can't help but smile
so after an amazingly fast, fun-filled four days in fort worth and plano, i am back home with a smile on my face.

honestly, i could not have dreamed up a more perfect 4 days if i tried. mad props to lina and titus for setting everything up, and a big thanks to all them plano people who were so willing to sacrifice time, energy, and gas to make our stay so awesome.

alright, i think the best way to do this is in bullet form. maybe this will give you a taste of how my mind works. just random thoughts, quotes, and happenings..

- "watching" friends and chapelle show and singing on the way to fort worth
- having xiao drop 3 quarters at 3 different times that were going to be used for the toll booth
- 4-hour car ride conversation =) thanks for keeping me awake
- beating lina to her house
- hiking up the "hump" aka MOUNTAIN in the park by lina's house
- making the shadow picture for alby
- plano people show up at lina's house!
- ALBY SHOWS UP AT LINA'S HOUSE
- "I KNEW IT!"
- quit playing games with my heart..
- "what's up with you and alby?"
- "i don't want to talk about it"
- "will you tell me about it on friday?"
- "meh, whatever."
- bbq at lina's!
- josh tries to balance on beach ball in the pool = bad idea
- downtown fort worth! nice, safe driving.
- warm welcome at titus's house
- bomberman!!
- team tech vs. titus lam
- sleeping in =)
- failed attempt at a "sit-in"' at JC burger house (johanna = traitor)
- bowling!
- straight shooter! girls club? =(
- alex and phil arrive; phil gets owned
- apples to apples and guestures!
- more bomberman
- feast provided by the lam family
- "thank you" song for lam family..
- whirlyball!!
- alby has no chance for a future as a whirlyball play-by-play announcer.
- lina and andy test out their boxing skills
- met cynthia's family + ___ spot thumper? (forgot first name)
- peter ou at lollicup?!
- chess, darts, uno =)
- wal-mart for some dodgeballs
- bling bling ring?
- DODGEBALL!! at 2 AM?!
- winners vs. losers
- various dodgeball movie allusions without having seen the movie
- jho vs. jxiao
- I WOKE UP AT 8:45 BUT GIRLS DID NOT ARRIVE UNTIL 9:30. woke up like i promised, and see what happens? girls have a "prayer meeting"
- toooollll taaaggg vs. EZ tag
- six flags over texas vs. astroworld
- plaaaannnnnoooooo.. houston! fort worth!
- "daddy..i wanna go home."
- thunderstorm = 1 hour wait = dippy dippy dip?
- tornado warning = run
- BACKSTREET'S BACK, ALRIGHT!
- digging through trash for ticket receipts
- chili's for lunch!
- back to six flags!
- herbert?
- $20 ride through the parking lot!
- titan, texas giant, mr. freeze, batman, sponge bob squarepants
- cynthia accusing me of growing out 2 of my fingernails to pick my nose..
- lina suggesting that i use a tissue instead -_-
- titan titan titan
- denny's!
- dcfc!
- joseph tsai?!
- sunday school!
- #1 = no divorce no remarriage.
- marry the guys in the front row ;)
- golden chick
- dodgeball..the movie!
- thanks to the tinseltown employee who informed us about the extra scene at the end. BIG thanks.
- goodbyes ='(
- a single tire rolling down I-45?
- a full rainbow on the way home
- wonderful car talk
- jack in the box stop
- hardy toll road?
- asking xiao to give me the toll money one last time
- xiao giving me a gum wrapper thinking it was a dime
- being stuck at the toll booth because we were a dime short
- getting out of the car at the toll booth to pick up a stray dime
- getting lost on the way to johanna's house
- getting home at 12 midnight

and last, but not least, a huge shoutout to the Big Guy up there, for making the past 4 days so memorable. thanks for the rain, the sunshine, the laughs, the bruises, the hello's, and the farewells.

cheers.