A new chapter

Haha- my blog title.

2011-06-09T15:03:00.000-07:00

Crazy how it's totally relevant now!

The past 3 weeks have been jam packed busy. For starters, I moved to San Francisco! Crazy hills they got there. I'm gonna have awesome thighs and buns. lol

So back in March, I interviewed for this job with a staffing company for the UCSF hospital as a pharmacy technician. This process lasted until 3 weeks ago, when they finally offered me a position! And let me tell you how God's hands were on this every single step of the way.

Since the beginning of the year, Neil and I have been praying about how we should proceed with the next step in our relationship. He's pretty settled and stuck in San Jose with his work and house, and I'm the one that's still living at home waiting for school applications to start. So we start praying about the possibility of me moving up, and mutually decided on June 2011- if God wills. So between Jan and May, I've had a few job interviews, but my eye was on this UCSF one and a Walgreens in Los Gatos. While the decision for UCSF was being dragged out, the manager at Walgreens was totally gracious and patient with my response.

3 weeks ago, the staffing company finally offered me a position at the hospital. He told me I could either start next week, or the week after. I still had to give my two weeks notice at my old job, so PTL! that day the job offer came, was exactly a 2 weeks notice for the new job. Originally, I had asked for a total of 3 weeks for my complete move to SF (2 weeks notice + 1 week of looking for housing/getting settled in). However, I wasn't able to get that 1 week; I only had a weekend! Thankfully, the weekend before was Memorial Day weekend, so my family and I drove up to SF to look for housing.

Another one of God's amazing blessings: my aunt has a friend who rents an apartment in the city (0.6miles away from the hospital). She doesn't live there because she's currently a 24/7 caretaker for her mom. But she wants to keep the apartment for future use, so she's renting to me as a "roommate." I'm not paying her full rent, the only thing I have to deal with is her stuff, but I get the whole 1 bedroom apartment to myself. Dude, I know. Praise God! So, housing, check.

Then I get a call from my hiring guy and says that the hospital isn't ready to train new employees yet, is it ok to postpone the start date another week. ... !!! ... This is where it blows my mind away cause... that week I thought I wouldn't be able to have... I NOW HAVE.

God is amazing. It has blown my mind, how His hand has been in every single step, and He's opened up doors that I could not have done by myself!

Also, my parents are moving to Castaic now... the next time I'm going home, will be in Castaic.. no longer the San Fernando valley. :O

Speaking of San Fernando Valley.... SFVHC, I'll miss you guys so much. You've been such a wonderful and encouraging family to get to know and grow with. I love you guys lots, and will visit you guys every opportunity I get<3 Thanks for the awesome AWESOME journal... I really LOVE it :)

Lots of goodbyes were said... but a lot of new friendships will form, it will be exciting.

God is GOOD. Praise the LORD.

Back from San Jose!

2011-03-14T22:49:00.000-07:00

It was a very productive trip. I learned to snowboard! Went to Sugarbowl in Tahoe on Saturday, and Neil taught me how to board. Haha, I'm horribleee! It's been 2 days, and I still hurt. It was pretty awesome though, to fall flat on my back onto fresh snow. My butt made quite the indentation! :D But I am happy to say that I can go down a green level hill now woo!

I'm meeting and getting to know a few more of Neil's friends each time I go up, and it's been a pleasure knowing each of them. His church is small, but it's cozy. As our relationship continues to grow, and God opens doors for me to be closer to Neil, we'll be able to grow and serve together at church! I'm looking forward to that. Today I had a job interview at a compounding pharmacy in San Jose, and dropped off some resumes at a few pharmacies. Hoping that God will open that door wide open for me so I'll be able to move up this summer. :) That is the plan!

My church had an Ash Wednesday service this past week, and it was short, but very meaningful. I've never been to one, and I know it's mostly a Catholic practice, but this was a very good service to attend. It was to remind us of our humility, and to turn back to Jesus in our times of weakness. My sacrifice for lent is to stop talking trash about my bosses at work to my coworkers, and to just calm down and seek God. This is a very tough thing for me because my bosses aren't the most... humble, friendly pharmacists who treat their staff with the respect we deserve. So, this is something that's pretty big for me- although it sounds lame. hehe

Hmm, so now I shall resume work tomorrow. It was a very nice 4 day vacation =)

God is good... no wait- awesome!

2011-02-07T23:26:00.000-08:00

It's always a doozie trying to come up with some interesting first sentence to catch my reader's attention, but I just fail :P

The past week's been pretty busy, just wanna update on my Chinese New Year. Spent time with family, and got to eat some fancy feasts. My family is culturally Buddhist, and they are not the most supportive of me becoming a Christian. But God has been SO good, they've softened (I think..) my parents' hearts a lot since I've moved back home... letting me go to church regularly and small groups, etc. But anyways, a tradition for New Years is going to the temple and stuff. I normally concede and just respect my parents and go a long with what they say and do, knowing fully that it's not good witnessing to "just go along with it." But I love my parents too much to disrespect THEM, not the religion. And this is something Neil constantly reminds me to work on, and it's very tough.

Well, this year my Mom paid the temple money to have the monks bless/pray for me specifically... and so in return I had to pray at the temple and stuff. And I told Neil, and he encouraged me to talk to my mom about not doing it cause it no longer reflects what I believe in. I know my mom, and I could already picture the verbal throw down that was going to happen between us. I was scared crapless, but through prayer- God was able to be behind my every word in talking to my mom, and help me stay calm and collected while my mom was speaking above normal vocal ranges. PTL! And thanks to Neil too :)

So just wanna encourage brothers and sisters that through prayer, all things are possible, even when you have major doubts and fear. For me, I just need to find that right balance of honoring Jesus without disrespecting my parents!

I am going to start gyming it up again after work. I hope that I'll stay motivated for a longer time :) Gyms are so packed recently, maybe cause of people's New Year's resolutions?

Nancy is sick.

2011-01-27T20:48:00.000-08:00

Apparently, I sound 5 years younger when my nose is congested and I can't speak correctly. haha C'mon immune system, fight fight fight!

Adventures to San Jose

2011-01-15T21:43:00.000-08:00

Last Wed+Thurs I flew up to San Jose to see Neil... but with a purpose! Saw the epic Lakers vs Warriors game! It was *sings* epiccccccc! The stadium was awesome, I'd say like almost an even amount of Lakers and Warriors fans in the stadium. There were Lakers fans sitting in the Warrior section, and sometimes the cheers for the Lakers were louder than Warriors! I felt bad for them cause well, it's their home court, but nonetheless- it made for an entertaining game. :)

I also went to the Tech museum in downtown SJ and visited Body World. I have to say, it was a little disappointing :( The exhibit was a pretty small room and had less than 10 bodies and the fillers were like an anatomy class (displays of cross-sections of the body, bones, and models). But the Tech museum was fun! I played in there like a little kid. lol

My flight back to Burbank Thursday night was rudely delayed 2+ hours due to a lockdown incident at the terminal. Some lady decided to run through security and the whole terminal basically got shut down. I was waiting in the security line to be scanned and stuff, but worse was for the people ALREADY boarded and had to de-plane and get rechecked. lol I found out that my flight was held from the lockdown and that there were a little less than 100 people on the flight, and only 6 people hadn't boarded when lockdown was called. WELL... by God's grace and a ton of guilt- I was one of the 6 people they held the plane for. lol Thankfully, those 6 people remained anonymous! People were annnnngryyyy! haha

I really enjoy visiting Norcal, I enjoy the rain and how everything's so close by. Looking forward to visiting more often! :)

Since when did my mom know how to use the Lord's name in vain?

2011-01-06T19:53:00.000-08:00

Although it sounds adorable in her Chinese accent, definitely no bueno to encourage lol. My mom is challenging me to the iphone game Jam Packed! She's so cute, I'm am ahead of her in levels and I said I'll stop ask wait for her to catch up and she said "你想玩我啊？" (Are you joking with me?) haha funnier in Canto.

Anyways, made an interesting observation yesterday. Was reflecting on how the year thus far (6 days in... lol) has been really smooth and the blessings that I've received and experienced from God.

- The last week of December 2010 was a horrible horrible work week. Bosses were being jerks and micromanaging everyone's move to the point of unbearableness and talking back to them. Particularly working on the traditional side of the pharmacy, working with one of my bosses was just bad. I've had experience in the lab before and so to escape the madness from traditional, I wanted to ask the lab pharmacist if I could start working more with him. However, a technician had to quit that week so I figured I wouldn't get an opportunity now because we're short staffed on the traditional side. Well just yesterday, the other technicians said that we'll be doing a rotating schedule now so we're not all stuck at one station. I was like whoa, and was thrown into lab liquid land where I compounded all day (which I've never done before)! :) Praise God for his sovereignty!
- Recently, I've been talking a lot of with Neil about me moving up to San Jose as the next step in our relationship. But first I must get over the obstacle of my parents. I would say they're traditional, but more liberal on some aspects- I just never know which one haha. And so I was talking to my mom about where my next job would be, and she basically said it was okay for me to move up north if I found a job up there! Praise God for his grace!
- I was researching possible grad schools instead of pharmacy schools to apply to, wondering if I had any interest in those subjects. Ultimately, I didn't (lol) and so I'm really glad that pharmacy is going to be my goal in the next few years. Praise God for clarity and provision!
- And praise God for his wisdom because I think I know what to write about for my personal statement :P

I am contributing all these blessings to 1 thing: reading His Word.

It seems silly but I really believe that... (I can't say it as eloquently as God so I'll quote from Him):

"And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him"
Hebrews 11:6

So I hope this encourages you to continue to be thirsty for the Lord and His Word- not for the rewards, not for perks, but because you genuinely have a desire to strengthen the bond you have with Jesus. Do it for Him, and then everything else GOOD will follow :) :) :)

Starting up again

2011-01-04T20:47:00.000-08:00

Vroom vroom! Praise the Lord this year is getting off to a relatively good start! I've made many New Year's resolutions in the past, but this year, I have a good feeling about it! Last Sunday service, our pastor asked us what our resolution this year would be. Immediately, I thought of 1 thing: I would like to read more of God's word this year. Following service, I wander to the back of the room, and I see a sign up sheet for "Reading the Bible in a year." haha that was a pretty big confirmation from the Lord right there. I did hesitate signing up for it because I was scared of the work and accountability that would come from writing my name down. A sister caught me looking at it and after chatting for a bit, I decided to do it!

Thus far, it's been a real blessing reading the first couple chapters of Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, and Matthew. It's nice rereading scripture that I haven't read in awhile. :)

I've had convictions to read the Bible in a year twice before: once was when Bob Boardman spoke at winter conference, and a second time at STP in Berkeley. Unfortunately, I never took these seriously and never carried through with it. This time around, I have a good feeling about it. I'm blessed to have a few accountability partners who will also be joining me on this journey with God. :)

That said, Neil is also going to join me on this spiritual journey :) I'm very happy that we'll be trucking through His Word together. Lately we've been reading and finishing 2 Samuel together and discussed what it meant to fear God. And then I was reading Prov 1:7a "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge" and how true is that! I'm excited to see what He'll be revealing to me :) Yay!

i can do everything through HIM who gives me strength -phil 4:13

2010-03-30T21:17:00.000-07:00

tomorrow i start my extension class at ucla. i'm actually kind of nervous, i don't know why. the only thing that's different compared to taking one last fall was that i didn't have a full-time job, and i wasn't studying for pcats. ok, that could be why. i think this could be good. keep me in study mode and all.

we shall see! to be continued!

fruits fruits fruits!

2010-03-21T23:14:00.000-07:00

we should all be fruit inspectors!

meaning that we should keep accountable each others good fruits and not be afraid to rebuke/toss out rotten fruit.

have you inspected your fruit lately?

"once i work on the coefficients i'll work on the co-eds..."

2010-03-18T21:29:00.000-07:00

listening to relationship sermons by rick holland. he's pretty interesting/ entertaining. here are a few bits;

- knowing -> thinking -> feeling; don't let feeling be the leader of your thinking and knowing
- a successful relationship is one where God is the supreme focus of the relationship in them and of them.
- God isn't to be an addition to your relationship, it should be the reason of your relationship

God is not disappointing!

speaking of... after surrendering being a technician at work for the last 2 weeks... i was offered a chance to start being trained as one. so i started filling prescriptions today. it's crazy stressful and nerve wracking! but God is still so so so good.. He's GREAT! :)))

and the past weekend up in norcal was really fun, and a big blessing to be able to fellowship with my brothers and sisters, and meet new ones too =)

june 19th 2010. it's about to get serious

2010-03-11T20:45:00.000-08:00

my pcat date. dum dum dummmm!

wow, i can't believe there's so much left to do... what the heck am i doing with my lifeeee T_T

going to norcal this weekend; gonna visit sf and berkeley (hopefully)... where i left my heart. i loveee norcal.

last hurrah before i get down to bizz. then it's me, Jesus, dr. collins, vd&c for a longgg time. i think i'm growing up too fast- slow downn pleaseee

and without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him -- heb 11:6

What a week!

2010-01-31T23:11:00.001-08:00

Been sick for over a week now. I probably would have recovered sooner if I didn't have to work and constantly talk... That caused my sore throat and coughing to last for a wonderful whole week.

Celebrated 4 cool birthdays this weekend, and ate a lot of cake -_- A LOT of cake... Will go on mandatory diet starting now.

Watched the Grammys and totally fell back in love with Greenday again. Haha good old rock music phase...

And I think it's time to prepare for pharmacy school, oh boy. Lots to do and plan and pray and pray and pray. Yup, God willing (crosses fingers).

it has been awhile

2010-01-13T22:29:00.000-08:00

that means i'm getting lazy. things that have happened this year so far... i served jury duty for 1 day. i was picked to be a juror and then the case was dismissed because they settled out of court hahaha what a waste of time and tax payer's money. i met 2 pastor's wives there and it was nice to chat with them while we waited hours upon hours... note: "please wait another 15 minutes" really translates into 2.5 hours.

i am getting used to work, although the pain of standing on my feet all 8 hours is really tiring. my coworkers are really funny though, they be cool. and it's nice to have awesome coworkers when you're having a crummy day at work!

i sleep very early now

2009-12-28T22:43:00.000-08:00

- because work is tiring and i wake up early. which means 11pm is my bedtime, and i love it

lately the grace and love i'm receiving and feeling from God is just indescribable, literally i cannot express it in words. i've tried, and it just came out incoherent.

"where the grace of God is missed, bitterness is born. but where the grace of God is embraced, forgiveness flourishes..."

and a random psalm verse that is absolutely beautiful is ps 30:11
"you changed my sorrow into dancing. you took away my clothes of sadness, and clothed me in happiness" in ncv version

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

oh how He loves us, sigh so undeserved -_- thank you Jesus, thank-you.

Christmas eve

2009-12-24T23:42:00.001-08:00

Had to work from 9-3 today, but the boss is paying everyone a full day's wage :) he gave everyone some bonuses too yay

Wanted to kill some time by shopping after work but omg. Ended up driving near the entrance and going straight home. There was just WAY too much traffic, it was gross.

Had a wonderful dinner with family- 13 of us! Then we all opened presents and watched "night at the museum 2." it was really fun :)

And then Jesus was welcomed into the world. What a beautiful night!

ooookkk

2009-12-21T20:48:00.003-08:00

working life means you just have fewer hours in the day running your errands and stuff...

so i actually feel busier than i did compared to being a full time student. -__-

a big bag of emo

2009-12-18T23:20:00.000-08:00

disappointment, jealousy (the good kind), confusion, fear, grace, love
- what a big bag of emotions mixed in a week!

for now, it seems like a new chapter is being opened. praying that God will continue to open doors for me :)

i wish getting A's at community college was as easy as getting A's at ucla -_- i fail at school!

and i got my first paycheck today. man, i miss clicc :P

In my life...

2009-12-13T22:57:00.001-08:00

I want to be able to witness a meteor shower, no matter the time of night, length to drive, how I get there...

Simply seeing one or two pass by while driving is not good enough!

oh praise the Lord woot woot woot!

2009-12-08T15:21:00.000-08:00

thank you Jesus for getting me a job!

starting work tomorrow, pay's not that great, but I'm not asking for much at this point :P ptL!

now i will kick physio in the butt tonight, and praise Him all the way through it. woot woot woot =)

and the cold is AWESOME. i look over the buildings and see beautiful snow on top of the mountains! i want to play in the snowwwwwwwwww.

a strange and silly classmate, who is male, asked the professor (very loudly i might add), "can YOU (emphasize this and bring it 2 pitches higher) explain to me the vagina? i don't get it!" oh reproductive system, you are indeed special!

today was nice

2009-11-26T01:08:00.000-08:00

had a doctor appointment this morning and i finally, after 22 years, got to have a conversation with the doctor (dr. galitz) and nurse (carol) who delivered me at birth :) :) :) carol snuck in my mom's file and showed me the first paper work she filled back in 1987, and my ultrasound at 26 weeks. it was seriously, such a precious moment.. =)

and then tonight, my parents and i played wii fit for 2 hours haha it was so fun.

very thankful indeed!

i will trade you 2 wheat for 1 oar.

2009-11-22T23:36:00.000-08:00

the first time i played settlers was with amy c, matt g, and david k. it was during our senior trip at joshua park. and let me tell you, i was scarred after playing with matt and david. there was much yelling and bickering and fighting over resources. and then i never played again... until tonight. haha small group ended early tonight so we played settlers! i didn't win, but i had fun nonetheless haha.

we talked about acts 17 tonight, and then about demonology. that's interesting stuff i tell ya.

really loving it (:

refreshment

2009-11-15T22:58:00.000-08:00

that was so nice. going to small group once again... it's definitely different than ica, it's so much more casual. i love learning new things about scripture. it makes me fall in love all over again with the Word!

i get nervous when i hear the doorbell ring

2009-11-13T17:32:00.000-08:00

2 sets of mormon guys rang the doorbell to my house in the last 2 weeks. i only empathize that they have to go out and evangelize door-to-door and get back-to-back rejections, but it worries me that they are preaching a false Gospel in my neighborhood...

it'd be interesting to converse with them one day.

near-panic attacks at night?

2009-11-12T22:31:00.000-08:00

never a good sign.

went to bed last night, spent an hour trying to go to sleep, only to be consumed by thoughts of my future, if i'm even going to make it into pharm school, or grad school, when will i get a job? when will God give me that flashing green light to make the next step in my life? yeah, try getting to sleep with all that going on in your head.

and then my hypocritical parents who tell me to focus on studies, do well in school! then on the other hand, when are you going to get a job? my friend's son/daughter went straight to pharmacy school after she graduated! why are you such a failure?

as if i need their reminder that i'm a failure, i already know that.

oh Jesus how i need you now.

that's another off the checklist

2009-11-10T23:03:00.000-08:00

i have finally conquered the 405 freeways! lame as it sounds, i was terrified of driving it, especially the curvy mountain ways. i dislike traffic, and especially changing lanes in traffic. but nonetheless, and praise the Lord, i come back in one piece (:

had a long overdue reunion with my vset team this past weekend. minus elaine and anthony ): they took me out for my birthday, aww i know! it was fun, we got to catch up and pray for one another. i miss them already!

please pray for my uncle, who lives in china. he is currently in jail -_- awaiting trial for something that happened at his work... stupid boss (and sadly a distant DISTANT relative of ours) fled the country and now he's being held accountable for the problem. he's not a believer, well, no one in my family on both sides is- so pray for safety (don't know how violent china jails are -_-), health, and opportunities!

what??

2009-11-02T22:33:00.000-08:00

how does a 30 minute online assessment with a bunch of multiple choice and scenarios tell you that you are not RIGHT for the job???

...

totally lame.

hello 22.

2009-10-27T11:20:00.000-07:00

oh me, oh my.
if you guys ever want to know what i want for my birthday, it's simple: i just want to laugh. laugh till i cry and till i roll off the chair, laugh till my sides hurt. hahaha

so what struck out the most to me this birthday?

- family lunch; lots of seafood -_-!
- wii fit; hula hoop master = me
- walk with my mommy
- studying for my phy sci midterm, which i don't even mind!

and the best one:
- realizing that God waited 20 years for me to come back to Him. He's ridiculously patient~ :) 2nd birthday celebrating new life, and eternities more to come yayayay!

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
- james 1:25

good-bye 21! strangely, you were a very good and alcohol-free year.

memories

2009-10-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

it feels so good to delete old blog entries.

things that you don't want to be reminded of ever again, at least in words.

thank you technology.

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"do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me."
jn 14:1

community college

2009-10-16T13:16:00.000-07:00

there are pros and cons to sitting in the back of the classroom.
pros- you can work on your own stuff especially when the professor is teaching out of the book
cons- you hear EVERYTHING that goes on in the back. all the wannabe aZn thugs, recent high school graduates, old-er people... and their schemes of how to cheat on the midterm on tuesday.

meh.

i need to meet with Jesus more often. He can heal anything! praise the Lord hehe

the big needle

2009-10-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

washington is getting more tempting everyday..

cold weather, rain, and the occasional snow.

big coats, boots with dem fur, umbrellas...

hey.

2009-10-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

do you ever get the feeling that someone just prayed for you?

praise the Lord.

(:

dazzling.

2009-10-05T21:06:00.000-07:00

hm. i read all 4 twilight books in a week. i know. 2514 pages. yep- i became lost in the series... it was a tense and romantic book.

and i, renewed the hopeless romantic inside me.

it's october!

2009-10-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

oh mama. i don't know... this year's going by pretty fast. surprisingly, i'm turning 22 this month. 22! i really don't feel part of this 20s age group yet. it's not how they portray it in the movies that's for sure haha.

keeping busy these days- though not on purpose. trips to ucla once a week for extension class, i think it's really a blessing in disguise though. i get to keep fellowship with ica at least for this quarter. =) i really missed my sisters.

i was bored monday night and decided to pick up my sister's twilight book. bad idea. it's a few hundred pages of reading but i finished it wednesday night. second book, roughly another few hundred pages, finished it within 24 hours. honestly, it's not that great of a book, but i'm a sucker for those cheesy romance ones. sigh, i'm really one that opposes being part of the latest fad of something- but this one tricked me. now i will have to wait eagerly (but not too eager :]) for the new moon to come out.

//end dorkyness

ptL for fans!

2009-09-18T00:30:00.000-07:00

it's getting hot again. the last 3 nights were so nice, waking up wrapped in my blanket all warm. waking up at 6:30am to a freezing room, putting a sweater on... i love cold weather.

as soon as i can, i'm moving out of la. :)

sad-face

2009-09-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

i hate to be so emo, but i have not felt so down in a long time. so long, i don't remember when the last time was.

i lost the joyfulness i used to have; please pray that i will find it again through God. and all the uneasiness on my heart (living at home, personal relationships, finding a job) will be lifted up to Him. and most importantly to learn to surrender to Him.

God wants to give us good things.

thanks to a sister reminding me these 2 important questions:
1. are we trying to please God? or
2. are we trying to please other people?

the 2 most fundamental questions; never forget them.

anyways, i went to praise night at whec and saw many sisters i haven't seen all summer. i really needed that last night, being surrounded by sisters, praising God, praying. praise God~

not so sweet

2009-09-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

living at home is not what i expected it to be at all. it's almost depressing.

hmm, but i know God will pull through for me. yay for his faithfulness, worries no more :)

withdrawal withdrawal!

2009-08-24T23:42:00.000-07:00

VSET's been over for a ~~month~~ week and I've already slipped back into my old life of sin. Hey, it feels like a month!!! I miss Taiwan, miss my team, miss my students, miss the Hsinchu sisters, miss the (dare I say it) schedule! It hasn't been bad though, by God's grace I have been able to get some Word daily and also the Spirit always reminds me to pray daily :)

Job hunting is so hard! By God's grace, I have an interview for Target pharmacy Monday. Praise the Lord =) Pierce also starts Tuesday for me aiyo...

School... that will be fun haha I really need to get out more, hopefully I'll get a car soon. I miss everyone at UCLA and WHEC :(

awwwww-some!

2009-06-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

VSET training started! I was blessed to "escape" from it for a day and a half by coming back to LA to attend my sister's high school graduation. Apparently blow horns are more prohibited than I thought... the popo came to arrest a guy blowing a horn but the crowds supported him and boo'ed the cops away haha I love my family and graduations. One more tomorrow for my lil cousin :)

Training day 1 was tough. God revealed a lot of my sins and faults already. I was thinking how am I supposed to get through the rest of the summer with all my personal problems! I mean, I have a lot of problems. But QT this morning was nice, was reminded of Jesus' blood and redemption he gave us and how His grace is what covers over all of us(Eph 1:7)! This was a touching verse for me because I couldn't have gotten through my first day of training or the next days and weeks without Jesus :)

And then Min drove me to the San Diego train station. It was an interesting ride, my departure was at 12pm; we were still on the freeway at 11:50am. We got LOST until 11:57am. Keep in mind trains leave ON TIME, but PTL I totally made it with 1 minute to spare. The moment I sat on a chair we started rollin' out. omg, it was stressful! But seriously, what a great testimony of God's faithfulness because if I missed that train, it would be another 4 hours before I can get another train T_T

Mahh, I jacked up my knee today. Probably due to running?? But it ended up hurting later in the day. BOO :(

Back to Pine Valley tomorrow :P

packing... and sushi

2009-06-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

Gives me a headache. Packing for training and VSET was annoying. I'm pretty sure it's the reason I got a headache.

But whatevs, God is still amazing. Had a great time with my family tonight- we're so awkward... :)

alumni status!

2009-06-14T16:51:00.001-07:00

What a wonderful weekend! Well, this week just went by so fast. Enjoyed a lot of company with old friends and now friends =) Had dimsum with the senior class Friday, worked my last CLICC shift!

Then Saturday was all about graduations! Bittersweet, knowing I'll see some brothers and sisters again in a few years! :( 8am graduation man.. but so worth it =) My family is so cute<3 and my ICA family is awesome! I'm gonna miss my freshman sg a lot- those girls keep me young hahaha.

So many errands to run before VSET, so much to CLEAN/UNPACK/REPACK for training and VSET. "Oh mamma"

New glasses coming up soonnn :P

whiffle ball!

2009-06-12T01:24:00.000-07:00

That was fun! Some highlights...

1. I fouled the ball and it decided to attack my face.
2. Mike's star jump.
3. Great air catches in the dark.
4. Norman's crazy foul/1st base hits (ALL OR NOTHING!!)
5. I have some sort of bruising on my forearm that I have no idea how I got.
6. I throw really bad- "like a girl" "how does a girl throw?" "look at erick loh."
7. Joe's samurai bat swing that stops half way.
8. End score- 30something to 15 (my team).

Ahh, praise the Lord for being so gracious to me... <3 ICA. What a great way to end the year!

Whiffle ball = 2 thumbs up :)

up up up :)

2009-06-11T21:14:00.000-07:00

My room's all cleaned up, no more pictures/posters on the walls, closet's all clean- dang it I forgot to take a picture of my room!! :( Moving out in 2 days, lived here for 2 years! I'm going to miss living here and living in LA a lot. Home here I come!

Tonight I saw "Up!"

They passed posters out at the end of the movie and there were 2 sides to it, this one and...

this one! I cannot choose, the little boy is so cute :)

"The CONE OF SHAME!!!" Point! Squirrel!

It was cute, cried a bit in the beginning I won't lie. My face was in a smiling position the whole time, couldn't help it!

Wiffle ball tonight, one of my last ICA events! :(