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Picked up some goodies for a friend who was unable to do it themself :)

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I need to be more patient and understanding. Please pray for me!

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Went to go visit some friends in Syracuse and my bus got there pretty late. A friend of a friend, someone I've never met before, was kind enough to drive out and pick me up from where I was dropped off. Thanks!

A friend got sick, so with another friend we went out to get some meds and food for her :)

Helped a friend carry some stuffs :)

Swiped a friend while in a rush :)

A friend asked me to give something to his momma for him since he's physically away from her for her birthday, so helped him do what he do :)

HAHA.

Sometimes it means to shut your pie hole and contain yourself. Even when you feel like you're about to burst and think screaming and punching will make you feel so much better. That's not love.

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I've slowly been learning to be more patient and openly loving spending time with the girl I babysit. I thank God that this is something I enjoy! I was feeling a bit out of it today and was feeling very impatient, but really because of God, I was able to take a step back and compose myself and love more.

A brother of mine surprised me with his kindness. He knows about my state of confusion as to what to do with my liiiiife. So not too long ago he asked me if there was anything he can pray for and I told him I need vision! direction! While talking today, he told me that he tries to pray for me everyday. How comforting and encouraging is that! Thank you brother. You have no idea how much I appreciate your looking out for me.

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Yesterday, a friend had a team walking in the Buddy Walk and with another friend, we went to go show some support :) woop woop!

Today, a friend said she needed to talk so when we both had some free time we talked it out.

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By the grace of God I stopped to think instead of reacting. Hopefully this is just the beginning. To show unconditional love instead of getting mad and expressing that anger.

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Interesting, not something I'm used to, tension-filled, but had a good moment with my accountability friend. We were both upset, but with his help we were able to talk honestly and that really helped. I need more people to push me to speak the truth in love. Right?!

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An exchange of fears and reassuring words/encouragements.

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A friend needed help doing some stuff for a project - print, cut, fold, assemble. I was free in the morning so I went to go help. FUN. Bitter memories of doing this kind of work at school is slowly being replaced by FUN ones like today. Thank you, God.

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Coinky Dink!

That's pretty cool..today as I was getting out the turnstiles about to leave the train station, a flustered man stood in front of me. He had a really anxious look on his face and he was going through his pocket. He saw me and just asked if I could swipe him in so I did.

HAHA.

excuse me, miss

Hmm, so today I was running a few minutes late to my pt appointment so I was walking a bit fast. Out of nowhere, this lady stopped me and asked me a question. I had my headphone on so I didn't hear her at first. Then she repeated herself and said "I'm really embarrassed, but do you have an unlimited metrocard to swipe me in? I don't have a metrocard." My first instinct was to point her towards the metrocard machines and tell her to get one. But when I looked at her, I saw that she seemed a bit ruffled up, her hair was messy but not too messy and she had a cap on. She had a whole bunch of bags with her, most were plastic and looked extremely heavy. She had a luggage sticker from the airport taped to one of her shopping bags and it just seemed like she needed a little love. I told her that I didn't have an unlimited metrocard but I had a cash one so I could swipe her in. She said "thank you" a couple times, smiled and then started carrying all her bags. She was holding all her bags (which was a total of about four) trying to walk through the turnstile but the turnstile wouldn't turn. So she put two bags down, walked through and turned around to get the other two bags. Since I was right there, I reached down for the bags (boy, where they heavy!) and gave them to her over the turnstile and she thanked me and smiled again. :)

then I went on my merry little way to my pt appointment.

Yelp.

A friend needed some support setting some stuff up and handling a couple things so I was able to help a sister out. Had a meeting where we were supposed to get free food, but the food came late! A friend had to leave early, but asked me to get some food for her so did my thing.

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Walk it out.

Went to the doctor with my mom and cousin in the morning and planned to get some food after then food shopping. Then my mom remembered that she had to get the van fixed so we went to drop it off at the shop and the workers said it would take a long while. So we walked a couple blocks to a diner and planned to go food shopping after then walk home, but as we were walking the shop called and said our van would be fixed in the hour. After eating at the diner, my mom suggested me and my cousin just walk home cause it was a long walk and she didn't want us to do all that. We didn't want to leave momma alone so we walked with her and did what we had to do. And momma let me drive home!

HAHA.

Hustle!

Today was a very chill day. Did what I had to do in the morning and was just chilling at home before fellowship. A friend texted me about two hours before to see where I was because she got out to the city early and was by herself. Even though I was still about an hour away, I hustled my best to get out and chill with her for a short while.

HAHA.

Hello Alfredo

When I got home today my gramma told me I was on my own for dinner since my parents went out. I texted my brother to see what was up with him and he said he was eating out. My cousin still hadn't come home and since I wasn't hungry, I decided to continue cleaning and organizing my room. I started getting hungry, but I was too determined to finish what I started to stop. And there was no premade food and I didn't care enough to make dinner so I just kept cleaning. When my cousin came home, I found out she didn't eat dinner either. So I asked her what she wanted to eat and ordered food for us.

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So I've been getting very nervous about going to Thailand. I have a big fear of failing and letting others down. During prayer meeting, I paired up with someone who went to Thailand this summer (and another year before) and I shared my worries/fears. This sister shared her experience, dropped some wisdom, offered her help, and encouraged/reassured me. We had some time to talk about something else I wanted her input on and just through that short time of sharing and prayer, I see that I need to seek God more and trust in Him more. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Felt some of momma's love today. Whenever I go home past the time she gets home, I almost always call her to let her know when I'm on my way. I called her as usual tonight and let her know I'll be home around 8. After passing out on the train and walking home all drowsy, I see a familiar black blurb of a woman that looks like my mom walking a large rat like creature that looks like my dog walking my way. She came out of the house to meet me halfway :) Thanks momma <3

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Technology can be very very awesome if used well. Today was a good day of sharing encouragements and being reassured by my brothers and sisters. Some very surprising, but I'm glad I'm getting to know them better!

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I had a friend's football gloves, but completely forgot to get it to her. By the time I realized, I was already in the train station on the way back to Brooklyn. I tried calling from inside the train station, but the pay phone wasn't really working. Yeah there are still some pay phones lying around! I was thinking about just leaving, but I knew she needed them so I got out the train station to get it to her.

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SIIIIIR!

So I went biking with some friends yesterday and on the way I noticed a family walking on the other side of the block. The pops was holding the child in his arms while the momma was walking with the stroller ahead of them. The pops had all his attention on his son that he didn't notice his son kicking off one of shoes, dropping it on the sidewalk. I didn't really know what to do since I was across the street in the city with two-way traffic between us so I just screamed "SIIIIR! SIIIIR! SIIIR WITH THE BABY! YOU DROPPED A SHOE!" and the momma turned around first (guess when you're a mom and you hear "baby" you immediately think of your own haha) then the pops, realized what happened, and picked up the shoe.

Cool story bro..hahaha

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OH.SNAP.

I am so sorry for totally being MIA this summer! TERRIBLE :( A sister of mine actually brought up this blog last night. I've been avoiding coming back cause I felt ashamed for giving up halfway through the year. My apologies! But this summer was AMAZING. I got to know a lot of friends better and it was really stressful at some points, but I definitely showed and received a lot of love & kindness. So thank you everyone who made my summer what it was. I really really appreciate. And now I really really miss the summer.

Anyway! September started not too long ago, so I will restart this month!

1st: My cousin had summer vacation homework and needed to go to a museum so I accompanied her =)

2nd-5th: SUMMER CONFERENCE! WHAT WHAT! Oh my gaaa, so much love! I was super uptight and stressed at different times..more in the beginning (I think), but with some advice and good good conversations and memorable times of prayer from a lot of people, I felt much calmer and ready for the year. I shared that I burned out this summer and with all the stress, I kind of forgot about the joy in serving. During testimony night and hearing everyone share, I was reminded of the joy in the heart of serving. During the weekend, I was also reminded of that excitement I used to get when praying with and for others. Thank you thank you thank you. I'm coming back!

6th: A friend was going back to school so I accompanied him to the bus =)

7th: A friend of mine drove me home after prayer meeting. Not sure if he wanted to, but it was really nice of him. Thanks!

8th: A fairly new friend of mine had bought those 2 movie tickets for $9 a while ago through Fandango. The deal is supposed to expire today and he knew he wasn't going to use it so he offered it to me and a couple of friends for free so that was really generous of him.

9th: I'm helping a friend with a project so I had to run some errands to get materials. FUN :) Saw a man on the street with a sign that said "Looking for some kindness" and at first I just walked away as usual, but I just felt something and I saw a hot dog stand a few feet away so I decided to get him something small. It wasn't much of a conversation, but he was really grateful. I need to stop walking by..

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Day 196.

A friend who's interning away from home needed something from home. I semi live in his area, so he called me to see if I could pick it up for him since I'm gonna see him over the weekend. I was able to, so sure! :)

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Days 194-95.

My brother and I watch a lot of Food Network and one of our favorite shows is Best Thing I Ever Ate. Yesterday, he had plans to go to one of the restaurants featured on the show and he offered to bring some food home for me. It was REALLY good. Turns out a friend actually bought it for me. Thanks thanks!

Today I was really really bummed after failing my road test, but all my friends were really sweet and caring and cheered me up a bit. I've also been really stressed just with a lot of planning and being the people pleaser I am, I get really :( when people aren't happy. By the end of the day I was just shot. I wanted to go hide in a corner. And I kind of tend to turn any not so good emotions into anger so I started getting all pent up, and the fastest way to release that is to punch something, but that obviously isn't the most effective method. So a friend that noticed all of this, didn't say anything but put her hand on my arm to calm me down and when I stood up she just opened her arms for a hug. Hugs. Best! That did the trick. Later on she helped talk me through what I was feeling and gave me words of reassurement & encouragement. THANKS!

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Days 180-193.

Ah memory is a bit scratchy..that's what I get for being so behind huh.

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Had a picnic with two special friends :) It was really nice because one of them has been super busy so it was great to see her. Thanks for taking time out of your crazy schedule!

Helped babysit a really big cutie with some friends and it's been really awesome to see friends give up some time to spend with the cutie. And the cutie's parents have been really great too to always feed us and just talk with us to see what's up with us and give us some wise advice.

Stayed over some friends' and they were gracious hosts. I was a bit hesitant to go because I've been incredibly unproductive, but wanted to spend time with them especially since one of them was gonna go MIA when her internship started.

Spending the past day or two with my friends, for the most part, we took turns treating each other. It was sweet since we're all unemployed haha

Spent the day with some friends and some of our plans didn't pan out so we were trying to figure out what to do. We ended up loitering around for a long while as usual. Called my brother to see if he was home and ask if it was okay if some friends came over so we ended up going to my place.

A really good friend needed help executing something but had his hands tied because of work. I think he did a terrible job of managing his time, but boys will be boys huh. I had some extra time so I went to his work place and helped him out. A friend drove me home after a really long night. Thanks!

Went to a church picnic and some folk left early so momma needed help cleaning and packing. It was around the time everyone was eating or food coma-ed out, but I had finished eating so I helped.

I was feeling super tired from the weekend, but someone from my family church had his kids visiting from Korea for the summer and they don't have much to do over the week cause their dad works. So with some other kids and my brother, we took them out to the city to visit a museum and go eat.

A friend needed to pay her tuition bill, but there's an additional fee to pay online. So she had to go to school to pay it, but she had work. I had some extra time so I offered to go for her and pay it so she wouldn't have to miss work.

Stayed over a friend's because her parents didn't want her to stay home alone. She had work in the morning, but let me stay and sleep in. She wrote me a sweet note and left it by glasses so I would see. (Waking up to handwritten post it notes are greater than texts!..but I see how that can be hard to execute haha).

Someone wanted to borrow a book of mine I had so sure!

A friend needed some support dealing with some people so I tried to help though it wasn't that successful.

Experienced lots of love! I love sweet talks and had a handful of those..sweet! Thanks thanks thanks :)

Momma needed help running some errands and I was available so sure!

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Fourth of July

The nicest thing of living by the water is that you get to see fireworks from your own window rather than camping outside with heat and mosquitos.

Last night we invited friends over to enjoy the fireworks with us. I'm terrible at hosting guests but we cleaned up the house and bought marinated meat for Korean Bbq to welcome them. They also brought a lot of good food! It feels nice with the accompany of friends and good food.

Days 176-179.

A friend hadn't finished some work that needed to be done so I helped him out..but it was kind of done begrudgingly. A friend slept over since she lives kind of far and we were going to the church picnic the next day :) We had a good conversation and she gave me a mini therapy session, so thanks thanks!

Momma was super nice and gladly made some tuna salad for the picnic. She let us use the van and let my friend drive it for the picnic too. And even though we got home pretty late, popsy drove some friends home so they wouldn't have to bike home that late.

For the first time in a long time, I talked to one of the older younger girls at my family church and remembered what it was like to be in high school and feel cool for talking to the older folk (not saying that I'm cool haha).

A friend got locked out of her grandparents' place so I invited her over so she could kill some time and ended up cheeellling for a long while, eating, passing out, more cheeeelling. FUN!

HAHA.

Days 174-175.

My cousin flight for Korea was this morning and to try and avoid getting jet lagged, she tried to stay up as late as possible. I tried to stay up with her as much as possible to make it less boring haha. We got close to 4 then got tired and went to sleep haha.

A friend texted me today saying she didn't want to go home so I invited her to come over. FUN! We ate dinner together and just chilllled. YAY FOR FUN TIME!

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Days 172-173.

YESSSS! for having an unlimited MetroCard :) Not having one really does restrict you from doing what you want a lot of the times. Last night as a friend was going home, I walked her to the train station so I could swipe her in. TRANSPORTATION, WHY ARE YOU SO EXPENSIVE?!

I was able to sponsor a friend going on a short term missions trip, but I know I could've given more. I need to be a better steward of all the things God's entrusted me with..

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Days 168-171.

Oh myyyyyyy

Friday, a friend's friend needed a place to stay so they stayed over :)

More friends stayed overrr for more fun!

Some friends were tabling for some other friends after service so kept them company and accompanied a friend to get lunch.

Saw on my friend's blog that she needed contact solution, and I had extra so brought it for her.

:)

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Days 166-167.

Yesterday was a good day spent with some fairly new but good friends. Went to yoga in the morning and haven't gone with a few friends in a loooong time, so it was good to finally get back at it. Then came back home and met a friend to go jogging. Didn't really get a lot of jogging done, but we got to talk and you know how I love to walk and talk. It was just fun sharing, laughing, and getting to know each other more.

As a graduation gift, some of my church friends got me tickets to GLEE live and it was today! I remember when they were asking about my days available, they had originally asked if I was free Friday. Knowing I had Zion, they didn't want to, but it's just more convenient Friday. Long story short, they were kind enough to go Thursday even with work to go to early tomorrow. AND dinner and rides were provided. Thanks for the fun fun night!

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Day 165.

I firmly believe in caring through/with FOOD! Found out my very awesome friend hadn't eaten much so I decided to get her some food she could not refuse! With the help of another awesome friend I was able to get her usual order and picked them up some food. CHIPOTLE FOR THE WIN!

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Day 164.

A friend needed to print a bunch of support letters and her printer at home wasn't working so she was looking for somewhere to print it. Instead of going all over the place looking, I offered to print them for her at my house.

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Days 161-163.

The weekend feels like a blur! On Friday, my cousin came out for the Revival meeting and everyone was super nice and welcoming and I just really really appreciated. I wasn't always there to keep her company, but I felt less bad knowing I wasn't just leaving her alone haha. Saturday, a friend had a busy day going around the city, but didn't have an unlimited metrocard. I lent her mine so she wouldn't have to spend so much money on transportation. So expensive now :( Saw a friend this morning and she needed someone to help table for the Street Fair right after service so I offered. Street Fair sign ups open only until end of June!

Sorry no pictures!

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Days 159-160.

Went to do some hot yoga again with a friend and maaan, you just don't get used to the heat. My friend had a card stamp thing, so I didn't have to pay for class! I remember my first class, I was a bit underprepared so my friend bought me an extra bottle of water. I wanted to do something for her because she always covers my butt. After class we were more beat than usual and I was craving some coconut water so I bought one for her and for meself. SO GOOD!

Went bowling for a friend's birthday celebration, and us R train folk decided to take the bus home. For me and one friend, the bus took us right to our block, but the third friend was a train stop away from his place. It was late, so didn't want him to walk home by himself so I offered to take him halfway. Well I told him I would take him home if I could bike, but my chain had popped out earlier in the week. He offered to take a look at it and he was able to fix it. Woop for not having to go get it checked out at the bike store! So I was able to take him home and get back to my house quickly and we had good conversation. I love meaningful one-on-one conversations!

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God is Awesome!

2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Had one of the stressful day today but felt so BLESSED! Since my boss took off, I have to cover his class tonight. He's a great speaker and teacher so his class is always PACKED. I get really scared when I have to speak, not to mention when I sub for him, so I was trying to use today for some last-minute preparation...

Yet I had a crazily busy day today, with interruptions here and there. Went to ASP to check on the students. Was trying to help one girl figure out the problem, but she got so frustrated with herself that she started crying. I encouraged her and helped her understand the concept. Now i remember why i loved teaching math... It's such a joy for me to see a student overcome their own fear and frustration and eventually get something! =D

God was good! I was able to finish the slides and going over the notes for the class at the very last minute! and the class turned out to go pretty well. Felt that God was there with me! Also so thankful for some of the students who really care about my pregnancy and health. =D

Day 158.

Today, my intended act of love was a fail. My parents told me last night they would come out to Chinatown today to pick up stuff for Nicaragua. They needed me to take them around so I told my mom to just call me and I'd meet them. When I did meet them, I was just cranky and impatient. It was a mixture of my intolerance for heat and miscommunication. I don't know why, but whenever my parents don't understand what I'm saying I immediately get ticked off. I just expect them to understand me which is so stupid of me since I don't understand what they say straight off the bat. And I was also in a rush so I was rushing them having them speed walk all over Chinatown in the heat and snapping at that, giving attitude. TERRIBLE! I get pissy when people are disrespectful and here I am doing just that. I need to ask for forgiveness. God, give me the humility and courage to do so..

HAHA.

Day 157.

So an away friend had the desire to intentionally create community so he decided to start a summer small group for Brooklyn folk. I asked him if there was anything I could do to help and he asked me to get snacks so got some fruit. YAY for community!

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feel so loved

I feel so loved this past Sunday by my third SURPRISE baby shower by a group of lovely middle schoolers! My husband had a men shower with the high schoolers and got a HUGE ipad 3 as the gift! =D

Day 156.

Everyone had something to do or somewhere to go today so by dinner time it was just me and my cousin. When we got hungry, we figured out what we wanted and I treated us to dinner. Over the past semesterish, we've grown closer and more comfortable with each other so I'm :).

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Days 153-155.

Went to the beach with friends on Thursday. It was one of me close friend's birthday so I decided to get him a cake. I met up with another friend before heading over to the beach. We decided to meet at a Dunkin Donuts but he was running late so I got his drink for him. After the beach, my momma was really patient and nice enough to pick us up and drive us to our house. She was awesomely awesome and cooked us up a lot of food. Thaaaanks momma!

Treated a friend to lunch on Friday. Just a gesture of thanks for always being a wonderfully supportive, food loving, encouraging, and laughter starting friend that's helped out a lot this past year.

A friend I haven't seen in a year moved into my neighborhood so we went to get dinner. It was good to catch up with her and see how she's been. Even though she's currently jobless, she was willing to pay more of the bill. I'm lucky to still be living with my family and don't have to worry about rent and all of that so I offered to pay a couple bucks more. Her liveliness is really encouraging to me and makes me wish I would mature up faster.

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New Study This Summer!

Congrats to ALL college people who finished this semester (or your college life)!

I've been praying about the continuation of our Bible study group this summer... What to study and who could lead the group, etc. I strongly feel that connecting with our Father in heaven is what all of us need NOW as when we stay connected with God, He will begin to transform our lives to His likeness! So, this summer we will have a 12-week study on "spiritual reformation"-- getting closer to the source of our lives. stay tuned!

P.S. Having been limping around coz of sciatica, aka pregnancy caused sciatic nerve pain. Feel much loved by a husband who purchased TWO donut cushions for me, a great doctor who refuse to charge me, and a lovely sister who's willingly accompany me to the doctor's office. God is good.

Days 151-152.

Had a meeting yesterday and one member of the planning team volunteered to host the meeting at her place. She even offered to treat everyone to dinner. I've only recently met her since we started planning and didn't want to go empty handed so I bought some drinks over. She even had fruits and cake!

So I've been helping someone and she's been helping me by giving me a part time job. Yesterday was my 4th day and it didn't go so well. Tried to brush it off as yesterday and go back today with a good attitude so I bought some iced coffee for me and for the person I'm helping. Didn't go so well, but got through the day :)

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Day 150.

Got to hang out with family and a few family church friends today and it felt really good. Brought back some really good memories..makes me feel older reminiscing about high school and freshmen year in college. Don't get to see a friend as much since she moved to Philly for med school so it's good to catch up whenever she's back :) So we went to lunch and like most days, brother paid. We walked around a bit and made our way to Rice to Riches and Pinkberry. My cousin and I have been wanting Rice to Riches for a while, so we went there while friends got Pinkberry. I remember my brother and friends ALWAYS paying for me when I was in high school..and even now..so I wanted to do the same for my cousin, so when she started to take out her wallet, I told her not to worry. Here's to growing up slooooowly!

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Day 149.

Family church went on a Memorial Day picnic. A couple of weeks ago I was really pissed I had to go to this picnic because I couldn't go somewhere else, but I felt good today and had fun. I forget how much the moms do every week and especially for outings like today. Without them we would have crappy food..if any. Some of the little kiddies wanted to go on the boat ride, but no one really wanted to accompany them so I agreed to take them. Tiring, but fun. Brought back some good memories :)

HAHA.

my boyfriend briefly shared some of his experience at basileia with me.
sounded amazing.
not that I didn't believe prayer worked before, but wow.
Seriously, thanks for sharing with me.

so some of you may know that I did not get the credit for a Theatre class that I took Winter session of 2011. As my last attempt, I decided to email the undergrad adviser and the professor that I took the class with to see if there was any possible way to get the credit. I thought there would be little to no chance of getting the credit. I prayed, "God, please, this is the last possible attempt." And God delivered. Turns out I can't get the credit for the last Winter session course but I can register for the fall course that he's teaching and get the credit for the course in the fall.

God has pulled through for me in so many ways this past year. I wish I could remember these moments when I'm so deep into the things that are wrong in my life. God, You never cease to amaze me.

-frostedflakesaremyfavorite.

Days 144-148.

On Tuesday, I had to drop by school to return a library book and I had some time to spare so I texted my friend to see if she was available. Normally I would've just left right after, but I told myself that I could take a few minutes to catch up with a friend who I haven't really seen all semester. For dinner, my mentor and husband took me out to give me some advice on post-graduate plans. The conversation really scared me, but without their guidance I know I'd be waaaay worse off so THANK YOU!

A friend needed some help packing up to clear out of her dorms and since I didn't really have anything to do, I went to go help her. FUN! Makes me :) knowing I'm not the only messy one haha.

Went to go get chicken and rice and since my brother is always buying me food, I asked him if he wanted me to pick him up some. HOT SAAAAUCE :)

My best homegirl had an appointment in the morning and I had nothing to do so I went with her. Haven't taken the morning train with her in a long while - good memories :) And second time in the week where I almost pooped my pants. :)

Wasn't feeling that well because of hormonal changes haha so didn't want to do anything but stay at home. But a friend invited me to her place earlier in the week so I hauled my lazy butt over for a few hours and when I got back momma wanted to go to the supermarket so went with her there.

HAHA.

Finals week has definitely been tiring both physically and spiritually. After having done poorly today, I'm feeling pretty disappointed with myself. On a brighter note, this week I've gotten closer with a friend of mine who I didn't use to talk to. She has been under a lot of stress with family, relationships and finals and I was so surprised to see how strong she was, despite the circumstances she was going through. It encouraged me to see things in a brighter light. I was glad too, to have been able to have those conversations with her and comfort her. It just seems like she needs a lot of love and encouragement so that she can get through it all. :)

Days 142-143.

Got a text from a friend right about when I was supposed to wake up yesterday. She got out to the city really early and was wondering when I was gonna get to church. I told her I would try to get out early but wasn't sure about what time so I hustled out of bed and got out to spend some time with her :)

I remember a friend mentioning how bored he is at home so I told him we should hang out since we live so close to each other. And to save the little money we had, we decided to watch movies and cook at his house. Beats me doing that with my brother at home! Haha. So I packed some food for us to eat and with another friend that I don't see much, we walked over to our friend's house for a day of lazy fun.

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a different perspective.

Real quick, since I need to get back to doing my work..

So for my chinese course, one of my classmates whom I don't know, emailed the class and asked if the final was 9-11 and if the review sheet was on blackboard. I don't usually email the people who email the class with questions back. Or, actually, throughout my four years in college, I have never emailed a classmate back with a question before..I always just assumed someone else would do it or that it was their own fault for not knowing/paying attention.

But then it got me thinking..what if this person shows up to the final at 11 (which is when our class usually starts) and misses the whole final? What if they fail and couldn't graduate because of that one stinkin' foreign language credit?? If that happened to me, that would suck. A different perspective always helps!

So I did not want that to happen to my classmate..so even though I didn't know whether or not someone else replied to his/her email, I figured it wouldn't hurt to email them as well. =)

Back to workk, harry potter glasses for your enjoyment :).

-frostedflakesaremyfavorite.

Days 138-141.

Ahh got waay behind..

Wednesday, I went to a hot yoga class with a friend. She's been taken the classes for a while so she knows the drill and seeing I only had a bottle of water, she knew it wouldn't be enough and she bought me another bottle of water. After, she treated me to dinner for a congraduation dinner. It was REALLY nice of her. After dinner, she had to go run some errands so I walked to the train station and a friend texted me cause he was bored at work and wanted me to visit him. I was a bit drained, but I felt bad cause being bored at work makes things so much slower. I don't talk to him much during the week so it was good to talk to him and chillll.

I've sort of been helping with the planning of an event and I'm not good at the coming up with ideas part so I've been feeling bad. I'm better at helping get things done (sort of) and some paper needed to be cut so I went on Thursday to help another team member.

PAY DAYYYY! It's been a while since I had some money on the pay check that I could actually use for myself. We had small group Friday and I haven't really been able to treat the group to snacks in a while so I was happy to show my appreciation for them with snacks. FOOD :)

NO MORE SCHOOL! As a graduation gift, my parents and gramma gave me some money. After the ceremony, we went out for lunch but once we got home my parents pretty much crashed. My brother, cousin and I were left to deal with dinner ourselves and since I had money for once, I was able to buy dinner for us. FOOD :) :)

HAHA.

Days 136-137.

Yesterday was last day of finals and random and not so random people congratulated me throughout the day for being finished. YESSSSAH!

I was making dinner for today and lunch for tomorrow and I asked my brother if he wanted so cause he didn't eat dinner either. Even though it was a little he was glad to have some.

Days 134-135.

For a while now I've been having a hard time remembering to love. How bad does that sound..the past week, I had to write "love" on my hand to remind myself to love. Without a simple reminder, I just forget and naturally live my life selfishly and look out only for myself. Please pray for me. I don't want to settle and stay lazy and unloving.

As I think about the past couple weeks, I realize how much my brother has grown. He's more of a tough love kind of guy, but if you really look at his actions, he's really really great. I mean his attitude isn't always the best or most tolerant, but he's matured. I'm glad he isn't the very sensitive, emotionally obvious type of guy! Anyway yesterday, my family and a few church friends went shopping. We went to get lunch before, and the moms were joking around asking who would pay and even though he's currently jobless, my brother offered to pay. Not sure if he really thought he would pay, but in the end he did and he is ALWAYS paying for myself and my cousin cause we're younger. Good looking out brobro!

Today (and pretty much all week), I was replaying Justin Bieber's "Baby" and singing/rapping to it. I know it was bugging him plenty, but he remained his cool haha. It still surprises me how much he knows me. I spent all weekend just chilling and knowing that I hadn't studied zip for my final tomorrow, he kept telling me to study, but I kept avoiding it. Friends came over today and I knew I wouldn't be able to study with them around so I started to clean my room instead. I never clean my room unless I have a lot of things on my mind or I need the space, but this semester, I still didn't clean even if that was the case. He knew I was just cleaning to procrastinate some more and after I finished cleaning, I went back to wasting time singing to Bieber. It was almost midnight by then so to make sure I would study, he threatened to shoot me with his bbgun whenever he saw me slacking/smiling/laughing. I've been pretty productive since! Thanks for the tough love :)

HAHA.

Days 132-133.

One of my closest friends wanted to meet because he needed to talk about some stuff going on. So we had lunch yesterday and had some good conversation. :)

Someone very awesome gave me some AMC Gold tickets a while back. I haven't been able to use them, but went to go watch Thor today. Some things didn't go as planned, but was able to use the tickets I had to help some friends.

HAHA.

Days 130-131.

A friend needed a book for his paper, but the library at his school didn't have so he asked others. My school had one of the books he was looking for so I requested it and since he needed it ASAP so with the help of a friend, got it to him.

I like my tv shows and I like to watch them uninterrupted because I can't divide my attention when watching my shows. My brother doesn't like to watch any of my shows so I have to watch it whenever he's not around or when he's feeling nice enough to let me watch it. I used to watch it when he was at work, but since he stopped working it's been a bit trickier. Anyway he was out today so I hustled to watch my shows when I got home. While watching, my mom asks me to get the garbage so I hustle to get it. Later on, my friend calls me to talk and I'm just thinking COME ON! Not that I don't want to help or talk, just bad timing. But he was going through a tough situation and thanks to DVR, I was able to pause and chat with him.

HAHA.

Day 128-129.

For Momma's Day, my brother, cousin and I chipped in to get momma a flower arrangement. We're terrible at getting gifts for each other - well I am at least. Mom also talked about going to some ballet show with her coworkers so paid for her ticket.

While running some errands today, I saw a young girl who was homeless sitting on her back across the street. Girls/women on the street stick out since there aren't many. I was kind of in a rush (but not in that much of a rush that I couldn't stop and talk) so I just walked past her and went to where I was going. I stopped a bit in my tracks, but at that point I didn't want to walk back. I always feel foolish back tracking my steps, but I knew it was so chicken of me to not help just because I felt foolish. So at that point I told myself I would go to where I was going and then walk back after. What a chicken! I need more courage! As I approached her, I noticed how young she was or looked. She had braces! I had some chips and hummus in my bag so I offered some and still had some resource cards from Don't Walk By so gave that too. Her name is Britney - pray for her!

HAHA.

Mother's Day

I'm not a mother yet but soon to be. Received cards and gift from some students and feel lots of love from them. I don't think that I'm important so knowing that people do think of me means A LOT to me. So thankful for these people God brought around me.=)

Day 126-127.

Yesterday, a friend needed help babysitting his kids while his wife went somewhere. Man kids are a lot harder to please when their mother isn't there haha.

Met a classmate today to finish a group project. Man it took SO much longer than expected. Her experience level is far above mine and the work would've even taken much much longer and would've looked worse. Without her help and patience, I would've been screwed. So thank you for carrying the team and helping me do a good job.

HAHA.

Days 124-125.

I had a lot due today with very little already done, so I was pretty much freaking out yesterday. I was really stressed and losing it so I got crabby and impatient with anything/anyone that I thought was a waste of time. Well the night started like that at least then I eventually got sick of doing work. Anyway Wednesday nights are kind of busy for my parents. Right after dinner they get ready to go to church so my mom doesn't really get to clean up the dishes and put away food. She was hustling and bustling trying to clean up while getting ready herself, so I told her I would take care of the dishes and leftover so she wouldn't be late.

Ended up getting about 3 hours and change of sleep so I was really out of it today. Was just looking forward to getting home and relaxing. When I got home my brother was nowhere to be seen. Through the window I see him in the backyard so I go and check it out and he, my mom and cousin are cleaning up the backyard, hoeing the soil, picking out weeds, and all that good stuff. I was tempted to just change and sit down in front of the tv, but didn't want to leave everyone just working their butts off while I did nothing. So I went out and helped them get the backyard ready for some veggies my mom wanted to plant. The most gardening I've ever done. It wasn't too bad :)

HAHA.

Day 123.

While getting dinner ready today I noticed that my mom seemed really out of it. She was quiet and seemed agitated/didn't seem very pleased. Normally, I eat in my brother's room because of the tv and my mom knows that, but today she just said "Let's go eat (in the living room). " I know I would be ehh about eating with my gramma, but maybe that's just me. My brother wasn't even home and my mom is usually more upbeat, so I figured the least I could do is eat with her. After dinner I went back to my room to do my own thing, but then realized I should help her with dishes so I did. I should realize things earlier.

HAHA.

Day 122.

A friend was/is going through some difficult times so I asked her if she wanted to talk about it. People need outlets - to talk, rant, ramble, complain, reason, process, whine, cry, scream, and everything in between cause I know from experience, keeping it in is no good. I always make it a point to tell people I suck with advice so I don't let people down, but no matter what I'll always be all ears..well I'll try my best to be.

HAHA.

boop.

So today was my doctor/chiropractor's birthday. Happy birthday, Sir!

My doctor/chiropractor has been super nice/super helpful/super caring/super everything awesome to me ever since I hurt my back. He helped refer me to get an x-ray and make sure everything is progressing smoothly. And when I didn't go back for a week or so, his office called me to make another appointment just to check my progress. So I went to see him today and decided to get 3 drinks for him, his receptionist, and the other doctor in his office yaya drinks. (though I can't take credit for the idea of getting yaya drinks since I originally thought Starbucks, so thanks for the idea, you!) He loved it! He kept thanking me because he loves yaya drinks! Haha, I wasn't even aware that he liked it so much and I didn't even know what drink he liked! Thankfully, the owner of yaya's knew his favorite drink: 007. :)

So all in all, my nice gesture was helped by two kind people.

But, let me not forget a kind and awesome and very very very good friend of mine. She's been so helpful and kind and replied back to my email when I really needed it, even though I know she probably had tons and tons of work to do and it was like 2am. If only I could be half as nice as her, my days would go by so much smoother haha. I'm so blessed to have her in my life :).

-frostedflakesaremyfavorite.

Day 121.

Spent tonight watching Gran Torino with brobro, cousin, and momma. Momma doesn't watch a lot of movies with us, so it's some good time together with lots of laughs. There's a lot of racism, but it's a good movie. There are some good lessons of love in it.

HAHA.

Day 120.

I needed some help with some things today and two friends agreed to help out so I'm very grateful for their time and effort. I know others couldn't help cause they couldn't get out, or they had lots of work, or whatever whatever so any help given was greatly appreciated. Thank you for giving up some of your time!

HAHA.

Day 119.

So an away student friend came back for an interview today. He was planning to go back to school after his interview, but because of car problems he has to go back tomorrow. He's a friend of a friend and he's new to church, but he still wanted to come to fellowship which made me :). If I was him, I'd be too scared to go somewhere by myself where I didn't know a lot of people. Our friend was still at school, but he called me to let me know that the friend was coming so that I could look out for him. How sweet!

HAHA.

Day 117-118.

I was a bit antsy last night and while it was still late at night and friends that were still up were only up finishing work they had to do, I found comfort from them. They took some time from doing their work to give me some words of advice and reassurance so thank you. I greatly appreciate you.

My homeboy texted me yesterday to see if I wanted to visit him at work. When I worked retail, I loved visits from friends and I remember he visited once and we went to eat during my lunch break so I thought I'd return the visit. I told him I would, but after thinking about it he suggested I go today instead since he would be busy with a lot of customers (because of the good weather) and so he wouldn't be able to talk to me and he didn't want me to be by myself. So considerate! That's why we friends. Anyway I went today earlier than the time I told him so pretty much right when his shift starts. I texted him earlier in the day to tell him about my antsyness so he wanted to talk and make sure I was doing okay. He's cool with the coworker he was changing shifts with and talked her into working a bit more so he could talk to me. He treated me to some food even though I offered to pay and took his break from a 6 hour shift even before he started his shift to talk to me. Thanks :)

HAHA.

Day 116.

AWESOME weather today. Tad bit hot. I would sweat by just walking around. Oh the joys of sweating so easily! Saw Viola today and it was a bit weird since she wasn't bundled up as usual. I chat with her a bit and gave her a little money to help. My last break was unproductive like all the others before and I'm a bit uneasy because I have group projects, but not uneasy enough. I still can't get myself to do it. So a friend and I made a deal to check up on each other to make sure we were doing our work. We took some time to procrastinate together before, but it's time to buckle down. Not doing a good job, but better than I would be if I wasn't being kept accountable. Thanks for the help!

HAHA.

Day 115.

Found out about this through a friend and thought it was a really good idea. There's been a war going on in Uganda for 25 years. The Lord's Resistance Army, have been terrorizing the innocent people in Central Africa and in 2005, they were driven out of northern Africa. Since then, they've been attacking isolated communities who virtually have no way of communicating with the outside world. The cries of the innocent victims go unheard.

During the 25 hours, people around me have been there for me to explain why I'm not talking or to just talk for me. I always forget how well my brother knows me cause we're rarely serious with each other, but he knows how to read me. Especially when I'm in a foul mood. I got pissed off at dinner so I just stopped talking to prevent me from saying something stupid. He was able to cool down the situation because he knew what was going in my head and settled the issue. Thanks for that.

HAHA.

Day 113-114.

Helped my momma and some of the kiddies wrap Easter eggs yesterday. My friend also came back to celebrate another year of birth so I helped with the planning and getting. It was FUN FUN.

Happy Easter! Helped one of the girls with last minute fix ups before the show so that she had it down. I'm proud of all the girls. They did so well!

HAHA.

Day 110-112.

Had a shorter day yesterday - woopwoop! When I got home, the girl from church that my brother tutors was there and her sister was there too. I was getting ready to make lunch so I asked everyone if they wanted to eat too some did. Decided to make some good vegetarian spaghetti and apparently it smelled good so I was happy haha. Got to hangout a bit with the sister and my cousin so it was fun. Nothing like spending time with each other and food!

I'm always reminded of simple acts of love when people think about me when I can't eat meat. Stayed at a friend's house with some friends and while planning what to make for lunch and dinner, everyone was extremely considerate about my not eating meat. I know it's a hassle so thanks for never going alskjdaisdlaksdmlakjsd when adjustments need to be made.

I witnessed how caring my friend is. This friend's friend, who's a new Christian, doesn't have a home church so my friend wanted to bring him to church and connect him to people so that when they come back from school, he'd have a church to go to. So he's been bringing his friend to church and connecting him to people in fellowship so that he feels welcomed. Just thought that was really sweet.

HAHA.

Day 109.

I didn't bring my laptop to work today and I needed to get a file so I emailed my brother asking him for help. He doesn't check his email often, but I hoped to hear from him. After a while I decided to just call him and I guess I woke him up cause he was a bit cranky. The file I needed needed to be converted so I gave him instructions and it took a bit of searching, but he got it done. I know he won't always be happy and willing..well he's rarely that, but if I need help, I know I can go to him and know that he'll pull through for me. Thanks for the (tough) love brobro.

HAHA.

Day 108.

Today was a bad day. I know it's lame, but I really think it's the hormones. I was stressed and just did not feel good today and as a result, I got annoyed and short with people. I took it out on my family when I should've dealt with it better. I was thinking about it and I realized that I've kind of forgotten the purpose of this blog/project. My past couple posts have been about how I experience/witnessed love which is great, but I haven't been so loving on my part. Gotta work on that. Help.

HAHA.

Day 106-107.

Saturday was a really rainy day. It just kept pouring and pouring. It was one of those days when using umbrellas didn't help. I had a dinner to go to, but I didn't want to go out in the rain so I asked my mom for a ride and she agreed without even knowing where it was. The majority of times, any dinner plans are in the city so she was even willing to drive me out there. I told her I had to go to the bank before and she asked me how much I needed. She gave me dinner money so I wouldn't have to go to the bank in the rain. So nice :)

The youth group at my family church throw a small show for the adults on Easter. Even though we prepared fairly early, Easter still sort of crept up on us faster than we expected. Naturally, a lot of the kids have stage fright and get the jitters. One of the girls I've been working with has been less and less willing to perform as Easter gets closer. I don't know if it's the nerves or because it's new, but she was saying she doesn't think she'll be ready for Easter. I was ehhh cause I thought she was just giving excuses, but God's been giving me the patience to work with her so I talked with her and reassured her that with practice she'll get better. And if she still didn't want to, she didn't have to do it next week. By the end of the day she was a lot better and a bit more confident. I drew out the things she needed to know so hopefully that'll help.

HAHA.

Day 105.

Today kind of felt like an adventure :) Haven't done so much on a Friday in a long while and even if I have, it's usually running errands by myself. From the moment I woke up until I got the R train, I was never alone and I really enjoyed the company. Most of the day was spent with two friends and I'd say during the span of the day we all did acts of love for one another. From going to school with them, buying breakfast/drinks for each other, making lunch for each other, helping with other tasks, following each other to the places we had to go..it was a very loving day. So while one friend was at an appointment, I went to the post office with the other friend. The post office we went to was pretty huge and we had no idea what line we were supposed to even go on. The people there were so nice though! This one lady helped us figure out what we needed to do and where we needed to go. When we were finally getting ready to check out, the clerk asked my friend if he wanted express mail. My friend had to get it mailed out ASAP so he said sure and the total came to $13 for one envelope! But the clerk then mentioned (even though he shouldn't have) that there really was no point in doing express mail as long as you mail it before the day it's due and you have proof that you did. So he saved my friend $8. After, we had time to kill until our other friend was done with her appointment and since she was with someone we all knew and the post office was right by Starbucks, we decided to get some drinks for them before heading back. I liked today. Reminded me of the summer kind of. Very stressless. Thanks for the good times :)

HAHA.

Day 104.

I felt a lot of love today. I was too tired last night to make lunch and I woke up too late this morning, so I kind of expected to spend money on lunch but I really didn't want to because I've (sort of) been trying to save money so I packed some fruits and hoped I wouldn't get too hungry today. I remembered that the Asian club at school was having an event so I texted my friend asking her to save me some veggies cause I have class in the Bronx campus Thursday mornings and I wouldn't have gotten back to Manhattan in time for the event. She gladly agreed and she saved me lots of food :) She even had a lot of work to do, but she waited until I got on campus then went to the library. I later met up with her in the library and I fell asleep without setting an alarm. Knowing when I had class, she woke me up in time. Because of my Thursday class in the Bronx I haven't been able to attend the meetings for the Asian club and most of their events are on Fridays so I haven't been able to attend so I've been pretty MIA. Today the club was going to a dinner excursion and I was finally able to go, but they were planning to go 15 minutes before my class was going to be over. I just told my friend to take everyone and leave and I'd just meet them at the restaurant, but she got the whole group to wait for me. Sweet! After dinner, I had about 2 hours to kill waiting for a friend. I didn't have any plans but if anything I was just gonna go to her school and wait for her, but another friend found out I had nothing to do and invited me to go to the gym with him and another friend. I didn't have clothes, but I ended up going to the gym figuring I could waste some time by just walking there. My friends had planned to work out, but knowing that I had nothing really planned, they instead spent time with me so I wouldn't be alone. I'm really grateful :) THANKS THANKS THANKS!

HAHA.

Day 103.

When I checked my phone this morning I saw that a friend who lives one stop away sent me a text to let me know that the R trains weren't working, but shuttle busses were running. It was really thoughtful of her to give me a heads up so that I could adjust my morning so I wouldn't be late. So I passed on the information to my brother. When things like this happen we (almost) immediately grunt and express our dissatisfaction with the MTA or the sick passenger causing the delay. I know that was one of my first thoughts after reading the text. But that's no good since we don't know the whole story. By the time I got to the train station, trains were running again, but I saw a fire truck and ambulance outside. I texted my brother to let him know things were running again. Later in the day my brother texts me cause he found out that someone had fell in the tracks and got run over. Reports - not sure how true they are - say that someone died. Scary and sad. I need to not get alskjdalsk just because things are an inconvenience to me. Especially when I don't know the entire story.

HAHA.

Day 102.

So I had some time today to talk to a friend I haven't seen in a while and he was asking me how ___ was and honestly it's been a bit hard. I have a hard time doing things and I've been feeling like I'm not taken seriously and without support, my self confidence is even more shot. He dropped some good/helpful/doable advice/suggestions and it just meant a lot cause he understood what I was struggling with. In the short while I've known this friend, I've seen him grow and I'm really glad he's someone I can talk to about serious stuff. Thanks!

HAHA.

Day 101.

Tonight was a good night with my cousin and brobro. Brian never has dinner with the family - for the most part, he never eats at the same time so he's got in habit of eating in his room. My cousin and I usually eat in my brother's room, but today, he was into his thing so we ate with the family. Usually dinner with the family means just eat and go - not a lot of talking. We worked out together yesterday so we were both sore so we talked about that at dinner which made it a bit more interesting. While I was washing the dishes, she chilled in the kitchen because she finished her homework early today. Usually she eats dinner and goes straight to her room to work. So she kept me company while I washed the dishes and we talked about how she's been preparing for the SATs. My mom gave her some oranges so she fed me some too. Then after we bombarded my brother's room and just hung out. A lot of laughs today :) Talking polar bears, accents, lots of Googling, more oranges and clementines, art work, eggs, and other things..a very good Monday night!

HAHA.

Day 100.

Now with all the texting and all, I don't talk on the phone a lot. Most of my phone call usage is calling my mom to let her know when I'm going home. Only recently..in the past 2 weeks (?) have I talked to friends on the phone for longer than a minute or two. It's no biggie since texts > phone calls nowadays. Today, while I was out walking my dog, I got a phone call from a good friend and at first I thought she misdialed, butt dialed, or forgot to tell me something earlier. When I picked up, I didn't expect what came out of her mouth. She actually wanted to talk talk. I don't remember the last time someone called me (without planning the phone call in advance) to talk. I'm not the best advice giver so I'm used to not being someone's first line of defense when something is going down. So my friend's phone call made me feel special and important and it was an "aww" moment for me. Thanks friend for making me feel so loved today :)

HAHA.

Day 99.

So I spent the day at a friend's place..a very very very very very very good friend :) haha. Earlier in the day I had to go to school and on my way back she (and her momma) asked if I had eaten lunch. I hadn't, but I wasn't eating meat so I told her I would buy something. But later for dinner, her momma was super nice enough to go to the supermarket to get veggies to make something I could eat. Turns out all the dishes were vegetarian AND she made her awesome 3 egg dish which I think she knows I like. SO GOOD! Anyway that was incredibly nice of her to do that :)

HAHA.

Day 98.

I had a late start this morning/day..I kind of woke up around lunch time. As I was waking up, my brother told me that he was getting ready to go play tennis with a mutual friend. By that time we would usually talk about getting lunch so he asked me if he wanted me to want him to pick some lunch up for me. I told him yeah so he left and said he'd call me back when he was on the way home to see what I was in the mood for. A little while he texts me back cause they changed plans and went to play tennis closer to home and they were gonna go eat after. So he calls me when he's done and asks if I want to go out to eat or order take out from home. I told him I didn't care so we went out to a diner (I love diner food!) and he knew I had to be home by 3 to leave so he made sure to make that happen. As we were getting the check, he put his card down and paid for all of us. So he helped me save what little money I had. And as I was leaving home he asked me if I had money since he knew I was staying at a friend's place tonight so I guess he wanted to make sure I was covered. Aw thanks!

HAHA.

Day 97.

So I haven't talked to/seen one of my good friends in a long while for reasons I will not say, but I had time tomorrow so I emailed her to see what she was doing. Last minute changes and my mom asked me to stay home to wait for a phone call and turns out my friend is going out to the city so things didn't work out, but she wanted to talk to catch up at least. So we talked on the phone and she updated me and ditto and it reminded me of things I've forgotten so it was good talking to her. I often forget to love in the midst of being angry/holding grudges..it's something I need to work on. Anyway, I kept farting and eventually had to poo so I asked her if she'd mind talking to me whilst pooping and she didn't so we did some toilet talking too :)

HAHA.

Day 96.

So Wednesday night is my drawing homework night and it usually takes a long time. The projects tend to be on a bigger scale and after working on it for so long, you need someone else's eyes and opinions. That usually means my brother. He's usually watching tv or playing video games, but whenever I ask him to take a look/for some advice/help he'll take time to look at my work and since he's a brother, he's honest. The past two weeks, he's been really helpful cause I've been getting stuck at a certain point. My brother's room is right next to mine and we always have the doors open. His room has the tv, but I don't watch when I'm doing my work so it gets kind of boring. Every once in a while he bursts out laughing and from time to time I would ask him what happened and he would either rewind back to whatever it was or take the time to explain to me. After a while I quit asking, but he knows what I like to watch/find funny so when he thinks it's something I would enjoy, he takes the time to tell me what happened. Doesn't sound like a biggie, but it makes doing homework more enjoyable than it really is.

HAHA.

EMAILS

I 've always loved receiving long emails, especially ones that truly tell me how that person is feeling and their cares about how I've been doing. I haven't received a really touching, long email in quite awhile, I guess schoolwork has piled up and a lot of my friends have been busy. Today I received two really loving emails.

The first one came from my mom. Since my parents had gone on a cruise, I had gone home for most of the week and cleaned, cooked and so on. One of the things I wanted to do to surprised them was to clean their room (mind you, my house is really messy!) When they came back, I was so happy. I really didn't remember that I had done that, and I wasn't looking to gain credit for doing something that I should have been doing. But my mom texted me and emailed me mentioning that she was thankful I had cleaned their room. Honestly, it's something I should be doing for my parents, but it made me happy that she was happy. She emailed me earlier today telling me how she was sorry that sometimes she and my Dad lost patience with me and Sharon, she told me about how scared my parents were about Sharon's back condition and surgery, my appendix surgery. She talked about how she always prays to God to give her patience and love as a parent. She even told me about how my Dad used to write her love letters (Aw). Most of all, she emphasized walking and being with God, that no matter what I should remember he is my master and creator. Sometimes I forget that my parents are human too, they truly make me wonder that if my parents are this loving and caring then how much more loving is my heavenly father. A lot of times, I rely on my parents too much, knowing they will take care of me when in fact, as they are getting older I'm the one who needs to take care of them. As the gray hairs on my dad's head keeps multiplying, and the walking pace of my mom continues to slow, I'll be the one who needs to watch their diet and health. Maybe this won't be for awhile, but it's always good to start, always good to let your parents know how much you appreciate them.

Another email I received was from an away student in Boston. I haven't spoken much to any of my high school friends, and just reading her email made me really glad of the fact that she was thinking about me. She told me how much she appreciated me as a friend, and that just put such a warm feeling in my heart. I know a lot of times we take friends for granted too, especially ones we see everyday and for me I had taken for granted many friends in high school. I think college has really taught me how to appreciate my friends more, I'm so glad God placed these people in my life to watch over me.

I guess today I didn't do as much loving, as much I had been receiving love. But love is also something we give and take, and experiencing love make me want it to overflow into everything that I do.

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hmm..so in one of my classes, the professor wants it to be a discussion type of class but no one really participates. Usually, people are sleeping/on their phones or itouch. Also, people will sign in and then walk out of the class and never come back (which I never do! haha, just saying lol). But today, my professor finally decided to make everyone sit in a circle so she'll be able to see everyone and kind of force discussion. So when one of my classmates that I don't really know but have had a few conversations with came into the class, she saw us putting the desks into a circle. She asked me what was going on and I told her the reason behind the change of scene. I guess she realized she would not be able to sign in and leave without being noticed. She asked me to sign her in because she had a paper that she did not finish yet and it was due today and because she usually stays throughout the whole class, I told her I would because I know how schoolwork can pile up. I didn't know her name so she wrote it down for me and I tried to write her name the way she wrote it hahaha.

maybe that was unethical or something I wasn't supposed to do..but I've had those days before, so I empathized with her. And it might open doors to talking to her more eventually and invite her to church! cross yo fingers!

Oh, I also saw a girl dropped her id card and I think a gift card on the floor right in front of me. At first it didn't register and I was going to walk right past her because I was kind of late for class. Then I literally stopped, thought about it, and crouched down in my weird straight back sort of way and helped her pick up one of her cards hahaha. I must have looked like a foooool!

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