the countdown begins
Finals are over, I'm still working part time and doing a side research project with classmates on slumlords in addition to continuing wedding planning. I know, I need to be slapped silly. I need to stop overcommitting myself.
30 more days until I don't have to plan anymore, I mean, until I get married. I can't wait.
7 more days until we start moving our stuff into the new apartment. Yay!
That's it.
6/23/2005
6/16/2005
please laugh at me.
i've gone insane.
i am sitting at my dining room table in front of an unfinished paper with books and papers strewn everywhere, crying as I watch t1c's wedd1ng story and drinking a corona (i'm all out of d1et coke, my drink of choice). it's 1:47pm on a thursday afternoon.
i am ridiculous.
i've gone insane.
i am sitting at my dining room table in front of an unfinished paper with books and papers strewn everywhere, crying as I watch t1c's wedd1ng story and drinking a corona (i'm all out of d1et coke, my drink of choice). it's 1:47pm on a thursday afternoon.
i am ridiculous.
6/14/2005
i'll order one glass of whine...
I'm at my apartment, alone. My friend was here, doing a group paper with me, but she left to go to small group. My roommate is done with finals and left to go out on a date. Even Minsoo is going out tonight -- on a date with his roommate to see thebatman movie. And I'm here, starting on paper number #3. Blah!
Man, it sucks to I see my roommate (who spends most of his time at work, at school or in his room playing video games) getting all spiffed up for his date while I'm sitting here, dishelved from paper-writing, in the midst of a pile of books, with a bum toe.
Okay, my glass of whine is finished. I am cracking the whip and getting it done!
I'm at my apartment, alone. My friend was here, doing a group paper with me, but she left to go to small group. My roommate is done with finals and left to go out on a date. Even Minsoo is going out tonight -- on a date with his roommate to see thebatman movie. And I'm here, starting on paper number #3. Blah!
Man, it sucks to I see my roommate (who spends most of his time at work, at school or in his room playing video games) getting all spiffed up for his date while I'm sitting here, dishelved from paper-writing, in the midst of a pile of books, with a bum toe.
Okay, my glass of whine is finished. I am cracking the whip and getting it done!
6/13/2005
This weekend has been a whirlwind of events. I went to Hillary's wedding. I cannot believe she is a married woman -- and before I AM! I am envious. It was great to meet her hubby and hang out with them. I'm really happy for her and he seems like a really good guy. Yay for Hill --- not yay for the booty humid weather. Minsoo and I stepped outside the airport and both said: "gross." Anyway the weekend was cool and we got to spent tons of time with Beast. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. The only downside was the fact that I had school on the brain the whole time. I have three papers due and am not done with any of them. Oh well...
Another exciting event this weekend: Minsoo and I signed the lease on our first apartment together. It was crazy and awesome to get to do something marriage-related instead of only wedding-related. Our apartment is dang expensive (it's LA, after all), but it has has some cool features -- a whole f00ds across the street, a star$s ($=buck) at the other corner and a bl0ckbuster at the end of the block. The bus to campus stops on that same corner too. It's pretty awesome. Minsoo has to drive far, but at least we're not living in a ghetto neighborhood. Hopefully no more calling the cops like I did in Campbell. Wow, we're gonna be roommates! No more posting ads on craigsl1st for me, PRAISE GOD.
5 more day and I'm done with my first year at grad school. Just need to get through this...
Another exciting event this weekend: Minsoo and I signed the lease on our first apartment together. It was crazy and awesome to get to do something marriage-related instead of only wedding-related. Our apartment is dang expensive (it's LA, after all), but it has has some cool features -- a whole f00ds across the street, a star$s ($=buck) at the other corner and a bl0ckbuster at the end of the block. The bus to campus stops on that same corner too. It's pretty awesome. Minsoo has to drive far, but at least we're not living in a ghetto neighborhood. Hopefully no more calling the cops like I did in Campbell. Wow, we're gonna be roommates! No more posting ads on craigsl1st for me, PRAISE GOD.
5 more day and I'm done with my first year at grad school. Just need to get through this...
6/07/2005
i always forget.
I am the worst at remembering birthdays and other dates that don't involve some sort of day off work. This past week, minsoo came over to my apartment and brought me a bunch of tulips. I was surprised at this gesture until I realized why... oh crap. Our 5th year anniversary. Anyway, to make up for once again, forgetting, here is a an essay dedicated to the best fiance ever:
Why minsoo is the best fiance ever. A list By Wai-ling.
- My white girl friends think he's cute. [read: All the girls want to be with him.]
- My Male Asian classmate thinks minsoo (aka AAM) is so cool. [read: All the guys want to be him.]
- He buys me jamba juice when I ask him to. He stopped to buy me one after I had my toe surgery and was in the car whining in pain for an hour. It was green tea.
- He drives far distances to see me. Like the time he drove from SJ to LA to surprise me for my b-day.
- He helped me clean up asbestos.
- He helped me move out of 7 different places in the past 5 years.
- I asked him to wake up at 6am on two holidays to help at the meals on wheels project. It was cold, but he went with me anyway.
- I ask him to come and see my middle school kids show off their stuff at the afterschool project presentations. He obliged.
- I asked him to go to south central LA to take pictures of vacant lots. He did it.
- He lets me watch Ver0n1ca mars.
- Sometimes, I feel like I am mean to him. But he is nice to me.
The end.
I am the worst at remembering birthdays and other dates that don't involve some sort of day off work. This past week, minsoo came over to my apartment and brought me a bunch of tulips. I was surprised at this gesture until I realized why... oh crap. Our 5th year anniversary. Anyway, to make up for once again, forgetting, here is a an essay dedicated to the best fiance ever:
Why minsoo is the best fiance ever. A list By Wai-ling.
- My white girl friends think he's cute. [read: All the girls want to be with him.]
- My Male Asian classmate thinks minsoo (aka AAM) is so cool. [read: All the guys want to be him.]
- He buys me jamba juice when I ask him to. He stopped to buy me one after I had my toe surgery and was in the car whining in pain for an hour. It was green tea.
- He drives far distances to see me. Like the time he drove from SJ to LA to surprise me for my b-day.
- He helped me clean up asbestos.
- He helped me move out of 7 different places in the past 5 years.
- I asked him to wake up at 6am on two holidays to help at the meals on wheels project. It was cold, but he went with me anyway.
- I ask him to come and see my middle school kids show off their stuff at the afterschool project presentations. He obliged.
- I asked him to go to south central LA to take pictures of vacant lots. He did it.
- He lets me watch Ver0n1ca mars.
- Sometimes, I feel like I am mean to him. But he is nice to me.
The end.
6/05/2005
i'm free, but not really
I've been freed from my antibiotics but am now bound to the graduate computer lab. I have two presentations due next week and three papers due the week after that. I'm still limping but hopefully my toe will get better soon. I will be done soon, however, these next two weeks look a little bit scary. In my head, I know I should be all stressed out, but I'm really not because I think I've become numb to all the stress. I'm hoping not to have anything else on my plate or else I might really crack under the pressure.
Also -- people, send me your RSVP cards!
I've been freed from my antibiotics but am now bound to the graduate computer lab. I have two presentations due next week and three papers due the week after that. I'm still limping but hopefully my toe will get better soon. I will be done soon, however, these next two weeks look a little bit scary. In my head, I know I should be all stressed out, but I'm really not because I think I've become numb to all the stress. I'm hoping not to have anything else on my plate or else I might really crack under the pressure.
Also -- people, send me your RSVP cards!
6/03/2005
changing pace
It's been just over a month since I heard about Lisa, my jr/high school friend who passed away of cancer. I just finished writing the sympathy card that I've been hanging on to for weeks. My whole apt fiasco and my toe threw me off and I really wanted to write a genuine card to her parents. In the meantime, I found a good photo to send to her parents, I had the chance to talk to some of my high school friends and do some more memorializing. One thing I learned from Lisa is that true friends are hard to find. I always knew that she was a good friend, but I was too caught up in everything else to really hang on to her friendship. She was kind of a social outcast because she was so honest and I think I sort of distanced myself from her because of the whole trying to be cool high school thing. I wish I had kept in touch with her. It makes me thankful of my long-time friendship with Summer, who's going to be my bridesmaid. You can't take those types of relationships for granted. You also can't replace friends who've known you when you looked your ugliest.
I am also somewhat reflective because my sister just left for her new job in Albuquerque. She stopped in LA on her way and during her time here, I realized how integral sisters are to one anothers' development (in both positive and negative ways). I am going to try and be a better, more prayerful, more patient and more understanding sister. This is a tall order, I know.
I just want to be a better person, in general. You know?
It's been just over a month since I heard about Lisa, my jr/high school friend who passed away of cancer. I just finished writing the sympathy card that I've been hanging on to for weeks. My whole apt fiasco and my toe threw me off and I really wanted to write a genuine card to her parents. In the meantime, I found a good photo to send to her parents, I had the chance to talk to some of my high school friends and do some more memorializing. One thing I learned from Lisa is that true friends are hard to find. I always knew that she was a good friend, but I was too caught up in everything else to really hang on to her friendship. She was kind of a social outcast because she was so honest and I think I sort of distanced myself from her because of the whole trying to be cool high school thing. I wish I had kept in touch with her. It makes me thankful of my long-time friendship with Summer, who's going to be my bridesmaid. You can't take those types of relationships for granted. You also can't replace friends who've known you when you looked your ugliest.
I am also somewhat reflective because my sister just left for her new job in Albuquerque. She stopped in LA on her way and during her time here, I realized how integral sisters are to one anothers' development (in both positive and negative ways). I am going to try and be a better, more prayerful, more patient and more understanding sister. This is a tall order, I know.
I just want to be a better person, in general. You know?
6/01/2005
crazy (me and everything around me)
Things are crazy right now. Today I drove wrecklessly to campus on a bum toe talking on my cell phone trying to arrange my bridal hair appts and cleaning my apt before I move out while trying to remember what I read the night before so I was prepared for class. I ended up safely on campus, only to watch my lunch get cold while trying to limp to class and making hotel arrangements over the phone for the wedding. I CANNOT MULTITASK ANYMORE. I... AM... SO... TIRED.
So today when I got a letter from my school saying I got a fellowship, I thought I saw a ray of sunshine. However, when my mom read the letter closely it read: "The department of urban planning WILL RECOMMEND to the graduate division that you be awarded...."
What does "will recommend" mean? Does this mean I have to compete with more people? Do I get it or will I have to wait for funds to come through?
Why oh why do you have to tease me so?
Final project presentations are due next week. Gotta push through to the end.
Things are crazy right now. Today I drove wrecklessly to campus on a bum toe talking on my cell phone trying to arrange my bridal hair appts and cleaning my apt before I move out while trying to remember what I read the night before so I was prepared for class. I ended up safely on campus, only to watch my lunch get cold while trying to limp to class and making hotel arrangements over the phone for the wedding. I CANNOT MULTITASK ANYMORE. I... AM... SO... TIRED.
So today when I got a letter from my school saying I got a fellowship, I thought I saw a ray of sunshine. However, when my mom read the letter closely it read: "The department of urban planning WILL RECOMMEND to the graduate division that you be awarded...."
What does "will recommend" mean? Does this mean I have to compete with more people? Do I get it or will I have to wait for funds to come through?
Why oh why do you have to tease me so?
Final project presentations are due next week. Gotta push through to the end.
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