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After my baby was picked up by her mom (okay, she's not my baby... I am just her babysitter), I was trying to figure out what to do next. I'm always like this every time the baby has already been picked up. It's always 3 more hours before Jesse comes home so I always tried to find things to do. I always excluded going outdoors since I'm always not in the mood to go out alone.

I wrote down earlier today (while the baby was sleeping) what I want to do for the day. One item in my "to do" list is to make a handmade card for Jesse. It's been a while since the last time I made one.

My first attempt was a (failure) fiasco. It was supposed to be a black card in the front with three cut-out heart shapes. I glued a red construction paper at the back of the black construction paper right after I cut out the hearts. Next thing I knew, I cut the hearts the wrong way! They were upside down! So I thought of improvising it a little bit... I tore the other half of the black construction paper but part of it got left off with the paper that I wanted to keep (where the hearts were). It was okay though... at least at first. I stared at the black construction paper with cut-out shapes of hearts. I thought it would be cute if I tried to sew a white thread around the hearts to make a box in it. I thought it would look nice at the red construction paper at the back of the black paper too, but it didn't. I was so blank, I ended up crumpling up the paper! Better luck next time, I guess...

I looked at the other half of the black construction paper that I tore off earlier. It was lying there, with an unbalanced "torn" figure. I decided to fold it in three and wrote in a pencil the words I love telling my husband the most. I tore off the sides to balance the paper since it had an unbalanced "torn-off" shape. Then I sewed the paper with white and red threads, following the guidelines of the words written in pencil.This is what I ended up with:

Table setting

A simple way of setting the table. My group mates took the dinner plates to our food on it so I didn't have it here on the picture. They were nice plates (with bamboo drawings).
To be unique from other groups, I folded our group's napkins into a "bird of paradise." In the end, the other groups started folding their napkins, too, because James (from one group) knew how to make a clam shell fold and a crown fold. 3 other groups folded their napkins that way.

Today was our last Lab day in Home Economics: Food Prep class. This time, the lab was about making a time schedule of what time we will finish preparing/cooking/baking a certain food. Each group made 4 kinds... the veggies (which was easy and was assigned to me so I can set the table), the chicken roll up, cheesecake, and the bread. Each time someone was waiting for their assigned food to finish baking or steaming or anything, they helped out with a member of their group who needed help. However, I didn't get one when I was setting the table because all of my group mates were busy helping each other with the food.

We had 1 hour and 30 minutes to prepare everything and by 2:45, we had to be seated in our table already with the food in our plates (well-presented).

Everybody was following the book when they were setting the table, including myself. Our teacher said we don't have to cover our whole table with tablecloth because none of her tablecloths will fit anyway so I left it as it was even though I wanted the tablecloth to hang down a little bit at the edge. But it seemed to me that our table was "pale" (I don't know how else to put it) so I folded our napkins into something I learned from PCC. At first I made a water lily fold which didn't really look good because we didn't use any thing that would require to be put upside down on top of a napkin anyway. So I tried the fan fold but I still have to train myself more with it. Then I tried the crown fold but the napkins weren't standing firmly because the napkins were too soft. I tried candlestick fold but the napkins were too big for the plastic cups... so my last resolve was the bird of paradise... the picture I got is the worst looking one, though. It looked like something else.. hehehe.

As soon as the dinner plates arrived with the food, everybody started eating so I was kind of embarassed to take a picture of it no matter how the food looked great! Oh well...

HaPpY eAsTeR!

This is the easter bunny cake that we did in class today. This is my own design.. hahaha! Basically all of us had the same set up but others designed theirs differently. The frosting looks messed up because I didn't put the frosting flat... I kind of tapped the knife a little bit (after spreading a thick frosting to it evenly) to make a rough look and then added coconut shreds.

We had to bake our own assigned cake today, so our instructor baked the cakes for our easter bunny before class started (so we can work on our assigned cakes). My group made Angel's cake - that's the only one we weren't able to taste today because we had to wait 'til next week. All others were good cakes, too. I found Mayonnaise cake pretty weird, though.

A Different Way of Getting Pinched on St. Patrick's day

wow, what an ugly face! she gave me 3 shots + 1 blood test on my right arm
and another one on my left

Today, I had my medical exam for the immigration papers. Aside from everything else, I had 3 shots of vaccines on my right arm (tb test, tetanus, and chicken pox) + 1 blood test; and then on my left, the nurse gave me an MMR vaccine... oh what a day!!! I'm a walking pin cushion! Well, Happy St. Patrick's day, I guess!!! :)

TaG! I'm It!!!

Rules:

A. Post the Rules.
B. Answer the Questions About Yourself.
C. After posting, tag 5 people by going to their blog and leaving a comment.

1) What were you doing 10 years ago?
10 years ago, I was 12 1/2 years old. I was still in 6th grade. I still danced hip hop with my older brothers and climbing trees, and riding our bike like crazy...

2) 5 thing on my to-do list today...
> do Accounting homework

> do I.S. homework

> email people

> mail letters to Sis. Sugiyanto and Sis. Broadhead

> search for more ancestors for my Family History class

3) What snacks I enjoy...
Hmmm... snacks that I enjoy... ?!? I'm not really a fan of snacks but I do like some Filipino-style snacks, usually potato chip snacks (cheese flavored). I love Sunflower seeds - even before jesse drag me into it.

4) What would I do if I were to suddenly be a billionaire?
I would buy my parents their own, new, fully furnished house to live in - especially now that my siblings and I are leaving the house one by one... then I would buy them a car (just one because my mom doesn't know how to drive anyway). I would then find a small place for my dad's dental equipment. 

I would, then, save for our future children's educational plans and all the insurance that we have to get for them, and some more for their weddings. Then I would spare some more for Jesse's business if he is really going to put up a business, and/or put some in the stock market (I think Jesse can make the money grow that way, too). Then I would get retirement plans for Jesse and me and all the other insurance that we have to get. 

I would then contribute to the organizations that help people in need like Home for the Elderly, Orphanage, Cancer hospitals, etc. You know what I mean. And also to the Church's PEF and its different schools (like BYUH). 

I would then take Jesse with me to travel around the world with as much as what's left in our hands so we can enjoy ourselves together, traveling the world. Hopefully he'll agree to go to Africa with me FIRST and have Safari. I would love to see all those wild animals.. hopefully I won't get eaten.

Finally, I WOULD GET THAT HALF SHIBA INU/HALF MINI AMERICAN-ESKIMO dog that I'm obsessed about and build her a nice dog house.. hahaha!

5) 3 bad habits...
> I stress about things easily

> I easily get sleepy when I do my homework

> I'm bad at waking up early on weekends

6) 5 places I've lived...
> Marikina, Philippines

> San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

> Angeles City, Philippines

> Laie, Hawaii
> To be revealed.. hahaha!

7) 5 jobs i've had...
> Jollibee (McDonald's rival back home) cashier

> PCC Kitchen (pantryworker)

> Luau waitress (regular worker, lead, to senior lead), and setter

> Hale 3 Custodian (yes, I cleaned dirty toilets)

> Dean's teaching assistant

8) 5 things people don't know about me...

> There are strange things that I only do in front of Jesse, and sometimes with him... :P

> I love to dance swing but I tend to be a wallflower at times

> I can draw well if I have a copy of what I'm drawing

> I taught myself how to play the guitar

> I'll be spending "forever" with the best man there is!!!

Now I pick 5 people to tag and I tag...

John, Brian, Papa Sparks, Mama Sparks, and Jesse

NoOdLe LaB

Apple-Apricot Struder
Our group's Homemade Egg Noodles
Our group's Tuna-Noodle Combo Casserole
Wonton Soup

Yesterday, we made a lot of food than in any other day. They were all good! Group 4 made chicken noodle soup using their own homemade egg noodles but I never got the chance to take a picture of it. We switch group members every class meeting. Yesterday I was in Group 3 with 1 chinese lady and 2 sisters (siblings) who are both in my Ward. They did the Casserole while the Chinese girl (I forgot her name) and I made the homemade egg noodle. Boy, I never knew kneading can make you tired too... it was my first time to mix and knead, and my first time to use a rolling pin... it was fun! I can get used to this... I feel like I wanna have my own kitchen now! Hahahaha!!!!

MicRoWaVeD!!!

Group 1. Don't worry, I also had my hair up when we were still baking it... hehehe!
Our Microwave Crown Cakes
Microwave Peanut brittle
Zucchini Bread
Microwave Brownies

Microwave Pineapple Upside-down Cake
Shakes
My plate

Today in our Home Economics (Food Preparation Class), we made desserts using the microwave! It was lots of fun. Our group baked the Crown Cake. It's my favorite of all (I don't mean to be biased about it).

bUsY dAy

Well, I started doing the next two cards after I posted the ones I did. But my supervisor from my previous job (Luau) picked me up to spend the night at her house and spend Christmas at her house with 2 other friends. So I haven't had time to finish these two cards until today after work. I made the envelopes myself, too. It's such a busy day! I still have a handful to do.. hehehe!

MaKiNg CaRdS oN cHriStMaS DaY

Today, I kept myself busy with some random cards for my friends. I've made 4 cards in 6 hours time.. that's too slow. I need to practice more. One of them didn't turn out the way I expected it to. I'm a bit upset but oh well...

I have 3 more people on my list. I just took a little time out. Funny, I was too busy I didn't even feel hungry until now that I've stopped doing them for a while. Well, have fun with them! I'm gonna post more probably later tonight or tomorrow.

PoWeR ouTaGe

Yesterday, Nov. 5, there was an "islandwide" power outage since I-don't-know-when. I woke up at 4am and there wasn't electricity anymore so I went back to sleep. I woke up again at 7:30am to get ready for my 8 o'clock class and there wasn't any power still. Let me make you realize the importance of that thing here in the U.S. and probably to some other countries as well... IF YOU ARE USING THINGS THAT NEEDS ELECTRICITY, that is.

I walked to my classroom to see if my instructor was there. No one was there. I wanted to talk to check out our building but the sliding door won't even work since it required electricity. I decided to go to my workplace to check if my supervisors were there. I didn't bother going to the front door because if I slide my smartcard there, the alarm will go off. I knew no one was inside so I decided to go through the library to get to my workplace. The library was closed since the doors won't open anyway (I guess). Oh well... without electricity, those doors won't open (and some other doors on campus.. aaah!).

I was hungry because I haven't had dinner yet from the day before. Since I live in Hale 1 (the dorm where we cook our own food), most of my foods are noodles and other instant foods. I do have "real food" but you need to cook them of course. I was going to get myself breakfast but then I remembered... we have an electric stove. So I couldn't make myself breakfast. I had some food that I cooked the day before but they were very cold. The microwave won't work either (of course, duh!)

I just went on with my day without any breakfast in my stomach. I went to check my cellphone if it has been charged. And though I plugged it before I went to bed, it was still low in battery - I mean, the battery icon was blinking! I was so bored but I couldn't make any calls. Good thing our landline phones were working still (thank goodness they're not IP phones yet!).

I wanted to do a bit of homework until my laptop dies. I pressed the power button on --- it booted up --- and tadah! It only had 1/4 of its battery life left. I was still going to use it just to check emails but the internet wasn't working. Oh yeah, duh! There's no power! I felt so handicapped!

Again, food came to my thoughts. Just when I'm about to decide to eat something, that's when I remember that none of the appliances in our unit works. The caf could have something but I didn't want to eat there either.

I read a few pages of a book when Jesse called. At least I got something to do for the next 8 hours. It was an adjustment for me to go to places to find food when power is out because back home, we didn't need to do that. Our stoves (well, in most families at least) are gas stoves so we don't need electricity to cook food. There will still be school as well since most schools don't use computers to have class lectures and/or discussions anyway. Even though you have a lab class that required the use of computers, school will still go on since not all of your classes need computers. Also, we'll usually (but this is depending on what school you are in) still be able to do our homework since the homework assigned wasn't posted on the Internet; we were reminded of them VERBALLY. We also didn't need power to take exams (again, depending on what school you are in) because we didn't need scantrons or stuff like that. Exams were graded one by one by the instructor (sometimes by the class).

I just wondered how handicapped I felt here in Hawaii when the power was out yesterday. It was like a very big deal if the power will be out for more than one day. I really should've felt even just a little bit glad yesterday that I had a "real" excuse not to do my homework but at the same time, it made me long more to go "home" already. Maybe next time, I'll keep dry woods and branches of trees so I can make a fire to cook food... hehehehe!!!

Customer Service

It's been twice that I flew from Hawaii to US mainland, be it California or Utah (duh, those are the only places I've been to...) Last year's customer service at Honolulu airport was awesome. They took time to teach me and my friends on how to use their Kiosks since it was our first time. They taught us quite fast though so I wasn't really able to get a good grasp of what they did. I can also remember a Chinese lady being so rude to some people. Good thing she didn't do it to us.

Last night was the worst I have ever seen. I hate flying... especially if I am flying all by myself. It's been almost 10 months since I last flew to the mainland (that was my first time and I had thought it would be the last). I couldn't remember how to use the Kiosks and it was really crowded. I politely asked this guy (he looked Chinese but he seemed to have been brought up in Hawaii) to help me out because I was totally clueless. He looked at me and said "what?" I tried to explain myself again politely. He turned around as if he heard nothing and he never looked at me anymore. He was just standing there, a few feet away from me, but he ignored me again when I attempted for the second time to ask him for a little assistance. I was getting upset but I kept my cool. A guy standing next to him saw us but did nothing. Feeling helpless, I asked the man standing next to me if he knew how to use it. He was on the same boat as I was and he said, "these two guys had been ignoring me for the past 2 mins. I've been asking them though... I wish I could help you." I stood there trying to figure out what to do next. Alas! The second guy recognized my existence. He looked at me and I looked at him as I raised my hand to indicate I needed help but before I could say anything, he walked to the next counter and yelled out the name that was printed on the sticker that he was holding up. Was I wearing Harry Potter's cloak for them not to see me? I'm sure I wasn't that small because I made an eye-to-eye contact with both of 'em. I was so upset so I finally asked out loud for help, as if almost everybody standing next to me could hear me. I hate doing that! A customer should never have to do that.

He helped me but it was obvious that he was mad. I understand that it was crowded and that there's a lot of people but all that they were doing before was taking out the stickers that sticks to the luggages and calling out the customer's names. But that shouldn't be an excuse to be rude to a customer. Back in the Philippines, while training for a fastfood chain restaurant (Jollibee), we were taught the motto, "customers are always right." I hated that motto because it wasn't always the case. I came to hate that motto more when I worked in the Luau... but having that in my mind helped me a lot to do my best to give our customers the service that they are expecting from us.
Here's a few points that I learned:

1) No matter how pressured you are or how much stressful your job is, it should never ever be the reason for you to give the customer a frown when they ask for help... even if you've encountered that kind of "asking" too many times in that whole day.

2) Learn how to smile. Whether you are the one who's having a bad day or your guests, smiling will oftentimes (if not always) help make the day better.

3) Remember that because of your guests/customers, you have a paycheck. You are offering them a service and they are buying it from you. It isn't a fair trade when they buy it from you and you don't give them what they paid for (literally and figuratively).

4) As much as you want your guests to stand in your shoes, you can't make them. Some might, but not all. Some would care less about your day. They're just there as a customer, as a buyer of your service. So to better understand them, stand in their shoes instead. All of us are customers in some ways... so what would you expect in return for the service you paid for? Whatever that is, do the same thing to your customers... and even exceed it if you can. (That's PCC's 2nd TWIGS [Three Wildly Important Goals]. It says, "exceed customer expectations.")

pAsTiChE pOeM..

(forgot the right word though)

http://loissanchez.blogspot.com/2005/04/it-was-worth-every-ounce.html

WiNteR baLL...

The ball will be tomorrow. I hear everybody talking about it. Every now and then, people I know ask me whether I'm goin' or not. I also ask some people if they would go, not because I want to ask them out, it just so happened that it's the "topic of the month". Most girls I know painted a smile in their face as they told me they're going to the ball. Some of them didn't care whether or not they will come, most of them did and were so worried so much about finding a date, a dress to wear, what kind of hairstyle to do... usual stuff girls worry about when they're goin' to a ball like that. Some guys I know were so worried if the girl they like had already been asked by other guys or, even if not yet, they'd say "somebody's gonna steal her from me during the ball anyways..."or "I don't know if I can give her the fun she expects" or "She'll probably leave me and just hang-out with her friends once she sees them"...sometimes they're having this insecurity against other guys who'd take the girl they like away from them. So what's the fuss with this winter ball? It seemed like it's everyone's concern..."seemed"...and everybody seems to have the ability to "predict" the future...haha! Lovebirds would celebrate because they don't have to look for someone to ask out. Sometimes it sucks to be in a relationship when you badly want to go and the other one doesn't...you'd prefer not to go because the other one doesn't want to and even if he/she says, "But if you like to go, I will...", you'd still prefer not to go since you know your partner won't really enjoy the night anyways. Sometimes you're in a relationship and you badly badly want to go out to the ball with this other person other than your bf/gf(seems bad but still true in some relationships) but you can't coz you're already "taken"...(well, why did you say "yes, i love you too" in the first place anyways?) Some lovebirds love each other so much that even though in the midst of being broke and could not go to the ball, they'd find ways to do other fun stuffs together because by just being together makes them happy (well, I wish I have that).
I'm not sayin' Proms and Balls like these are not fun...well, they are! It depends on you on how you'd enjoy the day even though your date is no fun at all or even though you'd prefer to be with somebody else rather than with a group of friends. My friend told me he's never been to any occasion like this one and he's worried about his "actions-to-be"...well... you don't have to worry a single thing, you just have to be yourself. If you like your date and you kinda mess things up, don't worry about it. If he/she is mature enough, then they will understand. If you pretend and not be yourself, you'd have to keep up with that the entire night,,,prob'ly the entire time you'll be with that person...and that's really uncomfortable. Who knows, your partner might start to like you by just being you, and if they don't, it's not your loss (look who's talkin').
So yes, let's see what the "will-be-topic-of-the-week" after this Winter Ball...sounds fun eh? ^_^ Let's see how people will react to the night they will have...the cause and the effect...not to say I want to barge in everybody's own monkey business, let them keep their own business and privacy for themselves. You'll hear the news in the air anyways... :P

AnGeL...

(Sarah Mahlachlan)

Spend all your time waitin' for that second chance,
For the break that would make it okay.
There's always some reason to feel not good enough,
And it's hard at the end of the day.
I need some distraction, oh beautiful release!
Memory slips from my veins.
Lemme be empty,
Oh, and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the angel,
Fly away from here,
From this dark, cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear.
You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie.
You're in the arms of your angel,
May you find some comfort here.

So tired of the straight line and everywhere you turn,
There's vultures and thieves at your back,
The storm keeps on twisting,
You keep on building the lies
Thought you'd make up for all that you lack,
It don't make no difference,
Escapin' one last time,
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness,
Oh this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees.

In the arms of the angel,
Fly away from here,
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of your angel,
May you find some comfort here.

cOuRaGe...

As a young child, I learned to be honest and true
To the things I believe in my heart
Even when this old world is cruel.
Yes I learned to be brave, and I learned to defend
The precious things of the Savior and endure to the end...

As I strive to hold on to the things that I know are true,
Temptations, they beckon to me and try to subdue.
It takes courage to win and nothing to lose,
And now I plead for His mercy as I struggle to choose.

Courage is doing what's right in the presence of fear,
It takes courage to do what I should when no one is near.
Courage is my way of saying, "I will follow Thee
When the world walks out on me"

Courage is my way of saying, "I will follow Thee
When the world walks out on me..."

FrEe...

(by Lighthouse Family)

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free,
I wish I could break all the chains holding me,
I wish I could say all the things that I should say,
Say 'em loud, say 'em clear
For the whole wide world to hear.

I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart,
Remove all the bars that keep us apart.
And I wish you could know how it feels to be me,
Then you'd see and agree
That every man should be free.

I wish I could be like a bird in the sky.
How sweet it would be if I found I could fly.
Well I'd soar to the sun and look down at the sea,
And I'd sing coz I know how it feels to be free....

TwO cHoiCeS...

"So, what's it gonna be today? GOOD MOOD or BAD MOOD? (pick one)"

Just so you know, I have that quote taped (posted) on my cabinet. I got that line from a story one of the Relief Society teachers shared last Sunday. Every morning, each time I wake up, that thought always comes in my mind...either I could start my day in a good mood no matter what the circumstances are or in a bad mood. I can tell you that it works having that thought and choosing the good mood. I also have the choice either I can end the day in a good mood or in a bad mood. This thing helped me a lot to deal with everything I encounter everyday. I may say it's not that easy to remain in a good mood when everything is goin' wrong, but hey! You got two choices on how you will deal with things: either in a positive way or in a negative way, either you can look at the bright side of things or remain in the things you just see...either you try to look at the bigger picture or just keep lookin' on the smaller picture...it's basically just RIGHT or LEFT choices.

cHriStMaS dAy!!!

Hmmm...Christmas day had passed. At first I thought it won't go on so well...but I'm happy it did. My friends: Ley, Anggi, Renee, and I went to the so-called "point" to watch the sunrise. We were at the big rocks and the ocean was below those rocks. It was my first time to see sunrise..especially at the beach. I haven't had ANY sleep at all so, when we got back home, I went back to bed in Ley's room. Then after 3 hours, I woke up..and Kheng, my friend from work, called. He invited me to go with him to town with his neighbor and his neighbor's girlfriend. I feel bad at first cuz I had to leave Ley, I knew she had nothing to do for the day...especially if I'm not around. She told me I can go and that she will be okay but that didn't convince me. But I still went to town with Kheng. We went to Pearl City, his neighbor's girlfriend's foster parent's place...(get it?) For the first time these passed weeks, I felt the Christmas spirit in that home. The foster dad told me I can go back there anytime I want to.
Then we went to Waikiki to eat dinner...at "The Cheesecake Factory" restaurant. It was expensive to eat there but oh boy! The food was so satisfying. I mean, I couldn't even finish my Teriyaki Chicken...Kheng finished it for me. I really had fun but not so much of it coz I know I have a friend in Laie who is not doing anything at Christmas day.
As soon as I got back home, I went straight to Ley's room to check how her day has been. As soon as I entered her door, and seeing her eyes were red, I knew she was crying. I really felt bad, I only had hoped that for the last minute of the day (which would be in just half an hour), she would be happy. The day went by but atleast she became happy coz after 12am, one of the most special people in her life came to see her again...I've been wishing for him to come and see her...I'm so happy he did. Atleast, I can say now that both of our Christmas day went on well...

BoReD tO dEaTh...

smile! :D

Well, that's what I find hard to do right now. Fall semester is over. Students in this campus are either spending their winter break to their homelands (and then gonna be back next semester) or moving out or graduating and never gonna come back again. Well, right now I "INTENSELY" feel homesick. My swing partner, one of my closest friend here, is "flying" right now (I mean, he's on a plane). He left this place (University) just this afternoon and I miss his company badly already...(what more during winter break?HUH??) What's left of me here are my "girl"friends and there's only one CLOSE "guy" friend that's here. I'm really bored right now. I tried to talk to people but they're all out, including my roommate. Atleast she's not that bored. I can see that Thomas is online (I used to chat with him late at night). I sent him an instant message but there was no reply. My computer cannot even entertain me enough. I see this night as a perfect symbol of a graveyard's mood. The wind is cold and it's freakin' freezing right now. The only warm place I can go to is my room..thank goodness! My room is warm enough to heat up this coldness that i feel (literally and figuratively).

WaVeZ...

Hmmm...guess what! I am in the LIBRARY!!! Hahaha! Silly..I came here to read for my Physics exam... :P Well, I'm just gonna spend some few time here...still got 3 hours to go before this building closes... :P

I went to the Hukilau Beach this afternoon..I slacked and procrastinated my study habits again. Well, I think it's all good since I'm trying to spend some more time with my friend before he goes to...(Mainland? I forgot! :P)..whatever! He's leaving pretty soon so I'm trying to spend quality time with him coz I know winter break will be much different without him.

The waves were..uh...let me say..uhm..big? :P They were pretty strong and high for me (for a 5'2" girl). I never got afraid to go for a swim since I was 5 years old. Between me and my younger siblings, I was always the one who has the courage to go on a deep water without our parents by my side. Of course, I have lifeguards on (we call it "floaters") but most of the children my age would still be scared to be on their own in the deep water.

Let me say..this afternoon was the first time I got scared?! I mean, REALLY scared! Coz I really got scared...:P I was confident that I can take the waves but, when I got there, oh boy! Hahaha! My friend says it like, "you ate the wave badly!" I did! There were times when I tried to "catch" the wave, I jumped too early and the wave will just swallow me down..hahaha! I think it's 3 waves that tumbled me up and down. But one of those was the one that really scared me. It was a big wave and I tried to swim with it but then I still lacked experience with "big" waves so, it swallowed me. I was underwater, tumbling again,,,but when I tried to get on the surface, it was too deep for me and the water just pulled me back downward and I think there was another wave then, so I was stuck underwater. If I didn't have ANY idea (at all) on how to swim, I might have had drowned already. So, that's the reason why I did not go back to the sea after we took a shower and washed off the sands in our shirts. I was really scared but I think my friend didn't believe me. Well, so much for being a girl, huh? They'd think you're just trying to catch some attention. Oh well, it's all good! What happened to me is an adventure, and it challenges me to go back there and be "used" to it. That's life!

I'm feelin' so good...FINAL EXAMS...

Hmmm...I just can't bear the thought of not writing down (or should i say "typing down"???:P) the things that's coming in my head right now.

Today, I had Final exam in my CS 101 class..it's a C language programming class. This time, it's 5 programs and 1 bonus point (10 pts). I did not review the day before so I was pretty sure I'm not gonna be able to finish the test. But then, things flowed easily. I had a hard time but not really hard. And when I got to take the bonus point (coz u have to turn in the exam first before you can take the bonus point), I thought I wouldn't be able to run the program. The code was already written on the hard disk's memory, you just have to find the logical and syntax errors and make them right for the program to run. So..it was really a luck for me, may I say! And this Monday, I did not really get enough sleep the day before (Sunday) coz I was really reading all the readings we had after the Midterms for Intercultural Communications class. Our teacher gave us an allowance of 11-2pm time. I thought I can go to the testing center as long as it is not yet 2pm. I came there at 1:15. Usually, the first two tests that we had on that class, it took me an hour and a half to finish the test without thinking that much "yet" and they were just one essay (and some true and false and short answer questions). This time, it was the same but there were 2 essays. I came in there, and the student aid said, "you have to finish this before 2 o'clock" Oh my! It was like my jaw dropped open when I heard that. But then again, I still felt good after the exam. I didn't get to answer two short answer questions but hey, things were just rushing down in my brain for answers each time I read the questions..ain't that good enough? To finish that exam in less than 45 minutes when it usually takes you an hour and a half?...

I have two more exams to go..both on Friday..my most disliked subject (besides MATH)..PHYSICS! And English..where I still have to write a research paper..."the culture of my major"...duh! (Sometimes I find that topic lame). Oh well, I "think" that that would be for my benefit anyways, right?

To y'all who's still having exams this week, GOODLUCK!!! Don't aim for just a "passing" grade, aim for a "high" grade..(that's what my mom always tells me)..well, I'm tired..I've been playin' with the waves on Hukilau Beach this afternoon (BIG WAVES!!!)..gotta go get some sleep and then see Jenn Jones Piano Recital later...kia ora!

Finals week,,,kia ora!

"repeat, repeat the sounding joy"...people from Hale 5 are singin' this song...dang! It makes me feel that i want to go home right now. Hmmm...it's a Sunday today. I took a nap after church. Well, it's supposed to be a 2-hour nap, but it became a 5-hour "sleep". Well, I have no regrets coz I'm wide awake while I'm reviewing for my exam tomorrow and for the coming days this coming week. I'm expecting that this coming week will be like Halloween for me coz I will have no sleep and no social life for 5 days. NO BLOG FOR A WHILE!!! (hope so..if I can have the self-control). So, for y'all who's also takin' final exams this comin' week, GOODLUCK! Til Friday night people! (Aloha Friday,,,NO SCHOOL ANYMORE, YEAH!!!) Kia ora..(this is lois signing off for a while..:P)...