google maps

I've never been a big fan of Geography. Sure, it was easy in high school and I got an A and everything, but to this day, I've never been good with maps. Two weeks ago at GYC, Jenny and I were standing in the cold for ten minutes in a Minneapolis neighborhood trying to find our starting point for our door-to-door evangelism. We walked all the way down one street in hopes that it would lead us to the starting point, but we went the wrong way! Today I had a sadder, more time-consuming experience.

I agreed to help Jeremy with mapping out a bunch of addresses on a Google map. I was confused for about twenty minutes, but I finally got the hang of it. We were working on a bunch of addresses, and in the middle of it, he notices that something happened and all of them were erased! Jeremy was pretty frustrated with it because he had worked on it for a long time but I stayed calm and tried to make him smile and de-frustrate him with icons that I thought would make him smile/laugh. I think it worked, and after that, we started up again. After reaching another half-way point, his computer froze and he signed off but I continued working. I finally got to the end of the list and was so relieved! I felt so accomplished because it was a really long list. I saved everything and clicked "Done" and went exploring on the map. I accidentally clicked a link and it brought me to a different page. I quickly pressed back and alas, our hard work was erased again.

I was so disappointed and sad.

When I called him up to tell him what happened, I actually had tears forming in my eyes.

Looking back on it now, a few hours later, it's a little humorous. I can't believe I shed a few tears for a map.

*sigh

Anyways. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I haven't done anything that I was supposed to do this break! This week, I need to really start working on: LLUSN application, recommendations, TEAS studying, my "Behold" Bible study research, my room...

Boo procrastination.

study to shew thyself approved unto God

grades.
they aren't the most important thing
but they are to a certain extent.

i thank the Lord so much
for bringing me through this past quarter
and softening my teachers' hearts
(especially my music teachers).

i just checked my grades
and they're the highest they've ever been
since i started college.
yaaaaaaaay.
no b's or below!

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15

analogies

hand : palm :: internet : how i waste my time

elyssa is not equal to productive.

...if i were smarter, i would know more.
or maybe if i tried harder.
but you get the picture:
i'm so lazy right now.

study break

it hasn't been three full days since i've left la sierra, but i'm actually itching for something to study. that totally goes to show how confused i am: when at school, i absolutely despise studying, but now that i'm on break for three weeks, i feel like i need to study.

so tonight, i had some alone time. i curled up in my bed and read "the soul of a doctor," which is a compilation of essays by harvard medical students about their real experiences with patients. while i was reading, i really wanted my anatomy book so i could look up some of the terminology. i even was picturing the muscle model from the lab and started naming them: "rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medius, vastus intermedius, tensor fasciae latae...wait is that how you spell it? l-a-t-a-e? iliopsoas, pectineus..." and so on.

no i'm not a nerd. even though at this time, like always at the end of a quarter, i constantly attack the la sierra website, relentlessly logging in until my grades are all posted up so i can either rejoice or pout, i'm not a nerd. example: i can and should study for my teas exam, which i want to take in january, but i'm not. case closed.

i should be enjoying this break. i've been longing for this time when i don't have to study, work, practice, etc., but i actually just want to fast forward time to when i become a nursing student. even though i was totally afraid and overwhelmed at jonjon's llu nursing student testimonies, i'm yearning for that busyness, the hustle-and-bustle, the interaction with patients, and so on. i'm not looking forward to all the studying, but everything else seems fun. instead of being scared for allison and vanessa as they begin nursing school like i was on thursday night, i kind of really want to be going there with them next quarter...

practice makes music major

this evening, the department of music held their student chamber music concert. i attended because nikki was playing in the flute quintet and i like to come to her recitals and performances and stuff like a proud mama...but more like a proud roomie. (i didn't get to watch her perform because i had to leave but still...)

anyways, i was listening, observing, and admiring the musicians while they were playing, and it hit me: i could have been a music major. sure, anyone could be a music major if they know how to play an instrument or sing well, but seriously...i could have been a music major, if i practiced. i was listing the instruments that i've played in my head, and boy...if i really did spend much more time on them, i would have been so talented. haha.

but no really: i was a flutist, violinist, and percussionist, and i am a pianist and trying to learn how to become an organist. if i had just only practiced like i should have, who knows? i could have been one of the performers tonight.

practice makes perfect (and a music major.)

quote of the day

"courage is grace under pressure" - ernest hemingway

i am having the best time at camp cedar falls for preparation for eternity: the issues of life.
the messages are such a blessing and an eye-opener.

oh, the beauty of music

i know i just posted but
the power of music is tremendous.

i love marvin and derrick's rendition of what a friend we have in Jesus
it had me in tears--which is a good thing
kinda.

What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a priviledge to carry Ev'rything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Ev'rything to God in prayer!

Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged, Take it to the Lord in prayer: Can we find a friend so faithful Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus Knows our every weakness, Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care? Precious Saviour, still our refuge; Take it to the Lord in prayer: Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer; In His arms He'll take and shield thee; Thou wilt find a solace there.

save a turkey, eat tofurkey

what a restful day.

it was great until i made the mistake of watching grey's anatomy.
i am now intrigued and bummed.
that show makes you real eager to learn and emo.

at least i'm eager to learn..
that should keep me busy these next three weeks.

can you whisper

anatomy blows.
blows like a fierce wind.
which knocks me over
face first
into the hard ground.

ahhhhhh.
i was actually studying last night
and there's so much stuff! =[

so please don't lose your confidence in me.

catharsis isn't always good, right?
that's what my psych book said.

i'm kind of missing last school year.

i wish i wasn't so fragile
'cause i know that i'm not easy to handle

No Escuela

So this week is Thanksgiving Break and I have no school!
Sounds great, right?
Nope.
I may have no classes, but I still have a huge amount of schoolwork and studying to do!
Basically, it's like I'm in school. Just without CABL run as well.
I also have the same distractions that keep me from doing my school work and studying, such as but not limited to:
MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, NAPS...

Things to Do:

• Study for A & P Cumulative Lecture Exam and Lab Practical: Learn all the muscles ever created
• Spanish Food Log, Journal, Church Report, Video, and Extra Credit
• Nursing Club constitution
• Clean room
• Vacuum house
• Practice piano: polish Arabesque
• Attempt to practice organ

At least I can sleep in.
Whoop-de-doo.

Blessing

I picked up my Bible this morning for devotion and I turned randomly and I came across Psalms 116. Oh my, just what I needed!

I love the Lord because He hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Psalms 116: 1-15

That's not the whole chapter, but yeah...it was pretty awesome coming across that because that's just what I had been feeling for awhile..


Here's another quote that I came across that I just want to post up so I can remember it:
"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth." - Benjamin Disraeli

Bright Blue

I didn't realize how bright my blue background is until just now, when I checked my blog. Maybe Rory (a Macbook -- Mac pride!) is just that good.

Anyways...
I'm overwhelmed.

I was looking over Vanessa's Nursing binder today, and I didn't realize how much stuff...and...stuff...Nursing School entails. (I can't find a better word than stuff right now.)

These are the things that are freaking me out right now about Nursing School:

• a 95% is an A
• I don't know if I will graduate on time -- June 2010
• my recommendations
• TEAS
• Med School

That's right, Med School. That idea has never left me. I won't change my major again; I'm going to finish Nursing. But now, I'm thinking about going to Med School. I want to be a doctor and I'm not sure why. I just have a feeling in me that wants to be a doctor, that wants to go to med school. One can't trust their feelings and shouldn't base a decision solely on feelings so that's why I'm not sure. Ahhhh.

I have a lot of things to do besides that so maybe I should put those aside, and start worrying about them when Fall Quarter finals are over. I have to start my application process for LLUSN (Loma Linda University School of Nursing) by January 2008 because it's due at the of March 2008, so I have a few months to not worry about them and worry about LSU stuff.

List making looks fun right now, so here's my to-do-list for tonight =]

• pick up Bio lab notebooks
• finish the laundry
• OSA PIE FEED @ 6 P.M.! mmmmmm, foooooooood =]
• start studying for PSYC test
• PSYC application essay due tonight @ 11:59 P.M.
• start making flash cards for A & P: muscles and appendicular skeleton
• clean room (hah! like that's gonna happen...)

*sigh* This week is almost over! It's been so blaaaah and cloudy (not only in the skies). At least today had a good moment and a burst of sun: Dr. Joseph finally did the moonwalk in class!

Rock Climbing and Such..

I told the Lord (even though I don't really need to) to do all that He has to do in order that I may experience true conversion and give my heart fully to Him.

I wasn't expecting all of it to hit hard at once. More is probably on the way or these trials will grow bigger, but right now...I don't know what to do.

I remember my rock climbing story/analogy that I talked about last week during my testimony...

One Wednesday morning, I began to climb the course that had the chimney. It was really easy until I got to the edge of the chimney and couldn't figure out how to get inside and finish the climb. I moved left and right, up and down, and yet I couldn't get inside. I started looked back down at the ground and decided maybe I'll just climb it later after finding a better path. I called down that I was ready to lower, but then Coach came over and started yelling, "What are you doing?!" I responded with, "Uhh...I'm ready to come down.." and he looked at me and said, "Are you a quitter?!" I laughed and said, "Noooooo...I just can't get inside!" He was like, "Of course you can!" And I said, "Uh...no....I mean, I understand the concept and everything, but I just can't get in..." And he gave me another look...and then I felt a tug that pushed me up a few inches higher. I sighed and attempted to jump for a rock. It took me a couple times, but finally I grabbed hold of it and somehow, pulled myself up into the chimney and finished the climb.

I related this to our Christian experience and the trials that come with it. In the beginning, we're just on the ground -- we're in the world. And once we decide to give our heart and our life to Jesus, we start climbing that wall, up to Him. It seems easy at first, but then suddenly, we reach that obstacle, that trial, that tribulation. We try to move around it, we think of what we ourselves can do to get over it, but nothing seems to work. Then, looking back down at the ground, looking back down at the world...it seems like an easier place to be in. We think, "Oh, this wouldn't have happened to me if I were still in the world, if I were still on the ground." Falling seems like the best option to us. Slipping back into the way our lives used to be, lowering ourselves back onto the ground seems like a solution. But if we don't give up, if we just persevere and trust in God, He will give us that pull, that strength, that will help us finish that climb up to Him.

Nice, right? But right now, feeling all this hurt, feeling all the confusion, feeling like I just want to give up...I'm back to where I was that Wednesday -- staring at that chimney and not knowing what to do and where to find the strength to continue. But now, it's a bigger chimney, or a group of chimneys, for trials are just piling up in front of me. Ignoring them and pretending everything is okay are things I do...but they don't last for long.

All is piling up and more is on the way, and right now...I need that tug, that strength to continue on.

This World is Not My Home

this world is not my home
i'm just a-passing through
my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
the angels beckon me from heaven's open door
and i can't feel at home in this world anymore

oh Lord, You know i have no friend like You
if heaven's not my home,
then Lord what will i do?
the angels beckon me from heaven's open door
and i can't feel at home in this world anymore.

Testimony

"And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." Exodus 4:10-12 KJV

That promise to Moses was made real to me today.

I gave a testimony tonight at the Rancho Cucamonga revival and by the grace of God, it went really well! At first, I was so unprepared. I had known about this for two weeks, but I didn't start actually preparing until a couple hours before the service. I practiced in front of the mirror, but it didn't go so well. I was stuttering and I thought I didn't make sense. When I got to the place, I was so nervous! Especially when I saw the time breakdown: 15 minutes! Such a long time!

I started added notes to my notecard and marking the verses and the passages I wanted to mention. When the program began, I prayed a couple times. Finally it was my turn. I opened with talking about the black-out at school and how it was so awesome. Then I prayed, and after I tried to find my notecard, but I couldn't find it! So I decided to just try my best and let the Lord bless (haha, that rhymes).

The Lord truly blessed! I got many laughs and I felt so energetic. It wasn't how I usually speak; the Lord was truly speaking through me. After the program, I got many comments on about how funny and great the testimony was and how I was cute up there and everythanng. Haha. But all the glory goes to God! I truly could not have done this without Him! He was seriously the one speaking through me.

Happy Sabbath!

Swamped

It's only the end of the second week of school and already I am so tired!

Don't get me wrong, I really like being busy. It's helping a lot right now. But it's so crazyyyy.

I'm taking less units than last year (last year I was at an overload each quarter!) but I have less free time.

Check it:
Psychology MTRF 9 A.M.
A & P 1 MTRF 10 A.M.
A & P Lab T 3-6 P.M.
Spanish MW 3-4:40 P.M.
Rock Climbing W 8-9:50 A.M.
Organ R 2-3 P.M.
Piano M 2-3 P.M.

and then...
G. Bio Lab TA meetings M 5 P.M.
G. Bio Lab TA W 12-3 P.M.
plus time grading quizzes and notebooks (15)

also...
Bible studies TW 7-9 P.M.

and there are also other responsibilities involving orientation leader and ministry stuff..

It wouldn't be so bad IF I knew how to manage my time wisely. But of course I don't, so my sleeping habits are like how they were last year around second-third quarters.

It also wouldn't be so bad if I actually studied. I'm behind in reading for all classes! And now I'm getting behind in grading for lab. So much for getting straight A's.

I gotta buckle down. I always think and say that but it never actually happens. I should really do something about that.

Happily Never After

...is a movie title I thought appropriate for today. I saw it at Target and the title caught my eye. Apparently, it was also created by the ones who created Shrek and Shrek 2.

The work load keeps building up. By the end of the year, my hair will be streaked with strands of white.

I have no time to wallow (The wallow definition I'm using is from Gilmore Girls).

Life goes on even though I want to take an hour to climb into bed, curl up and cry. This blog itself is taking precious time that I'll never get back. Alas, moving on is a necessity for it's the only way I'll be able to keep on surviving.

Time to discard it all.

I wonder how long it'll take people to realize that my usual answer of a smile and "I'm okay," is all fake.

But no worries. I'm going to be okay.

Organization

It's amazing to me how well I can organize many things, like Bible studies and such, and how it impresses people, like Mike who now has called me "Mike's Little Helper," and yet I can't seem to organize my life.

I cannot seem to organize my thoughts, my time, my rooms, my closet, my desk, etc.

So sad.

It's 1:16 A.M. I need to sleep so I can keep up with Justin or whoever tomorrow on the track.

A Change

I don't know how much good it will be to me in the future. Sometimes I feel like picking up the phone and saying "sorry, I didn't mean to say that.." But I was convicted during a prayer...so maybe I should just let it go. And let go.

I need to keep really busy. Starting now! Tomorrow, I'm going to try to do the CABL run for the whole two months because that's the only time I can work out. Soooo I better get to sleep now!

Anyways. Here's a passage that I came across again in Messages to Young People while trying to look for a quotation about self-denial:

"Trial will come to you. Thus the Lord polishes the roughness from your character. Do not murmur. You make the trial harder by repining. Honor God by cheerful submission. Patiently endure the pressure. Even though a wrong is done you, keep the love of God in the heart. 'Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.'

'Beware of desperate steps; the darkest day, Wait but tomorrow, will have passed away.' 'In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.' Christ knows the strength of your temptations and the strength of your power to resist. His hand is always stretched out in pitying tenderness to every suffering child. To the tempted, discouraged one he says, Child for whom I suffered and died, cannot you trust Me? 'As thy days, so shall thy strength be.'...

'Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.' ...He will be to you as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. He says, 'Come unto Me,...and I will give you rest'--rest that the world can neither give nor take away....

Words cannot describe the peace and joy possessed by him who takes God at His word. Trials do not disturb him, slights do not vex him. Self is crucified. Day by day duties may become more taxing, his temptations stronger, his trials more severe; but he does not falter; for he receives strength equal to his need."

--Youth's Instructor June 26, 1902

Aloha for Now

hello again to ordinary life
hello to mondays
hello responsibility

goodbye to every single thing i try to hide
bout a day ago, i bid you farewell
well, it's not fair at all

aloha for now
don't you ever think that i won't ever think of you
don't you dare to dream that i won't dare to dream of you
after all, it's just
aloha for now

Ignite 2007

Freshman Orientation was so AWESOME!

GO FRESH MANGOS, GROUP #17!

I am so missing right now.

I could go into more details but really, all I can say is that I loved it and I love being a family group leader! It was the best ever. Not only did I make new memories, but I made new friends.

To my FTW family: Thanks for your prayers this week. It really made a difference and the outcome was truly a blessing.

No bueno

"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than me." Acts 5:29

Is this applicable to parents?

What if one feels compelled and convicted to do what she or he can to finish the work now, but a parent says "No" or "Not yet?"

Quandary.

My Life Story

Help! - HappySlip

This is exactly the reason why I can't seem to be able to clean my room.

I receive many clothes from my relatives, clothes that I don't even need. And when I try to give them away, my mom says the exact same things that the mom says...

Anxiety

I cannot sleep.

Every few seconds, a new item pops into my head that I need to buy before Friday. Moving in is fun and all, but it's really stressing me out right now. And then I'm thinking of how the room is going to be arranged and who could help me move the furniture if needed. Oh, and then I think about what I'm going to put into those drawers in the closet. I'm really going to miss my walk in closet. I'm also going to miss a brightly lit hallway late at night. Dude, I've been to that hall at night. It's scary. The exit sign flashes and it's like a scene out of a scary movie. That made me think about where I can get a pocket flashlight...

Anyways. Every moment is a blessing, but I truly received a blessing today! I'm such a lazy procrastinator so I was looking if there was a passage from Spirit of Prophecy that addresses that. I didn't find one that especially spoke out to me at the moment, so I left it alone. Then, I opened up my Bible and I recalled James 1:1-15 that I once memorized (*sigh I know the first half still, but I've forgotten the last half). After reading a few chapters, I picked up The Ministry of Healing and read a few things from it. I decided that I should really finish Messages to Young People before I start school, so I started reading it. There, I found a passage that really speaks out to me and it ties the things that I read from (The Ministry of Healing and James 1)all together!

"It is wrong to waste our time, wrong to waste our thoughts. We lose every moment that we devote to self-seeking. If every moment were valued, and rightly employed, we should have time for everything that we need to do for ourselves or for the world. In the expenditure of money, in the use of time, strength, opportunities, let every Christian look to God for guidance. 'If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.' James 1:5"
The Ministry of Healing p. 208

Hands Down

One of the hardest things for me to do is to not take matters into my own hands.

From a couple of messages at SWYC, we were shown how much better it is for us to just follow God's plan for us, no matter how it may seem to us.

Even though I know all these things...I'm still having trouble letting go.

Surprise!

At CFC, we have an afternoon program called Young Life Program or something like that. Well, I had offered to give a report about last week's Southwest Youth Conference to share the blessings I had received and the things that I had learned. It turns out that my report ended up being the inspirational talk! I found out when I was playing with baby Jade and they started passing out programs and Arlene and Irene were sitting behind me and they look at the program and Irene goes, "Oh! Elyssa's speaking today." and I was like, "What?!"

So I had about thirty minutes to prepare for my short talk. I think it lasted maybe five minutes? Ate Myla asked me to end before 2:30 and when Jenny finished her song for special music, it was already 2:20. I was pretty okay with that because I wasn't sure what I wanted to say! But from what I can recall this is what basically happened:

I introduced SWYC and mentioned the different speakers
I introduced the theme: In This Generation and tied it in to the AY Aim: The Advent message to all the world in this generation.
I read 1 Thess. 4:13-18 and emphasized verse 15 "we which are alive and remain...shall not prevent them which are asleep"
I urged the congregation (or fellow...uh...church members as I put it) to think on what they can do to hasten the second coming for we want to see Jesus in this generation.
I think this was my favorite part: I recalled a famous phrase from Kennedy's inaugural speech "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" and tied that into it by saying, "We shouldn't ask 'When is Jesus coming?' We should ask, 'What can we do to hasten His coming'"

Sounds all great and splendid but I don't think my delivery was that great. I don't think I spoke great English. I was so flustered and nervous up there (ahh! I've forgotten all that I learned in Interpersonal Communications) that I even forgot where 1 Thessalonians is in the Bible. Hah, I'm great. I really don't think I made sense. Even though a few people told me they enjoyed my message (Praise God!), I think I could have presented it better.

Oh well. I thank the Lord that I was able to share that message, even if it didn't make sense...

Changes

After visiting Glendale Academy today, I realized how many changes have happened this past year. Not only to the school, but in my life.

I visited Ms. Gross and I absolutely love her new requirement for her honors students: They must read The Great Controversy by Ellen White and another one of her books. When I found out, I was so thrilled. I wish that took place when I was a Senior. But thinking back on it, I probably wouldn't have liked it.

Pastor Gomez let me borrow Messages to Young People during my Freshman year and I remember opening it up, and after reading the first paragraph, I set it aside because I thought it was boring. But now! I'm in the middle of the book, which I kind of regret because I should be finished with it now!

I've finished Steps to Christ and have read excerpts from The Great Controversy, The Ministry of Healing, and Counsels on Diet and Foods. I've read chapters of Patriarchs and Prophets that go along with my devotion/reading the Bible in a year (except it might end up being: in less than two years) plan, but have yet to open Education. Sorry Jeremy! I will get to it. (He bought me that book from the library's book sale this past year.) It's just amazing to me how now I find these books to be so awesome when just a few years ago, I couldn't read past one page.

I love Ms. Gross's new requirement so when I shared it with Mike and Jenny, they liked it too! But seeing the reactions of some of my friends to it just goes to show how much my mindset has changed from a year ago. If I heard that a year ago, I would have thought, "Poor kids." But now, oh, how I wish I could trade places with them! I find that requirement to be fun! Hehe.

I have wondered quite a few times about what my life would have been like if I had decided to live for God earlier. I wonder how big of a change my past would have been if I had accepted the Truth earlier. I think about the Jr/Sr football game dance routines that I wouldn't have participated in, the Grad Night I wouldn't have attended, the music I wouldn't have listened to, the meat I wouldn't have consumed, the words I wouldn't have said, the feelings I wouldn't have had or would have tried to control, the TV shows and the movies I wouldn't have watched... But even with that, I know that there is a reason why I am convicted now. To say that I wasn't ready sounds a bit weird, but I think must be the truth. There's a concept that we shouldn't share things with others before they're ready because it might make them not as open to it...and I guess that might have happened with me? I'm not sure. But I know God had a reason for not convicting me before and maybe with time, I'll see it. *sigh A concept I must apply to my life now...

Anyways. Just some ramblings as I prepare to sleep and stuff. Happy Sabbath!

Speechless

So I'm a fan of Happy Slip. It's great. I got a comment from one of my friends today who says that he feels sorry for my mom (actually, it's my aunt!) every time there's a new Happy Slip video. This is why:

So I have an aunt named Auntie Baby, just like in the videos. And the faces and the things she does when she talks to me about serious things reminds me of the Auntie Baby in the videos! So I end up kind of laughing at her, but I try not to laugh in front of her, so I drink lots of water as an attempt to contain my laughter. It works most of the time. I'm horrible, huh...

Anyways. Christine has a new video entitled, "Speechless," and it's the greatest. Minnie reminds me of me from just a couple of years ago.

Missing It

I am so missing Southwest Youth Conference (SWYC.) It was held this past Labor Day weekend at Pine Springs Ranch in the San Jacinto Mountains. It was such a blessing! I loved my time there, even though some of the time was busy. Not only did I get to hear amazing speakers, my favorite one was Dr. Samuel Koranteng-Pipim and his message "Are You There?," but I also got to spend time with my family in Christ. Oh, how I love them! They're so hilarious. We had thee best times with the walkie-talkies. Gotta love them! And eating together and making babies cry...haha. That doesn't sound too good, but it was soo accidental! There were midnight Bible studies with Gomez and late late night Scripture songs sessions. But yeah, let's not do that again next year. I'm thinking maybe we should get some sleep so we can be wide awake for the meetings. I loved hanging out with them all and getting to know them better!

*sigh I got some news up there that really bummed me out and has kind of left me in charge of our Bible studies at La Sierra. It's okay, I'm getting better, and I'm really excited for this new leadership role. And now my first task has begun: confirming that David Asscherick is one of the speakers for Spiritual Emphasis Weeks. I've emailed three people now and have yet to find out who the speaker is. I really hope he's one of them! I want him to be a guest presenter for the Bible Studies, either Reason Together or Just Ask! or maybe even both!

Anyways, after talking with the Jeremys last night (they're hilarious, but not when they're all hyper and you're their target to make fun of) I started to think about something. I had said something about ice cream (LOL) that I'm kind of regretting right now. It made me think of these two things:

"The lives of professing Christians who do not live the Christ life are a mockery to religion. Every one whose name is registered on the church roll is under obligation to represent Christ by revealing the inward adorning of a meek and quiet spirit. They are to be His witnesses, making known the advantages of walking and working as Christ has given them example. The truth for this time is to appear in its power in the lives of those who believe it, and is to be imparted to the world. Believers are to represent in their lives, its power to sanctify and ennoble. . . . They are to show forth the power of the grace that Christ died to give men. . . . They are to be men of faith, men of courage, whole-souled men, who, without questioning, trust in God and His promises. . . . {AG 247.3}

There must be no pretense in the lives of those who have so sacred and solemn a message as we have been called to bear. The world is watching Seventh-day Adventists because it knows something of their profession of faith and of their high standard, and when it sees those who do not live up to their profession, it points at them with scorn." {AG 247.4}

"Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." James 4:17 KJV

Hmm. It just made me think that not only is the world watching Seventh-day Adventists, but we Seventh-day Adventists are watching each other. We look to each other for human encouragement and as a living sermon. By the way we live our lives, we influence those who are also in the church. And so...if you boys are reading this, LOL, never mind what I said about ice cream. Hehe. But seriously. Sorry for those comments. I think my craving just got me, LOL.

Quote of the Day

"Whatever your anxieties and trials, spread out your case before the Lord. Your spirit will be braced for endurance. The way will be open for you to disentangle yourself from embarrassment and difficulty. The weaker and more helpless you know yourself to be, the stronger will you become in His strength. The heavier your burdens, the more blessed the rest in casting them upon your Burden Bearer.

Circumstances may separate friends; the restless waters of the wide sea may roll between us and them. But no circumstances, no distance, can separate us from the Saviour. Wherever we may be, He is at our right hand, to support, maintain, uphold, and cheer. Greater than the love of a mother for her child is Christ's love for His redeemed. It is our privilege to rest in His love, to say, 'I will trust Him; for He gave His life for me.'

Human love may change, but Christ's love knows no change. When we cry to Him for help, His hand is stretched out to save."

Ministry of Healing 72

Nineteen Years Young

Today was not one of my best days.

I got into a huge fight with my mom and she's still pretty mad at me.

And yes, today is my birthday.

But I thank the Lord for my friends; I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

Thank you to everyone who called, texted, and commented me happy birthday wishes.

And thanks to those who checked up on me because they knew my day wasn't going very good.

In the evening, I was pretty upset for awhile. My mom told me to vacuum so I was doing that for a couple of hours. I checked my phone one time and I noticed that I had a voice mail. When I listened to it, it was Jeremy, Kurt, Nam, and Jamie singing "Happy Birthday" to me. =] That really made me smile.

Then a couple hours after that, Lester calls me. He tells me that he left something outside my house and that I should check it. I walked outside and I see glow sticks leading me to a stair that had a glowing cake on it. I was so surprised so I sat down next to it. A few seconds later, Arielle, Lester, and Luke scream "SURPRISE!" and come running up the stairs with confetti and silly string. I blew out my candles and I gave them a group hug. I kept saying, "I love you guys!" It was so awesome. They even had a card and flowers for me! And the cake was VEGAN! It TOTALLY made my whole day =]

I really do love my friends. They're the best. And I thank the Lord for bringing them into my life. Without them, I don't know what I'd be.

So yeah, my last teen year is now under way.

Ten

Ten things to Ten people. I'm not that discreet, so it'll probably be easy to guess which one is for you.

1. Next year, fasho, I'm going to jump on you when you turn twenty. We'll have adjoining bathrooms by then, so it'll be easy. Or if you're in the lobby, maybe I'll hit you with a pillow. It's all with love, my best non-friend.

2. We've been through a spiritual rollercoaster this past year. I have no idea what I'd do without you and your prayers and your advice. Thank you for everything. I'm so grateful that I can turn to you at any time with anything.

3. Without you, I probably wouldn't have made it to most of my classes this year. Thanks for being my human alarm clock. You're the best roomie ever. No doubt, I'll sing to you forever.

4. You're a Senior now! The years have just flown by. I remember those summer days when we would just stay at my house and do nothing. Or go online. Wow. How did we survive those days without MySpace? Hehe, I love you.

5. Daughter! STEP UP! Yeahhhup I'm going to go all coachie on you! How does it feel? Hahaha. Did you hear me during tryouts? "You're so pretty." I'll cheer for you fashoo.

6. I wish I had your superhuman strength dude. I wouldn't be able to handle your serves, so I'm glad I never had to play against you. You're always on my team, hehe. Love you, captain! Haha.

7. Thank you so much for always being there for me. Now, you'll only be a floor away. I'm so happy we're going to school together again! We've lasted so many years without any fights and I hope it'll stay that way forever.

8. Where in the world are you? It'd be easier to find you if you went to school with me too! Hehe. You're awesome. Love you lots!

9. My oh my, I wasn't expecting a friend like you this year. And I don't mean that in a bad way. I've said this many times before but thank you SO MUCH for always being there for me and always listening to me. You're the greatest. Thanks, big bro =]

10. And finally, to you. Really, I have no idea what this year would have been like without you. You were there for me when I was sick, when I was crying, when I needed a laugh, when I needed a sweater, and when I just needed someone. Without you, my biology days would have been no bueno. I would probably not have gotten in trouble with Perumal that one day when we were laughing though =P. You have helped me so much that I cannot find enough synonyms for "thanks" to tell you. Even at this moment, I cannot find the words to say just how much you mean to me.

Side by Side

The day Auntie Reby was intubated, Auntie Nancy and my mom told Tracy and I to sing to her. We had no idea what song to sing. But this song, "Side by Side" was stuck in my head today, and I'm sad that I didn't think of it back then. I wish we could have sang it for her...

Side by Side

Side by side we stand awaiting God's command,
Worshiping the saving King.
Living by His grace and moving on in faith;
Jesus Himself will see us through.

Chorus:
Meet me in heaven, we'll join hands together;
Meet by the Savior's side.
I'll meet you in heaven,
we'll sing songs together;
Brothers and sisters, I'll be there!

Soldiers all are we to go where Jesus leads,
We'll fight in faith and we will overcome.
Heaven is our goal, and saving every soul;
pray that we all will be there.

Chorus

Praise the Lord we all will be there!

Free at Last

I'm finally done with summer school!
I think I've been in school for more than 20 weeks straight!
My last break was Spring break...
And GCC started right after LSU ended.

No more studying, no more school for three weeks! YAY!

It's finally over.
[That's applicable to more than school..]

Fun Distraction

So today I got to hang out with the Jeremys, Mellanie, Eric, Jill, and Colin at the Jeremy Center.

It was pretty funn.

I got to swim! Yay, it's been awhile...ever since the girls' and my 007 plan failed LOL.

After, the Jeremys, Jill, and I went to eat at Noodle World (I've noticed that many times, I'm surrounded by J's) and I learned a new table trick! Prettyyy cool. We were gonna go to Pinkberry but we didn't.

But now I think we should have!

THey have carob chips! I'm sooo hungry right now LOL. I don't know why though cuz I ate a lot at Noodle World...

Early Morning Thoughts

So my mom (the ultimate critic) tasted some of my muffins and she said they were not good =[ because they didn't rise. It turns out my baking powder was not good. So, I'm going to go buy some new ones and try again maybe Friday.

Oh well, that's what baking is all about!

Also, I cannot understand my addiction to MySpace. I'm always on it! Grr. What's so good about other people anyways?! Hehe, I say that in the nicest way possible. (Remind me to ask Mike what he thinks the difference between being "open" and being "blunt" is.) I need to get off it, for reals.

Thirteen more days until I turn nineteen! My last teen year! Wow...it's all going by so quickly!

Parasite

Someone should give me a Ph.D or something because I have discovered (or maybe just announced it as one) a new parasite.

Parasite: MYSPACE.

No, seriously.

It sucks the life out of us homo sapiens.

AHHH. Only one cure is known: deleting it.

Baking in the Sun

...okay, maybe I wasn't the one necessarily baking in the sun, but it sure felt like it today!

I baked vegan blueberry muffins from scratch!

I had been meaning to do it for a long time, but now since we have an immense supply of blueberries at home, I decided to do it today! I pre-heated the oven for a long time, so my kitchen felt hotter than usual. Not to mention that I am thee messiest baker ever! But no big deal, it was pretty fun!

Well, I've eaten about four of my muffins so therefore:

Muffin Dx: (yeahhup I'm gonna be a nurse, gotta get used to it!)
Too many blueberries
Needs more oven time
Better baking powder

But other than that, I think it was pretty good!

Laugh of the Day

Thanks, Colbert Report. You have finally gotten to me.

I found this funny and I actually laughed. This was the last sentence from this article:

"A Republican had a good chance of winning the 2008 presidential election, he [Karl Rove] said, because Democrats would choose the 'fatally flawed' Hillary Clinton as their candidate."

Haha seriously, I laughed out loud.

"Fatally flawed"

Nice adjectives, hehe.

Until Then.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:3-4 KJV

I love you, Auntie Reby. I can't wait to see you again on this day:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV

Come soon please, Jesus.

(It's so fitting that the Daily Blessing on my iGoogle homepage is 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Listen to This

"The Greatest Miracle Never Performed" by Michael Tuazon at Audioverse

I listened to it today and I really liked it!

I haven't told Mike that yet, but oh well.

Anyways, I'm gonna try to not go online as much anymore. Grr, MySpace! I should delete it again, but no. I just need to learn to live life sans computer.

Oh, by the way, Earthlink: You make AOL look good.

Name This Song

...because I don't know what it's called:

Though the pathway before you uncertain may be
Trust the Lord, no good thing to withhold back from thee
He is perfect in wisdom and faithful to bless
Trust His word, in His time He will give you His best

Be not weary in waiting, for love suffers long
If you faint not, you'll reap when the harvest is come
Run with patience the race as you trust in His word
For your testing will teach you to wait on the Lord.

Dear Earthlink (Part 2)

I thought that you were getting better. I thought that maybe, just maybe, that you might be compatible with Rory.

But you're not. You have failed me once again.

I am very disappointed and I don't know what else I can do with you.

Even if I may not like you, at least Jesus loves you.


(HAPPY SABBATH ALL=] )

Quote of the Day

So I'm going to try to read the chapters of the Great Controversy that go along with my history class. I just read about the Waldenses in my history book, so I read the chapter about them.

I really really like this quote, so it's my quote of the day:

"The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit. The very first impulse of the renewed heart is to bring others also to the Saviour." GC 70

My Challenge

So when I told my mom my little dilemma, she told me that I should think of this as my challenge.

I haven't backed down from a challenge before. Chemistry and biology were my challenges this past year, and I didn't back away from them. Even though I may not have gotten a good grade a couple of times, at least I accepted the challenge and did my best.

Just another 3 weeks! Or we'll see after the first test...

Withdraw? Or Not to Withdraw -- That is the Question.

I've never dropped a class, except for web drops before the class even started.

I've always thought about it, especially when I wasn't doing well in chemistry and biology, but I just kept on going.

Now, not only am I thinking of dropping, it's going to be a withdraw.

I can't stand my history class! I don't know why I decided to take it. I liked history when I was taking it from Ms. Gross! I did pretty well in European history, so that's why I decided to take this class. But this class it not fun. I was so desperate to drop, I emailed GCC, LLU, and LSU asking questions about humanities courses!

But now that it's going to be a "W" on my transcript, I'm not so sure. I don't know whether to accept this challenge or just drop it, especially if I have enough humanities courses.

I don't know what to do.

Accidental Champion

So around 10:25 A.M. today, I started playing around with my Rubix Cube.

I did the steps Jay taught me twice, and after, I noticed that not only did I get the yellow face, I also got the blue face. I turned my cube and saw that I also got the red face! I thought, "That's weird, I've never gotten four faces at the same time before." Then as kept turning the cube, I noticed that I had gotten all the faces!

I finally solved the Rubix Cube by myself!

Except it was a total accident.

But yay! Tee hee. Pictures of my now-solved cube to come later.

Verses

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalms 37:4-5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

Hungry

You know what makes one hungrier?

Looking at blogs that talk about recipes and what-not and that have beautiful pictures of FOOD!

Hahaha.

The next time I decide to sign up for history, would someone please kick me? I'm so lame. I'm so behind in my readings and studying and writing my paper. Ahhh. I want to drop, but I don't drop. Maybe I should though.

Blah.

"I am so smrt. S-M-R-T."

Grr, you Jeremy Salvador! It's stuck in my head. Boo you.

IT'S ALMOST AUGUST! I'm almost nineteen. Woo hoo! =]

THANK YOU Student Life

Yay! I'm a Family Group Leader for this year's Freshman Orientation!

I'm so excited for this opportunity to witness to my fellow leaders and the new freshmen!

Thank you Student Life and most of all thank you GOD!

Dear Student Life @ La Sierra University

Please pick me! Pick me! I am so excited to be a peer mentor/family group leader! If chosen, I will do my best to help the Freshmen out during their transition, not only for the first quarter, but for the following quarters. Even though I'm doing Pre-Nursing, I will be at La Sierra for another year, so I will be there for all their needs! I learned a lot from this past year and I hope that my testimony will help at least one student out.

I hope to hear from you soon. (As in today.)

Dear Earthlink

I hope that one day soon someone SUPER RICH buys out your company and makes it SUPER AWESOME because you are totally ruining my online conversations and my Internet FUN. Seriously, do you know how SLOW the Internet at La Sierra is? YOU ARE WORSE!

Hahaha. But no joke.

Faith

I was wanting to blog about my experience with faith, but I'm not so sure. Maybe it'll end up the way it was going to be...

Faith...is something not to be taken lightly. For years, I took it lightly and I thought I had a somewhat good amount of faith. I didn't think I had a huge amount, but I thought I did have faith.

I'm just learning that faith...is not easy. It's hard. It's difficult for me to put my life into Someone's hands where I don't know what I'm doing or what the results will be like...but just trusting..

One that I admire so much now is the centurion from Matthew 8. How he just took Jesus at His Word! That is something I'm sooo trying to do...but I'm having a bit of trouble.

I could say more but I don't want to, so yup.

WATER!

I know it's only minutes after my first post of the day but guess what I just did?!


I STOOD OUT IN THE RAIN! YAYYYYY =]

Small World

Sure, Disney does lie about many things and create false images in one's mind, especially in little girls' minds like how one day their prince will come and they will live happily ever after and all (haha, cynical me) but there's one thing that they're right on the dot about...

we live in a SMALL WORLD.

Seriously. Especially the Adventist community.

SMALL WORLD.

Mmhmm

I gots me a passport,
Oh yes, I do
I gots me a passport,
You know, it's TRUE!

tee hee.

Happy Sabbath, yo.

I Want Jesus to Walk With Me

So just now I was thinking of a slow, kind of mournful song that I could play. I was practicing "Arabesque" by Debussy, and it seemed a little too light for me now. I was trying to see in the hymnal if it had "On Eagles' Wings" but it didn't. Then it flipped to this song, and wow...just right!

"I Want Jesus to Walk With Me"
American Negro Spiritual
Arr. Eurydice Osterman

I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)
All along my pilgrim journey,
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me.)

In my trials, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
In my trials, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
When the shades of life are falling,
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me.)

In my sorrows, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
In my sorrows, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
When my heart within is aching,
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me.)

earthSTINK

No, this won't be one of my environmentalist rants but..

a vent about EARTHLINK!

The worst DSL ever! I miss my cable DSL because right now, I've been seriously disconnected about ten times in one hour. It's worse than AOL! Ahhh, I'm so frustrated.

Trash!

"When the Ephesians were converted, they changed their habits and practices. Under the conviction of the Spirit of God, they acted with promptness, and laid bare all the mysteries of their witchcraft. They came and confessed, and showed their deeds, and their souls were filled with holy indignation because they had given such devotion to magic, and had so highly prized the books in which the rules of Satan's devising had laid down the methods whereby they might practice witchcraft. They were determined to turn from the service of the evil one, and they brought their costly volumes and publicly burned them. Thus they made manifest their sincerity in turning to God....

The books the Ephesians committed to the flames on their conversion to the gospel, they formerly delighted in, and permitted them to rule their consciences and guide their minds. They might have sold them, but by doing the evil would be perpetuated. They afterward abhorred the satanic mysteries, the magical arts, and regarded with aversion the knowledge they had obtained from them. I would ask the young who have been connected with the truth, Have you burned your magical books?" MTYP 275

When I returned home after Fall Quarter, I put CDs, DVDs, and books in a Bath and Body Works paper bag to throw them away. Later on during that break, my mom and I got into an argument because she said that I should just give them away instead of throwing them out. I told her that I didn't want anyone else to have them because they weren't "good" (I think that's the term I used?). She replied with saying that how would anyone else know that they weren't good if they didn't read them? But I felt that they shouldn't even have the chance to read them (the issue was mostly about the books inside).

So I've had this bag sitting in my room since then until today when I finally threw them out. There was a bunch of different stuff in there ranging from Dan Brown novels to Gilmore Girls to N'Sync. But the most controversial things that were in there were...

my Harry Potter hardcover books 1-6.

Yes, I was a big Harry Potter fan. Not of the movies though because they totally ruined how I thought everything would be. I became a Harry Potter fan years ago when my aunt brought me over books 1 and 2. It was when they were gaining popularity and selling millions of books and I had heard about them but I didn't bother buying them or anything until she gave them to me. After that, I was hooked. The next book I had bought was the 4th, and then the 3rd, and the 5th and 6th when they came out. The day I bought any book would be the day I would finish it. Most of the time. I would just be in my bed or somewhere in the house for hours until I finished the book. Yup, I wouldn't talk to anyone or do anything until I finished. I think that only happened for a couple of books. The other books only took me, at the most, maybe two days to finish?

I remember the only time I didn't read them was when Gomez was my religion teacher. I think for most of that year, I didn't even touch them. I almost gave them away but I didn't during that time. Then maybe a few months after the beginning of my Sophomore year, I started reading them again.

The reason it took me a long time to throw them away was because I didn't want my parents to try to save them or anything from the trash and I wanted to throw them away when the trash bin was on the street because I didn't want to dump them in there and then have my dad carry that thing up the stairs to the street. Those books are heavy! So today after I took a shower and before I ate breakfast, I took the bag upstairs and threw it in the trash. I was thinking about them burning them before like from the example of the Ephesians. I remember talking to Jenny about taking them to the beach one day and making a bon fire. But since fire hazard warnings are everywhere, throwing them away seemed like the next best thing.

And I thought it would be "symbolic" or whatever to throw them away this week because I think this Saturday, the 21st, is when the seventh and final book comes out. I had thought about reading the last one to see how the series ends and then throwing them out, but noooooo. Never. I thought about it for two seconds and then decided no, no, NO!

I hope they're on their way to wherever they take the trash right now and that they are disposed for good.

Ecstatic

I'm soooo happy right now.

I got to see my friends that came back from the Philippines!

Yayyy =]

Even though my mom is a tad upset at me now, I'm still feeling HAPPY =]

Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy.

K, last blog of the day. (As in Tuesday.) Serious.

Fill in the

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But
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missed
much.
I
the same.
Does
the same?
hope so.
This
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I want to know.
But I'm
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The end.

Late Night/Early Morning Inspiration

Whirlwind, whirlwind, whirlwind,
Oh, how you make things spin!
Ever moving, ever changing
Leaving nothing hanging.
You turn me round about,
So wild that everything's a cloud:
Memories from my past--
Things that did not last
To things of new
Where all is askew.
"Who am I," I ask.
No answer--you move fast.
Oh! You, no man can find
For you are one of a kind--
Whirlwind.


Worthy of dreadlocks, a conga drum, and coffee house?
I think not.
Good thing I'm not an English major.

Perfidious

No, this blog will not be about "deliberately faithless, treacherous and deceitful" things (according to its definition from my handy dandy dictionary), but because it is a new word that I learned yesterday because I READ. Yup, I read the LA Times while doing my laundry and an article in the Opinion section used this adjective for Michael Moore. I thought it sounded cool, so I put it in my phone's notes section so I could look up the definition later.

However, this blog will contain a plethora of things. Starting now:

I love how I sound when I write anything on the Internet, whether it be in my blog or in a networking site. I sound more NERD than I actually am. That goes to show you that you can't believe everything that you read online.

(I will alternate alignments for my different thoughts because I think it will help differentiate between my thoughts because all of you can't read my mind. Also, it looks cool.)

The career battle wages on in my head. It's not Medicine vs. Nursing, but a new conflict between Nursing and Nutrition/Dietetics. My mom will probably freak about another major switch, but hey! That was the purpose of me volunteering this summer: to learn if I really want to become a nurse. A registered dietician works in the Nursing Station that I'm at this summer, and what she does looks pretty interesting. She's mostly on the computer and she gets to wear a white lab coat. White lab coats and I became friends this year, especially during General Chemistry lab. When Nikki and I first wore them for our labs, we were like, "Yup, this is us in ten years!" Things have changed though. But anyways. Nursing is winning though. And it probably will win at the end. Some nurses (Nurse Practitioners) have the ability to diagnose, which is something I really want to do. But first, I'll have to work as a RN before I can work on receiving my MSN to become a NP or be part of Nurse Administration (abbreviations rock!), and I feel that Nursing will be a humbling experience for me. Which is a MUST. Also, it will be a lifetime of service. According to Jeremy, a lifetime of service is the greatest investment and I'm not going to debate with him there (maybe about the -est part). When Jesus was on Earth, He was not waited upon, but waited on others. He lived a life of service for God, for others, and even for us now. You never know though. So this is another thing I will keep in my prayers.

Isaiah 65:24
"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear."
Matthew 6:8
"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."

During one of our Just Ask! Bible studies, we went over with prayer and Mike told us that God answers our prayers even before we are done with them. I was having devotion one day, and I went over Genesis 24. I guess we didn't really go over those verses in the study because I was like "WHOA! That's what Mike was talking about and that's what those verses were talking about!" because the story of Abraham's servant and how he met Rebekah is a total example of that. I just checked my notes right now and it says that it was given as an example during the study for that point. I don't remember that (sorry Mike) so I was like whoaaa.

I think I disclosed a little too much in my Saltatlas testimony section and my MySpace about me section. Here is what I wrote:

By reading my Interest section, one might wonder about that. I know a few may even doubt it. But honestly, I am trying to be real. In this new relationship, I am trying my best to do my part for He has done His part already. But I'm not perfect; I'm not doing the best job. I go through struggles constantly ranging from missing devotions and prayers to controlling thoughts. I am learning, I am reading, I am changing. Slowly but surely. God is working in me. There are many times when I freak out, but one of the things I'm really trying to do is to put my life in His hands for He has a plan for me. Jeremiah 29:11.

Self-disclosure once again! Oh well. If you didn't want to know about that, you should have stopped reading =P

I forgot what else I wanted to write about, so au revoir for now!

Backslide

I talked a lot. I did not follow through.

I made a new MySpace.

I fell back into this horrible networking world that is sucking the lives out of youth everywhere.

Hah, I love my adjectives.

It just shows what a networking-dependent society we live in nowadays. People everywhere, including myself, check sites such as MySpace and Facebook daily, sometimes even hourly, to see if they have received new messages, new comments, new friend requests, and to even pry into other people's lives through reading comments and looking at pictures.

I was out of the loop for the month (?) that I was away from MySpace. And now, this wretched cycle is continuing on.

One day I tell you. One day. For sure. Deleted. Gone. Vanished.

Or maybe not.

Possibly.

We'll see.

At least it's a bit high up in that spectrum (hah, Jeremy).

(Just a side note: I WANT MY PASSPORT, U.S. GOVERNMENT! I am a quiet Seventh-day Adventist Filipina-American who just wants to have the opportunity to exercise her right as a born citizen of this nation! I would like to travel the world! Or even just have it as a possibility! I am training to be a nurse, a nurse that could go overseas to help other countries, if ONLY I had my passport! So pleeeeeeaaaaasssssseeeeee...it's been over three months! I have waited patiently. I have not even called the Post Office to see what has been happening. I know there are thousands, or even millions, of Americans who have rushed to have their passports renewed or to obtain one at the same time that I have but pleeeeeeeaaaasssssseeeee. Expedite the process, if possible!)

Children

During Vacation Bible School this week, I have found another reason why we must be like little children.

I've been helping out with the Cradle Roll/Preschool kids (age 0-4) and I love it. They're so hilarious. Most of the time their parents are with them, but there are a few times when their parents leave. There's this one boy in particular named Jake. He has another brother so his dad alternates the time between them. So usually I help him when his dad isn't there. A couple times throughout the evening, he asks softly, "Where's my daddy?"

Tonight was one of those times. I was looking for him because I noticed he wasn't in the fellowship hall for closing assembly and I found him outside. I took his hand and said, "C'mon Jake, let's go inside" and he asked quietly, "Where's my daddy?" I brought him inside and let him stay with his older brother during the program. But I noticed that when his dad came inside, he hugged him and clung to him.

Many of my kids in the class are like that. They love, love, LOVE their parents. Wendell, another boy, gets really upset when his mom leaves to help out at the crafts station. And even a few of the kids grab their parent's hand and drag them around while playing Duck, Duck, Goose.

Well, when I saw how Jake clung to his father when he came, it immediately reminded me of how we should be with our Heavenly Father. We must search for Him when we feel lost, and when we find Him, we must hold on to His hand and cling to Him at all times. The need that the kids have for their parents is the need we must have for the Heavenly Father. They put their entire trust in their parents, they follow their footsteps, no matter where it leads...that is what we need to do with God.

It's only the second day of VBS, but it's been a blessing...

Nouveau, partie deux

After I walked out of my house to go to VBS, I was pretty amazed at what people can do in just half a day.

All I saw was dirt.

My mom hired gardeners to trim our trees, and they really did their job. The trees are just branches now with no leaves. And the little hill in the back is BARE. All it is is DIRT. It made me laugh when I got home.

No more shade for us.

New.

So apparently there are new seven wonders of the world, according to The Australian.

There are many that don't like this new list and many do, but my question is:
what list will GAA World History students learn?

Hahaha. That question came to mind after I read that article and remembered having to learn all seven for our notes and having to know even more information after reading the board notes poster. *sigh* good times.

But anyways, a new YAY for me: I can eat the baked apple pies from McDonalds! I just checked out the ingredients on their website and it's okay for me. =] I think I'm going to get some before VBS.

Logic Humor.

So class was a bit funny today.

We always work in groups for exercises in class and we usually stay in the same group. Well, today we were practicing translating normal sentences into the four different categorical claims: A, E, I, and O. So the group that I was in had three examples that we worked on. I was the spokesperson for the group today and when we got to the third example, I wasn't really sure about the answer. A guy in the group, Matt, whispers, "Switch it!" So I switched the sentence and our teacher, Professor Morris, gave us a weird look. Garen and Violet were like "No, we meant the other one, we came up with the right one" so I was like "Just kidding! That was a joke." And Professor Morris was like "What was a joke?" and Matt goes, "Haha! We trickeeeeed you!" and she's all like "What?" and I'm like "We're laughing..." and she asks, "Who's laughing?" and I'm like "We are!" because really...we were laughing. Hah, that made me laugh. Even now as I typed it up.

Okay, you (the reader) might not be laughing but whatever.

Oh yeah, HAPPY SABBATH =]

Impaired Judgment.

I have often prided myself in thinking that no one would ever say about me: "Yeah, night's the time when she is most vulnerable."

Even when I'd be up studying for a biology or chemistry quiz or test at 3 A.M. and would be pretty tired, I was still somewhat alert and sharper than others.

My, oh my, how I am proven to be wrong once again.

All I can say, for sake of my dignity, is that I will be needing thick headbands, cute clips, bobby pins, and a couple of hats for the next four weeks or so.

And when asked, I will say that the HORRIBLE HEAT is making my hair and face oilier than usual. That is a sound argument, yo.

By the way, Happy 4th of July =]

Sick.

I can't tell if I'm getting sick or if I'm about to have an asthma attack.

I've never had an asthma attack before, so I'm not sure of how it feels like. But I know I've been starting to cough lately and I don't think it's from a cold. So I decided to take a couple puffs from my albueterol inhaler. I did that a couple minutes ago and after I did that, I started to breathe a little quicker and not in a good way. Right now, I'm shaking a bit too.

...scared...

Lethargic.

From Dictionary.com,

Le-thar-gic
-adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish.

*sigh* I dislike it when definitions include a form of the word that is being looked up. I know I've done it before, so now I'm trying to stop doing that because really...no. Hah.

I really like the definition of lethargy though. It really defines the summer me:

Leth-ar-gy
-noun

1. The quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.

I'm sure that my mother would agree that this describes me. I really really really know that I have many things to do, but once I come home from class, BOOM. I knock out for about three to four hours. An excuse would be the HORRIBLE HEAT, but really, there is no excuse for lethargy. I really am at fault for my laziness.

I really don't know where this came from. I used to be the master of multitasking and getting things done (e.g. High school, especially Freshman year), but now, I can do only one thing a day. I don't understand why. It's not that I'm still sleep deprived from this past year and need rest; I've slept so much these past few weeks! Even though I didn't get a break at all from school (because right when La Sierra's Spring Quarter ended, GCC's Summer Session began) does not mean that I'm still tired! Blaaaaah.

The great accomplishments that I did today were submitting my Orientation quiz, Confidentiality form, getting a TB shot, and having blood drawn for some tests that I need to become a volunteer at GAMC. I know I should be used to shots and needles, especially since I want to be a nurse, but I was still trembling a bit when I saw the needles pierce into my arms. At least I can say that I actually did something today when my mother asks.

I really really really really should do something. Many of friends are out there, an ocean away, on mission trips, surviving in the heat and humidity of the Philippines, and without many commodities that being at home in the U.S. entails, while I am here, doing absolutely, positively, NOTHING. I do not want to reply with "Nothinggggg" to the inquiries of what I did this summer when I return to school in September. The answer "Summer school" will not suffice for me. I NEED TO DO SOMETHING. There are retirees who are out there, volunteering, working, do mission work, while I, one who is half their age and has twice their energy (according to health theories though many probably could prove this wrong), am spending my time like a couch potato!

AHH, horrible. I should have at least spent a couple thousand of dollars on summer school at La Sierra taking classes that would take up a lot of time through classwork, labs, and studying. At least I would be doing something productive and worthwhile.

No Chemistry.

I've been planning out what classes to take this upcoming year at La Sierra during class and I wondered whether or not I had to take any of the Intro to Chem classes. I really really really don't want to because I don't want to go through any more Chemistry. So I emailed Loma Linda asking them if I have to annnnnnnndddd...

I DON'T! Yay! =]

But I think I might take G. Chem 112 again to raise my grade from that ugly C+. I'll take it with Helbley this time.

Also, I really didn't have to take summer school. By the time Spring Quarter hits, I'm going to need more units. For sure I'll have 5 because of Microbiology, but that's all that I have to take! Soooo maybe I'll take Dev. Psych or easy classes.

Oreos.

During my daily nap that I take after class, I had a dream. Well, I think I had a couple of dreams but this one sticks out the most. It was about OREOS! Apparently I was in summer school in a place that didn't look like GCC and a bunch of people were there as well. Jeralyn and Michael Ignacio are the two that I remember. Anyways, my dad picked me up and while we were in the car, he pulled out Oreos! They were some weird new kind of Oreos and they looked oh so GOOD. I was debating in my head whether or not I should take some. I was trying to rationalize how I could work around the health message that I know a bit about. I had read in Counsels of Diet and Food that consumption of coffee and tea is regarded as a sin. I'm pretty sure it's because of how they have caffeine, so I started to think about whether or not chocolate has caffeine. I was seriously thinking about googling it when I got home. I could feel myself reaching for one, but then I stopped myself! Yay for resisting temptation in a dream! =] And then I vaguely remember asking my dad to take me to Whole Foods where I could buy something that I could eat.

Hah, my dreams feel so real.

I'm ending my second week of summer school tomorrow. Just three more weeks to go! Intro to Logic is an okay class. It's not as hard as I thought it would be and the fallacies are becoming less interesting, but I shouldn't complain! Hopefully it all ends with an A!

Not only is it three more weeks until my first summer session is over, but three more weeks until my friends start arriving from the Philippines! ..excited!..

Well, I'm pretty happy now that I have found a source of Internet. I'm going to try to see if the phone jack in my room miraculously has started working, but if not, the computer is moving to the kitchen! Such as weird location, but whatever. I just need Internet. But without MySpace, it gets to be pretty boring after awhile. So I was actually thinking about making a new MySpace, but I don't want to go through all the trouble of adding and searching for the friends that I once had.

Now that I have had the joy of finding Internet, I should really becoming productive. I don't want to say that this summer was worthless. Sooooo I should really start doing stuff.

Here I goooooooo...

Lonely.

The next four to five weeks of summer will be lonely ones.

A lot of my friends, especially the ones that I've talked to the most lately, are in the PHILIPPINES!

Melissa and her family left on Sunday, Jeremy left last night, Gomez is leaving tonight, and Jenny is leaving at the wee hours of tomorrow. At least I got to talk to all of them before they left! I called Melissa right before she boarded the plane on Sunday, Jeremy and I talked before he boarded as well, and Gomez just called me as he went through the gate. I told Jenny to call before she boards so I'm going to be able to talk to her before she leaves too.

Hah, I accidentally called Jeremy while he was in the Philippines. Jenny and Gomez both told me that his flight got delayed but I told Jenny that I was pretty sure it didn't, but when Gomez told me too I was like, "What?!" so I decided to give him a call and I was surprised that he answered because he's there already. But that was pretty cool (and expensive hah) =]

*sigh* Grr, the passport delays! I just watched NBC News and they reported on how there are passport delays for millions of Americans because after they had passed that traveling law, millions rushed to get new passports or renew their passports so it's taking up to three months for their passports to be sent back to them. So Mommy and I are really bummed. Blaaaah. At least we're not the only ones! And apparently, it's going to get worse if that land law is passed this year or next year.

Time to get back to reading my Philosophy textbook. It's pretty funny though...

Here Am I, Send Me

"Here Am I, Send Me" - Words and Music by John Purifoy

Here am I, send me.
Here am I, Lord, send me.
Unto thee, willingly, yielded I come.
Show the path that I must walk,
Compel me then to go,
And if I stray, bring back the light of day,
For here am I, send me I pray.

Send me to be what's created in me.
Formed in your image, I stand.
Turn my weakness into your power,
Pow'r to be at last all I'm able to be.

Here am I, send me.
Here am I, Lord, send me.
Precious Holy Spirit, come, fill me anew.
Give me wisdom, send me strength,
Grant that I may be a mirror of your never-ending love,
For here am I, send me I pray.

Sned me to be what's created in me.
Formed in your image, I stand.
Turn my weakness into your power,
Pow'r to be at last all I'm able to be.
And if I stray, bring back the light of day,
For here am I, send me I pray.

Last Day

I'm finally finished with my first year here at La Sierra!

I'm in the middle of packing some of the last things in my room.

It's just so weird how this year turned out to be. But I'm glad about how much I've changed this year.

Again, something that I'm struggling with me right now is being strong. Blaaaaaaah.

Anyways, I'm just so glad to be finished here for awhile. But I still have school that starts on Monday! Ahhhh.

Promises.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6


For me, sometimes, it's hard to have faith that God has a plan for me. There are times that I want things to go MY way, even though it may not be the way God wants it to be. It's really hard for me to just "let go and let God," and just trust that everything will work out according to His plan. Right now, I'm struggling with letting go and just letting God work His plan out. I don't know what else I can say...

First Day of Finals

Today was my first day of finals. I had Chemistry at 8 A.M. and English at 11 A.M.

I was so worried for Chemistry! We had an ACS Chemistry Exam, which covered our WHOLE entire General Chemistry sequence! I was semi-freaking out because I did not study until last night! I didn't even study well! I just went over the ACS Study questions, but I didn't even look at the practice questions. I knew that passing was just going to be a miracle. I slept for three hours, and I woke up and wasn't that groggy but I was still kind of worried. The test was 70 questions and 110 minutes were alloted for the exam. I skipped nineteen questions at first and guessed on a bunch of them. When we were done, I was so sure that it was very probable that I did not pass. Well, during my English final, Angela left me a voicemail telling me that our Chem grade was up. Right after, I went to my room to check on it, and by the grace of God..

I PASSED!

I passed the class as well with a B! I barely made a B, but seriously, with God's wisdom...I did!

I feel so blessed right now! I did not deserve the grade that I received and I thank the Lord for the wisdom that He gave me during that test and for softening our teachers' hearts to curve our grade because FOR SURE, I did not get the grade that was posted up.

I'm just so happy right and now and so THANKFUL! God continues to bestow blessings upon me, even when I for sure don't deserve them. He is truly AMAZING =]

Procrastination

...has taken hold of me. I am a slave to it and submit to it without complaint. *sigh* One day, I will rebel...

Anyways, GAA graduated yesterday! I was screaming so much and my mom kept telling me to be quiet. Next year, I'm not sitting next to her. But still, it was fun. I was so proud of Janay and her Presidential Speech! It was a good one. She kept repeating a phrase (I know there is a term for it but I forgot. Luckily, we don't have to know it this quarter for English) and it made the speech stronger. A lot of them cried. It's weird, because none of my class cried last year...

Exactly a year ago, my class graduated from GAA. I remember how we felt so empty without GAA, but it's interesting to see how a year later, we sooooo do not feel the same way.

Welllllll, I guess it's time for me to attempt to finish my research paper. I'm planning to finish it by one, so I can study for Chemistry the rest of the time. Blaaaaaaaaah.

Ostracized

I just deleted my MySpace.

I had always said that I would delete it if one of two things happens:
1. Salt atlas becomes available to the general public, or
2. I was hacked

The second one happened to me today. Nikki and I were MySpacing on our separate laptops and while we were talking and doing that, she asks me, "What's up with your headline?" I go to check and sure enough, there was a bunch of rubbish on it. I tried removing it by editing my profile, but while I was viewing my profile, I tried scrolling down and it sent me back to the log-in page! I knew then for sure I was hacked. So, I called up Mike and had him on the phone during my deletion process. Melissa also came in and Nikki informed Peter of what was happening through the phone as well as I performed the final steps in terminating my MySpace. We have a few pictures of this event because I handed my camera (Marty) to Melissa to capture this moment.

Bahahaha. Sounds so traumatic, right? Well...we'll see how I am during the next few days.

MySpace free am I.

Dead Week

Today is the beginning of dead week. There is no doubt about it: I'm going to die this week.

Not only am I still trying to get over my cold or whatever contractible and contagious virus I have, everything that can be possibly due is due and any test or final that could possibly happen, is happening.

Monday: Interpersonal Communications Project Presentation 10 A.M.
Tuesday: Biology Lab Practical 3 P.M. (after: cooking three vegan cheesecakes)
Wednesday: English Research Presentation 11 A.M. (cheesecakes due)
Thursday: Interpersonal Communications Impromptu Speech 10 A.M. & Chemistry Lab Final 3 P.M.
Friday: Chemistry Test 9 A.M. & English Research Paper and Source Notebook due 11 A.M.

That may seem like not a lot to the average reader, but trust me, for a person who has procrastinated all quarter and is sick...it's a lot. Yes, those two things may be my fault because yes, I chose to have bad time management and I chose to not take care of myself but you know what? It's not like I can change that now!

The best thing I have heard all day is that I have thirty-four meals left and I have thirty-three dollars and something cents left on my flex money. Can you say BREAKFAST?! ...excited..

ANYWAYS. Enough with my complaining, tee hee. It's hard to believe that this school year is almost finished. Just two more weeks and I'm done with my first year of college at La Sierra!

Something that I just started to think about is that I never thought I would be the person I am right now in the beginning of the school year. I started off this school year as Pre-Med, a meat-eater, a huge TV watcher, a chocolate lover, and lived my life just for myself. Now I am Pre-Nursing, a vegetarian, I don't watch the TV shows that I loved before anymore, I try to abstain from chocolate (it's been working: the only time I ate chocolate was for Melissa's birthday) and trying my best and hardest to live my life for the Lord. If someone had told me back in September, "You know what? By the end of the year, you're not going to like chocolate or meat, you're going to stop watching Grey's Anatomy, Friends, Gilmore Girls, and Will and Grace, you're going to love going to Bible studies twice a week, and you're going to be a Nurse" I would have been so skeptical. But that is who I am today and it's just so amazing to see how much God has worked through my life this past year.

Okay, well those are some thoughts that I just wanted to let out. Now it's time for me to start writing my research paper and practicing for my presentation. Joy.

Flower.

On Monday, I received a rosebud. It hadn't bloomed yet or anything and the sepals were still covering the flower. I thought it was really cool looking and I was quite curious to see what was underneath, so I began to peel away the sepals. Underneath was a burgundy flower that was still small. I kept it and I wanted to see what would happen to it after a few days.

Now, the flower is darker than before and the sepals are wrinkly and dry. The flower obviously isn't going to bloom anymore. The leaves also have curled up and the stem seems to be feeble as well (not enough lignin hahaha).

So why this story? Well, I thought that I could relate it to life.

Many times, things happen prematurely, like this flower being cut before its prime. We know that we should not do this certain thing or this certain event should not happen, but we get curious, and like what I did to do this flower, peel away the sepals to see what happens. However, since it happens before it's supposed to or not at the right time, the thing does not end well, like the fate of this flower.

There are many times when I wonder, "What if.." or "What could have happened..." even though I know that it has happened for the best. But in order to have a better ending than my illustration, I just have to have faith that God has a plan for me, and that whatever is supposed to happen will happen when it is the right time and in accordance to His will for me.

The End.

=P

Sing to the Lord!

Oh man, I am so EXCITED.

Lisa let me borrow her CD: GAA Chorale 2006, 2000, 1993: Sing to the Lord and it is so AWESOME.

I just listened to a few seconds of the first track, "All That Hath Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord," and I started to tear up! I totally miss this chorale and everything!

Another track, "It Takes a Village," the beginning was the best I've ever heard it EVER. Like the slapping part...was just flawless.

The song that I accompanied, "He Never Failed Me Yet," surprised me. I actually didn't do as bad as I thought I did =P

"Elijah Rock" was pretty good as well! I felt so happy that my many times of hitting on those keys for the tenors and the basses was worth it. Every time I heard them, I was just like, "YAY-UH!"

The CD overall is just AMAZING.

I miss chorale so much!

It's such a blessing to have been given the opportunity to work with so many talented musicians to share our God-given talents. I love it.

In Need of a Savior

This may sound silly, but last night while I was watching La Sierra University's production of Oedipus Rex, I thought of how differently it would have turned out if Sophocles knew Jesus. At the end of this play, Oedipus gouges his eyes out because he sees his mother/wife Jocasta hanging in their bed chamber. How different would it have been if he knew Jesus and found that peace that many find in Him! The play would have been a lot shorter as well, for Oedipus would have never killed his father for Laius and Jocasta would have never believed a pagan prophet. Maybe I just came up with this because the play got too long for me to handle. But still, it's interesting to think about how many things would have been different or would be different if more people knew Jesus and accepted Him as their Savior.

Also, I read something interesting in U.S. News and World Report today. I was in the waiting room at Kaiser because of my allergy/asthma check up and I picked it up to read. It was an article from a few weeks ago and the article was about how lightly America thinks of religion. There was an interesting quote:
"Yet when it comes to religion, it [America] ranks among the most ill-informed. While close to two thirds of all Americans regard the Bible as a source of answers to life's questions, only half can name even one of the New Testament Gospels."

I thought that was really interesting to hear. The person who was interviewed during this article started talking about how America once highly valued the Bible. He mentioned about how the early Americans used to teach their children how to read out of the Bible. He started saying about how in public schools, some sort of religion classes should be integrated. Not necessarily any one domination, but maybe classes such as "World Religions" and the history of the Bible. And then these classes could somehow relate to other subjects, such as American History. However, students could have the opportunity to opt-out of these classes, but the person being interviewed believes that many students will not.

Interesting things to think about...

First Post

I was having trouble deciding what I should put as my first post. I wanted it to be an interesting one and I felt that I didn't know this site well enough to start self-disclosing. (Like my vocabulary? "Self-Disclosing"... Thank Interpersonal Communications)

Anyways, being the procrastinator that I am, I just filled out a MySpace survey a couple of minutes ago. I find myself to be quite witty at this time of day, so my answers pretty much amused me. Since it did indeed make me chuckle inside, I'd like to share it as part of my first post:

A
• Are you available?: No, but please leave your name and number after the beep and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible. BEEP.
• What is your age?: 18.
• What annoys you?: Hmm. Long plays at the moment. Haha.

B
• Do you know anyone named Billy?: Yes.
• When is your birthday?: August 29.
• Who is your best friend?: JESUS! Well, I want Him to be.

C
• What's your favorite candy?: I don't know anymore since I've stopped eating chocolate.
• Crush?: No, SMASH.
• When was the last time you cried?: Oh boy. I think sometime last week?

D
• Do you day dream?: Unfortunately.
• What's your favorite kind of dog?: Nice ones.
• What day of the week is it?: Friday.

E
• How do you like your eggs?: Nonexistent. Haha. Trying. But scrambled is good.
• Have you ever been in the emergency room?: Oh yes.
• Ever pet an elephant?: Nope. Haha I was going to ask if Eeyore counted as one, but I keep forgetting that he's a donkey. Yes, I need sleep.

F
• Do you use fly swatters?: When I was little.
• Have you ever used a foghorn?: Nope.
• Is there a fan in your room?: Yes. It's on right now actually.


G
• Do you chew gum?: Not really.
• Do you like gummy candies? Depends.
• Do you like gorey movies?: No.

H
• How are you?: At this moment? I'm...lacking sleep. But it's my fault so don't feel too bad.
• What's your height?: 5'4"
• What color is your hair?: Dark brown-black ish.

I
• Whats your favorite ice cream?: I don't know anymore. I'm trying to stay off dairy when I can...but I just ate vanilla cookies a few minutes ago so BLAH.
• Have you ever ice skated?: YUP!
• Ever been in an igloo?: No, I'm quite big to fit in those coolers now.


J
• What's your favorite Jelly Bean?: I don't have one.
• Have you ever heard a really hilarious joke?: A Joke?! What's that?! That was a joke. Here, let me explain...
• Do you wear jewelry?: Nope.

K
• Who do you want to kill?: No one.
• Have you ever flown a kite?: Yes.
• Do you think kangaroos are cute?: I think that they are interesting marsupial animals, but maybe not so cute. Blah, one of the only things I've learned in G. Bio...

L
• Are you laidback?: No, usually I'm hunched over. That was a joke, let me explain...
• Lions or tigers?: Tigers because TIGGER is a Tiger!
• Do you like black licorce?: What's licorce? Well, I do know that I don't care much for black LICORICE.

M
• Favorite movie as a kid?: Mm...I don't know.
• Ever shopped at Moosejaw? No, but I've shopped at Moosechops. Oh yeah, I'm on a roll. LOL.
• Last movie you watched?: Movie? I don't know. But the last documentary I watched was "Supersize Me" for English.
• Do you have a nickname?: Yes, I usually name my scratches after planets. LOL. I don't think any of you will get that. (Another word for "nick" is "scratch")
• Whats your favorite number?: I don't really have one, but I'll say four.
• Do you prefer night or day? Night. Yes, I am nocturnal just like Paris Hilton. Only Marlie and Richie will get that. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS!

O
• What's your one wish? That Jesus comes soon.
• Are you an only child?: Yes.
• Do you like the color orange?: It's alright. But I like oranges better.

P
• What are you most paranoid about?: HA. There isn't enough space to describe this.
• Piercings?: None.
• Do you know anyone named Penelope? Not personally.

Q
• Are you quick to judge people?: Unfortunately, yes. Don't judge me.
• Do you like Quaker Oats?: No, I prefer the Adventist kind.
• Know anyone that makes quilts?: Nope.

R
• Do you think you're always right?: No, I'm pretty much left.
• Do you watch reality TV?: No, I don't watch TV anymore.
• Do you prefer sun or rain?: SUNSHINE! The S of NEW START.
• Do you like snow?: OH, yes.
• Whats your favorite season?: It'd probably be volleyball season. ;]

T
• What time is it?: 1:56 A.M.
• What time did you wake up? I haven't gone to sleep yet.

U
• Can you ride a unicycle?: No, but I can ride a monocycle.
• Do you know anyone with a unibrow?: Hmm. Not really.
• How many uncles do you have?: Let's not go through this. I'm Filipino. What do you think?

V
• What's the worst vegetable?: Hmm. I don't know.
• Did you ever watch Veggie Tales?: Yes! I have Silly Songs with Larry in my iTunes.
• Ever considered being vegan?: Actually, yes. Right now. I'm attempting to be one when I can. But most of the time, I'm just an lacto-ovo vegetarian.

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• What's your worst habit?: It'd have to be PROCRASTINATION.
• Do u like water rides?: No, I like water coasters.
• Ever been inside a windmill?: No. I haven't even been outside one.

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• Have you ever had an x-ray?: MMHMM. Gotta love sprained ankles.
• Ever used a Xerox machine?: Yes. Ever since I realized that I can use my copy card, it's been my homeboy.

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• Do you like the color yellow?: Yes, it's the color that shows up when Lead is present in a solution of Mercury, Silver, and Lead. HA, G. Chem.
• What year were you born in?: 1988.
Do you yell when you're angry?: No, I usually scream.

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• Do you believe in the zodiac?: No.
• What's your zodiac sign?: What kind of question is that! If I answered No?! I'm a Virgo apparently.
• When was the last time you went to the zoo?: Yesterday. This school is crazy. LOL. It'd have to be last year during the Chicago Music Tour.