cold :)
Day two:
The day began too early as we made a long trek downstairs (with 17,000 kids living in few hotels and living on the 26th floor, it takes a while.) and ate our breakfast sitting on the floor of the lobby. Then we made our way to morning bible study at 830 AM! And began our inductive study of John 1-4, the theme verses of this years Urbana. After an hour and a half of concentration, we made the cold and seemingly long trek to morning session where we continued to study the Word, worship, and watch performances etc. We concluded at 12 and followed Ben's brilliant idea of going to the furthest possible restaurant to avoid long lines. After deciding upon arrival that his restaurant was unsatisfactory, we trekked 6 more blocks to Union Station (which wasn't even on direct map of our Urbana handbook...) and by the time lines were done and the food was on the table, seminar #1 @ 2PM had already started :( However, us freshmen enjoyed the food and the time together and the walk back in the nippy air as we journeyed back to nap for an hour. Upon waking, we found that in order to actually get a seat at a seminar, we had to arrive EARLY. We spent a somewhat disappointing, yet fulfilling in a different way, hour and a half in quiet time together on the couches instead.
We explored Global Connexions and waited an hour to get dinner (quite difficult with so many people) and finally settled for evening session.
Sidenote: I walked out of my hotel room to get some ice and stuff and lo and behold! Janise Chan sitting on the floor. Which was both awkward and pleasantly surprising :). She had forgotten her key and out of all the hotels, and all the floors, and all the rooms, she as staying at the one across the hall from me!
At the end of the day, we had family time, yet I felt a bit dissatisfied. Maybe I came in expecting too much, like maybe God was just going to turn my life around the second I stepped foot in Lambert Airport.
I was feeling disappointed in myself for nodding off in Bible study and missing two sessions (easily the most influential aspects of Urbana) and not getting the most out of the conference. I was beginning to question why God had urged me to come, why I had spent so much money and effort and time to travel to the middle of America, to gain nothing (yet). In general, the only life changing decision I had made so far was to never, ever, move out of sunny California.
But a text from Won encouraged me to be patient:
"It's okay! I'm sure God knows what He's doing."
yet I fell asleep with a heavy heart.
Day three:
Will be continued! Tired of writing now...
20100101
Update :)
Home from Urbana 09 :D But I will write about that later :D
CHECKPOINT:
TO DO List over Winter Break:
1. Finalize Spring Semester schedule (Add a two-unit)
2. Figure out housing for sophomore year
3. Figure out summer plans
4. Find a job near/on campus
5. Shop! :)
6. Christmas in the Park/Ice Skating with the boyfriend :) birthday?
7. Farmer's Market
8. San Francisco :D check!
9. Find a new phone :) check!
10. Visit the ol' alma mater
11. Alumni Holiday Partay!
12. Emerald Bowl, USC v. BC!! check!
13. Have an amazing, life-changing experience at Urbana '09 :) check!
14. Not get sick. Particularly after Urbana '09
15. See the guys :)
16. See the girls :)
17. Purikura check!
18. Bake lots of tasty things
19. Eat at: Johnny Rockets check! , Blue Rock Shoot check!, In n' Out, and Noah's Bagels check! with Minty ;)
20. Eat a fancy dinner at Santana Row
21. See snow check!
22. Go to a museum
23. Monterey Bay Aquarium!
24. Froyo!check!
25. Annual lunch at Fontana's with the madre :) check!
CHECKPOINT:
TO DO List over Winter Break:
1. Finalize Spring Semester schedule (Add a two-unit)
2. Figure out housing for sophomore year
3. Figure out summer plans
4. Find a job near/on campus
5. Shop! :)
6. Christmas in the Park/Ice Skating with the boyfriend :) birthday?
7. Farmer's Market
8. San Francisco :D check!
9. Find a new phone :) check!
10. Visit the ol' alma mater
11. Alumni Holiday Partay!
12. Emerald Bowl, USC v. BC!! check!
13. Have an amazing, life-changing experience at Urbana '09 :) check!
14. Not get sick. Particularly after Urbana '09
15. See the guys :)
16. See the girls :)
17. Purikura check!
18. Bake lots of tasty things
19. Eat at: Johnny Rockets check! , Blue Rock Shoot check!, In n' Out, and Noah's Bagels check! with Minty ;)
20. Eat a fancy dinner at Santana Row
21. See snow check!
22. Go to a museum
23. Monterey Bay Aquarium!
24. Froyo!check!
25. Annual lunch at Fontana's with the madre :) check!
20091225
Happy Birthday Jesus :)
Hooray! Merry Christmas everybody :)
These past three days have been relatively uneventful although I did get to cross four more things off my to-do list :D
I don't really remember what I did on the 23rd. Oh yes, I had my traditional lunch with my mother at Fontana's :) They have super excellent bread pudding, the first and only times I've had it is at our annual lunch (which came into existence in my 8th grade). SO GO EAT IT SO GOOD HOM NOM NOM. Afterwards, I just kinda chilled. Megan and I went to Vallco and took some Asian pictures :) Which crosses off two things in one day! Although my ultimate goal is to take purikura with Won bcus he has some sort of aversion to the place. Anyhooo, I had dinner with 4hoc :) and spent a good 3 hours catching up on each other's lives and naming all the countries in the world :D I missed home church :(
Then Ben was like oh hay we're at yogurtland so come pick up your EMERALD BOWL TICKETS and Won was like let's go to yogurtland and I was like OH CONVENIENT. So I met up with TCF :) and hung out a bit and then hung out with Won. We didn't actually get froyo bcus it's soooo cold!
Deniz and I spent the morning of Christmas Eve buying random things at Target for Simran's birthday :) We also had Chicken Pesto sandwiches at Blue Rock Shoot (ALSO A HIGH RECOMMENDATION :)) ahh so delicious! We ate them at the tables outside the little cafe. Another off my list :) Anyway, then we met her for fro yo at yogurtland and that was quite excellent :)
Christmas dinner with fam.
Christmas: did the normal Christmas thing and then set out for San Francisco (another crossed off!) :) revisited old memories at Golden Gate Park where I used to frolic as a young child, new to the wonders of America! Anyway, that was fun/cold. Then we went to the beach to watch the sunset and had dinner at this crazy Chinese restaurant that took forever to bring food bcus it was SO PACKED.
The Jewish tradition of going to Chinese restaurants on Christmas rings true! :)
Anyway, food was good. Then we went to Union square and looked at the lights and now I am at home and supposedly packing for Urbana. TOO COLD :((
Tomorrow: GAME DAY :D FIGHT ONNN
These past three days have been relatively uneventful although I did get to cross four more things off my to-do list :D
I don't really remember what I did on the 23rd. Oh yes, I had my traditional lunch with my mother at Fontana's :) They have super excellent bread pudding, the first and only times I've had it is at our annual lunch (which came into existence in my 8th grade). SO GO EAT IT SO GOOD HOM NOM NOM. Afterwards, I just kinda chilled. Megan and I went to Vallco and took some Asian pictures :) Which crosses off two things in one day! Although my ultimate goal is to take purikura with Won bcus he has some sort of aversion to the place. Anyhooo, I had dinner with 4hoc :) and spent a good 3 hours catching up on each other's lives and naming all the countries in the world :D I missed home church :(
Then Ben was like oh hay we're at yogurtland so come pick up your EMERALD BOWL TICKETS and Won was like let's go to yogurtland and I was like OH CONVENIENT. So I met up with TCF :) and hung out a bit and then hung out with Won. We didn't actually get froyo bcus it's soooo cold!
Deniz and I spent the morning of Christmas Eve buying random things at Target for Simran's birthday :) We also had Chicken Pesto sandwiches at Blue Rock Shoot (ALSO A HIGH RECOMMENDATION :)) ahh so delicious! We ate them at the tables outside the little cafe. Another off my list :) Anyway, then we met her for fro yo at yogurtland and that was quite excellent :)
Christmas dinner with fam.
Christmas: did the normal Christmas thing and then set out for San Francisco (another crossed off!) :) revisited old memories at Golden Gate Park where I used to frolic as a young child, new to the wonders of America! Anyway, that was fun/cold. Then we went to the beach to watch the sunset and had dinner at this crazy Chinese restaurant that took forever to bring food bcus it was SO PACKED.
The Jewish tradition of going to Chinese restaurants on Christmas rings true! :)
Anyway, food was good. Then we went to Union square and looked at the lights and now I am at home and supposedly packing for Urbana. TOO COLD :((
Tomorrow: GAME DAY :D FIGHT ONNN
20091224
'Tis Christmas Eve
First, happy birthday Simran!! :))
Second, it is Christmas tomorrow :D
Happy birthday Jesus!
And Mai and Noel! :D and everyone else. Alrighttt
CHECKPOINT:
TO DO List over Winter Break:
1. Finalize Spring Semester schedule (Add a two-unit)
2. Figure out housing for sophomore year
3. Figure out summer plans
4. Find a job near/on campus
5. Shop! :)
6. Christmas in the Park/Ice Skating with the boyfriend :) birthday?
7. Farmer's Market
8. San Francisco :D
9. Find a new phone :) check!
10. Visit the ol' alma mater
11. Alumni Holiday Partay!
12. Emerald Bowl, USC v. BC!!
13. Have an amazing, life-changing experience at Urbana '09 :)
14. Not get sick. Particularly after Urbana '09
15. See the guys :)
16. See the girls :)
17. Purikura Check!
18. Bake lots of tasty things
19. Eat at: Johnny Rockets Check! , Blue Rock Shoot, In n' Out, and Noah's Bagels Check! with Minty ;)
20. Eat a fancy dinner at Santana Row
21. See snow
22. Go to a museum
23. Monterey Bay Aquarium!
24. Froyo! Check!
25. Annual lunch at Fontana's with the madre :) Check!
Not too shabby :) Update tomorrow!
P.S. SC KIDS! Grades are out!!! o_o
Second, it is Christmas tomorrow :D
Happy birthday Jesus!
And Mai and Noel! :D and everyone else. Alrighttt
CHECKPOINT:
TO DO List over Winter Break:
1. Finalize Spring Semester schedule (Add a two-unit)
2. Figure out housing for sophomore year
3. Figure out summer plans
4. Find a job near/on campus
5. Shop! :)
6. Christmas in the Park/Ice Skating with the boyfriend :) birthday?
7. Farmer's Market
8. San Francisco :D
9. Find a new phone :) check!
10. Visit the ol' alma mater
11. Alumni Holiday Partay!
12. Emerald Bowl, USC v. BC!!
13. Have an amazing, life-changing experience at Urbana '09 :)
14. Not get sick. Particularly after Urbana '09
15. See the guys :)
16. See the girls :)
17. Purikura Check!
18. Bake lots of tasty things
19. Eat at: Johnny Rockets Check! , Blue Rock Shoot, In n' Out, and Noah's Bagels Check! with Minty ;)
20. Eat a fancy dinner at Santana Row
21. See snow
22. Go to a museum
23. Monterey Bay Aquarium!
24. Froyo! Check!
25. Annual lunch at Fontana's with the madre :) Check!
Not too shabby :) Update tomorrow!
P.S. SC KIDS! Grades are out!!! o_o
20091220
Cold Feet
I CAN'T SLEEP THESE DAYS
Actually, last night it was because my feet were cold.
Yesterday, I hung out with Deniz and we ate a lot :) I missed her so much!! :)
We ate at Johnny Rockets and then Yogurtland and ran around Westgate just like the good ol' days. Sigh I miss senior year :(
I just read a fellow '09er's post on facebook about how fun senior trip was and how he thought about it every week or two. I do too T_T
Sigh, I miss you harker '09! For real.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO SEE ALL OF MY FABORITE PEOPLE :((
Actually, last night it was because my feet were cold.
Yesterday, I hung out with Deniz and we ate a lot :) I missed her so much!! :)
We ate at Johnny Rockets and then Yogurtland and ran around Westgate just like the good ol' days. Sigh I miss senior year :(
I just read a fellow '09er's post on facebook about how fun senior trip was and how he thought about it every week or two. I do too T_T
Sigh, I miss you harker '09! For real.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO SEE ALL OF MY FABORITE PEOPLE :((
20091219
Cellphone phase
What I've been doing these past couple days...
1. Tuesday night, hung out with my kitty ket ;) <3
2. Wednesday, hung out with the best frand :) went to CLAIRE'S HAHA FAIL and thenn Daiso :) and crap, In n' Out, Tap-ex. We're so badass :) and fat :(
3. Thusday night, saw a bad movie with Alex and Paul. And went to get Megan's ears pierced at the mall :))
Sigh I feel like I'm pressed for time, for some reason :(
CELL PHONE PHASE AUGHH AGAIN.
If I was rich, I'd donate to charity and also buy tons and tons of cellphones :(( Those are the only electronics I go <3 over, I'm not sure why. And I'm a total sucker for ads and mass appeal, if I see it enough, I end up wanting it T_T That's why I hate dramas that totally endorse a certain phone and every stinkin' actor has the same phone -______-.
Anyway, I've been looking around for a phone since my precious LG Ice Cream failed me :( and I've been using my trusty ol' Sony Ericsson that I've had for 2.5 years now.
First I was like le sigh, daddy will just get me a new Ice Cream when he comes home but alas he did not. So now I have to find an American phone for convenience sake so we went to the AT&T store and perused the selection and at that point, I was between the Blackberry pearl, the Samsung Solstice, and the LG Xenon because they were so cheap!! Actually, I really wanted the Samsung Impression but PRICY even after rebate and it's flipping huge and it freezes. Paranoid about that now. Then we read the fine print and we were like WTF AT&T bcus they were totally ripping us off. Those deals and crap are total BS :(( So we were like screw the upgrade! We're buying off the internet! Which is totally the way to go. And it's basically just me bcus my mom would keep using the same Motorola Razr she's had since I've been in middle school if we let her -_____-.
Anyway, so if I can't have the SE Docomo or Softbank Japanese phones I want, I would go for the Blackberry Bold (if I were a wealthy girl) but now that best frand has informed me that Blackberries give off intense radiation, and the fact that they're huge AND total sorority phones, I've decided not to. My dream phone is actually the Nokia N97 if not the Docomo n706i but it's like 600 flipping dollars. Well, 500 at Costco but anyway yah, not spending over 200 -__-
I wouldn't mind the LG Lollipop either but that's almost exclusively in Korea and now many reliable sites are selling unlocked international ones so mehh. It's probably also pricy for a mediocre and simple phone. Therefore, I'm currently looking at the LG Viewty and the LG Cookie (Korean version is of course, cuter) and leaning towards the Cookie just bcus it's cuter, cheaper, and I don't need a high end camera. And the stylus isn't dangling around. Still, I wish I could have a physical QWERTY keypad :(
So I'm not sure why I posted my whole thought process about choosing phones but I am so fickle about this stuff :( And the dumbest things matter to me like case selection and if it has a charm hole -_- lawl. Good thing most Asian phones do :)
Anyway, once I get it, I will inform my dear readers :)
Tehe, and then I'll bling it out with crap from strapya-world.com
Just kidding, I'm not rich with money or time :((
So yes, hope I get a new phone soon :)
AGAGDSOF time for sreepinggg. I go to sleep late for having nothing to do and then I wake up at like, noon. -_-
1. Tuesday night, hung out with my kitty ket ;) <3
2. Wednesday, hung out with the best frand :) went to CLAIRE'S HAHA FAIL and thenn Daiso :) and crap, In n' Out, Tap-ex. We're so badass :) and fat :(
3. Thusday night, saw a bad movie with Alex and Paul. And went to get Megan's ears pierced at the mall :))
Sigh I feel like I'm pressed for time, for some reason :(
CELL PHONE PHASE AUGHH AGAIN.
If I was rich, I'd donate to charity and also buy tons and tons of cellphones :(( Those are the only electronics I go <3 over, I'm not sure why. And I'm a total sucker for ads and mass appeal, if I see it enough, I end up wanting it T_T That's why I hate dramas that totally endorse a certain phone and every stinkin' actor has the same phone -______-.
Anyway, I've been looking around for a phone since my precious LG Ice Cream failed me :( and I've been using my trusty ol' Sony Ericsson that I've had for 2.5 years now.
First I was like le sigh, daddy will just get me a new Ice Cream when he comes home but alas he did not. So now I have to find an American phone for convenience sake so we went to the AT&T store and perused the selection and at that point, I was between the Blackberry pearl, the Samsung Solstice, and the LG Xenon because they were so cheap!! Actually, I really wanted the Samsung Impression but PRICY even after rebate and it's flipping huge and it freezes. Paranoid about that now. Then we read the fine print and we were like WTF AT&T bcus they were totally ripping us off. Those deals and crap are total BS :(( So we were like screw the upgrade! We're buying off the internet! Which is totally the way to go. And it's basically just me bcus my mom would keep using the same Motorola Razr she's had since I've been in middle school if we let her -_____-.
Anyway, so if I can't have the SE Docomo or Softbank Japanese phones I want, I would go for the Blackberry Bold (if I were a wealthy girl) but now that best frand has informed me that Blackberries give off intense radiation, and the fact that they're huge AND total sorority phones, I've decided not to. My dream phone is actually the Nokia N97 if not the Docomo n706i but it's like 600 flipping dollars. Well, 500 at Costco but anyway yah, not spending over 200 -__-
I wouldn't mind the LG Lollipop either but that's almost exclusively in Korea and now many reliable sites are selling unlocked international ones so mehh. It's probably also pricy for a mediocre and simple phone. Therefore, I'm currently looking at the LG Viewty and the LG Cookie (Korean version is of course, cuter) and leaning towards the Cookie just bcus it's cuter, cheaper, and I don't need a high end camera. And the stylus isn't dangling around. Still, I wish I could have a physical QWERTY keypad :(
So I'm not sure why I posted my whole thought process about choosing phones but I am so fickle about this stuff :( And the dumbest things matter to me like case selection and if it has a charm hole -_- lawl. Good thing most Asian phones do :)
Anyway, once I get it, I will inform my dear readers :)
Tehe, and then I'll bling it out with crap from strapya-world.com
Just kidding, I'm not rich with money or time :((
So yes, hope I get a new phone soon :)
AGAGDSOF time for sreepinggg. I go to sleep late for having nothing to do and then I wake up at like, noon. -_-
20091216
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!
Although living in California is like perpetual summer weather, Norcal is much more holiday appropriate than 70-degree-sunny all the time-LA. Today, it was 72. O_O A week till Christmas, too.
Anyway, yesterday (I can't believe it was only yesterday..) I woke up SUPER EARLY for my 8AM final (MY CLASS ISN'T EVEN AT 8AM T_T) and did pretty well. Then I sat around, ate with Breana and Julia, packed and took my stuff to Cauchy's, talked with Won on the phone, hungout, "studied," and failed my Jour final :D
BUT WHO CARES! I made my flight and now I'm home :)
TO DO List over Winter Break:
1. Finalize Spring Semester schedule (Add a two-unit)
2. Figure out housing for sophomore year
3. Figure out summer plans
4. Find a job near/on campus
5. Shop! :)
6. Christmas in the Park/Ice Skating with the boyfriend :) birthday?
7. Farmer's Market
8. San Francisco :D
9. Find a new phone :)
10. Visit the ol' alma mater
11. Alumni Holiday Partay!
12. Emerald Bowl, USC v. BC!!
13. Have an amazing, life-changing experience at Urbana '09 :)
14. Not get sick. Particularly after Urbana '09
15. See the guys :)
16. See the girls :)
17. Purikura
18. Bake lots of tasty things
19. Eat at: Johnny Rockets, Blue Rock Shoot, In n' Out, and Noah's Bagels with Minty ;)
20. Eat a fancy dinner at Santana Row
21. See snow
22. Go to a museum
23. Monterey Bay Aquarium!
24. Froyo!
25. That is all for now :)
Anyway, yesterday (I can't believe it was only yesterday..) I woke up SUPER EARLY for my 8AM final (MY CLASS ISN'T EVEN AT 8AM T_T) and did pretty well. Then I sat around, ate with Breana and Julia, packed and took my stuff to Cauchy's, talked with Won on the phone, hungout, "studied," and failed my Jour final :D
BUT WHO CARES! I made my flight and now I'm home :)
TO DO List over Winter Break:
1. Finalize Spring Semester schedule (Add a two-unit)
2. Figure out housing for sophomore year
3. Figure out summer plans
4. Find a job near/on campus
5. Shop! :)
6. Christmas in the Park/Ice Skating with the boyfriend :) birthday?
7. Farmer's Market
8. San Francisco :D
9. Find a new phone :)
10. Visit the ol' alma mater
11. Alumni Holiday Partay!
12. Emerald Bowl, USC v. BC!!
13. Have an amazing, life-changing experience at Urbana '09 :)
14. Not get sick. Particularly after Urbana '09
15. See the guys :)
16. See the girls :)
17. Purikura
18. Bake lots of tasty things
19. Eat at: Johnny Rockets, Blue Rock Shoot, In n' Out, and Noah's Bagels with Minty ;)
20. Eat a fancy dinner at Santana Row
21. See snow
22. Go to a museum
23. Monterey Bay Aquarium!
24. Froyo!
25. That is all for now :)
20091213
"Slow! There are football players!"
Barrett Glasauer
sigh
Barrett Glasauer
i dont know you
Barrett Glasauer
i hope no one reads this conversation
Barrett Glasauer
ever
Barrett Glasauer
dawg
Barrett Glasauer
you're such a man
ALMOST. DONE.
1. Two more finals :( Sed face D: I have no motivation to study and I'm so sleepy all the time!
2. I had the best ramen in LA today.
3. I want a double piercing???
4. UR.BANA. JFAOIDFO!!! 300 dollaz today :D
5. SREEP PRZ
6. I WANT TO BE CONTENT, I've been so restless I can't remember if I slept last night.
7. I want a new phone
I dunno. Time to study.
sigh
Barrett Glasauer
i dont know you
Barrett Glasauer
i hope no one reads this conversation
Barrett Glasauer
ever
Barrett Glasauer
dawg
Barrett Glasauer
you're such a man
ALMOST. DONE.
1. Two more finals :( Sed face D: I have no motivation to study and I'm so sleepy all the time!
2. I had the best ramen in LA today.
3. I want a double piercing???
4. UR.BANA. JFAOIDFO!!! 300 dollaz today :D
5. SREEP PRZ
6. I WANT TO BE CONTENT, I've been so restless I can't remember if I slept last night.
7. I want a new phone
I dunno. Time to study.
20091210
20091208
GO EAGLES!
Harker is adorable :)
Finals studying is sooo mehhh
Yesterday, I accomplished far less than I expected and it was suuuper rainy, cold, and gloomy :( not okay. Today is just super cold D:
Discipleship was an immense blessing.
I. HATE. STUDYING.
Finals studying is sooo mehhh
Yesterday, I accomplished far less than I expected and it was suuuper rainy, cold, and gloomy :( not okay. Today is just super cold D:
Discipleship was an immense blessing.
I. HATE. STUDYING.
20091207
Battleship
Hello readers!
I think I'll write about the game first :)
Look at my pf picture! It's with T MAYS, #2 on the USC TROJANS!!
I woke up super early to have breakfast with Benn and then we went to wake up Cauchy and meet up with TCF for the game!
The game itself was meh, the weather was bad and our team was playing really bad. We were so looking forward to that 21st point in which we would raise Ben in triumph at his final game at SC but that never happened! It was much more than a loss, it was a personal disappointment :( moreso for him than me. So I think it's fate that the Emerald Bowl (which we are in, sadly) is being played in San Francisco! Which means we have one last chance to win and push Ben up! And he can have a happy last game :) the day before we lift off for St. Louis :D
Afterward, I just got ready for Frosh Con.
FROSH CON:
I went in not knowing what to expect. All that I knew was that it was supposed to help all the freshmen grow closer together etc etc. and I was like no problem! We're all so close already! But I met a lot of new people and grew a little closer to those I already knew.
That night, we listened to two speakers and then discussed in small groups. Afterward, we headed to the gym to play some INTENSE SPORTS for like, three hours. It was insane, four sports going on at once or something! Hockey...Football...Tennis, Volleyball, Wall Ball, jump rope hahah all in one gym! We played blindfolded capture the flag and that Ships, Sailors game and I am VERY SORE. Then we went back and played more games, ate, and discussed skin care products. Sleep happened around 230AM
The next morning, we got up and checked out a new teen center World Impact LA is to finish soon in a little under a month and then set out on our task of sorting out clothes for Sonshine Thrift Store which was really fun! We spent three hours sorting through donations and such and sorting out the bad and the good products. We also played a lot of dress up :D
That night, we had two more sessions and a lot of time for reflection as well as small group and prayer. Small group was such a blessing, I feel five times closer to these people just bcus we were able to honestly share our troubles and our burdens.
We spent over 24 hours about 2 miles away in a school in south central LA and although it was only a busride away, sc LA feels miles and miles away from the lives we lead at SC. This weekend has been an incredible blessing in 50 million ways and I'm so so so grateful for God and His grace and TCF :)
I feel so grateful for SC and TCF and ahh crazy, I'm so in love with life right now.
I sense the start of something new :)
At the moment, I am so sore I could write a poem about it. In fact, I did while climbing the stairs this morning:
I am so sore
From laying on that floor
And flopping like a whale
I can barely open this door
Much less hold onto this stair rail
I can't take it no mo!
Yes. That intense game+sleeping on the floor+the fact that those chairs had no darn cushions! Makes Steff-o a very sore person. Also, my throat is aching bcus Breana insisted on hugging me everyday for my nugetty-ness and holding me close to her diseased self. Plus, that last quarter of the game, I hadn't screamed that much in a while. So my voice is pretty shot.
BUT NOWW! Time to study for finals :(
This morning, I got this email:
I swear, as the semester goes on, they get more and more creative. I liked this one too:
Then discipleship :)
FIGHT ON college kids! We can do it :))
Goodbye and good luck readers!
I think I'll write about the game first :)
Look at my pf picture! It's with T MAYS, #2 on the USC TROJANS!!
I woke up super early to have breakfast with Benn and then we went to wake up Cauchy and meet up with TCF for the game!
The game itself was meh, the weather was bad and our team was playing really bad. We were so looking forward to that 21st point in which we would raise Ben in triumph at his final game at SC but that never happened! It was much more than a loss, it was a personal disappointment :( moreso for him than me. So I think it's fate that the Emerald Bowl (which we are in, sadly) is being played in San Francisco! Which means we have one last chance to win and push Ben up! And he can have a happy last game :) the day before we lift off for St. Louis :D
Afterward, I just got ready for Frosh Con.
FROSH CON:
I went in not knowing what to expect. All that I knew was that it was supposed to help all the freshmen grow closer together etc etc. and I was like no problem! We're all so close already! But I met a lot of new people and grew a little closer to those I already knew.
That night, we listened to two speakers and then discussed in small groups. Afterward, we headed to the gym to play some INTENSE SPORTS for like, three hours. It was insane, four sports going on at once or something! Hockey...Football...Tennis, Volleyball, Wall Ball, jump rope hahah all in one gym! We played blindfolded capture the flag and that Ships, Sailors game and I am VERY SORE. Then we went back and played more games, ate, and discussed skin care products. Sleep happened around 230AM
The next morning, we got up and checked out a new teen center World Impact LA is to finish soon in a little under a month and then set out on our task of sorting out clothes for Sonshine Thrift Store which was really fun! We spent three hours sorting through donations and such and sorting out the bad and the good products. We also played a lot of dress up :D
That night, we had two more sessions and a lot of time for reflection as well as small group and prayer. Small group was such a blessing, I feel five times closer to these people just bcus we were able to honestly share our troubles and our burdens.
We spent over 24 hours about 2 miles away in a school in south central LA and although it was only a busride away, sc LA feels miles and miles away from the lives we lead at SC. This weekend has been an incredible blessing in 50 million ways and I'm so so so grateful for God and His grace and TCF :)
I feel so grateful for SC and TCF and ahh crazy, I'm so in love with life right now.
I sense the start of something new :)
At the moment, I am so sore I could write a poem about it. In fact, I did while climbing the stairs this morning:
I am so sore
From laying on that floor
And flopping like a whale
I can barely open this door
Much less hold onto this stair rail
I can't take it no mo!
Yes. That intense game+sleeping on the floor+the fact that those chairs had no darn cushions! Makes Steff-o a very sore person. Also, my throat is aching bcus Breana insisted on hugging me everyday for my nugetty-ness and holding me close to her diseased self. Plus, that last quarter of the game, I hadn't screamed that much in a while. So my voice is pretty shot.
BUT NOWW! Time to study for finals :(
This morning, I got this email:
Hey Class,While this could possibly be true. The situation is still somewhat humorous.
Earlier in the semester while I was in Mexico building houses for the needy, I was bit by a wild boar and acquired rabies and swine flu
etc.etc.
I swear, as the semester goes on, they get more and more creative. I liked this one too:
PAPER WRITING TIME: ACTIVATE
hey guys,
I've been sick with polio as well as the plague.
Final review notes would be awesome.
Thanks
Then discipleship :)
FIGHT ON college kids! We can do it :))
Goodbye and good luck readers!
20091205
Fight On For Ol' SC
Jack Wang win or lose, trojan for life! fight on all the way!
That's the trojan spirit :) We'll get 'em next year!Our mascot is a horse but our athletes and students are nickname Trojans for our fighting spirit :)
Can't wait for Game Day next year!
Update Sunday on the game,
but nowww...
FROSH CON '09
20091204
What exactly does P. Diddy feel like when he wakes up in the morning?"
So I was wondering this today whilst I sang this song with Mai and it turns out I'm not the only one!
Here is Yahoo! answers:
Here is Yahoo! answers:
:((
Daniel Tien i miss celebrating the start of a weekend with brian and sean after 4th period douglas. big chest bump and "it's the weekend, baby!"
I miss it.Baby
MM so what has been happening? Well I felt kinda sick the past two days while suffering through two papers but now I'm homefree except one more final paper which I haven't started and three finals! WOO! :)
Also, Ben took me to fball practice on Thursday and I got to take a picture with Damien Williams and Taylor Mays :)
Taylor called me a baby :( SAD.
Mmm we closed the blinds today for the first time since move-in day and now it feels like a cave!
I suppose I'm just not a very insightful person anymore because I never write about anything interesting and no one really even reads this anymore :(
But here is a quote from the inside of my honestea yesterday :D:
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion."-Abraham Lincoln.
and to that, Won says "BAD GRAMMAR!"
Good day for now! WASHING FACE TIME I love no class on Fridays <3
Also, Ben took me to fball practice on Thursday and I got to take a picture with Damien Williams and Taylor Mays :)
Taylor called me a baby :( SAD.
Mmm we closed the blinds today for the first time since move-in day and now it feels like a cave!
I suppose I'm just not a very insightful person anymore because I never write about anything interesting and no one really even reads this anymore :(
But here is a quote from the inside of my honestea yesterday :D:
"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion."-Abraham Lincoln.
and to that, Won says "BAD GRAMMAR!"
Good day for now! WASHING FACE TIME I love no class on Fridays <3
20091202
Come on Let's Fall in Love
Coming back to USC is always mehhh :(
I almost missed my flight sighh ran to my gate barefoot and barely made it to discover that Mai missed the plane. I knew it.
I'm always reluctant to leave the Bay Area but there's something about seeing our beautiful globe tower that extends from the Von KleinSmid Center in the distance from the highway that makes my heart swell with joy :) I love that globe! I can see it in the surrounding area (ghettooo) at night and I'll always be able to find my way back to campus. I love The Bay I love USC! :)
These past couple days have been uneventful, just suffering in my room, working on papers. Four papers in the coming week.five!! :(
Today Ben and I went to the bookstore sale and I am heipi :)
I think I'm a selfish and bad person. And I have never been this afraid to lose someone I love.
愛我別走
On another note:
I had my last class with Matt Barkley today.
Tehe I'm creepy :(
BE MY FRIEND!!
Football practice on Thursday, whose down?
I almost missed my flight sighh ran to my gate barefoot and barely made it to discover that Mai missed the plane. I knew it.
I'm always reluctant to leave the Bay Area but there's something about seeing our beautiful globe tower that extends from the Von KleinSmid Center in the distance from the highway that makes my heart swell with joy :) I love that globe! I can see it in the surrounding area (ghettooo) at night and I'll always be able to find my way back to campus. I love The Bay I love USC! :)
These past couple days have been uneventful, just suffering in my room, working on papers. Four papers in the coming week.five!! :(
Today Ben and I went to the bookstore sale and I am heipi :)
I think I'm a selfish and bad person. And I have never been this afraid to lose someone I love.
愛我別走
On another note:
I had my last class with Matt Barkley today.
Tehe I'm creepy :(
BE MY FRIEND!!
Football practice on Thursday, whose down?
20091126
Hello Bay Area!
It is Thanksgiving afternoon and I'm thankful for...
1. God, for His grace and salvation and for always giving me a second chance.
2. SOSr, for always being there in keeping in touch :) even if we're still only in the same state heh
3. The guys, just for being the guys :) I know I can always count on them for anything!
4. Won Hee :) for reasons that number to infinity. I don't know where I'd be without him :)
5. Mai mai, for being an excellent roommate and staying up late with me and being hungry and eating and being messy and stanky and being loud. And my other suitemates, for putting up with us and for being my friends :)
6. HOC4, my church family :) for everything. For the community, for Jesus, for lunches and fellowship, and for USC UCLA fights. :)
6.5 InterVarsity (my second church family :)), for helping me grow in my relationship with Him and for being the only reason i have friends in college.
....
7. Harker, for making the start of 2009 one of the best months of my life. And still offering a loving community I can go back to whenever I want.
8. HOME. Is where the heart is.
9. USC, for making the second half of 2009 a good end to the best year of my life. For the football games, the classes, the beautiful people ;), the crazy parties, the on-campus events, for being in Southcentral and being in LA (and it's amazing weather), for being better than UCLA, for school spirit and love of the students. I'm thankful for good decisions, like Parkside, and I'm thankful for EVAN OUR excellent RA :)) I LOVE USC.
10. I'm thankful for life and FEELING alive, my life is good.
To end this post, here is a vague schedule of my next few days. Call me and let's hang out :)!
Thursday: Thanksgiving dinner, work on paper, EAT A LOT, stay up late.
Friday: BLACKFRIDAY SHOPPING. Homework? Get glasses :( (I'm blind now, did I tell you?), HOC4 Thanksgiving dinner! Hooray!
Saturday: Frolicking with friends maybe, sister's ballet performance in the afternoon, THE BIG GAME V. UCLA AW YAHHH
Sunday: Church :) Homework? :(
Monday: USC. Comm class with MATT BARKLEY heheh: P
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