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

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.

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 =)

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.

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 :]

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

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...

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)