i had dinner with my BOA co-workers last Friday for Robin, my ex-manager(??), cause he was leaving us for his promotion. it was fun & i really enjoyed it because i got to know a little more about my co-workers. & let me tell you, it`s seriously a small world!
thanks Melissa for the picture :]
-- i was suppose to be working on my lab, but can you tell i got distracted? lols. yeh. i had this idea for Kathy`s monogram. yes Kathy, i got distracted because of you :] lols. just thought i would share.. especially since it`s on the instructions page to my biology 101 symposium.
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i have new tenants downstairs.. right below me.. they moved in Saturday night..
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i can hear snoring sounds.. & it`s NOT coming from me or my parents or my brother..
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if i can hear snoring.. then it`s pretty loud.. it`s as loud as Vicki`s snores! i`m serious!
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i`ve been hearing snoring since Saturday night.. i wonder where it`s coming from..
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take a guess.. lols.
T E N A N T S ... *shakes fists*
mMm. cinnamon rolls. my parents bought them at Costco. they`re so tiny & yummy. lols. it`s really good when you microwave them :]
i had no work today, so when i got off school at 3pm i went to Stonestown to wander for a little while. i was hoping to find these certain jeans, but i couldn`t. i ended up wandering around walking into Guess. i was looking at their watches since i`ve been wanting a new one for a while. they had some really nice ones & they had a huge range of adjustable bangle watches. i ended up buying the Adore White G Logo Watch.
i also bought these earrings & ring last Friday at Sterling Works, since it was buy one, get one free :] new accessories to add to my collection!
** Mariah Carey's Bye Bye -- a good song in deed. i can`t wait for the music video :]
HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY LO! [4/26/08]
so i woke up at 8am today to drive my brother to his orientation & then went home & took a nap for 1 hour. when i woke up at 12pm again, i went to pick Loretta so we could go to Haight for our appointment at 1pm. when we got there, we found perfect parking! it was exactly across the street from Mom`s :] then we had to fill out some paper work & wait 20 minutes for Danny, our tattoo artist, to set up his stuff. when he was done, i went first & let me tell you, i was kind of nervous cause i didn`t know what type of pain to expect, but it seriously felt like a cat scratching you for 10 minutes.
i guess it wasn`t that bad :] it came out pretty nice. after 10-15 minutes, i was done & we had to wait for Danny to finish setting up for Lo`s tattoo. during our wait for her tattoo, she was starting to freaking out. hehe. it was funny, but in the end, she got her black gradiated silver fern.. so for Lo`s 20th birthday, i paid for her tattoo :]
HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY KARY!! [Sunday 4/20]
*sigh* the weekend is already gone & tmr is school.
eww.. i have a quiz in myth class tmr & i have lab tmr. bleh. what a long day.. hopefully i won`t have to work, then i would have 5 WORK FREE days. lols. but i doubt it.
i can`t wait for FRIDAY because Loretta & I are going to hang out a day early for her birthday [which is this coming Saturday]. i`m going to take her to MOM`S to get her first tattoo! i`m probably going to get one too! we`ll see :]
but other than that. i went to the beach on Saturday, but it was too windy so i couldn`t stay long. eck! & i enjoyed my weekend for once in a long long time!
oh yeh. i really like sitting inside Sean`s new Yaris. it`s so comfy & warm :]
[A PASSING MOMENT]
you know, it`s really true when people say
"you don`t know it until you understand it"
& why do i say that? well, because i recently experienced it. my life has been pretty crazy lately especially with school, work X2, church, family, & friends. there has been so many demands & expectations that people have put on me & it has definitely taken a toll on me.
ever since i started working at Coach, things have definitely changed because i had to fit in my work schedule along with my school & church schedule, but i definitely wanted some time with my family & friends too. of course, it wasn`t bad because i managed to work it all out & still have time to spare.
okay. now add in the job at the bank & my schedule is LITERALLY perfectly packed tight! somedays, i`d have to drive to school & then from school to the bank & then from the bank to coach! ALL BACK TO BACK, NO BREAKS. i mean, don`t get me wrong, i like working & feeling independent, but what i`m trying to say is, it`s not easy to keep up & balance all these things.
so on tuesday, i got out of school an hour early, which meant i had 2 hours before i went into the bank to start work, now here`s the funny part because when i finally found parking, i spent 1 hour and 40 minutes reading and listening to my ZEN & the last 20 minutes listening to Yiruma play the piano while i was looking up at my open sun roof. now 2 hours may seem like a short amount of time or a long amount of time, but to me it was perfect. in those 2 hours, it was probably the most relaxing and chill day i ever had since November!
..but i liked it & it made me realize how crazy things have been. the best part was i realized that in those 2 hours, i appreciated SO much more than i ever had in life. i really understood what God meant by saying time is precious & why it`s sad when people don`t appreciate time.
i`m actually looking forward to this weekend, not because i finally have 3 WORK FREE DAYS, but because i wanted to make a promise to myself. i wanted to achieve something i haven`t been able to do for a while...
i plan to wake up 1 hour early before our SDC meetings & orientation & just go out to the beach or where ever & just have one hour quiet time with God & myself. i want to be completely isolated & away from the stressful, demanding, & busy lifestyle & just have time to take in everything around me.
that`s my goal for this weekend & i hope to achieve it :]
hehe. i love my Madison :] it can be a wristlet too! it`s actually pretty small. wayy smaller that my Bridget. but it`s so cutee! & yeh. i finally decided to get the Aqua Glass Signature earrings. the blue was irresistable.. well, more like HOT! :] haha.
7pm-10pm oncall at Coach tmr. & if i`m not used tmr, i get 4 WORK FREE DAYS! yay! i`m excited. i`m crossing my fingers :]
mMm.. bibimbap! 
i`m craving ITALIAN food! but i want KOREAN food too! lols. i always crave Korean food though & i always want something saucy like tomato sauce :]
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i miss Shaina! i wish she would come back quicker for summer vacation, that way we can go eat Korean again! :]
Kathy, Sharon, will you go eat italian with me?! lols
good times. good times :]
i`m so tired! hehe. i finally got a chance to go to volleyball practice today! i`m so happy! i also realized that i DON`T have work tmr! (monday) lols. & i also get a 3 DAY "WORK FREE" WEEKEND--this COMING friday, saturday & sunday! even more awesome! :] i`m so excited. i can`t wait! on my 45 minute break today, i decided to go check out Sterling Works to see if i can find a silver charm bracelet that i liked & i actually found one! now i can add charms to it & i won`t have to worry about the bracelet rusting or tarnishing :]
the best thing about is the BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE deal, so i saw the chained bracelet with the heart that Kathy wanted so i decided to take advantage of the deal & give it to Kathy as an super early birthday present. she really liked it, to read more about it, check out Kathy`s blog
of course the bracelets came with a PRICE, but let`s just skip that part. it`s not something Kathy should know about.. otherwise.. she might return it. lols :] it was definitely a good & sunny day today!
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oh yeh. BTW.. during Sunday School today, we talked about how God created the world in 6 days & discussed about the possibility of Father, Son, & Holy Spirit as 3 beings of the same God. towards the end of our creation talk, David said some pretty stupid stuff. lols.
"wait, did we talk about vegetation yet?"
OMG.. & he was eating an apple too.. oh David. lols
(from the SDC counsel`s retreat.. haha. LAME :] )
it`s so rare to see visual kei bands in normal clothes for once. lols
-- listening to A9`s Ruri no Ame. even though i didn`t understand the song because it was in japanese, i still love it. the emotion in the song is very strong & can be felt. the emotions there already tells a person what the song is about & this was before i looked up the meaning on the lyrics. lols.
昨日、私は聞くことこの歌を寝入った。
i fell asleep listening to this song yesterday.
it was comforting :]
そして私は叫んだ。。。
it`s broken. it`s broken again..
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i want to run away. i want to leave & go somewhere else. i want to escape.
[A PASSING MOMENT]
i want to run away so badly.. i want to just sit at the beach & watch the sun set with my worries & then go up to a hill & watch the city view from there. i want time to freeze & so that i can breathe for just a bit from the suffocating pressure that life puts on all of us. i want so badly to drive away to an unknown place...
i found this bible verse as i was flipping through my new notebook..
" HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US, BECAUSE GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT "
[ROMANS 5:5 NIV]
all this time i`ve been so disappointed because whenever i have high hopes, they turn into disappointments. i hate it. i absolutely do, but this verse says so much to me. i know God is never disappointing, He would never disappoint me.. but other people will. people will disappoint me if i put too much hope in them.. this is what the verse is telling me.
i have always had a hard time with trust. i believe trust is something a person earns & that`s how it goes in my book. i guess that`s why i have a hard time making "good friends" & also letting them go. i guess ever since i started putting hope into people, that`s when i started to realize the disappointment that i got from some of them. the most memorable time i put hope into someone was "Knight." i put so much hope into that person because that person was a really close friend of mine & i thought that i could really rely on that person to keep their word & promises. but time after time, i would always get disappointed because that person couldn`t hold on to their part of the deal...
but that`s why the verse is important to me. it holds up a promise that is never disappointing. this verse tells me that although people will always be disappointing, that`s okay because we are humans & we are not perfect; however, God is. God will never disappoint me..
He will never let me down, especially because He knows it hurts me so much when that happens. He hears me. He hears my heart & my soul. He knows what i`m thinking & understands my unspoken words. He knows i want to escape because i can`t handle the pain & pressure. He knows why i want to escape to the beach & watch the sunset take away my worries. He knows why i run away from Him, because i`m scared. He knows why i run back to Him, because i need Him. He knows why i cry because it just hurts deep inside.
yeup. God understands me. He knows me. He loves me. & He provides an escape for me.. He escapes with me..He is my escape.
[FYI]..you already disappointed me.
" in his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. "
-- a great reminder because it`s so true. another one of my new bible verses from proverbs :]
me with short hair...
i look young.. very young..
"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life"
[PROVERBS 4:23 NIV]
i`m gonna try very hard not to expect much from [....]
*sigh* God, please just break & heal me. make me new please. help me find peace in my heart.
if i don`t expect much in return ... then it`ll hurt less.
no hopes = no disappointment
just something i`ve come across alot lately.. bleh.
MY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY:
[talking about the bank stalker]
Kansas: Odd he likes you aw
Me: EWWWWWWWWWWWW
Me: *shivers* don`t even say that
Me: blehhhhh :p
Kansas: Jeez you're just anti-guys
Me: really
Me: i`m just anti-freaky-guys
Me: hahahaha
Me: anti-guys would make me a lesbian and i`m not
haha. lamest person ever! :]
Sherry: haha that reminds me
Sherry: lol i got a raise at Vs
Sherry: cause they did my review
Sherry: haha omg the raise sucks
Me: eh?
Me: sucks? really?
Sherry: yeah
Sherry: so they based the raise on your review
Sherry: so some ppl didnt recieved any raise at all
Sherry: it goes by 10% 20% and 30%
Me: nice
Sherry: yeah i got 30% which means 30 cents lol which is the highest
Sherry: thats like nothing 30 cents haha
Me: .......
Me: lol
Me: that`s funny
Sherry: i know man i thought it was atleast 50 cents
Sherry: gezz the company is so cheap when it comes to pay lol
Me: lol
Me: hahha
Me: score a 50% next time
Me: haha
Sherry: haha theres no such thing
Me: i know
Me: but you can always try
Me: haha
oh man. a $.30 cent raise is the highest :] hehe. that`s funny!
good times. good times. gotta love `em friends :]
BTW... my tofu gives you a thumbs down Sean. lols. [O . O] P
lols. just kidding. [o . ^] d
