mayo

05.31.01

wow...this month is almost over! i swear...two days ago, i thought it was still the middle of may. and now, it's almost june! which means...my cousin jenn will be coming to cali today!! woohoo!! :) i'm looking forward to meeting her face-to-face. i contacted her through email the first time earlier this year or late last year...and since then, we've been emailing back and forth...and chattin on the internet...and calling too.

yesterday, after work, i went home...and in the later afternoon, steph and rache went to hannah's bday party @ chuck e. cheese's...so jon, my bro, and i went to get pizza for dinner. then, we went to fry's to buy some stuff. i love electronics stores..they're coolio. :) i got a joystick for my computer. o! i forgot to mention...after dinner, we stopped by blockbuster to borrow some games for my playstation. we borrowed 3: the game of life, bust-a-move 2, and something else for jonny boy. fun stuff.

@ nite, when the kids went to sleep, richard uncle, oppa, and i had a long chat. it's nice to talk to older, wiser ppl like uncle...who aren't too old and senile, u kno? haha..j/p. old ppl aren't senile. but...yeah...uncle's young enough to understand me...and old enough to give me really good advice. :) we talked till like...1:30 AM. wow

i'm looking forward to this weekend. i get to spend time with jenn! too bad oppa has to go back up north on saturday tho. :( in only a week, he'll be leaving to boston! wow...time flies. *sniff sniff* imma miss oppa. he promised to fly me out to boston during the winter. so i can finally have a white christmas! :) i just hope i can get vacation from work. can u believe it? i only get christmas and new year's off. i hafta work every other day. grrrr..o well. i should be grateful i have a job, huh?

u kno...i really am blessed...my family has sacrificed so much...and we've been blessed so much...by God's Grace. uncle helped me realize last nite...how loving our family is...and how expressive our family is of that love. i'm so lucky....

05.30.01

yesterday, i went to work...then went home...played w/the kids a lil...and went to see mom. had dinner wif her...went to grandma/grandpa's...then went home again. what a fun-filled day, eh?

i hope my day today is a lil more entertaining...

05.29.01

did i mention my oppa came down last week? well...dunno if i did (too lazy to check) but he did. this weekend was purdy fun. oppa came to praise band practice w/me. i was practiced the drums a lot...fun stuff! too bad i decided to play the djembe (i'm not sure if that's how it's spelled) instead.

after church on sunday, oppa and i went to visit grandma. it was her bday on friday. and he had to go see her n/e wayz...cuz he came down to visit.

monday, i was very glad i didn't hafta work. oppa and i took jon, rache, and steph, as well as their cousin hannah, to play miniature golf! first we went to chris/janet's....went to mc donald's with them...and then we met ricky oppa @ castle park. we played course #3...rachelle and eurus oppa tied for first! wow! then, we went into the arcade...and stayed there for a lil while.

afterwards, we went back to janet's to watch "my best friend's wedding." we left around 8ish...then, oppa and i went w/chris to chris oppa's apartment. i saw chris oppa's roommates (they're so nice..and funny too!) and stuff.

slept around 12-something. i only got about 7 hours of sleep so i'm very tired. i can't wait to not go to school...and go home! :)

05.27.01

happy 11th birthday, RACHELLE!!!

05.25.01

i'm done with sChOoL!!! gYEa!~!

oppa came down from berkeley last night. i'm so happy!! we're going to see grandma tonite...it's her bday! ack...i'm tired. chris oppa came over last nite...so i went to sleep a lil past 1....past my bedtime! :) but i got up in time...so iss all good.....

ack..it's only 10...5 more hours to go....

05.23.01 part ii

yippeeeeeeeee!!!!!! i'm done with finals~ i'm done with finals~ i'm done with finals~ :) i'm soooooooooooo happy. u shoulda seen the smile on my face when i finished the paper this morn. now....all i gotta do is kick back! gYeA!

i ran today..for the first time in ages (around 2 months or so). i watched mulan tonite..and i was empowered! it was soooooo hard though! well....i ran, then walked a lil, ran, then walked to cool down. it was so tough! cuz....it's really hilly in this area...so i was wheezing by the time i was a quarter of the way through. i think i ran at least 2/3 of it (jogged, actually)..and walked the rest of it. my uncle said it's about 1 1/2 miles, prolly. either way, it took me 15 min including the warm up/cool down...so i dunno..

i'm very sore now...and tired. but n/e wayz, after running, i had to watch boot camp...finale! i think whitlow deserved it waaaaaay more than wolf. just the way wolf reacted when he wasn't the winner showed how much he didn't deserve to win. but i admit--they went through a lot...and i admire that....and totally respect it too. i don't think i'd last 10 minutes out there!

05.23.01 part i

*wHeW* no more to do~!! yessssssss!! i just finished my paper like...25 min ago. i was stressing a lot about it last nite...i was doing all the research stuff last nite...err...at least most of it. i fell asleep around 11:45ish. a couple hours later, jung called me.

hahah..jung's so funny. he said he called me up cuz he didn't wanna lose touch again..that's so sweet, huh? *smile* n/e wayz, we talked for a lil bit...about lots different things...and i was like...half awake-half asleep the whole time, sorta. it was quite amusing. i kept bumpin into things while i was talking to him, cuz i was going to my computer, going to the lamp...all this different stuff. then, after a lil bit, jung had to go. but it was a good thing he called cuz i had to get up to work on my paper, right? but..ergh...i fell asleep again!

i woke up early this morning...got ready..and went to work early to work on it while no one was there. the quiet office forced me to get started..and finish within an hour. wow...that's the fastest i've written a paper in a while...without BS-ing, too~!! so...i just hafta turn it in...the 2m, pick up my english portfolio..and i'll be DONE!! muahhahaha!!

i'm sleepy..i need sleep. i'm going crazy right now. u kno...after the point that u get really really tired w/o sleep...u get hyper? i'm kinda there. but then...the thing is..it's not like i slept THAT little. i slept at least 6 hours or so.

i called daniel (eagle) last nite...we chatted a lil bit...he's a qt. and his sister's so cute too... *smile* and their mom's a cute mom too...just a CUTE FAMILY! keke. n/e wayz...yeah...ok...i'm done!

o yeah..my finals...uhh..i did..."ok," i think...not too great...not too poorly...*SIGH*

05.22.01

after tomorrow, it'll be all over. all i'll hafta do is pick up my portfolio. but until then, i still have 2 more finals..(today)..and a paper for poli sci..which i have no idea what i'm supposed to write about. i mean, i read the prompt, but i don't get it.

n/e wayz, i'm totally not prepared for my finals today...eek! i'm just looking forward to it all being over!! *SIGH*

hmmm...i was in a lot of emotional stress and pain yesterday. but i seem to be ok today. praise God..

05.21.01

back to monday...*gRrrR*

i'm soooooooooooooooooo stressed. 2 finals 2m...a paper due wed. *cRy* i seriously...just...wanna stay home and study. the ONE TIME i actually WANNA study..but i can't cuz i have work. and i wasn't allowed to miss work today. *cRY* i'm soooooooooo tired...and stressed.....i frickin have TWO finals tomorrow. sociology and CALCULUS!! GREAT~ just GREAT. :(

i HATE mondays...

i seriously feel like crying.....

05.18.01

woohooooooooo!! it's friday!!!!!!!! :)

didn't do much today...went to work....and came home. but it's FRIDAY!!! woohoo!!!!! so i'm happy.

i watched the tigger movie...i must say....it's very moving. i cried a bit at the end...*sniffle, sniffle*....*SIGH*...n/e wayz, i'm tired....i know i was gunna write something special in here today, but i completely forget what it was about.........sooooo....oh wells!

05.17.01 ~ 11:46 pm ~ almost friday!!

i feel really good right now....cuz i just took a shower. *aH!* i felt all grunge the whole day...i was all ghetto-ed out today...so now i feel at ease. :)

my essay went ok, i guess...i think i did decent on it...(please, let me get an A!) so now i just hafta wait till next week to see the results...i hope my teacher likes it..*SIGH*...but i think she expects too much out of me. from the first essay, she told me she would be looking forward to reading more of my writing. she already had high expectations of me...eek!

n/e wayz, i'm very glad to have finished that...now i'm just kicking back until i hafta start cramming for my next 2 exams that are coming up on tuesday. sociology and calculus. and i have a paper due on wednesday..for poli sci. grrrr. i hate papers. i'd much rather do math all day. but then again, math is my major, so u would figure that, huh?

i was feeling kinda *errrr* all day...until i got to school. jax gave me a call as i was about to walk to class from my car in the parking lot...and he told me to meet him @ juice-it-up! and that he'd buy me a smoothie. so sweet! i offered to pay him for it, but he wouldn't take it...awwwwww...

jax is a really good guy...he holds the door...waits for everyone else to leave the elevator b4 him... *smile* a really good guy, like i said...

i'm sooooooooooooooo just kicking back right now. don't even wanna THINK about my exams. just...kicking back...letting my hair dry...

05.17.01

it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...it's almost friday...

ok...so it's thursday..not quite friday...but getting there. i have my first final today...in english. it's an essay. i kno u're thinking..."ok..essay...no big deal," but i HATE writing essays. i'm not great at it..and it takes a lot of effort these days. n/e wayz, it's my first final, so i'm kinda glad, i guess. but...i had to do so much crap to prepare for this essay final. usually, if it's an essay, you just hafta read the material it'll be on. but i had to read it...answer a whole buncha questions about it...and revise this other essay...ALL THIS CRAP to do!!!

but whatevers...it's almost all over. i'm looking forward to the weekend, but it won't start off great. i hafta work 8 hours tomorrow (i usually work 6) from 9 am-5 pm cuz imma be missing like..an hour and half next tuesday. i hafta go early next tuesday cuz i have a final that starts @ 2:30. so i hafta get there by 2-ish...to get parking and stuff...

i'm so sleepy. i talked on the phone last nite..w/randy...(what a qt)...and then...i worked on my essay...so i slept late..and i was supposed to get up early to finish my hw, but i couldn't get up. eek. i'm butt-tired...*SIGH* this week is almost over...

05.15.01

g'ness, isn't it friday yet??

today, i went to work...then school. my sociology teacher only kept us for like...an hour..or less..and let us out 1 hour and 45 min early! and the first 15 min of that hour was doing an evaluation of him! g'ness...very short class. :)

i went to uci to study w/janet after i went home and changed. i actually got some hw and studying done. wow...i guess it's cuz we were @ the library..study center. i should do that more often. good stuff. i have a midterm 2m in poli sci...then i have math class, which will be a review for the final exam..then, when i come home, i hafta put the finishing touches of my revised essay for english...so that i can turn it in thurs.

good stuff...now i'm doing laundry...cuz i'm running out of clean clothes...that are decent for work. i wear like...2 different outfits everyday since it's so hot..and i get..mmmmm..sweaty. lol

i can't wait till next thurs! i will be done by thurs.......yESsSSsssss!!!

05.14.01

worked...had a nice chat w/daddy on the phone...went to school, where i saw jax today (woohoo!!)and had a somewhat hard calculus midterm...bought some stuff @ the grocery store...stopped by john's place for a burrito...came home and ate..then came online....now i'm talking to ji young oppa (yay!) a fun-filled day, huh?....

05.13.01

hAPpY mOTheR's DAY~!!

today, for mother's day, i prepared a card and slippers for my grandma. and...i prepared some cards for my mom, step-mom, and other grandma too...so many cards to write! unfortunately, my korean is very limited so i couldn't write very much, but they know the thought's there....

n/e wayz, i was late to church today (eek!) and i didn't know, but the praise team was kinda expecting/hoping i could sing in ellen's place today...but there was sort of a miscommunication thing going on....so it didn't work out. sooo..yeah....at church, jeshika unnie came...and inee came....and janice came..WOW! lotsa ppls that are usually away for college....i guess...sorta partly because of mother's day. but that was really nice...seeing them....

janice did these lil braid things in my hair....and i really appreciate that! my grandma liked it!! hehe...so yeah...after church, i went to LA to visit my halmunee. unfortunately, i HATE LA~!! and of course, i got sorta lost. and halmunee wasn't there when i got there...so i waited outside for like...20 min....and i called my other cousin. she told me to go to her sister's apt..so i did, but i got sorta lost looking for that place cuz it's on a small street and i kept passing it.

2 hours i originally arrived in LA, my grandma got home. so i got my butt over there....and allie unnie was there too! *WHEW* :) n/e wayz, we went to dinner w/grandma, hyung bu, chi ri unnie, chi rim unnie, and keun gomo....@ this chinese place....but it was packed....so we went across the street...and that place was packed too, but we just waited.

we went back to grandma's and i just stayed for a lil bit....then came home. fun stuff. i'm tired...the drive home was too long. but iss ok..i'll live....just need some sleep soon...

05.12.01

i had a pretty good time yesterday. since no one had time for me yesterday....i thought it might be fun to spend time w/grace e. pooh...so i borrowed my eemo's car (acura 3.2CL, i think it's called) and picked her up. we went to the first C.I.F. game for cv boys' vball...and 2 guys i hadn't seen in a while...ken and james..showed up too. i was pretty much there to cheer on brian (the overgrown junior boy...there's a bball picture of him in the "friendly photos" section) and he did pretty well. i must say, he has improved quite a bit.

after the game, grace and i went to in n out. i ate, and she had a shake. there were these lil h.s. kids there...some korean dude came later w/his gf, i guess...and he was smoking. he shared the cig w/the 2 other boys that were there...g'ness...n/e wayz, later, the korean dude was introducing the girl. and she had the fakest "cutsey" voice ever.....ewwwwww..i don't like those typical koreans/asians. i'm sorry, it just bothers me how fake they can be. i mean, i might actually like them as ppl, but the fakeness bothers me. honestly, tho...i'm cool w/a lot of ppl like that. so...haha...i dunno...i guess it just bothers me at first...i dunno what i'm talkinga bout....

n/e wayz, after in n out, we went to UA to watch "a knight's tale." and might i say...he is a HOTTIE. i dunno his name, but he is one good-looking stud. heehee. i told brian he could learn a thing or two from him...in the movie...some really good lines in there, GUYS! ahahha.

we stopped by 7-11 cuz it was getting late and i wanted to pick up some munchies and a drink for the drive home...40-45 min drive...did NOT wanna fall asleep...cuz it was pushing 12. min was there...at 7-11....and when his friend came later, everyone was smoking! geez...i HATE cigerette smoke...

brian called...and i told him i'd stop by....so after i dropped off grace, i stopped by his house. we talked for a lil while...and he wouldn't let me leave until we "solved" his lil "problem." but i really had to go cuz it was getting kinda late. he's sucha lil qt....sorta....hehe...he's not so lil, i guess...but yeah...i think he's a qt cuz he's my dongseng...lol....even tho he THINKS he's more mature..and REFUSES to call me nuna. he gave me a nice hug and i left.

u know.....speaking of hugs, i really really really enjoy hugs. but...it's kinda hard for me to hug girls/women sometimes...like...when i hug my mom. it's weird. i mean..i wouldn't mind, but my mom pulls me really tite..and she...*aheM*...has big boobs so it feels weird. i wasn't that weird about it for long, but lately it's been bugging me. so it's a lot easier to hug guys...only...i dunno...ok, u know what? i'll stop...it's getting a lil weird.

haha...i think the two ppl that actually read this stuff are going to be a lil surprised. everyone already thinks i'm a weirdo. hahaha....i normally only SAY these types of things...and usually in front of girls only....but it's ok. i'm sharing. and sharing is caring~

well, today...princess jae (jennifer han) called me..and we chatted for aprox. 18 min (i have current caller time log)...which was pleasant...i watched "spy kids" w/my cousin jane...watched "what women want" w/jon, rache, steph...played bust a move...and that's about it!

05.11.01

woohoo...it's FRIDAY!! and we're getting DSL @ work today!! what a wonderful day, eh? :) i'm so happy it's friday...i feel like i've been waiting for this day since...well...since last sunday night...which i have.

n/e wayz, i can't believe i've been so good about updating the page so often! wow..and i changed the look a lil bit too...*gLeAmiNg w/pRidE* ok ok...i know it's not good to be proud, but...let me just live in my pride for juss a sec here.... :D ok i'm done.

aigooo...i'm sleepy. but i'm ok cuz it's FRIDAY!! yes, boy and girl (notice..SINGULAR~) it's friday...i'm very very excited about that. i mean, it's not like i have n/e thing spectacular planned, but i am just glad that the weekdays are almost over... after work, today, i'll be free to play until sunday night where i cram in all the studying and hw!! haha..j/p. imma try to be better about that...and do some studying/hw throughout the weekend. :) what a good girl, eh?

2 more weeks of school left too...heeheehee...i'm so GIDDY! lol...

o...i watched "the weakest link" last nite...COMEDY~ g'ness...that lady... "you ARE the weakest link...g'bye~!" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA. and some of the ppl on there are sooooooooooooooo stupid....and when the "weakest links" get voted off, they can ALWAYS guess who's coming off next...COMEDY~

n/e wayz, i'm hungry....g'ness...and it's only 10:12 am..2 more hours to go till lunch time...*SIGH*

05.10.01

almost friday...*SIGH*

i'm so proud of myself..i actually did the math hw for yesterday...(and i know hector's proud of me too....u kno u r!) only...the teacher didn't collect it!! grrrr. of COURSE...the DAY i do it, he doesn't collect it!! and we have a midterm this coming monday. eek! oh wells...

i'm still proud of myself. PLUS, i did ALL the hw for english...YESTERDAY, and not on the day it's due...can u see me BEAMING? :D

i'm like...half-awake..my eyes are barely opened...*SIGH*...just 5 more hours and im outta here...but then i gotta go to school...oh wells, i guess i'd rather go to class....sorta....actually, i'd rather sleep, but yeah...

05.09.01

hmmm..i couldn't update it last nite, but i was put in a very very good after i got to class yesterday...well, maybe just "very good." cuz...i was all cramming right before class...and as i went up to the 5th floor, i asked a girl from class if we had a midterm. she told me that it was changed...so that we don't have the final...and this coming midterm would be our last exam! woohoo! that means we're spending a lot more time on these two chapters...and we watched a movie in class. n-i-c-e...

i got home and typed up my essay for revision...and i did some calculus hw. (that's a first!) but i didn't finish it...i got confused..and sleepy. i almost woke up too late this morning to take a shower (eww..grunge) but i had time...so i got ready, and got to work.

i came online and HYUN SUCK oppa was on!! woohoo! he's a real sweetie. he's from N.C. and he's totally nice. i used to totally admire how he would go running every nite...EVERY nite...like...really late tho. wow..that's really admirable..i wish i could be that motivated. he's an athletic dude...he's working out right now, too! as we speak.....lol

n/e wayz, so he IMs me..and i almost thought he had forgotten me! cuz..it's been so long since we've chatted. but then..n/e wayz, he sent me a couple songs that i have yet to hear...cuz i'm at work and i can't really listen to music here...so i'll send it to myself..and d/l it later, on my laptop or something...and listen to it then. woohoo! also, he went to my webpage and said how much it had changed since the last time he saw it. he said, "i likes." heehee! i was sooooooo happy!

i think imma give this place a makeover pretty soon, so watch for that. imma change the layout of the pix..and hopefully create sort of a theme or something...with the icons and stuff. we'll see. i'm learning more advanced html (just a lil bit) so it'll look better after summer. i'm planning to spend lotsa time/effort on it this summer...so it'll look n-i-c-e!

05.08.01

eek! i have a midterm today, i think! grr..i hate being unprepared. >(

i'm very sleepy...and sick. this morn wasn't very pretty. not at all...and i'm not looking forward to tomorrow morn. i'm not much of a morn person n/e more..i used to be a morning person, but now, i guess i'm more of an evening person. hmm...strange.

i'm actually looking forward to tonite...i'm planning on revising an essay for english class. how nerdy is that?? g'ness...i NEVER look forward to hw...but i guess there's a first for everything. i need to catch up on my other hw too...grr

my stomach hurts...why am i such a wimp? ppl look and me and i guess get intimidated, but i dunno why. i'm a wimp. forreals. when my lil cousin hit me, it really really hurt. erf..and she's only 9. o, excuse me...9 1/2. (!!)

i can't believe usc is out this week!! my friend jung, who i haven't spoken wince h.s. graduation, is going home today! wow..lucky girl. i mean, i still finish this month, but already?? daaaang!! kraji. i'd like to be done w/school right now. *SIGH* but it's ok...only a couple more weeks to go...

05.07.01

hmmmm...i stayed @ my eemo's house...as i'm doing right now...and my lil cousin ripped off the ears of my critter slippers. they're little puppies...and she was trying to steal it. she was tugging on the ear and it just ripped off!! haha...she started cracking up so how could i get mad? i just laughed along. besides, i can always sew it back on. n/e wayz, later, she was opening my pencil case, and she ripped off the little cloud that's connected to the zipper. g'ness!! she's ripping off everything!!

soooooooo...i took her to church, to my praise band practice..and she was so cute..all quiet and shy...they all adored her~ awwwww..so cute!! hehe..

for church, i played the djembe, i think it's called. it's like..one of those african drums that u pound on. john (at church) started calling me ricky ricardo, i guess cuz it looked like i was playing the congo?? i dunno..what a strange-o.

we had a guest speaker..and he talked about how it's not about WHAT we do..it's all about HOW we do it. sorta like..quality vs. quantity, right? n/e wayz, he also quoted someone who said we should stop praying for what we HAVE done..and start praying about what we HAVEN'T done. profound, huh? it was a pretty great message.....

i called daniel (my EAGLE) last night..and i just found out that he doesn't like the term "hubbie." oopsie~! sorry..i'll stop saying "ex-hubbie." so n/e wayz, he's my eagle..and i'm his ostrich...strange. but it kinda bothers me, cuz my lil cousin keeps saying to me, "did u know that ostriches have brains the size of a peanut??" yes, jane, i know...

so today is monday..and of course, i'm not looking forward to school. but one thing that keeps me going is knowing that school will be over within 3 weeks. the 24th is my last day of finals..and that day, i think all i hafta do is pick up my portfolio for english. so essentially, my last day of finals is the 23rd. woohoo!!

i'm sad, tho...cuz daniel can't play until HIS summer. :( and even then, he can only play on saturdays. g'ness~ but we already made a date so iss coolios...as long as he keeps it. lol..

ok...i'm ready to go home..eek~!

05.01.01

yesssss...it's may first! :) woohoo...u know what that means.....i got to rent my movies! hehe..and i bought lotsa ice cream too. which is actually bad for me, cuz my stomach's been bothering me lately..i think i'm a lil sick or something....but oh wells....

today was my 3 lil cousins' open house. i went w/uncle and the kids...and g'ness! the school is ranked in the top 10% in the nation....and DUDE...it's pretty nice.

then, we went to red robin and ate. yumyum.

i watched "the emperor's new groove" and "miss congeniality." both were pretty good. o..and i rented "bust a move 2" for my playstation. fun stuff. :) i think i should buy that game. hmm...but i think it's a good idea to rent games..and see if i like them b4 spending so much dinero buying it...if i don't like it, u kno? it's not like i'm loaded or n/e thing....

n/e wayz, i felt really loved today. daniel (kangster) is sucha sweetie. while i was downloading tonite, i left an away msg on..and watched "miss congeniality." and he left a sweet msg for me...so when i came back, i read it. awww..that's the first instant message i've ever saved. (!!) he might get mad @ me for posting this, but it's very cute...a clip of what he said was: "have an absolutely serene night dappled by the dulce of a pleasant dream." hehehe...and he called me "suga." lol...what a qt.

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