TEKOJON

Pathfinder Fair 2011

2011-05-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated this for such a long time! :/ Sorry about that, I've been so busy with school and church stuff. But every week or so I update my 52-Week Project, consists of photos I take once a week. So if you want to know what's been happening in my life for the past 20 weeks, you can see it here (: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tekojon/sets/72157625609415967/

Anyways, Pathfinder Fair! The event I've been waiting for. You know what I hate? Every year I have to go through AP testing first before the fair haha. The day started out rainy and cold. Actually, that was basically the weather the whole day. The rain was annoying, but that didn't stop everything from happening. First was the parade, I sucked at drill commanding during the parade haha. Then it was free time. This year was I think the first year I didn't get to enjoy what each club had to offer food-wise. I was only able to enjoy our booth's food and Papusas which I got at the end of the fair... disappointing. I love fair food! Lemonade, dip'n'dots, papusas, korean food, etc. I didn't get to enjoy anything :(

After that was the most nerve-wrecking time of the event: Drill down. I wanted to do it just for fun, to see how long I could last. I bet myself that I would only survive top 20. Turns out, I made top 4! (: I'm actually proud of myself. Everyone was saying that this one girl snitched on me because she did the same and only she got disqualified for it, hahah. But actually, I probably would've done the same if only I got out and I noticed her do the same thing. It was actually pretty fun though. I'm thankful that so many people supported me. I represented all the Indos! You can see the video of the part where I got out here:

After that was what we've prepared for for 3 months: Drill team exhibition. This year was supposed to be a competition, but turns out it wasn't. San Diego Fil-Am was pretty beast as usual, GTFO hahah. Loma Linda Chinese was awesome! But the thing that impressed me was that all the Indonesian clubs had a drill team! I think this year the Indos dominated more than the Fil-Ams. United, Inland Empire, Upland, Loma Linda, and of course, Riverside. It was my first time seeing Loma Linda drill because the first year we attended the fair was their last year of showing up for 2 years and they couldn't drill because of their patches. I was so impressed! They're really good. And on a side note, I love how all the Indo churches support(ed) each other. Even if sometimes one would want to be better than the other, at the end of the day we always support each other, cheer each other one, and even lend each other uniform materials.

Different view:

I think our drill team did pretty well. I admit we were definitely not the most sharpest drill team out there, but we weren't the worst either. We entertained and we had fun, and I think that's what counts. (Of course that doesn't mean we won't be trying to improve for next year). There were so many problems in the drill team, from trying to find one more member to not everyone having a perfect uniform, but I think that's what made us stronger. This was supposedly our last year doing it, but everyone wants to do it again haha. Let's see what happens. I'm so proud of everyone, for putting up all my punishments and yellings. This year we upgraded so much from last year. And I thank all the supporters and parents and especially Cheril for making all the posters. R-I-S-D-A!

Can't wait to see what's in store for drill team 2012 :)

leisa's birthday dinner

2010-12-05T17:36:00.000-08:00

saturday/sabbath, december 4 was a really busy day! from singing to pathfinders to leisa's birthday dinner, it was a full day but it was a good one. faithful friends (me, sammy, natasha, ruth, and matthew) sang. we sang the song "find us faithful" arranged by cheary. it took us about 3 months to practice! this song took a lot of dedication. during the 3 months, there were a lot of...ummm... "situations" you can say. stacy and lovely didn't want to sing this song, and then the day of the performance natasha couldn't practice with us because she had deaconess duties and sammy and matthew were wearing jeans, i was mad about that >:O. but overall, i thank God that everything went pretty well, better than i expected. it was a near-perfect performance i must say. a lot of people liked it and said we improved, i thank God for that :) anyways, here's the performance: (ps sorry it's blurry!)

then later in the afternoon it was pathfinders. i didn't have to teach tho, but we started drill practice (not the team, just the club). it was nervewrecking, i'm not used to the seriousness. and no one took me seriously :/ but i'm trying to change that lolol.

then after that, it was leisa's "surprise" dinner party! haha. although her birthday was dec 2, we still wanted to do something for her sweet 16. i arrived with the sihombings, and it was us and the gedjalis there first. then after that cheril lovely and leisa came when everyone wasn't there yet xD FAIL! so she hid under the tables and when everyone arrived, she surprised everyone else LOL. cheary and johanes were at the bathroom, so she hid under again. we told everyone to pretend she was coming and go under the table, and cheary went down and leisa surprised her hahahah xDD. although it was a fail surprise, everyone still had a good time. it was a vegetarian restaurant, it was SO DELICIOUS! the veggie chicken actually tasted like chicken! lolol. then after that around 9 we left. then we WALKED/RAN to johanes's house haha! i pretended the po-po's were behind us rofl. i've never walked/ran/did this at night before, now i can scratch that off my imaginary bucket list! lol.

this saturday night was REALLY fun. again, it was a major bonding time for everyone! i'm so glad i have friends like them. i love my church friends, wait no my FAMILY so much. they're the greatest. i just wished jey and darlene were here :/ but they are coming soon for christmas! YESS :DD excited.

happy birthday leisa!

November entries!

2010-12-05T16:18:00.000-08:00

i'm so laggin' it! haha. i haven't had time to write blogs about anything that happened in november. school has been keeping me REALLY busy! it kept me up till the AM's. but even though it's late i want to at least write short entries on some of the events :)

SECC Pathfinders Camporee, November 4-7, 2010

i've always wanted to write about this! it was our club's first time going to the camporee. i had to miss school, but i tell you it was REALLY worth it! it was so much fun. there was a lot of bonding involved in this :) everyone got closer! and i saw some of my pathfinders friends from other churches and friends i met from PSR like sierra, taiza, stephen, morgan, leah, jojen, chelsy, josh, denise and everyone from the other indo churches. and of course, i made a lot of new friends! like alexa and isaac. we all agreed on a goal to meet at least 3 new people, we went way over that! haha. and we had a 500 pictures goal (i think?) and we went over that too! :D the theme was Olympics, but we couldn't do much since we didn't sign up for any events. Stacy, Lovely, Johanes, Jessica, Edmund and I came on thursday, and the rest came on friday. our club/campground was so empty on thursday compared to everyone else lol, but it was cool cause we could relax. for the olympics, only johanes and stacy got to do an event - canoeing - and supposedly we got an award! :D but did we even receive it? o_O lol. then on for worship gathering events, the song service was held by PSR! woot! We sang superhero and a lot more songs :D on saturday all the guys plus some others went to the indo convo basketball game, but i didn't want to go because i liked the camporee so much lol. overall this event was so much fun and i can't wait to go again next year!

Mix it Up Culture Day / Jojo's Surprise Party, November 10, 2010

so at school, there was an event for clubs to do some traditional dances. i wanted to do it, but i thought i couldn't cause i didn't attend any practices due to the fact that i was at the camporee. however, i was able to sign up late for ASU and i got the part down REALLY quick! i guess i'm used to learning dances so it was easy for me. i did tinikling, a filipino traditional dance, and my partner was nicole! and i even helped mary and melissa's part (Run Devil Run) hahah xD the performance was the wednesday after i came back from the camporee, so i had to get it down really quick. i was nervous, but it was so much fun! i think i did pretty good. i'm proud of ASU! this year we added other dances, not just filipino. then after that it was jojo's "surprise" party! it was a fun time! we played some hide and seek game i forgot what it's called xD and played truth or dare and played just dance on the wii. it was a good day!

Lovely's Birthday Dinner, November 21, 2010

for lovely's birthday, we went to sunday school first because we couldn't think of anything else to do. there i saw deandro! a famous guy from tumblr. alex and cody my cousins were there too. we were just helping edmund, i did song service like always lol. then we went to lovely's house, and we dougie'd LOL ;). after that we went out to eat at banana bay! larry, natasha, leisa, reo, me, matthew, stacy, gaby, calvin, cheril, ruth, and of course, lovely went. even though it was short notice (planned it that day), a lot of people still came! it was a lot of fun! good food, good entertainment, good friends were involved. then we were gonna go to cue's but right when we got there it closed :/ so we just had a small mini photoshoot at some fountain at a plaza haha. then we went home, but rover got tired so we napped at a gas station ROFL!

Thanksgiving, November 25, 2010

all our families were busy doing their own thing that day, so we decided to get together and eat. we were just gonna hang at leisa's house, but at the end we went to denny's. it was nothing big but yeah, it was really cool. stacy, lovely, leisa, natasha and johanes, larry, reo, and i went. it was actually a real family thanksgiving dinner because we really are all family. that's what i love about our church group. we're inseparable and compact. that's what i was thankful for, for them (and of course other things too! haha. rest are on my tumblr).

well i think i covered all the major events haha. i love my school friends. and i also LOVE my compact family! <3

see you in december :)

Spiritual Gifts.

2010-10-10T21:27:00.000-07:00

in the previous year period (october 2009 - september 2010) i wasn't very active at church. my duties were just singing in Faithful Friends, being the captain of the drill team, and in charge of the church's website and facebook.

then, i was talking to my friends from other churches and i asked them about their duties at church. they're technicians and in charge of computers also, but they're even more than that. they're also deacons and deaconesses at their church.

i was thinking, wow, i do so little for my church. i mean, no i don't want to be a deacon, but my jobs are so small, and i know i have the potential to do so much more. i also began to realize that sure, even if sometimes i don't like going to that church, i should help out while i'm there.

so i prayed to God to use my spiritual gifts for His will and His church, whatever it may be. now, in the upcoming year period 2010-2011, although i'm no deacon and i'm still doing those small jobs from last year, i've kinda upgraded a little. i'm not just the captain of the drill team, but i'm a DEPUTY DIRECTOR for Pathfinders. and i'm also gonna get to learn working the sound system and work the computers for the communication department. and on top of that, i'm an assistant of the assistant of children's ministry. i overlook things, and sometimes i teach.

wow, i couldn't have asked for more. God truly answered my prayers. i know it's gonna be really challenging juggling all this especially with junior year, my most important high school year. but i know there's a reason God gave me all these duties and He wouldn't have given it to me if i couldn't handle it. and of course God will help me through it all. i'm really thankful :)

God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good!

ISA LA 2010!

2010-09-06T21:45:00.000-07:00

International Secret Agents LA 2010 at Cerritos Performing Arts Center, 09/05/10.

remember last year i went to ISA? (link here) well this year i went again with VIP ticket. it was just AMAZING AND EPIC. the line up was awesome and surprise guests made it even better!

we arrived to cerritos around 4:30. wow the place was GRAND. it was really nice. leisa wanted to go to ISA because of the "buildings" hahaha

me and cheril and larry were going around the area to explore and to look for the girl who had my ticket, then we stumbled upon tom ngo and joseph vincent!

we also got jcpenney back to school pictures! :D

then later around 6ish we were getting inside. 15 minutes after we got in the show was starting. first it was clara chung, last year's breakout performer winner, presenting this year's winner, SAM OCK! :D i voted for him! woot! his performance was really good!

after that, kevjumba, nigahiga, and lydia paek, the hosts, came out to introduce the first official act, alyssa bernal! leisa shouted out "vanessa hudgens" and she replied with "you're crazy wildcat" lmaoo. i wasn't really into her before but she's actually pretty good! i like the band-style she has going on ^.^

then after that, the hosts came out again to introduce a surprise guest, TIMOTHY DE LA GHETTO! i remember from last year he was so short rofl. he's funny XD he came out to introduce the next performer, aj rafael! first he sang when we say (juicebox) then after that i just want you, with special background vocals by andrew garcia, jasmine rafael, and CATHY NGUYEN <3

next, dumbfoundead and danny cho came out! danny cho's joke was funny, OOOH-NA! rofl! they introduced the next act, POREOTICS! :DD they were awesome!! my votes in ABDC5 were put to good use!! haha

then after that was intermission. i went outside then came back in cause i thought there was nothing outside (turns out poreotics was outside for autographs and pictures xp) i went back in and saw Kathie Oh, alex's friend / someone from tumblr!! yeeee! then inside i wanted a picture with scott yoshimoto but they wouldn't let me :( i went back to my seat and i saw MICHAEL CHIEM PASS BY i was like OMG! i wasn't sure if it was him or not but i just called out his name and he turned around. so it was him! ^.^ meeting another person from tumblr made me sooo happy! got a picture with him F YEAHH. i look dark compared to him -___-"

then back to the show, BEST CREW aka ryan and kevin came up! they introduced the next performers, QUEST CREW!!!! :D they weren't in the original line up (supposed to be in NY only) but i guess they wanted you. it was TIGHT!! and i finally see lydia paek in quest!! (yes, i haven't seen that before)

next, david choi and cathy nguyen introduced the next act, WONG FU PRODUCTIONS! wooot! phil was sick (i think i caught his sickness rofl). anyways they first talked about ted's proposal in ISA NY and then they introduced the next short, which they made just for ISA LA who was gonna be their best man. it was like a The Office parody lolol

then they released a trailer about a video they made with nigahiga, some sort of action video. didn't take any pictures of that tho =[

then wong fu and ryan higa came back out, but phil left early. wong fu + ryan was interrupted by kev and phil and david singing/rapping DANCE TO THIS SONG!!!!! ^.^ YEEEEE

up next, was JAY PARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! singing his soon to be released single "Demon" with back up dancers like andrew b. from so real cru, and also another song i haven't heard before but idk where that was from. then after that clara and dumbfoundead came up and they performed clouds. 'TWAS SICK!!! AWESOME!! even tho i was mad about people only going to ISA LA for jay park, i really liked his performance tho =D

then after jay park, guest star NICK CANNON was there!! that was so surprising!! then it was far*east movement. dang they were so beast! they always pump up the crowd! they performed fetish, girls on the dance floor, like a g6, millionaire, and two new songs from their upcoming album. they were so beast! really nice way to end the night!!

then we came out to get in line for autographs. i got free F*M posters and sticker, souvenir glowstick, and i also got a picture with aris from quest crew!!!!! yeee!!

then i got autographs from ALL the hosts, perfomers, and special guests!! (except nick cannon lol) i am one happy dude :DD

then we left around 11ish, but we had an unxpected stop at around 12 because of a tire problem. so we went out to eat at denny's since it was right next to where we stopped :D classic veggie burger + seasoned fries for the win!! :D

then i went arrived home around 2. :/

overall, this was a WONDERFUL day/night. it was exhausting too rofl. but yeahh, I LOVED IT. so many memories made. and to think, i was really close to not experiencing this. thank you to cheril who found me a ticket 2 days before the show!! THANK YOU!!

i seriously CAN'T WAIT and looking forward to ISA 2011!!! :D

Knott's Berry Farm!

2010-08-04T00:32:00.000-07:00

August 1, 2010: we went to Knott's Berry Farm as a treat for graduating Pathfinders class! :) It was a lot of fun, and almost everyone that I wanted to go went :)

seven o'clock: i arrived. Edmund said we had to meet up at seven on the dot. he came so late XD we were also waiting for other people, so meanwhile we had drill practice (we're performing for Investiture) and also we played concentration haha!

around eleven o'clock: we arrived at Knott's! group picture at the entrance =)

Then our first ride was Silver Bullet! Surprisingly, there was NO LINE. I mean, NO LINE. We went on it twice XDD it was awesome!! i love the rush and the view :D

Then we were gonna go on the log ride, but we lost our way rofl (i lost my way last year too haha!) so we went on perilous plunge. there was about 20 of us, 18 of us rode in one boat! it was epic =)

While we wait for the other 4 girls...

after that we went on Xcelerator!!!

i chickened out last year, but since i conquered goliath in may, i thought, "why not go on Xcelerator?" my partner was krystal. the ride was AWESOME!!!

After xcelerator we went to eat. then after that the group kinda split in half, we went on log ride while others went on boomerang! leisa bought the ride picture. me = weird face, leisa = super saiyan face, jessica = om budi face? LOL

then on the way to supreme scream!

i didn't go on this one though, lol. after that we were gonna go on boomerang, but it wasn't working right when we got there. turns out the other half have been waiting also, and they still haven't gone on boomerang. so some stayed while some left with us to go on big foot rapids!

we saw hoegan also going in BFR while we were in line! cool! :D i was soaked =p then after that, we went on pony express to dry off!

the ride was so fun!!! i when they took the picture me and stacy did the sausage sign but unfortunately we didn't buy it :P then it was off to GHOST RIDER! yee!

i loved the ride!! i hate how its so bumpy tho it hurts :X the ride picture my face was another weird face! stuck my tounge out on the side xDD

then off to sidewinder!! :D it was awesome!!! i was alone tho =( rofl it's all good tho. they took out the video cams!! D:

then they told us we were leaving soon >_<>

then we found out the parents were still insde -.- so we took pictures and also played concentration again!

picture with sausages!

after that, it was off to eat at denny's! it was our last get together before jey left to tennessee :'( jey and darlene got the first ricent shirts :)

Knott's was a great last get together. i had fun! jey and darlene, i'll miss you!! see you next year! :'(

sweet day, bitter ending.

thank you leisa, cherol, and jessica for pictures :)

Hangout + VBS day 1's!

2010-07-26T23:14:00.001-07:00

July 25, 2010: Fun day to close out the weekend!

DDR before laser tagging!

Wristband pictures again! Fiesta Village style :D

Inside Laser Tag GAME 1, Guys vs. Girls. Guys won :P

Jey and Reo playing Air Hockey!

Leisa and Lovely racing. Lovely won!

Jey and Reo playing basketball.

Stacy and I racing. Stacy won >.< the game's rigged. The right side always wins :P

Reo jumping some rope.

He won the jackpot!

Inside Laser Tag GAME 2, Jey, Lovely, and I vs. Leisa, Reo, and Stacy. We won :P

"Jesus is My Superhero"

Sunday school!

Jesus Loves Me wristband from FV!

WWJD wristband from FV!

Edmund treated us out to Pinkberry. Mine is so unhealthy... LOL.

Reo, Jey, and me!

Lovely and Stacy!

Cheril, Jordan, and Leisa!

July 26, 2010: LLCC VBS day 1!

I like the shirts so much lol.

Siblings!

Group picture :)

You know what I like about my camera? I can now use the pictures to tell my story/blog. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words :)

Until next time!

FF / Golden Angels Concert / Sanamluang ! part 1.

2010-07-18T22:46:00.000-07:00

PART 1: Faithful Friends and Golden Angels concert.

Heeey guyss! First of all, I'd like to say sorry I never posted a blog about my trip to Vegas. There was really nothing to say o_O haha. And like http://www.kimsiwookie.blogspot.com/ says, what happens in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas lmao. But you can look at my pictures on facebook :)

Anyways, on to 07/17/10! May I say this was one of the greatest days EVER! Filled with blessings :]

The morning: Faithful Friends sang! We sang Power of Your Love again to redeem ourselves from 2008. It went better this time! Although we still did make some mistakes :P Watch our performance:

Then after that, we sang Friends (Are Friends Forever). It was dedicated to Jey and Darlene :D Darlene knew we were gonna sing that song, but she didn't know it was dedicated for her, she just thought it was dedicated for Jey. It was hard hiding it from Jey xDD Watch our performance:

The evening: what I anticipated for for (yes twice) a long time now = GOLDEN ANGELS!!!! Yess!! It was Golden Angels 7 + The Remnant (GA6) concert. This may sound corny, but anyways, I felt blessed to be there :) I felt like the Holy Spirit went through me. He "touched me" -stacy's twitter :) And I didn't go alone, the whole RISDA teen "family" went. And a lot of them were telling me, they really liked the concert. I was relieved, because I thought everyone wasn't into the whole christian songs thing. Everyone enjoyed it :D I'm sure they felt God's Holy Spirit too!
Some FF members even wants to sing The Mission now, haha.

(check out my youtube http://www.youtube.com/annonymousaznkid for some of the videos)

The concert ended like at 9:30ish, and we were supposed to go to Sanamluang at like 8:30. But to no offense to the people who organized Sanamluang, Golden Angels were my first priority :P it seriously was a chance in a lifetime, and I wasn't gonna let it slip. Neither did my friends! Lol. First, I finally met Pastor Joshua Shin, my spiritual dad! He was the one who replied back to my e-mail back in January (post here). Even when we just met, we already had that bond! Lol. He even knew my pastor o_O which I found interesting. Also, during that concert, he announced that that (yes twice again) was his last day being the director of Golden Angels. I felt so lucky and blessed to see him on his last day, but I also felt sad. Bittersweet feeling I guess. He was telling like everyone about how "I came to his life" haha. I love my spiritual dad =)

He even gave me his rose that he got haha. Talk about feeling loved lmao!

After that we went down to the downstairs because they were selling the CDs and the singers were down there also for autographs and take pictures. If you recall in this post, when I got the free CDs, they weren't finished with making my favorite group's GA6 CD and DVD yet. Now, I GOT IT :D spent overbudget I guess, but hey I think it's really worth it :D Also we took some pictures with The Remnant and other GA6 members, and most of GA7 members!!! :DD I even got some of the GA6's autographs!! :D

David Joo / Joo Shin Koo (GA7, Bass)

Josh Lee / Lee Hee Sung (GA6, Baritone)

Chris Kim / Kim Sung Hoon (GA6, Bass)

James Min / Min Su Chang (GA6, Second Tenor)

Joe Park / Park Joo Ik aka Ryeowook lol (GA6, High Tenor)

Peter Park / Park Eui Jin (GA7, High Tenor)

Mark Quijano (GA7, Baritone)

Seon Kim / Kim Seon Jung (GA7, Mezzo Soprano)

Eunice Wun Wong (GA7, Soprano)
(eww oily/sweaty face!)

Grace Lee / Lee Eun Chong (GA6, Mezzo Soprano)

Click here to go to part 2 post, the night :]

This blog is pretty long (and still continuing...) but I hope you have enjoyed it so far! Please keep on reading to part 2! :)

Text it! (tumblr inside joke I was saying the whole day, haha)

PS. Thank you Leisa again for taking the pictures! :D

FF / Golden Angels Concert / Sanamluang ! part 2.

2010-07-18T22:28:00.000-07:00

Click here to go to part 1 post, the morning and evening :]

PART 2: Sanamluang (Farewell dinner for Jey and Darlene)

The night: after the concert, although we were supposed to go at 8:30 and it was 10 by then, off to Sanamluang! for Jey and Darlene's farewell dinner. Jey and Darlene is going to Tennessee for school, that’s why we sang Friends for them. The young adults were kind enough to treat the RISDA teens :) we were sorry that we stayed at the concert until 10 :( *coughbutitwasworthitcough*

Tofu Fried Rice!

Tofu Pat See Ewe!

Hahaha *cough*

Shaved Ice!

Group Picture 1

Group Picture 2

Then we left to go home around midnight.
Overall, Saturday was one of the best days of my life. It was filled with sweeeet memories! I'm glad I shared this day with my friends. I will never forget this day =)

Thanks for reading!

07/17/10 ! Highlights of the Summer.

2010-07-18T12:45:00.001-07:00

sorry, i didn't feel like making a vegas post XD
but forsure tonight i will right about my saturday!

GAME ON!

2010-06-28T00:29:00.001-07:00

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Romans 8:37

Pine Springs Ranch Pathfinders Mini-Camp June 23-27, 2010.
It was a really great experience. At first, I thought, "it's mostly little kids, it's gonna be boring." But I was totally wrong. It brought me closer to God, and it makes me want to change EVEN MORE into a better Christian.

Wednesday:
Checked in with Jey, assigned to Cabin Iroquois, where all the RISDA boys are at. Our head counselor, Jonathan or Jonny Soto! Our assistant counselor Joran, had his day off. Then after check-in, it was line call. We saw all the staffs/counselors. A lot of them were pretty :) LOL. I liked Cabin Blackfoot's (RISDA girls) counselor hahaha. Then it was lunch time. Vegetarian food. OMFG SO DELICIOUS!! I didn't know vegetarian food could be so gooooood. I forgot what the food was though, lol. I remember salad, cause basically salad was an everyday meal x] After lunch, it was Big Event. Wednesday was soccer. All the RISDA people including the girls were pretty competitive xDD I tripped a little girl on accident... LMAO.
After that it was honors time. Jey and I did intermediate swimming while everyone else did Cacti or Cactus. The swimming instructor was..... oh dang. Lol :P Swimming was so tiring thoughh! And the water was super cold! Then it was Family Bible study. We acted out David & Goliath. I was Jesse :) After that was supper or dinner. Again, FOOD WAS SO DELICIOUS. Our counselor Jonny went to get ready for outpost program, so we got another counselor for a while. Andrew. Filipino. Asian, so all of us "clicked" with him pretty fast lol. Then for Cabin free time, the rest of the boys played basketball. I stayed on the sidelines cause I suck :P (Man I gotta start practicing again...)
Outpost program: It was really cool :) the songs were weird for us though, since we didn't know ANY of the songs lol. It was camp songs... so we had to learn from scratch. Message of the night: In God, we are free from slavery :)

Thursday:
Breakfast. AGAIN so delicious. After breakfast, line call. After line call, morning worship. The songs were Christian songs, so we kinda knew. Nature nugget was pretty interesting. The moral was about friendship. Pastor Mel talked about Friends of the Road and Friends of the Heart, and God is our BEST friend :D
Then for morning activities/rotations, we did Archery then Arts & Crafts. Archery was really really really fun :D I was the only that didn't get in the center though :( For Arts & Crafts we made bracelets lol. Mine was pretty cool :D Then it was line call and mail call. We saw Blackfoot's assistant counselor. She was pretty :) None of us got mail. Lol. Then lunch. Again it was really good :)
After that it was big event, which was dodgeball. We tried to be not as competitive lol. Blackfoot and Iroquois were on the same team again :D we lost, but we had fun!
For honors, I did Rock Climbing with Stacy & Lovely. It was an intro to Rock Climbing basically. Then dinner. During dinner Tyler told us we were lowering the flag. TALK ABOUT SHORT NOTICE. None of us knew how to lower the flag, besides a certain "master guide". We practiced during free time, we did no fancy cause we didn't have enough time. Kobe (Johanes) messed up a lot though lol. Major mistake: We folded the flag backwards...
Outpost program: we still didn't know much of the songs, but we tried our best to participate and sing along :D The drama skit got really interesting! Message of the night was pretty much the same though.

Friday:
We had free time before breakfast so we played football, Yep you heard it right, we played football. I played football o_O. We lost though :( then it was breakfast. Then after breakfast and line call, it was morning worship. Nature Julie! We learned that like a snake shedding it's skin, we should shed our sin :) Then for morning activity/rotations, we did swimming for both hours with Cabin Arapaho. Cambria our swimming instructor was there again :) I lost to a girl in a swimming race (she was in a swimming team), then we played colors, water gun, etc. Pretty relaxing day :) We got pretty close to their cabin too! Then line call, then lunch. Really good food :)
After that was big event, which was capture the flag. Blackfoot and us weren't on the same team... I like capture the flag. I prevented the other team from winning TWICE :D then after big event we went to rock climbing again. We actually rock climbed this time. My anchor/belayer was Julie from Nature Julie/ Blackfoot's counselor! Rock climbing was sooo much funn! We were supposed to do it twice but only had time for once :(I met a lot of new friends there.

After that we met up with our counselor then to dinner.
After dinner the boys played basketball against the counselors. They lost by ten. They did a pretty good job though :)
After that it was line call, then off to "pageant". This is more like a vesper service. Song service was great as usual. Then they had a skit mostly with only music and no talking. It was pretty "moving". It was about the Prodigal Son. Message of the Night: God will accept us as who we are :)

Saturday:
SABBATH. A different than usual day. Breakfast was yummyy! Then line call. Blackfoot did flag raising. They used drill team's attention :P after that was group photo. Then after that was cabin free time. Saturday there was a lot more of cabin free time, hence the Day of Rest? :P Then after that was church service at the Church Bowl. Song service, special songs about God is too wise to be mistaken :) , Nature Nugget about how God is willing to send us back home (I think), Skit about you can't serve two masters! And many more. I really liked that church service. Then after that was lunch. I remember it was Mexican food, I think? it was enchiladas. So good!
After that was, you guessed it, more free time :P then it was relationship-related games. Trust Walk, Mine Field, Spider Web, Wielded Knees, and Mechanical Arm. Again, we spent it all with Cabin Arapaho. We got super close to them :). Basically all these teaches you that even when life seems to go wrong, always trust in God because He's always with you :D (games pictures on facebook!)
Then it was dinner. I think it was Nachos? Then it was line call. Cabin Hopi did flag lowering. They did a really good job!
After that was vesper program. Not much going on there but what you're thankful for throughout the week and song service. Then to close the night, Saturday Night at the Ranch!
SNR was hilariouss! It was like Saturday Night Live. First sketch about the nurse was hilarious. Second sketch about the fly was really funny!! Then it was video slideshow. It was really cool!!! Then it was time to announce Cabin of the Week. The RISDA boys were really obsessed with it.. lol. WE WON!!! :DD and to a surprise, Cabin Blackfoot also won for the girls village!!!! RISDA power!!! wooot!! we both got oreos & milk. Everyone got a certificate but me :( but it's alright. The boys got visor hats :D then it was a picture slideshow. Really cool! I was in it with my archery skills I think :D

Cabin Arapaho!! :)

Cabin of the Week- Iroquois & Blackfoot! Brother/Sister cabins :)

Sunday:
The last day.. :/ it was basically packing up, breakfast and line call. No shower lol. This day was a bittersweet feeling. I didn't want to leave camp. For sure I'll go next year, either as a camper or as a worker :] We tried to take all the pictures with all of our friends and counselors.

Friends:

Joseph, Steven, and Andrew! (I took the picture)

Taiza!

Sierra!

Cabin Arapaho!

Morgan!

Sammy! (I took the picture)

Kailee and Karen!

Counselors:

Andrew!

Joran!

Ben!

Cambria!

Tyler!

Taylor!

Julie!

Shelby!

Matthew!

And of course our group picture..

RISDA campers!

Then it was time to go back home :/
Overall, PSR was a really great experience. I've always wanted to go to a summer camp, and this is a perfect one. I finally experienced it AND became closer to God. Wonderful experience :)

GAME ON!

Movie Night & Sleepover!

2010-06-14T00:18:00.000-07:00

HEY guys! What's up :D

Saturday: Movie night at Natasha's! It was me, Jey, Natasha, Darlene, Stacy, and Lovely. Calvin had to go home before the movie started :( Well it was a great night :D I wanted to watch Princess and the Frog LOL. But they didn't want to... BULLY. So we were first gonna watch Sherlock Holmes, but 1.) we weren't in the mood 2.) it had illuminati stuff. Scary ishh. So we ended up watching the Hangover first. None of us watched it yet. LOLOL that movie was hilarious!!! Good comedy. Lol you should watch it :D then the second movie we watched was The Lovely Bones. I heard it was creepy but from Darlene and Natasha, so I didn't want to watch it but it was a pretty good movie actually. Power Rangers RPM yellow ranger was in that movie!!!! YEAHH!!!! :P I admit some parts were a bit "creepy" so I had to hold on to Darlene... LMFAO.

Then I actually slept over at Natasha's house O.O they were reluctant to say yes, LOL. We were so unprepared for a sleepover, so I just used mouthwash to, well, to wash my mouth, and used baby body/hair wash to wash our faces and also used toothpaste. Our faces felt so soft afterwards haha!We stayed up until like 4, "reading", watching TV, just talking, and using Natasha's webcam. I wanted to go on my tumblr but they kept saying no >.< BULLY.

Most of the Webcam pictures!

Sunday: Woke up early at 7, then Lovely went back to sleep so everyone else went back to sleep. Lovely snored LOUD. LOL. Then we watched Phineas and Ferb for a while :D. Lovely was being a bully in Club Penguin LOL! After that we went swimming at around 12:30 - 4:30. Ruth & Sammy came like in the middle. We raced, played colors, Marco Polo, etc. The usual stuff we do when we swim. It was pretty fun :P I got freaking dark -___-

Then after we finished we went back to Natasha's house to get ready to go to Hawaiian BBQ to meet up with Reo and watch the Lakers! YEAH! While we were waiting, we watched The Hangover again with Sammy and Ruth, lol. That movie is so perfect for Sammy!! Haha. Then we went to Hawaiian BBQ, we were watching Lakers, I got tired, so I fell asleep.... lol. I woke up I was hungry :P Then we just ate, talked and stuff, what we usually do at Hawaiian BBQ. LAKERS LOST!! D:< Just when I was becoming a fan.... Lol. It's okay they'll do better next time :)

Then we were walking to Lovely's house, I wanted to get boba so we stopped by a while. In front of the store I saw MEGAN!!!!! :DD Haven't seen her for a long time!!! I was happy :) But I didn't get a picture though, boooo. Then I got picked up at Lovely's house and went to a Ka' Cilla's graduation party. I felt like a loner there since I don't hang out with them lol. I just hung out with Abigail LOL. Talk about desperate for friends haha. We watched Facing the Giants. Good movie with Bible references. Then they were gonna watch The Toothfairy but we left. Lol talk about another movie night! Haha.

Overall it was a really good weekend! I'm really liking this summer so much fun :D

Don't let Mr. Harvey catch you!!

Sweet 16! :P

2010-06-06T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is blog-worthy because I want to see this blog in the future and laugh LOL. Sorry though, no pictures :(.

So our plan was to go swiming at the Sihombing's for my birthday (and Sammy's, kind of). Ruth said to go around 2, but we pushed it back. So I went early to go to Lovely's house! YEEE. What did I do there? Watch Wonder Girls US tour videos, dance to 2 Different Tears for Cheril :P, and ate ice cream! Lol. And I almost got a hug from Cheril without her bra, but she put it on before she hugged me>:D Then Reo and Calvin came, then we played war!! Me and Reo versus Lovely and Calvin. Reo and I didn't know how to play :P BUT WE WON! I think. LMAO. Then it was around 3 already and we weren't sure if the plan was still going anymore. Turns out that Sammy was at John's Incredible Pizza for Kelian's birthday. He said he still wanted to swim but he told "the boys" and they were gonna swim along with us too. We were pretty pissed. Darlene was furious. We were trying to find other pools to swim in but it was just impossible since it's last minute. We convinced Darlene to just swim since we were already ready, and just don't mind them. I thought to myself, as long as they don't bother us, everything's fine.

On the way there, we wanted to have a water balloon fight, so Darlene called Sammy to see if they can buy water balloons. Then some stupid-ass guy in the back said "WTF. Why do we need to buy it? It's Jonathan's birthday". REALLY NOW? They already ruined the birthday plans, and we allowed them to go, and that's their attitude towards us? This is why no one likes "the boys".

Then we arrived. We knocked on Sammy's door, and his friends opened it. Then they just slammed the door on us. We were like WTF, but who cares cause we wanted to visit Gerry and see if he was there, and sure enough, he was there. Gerry just came back from his boarding school. Sammy's friends were just staring at us going to another house, haha. Then we found out, the swimming pool was on lockdown so we had to go find another swimming pool. We walked over to the next door apartments and swam there. It was a pretty good relaxing moment... well, kind of. The boys were there, so it was loud. But I thought, as long as we were swimming, we were fine. That's what we came for. Reo pushed Natasha in the swimming pool and she wasn't supposed to swim, lol. Then we were getting ready to go eat by 6:30 (short swim, lol), then we noticed Calvin locked the door! You see, you need the apartment key to access the gate in AND out. So we had no choice but to climb. Natasha was sad. She wanted to go home. But you can also see, she had to climb out to go home, haha. And so Kelian helped her... and me. Lol.

Then we went to eat at Hawaiian BBQ and I treated everyone to Katsu Chicken Matsubi. We were also watching the Lakers game. Then I had to go home. Treated myself to Jasmine tea with mini boba :)

Then I went home, discussed the shirt design with Leisa. Lol.

Although this wasn't the plan I expected, I thought it was interesting at how we pulled off everything just fine :) Thanks everyone for making my birthday! Reo, Calvin, Cheril, Lovely, Darlene, and Natasha. Even Stacy and Leisa, who tried to make it but couldn't :) As long as I'm with all my friends, I'm fine! :)

Can't wait what's in store for my 17th birthday >:D

Six Flags May 30, 2010!

2010-05-31T16:33:00.000-07:00

This weekend was super busy, so I didn't have time to write a super long look back on sophomore year :( But luckily, I'll make it up by writing about six flags! YAY

We went to Six Flags for Darlene's birthday. It was me, Darlene, Natasha, Reo, Sammy, Lovely, Jey, Stacy, Ruth, Leisa, Daniel, & Jovic. We had tickets problems so we went really late, around 1:15. But it was still all good ;)

(Arrival at Six Flags)

No one wanted to go to the scary rides first, so we warmed ourselves up with Revolution, probably one of the easiest rides at Six Flags. And best of all, there's never any lines! :D

(My ride partner, SAMMY!)

Pretty good warm-up. Then seven of us (Darlene, Natasha, Reo, Jey, Stacy, Ruth, me) went on Viper. Again, there was barely a line :P I went alone cause it was an odd number. :( But I liked that ride =) A lot of loops but I could handle that!
After Viper, we were on our way to Tatsu...

...But the line was WAY too long :( So we went on Ninja instead.

Let me tell you, Ninja is the most BORINGEST RIDE EVER. Don't waste your time there -___- After that, we went to eat! I wasted 8 bucks on a Papa John's pan pizza when Reo bought cheesesticks for $4 exactly the same size -___- Then after that it was getting dark, so we decided to go on Log Jammer since we didn't go on a water ride yet. The wait was so long but worth it. The people in front of us were annoyed of us HAHAHAHAH.

Before getting wet:

After getting wet:

Then it was getting dark, so we had to manage our time. The next most wanted ride: GOLIATH. I was pretty scared of that ride, actually. Sammy was pushing me to go, which was ironic because he was the one scared of all the rides and I had to push him. LMAO. Lemme tell you , Goliath was WORTH IT. I really like the steep drop! :D

The wait was so long though! That was my motivation, to just get over it quickly XD. The mist was on even when it got dark.

JIZZ on Ruth's face. HAHAHAH

We take a lot of pictures together. Lol.

Last but not least ride: X2!!!!!! It was pretty interesting. The wait was soooo long, so we had to entertain ourselves. We played from thumbs, to 1-20, to Hajidi Shappoppo, then Truth-or-Dare. HAHAH truth or dare was the most fun game. People thought we were weirdos XDD

Then going up to the lines where you take your seats, that's when it got the most nervewrecking! Ruth and Natasha made it sound so scary!! And another thing, our number of riders were uneven, so I went alone and Gaby went with Sammy.

On the ride: When we went up, I liked how they put calming music hahah. Then some girl voiceover said "Who's idea was this?" and then OMG I was scared for a moment. I was alone so I thought it was a ghost or something HAHAHAHAHAH. Then the ride began, I LOVED IT!!!!!! It was awesome!!!! Though I hate the part where you think you're gonna fall from the seats. And there were so many twirls. But I loved the fire!!! It was breezy night so the fire made it warm for a second :)
Natasha and Ruth were exaggerating, that ride wasn't scary at all!! I thought Goliath was scarier :P

Then it was 10:42, we didn't have time to go to Sanamluang :( though I finally tried funnel cake! It was BOMB!!

Overall, what a great night!! Even though we went late and didn't go on Colossus and Tatsu, I really enjoyed going on Goliath and X2. Both rides were worth the wait!!!

Can't wait for next year Darlene!

(For more pictures, go to my Facebook :])

summer plans

2010-05-13T21:55:00.000-07:00

DAAAAAMN. haven't been here for a while. whuss goood?? HAHAH.
school's been busy for me :( and i have nothing interesting to write nowadays.

well right now i will write about summer plans, list created by leisa and lovely. hahah.

summer plans 2010:
- roll down hill with bubble wrap
- do at least five videos
- do some community service
- buy yogurt
- hike the long way
- meet new people at pathfinders mini-camp
- go around the park or stores holding free hugs sign
- buy condom at the 99 cents store and leave packets around c _ _ r _ _
- stick p _ _ s around p _ _ _ _ r _ 's house.
- VBS
-ISA

okay some of these sounds toooo extreme for me. LMAO

kayy byee ^.^

quote of the day: "Baby you're like a student and I am like a math book, you solve all my
problems."

boba tea house

2010-03-25T18:36:00.000-07:00

i really like today :D
today was the first day of midterms, 2 more to go. we got out early at 12PM, so i was able to go places.
after school i played a little pokemon with michael XDD we're so asian man! :p
then after that me, mary, sean, and melissa went to boba tea house @ LL.
why that far? because we had to get catering anyways.

i told stacy and lovely to come :p they finally met my school friends!
though it's always a bit awkward when school friends meet church friends, hahah.
now sean knows how i feel when i went to his bible study for the first time, lmao.
then i played a little more pokemon xP
after that, out of the blue darlene came!! LOL
and then, GABY and DELCY! hahahaha xD
loma linda is so packed with friends, probably cause of spring break.
oh how i wish my spring break lined up with theirs :(
then i heard megan was coming, but unfortunately didn't meet her cause i left :(
then cheril came to boba right after i left :(

after that i dropped mary and melissa home and me and sean ate fries at popeyes.
we real talked.
then we walked to my house.
what did we do at my house? watch kpop of course XDD
SEAN AND HIS ADDICTION TO GIRLS' GENERATION. pshhh

lol and... sean is so homo x)

overall, really enjoyed today.
i love that i'm hanging out with my best friends a lot recently :D

it's over now, gonna take a bow :p

i hate i hate

2010-03-10T20:39:00.000-08:00

not knowing enough about my Bible. when i have debates i always lose because i don't have enough facts to back my faith up. it's really embarassing...
and sometimes i can't even say things rigght like it doesn't make sensee.
idk, it makes me feel kinda embarassed because i don't know about my religion enough, which kinda? can be a good thing because you can never learn enough about it.

but then, when i win... it's kinda for selfish reasons >.<
it's not that i want like glory and stuff, i just wanna feel good that i know about my religion. (but i don't.)
and yes part of the debate is because i want people to see the actual truth about God and the Bible and stuff but at times i just feel like i just want to prove people wrong and myself right, which is VERY STUPID and offending to people in many ways.
how can i be a 'good' person that has 'goodness' in me if i keep acting like this? shame.

i need to be doing this for God and not myself.

GREAT DAY TODAY!

2010-02-20T23:55:00.000-08:00

really good day at church.

- pathfinder DRILL starting!

- played kid games: ninja, four corners, "basketball", hajidi shappoppo, boom chika boom boom, etc.

and when i came home…

- Wonder Girls comeback in April in AMERICA AND KOREA!

- Wonder Girls Nobody CD OUT AT JUSTICE AGAIN!!!

- Wonder Girls AND 2PM going to Korean Music Festival! I definitely wanna go!

- Met my new future wife MONICA PARALES!

hahah lol. just a random stuff XD

have a great night!

Faithful Friends' Performance 01/30/10

2010-01-31T17:41:00.000-08:00

L to R: Jonathan (2nd voice), Stacy (2nd voice), Sammy (1st voice), Natasha (1st voice), Lovely (1st voice), Jey (1st voice), Ruth (3rd voice), Matthew (3rd voice)

I think this performance is one of our best ones ever :D
(Although I messed up on the first part of the duet xD)
We wanted to try something different, so we sang an Indonesian song.
All of us barely speak Indonesian so please excuse the accents ;p
(Also we only had 4 microphones so it was hard to give a full potential performance)

I think we did really well on the harmonization. :)
Originally we were supposed to sing the week before (January 23), but we weren't ready with our solos.
So we were going to sing way later (February), but Natasha said January 30 was our last day with the rented church, so we sang January 30 instead.
Faithful Friends started in that church, so we had to sing there one last time! :)

Since the song was in Indonesian, most of us kept panicking about the lyrics. Onstage, I was in my head "OMG what is the next lyric?" lol
But God helped us remember it :D
And he helped us try to smile... because we suck at smiling when we sing hahah
Enjoy :)

Oh, and did I mention our name "Faithful Friends" was FINALLY written on the bulletin? Since 2007, never mentioned xD. It's always Jonathan & Friends, Stacy & Friends, Leisa & Friends (in 2007), Risda TEENS, etc. They finally got it right on the last day we're at the church, hahah.

Next song, English? Indonesian? Chinese? You'll see!

Until next time,

Peformance:

***NOTE: turn on subtitles (CC) for English translations.

Other Pictures:

Group Picture with Jessica & Jennifer, mentor & pianist.

PHO time!

2010-01-27T16:49:00.000-08:00

i love capitalizing PHO. lol.

well anyways, last saturday, instead of going to my sister's hangout thing for her birthday at diamond bar, me and my friends decided to eat PHO :D

well yeah basically that says it all. the whole night was hilarious lol! we're beast. $81.20 dollar bill but we have more than that? BALLIN. lol. we used some of the rest of the money for $10 tip...
the manager thought that jey stole a walkie talkie, when he dropped his.
before darlene, natasha, and calvin came we ordered for them so it looked like we're fat LOL
then we ordered for larry and cheril too xp
also the waiter was hilarious lol. you saw him in the video right? xD

then after that we just went to leisa's house and chilled. we looked at the new NLRO :D and did many many many interesting things xD

we also discussed about our rebellion of wearing class A in drill. we wore class B instead lol, and the other church wore class B... xD

i hope we have more hangouts like this! i miss it.

time to go work on my about me project,

group picture w/ waiter:

golden angels package!

2010-01-22T16:58:00.000-08:00

:D omg i can't believe i got this. this is surreal.

well to start off, i'll talk about my day/week ;p
RAINY -______-

okay, now about golden angels!
i received 2 CDs and 2 DVDs.
I'M SO GRATEFUL. thank you Pr. Joshua Shin :)
i was sooo excited when i got the text fina sent me!! :D i didn't realize it would come this fast... lol
i was so excited opening it :D cause it was a package for ME. so rare lol.

L to R: GA5 CD, GA5 DVD, and other GA CD and DVD. :DD
(don't mind WG shirt btw lol)

i didn't get GA6 CD and DVD tho =/ i think they didn't finish making it yet, or maybe not making one at all. so i'll BUY it this time instead of getting it for free ;p i want to support them!!

...

OMFG my day just got ruined. sun mi is LEAVING WONDER GIRLS. and Lim will replace her... ughh >.<
http://wondergirlsworld.com/blog_mu/2010/01/22/jypentertainmentofficialannouncement/ that's all for now! thanks for reading!

now i will be listening/watching to my GA stuff to calm me down =]

how ennie met me

2010-01-13T22:20:00.001-08:00

well hello there! i'm back =] i've been posting a lot recently huh? that's good ;p
anyways remember ennie? i've been mentioning her a lot. i met her back in oshkosh (refer to this post).
well she finally told me how she met me/her first impression of me:

[22:02] iennieee: Okiee so Carla and I were making friends all day that daay. She was too shy, so I would go up to them first. But then she would take over, and I'd back off.
[22:03] iennieee: So i told her thaat xD and she was like "sorry" but she continuously did it. so i was like "mkaay "
[22:03] iennieee: and then she was all like "next cute guy, ill go up to him. & ill let you have him."
[22:03] iennieee: sooo we were looking
[22:04] iennieee: and i was like "bom chicka wah wah 3 oclock!"
[22:04] iennieee: and she was like "where?!" and i was like "theree! green shorts with hat "
[22:05] iennieee: she was like "Are you serious?" and i was like "he's pretty cute." she was like "I guess. he's okay. He's yours anyways."
[22:05] iennieee: and i said "aightt.sounds like i wanna go to heredity [:"
[22:06] iennieee: then she was like "wait what do i tell him??" and i was like "idk, he has a hat full of pins. Go ask if he'll trad with you er something."
[22:06] iennieee: and so we fell in line and started talking to you true story.
[22:12] jonasheen: LOL
[22:12] jonasheen: awwww
[22:13] jonasheen: that's a cute story tho!

haha i thought that was cute! i'm flattered hahah.
ennie if you're reading this, YES jey told me. but i wanted to hear it from you :)
when he told me i didn't think it was bad at all!
even if i met a cute girl at oshkosh i wouldn't have the "courage" (courage to stand. get it? LOL) to introduce myself to her. or trade pins LOL.
this is my first impressions of her and carla!:

[22:26] jonasheen: i was just happy that you guys introduced yourself to me. it made my day! i didn't really make friends at oshkosh. but that was cool what you guys did.
[22:27] jonasheen: when you asked me to trade pins, i was like "oh filipinos! OH HELLO." LOL
[22:27] jonasheen: and then we met. we even shared heredity answers! what bad SDAs we are: cheating xD
[22:27] iennieee: pfft, naww. let's call it teamwork
[22:28] iennieee: Pathfinders working together to achieve success in heredity? idk xD
[22:28] jonasheen: haha lol!
[22:28] jonasheen: pathfinders does mean working together xD

XD well yeahh. now you know. cheating is called teamwork in pathfinders XD
well i'm going back to chem hw =| goodnight!

i hope i see ennie again in GC :]

GC - General Conference

2010-01-12T22:09:00.000-08:00

http://www.gcsession.org/

General Conference, a 5 year conference / convention thing for all SDAs around the world.
June 23 - July 3 2010.
it's a week. it'll be like oshkosh all over again :]

i really want to go. i heard it's really inspiring.
from ennie:

Adventists from all over the world attend. You see people from 3ABN, listen to people sing, preach, and Praise the Lord.... it reaches out to people's hearts, and everyone is invited!

- ennie (remember my oshkosh friend? :])

well yeah. it sounds like an amazing experience. and ennie's also going! :D
AND GUESS WHAT?! Golden Angels will be there too!!! :DDDDDDD
while i was e-mailing Pr. Joshua Shin (see my Golden Angels post) he was saying that he wanted to meet me in the GC session in Atlanta. he also said he'll be bringing GA7, GA6, and the other old GA members... isn't that awesome?!?! dream come true :D

anyways yeah ennie was telling me about how i should go and even jey wants to go, so i asked my parents.
it turns out that my mom wanted to go too!! :D i was begging her lol. but she said i already went to Oshkosh so it's her turn to have fun >.< but she also said that if we drive there then the whole family can go :D

maan i'm so excited for this already! even if i don't even know if i can go yet >.> but i hope i can. i want to be inspired by Him again. my mom said to pray for it, so i will :]

"Dear God, I know you're watching me. You know what I want right now. If it's Your will, please help me go to General Conference. I know it's a long time from now, but please help me be able to go. I heard it's a great experience. I want to meet the Golden Angels, Ennie, but most of all, I wanna see what's waiting for me. I wanna be moved by You. I want to be inspired by You, just like what happened in Oshkosh. Please help me God. Even if it's not Your will, thank you for letting me hear about it. Thank you for everything that You have done for me. Thank you for all the blessings You've given me. I love You and nothing could ever change that. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."

i hope i get to go :)

period one health

2010-01-12T16:45:00.000-08:00

gaaah health class stinks. i'm stuck with stupid people. i'm sorry to call them that, but they are. i guess cause now i'm used to be around CP / AP people. we were talking about vegetarians and vegans. some kid was like "vegetarians still can eat oreos right?" -_______- REALLY? OREOS? what the haaail.

but i thought i could survive it, cause my best friend sean was in the class. then today he wasn't here. i texted him "where were you? we're doing group projects today." and he said "i'm not in the class anymore." i got so pissed. why? 1) come on now. it's my best friend. of course i want classes with him. 2) i'm stuck in the class ALONE with NOBODY i know. aaaaghh

i didn't talk to him today. i wanted him to feel the wrath D:<. but after school he felt sorry cause he was taking football 7th period =/.
i guess i'm cool with him now, but how will i survive? -.- there's a group project due thursday and although i have other people in my group, no one cares about the project. no one's doing anything. i'll probably have to do all the work. FML

sincerely,

on a side note, here's a picture of me from chemistry today. i fail at labs.

GOLDEN ANGELS :D

2010-01-11T15:49:00.000-08:00

heeeey guys! i am overjoyed right now hahah.
well i e-mailed the Golden Angels because i was interested in buying their CDs and DVDs.
who are they you may ask?
they are a Seventh-Day Adventist missionary gospel group composed of 4 guys and 4 girls that sings all over asia.
to me,
Golden Angels ≥ Wonder Girls.
(yes, they even might be greater than Wonder Girls :O)

^ GA6, the 6th batch (2009 group) of Golden Angels
(they are korean, but they also sing japanese, chinese, ENGLISH, etc.) :]

well this is what i wrote to the director of GA:

Hello!

My name is Jonathan.
I'm 15 and I live in California, United States.
In early 2009, I discovered Golden Angels through Youtube, and I've been listening to them ever since.
I even got to see them sing live at the Pathfinder Camporee at Oshkosh, Wisconsin!
My favorite Golden Angels is the 6th batch.
They inspired me with my little singing group at my church and someday maybe I want to be a Golden Angels member.

I was wondering, is there any CD or DVD for Golden Angels 6th batch?
If so, how much is it to bring to the United States?
Thank you for reading!

May God bless you and your Golden Angels ministry!

(do you guys remember me talking about Golden Angels on my camporee blog? http://makadokid.blogspot.com/2009/08/part-2-stand-firm.html)

anyways, they replied :D
they said that they were thrilled to hear from me!
they were also thrilled to know that i wanted to be a Golden Angels member :D
(because every year they change members)
they wanted to send me free CDs and DVDs PLUS a magazine :D
i got soooo excited i was shaking for a long time lol. and plus slept with a smile :]
they also featured my e-mail on their website!
i checked their website so many times, i can't believe it. it's unbelievable.
i'm so thankful to God :] i think He gave this to me because i've been trying to change my ways.
:]

i will post another blog when all the stuff they send arrive!

thanks for reading!

p.s. here you go a video of GA6 singing "The Mission" :)

feeling nostalgic

2010-01-07T18:15:00.000-08:00

(yes, i reposted this from tumblr. refer to this post: http://tekojon.tumblr.com/post/322504557)

i was just looking at tumblr posts i missed

then i saw one about someone’s one year with his best friend (http://www.hypenjay.tumblr.com/)

i remember telling my old best friend this back in august 2008. it didn’t happen in august 2009.

now it’s almost a year since we grew apart.

i miss all the things we used to do; talking on the phone late at night, making fun of my sister together, playing wii sports.

but most of all,

i miss him.

ice skating // asu secret santa

2009-12-17T21:47:00.001-08:00

121209 // 121709.

i don't have much to say hahah, so i'll just give a brief description of each day and caption the pictures :)

121209 - cheril's birthday! she's now a pedophile hahah. candlelight was postponed so her party plans was running. i ditched a youth party at MY OWN HOUSE for this. i'm so cool right?! xD

started out with church. me and darlene were matching!

before ice skating, we head up to tyler mall.

H&M's own 'Gee'

ice skating! in the rink.

group pictures with church friends! while we wait for the ice rink to re-ice (?)

one last group picture with everyone.

121709 - ASU potluck / secret santa! i wanted it to be at someone's house, but this was still alright. i did not expect brandon to be my secret santa ;p

me giving my secret santa present

... and it was kaiza! i hope you like it! =)

group picture take 1. (that's kaiza, in the front)

group picture take 2.

group picture take 3.

new hoodie by my secret santa brandon (look in the 2nd group picture, the twin in the white at the back) :D

these 2 events were a great way to end the year and start the winter break :D

happy holidays!

blaaack friday!

2009-11-28T22:27:00.000-08:00

yeeee! it was that time of the year :D my first time actually shopping EARLY in the morning :D

i went to ontario mills with cheril, lovely, and rover at around 12 AM. we were scared that the lines and stuff would be really long, so rover cut so much in freeway/streets. we were almost killed 3 times LOL. 1.) cutting in the freeway, we almost crashed (cause the HEAVY traffic)and we almost fell off the cliff D: 2.) we were in the middle lane, and the car in front wouldn't move, so we cut the right lane 3.) turned left in the middle lane, almost hit the curb LOL. but we made it safely :D thank goodness!

once we entered, OMFG that place is packed with asians! hahah i see asians EVERYWHERE you don't even know ;p i guess lots of asian tourists! so we walked around the whole mall first before we actually bought something cause every store was crowded. some store had lines that are reaaaaally long. one even almost blocked the walkways =| some black dude started rapping about traffic and boners LOL. we saw a lot of people like andrey, george, leisa and her cousin, larry, reo, miranda, etc. then me and lovely went to eat panda express. SO FREAKING ASIAN LOL.

after we ate we head up to aeropostale with cheril, the line got shorter. their stuff was nice! too bad i only had $20 to spend LOL. i know right, being cheap on a black friday? XD it's all good. then i seperated and went to forever 21. while i was walking there was a fight in the food court. LOL i chuckled. really now? anyways, i was planning to buy something in forever 21, but i decided to check out H&M first to see. in H&M, woaaah the lines were long for the register! inside was so packed there was a line outside too. well they did have a big sale, $10 finds and buy 1 get 1 free sales. everything good was sold out =( that sucks because i went to H&M earlier too but didn't buy anything! all the asians took everythaang. then i was gonna check out PAC SUN but the lines were still long, so i went in the VANS store. they had a good sale so i bought my stuff there :D

i went back to meet up with cheril and lovely at the food court. LOL I SEEMED SOOOO LOST FOR 10 MINUTES XD. the consequence of not wearing my glasses... so many people stared at me LOL. then lovely saw a guy wearing a black 'nice is never out of style' Nice Guy shirt from Wong Fu. we told her to give him a high five because she'll never see him again but she was scared T.T i would've done it but it'd look awkward since i'm a guy lol.

then it was almost 5 so we went to best buy. wow it wasn't even that hectic! besides people all going for the laptops. i asked my dad if i could buy a printer and he said yes. i went to the register line then saw that i needed to buy a seperate USB cord for the printer. it was $33 bucks. WHAT THE EFF best buy almost ripped me off! so i didn't buy it =( so we went to the apple center and took some pictures: (only putting on the pictures with me in it lol)

after that, i checked my TUMBLR LOL. addicted much? ;p (follow me! http://www.tekojon.tumblr.com/ lol) then i left the computer on Wonder Girls' youtube page, and lovely left the other computer on Wong Fu Productions' youtube page =]

then it was like sunrise O.o and we left back to lovely's house around 7.
we got there, i checked my tumblr again LOL and went to sleep on the couch. i got home around 11:30. woaaah that's about 12 hours! x]

overall, pretty nice black friday! :D i'm so doing this again next year, since (hopefully) i get my license by then :]

hopefully i get more money next time LOL

downtown riverside and emi's house!

2009-11-24T21:06:00.000-08:00

hello everyone! i'm having a great thanksgiving break how are you? :)

well today i was supposed to go to volunteering. arrived there at 8:30, and worked for an hour.
then after that, we looked for the volunteer sign in. we were told that they didn't have our registration forms and we can't help out D:
so at 9:30, we just left and explored downtown riverside! :D
it waas coool, we felt like tourists. lolol
since we were kids, we were gonna do dares (like taking pics with random people, doing nobody dance out of nowhere) but we never did it lol
these grownups were doing a scavenger hunt, and while me and mary were eating our ice cream, a woman asked mary to feed her ice cream LOL. that was cool.
we walked around like the WHOLE downtown, it was freakin' tiring!
we went in to a hotel lobby/courtyard kind of thing and it had talking parrots!
then after that we decided to go across the freeway to the market place. market place is FREAKING BORING. we went to office max and smart & finals lol.
after that we ate at some chinese food place, cause we were too lazy to go to our plan subway. the orange chicken is literary ORANGE CHICKEN. you can taste the orangeyness LOL
we took some pictures inside, seems like every picture mary takes there's always a christmas tree behind her lol
by then it was 12, we had to wait for 2 hours for my parents to pick us up. -______-
so we explored some more (well, more like going in circles) and took lots more pictures!
we went to take pictures with status, city hall, etc. everythaaang!
then we went into an old bookstore, i felt that hogwarts feeling!
after that it was like 1:30, and parents were almost there. i ate more food and TRIED to do a cover of nobody LOLOL

then it was time for us to get picked up, and off to emibel's house!
what did she have for us to eat? more pizza! lol
i turned on my laptop, and my SOUND WAS BACK!!! :DDD i was sooooo happy :D
what did we do? we danced to wonder girls and shinee, take webcam pictures, etc. LOL
it was a "productive" day! hahah
however, we started our scripts for both of our projects, it's gonna be tizzight :D
lol and we planned out what we will do in the next few meetings so it'll be alright :)

downtown riverside pictures:

videos:

HAHAHAHAH LOL XD

webcam pictures:

finally an adventure during the thanksgiving break! :D lol. today was fun. let's see what happens tomo!

it's almost thanksgiving and black friday!

lovely's birffday!

2009-11-22T01:00:00.000-08:00

goooood day today! :D
for lovely's birthday, we went to banana bay and cue's.
(we includes me, stacy, leisa, lovely, cheril, calvin, reo, tara, marcella, jessica)
it was awesome!

first, we head up the asian music and dvd store. i saw so much asian stuff, korean CDs like 2PM, 4Minute, and asian dramas and stuff. the store was sold out of wonder girls and SNSD :( that just shows how popular they are! also in the radio Heartbeat was on. we started singing along to it (the english parts) lolol

then we went to cue's. it was my second time there :) we head up cue's first because banana bay's lines were long. the first cue picture we took was with everyone but w/o reo. me and calvin were PIMPS! lolol jkjk. decorating is always a hassle because it's in japanese ;p

next booth it was me, stacy, leisa, calvin, reo, cheril. we took funny pictures lolol. (J)onathan (O)btains (H)airy (N)uts LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

lovely went with her school friends at another booth, then off to banana bay to eat! yuuum BBQ fried rice and thai iced tea :D my favorite! i got a little full but still managed to finish it! :D the band that played at banana bay played "so sick" by ne-yo and "lost without you" by robin thicke. i sang along ;p

after that, we head up to some person's house and while the parents were in the house, the kids stayed in the car. guess what me, lovely, and stacy did? DANCE TO WONDER GIRLS :DDD it's been a loooooooong time since we've danced to tell me and so hot! we managed to get the formation right in so hot, but forgot some moves. tell me we did pretty perfectly. it's ironic cause we worked on so hot more last year ;p

then i head over to reo's house to get picked up. while i waited me, reo, and jey (not with us tho) played FLYFF! yaaaay it's been a long time since i played that. BARELY level 32. i thought i was level 38 WTF?! it's alright, i'll catch up :)

now back hoome, tumbloging lolol.

overall, i really liked today! great way to start thanksgiving break :D

happy birthday again lovely :)

world religion project!

2009-11-11T20:49:00.000-08:00

today was pretty good!

- went to emibel's house at 11 to work on our early protestantism project
- walked to mary's house to pick her up and walked back. real good talk :)
- ate filipino spaghetti made by RJ. it is BOOOOOMB :D
- ate brownies made by RJ. ALSO BOOOMB :D
- planned our class arrangement for the presentation
- started on our slideshow presentation
- ate more spaghetti! :DD did i mention it was BOMB?
- took webcam pictures with emibel and mary
- watched a HILARIOUS video of RJ making fut of this itim fat girl lololol!
- karaoke! RJ sang christmas songs and me and mary sang 'heaven' awwwwh :)
- played with the mic's high and low pitch hahahah
- continued making the slideshows
- by then it was 5:43 already, went home

noooowww hw time =| so behind, so i'm trying to ground myself for the rest of the week ;p

goodnight!

GET OFF MY SWAG.

2009-11-08T21:27:00.000-08:00

hello there! haven't been in this forever. i've been to addicted to tumblr haha (http://www.tekojon.tumblr.com/) and AP has been keeping me busy. so what's up with me?? my weekend was pretty chill. let me tell you about it =]

saturday:
it was indo(nesian) convocation, which means that for this week all indonesian seventh-day adventist churches combine. altho a lot of my friends went to the pathfinder camporee, it was pretty fun! long time no see my cousin, alex. we had some bonding time since we don't see each other a lot ;p. the whole time we were talking he would say "GET OFF MY SWAG" hahah. did i mention he loves wonder girls also? :D. i also hung out with my riverside friends. jey came yeee!

after indo convocation, we head over to the new riverside church to eat. meat on Sabbath, pretty rare ;p then i wanted to practice for faithful friends, but no one else wanted to :( i kinda got mad, then got over it. i played with the little kids. my cousin said to jacqulin that i liked her -____- i got soo mad. then i hugged a girl in front of jacqulin, she looked cried LOL. then after that i had a bonding time with jey! :D talking about fat girls lolol. i have a fetish for them ;) XD. then me and jey drilled a little with lovely then with reo. after that we played NINJA! yeeee!

next we head over on to gym night, where all the indonesian churches have tournaments like basketball, ping pong/table tennis, volleyball, badminton. my church riverside's first game was A CLOSE ONE! it was a tie throughout the whole thing 14-14. then triple overtime, we won with a foul LOLOL. then second game PISSED ME OFF. the other team would get extra points (2-point shots they get three, they get 2+ points for fouls) and last time we had a shot, they added the point to the other team -______- they took it out eventually, but never added it to us WTF. the referee and the chicks who did the scores played favoritism. the score was 11-20, it should've been 13-18. if we lose at least lose with legit scores! everybody was so PISSED, ESPECIALLY the girls like natasha and darlene. they wanted to start something, but it was a church event. after the game the scorekeeper congratulated laguna (the other team) and laughed at us. i heard the referee was threatened by laguna that they would beat him up. when i walked across the scorekeepers, they mocked me. FUCKING STUPID BITCHES D:<

then after that we ate at in-n-0ut, a lot of the other churches went there too lolol. saw stacy too! ate a lot :) cheeseburger with extra cheese&patty (LITERALLY, it didn't come with the burger) and fries and drink :) calmed my anger and hunger. first one to finish like usual LMAO!

sunday:
went to the new church a little bit, and ate ;p more chicken! then went up to the pool (as in billiards) room. played a little basketball on those small hoops and watched darlene FAIL at solitaire lolol. i told her to keep pressing hint lolol. the new church was actually getting renovated, i was impressed ;p

after that, me, sammy, and edmund head picked up leisa and lovely to go to sunday school. alex and his brother cody was there! :D we were so unprepared today. we just played a game from the top of our heads and gave them candy. then during edmund's lesson, we pigged out on the treats hahah.

then we went to thai bowl, and ATE. i ordered grilled chicken fried rice YUUUM. i was the first one to finish, like always hahah. then after that while edmund was gone we tried to get free ice cream by faking lovely's birthday but it failed LMAOO. then while edmund was paying we just left and hid, but that failed to x]

i was dropped off at the new church. SAW A LOT OF FLIES IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL. i got scared. then played ninja a little bit with reo =] johanes said that the church is haunted? lolol. we say that about every church we use.

pretty exhausting weekend. i was gonna do hw for this weekend, but i didn't cause i was exhausted enough already. plus wednesday we have off, yipee!

till next time,

a not so boring day

2009-10-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

today i thought i'd have the most boringest day ever. turns out it wasn't!

my mom wakes us up at 8, saying "wanna go to the new church for workbee?" (my church has been renting the actual church, and we recently bought a church for us. today was the day when they were gonna clean it and stuff) and fina wanted to go. i asked if i could be dropped off at the loma linda fair, she said no ._. she was all like "all your friends will be at the new church". WRONG i asked all of them and they were going to the fair. so i ended up going back to sleep when they left.

3 hours later, i wake up at 11. my dad is home from work. i asked HIM if i could be dropped off at the fair. he said no ._. cause he was going to go to the new church to. so i was at home, alone, pissed cause the fair is once a year and i couldn't go.

suddenly like around 12, edmund asks me if i want to go to sunday school with him. i said yes if everyone else goes (it'd be awkward balloono by myself) and lovely and stacy were gonna go. of course i said yes cause i didn't wanna be at home. he picks me up and off to the pastor's house to pick joan up.

then we hit the fair to pick up lovely and stacy YEE! i saw stacy, leisa, and lovely. leisa payed a girl clown to kiss me >.< it was interesting tho LMAO hahaha. then i went to buy me some crepes cause i never had breakfast yet. OMG it was so good. ice cream, bananas, strawberry. best crepes i've ever had. then i got me water. after that i saw darlene, natasha, calvin, and cheril. i also saw people i don't see a lot, like STEPHANIE CHANG, josh and denise. i haven't seen josh or denise since oshkosh :/ goood times. gaby (matthew and ruth's sister) got subway from the fair. i regret getting crepes cause i was in the mood for subway lolol.

then after that we ended up leaving when natasha and stacy payed a guy to kiss edmund LOLOL. stacy then ended up not going, so it was just me, lovely, also gaby. we dropped off joan at the new church first. me, lovely and gaby freeloaded food LOL fried rice.

we were late to the sunday school but it's alright. we sang, games, all those things. after everything finished, we head on over to cold stone creamery. lovely farted in the car! lolol jkjk. i got fudge batter with gummy bears and oreo. yuuum.

we were then dropped off at the new church cause our parents were still there. played with abigail, then went home. the end! :] good day after all.

time to finish up ASU shirt designn

camping is my thing

2009-10-14T17:07:00.000-07:00

hey kids, i'm BACK! :D it's been a long time eh? i've been wanting to make blog posts, it's just that my life is oh so boring and then i got grounded. LMAO fail.

well anyways, last week was the week: camping! i planned to go on friday, but stupid parents didn't let us go because of NO reason. yes, they couldn't find a reasonable explanation, so we went on saturday instead.

i got there around 9:00 in the morning, everything seemed normal lol. i had breakfast, moved in to reo's tent, etc. (i was excited to sleep over on a tent again cause it reminds me of good ol' oshkosh ;p) then some time after it was church/sabbath school. what was our lesson? PORNOGRAPHY. hahah. and more awkwardness was that cheary was teaching the sabbath school. (cheary = pastor's daughter ;p) edmund's all suggesting that we should seperate it between guys and girls. THAT was even MORE awkward. from porn we suddenly talked about subliminal messages, and music. what the heck? i wanted to learn about PORN. haha but he changed the topic ._. while the girls had some fun with some porn.

then after that we went to the worship and i sat next with friends (of course). most interesting was PJ... hahahah i love that kid. he's supposedly itachi from naruto LMAOOO. then we played interesting games like black magic, the line game, around the world, etc. it was pretty fun! i actually found out the line game by myself :D black magic was super hard!

then after that it was food time. i didn't wanna get in the long line so i just got some noodles. then someone tells me that we are NOT showing shortest drama ever for social night. WTF i got pissed but i couldn't show it cause generators had to be off by 8. we spent 6 HOURS, yes 6 HOURS on the whole freaking thing. i had a lot of hw too! save it for retreat, puhLEASE. hahaha. then we went to the beach and took pics and stuff. i forgot to wear my sandals, FAIL >.< after that it was AY, but i wanted to ditch cause camping AYs are boring lmao. so me calvin and reo went inside the girls tent and had some fun, no not THAT kind of fun xD. we played MORE games! more black magic, line game, around the world, camping, umbrella, grandma, johnny woop, perfect world, etc. idk if there was more, i just knew there was A LOT. i then found out black magic! mission accomplished :D then they started pantsing me. -___- real cool guys. outside we heard games from the parents and we were like "wtf and you say it's sabbath to us?" freakin hypocrites.

fast forward to nighttime we watched a frenzy of ricent. videos. shortest drama ever 1-3, how to be johanes and megan xD good times. then we went outside cause apparently they were playing more games, and we wanted to be a part of it lol. i found out someone took my sandals -_- had to use leisa's the whole night. "we" also pranked cheary and cherol and natasha LMAO. the kids had jabbawockeez masked so we had a little fun. it was around 9 i think and i was like "wtf it's 9 and generators are still on!" they turned it off and put on the campfire. from mini camp we played hajidi shappoppo and tic toc boom. we had lots of fun with hajidi shappoppo but the pastor ruined it for us -__- he said there's a better version of the game but clearly it WASN'T. then after that we played tic toc boom first game WE PWNED! it was me and reo played it at mini camp with jey but he wasn't at camping so we played with chris. took the original name ANJING (dog) heck yeah. we did the trick that worked at mini camp (did we mention we pwned there too?). the trick was to eliminate teams one by one. of course that worked! the second game we could've dominated but i had to say LIVORY. lol it was by color and all the kids tried to eliminate ivory, but last minute change to lavender. my brain got confused :(

after that we went back in the girl's tent and played some card games. they taught me meow meow it was pretty fun! i pwned for like two games :) then played two games of tounges. after that we went to sleep. goodnight!

and then it was sunday. i woke up pretty early, but i was still tired. slept again and missed morning worship ;p
by the time i woke up, it was already breakfast time. what did we have? leftovers >.> lol. then after that we just hung out and stuff. LMAO people played pranks at johanes' tents. 1st prank was that someone hid their shoes AGAIN (same thing happened saturday) lolol. then another one is that their boxers and underwears were on the tree, and some fell on the floor at night. one tidy whitey was one the tree still, no one wanted to claim it HAHAHAHA.

then after that me, reo, and calvin took showers at the same time. yes, altogether LOL jkjk. then after that we ate some more? idk. then we decided to take down the tent first. we were like the first kids to do so hahah. everyone else was participating on sports: football, soccer, etc. then while everybody was taking down tents, we were playing by ourselves hahahah. then me and reo drilled for a while.

after that, we hit up solvang for a bit. it was me, lovely, leisa, calvin, reo, larry, kelian, etc. we ate ice cream, ate some dough balls covered in jam and powdered sugar, etc. and took pictures! yeahhh. after that everyone sepereated. lovely's parents left early cause they were supposed to go to work but didn't. they went to cue's and not invite me :(

overall, camping was a bit boring but kinda fun. i think it's because there wasn't drama or anything, and plus no social night. i hope next year's camping is better!

i'll see you next time!

all about the church

2009-09-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

hello bloggers, let me tell you about my day:

woke up at around 9:40 to get ready for the communication dept. meeting. originally i wasn't gonna go, but i knew if i did i could've convinced my mom to buy noodles because they won't let me eat noodles anymore ;p i arrived a bit too early to yogurtlicious (the place where we had the meeting lol) so i had to go to bible study first... well first off, they actually had food! lol. the bible study was just a meeting. the new bible study is called "bible mission school" and all that good stuff. we then went on talking about the new church and a new teen SS leader.

when we finished, most of us went to yogurtlicious for the meeting. it was me, cheril, stacy, larry, calvin, natasha, lovely, leisa, and edmund. he treated ALL of us with yogurt :D and some of us (including me) got seconds too! hahah. it was just a short quick meeting and giving people jobs in the communication dept. i'm in charge of the newly created facebook along with other people and also the website. me and stacy and others taking turns on the computer were playing omgpop during the meeting LOL. when we were about to leave, we see yogurtlicious had balloons. little did we know it was their one year anniversary haha. the festivities started at 3 but we still got balloons :D

then the meeting was over, and i was gonna go to lovely's house. but cheril and leisa went to go do some volunteer work at a sunday church sunday school. since i needed to get volunteer hours for NHS, i decided to tag along and lovely too. it was actually pretty fun. we created some games for the kids (i shouldn't even say kids, there was a college student lol) and they look interested in learning. we incorporated basketball in the Bible games hahah. then after it was over, we had a little meeting about what we can improve, since we were gonna do this once a week i think. i said we should make shirts hahahah, and i'm in charge of that now... and cheril is in charge of games and food lol. then we were gonna eat, but idk what happened. i saw alex's mom tante tata there at the church haha. overall i got 3 hours of volunteer work :D

after that, we left to go to the wedding. but first we decided to grub on some food first :D edmund treated us AGAIN with in-n-out. i got my regular, double double with fries. ohh dayum, it was GOOOOD. :D i was so full! leisa asked for in-n-out hats hahah.

then after that, edmund brought us to lovely's house. i didn't ask him to bring me to the wedding because he already did a lot, and plus i didn't even wanna go haha. we stayed at cheril's house and played OMGPOP! wooot! then like 30 mins or even an hour, my parents picked me up to go home.

man, i wanted to watch abdc finale with far*east movement, but my sister is watching the kardashians :(

spaghetti tacos

2009-09-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

good day good day! went to church early had to do some song service stuff for 13th sabbath. i overheard tante jefflyn talking to my parents about how i blame them when i go to church late. WTF?! freekin gossipers man. you don't need to spread stuff around. well anyways me, lovely, and sammy failed up there! lol i didn't care if i was good up there or not.

then when i finished, worked on the finishing touches of the oshkosh slide show right away. everything was going good! we watched the slideshow beforehand... then suddenly the slideshow stopped like halfway -______- we panicked, because we were sure we finished and there was not much time left. we tried to fix it, and we found a way how, but there wasn't much time left and we couldn't get it done in time. we were only able to show the broken slideshow, the one that stopped halfway. when it was shown, everything was going smooth. i really liked the slideshow, then it stopped :/ om kaleb fixed this by "if you wanna see the rest, go buy the dvd" hahah. we're thinking of putting it on youtube, the WHOLE version, so watch out for that :D

then we went down, and we practiced singing. we did pretty good, especially for a first start, but people distracted and annoyed us -___- we couldn't practice right.

hours later we finally went to hometown buffet! yee. i hung out with cheril, calvin, stacy, and lovely. we stuffed ourselves, or at least i did HAHAH. i had like 5+ plates. 1st plate i remember was pizza, chicken and rice, potato wedges. second plate was the same w/o pizza. then desert plate i remember was a chocolate chip cookie cake, 4 rice krispies, and ice cream with chocolate and hot fudge :D ohh daaayum. then went back to get more plates LOL. i tried spaghetti tacos like in icarly. pretty good, but hometown buffet spaghetti is nasty haha. then i had ribs and steak! me and cheril were just grubbin. lovely and stacy was so full but they wanted it so bad, so we tortured them LMAOOO. then before we left we got a little more serving of steak :D

gotta wake up early tomo to attend the communication dept meeting at a yogurt shop xD

make it mine

2009-09-25T19:00:00.000-07:00

good day today! school was normal. nothing big or anything. then after school, we head on to yogurtrave!

when i arrived, whole mess of asians were already there, hahhah. i saw sabrina! long time no see kid =p me meli and sabrina were brokeeee. we didn't buy any yogurt lol, and i had a coupon too xD. but james was nice enough to share his vanilla and ube with mochi and marshmellows haha.

then meli and sabrina decided to go to my house. on the way to my house, we decided to go dip our feet in the pool since it was like 104 degrees fahrenheit outside. when we were at my house getting ready, i decided to just go straight into the swimming pool lol. it was sooo freezing. it felt nice! =p then jemina, nick, and everybody came. we chilled for about 5 minutes then the office ladies threw my friends out! whatta beeetch. she asked what apt. i lived in and i responded, she knew who i was. the mamahits WTF creepy. haha then all the kids left to sheryl's house, and me sabrina and meli (since they were there originally, and 2 people could stay) had a good real talk.

few mins later jemina and them couldn't go to sheryl's house since it was full with other people, so they all chilled at my house. me, sabrina and meli went back to my house and let everybody in. i took a shower while they were at my house, talk about rude, but i smelled =p during their stay at my house, we had a good time LMAO. singing you belong with me, being online and couple stuff lol! and we are trying to make a key club! lol. all my friends in other schools have one, and jemina's friends too. and since interact (another volunteer club) is so big, why not make another one? me mary and jemina are core members lol. we hope to find an advisor so we can make one :D if you're reading this and know how to make a key club, contact me haha. anyways then sabrina was leaving, so we decided to take webcam pics! =p then after that 30 mins later or so, everyone left. i was originally gonna go to azusa cause of choir, but i'd rather stay home haha.

I LOVE THESE KIDS.

gonna work on the oshkosh slideshow soon with leisa! happy sabbath :D

ps. other webcam pics are on my tumblr, link on the sidebar or http://www.tekojon.tumblr.com/ .

i love garlic bread

2009-09-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

today was chill!!! :D it's my cousin's birffday, stacy chu. hahahah happy birffday :) cheril's cupcake and darlene's cake for stacy was BOMB. oh and also cheril's corn bread for leisa hahah.

anyways, just a regular day at church, worked on the oshkosh slideshow for a little bit, more escelator and elevator magic goodness, then off to deborah's partaaaay :)

not a lot of people came, so i wasn't too embarrassed to dance HAHAH. i came around 7 and met macky, thea's cousin. hung out with him and joey throughout this whole night. ateh kristine and jemina also came around 7. we ate. food good, good food. BBQ beef, chicken, and garlic bread. oh heck yeah! i got in the dancing mood haha.

i also went on the jumper with jemina, ateh kristine, macky, and jemina. we hit each other with the balls, then the jumper deflated HAHAHAH. we're fat.

this party is the party i most danced to. from jerking to getting low to the macarena! hahah. danced "my humps" with joey and macky LMAO no homoo. then me and macky and all these girls danced inside a small hula hoop lol! after that we went to deborah's room and we had a pillow fight hahah. gooood times.

now i'm at home enjoying the cookie mintster goodness!

youbelongwithme

2009-09-15T22:43:00.000-07:00

when i can't find a good title, i just put one from a random thought in my head.
example. "you belong with me" taylor swift song rofl.

anyways, bowling was chill today!
met up with jemina, ateh kristine, the famous kristheo! and others.
started to bowl at like 7. i love bowling shoes pwhahahhaha
reminisced on last year's bowling, when i didn't even bowl last year =p just ate and hung out instead...

like omfg i sucked today. i had like a 20ish total for the first game hahahahaha.
i usually get strikes AT LEAST once in every game. damn so embarrassing >.<
drank so many drinks, (jemina's refills kept changing) and ate so much food, yet i'm STILL hungry.
second game started, waaaay better. i think like 30-40ish total when everybody is like 60-100 -__-
i was higher than kyle by 10, then he beat me by the end !@#$%
i need bumpers next time, too much gutters LMAO.

when the game was finished, we all left.
went with joseph, saw a gay guy at the gas station! pwahahahahah.
gooooood times.

back to my essay,

I S whaaat?

2009-09-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

I S A!!!

THIS NIGHT WAS F***ING AMAZING. words can barely describe this night. and to think i wasn't about to go =p i was really really really sick but i knew this doesn't happen often so i just took my chances.

arrived at indomart around 1, and saw stacy. larry picked us up and went to lovely's house. it took us 45 minutes to go to san gabriel because rover drove really fast, cause "agent neezy" said there's a lot of people in line already for general admission. it wasn't even that much lol.

the wait was kinda long because i kept looking at the time so it made time move slower. while we were in line, we were interviewed by tom ngo, took a pic with scott yoshimoto of MOVeMedia, more interviews and more pics. oh and i saw ted wes and philip! but i didn't take pic or talk to them lol. then the door was open!

the host was tom ngo and lydia paek. they started awkward but then they became comfortable lol. they were hilarious.

first gig = GLP which was Gabe Bondoc, Leejay, and Passion. they sang a medley including go go power rangers (LOL!) i just wanna be successful, best i ever had, and more! they were awesome!
performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZZLiUYKYM

next was kina grannis. i didn't really listen to her much but she was awesome!!
performances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WyCRkB91Cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwuyuoW26cc

up after that was quest crew. OMFG they tore up the stage!!! sick dance moves. i didn't really like quest (i just liked jabbawockeez) until now!
performances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vidz8k9adiw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCXX2z5AMS0

then it was intermission. stacy, leisa, and larry went outside to get glowsticks and stuff. me and lovely stayed to watch the seats. then we saw timothy delaghetto!! :O he's pretty cool lol. i look weird in the pic cause i was way taller than him lol

then the show was back on. tom ngo showed up with kevjumba!! he called ISA "isolated society of asians" lmao! i told lovely to say "where's your dad" when it was quiet. she didn't wanna do it so i did. people looked at me lol!

next up was david choi! he was awesome! he sang won't even start and that girl and after that he performed with kina grannis with a song they worked on together.
performances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxEq67nEX-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQWogh0AhYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weVuBJWKzbQ

after that it was.. wong fu productions! in the flesh =p they showed the poser trailer, and showed two new videos: "red light" mv with sam kang and a new short with kevjumba, david choi, and happyslip! i hope they have more vids together =D
talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgz5YZu8TLA

last act was none other than far*east movement! wow they killed! they sang so many songs, including fetish, girls on the dance floor, millionaire, and dance like michael jackson! an awesome way to end the show!!!
performances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVHqYy8DFpQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kCIYvZ3lE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxKyjsqAEcs

then after that, jcpenney had a wheel of fortune type thing, i won a notebook lol! also there was a meet&greet! but there was no chance because vip's are in line first, only 30 minutes for meet&greet, and the line was really really long! so we just tried to find some "celebrities" that's not in the meet&greet. we took a pic with tom ngo! yeee. after that it was like an hour ride back home. rover dropped me off. i lost 12 bucks :( then all of a sudden my fever came back! but who cares. as long as i didn't pass out during the concert!! i'm seriously going to the next ISA LA!

this night was a night to remember =]

just today.

2009-09-03T18:23:00.000-07:00

i'm so freakin happy that i raised my AP World History grade up from an F to a B =DDDD but that's not what i'll be talking about today.

today was one of those chill days when we all hung out after school.
right after school was asian student union! yeee. there was a lot more people, including freshmans. i met most of them and tried to be friendly, altho i think i was mean to them cause i kept calling them freshmen haah. i needa be more nice =p. it was a good meeting tho. we learned about the mission statements, and turned them into skits. it was pretty fun. i was in group 7 with eugene, joseph, sean, carl, ally, ashley, andrea, baczii, and henry. after that, they talked about club rush week. then we all went outside and chilled for a little bit, sean and kevin invited me to play basketball. i said no, because I SUCK BADLY. *flashback* in PE today, couldn't make any shots. my arms were wrong, or at least that's what sean said -___- haaven't played for a long time since june. i was okay back then. today sucked. that's why i never play with orang itam, because they can ball me up, even if they're shorter than me. it's embarrassing how i'm so tall yet i suck at basketball -________- i want to play, but i don't have time, or at least won't find any. plus there's no courts by my apartment. *end flashback* sean, i saw your sarcasm. don't be saying i play better than you =p.

after that, we all decided to go to yogurtrave, the new yogurt store by my house. it was open finally! a lot of us went, including sheryl, michael, joseph, nick, jemina, james, ate kristine, marylu, nadine, lizelle, nico, nancy, kevz, john, david, diana, michael, tyson, ian, justin, randolf, and i can't think of anymore. the inside was hella nice. so modern lol. we chilled inside for a little while. i got a honeydew with oreos, gummy bears, and of course MOCHI! i wanna work there, but you have to be 18+ :/ but it was cool cause we were their first rush hour! we also worked on the ASU chant for upcoming club rush week. then we all left and i got a ride from michael and sheryl. thanks guys =D

need to play bball again, show up those itams -____-

lachataaa.

2009-09-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

whatsuup! haven't been on blog since forever. school's hitting me HARD :/. i hate sophomore year. so much work like AP, i hate chemistry, i hate algebra II, "prefiero" geometry.

well why i'm on blog is basically because for world literature, we have to write an essay on an unimportant day. looking for ideas, i went here :] good thing i made a blog! i knew it'll benefit me. looking back at my old posts can be fun.

then i stumbled on a post when i said what i was planning to do in the summer. let's look at that again, this time crossing out what i actually did in the summer.

read books for AP "germinal" and "guns, germs, and steel" (around 450 pages each) : i read like half, then didn't finish cause i procrastinated too much :/
start the AP prep book for world history : couldn't start, oshkosh was about to begin.
pamphlet for "germinal" : never read the boook D:
~~3 page essay for "guns, germs, and steel"~~
outline for the AP prep book : never started on it. =p
learn SHINee's replay ;) : totally forgot about this!
finish memorizing the steps to solve the rubik's cube : leisa has the rubik's cube back.
~~VBS july 5-9M~~
~~oshkoshc camporee august 11-15~~
shoot more than 5 shorts : we didn't even shoot ANY! working on a little something right now tho :)
get a little fitter : i didn't exercise at all hahah.
~~go to knotts for my birthday~~
10000000x parties and hangouts : stayed home all summer loong.
cover shinee's replay with mary : forgot about this!

wow. do you see hoow lazy i get in the summer? this is really dissapointing... but at least some other unexpected things came up, like going to colorado and meeting the wonder girls! :D i'm already thinking about next year's summer. work, permit, AP, i hope i can actually live up to it.

well off to more homework -__-; fun stuff!

part 2: stand firm.

2009-08-21T17:14:00.000-07:00

it's friiiiidaaaay! right now at oshkosh i'd be getting ready for the radio interview :] more on that coming up!

FRIDAY: almost the last day of oshkosh :/ well, we planned on going canoeing this day :] so we did a little bit of honors first and then off to canoeing! on the way to honors, this asian dude who had a press pass asked us if we could get a picture for the day in review slideshow thing. wow we'd be on the big screen! we were so excited :D after that we did honors. the first honor i did was stars. i did it with everybody else but darlene and leisa since they did it already. it was really easy! i passed the test :] then i was looking for more honors, when i found heredity. i thought, "i learned this in school, so i'll just use that knowledge to pass the heredity test!" so there i was standing in line. then a girl comes up to me, "hey do you wanna trade pins?" of course i said yes! then we started getting to know each other. they were my two new texas friends from edinburg castles: ennie and carla!

(i told you guys i'd show pictures this time! :) they were really cool. they are 14. we planned on seeing each other the next oshkosh, but carla might move :/ carla if you're reading this, STAY! :D well then we went to the heredity booth. it was like 10 pages worksheet -___- we really wanted to quit. but i said "let's see if we can skip this and go straight to the test". so we did and we got in! :D the test was really easy, but i couldn't pass without them and this lady's help lol. unfortunately carla didn't pass :/ we told her to retake it lol [she passed the second time]. then we went seperate ways and i met everyone to go to canoeing. edmund was about to cancel canoeing for the siblings he was supposed to "take care" of. they got pissed. wow he was still mad at us? come on it's just one dang honor! however om kaleb talked to them and they were able to come :] when we were walking to the bus, some guy asked us "hey do you guys want to be in the radio?" we were shocked and excited! i felt really famous this week =] from autographs to pictures to radio interviews. i couldn't believe it. then we went to canoeing. it was good to cause we were almost the last ones to get on :] my boat or canoe whatever was just me and sam. there weren't enough guys cause reo couldn't get on cause he was under 13. well we first tried to take control of the canoe first, then we started to splash people lol. me and jey's canoe were allies to get the girls lol. it was so much fun. like 20-30 mins of canoeing, johanes, jey, and matthew fell off their canoe!!! LOLOL. that was funny! we kept saying "fail" lolol. jey and matthew swam back, and johanes stayed there looking helpless xD then 5 minutes later, cheary, lovely, and ruth fell of their canoe!! hahahahahaha MORE FAIL! we just kept laughing and taking pics. sammy wanted to fall on purpose but i didn't want too lol. matthew lost his hat FULL OF PINS :O how sad. then we got back and got ready for the interview. it was so much fun! i was supposed to promote ricentertainment but i forgot :/ oh wells. then when we finished we got really close seats to the main stage :/ we could see everything clearly! when it was the slideshow, we were all hyped for our pic. unfortunately it didn't get on :/ i was sad. but esther cheered me up! lol. i was more into the drama and participating cause it was so close. we sang above all and power of your love lol. OMG AND ALSO AT THE MAIN STAGE I SAW GOLDEN ANGELS!!! the korean group i was inspired by =]] they sang two songs. wow and they say asians can't sing! i was so shocked i saw them live :D then we got back to the campgrounds, and we decided to make a drill team. WOOT! i was excited. FINALLY a drill team! but we didn't start drilling till the next day. then i went to sleep early cause i was tired from canoeing.

SATURDAY: the last day of oshkosh. i was so sad :/ it was finally over. we were getting ready with class a uniforms, when all of a sudden om kaleb brought us newspapers. OUR PICTURE WAS IN IT!!! :D yay we get publicity! LOL. then we went to church abit late. like 30 mins late xO. how indo lol. it was so hot that day cause we were wearing class a uniform. also the sermon was a little boring. i thought it would be like the nighttime program at daylight, but it was just a sermon and some club's investiture. i kinda fell asleep >.<. then after we went to eat the food the parents made us. we had our own little picnic. people were looking at us and our food lol. we then went back to the campsite. wow it was so far away >.<>.> gaaah. then after that we got ready for the main stage program. before that we said bye to inland empire and loma linda because they were leaving soon :/ then we went. we got pretty good view. OMG AND OUR PICTURE FINALLY GOT IN!!! wooooot! we needed more airtime ;) also there was a cross-shaped cloud. it was the talk of the evening. i get chills thinking about that. i knew that was a sign from God, saying he was watching us throughout this whole week. i was touched. then the esther play was really good! she finally had the COURAGE TO STAND =] lol. then after that half of us went back to the campground to get started on the drill team. the other half stayed for the sermon. when we finally arrived to the campground, we saw inland empire getting ready to leave, already on the bus. we went in and said goodbye one last time! we thought loma linda was gone too. then while we were starting, there was a firework show. we watched it first =] lol. then lovely and ruth came to join the drill team. they were all telling me that the next camporee theme for 2014 is FOREVER FAITHFUL LOL! forever praise combined with faithful friends. and the play was about daniel in the lion's den!! hahahah lovely's favorite =P then we found loma linda filipino. they were actually watching the main stage haha. eventually they left :/ we said bye to them too! we then practiced on our drill moves. then cheary passed by and we wanted to show our drill moves to her! but she didn't respond. something was wrong... then after that we started getting ready to leave in the morning :/ while we were packing, there were orang itams coming by from NYC. i think jey asked "can you guys jerk?" then it was a jerk session LOL. unfortunately edmund cut it off. what a party pooper -___- then we had to sleep early. cause why? edmund! we couldn't pull off our all-nighter. we wanted to practice more drilling :/

SUNDAY: woke up at 5 to make sure i have enough time to pack and take down the tent. darlene woke me up at 5 O.o and me and reo took a shower. wow the shower was EMPTY. i know it was maybe because it was 5 in the morning, but STILL i can't believe camporee is over! [i say that too much huh LOL]. then we took down the tent and stuff. we ate a little bit of breakfast. then there was MORE DRAMA! okay so like.... -censored- xP anyways, we stopped by walmart to do some DOOties lol. i also bought some food for 6 HOURS ON THE ROAD and i bought more breakfast: subway! =D that was good! lol then yeah we were on the road, playing out of state license game again. hahah. then 3 hours later we were in chicago. played MORE out of state license game. we found out some of the out of state licenses just came back from oshkosh also hahahahaha! i saw the passenger's shirt it was the logo =P. then we went back to sleep, 3 more hours. we saw a "lion's den adult superstore" HAHAHA XD then after 3 hours passed, we went to the adventist heritage place or something. i learned about the early sda's, sda's during slavery, and ellen g. white. i gotta say it was actually interesting. also there i met william and david from inland lol. [they were on a seperate trip]. there was also drama there -censored- then after that we went to the graveyard of the white family. also beside them was the kellogg guy! did you know that the kellogg guy who made cereal was SDA? tahts cool =D after that we went to the school we were gonna sleep over in -.- yes we were sleeping over at a school! we checked out the rooms and then set the sleeping bags. then off to denny's for dinner! yumm i got a western burger with fries and vanilla shake =]

after that we drilled a bit more in the parking lot [yes we're THAT inspired/obsessed]. it started raining lol. then we got back to the school. we tried to do an all-nighter again. we actually stayed up till 3. what were we doing? more drill! LOL. also we ATTEMPTED to make a "what time is it?" MV but no one wanted to take gabriella's solo lol. then we slept.

MONDAY: woke up around 7. people were already starting to come to the school LOL. we hurried as fast as we can. what did we eat for breakfast? DUNKIN' DONUTS!! my goal was accomplished =]] it's been a long time since i ate it. what i ordered back when i was 8 they don't make it anymore tho :/ then it took us an hour to go to andrews university. i really like the school. im thinking of going there. they also have graphics design and stuff so i'm interested. plus its an sda school so that was a plus. i bought a shirt from the gift shop lol. then it took us 15mins or so to go to someone's house to eat. it was actually a family i remember from years back when i used to go upland [and thats a LONG time ago!]. they were all grown up hehe. the food was really good. chicken, pizza, donuts, ice cream! pwhahah. -censored drama- then it was 2-3 more hours on the road to ohare airport. we were on time. we didn't have to wait long for the plane. we arrived there about 5:00 PM and the plane left at 6:30. i searched for some last minute souvenirs lol. and i ate MORE dunkin' donuts! sorry i couldn't resist lol. then the plane ride, i got window seat finally!! :D the view was beautiful. a lot of clouds! then i slept for an hour cause watching the clouds was boring lol. then we arrived at st. louis. i was about to buy souvenirs there when edmund told us to board the plane already >.> darn. that plain ride was REALLY BUMPY. i saw lightning coming out of the clouds under us :O it felt like a roller coaster i was scared. then we were served orange juice and watched 17 again. i fell asleep after the movie ended and when i woke up, LAX.

i'm really looking forward to the next camporee! this whole experience was amazing. i loved every single minute of it, even if there was drama. i would for sure do this again! i'll never forget last week

it was quite long huh? =P hope you enjoyed reading about my oshkosh experience!

part 1: stand strong.

2009-08-20T16:42:00.000-07:00

a week ago, i'd be at oshkosh wisconsin, how fun it was, and it was a good experience =] met some good friends! this is part 1, and i'll try to make it simple lol.

SUNDAY: went to lax, checked in and stuff. i was so excited to be going in a plane since 2001. i saw a lot of pathfinder clubs going to chicago too. i saw LA chinese, a guy from pasadena, and even hong kong pathfinders! wow that was cool. two of them looked like leisa and lovely hahah. well we stayed there until about midnight then we boarded on the plane. me and darlene, being noobs as we are, sat in the wrong seat hahah lol. we were sitting on hong kong people's seats. darlene hated them for taking it rofl. the plane was going up, and it felt so thrilling lol. we were served some orange juice and then watched a little bit of monsters vs. aliens. then we went to sleep.

MONDAY: arrived at ohare airport, i was really tired. everybody's hair was all messed up lol. on the way to baggage claim, all the pathfinders we saw we said "i'll see you at oshkosh!!!!" we were already getting excited! then we stayed in the airport for about a few more hours and ate breakfast. we got outside and it was REALLY HUMID. we got a 2 15-seat van and my van it was all the girls plus me jey and larry. we went to skydeck, priced $20. WOW it's not even worth it. i mean, the view was beautiful, but it was only worth like $5 to me. then after that we ate at a restaurant in the building and i saw DUNKIN' DONUTS. i was so excited hoping to eat that before we get back. then it was a 3 hour drive to oshkosh. we were playing out of state license game like wong fu lol. then everybody woke up by the time we arrived. "Welcome Pathfinders, 2009 Internation Camporee Courage To Stand". wow i was so hyped up. i had a really good feeling :] then we entered. we saw a lot of orang itam LOLOL. it's like moreno valley all over again. we also talked to random strangers on the walki talkies xD. we got to our campsite and built our tents, set everything up. then it was nighttime.

TUESDAY: let's see. i woke up pretty early. why is it that at campings i wake up early but at home i wake up like at 12:00? weird... well anyways everything was done we got to do pin trading. it was exciting xD "meeting" people from all over the country, all over the world. all the pins were so nice. i saw the hong kong people and DETERMINED to get their pin, but they ran so i couldn't catch up. then after that it was lunch. after that was honors time. we didn't do much since we registered pretty late so me and gaby did dogs. it was really easy. then we saw the hong kong people but they rejected me like 4 times LMAO. i didn't really have good pins because i just kept saying yes to people. later in the day [i forgot what happened in between this time, maybe more pin trading] i saw upland indonesian, inland empire already arrived. after that it was main stage time! i felt that camporee feeling. it was cold LMAO. good thing i brought my sweater. well i sang along, watch esther, etc. but i wasn't into it because we were so far away. we then got back to campgrounds. we couldn't play cards cause everyone was tired :/

WEDNESDAY: one of the first things we did was did honors. edmund led us to messiah's mansion but we didn't finish the honor. the first one we [not just me and gaby but lovely, leisa, ruth, darlene, cherol, gaby, reo, and me] actually finished was ADRA disaster response. of course, it was really easy lol. when we were getting back for lunch i traded pins on the way, no surprise. we planned to go canoeing that day, but edmund canceled it >.< then i went to get another honor: SEEDS. jey said it was really easy, so we decided to do it. it was really easy! then i saw my friend from moreno valley lol. then the rest did dogs and some did star honors, so i felt like taking a break so i just walked around, looking at what honors to take on thursday. then i saw some thailand people so i looked at their pins. i was in luck! i was able to trade with them :] it was a traded pin i saved to trade with hong kong, but what the heck thailand is just the same :D then we went back to camp. on the way, i decided to watch the parade. many orang itam and drum corp LOL. when we went back we ate out: chinese food LMAO! we also went to walmart to do our bathroom business, because everyone hated porta potties LOL. we got back and we missed a lot of the main stage. at least we barely missed esther, cause that's all i wanted to watch. i also missed the talent show winner who was from palm springs [more on that later]. we went back and saw loma linda filipino drill! they were awesome! that night we played tounges and bs LOL.

THURSDAY: while getting water, i saw loma linda filipino drill again and i was amazed. i was so inspired. we wanted a drill team [more on that later]. edmund said we would do canoeing this day but then he canceled it AGAIN. we went to edible wild plants. it was really worth it! we made stir fry, fritters, etc. i didn't know wild plants would taste awesome! then edmund suggested that we go to messiah's mansion and finish the honor. 4 of us got mad because WE wanted to choose what to do/ what honors to take and not him. we chose to watch the talent show first then drilling. he was really pissed at us. what the heck? i wanted to go to oshkosh not just for honors! me, darlene, lovely, and cherol watched drilling instead, we wanted to support our friends, loma linda filipino, upland indonesian, and azusa indonesian. they were AWESOME!! all of them got first place! san diego fil-am was awesome too! i liked them, also won first place!! we were more inspired! unfortunately, edmund's group wasn't able to watch loma linda drilling. we kept talking about how if our drilling was more serious we could have a drill team. and when we were walking back, we signed some autographs :D they thought we were from indonesia LOL. but hey it was pretty cool. i felt famous =D then i saw my friend from blogtv!!! WOOT. i was hoping i'd see him. he and his friends WERE THE WINNERS OF THE TALENT SHOW THE OTHER DAY. the ones from palm springs. too bad i didn't watch them :/ then we got back to eat and get ready to do the parade. it was really hot to wearr the class a uniform! azusa and inland empire was singing indo songs. none of us knew the lyrics so we just clapped and shouted "indos!!" lol. while we were marching, we made a new chant: R.I.P.C riverside indonesian pathfinder club sir! that was fun. we got back and then we went to main stage. wow it was very interesting! it gets better and better, and esther is pretty hot LOL. we went back and played tongues, and we started playing truth or dare LOL. it was more like dare or dare lol.

well that was part 1. so long eh? well gotta get back to homework! part 2 out soon hopefully tonight :] pictures coming out with the next part!

the return

2009-08-18T18:19:00.001-07:00

last night i just came home from oshkosh. today, i went to school. i wasn't supposed to go to school until tomo, but oshkosh already trained me to wake up early =P. plus i already missed 3 days, i'd be way behind if i missed another one. so i decided to go to school anyways, even though i wasn't prepared.

i woke up at 7 and saw fina using the computer. her time for school wasn't until 8:30, so i decided to go to school. although i wasn't really prepared, i still went anyways. i started with 2nd period, it was weight training :O i see a lot of orang itam there... i pretty much did nothing since my friends weren't in the class. then i found out after school (thanks deezy!) that it was the athlete weight training. so that's why i saw many track people.... hopefully i'm changing to regular weight training.

then 3rd period: spanish II. the teacher is WAY easier than avila, my spanish I teacher. and guess what? i have mary, nick, and sokpamat in the class :D and many other people too! that's my favorite class right now. all we did was just some sections etc, nothing extraordinary.

off to 4th period: advisory with the bible club teacher. none of my friends was there. it was boring as heyyyl. i wanna switch to my last year's advisory, mr. dahl. he was coool xD

then it was lunch. it was nice because i wasn't that far to the lunch lines hahah. it was weird tho since i don't have second lunch anymore, but most of the 2nd lunchers last year has 1st lunch. i also have lunch with my sister lol. but lunch was aight.

then it was off to 5th and 6th period: the double block AP. i was so scared because i didn't do the work. when i got in the class it was freaking confusing. it's like decoding a morse code. work is alrady piling up, i hope i won't fail >.<

lastly, 7th period: chemistry. i know some people there, so it's all gooood. i sat next to the foreign exchange students. i made a fool of myself because the girl's name was jia and i kept saying "jack?" LMAO. nice way to start the year with them xD. the class is kinda complicated.

then it was after school and i tried to look for sean, no luck. SEAN I MISS YOU no homo :D. i hope i see him tomo hahaha.
off to homework. hey i don't have a schedule shieet at home anymore :D yippee!

oshkosh blog will be posted tomo hopefully!

meeting the wonder girls :D

2009-08-09T01:55:00.000-07:00

it wasn't that great at all :P but it wasn't bad either. well i came there arond 8:25ish? i thought i went to the wrong entrance, so i went to the other one. i saw 9 other fan*tastics and i thought that was a pretty good number :] i met all of them, and some were from spec! too. it was around 9ish, but the jype people didn't come yet, so 2 fan*tastics went to check the other entrance. we were in the wrong entrance, so we went back to the first entrance i went to >.> that was close, cause the other half almost left us D: then we saw there was like 100000 more fan*tastics pwahahha. i was worried that we wouldn't get single pictures -____-

so we waited for like 30 minutes and etc. that was sucha bore. but at least i got to know the other fan*tastics, and we took a group picture. it was FOREVER till we saw the wonder girls. then we went in to the parking garage >.> and waited for like 10 more minutes. then they came. THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL. we all yelled and cheered, and i said "i want nobody nobody but you!" and ye eun danced along :D everyone else started to sing too hahaha.

then we were in line to take pics with the wonder girls. the staff told us we can't get single pictures NOR autographs -______- that sucked real bad. what a disappointment. it was just like the san jose concert i read about... but yeah i took pictures with two other guys i met. but i hugged ALL 5 :D they are such cuties ;) lmfao. i really wanted autographs and singles tho. other fan*tastics did. we barely got 3 minutes.... w/e. then we walked back by the entrance and we got the flyers we were supposed to pass out. we got like a million lol. we were in a group like 4-5 of us. we were talking how we all wanted to go home because we really didn't get to meet them. but we did a pretty good job passing them out. some fangirls totally rejected us D: rofl but it was good. we heard nobody playing inside the building (since we were outside) and we heard the wonder girls are doing meet and greet. WE WERE ALL HYPED UP but we couldn't get in. DAMN. then i had to go so i took like 50 extra flyers lol.

overall: total dissapointment. the earlier fan*tastics were WAY better. ours was total fail. but at least i met some good people :] and i got a hug! and a picture :D

some pictures:

oshkosh tomorrow (or actually today), wish me luck!

registrayshuun

2009-08-06T14:21:00.000-07:00

yezzir, school is coming back in exactly a week :/

today woke up pretty early (compared to my usual) to get ready. used the shirt ella gave me for birthday :] kept checking myself out LOL and practiced smiling pwahahha.

i get there at 11:45ish and i see sokpamat. the registration thing was abouta close for lunch so i had to wait till 12:30. i sneaked inside and saw jojo, marnelli, tricia, nick, john, randeezy, tyson, and richmond. just hung out there for a while. then we saw meli and mary outside and we just hung out at richmond's place.

then around 12ish me, mary, sokpamat and meli left to go see ateh kristine and jemina because they were already in line. when the door opened, i got the next ticket >.> mary and meli got X, and i got Y. they called out X, but i went too HAHAH. i felt soo evil! xP. got my classes (but not teachers yet) and i have:

weight training (ROFL imma die.... -.-)
honors english world literature
spanish II
health
chemistry
AP world history (really worried imma fail this D:)
algebra II
and advisory

those are pretty hard classes, especially weight training! i should've worked out in the summer, i'm barely starting now. and i bet i'll fail english and AP too, because i didn't do the summer work >.<>.> but oshkosh is once in a lifetime thing :D SO IS MEETING THE WONDER GIRLS! yeeeee!

school/oshkosh shopping tomo :] well, PART 3. we never seem to finish shopping...

gonna work on my assignments soon the pack a little. PAYCE!

ps. what should i give the wonder girls as a gift? don't have a lotta money so i was thinking of food... like biscotti PWHAHAAHAH :X

el fan*tasticoo

2009-08-04T14:41:00.000-07:00

august 4 2009, at 1:00 PM. amanda, a representative of jype called me to tell me that I'M IN!!!! i got in fan*tastics!! YEEEE :DDDDD I'M SO EXCITED. i get to see so hee AHHHH. seeing them is (one of) my dreams. YESS!! God surely answered my prayers..

the weekend

2009-08-02T23:05:00.000-07:00

this weekend was pretty busy. on friday faithful friends practiced from 3-7. me and lovely were there at 2, so i taught her the drill moves. then leisa and stacy came at 3, they just used the computer. then by 4, ruth and matthew came. we practice drilling for about 1 more hour and then practiced singing. we practiced for 2 hours. we also had to change the key so we had to start all over again. then we just drilled more and tried to perfect the moves. i thought we did pretty good.

on saturday stacy noticed our name wasn't in the bulletin to sing. we were really pissed because we practiced so hard. however we resolved the issue and we were gonna sing. we were practicing then the pastor came in to the room and let everybody in. WTF we were there FIRST. he just said "oh there's no more room". to f***in bad. so i got pissed i said "fine we're moving." i wanted to talk back more than that but i'd get in trouble haha. then we went in the church. we were the only one to do the drill. we FAILED. we did pretty good but we just didn't practice enough to make it sharp xD oh well. we then got our sashes and the front part looks pretty full. it looks nice :D then we sang:

we did pretty good. for only 2 hours of practice and like 3 times with jey, i was suprised. heck, everybody was suprised. we just need to work on smiling hahah. idk why but i never smile even when i try to!

then after that we went to loma linda for a funeral. i saw alex. i planned to sleep over at his house but things didn't go according to plan. i hope to go in the next break. hung out with natasha, alex, jey, ella, etc. at the burial. i saw PJ! HAHAHAH. then went back to the church to eat.

today we went to john's incredible pizza. felt really awkward because i don't really talk to the guys lol. my sister was being really fake too. seriously, shut the f*** up! HAHAH. i saw people from upland tooo. the staff went for vbs celebration stuff. saw renee too! and i also saw people from school. i knew i'd see someone! none other than jamescarlo. everytime i go to john's i always see him LOL. took a lot of pictures.

now the to do list for the upcoming week: do my AP 3-page essay and prep book outline, school registration, finish school shopping and oshkosh shopping, repack, and HOPEFULLY go see the wonder girls. also a busy week ahead of me!

now let's play some rock legends!!! :D

dropout

2009-07-28T19:36:00.000-07:00

i've been neglecting my school friends this summer. i really regret it, because one moved today. it's funny though, because today i thought, "it's about to be school, and he didn't move yet. hah, i guess his mom postponed the moving, AGAIN." i had no idea he was moving today. no one ever told me. probably because i haven't hung out with my school friends this summer. the last time i hung out with them was what, jemina's birthday party? june 13. wow that was ages ago. well anyways, the advantage of not hanging out with them is that i get no drama. last year's summer was just a whole shit of drama, and highschool didn't even start yet. friends betrayed me, some relationship stuff, it was all stressful. i liked this summer because i got to enjoy my time without having to worry about school or drama. but the DISadvantage is that i don't keep in touch, and i don't know what's been happening, like right now. i took his moving for granted, and never cared.. this year we really didn't hang out much. yeah i made a party for him, yeah we still talk. but we weren't as close as much as we were back in the 07-08 year. how i miss those days haha. i tried to stay close, but things happen. things change. people change. for better of for worse. well, i really can't do anything now, because he's already moved. if only i could've change his mom's mind. ehh :/ oh well. hopefully he'll come back visit because fina has his jacket still hahha.

i'll miss you buddy. LOL i make it sound like he's dead...

on the other hand, i've gotten a call from JYPE offices saying that i'm a finalist for the FAN*TASTICS event. YES :D! nothing's for sure yet, but i'm into consideration. not much people joined the LA concert, or not that i know of. but i didn't sound too enthusiastic on the phone haha. hopefully that won't hurt my chance. =P

going school shopping tomo, hopefully.

pathfinder mini camp

2009-07-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

yesterday was pathfinder mini camp. it was to practice or to get used to the camp life? at oshkosh. i started packing around 10 friday night and finished at 8 in the morning. NO i didn't stay up all night, all i needed to do in the morning was put everything in the bag and get the sleeping bag outta the storage. then went to sabbath school me and reo were matching lol with our suspenders...and leisa and lovely decided to wear blue with us! yeee. at church jacqulin was singing. clearly the song was too high for her, i guess her parents just want to show her off...jeez. after potluck we just ate a little big and was getting ready to practice singing. we still need to work on a lot of things. jey came and we practiced one more time. by then we had to be ready for the minicamp so we had no time to practice drilling.

we got to the campsite around 5 and started building up tents, etc. me reo and larry was a group, but we secretly switched jey with larry hahah. then i saw the pastor. i was like wtf? why is he here... he just wants to look after some "certain" people. but then he was doing the sermon for ay haha. he said at oshkosh "i'll be looking out for everybody" and "be sure to say hi if you see me". i'm sorry but when i heard those i just laughed to reo. it's just so hilarious... then dinner was really good. spaghetti with meatballs and salad. then we went to the lake. OMFG sooo much bugs. they never told us to bring bug repellent, good thing edmund had some. everyone had bug bites but me HAHAHA. then we played some games, "hajishapopopo" and "tic toc boom". lol people prolly thought we were doing some crazy rituals or something lmfao. in tic toc boom we won :] our group name was called ANJING! lolol.

then after that it was night time so we had to be quiet. all we did in the tent was play speed and gossip. then we went over to darlene's leisa's and lovely's tents to play cards. we played spoons and BS. in spoons leisa and jey lost. jey had to spell out "reo" with his butt to the youth rofl and leisa with neil hahah. i almost lost. i spelled FAI out of FAIL so i didn't lose. the only reason why lovely never lost cause SHE CHEATED. she put cards behind her...wow -.- then with BS lol it was funny jey and reo kept losing...they suck at bs! lmfao. then we went back to our tent cause we were too loud hahah and we just talked. jey had to go to the bathroom so we all went, and we see some special someones coming out. WHOA THERE. i won't say any names ;) we then slept around 12:30.

in the morning it was 5:30 and jey woke us up, even though it was reo's duty to do the wake up call. i slept more and woke up at 6:00 or was it 6:30? we then went to morning worship, it was uncle ben. the breakfast was pretty good, scrambled eggs and what darlene? o'brian potatoes? LMAO. then we had a first aid workshop and some drill practice. we kept messing up :/ and after that we showered/put down the tents. then darlene told me i had some bug bites on my legs D:

this camping was pretty good. especially cause there was barely any parents. i really like camping with people just my age. hopefully there will be teen camping in the future? nah, we're not in the church manual :X but anyways i'm really excited for oshkosh (except porta-potties!)

singing, drilling, oshkosh, school, STRESS.

part 3: burnin' up in las vegas

2009-07-23T19:45:00.000-07:00

last part of the blog :] if you haven't read the previous blogs, scroll down and you'll see part 1 and 2.

part 3.1: burnin' up in las vegas // up with the ongs

we arrived around 4. it took us like 11 hours to get there, and then the time went back an hour. the hotel we stayed at was "ballys". we stayed in the hotel till about 6 to rest up. i was all excited to FINALLY use internet, then i forgot that expensive hotels rip you off and make you pay >.> we then head on to pf changs to eat. on the way there it was so effin' HOT! when we got there i ordered double pan fried noodles :] for a whole week i've been eating noodles...imma get diabetes =[. then after we ate leisa larry and reo arrived at las vegas, so we met up at urban outfitters. leisa was doing her thing and blogging LOL. the whole time i kept saying "this is annonymousaznkid from be quiet and hear it" hahah. we were just looking around the store, getting ready for oshkosh. then we went around the mall. there isn't anything interesting there, just urban outfitters and h&m. in h&m i was trying to help reo get a jacket for oshkosh. but none really fit him size and style wise. larry bought a sleeveless hoodie like mine XD his is white. then fina went up to me "hey why didn't you buy suspenders?" and i said "there's suspenders?!" i got excited. i always wanted them =P in the end me and reo got one heehe. then we went to the gift shop and got some cards to play speed! we all walked to our hotel room because it was close. it was raining tho >.<

part 3.2: burnin' up in las vegas // m&m world?

the day started when i woke up around 8. we were going swimming at leisa's hotel so we had to get up early cause we had to pack up too since we were leaving later on that day. when we went out of the hotel it was already so fckin hot! i couldn't take it. i was already sweating. we met up with larry in the lobby. dang the hotel was really nice. they stayed at the 32nd floor. then we saw the rest of the family. we went down to the pool. ohh it felt soo good. the pool was sooo cold but it felt refreshing at the same time. there was also a fountain so we went under it. then fina was being a scaredy cat so we went to the warmer pool. i personally like the cold pool better, since i'm now used to cold showers lol! we stayed for about 2-3 hours. we saw fat people, sunburned people, etc. when we were about to leave, me and reo went to the cold people oneee more time. then at leisa's hotel room we took a shower and stuff. we watched cheaper by the dozen and ate rice with ambon (idk what that is in english?) and tofu. daang it was good. after that we went back to the mall cause fina wanted to go back. we just went around to waste time. one part of the mall had clouds and stuff and it had rain THAT WAS SO COOOL. after that we wanted to go to m&m world but we didn't know where it was so we tried to find it but we couldn't :[.

we met up with our families back at leisa's hotel and we met 2 new kids, connie and mike. connie was mine and leisa's age and mike was reo's. THEY ARE SO RICH THEY HAVE 4 CAMERAS. one photography, one digital, one those cool ones from urban outfitters and another photography i think. we went to caesar's palace and took pictures and that's about it. we wanted to go find m&m world but by then it was 4:30 so my family was about to leave.

before we left we wanted to get dunkin' donuts that should've been open 2 weeks later from our visit in march but it STILL WASN'T OPEN. i was maaaaad. then i just fell asleep on the road, and when we got back we ate dinner at thai bowl. we arrived around 8:30. overall it was a pretty good vacation. lots of ups and downs but yeah. thankks for reading :]

ps, if you want to see pictures, it's on my facebook!

part 2: colorado itself

2009-07-22T20:01:00.000-07:00

aaaand, i'm back! if you haven't read part one, scroll down and you'll see it :]

part 2.1: colorado itself // arrival & church

after we took pictures with the welcome sign, i stayed up for a while to enjoy the view. it wass mighty fine XD. then i slept for a little longer cause we didn't arrive in the city yet. when i woke up, we arrived at a town called aurora. we planned on staying on a la quinta inn or something like on iliff street. coincidentally the hotel we stayed at in new mexico was also on a street named iliff. weird... but then my dad was on the phone with he CAISDA (colorado indonesian american sda church) pastor and he wanted us to stay at his house. it was his NEW house. he didn't even move in yet LMAO. the house was pretty big and spaceous, maybe because it was empty except for some beds haha. the house had a basement also. first time seeing one. the pastor bought us a lot of food, thank you! then we head on to walmart at southlands mall. DAAANG that mall was BIG. it was like victoria gardens plus other stores around it, lik walmart, sam's club, and a WHOLE LOT MORE. just search it on google lmao. and the walmart was supercenter too...i heard in colorado all of the walmarts are supercenter except for 2. WOW. later that night, the pastor came again to bring us more food. he's really nice. i couldn't sleep because i was pretty jetlagged.

next day was Sabbath. the shower was freaking cold because there was no hot water lmao. then we used the GPS to go to the church, we were lost for a little bit haha. i say this again, NEVER TRUST GPS. hahah. the church was.. "different"? they indo church combined with the spanish church. i wasn't used to the praise music because it had drums and stuff. i'm used to piano and guitar and organ... but the sermons were interesting. for Sabbath School, we learned about music in the church. for sermon, we talked about the seven churches. that beats the sermon over at RISDA about brains hahah. the speaker said that the church really needs its youth. if the pastor says no to everything it'll drive the youth away out of church. i was thinking of a particular church when he talked about this... i wonder which =P. this is also when i heard the ongs were going to las vegas. i was excited xD then after church, there was potluck. the food was REALLY good. i had fried chicken and soft tofu hhaha. i heard RISDA had good food too, like macaroni and cheese and stuff. oh well lol. then we head on to first denver church, where a lot of our friends were from CA. they belonged to caisda but i guess they didn't go there this week. i saw a lot of people from laguna back in the days. i didn't talk to them tho. some of the ex-lagunians tried to talk to us into moving hahah. i want to move, but then again i don't want to leave everything and everyone here =p. it's complicated. anyways the only family i didn't see was matthew's family, an ex-riversidian. he was visiting riverside lol.

after that we head on back to the indo church for the youth seminar. the speaker was the same from the worship service. he was an ex-rapper from a group called boogiemonsters back in the day. that explained why i never heard of them... then this is the part where i got really pissed. my drill team was split up D: i was really angry. it wasn't anyone's fault. it's most likely because of me. i also missed the oshkosh meeting. i was PISSED. this is why i didn't want to go to colorado, because of pathfinders. i missed a lot too, like drama and PJ stuff haha. my mom said "it's okay you'll hear it from someone else". i was really really mad. my mission then arrived: stay far from the family pictures as much as possible. we were going to downtown so i made this happened. MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED! i didn't take a lot of pictures with my family and the only pictures i have most is me alone. i didn't talk to my parents much that day. at downtown we went to noodles company with another family who left riverside right before we came. me and fina ordered some japanese noodles since we thought we were going to eat out with her friends. then our cousin grace picked us up and we went to her friend's hotel.

part 2.2: colorado itself // social

when we arrived at the hotel room, i met the youth of caisda. i kinda felt awkward and uncomfortable because everyone was like 18+ hahah. it was pretty nice though, finally hanging out with older people XD. then i met the pastor's kid. WOW he was the opposite of cheary. he's pretty buff too LOL. he said he hasn't seen his new house, the one we were staying in, kinda sad. then there was plans of going to play tennis and elitch gardens the next day. none happened, at least for us. me and my family went to colorado springs so we couldn't make it to tennis. then after that we hit up the park to meet the church members again. i finally met someone my age... but he's 16. and i hung out with my old friends rainer and jay. the food was pretty good to LMAO. and after that we went home to rest up. by the time we went home it was 7, so me and my sister was getting ready for the seminar. we went kinda late but it's okay. i actually listened. RISDA needs more seminars like that XD after that since we didn't go to elitch gardens, we went to lollicup. man i haven't been to a lollicup for a looooong time. but it's so different over in colorado. it's more anime oriented, and there's no computers but there is cards, checkers, foosball, connect four, etc. there was also manga LMAO. then we were gonna bowl but our cousin had to drop off her grandma to work, so we didn't. after we did we went over to the hotel again. we played more speed and we ate sonic. we also played games like "grandma" and "johnny" and "umbrella". i knew umbrella. the other 2 was so hard to figure out. haha i figurred it out at the end tho. it was sad to leave everybody since i barely go to know them. hopefully i'll see them again :]. we got home at like 1 am and packed up. i set my alarm for 3:30 because we were leaving at 4 but no one heard the alarms. everyone woke up around 5:30 so we left around 6. during that time i just slept a bit more hahah. i also played a new game called "if you were to go to the movies, what would you bring?" i begged fina for the pattern LMAO. then after 10 hours, we finally made it to vegas!

next part: part 3, burnin' up in las vegas. watch for it tomorrow :]

TRIP part 1: on the road to colorado!

2009-07-21T21:53:00.000-07:00

heeellloooo everyone! i'm back :D home sweet home. it's (not so) great to be back! lmao. this trip was awesome! and to think i didn't want to go at first. lmao.

part 1: on the road to colorado!

left around 5:30 am. we went to victorville or somewhere over there to eat ihop for breakfast :] i got like the chocolate pancakes with hasbrowns and eggs...YUM. then i just slept and slept for hours. since my parents have iphones, we could use internet. my mom was on facebook the whooooole time LMAO. addicted maan. all the indo parents are. i had twitter myspace and facebook app installed on it so i wouldn't be bored. i also installed tap tap revenge and cube runner lmao. we also had snacks in the car, m&ms and baked ruffles hahah. then we past arizona but i was too lazy to take a picture of the sign XD. we past down new mexico and i got a picture of the sign :] i'll upload it soon. then we stayed at new mexico and that was the last time i had internet till now. the next day, we went to ihops AGAIN lol. this time i got muchaca, but i said muchacha LMAO. i didn't know there was no other H... then we went to some science history museum. it was boring as HECK. i wanted to go to the hands on one lol. then we got to colorado and we stopped to take pictures WITH the sign :] i was like "hey i'm like in the movie walk to remember, two places at once" lmao..hmm. awkward balloon...creek creek...

next part: part 2, colorado itself. i'm guessing it'll be long (i didn't write it yet) so it'll be seperate.
it'll be out tomo! :) sorry if this is boring hahahah... tomo will be interestinger.

fun with the youth ;)

2009-07-12T01:11:00.000-07:00

haha okay. this was a fun night. i don't regret missing my friend's bday party. lol. i know that's sad, but i just didn't want to see the people there...

starting sabbath school. that went REALLY bad. chris almost made stacy quit faithful friends. there's no other alto in our church thats our age! then for sermon, it was talking about love or something. that's like the 100000th time he's done a sermon about love. and he said "to teenagers, say touch me not". wtf? natasha was saying all that was dedicated to her and her boyfriend. everyone thinks the pastor is fake. lol. then jacqulin came again...AGH. she drew me a heart and i was forced to take it *cough*cough*natasha*cough*. i tried every way possible to think of letting her down easy, but it didn't work. well it did, for some minutes. i told hoegan to pass by her with the heart in his hand, and she started crying LOL. she started crying loud too! everyone was like "jonathan you're so mean" and "kids have feelings too!" haha apparently not her. and in the end before VBS started, hoegan said "oh look, what is this? should i throw it away" i said "oh, i don't know. okay." then jacqulin took it out from the trash can and ripped the heart and threw it in my face LOL. but in a few minutes she came back to me. AGHH!

VBS closing was a disaster lol. barely anyone sang their sons. for sure group B didn't sing their slow song. i think the highlight of the closing ceremony was our slideshow ;) here it is if you want to see it:

there was a picture with me and ophelia / "becky". it was supposed to make jacqulin jealous LOL. but no one awed...MAN!

after the vbs we made lovely and PJ say hi to each other LOL. unfortunately, we promised we'd stop teasing if they did, and they did LOL. after that the youth decided to go to cues and banana bay. i wanted to come with LOL and feel my youthness. i didn't want to go alone so i asked darlene and natasha to come too. PJ came with us to irfan's house to close sabbath but he went with the young adults to go somewhere else after. oh and did i mention i got PJ into joining faithful friends? LOL i'm that cool. we were just talking since youth was with youth, young adults was with young adults, so teen with teen. after closing sabbath, off we went! we saw randys car in the freeway and he didn't go with us LOL. small world! first we went to banana bay. wtf all the parents just started walking in from java spice. they don't trust us or anything. it was OBVIOUS. has GUILTY written all over their faces! Cherol and Cheary was going home soon after but they rebelled and they stayed for cues LOL. i went to the booth with darlene and natasha because its awkward with the youth. we got the best booth ever! darlene selected the smallest print ever. but it looks pretty tight still :] here it is!

then the pastor made us leave early. everyone only took one picture. WTF he's not even giving people rides besides cheary and joanne. why does he want everyone to leave. he look pissed too. okay?! he's not in control. no one even invited him.

until next time, makadokid off!

VBS Day 5

2009-07-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

last night me and cheril was just teasing lovely about "roosevelt". she fell for our tricks lmao! saying that i made tshirt designs for her to see but it was actually his pictures. she fell for it twice LMAO! i love doing this.

final day! woooot! overall the vbs is kinda fun. A LOT of thinks i don't like about it tho. and its DEFINETLY not better than take the plunge :]

so the day starts out. i went to jessica's house because fina had to prepare the food for vbs today. when we were going to vbs, there was no room in the car. i told her so! she never listens. i've been telling and asking "find rides", "make sure there's room for me". but NO. she think it doesn't matter. she needs to know that at least 60% of the time i'm right. then we go to vbs. at underground church, of course, the jacqulin problem was up, i'll talk about that later hahah. abigail plays with PJ alot. someone is interested. LOVELY YOU GOT COMPETITION! lolol. then the pastor put me on blast again. HE NEEDS TO CALL ON OTHER PEOPLE. i will not be an example. then for games we got wet again! way more wet today. i got matthew back hahahah. krystal wet me too and laura, of course i got them back! and for market place, there was food. HALLELUJAH! and for crafts, we colored dreidels or whatever. isn't that jewish and not roman? then for family time basically we were orphans because ka' cilla left hahah. and then in extolio praise we got into groups to sing. we got the song hello. i wanted no greater gift! but hello is better than a slow song group B got! xD the kids my age on group B just sat down. they got in trouble and stuff. i said "i support 100% on your rebellion!" LOL. and for food, it was KFC again -.- so much for a vegetarian church!

now it's time for.... jacqulin section! befor the underground church, we were waiting outside of the hall. abigail and jacqulin came to me at the same time. and guess who i picked? ABIGAIL! hahahah. i gave abigail a piggy back ride and jacqulin after that looked mad LMFAO. then in the underground church, AGAIN she wanted to sit by me. DANG. she sat between me and abigail. abigail said "do you want to go to disneyland with jacqulin?" of course i said "no!" also abigail was like "i got a boo boo". and i said "awww me too! are you okay?" and of course i knew jacqulin was gonna say the same thing. the whole time she kept tapping me on the back and i just ignored her. and she said to abigail "how long do i have to wait for him for me to tell him i got 2 boo boos?!" LOL. i don't care at all. and she was all telling abigail (seriously, they suck at whispering) "jonathan likes you (abigail) more than me!" yep. at least that's one thing right! also when we were in the hallway she was waiting for me -____- i just ran and she kept chasing me -__- OMG WHY WON'T THIS GIRL QUIT?! doesn't she get the freakin message?! and after games, after i was changing, i came across jacqulin and her mom. her mom said "jonathan, jacqulin said you got her wet!" (NO NOT THAT KIND OF WET. stacy and darlene has a dirty mind.) i didn't want to be mean in front of her mom, since i'm such a nice guy :) i said "hahah..um no!" just to pretend. but i don't even remember getting her wet. that was such a lie. all i got wet was laura, krystal, matthew, PJ, cheyenne, and abigail. maybe there's more but for sure NOT jacqulin. and when we were in our groups to sing, she kept tugging my pants and i just ran ran ran. then cheyenne helped me "come on we're gonna sing now". phew! "becky" and "bekha" wasn't here to help me today. maayn. that's the end of today's project hate.

i have nothing else to say here,

VBS Day 4

2009-07-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

i'm actually enjoying the vbs. HAHAH. well at the underground church the pastor put me on blast -_-. wow. i wasn't even listening to him. i just answered whatever. he kept asking for more...then he asked this other girl krystal. she didn't want to answer so the pastor just passed her. WHAT THE FFCCKK. that's really racist. just because im indo. just because i was born into the sda family and she wasn't (and she's baptized) she was let go. then for games it was water, so it was fun haah. i got pretty wet. tomo is wet games too :D then off to the marketplace. the button making was SOOO long we had to wait for forever -.- then after we ate, it was CHICKEN AGAIN for the fourth day. i'm really tired of chicken now. oh and did i mention lovely tweeted saying she's starting to have feelings for "him" now? ;) go gettem lovely! fighting! ahhaha

then it was my time to play with jacqulins feelings :) in the underground church, jacqulin was sitting between me and abigail, so i just ignored her the whole time LOL. abigail would say "do you want to go to the pool with jacqulin?" i said "ohh no no no". then she asked "for my birthday do you want to go to chuck e cheese" and i said "of course!" then she said "jacqulin is coming too okay?" and i said "ohh i'm just gonna hang out with you" hahahahah... then after vbs "becky" bribed me to stop being her boyfriend for a twix bar. i said yes. i love twix! so am i free for jacqulin? OF COURSE NOT! my new girfriend is another one of lovely's friends, tara, aka "bekha". when i told tara, jacqulin from across the room looked at us and gave us the look LOL. then we went to her later on and she had that forced smile again. hahahahahahahahahah. when we left she told her mom i had a girfriend. this is so much fun.

last day of vbs tomo!

ps. oh and happy 4:05:06 on 07/08/09 everybody, altho it passed :]

VBS Day 3

2009-07-07T22:30:00.000-07:00

Family group L to R: Me, Matthew, PJ, Angel, Abigail, Auntie Jyoti, Indi, Ka' Cilla, Krystal. Not pictured: Jefferson.

2009 Rome VBS is getting a lot funner actually. And tomorrow's games are with water. FUN! :D hahah. so what happened today? let's see. games was funny. we had a race by pulling someone in a cardboard box and two of us had to pull. my team was hoegan, PJ, me, and kaitlyn. haha that was FAIL FAIL FAIL. we just started running without anyone in the box XD. i don't have much arm strength, i need to start exercising again D: . then for family time we had to have a cheer. more FAIL FAIL FAIL xD. ours was "who are we? AURELIUS!" then pose, but we didn't do it right. i think my cheer was better, but people said it was complicated =.=

and this is the worst part of the day. that little girl from yesterday won't leave me alone. seriously. she's been chasing me ALL DAY LONG, making me give her a piggy back ride, calling my name 24/7. and during the box race or whatever, when we were switching teams, she said "i want jonathan to be in my team!" >__> and in the hallway of the so-called "underground church", she was looking for me to hold on to her. i was easy to see because i was using my phone for a light. so i turned off my phone and ran away xD. she's WAY too clingy. so this whole day i've been avoiding her, and i tried to make her jealous LOL. i figured, if she likes me, she'll be jealous. so i've been with abigail this whole day in my family group. i would always carry abigail. also before vbs i had my arm over ophelia the whole time. i asked lovely and stacy to make sure jacqulin sees me HAHAHAH. and after vbs we did it again. stacy asked jacqulin "hey jonathan wants to see you". she then stuffed her whole mouth with rice. then stacy said "okay i'll tell jonathan you don't want to see him..." then she just ran off and ate while she was walking. and when jacqluin went up to me she kept tugging my pants.. so i said "hi jacqulin! this is my girlfriend...becky (ophelia). say hi!" and she had a forced look on her face "hi". LMAO and stacy then asked her hey do you like becky? and she had a forced look on her face then also "yes". hahahahah LMAO. it never works tho. that girl never gives up. i don't really care. even if she was older i would NEVER date her.

operation HATE has just begun :D

VBS Day 2

2009-07-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

More fail. But it wasn't as fail as yesterday. I kinda had fun, but it's really stupid how they play favoritism. I went to VBS at 4, and there was no one there until 30 minutes. We started exactly 5:33. The "extolio" songs are so boring, besides 2 which are really fun. Even the theme song is boring. Then more family time. Then we went to the stories, and we had to crawl =.= The pastor's room was more boring this time. And some little girl keeps getting close to me. she needs to know i am NOT interested in 4 year olds >_> following me everywhere, chasing my butt. geez. games was okay. i won in hula hoop with my cousins hahah. for dinner they made the little kids go first. WHAT THE HECK. what's the point for us in participating when they make all the little kids go first? like natasha said "they just want our money". then outside we asked that little girl questions

"do you like leisa?"
(Shakes her head)
"do you like jonathan?"
(nods her head)
"why do you not like leisa? is she getting in between you and jonathan?"
"(nods her head)
if this is the only girls i can get, then i'm not interested. >.<

I think my "family" group is the calmest out of everyone else's because we most of our group is little kids, and the rest doesn't talk to each other alot. For example, I don't really talk to Matthew much altho he's in faithful friends. Idk what to talk to him about. Then there's Krystal. I don't talk to her that much either. And also there's PJ, Lovely's boyfriend. I talked to him more today. I feel bad for him cause he's always alone hahah, so I try to talk to him whenever I can, and drop hints for Lovely :). We're thinking of putting in him FF also though, hahaha. We need mroe guys in errthaang.

needs to stop procrastinating in reading. DAMN.

VBS Day 1

2009-07-05T21:57:00.000-07:00

I'm so lazy to write up blogs now, because I doubt anyone even reads it and summer readingis catching up to me.

Friday highlight: Actually pulled off a last-minute Faithful Friends practice.

Saturday highlights: Graduation 2009 has better incentives, Leisa wearing (Jessica's) heels, met PJ aka Lovely's new boyfriend, mini fancies drill competition practice, fireworks, food, teasing Lovely about PJ, making the ricent tshirt design.

Sunday:
Since today is Sunday, it gets a whole blog :D YIPPEE! I really don't want to get into detail though hahah. Woke up at 8, went to Loma Linda to buy VBS food. Went to Leisa's house after that, just chilled. Was too lazy to make a short. Went to VBS, gay shieeet. Family idea was really gay, although Matthew, Abigail, and PJ is in my family. I'm gonna start talking to PJ ;) 5000 family time, gay storytelling, pastor's room was a bore, games were pointless, snacks only today and thursday, hard crafts, slow theme song. I was too lazy to rebel. Leisa rebeled.

Next year, 14 year olds are counselors. WHATTHEFUCK. My age had to wait until 16, and we were supposed to do it this year too, since it was originally 15. That is fucking gay. Bullshit. The church is driving it's "future generation" out of the building -______________-.

Enough of my rant, now on to reading my AP books >.>

short and quick

2009-06-30T02:28:00.000-07:00

summer's been sooooooooo boring lately. i have to start catching up on my AP reading (since i've procrastinated too much already), and there is no plans for this summer at all. everyone is all in their own ways. either that or i'm just not updated on what's up. right now i'm really conscious about school college my future etc., so i have to work work work. usually around this time i would feel like "oh man i miss school" but now i don't hahah. i think it's cause i already know what classes i'm taking, and it's awful =P. ap world history, honors english, chemistry, algebra 2 honors, spanish 2, weighttraining/health. hahah, i'm going to DIE in weighttraining. i need to start going to the gym to prepare... hahah.

so i've made a decision. everyone's been making tumblrs lately and me following the crowd decided to get one hahah. i'm not switching to tumblr, but all my random thoughts, feelings, etc. everything i just feel like sharing will go there. i'm just posting short little posts there while i still do my daily blogs here. so check it out! http://www.tekojon.tumblr.com/

so tumblr here i go!

Juuuust a thought...

2009-06-25T21:25:00.000-07:00

Now since I didn't do anything today, I want to write a different type of blog this time. Something important. Something more serious.

So Michael Jackson died today. It made me really think. I am shocked because I never thought he would die this soon. It's just sad. Many people talk crap about him, but still, he made a difference. You got to admit it. He's a legend.
But if you didn't know, Farrah Fawcett also died. If you didn't know (like how I didn't know before), she was one of the Charlie's Angels. The media made Michael Jackson's death such a big deal. It's like he's the only one that needs attention. But no, it's not true. I give respect to MJ, but people die everyday, from cancer, AIDS, etc. Why don't you see that in the news everyday? Isn't that more tragic? It's just stupid how everything is only focused on things that are popular and not tragedy.

But this also made me think about the world. As I watched "I Am Legend" last night, it made me think how the world is ending. I know that zombies aren't real, but the world IS ending. (NOTE: this may be bias because I'll be talking about Christianity) From what I believe (Seventh-day Adventist), the world is ending as we speak. According to the Bible, as the world ends, a war is supposed to break out (Iraq/Pakistan War), diseased are to be spread (Swine flu), problems about the earth are to be out (Global warming), etc. Now the question is, is the world ready? Ready for the world to end, ready for Jesus Christ?

I'm sorry if this is to bias or to serious, etc. I thought I'd try being serious for a change. It won't always be this way though, I'll still have blogs about my day.

God bless you,

ps. My church has a program for July 5-9, usually about 6-8pm. There's food, games, and stories. If you're 15 or under, and is interested, please contact me :)

untitled?

2009-06-24T20:10:00.000-07:00

i can't believe it. this week is the highlight of my summer (so far). i haven't had this much things do in a while. i hope i get to do more stuff :]

the *morning* started out with me tiwi and fina watching disturbia. it wasn't really that scary, just suspense and full of intensity. the murderer looks like a pedo XD then we watched yes man. LMAO that was hilarious! funny funny lines. my favorite was "i'm gon....orrhea" XD. imma start saying that from now on. then we just watched russel peters on the laptop. i slept around 3:30am

around 3pm we went to go to CVS pharmacy and stater bros. to get some ingredients for crepes. then we went to jack in the box to get some 2 4 1 tacos. they were pretty bomb, i wanted some more! then around 4:30 me fina and tiwi went to go the swimming pool. i saw david, hahhah. i was just dipping my feet in and before i knew it i was swimming. when i finished, i realized i left my shirt back at the pool. so i had to go back and get it.

right now we are about to make the crepes. and tonight's movies are marley and me (didn't get to watch it yet), prom night, and i am legend. i'm looking forward to it!

oh and by the way, to anyone who reads this, are my posts too boring? hahah, i'm going to try to change it up a bit, with more of my "wonders" and less about my day XD

i hope i get to see transformers 2 tomorro!

mind your p's and cue's

2009-06-23T20:04:00.000-07:00

so today was like the highlight of my summer >.> last night tiwi came, and we decided to watch transformers, since i've never watched it yet and we were going to watch the 2nd one. well, that is if i get to go to the movies :]. first time! yeeeh!!! soo umm i think we started around 1 or 2, and i ended up watching till 4:30 in the morning. ohyeah, and my sister fell asleep 10 minutes after we started the movie, and tiwi an hour later. i was the only one up for the whole movie -____-. it was EPIC tho! "i am optimus prime" ohh shieeeet. hahah. then i twittered and myspace and all that good stuff. leisa texted me back, "you're still awake?" and i asked, "what time is it over there?" and she said "it's 7:30am." >.> then i slept till noon :D

then we went to tyler mall around 3. we got some gooodstuff there. tried to find new jeans, but couldn't find any good ones. then i went to game stop to check for sims 2 pets and all they had was apartment life. darn. then i went to the food court and i saw karen, deborah, and her step dad. wtf? hahah.

after that we planned to go to boba cafe. fina wanted crepes, so we went there first because it was next door, and i needed the money too.. then we saw the photo booth like cue's. so the pictures we took weren't really at cue's. it's just same photobooths but just a 2 of them. oh well :) as long as i had the experience.. the first one we took was this:

FAIL. EPIK FAIL. the booth sucked. the lighting wasn't good. and the time we had to design was so short. i just scribbled something and it looked like poo. what a waste of 8 dollars. -____-

then we we went to the second booth:

SUCCESSSS! Lighting was better, and a longer time to design or whatever. and way more options :)

so instead of getting crepes, we all just got jasmine tea boba instead. cause we were running our of money hahah. it tasted like the regular milk tea one though. whatever. i'm satisfied :]

and right now we rented 3 movies: disturbia, yes man, and marley & me. gonna watch it at 9. i think i'll play sims 2 while they watch disturbia ;) hahah.

i want to watch transformers 2 now!

video of the blogpost: the last airbender trailer.

oh man, this will SUCK.

friday and saturday blog

2009-06-20T22:36:00.000-07:00

so it's been a week since i made a blog? it's about time! hahah. this blog is a little different, because i'm going to write friday's blog too since i couldn't do it last night since it was Sabbath.

on friday, my family went to LA to renew the passports and to make me and my sister one. we didn't have one before because we were too young. well anyways, as usual, we got lost xD. for like 20 minutes we got lost in koreatown, lol. we found the post office place to take the passport pictures. on the wall of the post office, we found one of our church members picture xD (hopefully mine won't be on it)... when it was my turn, i smiled. he didn't like it, so i took another one. he told me to not smile because i'm a man. LOL xD my picture came out weird. cause i couldn't stop laughing when he said that and i tried not to smile. he was funny. then we went across the street to the indo center. i've always been there but i never knew that the indo center was in the middle of koreatown... that building is so boring. during the whole time i was just listening to my iPod and using the mobile net. i never knew i was able to access it till now. hope i don't have to pay.... when we went to the offices it smelled so bad cause that guy was smoking. i couldn't stop covering my nose. i hate it when people smoke. then after that we went to hong kong plaza so we can eat the noodles there. i haven't been there forever! the first and last time i went there was with alex, like a million years ago. and what was funny was that 10 minutes later i saw alex xD. he was on his was to sacramento to sleep over his cousin's. i'm sleeping over there in about a month. we were just talking about the usual. bboy, sleeping over, family, his birthday (it was yesterday) and WONDER GIRLS. =P he loves yoobin lmaoo. i ate a bowl of the noodles and i took half of my sisters while me and alex were talking. he called me fat -___- then i left and went to randy's house because my mom was going to get the bread for the communion. i saw randy shirtless 0.0 LOL. then after that i left to go home and we opened Sabbath.

on saturday, i had to go to church a little earlier because my mom had to set up the communion stuff. it was really hot in the car :X so i decided to get out. then for sabbath school edmund said that we were going to combine. i was very excited. after that, we seperated classes to like usual >.< i was like, "DAMN!" i hate my sabbath school class. the teacher is [insert bad word here]. then after that jey texted me that he couldn't come so i had to find another foot washer. then i asked bryan and he said yes. then i went inside the church, and on sermon the pastor said "children please sit with your parents because we will pray as families later". i was like, "DAMN!" i hate it when he does that. he's such a [insert bad word here]. haha, you can tell i really don't like how our church runs and works. then it was communion, and bryan wasn't there -.- so i had to wash edwin's feet, since his partner is usually larry and he is off at new york/jersey. then it was potluck. i love their potluck because it's not veggie xD i was craving for donuts they usually have but matthew said the lady who makes it moved away :( then we had faithful friends practice. here comes the good part :D so PERSON1 wanted us to practice for convolescent. we couldn't find a piano room cause it was all locked/taken. so we were practicing outtside in the benches. i felt like we were in a choir, cause that person was directing us and we were harmonizing, etc. not like our usual practice. then we saw jey so i said "jey come practice/sing with us!" and PERSON1 saw johanes, and said "johanes sing with us too!" and EVERYONE, (besides the matthews) said "NO. we don't want johanes". and faithful friends and PERSON1 got into an argument. then PERSON2 stepped in and talked back to that person. i was in shock. i've never seen a person talk back to that person. so he left and we started practicing OUR WAY. suprising enough, even though we weren't pros, we were able to finish practicing the whole song, unlike when PERSON1 told us how to sing we would repeat stuff over and over. then when we finished practicing, we noticed that living peace was able to get a piano room that was locked when we wanted to practice -___- bullshit. then we went to the hospital to visit someone. i fell asleep cause everyone took a long time to come. then we went to see tiwi because fina was going to sleep over her house for 3 days. YES! i'm so excited!

now off to finish my house on sims 2 =]

video of the blog:
4minute: hot issue debut. DAMN THEIR HOT O.o (one of the girls is the one that is the same as my bday :])

recgonizing God's creation

2009-06-14T17:54:00.000-07:00

aghhh, this wasn't the best hiking ever. =P i really thought we were gonna go hiking like last year, AT A PARK, so i brought my semi-good shoes. we hiked for 8 miles for 4 hours -_________- with barely any stops. that was WOW. so much people was complaining hahah, especially this one dude who shouldn't have hiked because he wasn't in pathfinders and he was wearing sandals...WTF?! but i have to admit, the view and everything was beautiful. i THINK or HYPOTHESIZED that we were kinda above the cloud line. wow the view was AMAZING. but the 4 hours of hiking killed it.... but it was okay. cause i brought snacks xD i finished 3 water bottles, a big bag of baked ruffles cheddar & cheese, a nutri valley grain bar and a twix bar. that whole thing was a workout. i look weird now. i think my knees/legs are deformed xD seriously. why can't they give more breaks?! i'm ranting about all of this haha. i'll talk about the good part. the good part is that we made a vlog for ricentertainment hahah =] but i think it was horrible... and also i realized that God was the worker who was behind all this. it was amazing. besides all the mud and the snakes and my dirty shoes, i "recgonized God's creation".

hopefully i'll do something interesting this week so i can make a LONG blog =]

partayy okayy?

2009-06-13T23:43:00.000-07:00

so today was...interesting =D at church i was texting "my new best friend" neil. "supposedly" he is going out with my friend ;) sorry for doing that whole shananigan "friend"! :(

now on to jemina's party, that mess was FUN. i all came FASHIONABLY late ;) because i had church. i met everybody up at the jumper. i was all jumping and yeah so i got hungry. suprisingly there was edible food :) to an SDA at least. while i was eating i was talking to sabrina to catch up since we haven't seen each other for ever. then jemina blew out her candles and we prayed. after that we went to the garage to watch people break dance. asian dance parties are really boring, no one dances. ROFL i only dance freestyle, and only dance when everybody else does.

after that we went back to the jumper. that's when the REAL fun begins. there was wrestling, people pushing off each other on the slide, etc. i got hurt so many times hahah, but it was aiight. and i saw jessica! from the L V :D SORRY JESSICA for pulling you off the slide...:/ then everybody wrestled backflipped and pulled each other some more. then everybody got tired and was just stargazing on the jumper. the end =]

if the party was like this last year, i missed out. but at least i can come to this years! and yeah this is a short blog but i haven't updated for about a week but there's gonna be one tomo!

video of the blog: the true meaning of awkward.

OMG NOBODY ENGLISH VERSION PREVIEW!!!!!

hiking tomo -__-

knott's berry farm =]

2009-06-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

peekabo, i see you!

I KNOW THIS IS LONG, BUT BARE WITH ME (:

knott's was AMAZING. first of all i'd like to say THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME. it means a lot cause even though it was expensive you guys still came(: including all my laguna friends! thank you for an experience of a lifetime. you guys have my best interest at heart<3 blaaast ="]." scared ="P.">.>
we stayed seperated for a long time. then after that we went to sidewinder. ROFL at the videos. i looked retarded. kevz was the best.
then we went to log ride. the line was really long but it moved fast. it was worth it too. my log was meli me mary and andy. all of us got scared of the pitch black cave hahah. i thought i found the camera but i looked in the opposite direction of the camera >.>
after that we were still in mood for water rides so we went to perilious plunge. the ride broke down so we had to leave :/ we went to eat instead at johnny rockets. overall cost was $100 FCKIN dollars. OMG >.> the food was good tho. mine wasn't that filling (half fries & half rings, hot dog). after a while tiwi and ella and all the laguna people told the employees it was my birthday so i got ice cream cake. i was surprised 0.0 and i was sick too. but i felt bad so i ate it =P
we then went to bigfoot rapids since we didn't want to throw up. the line was SO LONG. it was like an hour wait >.> mary and diana got soooooo wet. mary had to use my shirt since hers was white and see thru.
then we went on pony express. the seats looks uncomfortable -___- john started doing the otso otso LOL. it was kinda fun i guess. this time i looked in the right direction for the picture but i looked at the flash -___-.
now on to ghost rider. ella was all texting me "lines short come NOW" so we did. it was short. 30 minutes wait and people said it usually takes 2 hours. the ride was long too. 3 minutes? WOW. me and andy were partners and clarisse and mary were behind us. the first drop was the scariest. and that's where the camera was >.> i was too busy being scared idk where the camera was. and the whole ride was shaky too i was afraid it would fall down because it was made out of wood. but after the ride IT WAS AWESOME! we were planning to go back after we went on the others.
we then went back to sidewinder. diana was my partner AGAIN. this time she told us to just look serious in the camera. john kept saying "mommy! mommy!" so it was hard to resist laughing hahah. i didn't feel anything tho since i was just focusing on the camera not the ride.
some people wanted to go on dragon swing again so some of us went to la revolucion. the ride actually wasn't that bad but after it makes the stomach queasy and your head feel dizzy.
then we went on dragon swing with the others. i felt like i was about to fall when it went all the way up... but it was fun. i was already used to the feeling so it was cool.
then we went on hat dance again. that has no line at all. i got my own hat and never turned it around since i was already dizzy from la revolucion =P
after that people wanted to go to xcellorator. but it was closed so we went to boomerang instead. i was too scared to go on that ride in 5th grade. but i faced my fears. IT WAS FUN!!! the backwards loops were the worst tho cause it cramped my fingers :(
then since some of us were still in line for boomerang, four of us (diana, me james, andy) went to perilious plunge since they fixed it. i got scared cus it was so steep. the drop was so intense and it felt soo good! (: i closed my eyes thru the whole ride tho =P. when everyone else finished boomerang, we went on perilious plunge again. this time i opened my eyes midway of the drop. it was exciting =]
while everybody else went to xcellerator since it opened, i went with my laguna friends for a while. we took a group picture since they were leaving. then me and mary went to the gift shop. i promised someone i'd get her something, so i did. i got scared cause the park was closing and so were the gift shops. i saw some open though.
then we met everybody at the sweets shop. it was 8:30. time to go home. my ride (jemina, james, mary and melissa) went to mcdonalds to eat. buena park's mcdonalds is so rich >.> an arcade, a train thing in the window, etc. who needs a playground when you've got technology right? on the way home, we were all so used to roller coasters, the freeway felt like ghost rider. the freeway was so bumpy, and i was just imagining it being a roller coaster. what a fun DAY! =]

thank you again everybody for making this possible. i love you all!

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birrffdayy boyy =)

2009-06-06T23:09:00.000-07:00

yeaayuhhhh. quincinero! the big one five!. today was...THE BORINGEST BIRTHDAY EVER ;). however, i think it's the most i've gotten a greeting. haha. mostly online. TECHNOLOGY THESE DAYS. thank you for the greetings in:

text:
mylin, leisa, denise, ella, lovely, carla, sokpamat, mary, patty, joseph, natasha, darlene, and andy

in person:
all the kids in risda!!

myspace:
jemina, daisy, justin, lauren, marilyn, tyson, paco, and stephanie chang, ella ("triple threat" -___-), diana

facebook:
aldrich, beauty, aaron, debbie, ella (again?!), delcy, gredi, michelle, valent, abigail, felisya, om jeffrey, tante debbie, tante tata, andrew, olivia, and valen. (that was a handful!)

twitter: douglas, emily

now back to my day =D. well i stayed up until twelve BECAUSE SOMEONE FORCED ME TOO *cough*cough*denise. then i woke up and i got more greetings. then instead of going to risda, i went to oisda. i agreed because i didn't want to sing xD my friends had a lot of fun w/o me tho :/ haha. then i went back to risda to do pathfinders. we learned new moves and are making a drill team :D. edmund was gone, so we just ditched class the whole time and joined master guides lol. then i went to sanamluang for dinner and i saw renee, umm blessings people, and om floyd and family. i ate a lot :D altho i shouldn't have drank boba cause i'm sick... now i'm just writing my blog. all the pictures i took of today was of the boba xD. thank you leisa and jessica & jennifer for the presents!!!!

who's ready for knotts?!

ps. you should definetly check out http://www.le3on9.blogspot.com/ it features me ;)