Monday, November 30, 2009
Tired of Reading!
This month, every Monday I have been typing up my schedule for the week and printing it off. This schedule is detailed - even to the time I eat and it even includes time for walking and what emails I need to send out. It's kind of sad how much I rely on this schedule to keep me on track. When I went home for Thanksgiving break, I felt so restless and anxious at what I was supposed to be doing next. Maybe next semester, I'll try to be more flexible.
I'm actually quite stressed though. Not only with exams, but for my ASB trip, I have to find cheaper housing - so it's kind of back to square one. On top of that, I'm part of this committee - MLK Challenge. I'm the hospitality coordinator, basically the person that asks for food donations. The MLK Challenge hosts 200 students in which they do service on MLK day. With service, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served. I'm kind of really stressed out at getting that food - all for free. So far, Subway has donated 2 party platters (which can feed around 24 people) and a local bakery has donated 50 cookies. Although I sent out 20 letters around food restaurants in Boone, I'm sending out around 15 more this weekend. Once I get enough donations, I have to schedule pick up times plus send out reminder letters. I have to do this when I get back from break - I only have a 1 week window before the event actually starts. But then I have a retreat for ASB the week coming back to Boone too...
OOO, today was kind of crushing, but I guess God wanted to show me to not over commit. I was doing a contact table with a friend, and he was really pushing me to go to Bolivia this summer (May 10-25). I however, have this program that starts May 24th. I was really about to call my mom and ask for the deposit money if it wasn't for the date overlap. But there is always next summer!
I'm kind of just writing all this out so that when I look over it during winterbreak I can get reminded of what I need to do.
Hmmm...my sister is graduating, so I need to get her a graduation present too. December 17th. It's coming up. Argh, maybe a scrapbook?
Oh yeah, I'm volunteering at the Operation Christmas Child processing center. Haha, I'm going to be like one of those people in the video! It's cool because this is on Samaritan Purse's property. It's crazy, how blessed this organization is. You have to reserve volunteer spots and they have been booked for months - so volunteers have been turned away!
I've visited samaritan's purse once. It's pretty ballin.
Franklin Graham got some good decorators.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
tired
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
getting this one out of the way
anyways, i always put my ipod on shuffle so i never know the next song. i know i know i'm so adventurous. but every once in a while a song comes up that really makes me think about something. then today as i was walking back to the dorm, one of those random songs popped up. since i have some free time, i've decided to finally make my list.
let's see
1) So Contagious - Acceptance
i remember back in high school susan lee would always ask me to burn cd's for her. she would give me lists and lists of these punky-kinda bands. i would get the songs, and put them on a cd. at first i was like, these songs SUCK. but then i grew into them. so susan lee has definately influenced my musical selection.
2) Fallin - Alicia Keys
I believe this was summer '07. i think this was the best summer at home i've ever had - the most fun. it was the summer before senior year. if you go to my facebook you can see the video of jr singing this song. along with daniel doing the violin...
3) Barbie Girl - Aqua
haha i HAVE to put this one up. no questions asked. my parents bought a kareoke machine and this is one of the songs that i always sang. even my parents loved Aqua.
4) Walk Down This Mountain - Bebo Norman
I remember Teen Bible Fellowship (TBF) and one season, for bible study we watched this christian reality television show. this was the song that played at the beginning and end of each episode. the tv show wasn't that great but this song...was great.
5) There's Always Someone Coolor - Ben Folds
i listened to this song when i went to LA with my sister. and everytime i did, i would be like "hey unnie listen to this part of the song" and it was the chorus - there's always someone cooler than you. haha i'm sucha punk.
6) Still Fly - Big Tymers
this song i listened to in middle school - when i just listened to rap because it was the cool thing to do. i didn't know what they were talking about and mostly mumbled this.
7) Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
this song reminds me of Belize - my ASB trip Spring '09. everytime we got on this school bus, the bus driver would blast his music - he only had one playlist. he always played Bob Marley though, and this was my first real time that i had listened to a bob marley song and actually appreciated it.
8) Ms New Booty - Bubba Sparxxx
This song reminds me of Sally Park. because i always make fun of her for smelling lustful. in addition, sally just reminds me of m-fuge - bruises.
9) I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
I remember being in Religion class my senior year of high school. the teacher - Mr. Dinkenor told everyone in the class to bring in one song - one song that represented you. i didn't choose this song, but someone else did. this song was the gateway to me listening to death cab, postal service, benjamin gibbard, etc.
10) Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Lion King
This is my trademark song. the song i sing to make a happy atmosphere. Reyonsa, Mexico - i rocked this song out!
11) Lose Yourself - Eminem
Wasn't this song on 8 Mile. 8 Mile was the first and last movie that i've ever snuck into with this girl named Raneem in middle school. afterwards i memorized it. i'm pretty sure with some practice i can spit this junk out.
12) Never Say Never - The Fray (Actually any of the new album)
i listened to this album before it got popular. which makes me cool. but this album is what i listened to during belize in the bus when i didn't feel like listening to the bus drivers music. even now when i listen to this, i can actually picture myself on the bus looking out the window to the world of Belize. Belize was my first big challenge in college. because i signed up for this trip not knowing anyone and not knowing what i was getting myself into. i came back with great friends, a great awakening for the environment and more confidence - because of all the work we had to do that i didn't know i had in me.
13) Tracks of My Tears - Gavin Degraw
In the beginning theres a couple of lines i really feel relates to me. i guess all these songs in essential, i feel. but afterwards i had a stint with gavin degraw. i remember i would sing this to Pauline Ro.
14) Faith - George Michael
I sing this at the beginning of nrb. nuff said.
15) Dear Jamie...Sincerely Me - Hellogoodbye
Again, i listened to hellogoodbye before they were popular - because i always enjoyed knowing bands others didn't. this song was my gateway song into bands like the format and more hellogoodbye songs.
16) I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
after watching walk the line, i kinda had a heart for Mr. Cash. not a crush, just his music. walk the line is one of my favorite movies b tee dubs.
17) Say It Aint So - Weezer
I have listened to this song over 1000 times. it's not in anyway my #1 song. but it was. it has a lot of meaning to me because it was at a time where i was just disappointed with friends, i think it was my senior year - summer. busting a couple of people for drinking.
18) Nothing Better - The Postal Service
i listened to this song a lot last year. i found out yoona shin liked it too and that was when i was like hmmm i should be friends with her because i had no idea she listened to american music
so it was safe to be friends with her.
19) Wait a Minute - Pussycat Dolls
haha they just say this one line that always cracks me up - "why you be buggin like i'm some kind of hoe" hahahaha i shared this with Dianne Kim. she agreed at the time
20) Relient K
Jennifer and Rebecca Lee i have to admit yall kind of pushed me into any relient k song. i remember 10-12th grade. i listened to relient k every morning before school to pump me up!
21) Filled With Your Glory - Starfield
i think we heard them at aquire the fire? not sure, but it was one of those conferences. just a good band overall.
22) Never the Same - Starting Tuesday
i saw them at TYF haha...tyf...but yeah. got me hooked on some Starting Tuesday. i remember alicia lee actually gave me the cd.
wow i only meant for 4-5 songs. but i just looked through my itunes. i had more but i didn't want this to be too long.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
exercise
i've tried to ignore this, thinking "hey i'm in college i can be like this, i'm still young". But no. I will not be one of those people that say that and then in the end stay fat even after graduation. something else that started this exercise period in my life is the realization that i have a double chin. i rationalized with myself thinking it's just excess skin, but no it's fat.
plus next year, nc plans to have a Obesity Tax on state employees who have more than 40 BMI. My BMI according to WiiFit is 19. Hmm...that's ALMOST HALF.
so today, i had an extra hour of free time, you know those hours. when it's not worth it to walk back to the dorm and then to class. i went to the computer lab and looked up some exercise/diet plans. over the next 7 weeks i will become a lean mean fighting/eating machine.
i have scheduled the foods i will be eating (and have included thanksgiving foods) plus my exercise times. it's pretty legit. hopefully stairs wont wind me.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
strange
Sunday, October 4, 2009
ladeedah dah dah da da da da da da da
it's not the temperature, it's more of the 40 mph wind chill that really hits the core of your existence.
I'm kind of excited. November 19th, anberlin, taking back sunday, and all-american rejects are coming to boone. so i can see some of the bands that i listened to back in the day. yeah...i still listen to all of them.
hmmmmm
i've been kind of thinking lately. you know. i ain't a bad kid. i dont do the party thing. i dont cheat or steal or lie. i don't smoke the mary j, i dont drink alcohol, but i'm not a good person.
i'm not that considerate with my friends. i try to do things that will get me the most attention. i gots so many material things that i dont need.
but i'm sure you could line up every single person in the world and name their goodies and their faults. i tend to nod my head in class and pretend like i agree with the teacher.
i used to never have headaches...but this year i've been getting not a lot, but a lot more.
i've been church hopping a lot. trying to find the place God wants. it's good to hear a mix of sermons. the church today had 2 lady pastors so it was a fresh tone and it just goes to show you that traditional ain't always right.
well the sermon spoke about the Armor of God: Ephesians 6:10-20. i dont think anyone knows this about me but i like armor. if i had a choice for halloween i would wear armor. i donno why, it just looks cool to me. i haven't though because armor is kind of heavy.
but anyways, God revealed these verses to me during the summer. the first time i read them, i got goosebumps at how marvelous it was. how grand and how powerful one could become and it kind of makes you bold in proclaiming the gospel. i thought that i needed to have this armor. this armor that could secure me and keep me in a great relationship with the Lord. but i think i lost the point. the best armor, the best weapon explained in this passage is prayer. you can't do anything without it. if you don't pray, all that armor - the belt of truth, the shield of faith...it's all just flim/flam.
i deff need to pray more. because i have all of this armor on and its pretty much weighing me down. but with prayer, God's strength will be upon me so that i will be able to move about and have a firm foundation.
dang i'm kind of jippy joppy. so many random points in this blog.
Good Job Rio de Janeiro
I'm actually glad I did, not only do I get news about the world and the us, but i also get news about entertainment - like who kanye pissed off this week. I also get a lot of technology information, like "Introducing the Bra that is meant to Taken Off". Anyways getting back to the main point, I've seen all of these and you know what, the main thing that boggles me this week is the big Olympic decision for Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to get the Olympic bid in 2016. I mean it's the first time the Olympics would be held in South America. What an honor.
So grow up Chicago and the Obama's. Rio de Janeiro I support YOU.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Xanga? What Happened to you??
So... I was looking through some of the old posts...here is one (I'm kind of embarrassed):
so lets see tomarrow is Augest and summer is ending in 25 days or 600 hours or 36000 minutes or 2160000 secocnds? sometimes i think ihave no life then i look at my fan pics and how i have inspired them....haha ok jk i dont look at my fan's pictures. hmmmmm gosh my entries are so pointless soooooo i guess i'll tell you about myself. because its me 10 unique things about RC haha i'm so lazy it was 20 unique things about rc but i changed it cus i didn't feel like 20 1) wen i'm trying to be sneaky all my bones start to crack like you no that sound you hear wen you crack ur knuckles picture that wen i'm moving my back and legs and arms and feet and everything cracks but it doesn't evne hurt 2) i can linste to one song over and over again for like 3 weeks then i'll get tired of it so i'll stop listenin to it for 1 day and then i can listen to it again after that 3) even though i threw away the calender that counts down the days till i get my license the numbers still countdown in my head 87 days.... 4) i figured out what classes to take for 10th,11th,and 12th grade highschool carreer during my free time 5)i cant speak korean....like i can only count to ten both ways. 6) my hands smell good 7) i'm lazy as mess if its one step i dont have to take but if i wanted to i could i prolly wouldn't unless its for someone else that needed something? 8) stingy i guess thats what people say so i'm sayin it 9) i have no talents......seriously i cant jump i cant sing i cant play any instruments unless you want to hear crap i cant think while talkin haha i cant talk to people straight i cant get nice quickly if i'm angry...maybe i dont have a good temper....i have a temper pedic bed though....i cant write pretty i cant punch hard....unless your weak i cant memorize stuff i cant think of meaningful words to say during a sad moment? i cant take care of kids i cant study i cant sleep good unless i'm tired and i'm on my bed... 10) at this moment my dad is putting a freaking plant in my room like this huge one and i'm looking at him wow its so ugly wowo |
Hmm...the beginning is so me. I still count down seconds; it's a hobby of mine or maybe an addiction but it has gotten better since I don't own a wristwatch now. Second, I spelled August wrong...
BUT let's focus on the positives.
If you read the old post, it shows that I (Rebecca Hye Cho) wrote down 10 unique things about myself. If you remember facebook, around January/February-ish '09, there was a note trend - the 10-20 Unique Things. Obviously, I started that. Some random shmoe probably stumbled across my xanga site, some how looked through my private entries and decided it would be a good idea to do that on facebook. Now you could say, "hey now, you did 10 unique things, while the most of the notes on facebook were 20-25". Well, all I can say to that is that some people are just a little bit more greedy in sharing facts than I was.
Now let's delve deeper into ME when I was 14.
#1. Yep, my bones still crack (but not as much) when I try to be sneaky. However, sometimes when my knuckles crack...they are a wee bit more harder to crack now.
#2. Yep again! I can listen to a song over and over and over again until one day I get sick of it. Then the next day I can listen to it again. But it's gotten a little better since my music has become a bit more broad. - but it still drives my roommate insane when I listen to Say It Ain't So - Weezer, over and over again!
#3. Nope, I don't count down the days to things like that...okay I lied...I DO. But certainly not to THAT extent. Now it's more of a quick count of the days every now and then, and then...that's it.
#4. Kinda? I mean I do have a plan for my college career because I do think it's fun to plan out the logistics of life. Don't you?
#5. Nope! I can count up to 19 now. So after 5 years...I learned 9 new numbers. But my vocabulary has increased. I just have to work on pronunciation and fluency oh and everything else.
#6. ? Maybe? I just had some hot wings so they still have a hint of hot wings smell. But I still think I have a great smelling natural body odor. Anything else just smells like lust to me.
#7. Yep. I'm still lazy. But it's more in the area of doing things for the means of my health - like exercising or eating. I'm pretty good with planning events and doing stuff that are important in the short run.
#8. Nah. I wouldn't say I'm stingy anymore. I think now I'm careless in my spending habits. Like earlier today, I had the urge to buy these shoes (the Sisterhood said eww): I thought they would come in handy...BTW they are called Five Fingers.
http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/
#9. Sigh, Yep. I'm sad to say it, but I have no special talents. I can't even tie my shoes properly!
#10. I don't know? I still have the plant in my room actually. I hear that it cleans the air or something.
What does this mean? I tallied 6.5 Yeps and 3.5 Nopes. This means I haven't changed much meaning I'm not that unique after all?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
mah life
I thought my sickness was getting better but then today I woke up and boom headache and mucusy throat. But I had to wake up and go to this interview thing for leading a trip during spring break.
I've been watching a lot of Avatar. It's good. I wish I was an air bender so I could fly and hit people without touching them. :)
Anyways...the youth group bought me a columbia jacket labor day weekend for being the best intern in the world...and i was kinda expecting crocs. then the next day i drove back to school and realized i ONLY packed that jacket. the jacket is turquoise blue and i guess i learned my lesson. to be thankful for gifts! but now i have to wear the jacket until mid october!!!
on another note: last night i was taking a shower. i like to take them when no one else is taking a shower in the other stalls because i dont like it when their water splashes on to MY feet. i'm kinda ocd about bathroom germs. but anyways, all of a sudden all these girls rush into the bathroom while i'm showering and they think i'm some girl named Liz. i pretend i am and say hi in the shower but then liz shows up...so it got awkward and i abruptly ended my shower. i hope to take my showers in peace now.
this morning too, i woke up kinda sick right. so i go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and stuff. i dont have contacts in or glasses on so i'm kind of blind. this girl walks in starts talking to me, really friendly. i kinda start hacking my cough and she still talks to me and says stuff. i'm just like what???? then she left the bathroom. sigh, i'll never know who my potential friend was because i couldn't even see her face!!!
sorry for the random post, i just thought i should update
AVATAR rocks!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Testimony?
These past few weeks have better pretty good to me, but I feel like school is getting closer and closer. Right now most of my life worries have been solved and now the biggest worry I have is replacing my lost retainers and finding my iPod. But those are easy to solve. :)
I think I'll write my Summer testimony here.
So it starts off before Cambodia. Before Cambodia, I don't really remember much of who I was but I was a pretty confused girl. I think I was happy, but the point of my summer was Cambodia and then post Cambodia - try to have as much fun as possible. I've learned the thing about summers are, you can't have really high expectations, or you'll be really disappointed in the hours of doing nothing.
Well anyways, there you have it. The month after school ended, I just played around. Then when Korea and Cambodia time hit I guess I got serious? Visiting Korea was just visiting Korea to me. I got to see relatives and I was repeatedly reminded about how horrible my korean was and how I needed to learn. Then I went to Cambodia. The night before Cambodia, some personal family issues happened and to be honest my heart was angry at God. I thought, how could He allow this to happen the day before Cambodia. Why does He want my thoughts to be full of rage and hate towards something the day before a mission trip. But i'm usually good at hiding my true feelings so i didn't show it.
I realized at how stupid i was at blaming God and felt pretty guilty.
then on the mission trip, the first hour of getting off the plane the humidity shocked me because i thought i was ready for the climate since i went to belize. but no no no, this was totally uncomfortable and i just wanted to strip off all my clothes.
well we got to the hotel and settled down. the next day we met some of the sunday school teachers and some of the kids. after a while the kids started chasing me around and it reminded me a lot of mexico and how on the first day the kids there started chasing me too. i wonder at what age will i not be able to do that...haha
Anyways, that night, we got our team assignements and then our evangelizing partners - i got both the Grace's so i was kind of relieved. first of all because they are more mature and older and second of all because i wanted to be really good friends with them.
the next morning we got ready for evangelizing and i was kinda worried but kinda cocky about it too because i had both grace's and i had memorized some verses of the bible in the bus. that day though, i didn't say even one word and even now just thinking about it makes me feel so ashamed. but it's because i didn't fully rely on God to speak. the next day i prayed and i asked God to just make me a vessel for Him. i wanted Him to just make my mouth move, not even tell me the words, but just make them spray out of my mouth. so that happened, and with the help of the Grace's and Sienglai translating he got saved. And i think that's when i truly saw God using us, using little me for His will. and i got really happy after that.
at the first village, we did the evangelizing, and then went to eat lunch prepared by the jipsahneems and then went back to do children's ministry. the first village is where i met spider boy. but anyways, the Cambodia team was split into 2 and i was the only one in the games committee on my team. i kind of paniced because i was actually relying on the other 2 - christy and inho whenever i ran out of game ideas or needed someone to talk things over with. so the first day was discouraging because some of the kids weren't having fun and i just felt really bad because i couldn't bring about the best games or the best organization. to be honest, i didn't know what i was doing half the time. but things got better as the days progressed because i slowly began to rely on God more and more throughout the trip.
evangelizing got better as well as my faith grew more confident.
so spider boy. what can i say? i don't know his real name, i don't know what his voice sounds like, i don't even know his age. but i guess we just grew attached. i mean we had follow ups the 2nd week of the trip, and he just darted out of a market stall and started holding my hand. so i guess the connection wasn't just me thinking he was really really cute kid. and then when we left after haircutting the 2nd week, i cried 4 times in one day because i realized that i would prolly never see him again and i've never cried that much because i was leaving someone. Thinking about it now, i see that God had a sense of humor. before cambodia, i would always say i only like mexican kids. now i like all kids.
and during the mission trip, i pretty much ingrained into my head "all for glorying God" so now whenever i do things, i always think that so that's pretty niffty.
anyways, my sister and i left about 2 days earlier but we were supposed to leave 3 days earlier. we pulled a ken and missed our flight by one day. i kinda prayed for God to let us stay longer. :)
so we stayed, and then God let us go the day we thought we were supposed to go. we flew from siem reap to phnom pehn and then from phnom pehn to seoul. but the siep reap to phnom pehn flight - we were the ONLY people on the flight. how crazy is that.
after arriving back from cambodia to korea things kinda went fast. the whole day i was in korea after cambodia i just kept looking at a clock and picturing what the team was doing at that moment. then we flew back to america. things kinda got depressing for me first of all because i couldn't really talk to anyone about cambodia and second of all because i had to start my intership at church.
the first couple of weeks in america were rough. i dont think i've ever felt so low and lost in my life. i was unmovitated to do anything and was discouraged by the world and people around me. i changed my major to business during this time because i knew that God wanted me to change my major. i was angry at God because i expected Him to just speak to me directly and tell me what to do with my life. i expected that after Cambodia, His presence would just come to me. but after much prayer and talking to some people i realized, who am i to tell God to talk to me. what right do i have to do that. and i also realized that the youth needed a revival and i was being greedy with my feelings. i needed to put 110% into the youth.
so the youth internship even now it's kind of hectic, i will have to admit. it's hard to draw a line between friendship and intern because i like friends but i try to be serious. most of them are hard to quiet down but i think i've finally earned their respect through the mission trip we went to - Red Springs.
the red springs mission trip, i thought i was just gonna be the chaperone. i was like "psh, this is just to red springs, this is not even a mission trip but a camp for kids". i was planning on just watching the youth grow in God and encourage their faith, i didn't expect God to encourage me as well. well there were different ministries you could sign up for and i chose evangelizing. i was really excited about this because i wanted to see if i had it in me to evangelize in america. the first day we got there, my name wasn't even on the list of groups so instead of evangelizing i was placed in visiting nursing homes - the last ministry i wanted to do. i was kind of upset at this but in the end, it's all about glorifying God and again i was depending too much on me instead of God.
during the trip, i think God gave me a lot of wisdom. it taught me to be a leader and to be responsible. this is where i think the kids finally started respecting me.
the last day we were at red springs, we were just praising. then all of a sudden in my head i hear "you need to change your major to teaching". i would think nothing of it, but you dont really think of that kinda things when you're praising. so i knew it was the Holy spirit telling me. and the group infront of me had matching shirts that said "Expect Greater Things with the number 25" so i looked up john 2:5 and it said "Do whatever he tells you to do" or something like that. so i was really convicted by that.
coming home from red springs, i had worries about changing my major. i thought it would be really hard but today i looked up classes to reregister thinking there would be no more seats left. but many of the classes i needed had the 1 or 2 seats i needed for history education requirements.
that's it
sorry it goes from okay grammer to no grammer
and it's kinda long
and wishy washy in subjects.
and ends abruptly.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Summer
one minute i'm happy, the next i'm sad, the next i'm energetic, etc.
maybe it's because of all these thoughts jumbled in my head.
so while in Cambodia, the thought of coming home to start the youth internship was kind of a downer for me and i didn't really think much of it. and then when i got home, the first week, i kind of just took it as a job and as a small little thing that i shouldn't fret over too much, because teaching bible study a couple of days out of my week seemed pretty easy enough.
then vbs came, and you know, i saw the youth and i was kind of discouraged. most of them just talked and wanted to spend the whole time chatting. at that moment, i knew that this would be a hard summer. then the day before the last day of vbs, God gave me a passion for the youth. i really yearn for the youth to become leaders for Christ, with not just the mindset of having fun at church, but truly wanting to glorify God.
but, already it's been tough. 2 wednesday bible study's have passed and i feel like such a let down to God and the kids. i pray for God to use me and give me the wisdom to teach what He wants the youth to know, but it's not happening. it's pretty hurtful when you're trying to teach, and everyone's talking not because i get hurt from the lack of attention, but the lack of respect. i know i'm not the best role model and i am a goofball so why should i have their respect, but i just want the youth to be serious about God. and i know God will take care of my words, but i'm still worried that the wrong words will just shoot out of my mouth. how in the world do you get respect? by saving a baby in a burning house? i guess that's more of the heroics.
and another thing is, i donno what kind of emotion i should have. what right do i have to be sad, when i have sucha blessed life. i think i need to find out who i am, but isn't that some kind of pre-teen dilemma.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Fresh Air?
My schedule is
I sleep around 5 am
Wake up around 7 am
go back to bed around 1 pm
wake up at 7 pm
sleep at 5 am again.
Oh and my pooping is CRAZY
Before, you know, pooping was always just a thing I could do or could wait.
Now it's like I eat a meal and 10 seconds later it's like OMG I HAVE TO GO NOW. It's not diarrhea or anything but it's just super fast. Am I turning into a Benjamin Button, is my body becoming younger?
I think so.
Because well in Cambodia this kid picked me up and then accidentally dropped me on a concrete curb. And me being super speedy, I shifted my weight to the right side so only one cheek would get bruised, not both, and not in the middle. So you know, i've been waiting for the bruise, patiently. Everyday i go to my bathroom mirror and check. and you know what? no bruise. i mean it was a pretty hurtful fall. i had to put my head on the table, shed a tear and come back out so the kid wouldnt feel bad. but no bruise. so obviously God really really really really loves me.
On another note, it's about 12 30 am and i can't sleep. What am i gonna do for 5 hours. i can't wait for people to start coming back from korea so we can play :) and talk about cambodia.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Cambodia
I think on the plane back to America it finally hit me that the Cambodian mission trip is over. I think the couple of days after Cambodia were just a longing to be back, checking what time it was every hour and then thinking about what the team was doing at that moment.
The last morning in Siem Reap, I prayed for no tears, no heavy heart in leaving not only the kids but also the team and I also asked God that if He wanted too, I could stay longer. Both of these prayer requests were kind of answered in that when leaving the church and stepping on the airplane I probably only shed 3 tear drops. In addition, God showed me grace by letting us stay an extra day (since our flight was actually the night before, we did what Ken did). And then God made it all work out in the end, for my sister and I to leave on the date we thought we were supposed to go back to Korea. Instead of going from Siem Reap to Korea we went from Phnom Phenh since the next flight was the day the team was going back, but that flight was full. Well, the flight from SR to PP, was kind of awesome because me and my sister were the ONLY passengers on the airplane which probably sat 50 at the minimum. So God kind of gave us not only an extra day to be in Cambodia, but also a whole airplane, I bet not even Miley Cyrus gets that kind of transportation service.
But now because held my tears for me while leaving, just thinking about Cambodia makes my eyes water and i think if i shared my experience with someone, it will be like the Hoover Dam bursting open.
Well the night we landed in Cambodia, the only feeling I had was that I needed to change from my jeans to shorts and I kind of felt stupid for thinking that I was ready for the Cambodian climate. Then we went to our home, "NoProblem Villa". I had the pleasure with staying with Michelle Ro and Grace No. Let me just say, after i took a shower, i stepped out of the bathroom and both of them were just praying together, and all i could think of was man i'm not gonna be sleeping that much because all we'ere gonna be doing in the room is praying i guess. (which was kind of true, but half of the time it was me trying to sleep and them girl talking or praying, but i was actually eavesdropping).
The next day was the first official day in which we were able to settle in and kind of meet some of the kids at the church and such. The first half of the day was just everyone sucking up to the kids so that they would like us, but then the second half the kids kind of warmed up and became energy thrashers. But i think that all kids (other than americans) are pretty much the same, you show them that you really want to play and then follow through with your actions, and boom, easy friendship.
the second day, was the nerve wrecking day, the day village evangalism would start. I was teamed with the powerhouse - BOTH of the Grace's. On the outside i was like, i'm not nervous i got the grace's but on the inside i was so nervous and that morning i tried to memorize all the verses that were mentioned. that day though i didn't say one word which was kind of discouraging because i thought God would just give me the boldness and the words to say.
then on the afternoon of the same day, we had children's ministry in the village, where i met this kid i named spider boy because he had a spiderman shirt on. and to be honest, i know that kids like me just because i let them boss me around or i make funnies or give them a lot of attention, but spider boy, spiderboy was special. and i've never felt so connected to a child even though i didn't even know his name, didn't even speak one word directly to him, didn't even spend that much time one on one with him. but he knew we had a connection, he held my hand! and i've never cried for one child before. maybe for a group of kids, but for spiderboy i cried 4 times the day we left his village, beating Yoona in number of times cried for the day.
the 2nd day of evangelism i spoke a lil with the guidance of the Grace's and their prayers and the guy accepted and his prayer request was that he grow in wisdom and not be tempted in drinking. God truly opened his heart.
i really want to write more because i have so much more to express but my brain is working faster than i can type and it would just be plain boring.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
the sleepover era is OVER
caroline
caroline
caroine
caroline
caroline
caroline
caroline
IS
GAY
she is gay
because she goes out with a gay guy
so that is a double negative making it positive
i'm so sleepy
jeemin b stealing my body warmth
hahahahhahahah the whoopie cushion
omg jeemin can't spell whoopie
she must be a fob
she is offended she said
i offended
that makes her a fob
i'm sitting on the couch thinking
how am i gonna write this without sinking
everyone always winks at me
but i dont want their house key
i need to finish this sermon
so then i can hit done
and go to bed
until i'm dead
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
summer time
oh yeah no more gossip for me
i guess confiding is different but i still haven't quite figured out how to filter how to block gossip and confiding as they coincide.
Friday, May 1, 2009
It's 5:43 AM why am i still up...
I haven't really been thinking a lot about anything lately, mainly because all I've been doing is sleeping outside or sitting on my computer and playing minesweeper which this year, I have lost 3209 times and won 24 times. To that I say perseverance and stubbornness is key, plus it's only possible to lose that much and still play if you don't have a life - which i don't.
Usually when I write essays I wake up early and do it because my mind seems to flow more. I don't know if that's happening right now because i haven't slept yet...but i feel a little perky, a little happy :) a little bit of creative juice is leaking out. Maybe it's because i'm moving out on wednesday! I'm so close to break, if i stick out my tongue, i would be able to taste summer...if that makes sense. it doesn't but if i had to describe the taste of summer it would be an everlasting piece of juicy fruit or zebra stripes gum. and then 5 minutes later it would be bacon and watermelon and golden oreos and mushrooms and crunchy peanut butter and bananas. all my favorite foods mixed into one lick.
so last tuesday i made a lot of facebook wall videos for a lot of people and now everyone in my hall does it, i'm flattered but honestly white people cannot lip sync and they got "nutin"on me and my skillz.
hmmm i'm just sitting in the lobby, got back from the library and i just ate some raisins that were sitting on the table...maybe i shouldn't have but the bag was open and oh my oh no...ouch oooo, jk i'm fine
i really should get to bed since i have exams at 12 and 3, righto? but why sleep now when the day is about to emerge! i'm not saying i'm going to look at the sunrise, i'm just saying i don't want to move from this spot.
i wish more people blogged, i wished it was like the good ole days of xanga and eprops and blogrings. you just don't appreciate the moments in the past when you live through them.
okay amy this is what you've been waiting for, here is your poem:
amy it's 6 in the morning
if i was asleep i would be snoring
not really i dont snore
i roar!
everytime i go to your house i see your ball of hair
it looks like hair on a mare
this poem doesn't flow
it kinda blows
i'm sincerely sorry
but amy it's 6 in the morning
and everyone here is snoring
amy and ken here is another poem for yall
but please dont bawl
if you guys do, buy puffs
it will make you buff
and you'll look like hilary duff
anywho, i think i will pass out now on this couch and wait for the cleaning ladies to wake me up
nah, i'm just gonna go to my room
i guess you guys can tell i'm indecisive
Saturday, April 25, 2009
ken told me to do it
take pictures and post them
and write a poem
so
here is the poem
It is called
Ode to the sun
Oh sun, you were so hot today
and it's not even may!
a lot of people sweat
and sometimes it smells like dogs that are wet
today i played frisbee
and drank lipton's green tea
ken told me to write this poem today
tomorrow i think i'll eat at a mexican buffet
okay here is my day in pictures. i was too lazy to go to my dorm and get my camera so i just used my phone...so some of the pictures are really really random because i was trying to take pictures without people noticing...i just pretended to text hahahaha

first picture is the first thing i see everyday walking into the library
this was me walking out after i spoke with ken on the school computer
i am going to spanish 30 minutes early

this is a random lady, i tried to be sneaky and pretend i was texting, but i think she noticed
this is me walking to class

this is my hand, i wrote "write poem" so i would remember to post a poem up on this blog

i decided to stop by the post office on the way to class because i was really early
and uhhh i check my mailbox and this is what i see

these are the stairs i had to go down to get to the building to spanish...they are steep but i took a picture of them...i could have fallen down

this is the sofa i sat on that was outside of the classroom for 20 minutes because i was 20 minutes early to spanish class

i played blocked on the sofa and beat level 66 then i sent the picture to jeemin so she would get jealous

my roommate and i cleaned the room because her grandma visited today...it's dirty again

this is us (not including me) at my roommate's brothers cookout...it wasn't that fun but we brought napkins and plates
okay so i stopped taking pictures after that
because it's not that interesting
i hope you guys still comment me even though this was sucha bad post with such bad pictures
BYE!
oh yeah
day 4 with shampoo then conditioner
-going great!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
hi
just kidding amy, ken, and jessica? you guys are not hoes, you guys are my only friends! :D
ummmm last night i slept really early - like around 1:oo i think
but then i woke up at 9 :05 or 9:15 or something like that no, 9:15 and i was like CRAP because i was gonna wake up early and do my journals for english. so i rushed some journal entries and zoomed to class...which started at 9:30
afterwards i went back to my dorm around 11 and chilled and then took a nap until 1 pm. then i went outside and took a nap until now. i think i have another weird farmers tan. :(
나 씸 씸 해 요 <- yep just got korean on my computer, now i'm a fob
oh i'll post pictures up ken
once i get pictures to post haha
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
waiting
let's see i'm just in the computer lab waiting for my spanish class to start
i should have gone back to the dorm but that extra 100 steps there is just too much for my legs to handle, haha.
guess what today is?
it's earth day, well in actually it should be earth day everyday because i don't think one day could fix this planet's environmental doom.
there are a lot of booths in the student union focusing on recycling and such like that. i happened to grab a watauga recycles bumper sticker but i wont put it on my car because i dont want to be known to be associated with watauga county, wake county sounds much better :)
these past few days i've been studying for my chem lab final and zoology lab practical that are both today. and i can proudly say that if you find me a frog, i can open it up and tell you all of its arteries, veins, bones, muscles, and internal organs but i'll prolly flush that information out by 9 pm
oh and i really really can't wait until summer which is sort of a bummer because it means i'll have high expectations of it which means i'll be bored most of the time which means i'll get disappointed. i should find a hobby - but what? maybe i should have a hobby in something productive
i think a road trip would be fun, i sorta like driving long distances but then it's always lame when i get to my destination, maybe it shows who i am, i like the anticipation and the idea of things but when it actually comes or is tangible i dont really care or am interested
oh yeah i wasn't going to tell a lot of people but because it's a blog, it needs a little bit of humor:
i was taking a shower, sorta bored so i read the back of my conditioner bottle and read the directions...and it says: shampoo then condition. uhhh i've been putting conditioner on, washing it off, then shampooing since middle school. poop.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Facebook stalking... it's worse than ADD
Urban Dictionary defines "Facebook Stalking" as:
A covert method of investigation using facebook. Good for discovering a wealth of information about people you don't actually know.
And surely enough, I know quite a bit of information about people, from enemies to friends to aquaintances to people I have never met in person before. You name a person, I can tell you if I have a common mutual friend with them - well maybe not but soon enough.
Now let's delve into the 3 classes I have made just now in facebook stalking.
There are 3 classes - A, B, and C
Class C is the occasional stalking of people on facebook. Not really reading into wall-to-walls or mutual friends but there is still a yearning to learn more - if only they didn't have a life.
Class B (me) is borderline "no life". It means that you know the wall to walls of most people (and try to instigate relationships), you know most of the new photo albums that come out, and of course you're in at least 4 of those "tag what i think my friends are" pictures.
Class A is a class that no one wants to be in. It means YOU are facebook and facebook is YOU.
Sigh, I need to get a life. Actually I have one I just need to start living it!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
April showers brings may weeds
i woke up at 7 35 today and went to class. because i pretty much moved out all my decorations and pictures and stuff during easter break, i have a lot of shelf space so i shove all my books and papers on them. now it's just a cluttered mess of paper that will fall on me one day.
so anyways i went to class at 8 - only 4 people out of 30 today... then i went to my other classes
and was done by 1. for lunch i ate alone because i didn't notice that my friends were eating at the table behind me. i saw them after someone texted me, but i just sat alone - can't be too desperate you know?
after that i came back to the dorm around 1:10. walked around then took a quick nap and woke up to people looking at me! ran some errands with them, and then went hiking. afterwards i went to eat bbq it was masheesuh yo.
ummmm now it's 2:15 am and tyra banks is on tv
i just finished webcamming with amy - and i found out her hair is a wig! ask her about it
wanna hear a funny story?
okay
here i go
haha
i actually don't have one
fooled you guys
ahhh i heard glass break
someone broke the firealarm glass thingy
i always wanted to break it - and pull it... and now pulling is so tempting now
but i wont
okay i promise to write something more worth while and interesting tomorrow
Thursday, April 16, 2009
okay, hello, welcome to my world
i have cheated on you
i have a journal
his name is mr journal.
today i woke up around 8:13 and finished my essay and came back to the dorm around 11. it was crazy cause my fasting time for cambodia is thursday lunch so i prayed and then just sat in my dorm until round 6. no wait i had an interview for impACT team. then i came back and chilled out until 5 where i took a 30 minute nap and then hit the gym. the gym wasn't that bad i just bicycled and did crunches. WOOOO i felt the burn but i still feel the fat haha
then i ate and went back to the dorm around 7:30. i found a tennis ball in my closet and threw it around the hall with my roommate. but it sorta backfired on me because someone pelted me in the head with it and then it scraped my chin and then i realized, tennis balls HURT.
lately i've been really jumpy lately. like this morning when i was going to the computer lab some girl was opening the door and i jumped for no reason. then i was just standing outside my door and i jumped when someone walked by. odd huh?
pictures...pictures...ummmoh yeah
byemaybe next time i'll post a video
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
1st Blog Since Xanga
and because amy said she would comment on every blog i do
so i'm thinking an everyday kind of thing
i'll try to use big words to make my boring day sound a little less boring
remember xanga?? who am i talking too? just you, amy? i hope not...
well xanga used to be the bombdiggity which made me the bombdiggity back in the day right? i still have mine: rappnrc
haha
well let's see
i guess my day technically started off last night around 1:30 am when i came back to boone. i was a little upset because on the way to boone my mom called me and told me that these thugs followed my dad from our store to our home and robbed him in our backyard of the store's money. :O it's okay though cause he followed them back and got their license plate number. chyeah
ok so i got to the dorm around 1:30 and i got online for a while then i played that blocked game on my ipod - level 64 for about 2 hours. still couldn't figure it out so i passed out and woke up around 6:30. it was weird because i just opened my eyes and it made me wake up hahaha
so i woke up got ready and was out by 7 to move my car. afterwards i had about 30 minutes to kill until class so i was like hmm 30 minutes, might as well go back to the dorm and take a lil sleepy sleep
so i went to sleep and i accidentally woke up at 8:13. so i was like dang it! and i was walking to class, and was outside the door but i heard the teacher lecture and decided to not go and get some breakfast.
after breakfast i went to class until 1, took a shower and then did absolutely nothing until now. oh wait i ate grilled cheese and a salad for dinner
until tomorrow
bye.