July 23, 2008

June 30, 2008

  • Forest Fires + Last Minute Changes = Only one night of camping

    It was fun either way...

    I'll update with pictures later!

    Now, back to reality...:(

June 20, 2008

June 1, 2008

  • We drove an hour to meet my father's elementary school friends, only a handful are left. 

    Ethnic Chinese, culturally Vietnamese...they fled Vietnam for America, for a future, for freedom.

    They are Boat People...

    Listening to their stories brought chills down my back...I didn't even know them, but I felt their pain and I knew their struggles.

    They told stories similar to my mom's. One of them talked about how her family left Cambodia...I rarely hear stories like hers.

    It was actually nice to hear them recall their past...talk about their present and mention their hopes for future generations.

    They fawned over my brother and I...how we still knew Teo-Chew and how we spoke it so fluently. 

    Before we left, one of my dad's classmate told us...with tears in her eyes, "Never forget your roots...never forget the struggles..."

May 26, 2008

  • Love is our common Language

    I was watching a DVD with my mom last night...it was of performers...these performers were handicapped.

    The deaf danced beautifully and the blind sang like angels.

    It was really moving...

    http://www.mydream.org.cn/about.htm

May 13, 2008

  • Me...a boyfriend?

    fortuneco0kegrl: ive been told by my friends that i make a good boyfriend
    fortuneco0kegrl: hahaha
    Dav Miy: you actually kinda would make a good guy-friend
    Dav Miy: actually
    Dav Miy: LOL
    fortuneco0kegrl: haha
    fortuneco0kegrl: dang
    fortuneco0kegrl: i know i make a bad gf

    I've been told multiple times by my girl friends that I'm like their boyfriends.  Or how they would want their boyfriends to be. 

    I like taking my friends out to places they've never been before.  I like cooking for them and just bringing them out...

    I think it's really funny and interesting that they would equate me to a boyfriend...and not their best friend...

    In addition to my girl friends saying that, a lot of my guy friends agree that I'd make a good guy-friend.  I guess it's good in a way...but it makes me wonder...maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend?

    Ok that was my random thought of the day...

May 11, 2008

  • YAY for mamas!

May 8, 2008

  • I've been waking up earlier and earlier for work...

    I've also been sleeping earlier and earlier...for work.

    Is this how real life is?  It's so routine...

    Anyways off to work! Yay for 10.5 hour work days!


April 29, 2008

  • My co workers think I am happy, bright and shiny...
    They think I had a happy carefree childhood...

    I just find it interesting how different people see me as...
    Even though I put on a smile...I personally think I'm depressing, bitter and jaded...
    I have my days though.

    But people like my co workers and friends...really make me happy, bright and shiny.

April 24, 2008

  • Mori Point Update!

    Working in the field of Wildlife Conservation and Restoration gets depressing sometimes...

    My co workers and I play the "happy game" when we get down.  We've played the happy game for 3 days.

    I am happy that...
    I've got supportive ass friends.