i like to eat food.......
yesterday at abc cafe while my parents and their tennis ooglie friends are conversing over some strange topic my sister and i are playing the hand slap game, thumb war, finger jousting, and arm wrestling. and of course she won every game.
(after a game of arm wrestling)
isabel: yay!!!! i won AGAIN!
oph: yay!!!
isabel: lets play again, and dont go easy on me ^_^
dad: hahah... isabel do u really wanna lose?
isabel: no... im gonna win again..
dad: well do u know when you'll beat ur sister for real in arm wrestling?
isabel: (puzzeled look on her face)
dad: when you're 60 and ophelia is 70.
hahahaa....
Friday, June 27, 2003
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
dance to just one more song.......
got to chill with dgroup girls today. good times. potluck, good salad, fajitas, cookies, cupcakes, and pork. ^_^ we also watch The Importance of Being Earnest. haha...funny movie. i just discovered.... i have a pretty semi-packed summer. last month wasnt busy or anything, but this friday we leave for atlanta for a week. i come back for a week then i leave for washington, stay for a week. come back and......okay mabbe i dont have that much to do. just hoping summer doesnt zoom by too quick. i'm trying to make the best use of time this summer. and with all my spurts of outta town-ness, a job is definitely not gonna be in the picture. i guess i'll just hafta go into poverty quite frequently this summer.
cant absorb the fact that atlanta is in a few days.....really speecheless now...haha....herm.. yea.. wow... nothing to say. gnite
ever felt so happy..... u just wanted to cry?
got to chill with dgroup girls today. good times. potluck, good salad, fajitas, cookies, cupcakes, and pork. ^_^ we also watch The Importance of Being Earnest. haha...funny movie. i just discovered.... i have a pretty semi-packed summer. last month wasnt busy or anything, but this friday we leave for atlanta for a week. i come back for a week then i leave for washington, stay for a week. come back and......okay mabbe i dont have that much to do. just hoping summer doesnt zoom by too quick. i'm trying to make the best use of time this summer. and with all my spurts of outta town-ness, a job is definitely not gonna be in the picture. i guess i'll just hafta go into poverty quite frequently this summer.
cant absorb the fact that atlanta is in a few days.....really speecheless now...haha....herm.. yea.. wow... nothing to say. gnite
ever felt so happy..... u just wanted to cry?
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
who da mothman........
family outtings are always an adventure. went to the library with my family after dinner. i borrowed the city of angels soundtrack. i remember i use to listen to that soundtrack a lot.... although i've never seen the movie. i just remember the radio played Iris and Uninvited lots. infact i'm listening to the soundtrack right now. Peter Gabriel and Jude *two thumbs up*. some old music was just so hq compared with some secular tunes we hear today. anyone remember yanni? i liked that guy. i use to have his volume three of some album...but my dad taped over my tape. so sad...so sad. his music was so olympic-ish... olympic music rocks!
after library, we headed to wal mart to get my sister a white shirt that she needed to paint on. bought some much needed stuff for atlanta as well. bandaids, tylenol, shapoo, and collegate cavity protection travel size tooth paste....i'm set.
then watched mothman prophecies at annie's. had the same movie effect as watching a walk to remember for those of u at mich's house when we watched that....haha. overall, the movie, wasnt so scary. it had it's funny moments, and it's strange images that keep some people up at night moments. all in all i still believe i've seen better scary movies. so for those of u who were there, i shall give an account of my late night drive home alone.
i walked out of annie's house got into my car.....ran over a curb sorta, almost hit simons car....jp. then it was sorta funny when i saw this little kid riding her bike at 11 pm....hehe. got home 40 seconds later, my dad's creepy face creeps around the stair case....and i am still alive. love scary movies...but not too much. ^_~
so on my to-do list tomorrow: clean HOUSE (not just room.....but house...mom's orders)
*watch 3,2,1 penguins for vbs in july.
*find popsicle sticks for atlanta vbs stuff
*read invisible man...and attempt at my final 60-100 pages of harry potter 4th book
*mop floor in kitchen....
*buy important item at store for special person
i've got my day set out for me...niiice....sorta
family outtings are always an adventure. went to the library with my family after dinner. i borrowed the city of angels soundtrack. i remember i use to listen to that soundtrack a lot.... although i've never seen the movie. i just remember the radio played Iris and Uninvited lots. infact i'm listening to the soundtrack right now. Peter Gabriel and Jude *two thumbs up*. some old music was just so hq compared with some secular tunes we hear today. anyone remember yanni? i liked that guy. i use to have his volume three of some album...but my dad taped over my tape. so sad...so sad. his music was so olympic-ish... olympic music rocks!
after library, we headed to wal mart to get my sister a white shirt that she needed to paint on. bought some much needed stuff for atlanta as well. bandaids, tylenol, shapoo, and collegate cavity protection travel size tooth paste....i'm set.
then watched mothman prophecies at annie's. had the same movie effect as watching a walk to remember for those of u at mich's house when we watched that....haha. overall, the movie, wasnt so scary. it had it's funny moments, and it's strange images that keep some people up at night moments. all in all i still believe i've seen better scary movies. so for those of u who were there, i shall give an account of my late night drive home alone.
i walked out of annie's house got into my car.....ran over a curb sorta, almost hit simons car....jp. then it was sorta funny when i saw this little kid riding her bike at 11 pm....hehe. got home 40 seconds later, my dad's creepy face creeps around the stair case....and i am still alive. love scary movies...but not too much. ^_~
so on my to-do list tomorrow: clean HOUSE (not just room.....but house...mom's orders)
*watch 3,2,1 penguins for vbs in july.
*find popsicle sticks for atlanta vbs stuff
*read invisible man...and attempt at my final 60-100 pages of harry potter 4th book
*mop floor in kitchen....
*buy important item at store for special person
i've got my day set out for me...niiice....sorta
Monday, June 23, 2003
i like happy endings.......wut goes in.. must come out.......
recap of the weekend:
ahhhh..... yet another weekend gone swoosh...and another beautiful summer week to live. this weekend has been deadly tiring yet blissfully wonderful. friday night went to magic island. that place was neat. the magic tricks were kewl, cept my parents and their speedy eyes caught some of the fast magic tricks....tho some were still a confused mind boggle. (and their food was SOOO good.... i acquired a bottomless stomach just for that night..haha) then went to the harry potter party at Borders in mireland (i dunno how to spell it). that place is huge! it's so nice too. the whole mall is nice. then went to stephs house and watched the Bourne Identity (i was a little confused, it happens when u watch movies too late), but what i did understand i liked. went to sleep around 2ish, woke at 7:45ish, bad bloody nose, then went to car wash for atlanta mission support. post that event, headed to lost creek for picnic. good hot dogs, hamburgers, and PICKELS!!! i love pickels. did some cartwheels, played some badminton, and played on the kid toy. went home and isabel wanted me to go see her swim like a frog underwater at the pool, cept i was SO tired so i had to decline. took a 1 hr nap then prepared for kidmunity. come nite, went to bea and kamna's grad party, quite a blast, some crazy dancing, and very good food. got home 12....accidentally fell asleep had to wake up to brush teeth. then woke again at 8:15 for kidmunity. everything turned out great, props to the awesome drama team. then a somewhat productive atlanta meeting. good stuff, good weekend.
oiy.. so this busy weekend has resulted in my extreme tiredness. came home from atlanta meeting today SO tired. isabel asked me to go swim again, but i hadda decline once more cuz of my lack of energy. so i fell asleep on the couch at 4. woke up at 6 when my family came home, cuz they play mean tricks on me when i sleep on the couch, i.e ... stick grapes in my nose. so i conked out in my room. woke at 9:52 thinking it was morning.....but dark outside.... so i was VERY confused. i sorta layed there for 5 minutes thinking what was going on.... i was thinking...mabbe it's an eclipse...but then i heard my parents talking...and realized it WAS nite time. so after my wonder 6 hr nap, i ate some curry chicken, played guitar, and read invisible man. (which isnt so bad.) no matter how long i nap, i always seem to be able to sleep afterwards...infact...i'm sleepy now....i guess i'm still a can sleep anywhere, at any time typa person.
recap of the weekend:
ahhhh..... yet another weekend gone swoosh...and another beautiful summer week to live. this weekend has been deadly tiring yet blissfully wonderful. friday night went to magic island. that place was neat. the magic tricks were kewl, cept my parents and their speedy eyes caught some of the fast magic tricks....tho some were still a confused mind boggle. (and their food was SOOO good.... i acquired a bottomless stomach just for that night..haha) then went to the harry potter party at Borders in mireland (i dunno how to spell it). that place is huge! it's so nice too. the whole mall is nice. then went to stephs house and watched the Bourne Identity (i was a little confused, it happens when u watch movies too late), but what i did understand i liked. went to sleep around 2ish, woke at 7:45ish, bad bloody nose, then went to car wash for atlanta mission support. post that event, headed to lost creek for picnic. good hot dogs, hamburgers, and PICKELS!!! i love pickels. did some cartwheels, played some badminton, and played on the kid toy. went home and isabel wanted me to go see her swim like a frog underwater at the pool, cept i was SO tired so i had to decline. took a 1 hr nap then prepared for kidmunity. come nite, went to bea and kamna's grad party, quite a blast, some crazy dancing, and very good food. got home 12....accidentally fell asleep had to wake up to brush teeth. then woke again at 8:15 for kidmunity. everything turned out great, props to the awesome drama team. then a somewhat productive atlanta meeting. good stuff, good weekend.
oiy.. so this busy weekend has resulted in my extreme tiredness. came home from atlanta meeting today SO tired. isabel asked me to go swim again, but i hadda decline once more cuz of my lack of energy. so i fell asleep on the couch at 4. woke up at 6 when my family came home, cuz they play mean tricks on me when i sleep on the couch, i.e ... stick grapes in my nose. so i conked out in my room. woke at 9:52 thinking it was morning.....but dark outside.... so i was VERY confused. i sorta layed there for 5 minutes thinking what was going on.... i was thinking...mabbe it's an eclipse...but then i heard my parents talking...and realized it WAS nite time. so after my wonder 6 hr nap, i ate some curry chicken, played guitar, and read invisible man. (which isnt so bad.) no matter how long i nap, i always seem to be able to sleep afterwards...infact...i'm sleepy now....i guess i'm still a can sleep anywhere, at any time typa person.
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Psalm 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your
ways;
Whether you know it or not, everything -- including your own body -
is in a constant state of change. When you climb the same mountain
again, it will be a totally new experience. The ancient Greek philosopher
HeracIitus said, you cant step into the same river twice. The
water constantly moves down the river and out to sea.
The deep, rugged gorges of the Grand Canyon are the result of the
rushing water of the Colorado river. Even today, its erosion continues to
wash down the river to the Mojave Desert of California. It is changing -
one grain of sand at a time.
Making decisions about specific transformations in your thoughts, your
goals, your attitudes and your habits will be a futile exercise without
making the most important decision of all - deciding to be willing and
open to change.
You may say, i've tried so many times before, but nothing seems to
happen. That's what the mountain climber could have said after
three failed attempts to reach the top of Mount Everest. Instead, he
looked up at the summit and announced, you defeated me once. you defeated
me twice. You defeated me three times. But mountain, I will someday
conquer you, because you cannot get any bigger, and I can.
- Neil Eskelin
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your
ways;
Whether you know it or not, everything -- including your own body -
is in a constant state of change. When you climb the same mountain
again, it will be a totally new experience. The ancient Greek philosopher
HeracIitus said, you cant step into the same river twice. The
water constantly moves down the river and out to sea.
The deep, rugged gorges of the Grand Canyon are the result of the
rushing water of the Colorado river. Even today, its erosion continues to
wash down the river to the Mojave Desert of California. It is changing -
one grain of sand at a time.
Making decisions about specific transformations in your thoughts, your
goals, your attitudes and your habits will be a futile exercise without
making the most important decision of all - deciding to be willing and
open to change.
You may say, i've tried so many times before, but nothing seems to
happen. That's what the mountain climber could have said after
three failed attempts to reach the top of Mount Everest. Instead, he
looked up at the summit and announced, you defeated me once. you defeated
me twice. You defeated me three times. But mountain, I will someday
conquer you, because you cannot get any bigger, and I can.
- Neil Eskelin
simply remember my favorite things and then i dont feel so........
i watched this bad movie with my mom today on tv. waste of precious Invisible Man reading time. BUT it did make me laugh cuz it was so boring. then i tickled my sister so much that her hair got all messed up and she started chasing me around the house and calling me Nemo....hahaa..(which btw was a GREAT movie.. ne one wanna watch it? i wanna c it again...)
so the events of my day..... lets see. i volunteered at tree of life. saw debbie, lynna, and michelle (whom i was grouped with). wholey spheel... those kids are adorable. they hug and call you mom randomly, so cute. But the funniest thing/ the highlight of my day, was after we took the little tikes to wash their hands, they have to line up along a wall, and then suddenly this littel kid near michelle and i ripped a BIG one....omg.. it lasted for maybe....5 seconds. mich and i had to turn away and hold in our laughter.......cuz it wouldnt have been very polite to let the kids see us laughing at a fellow classmate...or mabbe it wud make the fellow classmate rather embarassed....and that wudda been really awful. like steeni mentioned abt herself, i too have no idea why i love kids so much. when i see them.... i just cant help but smile. they make me happy... everything abt them is so calming. their laugh, their smiles, the way they walk, the way the eat, and the way they nap. =)
ooo and another movie i wanna c....Sinbad. with the voices of Brad Pitt (no..he's not the reason i wanna see it.....) Catherin Zeda Jones, and Michelle Phifer. and the animation just looks kinna kewl... sorta like Aladdin. I remember i use to love that movie and it wasnt even that great. during this bday party for this kiddo today, we listened to one of the disney soundtracks. that brought back so many childhood memories.
speaking of childhood memories, i was talking to an old childhood friend of mine yesterday. we sorta just talked about random stuff. the neatest part about our friendship is that we both moved into the same neighborhood about the same time. i was the third family to move into that neighborhood and she moved in later, which was awesome cuz we became fast friends. then i moved to washington and now here, but we've stayed in touch that entire time, and i've even gone back twice to visit. and we obviously dont know everything about each other like we use to, but the fact that we're still friends and we still keep in touch and talk to each other is really cool. she even told me that ppl from cali still remember me, and that my first grade teacher died in a car crash. the thing i dislike most abt moving so much is that i dont have memories of growing up knowing the same people since the first grade. it always make me really sad when ppl talk abt how they've known this person since they were a kid and they still hang out now. i cant say the same, but i still cheerish what i do have. i have had the opportunity to make friends from the southwest, northwest, and southern parts of the nation, and the best part is i do have memories of growing up, just not all with the same bunch of ppl. friends are definitely a big blessing. they always know how to make things better, and they always know the right then to say......
i watched this bad movie with my mom today on tv. waste of precious Invisible Man reading time. BUT it did make me laugh cuz it was so boring. then i tickled my sister so much that her hair got all messed up and she started chasing me around the house and calling me Nemo....hahaa..(which btw was a GREAT movie.. ne one wanna watch it? i wanna c it again...)
so the events of my day..... lets see. i volunteered at tree of life. saw debbie, lynna, and michelle (whom i was grouped with). wholey spheel... those kids are adorable. they hug and call you mom randomly, so cute. But the funniest thing/ the highlight of my day, was after we took the little tikes to wash their hands, they have to line up along a wall, and then suddenly this littel kid near michelle and i ripped a BIG one....omg.. it lasted for maybe....5 seconds. mich and i had to turn away and hold in our laughter.......cuz it wouldnt have been very polite to let the kids see us laughing at a fellow classmate...or mabbe it wud make the fellow classmate rather embarassed....and that wudda been really awful. like steeni mentioned abt herself, i too have no idea why i love kids so much. when i see them.... i just cant help but smile. they make me happy... everything abt them is so calming. their laugh, their smiles, the way they walk, the way the eat, and the way they nap. =)
ooo and another movie i wanna c....Sinbad. with the voices of Brad Pitt (no..he's not the reason i wanna see it.....) Catherin Zeda Jones, and Michelle Phifer. and the animation just looks kinna kewl... sorta like Aladdin. I remember i use to love that movie and it wasnt even that great. during this bday party for this kiddo today, we listened to one of the disney soundtracks. that brought back so many childhood memories.
speaking of childhood memories, i was talking to an old childhood friend of mine yesterday. we sorta just talked about random stuff. the neatest part about our friendship is that we both moved into the same neighborhood about the same time. i was the third family to move into that neighborhood and she moved in later, which was awesome cuz we became fast friends. then i moved to washington and now here, but we've stayed in touch that entire time, and i've even gone back twice to visit. and we obviously dont know everything about each other like we use to, but the fact that we're still friends and we still keep in touch and talk to each other is really cool. she even told me that ppl from cali still remember me, and that my first grade teacher died in a car crash. the thing i dislike most abt moving so much is that i dont have memories of growing up knowing the same people since the first grade. it always make me really sad when ppl talk abt how they've known this person since they were a kid and they still hang out now. i cant say the same, but i still cheerish what i do have. i have had the opportunity to make friends from the southwest, northwest, and southern parts of the nation, and the best part is i do have memories of growing up, just not all with the same bunch of ppl. friends are definitely a big blessing. they always know how to make things better, and they always know the right then to say......
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
when the world throws you lemons, make lemonade............
i think the most common thing asked about me today was "are you tired?". i cant really be sure how to answer that. yes, i am tired, but no i'm not. i've brought a lot of nutso stuff into my life this past week, and it's seriously driving me crazy. i was about to bang my head against the wall when i heard our house got broken into this afternoon. then i came home after tree of life and found out that it was only the pest control spraying pesticides around the door frames that set off the alarm. whatever psychological stress i'm putting myself through is making me queezy, and definitely coming at a bad time. i prayed for a few hours last night and i really found a lot of comfort and peace through that. i always like to go to bed at night at peace. but these past few nights, it's been so painful to get to sleep. i have that achy unfinished business kind of feeling in my stomach. and the nightmares i've been having are so real. i've always had dreams every night, but never quite as vivid. the things i saw and the things i felt, were so real. i actually thought i was living in my dream. im definitely not gonna avoid my problems, because you cant solve anything that way. so im gonna find the source of all this, pray really hard and just believe that He hears my call and will answer my request.
i think the most common thing asked about me today was "are you tired?". i cant really be sure how to answer that. yes, i am tired, but no i'm not. i've brought a lot of nutso stuff into my life this past week, and it's seriously driving me crazy. i was about to bang my head against the wall when i heard our house got broken into this afternoon. then i came home after tree of life and found out that it was only the pest control spraying pesticides around the door frames that set off the alarm. whatever psychological stress i'm putting myself through is making me queezy, and definitely coming at a bad time. i prayed for a few hours last night and i really found a lot of comfort and peace through that. i always like to go to bed at night at peace. but these past few nights, it's been so painful to get to sleep. i have that achy unfinished business kind of feeling in my stomach. and the nightmares i've been having are so real. i've always had dreams every night, but never quite as vivid. the things i saw and the things i felt, were so real. i actually thought i was living in my dream. im definitely not gonna avoid my problems, because you cant solve anything that way. so im gonna find the source of all this, pray really hard and just believe that He hears my call and will answer my request.
sunshine after the rain...........
yet another crazy dental appointment. i dun understand where all the cavities come from. i love to take care of my teeth, wonder wut happened....so the procedure for today: i waited mabbe 45 minutes on the really comfortable dental chair, almost fell asleep. then when the doc came, she gave my 5 shots to numb my gums and cheek. then she stuck this huge rubber thing on the opposite side of my fillings that nearly gagged me to death. after that, she added 4 crown things in my mouth to fill in the gaps, where the cavities were. then i left my mouth open for about 40 minutes and the assistant had to keep putting chapstick and stuff all around my mouth to keep it from cracking. i think while i was waiting for the dentist, i had so much time to just sit there that i got sick or something, cuz i kept coughing during my fillings and i felt extremely sick to my stomach. i realize that everytime i go to the doctor or dentists, i come out with more problems that i go in with.
oh and the real kicker of my day was i got to drive on the hwy for the first time in texas. but my dad was sitting next to me, and he was really tense and didnt trust my driving, so they made me drive wiliams trace back home. after the dental appointment, isabel and i went to get food. she got a mighty kids meal and i got a seafood and crab sub. but we had to wait until our numbness wore off before we could eat. later at night, we went to see Finding Nemo. That movie really knows how to brighten your day. maaaan, i was feeling really sick when we went to the movies, but it was such a good movie that i forgot that i was sick and i felt so much better afterwords. a little cheer can go a long way. Crush the turtle was my favorite. his "offspring" was very cute.
the thing that made me really happy today was the rainbow i saw before we went to see Nemo. It reminded me of the covenant between God and man. the whole picture just really made me feel a whole lot better.
have a nice day
yet another crazy dental appointment. i dun understand where all the cavities come from. i love to take care of my teeth, wonder wut happened....so the procedure for today: i waited mabbe 45 minutes on the really comfortable dental chair, almost fell asleep. then when the doc came, she gave my 5 shots to numb my gums and cheek. then she stuck this huge rubber thing on the opposite side of my fillings that nearly gagged me to death. after that, she added 4 crown things in my mouth to fill in the gaps, where the cavities were. then i left my mouth open for about 40 minutes and the assistant had to keep putting chapstick and stuff all around my mouth to keep it from cracking. i think while i was waiting for the dentist, i had so much time to just sit there that i got sick or something, cuz i kept coughing during my fillings and i felt extremely sick to my stomach. i realize that everytime i go to the doctor or dentists, i come out with more problems that i go in with.
oh and the real kicker of my day was i got to drive on the hwy for the first time in texas. but my dad was sitting next to me, and he was really tense and didnt trust my driving, so they made me drive wiliams trace back home. after the dental appointment, isabel and i went to get food. she got a mighty kids meal and i got a seafood and crab sub. but we had to wait until our numbness wore off before we could eat. later at night, we went to see Finding Nemo. That movie really knows how to brighten your day. maaaan, i was feeling really sick when we went to the movies, but it was such a good movie that i forgot that i was sick and i felt so much better afterwords. a little cheer can go a long way. Crush the turtle was my favorite. his "offspring" was very cute.
the thing that made me really happy today was the rainbow i saw before we went to see Nemo. It reminded me of the covenant between God and man. the whole picture just really made me feel a whole lot better.
have a nice day
Monday, June 16, 2003
only time.........
okay...let's try this again.... yesterday definitely not my lucky day. *sigh*........i realize that when i'm tired, i'm a affected by weather. when it's sunny, i'm happy, when it's rainy, makes me feel kinna sad. i remember i use to dislike rain, and now i like it cuz the idea of water falling from the sky is just so kewl. and the best part about rain is the rainbows and the rays from the sun as it breaks through the sky....it's like a taste of heaven on ur lips.
i think i genuinely had a great first official week of summer. it was relaxing and it's so typical summer and just plain awesome to spend time with friends, and have some laugh so hard you cry kinna times.
friday woke up too early to go run at oyster creek. man....i love leisure running. there's this sorta natural high i get off of a fast heart beat, not steady breathing, sweat beads on my nose, and gross humidity causing perspiration on my forearms. i cant really explain my relationship with running. i dont like running but because i dont like it i end up liking it, which doesnt make much sense. running can be such a pain sometimes because all the pains and scars i've gotten from it, but nonetheless through all of that, i've been able to stick with it and love running anyways. strange....i know....went to best buy after running, and also ran into a garage sale...neat cheap stuff there...and some strange and interesting things too.
after that i went to alex y house and some of us played some games....charades.....jenga....hehee... funny stuff. then when to mich's. celebrated michelle's and jeremy's bdays.... lotsa "happy bday" kewl version singing...cake smashing....craziness....but all in good cheer. they shud rename sleep overs...cuz... people dont excatly sleep at sleep overs...
saturday, woke went home to pick up dad for atlanta training so that he wudnt have to ride his bike again. then went thai cottage, good food as usual. afterwards Tina and i headed to turn in our job apps. Tina is SO my luckycharm, cuz i never catch sales and we caught this super big one at express. so..yea.. i shopping totally regained my respect. after that fellowship. i think God is just REALLY stressing the whole dont download stuff online thing, which i also believe that God doesnt want us downloaded stuff. but yea...in one week, i've heard mabbe 3 talks abt why we shouldnt download. and i have to completely agree that it IS stealing. however, our sunday school lesson recommended www.sharesong.org for people who download, but this one is cleared by the government. so if breaking the law by downloading is no longer your thing, mabbe you cud try that site.
sunday....father's day. didnt get a chance to make my dad breakfast, but i helped him bbq at night when we had a father's day bbq at my house. such good food. my dad's the bbq man....and the smoothie king! hehe....
monday: went to help out with new youth building...which is gonna ROCK! oiy.. so kewl.. so kewl. oh yea.. and in the morning, i went for a good bike ride. was suppose to meet some ppl at chs track, but when i got there.... i only saw off season track training (aka the ppl who pay 100 bucks to torture themselves) so i guess it was good that i rode my bike cz i still got a 4 mile wkout in. ^_^
*sigh* it's crazy how i can forgive other people so easily...but y it's so hard to forgive myself. it's no wonder wild animals are easier to tame than the tongue. i think iv'e been thinking so much that i've stopped thinking b4 i talk.. *sigh* yea...definitely got some issue to conquer and now....it's time for dinner...thanx for taking the patience to read this far....haha
okay...let's try this again.... yesterday definitely not my lucky day. *sigh*........i realize that when i'm tired, i'm a affected by weather. when it's sunny, i'm happy, when it's rainy, makes me feel kinna sad. i remember i use to dislike rain, and now i like it cuz the idea of water falling from the sky is just so kewl. and the best part about rain is the rainbows and the rays from the sun as it breaks through the sky....it's like a taste of heaven on ur lips.
i think i genuinely had a great first official week of summer. it was relaxing and it's so typical summer and just plain awesome to spend time with friends, and have some laugh so hard you cry kinna times.
friday woke up too early to go run at oyster creek. man....i love leisure running. there's this sorta natural high i get off of a fast heart beat, not steady breathing, sweat beads on my nose, and gross humidity causing perspiration on my forearms. i cant really explain my relationship with running. i dont like running but because i dont like it i end up liking it, which doesnt make much sense. running can be such a pain sometimes because all the pains and scars i've gotten from it, but nonetheless through all of that, i've been able to stick with it and love running anyways. strange....i know....went to best buy after running, and also ran into a garage sale...neat cheap stuff there...and some strange and interesting things too.
after that i went to alex y house and some of us played some games....charades.....jenga....hehee... funny stuff. then when to mich's. celebrated michelle's and jeremy's bdays.... lotsa "happy bday" kewl version singing...cake smashing....craziness....but all in good cheer. they shud rename sleep overs...cuz... people dont excatly sleep at sleep overs...
saturday, woke went home to pick up dad for atlanta training so that he wudnt have to ride his bike again. then went thai cottage, good food as usual. afterwards Tina and i headed to turn in our job apps. Tina is SO my luckycharm, cuz i never catch sales and we caught this super big one at express. so..yea.. i shopping totally regained my respect. after that fellowship. i think God is just REALLY stressing the whole dont download stuff online thing, which i also believe that God doesnt want us downloaded stuff. but yea...in one week, i've heard mabbe 3 talks abt why we shouldnt download. and i have to completely agree that it IS stealing. however, our sunday school lesson recommended www.sharesong.org for people who download, but this one is cleared by the government. so if breaking the law by downloading is no longer your thing, mabbe you cud try that site.
sunday....father's day. didnt get a chance to make my dad breakfast, but i helped him bbq at night when we had a father's day bbq at my house. such good food. my dad's the bbq man....and the smoothie king! hehe....
monday: went to help out with new youth building...which is gonna ROCK! oiy.. so kewl.. so kewl. oh yea.. and in the morning, i went for a good bike ride. was suppose to meet some ppl at chs track, but when i got there.... i only saw off season track training (aka the ppl who pay 100 bucks to torture themselves) so i guess it was good that i rode my bike cz i still got a 4 mile wkout in. ^_^
*sigh* it's crazy how i can forgive other people so easily...but y it's so hard to forgive myself. it's no wonder wild animals are easier to tame than the tongue. i think iv'e been thinking so much that i've stopped thinking b4 i talk.. *sigh* yea...definitely got some issue to conquer and now....it's time for dinner...thanx for taking the patience to read this far....haha
Thursday, June 12, 2003
what it takes.... i bored no more
just got a funny phone call. made my temporary bored evening, not so boring. get a load of this......
me: (just drank some water so voice was a little squeeky high) hello?
person: (really scary voice) hi, is simon there?
me: i'm sorry you have the wrong number
person: uhhhhhhh
(LONG PAUSE)
me: uh who is this? (had a gut feeling i knew this person)
person: uh...who is this?
me: NO... who are you?
(confsued pause)
me: hello?
person: wait.. is this Ophelia?
(a little freaked out... but glad my instincts were right)
me: eh.. WHO IS THIS?
person: this is jonathan
(thinks to self: jonathan? do i know a jonathan? takes me abt 10 seconds to process *click* ohhh.. mok!)
me: mok?
person: yea... that's weird... why is your phone number under simon's name?
(beats me)
LOL ....yea i'm still cracking up. made my day...lol.. thanx mok...
just got a funny phone call. made my temporary bored evening, not so boring. get a load of this......
me: (just drank some water so voice was a little squeeky high) hello?
person: (really scary voice) hi, is simon there?
me: i'm sorry you have the wrong number
person: uhhhhhhh
(LONG PAUSE)
me: uh who is this? (had a gut feeling i knew this person)
person: uh...who is this?
me: NO... who are you?
(confsued pause)
me: hello?
person: wait.. is this Ophelia?
(a little freaked out... but glad my instincts were right)
me: eh.. WHO IS THIS?
person: this is jonathan
(thinks to self: jonathan? do i know a jonathan? takes me abt 10 seconds to process *click* ohhh.. mok!)
me: mok?
person: yea... that's weird... why is your phone number under simon's name?
(beats me)
LOL ....yea i'm still cracking up. made my day...lol.. thanx mok...
*sagebrush blowing in the wind......western howling music in the backgroud..... (if ur not bored, but just a really devoted ophie blog reader, i suggest skip the first two paragraphs...unless u just like to read)
WHOA.....they have a new blog post template.... i feel so lost....this is intense....but i like...cept the html lingo is so foreign to me...not that that's anything new....but now it's just more strange and foreign than it once was for a computer illiterate like myself.
ah yes... so the beauty of summer.....it's got boredom streaked across the sky......ok not really, just the afternoons get a lil drab around my place, not much to do but read. contrary to my away message which says, "kinna bored...no job...no money....and everyone seems to be busy...hehe...SO..im gonna read invisible man....and pick up my sister later so she can come home and play monopoly with me. yea gosh... i sure love summer"--- i am not reading. i started to, read mabbe 3 pages, sounded interesting...and i snoozed. it's the oppresive heat....makes me tired.
today was genuinely a really really good summer day. i was pretty tired the entire day. i had that "allnighter hazzy" feeling that you get the day after an allnighter cept i didnt pull one. went to Star of Hope with my Atlanta mission group, after breakfast at mc Ds. (i love hasbrowns and jam...emmm). it was overall a really good experience. i never felt so useful/productive before. it's like at home, i wud never voluntarily do some of the stuff i did today. i.e. cleaning plates, wiping tables, sweaping, mopping.....chore like activities cept in no way did they feel like chores. it just made me sorta think, "wow, im willing to serve people i dont know in this way, but i dont even serve my family by willing doing these things." sorta my butt kicker of the week. but yea, after that whole experience i kinna wanna make dinner tonite....=P but i think the kewlest part abt serving at star of hope was this SUPER amazing lady named miss BJ (i think) that we got to work with. just a simple lay out of her daily activities
*get up at 3 or 4 am: hike 6 miles to the bus stop
*catch the 4:55 bus and get to work by 5:30 or 6:30 and prepare breakfast for 270 people
*after breakfast, wipe about 12-15 tables, sweep, mop, set silverware, and make lunch for over 100 people
*serve lunch and not get to eat lunch
*after lunch, wipe about 12-15 tables, sweep, mop, set silverware, and at around 1:40ish hike to the bus stop, and wait in the swealtering heat for the 2:05 or 2:15 bus. THEN she's gotta hike that 6 miles after she gets off the bus to her house.
now lemme tell you, this lady isnt of a ripe young age. But she must be SO much more fit than couch potatoes that watch movies and play computer games all day during the summer. this woman goes down in my heros category. i really admire wut she does, which definitely takes a lotta discipline to do that every day. and BOY am i glad we got to lighten her load today by helping set stuff up, clean, and serve food. She genuinely looked like she appreciated it, not to mention we got free food as well. she even told us some experiences she had when she went to atlanta. she made it sound so sublime....maaan i cant wait to go serve there too!!! she wanted us to take pictures of atlanta for her and bring em to her when we get back....hopefully we'll get to do that ^_^.
so after that i went to pick up my pictures from the last day of school. for the first time in years, the pictures i took by myself of me and another person actually turned out decent, of course the ones ppl took for me look better, but yea, that made me happy. so then i decided to hit half price books to see if i would get lucky again and find invisible man or crime and punishment. so i looked around......for like.. a minute...didnt find it....then WAM as i was walking past a cart, right on top was invisible man in TOP condition....ok not quite TOP but...semi-TOP condition, so i got it. Then i headed over to b & n and got crime and punishment, which wasnt costly in itself. after that ordeal, i headed over to gap to purchase an important item. i probably waited in line 20 or so minutes for the cashier. when i finally got there, she apologized and THEN she said i was the lucky winner today, cuz i won a free 10% off my next purchase at gap ^_^. yea.. just my luck eh?
i may be a little bored now, but my good day makes up for any boredom i may be experiencing presently. tomorrow is friday, wow....so fast... not liking the fast time passage tho....time needs to not want to pass so quickly...take it easy, enjoy the summer......calm down......i only get 2003 summer once....gonna go be productive and read...or watch friends or something.....hope everyone had an awesome day.
WHOA.....they have a new blog post template.... i feel so lost....this is intense....but i like...cept the html lingo is so foreign to me...not that that's anything new....but now it's just more strange and foreign than it once was for a computer illiterate like myself.
ah yes... so the beauty of summer.....it's got boredom streaked across the sky......ok not really, just the afternoons get a lil drab around my place, not much to do but read. contrary to my away message which says, "kinna bored...no job...no money....and everyone seems to be busy...hehe...SO..im gonna read invisible man....and pick up my sister later so she can come home and play monopoly with me. yea gosh... i sure love summer"--- i am not reading. i started to, read mabbe 3 pages, sounded interesting...and i snoozed. it's the oppresive heat....makes me tired.
today was genuinely a really really good summer day. i was pretty tired the entire day. i had that "allnighter hazzy" feeling that you get the day after an allnighter cept i didnt pull one. went to Star of Hope with my Atlanta mission group, after breakfast at mc Ds. (i love hasbrowns and jam...emmm). it was overall a really good experience. i never felt so useful/productive before. it's like at home, i wud never voluntarily do some of the stuff i did today. i.e. cleaning plates, wiping tables, sweaping, mopping.....chore like activities cept in no way did they feel like chores. it just made me sorta think, "wow, im willing to serve people i dont know in this way, but i dont even serve my family by willing doing these things." sorta my butt kicker of the week. but yea, after that whole experience i kinna wanna make dinner tonite....=P but i think the kewlest part abt serving at star of hope was this SUPER amazing lady named miss BJ (i think) that we got to work with. just a simple lay out of her daily activities
*get up at 3 or 4 am: hike 6 miles to the bus stop
*catch the 4:55 bus and get to work by 5:30 or 6:30 and prepare breakfast for 270 people
*after breakfast, wipe about 12-15 tables, sweep, mop, set silverware, and make lunch for over 100 people
*serve lunch and not get to eat lunch
*after lunch, wipe about 12-15 tables, sweep, mop, set silverware, and at around 1:40ish hike to the bus stop, and wait in the swealtering heat for the 2:05 or 2:15 bus. THEN she's gotta hike that 6 miles after she gets off the bus to her house.
now lemme tell you, this lady isnt of a ripe young age. But she must be SO much more fit than couch potatoes that watch movies and play computer games all day during the summer. this woman goes down in my heros category. i really admire wut she does, which definitely takes a lotta discipline to do that every day. and BOY am i glad we got to lighten her load today by helping set stuff up, clean, and serve food. She genuinely looked like she appreciated it, not to mention we got free food as well. she even told us some experiences she had when she went to atlanta. she made it sound so sublime....maaan i cant wait to go serve there too!!! she wanted us to take pictures of atlanta for her and bring em to her when we get back....hopefully we'll get to do that ^_^.
so after that i went to pick up my pictures from the last day of school. for the first time in years, the pictures i took by myself of me and another person actually turned out decent, of course the ones ppl took for me look better, but yea, that made me happy. so then i decided to hit half price books to see if i would get lucky again and find invisible man or crime and punishment. so i looked around......for like.. a minute...didnt find it....then WAM as i was walking past a cart, right on top was invisible man in TOP condition....ok not quite TOP but...semi-TOP condition, so i got it. Then i headed over to b & n and got crime and punishment, which wasnt costly in itself. after that ordeal, i headed over to gap to purchase an important item. i probably waited in line 20 or so minutes for the cashier. when i finally got there, she apologized and THEN she said i was the lucky winner today, cuz i won a free 10% off my next purchase at gap ^_^. yea.. just my luck eh?
i may be a little bored now, but my good day makes up for any boredom i may be experiencing presently. tomorrow is friday, wow....so fast... not liking the fast time passage tho....time needs to not want to pass so quickly...take it easy, enjoy the summer......calm down......i only get 2003 summer once....gonna go be productive and read...or watch friends or something.....hope everyone had an awesome day.
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
why cant i breathe whenever i think about You..........
weird houston weather. rains for 15 minutes, power outtage, and then sunshine after the rain.....but i like it... cept the mosquitos.
man... my dad's a silly guy. whenever he reads emails from teenagers he needs me to translate
dad: opheeee what does "hafta" mean?
dad: opheeee what does "wut" mean?
oiy... wut a character....guess that's where i get it from ^_~. it was pretty kewl tonite, my dad and i were both typing our emails to our atlanta mission groups and we stumbled across the same passage and kinna questioned each other and talked abt it. it always boggles my mind how my dad keeps his constant "smile face". seriously...he's looked like he's been smiling for as long as i can remember......from the day i was born till now...he's kept his composure...his smile face. but when my dad's smile face disappears... the world comes tumbling down! so...gotta keep that smile face on my dad. ^_^ I've always liked how my dad and i think so differently and a lotta times he gives me a funny look abt the odd things i do and say, but he respects me for my opinion and he's a superb listener. he may come off as a quiet guy...but when he's ur dad.. u cant shut him up....not that i ever really want to...but just a lil tidbit abt him. i remember the first thing i thought when i found out my dad was considering to be a driver for atlanta was.....GO DAD COME along with us! then when he finally decided to go i took on my dad's smile face. i still cant really believe my dad and i are going on a mission trip together. it's gotta be both the most bizzare and kewlest thing we've ever done together....goes rite along with rock climbing with dad... cept kewler. there's so much my dad's done for me... i cant ever express that gratitude OR repay him for his awesomeness. my dad once asked me a funny question. he asked me, " if you cud choose a set of parents who wud they be?". I told him he was silly and that there's no people in the world i'd rather have than the parents God's already blessed me with.
weird houston weather. rains for 15 minutes, power outtage, and then sunshine after the rain.....but i like it... cept the mosquitos.
man... my dad's a silly guy. whenever he reads emails from teenagers he needs me to translate
dad: opheeee what does "hafta" mean?
dad: opheeee what does "wut" mean?
oiy... wut a character....guess that's where i get it from ^_~. it was pretty kewl tonite, my dad and i were both typing our emails to our atlanta mission groups and we stumbled across the same passage and kinna questioned each other and talked abt it. it always boggles my mind how my dad keeps his constant "smile face". seriously...he's looked like he's been smiling for as long as i can remember......from the day i was born till now...he's kept his composure...his smile face. but when my dad's smile face disappears... the world comes tumbling down! so...gotta keep that smile face on my dad. ^_^ I've always liked how my dad and i think so differently and a lotta times he gives me a funny look abt the odd things i do and say, but he respects me for my opinion and he's a superb listener. he may come off as a quiet guy...but when he's ur dad.. u cant shut him up....not that i ever really want to...but just a lil tidbit abt him. i remember the first thing i thought when i found out my dad was considering to be a driver for atlanta was.....GO DAD COME along with us! then when he finally decided to go i took on my dad's smile face. i still cant really believe my dad and i are going on a mission trip together. it's gotta be both the most bizzare and kewlest thing we've ever done together....goes rite along with rock climbing with dad... cept kewler. there's so much my dad's done for me... i cant ever express that gratitude OR repay him for his awesomeness. my dad once asked me a funny question. he asked me, " if you cud choose a set of parents who wud they be?". I told him he was silly and that there's no people in the world i'd rather have than the parents God's already blessed me with.
like a child..........
i think the best part abt summer so far is having time to spend with family. During the school year, im home physically... but not mentally. Like yesterday we had guests over and i helped my mom cook dinner. i dun really remember the last time i voluntarily did that. it was pretty kewl and my mom really appreciated it. i love random acts of kindness...esp for mom. then tonite after dinner, we were all feeling chubbed so my mom was like... yea.. i'm going bike riding and then i wanted to go bike riding and my sis wanted to go and my dad did too. so we went bike riding. isabel and my mom rode their own bikes, my dad rode mine, and i rode my old bike/ the one i learned to ride a bike on. (it's abt 12 yrs old...and still in good shape... a lil dorky but it works) we rode to two parks. I cant remember the last time i went to the park with my family. the last time we went, my sister didnt know how to ride a two wheeler, and she had to sit on my shoulders to go on the monkey bars. now, she rides her bike better than me and she's an independant woman at the monkey bars. I totally felt like i was back in the fifth grade enjoying my uphill bike ride along the golf course at Horn Rapids. As much as i disliked golfers back then... i miss them yelling, "hey kid get off the grass" at me when i rode through the golf course....and then i'd make my daring escape across the bridge, back through the driving range....speedily racing the golf carts back to my house...where i'd find my neighbor...5times a week.. twice a day... washing his car....then i'd proudly treat myself to a lime popsicle.....
tonite.. when i got home from the bike ride....all i cud think abt was how sore my butt was... but how much fun it was going to the park. and then my mom gave isabel and i a popsicle.... cept this one was cherry...but it was still good.....summer... rocks
i think the best part abt summer so far is having time to spend with family. During the school year, im home physically... but not mentally. Like yesterday we had guests over and i helped my mom cook dinner. i dun really remember the last time i voluntarily did that. it was pretty kewl and my mom really appreciated it. i love random acts of kindness...esp for mom. then tonite after dinner, we were all feeling chubbed so my mom was like... yea.. i'm going bike riding and then i wanted to go bike riding and my sis wanted to go and my dad did too. so we went bike riding. isabel and my mom rode their own bikes, my dad rode mine, and i rode my old bike/ the one i learned to ride a bike on. (it's abt 12 yrs old...and still in good shape... a lil dorky but it works) we rode to two parks. I cant remember the last time i went to the park with my family. the last time we went, my sister didnt know how to ride a two wheeler, and she had to sit on my shoulders to go on the monkey bars. now, she rides her bike better than me and she's an independant woman at the monkey bars. I totally felt like i was back in the fifth grade enjoying my uphill bike ride along the golf course at Horn Rapids. As much as i disliked golfers back then... i miss them yelling, "hey kid get off the grass" at me when i rode through the golf course....and then i'd make my daring escape across the bridge, back through the driving range....speedily racing the golf carts back to my house...where i'd find my neighbor...5times a week.. twice a day... washing his car....then i'd proudly treat myself to a lime popsicle.....
tonite.. when i got home from the bike ride....all i cud think abt was how sore my butt was... but how much fun it was going to the park. and then my mom gave isabel and i a popsicle.... cept this one was cherry...but it was still good.....summer... rocks
Monday, June 09, 2003
a little fall of rain.............
i got pen stuck in my finger nail and i cant get it out. *sigh*... just my luck. this weekend was pretty nice. friday morning senior pics funny lady that was a tad over enthusiastic abt "senior smiles"/ "smile big...this one's for mom!" potluck in afternoon watched awesome lilo and stitch/ the ring....hahahaha (scary movie laughter).......friday nite grad nite......fun stuff.... tons of gorgeous girls and nice looking guys and lotsa laughs of funniness, tears of joy, and the works. so many graduates *gasp face*
Saturday morning, SATs...*bleck*...made my poor father ride his bike to church. took him 50 minutes and he got stuck at the light on knights court, fortunately a kind car came and helped my dad across the street. (he wasnt heavy enuf for the light to sense his presence). took a really great 4 hr nap after i got home...*sigh* long drive! then went to club sienna for a nice dip in a nice pool....killer awesome slides, ubber kewlios bugs, lotsa water, attackage, blind nite swimming. ahh yes swimming good times good times...and my joy ho gah pung yao came home!
sunday: kewl kids and middle/younger high schoolers...interesting drama team ~forgiveness~ cake in sunday school/ violence= fool's talk. shopping= crazy, gap= crazier, demo= craziest, picture booth= possible to fit approximately 6 faces in them. brain freeze= *ouch*. watched first 5 minutes of Fight Club at lex's (return to oph plx) and then waved my temporary farewells to jeremy and phil. weekend came to close.. monday morning arrived.... brushed teeth and waved farewell to sunday.
i got pen stuck in my finger nail and i cant get it out. *sigh*... just my luck. this weekend was pretty nice. friday morning senior pics funny lady that was a tad over enthusiastic abt "senior smiles"/ "smile big...this one's for mom!" potluck in afternoon watched awesome lilo and stitch/ the ring....hahahaha (scary movie laughter).......friday nite grad nite......fun stuff.... tons of gorgeous girls and nice looking guys and lotsa laughs of funniness, tears of joy, and the works. so many graduates *gasp face*
Saturday morning, SATs...*bleck*...made my poor father ride his bike to church. took him 50 minutes and he got stuck at the light on knights court, fortunately a kind car came and helped my dad across the street. (he wasnt heavy enuf for the light to sense his presence). took a really great 4 hr nap after i got home...*sigh* long drive! then went to club sienna for a nice dip in a nice pool....killer awesome slides, ubber kewlios bugs, lotsa water, attackage, blind nite swimming. ahh yes swimming good times good times...and my joy ho gah pung yao came home!
sunday: kewl kids and middle/younger high schoolers...interesting drama team ~forgiveness~ cake in sunday school/ violence= fool's talk. shopping= crazy, gap= crazier, demo= craziest, picture booth= possible to fit approximately 6 faces in them. brain freeze= *ouch*. watched first 5 minutes of Fight Club at lex's (return to oph plx) and then waved my temporary farewells to jeremy and phil. weekend came to close.. monday morning arrived.... brushed teeth and waved farewell to sunday.
Thursday, June 05, 2003
>> "THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE"
>> Living on Earth is expensive,
>> but it does include a free trip
>> around the sun every year.
>>
>> How long a minute is
>> depends on what side of the
>> bathroom door you're on.
>>
>> Birthdays are good for you;
>> the more you have,
>> the longer you live.
>>
>> Happiness comes through doors you
>> didn't even know you left open.
>>
>> Ever notice that the people who are late
>> are often much jollier
>> than the people who have to wait for them?
>>
>> Most of us go to our grave
>> with our music still inside of us.
>>
>> If Walmart is lowering prices every day,
>> how come nothing is free yet?
>>
>> You may be only one person in the world,
>> but you may also be the world to one person.
>>
>> Some mistakes are too much fun
>> to only make once.
>>
>> Don't cry because it's over;
>> smile because it happened.
>>
>> We could learn a lot from crayons:
>> some are sharp, some are pretty,
>> some are dull, some have weird names,
>> and all are different colors....but
>> they all exist very nicely in the same box.
>>
>> A truly happy person is one who
>> can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
>>
>> Have an awesome day, and
>> know that someone
>> who thinks you're great
>> has thought about you today!..
>>
>> Living on Earth is expensive,
>> but it does include a free trip
>> around the sun every year.
>>
>> How long a minute is
>> depends on what side of the
>> bathroom door you're on.
>>
>> Birthdays are good for you;
>> the more you have,
>> the longer you live.
>>
>> Happiness comes through doors you
>> didn't even know you left open.
>>
>> Ever notice that the people who are late
>> are often much jollier
>> than the people who have to wait for them?
>>
>> Most of us go to our grave
>> with our music still inside of us.
>>
>> If Walmart is lowering prices every day,
>> how come nothing is free yet?
>>
>> You may be only one person in the world,
>> but you may also be the world to one person.
>>
>> Some mistakes are too much fun
>> to only make once.
>>
>> Don't cry because it's over;
>> smile because it happened.
>>
>> We could learn a lot from crayons:
>> some are sharp, some are pretty,
>> some are dull, some have weird names,
>> and all are different colors....but
>> they all exist very nicely in the same box.
>>
>> A truly happy person is one who
>> can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
>>
>> Have an awesome day, and
>> know that someone
>> who thinks you're great
>> has thought about you today!..
>>
a beautiful sound.......
those three words wud describe the song us wonderful non-seniors are putting together. ^_^ man these past three days have been fun, frustrating, tiring, and awesome. It's so peaceful to finally be able to manage my time. It's kinna neat being able to do everything that i need to do. I shud definitely practice this more often. ^_*
Man... this tribute business spread like wild fire. now everyone has set up their own unique tribute system. woohooo! It's pretty neat seeing all the people that have in some way impacted each persons life. To think of all the memories and footsteps special people have walked throughout life. i guess i'll look foward to senior yr after all. *sigh* i took me like... 5 hrs to update this blog...hahaa.... ok... i think i've worn down my fullness from dinner.....time to sleep!
those three words wud describe the song us wonderful non-seniors are putting together. ^_^ man these past three days have been fun, frustrating, tiring, and awesome. It's so peaceful to finally be able to manage my time. It's kinna neat being able to do everything that i need to do. I shud definitely practice this more often. ^_*
Man... this tribute business spread like wild fire. now everyone has set up their own unique tribute system. woohooo! It's pretty neat seeing all the people that have in some way impacted each persons life. To think of all the memories and footsteps special people have walked throughout life. i guess i'll look foward to senior yr after all. *sigh* i took me like... 5 hrs to update this blog...hahaa.... ok... i think i've worn down my fullness from dinner.....time to sleep!
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Ohana...... (is that how u spell that?)
today was filled with filming, loitering, more filming, more loitering, filming, wearing fun paper hats, strange bug bites, see cute baby pictures, laughing, seeing cynthia, being crazy, enjoying my first real day of official summer, and suffocating in the hot summer breeze. which causes me to recall the four seasons i once enjoyed....i like snow...mountains and rivers...which wud help me remember a senior up there that wud be enjoying all that now.
I dont know him that well, but i feel that he too shud be recognized as a c/o 03 member that shud be remembered. Steve
I think my fondest memory of you wud have to be when Kristin Chartrand slapped you with a really loud smack back in the day in spanish2. that moment on you were known in my mind as the guy who got slapped. although i'm not sure when i met you. i have a recollection that you were once in my sunday school class althought i'm not sure if that was you or Ben Lee. Anyhow, i actually think i got to meet you after i moved away. then i officially talked to you at Alicey's sweet 16th. another random thing i remember abt you is the night of alicey's sweet 16th we went driving around after watching "New Guy" and we were in the parking lot of... shoot.. slipped my mind, but you let jonathan drive and that was interesting. from wut ive gotten to know of you, you seem to be a great guy. good luck next yr up at UW with all those other awesome ppl (namely steeni and deeni...dont know many others) but yea...u made it... ur gonna be done this friday....4 days.. that's it! good luck and wish i was at grad to see u guys get those fake diplomas. be safe, and dont speed so much (u dont ne more right?)
today was filled with filming, loitering, more filming, more loitering, filming, wearing fun paper hats, strange bug bites, see cute baby pictures, laughing, seeing cynthia, being crazy, enjoying my first real day of official summer, and suffocating in the hot summer breeze. which causes me to recall the four seasons i once enjoyed....i like snow...mountains and rivers...which wud help me remember a senior up there that wud be enjoying all that now.
I dont know him that well, but i feel that he too shud be recognized as a c/o 03 member that shud be remembered. Steve
I think my fondest memory of you wud have to be when Kristin Chartrand slapped you with a really loud smack back in the day in spanish2. that moment on you were known in my mind as the guy who got slapped. although i'm not sure when i met you. i have a recollection that you were once in my sunday school class althought i'm not sure if that was you or Ben Lee. Anyhow, i actually think i got to meet you after i moved away. then i officially talked to you at Alicey's sweet 16th. another random thing i remember abt you is the night of alicey's sweet 16th we went driving around after watching "New Guy" and we were in the parking lot of... shoot.. slipped my mind, but you let jonathan drive and that was interesting. from wut ive gotten to know of you, you seem to be a great guy. good luck next yr up at UW with all those other awesome ppl (namely steeni and deeni...dont know many others) but yea...u made it... ur gonna be done this friday....4 days.. that's it! good luck and wish i was at grad to see u guys get those fake diplomas. be safe, and dont speed so much (u dont ne more right?)
Sunday, June 01, 2003
Tribute to a Load of Awesome people........c/o '03 Seniors.... (note to steeni: a tribute to u down below) warning: long blog
WOW....so after attending two graduations, hearing over 1300 odd peoples names called, throat aching scream moments...smiling at flashing cameras and taking blue and red gowned pictures..... i gotta say... the thought that the seniors are finally moving on is well on its way to sinking in. so now i must take the time to list out some of the things i shall remember most abt seniors. (in alpha order by guy/girl)
Alice: calling me "motherly", bringing us donuts at dgroup, praying w/u at winter getaway
Annie: TWINS represent!!!! blanket, purse, smile, eyes, height, frame, Julia Stiles, wild and crazy dancing
Angela: mi companero, waving in the hall and not knowing who u were, writing script at ur house
Jennifer: "overweight on the way to squirrel", dgroup take u home, hallway waves and smiles.
Melody: the Melody wave, lesbian, 1st semester PE, you are hott, a weird picture of us i took that u never saw.
Tina: "mother" "children", excess whip cream story, hugs, laughs, smiles, sleepover talk material really high shoes, Starbucks
a.Fan: googlie bear, skit team, walking toward u and not seeing u, screaming in my face @ WG, accidental phone calls
a.Yang: "person!", Jerry lookalike, your laugh, superhuman strength, "tyl", prom, "if u went to my school........."
Jeremy: chumonsterr, blogtime, long hair phase, ophie's pimp mobile ride, batman, there's only 3 girls?
Mok: your digial camera, anti-chump, SAT pep talks, pizza delivery, away mssgs, orange, fruit roll ups, sticky notes
Peter: speed scrabble, hc, eggheads, sticky notes, chickens, SAT help, i borrowed Anthem from u and never returned it
Phil: met u at WG, "ophelia wang" (not my name), ophie's pimp mobile ride, frown smile, need to give u negatives from prom
Xiao: hammergirl/cottonswabboy represent!, :nono:, sarcasm, :invasion:, seeing u on the way to school, my toe picture
not that these things i remember abt u are in any was ubber significant but they were some of the first that came to mind. i know there are a million other memories in my head....which i'll also remember each of u by.
tribute to my dearest steeni! ^_^
The one thing i regret about our friendship is not being able to attend your graduation. if it was humanly possible, i wud physically learn to fly and return to Richland just so i cud sit on the bleachers at Franrish and watch them call out your name so i cud yell my lungs out. though i may not be there physically i will be there mentally and in spirit. my earliest memory of you is horseback riding at the retreat at ...was it F Flat? Along side that memory is my initiation as the fourth musketeer. I also remember when we use to have prayer meetings sunday morning and u'd come over and play, which would totally make my day. then back when u were in 6th and i was in 5th we had the same black and purple rain boots from costco and the same purple and blue fleece pull over. I've always liked your "swan-style basketball" and when we conjured up the name "steeni" for you. If u dont remember, i recall it was the first year at canby grove. You were running back to your cabin cuz u forgot something and diane and i were waiting for you at the edge of the forest and yelling "run Steeni run!!!!". the best part about our friendship was when we grew closer and shared a part of ourselves with each other. I can truely say that you are a friend that i've share pain and happiness; tears and smiles with. I will always remember when u, cyndi, and i cried an entire roll of toliet paper next to her garage door, and how we talked pretty much the entire night away. It's always been a blessing to share the same bday month as you and being 6 days older ^_* (btw... i have yet to give u ur bday gift =P). and iono if u remember this but b4 i left the four of us were sitting in cyndi's car in front of the mall listening to Friends by Michael W. Smith. and i just wanna end with this phrase from the song...."but a lifetime's not to long to live as friends."
so here concludes my tribute to a buncha special people that will go down as one of the most memorable buncha people. good luck to an awesome future in a big world.....
WOW....so after attending two graduations, hearing over 1300 odd peoples names called, throat aching scream moments...smiling at flashing cameras and taking blue and red gowned pictures..... i gotta say... the thought that the seniors are finally moving on is well on its way to sinking in. so now i must take the time to list out some of the things i shall remember most abt seniors. (in alpha order by guy/girl)
Alice: calling me "motherly", bringing us donuts at dgroup, praying w/u at winter getaway
Annie: TWINS represent!!!! blanket, purse, smile, eyes, height, frame, Julia Stiles, wild and crazy dancing
Angela: mi companero, waving in the hall and not knowing who u were, writing script at ur house
Jennifer: "overweight on the way to squirrel", dgroup take u home, hallway waves and smiles.
Melody: the Melody wave, lesbian, 1st semester PE, you are hott, a weird picture of us i took that u never saw.
Tina: "mother" "children", excess whip cream story, hugs, laughs, smiles, sleepover talk material really high shoes, Starbucks
a.Fan: googlie bear, skit team, walking toward u and not seeing u, screaming in my face @ WG, accidental phone calls
a.Yang: "person!", Jerry lookalike, your laugh, superhuman strength, "tyl", prom, "if u went to my school........."
Jeremy: chumonsterr, blogtime, long hair phase, ophie's pimp mobile ride, batman, there's only 3 girls?
Mok: your digial camera, anti-chump, SAT pep talks, pizza delivery, away mssgs, orange, fruit roll ups, sticky notes
Peter: speed scrabble, hc, eggheads, sticky notes, chickens, SAT help, i borrowed Anthem from u and never returned it
Phil: met u at WG, "ophelia wang" (not my name), ophie's pimp mobile ride, frown smile, need to give u negatives from prom
Xiao: hammergirl/cottonswabboy represent!, :nono:, sarcasm, :invasion:, seeing u on the way to school, my toe picture
not that these things i remember abt u are in any was ubber significant but they were some of the first that came to mind. i know there are a million other memories in my head....which i'll also remember each of u by.
tribute to my dearest steeni! ^_^
The one thing i regret about our friendship is not being able to attend your graduation. if it was humanly possible, i wud physically learn to fly and return to Richland just so i cud sit on the bleachers at Franrish and watch them call out your name so i cud yell my lungs out. though i may not be there physically i will be there mentally and in spirit. my earliest memory of you is horseback riding at the retreat at ...was it F Flat? Along side that memory is my initiation as the fourth musketeer. I also remember when we use to have prayer meetings sunday morning and u'd come over and play, which would totally make my day. then back when u were in 6th and i was in 5th we had the same black and purple rain boots from costco and the same purple and blue fleece pull over. I've always liked your "swan-style basketball" and when we conjured up the name "steeni" for you. If u dont remember, i recall it was the first year at canby grove. You were running back to your cabin cuz u forgot something and diane and i were waiting for you at the edge of the forest and yelling "run Steeni run!!!!". the best part about our friendship was when we grew closer and shared a part of ourselves with each other. I can truely say that you are a friend that i've share pain and happiness; tears and smiles with. I will always remember when u, cyndi, and i cried an entire roll of toliet paper next to her garage door, and how we talked pretty much the entire night away. It's always been a blessing to share the same bday month as you and being 6 days older ^_* (btw... i have yet to give u ur bday gift =P). and iono if u remember this but b4 i left the four of us were sitting in cyndi's car in front of the mall listening to Friends by Michael W. Smith. and i just wanna end with this phrase from the song...."but a lifetime's not to long to live as friends."
so here concludes my tribute to a buncha special people that will go down as one of the most memorable buncha people. good luck to an awesome future in a big world.....