Sorry i seriously need to update. There have been alot of stuff going on and in the midst of enjoying novels, Olympics, Matt getting sick and working, working, working.
I have some pictures to post soon I promise. Also get this: we are attempting to be vegetarian!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Ahh the joys of getting old..
So I am never going to have a crazy weekend like I did last weekend ever again..EVER.
To make long story short: I watched a midnight showing of Batman the movie, 8k run, picked up my sister from Dulles Airport, worked Sat. and Sunday, and came into work on Friday morning at 5:30am to set up for The Mill. Did I mention I got 10 hours of sleep in 3 days during the midst of this?
The result of all this is my body came crumbling down. It took a week for me to finally recover. My body reacted with a bacteria infection (which I will not get into), a cold sore and some extremely sore muscles all over.
The problem is that I could do something like that in college perfectly fine. I would just need one day to recover and then everything will get back in schedule. I feel like ever since I turned 25 my body has just slowly been deteriorating. Not only do I have to care about what i eat but I actually have sleep decent amount now?
It kind of sucks realizing that your body can't stay the same forever.
My husband however still remains to be my Superman. He worked a 65 hour week this week in order to have all his projects turned in time. He would wake up at 5am, and then come home at 10pm. He comes home early on Friday, and instead of relaxing he proceeds to work weeding out in the lawn for 4 hours! Even in the midst of all this he was able to care for my body and soul while I was sick, even praying for me in the morning before he would leave for work. I am SO BLESSED to have this man in my life.
On a happy note we finally decided on a contractor so we will happily be shopping to redo our bathroom! Our masterbathroom now consists of a small shower, toilet and a two sink vanity. Instead we are going to rip everything out, put in a jacuzzi tub with one sink vanity and a new toilet. We will put some new fresh tiles on the walls and hopefully put some marble flooring.
I am soo excited! There will definitely be before and after pictures to come.
To make long story short: I watched a midnight showing of Batman the movie, 8k run, picked up my sister from Dulles Airport, worked Sat. and Sunday, and came into work on Friday morning at 5:30am to set up for The Mill. Did I mention I got 10 hours of sleep in 3 days during the midst of this?
The result of all this is my body came crumbling down. It took a week for me to finally recover. My body reacted with a bacteria infection (which I will not get into), a cold sore and some extremely sore muscles all over.
The problem is that I could do something like that in college perfectly fine. I would just need one day to recover and then everything will get back in schedule. I feel like ever since I turned 25 my body has just slowly been deteriorating. Not only do I have to care about what i eat but I actually have sleep decent amount now?
It kind of sucks realizing that your body can't stay the same forever.
My husband however still remains to be my Superman. He worked a 65 hour week this week in order to have all his projects turned in time. He would wake up at 5am, and then come home at 10pm. He comes home early on Friday, and instead of relaxing he proceeds to work weeding out in the lawn for 4 hours! Even in the midst of all this he was able to care for my body and soul while I was sick, even praying for me in the morning before he would leave for work. I am SO BLESSED to have this man in my life.
On a happy note we finally decided on a contractor so we will happily be shopping to redo our bathroom! Our masterbathroom now consists of a small shower, toilet and a two sink vanity. Instead we are going to rip everything out, put in a jacuzzi tub with one sink vanity and a new toilet. We will put some new fresh tiles on the walls and hopefully put some marble flooring.
I am soo excited! There will definitely be before and after pictures to come.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Batman: The Dark Knight
Two words: TOTALLY AWESOME.
Probably the best comic book movie I have EVER seen.
I have always been faithful to certain Marvel and DC Comic characters, with Batman being one of them. It astounished me how true to the real characters from the comic book they made in the movie.
I LOVE how they portrayed Batman and the Joker. They really portrayed the Joker out to be a psychotic serial killer that he really is in the comic book.
I had NO idea Heath Ledger was such a good actor. Everything I've seen him in I never thought that he was good, just another pretty face getting on simply by his looks.
This movie is defintiley for the people who grew up reading the comics at its popularity peak- and have grown up not to be able to enjoy the Comic book medium anymore. So here is the more "adult version."
I slept only 1.5 hours because of this movie (got home 3:30am, had to be at work at 5:30am)
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT.
I love this feeling, the feeling after you watch a movie so good there really is nothing about it you think they should change about it.
Happiness...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
I survived a Japanese Game show...
This is probably my new favorite show.
I will still have my love for Anthony Bourdain in No reservations, and Andrew Zimmern for his Bizzarre Foods show, but seriously no matter how sarcastic Bourdain gets nothing is as amusing as Americans making fools of themselves on tv in a foreign land for money.
"Survived A Japanese Game Show has begun shooting in Japan and will premiere TUESDAY, JUNE 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) on ABC. This unscripted reality/game show takes an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at 10 Americans - many of whom have never traveled outside the United States -- who are whisked away to Japan and compete in the ultimate Japanese game show...with hilarious results. The final winner will take home $250,000. "
http://abc.go.com/summer/isurvivedajapanesegame/index
Seriously- the Japanese never ceases to amaze me. They are the only ones in the world where people in expensive suits are probably sitting in a high rise building in conference rooms and getting excited about an idea to put people in chicken costumes so they could pop egg balloons with their butt- and make money off of it.
May I also suggest searching on You tube "Human Tetris"
I will still have my love for Anthony Bourdain in No reservations, and Andrew Zimmern for his Bizzarre Foods show, but seriously no matter how sarcastic Bourdain gets nothing is as amusing as Americans making fools of themselves on tv in a foreign land for money.
"Survived A Japanese Game Show has begun shooting in Japan and will premiere TUESDAY, JUNE 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) on ABC. This unscripted reality/game show takes an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at 10 Americans - many of whom have never traveled outside the United States -- who are whisked away to Japan and compete in the ultimate Japanese game show...with hilarious results. The final winner will take home $250,000. "
http://abc.go.com/summer/isurvivedajapanesegame/index
Seriously- the Japanese never ceases to amaze me. They are the only ones in the world where people in expensive suits are probably sitting in a high rise building in conference rooms and getting excited about an idea to put people in chicken costumes so they could pop egg balloons with their butt- and make money off of it.
May I also suggest searching on You tube "Human Tetris"
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
God's Absolute Provision
Yesterday was just a another wonderful day to see evidences of God's mercy and absolute sovereignty. He truly is the living and active God.
I talked to my sister for a bit last night over AIM. She was still in Vietnam so she had access to the Internet. But after she had her money stolen she was telling me the story of how she was able to retrieve her passport and license back.
A cleaning lady found it in the trash can in the bathroom after her wallet was stolen and after running around frantically a guard who had seen the lost passport recognized my sister and called her over to tell her that he found it.
Then when she was not able to get onto the plane because she had lost her visa, a citizen of Vietnam was on the plane and somehow that person was able to help my sister board the plane.
Then if this wasn't enough- the whole day that she was there neither her, or her team members spent ANY money. Through connections of the team leader, they were able to receive free lunch, boarding for the night, internet and dinner, and breakfast the following morning. They were also able to receive free transportation while they were there as well.
God is so kind!
Through my conversation with my sister I was encouraged myself at how amazing it is that God just orchestrated everything. After sharing the news to my co-workers there were so many words of encouragement and prayer for my sister and her team! God even went as far as gathering a group of people who were going to consistently pray for this team while they are in Cambodia!
Those prayers and the lessons that my sister will learn through this trip is worth so much more than any amount of money she could have lost.
My husband and I are so encouraged through this as well. It makes us love our church so much more. It encourages us that even though my co-workers and caregroup do not know my sister, out of love for Christ they are willing to pray for her and her team.
What an honor it is to be a part of this church, to have this community so early in our lives. We would've been grateful if we had found it after years of being alone, at the end of our stay here on earth but the privilege to have it so early- what a wonderful gift and blessing!
Please continue to pray for my sister and her team. She will be meeting with ladies (or rather extremely young girls) who have been victims of the sex trade industry.
These girls were either sold or have been brain washed into this industry at such an early age and therefore have no sense of identity.
My sister had mentioned that they like to make crafts (particularly jewelry crafts) because it gives them a sense of femininity that they have lost so early in their lives. Please pray that my sister and her team will be able to reach out to these girls, that Jesus had died on the cross for them because He loves them, and that they will be able to find their identity and purpose in life through the cross.
Please also continue to pray for the team's safety- physical, mental and spiritual. That they will not get sick and that they will be able to return home safe and sound, outside of the grasp of those people who wishes harm upon them.
I talked to my sister for a bit last night over AIM. She was still in Vietnam so she had access to the Internet. But after she had her money stolen she was telling me the story of how she was able to retrieve her passport and license back.
A cleaning lady found it in the trash can in the bathroom after her wallet was stolen and after running around frantically a guard who had seen the lost passport recognized my sister and called her over to tell her that he found it.
Then when she was not able to get onto the plane because she had lost her visa, a citizen of Vietnam was on the plane and somehow that person was able to help my sister board the plane.
Then if this wasn't enough- the whole day that she was there neither her, or her team members spent ANY money. Through connections of the team leader, they were able to receive free lunch, boarding for the night, internet and dinner, and breakfast the following morning. They were also able to receive free transportation while they were there as well.
God is so kind!
Through my conversation with my sister I was encouraged myself at how amazing it is that God just orchestrated everything. After sharing the news to my co-workers there were so many words of encouragement and prayer for my sister and her team! God even went as far as gathering a group of people who were going to consistently pray for this team while they are in Cambodia!
Those prayers and the lessons that my sister will learn through this trip is worth so much more than any amount of money she could have lost.
My husband and I are so encouraged through this as well. It makes us love our church so much more. It encourages us that even though my co-workers and caregroup do not know my sister, out of love for Christ they are willing to pray for her and her team.
What an honor it is to be a part of this church, to have this community so early in our lives. We would've been grateful if we had found it after years of being alone, at the end of our stay here on earth but the privilege to have it so early- what a wonderful gift and blessing!
Please continue to pray for my sister and her team. She will be meeting with ladies (or rather extremely young girls) who have been victims of the sex trade industry.
These girls were either sold or have been brain washed into this industry at such an early age and therefore have no sense of identity.
My sister had mentioned that they like to make crafts (particularly jewelry crafts) because it gives them a sense of femininity that they have lost so early in their lives. Please pray that my sister and her team will be able to reach out to these girls, that Jesus had died on the cross for them because He loves them, and that they will be able to find their identity and purpose in life through the cross.
Please also continue to pray for the team's safety- physical, mental and spiritual. That they will not get sick and that they will be able to return home safe and sound, outside of the grasp of those people who wishes harm upon them.
Monday, July 7, 2008
A Prayer request from Vietnam and Cambodia
For those of you who do not know:
my sister Cindy is currently on a missions trip to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Her team are going to be leading a missions trip that is geared towards reaching out to victims of sex trafficking in South east Asia.
On her way over there she had a layover in Hong Kong and while checking her e-mail she had her wallet stolen. Thankfully they were able to retrieve her passport and license but everything else was taken away. So right now she does not have cash and she does not have any credit cards.
My mother is in the process of working out the bank details on her behalf in the states but right now needless to say all of us are a little frazzeled.
In times like this we have to remember God's kindness and faithfulness. But when you are in a country you have never been to, in a place where you don't know the language, and you do not have means of your own money- it is needless to say anxiety, panic attacks and worry are all real emotions to deal with.
Please pray that God will give her joy and peace during this time. Also please pray that He will provide everything she needs and then some during this trip. Finally that she will be able to come home safe and sound.
I am so proud of her because in her last e-mail she said that she knows that she needs to have faith in the Lord right now, that He will provide everything for her. She chose our Lord and Savior in the midst of her difficult trial and I am so proud to call her my sister.
She has said that she had never been put into a situation where she was solely depending on the Lord for money- and means to live everyday. Thankfully there are two other ladies with her on the team and they are willing to support her at the moment. But please pray that she will be able to completely depend on the Lord, that there will be no anxiety or worry in her because our Lord is faithful.
I am also completely encouraged at my work place. All my co workers have been coming up to me and asking for details on how they could pray for her better. Again the Lord is reminding me of how fortunate I am to be working here at Covenant Life. How blessed I am for working with Christians who loves the Lord and who believes in the power of prayer.
In the midst of all of this God is again showing himself of how faithful He really is. How fortunate we are to be called His children!
my sister Cindy is currently on a missions trip to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Her team are going to be leading a missions trip that is geared towards reaching out to victims of sex trafficking in South east Asia.
On her way over there she had a layover in Hong Kong and while checking her e-mail she had her wallet stolen. Thankfully they were able to retrieve her passport and license but everything else was taken away. So right now she does not have cash and she does not have any credit cards.
My mother is in the process of working out the bank details on her behalf in the states but right now needless to say all of us are a little frazzeled.
In times like this we have to remember God's kindness and faithfulness. But when you are in a country you have never been to, in a place where you don't know the language, and you do not have means of your own money- it is needless to say anxiety, panic attacks and worry are all real emotions to deal with.
Please pray that God will give her joy and peace during this time. Also please pray that He will provide everything she needs and then some during this trip. Finally that she will be able to come home safe and sound.
I am so proud of her because in her last e-mail she said that she knows that she needs to have faith in the Lord right now, that He will provide everything for her. She chose our Lord and Savior in the midst of her difficult trial and I am so proud to call her my sister.
She has said that she had never been put into a situation where she was solely depending on the Lord for money- and means to live everyday. Thankfully there are two other ladies with her on the team and they are willing to support her at the moment. But please pray that she will be able to completely depend on the Lord, that there will be no anxiety or worry in her because our Lord is faithful.
I am also completely encouraged at my work place. All my co workers have been coming up to me and asking for details on how they could pray for her better. Again the Lord is reminding me of how fortunate I am to be working here at Covenant Life. How blessed I am for working with Christians who loves the Lord and who believes in the power of prayer.
In the midst of all of this God is again showing himself of how faithful He really is. How fortunate we are to be called His children!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
So how do you start a blog?
I don't really know where to begin.
I started out with Xanga.com 6 years ago as a freshmen in college.
I really enjoyed updating it while I was in college. Then people moved to Myspace.
I swore never to open up a myspace and to be honest I am really glad that I never did. (Aka all the stalker stories gave me a resolute never to do anything like that)
But people have been mentioning that ever since I moved away and got married its been harder and harder to keep in touch. Since people no longer do Xanga anymore I decided to do facebook. But you can't really "discuss" anything on facebook.
There is the constant "updates" and the one liners but no real conclusive intellectual thought gets expressed.
So after debating for a long time I guess I have succumbed into peer pressure and opened up a blog.
And lets be honest not every blog will be something extremely intelligent and forward thinking. There will be blogs about food, cooking and traveling. Basically my interests, goals, and random thoughts: thus the phrase "brain farts."
So here we go! Lets see how this venture starts.
I started out with Xanga.com 6 years ago as a freshmen in college.
I really enjoyed updating it while I was in college. Then people moved to Myspace.
I swore never to open up a myspace and to be honest I am really glad that I never did. (Aka all the stalker stories gave me a resolute never to do anything like that)
But people have been mentioning that ever since I moved away and got married its been harder and harder to keep in touch. Since people no longer do Xanga anymore I decided to do facebook. But you can't really "discuss" anything on facebook.
There is the constant "updates" and the one liners but no real conclusive intellectual thought gets expressed.
So after debating for a long time I guess I have succumbed into peer pressure and opened up a blog.
And lets be honest not every blog will be something extremely intelligent and forward thinking. There will be blogs about food, cooking and traveling. Basically my interests, goals, and random thoughts: thus the phrase "brain farts."
So here we go! Lets see how this venture starts.
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