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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:31:13 GMT

better late than never

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:29:53 GMT

I don't have to do this all on my own.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:52:19 GMT

i got asked out by a junior from some college in the area here. She works downstairs in JC Penny. and in a totally non-racist way of saying this. she's black.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:28:19 GMT

I don't know which is weirder: that i have a niece named Hellen, or that my brother has a daughter named Hellen.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Wed, 23 May 2007 14:01:37 GMT

just a quick update:

     I work at JC Penny from 10:00-5:00 most days, then come home and relax. I work with a bunch of asian women who do not speak very good english and cannot reach the top shelves. so i feel tall right now. in other news i am still trying to work out my schedule to make 2 weekends free so i can go to some weddings. i think it might actually happen (my boss is very nice).

       that's about it actually. work and recover from work. and tropicana orange juice

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Wed, 09 May 2007 18:08:22 GMT

The results are in. I weighed myself the day i left for college and the day i got back, and now i have the freshman weight change. It's not exactly what i expected. Now, there are certain reasons why this number my be a little bit weird, but i'll get to that in a second. So, without further ado'

      Freshman 15.

             That is, I lost 15 pounds this year. I haven't weighed under 150 since the start of 8th grade!
The reason that this happened is from 2 things. One, i lost a lot of muscle, and two, i was sick the last week and a half of school, sleeping and trying to get better, so i lost more weight there. Just thought y'all should know that i am at 149, despite going to the college with the 3rd best cafeteria in the country!

Friday, May 04, 2007

Fri, 04 May 2007 08:41:39 GMT

For the few of you who enjoy reading my posts, you are in luck. I finished my finals this morning (well, i guess that's yesterday morning since it is 4AM now) and i am flying back to New York in a couple of hours. And since i ahve no BFA friends in the immediate area and no really close friends from Wheaton in the immediate area, i am going to have a surplus of free time (even with a job). So now, when all of my friends here have gone to bed, i thought i might update you all on my life and my impressions of America and College life after one year.

    For starters, nothing was as i expected. I have learned so much about myself this year, and even more about GOd and His Grace. I don't mean that in the normal, "yay God spiritual high" way, but more in a long and slow and painful process way. When i first left BFA, i cried every night for 2 weeks because i missed people so much and because i was in Toccoa (no offense Jachin...well at least not too much). Then i was filled with getting ready for Wheaton and my brother's wedding, so i wasn't really getting used to the whole America idea (at least conciously). However, now that i have lived here with the inhabitents of this strange and interesting land for a year, i believe that i am entitled to some generalizations.
     Americans have money. NOw, i do go to Wheaton college, but still, wow.
     Americans are not always into subtle or sarcastic humor. I learned this the painful way--though i must say my friends here have become very used to my humor and have even reciprocated it.
     Americans have large personal bubbles.
     Americans watch ALOT of movies and know EVERY song EVER written.
     Americans are guys are into being physical, as in being built and strong and able to threaten others.
     Americans don't have good world geography (though my geography of the midwest is still a little shabby).
     Americans here have hearts of gold, even when it is difficult to see it.
     Americans here are willing to discuss the deep issues of life and agree that they don't have the answers and are confused and are trying their best to figure out this whole God and life thing.
I think you all can see where this is going. Americans in general are stupid and annoying and have a completely different culture than the one i am used to. However, the people i have met and come to love here at Wheaton are truely special people, despite whatever predjudices i have against them.

Anyway, i will get back to all of that later. The past semester has been filled with work. Lots of reading, lots of writing, lots of doing things, etc. However, during that time there has also been a revival type thing on my floor, a break down of all my friendships, a host of realizations about myself, a lot of dependence on God, a little bit of stress and frustrations, a few games of Smash, a couple times eating out, a Yankees powerhouse, a Yankees slide, late night talks, all night talks, crushes, abandoned crushes, and (going back to an earlier one) a reconstruction of friendships which made them stronger than before. It's been crazy but it has been amazing.

A recap on my love life. That girl, Chloe, is not longer within my sights. Whatever we might have had we have let go and now there is only friendship between us on both sides. Since then there have been no new significant interests. Stay tuned for what happens when i get back in August.

Finals were easy for the most part, even pre-med bio. THe only really hard one was my symbolic logic final, which i went overtime on and still didn't exactly finish. But that's ok, I should still get a B. Recently the long winter has finally ended and the sun has come out and i have tanned (well, at least i did,but now i am white again because of this last week of cold and finals).

I have had my first real sickness this year this past week. Fever, chills, headache, stuffy nose, bad cough, etc. but i am almost better now

Now, onto the real reason i wrote this. Today, my last day at Wheaton until orientation next year, was absolutely amazing. I had an easy final, a bit of packing, and then just hanging out until dinner. Most of that hanging out was either on the grass lawn or up a tree. Then i went out to dinner at Gino's East (deep dish pizza) with a few friends and we had a blast. So much fun. Theni came back, finished packing and then started the real fun. I spent about 5 hours straight with my friends playing some games. We went into a nice room in my dorm downstairs and first played Scategories. THat was nice and fun and a good way to start the evening off. After that though is when it started to get emotional. We decided to play with the scategory die, but talk about memories instead of playing word games. THat was really fun and relaxing and cool. Then we decided to put everybody's name in a hat and pick out somebody's name. Then you had to share a story about the person you got. That started off kinda goofy and fun, but eventually turned serious and into a "this is why i like you and why you are such a cool person". It really reminded me of senior appreciation night back at HBR. And we did this for HOURS. We just kept switching names and saying things and it was really touching. Over the past several weeks i have really been noticing how much these people here mean to me. I mean, many of them are more than just my friends now, they are truely my brothers and my sisters. My relationships here have been stretched and prodded in many ways that i didn't expect (partly because they never could have happened at BFA), and have consequently grown a ton. The past three weeks have just been absolutely amazing, and i must dare say that these people mean just as much to me as all you BFAers out there. Which is quite shocking considering i came into Wheaton thinking that it was going to be horrible and that i already had all my good friends. God just surprized me and gave me a wonderful blessing of having two groups of family like friends in my life. Praise the Lord.

Yoshi, if you are still reading this, i don't want to set your expectations of Wheaton really high, but i do want you to know that it is a special place. I don't know what to tell you what to expect, except that if you come open and willing to let Christ work in your life, the miracles can happen.

Anyway, i should probably print out my boarding pass now, so i will bid you all a good night (or a good morning as it might be) and say God Bless and that He is good.

Yes, i am happy right now.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:57:23 GMT

I AM SO HAPPY!!!

Friday, March 30, 2007

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:51:10 GMT

OK, there is way to much to put here in one post, so i will try to spread out the past few weeks over the next couple of posts. Basically, really cool stuff and really bad stuff has happened. that's life. most recently i suffered an interesting injury. While celebrating a win in IM soccer, my friend jumped on my shoulders and i lost my balance. He fell forward on my neck and my neck went SNAP. after which i was paralyzed. just kidding. My i did have really bad neck pain and could barely move me neck at all. so i went to the health clinic the next day to see what was wrong.

     The health clinic is an interesting place where the worst possibilities are automatically assumed. The second the nurse took a look at me she said, "Oh my goodness! This is not good! You need to go the ER!" Naturally, i refused, but i did take her advice and went to hospital for a checkup. The hospital people are a little more informed and more realistic. They did some basic tests and said i probably just wrenched my neck very badly. BUT, they said there was a distinct and very real possibility that i fractured my neck and so i needed X-rays. So i had 7 X-rays taken of my neck to see if there was a break. Now, i never knew that you could break you neck and not realize that it was broken. In fact, i thought you were paralyzed or dead when you broke your neck, but apparently not. So, i had the X-rays (which turned up negative according to the practitioner, but i am still waiting for confirmation from the radiologist) and then i had a huge shot in my right buttock. the shot had a powerful anti-inflammatory and helped me regain some of my motion back. Then i went shopping and to the bank, then to dinner, then had a pig dissection, then to bed.

   Summing up, they thought i broke my neck, but i didn't. yay.

PS--tini, i was going to write part of this before going to the hospital, but i didn't have time before i left.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:05:48 GMT

wow, where should i start? well i guess the beginning is the best place. So, without further ado...my departure. When i left Chicago we had blizzard like conditions. the snow was very fine and didn't do much, but the wind was absolutely incredible. All this to say that when i got through checking in (thank the Lord for online checking in-saved me a 2 hour line), i saw my terminal didn't even have times. There was just DELAYED put on every gate. So, instead of sitting around for a while, i called some of my friends who i knew were supposed to be in O'Hare and hung out with them for 4 hours. That was fun. then after all their flights had left i went back to my terminal to wait, where i saw a friend of mine who was on my flight. So we talked in the airport for another 2 hours until i flight finally left at midnight. 8 hours in O'Hare (still nowhere near Malaga though Toby). so i got back to my house in New York at 4:30 in the morning, but it was well worth it.
    Break was ok. I think i needed a break from people but not from work or whatever. I had been getting ok sleep and didn't have much in terms of school work this quad, so i wasn't dead like normal. however, i was a little peopled out and needed a break from my social life. so my break consisted of watching every episode of season 3 of Lost online (Nyack internet speed puts Wheaton to shame), watching movies, TV, reading, playing games with the family, and meeting new people. You see, Nyack just started break today, so my parents were still working and my brother was still in class, so i got to meet all of their friends. and have a lot of time by myself. Well at least the couch and i.
   There are so many things that i could write here, but i don't feel like any of it is appropriate at this time. Well, other than that i could use some prayer in apologizing to some friends of mine that i wounded/wounded me. It's been a confusing time, which is another reason why break has been good. even if it was a little dull.
   I should probably go to sleep soon so that i survive my flight tomorrow. Happy daylight savings everyone and take care.