Tomorrow I'll Be Having My Final Class for the Semester!
I'll make this another quick post which I hope you won't mind! Today I had the last of my Tuesday classes before our finals; hurrah!! First class was HIST 282 and it was confirmed that instead of a final exam, we're just going to meet together and have a party while we discuss the Iran-Contra Affair. lol, sounds like lots of fun. ^_^
Next was theater class and we watche four groups perform their scenes. Everyone did well, especially this one group who are just incredible. They chose a great scene and their acting was really good. Naturally they were the only ones I gave an A+ to. Class finished at 12:00 but we were all saying good-byes, making plans to meet over the weekend, and exchanging phone numbers so I didn't leave the campus until 12:30. I made such great friends in this theater class. ^_^
Went home for lunch then went back to campus for my Geography class. There were only perhaps 15 students attending today which was a bit 'sad' considering it was the last Geography class before the final next week. *shrug* Oh, well. We played a quiz game to help study for the final. Maki, Kaori, and I were one team and we were definitely the ones with the highest scores. Hurray for us!
Walked home with Maki and watched some tv. Ate dinner (Naomi prepared tonight) then watched tonight's episode of American Idol. Was a 'weird' episode with some good songs and some oddly 'not-so-great-songs.' It's down to five contestants now and we're all trying to figure out who's going to be going home next. :P Watched House, M.D. after that, the first part of a two-part episode. I'm all excited to watch the second part tomorrow night... :P
Going to bed fairly early again which is good. I have my last class of the semester tomorrow! AHHHHH!!! I just can't believe it! Incredible isn't it? Then just one more week of finals then I'm done!
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Monday, May 01, 2006
'Penultimate' is Such an Interesting Word... (Just a Random Thought)
Walked to school in the morning for my 'penultimate' History 152 class (next to last class). :P It was a really fun and interesting class as we learned just how and why WWI began. History is soooo fascinating that I can't understand anyone who doesn't like history. So strange... Had a quiz which hopefully I got all correct. Just found out that our final for this class will be next Monday... at 7:45 in the morning! Whew... so early... in a way that's good I guess but I still wish I had a little more time in the morning to study... Oh well.
Came home and wrote up some papers which I needed to send out to my final presentation partners for Japanese 298 class. My computer was cooperating at the time which I'm thankful for. Everything's slow but at least I'm able to use Microsoft Word.
Picked Naomi and Maki up at noon then after having a nice lunch of ramen, Naomi and I went to Ala Moana to do some shopping. Had to go by Ward, too, to finally find what we were looking for. Got home just around 3:00 and I started on my History 282 FINAL quiz. ^_^ Yup, the final quiz which I'm sooo happy about. Hurrah! Of course, I'm having them again next semester when i take HIST 281... but I won't think about that now. :P
Today is Monday so it was my turn to make dinner. Decided to make German potatoes and maboudoufu which all turned out quite excellent if I do say so myself. ^_^ Seriously though, I'm just glad that everything was edible and that I didn't burn the kitchen down. :P
After dinner I finished up my quiz while getting to chat with some friends. Now it's off to bed; tomorrow I'll be having the last class for three of my classes... and then only one more class! Of course, then there's finals... but... I won't be thinking about them right now. ^_^ G'night, sleep tight!
Walked to school in the morning for my 'penultimate' History 152 class (next to last class). :P It was a really fun and interesting class as we learned just how and why WWI began. History is soooo fascinating that I can't understand anyone who doesn't like history. So strange... Had a quiz which hopefully I got all correct. Just found out that our final for this class will be next Monday... at 7:45 in the morning! Whew... so early... in a way that's good I guess but I still wish I had a little more time in the morning to study... Oh well.
Came home and wrote up some papers which I needed to send out to my final presentation partners for Japanese 298 class. My computer was cooperating at the time which I'm thankful for. Everything's slow but at least I'm able to use Microsoft Word.
Picked Naomi and Maki up at noon then after having a nice lunch of ramen, Naomi and I went to Ala Moana to do some shopping. Had to go by Ward, too, to finally find what we were looking for. Got home just around 3:00 and I started on my History 282 FINAL quiz. ^_^ Yup, the final quiz which I'm sooo happy about. Hurrah! Of course, I'm having them again next semester when i take HIST 281... but I won't think about that now. :P
Today is Monday so it was my turn to make dinner. Decided to make German potatoes and maboudoufu which all turned out quite excellent if I do say so myself. ^_^ Seriously though, I'm just glad that everything was edible and that I didn't burn the kitchen down. :P
After dinner I finished up my quiz while getting to chat with some friends. Now it's off to bed; tomorrow I'll be having the last class for three of my classes... and then only one more class! Of course, then there's finals... but... I won't be thinking about them right now. ^_^ G'night, sleep tight!
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Wow, It's Already Going to Be May Tomorrow!
My computer must be in a good mood; it decided not to give me any problems this morning after a few 'false-starts.' Took it easy on everything so didn't give me any other problems for the rest of the day. We'll see how its 'mood' will be tomorrow. :S
After a nice, relaxing breakfast time together, the four of us had our church service with Naomi leading and preaching about "Treasures on Earth and Heaven." It was a good service and we were also able to pray together for the renovation project which will begin this week back home in Japan. Will continue to pray for Kanto Christian Church!!! We're all so excited for the project and hope that God's blessing will be upon each and everyone involved!
For lunch we went to eat at a favorite Greek restaurant of ours; their gyros sandwiches are the BEST! Simply delicious, I always get it whenever I got there. ^_^ Went home and for the most part of the afternoon, I was either reading or writing up my essay for an Asian-Pacific scholarship I'm hoping to get for the upcoming semester. I actually read so much that I finished the book I had started in the morning and began another (which I finished reading a little while ago. :P). I'm such a bookworm now that I'm not much on my computer. ^_^
At around 6:00, we headed over to the church since they were having a movie night. Tonight's movie was Remember the Titans which is definitely one of my most favorite movies out there. It was fun watching the movie with so many friends. The movie started around 6:45 so until then we were able to fellowship quite a bit with many people. After the movie, we had a discussion time where we all talked about the movie, about our favorite movie lines, favorite scenes, favorite character, etc. We had a little quiz game in the beginning which was fun. I of course knew all the answers. :P
After the discussion time, we went home with Aunt Jean and Reed stopping by to drop some things off. We were all very disgusted with our next door neighbors who were (and still are!) having a party. They had invited quite a number of friends and they had parked all along our house, including right in front of our gate and our driveway! We of course made them make a space for us. *sigh* They're singing REALLY loud karaoke right now which is sooo ANNOYING! I DO hope they call it a night by the time I got to bed. :S
Going to do a little more reading, starting my third book of the day. ^_^ G'night to all!
My computer must be in a good mood; it decided not to give me any problems this morning after a few 'false-starts.' Took it easy on everything so didn't give me any other problems for the rest of the day. We'll see how its 'mood' will be tomorrow. :S
After a nice, relaxing breakfast time together, the four of us had our church service with Naomi leading and preaching about "Treasures on Earth and Heaven." It was a good service and we were also able to pray together for the renovation project which will begin this week back home in Japan. Will continue to pray for Kanto Christian Church!!! We're all so excited for the project and hope that God's blessing will be upon each and everyone involved!
For lunch we went to eat at a favorite Greek restaurant of ours; their gyros sandwiches are the BEST! Simply delicious, I always get it whenever I got there. ^_^ Went home and for the most part of the afternoon, I was either reading or writing up my essay for an Asian-Pacific scholarship I'm hoping to get for the upcoming semester. I actually read so much that I finished the book I had started in the morning and began another (which I finished reading a little while ago. :P). I'm such a bookworm now that I'm not much on my computer. ^_^
At around 6:00, we headed over to the church since they were having a movie night. Tonight's movie was Remember the Titans which is definitely one of my most favorite movies out there. It was fun watching the movie with so many friends. The movie started around 6:45 so until then we were able to fellowship quite a bit with many people. After the movie, we had a discussion time where we all talked about the movie, about our favorite movie lines, favorite scenes, favorite character, etc. We had a little quiz game in the beginning which was fun. I of course knew all the answers. :P
After the discussion time, we went home with Aunt Jean and Reed stopping by to drop some things off. We were all very disgusted with our next door neighbors who were (and still are!) having a party. They had invited quite a number of friends and they had parked all along our house, including right in front of our gate and our driveway! We of course made them make a space for us. *sigh* They're singing REALLY loud karaoke right now which is sooo ANNOYING! I DO hope they call it a night by the time I got to bed. :S
Going to do a little more reading, starting my third book of the day. ^_^ G'night to all!
Saturday, April 29, 2006
No More Friday Classes!
Woke up early this morning so I could drop Naomi off past Waikiki; I don't really remember much of the morning at all since I was still half asleep. :P Thankfully I was able to get home safely. I couldn't go back to sleep so I watched some Hogan's Heroes before going to my 9:00 Japanese class.
It was the last class for the semester so after going over with our groups the final presentation we'll do next week for the teacher, we got to leave early. Went home and read my book while my computer was defragmenting (took quite a while). For lunch I made fried rice and watched some more Hogan's Heroes before going off to Geography Lab class (last one for the semester!).
Was a very boring class, having to go outside and test soil infiltration rates at places with different types of soil. The only exciting thing that happened was that I cut the inside of my thumb on the metal can. :S It stung for quite a bit and I went with my teacher to the nurse's aid station to get some bandaides. It's just feeling 'bruised' right now; hopefully it'll be fine by morning.
Got home and I was sooo exhausted that I took a nap. Slept for quite a bit before Maki woke me up in time for me to go to worship practice before the service. We didn't have much time to practice much (even so far as not to practice two songs) but by God's grace, I was able to play 'for real' with no problem. ^_^
Right now, a team from Nebraska Christian College is visiting Kaimuki Christian Church right now (just arrived today). There's ten students and two teachers here and will be helping out with various mission programs for the next week. I didn't get to talk much with them but tomorrow, the Kaimuki church college group will be taking the guests out tomorrow for fellowship. All four of us girls will be going so am looking forward for that! ^_^
We ate at Chili's for dinner then after we came home watched an episode of Monk. Sooo tired now and am so happy that I get to sleep in tomorrow!! :D
Woke up early this morning so I could drop Naomi off past Waikiki; I don't really remember much of the morning at all since I was still half asleep. :P Thankfully I was able to get home safely. I couldn't go back to sleep so I watched some Hogan's Heroes before going to my 9:00 Japanese class.
It was the last class for the semester so after going over with our groups the final presentation we'll do next week for the teacher, we got to leave early. Went home and read my book while my computer was defragmenting (took quite a while). For lunch I made fried rice and watched some more Hogan's Heroes before going off to Geography Lab class (last one for the semester!).
Was a very boring class, having to go outside and test soil infiltration rates at places with different types of soil. The only exciting thing that happened was that I cut the inside of my thumb on the metal can. :S It stung for quite a bit and I went with my teacher to the nurse's aid station to get some bandaides. It's just feeling 'bruised' right now; hopefully it'll be fine by morning.
Got home and I was sooo exhausted that I took a nap. Slept for quite a bit before Maki woke me up in time for me to go to worship practice before the service. We didn't have much time to practice much (even so far as not to practice two songs) but by God's grace, I was able to play 'for real' with no problem. ^_^
Right now, a team from Nebraska Christian College is visiting Kaimuki Christian Church right now (just arrived today). There's ten students and two teachers here and will be helping out with various mission programs for the next week. I didn't get to talk much with them but tomorrow, the Kaimuki church college group will be taking the guests out tomorrow for fellowship. All four of us girls will be going so am looking forward for that! ^_^
We ate at Chili's for dinner then after we came home watched an episode of Monk. Sooo tired now and am so happy that I get to sleep in tomorrow!! :D
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Tomorrow's Already Friday?
Wow, this week seems to have gone by so quickly! Can you believe that the semester will be completely over in two weeks? Wow... ^_^
Since I would be doing my final theater scene in class today, I went to History class wearing a skirt and my hair up in a bun. Since that is NOT my usual school attire, my friends were commenting, saying that I looked nice but 'different.' :P I got really good news during the History class; my final paper won't be due for two more weeks! Soooo happy about that! But still, I have to make sure to do as much I can for it as soon as possible. Better not to 'let it sit.'
It was off to theater class next. I hardly had time to feel nervous or anything like that because as soon as I got there, Aimee and I had to be ready to perform! Quickly got ready then did our Miracle Worker scene from the very end of the story. We first did an 'intro' where we pretended to be 'in the future' (and in character), at Helen Keller's college in Radcliffe. 'Helen' introduced herself and me (as Annie Sullivan) then told about herself. Then as a 'flashback' we performed the scene where 'Helen' finally understands with the word 'water' that everything has a name. The whole scene went so well and smoothly and we got a big round of applause at the end. Later on, after three other groups had done their scenes (including Maki's scene from The Diary of Anne Frank), I found out that many of the students, and my teacher, had been moved to tears when they saw my scene. :P Also, I got sooooo many comments that I actually really looked like Annie Sullivan! Seriously though, I must admit that my 'costume' was complete with long skirt, long sleeved high collared blouse with a large brooch at the neck, hair up in a bun, black high-heeled boots, a wide belt, and of course, small dark glasses to complete the effect. ^_^ I'm very proud of my costume I must admit.
Back to talk about Maki's scene; it went very well and I'm honored to have had a very small role playing 'Anne's' mother in the beginning of the scene. ^_^ We were able to video tape both our performances to perhaps (if we remember to bring back to Japan) we can show anyone who wants to watch. :P
After theater class, Kaori met us at the parking lot and we all went back to the house to work on our poster presentation. Had lots of fun having pizza for lunch then working on the poster. Mostly we were talking (and laughing) a lot. :P We went to class on time and did our presentation along with five other groups. I may perhap
s be biased but I think our poster was the best. ^_^ Well, look at it yourself! Isn't it beautiful? Everyone was sooo impressed with the 'crack' down the middle of our poster (great job Maki!).
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hat class finished pretty quickly since all the presentation went along very smoothly. Stopped by the International Cafe then after dropping Maki off, went to pick Erin up from her internship. Came home and after showing Naomi and Erin the theater videos, I did some reading.
Maki prepared dinner (everything delicious of course) and then afterwards we had our Bible study/prayer meeting. Maki led us tonight and talked about what real wisdom is all about and how we have to remember not to really on our own wisdom.
When we finished, we watched The Village; we all agreed that it really wasn't as scary as we had first thought it'd be. The story was of course very clever, considering the director is M. Night Shymalan (probably spelled that wrong...) I LOVED Bryce Dallas Howard in the main role (Ron Howard's daughter with the trademark red hair :P). She was simply marvelous and was supported by a star-studded cast: William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, Adrien Brody, and Brendan Gleeson. Of course, though the film wasn't bad or anything, it definitely wasn't as good as The Sixth Sense (NOTHING can top that movie) though this movie had it's own clever twists and turns.
Now I need to be getting to bed. Tomorrow I have to wake up REAL early to drop Naomi off somewhere (work-related). Then I'll be having my last Japanese class and last Geography Lab class! ^_^ Yayayyayayayay!
Wow, this week seems to have gone by so quickly! Can you believe that the semester will be completely over in two weeks? Wow... ^_^
Since I would be doing my final theater scene in class today, I went to History class wearing a skirt and my hair up in a bun. Since that is NOT my usual school attire, my friends were commenting, saying that I looked nice but 'different.' :P I got really good news during the History class; my final paper won't be due for two more weeks! Soooo happy about that! But still, I have to make sure to do as much I can for it as soon as possible. Better not to 'let it sit.'
It was off to theater class next. I hardly had time to feel nervous or anything like that because as soon as I got there, Aimee and I had to be ready to perform! Quickly got ready then did our Miracle Worker scene from the very end of the story. We first did an 'intro' where we pretended to be 'in the future' (and in character), at Helen Keller's college in Radcliffe. 'Helen' introduced herself and me (as Annie Sullivan) then told about herself. Then as a 'flashback' we performed the scene where 'Helen' finally understands with the word 'water' that everything has a name. The whole scene went so well and smoothly and we got a big round of applause at the end. Later on, after three other groups had done their scenes (including Maki's scene from The Diary of Anne Frank), I found out that many of the students, and my teacher, had been moved to tears when they saw my scene. :P Also, I got sooooo many comments that I actually really looked like Annie Sullivan! Seriously though, I must admit that my 'costume' was complete with long skirt, long sleeved high collared blouse with a large brooch at the neck, hair up in a bun, black high-heeled boots, a wide belt, and of course, small dark glasses to complete the effect. ^_^ I'm very proud of my costume I must admit.
Back to talk about Maki's scene; it went very well and I'm honored to have had a very small role playing 'Anne's' mother in the beginning of the scene. ^_^ We were able to video tape both our performances to perhaps (if we remember to bring back to Japan) we can show anyone who wants to watch. :P
After theater class, Kaori met us at the parking lot and we all went back to the house to work on our poster presentation. Had lots of fun having pizza for lunch then working on the poster. Mostly we were talking (and laughing) a lot. :P We went to class on time and did our presentation along with five other groups. I may perhap
s be biased but I think our poster was the best. ^_^ Well, look at it yourself! Isn't it beautiful? Everyone was sooo impressed with the 'crack' down the middle of our poster (great job Maki!).T
hat class finished pretty quickly since all the presentation went along very smoothly. Stopped by the International Cafe then after dropping Maki off, went to pick Erin up from her internship. Came home and after showing Naomi and Erin the theater videos, I did some reading.Maki prepared dinner (everything delicious of course) and then afterwards we had our Bible study/prayer meeting. Maki led us tonight and talked about what real wisdom is all about and how we have to remember not to really on our own wisdom.
When we finished, we watched The Village; we all agreed that it really wasn't as scary as we had first thought it'd be. The story was of course very clever, considering the director is M. Night Shymalan (probably spelled that wrong...) I LOVED Bryce Dallas Howard in the main role (Ron Howard's daughter with the trademark red hair :P). She was simply marvelous and was supported by a star-studded cast: William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, Adrien Brody, and Brendan Gleeson. Of course, though the film wasn't bad or anything, it definitely wasn't as good as The Sixth Sense (NOTHING can top that movie) though this movie had it's own clever twists and turns.
Now I need to be getting to bed. Tomorrow I have to wake up REAL early to drop Naomi off somewhere (work-related). Then I'll be having my last Japanese class and last Geography Lab class! ^_^ Yayayyayayayay!
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Back for Good? Hope So!
Well, my computer is back and running (for now). I'll have to really see if the computer starts again *normally* tomorrow morning.
History class in the morning started off with a book quiz; I think I did ok though I might have missed one question. I got my first draft back this morning (he was nice enough to get it done early so I have more time on it). Unfortunately, I hadn't done really that well. :S *sigh* I have to do a LOT more work on it before it's 'finalized.'
After class, went home and started on my Service Learning paper which is due this Friday. Had already written halfway through so finished it up by the time I went to pick the 'girls' up at the campus. Had a light lunch then started on my History take-home quiz (only one more after this one!).
Finished the multiple choice questions part of the quiz then for the rest of the afternoon, my father was SOOOOO NICE enough to help me 'fix' my computer. ^_^ It was pretty cool; we 'worked' on the computer while video chatting. Anyway, around dinner time we had it all up and running. But like I said, we'll have to see if it'll still work tomorrow. Cross your fingers!
Erin made dinner (meat wrapped in cabbage) and watched Bones and American Idol. My favorite, Elliot was safe once again and thankfully, Kellie is gone! :P Tonight's guest was Andrea Bocelli, one of the most famous classical singers out there. He was REALLY amazing and I loved listening to him sing. He has such a great voice...
Wrote up the short essay part for my quiz (took soooo long) and did some preparing for the Geography poster presentation tomorrow. I also have my final Theater scnes tomorrow... AH! I hope I do well!
Off to bed... I'm REALLY hoping my computer will be fine tomorrow... :P
Well, my computer is back and running (for now). I'll have to really see if the computer starts again *normally* tomorrow morning.
History class in the morning started off with a book quiz; I think I did ok though I might have missed one question. I got my first draft back this morning (he was nice enough to get it done early so I have more time on it). Unfortunately, I hadn't done really that well. :S *sigh* I have to do a LOT more work on it before it's 'finalized.'
After class, went home and started on my Service Learning paper which is due this Friday. Had already written halfway through so finished it up by the time I went to pick the 'girls' up at the campus. Had a light lunch then started on my History take-home quiz (only one more after this one!).
Finished the multiple choice questions part of the quiz then for the rest of the afternoon, my father was SOOOOO NICE enough to help me 'fix' my computer. ^_^ It was pretty cool; we 'worked' on the computer while video chatting. Anyway, around dinner time we had it all up and running. But like I said, we'll have to see if it'll still work tomorrow. Cross your fingers!
Erin made dinner (meat wrapped in cabbage) and watched Bones and American Idol. My favorite, Elliot was safe once again and thankfully, Kellie is gone! :P Tonight's guest was Andrea Bocelli, one of the most famous classical singers out there. He was REALLY amazing and I loved listening to him sing. He has such a great voice...
Wrote up the short essay part for my quiz (took soooo long) and did some preparing for the Geography poster presentation tomorrow. I also have my final Theater scnes tomorrow... AH! I hope I do well!
Off to bed... I'm REALLY hoping my computer will be fine tomorrow... :P
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Back for Now!
Well, I was back online again, back offline line again in the past three days. :P Currenly as I am 'offline' (my comput refusing to cooperate with me), Naomi and Maki both have been kind enough letting me use their computers to do homework and check mail and such. So here's a quick update on all that's been happening
Saturday:
Got to sleep in which was sooo nice and did a little computer in the morning. After lunch, Naomi, Maki, and I went to the theaters to see The Sentinel. Really good movie starring the great Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland. If you think about, it's kind of funny that they are the sons of two of my other favorite actors, Kirk Douglas and Donald Sutherland. lol! I just thought that the fact was very 'interesting'... Anyway, liked the movie a lot and thought the acting, story, and action was pretty well-done. The end was a bit 'off' compared with the rest of the movie but I can't complain since the rest of the movie was good.
Shopped at Times supermarket before heading home then Naomi made lasagna for dinner (yum-yum!). Watched a movie then it was straight to bed since my computer wasn't working. :S
Sunday:
Had our Sunday service in the morning with Erin talking about Living in Jesus Christ. We also had Communion since last week was Easter and we didn't have. For lunch we picked up Panda Express and ate at home. *sigh* I just love the food from Panda Express...
Naomi helped me fix my computer after that and so while I was installing various software (messenger, i-tunes, media player, webster dictionary, office xp, etc.), I watched King Kong. ^_^ Such a great movie though the whole hour of the movie taking place on Skull Island is waaaay too creepy. :P But as I've said it before and I'll say it again, this movie is certainly a cinematic masterpiece, even if it's just for the last scene on the Empire State Building.
Did a little reading (started a new John Grisham novel that I've had in the closet for a looong time but never got around to reading it) then had leftovers for dinner. Did some more reading and I'm halfway through my book, The Testament (as in a legal testament). Interesting story, though there's not much 'mystery' so far so I'm still curious to see how things will hopefully pick up.
And for today, Monday:
Woke up in the morning and was very sad to see that my computer was once again not working. Naomi dropped me off a little early to class so I got to read my book while waiting for class to start. Had a quiz in the beginning of history class and then we learned more about British imperialism.
Went home and used Naomi's computer to start on my History's final paper's first draft. Which is due tomorrow. :P I knew I could finish today though, no worries. Except for the fact that I was unable to use my own computer and had to rely on using others' computers. Thanks so much for the use of your computers, Naomi and Maki!
Had lunch, did some more writing then Naomi and I went to Ala Moana to do some shopping. Was sooo tired by the time we got home. :P Did more writing then for dinner, to celebrate Erin getting her OPT visa (which allows her to stay one year in the US to work), we went out to eat at Formaggio, a little restaurant close by. The food was really good and the dessert of Pear Zinfendell. Mmmm... MmmMMmMM!!! ^_^
Got home and finished on the most part my six page draft. Watched Good Night and Good Luck which I was a bit disappointed in. It wasn't as 'controversial' as it's been made out to be but instead I found it dull and not dramatic or 'exciting' in any way at all. I like the acting of course by David Straithairn and George Clooney. I still think I prefer All the President's Men to this movie.
Off to bed now but perhaps I'll read a little more before I do that. I can't believe that I'm already almost done with the book which I only started reading yesterday! :P
Well, I was back online again, back offline line again in the past three days. :P Currenly as I am 'offline' (my comput refusing to cooperate with me), Naomi and Maki both have been kind enough letting me use their computers to do homework and check mail and such. So here's a quick update on all that's been happening
Saturday:
Got to sleep in which was sooo nice and did a little computer in the morning. After lunch, Naomi, Maki, and I went to the theaters to see The Sentinel. Really good movie starring the great Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland. If you think about, it's kind of funny that they are the sons of two of my other favorite actors, Kirk Douglas and Donald Sutherland. lol! I just thought that the fact was very 'interesting'... Anyway, liked the movie a lot and thought the acting, story, and action was pretty well-done. The end was a bit 'off' compared with the rest of the movie but I can't complain since the rest of the movie was good.
Shopped at Times supermarket before heading home then Naomi made lasagna for dinner (yum-yum!). Watched a movie then it was straight to bed since my computer wasn't working. :S
Sunday:
Had our Sunday service in the morning with Erin talking about Living in Jesus Christ. We also had Communion since last week was Easter and we didn't have. For lunch we picked up Panda Express and ate at home. *sigh* I just love the food from Panda Express...
Naomi helped me fix my computer after that and so while I was installing various software (messenger, i-tunes, media player, webster dictionary, office xp, etc.), I watched King Kong. ^_^ Such a great movie though the whole hour of the movie taking place on Skull Island is waaaay too creepy. :P But as I've said it before and I'll say it again, this movie is certainly a cinematic masterpiece, even if it's just for the last scene on the Empire State Building.
Did a little reading (started a new John Grisham novel that I've had in the closet for a looong time but never got around to reading it) then had leftovers for dinner. Did some more reading and I'm halfway through my book, The Testament (as in a legal testament). Interesting story, though there's not much 'mystery' so far so I'm still curious to see how things will hopefully pick up.
And for today, Monday:
Woke up in the morning and was very sad to see that my computer was once again not working. Naomi dropped me off a little early to class so I got to read my book while waiting for class to start. Had a quiz in the beginning of history class and then we learned more about British imperialism.
Went home and used Naomi's computer to start on my History's final paper's first draft. Which is due tomorrow. :P I knew I could finish today though, no worries. Except for the fact that I was unable to use my own computer and had to rely on using others' computers. Thanks so much for the use of your computers, Naomi and Maki!
Had lunch, did some more writing then Naomi and I went to Ala Moana to do some shopping. Was sooo tired by the time we got home. :P Did more writing then for dinner, to celebrate Erin getting her OPT visa (which allows her to stay one year in the US to work), we went out to eat at Formaggio, a little restaurant close by. The food was really good and the dessert of Pear Zinfendell. Mmmm... MmmMMmMM!!! ^_^
Got home and finished on the most part my six page draft. Watched Good Night and Good Luck which I was a bit disappointed in. It wasn't as 'controversial' as it's been made out to be but instead I found it dull and not dramatic or 'exciting' in any way at all. I like the acting of course by David Straithairn and George Clooney. I still think I prefer All the President's Men to this movie.
Off to bed now but perhaps I'll read a little more before I do that. I can't believe that I'm already almost done with the book which I only started reading yesterday! :P
Friday, April 21, 2006
~Wild Cats, All the Way!!~
Well, a great big hug and thank you to Naomi for redoing my computer today. ^_^ Acting a lot better; making some odd 'thinking' noises but otherwise it's acting much better.
This morning I walked to campus for Japanese class. My group and I did our presentation as did all the other groups. We did really well which I'm happy about. Our teacher was gone so we had a substitute teacher watch over the class. He was really nice and I liked him a lot. ^_^
Went home and made myself a nice lunch. Naomi was working on my computer at that time so I was 'computer-less' during my lunch break. :P I watched halfway through Wuthering Heights which I had borrowed the other day. Must say... for a 'classic' it's really depressing... And Ralph Fiennes plays such an evil character!
Geology Lab class was pretty boring but thankfully finished pretty quickly. Went home and finished watching the movie. Very sad, very depressing. I do NOT understand why the story is so famous.
Naomi finished fixing my computer so I started re-installing some stuff, putting my files back in, etc. Had dinner which was very delicious then watched the first two episodes of Monk with Erin and Maki. Then, since High School Musical was playing on tv, I decided to watch it. Very good movie; I love the dancing and most definitely the character Ryan is my favorite. :P
Off to bed, I'm actually still watching High School Musical right now. Sharpay and Ryan are doing their Latin dance! ^_^ Until tomorrow!
Well, a great big hug and thank you to Naomi for redoing my computer today. ^_^ Acting a lot better; making some odd 'thinking' noises but otherwise it's acting much better.
This morning I walked to campus for Japanese class. My group and I did our presentation as did all the other groups. We did really well which I'm happy about. Our teacher was gone so we had a substitute teacher watch over the class. He was really nice and I liked him a lot. ^_^
Went home and made myself a nice lunch. Naomi was working on my computer at that time so I was 'computer-less' during my lunch break. :P I watched halfway through Wuthering Heights which I had borrowed the other day. Must say... for a 'classic' it's really depressing... And Ralph Fiennes plays such an evil character!
Geology Lab class was pretty boring but thankfully finished pretty quickly. Went home and finished watching the movie. Very sad, very depressing. I do NOT understand why the story is so famous.
Naomi finished fixing my computer so I started re-installing some stuff, putting my files back in, etc. Had dinner which was very delicious then watched the first two episodes of Monk with Erin and Maki. Then, since High School Musical was playing on tv, I decided to watch it. Very good movie; I love the dancing and most definitely the character Ryan is my favorite. :P
Off to bed, I'm actually still watching High School Musical right now. Sharpay and Ryan are doing their Latin dance! ^_^ Until tomorrow!
My Computer Needs Fixin'
I'm going to have to keep this short because my computer is going all haywire again. Thankfully, Naomi was kind enough to say that she will redo my computer this weekend. ^_^ So hopefully that will fix the little problems I've been having.
History class in the morning; talked some more about 'the liberal media.' Helped Maki and Oswald out with their scene for Theater class.
Had a quick lunch at the cafeteria then had tea ceremony practice at the International Cafe. Geography class was really interesting as we learned a bit about economics. So happy that my group won't have to do the poster presentation until next Thursday. ^_^ A whole week to prepare!
Went straight from campus to go pick up Erin from her internship; when we got home she helped me with my Japanese homework. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIN! I know I wouldn't have been able to write the paper without her. :P
Got very full at dinner tonight with maboudoufu, potato and ham, eel, and salad. Had our weekly prayer meeting then Erin helped me finish my Japanese paper. Then my computer was acting funny against so I backed up all my most recent stuff.
Now off to bed; tomorrow's going to be busy with two of my long classes. :P I might be 'away' for a while if Naomi's fixing my computer. Ta-ta!
I'm going to have to keep this short because my computer is going all haywire again. Thankfully, Naomi was kind enough to say that she will redo my computer this weekend. ^_^ So hopefully that will fix the little problems I've been having.
History class in the morning; talked some more about 'the liberal media.' Helped Maki and Oswald out with their scene for Theater class.
Had a quick lunch at the cafeteria then had tea ceremony practice at the International Cafe. Geography class was really interesting as we learned a bit about economics. So happy that my group won't have to do the poster presentation until next Thursday. ^_^ A whole week to prepare!
Went straight from campus to go pick up Erin from her internship; when we got home she helped me with my Japanese homework. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIN! I know I wouldn't have been able to write the paper without her. :P
Got very full at dinner tonight with maboudoufu, potato and ham, eel, and salad. Had our weekly prayer meeting then Erin helped me finish my Japanese paper. Then my computer was acting funny against so I backed up all my most recent stuff.
Now off to bed; tomorrow's going to be busy with two of my long classes. :P I might be 'away' for a while if Naomi's fixing my computer. Ta-ta!
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
So Tired of Research and Am SOOO Glad the Geography Paper is DONE!
Didn't have to walk to class this morning which was nice. ^_^ Naomi and I went to campus a bit early after deciding to get breakfast at 2nd Cup Cafe; a campus run cafe. Their apricot danish is SOOOO GOOD! As is there hot chocolate and Very Berry Scones... I think I'm going to start getting addicted to the cafe... :P lol! Seriously, their stuff is great!
Had a map quiz in History class which was easy. Rest of the class was spent discussing the book Nine Parts of Desire which a paper is due on next week as well as a quiz. I don't think I'm going to write the paper since I'm swamped with other papers and projects. Besides, I got good scores on the other two papers. ^_^
Walked home and got to chat with Paul a bit (certainly has been a while!). For lunch I made myself and Naomi fried rice and we watched an episode of Monk today. Maki and Erin went downtown for Maki to go to some interview for a part-time job. It seems to have gone really well so a big round of applause to Maki. ^_^
Rest of the afternoon was spent researching and writing my Geography paper on earthquakes in Izmit, Turkey and Altai, Russia. Not very fun; my head is full of (in my opinion) 'useless' facts of no consequences. :P Ok, a bit of an exaggeration but seriously, I'm tired of researching earthquakes.
Erin made dinner and we had sashimi which was soooo good! Yum... Watched Bones, tonight's episode a really excellent one though very creepy. On American Idol it was much to my surprise that Paris and Chris were in the bottom three... I'm just happy that Ace has finally left. :P *whew*, what a relief! Tonight's show was really nice with Rod Stewart singing Just the Way You Look Tonight. Classic, classic song; really great.
Worked on my page of references for the Geography paper then got to chat with some people. Off to bed; tomorrow's gonna be a long day... *sigh* G'night y'all!
Didn't have to walk to class this morning which was nice. ^_^ Naomi and I went to campus a bit early after deciding to get breakfast at 2nd Cup Cafe; a campus run cafe. Their apricot danish is SOOOO GOOD! As is there hot chocolate and Very Berry Scones... I think I'm going to start getting addicted to the cafe... :P lol! Seriously, their stuff is great!
Had a map quiz in History class which was easy. Rest of the class was spent discussing the book Nine Parts of Desire which a paper is due on next week as well as a quiz. I don't think I'm going to write the paper since I'm swamped with other papers and projects. Besides, I got good scores on the other two papers. ^_^
Walked home and got to chat with Paul a bit (certainly has been a while!). For lunch I made myself and Naomi fried rice and we watched an episode of Monk today. Maki and Erin went downtown for Maki to go to some interview for a part-time job. It seems to have gone really well so a big round of applause to Maki. ^_^
Rest of the afternoon was spent researching and writing my Geography paper on earthquakes in Izmit, Turkey and Altai, Russia. Not very fun; my head is full of (in my opinion) 'useless' facts of no consequences. :P Ok, a bit of an exaggeration but seriously, I'm tired of researching earthquakes.
Erin made dinner and we had sashimi which was soooo good! Yum... Watched Bones, tonight's episode a really excellent one though very creepy. On American Idol it was much to my surprise that Paris and Chris were in the bottom three... I'm just happy that Ace has finally left. :P *whew*, what a relief! Tonight's show was really nice with Rod Stewart singing Just the Way You Look Tonight. Classic, classic song; really great.
Worked on my page of references for the Geography paper then got to chat with some people. Off to bed; tomorrow's gonna be a long day... *sigh* G'night y'all!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The Simplest Answer Is to NOT Take ANY Media Seriously... :P
For History class this morning, watched a kind of 'documentary' on just how 'fair and balanced' Fox news it. The video, titled Outfoxed, was very cleverly done and completely pummeled Fox news for being completely biased. Oh, well... I can't really make any comments. All I ever seem to hear are left-wing view and bias against right-wing views so I can't really seem to find a 'balanced' view of anything about the news. Hmm... interesting... :P
After that class, next was theater. Aimee and I did our Miracle Worker scene, the last time to do in front of our teacher before the final. We did pretty well though the rest of the class we practiced our scene a lot more. We also tried out the pump to see if it pumps water... and it does! It makes a strange gurgling noise though. lol!
Went to have lunch in the cafeteria and today there was a small jazz band from UH playing. GREAT music and I completely enjoyed myself listening to the music. The guys playing the trumpet and sax were really good.
Kaori, Maki, and I spent the whole lunch 'break' together, doing some preparation for our geography presentation which is sometime next week. Geography class was a bit 'crazy' as everyone was really hyper (teacher included) so the first twenty minutes or so was just laughing and making jokes. :P The rest of the time was spent watching a National Geographic video about 'aliens.' Well, not really the kinds of aliens you immediately think about; aliens as in species not native to a certain area. Like how rats were brought over to the islands by ship, how termites were brought over to Louisiana, etc. Interesting vid though some scenes were kind of 'corny.' Like how they were showing how cats died from poisonous frogs (they had fake, stuffed cats just keel over and 'die'! TOTALLY cracked us all up...) :P
Went home then Maki and I went over to Kahala Mall. Shopped a bit at Claire's and to our surprise met a friend from school. :P So funny to see her there... anyway, then stopped by the post office before picking up some dinner at Jack 'n' the Box. So good...
Did some research then watched American Idol and House, M.D. Good shows tonight, especially American Idol where everyone actually sang very well and were in their element (except for this one girl who stank... lol!). Did some writing for my Geography paper though didn't get too ahead. Also read some more of my book which I need to finish soon... :S
Off to bed now, tomorrow I have only one class so hopefully I'll finish up the Geography paper and my Japanese paper... but I'll have to see how far I can get. :P Ciao!
For History class this morning, watched a kind of 'documentary' on just how 'fair and balanced' Fox news it. The video, titled Outfoxed, was very cleverly done and completely pummeled Fox news for being completely biased. Oh, well... I can't really make any comments. All I ever seem to hear are left-wing view and bias against right-wing views so I can't really seem to find a 'balanced' view of anything about the news. Hmm... interesting... :P
After that class, next was theater. Aimee and I did our Miracle Worker scene, the last time to do in front of our teacher before the final. We did pretty well though the rest of the class we practiced our scene a lot more. We also tried out the pump to see if it pumps water... and it does! It makes a strange gurgling noise though. lol!
Went to have lunch in the cafeteria and today there was a small jazz band from UH playing. GREAT music and I completely enjoyed myself listening to the music. The guys playing the trumpet and sax were really good.
Kaori, Maki, and I spent the whole lunch 'break' together, doing some preparation for our geography presentation which is sometime next week. Geography class was a bit 'crazy' as everyone was really hyper (teacher included) so the first twenty minutes or so was just laughing and making jokes. :P The rest of the time was spent watching a National Geographic video about 'aliens.' Well, not really the kinds of aliens you immediately think about; aliens as in species not native to a certain area. Like how rats were brought over to the islands by ship, how termites were brought over to Louisiana, etc. Interesting vid though some scenes were kind of 'corny.' Like how they were showing how cats died from poisonous frogs (they had fake, stuffed cats just keel over and 'die'! TOTALLY cracked us all up...) :P
Went home then Maki and I went over to Kahala Mall. Shopped a bit at Claire's and to our surprise met a friend from school. :P So funny to see her there... anyway, then stopped by the post office before picking up some dinner at Jack 'n' the Box. So good...
Did some research then watched American Idol and House, M.D. Good shows tonight, especially American Idol where everyone actually sang very well and were in their element (except for this one girl who stank... lol!). Did some writing for my Geography paper though didn't get too ahead. Also read some more of my book which I need to finish soon... :S
Off to bed now, tomorrow I have only one class so hopefully I'll finish up the Geography paper and my Japanese paper... but I'll have to see how far I can get. :P Ciao!
Monday, April 17, 2006
Only Three More Weeks of School Then Finals? Seems Short But The End Still Seems Far Away... :P
Walked to school this morning and got to class just in time since I had left the house a little later than usual. Good thing there was no quiz to study for. :P We learned about Japan's emergence into the world with the coming of Matthew Perry, the Ottoman Empire's decline, and Egypt's rise and decline. History is just SOOOO much fun, I can't understand anyone who doesn't find any kind of history fascinating, I seriously can't.
After history class, I went straight home and began working on my history take-home quiz for history 282. Around noon, I went back to campus to pick up not only Naomi and Maki, but also Misato and Junko. The two Japanese girls are my classmates from JPN 298 class and we had to get together to work on our presentation which is due this Friday. Naomi was nice enough to pick up sushi for our lunch and we ate it at home. We were able to make a simple powerpoint slideshow and decide what to talk about before both of them had to be back at campus for their classes at 1:45.
Naomi and I had to go to FedEx to send off a package then I was home once more, working on my quiz. Finished the multiple choice questions then had to work on the short essay which was on the United States' role in the first Indochina War (Vietnam). Interesting stuff and I wrote almost three pages about it. :P Also began gathering information for my Geography paper and presentation which is due this Thursday and next week. *sigh* There's just SOOO much due this week and next week! ~I Will Survive~~!! lol!
Almost forgot it was my turn to make dinner tonight so after picking Erin up from her class, I was able to do a little reading before making dinner. Tonight's menu consisted of oyako-don which turned out very well if I may say so. ^_^ Read some more after dinner; almost done with the book with just a few more chapters to go.
Watched one episode of Monk to relax then had a fun video chat with my mother. ^_^ Then I had to get my costume ready for The Miracle Worker scene I have to do tomorrow in theater class. It's not my final performance but it's my last 'dress rehearsal' in front of our teacher. I hope all goes well; Aimee and I are going to try using real water for the water pump scene. ^_^
G'night to all! Hope you all have a great week! Will be praying for everyone of Kanto Christian Church and School as you get ready for the BIG Garage Sale!!
Walked to school this morning and got to class just in time since I had left the house a little later than usual. Good thing there was no quiz to study for. :P We learned about Japan's emergence into the world with the coming of Matthew Perry, the Ottoman Empire's decline, and Egypt's rise and decline. History is just SOOOO much fun, I can't understand anyone who doesn't find any kind of history fascinating, I seriously can't.
After history class, I went straight home and began working on my history take-home quiz for history 282. Around noon, I went back to campus to pick up not only Naomi and Maki, but also Misato and Junko. The two Japanese girls are my classmates from JPN 298 class and we had to get together to work on our presentation which is due this Friday. Naomi was nice enough to pick up sushi for our lunch and we ate it at home. We were able to make a simple powerpoint slideshow and decide what to talk about before both of them had to be back at campus for their classes at 1:45.
Naomi and I had to go to FedEx to send off a package then I was home once more, working on my quiz. Finished the multiple choice questions then had to work on the short essay which was on the United States' role in the first Indochina War (Vietnam). Interesting stuff and I wrote almost three pages about it. :P Also began gathering information for my Geography paper and presentation which is due this Thursday and next week. *sigh* There's just SOOO much due this week and next week! ~I Will Survive~~!! lol!
Almost forgot it was my turn to make dinner tonight so after picking Erin up from her class, I was able to do a little reading before making dinner. Tonight's menu consisted of oyako-don which turned out very well if I may say so. ^_^ Read some more after dinner; almost done with the book with just a few more chapters to go.
Watched one episode of Monk to relax then had a fun video chat with my mother. ^_^ Then I had to get my costume ready for The Miracle Worker scene I have to do tomorrow in theater class. It's not my final performance but it's my last 'dress rehearsal' in front of our teacher. I hope all goes well; Aimee and I are going to try using real water for the water pump scene. ^_^
G'night to all! Hope you all have a great week! Will be praying for everyone of Kanto Christian Church and School as you get ready for the BIG Garage Sale!!
Sunday, April 16, 2006
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!
Yes, today is Easter! ^_^ Oh, happy day! Woke up early with only about 8 minutes to get ready before leaving the house. :P Hadn't set my alarm so Naomi came in to wake me up. Naomi and her hula group practiced in the morning while I 'mingled' and got to f
ellowship with many people. Played drums for the 8:30 service and besides a special hula dance, there was also special music: Afa and Susan sang a beautiful duet while Davin was on the keyboard. Pastor Ron, back from his trip to the mainland, preached a sermon titled "Live Again."
There was a special brunch set up outside between the morning services and since I hadn't had time to eat breakfast, I was able to satisfy my growling stomach. I had been sooo hungry throughout the service,
making it hard for me to concentrat. :P Stayed a bit of the 10:30 service until Naomi finished her hula dance (Joe played drums for second service). Right after she was done, Ericson drove the two of us home and when Tiffany arrived, we began our church Easter service.
Like you might have guessed, we had two guests today, Ericson and Tiffany! It was certainly exciting to have guests for our service. After the worship and greeting, we had special music. The four of us (Erin on the keyboard, Maki on the guitar, and Naomi and I singing), did "Open the Eyes" which came out really nice. Then Maki and I did a sign dance which I had just choreographed on Friday. We danced to "He's My Savior" by Jaci Velasquez and it turned out sooooo well (very pleased with it if I may say so... ^_^). Naomi then preached about how we have to love and serve Christ with all our hearts, remembering the price he paid for us.
After the service, Erin and Maki went to pick up California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. Everything was so good, especially the Jambalya spaghetti which I LOVE! Listened to good music while eating and then a little later we played an Easter trivia game which I had compiled last night. Erin won, answering 9 out of 11 correct. ^_^
Watched An Ideal Husband to relax afterwards; great movie with such wry humor and wit. That's of course, considering it's based off of an Oscar Wilde play (who also wrote The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windemere's Fan. Great fun; Cate Blanchett especially shines in her role.
Ericson and Tiffany left then since I was pretty exhausted by then, I was able to take a 2 hour nap. ^_^ I think I could have slept more but thought it best to get up by 6:00... :P Did some homework then after a dinner of leftovers, Naomi and I watched Kelly's Heroes. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. "Stop with the negative waves!" or "I found a mine!" "(beat) What kind is it?" "The... kind that blows up! How should I know what kind it is!?" Or one of the BEST lines: "Why aren't you helping to fix the tank?" "I only ride it, I don't know how it works."
Finished up making a map for history class (going to have a quiz on it this week). Speaking of History class, I think I have a quiz tomorrow. :P And I need to get the book read before next week... but I'm halfway done which is good. So tomorrow's a busy day; going to class in the morning then in the afternoon I'm meeting with my group to prepare for a presentation we have this coming Friday. G'night!
Yes, today is Easter! ^_^ Oh, happy day! Woke up early with only about 8 minutes to get ready before leaving the house. :P Hadn't set my alarm so Naomi came in to wake me up. Naomi and her hula group practiced in the morning while I 'mingled' and got to f
ellowship with many people. Played drums for the 8:30 service and besides a special hula dance, there was also special music: Afa and Susan sang a beautiful duet while Davin was on the keyboard. Pastor Ron, back from his trip to the mainland, preached a sermon titled "Live Again."There was a special brunch set up outside between the morning services and since I hadn't had time to eat breakfast, I was able to satisfy my growling stomach. I had been sooo hungry throughout the service,
making it hard for me to concentrat. :P Stayed a bit of the 10:30 service until Naomi finished her hula dance (Joe played drums for second service). Right after she was done, Ericson drove the two of us home and when Tiffany arrived, we began our church Easter service.Like you might have guessed, we had two guests today, Ericson and Tiffany! It was certainly exciting to have guests for our service. After the worship and greeting, we had special music. The four of us (Erin on the keyboard, Maki on the guitar, and Naomi and I singing), did "Open the Eyes" which came out really nice. Then Maki and I did a sign dance which I had just choreographed on Friday. We danced to "He's My Savior" by Jaci Velasquez and it turned out sooooo well (very pleased with it if I may say so... ^_^). Naomi then preached about how we have to love and serve Christ with all our hearts, remembering the price he paid for us.
After the service, Erin and Maki went to pick up California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. Everything was so good, especially the Jambalya spaghetti which I LOVE! Listened to good music while eating and then a little later we played an Easter trivia game which I had compiled last night. Erin won, answering 9 out of 11 correct. ^_^
Watched An Ideal Husband to relax afterwards; great movie with such wry humor and wit. That's of course, considering it's based off of an Oscar Wilde play (who also wrote The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windemere's Fan. Great fun; Cate Blanchett especially shines in her role.
Ericson and Tiffany left then since I was pretty exhausted by then, I was able to take a 2 hour nap. ^_^ I think I could have slept more but thought it best to get up by 6:00... :P Did some homework then after a dinner of leftovers, Naomi and I watched Kelly's Heroes. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. "Stop with the negative waves!" or "I found a mine!" "(beat) What kind is it?" "The... kind that blows up! How should I know what kind it is!?" Or one of the BEST lines: "Why aren't you helping to fix the tank?" "I only ride it, I don't know how it works."
Finished up making a map for history class (going to have a quiz on it this week). Speaking of History class, I think I have a quiz tomorrow. :P And I need to get the book read before next week... but I'm halfway done which is good. So tomorrow's a busy day; going to class in the morning then in the afternoon I'm meeting with my group to prepare for a presentation we have this coming Friday. G'night!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
I'm Going to Be a Movie Star!! LOL, Just Kidding... But Film Auditions are SOOO Much Fun!
Slept in this morning then after getting ready, Naomi and I went off to go for my film audition. ^_^ Stopped by TGIF's for lunch but I was so excited I didn't eat much. :P Then it was off to Windward Community College for the auditions. Jason was there so he was able to 'put me at ease' as soon as I got there. Filled out a form then after looking up the list of characters, I chose which character I wanted to try out for. The character I chose was the younger sister of the main character who is 'annoying but adorable'. lol!
So first, they called me in then after giving my filled-out form, they took a picture of me (^_^) then I was asked to stand at a certain spot and read from the script (the casting director read for the other part). The acting was done in front of/to a camera which was an interesting experience. I actually wasn't too nervous at all and REALLY enjoyed it! It finished kind of quickly for me but soon it was all done. :P
Went home then Naomi and I watced The Odd Couple which I had borrowed recently. HILARIOUS movie, the script is a gem. Gotta love Jack Lemmon as the neurotic Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar is soooo 'messy'. :P
Practiced for the special music with Maki then had dinner of shrimp curry (Naomi cooked). Rest of the evening spent doing some homework, chatting with my parents, and preparing for an Easter game for tomorrow.
Off to bed now; going to play drums at the 8:30 service tomorrow morning. Wanted to say HAPPY EASTER to everyone at Kanto Christian Church and that I'm so happy that you all had a wonderful Easter service! May God bless you abundantly!
Slept in this morning then after getting ready, Naomi and I went off to go for my film audition. ^_^ Stopped by TGIF's for lunch but I was so excited I didn't eat much. :P Then it was off to Windward Community College for the auditions. Jason was there so he was able to 'put me at ease' as soon as I got there. Filled out a form then after looking up the list of characters, I chose which character I wanted to try out for. The character I chose was the younger sister of the main character who is 'annoying but adorable'. lol!
So first, they called me in then after giving my filled-out form, they took a picture of me (^_^) then I was asked to stand at a certain spot and read from the script (the casting director read for the other part). The acting was done in front of/to a camera which was an interesting experience. I actually wasn't too nervous at all and REALLY enjoyed it! It finished kind of quickly for me but soon it was all done. :P
Went home then Naomi and I watced The Odd Couple which I had borrowed recently. HILARIOUS movie, the script is a gem. Gotta love Jack Lemmon as the neurotic Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar is soooo 'messy'. :P
Practiced for the special music with Maki then had dinner of shrimp curry (Naomi cooked). Rest of the evening spent doing some homework, chatting with my parents, and preparing for an Easter game for tomorrow.
Off to bed now; going to play drums at the 8:30 service tomorrow morning. Wanted to say HAPPY EASTER to everyone at Kanto Christian Church and that I'm so happy that you all had a wonderful Easter service! May God bless you abundantly!
~Good Friday~
Yay! I got to sleep in today! :P Ok, perhaps not as exciting as some people may think but it was really nice being able to sleep without having to worry about waking up 'on time' for something.
Aaaanyway, did some cleanup in the morning and concentrated on reading the novel for History class. It's really interesting but I have to really concentrate because it deals with many political issues as well as cultural and religious issues. It's just... 'convenient' how Mohammed has these 'revelations' to fix any problems which seem to arise in his personal life. :P
Around 2:00, all four of us went to Kahala Mall to do some shopping for Easter decorations and also a birthday present for Ericson. ^_^ Yes, it was Ericson's birthday on the 12th and we had made plans tonight to have a 'surprise' birthday party for him. So we got him the King Kong dvd as well as this really cute balloon (funny story coming up about that balloon... :P).
For lucnh (it was already around 3:00 by this time), we ate at Kimuraya's Bakery which has REALLY good Japanese food. ^_^ I had the beef stew which was really good, plus I love the complimentary bread they serve.
Went home and chatted with some people then the four of us practiced special music for the upcoming Easter service this Sunday. It went really well and we had lots of fun; especially had fun trying to figure out the cool drum tempos on our synthesizer and how to work it all out. ^_^ S
o I'm going to 'kind of' be the drummer, though I'm just pressing buttons on beat. lol!
Maki and I then also worked on our sign dance we're going to do on Sunday, too. We're going to need a lot of practice though it's coming together. Trying to keep it simple and 'elegant.' :P
Took a very short nap then around 8:15 we went to church to meet up with some friends to go Islands restaurant for Ericson's birthday. Of course, he still didn't know we were going for his birthday. lol! So off we went...
But first I have to tell you the story of the balloon! Well, Erin was waiting in the car while Naomi, Maki, and I went into the church
to meet with some people. She was going to write some messages on the balloon. At one point the balloon was in the trunk then she decided to get something. When she opened the trunk, the winds were so strong that it blew the balloon away! She chased it all through the parking lot, across a pretty big road, but could go no further when the balloon went down onto the highway. :P 
Naturally, she didn't go down and get it; later on we were all laughing hysterically as we were wondering if that smiley faced balloon could have caused some highway accidents. lol!
Anyway, met at Islands and the people who came were Christi, Brandon, Don, Debbie, Byron, Bao, and of course Ericson and the four of us (Tina came a little later on). When we all sat down, we f
inally sang Happy Birthday and completely surprised Ericson about this being actually his birthday party. ^_^ Besides the King Kong dvd, we also gave him a card which had a huge sticker reading "It's my birthday, and I'm very smart, intelligent, good-looking!" :P Of course we made him wear the sticker... lol!
Great dinner/party all around; there was a lot of laughter and hilarious conversations throughout, two or three conversations
taking place at once sometimes. ^_^ At the end we were all doing silly 'finger/hand tricks' which had us end of laughing sooo hard! Especially when Tina was getting slightly 'tangled up.' :D
Stayed at the restaurant fairly late so we finally left around 11:30. :P Now we're back home and I need to go to bed... Tomorrow (well actually, today) is going to be a big day. I'm going to a film audition... ^_^ Very exciting and I hope it goes well. G'night! And Happy Birthday to Ericson!!
Yay! I got to sleep in today! :P Ok, perhaps not as exciting as some people may think but it was really nice being able to sleep without having to worry about waking up 'on time' for something.
Aaaanyway, did some cleanup in the morning and concentrated on reading the novel for History class. It's really interesting but I have to really concentrate because it deals with many political issues as well as cultural and religious issues. It's just... 'convenient' how Mohammed has these 'revelations' to fix any problems which seem to arise in his personal life. :P
Around 2:00, all four of us went to Kahala Mall to do some shopping for Easter decorations and also a birthday present for Ericson. ^_^ Yes, it was Ericson's birthday on the 12th and we had made plans tonight to have a 'surprise' birthday party for him. So we got him the King Kong dvd as well as this really cute balloon (funny story coming up about that balloon... :P).
For lucnh (it was already around 3:00 by this time), we ate at Kimuraya's Bakery which has REALLY good Japanese food. ^_^ I had the beef stew which was really good, plus I love the complimentary bread they serve.
Went home and chatted with some people then the four of us practiced special music for the upcoming Easter service this Sunday. It went really well and we had lots of fun; especially had fun trying to figure out the cool drum tempos on our synthesizer and how to work it all out. ^_^ S
o I'm going to 'kind of' be the drummer, though I'm just pressing buttons on beat. lol!Maki and I then also worked on our sign dance we're going to do on Sunday, too. We're going to need a lot of practice though it's coming together. Trying to keep it simple and 'elegant.' :P
Took a very short nap then around 8:15 we went to church to meet up with some friends to go Islands restaurant for Ericson's birthday. Of course, he still didn't know we were going for his birthday. lol! So off we went...But first I have to tell you the story of the balloon! Well, Erin was waiting in the car while Naomi, Maki, and I went into the church
to meet with some people. She was going to write some messages on the balloon. At one point the balloon was in the trunk then she decided to get something. When she opened the trunk, the winds were so strong that it blew the balloon away! She chased it all through the parking lot, across a pretty big road, but could go no further when the balloon went down onto the highway. :P 
Naturally, she didn't go down and get it; later on we were all laughing hysterically as we were wondering if that smiley faced balloon could have caused some highway accidents. lol!Anyway, met at Islands and the people who came were Christi, Brandon, Don, Debbie, Byron, Bao, and of course Ericson and the four of us (Tina came a little later on). When we all sat down, we f
inally sang Happy Birthday and completely surprised Ericson about this being actually his birthday party. ^_^ Besides the King Kong dvd, we also gave him a card which had a huge sticker reading "It's my birthday, and I'm very smart, intelligent, good-looking!" :P Of course we made him wear the sticker... lol!Great dinner/party all around; there was a lot of laughter and hilarious conversations throughout, two or three conversations
taking place at once sometimes. ^_^ At the end we were all doing silly 'finger/hand tricks' which had us end of laughing sooo hard! Especially when Tina was getting slightly 'tangled up.' :D
Stayed at the restaurant fairly late so we finally left around 11:30. :P Now we're back home and I need to go to bed... Tomorrow (well actually, today) is going to be a big day. I'm going to a film audition... ^_^ Very exciting and I hope it goes well. G'night! And Happy Birthday to Ericson!!
Thursday, April 13, 2006
~Hurrah, Hurrah, It's Finally the Weekend!~
History class was the first class of the day. One of my classmates, an older woman, brought her baby daughter to class (not even 1-year-old) and of course I wanted to hold the baby. :P So while the mother was getting her books and bags all organized, I was playing with the baby and everyone was saying how the baby will probably take everyone's attention away from Mr. Cassity. :P At that moment he walked in and saw me carrying the baby. You can imagine the funny look on his face. lol! Though the baby was still cute, I was still able to pay attention to class since Mr. Cassity talked about World War II. I actually like WWII history a lot and I find it all fascinating. Plus, I've seen numerous movies about that particular war (30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Patton, Pearl Harbor, The Young Lions, Sands of Iwo Jima, etc, etc). Learned a lot of interesting facts; for instance, that Joseph Stalin was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1945. :S Iiiiinteresting...
Theater class was spent working with Aimee for our final scene. Watched more of The Miracle Worker and began deciding about props and costumes. We also found out that the pump in the prop room can actually pump water for real! So we decided that we might use actually water to pump during our scene. ^_^ Exciting!
After that class, headed down to the cafeteria but first, Maki and I stopped by the Phi Theta Kapa office. I picked up my certificate since I won't be able to go to the induction ceremony this Saturday. :P It's a pretty cool certificate; looks 'authentic' and everything! lol! Had lunch in the cafeteria (made myself obenntou) with a few theater classmates.
Around 1:00 (a little earlier than usual), went to the International Cafe Center for the tea ceremony class. Learned quite a bit today and it's kind of shocking to realize that next week will be the last week that the International Cafe is open! Wow, the semester is ending soon... strange that it doesn't seem that way with sooo many deadlines to meet. :P
Geography class was more interesting than usual as we learned about Ecosystems and Biomes. Got back my second midterm and was *slightly* disappointed that I didn't do *that* well. Of course, I admit truthfully that I'm a bit of an overachiever and sometimes expect too much of myself. :P Plus, I did REALLY well for the first midterm so a bit disappointed that the second part I didn't do as well. However, for the whole midterm which is worth 200 points, I got 193 so after thinking of it that way, I'm very happy with how I did. ^_^
Went home for a bit then had to leave right away to pick Erin up. As soon as we were all home, we had our prayer meeting (a bit earlier than usual). Sang a few songs, talked about preparing our hearts for Easter, then began thinking of what to do for our Easter service. I'm going to keep it under my hat about what exactly we're going to do though I'll say that we'll be doing some special music. ^_^
I had to leave right away then for worship practice at Kaimuki Christian Church. I was SOOOO happy because Joe is back! He came with his whole family so it was fun to see the kids again. ^_^ Took turns playing the drums and it was really nice to watch him play; whenever I watch him play I pick up a lot on how to improve my playing and get new 'fill-ins.'
Got home around 8:15 and you can imagine how STARVED I was by then. :P Ate a good dinner then watched While You Were Sleeping with Erin and Maki. I know, I watched it recently, but this is really one of those movies I can watch over and over again. Such a cute movie and Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman have great chemistry together. Just gotta love the line said by the guy who thinks he has amnesia. "Do I like jell-o?" LOL!
Am really happy because I was able to talk to my parents for quite a bit. ^_^Also did some more 'calculating' over my schedule for the upcoming semester... working out little by little. It's just frustrating that I have to wait till Monday to register for the fall classes. :S Hopefully, even if the classes I want to take get filled up, because it's my last semester I might be able to get special overrides.
I'm SOOO happy that it's finally the weekend! Has Seriously been a crazy week... yay, I get to sleep in tomorrow! :P Good night!
History class was the first class of the day. One of my classmates, an older woman, brought her baby daughter to class (not even 1-year-old) and of course I wanted to hold the baby. :P So while the mother was getting her books and bags all organized, I was playing with the baby and everyone was saying how the baby will probably take everyone's attention away from Mr. Cassity. :P At that moment he walked in and saw me carrying the baby. You can imagine the funny look on his face. lol! Though the baby was still cute, I was still able to pay attention to class since Mr. Cassity talked about World War II. I actually like WWII history a lot and I find it all fascinating. Plus, I've seen numerous movies about that particular war (30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Patton, Pearl Harbor, The Young Lions, Sands of Iwo Jima, etc, etc). Learned a lot of interesting facts; for instance, that Joseph Stalin was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1945. :S Iiiiinteresting...
Theater class was spent working with Aimee for our final scene. Watched more of The Miracle Worker and began deciding about props and costumes. We also found out that the pump in the prop room can actually pump water for real! So we decided that we might use actually water to pump during our scene. ^_^ Exciting!
After that class, headed down to the cafeteria but first, Maki and I stopped by the Phi Theta Kapa office. I picked up my certificate since I won't be able to go to the induction ceremony this Saturday. :P It's a pretty cool certificate; looks 'authentic' and everything! lol! Had lunch in the cafeteria (made myself obenntou) with a few theater classmates.
Around 1:00 (a little earlier than usual), went to the International Cafe Center for the tea ceremony class. Learned quite a bit today and it's kind of shocking to realize that next week will be the last week that the International Cafe is open! Wow, the semester is ending soon... strange that it doesn't seem that way with sooo many deadlines to meet. :P
Geography class was more interesting than usual as we learned about Ecosystems and Biomes. Got back my second midterm and was *slightly* disappointed that I didn't do *that* well. Of course, I admit truthfully that I'm a bit of an overachiever and sometimes expect too much of myself. :P Plus, I did REALLY well for the first midterm so a bit disappointed that the second part I didn't do as well. However, for the whole midterm which is worth 200 points, I got 193 so after thinking of it that way, I'm very happy with how I did. ^_^
Went home for a bit then had to leave right away to pick Erin up. As soon as we were all home, we had our prayer meeting (a bit earlier than usual). Sang a few songs, talked about preparing our hearts for Easter, then began thinking of what to do for our Easter service. I'm going to keep it under my hat about what exactly we're going to do though I'll say that we'll be doing some special music. ^_^
I had to leave right away then for worship practice at Kaimuki Christian Church. I was SOOOO happy because Joe is back! He came with his whole family so it was fun to see the kids again. ^_^ Took turns playing the drums and it was really nice to watch him play; whenever I watch him play I pick up a lot on how to improve my playing and get new 'fill-ins.'
Got home around 8:15 and you can imagine how STARVED I was by then. :P Ate a good dinner then watched While You Were Sleeping with Erin and Maki. I know, I watched it recently, but this is really one of those movies I can watch over and over again. Such a cute movie and Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman have great chemistry together. Just gotta love the line said by the guy who thinks he has amnesia. "Do I like jell-o?" LOL!
Am really happy because I was able to talk to my parents for quite a bit. ^_^Also did some more 'calculating' over my schedule for the upcoming semester... working out little by little. It's just frustrating that I have to wait till Monday to register for the fall classes. :S Hopefully, even if the classes I want to take get filled up, because it's my last semester I might be able to get special overrides.
I'm SOOO happy that it's finally the weekend! Has Seriously been a crazy week... yay, I get to sleep in tomorrow! :P Good night!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Has Been a Crazy, Crazy Week :P
I am SOOO looking forward to this Easter weekend! It's been really crazy this past week so I'm excited for this weekend where I'm hoping to be all 'refreshed' and ready to continue on in all that I have to do. ^_^
Learned about China's 're-emergence' into the world right when the British began expanding their trade what with the Industrial Revolution. Also learned all about the Opium Wars which was VERY fascinating for me. I've heard about the wars but to learn all the details was really interesting. Am looking forward to next week's lecture about Japan's emergence into the world.
Helped Nichelle study Japanese in the cafeteria until around 11:45 when we stopped by Mr. Cassity's office. Nichelle had to pick up something but a quick stop turned into a good fifteen minutes of conversation. :P Talked about all kinds of things and I was able to get some advice from him about the upcoming fall semester.
Went home and after a quick lunch, I went back to campus around 1:00 to meet with 'Pohaku' Stone, the teacher for the internet Hawaiian Studies course I'll be taking during the summer. He was a really nice guy and I liked him quite a bit. He told me what to expect from the course and also what books I might want to go ahead and buy.
That was a really quick meeting so I went right home. Worked a bit on trying to figure out my fall schedule. So far, it's looking pretty good though it might turn out that I will have 4 classes on Monday/Wednesday and 2 on Tuesday/Thursday. I'd really like to make it work so I have 3 every day to make it all even out... but I'll just have to see how that goes.
Watched The Miracle Worker to help with the character analysis I had to write for the character of Annie Sullivan who I'm playing for my Theater class' final. Great to watch again since it's a fantastic movie. It really helped to watch the movie; writing the character analysis went really smoothly though it was pretty time consuming. Finished just before dinner. Erin made tonkatsu which was sooo good. :P Naturally, I was pretty full by the end of dinner.
Tonight's American Idol was the eliminations and though I was once more worried that Elliot would go, instead it was another guy who left the show this week. Oh, well; next week is Rod Stewart week!
After that, had a nice video chat with my mother and I guess since I haven't gotten homesick in a while, tonight I got a real bad case of homesickness. :P Of course, Mommy was able to cheer me up (hugs and kisses to Mommy!). Did a little bit of 'pseudo-relaxed' reading for History class; Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. At first I wasn't too interested but already I'm finding the book very interesting and informative about life on the 'other side of the world.' Happy that it's a fairly easy read, most of all. lol!
Going to bed and hoping for a good night's rest. ^_^ G'night and sleep tight!
I am SOOO looking forward to this Easter weekend! It's been really crazy this past week so I'm excited for this weekend where I'm hoping to be all 'refreshed' and ready to continue on in all that I have to do. ^_^
Learned about China's 're-emergence' into the world right when the British began expanding their trade what with the Industrial Revolution. Also learned all about the Opium Wars which was VERY fascinating for me. I've heard about the wars but to learn all the details was really interesting. Am looking forward to next week's lecture about Japan's emergence into the world.
Helped Nichelle study Japanese in the cafeteria until around 11:45 when we stopped by Mr. Cassity's office. Nichelle had to pick up something but a quick stop turned into a good fifteen minutes of conversation. :P Talked about all kinds of things and I was able to get some advice from him about the upcoming fall semester.
Went home and after a quick lunch, I went back to campus around 1:00 to meet with 'Pohaku' Stone, the teacher for the internet Hawaiian Studies course I'll be taking during the summer. He was a really nice guy and I liked him quite a bit. He told me what to expect from the course and also what books I might want to go ahead and buy.
That was a really quick meeting so I went right home. Worked a bit on trying to figure out my fall schedule. So far, it's looking pretty good though it might turn out that I will have 4 classes on Monday/Wednesday and 2 on Tuesday/Thursday. I'd really like to make it work so I have 3 every day to make it all even out... but I'll just have to see how that goes.
Watched The Miracle Worker to help with the character analysis I had to write for the character of Annie Sullivan who I'm playing for my Theater class' final. Great to watch again since it's a fantastic movie. It really helped to watch the movie; writing the character analysis went really smoothly though it was pretty time consuming. Finished just before dinner. Erin made tonkatsu which was sooo good. :P Naturally, I was pretty full by the end of dinner.
Tonight's American Idol was the eliminations and though I was once more worried that Elliot would go, instead it was another guy who left the show this week. Oh, well; next week is Rod Stewart week!
After that, had a nice video chat with my mother and I guess since I haven't gotten homesick in a while, tonight I got a real bad case of homesickness. :P Of course, Mommy was able to cheer me up (hugs and kisses to Mommy!). Did a little bit of 'pseudo-relaxed' reading for History class; Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. At first I wasn't too interested but already I'm finding the book very interesting and informative about life on the 'other side of the world.' Happy that it's a fairly easy read, most of all. lol!
Going to bed and hoping for a good night's rest. ^_^ G'night and sleep tight!
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
'Dazed' Day
Today's History class was 'slightly' depressing since we got our instructions for our final paper which is coming up real fast. Grr... :P Unlike the midterm paper which was actually fairly easy, I'm thinking this one's going to be tough. it's about the liberal media and propaganda so I need to do research about it. *sigh* I'm just really glad that for this I get to write a draft and get it checked by the teacher. ^_^
For theater class, the teacher had us all get in our groups and prepare for our final scenes. Then she took time to 'direct' three scenes for twenty minutes each. Much to our surprise, Aimee's and my scene is No. 1 so we had to immediately do our scene for her. :P At least we were well prepared so it didn't catch us off guard or anything like that. So we were able to perform well and she said that we don't have any worries over whether our final scene will work out. Yay!
The rest of the time was spent working on our introduction to the final scene. Aimee had her laptop so we also watched the last part from the movie The Miracle Worker which was VERY inspiring. I can't just NOT cry at the end of that movie!! :P So touching...
Been quite a long time since it's happened but Maki and I were able to go home for lunch for our Tuesday/Thursday schedule! Very nice indeed, lol! Made myself a nice lunch then watched Maid in Manhattan, the best thing being that Ralph Fiennes is in it. :P Besides that, a mediocre film and not too interesting.
Only about half the students came to Geography class today so it felt a little empty. Learned about Soil. Yippee (very sarcastic tone here...). Fortunately, the lecture was quickly over then we played a quiz game to test what we've learned so far. Did pretty well but was happy to get home. :P
Went to pick up Erin then after coming back, just completely relaxed. Naomi made a fantastically delicious dinner. Curry, chicken legs, hash-brown and potatoes, alfalfa salad... a FEAST!
Tonight's American Idol was really cool since the contestants sang Queen songs. Favorite performances would have to be of Elliot doing Somebody to Love and Taylor's Silly Little Thing Called Love. I was pretty upset though because Ace (who I do NOT like) completely ruined We Will Rock You. *rolls eyes*
After that was House, M.D. and I must say, tonight's is already one of my all-time favorite House episode so far. Excellent plot. Chatted with a few people afterwards and had to compose some e-mailed; school-related e-mails which I hope to get replies to. I need to start trying to get classes for the upcoming summer and fall sessions. I just hope my schedule works out...
Off to bed now; tomorrow I have only one class then I need to work on a couple of papers. *sigh* Drawing near to the end of the semester is good but tiresome... lol! G'night!
Today's History class was 'slightly' depressing since we got our instructions for our final paper which is coming up real fast. Grr... :P Unlike the midterm paper which was actually fairly easy, I'm thinking this one's going to be tough. it's about the liberal media and propaganda so I need to do research about it. *sigh* I'm just really glad that for this I get to write a draft and get it checked by the teacher. ^_^
For theater class, the teacher had us all get in our groups and prepare for our final scenes. Then she took time to 'direct' three scenes for twenty minutes each. Much to our surprise, Aimee's and my scene is No. 1 so we had to immediately do our scene for her. :P At least we were well prepared so it didn't catch us off guard or anything like that. So we were able to perform well and she said that we don't have any worries over whether our final scene will work out. Yay!
The rest of the time was spent working on our introduction to the final scene. Aimee had her laptop so we also watched the last part from the movie The Miracle Worker which was VERY inspiring. I can't just NOT cry at the end of that movie!! :P So touching...
Been quite a long time since it's happened but Maki and I were able to go home for lunch for our Tuesday/Thursday schedule! Very nice indeed, lol! Made myself a nice lunch then watched Maid in Manhattan, the best thing being that Ralph Fiennes is in it. :P Besides that, a mediocre film and not too interesting.
Only about half the students came to Geography class today so it felt a little empty. Learned about Soil. Yippee (very sarcastic tone here...). Fortunately, the lecture was quickly over then we played a quiz game to test what we've learned so far. Did pretty well but was happy to get home. :P
Went to pick up Erin then after coming back, just completely relaxed. Naomi made a fantastically delicious dinner. Curry, chicken legs, hash-brown and potatoes, alfalfa salad... a FEAST!
Tonight's American Idol was really cool since the contestants sang Queen songs. Favorite performances would have to be of Elliot doing Somebody to Love and Taylor's Silly Little Thing Called Love. I was pretty upset though because Ace (who I do NOT like) completely ruined We Will Rock You. *rolls eyes*
After that was House, M.D. and I must say, tonight's is already one of my all-time favorite House episode so far. Excellent plot. Chatted with a few people afterwards and had to compose some e-mailed; school-related e-mails which I hope to get replies to. I need to start trying to get classes for the upcoming summer and fall sessions. I just hope my schedule works out...
Off to bed now; tomorrow I have only one class then I need to work on a couple of papers. *sigh* Drawing near to the end of the semester is good but tiresome... lol! G'night!
Had SOOO Many Things to Do Today (But Am Happy That It's All Done)! ^_^
Another late night so I'm going to try to keep this short. Went to History class (had a quiz this morning) and spent some more time talking about Socialsm after discussing our next paper which is due in a few weeks. We also got back our previous papers; I did very well thanks to the extra 5 points I got for turning it in early. ^_^
After class, Nichelle and I 'borrowed' a room in the library and I helped her study for her Japanese class. She's having a bit of a hard time so I said I'd help her out. Mostly she just needs to practice speaking and having complete conversations in Japanese.
Naomi and I went straight from campus to Waikiki to buy my plane tickets to go back home for the summer. ^_^ Hurray! Already excited to be going back home for a few months.
Got back and then I had to write a few e-mails, school and 'personal'-related before I finally got to eat lunch around 2:00. :P Late lunch indeed... anyway, until around 5:30 I was doing various things that needed to be done. Most importantly, I finished answering all the multiple choice questions for my take-home quiz. Only thirty questions, but boy, are the answers hard to find in the book (especially since Mr. Cassity likes 'mixing-up' the questions as in you can't find the answers in order when reading from the textbook).
5:30 I went to Times Supermarket with Maki to get some groceries then I prepared dinner tonight. Fajitas! Yes, it was very delicious... naturally since i was the cook! lol, jk! After dinner I spent an hour or so working on the short essay section for my take-home quiz. Thankfully, this time's chapter quiz was fun since I like the history of pre-WWII, WWII, and post-war. History is just fascinating. ^_^
At 8:30 I finally had everything I needed to be done finished (does that sentence sound strange? Hmmm... must be getting tired... :P). Watched a Monk episode then since I thought it would be a good idea to get an early start, I worked a bit on my character analysis of Annie Sullivan for The Miracle Worker (theater class). Going along well though it's time-consuming.
Off to bed now; tomorrow's Tuesday meaning it's gonna be a long day. :P G'night, sleep tight!
Another late night so I'm going to try to keep this short. Went to History class (had a quiz this morning) and spent some more time talking about Socialsm after discussing our next paper which is due in a few weeks. We also got back our previous papers; I did very well thanks to the extra 5 points I got for turning it in early. ^_^
After class, Nichelle and I 'borrowed' a room in the library and I helped her study for her Japanese class. She's having a bit of a hard time so I said I'd help her out. Mostly she just needs to practice speaking and having complete conversations in Japanese.
Naomi and I went straight from campus to Waikiki to buy my plane tickets to go back home for the summer. ^_^ Hurray! Already excited to be going back home for a few months.
Got back and then I had to write a few e-mails, school and 'personal'-related before I finally got to eat lunch around 2:00. :P Late lunch indeed... anyway, until around 5:30 I was doing various things that needed to be done. Most importantly, I finished answering all the multiple choice questions for my take-home quiz. Only thirty questions, but boy, are the answers hard to find in the book (especially since Mr. Cassity likes 'mixing-up' the questions as in you can't find the answers in order when reading from the textbook).
5:30 I went to Times Supermarket with Maki to get some groceries then I prepared dinner tonight. Fajitas! Yes, it was very delicious... naturally since i was the cook! lol, jk! After dinner I spent an hour or so working on the short essay section for my take-home quiz. Thankfully, this time's chapter quiz was fun since I like the history of pre-WWII, WWII, and post-war. History is just fascinating. ^_^
At 8:30 I finally had everything I needed to be done finished (does that sentence sound strange? Hmmm... must be getting tired... :P). Watched a Monk episode then since I thought it would be a good idea to get an early start, I worked a bit on my character analysis of Annie Sullivan for The Miracle Worker (theater class). Going along well though it's time-consuming.
Off to bed now; tomorrow's Tuesday meaning it's gonna be a long day. :P G'night, sleep tight!
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Wow, the Weekend Went By So Quickly...
Went to play drums for the 8:30 Kaimuki Church service so I had to be there by 7:30 for the practice. Woke up early so I could make it on time. It was nice seeing a whole different group of people who go to the early morning service. ^_^
After playing drums, got home and we had our own church service. Listened to my father's sermon tape of In the Spirit. Good sermon, how we have to be of the Spirit and not 'Spirit-like.'
Went to Happy Days for lunch (:P Hey, the food is DELICIOUS!) then went home. I was SOOO exhausted that I HAD to take a nap and before I knew it, I had slept 2 hours. Had a real hard time waking up. Finally did and watched half of Pride and Prejudice then got to talk for quite a bit with my parents. ^_^
Around 5:30 I left the house to go babysitting and watch the Hall kids, Braden and Jessica. It's been a while since I've seen the whole family so it was great seeing them again. Braden remembered me so was sooo excited having me there. ^_^ He's such a smart kid and though a bit rambuctious, he's really obedient to me and seems to like me, which is good for the babysitter. :P He went to bed by 7:30 so afterwards, Jessica and I were watching some movies and tv until the parents came home around 10:30.
Drove home and basically was at the computer, doing some things that needed to be done for the coming school week. *groan* Another week of school begins!
Went to play drums for the 8:30 Kaimuki Church service so I had to be there by 7:30 for the practice. Woke up early so I could make it on time. It was nice seeing a whole different group of people who go to the early morning service. ^_^
After playing drums, got home and we had our own church service. Listened to my father's sermon tape of In the Spirit. Good sermon, how we have to be of the Spirit and not 'Spirit-like.'
Went to Happy Days for lunch (:P Hey, the food is DELICIOUS!) then went home. I was SOOO exhausted that I HAD to take a nap and before I knew it, I had slept 2 hours. Had a real hard time waking up. Finally did and watched half of Pride and Prejudice then got to talk for quite a bit with my parents. ^_^
Around 5:30 I left the house to go babysitting and watch the Hall kids, Braden and Jessica. It's been a while since I've seen the whole family so it was great seeing them again. Braden remembered me so was sooo excited having me there. ^_^ He's such a smart kid and though a bit rambuctious, he's really obedient to me and seems to like me, which is good for the babysitter. :P He went to bed by 7:30 so afterwards, Jessica and I were watching some movies and tv until the parents came home around 10:30.
Drove home and basically was at the computer, doing some things that needed to be done for the coming school week. *groan* Another week of school begins!
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