Friday, January 30, 2009

God is good

"He made the lame walk and the dumb talk
And He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time
Yet He knows our deepest desperate need
And the world waits while His heart aches
To realize the dream
I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me"
-What Life Would Be like: Big Daddy Weave

I haven't listened to the radio in a long time cause i usually just plug in my iTouch when i drive, but this morning, i forgot my iTouch, so i listened to kLove....and this song came up (mind you, i have this song on my iTouch too...but yeah) and right at the line "i wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me", a car cut me off and i almost rear-ended him so i was right about to blow...but then i heard that line and i was like dang, what if it was Jesuses driving on the roads? crazy, if only we were all more like Him.

God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, He's so good to me. (it's the children's song, it was stuck in my head) Seriously, He gives and takes away, but honestly, i don't think He takes away until we start becoming proud, He just keeps giving...haha during 餐館團契 (correct ma? i velly pretty cheena queen hor) [excuse the outburst of singlish, don't try to understand it] we sang 耶和華祝福滿滿 and it hasn't been more true than this week. ALSO, i've been a good girl this week and working on all my college apps and scholarships stuff (because two are due this weekend!) but i feel so accomplished when i finish an application! so all my midwest schools are officially applied to! Now onto the 3 west coast schools: Azusa Pacific, Concordia-Irvine (zOMG TWINS!), and Biola...Concordia is done except for the essay, which i know what i want to write about, just need to actually start writing. x) but i'm happy that i finished all of Calvin's stuff...i actually really want to go to Calvin now, i'm just applying to the addtional west coast schools because it's in the west and they're good schools...=/ BUT by the looks of this, i'll definitely finish everything before end of Februray, and that means i'll get rewarded with a ticket to Ohio! I should be going there the week of Easter...(kids, i don't think my brother actually knows i'm going yet, please don't say anything, i don't plan on telling him till everything is positive) but it's also yer guy's spring break, so i don't really wanna go if none of you guys are there...maybe i'll visit you xiao qi jiejie!!!

i'm liking my haircut more and more everyday. x) goodnight.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

ΔΣLΤΛ

Senior Mock Election Debates today! i would comment more about it, but i don't know enough about politics/government to actually comment on how well they did...hahaha...i was just cheering for my party, Project ΔΣLΤΛ! yay! x) well, i don't really care about the whole mock election thing at all actually...but i got out of school early today, technically, all the seniors just left...the monitors tried to stop us...so the 50,000 of us crowded into the office and called parents to get signed out...i was the lamest tho, everyone else left to go hang out with people...i left, went home and at lunch...hahaha, after lunch, watched some TV, went out to go get a new passport cause MALAYSIA THIS SUMMER!!! SO EXCITED!!! FOOD <3! PEOPLE <3! KIDS <3! anyways, then on the way back, i rode with Sausau Guhguh instead...it's been quite some time since i've gotten to hang out with him...but it was hilarious and a very enjoyable ride home...

this rest of the week should be pretty chill, i think, except for the bio test tomorrow, everything should be alright...in fact should be a pretty fun weekend...i've FINALLY decided that i'll go to the inagural ball, problem now is: DRESS! ><

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Gone

edit// during lunch today, i helped mr. woon buy a woman's hat from ae...it was hilarious...too lazy to tell the whole story...but man, such a funny teacher....he wanted the hat cause it ties on the bottom and he's afraid it'll blow away when he goes to chicago....too funny.

My hair is more than half gone...after school yesterday i went and got my haircut...i was quite nervous, but excited too...cause finally groomed...lol...i wanted it around shoulder length, the haircut i ALWAYS get, but she kept cutting...and she started layering...so it got shorter and shorter...haha...so now it's right under my ears...but it's alright, i'm getting used to it...and it's much easier to take care of...well, there's really nothing to take care of...T.T...i'll have pics of it this weekend...cause i don't like/want to take selfpictures...hahaha...

Tomorrow's senior mock election debates! i don't really care about it at all...but i'll go in for first to third and leave fourth to sixth...i was planning on just not going at all, but i'll go support my party...go Delta...haha...i'm just happy to leave before lunch...and then there's the inagural ball this saturday...i still can't decide if i want to go or not...it's the cheapest dance tho! only $15!!! and it's at savory opera house, so it's not a bad either...but i still can't decide.

Anyways, i've added another college to my list...Concordia in Irvine...one more essay to write...oh boo. haha...but everything's due in the next 3 weeks....so i'm pushing myself to really do everything i'm supposed to do...x) but still praying! we'll see where God leads me!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Not Quite 27 Dresses...YET

edit//OH EM GEE...SO FULL! hahaha, seriously, New China has the best "celebration" foods...so delicious!!! i'm about to die!! AND i got a hong bao! yes! money! or as the twins say, "i got gold" x) that's all, time to go study. - 11:41pmso much food! (not a clear picture) but still so much food!
Yesterday's wedding was very simple...and wasn't taken very seriously, but when they were saying their vows, it was so sweet!! then after the wedding, took pictures, went to Starbucks, bought a Caffe Vanilla Frapp (instead of PMT) and shared a snickerdoodle with Tracy, came back to my house, guitar hero-ed, watched House Bunny, went to China A for Chinese New Years dinner, where Yixuan learned to like lobster! hahaha that was all of yesterday...

So, even though yesterday's wedding isn't like usual weddings...i still love weddings...this is the first wedding that i played for and won't be the last! It was quite exciting! As a kid, i was a flower girl 10 times, my mom said that i became a professional flower girl =____= last time i went back to malaysia, they had me "train" the flower girl for a wedding...hahaha, funny stuff....and i've attended quite a few weddings where i wasn't a flower girl...so this was cool even though it wasn't a grand wedding =/...i have yet to be a bridesmaid and bride at a wedding! i'll be like Jane from 27 dresses (i only have 11 so far, they're all gone tho...except for this time's)...planning everyone's wedding and then finally having my amazing wedding with a guy that looks better than James Marsden! but i do NOT give permission for people to look at the groom as i walk down, all attention must still be on ME! ahahahahaha...x)
my girls are hotter than your girls
i don't know if i have homework, but i haven't done anything yet...oh yeah, so my uncle (the one who got hit by a car chasing a customer) is back to work at New China, so i won't have to work until i want to...so i promised my mom i'd finish all the college/scholarships stuff....and my reward for finishing it before end of Feb is getting a trip to Ohio! yay!

there's 2 more hours before we go to New China to eat round 2 of New Years food!!! i'm so excited for this one cause New China always has the best foods compared to other restaurants...AND the kids will be there again, so i'll be able to play with them...whee!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Cold?

today was like a finally rather "cold" (if you can even call it that) day we've had since...errr...i don't know when...it rained all day today and was gloomy! i love it! hahaha...i like it when it's all cloudy, dark, and misty...it just feels soooooo nice...i've gotta admit, even though we haven't even felt the tip of winter (and i don't know if we will) i really like weather like today's and i wouldn't mind if it was just like this more! Although, i really hope we get more winter-y...i'm already changing from hoodies --> crop hoodies and from jeans --> shorts....i want cold weather! (shut up you kids that have snow and all) i haven't even worn my big jacket yet, no scarves needed, no beanie needed...now that i think about it, it was colder in like Nov then it is now...but NOT ENOUGH! So, the weird thing is, even though i'm complaining that it's not cold enough...my brother called my mom yesterday and was saying like i shouldn't go to the midwest for college cause there's no point going to a place that freezes your butt off...hahaha...i remember when we were both here, we would talk about if we were in the midwest/east coast, all the winter-y clothes we get to wear and all the stuff we get to do...but now that he's there, he's like "aiiii...." xP

Man, tomorrow's the chinese new year celebration...i'm not nervous about our performance at all...our "muo qi" is strong enough that not a little practice and a lot of BS we'll be fine...hahaha...i'm rather nervous about the wedding tho...today's rehersal was not even a real rehersal...>< good ="P">when shall it be my real brother's wedding? hmmmm...hehe haha, i'm quite excited for that one! it's not gonna be too big either, but it's just exciting! i remember when he first came to America, i was actually teaching him english (even tho i was only in 3rd grade) and teaching him how to type on the computer...oh funny stuff...

ok, i'm going no where with this...so i shall stop...

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Reality

edit// ever realize how easily the little things can bring up/down a day? or how the little things can make such a big difference? reality is "settling" in and...it sucks. goodnight. (12:56am)

i didn't get a hair cut. i didn't get a pair of silver heels. in fact, i didn't get anything. oh boo. hahaha...but the three day weekend, although is only one day more, seemed like a really long time. it was nice...but then now i'm back to school and i really need to get my act together. i need to do my homework...every night. i need to finish ALL my applications and ALL its parts. i need to start applying to financial aid stuff. i need to stop being so "kay po" nice and tagging all those facebook pictures! i need to accept the reality of school and college, i seriously gotta do all these things...(maybe i should stop blogging right now...hahaha. no.)

why is reality such a hard thing to accept?! it's right in front. just accept it! gahhhhhh! i need to burn something down...ahahaha. no, that's crazy.

anyways, i'm at 餐馆团旗 right now...and when we got to church today...EVERYTHING was moved...AND the office door was locked, the church main gate was locked...STUPID STUPID STUPID CHINESE SCHOOL! seriously, i'm gonna end up shooting all of them in the FACE! i was so annoyed...especially the piano...asdfghjkl!!!

this is gonna be a BUSY weekend...friday is chinese new years celebration and saturday is the wedding...so nervous! but so excited to dress up!!! x)

this is the randomest post...cause i've got nothing real important to write about, just jotting down random notes.

OH YEAH! PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY! so last night, due to unfortunate events, i was up till really late and didn't get a chance to study for my stats test AT ALL...so when i got to class today i was just like "God, You're in charge! Whatever happens happens! don't fail me!" and the teacher was like "in all of my career...i have never done this...but for some reason...i lost the test, the key is made, the formula sheet is found, but the test just disappeared!" i was like "OH EM GEE, PRAISE JEEBUS!" hahaha but not out loud...inside screaming like that...lol. yup, God is good! <3

Sunday, January 18, 2009

I have a dream

three day weekend! so exciting! i'm at my aunt's place in phoenix right now...kinda boring, just watching tv and going online, and i'm REALLY tired for some odd reason...

so yesterday during practice, Yee told me to go to the mall with him afterwards so i could dress him for his winter formal...so after practice, we went to the mall and picked out his outfit!

Calvin Klein Shirt (it's not just black), Express Cuff Links, Converse (chosen by him), $4.99 Express Wallet, "glittery" pants he already owned
it was pretty easy since he doesn't have a date that we have to match with...so just found stuff that looked nice...he wanted to buy cuff links cause he doesn't have a jacket, but after we got home and i had to put the cuff links in for him, but the shirt isn't made for cuff links, but because he is lucky enough to have a genius sister like me, i figured out a way...without poking a whole in the shirt like he suggested...but i forgot to take a picture of it, so i told him to...so when he gets it to me, i'll write more of my genius-ness.

then today...nothing happened...haha there was church then immediately after we left for phoenix so my mom wouldn't be late to her seminary class...i started blogging...decided to take a nap, and here i am finishing...and we're about to go to dinner soon...as for tomorrow...gonna go shopping, hopefully finding a pair of heels perhaps even the Guess one's?! then i don't really know...x)

Friday, January 16, 2009

Joys of Being a Senior

so this morning i woke up 5 min before i had to leave for school...so i went downstairs and told my mom i'm not gonna go in till before 3rd period (since i don't have a 1st, i'd only be skipping 2nd) and she was like "yeah ok" haha...it's pretty bad, since i drive myself this year, if we're not doing anything in school, i just drive off...i love being a senior x)

So i led bible study today, it was the most nervous i have ever been to lead/teach...so many new people and it was the first bible study, haha...i don't know how the turn out was, i liked my lesson plan, but i don't know how i like the turn out of it @_@

thank God it's finally weekend, and a three day weekend too! we're going down to phoenix after church on sunday...and i think i'm gonna get my hair cut...i'm kinda scared, but it's time for a change...gonna go way short...not manly short tho...hahaha

this was a really random post, i just felt like writing...=/ maybe a better update at the end of this three day weekend!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Daily Dose of Dissage

wow, talk about alliteration in the title...haha, but there's totally an explanation for that title tho. but before i get into that subject (as it is a subject of my stupidity...=___=) gonna give a Weekend Update first!

Friday: at youth group we watched Prince Caspian, it's my fourth time watching it and i still LOVED it! King Edmund is just way too cool~

Saturday: after worship practice, we went to in-n-out for lunch (delicious!) then went back to church and had to practice playing for a wedding (not much practice happened), then we went to the mall cause the girls wanted to get a dress for the wedding that will at least slightly match mine. After the very unsucessful shopping trip, we went to Yee's house for hot pot! there was SO much lamb, yummmm! (Pictures on facebook) Before eating, we just chilled around, really doing nothing, but Tracy and I had a very interesting conversation =). We ate, played air hockey and foosball, came home, watched SNL because Neil Patrick Harris hosted!!! x)

Sunday: after church, tracy and i wanted some Peppermint Twist Mocha Frapp, we went to starbucks and played puzzle fighter there...
PTM + PF = happiness"cause we're pretty"

This next section will ruin my reputation of being mean and having what i think are amazing and hilarious average comebacks (this is also the explanation of the title) because i have recently found someone who's power is much greater than mine. And upon his request this section is in honor of his greatness. =P [i'm not showing the "complete the sentence" one, cause that one is too embarrassing ><] he shall remain anonymous for reputation purposes...haha

Diss-er

i learn to adapt
to lower ranks of intelligence
Jocelyn Ong
...
you just called me stupid.
Diss-er
u just called urself stupid
i simply said lower rank
but self description can be quite accurate

So disappointed in myself, i get called a different form of stupid in every conversation we have, and according to him, it makes me smarter that way...haha, but this just means i have to become meaner...hahaha, nah, i'm just gonna steal things from him...there are so many more times where i got owned, but i'm not posting them because 1) there's too many 2) it's too embarrassing 3) still have a reputation to uphold =P I guess this is what i get for adopting another older brother and thinking it would be good...

Thursday, January 08, 2009

First Week

This is the first week i've been back and the first week of school [yeah, there's still tomorrow, but there's youth group tomorrow, and i just know i won't update this weekend, unless something big happens...] This week has been...very uninteresting...but i felt an urge to update.

As i do every year, i talk about my christmas gifts! but since i left for ohio the day after christmas, i didn't get to do that yet. [There was gonna be pictures, but blogger is being difficult; therefore, no pictures]

[In alphabetical order because i'm OCD like that]
Daniel shushu: CASH
Guh: iPod Touch. why yes, i do have the best brother in the whole world and all you kids are jealous!
Kathy: Purple scarf that kept me warm in OH
Lan Fang ahyi: Coach scarf <3
Martha: Lotion & Body Wash, AE gift card
Meixuan/Yixuan: Guess wallet
Samuel: AE gift card
Tracy: Earrings, Perfume, Hitsugaya Toshirou Plush (aka anime boyfriend)
Xiao Bing: Precious moments figurine

all the gifts were amazing and totally unexpected [except for the iTouch, because he called me and asked me if i wanted it...haha] whee! i love these people that God placed in my life to spoil me! "hohohohohohoho!"

The last time i came back from Ohio [the trip in May], i missed everyone a lot, but i only got to know a few girls. This time, going to camp and all, knowing so many more people, i miss everyone so much more!!! But time to leave Ohio behind (for now) and focus on school and get this last semester over with! I've got a 10pg government paper due monday...i really should stop talking to the ohioans @_@ [especially since the golden globes are on sunday, i can't be working on the paper! haha]

p.s. it's like 70(thousand) degrees here...it's not at all winter like! boo. but hey, xiao qi jiejie, it's hot enough for me to have eegee's! haha this month (which i haven't tried yet) is chunks o' cherries! =D

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Ohio

the 5 of us - me, tracy, and 3 xuans - left for Columbus, Ohio on 12/26. Our flight was supposed to transfer in Chicago, but because of the fog, we were diverted to Baltimore/Washington. haha, it was quite an adventure, because it was already really late, there were no flights to get us to Columbus, so we had to spend the night at the airport. However, because the xuans had "traveling insurance" we were able to get a hotel room...and at first we were joking about calling Hyatt, after calling all these "usually cheap" hotels, we decided to call Hyatt, and they turned out to be the cheapest out of all the ones we called! When we got there we ordered a buncha food and took pictures, then finally went to bed. At about 7, when we checked out, the lady told us she's not gonna charge all the food we had! it was amazing! so we left for Columbus, and got there at like 10ish. Victor, Chris, Jacqueline, and Guh were all there to pick us up.

12/27: we cleaned up, unpacked, and chilled around guh's house for a while, went to the mall for about an hr - i finally got the AE sweater i really wanted, using the $25 gift card Samuel got me for Christmas! thanks again! - then went to church and practiced, then had the "Mission Trips Testimony" thing, chilled for a bit, went home, packed for camp.

12/28-12/31: camp was amazing, Pastor Victor Sung spoke really really well, i loved my small group, and there was so much hanky panky going on between the girls!! haha...it was so much fun, loved everyone, and i can't wait to go back!

12/31: after camp, we went home and napped, then went to church for the "prayer into the next year" we burned notecards that had our "images" written on them and had communion, it was fun, the worship was awesome - oh, how i envy their worship team!

01/01: woke up at 2, chilled around, abuncha youths came over and chilled some more, i love playing puzzle fighter!!! hahaha...and then we went out to eat, but because everything was closed, we ended up eating at Sonic, then we went to the Sung's and watched Hancock there. We got home around 12ish, the girls showered, packed, the xuans took a "nap" and tracy and i just stayed up! and left at 6ish in the morning, Victor and Eilen came and sent us off, it was nice. =)

i had another good experience in Ohio, and i cannot wait to go back!!! however, i have OFFICIALLY been labeled as "Mini Pastor Josh". haha.

The end.