04.20.02 - 4:14 pm

i had a pretty decent week. i went to watch rent last night w/janet, hampster, jeenie, christine, esther, and adri..and it was sooooooooo good. the performers' voices are awesome!! daaaaaaaang. it was a long drive, but worth it!

i'm going to go see stevie tonite, if my uncle says it's ok. i can't believe he got in a car accident only a couple weeks after my accident. geez. what's going on here?? i hope he gets better soon!!

04.15.02 - 10:17 am

daaaaaang. it's already been 10 days since my last update. i've been so busy lately, at work, that i haven't been able to update. apparently, it's tarp season...so there are MANY, MANY orders i need to take care of. i actually have quite a bit to do today, but i'm taking a break cuz i'm in pain. a lot of it. ergh. i've never had cramps like this. eesh~ (sorry, guys~is that too much info?)

eek~ i was soooooo happy yesterday. it was just a great day. a lot of relaxation (even tho i should have been doing hw/studying)... after church, i came home and watch a whole bunch of videos w/the kids and w/uncle. n/e wayz, later @ night, mitchell oppa called~ heehee. i was sooooooooo surprised!! i swear, he's sucha nice guy. keke. but yeah...i felt bad, cuz i kept talking soo much, and he barely talks. i guess he's a great listener, and he says he'd rather hear me speak than speak himself, but hmm...i ALWAYS talk. i think that's why i can never summarize. i SUCK at summarizing! aigoness. i'm sleepy now...*SIGH* lol. maybe oppa was right. maybe i should have gone to sleep earlier. i guess it was past my bedtime, huh oppa?

at any rate, i was just thinking this morning~ it was kinda raining..and my uncle comes out to tell his daughters to dress warmly and to take umbrellas. he tells them he'll pick them up at the front of school. normally, the nanny would, but she's away...she left cuz she said she was sick. but what i don't understand is that she took EVERYTHING, including her tv & cordless phone. she said she was taking her phone cuz her son might call, but that doesn't really make sense cuz it's not a cell phone. it can't pick up the reception when the phone rings. but she just took the whole phone. *shrug*

so yeah...uncle's gunna pick up the girls from school today. that reminded me of one time my daddy totally surprised me by showing up at my school~ it started pouring really hard right before school ended, and i was getting worried about walking home. everyday, i walked to and from school. not a big deal, cuz i lived just a few blocks away (about a 15 minute walk). but if it's pouring like that, the streets are getting flooded and i'd get absolutely SOAKED. still, i thought, oh well. i gotta do what i gotta do. i'm walking out of 6th period who, who do i see, but my DADDY~!! with a big smile on his face and a huge umbrella in his hand. he came to pick me up! he came all the way from LA...took a break from work, to make sure i got home alright.

so he took me home that day...i thought that was really special...do u SEE why i love my daddy so much??

04.05.02 - 4:57 pm ~ texas time

i had an action-packed day so far~ after i finished reading my book for korean class, still life with rice, i wanted to take the doggies for a walk. of course, i should have been a bit more careful, but i thought they would stay back while i got into the cage. silly me, of course they wouldn't listen to me. they don't even know me~!! i did give them their names, but they only knew me that one week or so...when they were tiny lil puppies.

as i opened the gate, louis saw the opportunity he had and bolted through the opening~ i yelled his name, but he ran away as fast as his legs would go...and that's pretty fast. way faster than me, anyway. i locked ella back in (i know she wanted to get out, too, but she was WAY more obediant than louis was willing to be. i ran after him in spite of my soreness...and tried to lure him so i could put his chain around his neck. at least i could control him then, right? i'd still take the two for a walk~ but he knew he was in trouble, and he didn't wanna be chained up.

the neighbor right in front had to rush out to let his dog back in his garage so louis wouldn't eat him up, basically. i ran after louis, calling his name, but of course he wouldn't listen to me. the neighbor assured me that there was no harm in letting louis run around a bit, and that, as long as ella stayed in the cage, louis wouldn't go far.

after about an hour of trying to put a chain on his neck, he started going further and further away from the house. not too far, but he was going down the next block, and this was worrying me. i put ella on a leash and took her, hoping louis would come to ella and i could put a leash on him. but he was too smart. he knew to stay a safe distance from me, and he knew he could outrun me. so i just let him roam...and when he went to the golf course, i took ella to try to get him.

he walked to the other end of the golf course, barking at dogs and sniffing the ground. i'm glad he didn't deficate, cuz i didn't wanna hafta go home to get a bag in order to pick it up. we were getting farther and farther away when i decided to call james oppa for help. he had told me to take ella back, that louis would follow. but since louis didn't the first time, i had followed louis. this time, i made sure that louis saw us going..and that we were leading the way. louis slowly followed us back home, but still wanted to roam around the neighborhood.

i put ella back in the cage...and decided to pretend to give up on louis. i didn't even look at him. it seemed to work at first; he kept going toward the cage. but everytime i got even a few feet near him, he would run away. i was only concerned that he'd get run over since he was a few feet away from being run over, on three different occasions.

after about 2.5 hours of his new-found freedom, i guess he felt guilty...or hungry...or something. i squatted in the driveway, as he slowly came towards me. i held out my hand, as he licked my palm. i grabbed the fur on the top of his neck, and tried to force him back to the garage, where the leash was. he wouldn't budge. i was tired of all of it, so i just picked him up, took him to the garage, put the leash on him, and let him down. as soon as i put him down, i saw some weeds and dirt on my shirt. only...the dirt wasn't really dirt. what i thought was dirt turned out to be bugs. NASTY. i freaked out, since i'm afraid of bugs..and tried to brush them off with my hand. only..they wouldn't come off. i had to pick each one off with my fingers. *shudder* nasty.

i knew that if i opened the cage, ella would bolt out the door, so i had to get the the other leash, put it on her, secure the leash, put louis in, close the gate, the take off both leashes from the outside. if i did it from the inside and then tried to get out, they'd prolly push me over and run out. not an easy task, but i finally got it done.

i was sooooooo tired after 2 1/2 hours of running around, trying to catch louis, but at least i got some physical activity. and...louis and ella got to walk around a lot, rather than being stuck in their cage so long. i feel bad for ella though..she didn't get to roam like louis did. but she's so cute! so obedient and everything. i never had to tug hard in order to get her to go the way i wanted her to. the only problem i had with her was when she saw a cat, at one point..and then some chihuahuas that louis started barking at. ella wanted to play too.

sooooo..that's the extent of my day so far. i'm back at the pcbang...and i guess hyun & i are going to pick up daddy from the airport in a few hours. i'm so tired. lol. after the whole ordeal, i took a short nap after a shower and some orange juice...it was an interesting experience tho. i felt horrible at first, but at least it's something i can look back and laugh at. i even took some pictures while louis was free...hehe...he must have been so happy!

04.04.02 - 1:45 pm ~ texas time

umma! seng shin chook hae deu ryuh yoh~ so...i'm back at the store. yesterday was nice and relaxing. just kicked back, mostly. after watching the store for about 6 hours, i went to the pcbang and kicked it there for about 4 hours. then, i went home~

daddy & i walked ella & louis last night. they're SOOOOOOOO cute~ so ADORABLE~ awww...i wish i could have doggies like them. especially ella. she's the BEST~

hmmm...i should study...

04.03.02 - 10:49 am ~ texas time

i'm in texas. it's nice and HUMID and HOT. can u sense the sarcasm?? haha. but yeah...it's nice to be here again. i hadn't come to visit in over a year...and so much has changed. my dad's store looks nicer...they have a pc bang now, which looks great~ and my grand piano's sitting in the dining room @ home, which gives it...umm..."boon ee gi~"

n/e wayz, i'm juss watching the store now...hyun's @ school, umma's @ home, appa's golfing, joonie oppa's sleeping. nice. i had quite an experience yesterday. juss when i thought i had had a boring day of flying all day long, hyun spices up my life!! keke. don't worry, hyun. i got nothing but love for you!! and...i think of the accident as my fault. i should have screamed or yelled...or moved the steering wheel or something. so I'M sorry, k?

i'm arrite tho..no worries. we just have a few bruises, but that's about it, thank goodness. things like that really make u think, tho...think about the worth/value of one's life~ especially that of someone near & dear to u. i love my family so much!!

it's really great seeing the family. too bad hanbin oppa's not here though...i think...our WHOLE family has never been together at once. either hanbin oppa's away...or he and i are in cali & boston...or hyun & joonie oppa's in cali...whatever it may be..

i'm so proud and excited for hyun tho. he's going to school in a few month..to arizona!! he's gunna be a commercial airline pilot. nice, nice. hmmm...dupda~ hace calor. it's HOT. oOo...tres languages in han sentence. HAHA i did it again! ok..i know i'm a dork, but what can i say?