Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Abandonment

this is a sad sad post. oh so very sad. because...i have to leave this blog...i keep getting random comments in chinese....it's supah annoying...so i'm leaving this blog....booo. hahaha, oh well, i'm not shutting it down, just not updating here anymore...i hope the spam comments aren't linked because i'm still using the same account just a different URL. so here's the new blog: MUNDANE THOUGHTS i might go write the first ever post on it after this. MAYBE. hahaha. peace.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Day 1

EPIC WIN! We left Tucson around 9am this morning, stopped more times than usual, and got to cali before 5. had dinner at delicious hong kong palace (zomg, seafood was so good) and then left for hotels. me, yixuan, weiwei, and angeline are sharing a room and the lu parents/kids are sharing a room...so today was the first day of their vacation package, and yixuan and i were saying what a waste it would be if we didn't go today! so we ended up going at like 9pm, and took Dshushu to Space Mountain first, wahahahahaha. so much fun! we got to go to all our favorite ones (except for matterhorn...) in just like 3 hrs, with no wait for any of the rides, except for thunder mountain! for pirates, splash mountain, and indiana jones, we just walked right in and sat down! hahaha, although, we dunno if it was cause they were closing or something, all the rides seemed a lot slower than they normally were...weird. anyways, super late. gotta go to bed and GOTTA do summer school hw tmr! @.@

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Month 1

It's ALMOST been a month since i've come home and i'm realizing a few things about myself, as in changes since the beginning of college...haha, some of them are rather shocking...i'm thankful though. also, i got an internship offering today! yay! i've been waiting for it, ptl! but we'll see how everything goes...so a month of being home has been great! i've already gotten paid :D hahaha, also i actually haven't eaten out much, been eating a lotta home made food, which is wonderful...shoot, i really gotta learn to cook like my mom >< i also haven't seen many summer movies yet....hm. anyways, it's been a wonderful month home, i'm thankful for everything. if i get this internship, i won't have to return to michigan 2 weeks early. yipee! i don't have anything to update on, just felt like an update was needed.

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Some Things Never Get Old

it has been SO long since i've updated...haha, well being home really just means: eat a lot, work a lot, and watch tv a lot, so there really isn't much updates...anyways, today was so so so freaking ridiculously hot, after having lunch with my parents at Sushi Yukari, we went to watch Shrek Forever After...it was cute! good moral, i like. i don't know if it was the heat or just because i didn't get enough sleep, i was super tired...so i took a nap at like nearly 7...then tracy was over, so 3 of watched Zoolander....STILL hilarious. oh man, and watching it with tracy and yixuan...it really doesn't get any better...haha well, if the other two girls were here, then it would've been complete, but oh well. i've really missed having some good bonding time with the girls, i mean, i can't really say tonight was "bonding time" but it was still really good...haha afterall, Zoolander IS our tradition....ai, so it's definitely time for bed. NEW PHONE ON MONDAY! :D

edit// forgot to post this: SO CUTE!!!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The [Not Quite] End

last day of class was yesterday!!! today's reading recess...haha but last day of my freshmen yesterday! it was a really good day too! PTL~

in bowling, prof was gonna treat me, aileen, and joe to lunch, but he had a meeting after class so he bought us krispy kreme instead. and then yesterday, suddenly i was doing super good in bowling, so our final which was to beat our average, but since i've been doing so poorly before, i beat my average by 30+, while others beat it by 1 or 2...wahahahaha, then i got back the papers i've been working my butt off for last week, and i'm very satisfied with all the grades i got! yay! praise Jesus! then i went to talk to prof cioffi, who's in charge the congregation & ministry studies internship...whee! if i can get an internship from that, it'd be super awesome! so yesterday, was a good day!

Anyways, i've really gotta study for my finals. because after finals = home home home! 5 more days!!!

Friday: Philosophy Final
Saturday: Religion Final
Monday: Religion Final
Tuesday: English Final

BRING IT.

Sunday, May 09, 2010

PHOENIX SUNS

PHOENIX SUNS ARE IN THE FINALS!!! wow, i'm so glad tnt had a live coverage online, so i got to watch the whole game! i've only been able to watch the highlights for the first three games...so i was sitting alone in my room, shouting at my computer screen! hahaha, it was good tho, sweet sweet victory. :D

anyways, this week was quite horrible in the beginning, then quite awesome towards the end! i got like 4hrs of sleep the first three days - was up writing papers, then like 10hrs of sleep the next 2 days...hahaha i don't know what's wrong with me...but those few days of 8+hrs of sleep made me want to sleep before 12am from now on, but it seems impossible to do...so yesterday, a few of us went to go see Iron Man 2 it was good and i really liked it, but it was definitely not as exciting as the first one...also, not enough shots of cars and not enough action. ok i'm done with my critique...hahaha, it was fun tho~

9 more days till home!!!

edit//
today at church, 2 little kids told me happy mother's day and 2 youths - but they did that for haha's since i was teaching them today...and at the end of service the little kids were supposed to give all the moms a carnation, and a little girl gave me one...what the heck? i mean i like the flower, and it's pretty, but really? sigh. i don't get it, i didn't even "dress" old today, because enoch even said i dressed like a little girl today because i put a ribbon in my hair...what the heck...?

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Play Play Week

Last week was supposed to be my death week where i get murdered by all my assignments, rather it became a play play week! and instead of a run down of what i did everyday, i will only write about the highlight of each day...

Monday: WOG pot luck! lasted 5 hrs...only 2 hrs tops of eating, 3 hrs of talking...oh man, girls.
Tuesday: Taiwanese dinner! we had 1 more person than last time, woot.
Wednesday: CRAIG'S CRUISERS! so much fun! and the company was great!
Thursday: hung out with Milly for a little bit at night
Friday: Steak and Shake - last night with Milly :(
Saturday: bday surprise for lixin at midnight with david beckham
Sunday: dinner at bar louie for lixin's birthday

hahaha, it was a really fun week, i think too fun. i should've been more focused on hw...ALSO. yesterday, PHOENIX SUNS kicked DIRTY spurs butt! wahahahaha. ok, gotta write my paper.

TWO MORE WEEKS AND I'LL BE HOME!!!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Chi-Town

wow, it's been more than a month since i've updated? haha life after spring break has just been busyness...anyways, Yixuan, Chan Min, Sung Guk, and I went to Chicago last weekend for the Hillsong concert...sooo spartknotes version time:

Saturday: woke up at 7 to go to airport to pick up car, neither of us had a credit card (only debit card) or a return flight ticket to insure them that we'll be returning the car, spent an hr there, remembered that i do have a return flight...in aug, it worked, got a free upgrade on car, drove back to campus, took a 2 hr nap, left around 11 due to asian lateness by everybody...got to trinity christian, Mark gave us a mini tour of campus, broke my flip flops, got new flip flops, went down town, took many pics of the bean, had fun, drove to Sears Arean for Hillsong, met up with Ohioans/Chicagoans after, went to eat "dinner" (@ midnight) with bro, P.Victor, john, jerry, josh, yixuan, and sherry (so many J's!), went to sherry's place for the night...

Sunday: church - bro improved so much in preaching, ah! so proud of him! had harold's for lunch, chilled outside of church, waited for chan min and sung guk, got on the road and i drove back, returned car, dinner at like 9, showered, unpacked, crashed - didn't even do hw...

overall, i was really satisfied with the trip...i had a really good time and i felt really blessed at the end of it. BUT Hillsong was NOT as satisfying as i thought it would be, it was not as amazing as i thought it be either...in fact, it was rather disappointing...BUT BUT, i learned something nonetheless...i think the reason i enjoyed last weekend so much was because of the company, it was so good to see the ohioans, and since none of the girls went, it was all of the guys that i was closer with! yay! and of course, it was really good to see mark too, haha but i'll get to see him over the summer, so not that big of deal as compared to the ohioans...there were quite a few lessons learned on this trip and i praise the Almighty for that (Almighty with a capital A...not winston...=.=) hokay, i think that's all.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

March 19th, 2010

(sparknotes version at end)

My God is so big
So strong and so mighty
There's nothing He cannot do, for you! (x2)
The mountains are His
The rivers are His
And the stars are His handiwork too!

March 19th, 2010 was such an amazing, epic, legendary day! God just kept pouring down the blessings! The past week was supposed to be my 緊張 week because i had to 1) register for summer class at pima 2) find out whether i got the worship apprentice position 3) find out whether i get to move into school apts...registering for pima wasn't too big a of a deal, but praise God i got all the classes i wanted. worship apprentice was a nerve-racking because when i applied i was confident, but after my interview, i was less confident...haha. for the apts, sophomores aren't allowed to live there, but it saves $5k per academic year so yixuan and i went appeal like a month ago and never got a response. i've been awaiting replies for both WA and apts all week...so yesterday was the final day.

when i woke up yesterday, the first thing i did was check my email on my ipod touch...there was nothing. i went to get ready for class, checked my email again right before leaving for class...annnndddd! email from matt cooke, the guy in charge of the apts telling me i got in!!! PRAISE JEEBUS! so that just uplifted my day! then i went to my only class of the day, cause 2 classes got canceled, so my spring break began at 950am! so i joyously went back to my dorm to write my paper that was due at 5pm, but then i saw an email titled "worship apprentice" i was so scared of opening it, but when i opened it, it just said "we've sent out letters telling those who got in and those who did not, you will receive them this afternoon" i could barely focus writing my paper...i finished my paper at 4, went down and got my mail...saw the letter, VERY slowly opened the letter...and when i started reading it, i was like "omg, it's a rejection letter..." cause it said "Dear Jocelyn, we're really glad you applied for the WA position and we were happy to have met you through the interview" BUT at the end of the first paragraph it said, "we hope you would accept this invitation for you to be a worship apprentice" I WAS SOOOO happy!!! PRAISE ALMIGHTY (not winston...)!!! then church was fun, i led games for the first time! =D then afterwards the yaf kids were getting ready to go on their spring break trip so we hung out with them at carson's and yixuan and i played rock band for a long time! then took jessie to meijer's, went back to dorm, packed, took a nap at 430am, woke up at 6am, met up with yaf kids to get apt keys from enoch and carson (their apts will be our hang out places during spring break...) and sent them off...took another nap at 7am, woke up at 850am, moved stuff to apts...then the rest of today might be in another blog post some other day...

in case you didn't wanna read anything i wrote, here's sparknotes:
1. March 19th was so full of blessings, SUPER thankful!
a. spring break started at 950: only one class in the morning, 2 afternoon classes got canceled
b. got into the apts for next year (only juniors and seniors allowed): saves $5k per year
c. made it into the worship apprentice program: will be in charge of chapels and worship! (with pay too!)
d. played rockband with yixuan for like 2hrs...

p.s. the reason the children's song is in the beginning of this post is cause when i found out each blessing, that song kept coming up in my head...hahaha =D

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Finally

I can FINALLY blog...these two weeks have been hectic...then i have an easier week, then it's spring break! haha, but spring break's not gonna be exciting either...yixuan and i are staying on campus...oh well, because APRIL 17th!!! SO EXCITED! IT'S GONNA BE SO MUCH! FUN! =D road trip with yixuan and chan min + meeting up with mark, bwen, guh, shing, victor, and chicagoans (maybe?) + HILLSONG CONCERT = LEGEND...

so i had two tests last week and two tests this week...my brain is getting fried...there's SO much to memorize, i've always taken pride in my capability to memorize a lot of things in a short amount of time, but mannnnn...i'm getting old...hahaha, just kidding...but i still can't do it as easily anymore! WAIT FOR IT i'm just glad all my midterms are over...i can let my brain chill out for a bit...but i've got 2 papers next week...aw, man...T.T

on a random note, yixuan and i didn't see each other all day yesterday, so when we finally got to talk at like 12am, we talked like we haven't seen each other in weeks...hahaha we're...awesome, hahaha...oh yeah! my mommy's care package arrived yesterday! i have enough food to feed haiti...haha seriously, i have food everywhere in my room...DARY it's crazy, but it's ok, cause i've gotta cook for the whole week of spring break and i've gotta treat koreans some random night...so i won't eat it all @.@

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Dush Dush Dush

a few more hours till my death week!!! >< 3 tests and 4 essays (includes 2 scholarship essays) TTL (thank the Lord, recently invented my Chan Min) i postponed 1 test...oh, so i don't remember if i wrote about this yet, but i found out that my status is actually a sophomore and i qualify for the religion department scholarships! (for juniors and seniors only) so TTL! but i only have 1 of the 2 essays done...and they're due tmr...

this week was pretty chill, nothing exciting happened, but it seemed like i had a good time...oh, i think i'm liking cooking more and more!!! i cooked dinner on tuesday and yesterday, cooked a dish at like midnight for the rangeela kids...i guess that's a new discovery that happened this week...

Rangeela: it was fun, but honestly, i expected a lot more since they all put SO much time into it...haha, i had fun tho...and i've always known i had a loud voice, but i did not know i could yell that loud...but all the people i cheered for didn't hear me, except for Chan Min, who even said, "Thank you" hahaha...after Rangeela, we went to Enoch's apt where they decided what to do for Spring Break...i might just stay here and hang out with the Koreans...sigh...don't really care anymore...haha anyways, gotta actually get to work...death week will not win, i will fight...and win! ;P

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Unashamed

Jeremiah 1:5, 7-8
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations...
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD."

Unashamed

(Chorus)
And I know I'm weak
I know I'm unworthy
To call upon Your name
But because of grace
Because of Your mercy
I stand here unashamed
(Bridge)
Here I am at Your feet
In my brokeness complete

when I read the above passage, I was like, "Oh snap! God you are SO awesome!" and then recently, i've been using Unashamed to be my "prayer song" so before i go to bed and i'm praying, i play Unashamed...now, whenever i hear Unashamed I just feel like bowing down...haha automatically in that mood now...man, our God is so legend. true story.

edit// on Friday, the registrar office emailed me back and said the summer school classes i wanted to take at Pima all pass!!! so that means i can take 2 classes at Pima this summer! yay! AND they're both online =P PRAISE JESUS!!!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

CNY

(red font in celebration of CNY!)

i think this weekend was too hyped up with fun that it just killed me...haha aside from me getting sick, it really was a pretty enjoyable weekend. this WILL be one of those weekend rundown posts =P

Friday: watched many silly people jump into the freezing sem pond, went to an ahyi's house to make dumplings...and i suddenly felt UBER sick, so i didn't do anything until we had to rehearse for our skit...on our way back to campus, i slightly passed out...

Saturday: worship practice in the morning, lunch at chipotle, drove Yang's car out to get necessities, returned car, pooped around, went to airband - pretty darn awesome...got me all hyped up, afterwards, helped justin remove his make up, showed him his video, shoo-ed him away, crashed.

Sunday: at church we had the chinese new year celebration, and we did the moses story that we did in TCMC a few years ago...(video) it was fun! haha, i got to draw egyptian eyes on enoch =P then afterwards there was a potluck, didn't really have an apetite due to sickness, so didn't eat much...then after church, helped enoch remove his make up, came back to dorm, didn't do hw till pretty darn late, went to basement, saw chan min, made random videos with him, justin, david, and daniel came...were super noisy....=.= went to bed at nearly 4....lastest i've ever slept on a school night since college T.T

Monday: i hated it. let's not talk about it. except at night we went to apts to celebrate karen's bday...really short celebration, but still fun.

SO, it was a good weekend, but way too unproductive...sigh, i needa get back to my antisocial, study mode again...yeah, that's all i got now...spring break's coming soon tho~ praying that parents will come here =D

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

First of the Second

[rawr...in art history right now...and obviously paying attention...]

first week of second semester wasn't that bad, i guess it's cause i've already had 3 weeks of interim...but having so many classes makes my head hurt...hahaha, well, not really, i really like all my classes except for art history...i like my 2 religion classes so far and philosophy is pretty interesting...art history just has way too much reading and the class lasts for 2 hrs...@.@

after YAF on friday, yixuan, jessie, megan, david, and i went to BV where and SUPPLIES-D justin for his birthday...we ordered two pizzas and then ate it in the lobby and watched some random youtube videos, afterwards, we went to the basement and had a small worship...it was cool, got so hyped up afterwards that i couldn't sleep till 4am...
saturday: went to pastor ting's house for worship team meeting...then went to enoch's apt to cook for taiwanese night! whee! so aproud of myself! cooked 3 dishes and a soup! failed on 1 of the dishes tho, almost started crying when i realized what i did wrong...ok no, that's too extreme but i yelled fail =D Taiwanese night was fun, we did some pretty typical taiwanese people things (i won't mention what =P)
sunday: after church we went to Meijer's again...then the others all went to Tiff's for dinner, but yixuan and i came home and ate curry mmmmm! then we baked a batch of brownies and supplies-d justin again...and then we went with the church youth and justin to go see The Book of Eli at 10, i think it was a good movie with good values and spiritual context, but still a rather slow build up...then we came back and studied in the basement...i gave up at 2am...

so yeah, that's all...i'd say it was a pretty good start! so passion tea lemonade!

Monday, February 01, 2010

Interim Break

interim break can be summed up by three letters: P T L!!! for once, i don't actually wanna do a day to day run down...hahaha, it was just a really FUN interim break! went tubing for the first time, it was SUPER fun, but i think i "freezer burned" my face...and then ever since thursday night, i've been hanging out with Yixuan (duh), Jessie (doi), Megan (new transfer), Justin, David, and Chan Min...hahaha, SO much fun hanging out with them...they're such an enjoyable bunch! i've been laughing so much these few nights that i my cheeks and abs hurt...hahaha...yesterday, i finally got to see the people who were all overseas during interim, it was good to see them again. so yeah, as much as i want to go into more detail about what had happened...if it was written down, it just wouldn't be funny anymore...so yeah, pics on fb and even a video this time...hahaha but definitely PRAISE JESUS for such a relaxing and hilarious interim break...SPRING SEMESTER, HERE WE GO!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

SEAsia

nothing exciting happened during the week, and if something did, YOU would have been important enough for me to tell you.

friday: "dragged" to international dinner (of pizza...haha) by Hidy, but had a lot of fun with the "international kids", then went to yaf at anding's, came back and chilled at bv lobby to keep jessie company while she works as a deskie...then at 1am when she got out of work, came back to my dorm and talked till like 2...slept around 3am

saturday: woke up at 130pm, left for mall with Hidy and Miki for an assignment around 3, got back around 4, pooped around, went to Sarah's apt for southeast asia dinner!!! it was exciting to be surrounded by my fellow southeast asians, i was scared to release my singlish tho, because they spoke it so naturally, i didn't wanna seem like i was just making fun of them, so i refrained. hahaha, we watched 小孩不笨2 and then watched random youtube videos...it was a nice gathering, it made me happy =D

sunday: went to Calvary chapel for the first time attended their main service and their college service, got back to campus around 1, picked up at 210 for chinese church...boy was it just a churchy day...@.@ i was so sleepy...so got back around 5, took an hr nap, dinner with Hidy and random koreans...then came back to dorm and watched the golden globes!!! but i was sad that the movies/tv shows/actors/actreses i was cheering for didn't win...except for Up...whoo!

there was something else i wanted to write about, but i totally do not remember what now, haha, oh well, guess it wasn't meant to be posted! or if i think of it later, i'll do a "edit//" =D, hokay, gonna try and sleep before 1 tonight!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Take It To The Lord In Prayer

So i have been back to GRapids for almost a week now, class is good, i'm glad that my DCM (developing a Christian mind) is the most chill class from all the DCM of all my friends who are taking DCM...hahaha also, taking badminton is fun too, i feel like i'm reliving my SBC days...the 4-8 year old me playing badminton with people 20-30 years my senior on the [no longer existing] badminton courts outside of Block 4...oh man, good times...hahaha

i went outdoors iceskating [for the first time ever!] on saturday with my floor, and i've only been iceskating once 10 years ago, so i wasn't quite sure how well i'd skate, but thank goodness for my rollerblading years in SBC (hahaha, i think i was actually quite athletic in singapore...what happened?!) so i did alright, wasn't too speedy tho and was kinda confused on how to stop...but i did not fall...until my last round around the rink...i lost balance and fell backwards, i thought it was nothing, but the bone above my butt - tail bone? (where i landed first when i fell) has been hurting a lot lately...my mother says i might've broken something around there...but i wouldn't be able to sit if i did right? i dunno, it hurts a lot when i bend or when i sit...T.t

lately, i've been worrying a lot...and i don't usually worry...especially about things of the future, but i don't know why i have been lately, so i needa do more praying, because all these things i'm worrying about, i know God will take care of...or has already taken care of, as He's always like a billion steps ahead of me...but yeah, more pray pray, less play play...so i'm requesting that you faithful readers of my mundane blog to pray for me too, and if you talk to me i'll tell you what they are OR you could just pray for me in general =D thank you!

p.s. i haven't played sports in so long that a few days of badminton is killing me, i'm so sore...plus my butt hurts uber much! T.t

Friday, January 01, 2010

that was SO last year!

In 2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
move to the midwest, live in a dorm without family, and go to college

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
n/a

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
oldest cousin from mom's side

4. Did anyone close to you die?
grandpa from mom's side

5. What countries did you visit?
n/a

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
i can't think of anything right now...

7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
aug 10, 2009 - disneyland with the fantasmic 8 and aug 27, 2009 - left tucson

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
living by myself in the dorms and getting pretty grades!

9. What was your biggest failure?
i don't know...but i do recall lots of people yelling "fail!" at many things...haha

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
n/a

11. What was the best thing you bought?
oh boy! i don't know, i really really really ridiculously like all the stuff i bought (including the stuff i bought today!)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
n/a

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
n/a

14. Where did most of your money go?
winter clothing

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
first snow

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
probably poker face cause of yixuan...

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Wiser? hopefully
Healthier? fa sho
Richer? no...paying own tuition means much much much poorer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
journal by hand...since all my electronic ones are GONE!

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
doing noting...haha

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i dunno, back in tucson

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
n/a

22. How many one-night stands?
n/a

23. What was your favorite TV program?
himym, but the newly discovered 30 rock too!

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
errr...no

25. What was the best book you read?
n/a

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
i dunno, if improving on piano counts then...that.

27. What did you want and get?
a lotta stuff...hahaha

28. What did you want and not get?
a pair of black boots

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
star trek!!!

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
went to mall, watched time traveler's wife, and had photo shoot with my girls!

31. What's one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
getting to go back to asia

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
AE and express

33. What kept you sane?
the Bible

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
ahahahaha, it went from james mcavoy to chris pine to zachary quinto

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
n/a

36. Who did you miss?
my parents

37. Who was the best new person you met?
jessie

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
do devotions or else i get nightmares...

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey!