# of days till i'm in San Diego.......8

i'm such a procrastinator...this is what i do when i should be studying...

my nephew.. too cute!

hey...here's some more pictures of my sisters...these were taken at the zoo...they were taking turns laying back on a tarp...then finally both decided to lay back...haha =)...

hey guys...i tried moving the chatterbox to the left side. hopefully it'll be fixed later. if not sorry!!!

joyC: THANKS SO MUCH! i'll need it...GOOD LUCK to you also..even though you won't need it. =) and don't say "YEA RIGHT! WHATEVER!" hehehe.. you finally blogged! yay! and YAY again that you're coming home soon!!

joyD: CONGRATS also to your cousin and baby cousin!

ahhh...omg! i need to study..............
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the sad sad faces of karen. oh i can't wait til finals are overrrrrrrrrrr!

byeeeee...

Whoa baby mama…it’s been about a month since I last wrote in here…that’s long. I read other people’s online journals every now and then…and when they don’t update for 3 days they think it’s long…haha…3 days are nothing. Anyways…I shouldn’t even really be online right now…I have chem lab reports due tomorrow...a big paper due Friday…another paper due Monday...and finals next wed and thurs...argh so much to do =/. With all that said…this will probably be the last time that I update in here until I’m back home in san diego. My last final is thursday of finals week…and since I don’t have a final on Friday…I need to move out of my dorm by Friday at 12pm. Otherwise….if I did I have a Friday final…I’d be able to move out on Friday at 10pm. Geez…even then that’s not a lot of time to move out…they try to kick us out of here so fast….other schools give people the weekend to move out. Anyways…I guess it’s not that bad. So the plan is...my brother who lives near Irvine is gonna pick me up after work on Thursday…he can’t pick me up fri before 12 cuz he has work. So…I’ve already started packing up stuff little by little…my space in the dorm is starting to look a lot clearer. And…since my brother has work on Friday at uc Irvine…I’m either gonna stay in his apartment till he gets back….or go with him to campus. The only reason why I’d go to campus though is if I meet up with people…cuz otherwise that would be a long time for me to wait for my brother to get off work. So far…I’ve only talked to one person who goes there…my friend ryan who went to uc….so if I do end up going…then we’ll probably meet up…we’ll see how it goes though.

Umm….golly goose (man…haven’t said that in a long time…haha) I can’t believe that there’s only 9 more days left until my first year of college is over. This year went by so quick…and all the upperclassmen tell me that the rest of the years here are gonna go by even quicker…which I’m sure of. Man…I don’t even know where all the time went…gosh…you would think that after being here for about 9 months or so…that I would have finished all the M&Ms, cereal and Kleenex that joy and karen gave me…but nope…I haven’t…haha. My first year has really been an experience. UCLA is such an awesome school…it has so much to offer…and although I’ve had a good time…I know that I could have had a better time…I just need to take better advantage of my time here. Even though I know how great this school is…I still sometimes take it for granted. For example, ryan’s family friend came down here last weekend to take a math placement test cuz he’s going to ucsd next fall. I walked him to the building where he had to take the test, and as we were walking through campus…he kept saying how beautiful it was…and how he was thinking that he shouldn’t have turned down UCLA’s acceptance letter. that mad me realize too how lucky I am. It sometimes takes little things like that for me to stop and think…and remember how blessed I am. But yeah…overall…my first year was cool…experienced a lot of new things…like living in the dorms and what not…met a lot of cool people…some that I will be glad to see when we get back to school…and others who I’ll miss since they’re graduating…and yeah…ucla is just awesome =)

Despite that…nothing beats san diego. I’m excited to come home for the summer…it was tough seeing people when I’d come home from la…since I’d only be in town for like 2 days. So hopefully summer this year will be fun…I hope to see a lot of people and hang out…and also spend time at home and help out there. I just hope that my summer wont be like previous summers…as in hopefully I wont need my fingers to count anymore (haha inside joke). Oh yeah….and I’ll also get to spend more time with my sisters…I always miss them once I come back up here. And can you believe it…the twins are already turning 3 next Thursday!..that’s crazy! I’m sad that I wont be there on their birthday….but I’ll be there on Friday…so I’ll just sing happy birthday to them on the phone =).

Alrighty…let’s see if I can think of significant things that have happened since I last wrote in here. Umm…last Saturday ryan performed at Union, a club in downtown la, with samahang modern. I was about not to go since I had a final the following Monday…but procrastinator as I am…I ended up going…besides I had to show ryan support =). I ended up driving there with dan, since he was here at ucla to take his math test. Ryan was out most of the day….working on a video project then heading over to the club early…so I basically spent about the whole day with dan…which was cool…he’s a cool guy. We got to the club around 10:40...didn’t get in till 11 though cuz the line for checking the guest list was long. Luckily ryan put me on the list so I didn’t need to pay…I had to be there by 10:30 to be free…but the guy checking names said it was cool…so that was cool. Anyways…we got there…ended up seeing a lot of san diego people since 220 performed too…also saw san diego people that I wasn’t expecting to see….good stuff. Ryan ended up not even performing till 12:30 am…the performance was awesome…of course since ryan was in it ; )...me and dan left around 1 cuz ryan was gonna stay with the team. Then on our way back to my dorm…it was freakin scary…cuz we got lost trying to get to the freeway…and this was 1 in the morning…so the only people walking around were like homeless people. We tried going where a lot of cars were…but there was like none…and it was all dark…and just not cool. Thank goodness gracious we found the freeway….stopped to get some gas…then went to my dorm….dan fell asleep waiting for ryan to come back since they were gonna go back to ryan’s dorm. Ryan and chris…ryan’s friend who came to visit from san diego…ended up not coming to the dorms till like 4...cuz they stopped by in and out to eat….and they and dan ended up just all sleeping at my place. Only pam was here since my other roommate ended up going home….so it was like a slumber party…except everyone was so tired that were all just knocked out. All and all…that was a good day.

Other things that have happened in the last month…which I’ll just talk about very briefly…was ryan’s spring ball for rotc…it was on the queen mary (a huge ship that used to be a cruise and is now a hotel)…the place was really nice and that was fun…also my sister graduated from Berkeley. It was a fun trip being up there…the twins’ longest road trip…we were up there for 3 days…good times…my sister is cool =)

Alrighty…I think I’ve rambled on for far too long…I’m not even sure if this all makes sense…cuz I don’t want to proof read it right now cuz it looks like too much. So thanks to you if you ended up reading all of it =)….oh yeah…and joy…congrats to your cousin and her baby…I’m sure your nephew is adorable =). Hey karen…good luck on finals…I know you’ll rock. I’ll see you guys in a week and half…laters =)

Ten little fingers and Ten little toes.. he's perfect.
Anthony James Tomas was born on June 2, 2003 at 2:51am, 8.2 pounds and 20 inches long.
This is my first time witnessing a birth, and it was really amazing. On Sunday afternoon, my cousin was feeling contractions. So, we all scurried to the Mary Birch Hospital. Time flew at the hospital. There was so much excitement in the air. Me and my cousins were going on a food run. Unfortunately, I got into a minor accident. Yes, a minor accident. I didn't know columns could walk until it hit my car. Oh, well. It's alright. All for the love of my nephew. My cousin decided to get an epidermal (as my cousin dave would say). She was in no pain. Few hours later, she started to push. No sooner than later, Anthony was born. He finally graced us with his presence. It was a sight to see. I could go on and on about all the stuff that happened, but i'll just end it here.
BYE!!

Real Love
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:
Happiness,Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love.

One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so they all prepared their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to stay with the island until it started sinking. When Love was almost sinking, it decided to ask for help.

Richness came by Love in a beautiful boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?" Richness answered, "No, I can't.. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by, "Vanity, please help me!" "I can't help you Love. You are all wet and you may damage my boat," Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so again Love asked for help, "Sadness, let me go with you." "Oh...Love, I am so sad that I prefer to go alone!"

Happiness passed by Love too, but it was so happy that it did not listen, when Love called for it!

Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come Love, I will take you." It was an elder.

Love became so happy that it even forgot to ask the elder its name.

When they arrived on dry land, the elder went on its own way. Love asked Knowledge (another elder) the name of the elder who had helped it.

"It was Time," answered Knowledge. "Time? But why did Time help me?" asked Love.

"Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is," answered Knowledge.

The moral of this wee little story is: "Take the Time to know what Real Love is"