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it's that time of year again...
ugh.
just can't wait til spring break.
i can't believe i haven't updated for almost half a year. yayy
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| i just had to say....
i have a crapload of studying to do but of course when that happens we
get very sidetracked. but i'm convinced that this is a good sidetrack,
this time, because they're all good things!!!!!!!!
i'm excited that our faculty dinner has 29 rsvps. that's SO GOOD. it's capped at 30. i'm happy. i was so afraid there'd be like....none?
i'm super happy i got an email from my friend in taiwan. written in
chinese and I CAN READ IT! (well, with the help of a program, but still)
and i just realized facebook has this picture thing. i knew that we
could add pictures cuz i read it on somebody's xanga or something, but
i didn't know that even if you DONT add pictures you see pictures of
yourself (posted by other people). cool feature. but also bad
because you have no say in what pictures of you get up there. but very
cool...seeing some of us as youngsters.
okay that's all i had to say. spurt of the moment type of entry--don't see those too often (from me anyway)
BYE!
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| i had this long spiel of thank yous but reading it over made it sound
like i was giving a thank you speech after winning the grammy or
something. so i'm just going to say...HUGE thank you to everybody
who made my birthday what it was. thanks for the phonecalls, the
facebook messages, the emails...and special thanks to my mom who sent
me tons of pictures of my "childhood years" and my dad who sang me the
birthday song (surprisingly in tune too), and most of all to ara and
audrey...you two are just awesome. from all the food you prepared
to getting people over for dessert...i don't know how much planning
that took but seriously, dinner and everything thereafter made my day
and i don't think i could thank you enough. and thanks for all of the
really thoughtful gifts...gosh, i really didn't expect them. they were
all so...fitting and thoughtful! i love you guys!!!! i
don't know where i'd be without you all :)
i think turning 20 is really different from all previous
birthdays. when i turned ten, i was really excited that i could
finally say i lived for a decade; when i turned 18 i felt myself grow
into adulthood (hmm, maybe not really); but now as i turn 20, i just
feel plain old. there's something about the 2 that makes me feel like i
should be married or something. lol. but anyway, this birthday was
different in a very personal way. every year my birthday seems to get
caught up in the bigger scheme of tests (in high school) and midterms
(last year). this year, although i had two midterms today, they were of
drastically different focus--buddhist psychology and chinese. maybe
it's a sign, a sign that during this next decade, i'll become more
deeply connected to my roots and my self, rather than the artificial
ambitions that i'm undoubtedly still going to continue to strive for
(ie to do well in school and go to a good med school). maybe it's
a sign that during this next year i'm going to see the big scheme of
things more clearly and prioritize my thoughts and feelings
differently. okay, i think i'm starting to try to get all philosophical
but it's not really working -_- but anyway, although inside i
don't think i feel 20 at all (probably more like 12 =P) a deeper inside
feels like i'm going to learn and grow a lot this next year and next
decade =D
to end, my mom's been telling me that i should do something special on
my xanga for my 20th bday, like post pictures of myself from
"baby-hood" to adulthood because this'll be the only chance i'll ever
have. so i'm thinking to myself now, what better than to copy and
paste the emails that she's been sending me for the past 12
days?! but that means uploading them onto the internet first...so
i'll do it later =P
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| All good things come to an end.
Rest in peace, Sugar. We love you so so much.
March 4, 1995 - July 20, 2005
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recently (i.e. within the past month) several family friends from china
and taiwan have been coming over to visit america (and i guess to visit
us too). most of them i've never met before or have only seen
once...but they all seem to compliment me on the same thing: that my
chinese is really good, considering that i was born in america. i
can speak pretty fluently but with a very limited vocabulary -_- i
guess being brought up in irvine and being around people who know how
to speak their ethnic language makes me think that being able to speak
chinese is no big deal, but if they're all so shocked that i know how
to speak, then i guess i should be proud :) (i wish i could read and
write too though...)
that makes me think that my parents must be proud too when they
compliment me, because ultimately, where else could i learn it but from
them? when i become a mom...i want to make sure my kids can speak
chinese fluently too so i can be proud :)
well, that was random.
i went to europe (amsterdam and paris) this past week with my dad! it
was my first time in europe so it was really exciting. i managed to
sleep during EVERY segment of transportation we had, from airplanes to
trains to metros to busses...but that's alright because i was able to
stay awake for all the fun stuff, like visiting madurodam (a miniature
holland, reminds me of legoland--i want to go to legoland again even
though the first time i went wasn't too impressive), canals, king's
palace, the hague, the eiffel tower, the arc of triumph (i really
didn't know about this thing...my world/euro history really sucks), the
louvre. too bad our trip was short (my dad's teaching summer
school and i'm TAKING summer school...=/) but i guess it wouldn't have
been as exciting if we were there longer. i'll post up some pictures
when i get the chance.
anyway in other news, summer's more than halfway over (remember, i've
been out a month and a half now) :( summer school and work keep
me busy, but i think i'm used to the balance of obligated work/school
and play/relaxing by now.
working at the preschool is really cool. i think it's good preparation
for becoming a mom because you really learn how to deal with a dynamic
group of kids. i'd say that about 1/3 of them are angels: they want you
to play with them, they draw you pictures, they give you hugs, they do
what you say. another third are great kids too: they do what they're
supposed to do, they like you (i think) and give you hugs, but they
mostly play amongst themselves. the last third are...well, not too
good. they do things they're not supposed to do, they pretend they
don't hear you when you tell them not to do it, they disrupt the class
when you're reading stories. i love work when i'm interacting
with the first 2/3, which is basically most of the time, because i'm a
horrible staff member and i basically play with those kids and let the
other teacher do all the disciplining of the naughtier kids. but
for the last half hour i'm by myself (we have a teacher:student ratio
of 1:12) and it sucks when some of the remaining kids are the ones that
won't listen because they don't help clean up!!!! and it's really
embarrassing if a parent walks in to pick up their kid while you're
trying to tell a kid to behave and he's not listening. i'm
learning to be meaner though.... but for the most part my job's great
:)
just wanted to update since it's been a while. bye!
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