completely killed today in terms of studying... but it was a nice break from the usual. ate too much food with a good company. that being a friend who read the autobiography of DMX. wow...

alright, time to hit the book until i'm overcomed by sleep or food coma, whichever attacks me first. in case i forget, have a good weekend! my weekend plans are still up in the air...

byebye.

can you imagine a world without post-its? what would we do without them? people would be missing appointments, reminders, pages, their heads.

to my sister: if you don't call me soon, those wonderful pics of you, not just one but many that i have, will be plastered all over here. you have 24 hours, hon.

man, the things i have to do to be a nice sister who keeps in touch. *sigh* so hard being the nice one of the family, ya know?

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i guess after a three-and-a-half weekend of no work, everyone is feeling just 'bleh' about studying. a bunch of us are about to go out and see 'big fish' =)

i feel SO violated as my internet browser picked up some sort of a bug or virus that won't let me get onto certain websites and keep pouring out invisible windows and ads.

currently learning words like trojan something and spy something... and installing softwares such as ad-aware and zone alarm. (guys, am i on the right track?) i am in much distress... and google toolbar is better than i thought.

snow snow snow....





... and no school :D

hello.
a morning entry for you all! oh wait, it's not really a morning anymore huh? okay, the phone's ringing...

i've been waiting for this day, a day of no work. and quite frankly, i don't know what to do! i have a list of things that i wanted to get done, like... swimming =), but now all i want to do is just fall asleep on my couch. *smile* c'est la vie..

i haven't touched my guitar in more than a month. now i'm quite scared to go near it. the hesitation comes not just from the fear of sore fingers i'll have but finding out how the little knowledge i had of it has diminished in that span of time. and the feeling of 'distance' between me and that handsome instrument might be unbearable and frustrating. *sigh* i told you, it's a real relationship kinda deal with musical instruments. i'm not even going near my flute.. which i believe is stuck somewhere in the closet in maryland. (oh... my flute... what a distant memory. once a highschool friend came to visit and hung out with people from my college. later on, she asked me if they were my close friend. her comment was, 'they didn't even know that you play the flute!')

alrighty, time to start the day, first by brushing my teeth. ( 'why, Haooo ahhhh yuooooo?' hehe) then, maybe i'll return some calls and write emails. maybe :P good day.

from here via gg

can someone please make the time go a little slower?
just a little so not many people will notice.

if that's too hard, can you help me work a little faster?

oh yeah,
HAPPY NEW (lunar) YEAR!

my new fave soda: diet mt. dew.

it's like drinking sprite with caffeine and no calories. what more can i ask? :)

my drinks changed per meal : coffee. mt dew. green tea.
synergy!

(i don't think i'm making much sense today...)

happy weekend everyone.
from now until next morning, i'll be staying away from people's websites and journals. i will also be keeping my distance from the tv. i've got enough distractions to keep me sane during studying...

alrighty off i go. *poof*

i was thinking,
what would make today from being very good (on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the absoulte best with a winning lottery included, i would give it a 8.) to even better?

and the answer came.

a small powdered sugar-coated munchkin from dunkin donuts.
just one piece of fried dough would bump my day up to a 9.

*sigh*

i guess my day will remain a mere 8.
still should be thankful, huh? i guess so.

do justice.
love mercy.
walk humbly with God.


these words cleared my head which has been collecting dust little by little. too much dust in the air blurs my vision, among other things.

and in clarity, i've found what i've been searching.

ghamsa.

when i can't study, i get fascinated by pretty colors & shapes.

even a line of naked women

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gg - that's hilARious! no costco food samples because of your youthful beauty. :)

forget the last post, i'm going to bed!

:)

i'm in physical pain.
but i'm working against my body's desire to sleep... man, it's so hard to keep up with the gunners in class.

i wear my hair in pigtails when i work out. okay, rephrase: i wear my hair in pigtails twice a year. (other rare occasions would be when i'm away from the comforts of home and my hair turns wild with nature OR when i don't feel like taking a shower in the morning OR when i want to go back to kindergarten)

Anyways, i noticed that pigtails stir up a strange childhood inkling in boys. they feel it necessary to pull them and play with them... as if it no longer belongs to me but has been presented to them to as a toy. plus, they don't know when to stop. by the 7th or 8th time, i get the urge to pull all their hair out.

i just noticed your notes in the guestbook!
*feeling so loved*
thanks, tim, patrick, chong, and soo.

i'll write on a more personal level later. school blues were gone (mostly) when i woke up this morning! (thank God!) and as i've been bragging all day, i stayed awake through all my morning classes too. AND got much work done at good ol' barnes'.

i wrote that post the night before i was leaving for school. it was actually the night i was supposed to leave but just couldn't do it. the whole night i talked to myself, saying 'suck it up, amy' ... like a crazy woman walking around as she was packing her things. i even made a proposition to my mom half-jokingly, half-seriously "mom, if you let me stick around, i'll do all the dishes after every meal, vacuum every other day and do all the laundry and be your bestest friend!"

it was a flat-rejection. i felt so dejected from my own mother. (i still think it was a good offer.)

today's been a good day.

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chong : 'sobfest' in my red car made me think about what it was about. man... it's kinda amusing now that i think about it. good ol' stories of us growing up every day... ;)

i finally fixed the usb ports that weren't working at all. hence a few pics from this past month are added in previous entries...

one day last week, my friend and i visited an old town with lots of antique stores and little boutiques, and afterwards, decided to sneak into a retreat center that's located right by the chesapeake bay. who sneaks into retreat centers anyway? we even had their complementary coffee. i felt doubly-scared...

j and i, in front of a dusty antique mirror

home is a refrigerator and i, a little fridge magnet. so easily stuck i am and so happy to be here.. and now that the time is up, i see that i have no power to 'un-stick' on my own.

need help. i might cry.

EDITED : Thanks glenda and steve for the sharpened image :D

today (1/2/2004) is mom's birthday. i remembered when i was sorting out the mail and saw a birthday card from the insurance company.

can i get any worse? ...

a quick snapshot of mom and me in the hallway.
i wish i had photoshop to sharpen the image..