I don't like the new Xanga layout. :( It took me forever to figure out how to post a new entry.

I've realized that I've been neglecting posting for a while now and it makes me kinda sad. Up into my early college years, I would post often and now I have the pleasure of referring back to my treasure of archives and reflecting and reminiscing. Maybe I should fix my domain blog...

Classes have been intense. I'm only taking three, but they are crazy. Iwamoto, my main instructor for 100B studio. is sooo crazy and I'm glad I don't have her as a section teacher. I'm glad I have her as a professor, but wow, she works her students. She also has some crazy obsession with water. Seriously.

Valentine's Day was special. :) It was like a scene from Lady and the Tramp except neither of us are dogs and the setting was a whole lot nicer. Nate decorated his balcony! Yes, the balcony where the massacre of the pigeons took place. One even paid us a visit. Coo.. bella notte.

I'm going to Denmark this summer for seven weeks.

My brother got into Cal! :) (UC Regents Scholarship)
Doesn't mean he's going to Cal...

Sleeping in my onesie is fun.

Biggest commitment this semester:
1. Family

Why? Because I want to obey my parents. Because I want to be there for them. Because my brother is going to college. Because before I know it, I'll be married. Because I want to serve them. Because I want to witness to them. Because I want to show them that I truly love them. Because Christ first loved me.

The perks of going home ...



Show grace, we're both newbs.

Thank You God for always blessing me every semester with awesome studio GSIs.

Katie, Brian, Allejandro, Kory.

Emotional weekend.
Can't always be rainbows and sunshine.
Why do teenage boys enjoy crushing though plaster?
Vented emotion strengthens family ties.
I love my family. Must continue to pray.



Taiwan was awesome.
Growing closer to a random group of brothers and sisters.
Growing closer to faithful Taiwanese brothers and sisters (how much more they love the church than I do!).
Getting fat from oily cheap foods (ziii maaa qiuuuu!).
Seeing and chatting with relatives I haven't seen in forever.

Taiwan was tiring.
Finding myself falling asleep during prayer meetings.
Clapping my hands every ten seconds in mosquito paranoia.
Laboring Monday to Friday in packed ministry.
Trusting in the Lord in everything that I do.
Sharing the gospel countless times a week.
Sharing the gospel in broken Mandarin.

Praise the Lord for all that He provides and all that He does.

♥♥♥ Have yourself a merry little Christmas ♥♥♥

王力宏 is amazing live in concert! My appreciation for his talent and music gained major brownie points.

The concert audience reminded me of last Christmas watching Curse of the Golden Flower. There were sooooo many Chinese people and we ran into a ton of people we knew. The line wrapped around the Civic Center twice. By the end of the night my brother and I moved up to the way front close to the stage. It wasn't very pleasant being squished by a bunch of ABCs--especially ones with bad body odor. But! It was worth it being that close to 王力宏. :)

Also, 王 力宏 talked a lot about the Bay Area during his concert and he started talking about Stanford and I shouted, "NO! Berkeley!" Alas, he heard my cry and replied, "OH! We got some Berkeley people here too!" Represent!

Anyway, check out his talent.


[edited 9:48 AM--One more video]

I took a ton more videos and pictures so if you're a fan I'll gladly show you! :)

But... as amazing as he is, there's still one guy that's above him in my heart...
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Jay Chou.

HAHA!

Tomorrow I shall stuff my stomache happy. I had dinner with Nate's parents last night and they also stuffed me happy too. It'll be a fattening winter break. :/

My hectic week turned out to be not so hectic at all! Last week I anticipated a crazy week with three projects and a paper due, but because I was so focused on getting things out of the way I ended up finishing everything the first day of the week! The rest of the week turned out to be such a blessing... Some highlights...

1) ARCH100A Final Review



No allnighters. Latest night: 1 a.m. Loved my instructor. Loved my project. Gained more love for architecture! Final grade: A. Ballinnnnnn!

2) Kathy Weng's testimony at Evangelism Training Banquet



I think I tell everyone this, but to me, my little kai-ting is such a reminder of God's faithfulness. She has grown so much these past two years in college and I'm so so so thankful to our Lord that He is molding her into a beautiful woman of God! Her testimony was such an encouragement to me that the gospel is such an essential to the Christian faith and that we need to not only be constantly preaching it to others, but preaching it to ourselves! Man, the gospel needs to permeate in every aspect of my life.

3) Phone call with my mommy
I can see how much my relationship with my mom has matured since high school. I guess that has to do with how much I've matured since high school. :P I would constantly get into petty arguments and lie to my parents. Man, but how good it is to actively pursue my parents with love and be passionate for their salvation/sanctification.

4) Meeting up with Rebekah
Because our conversations are GOOD, we relate, and I love her!!! :) :) :)

5) Surprise Welcome Team Luncheon for Justin



Thankful for Justin's service! That guy has a big genuine heart!

6) SF Zoo with Hanna, Richard, and Nate



Amusing and fun to see all of God's creative creations and wonderful to spend time with a fun couple. :)

7) Discovering Nick Pitera

...and his beautiful womanly and manly singing voices!

FREMONT - A 19-year-old woman was fatally injured and her boyfriend hurt in a drive-by shooting late Saturday night, police said.

The couple were traveling east on Durham Road about 10:45 p.m. when a dark-colored Honda pulled up beside their vehicle near the Interstate 680 off-ramp. A hail of bullets was fired from the Honda at the victims' driver's- side door.

One bullet hit the male driver in the left arm and another hit the woman passenger in the head. The male victim then started to chase the Honda east on Durham Road and south on Mission Boulevard to Interstate 680. He soon abandoned the chase and drove his girlfriend to the Kaiser Permanente hospital on Civic Center Drive. After the couple arrived at the hospital, emergency room staff alerted police. At the hospital's parking lot, officers discovered six to seven bullet holes in the driver's-side door of the victims' car. The couple were transported to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where it was determined the woman had suffered brain damage from her gunshot wound, and she was put on life-support. Her parents decided to discontinue life-support, and the woman died, police said.

The male victim told police he has no idea why the couple were targeted. Police have not released the names of the victims and several detectives are investigating the shooting. The Alameda County Coroner's Office is also withholding the name of the fatality victim.

Do you forget? Death is real. Heaven is real. Hell is real.

I am stuffed from Thanksgiving dinner.

My arm is sore from playing Wii sports with my brother. I got so into tennis that I was taking full on swings and my brother kept crying for me to calm down so that I'd stop knocking the remote against furniture. I also had fun playing Super Mario Galaxy and practically completing every level with more than ten trys; everytime I died I would scream and then my brother and I would laugh hysterically.

Goal for this weekend: get my 10-page paper out of the WAY!

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edit: Saturday 11/24/07 1:05 PM

10-page paper... finished as of 2:30 am last night.
The upper half of my body is now completely sore. Cheryl, Valerie, and Stephanie came over and we ended up playing Wii all night. We got addicted to the Rayman dancing game.

Today my studio mates put up a banner in our studio space that says,

Just being a good witness, aiiiite?