Winter '10

Hello!

Well, after a wonderful winter break, I am once again back in San Diego. I always feel like it's hard to transition. I get used to living the school life at SD and then going back home for a long period of time takes a bit of adjusting. Then I get used to being at home with familiarity and convenience, which makes going back to school kind of hard again. I know, I should be familiar with almost everything at school now that I'm a sophomore, but I still feel like time flew by way too fast and I still need to catch up. It's kind of weird to me because I see all these people who are really close with other people, but I still feel like I'm getting to know/not very familiar with many people. I definitely feel much closer to a lot of people at church now compared to before (which could be saying...not much...but for some people it's been a good development in friendship). Hopefully the more consistent I am in hanging out and just going to fellowship/service the deeper my friendships can become.

This past weekend, I had so much fun! Kendrick, Elise, and Jeff all came to visit me! I absolutely LOVE it when people visit me. In the morning, we ate breakfast at Cafe on Park, which is actually a cafe on the street named Park. I ordered a pancake and it seriously looked like I was eating a giant pizza of pancake. It was delicious though. We then headed over to the Birch Aquarium near my apartment. It's a really small aquarium, but it was still cute and entertaining. I feel like aquariums are way better than zoos. The creatures seem so much more exotic! After that, we were all tired and still full so we all rested in the living room watching TV until about 3PM when we headed over to the movie theaters to watch Youth in Revolt. It was really funny and crazy and Michael Cera's presence obviously made it awesome. For dinner, we ate at this place called Prepkitchen. We ordered the cheese and salami board and sandwiches. Man...this place ROCKS! I was a bit worried it would just end up being a regular old sandwich place, but everything there was seriously so delicious. I really want to go back. After a light dinner, we saved space for some Extraordinary Desserts. Kendrick and I shared an apple pie with peanut brittle ice cream, Jeff got a really yummy, rich chocolate cake, and Elise got a really good strawberry cake. Overall, the visit was AWESOME! I always hate it when they have to leave, but I need to learn to remember and enjoy the day rather than dwell on the fact that it's over.

For school, every day is packed with things to do even though I only have class on Tuesday and Thursday. Work is still awesome and I love it! I don't know why, but I love working in an office. What most people find boring about it, I embrace and I'm sure they're happy they have me around to joyfully do the tasks they don't want to do. I did feel very special on Friday, though. One of the important people who are really high up approached me and asked if I would represent the Intercollegiate Athletics Department at this social event and I was really flattered! However, I had already planned the awesome day with Kendrick, Elise, and Jeff (which was way more awesome than going to a social event for work), but I definitely felt appreciated.

We will see how this quarter goes. May God lead me in His will =)

The Start of a New School Year

So lately I've been trying to be more social and wow...I've been really social. In fact some days I'm so social or I walk so much that by 6 I'm already yawning! haha. I've worked out with John, hung out a lot of with apartment-mates, and just tried meeting up with friends. It's a weird feeling being back right now because it seems like a reunion. Everywhere I go, I see familiar faces and it seems like I'm at a one-year freshman year reunion.

Yesterday, I cooked dinner for myself!! I made soy sauce chicken, bok choi, rice, and corn. I was afraid to undercook the chicken, but my friend Ashley helped me a bit with that. The food ended up tasting pretty good! I have eggs, onions, tomatoes, etc still in the refrigerator so I have so much food to make and I hope nothing spoils before I can get to it. I'm all grown up! My apartment-mates love cooking so our apartment smells pretty good every night.

Tomorrow is my interview for the School of Medicine job..the one where I'm going to be tested on Excel. I've been practicing a bit to refresh my memory, but I don't think I can become advanced with these few days of practice. I'll just do what I can do and hope I'm a good guesser. I still haven't heard back from the other interviews, but when I do, I'll be sure to let you guys know.

I've been getting along with my new roommate, too! So thanks to God for providing a wonderful roommate this year.

Anyways, I'll be updating anything significant in my life every so often. Love you all!

Finals Week

Once again, it's that time of year--finals week. Boo!! I took my music final last night (Monday) and it was okay I guess. I feel like I guessed a lot because there is just so much information from that class, it's hard to remember everything. However, I realized that I really did learn SO much from the Beatles class. I went in not know anything about them except for "Yellow Submarine" and John Lennon. Now, I know so much about them, it's crazy! I still don't really know technical music stuff that we sort of went over in class, but I don't really care to learn that yet. So far, I've been feeling pretty calm about finals. It's funny because after taking my first final, I seriously felt like it was summer already.

Today I spent pretty much the entire day studying for econ. Yeah, I hate how I don't have any fun time, but then again, if I had fun time, I wouldn't have study time which I really need, and then my grades would suffer more. This quarter, I'm pretty much getting straight B's (except maybe one A if I do well on the final)...a definite drop from my previous 2 quarters. I have come to accept that and just do my best for now. I'm just really looking forward to summer and all the random fun things I want to do.

As stated in my previous entry, mommy and daddy came to visit me here in SD on Saturday. It was really great even though their visit was very short. I think I really needed some encouragement and fun to keep me going in preparation for this week. I've also been looking at my old cards from like Valentines Day and one that accompanied my 1st quarter care package. I really love cards. I love how they can tell someone how he or she feels about the recipient and share encouragement and as a bonus, they are keepsakes so I get to re-read them whenever I want! I think it's important to tell someone how you feel about him/her, because you never know...you might just make their day with something nice even if it's small. I think it's also good to put myself in other people's position and see through their perspective sometimes so that I can understand a particular situation. I try my best to be helpful.

I'm very excited for the end of my first collegiate year though :)

Coming to the end...

Well, today I officially finished my first year's classes. It really doesn't feel any different with finals coming up next week. Sometimes I just wish I could work instead of going to school because then I don't have to study or have any homework--I can just do my work in the morning/afternoon and then do whatever I want at night instead of always having something school-related to do.

I have to say, 8th week was probably the worst week out of the quarter. I just felt so pressed for time in everything I had to get done in addition to a lot of end-of-the-year type things like picking apartments (and I'm sure you guys remember that situation). Since the end of that terrible week, though, things have been looking up. Even though finals are looming around the corner, I am trying to be diligent, happy, and faithful.

On a more exciting note, yesterday (6/4/09) Allyson, Anthony, and Kendrick came to visit me! It was such a fantastic day! First, they came here and we ate breakfast together at OVT (my dorm cafeteria). Then, we went to Balboa Park's Natural History Museum to see the Body Worlds exhibit. Even though it's my second time seeing it, it was still really cool and amazing how they can make such an exhibit. After going through everything, we watched this movie about the human body, but we all fell asleep halfway through. Well...I don't think I actually knocked out, but things were definitely hazy and I don't remember a lot. Ironically, I do remember a part in the video talking about sleep haha. After we left, we came back to my dorm to have lunch and rest a bit and figure out what to do. We decided on going to the Gaslamp district (kind of like more upscale and bigger Old Town Pasadena) and walked around there for a while. We had dinner there, too at a place called MaryJane's. It was a really cute retaurant. After we came back to my dorm again, Anthony and Allyson took off to hang out with Anthony's cousin. Kendrick and I wanted to rest and not spend any more money so we watched Role Models. What a silly movie. I was super exhausted by the time Anthony and Allyson came back to pick up Kendrick. It was such a great, fun day!! I always hate it when it's over though and I have to get back into the school mind-set. The weird thing is that with such a contrast of super fun day juxtaposed with a school day makes the school day so much worse than normal.

Tomorrow, mommy and daddy are coming to visit me/help me move some stuff out so I'm excited about that. I like having visitors and familiarity around me :)
I need to get back to studying though...first final on Monday, one on Wednesday and then two on Friday! Ahh!! Jesus will help me though :) Hope you guys are all doing well. Going home soon whoo!!

Weekend Report

Hello, again!

So as you might know, this past Friday was the UCSD SunGod festival concert thing. I woke up at 7:30am -ish with my roommates to get in line for wristbands that are required for admission. It was okay aking up but as the day went on I got more and more tired. Most of UCSD doesn't go to class, but I'm afraid of missing class so I went to my writing lecture, but it ended up being cancelled so I just walked back to my room. Then I pretty much did a lot of reading/homework stuff even though almost everyone was out partying it up and stuff. At one point, my roommate took my books and tried to hide them from me so that I would stop reading and start partying with them, but I found my books. haha. Then I went to math class, which was still in session, not cancelled.
By the end of class I was getting pretty tired and I didn't even really feel like going to the concert/event anymore, but I figured I woke up early and waited in line for the wristband so at 5:30pm, I left with some people to go to SunGod. We went to this area where a DJ plays music and people dance...pretty much like a club within a huge tent haha. It was kind of awkward watching some people dance but I guess that's expected, right? After that, we went to the main stage area because Sara Bareilles was next!! The group I had gone with to the main stage kind of left me so I called my friend Karen and found her up closer to the stage so i stood with her. Wow...Sara Bareilles is SO GOOD live!!! I'm really sad I forgot my camera though...The only downside of the concert was these stupid drunk people who were very rude and disruptive to my concert experience, but oh well. What can I do, right? There's always going to be those kinds of people. Overall, even though I only went to one event at SunGod really, I really enjoyed my time there. It was so great! :)

Today, Sunday, I was supposed to go strawberry picking with people from church here in SD, but I am pretty tired so I decided not to go. Instead, I'm eating lunch, writing this blog, and watching the Laker game! I feel nice and relaxed now. Then, once this game is over, it's homework time. I'm so excited for Dana Point for family time, though!! YAY!

Results of SAGA

Hello, sisters!
So today I received another e-mail (after the whole housing situation stuff, but this one has nothing to do with housing), and it was from the scholarship program, SAGA, that I applied for. This is what it said...

Dear SAGA Applicant,

Thank you for your application to the 2009-2010 SAGA Scholarship program. We reviewed a number of applications and have determined that your qualifications and/or interests were not a match with our requirements.

If you are eligible to participate in our upcoming workshops, you will be notified in the coming weeks. We wish you success with your job search and in the future. Thank you for time and your interest in our program.


So as you can see, I didn't get the scholarship program, but I'm totally fine with that. Right after I turned all my stuff in, I gave it up to God and decided that I only want the scholarship program if it's God's will for me to get it. So I'm not in any way sad or hurt that I didn't get it. I should probably look for a job next year, though. hahaha :)

Number One

Hello!
I haven't written in a blog in a long time, like since Xanga was still popular. I don't even know how often I'll write in this thing, but Jessica recommended me to create a blog since us sisters (Christina, Jessica, and I) are all busy and don't really get to talk to one another that often. So I'm making this to keep people updated about my life...if I write in it often enough for that to apply.

It is mother's day weekend! Happy Mother's Day to my mommy! I'm really glad I was able to become closer with my mom after going to college. I used to get in trouble for not really talking to my parents, which would make the oh-so-rebellious me even more inclined to not really talk to my parents. It was kind of a vicious cycle. But going to college/not living at home allowed for there to be space and I really like/appreciate calling my mom during the week now. I think it's helped our relationship to be stronger :) Thanks mom.