That was pretty much how I've been feeling all morning because I have this one last final exam this afternoon for Microbiology class =/ It's kind of strange because this past semester, I haven't really felt nervous or too anxious about midterms and exams for my classes (thankfully), and believe me, I've had MANY tests this past year. But for some reason, I'm quite nervous about my exam this afternoon. I think it's because at the back of my head, I feel like no matter how hard I try or study for this class, I'm still gonna do poorly on the test and just forget everything. Now I know it is not healthy and good to think this way, especially before an exam, but it's true. That's how I feel sometimes.
But anyway, I just read a blog-post by a sister who is currently studying abroad in China and MAN O MAN, I am so encouraged by what she wrote. It was so good that chills went down my body as I was reading. First of all, I'm just so thankful to God for placing such deep convictions in her heart to daily die to herself in order to love God wholeheartedly, because He alone is worthy and good.
Sacrificial love. Do I have that for my beloved God?
And suddenly it made me stop for a moment and re-evaluate myself and how I've been feeling lately, especially since college just ended for me and I graduated. I guess I've been feeling a bit more anxious in general lately because I'm afraid. Afraid that now that I'm a college grad, I might feel purposeless and aimless (even though I do have goals and aspirations and whatnot). Like, for instance, what if I don't get into nursing school? Or at least a "good" program or the school I want to go to, which I'm not even sure about as of now (UCLA? UCSF? Samuel Merritt?) If I don't get into/go to nursing school, I am sure my parents would be ultra disappointed and start wondering what's wrong with me and probably be upset. Then I'll feel pretty bad and start worrying about my future and not being able to find a steady job and not making money or being self-sufficient. And the bigger question is DO I EVEN WANT to go to nursing school? Now this scares me, because nursing was the next big thing that I've been "preparing for" in terms of meeting academic pre-requisites and volunteer experiences ever since I decided not to be pre-med anymore. And it's what I've been pretty much telling all those people who ask me "So what are your plans now that you've graduated?". I tell them that I'm hoping to go to nursing school, but deep inside I don't know REALLY. I mean, in my heart I can imagine myself being a nurse because I really do care a lot for people. But is that all it takes to be a good nurse, a caring heart? *sigh*
I know that I'm not the only one who's going through all these apprehensions and doubts in her head. And I also know that I'm not the only one who desperately needs to be re-centered and focused on what is really important. And that is God's calling. Now I'm not referring to "God's calling" as in what He's called us to do occupationally in life because I know He hasn't revealed that to some of us yet, but I mean His calling us to love Him constantly with our all our hearts and with all our souls and with all our minds. Meaning that we should only be filled with Christ and cleared of all the other clutter and junk that daily competes for the throne of our hearts. Whether it's thoughts of finances or career or spouse or grades or pride or acceptance or dream schools or impressing others... God wants those to be thrown aside so that He could have complete reign over our hearts and entirety.
God, this is my prayer today. I definitely want to learn to love You more and desire You above all things. Please draw me back to You, reel me back in and away from the evil lures and fleeting enticements that this temporary world has to offer. Please give me peace today and the faith to trust in You with all things, for You are good and Your ways are higher than mine.
In Jesus's name I pray, Amen.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Foul Mouth.
CRAP.
Lately, I've been finding myself muttering this bad word under my breath (and sometimes even outloud) A LOT A LOT.
Getting upset/frustrated at a situation.
CR@P.
Oversleeping and being late to work.
CR@P.
Spilling ketchup on my white shirt today.
CR@P.
Accidentally dropping a C&H sugar packet into my coffee.
CR@P.
Hurting my butt by sitting on my jagged keys that I didn't see on the chair.
CR@P.
Checking my final grades on Bearfacts and finding out I got one C and many Bs.
CR@PPPPP!
=/
I dunno about you but I consider "cr@p" an inappropriate word that is quite coarse-sounding and also does not really bring God any glory. (Plus I used to NEVER say it!) And it's just a vulgar way to say "poo". So why use it then? Along with the bajillion other swear words/profanity/inappropriate language? Well, these are just my beliefs. The Bible does teach us in Ephesians 4:29:
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
And Ephesians 5:4 says:
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
I really need to watch my mouth and what comes out of it. Outloud and even under my breath.
Lately, I've been finding myself muttering this bad word under my breath (and sometimes even outloud) A LOT A LOT.
Getting upset/frustrated at a situation.
CR@P.
Oversleeping and being late to work.
CR@P.
Spilling ketchup on my white shirt today.
CR@P.
Accidentally dropping a C&H sugar packet into my coffee.
CR@P.
Hurting my butt by sitting on my jagged keys that I didn't see on the chair.
CR@P.
Checking my final grades on Bearfacts and finding out I got one C and many Bs.
CR@PPPPP!
=/
I dunno about you but I consider "cr@p" an inappropriate word that is quite coarse-sounding and also does not really bring God any glory. (Plus I used to NEVER say it!) And it's just a vulgar way to say "poo". So why use it then? Along with the bajillion other swear words/profanity/inappropriate language? Well, these are just my beliefs. The Bible does teach us in Ephesians 4:29:
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
And Ephesians 5:4 says:
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
I really need to watch my mouth and what comes out of it. Outloud and even under my breath.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ARGGH#^*WR#AWQ@!!!!@!###***@!!!!#$#%
FREAKING WANNA PUNCH A TREE OR KICK A WALL OR SCRREEAEEEAAMMMMM OUTLOUD RIGHTT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TE8RUDFIJOFU9R93W08342849803498CM DFUIOJJJJJJJJJJJKKKSD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TE8RUDFIJOFU9R93W08342849803498CM DFUIOJJJJJJJJJJJKKKSD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch.
Just apologized again to my boss Robert for being late and asked for his forgiveness of my tardiness. He totally called me out and gave me the "talk" about how when I "get out there in the real world", I can't be late going to work, etc etc etc. His face was red from anger, I think.
Really put me to shame.
Especially when I consider myself a pretty punctual person, as I really dislike it when people are late and I have to wait on them. Sigh, guess I have to work on being on time even more.
But thankfully, Robert said "it's okay" after I said sorry for like the 5th time and that he'll get over it. Then he apologized for coming off strong and "sounding so p*ssy".
I wanted to cry. ='(
Really put me to shame.
Especially when I consider myself a pretty punctual person, as I really dislike it when people are late and I have to wait on them. Sigh, guess I have to work on being on time even more.
But thankfully, Robert said "it's okay" after I said sorry for like the 5th time and that he'll get over it. Then he apologized for coming off strong and "sounding so p*ssy".
I wanted to cry. ='(
Cafe Milano is Cool
I just took my 1-hr lunch break at Cafe Milano. Twas such a sweet time :] But now my boss is mad at me for being late back to work. First time that he's ever been mad-mad at me. It was because I enjoyed my time so much at Cafe Milano that I didn't want to leave so I was about 25 min late back to work. Now I feel really badly because my boss is really nice and I should have been on time. My bad :(
But to my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed sitting there by myself on the upstairs of Cafe Milano - writing in my journal, enjoying the classical music from KDFC 102.1, popping curly fries dipped in ketchup and BBQ sauce that I bought from IB's into my mouth, sipping the super bitter House Coffee I bought...
I change my mind. Turns out that I do like cafes :D
btw, I'm such a weaksauce coffee-drinker. I used like 8 bags of C&H sugar for a cup of 16oz coffee.
But to my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed sitting there by myself on the upstairs of Cafe Milano - writing in my journal, enjoying the classical music from KDFC 102.1, popping curly fries dipped in ketchup and BBQ sauce that I bought from IB's into my mouth, sipping the super bitter House Coffee I bought...
I change my mind. Turns out that I do like cafes :D
btw, I'm such a weaksauce coffee-drinker. I used like 8 bags of C&H sugar for a cup of 16oz coffee.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I'm a CAL Grad ! =O)
Social Welfare Commencement - Saturday, May 15, 2010
6:30pm Zellerbach Auditorium
All glory to God for allowing me to make it to this joyous day! :D
6:30pm Zellerbach Auditorium
All glory to God for allowing me to make it to this joyous day! :D
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Simpler Times For Life :D
Just came back from a reaaaaallly fun night with three of my beloved buddies. Us four are called the Simpler Times Crew haha. We used to be "Thursday night Gospel Choir buddies" because we'd always hangout at someone's apartment after our three-hour long choir rehearsals on Thursday nights.
I LOVE MY SIMPLER TIMES BUDDIES: Dawson, Vicky, and Andrew <3
WOW. Today (I mean Friday) was quite a sweet day. First off, the weather twas lovely outside. Always a lovely day when the sun is warm and shining :) I checked my email, broke fast by making 13-15 potstickers (had to call Daddy to ask him how to make em cuz I always get them burned for some reason), bought picture frames, went back to campus to print out colored pictures, and went back to my apt to work on picture collage-frames for my Simpler Times buddies. That took a good many hours (to the point that my back hurt and I had to lie down to rest for a bit before Vicky came to pick me up at ~9:45pm to go to Skates =P )
At Skates (this cool restaurant right by the bay with a beautiful view), we ordered Happy Hour foods: calamari, onion rings, and buffalo wings. The other three ordered specialty beers while I just stuck with water :]
Afterwards, we went to the Rose Garden (my first time!). TWAS reeeeally dark. We sorta played hide-n-go-seek. Andrew and Vicky split up from Dawson and me and started going down the dark steps deeper and deeper into the garden reeeally quickly, with Dawson and me (arms-linked) following behind. Frightened that they would jump out and scare that bejeebers outta us, which Andrew attempted and partially succeeded in doing =P
"I HAVE BAD NIGHT VISION AND DAWSON IS COLOR-BLIND!!!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Then we went to this nearby playground. Andrew, Dawson, and I slid down the cement slide with cardboard underneath our butts. Vicky was smart and sat out, claiming she is injury-prone. Dawson accidentally hit his head :( and started bleeding behind his ear. We all went back to his apt and I got to practice my nursing skills by disinfecting the wounded area with alcohol and Neosporin and apply a Bandaid =D Us four took a funny picture in the bathroom hahaha.
We spent the rest of the evening talking about STUFF and playing our FAVORITE GAME (Truth or Die) until some of us started getting tired/sleepy. We also LAUGHED OUT LOUD a lot a lot. I presented each of them their handmade gifts and explained that the reason I sat 15 minutes on the toilet at Skates was NOT because I was taking a dump but because I was writing them each a personalized message on the back of their frames :]
O SCHNAPS MAN. I'm truly becoming a night owl. Yesterday I also went to bed at like 4am working on Jeremy's birthday present. Today is also his 20th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMYDANIELCHEN!!!
I feel like I'm going to pretty much be nocturnal until the end of May.
I'M GRADUATING TODAY!!!!! IN LIKE, 14 HOURS!!!
I LOVE MY SIMPLER TIMES BUDDIES: Dawson, Vicky, and Andrew <3
WOW. Today (I mean Friday) was quite a sweet day. First off, the weather twas lovely outside. Always a lovely day when the sun is warm and shining :) I checked my email, broke fast by making 13-15 potstickers (had to call Daddy to ask him how to make em cuz I always get them burned for some reason), bought picture frames, went back to campus to print out colored pictures, and went back to my apt to work on picture collage-frames for my Simpler Times buddies. That took a good many hours (to the point that my back hurt and I had to lie down to rest for a bit before Vicky came to pick me up at ~9:45pm to go to Skates =P )
At Skates (this cool restaurant right by the bay with a beautiful view), we ordered Happy Hour foods: calamari, onion rings, and buffalo wings. The other three ordered specialty beers while I just stuck with water :]
Afterwards, we went to the Rose Garden (my first time!). TWAS reeeeally dark. We sorta played hide-n-go-seek. Andrew and Vicky split up from Dawson and me and started going down the dark steps deeper and deeper into the garden reeeally quickly, with Dawson and me (arms-linked) following behind. Frightened that they would jump out and scare that bejeebers outta us, which Andrew attempted and partially succeeded in doing =P
"I HAVE BAD NIGHT VISION AND DAWSON IS COLOR-BLIND!!!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Then we went to this nearby playground. Andrew, Dawson, and I slid down the cement slide with cardboard underneath our butts. Vicky was smart and sat out, claiming she is injury-prone. Dawson accidentally hit his head :( and started bleeding behind his ear. We all went back to his apt and I got to practice my nursing skills by disinfecting the wounded area with alcohol and Neosporin and apply a Bandaid =D Us four took a funny picture in the bathroom hahaha.
We spent the rest of the evening talking about STUFF and playing our FAVORITE GAME (Truth or Die) until some of us started getting tired/sleepy. We also LAUGHED OUT LOUD a lot a lot. I presented each of them their handmade gifts and explained that the reason I sat 15 minutes on the toilet at Skates was NOT because I was taking a dump but because I was writing them each a personalized message on the back of their frames :]
O SCHNAPS MAN. I'm truly becoming a night owl. Yesterday I also went to bed at like 4am working on Jeremy's birthday present. Today is also his 20th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMYDANIELCHEN!!!
I feel like I'm going to pretty much be nocturnal until the end of May.
I'M GRADUATING TODAY!!!!! IN LIKE, 14 HOURS!!!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Doom Time...
... in a little more than an hour...
I. F E E L. S O. S C R * W E D.
and there's nothing i can do about it because it's my fault =(
o God of grace...
I. F E E L. S O. S C R * W E D.
and there's nothing i can do about it because it's my fault =(
o God of grace...
Ugh. I wish Jesus was my roommate.
ughhhh i wanna scream at someone!!!!!!!!!!!!
and i feel so scr*wed for my physio final tomorrow. so scr*wed.
cr@ppers!!!!! i just saw another slithery creepy crawly silver worm/buggie crawl across my desk and so i let out a startled yell!
2nd time tonight seeing a creepy bug (once at nehe's apt on the carpet, and now here) *shivers*
@#@$%^!!!!RE#$RF##!!!%#%$!~@@!!! T_______T
wut a baddddd night.
M U S T . P R E S S . O N .
come Jesus come.
=(
and i feel so scr*wed for my physio final tomorrow. so scr*wed.
cr@ppers!!!!! i just saw another slithery creepy crawly silver worm/buggie crawl across my desk and so i let out a startled yell!
2nd time tonight seeing a creepy bug (once at nehe's apt on the carpet, and now here) *shivers*
@#@$%^!!!!RE#$RF##!!!%#%$!~@@!!! T_______T
wut a baddddd night.
M U S T . P R E S S . O N .
come Jesus come.
=(
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
I Miss Large Group...
Awwww I miss ICA Wednesday night LG =(
Tonight (and right now) I'll be studying Human Physiology for tomorrow's exam. Yeesh, I'm doing quite poorly in that class =( Wouldn't it be sad if I bombed the final tomorrow? Please God, don't let me fail this class (nor do super poorly in it =/)
Man, I reeeeeely want some of those Kasugai Apple-flavored gummies right now... Mmmm Japanese candies...
Tonight (and right now) I'll be studying Human Physiology for tomorrow's exam. Yeesh, I'm doing quite poorly in that class =( Wouldn't it be sad if I bombed the final tomorrow? Please God, don't let me fail this class (nor do super poorly in it =/)
Man, I reeeeeely want some of those Kasugai Apple-flavored gummies right now... Mmmm Japanese candies...
If You Wanna Fall Asleep at Night...
... DON'T YOU EVER, EVER, EVERRRRR DRINK FULL THROTTLE DURING THE DAY!!!
NOR ANY SORT OF ENERGY DRINK. PERIOD!!!!!
GAHHHHHH I have to learn this lesson the hard way... =___=
[Just take a look at my sad, sleep-deprived, worn-out, fatigued face and you'll feel my pain D: ]
Basically, I supposedly "went to bed" like 4.5 hours ago but because I STILL cannot fall asleep, I guess I'll revert to studying for physio... meh... T______T
NOR ANY SORT OF ENERGY DRINK. PERIOD!!!!!
GAHHHHHH I have to learn this lesson the hard way... =___=
[Just take a look at my sad, sleep-deprived, worn-out, fatigued face and you'll feel my pain D: ]
Basically, I supposedly "went to bed" like 4.5 hours ago but because I STILL cannot fall asleep, I guess I'll revert to studying for physio... meh... T______T
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Super-Saturated in God's LovingGrace :]
Soooo I've been feeling super duper blessed lately because I find myself literally almost drowning (in a good way) in God's amazzzzzing grace! I feel like I'm just daily floating in a huuuuuuuge pond-lake-ocean-neverending-body-of-water (the water being GOD's LOVINGgrace). Mannnn GOD! Sooooo much grace, sooooo undeserved.
Counting my blessings:
-Helen lent me her graduation cap so I don't have to buy one :]
-Dawson and the brothers gave me 2 pieces of fried chicken last night. FOR FREE :]
-I get walked home even at insane hours like 4am in the morning :]
-even though I slept 4 hours, God pulled me through my 2 megatough finals today and gave me energy through an energy drink :]
(btw, had my first energy drink - Full Throttle - at 11:17am this morning. tasted like cherry-flavored cough syrup with bubbles. kinda good/nasty at the same time)
-Brandy gave me extra graduation tickets that I was desperately asking around for so now HomePie-B and 哥 can come to my graduation! :]
-I literally pretty much went BAM-BAM-BAM through the 100-questions on my SW Policy final this afternoon because THANKFULLLLLLLLLLLLLY last night Tammie and I spent HOURS in the library going over a 2005 practice final exam that was posted on Bspace (but without answers so we had to search for all of them -____-) and for soooome reason, a huuuuge portion of that practice final showed up on our ACTUAL final exam today. I was literally in shock but at the same time thankful (and a little nervous that I would've forgotten the answers but in the end, it's all good) :]
-bumped into a friend that I had met just this year who had just recently come to the States from China. over dinner on the steps, she told me that I am her friend, one of her few in America :]
-read a lonnnng-overdue letter from angiechong and I feel LOVED by her! :]
-I have a super loving mother and father who hold hands to pray for me constantly. soooo very touched in my heart :]
-Christine Wang dropped by and paid a quickie visit to my apartment and my (now messy) room tonight! I <3 Christine! We're attending each others' weddings fosho! :]
I'm a happy kid who's madly in love with God :]
上帝,我愛你! 但是我知道你愛我更多 <3
Counting my blessings:
-Helen lent me her graduation cap so I don't have to buy one :]
-Dawson and the brothers gave me 2 pieces of fried chicken last night. FOR FREE :]
-I get walked home even at insane hours like 4am in the morning :]
-even though I slept 4 hours, God pulled me through my 2 megatough finals today and gave me energy through an energy drink :]
(btw, had my first energy drink - Full Throttle - at 11:17am this morning. tasted like cherry-flavored cough syrup with bubbles. kinda good/nasty at the same time)
-Brandy gave me extra graduation tickets that I was desperately asking around for so now HomePie-B and 哥 can come to my graduation! :]
-I literally pretty much went BAM-BAM-BAM through the 100-questions on my SW Policy final this afternoon because THANKFULLLLLLLLLLLLLY last night Tammie and I spent HOURS in the library going over a 2005 practice final exam that was posted on Bspace (but without answers so we had to search for all of them -____-) and for soooome reason, a huuuuge portion of that practice final showed up on our ACTUAL final exam today. I was literally in shock but at the same time thankful (and a little nervous that I would've forgotten the answers but in the end, it's all good) :]
-bumped into a friend that I had met just this year who had just recently come to the States from China. over dinner on the steps, she told me that I am her friend, one of her few in America :]
-read a lonnnng-overdue letter from angiechong and I feel LOVED by her! :]
-I have a super loving mother and father who hold hands to pray for me constantly. soooo very touched in my heart :]
-Christine Wang dropped by and paid a quickie visit to my apartment and my (now messy) room tonight! I <3 Christine! We're attending each others' weddings fosho! :]
I'm a happy kid who's madly in love with God :]
上帝,我愛你! 但是我知道你愛我更多 <3
I feel nocturnal.
So I was walking home about half an hour ago down the dark quiet streets of Berkeley. Alone. Was I scared? Mmmm kinda, but at the same time not THAT much. I felt brave and bold (and hyper-vigilant). I snuck outta the Changs' apartment and purposely did not ask any of the brothers to walk me back cuz most of them were also cramming for finals tomorrow so I didn't wanna bother them. So I just quietly crept out the door, hoping no one would hear or notice. Up I walk on Blake in the middle of the street (no way was I gonna walk on the sidewalk at this late hour!), with my cell phone dialed-up to 911 in my right hand. Just in case.
About a block before I hit Telegraph, I hear the familiar sound of a bike coming up behind me. I turn around and lo and behold! Who do I see? None other than my faithful buddy the crazybumlunatic :]
At that moment when I saw Nehemiah, I felt 1)kinda upset at myself that my mission to walk home solo and not bother anyone had failed but also 2)relief and thanksgiving in my heart. Yeuppp, I give thanks to God for good friends in my life.
WOWOWZERS definitely a crazy finals week to remember foshurrrre.
About a block before I hit Telegraph, I hear the familiar sound of a bike coming up behind me. I turn around and lo and behold! Who do I see? None other than my faithful buddy the crazybumlunatic :]
At that moment when I saw Nehemiah, I felt 1)kinda upset at myself that my mission to walk home solo and not bother anyone had failed but also 2)relief and thanksgiving in my heart. Yeuppp, I give thanks to God for good friends in my life.
WOWOWZERS definitely a crazy finals week to remember foshurrrre.
4 More Days...
... until Jeremy Daniel Chen's 20th birthday!!! (and my graduation!)
Totalllllly bigtime cramming at Moffitt right now... just went through a 100-question practice social welfare policy final exam with Tammie -______- DOODE. TWAS SO HARD.
I hope I don't die tomorrow. Need energy and brains to kick 'em two finals in the tooshie HARDDDD (for GOD!). Prolly gonna hafta drink coffee. Which me no likey. Meh.
Nehemiah is a crazybumlunatic who is holding my 2 delicious KFC fried chicken pieces hostage.
I'm soooooo tiredddd and my back hurts =(
But despite everything, my heart is so thankful =)
Totalllllly bigtime cramming at Moffitt right now... just went through a 100-question practice social welfare policy final exam with Tammie -______- DOODE. TWAS SO HARD.
I hope I don't die tomorrow. Need energy and brains to kick 'em two finals in the tooshie HARDDDD (for GOD!). Prolly gonna hafta drink coffee. Which me no likey. Meh.
Nehemiah is a crazybumlunatic who is holding my 2 delicious KFC fried chicken pieces hostage.
I'm soooooo tiredddd and my back hurts =(
But despite everything, my heart is so thankful =)
Monday, May 10, 2010
5 More Days...
... until my graduation! Eeeeeck!
1 more day until my first finals... eeeeep!
*sigh* yet ANOTHER evening of going to bed late. Boy, do I feel nocturnal these days. Maybe I've been hanging around the wrong crowd... haha jk! =P I LOVE my ICA bros and sis. Mmmm sure studied with a lotta ppl at a lotta places today:
Moon - VLSB
Joe - VLSB/Eshleman
(sorta) Nehemiah, Brian, Jeremiah, Linda, Helen - Chang's apartment
Now it's time for precious shut-eye sleeptime. Sooooo much history of medicine and social welfare policy material to review tomorrow... HOPE that tomorrow passes by really slowwwwly...
Goodnight God.
1 more day until my first finals... eeeeep!
*sigh* yet ANOTHER evening of going to bed late. Boy, do I feel nocturnal these days. Maybe I've been hanging around the wrong crowd... haha jk! =P I LOVE my ICA bros and sis. Mmmm sure studied with a lotta ppl at a lotta places today:
Moon - VLSB
Joe - VLSB/Eshleman
(sorta) Nehemiah, Brian, Jeremiah, Linda, Helen - Chang's apartment
Now it's time for precious shut-eye sleeptime. Sooooo much history of medicine and social welfare policy material to review tomorrow... HOPE that tomorrow passes by really slowwwwly...
Goodnight God.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
STUDYSTUDYSTUDY
Dear God,
Even though I have a bunch of difficult finals (and A LOT of them - 5 total) this last finals block of my undergrad career, I thank You so much for even allowing me to "enjoy" the studying time that I get to spend with the people I love.
Please help me to remember You in the midst of this hectic time of cramming/studying, that I may still be able to seek You for strength and wisdom and put You above all else, that I may come to You daily through prayer and reading Your Word.
Love,
Frances
[studying at VLSB right now with my beloved unni Moonkyung :]
[studied at Eshleman library yesterday after banquet until 2:30am with Brian, Michelle, and Nehemiah :]
Even though I have a bunch of difficult finals (and A LOT of them - 5 total) this last finals block of my undergrad career, I thank You so much for even allowing me to "enjoy" the studying time that I get to spend with the people I love.
Please help me to remember You in the midst of this hectic time of cramming/studying, that I may still be able to seek You for strength and wisdom and put You above all else, that I may come to You daily through prayer and reading Your Word.
Love,
Frances
[studying at VLSB right now with my beloved unni Moonkyung :]
[studied at Eshleman library yesterday after banquet until 2:30am with Brian, Michelle, and Nehemiah :]
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Studying on Saturday Morning
I'm at Moffitt Library right now. Woke up at 8:40am on a Saturday morning JUST to study for finals. WOW. But thankfully I was able to go to bed by 11:30pm last night.
Goal for today:
Study for Public Health 183
Study for Social Welfare Policy 112
Review as many Physiology slides as possible
Get my hair curled (for the first time!) by Priscilla
ICA end of the year BANQUET! :D
ONE MORE WEEK until my graduation... *dun dun dun*... x_X
Goal for today:
Study for Public Health 183
Study for Social Welfare Policy 112
Review as many Physiology slides as possible
Get my hair curled (for the first time!) by Priscilla
ICA end of the year BANQUET! :D
ONE MORE WEEK until my graduation... *dun dun dun*... x_X
Friday, May 7, 2010
It's Already May 7th...
OH SCHNAPS. My graduation is in 8 days and I don't have a graduation cap... still haven't found my SID card that's been missing all semester, nor have I replaced it yet... finals are next week, the closest one being in 4 days... V-SET is inching closer and closer... no idea what I'm doing in the fall... still have to research more on nursing schools... I'm getting older and older... Everything is coming to an end so soon =(
A sister just asked me on the walk home to my apt at what age I wanted to get married (heh, I guess marriage is something that's on both of our minds). I replied that hopefully I'll still be in my 20s when that day comes... But wow, 30 is just 8 years away, which actually is not THAT far away... Scarrrry... Hmmm I wonder who will be the one... but for now, I'm content with just Jesus, my First and True Love who will never disappoint me. But even after I get married, I hope that I will forever be content with just Jesus.
The past few evenings I've been studying late at the library or somebody's apartment or even at Cory Hall where the fancy schmancy EECS labs are. Been going to bed super late which is quite detrimental to my body and health =(
STUDEY PARTEY Pt.1 at my apartment
STUDEY PARTEY Pt.2 at Tim's lab
On a lighter note, I was able to go back home to SF on Tuesday night (May 4) to surprise Sam for his 13th birthday! I was quite rushed though because I had class until 6:30 and had to hurry back to my apartment to retrieve the AWESOME (and expensive) coffee crunch cake that I got from this super tight Japanese bakery. But PRAISE THE LORD, things came together and I was able to rush back to SF in time to pull off the surprise BIG TIMEEEE because not only was Sam surprised but so was Mom. And when Sam came out of his room and saw me standing right there in the kitchen, he was sooooo startled/caught off guard/surprised that he screamed like a girl hahaha! Wish I caught that on tape - twas a precious moment indeed.
Awww, how I've missed Sam!
Yeeeuup, this baby was DIVINE.
The signed collage poster that I made for Sam.
Cutting the MONSTER cake :]
Wowow, my little brother is now officially a teenager. And I think his voice is beginning to crack. My baby bro is growing up(!!!)... I feel :'( and :D at the same time...
Sam's 8th Birthday five years ago
There are soooooooooo many things going on in my life and in the lives of people around me at this time of year. Too fast... please slow down, time. But I guess there is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3). I pray that I am able to take in and respond well to all these things happening around me...
A sister just asked me on the walk home to my apt at what age I wanted to get married (heh, I guess marriage is something that's on both of our minds). I replied that hopefully I'll still be in my 20s when that day comes... But wow, 30 is just 8 years away, which actually is not THAT far away... Scarrrry... Hmmm I wonder who will be the one... but for now, I'm content with just Jesus, my First and True Love who will never disappoint me. But even after I get married, I hope that I will forever be content with just Jesus.
The past few evenings I've been studying late at the library or somebody's apartment or even at Cory Hall where the fancy schmancy EECS labs are. Been going to bed super late which is quite detrimental to my body and health =(
STUDEY PARTEY Pt.1 at my apartment
STUDEY PARTEY Pt.2 at Tim's lab
On a lighter note, I was able to go back home to SF on Tuesday night (May 4) to surprise Sam for his 13th birthday! I was quite rushed though because I had class until 6:30 and had to hurry back to my apartment to retrieve the AWESOME (and expensive) coffee crunch cake that I got from this super tight Japanese bakery. But PRAISE THE LORD, things came together and I was able to rush back to SF in time to pull off the surprise BIG TIMEEEE because not only was Sam surprised but so was Mom. And when Sam came out of his room and saw me standing right there in the kitchen, he was sooooo startled/caught off guard/surprised that he screamed like a girl hahaha! Wish I caught that on tape - twas a precious moment indeed.
Awww, how I've missed Sam!
Yeeeuup, this baby was DIVINE.
The signed collage poster that I made for Sam.
Cutting the MONSTER cake :]
Wowow, my little brother is now officially a teenager. And I think his voice is beginning to crack. My baby bro is growing up(!!!)... I feel :'( and :D at the same time...
Sam's 8th Birthday five years ago
There are soooooooooo many things going on in my life and in the lives of people around me at this time of year. Too fast... please slow down, time. But I guess there is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3). I pray that I am able to take in and respond well to all these things happening around me...
Monday, May 3, 2010
Last Day of Chinese 112
To get a synopsis and see awesome pictures of what went down during my final skit presentation for Chinese class, click on link below:
http://justinteng.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/last-class-of-college-%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87112-chinese-112/
Definitely one of the best skits ever, in my opinion =P
Special thanks to God, Li Laoshi for being the best Chinese teacher at UC Berkeley, and my awesome groupmates: Justin, Rosalind, Julie, Xiangyi, and Kitty :]
Just for laughs, I have also uploaded the "Becoming Li Laoshi" video, which briefly documents my transformation into our Chinese teacher Li Laoshi (whose character I portrayed in the skit). My whole ensemble (WIG+cardigan+pants+scarf) actually pulled it off and made me resemble Li Laoshi! (perhaps a taller version of her =P)
http://justinteng.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/last-class-of-college-%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87112-chinese-112/
Definitely one of the best skits ever, in my opinion =P
Special thanks to God, Li Laoshi for being the best Chinese teacher at UC Berkeley, and my awesome groupmates: Justin, Rosalind, Julie, Xiangyi, and Kitty :]
Just for laughs, I have also uploaded the "Becoming Li Laoshi" video, which briefly documents my transformation into our Chinese teacher Li Laoshi (whose character I portrayed in the skit). My whole ensemble (WIG+cardigan+pants+scarf) actually pulled it off and made me resemble Li Laoshi! (perhaps a taller version of her =P)
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