Winter Quarter 2011

Dinner dates
Lunch dates
Space Needle fireworks show
Late night ice cream at Rick's Cafe
Superbowl weekend
Lazer tag
Dimsum
China Town
Korean Mall
Space Needle
Swing dancing
Electric tricycle carriege
All girl's Valetines night
Movies
Hillsong United Concert
Winter Conference at Portland, Oregon
Returning to God
Awesomeness of Allen library
Group studies
Vlogging
Skipping classes
ABC Room
Dress hunting
U Village stroll
Love life-->*poof*
Development of stronger friendships
Meeting new friends
Bus to Bellevue
The Cheesecake Factory
Lots of carrots
Apple a day
Bagels bagels bagels
Cereal for breakfast
No more Top Ramen
Discovery of box noodles
Muffin Thursdays
AAIV Large Group
Re-arrange room
New ride to and from Seattle
Musical play at Emerald Ridge
Skipping down the Ave
Extra credit movie at Fisheries Building
R&B singer down the Ave
"My Favorite Deli" old man's smiles and waves
Security guard letting me pass throug without my ID
Sean's sticky notes
Bartell Drugs mini shopping
Study abroad interview
Change of major
Easy classes
Brown boots
Brown colorscheme
Red coat
Pimple war
Continuation of skin problems
Grooveshark
"Boys Before Flowers" soundtrack
"Bokura Ga Ita" soundtrack
South Campus hangout
Korean choreography
Yiruma
Ratatat
Doubting singing abilities
Rebuking lies from Satan
Gaining confidence in singing abilities
Trusting God with everything

City Lights

Gasworks Park, Seattle

Out of all the scenery in the world, I love city lights the most. I always think to myself that when the time comes for me to die, I would want my favorite view to be the last thing that I see. That would be really nice :)

I want to go to Tokyo, New York--anywhere this magnificent site can be found.

Just a few minutes ago, my emotions were absolutely at its worst. But then I google-imaged "city lights" and it brought to my face a smile I desperately needed to keep studying for this last final in Music 160.

I don't know what it is about them. Maybe it's the way they look like little sparks of gold dust in the complete darkness, signs of life in a dying world, maybe it's the way they look like Christmas times 300. But whatever it is about them, I want it to remain a mystery--that way when I'm old and gray I can look out into the city and enjoy the wonders and unexplainable emotions it stirs within me.

10 Things I Dislike

In no particular order...

10. That girl who thinks "Just kidding" after making a maliciously rude (possibly true) comment makes everything okay. #$^&$, You better guess it. I'm on to you.

9. Sneezing a second after I just applied mascara.

8. Getting hit with that girl's umbrella and she doesn't say "Sorry."

7. Cats. Nuff said.

6. That group of people who stop in the busiest street to catch up with old friends. Find a corner people!

5. When that guy standing in Red Square has no sense of body language and still gives me a flyer even though he saw me gradually walk on the opposite side of where he was standing. Dang human spams!

4. "Whispering" girls behind me during lecture.

3. Having the option to chose between the stall with poop remnants, un-flushed toilet with blood all over, or a missing toilet seat.

2. Studying really hard for that one section and not have it show up on the test.

1. Asian girls smoking in a group. What a joke.

The Tide

I cast a shadow unto mine own image

Never realizing the implications of the things unfinished

A barricade I built to what once was my place to hide

Right on the shore to be washed by the tide

A royal blue flower on my box it sleeps

Silently at night I hear it weep

It longs for the wall to be filled again

With all the memories it held before came the rain

I can't control the rain, when it comes and when it goes

But when it comes, time surely slows

I will knock, but don't open the door

You will see I am drenched with things not pure

The window is clear enough for you to see

The difference between that girl you knew and the present me

The sun rose, a hopeful promise to erase away

But I awoke in the morning with a scream

Disappointed when I realized none of it was a dream

Natalie Tran

You may know her from her famous Youtube channel "Community Channel." Her humor is similar to mine and I can't get enough of it. In this point of my life, I may or may not have seen the 200+ videos that she's uploaded. She's simply irresistible.

Yiruma

This New-age Pop composer steals my heart. "Kiss the Rain" is one that makes my heart glow and expand at the same time. I listen to all his songs while trying to focus on writing essays or just read, period. He helps me get through the stress of college life and for that I am most appreciative.

Question

My heart awoke in sadness on the sun's homecoming to Seattle. Reason is yet unknown. Instead of my routine clicking of "Feel like dancing" station while putting my make-up on, my fingers chose "Sing it Out" instead (which contains slow, sad songs for the most part). It carried on throughout the day even as I listened to "Pockets Full of Sunshine" by Natasha Beddingfield while walking down the Ave. Curious and quite disturbing, I felt urges to break down and cry. ? WTF.

Why are you so sad, heart?