Okay, another quick note. This is so freakishly God. I've sung this song at every Christian event i've been to within the last few weeks. (CLC, AFC, HBC, HBBS)

"Blessed Be Your Name"

Blessed be Your name in the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
And blessed be Your name when I’m found in the
desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be your name

Every blessing You pour out I’ll turn back
to praise
And when the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name when the sun’s shining
down on me
When the world’s “all as it should be”
Blessed be Your name
And blessed be Your name on the road marked
with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name

I'm guessing that when times are hard and even when times seem so good, I need to really focus my eyes on God, which I must admit, I haven't done. So it must be said that God is really the one to shine through in the midst of our turmoil and definitely in the midst of our joy.

Okay, a few updates.

My laptop. It's not fixed. I have no idea what's wrong with it. The guys at the campus computer store say they can't fix it. The guys from Best Buy say they can't fix it. It must be a sign...It must be a sign that I'm not suppose to have a laptop. =( That makes me sad. But oh well, we'll see. Maybe Super Shanno can help me out on my crisis.

AFC. Yes, I've decided. I'm going to be a member of AFC for the rest of the year. I want to see where the fellowship / small groups / worship goes. I'm excited.

Church. I'm going to UBC tomorrow! at least, I hope to. A bunch of girls from my hall are going to check it out. University Baptist Church is David Crowder's home church. The last time I saw him was at First Baptist in Houston, which was like right when I got back from China. So I'm excited about that. Oh, and definitely looking forward to a healthy dose of the Holy Word, yo.

Family. I miss my family sooo much. You cannot conceive the extent of my homesickness. I misss everybody so much. Even those that I'm not always in contact with, i miss you. Argg, I think I'm going to start crying in the lab...

til we meet again.

aloha.

Yet again, I find myself wanting to blog my unending thoughts to perhaps entertain or inform my audience. I'm having a good time here in Waco. I find myself enjoying the campus more than I ought to. Cause i figured that I'd stay here for a year and transfer elsewhere. But after walking around campus and meeting new people, I realize that I enjoy this setting that God has brought me into. I'm actually excited about what's going to happen to me this semester.

So, I went to AFC. I, surprisingly enough, enjoyed the company and the conversations. The warmth seemed to strike a familiar chord. I dunno. They just welcomed me with open arms. I already feel like part of their family. Well, we are family, but you know, a close knit family. But i think that's mostly on my part. We'll see.

okay, time to escape into my dreams.

til we meet again.

Lord, wash me in the water of the word
i lay me on the alter of your will
present me blameless without blemish, holy bride
white, Lord, purify your bride

Greetings.

At this very moment, I'm at the library getting my healthy dose of internet usage. I have been deprived of AIM for perhaps 3 days! I miss it so. And I won't get my laptop until 5 FREAKING days! That's far too many days. I was really apprehensive about letting go of my laptop because, in all honesty, I don't trust anyone with my laptop now. Maybe I just need to keep faith that God will fix my computer. Maybe I'm not suppose to use it because I've grown so attached it. Yeah, maybe...

Okay, so today was my first day of class. Everything is going along pretty well. Met some great girls in my hall and had some great talks with my roommate, Christina. I just miss everybody back home. I think I'm already homesick and just haven't cried yet because it hasn't settled in. I live a very personal and private life. Sharing a room with someone else is definitely different for me. I have to open to simple things like when she uses the mirror to put on her make-up. How she stays up using the computer while I'm sleeping.

I just came out of Chapel. It was quite a different experience for me. How can we all pray together when we don't believe in the same God? And, unfortunately for Atheists, it is a required class to take. The grade is merely dependent on your attendance of Chapel. *shrugs* I hope Chapel is more interesting than it was today.

I noticed that everywhere I go, people have dell computers. Dell is everywhere here. In the dorm rooms, library, computer labs. I wonder if I should have invested my money on a dell notebook...hrm. Wait! I'm not suppose to think about notebooks. It's making me frustrated beyond all earth.

I'm excited about tomorrow though. There's this club or ministry called Asians For Christ (which reminds me of Students For Christ at Clements). So I'm going there to check it out. Meet some brothers and sisters my same color. It's funny, whenever I run into asians, I would flash a smile and say "Hi" as if I know them or something. Because at Baylor, it's a rare occasion to run into a oriental. So I'm glad to see them when I can. Don't get me wrong, I love white people, or to be politically correct, Caucasians. But we asians have some kind of connection. We share some kind of history, or whatever. hah.

MAN, I left my favorite pair of pants at home!! arg. There goes my idea of efficient packing. I also left a great deal of stuff that I need here. Oh well.

Well, I am signing off cause these dell keyboards suck. hah. Nevermind, I wouldn't want to buy a dell.

Call me. I'm probably bored.

hi.

I'M IN COLLEGE!!

So yeah. I finally met my roommate. She's really neat. She has this great heart for God and I'm very happy that I'm going to be living with her. I think it's going to be a great experience for me to live with another girl, considering I've lived with boys my whole life. It's quite refreshing. As of right now, Christina (my roommate) is at a concert and I'm here in my dorm room (woohoo!). I'm literally pooped. I woke up at 7 in the morning to drive down here and have been running all over Waco, buying stuff.

Right now, i'm trying to figure what what's wrong with my laptop ( I'm using Christina's comp). So, bye for now.

hi.

i'm sad.

Please call me.

I am pooped.

I had a full daay. I woke up at about 12. Met up with Wynette at 1. Finally got to my dorm shopping that I have been avoiding since the beginning of summer. I got some essentials. I like shopping for stuff, rather than clothes. It's more enjoyable, I think. Afterwards, we went to givral for some good vietnamese sandwiches. err. I actually got a BBQ sandwich and she got noodles. I wasn't bold enough to finish the jalapeno. The bread is super hard. But i enjoyed it nonetheless. Hanging out with Wynette is always a good time to be cherished. We can laugh one minute and be serious the next. Her presence is always something I'm grateful for. Then, I watched OC with shannon and peggy. Oooohhh. i like that show. It's my new favorite show. I watched the premiere and I was hooked. It was about 5 when the show was over. And i was debating, whether or not I should go fishing with Irv and them. I felt as if I should have went home and spent more time with the family, considering the fact that I was leaving for college in a few days. But I also wanted to personally say goodbye to everyone. Oh how I'm going to miss my secondary family. So I thought about it for like 30 minutes and decided to consult with my daddy. To my surprise, he allowed me to go. =) yay! so I stayed at shannon's for awhile and enjoyed our conversations and giggling and what not. She is one of the most gentle person I know. I can be so at home with her and not even know it. We were both beginning to feel sleepy so we decided to go by starbucks and catch us some caramel fraps. Mm mm good. The guy who took my name introduced himself to me. I thought that was kinda interesting. AND I had the best parking space since the first time I've been in that area. Anyway, so we head out towards our adventure.

We arrive at Irv's to find that the missing persons were the Wu family, Kenny, and Dan. We waited on Dan for perhaps, 30 minutes? I'm not sure. It wasn't too bad, waiting for him. The ride to Galveston was fun. We laughed, we talked, we just enjoyed each other's company. I missed that. We arrive maybe 10 minutes after 9. Fishing is not easy, dude. I realize I have no patience in waiting for my line to catch. Kyle had to help me out with my bait a lot. hehe. I'd cast the line, and my hook, bait, and weight fly out into the gulf. hehe. I'm not good at fishing. But it's definitely an experience. Man, so after a few hours of being fishermen and hanging out on the pier, we left at about 12:30. Lisa wanted to eat TC. And so we did. The funniest thing happened as we were making our trip from Irv's place to TC. We saw johnny coming home! We saw an opposing car light and wondered who would be out this late. And then we spotted familiar shape of the car. As we approach closer, we were surprise to unveil that Johnny was coming home at 2 oclock in the morning! Hehe. So he decides to tag along with our train of cars. But he didn't really eat with us. I suppose he just wanted to hang out with the boys, considering he didn't know lisa and I were in the backseat. He went home after realizing TC's dine in was closed. So we went through the drive through and took it to Irv's to munch on our midnight snack. Again, we had some good conversations at the dinner table and enjoyed each other's presence. And so now, I'm home. I'm just recalling what an awesome day I had from just spending time with the people I really do love.

I think I'm really really going to miss everyone. Especially the girls. They are just so fun to be around. Even when we're tackling the hard knocks of life. Or giggling at the most ridiculous things. They will be missed terribly...by me.

Oh man, I also really enjoyed Lisa's dinner party. It was a fabulous time. I could hardly stop myself from laughing so hard. I am a laugher I tell you. I just had so much fun that it was ridiculous.

Yaf was a good time too. Chris gave one of those I-am-warning-you-about-yourselves-as-you-go-back-to-school speech. Hehe. It was a good reminder to keep my heart and mind to be guarded from the pains of the world. We ate lasagna. I am still stuffed from the extra piece that I shared with shannon. Afterwards, we took a group picture, just for me.=) yay.

Actually, I'm going everyone a great deal, not just the girls. When together, we just have a great time in fellowship and stuff. =)

I have so many great things to say about everyone. But not everyone reads this so. Maybe in the near future I'll make dedications.

i'm so tired of being here
suppressed by all my childish fears
and if you have to leave
i wish that you would just leave
cause your presence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone

By the grace of God, please leave me alone.
I am tired. Please go away.

Okay, so I'm back from a four day cruise. This is my second time going. I enjoyed this trip far more than the first one. I thought I'd list some highlights...

1. I enjoyed the free ice cream they had on the 10th floor buffet. Every morning, I'd wake up and travel upstairs to enjoy a cone of vanilla or combo of vanilla/chocolate. Every night, I would enjoy one while gazing into the sunset. good stuff, good stuff.

2. In our room, we had a tv. And every day, there were exactly three movies that they would play nonstop. First day: Just Married, Shanghai Knights, and Like Mike. Second day: Lord of the Rings, Chicago, and From Justin to Kelly. Third day: How to Lose a Guy in Ten days, Daredevil, and Jonah (Veggietales). It was movies galore!. I watched LOTR a couple of times. =) that would make a record of watching the movie...about....8 times now? I also thoroughly enjoyed Veggietales. hehe.

3. Karaoke Bar. Every night, they had a place for guests to sing Karaoke. It was soo fun. The ones who were really shaking their booty or belting out the tunes were so entertaining. Even little girls would go up and sing. They wouldn't know the words, but just kept right on singing. hehe.

4. Cozumel. Our whole time at Cozumel was definitely an experience I won't forget. The water was so clear and there were fish swimming right by the shore! We were swimming with the fish. =) It was so pretty. All we did basically was hang out on the beach. But man, I really really had a good time. I went jet skiing. That was a great thrill. At times, I thought I would fall off, but it was nonetheless, thrilling and exciting. I also got a good tan. So, the age minimum for drinking is 18, right? So, hehe, I got some alcohol on my own. I think I have very low tolerance for it. Cause afterwards, I felt really sick and skipped dinner and went straight to bed.

5. Cute boys. There were a great amount of boys on the trip. And a lot of them were cute. There was this one guy who looked very laid back and would always leave the dinner room way before his family did. Off to where? I don't know. But he reminded me of this guy that I went to China with (who I had a kinda crush on). When I heard his voice, though, it sounded very annoying. So I just liked looking at him. There was also this guy who I saw the time we were checking in. He kept looking at me as if I was some kind of alien. And I would see him from time to time on the ship. He was pretty well built and he also reminded me of the Georgia boys. I don't really like to approach guys. I'd like for them to come up to me for a talk. Other than that, I'm not really interested. I guess I just like scoping.

6. The view. Oh man, the ocean view is just gorgeous. I loved just looking out into the water and feeling the wind hit up against my face. Both the sunrise and sunset was a sight! I could have stayed on deck the entire time. It would have been fine by me.

7. Casino. The age requirement to gamble is 18. =)