a hello, a battle, and then a goodbye

the last 24 hours have been pretty busy. played ball yesterday for bout 3 hours straight, then came back to my room and played counter-strike with some buds. CBS was awesome yesterday. we had some "spontanteous outreach" where we just went out to different dorms and just talked to people.

my small group went to jester west floors 7 and 8. ted and i paired up and went to the first door. he knocked, and a guy opened the door (i don't remember his name).

ted/me: hey wassup man.
guy: hi...
ted/me: what you up to?
guy: just chatting online...
ted/me: oh, that's cool. well, we're just going around the dorms talking and getting to know people.
guy: oh, that's cool...
*awkward silence*
ted/me: well, nice to meet you. see you around..
guy: yeah..take it easy..

so the next room we go to, i knock, and i guy named jose answers the door. he was dressed in all black and had piercings in every possible place on his head.

ted/me: hey wassup man.
jose: hi...
ted/me: what you up to?
jose: just watching some tv...
ted/me: oh, that's cool. well, we're just going around the dorms talking and getting to know people.
jose: oh, i see...
*awkward silence*
ted/me: well, nice to meet you. see you around..
jose: yeah..later..

next room down, i knock, and there's no response. thinking there was no one there, ted bangs on the door. we then hear an annoyed voice from inside, "WHAT?!" ted and i run away and hide.

so ted and i decide to try another hallway. we knock on a door, and a guy named dan invites us in. wow, he turned out to be such a nice guy. we talked for about 20 minutes about everything from airplane tickets to engineering. i hope i see him around campus sometime..

anyhow, afterwards, the junior girls (deborah, justine, ophelia, vivian, connie) arrived! hurrah! after helping them drop off their stuff in annie's room, we all went to battle of the sexes. of course, we all know who won. the boyyssss! =P and uh, yeah, if anyone could please destroy all the pictures and videos that were taken yesterday night, it would be greatly appreciated.

after that, we decided to walk up to the capitol for some reason. then we went back to my dorm and ordered food and just hung out. final destination 2 was pretty entertaining.

today consisted of a lunch at chipotle and then shopping at co-op annex. heh then ophelia, justine, vivian, and mr. & mrs. sha ditched us to go back to sugar land =P

anyways, im gonna try to scratch off the rest of this nail polish now.

good junk mail. oxymoron?

so today i was sifting through my junk mail folder when all of a sudden i came across one whose subject was ~ Bless the Day ~. after scrolling through a long list of, em, let's just say "other email subjects," i opened the email out of curiosity. and what a pleasant surprise i found..

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Kids speak out on love!

Kids are the smart ones, aren't they?

A group of professionals asked a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis. That's love."
- Rebecca, age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth."
- Billy, age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
- Karl, age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."
- Chrissy, age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
- Terrie, age 4

"Love is when mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
- Danny, age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss."
- Emily, age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
- Bobby, age 7

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
- Nikka, age 6

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day."
- Noelle, age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
- Tommy, age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
- Cindy, age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
- Clare, age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
- Elaine, age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
- Chris, age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
- Mary Ann, age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
- Lauren, age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."
- Karen, age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
- Mark, age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
- Jessica, age 8

And the final one...

"Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four-year-old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing. I just helped him cry.'"
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kids say the darndest things, don't they? it's easy to look at all these quotes and see how cute the children's responses are to the subject of love and not think anything of it. but then again, living in a world where our minds and hearts are gradually corrupted with society's values and thoughts, perhaps little kids are able to provide the best definition of what love truly is.

anyways, hope at least one person finds this encouraging, because it took FOREVER to type out =P

unpredictable

this is gonna be short cuz i just woke up from a 4-hour nap and my eyes are still very very tired.

hm..let's see..
got an email from my mom today:

Tornado hit our company building at noon on Monday, 90% of the cars in the front parking lot look like this...



well, i guess this just goes to show how unpredictable life truly is. but then again, while we never know when life's tornadoes are gonna hit, we know that through it all, there'll be Someone there to pick us right back up.

ok gotta get un-tired now. midnight rodeo tonight?

Let Me Borrow
- Bobbie Ingram

Let me borrow the
radiant smile
on your face
To give those in need a warm and safe place

Let me borrow the
calmness
of a cool sparkling brook
That I may comfort those in pain everywhere I look

Let me borrow Your
strength
to climb my mountains high
And to know that through you, victory is nigh

Let me borrow Your
boundless love
to share
With those in such deep, dark despair

Let me borrow the
comfort
of your sweet embrace
Until man's sorrows on earth, there is not left a trace

Let me borrow Your
forgiveness
and I shall hold it so dear
God, You are so awesome,
You dry every tear

Let me borrow your
kind gentle touch
To feel your nearness I need so very much

Let me borrow the
nail scars
from Your hands and feet
So I'll know my redemption is in you complete

Then when you call me home,
and face to face we meet
I'll return these borrowed things
and lay them at your feet.

bam warrior: haha nice tag
bam warrior: lol
jdaVII7: hahah
jdaVII7: hahah yea...
jdaVII7: just did laundry yest
bam warrior: hehehe
bam warrior: for the first time in your life?
bam warrior: :-P
jdaVII7: hahah i think..third time since i got here
bam warrior: hehe
bam warrior: cool
jdaVII7: n they get all wrinkled up evrytime too
bam warrior: wait..
bam warrior: 3rd time?!?!?
jdaVII7: hahah yea...
bam warrior: you've been there for 3 months!!
jdaVII7: naw....a like 2 n a half
bam warrior: hehe ok
jdaVII7: hahah good thing i have like 17 boxers
jdaVII7: n sometimes dun take a shower everyday
bam warrior: ...........
bam warrior: you're gross, alex yang.
jdaVII7: yes...
jdaVII7: hahah

the dangers of the P-word

wrinkly clothes. is there anything more annoying? well, maybe so, but it is definitely up at the top of the "most annoying" list. as for me, im pretty used to wrinkly clothes by now. whenever i try to do the laundry, it's pretty much the same routine over and over.

i look at my laundry basket filled with an unbelievable pile of dirty clothes. i take the basket to the laundry room and dump it all into a washing machine. i then leave the room and tell myself to remember to come back in 1/2 an hour to get my clothes.

30 minutes later, i remember that my laundry is ready, but then again, laundry can always wait, right? right. so i wait until it's most convenient for me to go back to the laundry room, which is usually anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half later.

i finally pull my clothes out of the washing machine, and to my dismay, they are already quite wrinkled. i shrug and dump them into the drying machine and tell myself to remember to come back in 1 hour to get my clothes.

60 minutes later, i remember that my laundry is ready, but then again, laundry can always wait, right? right. so i wait until it's most convenient for me to go back to the laundry room, which is usually anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half later.

i finally pull my clothes out of the drying machine, and to my dismay, they are now even more wrinkled than before. i shrug and dump them into my laundry basket and trudge back to my room.

i dump the clothes onto my bed and consider folding them. after about 5 seconds, i decide against it and go back to what i was doing before i decided to do laundry.

hours later, i decide to fold my clothes, and to my dismay, they are now terribly wrinkled.

i think "procrastination" is a word each of us know all too well. we've all grown so accustomed to putting things off until the last minute that at times, it may seem ridiculous to NOT procrastinate. unfortunately for us procrastinators, procrastination is perhaps the worst habit known to mankind.

obviously, the best way to avoid wrinkly clothes is to not procrastinate when it comes time to washing, drying, and folding the laundry. also as obvious is the fact that wrinkly clothes really isn't the end of the world, so who cares? as procrastination becomes more and more of a habit, it soon causes more than just wrinkles in your clothes -- procrastination brings wrinkles to your life.

abraham lincoln once said, "leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today." broken friendships. much-needed apologies. once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. there are some things in life that simply can't be put off.

don't let the biggest regret of your life become something that ends with "..because i procrastinated"