Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Movie Fanatic

nothing much has happened the past weekend, except the fact that i got to go swimming with the most adorable kids on saturday...i had previously written a whole blog about those kids, but then i decided that no on really needs to read it...haha, so that's all i'm saying on that subject...

so i haven't written anything about this yet, or i don't think i did yet...but we're going to cali for a praise night on 08/06 (poster on side) and leading sunday worship, so if you know people around torrance, CA (or even if they're not) make sure to tell them we'll be there!! oh and the time is 8pm not 730pm...i'm not sure how this'll turn out, haha, i've never organized a mainly chinese songs set (well, except for my brother, but it doesn't really count, cause i just pick songs) so yeah, pray pray pray!

we had our first praise night practice tonight...it was just really a run through/get a feel of the songs...without all the instruments there, it's really kinda hard...but may God help us!!! after practice i went to blockbuster to switch out a movie, as i do almost every night, and my two favorite guys were there! i only know one of their names tho...but the one that i'm not so sure's name asked me about Watchmen (rented it two nights ago) when i walked in and asked what i thought of it and said he knew i'd think it's a too slow of a movie...then when i checked out Alex helped me and asked me how The Heartbreak Kid (the dvd i was swapping out) and when i told him that i was surprised, seeing that it was a ben stiller movie, he was like "THAT'S WHAT I SAID!" hahaha, i just found that really funny that he was so excited...but yeah blahblahblah more bout the movie...i've been watching so many movies lately, but been watching "new movies" from last year...and my blockbuster guys are awesome critics, i wish i was their friend...lol, just because my OH-SO-AMAZING-AND-AWESOME-FRIENDS now aren't into the whole media thing, like movie stars blahblah, movie details blahblah, behind the scenes blahblah...hahaha...why don't i have cooler friends! just kidding guys. (maybe.) i think that's all, i've just been watching SO many movies, trying to catch up on all the movies i missed last year when i cancelled my pass...i don't know what i'm gonna do in college without this pass, although i am paying for it myself now...but i won't have this extra $23 to spend every month...i should just work at blockbuster...=D ok i'm done rambling...i should start jounaling again rather than blogging....

p.s. rented Pineapple Express tonight...not having any expectations cause my blockbuster guys laughed at me when i got it...@.@

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Preparation

"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil." Ephesians 6:11

it is now 3:00 am and this time i'm not awake because i can be, but rather i was kept awake by
omgpop HOWEVER, i was not up playing games on it...i was at first playing "Blockles" on it, but then this player said "religion is a joke" and most of you know, i pretty much will never run away from a chance to get into a religious discussion! so i started just saying a few things here and there as i kept playing, but as he kept throwing questions at me, i created a chatroom on omgpop and continued the discussion with him there...i REALLY praise God for putting this chance in front of me, because i do love these discussions, and i got a taste of what my future life will consist of! and i praise Him for not allowing any anger, not even a little bit, to enter into the conversation, as i was constantly reminded before by mommy to never get fustrated at the "evangel-ee" so it was good no anger was in it from both sides...anyhoo, we talked about a lot and he asked a lot of questions, in the beginning those question were easy beasy (not being prideful, just have heard these questions/answers a lot from those mission trips) but then he got into evoltionism, which i only understand the surface level of it...so my answers were rather weak, but i told him i'd get back to him after i consulted with someone else (as mommy told me before to never let the evangel-ee feel like they've lost) but when i knew my answers were weak, i felt disappointed, but hopeful at the same time...because starting this fall, i'll be able to be more fully equipped and learn more about how to deal with these situations, which is making me excited just thinking about it!

(i just read the above, and i think it was written more for myself...haha) i might as well update now as i'm already here...these few days have been fun with the aunts, but every time it get quiet, i think about how i have to leave so soon, and it makes me sad...i even told my mom two days ago that i regret choosing Calvin because it's so far away and so cold...i really didn't want to go there anymore...but when i know it's where God wants me to go, disobeying Him will only bring more troubles, haha, and He reminded me again with the song "Trust and Obey" so that's what i'll have to continue doing, and i hope that you'll continue to pray for me too.

p.s. one of my excuses to elminate Calvin out of my list when i was choosing colleges was that the major i'd had to go into there is "Religion" rather than "Theology" but today when chatting with dood on omgpop, he mentioned other religions (but not too much as he wasn't that familiar with it either and he mainly mentioned buddhists and muslims - which i'm rather ok on) and i was thanking God for allowing me to be able to go into Religion! so point of this random update so early in the morning is that, i really gotta be more prepared! =)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

"I hid under your porch because I love you."

first of all, just to clarify about the title, i'm not that big of a stalker, it's just a quote from UP by Dug (rather than Doug, weird huh?)

on saturday morning, my parents, tracy, mark, dean, jillian, and i went to go see UP in 3D and i really really really ridiculously like it! it was SO cute!!! and the most unbelivable thing is that i cried! ok well, i didn't cry, i shed like 2 tears...first movie (aside from The Passion) that i cried at...it was so good, i'm glad i finally got to see it (after being promised by mom 2 months ago) and the company was great =)

sunday was good too: great sermon by mom, sunday school was enlightening too! and after lunch yixuan and i went to the mall BECAUSE (not to buy more things) we went to AE and got price changes on our skirts and yixuan exchanged for a different color at a cheaper price, so we got about $15 back!!! felt so great! hahaha, then i went to work very tired...=.=

today was fun: we drove to phx early in the morning and chilled with my 2 older aunts, laughed so much and got a good ab workout =P...i can't even think of anything they said tho...oh well, it wouldn't be funny as text anyways...then tonight my older aunt taught me how to apply makeup so that i don't look like a clown when i do need to wear makeup...haha, ummm...that's all i can remember from these few days that i have to write about...so till later on~

Friday, July 17, 2009

Updatezzz

FINALLY updating...it's really long, so i color-coded it, like the sparknotes version =D

Last week when my parents were gone for the week in cali, i cooked for myself (and yixuan)! haha, i was so proud of myself...made japanese curry, didnt' turn out exactly the way it was supposed to, but still tasted good...=D quick review of the week of things that happened aside from work:
Monday: dinner at chipotle with Mark and Dean, i think Mark is getting more and more homogay...=/
Tuesday: went shopping with yixuan, but came home and ordered stuff online instead cause of free shipping/cheaper prices/more sizes (because we needed the smaller size not the larger)
Thursday: cooked japanese curry xD
Friday: yg, watched Marley and Me, was cute, not as sad as i thought it would be, haha maybe i'm just heartless? was still fun...

Saturday, i flew out to cali early in the morning, almost missed my flight =X, but arrived safely and had a very delcious Korean lunch with parents, then went to EFCSB to teach kids...wasn't supposed to at first, but was suddenly put to work, which i gladly did...once again, i was faced with a class of boys...haha, but good thing i've had my fair share of training from the all boys group in malaysia and the all boys class here...had fun teaching them, then Sunday, played piano with EFCSB's worship team, was once again suddenly told to teach Sunday School...haha, but it's ok, cause i think God used this weekend to clearly show me what i'm gonna do in the future, i'm more excited about it and i really enjoy doing it! Monday was pretty boring, i had to sit in my parents' class for about 3hrs, in which i just watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which by the way, i really liked it, Brad Pitt (46) is still hecka good looking....haha, i even rewinded some scenes just to get a better look =P, but around evening, i got to hang with the Twins, of course we played some omgpop first...but then went to Yogurtland afterwards, yummy! after that, went to LAX to pick up the two hilarious aunties...next day, went to dentist for check up, made an appointment for later that afternoon to get wisdom teeth out, went to eat a GOOD lunch, shopped at japanese store, went back to dentist and got my smart teeth out...then went shopping again, then went to dinner, in which i ATE...slowly, but surely...hahaha, i wasn't gonna not eat those amazing food!

so aside from having chipmunk cheeks, i've been fine...getting fustrated at the slow eating tho...haha usually a super fast eater, so having to slow down SO much is killing me....oh! update of tonight! we had worship practice tonight and afterwards we all went to Starbucks (as usual) had for some odd reason, i had a REALLY good time, haha we do these kinds of hang outs so often, but tonight made me especially happy, maybe it's cause i didn't see them last weekend...either way, i'm really gonna miss this youth group =( what a "special" bunch.

edit// finally got to drive in monsoon today!!! so much fun!

Monday, July 06, 2009

Southeast Asia Pride

every night when i sit in front of the computer, i open blogger and click on "new post" but every night i end up not posting anything, and yesterday when i really felt like writing something i convinced myself to just write it at the end of the week...so here i am at 2:09am blogging =___= haha...

the few days before summer began, i was sorta dreading it just because i really didn't want to go back into full time working...but i'm enjoying it so much now! hahaha, especially this weekend of the Forth, Dillards had a sale, so went shopping on Saturday with mom, 2nd aunt, and yixuan...got another cardigan from express and got a pair of sunglasses from Dillards, and because i'm working, i don't feel bad when i spend money cause 1) it's my money 2) i still have money 3) my hard work is paying off, but don't worry i only allow myself to spend a certain amount of money from each paycheck so that i don't spend everything...it's been exciting tho! and work is not terrible anymore, especially in this economy where people aren't really willing to eat out, it's not busy = it's not that tiring...and my co-workers take care of me! michelle made pandan cake (picture on right, yes, it is green cake! yum~) for me one day then two days later made pineapple tart and these little cheese flavored biscuits type thingy (no idear what they really were) for me! the pandan cake thing totally made my day, i haven't had that since elementary school (which i ate everyday) so it was so awesome! then she also had steven buy lunch for me when he went out to get their lunch...man, working was supposed to be where i worked out, but they keep feeding me...>< haha, oh well, and the jokester servers never stop entertaining me, they said they're my entertainment monkeys. and that's pretty much my week. oh, and i'm starting to learn Indonesian/Malaysian from my Indonesian servers again, it is SO fun, i'm already beginning to understand MOSTLY what they're saying, but i wanna be able to talk to them too.

only thing different from all the work update is that today, Han Wei visited from NYC, so after work we went to eat with him (it was his like 50th meal today @.@) we went to Zachary's for deep-dish pizza (seriously deep-dish...) and laughed A LOT, after that very filling "dinner" we went to cold stone and got ice cream...oh man, i only ate like 3 bites tho, was so full ice cream could come out my nose...but we definitely had fun chilling with him, such a funny guy. AND yixuan and i finally got to use all our HIMYM references!

parents are gone this upcoming week, yixuan's baby sitting me. hahaha, i'll be flying out to CA on saturday and will be there till wednesday...kinda excited, my 1st aunt is coming, gotta prepare the ear plugs! =P

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Tucson Love

wow, what kind of title is that? haha...it's been crazy hot lately, and it's not even the hottest yet...but crazy hot weather also means MONSOON season!!! which is absolutely the most amazing time in Tucson! but the monsoon we've been getting these few days weren't very big...so it's kinda disappointing...i love driving in a huge monsoon storm, dangerous, but fun...=P on saturday while driving to work, it started raining, but the sun was still super bright! haha only in tucson...all this driving and living so far away, gives me a lot of time to enjoy the amazing tucson scenery! AND today, after cleaning out closet (i say closet because, after cleaning closet, my room is now messy...@.@) i went to go see Transformers 2 with Tracy, 2 Xuans, Mark, Aaron, Sam, Charlotte, and Melody....haha i won't say anything just because i didn't want anyone else to say anything after they saw this move too...but i will say: 1) they overdid the MEGAN FOX thing...like WAY too much...i used to think she was pretty, but now, i do NOT like her face, everything else about her is fine tho, haha 2) they were so racist!!! that's all. it was fun tho, but exciting stuff is that some of those scenes were filmed in Tucson!!! AND filmed in DM right by house! where i drive by EVERYDAY! hahaha, felt so at home! =P

my life has been so repetitive lately, since i work every other day then all weekend..so it's like a cycle...i need something exciting to spark my life right now...OH! I CANNOT WAIT FOR HARRY POTTER!!! the trailer played today and AH!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! O.O i need someone awesome to watch it with tho -coughcoughxiaoqijiejiecoughcough- anyways, so after finishing Heroes in 2.5weeks, i'm super obsessed with Milo Ventimiglia now @.@ and the fact that his name is my favorite drink makes me laugh...i really wanna re-watch season 1 of heroes tho! definitely the best out of the 3 (as almost everyone told me when i first started watching...) cause i have yet to find another tv show to start...haha thought about starting gilmore girls cause Milo's in it for 2 seasons or something =D ok must sleep soon...too tired to even blog properly...

edit// i rented the first transformers last night and watched it at 2am and finished around 430am-ish...haha, but i woke up at 130pm today...felt so good, but this just leads to my point that, only 30min after i went to bed, mark woke up O.o