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| Its time to post again! It was my roomate's b-day monday! well sunday if you want to calculate the time difference between China and US. Here's the yummy cake we had. Its strawberry chocolate cheesecake.
Its been great having JJ as my roomate for almost 2 years now....and we have the same level of messiness.
So recently, I've been thinking about Japan again. A friend I made the first time i went to japan got married recently and i looked at her pictures online. that got me thinking about my first experience abroad. So that led me to try to find out what the missionaries i worked with at Okutama Bible Chalet are up to now. except, i couldnt find any information about them on the organization's web page. i've tried googling it to no success. i'd really like to know what they're up to now. They probably don't know this, but i feel that they've made an impact in my life, even in those brief few weeks. Their names are Peter and Aiko Blank. | | |
| okay, admit it, i xanga stalk. every 3 months or so, i like to look at xangas from people i used to know from college or hs. so if you see a footprint from california, and i knew you at somepoint, it just might be from me. alan calls it stalking b/c i don't sign in so people can't tell its me. but anyways, one thing i noticed this stalking time around is that people have gotten older looks-wise. i don't know why its just this time around that i just noticed it, but no one looks like they're in college anymore. i never thought these asian faces would age, but they have...and perhaps i have too. but in my mind, they will always be the people/friends i knew in college, and since our relationships havent progressed beyond college, what i see and what is in my mind don't coincide.
speaking of college, i've been thinking lately back to when i was a student, ihad this impression that all adults (people out of college) had it all figured out or all together. like, they're out of college so they must know what they're doing, and if they didnt, what's wrong with them??? haha so funny and naive. i guess i was a little harsh in thinking that.
speaking of harsh, i also think that i was too judgemental before. not to say that i'm completely judgement-free now. in college i used to see things more of black and white. i guess its easy to tell my likes and dislikes of things/foods/people.
one thing i've been thinking about is how do people survive long distance relationships? i would think that its so hard. and would gaining the career be worth it? because thats why most people have long distance relationships right?
anyways, enough babbling. its daylight savings! woohoo! now it will be daylight when i get out of lab and i can go running! we'll be running the St. Patrick's day 10k next weekend. i've only ran once to train for it...funfunscaryfun! my excuse for that is that its been dark when i get out at nite, so i can't go running.
today i went to two very different parties. they were both going away parties. one was for danielle and marcus from my Bible study who will be moving away to the east coast, and the other was for two lab members who have since graduated/gone to industry. the first party was loud, bbq grilling, kids running around, pinata, board games type. the second was mellow, jazz music, sipping wine kind. it was good to see both peoples, but i definitely felt more comfortable with one more than the other. although i enjoyed talking to the people and spouses i don't usually see at work.
alright, its getting late. i'll end with the weather's been great here, i love san diego!
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| i'm finally updating because this quarter is finally over! i passed my prelims and i don't think i could go through this again. but now yay! i'm freeeeeeeeee... tonite i went to the japanese market and i felt a little sad or nostalgic. the grocery store was such a part of my every day life in japan and these foods that i came across down the store aisle brought back memories of how i felt, my routines, and people. for example, i really loved choco-pie. everyday i would look forward to eating my chocopie. and i would only eat one of those a nite. it was a nice reward. i would freeze them in my little fridge on the bottom shelf. i guess i can see now why ethnic supermarkets are so important. when i was in japan, i craved pizza and taco seasoning. anyways,..... Does anyone else think that Jim (the office) looks like Shrek?...a better looking Shrek, and not green, but still...Shrek-ish features. | | |
| its late at nite again. i should be sleeping. but instead, i'm eating chips and xanga browsing/stalking! maybe because i didn't come home from lab until 9:30pm tonite, so now i need that time to myself to do all the things i enjoy. or maybe the curry i ate today had caffeine. but anyways, during the late nite hours, i found a new tv show to like! yay! How I Met Your Mother I really like this show, and since new episodes of Scrubs isn't coming on, this can be my new show. Anyways, just to catch up on whats been going on yay for weddings! and seeing old friends again! now would be a great time for posting photos, but i'm too lazy. so maybe later.... oh! and the Zoo. Thats my favorite place in SD. there's a student discount deal where you get a season pass to BOTH the Zoo and Wild Animal Park for only $34. Thats SO cheap. i've gone there 3 times now since september. let me know if wanna visit the elephants! | | |
| from cindy's xanga: Free ice cream! for a good cause.... anyone like to go? | | |
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