alright, update on life. i have a lot to catch up on, so here we go!

first semester of college is almost over and it went by so quickly. i almost have all a's. that is something i never thought i would say, especially in college, haha.

ive made some more new friends. yes, ive made friends, mostly from epic. im glad i've met some good people. they are pretty much all korean!

(first picture is with the afters! and second pic is after i cut emily's hair. i cut a girl's hair! she was brave. last pic is at the bowling alley to celebrate joanns 19th birthday)

in about a half a year, i will have a total of 4 nephews/nieces. can you believe that? we are rapidly expanding the hsueh dynasty here in america. i think i may be the only person my age who has this many nephews and nieces. sabrina and pei are both currently pregnant, but i dont know if they are boy or girls yet.
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(little hsueh babies. can you believe that they're only a month apart? look at the size differences!)

ive been getting pretty involved with epic, which is the asian branch off of campus crusade. it's the first year its on our campus and it is relatively small. god has blessed me with lots of opportunities to lead and serve. for example, ryan and i started leading worship a couple weeks ago and now a couple other people are stepping out to help serve! i will also be helping to facilitate a small group next semester for guys where we will read and discuss the book "wild at heart" by john eldridge, and the girls group will be reading the book captivating, by john eldridge as well. im excited and really looking forward to it! i want to start now, but unfortunatly, with mid terms, finals, and christmas break coming up, a lot of things can change. so we've decided that it's best to wait and start fresh next semester.

i've been attending two churches almost regularly...at least when im not in austin or back in houstin. alamo stone, which meets on saturdays, is affiliated with our campus crusade. so me, along with the rest of the asian group have been going there. occasionaly we go to gracepoint on sundays which is really good too. im so tired of church hopping!

lately, i've really scared about the future - more now than ever. like going to ut, switching environments and having to completely readjust my academic and social habits. im starting to like the way things are here and i am dreading change. at the same time, im excited about going to ut. im also really scared about the major i want to do. i want to do graphic design (like pam beasley), but i hear its really hard to get into, so ive been looking at advertising as an alternative.

thats it for now. i have a paper due in a week where i can write about ANYTHING. i hate these kind of papers. i have absolutely no idea what to write. its a definition essay which means we define a word and then write about it. i think i will write about "church".

For all you austinites that will be in town this weekend, my brother's (francis) second movie will be featured at the Asian American Film fest on Saturday. It'll be at the Alamo Drafthouse Village Sat @ 6pm (http://www.aaaff.org/schedule.php#25). Check it out!

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since i havent blogged in a while, and i finished my first week of college, i thought now would be the perfect time to write something. i really dont have too much to say about my first week...except that my neighbors like to party until 5am on the weekends and play their music as loud as they can. im getting my speakers tomorrow so maybe i can drown our their music with mine.

God has blessed me in so many ways these past couple weeks. from meeting new people, to getting to class, i know that God's hand is part of it all. i was so scared that i was going to get teachers who could care less about their students, but thanks to rate my professor (and God!), i have liked all of my teachers so far.  having kevin as a roommate has also been great. i was really worried that we would get frustrated with each other within a week, but so far so good. its been awesome having such a close friend as a roommate, we ct pretty much every night...hahaha jk. ct is cabin talk for all you noobs out there (so who do you like???) haha...jk. i really miss everyone from houston. i miss hcc and hanging out at friday fellowship then going to taphouse. but since you guys arent here, ive replaced you all. jk..but ive made some new friends that are pretty cool too. all of the friends ive been making have been either vietnamese or filipino. what the heck, where are the chinese? oh wait, theyre all in austin! but despite making new friends, part of me still feels like im in high school simply because so many high school friends are here...which has its ups and downs.

ive been really debating which fellowship i want to plug myself into. ive been hanging out with intervarsity a lot, but i still want to keep my options open. small groups are starting next week, and im a little worried because i feel like ive only been exposed to iv. but iv has been great so far. they've been having socials like every day and yesterday we had a scavenger hunt in downtown. that was so tiring, but fun.