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| I've been addicted to the TV show Private Practice. I think the reason why I like it so much is because I envy and long for the candid, honest, open, real, thoughtful, sincere relationships that each of the characters portray. I took a survey on abc.com to see which character I relate best to and this is what I got: What do you guys think?
You are Addison!
You're incredible competent and successful and most people around you see you as a go-to person if something goes awry. Plus, you are loyal to a fault, spending more time on your friends' problems than tackling your own. However, you're finally learning to put yourself first and see the world for what it is -- your oyster! And let's face the facts, it's about time your social life caught up with your fabulous professional one.
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| Only 3.5 weeks left and I will be a 4th year!!!
I can't wait! Here are some of my travel plans for the rest of the year, mostly planned around weddings :) but definitely looking forward to seeing old friends.
May 29-30 -- Toronto
May 30-31 -- Michigan
June 12-13 -- Philly
June 18-23 -- Singapore
June 23-25 -- Malaysia
June 25-27 -- DC
July 3-5 -- Camping somewhere in PA
July 9-10 -- Wisconsin
July 18-19 -- Seattle
July 19-25 -- Oaxaca, Mexico
Aug 7-9 -- Seattle
Aug 15-16 -- Durham, NC
Aug 30/31-Nov 16/17 -- Within China/Taiwan/Hongkong (slight possibility of attending a wedding in The Dominican Republic)
Nov 17ish-Dec 3 - NYC
Dec 3-->Next March Arizona
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| The solace of a new beginning is like heroin to my soul. I love everything that associates with the concept of "new." New year, new friendships, new transformations, new materials, new knowledge, new experiences, new hope, etc. Maybe my long false approach to this existing idea of constantly needing a fresh, unfamiliar setting is my pitfall as a human person. Perhaps my inability to maintain my time and subsist as a good steward of my money is the result of my lack of commitment, the commitment to one thing...the one fixation that perpetually hunted me throughout my fallible existence, the one entity that forevermore narcissistic-ally caused me anger and frustration, the one element that only God can metamorphose. That one facet of my weakness which common people calls it is Discipline. So as the commencement of an arduous year, I've decided to work on my greatest fragility...having discipline in all aspects of life; as one would say, being discipled to Christ, to my relationships with people, and to my studies. To put matters into practice, here are some of the things I've started doing:
1) Discontinued gchat & facebook
2) Spending more time in prayer and quiet time with God
3) Learning to listen for the still small voice
4) Building my brothers/sisters up in spirit and in truth
5) Investing energy into existing friendships instead of new ones
6) Practice humbleness and become less egocentric
7) Be more focused on my studies
May we be "Meliora" -- always better!
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| I love this post -- needed to share it because it's so true.
"I have met the most beautiful man. In all truthfulness, there is nothing particularly attractive about his physical traits. But everything about his character is lovely. As my mind meanders back to the time we met, I am reminded that I had known him all my life. It wasn’t until later that I realized how wonderful he truly was. Before this revelation, he was just another person I was acquainted with, another one of those people who I heard a lot about and saw around, but didn’t really take much interest in. Now that I’m deeply in love with this man, I can’t fathom not noticing him. How could I have overlooked someone so perfect? I spent a lot of years chasing after love that would never satisfy me. I didn’t really know what love was. I was broken and hurt by the “love” I saw in the world. Then he came along… For a long time, after meeting this man, I was afraid to tell people about him. I was afraid of what they would think. Yeah, he’s the perfect man, but he’s not the norm. A lot of people didn’t understand why I loved him and I’m sure a lot of people still don’t. But now, none of that matters. I have complete confidence in him and his love for me. What the rest of the world thinks doesn’t matter. What is so wonderful about this man? Well, let me tell you… First of all, he’s great with kids. That’s something every woman looks for in a man, correct? He loves children and they are drawn to his sweet, kindheartedness. I can’t help but smile at the image of him holding the darling children in his arms, speaking kind words to them, and teasing them lovingly. He is always gracious. I’ve messed up so many times and done so many things that I’m sure grieved him. I’ve spoken many harsh words to him and been ungrateful. Yet, he still loves me. When I’m angry, he speaks kind words to me. He never loses his patience. Even when I left for a time, he took me back without hesitation. His love is unconditional. He never hesitates to extend grace to me. How can I deserve someone like him? The truth is… I can’t. But, he is mine anyways. I know without a shadow of a doubt, that he loves me enough to give up his life for me. He truly is unlike any man who ever walked this earth. He’s the kind of guy that any mother would like for their daughter. His parents absolutely adore him and so do mine. In fact, he’s loved by many. He’s incredible, how could they not? He always knows what to say. When I’m sad, he is my comfort. When I’m happy, he is happy along with me! When I have done something foolish, he gently corrects me. I hate correction, but I love him so much and he loves me so, I can’t help but take his words to heart. He is never at a loss for words. Among other things, he is strong, compassionate, honorable, loving, faithful, and all around perfect. I wish I could put into words all the wonderful things that make up his character, but that would be impossible. It would take the rest of my life to write down all the things I love about him. My heart and mind are practically bursting, just thinking about him. I am utterly, undoubtedly, 100% in love. P.S. His name… Jesus Christ."
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| It's been forever since I've really used Xanga. There has been way too many things going on with my life now and over the summer that every time I think of posting on Xanga, the thought of having to spend hours typing literally scares me to death. So to make a compromise with you readers out there, I will give you an overview or what happened during my summer.
On top of taking 2 Graduate seminars and being in clinic for 6 wks straight, here's what I did.
This was cut and pasted from my previous entry.
May 31-June 2: Hanging out with ARTHI in NY!!! -- Arthi didn't end up coming to NYC
May 31 - Hosanna Hiking Trip in the Hudson Valley -- Hiking trip got cancelled because of the rain
June 1 - SUNY Graduation!! -- Went and saw my buddies graduate. SUNY's definitely different when you guys aren't here :(
June 12-June 15
- Rochester with Laura -- Rented a car and drove up there to shadow a doctor. Ankur's pre-wedding party
with Arthi's family and friends.-- Fun times of going to Queens to pick up a bunch of dessert boxes for Arthi's brother's engagement party. Randomly ran into a master student from SUNY in Queens, really strange. Got to Rochester at 3:30am, Arthi and her dad came to our hotel at 4am...I have really crazy friends :P. Then I attended my first Indian Engagement party wearing a Lengha that Arthi got it customed made for me in India :)
June 20-June 23
- Nashville with Jan, Mei, and Chen (not the Chen from college...geez).
I love it how I just told Jan one night that I bought my ticket
already. So I was going with or without them. I'm glad they decided to
come afterwards :) -- Jan and I arrived in Nashville separately on Friday, then decided to go to Memphis since it was only 3 hrs west of Nashville. We got to Memphis and realized that Arkansas, Mississippi were just across the river (west) and 30 mins south from Memphis. We drove there and called Mei and pretended we were lost :), then drove back to Nashville by 2am. Next day, Jan called me from his room and told me that Chen and Mei missed their flight and weren't coming till that night. Chen had origianally plan out the day for us but since she and Mei were still in NYC, Jan and I decided to go to Kentucky, which was about 2 hrs north of Nashville. When we got to Kentucky, we went to a really neat cave in Bowling Green and quickly decided to keep driving north, to Louisville. Unfortuately, a couple was getting married there, so we couldn't tour the museum, but LOUISVILLE is so pretty! If I had to choose a place to live in central US, I would totally live there. Anyways, after touring Louisville, we decided to keep going north to Indiana :) which was only <20 mins away. The next day, after picking up Mei and Chen, we went to Smokey Mountain (TN) for some hiking. Smokey Mountain is actually between two states (TN and NC), so immediately after arriving there, we decided to drive to North Carolina! hahaha...yes yes yes...we are crazy but 6 states in 3 days was a record.
June 26-June 30
- Seattle with Optometry friends!!! Taking Tiffy around Seattle and
whoever else! :P You'll meet my friends and my family! WOOT. -- Went to Seattle for the conference, attended my first optometry superbowl, very very fun. Then took Tiffy, Phoung, Paul around Seattle on Sat/Sun and introduced them to my HS/Church friends. The weather that weekend was the best!
July 5-July 6 - maybe Boston with Karen and Melody and more!!! -- Karen, Dorothy, Evelyn and I went to Ev's house in CT. We went to the beach and relaxed for the entire weekend. I was able to convince all of them + Ev's dad and friend to go deep sea fishing but our luck ran out by the pouring rain. Next time...next time
July 12-July 13 or July 19-July 20 or July 19-July 20 - Montauk, Long Island with Small Group!! We'll prob go horseback riding, fishing...and whatever else! -- July 18-20, the Chow Chow small group went to Montauk! It was super fun minus the fender bender but we went horseback riding, beach outing, vegged at the campsite and really got to know each other. My efforts in planning really paid off cause right now our small group can't let go of each other :)
July 25-Aug 12
- Seattle!! Attending the West Coast Christian Conference first time in
like 7 years...should be like the old days. Can't wait to see old SCA
friends. Then going with da family to Yellowstone National Park and
possibly the Grand Canyon!!! WOOT...ROAD TRIPS!!! My traveling to all
50 states before I turn 30 is getting closer and closer to completion!! -- The West Coast Christian Conference really revived my spirits. Over 1200 were in attendance, much bigger than the 200 or so when I attended just 7-8 yrs ago. There were people from India, Germany, Australia, Africa, all over the world! It was such a good glimps of how Heaven's going to look like, praising God and really encouraging each other. Then, my family and I went to Yellowstone National Park + Mt. Rushmore. Driving back from South Dakota only took us 1 day! 18 hrs straight though :) As of now, I only have 8 more states left!!!
Aug 9-Aug 11 - Maybe climbing Mt. Rainer with James and Jessie! I've always wanted to ascend that volcano...this might be the year! -- Didn't happen :(
Aug 15-16 or Aug 22-23 weekend
- Maybe visiting Arthi in New Orleans cause she got into Tulane Med
School!!! So NOLA take 2...hopefully it's not during hurricane season...-- Nope, I got so tired from traveling
Aug 16 - If I'm in NY, Andrew and Mirlene's Wedding -- Went to the wedding, it was a lot of fun + cheered for Michael Phelps - his 8th gold medal that night. Tina, Grace and I also assembled a whole balloon arch together! It was very beautiful.
Aug 29-Aug 31
- Dave Hull's Wedding in LA. Staying with Jen so it should be super fun.
Another InterVarsity reunion after Marcus' wedding. Can't wait to see
everyone. Hopefully my old roommate Steph can go cause I haven't seen
her in forever! -- Attended Dave's wedding with Jen, and saw Matt Hall, Nate and Amy Chambers. It was a really nice reunion even though we were late to the wedding cause we were looking for the Hollywood sign.
Aug 31-Sept 2
- Tom's Wedding in Seattle. RCCCF reunion!!! I'm so excited cause Jo's
coming from Singapore and Sim's coming from China. Might I mention I'll
actually see Gabe for the first time even though he lives in NJ!
blah...and of course Wai, Dan, Lyris, maybe Mike and Jess. (*Art
too...I seem to always forget Art...my bad)OH and seeing Tom get
married hehe...Finally, it's the day we've been talking about since
2003...I just can't wait. I wish I could be there longer. -- Tom's wedding was very nice. It was so good to see Simeon, who came from China, Josephine, who came from Singapore and got engaged in Seattle!, Jess, who came from DC, Gabe, from NJ, Wai, from Syracuse, Dan and Tom from Seattle. The old RCCCF gang met up and acted stupid as usual. It was very good to see everyone.
Sept 20th weekend - maybe Sam and Shirley's Wedding in Cali...we'll see...-- Went to Boston instead with Grace, Amy, and Carmen for our staff retreat/bonding. It was a very good trip overall and we were able to break down some walls :)
so I had a very productive but tiring summer. Made some really tight bonds with people and memories that I'll never forget. Thanks for being a part of my summer friends!
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