Tuesday 31 December 2002

i went snowboarding for the first time today. i'm so sore, but it was fun. i wanna go again.
happy new year everyone. :)
for new year's eve, i'm just chillin like a villain at home. watching movies... nursing my wounds.. haahaa jk. (... not. :P)
anyway... happy new year everyone. :)

Friday 27 December 2002

oh yeah.. i forgot to mention this but for those of you who aren't doing anything tomorrow (Saturday) night or day or both, give me a holler! (the parental units are having a getogether with people their age and i don't want to ruin their fun so i'll be out wandering around in the world so yeah let me know... PLEASE PLEASE!!
ok.. how low have i gotten to beg people to hang out with me. ::sigh::
now i'm just rambling. stopping now.
ok.... hung out with my cousins in pasadena
went to southcoast yesterday bought some cards and giftwrap.. south coast was HUGE and PACKED. but it was fun.
didn't go to the park today but spend the afternoon having some quality God and Roz time... yeilded 2.25 pages of single spaced reflection and prayer and more reflection on the past semester, next semester, friendships, ministries family... future. so here are some conclusions also prayer requests for the coming semester:
1. SFC ministries, stuff to do, stuff to plan.. other stuff.
2. Academics, striking a balance... worked on the balance last semester got overwhelmed a couple times, but slowly improving. amongst the busyness God has blessed me with soOOOoOoOoOoOo much.
3. Building friendships/relationships with people...having more Christ centered friendships and having fun as well.. but not just based on one or the other.
Yup that's it. oh and something that encouraged me today from both the Bible and C.S. Lewis. Getting back to the basics.. milk before solid food, crawling before walking before running. 1 peter 2:1-3 and the making and begetting chapter from mere christianity.

on to random stuff: wisdom teeth being pulled out.. WHOOHOO! yeah baby, gotta love those wisdom teeth.

Monday 23 December 2002

sick. call and make me feel better!
and no i don't have the man voice yet.

Friday 20 December 2002

final went well
lord of the rings was awesome. :)
home...

Wednesday 18 December 2002

so uh.. yeah.
in the library. it's so lonely here in the library... it's just me and the cubicle (we've gotten to know each other pretty well) well.... christina, asa and jon mi are here as well... but i've formed an emotional attatchment to the cubicle. i was thinking about my little cousins today... they're so cute. i forgot to ask my dad to send me the pictures of when we went to their house during thanksgiving. the whole family on my mom's side is getting together this coming weekend for a family reunion/picture. i have a feeling we're gonna do the whole family-portraits-cake-on-the-makeup-really-expensive-background stuff because it's very very very rare for my mom's whole family to be in the same city let alone the same country.
but yeah...i think i'm gonna go to pasadena an visit my friend terry and my cousins because they're SUPERCOOL! (how's that for working on my vocabulary.. but it's not totally deviant from fun stuff)
anyway, it's the last day of studying...it would be awesome to take my final today at 5:00 'cause it feels like i've been studying for ochem since august...
there are a lot of things i want to do this break...
listen to pastor rick's sermon's on relationships (i figure... i'm turning 20 soon maybe i should get some Biblical guidelines to dating into my system)
read through my illustrated history of china book (they actually use this as a textbook.. wonder how it'll be)
finish Mere Christianity
play tennis with my friend terry
go to irvine with my friend justin and visit connie (HI CONNIE) my cousin marianne, norman, nina, and everyone else...
maybe hang out in westwood
college retreat
hang out with my little cousins in pasadena
hang out with sam and kelie (wanna go to 3rd street or westwood? I actually wanna go to beverly center and check it out.. maybe.. possibly.. OUTLET SHOPPING?! teeheehee or at least we can go to southcoast... i wanna actually get something there this time)
rent and watch as many movies as possible
hang out with sfc-ers on their socal trip (learn how to snowboard)
sit down at the park on a sunny day and reflect on how the year/semester has been and just have some quality God and roz time (that'll be awesome, too bad i'm not bringing home the guitar)


ok.. i think i've taken too long of a break... back to the books.

Monday 16 December 2002

the eyes are kind of dry...
head kind of heavy...
i don't have a smile on my face...
tired of studying ochem.
it doesn't help with the seasons up and down and other imbalances, too.

so why am i studying exactly?

"here i am, once again,
I pour out my heart for i know that You hear every cry, you are listening,
no matter what state my heart is in
you are faithful to answer
in words that are true and a hope that is real
as i feel your touch
you bring a peace to all that's within
in the safety of this place
i'm longing to
pour out my heart
say that i love you
pour out my heart
say that i need you,
pour out my heart
say that i'm thankful
pour out my heart
say that you're wonderful..."

Saturday 14 December 2002

three down.
played guitar for worship yesterday...played better than i would if i played by myself, weird huh?
sfc christmas party tonight.
something i want to do: sit in front of a screen and watch movies/friends until i fall asleep and stay asleep for 12 hours. that'd be awesome.
oh i wanted to share something...
James 4, especially the last verse. really convicting.

Thursday 12 December 2002

two down... very glad that bio is done.
some good news from 300 miles away, my MOM is FINALLY HOME! I got to talk to her today. I'm tempted to go home for the weekend just to see her but i'll be home next week.
Taking a break from studying. wish i could take a permanent break but that's fine... just one more week. :) and the gsi said that i'm doing well in ochem so that's encouraging, i've been scoring 60s and 70s on the tests which is kind of discouraging. but anyway...yeah. i was pretty apathetic about this bio final simply because it was evolution. yeah i liked the plant biology because the professor gave it a medicinal spin, but the evolution as jeff and i like to say "IS ALL STINKIN BUNK" well he didn't say stinkin but anyway. i didn't have the most positive attitude about this section of the course because i don't agree with what they teach and some of the information is just not consistent with other realms of science like chemistry and physics. so i don't know. it's in the past i can't help but think that my behavior wasn't wise. the more mature thing to do would be to learn and listen to what they have to say and to just be respectful and study the material without complaining because after all i did voluntarily sign up for the class. also, when what was taugh contradicted my personal beliefs, i could have questioned respectfully and tried to bring up other issues that weren't covered that might contradict what the professor has to say and have this boldness to share the Gospel... but i didn't and it's a shame. there's this fear of talking to professors about "religious issues" because they're so much more academically "experienced" and can probably shoot down whatever arguments i have because i'm a mere 2nd year and they've gone through, what, many many years of schooling and teaching? so yeah i have the disadvantage here, but then again i'm forgetting what kind of Power i'm getting strength from. If God can create a world fully sustained within itself filled with life then He is able to combat whatever academic arguments against His existence. like Moses, I keep saying i'm not well spoken i'm not good enough, in essence i don't want to be the one You send. but how effective is that?
The wicked man flees though no one pursues,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
-Proverbs 28.1

Wednesday 11 December 2002

which is better, to have your hardest final first to get it over with or to have your hardest final last to have more time to study? decisions decisions.
one down, 3 more to go.

taking a break to cook tonight. it'll be awesome.

Sunday 8 December 2002

Saturday 7 December 2002

WHOOOHOO i got into ochem. That was superquick.
now it's music. don't worry scott, he usually lets like the first 15 people on the waitlist.
Change in the study schedule for saturday:
1:00-5:00 VLSB it's raining.

Friday 6 December 2002

REVISED STUDY SCHEDULE
Friday December 6: 1:00-5:00 VLSB (i forgot that VLSB closes at 5:00 on fridays)
Saturday December 7: 10:00-12:00, 3:00-5:00 VLSB (going swimming at 12 with jessie... i THINK)
Sunday December 8: 4:00-11:00 VLSB

Thursday 5 December 2002

enrolled in:
Biology 1A
English 45C
History 9A (backup in case music doesn't work out)

waitlisted in:
Chemistry 112B (#23)
Music 25 (#11)

we had worship practice today...i feel as though i need to improve..a LOT. so the practicing will be good... it'll be a good excuse to play guitar. :)
vlsb is like my 2nd home. 2 of my lectures are here and a lab and i study here. the computers are cool and the 2nd floor study area. EVERYONE GO!~

trying to increase my vocabulary and not say STINKIN, STUPID and FUN as much anymore. so we'll see where that goes. an english class will help.

Tuesday 3 December 2002

STUDY SCHEDULE
Wednesday December 4: 4:00-6:00 PM VLSB
Thursday December 5: 7:00-11:00 PM VLSB (someone come, i don't wanna walk home alone at 11)
Friday December 6: 1:00-6:00 PM VLSB
Saturday December 7: sometime between 10:00-5:00

Monday 2 December 2002

Studying Tuesday December 3, 2002.
VLSB Koshland Biosciences Library 2:00pm-7:00pm
(also can be characterized by between lab and HBS) Come if you want to study.
back up in berkeley. study time.
Will have a schedule soon...