Friday 30 August 2002

The Previous post was some frank sinatra goodness that Christina and I have been humming this week.

i was just looking in my scrapbook at some pictures because i felt like it and i realized that i have a very masculine looking face.
when i went to get my haircut a few weeks ago... the lady said "you should really get rid of that hair on your upper lip" before she even considered cutting my hair. and in some of my old pictures... my face seriously looked like a boy's face. and someone made a comment in junior high that my arms were so hairy it was like a boy's.

i dunno... i know i don't really use too many facial products or whatever... my mom has been kind of pointing me in the direction of using lotion and washing my face.. which i do but maybe it's all those pimple scars and my superthick eyebrows (which i do pluck.. otherwise i'd have a superduper thick unibrow) that makes my face more masculine. maybe it's the cheeks. i'm too lazy to use tonor or stuff like that and i have bad habits like scratching which adds even more flaws to my face

but then again, i'm too lazy to put on makeup and it is uncomfortable and i feel as though if i put on more.. it's just gonna create more clogged pores in the future.. but then makeup is used occasionally for special reaosns.

so it kind of makes me wonder and a little bit self conscious about my face.

Wednesday 28 August 2002

Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight.

Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it ?
'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.

Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm,
Just the way you look to-night.

From Frank Sinatra

Tuesday 27 August 2002

I dreaded today but it wasn't too bad. As the semester moves on.. i think i'm going to get more and more tired simply because I have to wake up at 8:00 every morning. but things are nice because i have time every day after my first class to do a qt in a quiet corner of campus.. it'll be nice. ochem doesn't seem that bad.. i just need to be superdisciplined. hopefully the lab reports won't be TOO draining. so far i don't think i have TOO much heavy reading but i might get behind so you never know.
here's somethign i miss when i'm at home.. waking up at noon and walking down the stairs seeing my mom sitting on a chair with her feet propped up on another chair reading her Bible or a couseling book and going through a morning/afternoon routine of do you want milk/eggs/toast? i miss going to my sister's room and rummaging through her cd collection and taking matt redman and u2 maybe the traveller's inn cd and looking at the pictures she has posted around the room.

Sunday 25 August 2002

i keep forgetting to post this...
saw austin powers with my sister the day before i came up to berkeley. the cameos made the whole movie. the rest of the movie was kind of sick.

Saturday 24 August 2002

i've moved EVEN MORE up in the world. i am now #11 on the waiting list for psych 2. The textbook kind of looks like the handbook and it has pretty trees on the cover.
CHRISTINA'S COMING BACK TODAY CHRISTINA'S COMING BACK TODAY! YAY!

"Those who love the Lord are satisfied
those who trust in Him are justified..
I will serve my God
All my days"

Thursday 22 August 2002

lets fill some time:
i used herbal essences hair products for the first time since a long time and i keep forgetting how good it smells.
yeah... i'm kind of bored and i'm starting to miss my family and friends.
Here's what's on my bulletin board: penguin stuff, my schedule and a spiritual audit with the following questions
Am I actively seeking God as the center, priority and first love of my life?
Am I living each day offering myself up as a living sacrifice?
Am i becoming less religious and more spiritual?
Do people close to me recognize my authenticity of my spirituality?
Do i have a quiet center of my life?
Have I defined a unique ministry?
Have I maintained a genuine awe of God?
Is my humility genuine?
Is my spiritual feeding the right diet for me?
Is obedience in small matters built into my reflexes?
Do I have joy?
Some interesting questions to boil over....

Wednesday 21 August 2002

i'm up in berkeley. unpacking and settling in.
i'm heading up to school tomorrow... where has the summer gone? the last time i checked.. i was perfusing rats and staining their tissues and eating dim sum. man... i haven't been able to think about this coming semester.. areas to grow, prayer requests.. although isaiah 46 is now officially the passage of the year. :)
i said goodbye to my cousins today... man.. they're so hyper but they're so cute. charity the littlest one.. she's so happy. i was reading her a bedtime story and like she wanted to sit in my lap.. and then a min later she wanted to sit in her mommy's lap and then she wanted to sit in my sister's lap.. she was walking all around. and everyone else was all... hyper and so hyper.
man appears more than dude in this blog... how random.

Saturday 17 August 2002

did i ever say i was going back up to berkeley next wednesday? oh i don't think i did.

i'm going back up to berkeley next wednesday. help from any individuals who are strong and can move furniture would be much appreciated. :)

Thursday 15 August 2002

blogger isn't letting people people using it for free to publish.. so meanwhile i've been..
outlet shopping - got a nice sweater from the gap outlet and a pair of pants that were over 70% off i shoudln't be but i'm so proud of myself.
sleeping
presenting - which went really well even though dr. amiya the lab PhD criticized my grammar and interpretation of the data and the fact that i stressed out about it.
preparing to to go school

PRAYER REQUEST:
our church jr highers and high schoolers went to YSC (youth summer camp) this week. i've been impacted so much by this little chunk of summer when i was in jr. high and high school...i know God will work and the Holy Spirit is present. please pray for people to welcome Jesus and form lasting relationships. thanks!

Sunday 11 August 2002

got my hair cut today. don't like it very much. try not to laugh too much when you see me.

Saturday 10 August 2002

today when i was at aaron brothers reframing the crosstitch, i saw something amusing.
there's this portfolio/art bag brand called rozart. i should get me some of those tags.
taro icys from peter's place taste like vanilla icy/ice cream.
i slept from 11-3 today.
CREAM cheese, cream CHEESE, or creamcheese or is it CREAM CHEESE?
There are INDEED progesterone receptors expressed in rat testes.
UPS sucks.
i've moved up in the world. i am now #12 instead of #13 on the psych 2 waiting list.

There. that in a nutshell is what i did today.

Friday 9 August 2002

Monday 8-9Bio Lec 10-11Music Lec 3-4Psych Lec(pending
Tuesday 8-9.30Ochem Lec 10-11Bio Disc 12-6Chem Lab/Disc
Wednesday See Monday
Thursday 8-9:30Ochem Lec 9:30-12:30Bio Lab
Friday See Monday

8am every day...must be superdisciplined this next semester.
tuesday will be killer. thursday will be good. mwf... neutral.
but by God's provision, i got into Ochem. By his mercy i'll stay in ochem.

Thursday 8 August 2002

distressing news. i'm very upset with ups. i made this crosstitch and framed it for karen. i packed it and i thought it was fine and the guy at the counter said it was fine. but when it got there... it was broken. the glass was.. only the glass. so i file a claim and the inspector goes to see it and says that its neglegence on my part that i didn't pack it well enough. so i dispute the claim and i have to call twice because they didn't get back to me the first time and the secodn time they told me to talk to office depot (where i sent the package) but office depot told me to call ups.. so i'm given tne runaround. so today.. i get this large package just sitting at my front door and everytime i move it it makes a little noice like broken glass. so i open it and lo and behold it's the crosstitch. the glass is shattered. the matte is bent and damaged and pushed out of the frame the backing of the frame is totally ripped and some of the stitches in the crosstitch were coming out. so i call ups and they said if the glass was broken it was non transportable and it's not supposed to be shipped back to me. now why in the world is it in torrance? dude...i put my patience time and effort into this and they just throw it around like it doesn't matter. excuse my language but there's so much other crap that ups has given me these past couple of weeks that unleased the flood. i sat outside next to the damaged frame and crosstitch and cried for a pretty long time.

Wednesday 7 August 2002

i can't sleep...
Isaiah 46:8-13
"Remember this, and be assured;
Recall it to mind, you transgressors.
"Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no one like me,
Declaring the end from the beginning
And from the ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, 'My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';
Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.
"Listen to me, you stubborn-minded,
Who are far from righteousness.
"I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off;
And My salvation will not delay.
And I will grant salvation in Zion,
And my glory for Israel."

Something really encouraging today. During a basic science lecture about the human genome (a subject that can easily be dominated by evolutionists) a woman named Pauline Yen spoke. She has a PhD and she's a good lecturer. Anyway she was talking about how someone's genes can code for how they look and she gave an example of this type of moth. Those who hatch in the spring eat oak flowers and they grow to look like the flowers themselves. Those that hatch in the summer eat oak leaves from the same plant and they grow to look like twigs. And she said, "You are what you eat and your genes code for what you look like. This is an example of a very complex design that can only come from a designer. That's why I believe in God." And no one disputed or argued and it was such an encouragement that someone would so boldy do that in a purely scientific forum.

Saturday 3 August 2002

so today we had our churchwide picnic and my mom brought my little cousins grace and joy. my goodness they have so much energy. they went into that bounce room three times. i went in with them once and i was tired. i'm only 19 i shouldn't be that tired.. but i am. but people were commenting on how joy looks like me. well we're cousins. she's three but she knows how to count.. she knows how to read her name and spell her name and she's really articulate. understands chinese and english. anyway on how cool grace is, too. she's so happy and she's so nice. everytime they come over she gives each of us a hug. when the phone rings.. she picks it up and says.. "hello" and then she brings over a yellow pages. haahaa. it's funny what she does. i noticed that they copy us a lot. i mean a LOT a lot. even down to how we sit on the couch.
hm...what can i say about the movie signs. It's good moviemaking. i recommend it. just don't watch it alone at night.