stuck in my head and in my heart :)

Holy are You, God.

Holy is Your name.

With everything I’ve got,

my heart will sing, how I love You.

I’ve been meditating on this for quite sometime now. And I’m so completely in awe of everything that’s happening in my life right now.. the good kind of awe (is there such a thing as bad awe?) So happy! Thank you, Jesus 🙂

ps. the bridges of songs contain the most depth, i think. packed with a punch! Pay attention to bridges.

drank it up!

OH BTW. UPDATE: they didn’t pick me. So selective! Sheesh. Disregard the rest of this post. Product Reviews, Shmroduct Reviews.

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This blog mainly serves to tell others what I’m doing with my life.. but I want to try a new thing..

I’m going to try to jump into the world of .. drumroll* PRODUCT REVIEWING!

I’ve actually done a few already with BzzAgent (Covergirl, About.me), but they’re now doing this thing where they give their “Agents” a chance to prove them selves worthy of the daily products they offer, hehe!

I think it’d be pretty cool to try this out. Maybe its the novelty of the spring.. or the funky colors, but since I like mixing drinks, this may or may not be helpful.. we’ll have to see! So BzzAgent.. pick meeee!

 

PS. Also, my brother has one of these.. but he doesn’t like to share 😦 I think it’s time I get one of my own!

Goodbye writer’s block, hello REFOCUSED personal statement :)

Don’t you hate it when the best of ideas come to you when you don’t have a pen or piece of paper to write on?

Like when all these brilliant ideas for my nursing personal statement came to me in the shower today. I had to speed-rinse my hair (skip the conditioner) and memorize key phrases (chunking, I think that’s what they call that) to capture a totally deeper concept.

But despite my complaint of lack of paper, the ideas are not just coming.. they’re flowing in!

This happened a week ago on the plane back from Las Vegas. After a few hours of failed attempts of nappage before our NY arrival, the insomnia was definitely purposeful. I wrote as the words came. Nothing premeditated, just complete surrender of the pen. Didn’t seem like much as I was writing, but then it all came together in the end and I saw a totally bigger picture. One that I never imagine I’d see (atleast, not for awhile)  – my personal statement.

And that’s how creative my God is. He orchestrates things so wonderfully.

I’m not even that hyped up about my paper anymore.. More thankful for the refocused and renewed vision for my life.

Praise God 🙂

purposeful absence

Despite my absence.. lack of “thingquesting” and all, I’ve actually been doing a lot of thinking.. but the good kind.

These past two weeks (month, more like..) have been a rollercoaster of emotions. A very testing time, but I definitely needed it. I learned a whole lot about identity: my purpose, which especially ties into who I am in Christ.

BAM! So many epic truths and promises have been revealed to me, and at those specific times of shock and awe, I wanted to write about them, just didn’t have the time (what a shame). Next time, I definitely will document epiphanies. They might mean a whole lot more to me, but at least you’ll get a better glimpse of some of my thought processes.

And if you’re following this blog, it means you’re important to me.. so it’s not an intrusion at all haha.

Here are a few of the catalysts to my epic thoughts.. hoping that, if you gave them a chance to speak, you will also be blessed like I was:

 Thank you, Adam!

Goodness.. I don’t really read books.. but this one’s a good one. Started a book club with one of my best friends with this book 🙂

and lastly.. truth spoken in its purest form..

⁵ “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1:5

Be blessed, guys 🙂

this. is. ridiculous.

I haven’t been outside of my house (with the exception of grocery shopping with the family) for 4 days.

I need to be doing something awesome. Because awesome people don’t stay home and do nothing. (eeh. double negative somewhere in there. too lazy to fix, but you get my drift)

Today, I will strive to do something great. I don’t exactly know what it is, but mark my words, by the end of today, awesomeness will be achieved.

STAY TUNED?

update:

Other than the domestic duties I had to fulfill (picking up after my bro, laundry, cooking dinner..), I did nothing.

I will not lose hope, though. Because tomorrow is another day 🙂

My ‘Not-Quest’ Post #1

My exact thoughts ^^

I know this post isn’t exactly a “quest.” But I am going to try documenting my entire summer on this blog anyways. Afterall, it’s the journey, not the destination.. right?

I’ve taken a lot of pride in my hair these past few years only because I was super traumatized by a terrible haircut as a child. My dad cut it so short, that some kids didn’t even know if I was a girl or not.

Terrible, right??

Luckily, the awkward growing out stage wasn’t all too bad and I’ve kept it long ever since. However, because of all the Japanese straightening treatment, my hair is now terribly damaged at the ends, so I figured it was time for a cut. Those who know know about my “dreadlock” haha.

So long, I could do this..

Anyone know any good places in NYC? Excellent, but affordable? And would anybody wanna come with? 😀

Faith is the ability to hold on to the promise until the answer comes.

(Steven L. Miller)

This is what’s helping me get through most days.

That and hope, not just for this thing quest, but for every aspect of my life.

Quest 1: Web Design??

First order of things..

I don’t know, but that default banner up there with the grass and dew drops really doesn’t reflect me as a person. Something must be done.

QUEST 1: Make this blog more personal.

It’s not really web design (not going to play around with HTML or whatever you call it. It’s so complicated, and people go to school to learn how to do these things! So I’m not going to bother with that), more so a simple customization of settings. And you, WordPress are a tough one to figure out!

QUEST 1.5: DELEGATION – Anybody wanna design this for me? Haha

awkward beginnings

(DISCLAIMER: This is not to add to my social networking site belt. I’m deleting most others and making this my primary blog. OH SNAP! THIS JUST GOT REAL.)

Greetings family, friends, enemies, frenemies.. et. al..

After four long years at Stony Brook University, it finally happened. I graduated! 17 years of school have never seemed so long, and on May 25, 2011, this specific journey had officially ended, leaving me with lots of free time to discover myself and the plans that God has in store for me.

Now, I’m about to embark on a new quest.. a quest to end all quests.. a  quest to find my THING.

Join me as I attempt to become

• an explorer.. traversing lands that my feet have never tread.
• an artist .. letting my insides out while making a beautiful mess in the process.
• a scientist .. mixing and heating various elements and compounds..yes! I shall be baking..
• a better writer.. varying posts exhibiting anything from eloquency to word vomit (I apologize in advance, I was an ESL kid).
• a historian.. documenting my successes and failures.

This is going to be a blast, I can tell already!

Consider this my formal invite: You are cordially invited to participate in this experience. So make plans with me and help me find my thing!