and the blind woman said......

carnival was *5 stars* quality. Good job and applause to the magnificent Vivian and Justine ^_^ Oh the joys of crazy putt putt golfing. wow... last carnival as a hs-ler... time to pass my puttputt torch. =P

wella... had quite a moment today *shakes head*... twud be one more reason why i cant wait until january to get new glasses.

(manning my putt putt booth, i look outside the door and see a guy with a blue and white striped shirt like the one Peter has and another guy wearing a white shirt and jeans, like Lex sometimes wears. so i assume it's them)

stripe shirt guy: *waves vigorously* (at someone....while im peek out the door of my room)
white shirt guy: waves a little bit
me: (strongly believing it's alex and peter) *super wave* (the kind where ur flab jiggles beneath your arm.)

(when they get within 6 feet of me)
stripe shirt guy: weiiiiirrrrrdddd look.
white shirt guy: raises eyebrow
me: *head down walks back into room*

these incidences are becoming more frequent.... *sigh*...maybe i shud stop waving all together.....=P

green means go.....yellow means go faster..... red means stop....

(after visiting viv at lunch driving back home in glores's car and the traffic light in front of us turns yellow)

glores: shud i go?

(she preceeds to go speedin up a little....the light is still yellow)

(gripping their seats) debsjuiceoph: AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

(a girl runs across the street just as light turns red and glores preceeds driving)

debsjuiceophglores: AHHHHHH!!!!!

Dont worry... we didnt run over any kids and i assure you 100% Gloria is a terrific driver.. heck i lived to tell the tale. makes ya wonder... wut was the "ahhhs" all abt? hehe...

Still recovering from the trauma of last week... slightly brain dead and lacking in blog words.... i'll work on some recoop

You know winter is coming when ur butt gets cold sitting on the potty

*sigh* nothing beats a good old hot pot dinner with oldies music in the background on a cool fall night.

So last week we were given a sheet that asks us to think of 12 things we want to accomplish before we graduate. I think i've stared at the paper a coupla times and oldly enough i cant really think of more than 5 but i know those other 7 are out there. i've always been a pro high risk nut in a non-risky sort of way. Sky diving or any other sort of extreme aerial activity has never crossed my mind as something i wanna do when i turn 18. I remember at the canton retreat last year.... i was almost reluctant to go on the free fall wall climb thing. Not that i have a weak stomach or anything cuz.. yeah.. thumbs up to roller coasters and free falling... but iono... when i think of stuff people want to accomplish before they die or graduate or something it's always like.. going to hawaii or sky diving... =P

yesterday i got a chance to talk to an old friend from my distant past that i sorta lost touch with . i remember we both moved to cali around the same time, started pre school the same day. I remember when i didnt speak english we use to gibberish to each other. I remember i use to let her drag me around by my fluffy green jacket. I remember when she suffocated me at our pre school graduation. I remember when her sister would refuse to wear anything but dresses. my.... how much we've grown. oiy old friends are popping up left and right.... another lost buddy just imed me..... whoa.

arite... time to work hard.....

Only He can fill your God shaped hole......

have i already mentioned how much i love the cold weather? I love it almost more than i love sushi, imitation crab, and fruit roll ups. yeah... i love the cold....and i miss the snow....i miss the slopes... and i miss the snow days....i cant wait until winter.. but it's not so bad right now...wudnt want time to slip right by me. ^_^

So today in physics mr. nilsson gave us a very interesting tidbit that i thought quite amusing. Apparently, the school board has been having problems with the weekly progress reports that some students need sent home. The issue is that the parents dont know how to read english. So when the report card says, "student having some major behavorial issues" the kid goes home and tells his parentals that it says, "student is doing superb job in studies." The solution the district has come up with, multi-lingual report cards. Report cards that go home these days can be requested in 8 different language. Let's say mom and dad can only read simplified chinese, wow.. yay the district happens to have a simplified chinese version of the report cards. Or mabbe they only read traditional chinese... amazing.. they have that too. (im totally serious... i saw it for myself) the district is making some oober progress. stuff like this can only happen in a place like this.

school is strangling my neck right now. Gonna go loosen the ropes a bit.

not a toenail too few.......

I thoroughly love daylight savings. My favorite time of year....and what perfect timing for the cool weather.

Today's message about when "the black hawk goes down" was presented in a very God-moving manner. It does make you wonder, when your black hawk goes down, is there any one that will go out of their way to save you? When you're going through life's rough track, is there anyone out there to search and rescue you? What i found so true is that my closest relationships are very prayer centered. I find myself lacking in persistence sometimes, but the desire is nevertheless there. Asking your friend if they need prayer is so simple. It's the praying continually, persistently, endlessly, constantly, and tirelessly that becomes difficult. But i know i love my friends and who knows when your prayer will save a friends black hawk when it goes down, so you cant ever be too prepared.... so pray... pray 24/7-ly. So what role does prayer play in your relationships? got Epaphras? (prayer warrior dude in Colossians)

one day you'll be wearing shorts to sleep the next day you're in sweats. gotta love fall. so tonite my family and i went out to eat with the loud chinese food eating out gang. We went to this place called Kin's Cafe. We ate turtle soup, buttery shrimp ball, bac choi, asparagus, fried duck, crab, sticky rice stuffed squid, swordfish, and octopus with eh.... those rubber band looking things. Drooling yet? i still am. Oh.. i almost forgot... dessert... this fried red bean patty... emmm. If you ever wanna eat weird food, come to dinner with me. =P So yeah... the food was superb and the service was terrific. As usual the adults were oooberly loud. (wut do u expect going out to eat with 15 near middle aged chinese people right?) It's a constant fight to see who can be the loudest. hey.. as long as the food was good... who's complaining?

this thing called school tomorrow. i think i can i think i can i think i can i know i can.............

ignorance is bliss........

what a day! so this morning i fell into the guilty category of bumming around. Afternoon, Debs and i went to shop for little Tiffany's bday gift. Shoping for 6 yr olds.. wut joy! So we went to help our cbs leader entertain kids at her daughter's bday fiesta. man... i've forgotten wut it's like to be 6 and bossy. Almost every little girl goes through that "I'm the boss" phase... especially on their birthdays. crazy. Nonetheless, the kids were adorable and i had a ball.

Then, some time later i head to church cuz my family's fellowship had a potluck and i agreed to watch the kiddos. Dude.... we have some ubber cute little ones in the fellowship. There are these 2 boys that dont speak english very well... that speak canton super good....SO CUTE! Kids are so cute when they're still in the "i speak chinese better than english" phase. *sigh* OH OH OH... and we watched the new version of the Lion King! the new song.... is kinda weird.... but lion king = still a super awesome movie...still making young kids tear daily....and appreciate the wonderfulness of father's everywhere. *tear* maan.. i remember i went to see the lion king with my dad in 3rd grade and i snotted all over his new shirt. dad's rock.

and i just found out my dad finally got the air hockey table he promised me when i was 7. He's gonna assemble it tomorrow. wow... childhood dreams come true. better late than never right? i think the last time i played air hockey was.... i cant remember. must be tired.

random thought: Some stories, you never get tired of telling.

Power Rangers Movie!


What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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hahahaa...this has gotta be the least correct out of all the ones i have taken. power rangers!?!??!

Happy belated birthday STEVE!!!!!!

you see what happens when internet connections are down? You miss the opportunity to wish happy birthdays on the correct day. *sigh*

But no more cuz.......... my dad the computer literate fixed my computer! Although, i lost every single file, every single picture, and every single thing i've been working on on my computer for the past 5 years..... my internet connections back and the computer got upgraded to windows xp. Herm.... i have a feeling im really gonna miss all that stuff that's gone now. pooh.

Currently, I am questioning myself, why am i up so early? Well, my dad called me from the dentists at like... 9am!!!! He broke the wonderful news to me that my computer got fixed and that i should go install something. So then i mozy downstairs to install something and i decide that i want to go run. I start walking upstairs to get my shorts when a loud clash of thunder sounds outside. yet another pooh. but that's ok... life goes on... better luck tomorrow.

so now i figure i shud go wage the wars of homework or SATs or something nutty like that... OR i think im gonna attempt to clean my room. blah... i kno... this was a random entry... but i just had to blog for the excitment of regaining my internet connection... now that's something to celebrate.

God's love is sacrificial, unconditional, and eternal......

It was awesome praying for the community tonight at the prayer meeting. I think it's so refreshing to sacrifice some time monthly to pray for things like your friends, family, and non-believers. It's so indescribable how powerful prayer is and it's so mind boggling how God can speak to you through prayer. Something that John said that i thought was so wabam was the definition of the word Holy. Holy= set apart, different. God is holy. God is set apart from the world, He's different, He's unlike anything we can see or touch. He's simply amazing because He's holy. God is holy.

random thought of the day: If you're going to commit to anything, risk to commit to it fully. Because if someone asks you if it was worth it, you want to be able to look back on the experience with no regrets.

to be or not to be....

I cant believe how beautiful it is outside. It gives me the urge to run.

I came home today and worked up the courage to not take a nap even though i really dont have much hw. I switched on the tv and started watching Family Matters... that show can still pull the laughs outta me. Then i switched over to the chinese channels. I cant believe how long it's been since i've actually sat down and watched a good hour of tv. I remember i use to be addicted to watching television. I use to watch like 5-6+hrs a day. I was addicted to fob soaps. I watched so much tv..... i had to get glasses....and now i cant see anything clearly more than 6 feet away. hehe...how far i've come.
I remember a while back i was eating wonton with my family and I remember we were talking about change. Then i made a comment about how it seemed like my parents had changed but then my mom said it wasnt them who had changed but me. I live with myself daily, and sometimes I'm not completely aware of how much i've actually changed. The weirdest thing is thinking about the goings on of this time last year. Now, if i put change into that perspective.... yeah.. a lot has changed since then. this time last year.......and im curious to wonder about this time next year......whoa......im gonna be voting this time next year. oiy... im gonna go eat an orange.

Our Love is LOUD!!!!!!

have u ever just sat down in your chair and suddenly this thought pops up in your head: God is awesome?
hehe.. just had a moment there.

I remember on Friday, i had this super awesome quiet time. Everything that i was reading was SO amazingly applicable to everything that's been boggling my mind lately. I stand amazed at how much God understands us and he how knows excatly what we need to nourish our spirits. Heck.. he made us... duh.

Last night i went to the TJMAXX US WORLD CHAMPION GYMNASTICS TOUR. Dude... talk about some major nostalgia.....When i saw the little kiddos doing their floor routines in the opening act. a rush of memories from the Grace and Cory mock olympics rushed into my head. Diane.. if you're reading this.... maan.... i miss purple spandex ^_* Every act rejuvinated my past passion for the love of gymnastics. come to think of it.. i cant remember the last time i did gymnastics. sad. During the half time show, they played this video of "gymnastics through the ages" and when they got to all the stuff about the 1996 Magnificent 7.... i was screaming along with the little girls in front me. wow... and wud u believe i STILL have that poster hanging from my wall. and when i saw Shannon Miller.....WOW that's when i really went crazy.... the usher dude was actually shaking his head at me. OH OH OH...and it gets EVEn kewler! So they were annoucing gynastics association awards (these people were actually there!!!!!!). They announced some Houston gynastics coach, Mary Lou Retton (woohoo..she's even shorter in person....), Marta Caroli (gahh.. im bashing their spelling) Jaycie Phelps (ophelia screams), Sean Townsend (he's so short!!!), and then Bella Caroli...(hahahahahahaha..... only Diane would understand) but yea... when Bella (super olympic people coach) was giving his speech, i dont think a single person understood wut he was saying. His accent is still.... strong. Man.... still a hardcore gymnastics fan at heart. *sigh* Dude....our nation team for next year's olymic team.... they're all blond! haha.. see i remember loving the mag 7 for their diversity as well.. *sigh* it's all kewl... they're pretty good. It's super super cuz the women got the gold title at the world champs and the men got the silver. wow.. i gotta say... watching the guys on the rings. whoa... i finally understood what Diane found so attractive about male gymnasts. you hadda be there to kno wut im talking abt. hah.

so enough of my shpeel. I love gymnastics and i love God....some things... u just dont wanna shut up about. anyhoo.... have a great week. mabbe...my computer will get well soon. *crosses fingers*

only young once.......

man... altho i spoke to cyndi for like... 5 seconds today... it was SUPER AWESOME hearing her voice again. man... miss my musketeers like crazy. you ever missed someone so much that when you're walking down the hallway you think you see them and wanna tap them on the shoulder or run up to them and give them a hugemongo hug only to be reminded that they live halfway across the world the country the state? yea....

Days go by so slowly....but where did all the time go?

If i could kill all the mosquitos, fall would be my favorite season. But unfortunately I dont possess that super power so... Winter still beats them all. rah for winter! The weather was too beautiful today. I had one of my barefoot-getting-mail events today. My neighbors must think im a quack. I was telling deb, i shud make myself a shirt that says: Weird and Proud. herm.. mabbe i will do that.. making shirts is actually really fun...shud try it sometime.

so i was talking to steve today and we got onto the topic of child syndrome. It was funny cuz back in the day.... i held a belief called the "youngest child syndrome" then today... steve was like... "i call that the oldest child syndrome." I was saying how.... lotsa ppl call me mom. Then he was like... "oldest child syndrome...just look at Feiya, Diane, Christine....." and yea... wow... poor steve's surrounded by a buncha moms...hehe... i shud make you guys a shirt that says, "mom and proud." =P
hehe... okkkay.. one too many hrs at home... it's getting to my head. *sigh* im gonna go read invisible man. *thumbs up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYNDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......

herm... guess where i am right now? (again)

my computer is dead. unofficially. my dad's still needs to get a new hardrive? psh.. dunno....

I finally got paid from that one day job that i had over the summer cleaning houses. Dude.... the new 20 dollar bill.. is pretty kewl. If you havent seen it yet... you shud go to the bank sometime.

so.. yesterday, we had our SFC potluck at oyster creek. Besides the mosquitoes (cant expect too much from Houston weather) the weather was AWESOME! everyone kept saying, "man.. God really blessed us with great weather." no joke! And when we finally got the bbq started, the hot dogs were pretty good, props to jeremy and jeffery. If u wanna check out pictures... go to the sfc site... which at the moment im not sure wut the link is.. OH.. and the food was good! People actually made stuff...and taiwanese mom's are still super cooks.

ok.. this stinks..but my computer time is up yet again... so pray that my computer gets fixed soon... i think my lunch is getting mushy in the car. take care .

He's building a mystery.....

i finally got the wow worship cd that i've been dying to get since .... a long time ago. but when i arrived at family christian bookstore, the wow hits 2004 was out... but after much debate i got the wow worship yellow cd.

darnit.. my comp time is up bye

Seven Secrets of Success
By Rick Warren

Few people have made as much of an impact with their lives as the apostle Paul. By the end of his life, he had spread the faith across the entire Roman Empire - traveling mostly on foot. Imagine what he might have accomplished if he'd had a jet, a cellular phone, and a fax machine! Here, in his own words, are the keys I've discovered to his successful life:

SENSE OF DIRECTION"I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize..." Phil 3:14
UNDERSTANDING"I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation." Phil. 4:12
COMMITMENT"I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task that the Lord Jesus has given me..." Acts 20:24
COMPASSION"I may have all knowledge.. and the faith to move mountains... and may give away everything I have - but if I don't have love, it does me no good." 1 Cor. 13:2-3
ENTHUSIASTIC FAITH"I have the strength for all things through Christ who empowers me. I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses inner strength into me." Phil 4:13
SERVICE TO OTHERS"I will be glad to spend all I have, and myself as well, in order to help you." 2 Cor. 12:15
STAYING POWER"I am hard-pressed on all sides, but I'm never frustrated; I'm puzzled, but never in despair; I am persecuted, but I'm never deserted by God; I may be knocked down but I'm never knocked out!" 2 Cor. 4:8-9

Try building these qualities into your own life and see what happens.

going where no one has gone before........

i stand confused?

so i actually went to get help from ms. beck today after school. I totally respect her and think she's a superb person. I mean what kind of teacher stays after school everyday to help her students until like...6pm? Although she constantly complains about some of her students, she does have the best intentions in mind. If you happen to have ms. beck, think me insane, but i like her. She's kewl.....might not be the best teacher but she knows wut she's doing and i happen to understand derivatives at the moment, so props to ms. beck.

so today i decided that if i go home, i'll fall asleep and not get any invisible man reading done. (happened waay too many times.) so i decided to go to It's a Grind to read. For as long as i've remembered, i've always loved to read, but i'm an incredibly slow reader. It took me 1.5 hrs to read 2 chapters. I also realize, i cant read when it's completely quiet.... i need some sort of productive noise (whatever that is.) It's a Grind was perfect. I told myself i was gonna finish reading two chapters before i got my fanny outta the chair, and that's excatly what i did. I still have what seems a million chapters to go and a physics quiz to study for. I'm tired of getting bad grades, so im going study to the best of my ability. For those of you who know my odd sleeping habits, my biological clock stops ticking at around 11 and i pass out and sleep walk, sleep talk, and other odd things of that or a greater magnitude. So please, pray that i survive past 11.

I think im sick. lack of sleep is really getting to me and im getting that yucky-queezy-want-to-stay-home-for-a-week kind of feeling. So im going to get my work done and get as much sleep as possible. I'm not gonna fiddle with anymore aim clone....which means aim deprivation for a few days or a week or so... until my dad gets a new hardrive. so yea...i shall be lacking in contact to the outside world. I'm gonna drink some water and eat an apple. maybe that'll make me feel better. Anyhoo...have a great wednesday.

Preoccupation with Work (put into perspective as school cuz after all that is your work right?)
Eccles. 6:7
All man's efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.


Ecclesiastes 6:7

How is it that “all man’s efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied?” (Eccl. 6:7). The answer is that men have greatly misunderstood God’s intent for work. Labor is not an end in itself, and it can never satisfy the eternal longings of their heart. Tragically, Satan has duped many to believe his lies and has thereby driven them away from God.

The devil gets other men to think, “OK, if work can’t be my god, I‘ll reject it altogether!” But this way of thinking is just as erroneous as the previous mind-set. The work that God gives us to do is not meaningless or trivial. It was His original intent that we, like Him, be engaged in productive pursuits. You glorify God when you use your talents and gifts for the betterment of mankind. But when you serve only yourself through your work, that work has lost its meaning and value.

Remember, allowing yourself to be preoccupied with work is not the will of God. But neither is being lazy and unproductive. The balance comes when you see your work as an opportunity to serve God and your fellow humans. If this is your way of thinking, you can be enthusiastic about the work the Lord has given you to do, for ultimately nothing that you do for Him is ever useless (1 Cor. 15:58).

Where Angels Fear to Tread.....

listening to my matt redman cd as i chump. yes.. i fininally found my long lost stash of cds. ^_^.

herm.. so the irony of my aim striking. When im actually not on strike.....my computer is disfunctional. As i've mentioned numerous times before, electronics....dislike me. My computer took a turn for the worst. my literate comp father says it's something messed up on something panel something.....*shrug* so apparently my comp is not being receptive to the online signal of our cable and most unfortunately.. i cannot get online. However, my dad was kind enough to let me borrow his computer but i cant go on aim. so although i'd love to be talking to some of you right now, i am unable to. (plus... aim clone doesnt cut it....u cant tell who's away or who's there.... blah) but ya kno... i've delt with this situation for 2 weeks before... so i'll be ok. perhaps it is a sign from God that i should be focusing on my work more. The senioritis sorta got to me this past week/weekend BUT i will be strong and ward off the evil little critter...in these moments i'm reminded of philippians 4:13 "i can do all things through him who gives me strenght." so yea.... the war will be over soon.

had a good time chillin with summa the girls today. went to jamba juice (no it wasnt open today..but will be tomorrow) and got a free sample...and dude.. it was one of those 24oz super filling cups... all for FREE.... just like newcomer lunches at fbcc! ^_* I thoroughly enjoyed talking to them about the present, the future, and other mysteries. Friends are kewl. it's funny thinking that the future will become the present tomorrow....and the next day....and the next..... well... my mind's boggled. All the worries of today... will be history tomorrow. Who knows wut the future may hold... but heck im sure glad i know im in good Hands. ^_^

arite.. battle time..... invisible man journals....time for some buffeting (haha... some words never go away)

when the going gets tough....the tough gets going.....

for starters this weekend was waaay too short with waaay too much stuff to do. currently my mind is perplexing over the complexities of physics which i have concluded .... i will never figure out. both my science buff father and i have pretty much dropped dead from this overload of applied math. one word to physics: BLAH

on a lighter note i actually had a really good weekend althought my current situation may mislead otherwise. Aside from all the essay writing and crazy science stuff, SATs are over and i got to see soma the UT foos again. Furthermore God was definitely once again active in the sermon this week. I've always understood that there are many ways of showing love and i guess it really came as a realization to me that different people show and receive love in different ways. I guess that got me thinking, so how do i give or receive love? how do you receive love? i remember how i once said... mabbe it was last yr.. how october is the month of love. Every year at about this time.... there's always something about love present. It's kewl cuz... every october im especially reminded of God's love for me.....but of course... He loves me just as much every other month of the year.

well time to ward off the senioritis..... have a great week.....

A toast to my goat sista Juice ^_^ HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY your birthday is today..............*cheers*

Justine is 17 today
Justine is my friend
Justine is funny
Justine is weird
Justine is awesome
Justine is caring
Justine is compassionate
Justine is da bomb
Justine is in my chem class
Justine is a woman after God's heart
Justine is a Child of God
Justine is my sister in Christ
Justine is.......( i cud go on......)

making the world spin....

on the way to It's a Grind:

Jeremy: What couldnt Nemo pronounce when that guy asked him where he lived?
me: Oh oh oh.... sea anemone!
Jeremy: a what?
me: sea anemone
Jeremy: what?
me: hahaha.. you cant say sea anemone!
Juice: say it.... seeeaaaa aneeemooonnneee
Jeremy: no
Juice: SAY it..........
Jeremy: no
Juice: SAAy it...........
Jeremy: ok.. how do you say it again?
Juice: sea anemone
Jeremy: sea aneneme?

haha.. got a kick outta that.

my sister = a future queen of badminton. Dont be deceived by her 3'9" stature and altho she looks chubby and weak, she's a mighty opponent when it comes to a circular racquet and a little birdie. I am still amazed at her mad skills. so now i shall go and attend to some duties i have failed to begin. Physics, need i say more?

food for thought......

that is gary with the boutineer i made.

the girls.....^_^

the group *_*

tuesdays will be tuesdays. For once.... i felt bright.... i understood how to do the eco quiz! and ms. mcgee knows my name! So after school today, jeremy, juice, and i were at It's a Grind. Jeremy and i were working on our crime and punishment paper when alla sudden... a rush of tiredness spread through my system. So i get up to try a few..... 3 to be exact.. free samples of coffee. The first two cups i had... i forgot to add sugar and it tasted sorta funny. but when i had my third cup... my previously tired disposition was completely altered by the excessive sugar, not to mention the caffeine and half and half involved in that sensational little cup of chocolate rasberry coffee. Soon after.... jeremy and i were bouncing off the walls... imagine laughing hysterically about reading a russian novel in a southern accent... yea got a kick outta that....and our essay failed to be written thoroughly. better luck tomorrow =P

and now.. it's time to nourish my brain. *sniffs air* ~ahhh~ food.......

oh! i saw my locker bud again today! i said hi and i asked her for her name... i think it's Neridia and she smiles! ^_^

best remedy for any sickness....trust in God....

random thought: i hope it rains so the bird doo on my car window will be washed away.

Does wearing any particular article of clothing make you more jolly than others? For example, my gumby shirt that i wore today. Iono... altho Gumby wasnt my favorite joe as a young child, it makes me happy when i wear the shirt. (even if i got a lot of "I hate/ dislike Gumby" comments.) The kewlest part about my Gumby shirt is that Gumby actually stretches. How many shirts can you buy that allows you to stretch the character on it? call me easily amused, but sometimes you just gotta find joy in the simple things in life.... even if it's only a shirt.

I think my locker partner has returned! Maybe i scared her off when i said, "hi, my name is ophelia, so i guess you're my locker partner." cuz... after our first encounter... i never saw her again. =P but today.... she actually used the locker. She put one of her books in it! (but i didnt see her there) So... does anyone have a locker shelf that they're not currently using cuz... i feel bad for taking up all the space with my 7 books and 3 binders... sorta needa make room for her 2 books.

if you're looking for comfort food... try cheesecake.... strawberry cheesecake with white chocolate bits on top (hehe.. dun worry.. i picked the chocolate off.....) I've never been a big fan of cheesecake but dude, that stuff tastes pretty good.

sorry dudes.. wut else i wanted to share

my day-maker today:

i was driving home from church when i saw two little girls under a tree in the shade...and guess what they were doing? That's right, selling lemonade!!!!!!!!!!!! and guess what i did? Yea... i made a u-turn and stopped to get a 50cent cup. This time unlike any other... they had an awesome deal...get this:

cut lil girl: do you want ice tea or lemonade?
me: i'll take a cupa lemonade
clg: ok, if you buy two cups you get a free fruit roll up.
(in my head *gasp*)
clg: so do you want one or two?
me: em.. i'll take two *smirks*
clg: okay!

and boy oh boy.... this lemonade.. was seriously the BEST i've had this entire summer/fall season of ALL the lemonade girls i've stopped for... and trust me.. i've stopped for quite a few.
if i ever find a fruit roll up poster for my wall... i will seriously die a happy camper of a heart attack. imma go look for a poster one of these days.... wonder if they exist ^_^ *crosses fingers and toes*

Making Melodies in my Heart.....

blah blah blah? So after i came home from church today, i decided to take a nap. After my 4 hr nap, my dad was feeling my forehead and then he said,
"i vigorously shook you but you did not awake, i thought you were dead, but good thing you woke up."
me: "so... you stopped shaking me when you thought i wouldnt wake up?"

hc was quite fun. thanx gary. our group was muy muy kewl. Sharon and Andrew, Cindy and Stuart, and Bea and Tim. So Sharon and Cindy's side of the table all had fajitas while Bea and my side all had chicken and spinach chimichungas. The fajita side didnt end up smelling like fajitas and Bea, Tim, and i for the most part didnt smell like a chimchunga. Gary on the other hand....so we were dancing and i smell dinner in the air and i sorta sniff him...."gary, you're sweating chicken chimichunga....." haha...he smelled just like a chimichunga.... yeah gotta kick outta that....then there were Bea and Tim's quotes. *hah hah* maybe one day they'll write a book... i particularly liked this one.

Bea: What's that sliding around in the back seat?
Tim: oh, that's just my hair.

btw.. tim had a fro (a wannabe fro? =P..it was kewl)... and yes.. he wore it....he looked hot. hot as in... the heat of the commons looked like it was getting to him and like the resta us...sweating profusely. there was some crazy dancing happening... and unlike last year, the dj actually played decent songs for the most part.... not too mucha that....*can only bop ur head up and down* kinda music.

The sermon was awesome today. God was awesome and He totally spoke through John. You know the funny thing is... the message i was planning to have for SFC, but never got the chance to share, was somewhat like what he talked about today. I think a very valid question is, "How are Christians different from other people?" I hear SO many non-Christians constantly saying, "i dont wanna believe in Christianity because Christians are just like everyone else." That in my mind... is very very sad. i mean.. seriously... im sad. But you know, with the love of God, we can know and understand the mark of Christians, the thing that makes us who we are....and that is the way we love one another. I remember sharing at a sunday school party that one thing that i'd learned and take away from the last year. That was to love non-Christians the way i love myself, and to love Christians the way God loves us. Dude...and HOW powerful is that???? John also mentioned that we as Christians love each other with Agape love, sacrificial love...or as mother Theresa puts it

"Love is giving until it hurts." ......yea......

in this world full of hate, bitterness, and selfishness.....there is nothing more powerful and more encouraging than knowing what makes us Christians.... to sacrifice for one another... to give love and serve one another to the point of pain... to show agape love..... THAT is what makes a Christian a Christian.... loving one another the way God loves us. Being Christians does not mean we're perfect...cuz we're not... and we will fail at times. I know for me, i want my heart to be open so that God can impact me to be a History Maker.... leave a dent in the world. Non-Christians are constantly watching us.... watching for us to falter or watching to see how we're different from everyone else. Be an example of how God loves you.

Wish you all an awesome week. Do you want God to impact you? And if you wanna see what Christians are all about, fbcc youth service: Sunday 10:30.

sometimes more is less and less is more.....

as i promised about 5 months ago, i would one day do my friday five on a friday.....and this my friends is that day ^_^

1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?
- Talking about Romans 12:1-2 with my cbs group. Letting God reveal to me things of an old passage i never noticed the first 100 times i read it.

2. What one person touched your life this week?
-my mom

3. How have you helped someone this week?
-checked my sisters homework, and made her read an extra 15 minutes (future chump of america!)

4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?
know all 500 SAT words like the back of my hand and be mentally prepared to score a 1600 on the SATs! (a little hope never killed anyone)

5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?
- live each day as if Jesus is coming back tomorrow. Be excited to live for all for Him, and to be a light in a world of darkness.

beauty for ashes........

i just realized the number of october birthdays there are. there are a LOT of october birthdays....and wuts with the 12th? i kno excatly 6 people with that birthday. funny......

so im studying for cal and suddenly my sis burst through the doors:
izzzy: Hey gah jie...guess what?
me: what?
izzzy: my hair is actually golden...like blonde.
hahaha.....that lil kid definitely has a way of helping me lose concentration from studying and making my day, both at the same time. =)

didnt do quite as hot as i'd hoped on my physics quiz. it's so weird how you can study so hard but then drop a bomb on the grades. *pft* life goes on...try ...try again. the highlight of my day today was thinking about what to talk about at sfc. For some reason, whenever it's my turn to give a message, God somehow always convicts my heart of something. it's totally awesome. altho planning out a message takes some time, i really enjoy it cuz while im preparing what i wanna say, i'm learning so much about God and about myself. I just really thank God for the opportunity to be his voice box.
herm i hear chem calling....maybe i'll go work on conquering chem. *thumbs up*

woot! my mommy got second in her tennis tornanment.... i think that means she's going to finals.....imma go ask her.

Happy Birthday Zander! teenager no longer =0

the rare girl who likes to eat well-done steak.....

today's cbs was really fulfilling. altho my group only consists of two people and our leader, i think we share openly with one another and just say whatever is on our minds. today we discussed about romans 12:1-2. We've heard this verse maybe a million times and momentarily it possibly loses its value. I liked our discussion today cuz we really dug deep about being living sacrifices. According to the verses, we need a renewing transformation of our minds, THEN we can know what God's perfect will is. It's like until we're willing to cast aside the conforminities of our worldly lives or until we're willing to sacrifice that one thing to Him we wont be able to see God's will for us. Our leader spoke of how we need to allow the transforming of our minds so that we can be same-minded with God in order to see what good and perfect things he has in store for us.
cbs has been really neat cuz the somewhat indepth studies that we do allow me to gain a fresh new perspective on something that i've already read before.

*breathe* so the rough part of the week is finally over....downhill from here... altho there is a physics quiz tomorrow. *pft* this time i will prevail.