Happy Birthday lily1 and to lily1′s twin brother (whose name I will not mention on here for sake of privacy)!!!
The two of them are turning 18 today, and I hope that God will bless both of you immensely on this special day!!! ^^
God Bless!!
~ Rin
Jan 122011
Dec 252010
Hey Everyone!!
Just wishing you all a very Merry Christmas (it’s a white Christmas this year!) and a Happy New Year!
Isn’t it awesome to have snow? lol
Unfortunately, it also means that I can’t go around in a T-shirt during the day anymore because it’s SO cold.
Absolutely DESTROYED my sister in our snowball fight. Haha XD
Victory is mine!!!! lol
Anyway, I hope that all of you have a wonderful time with your friends and family during this Christmas break, and best wishes to all of you in the coming new year! =)
I’m so grateful to God that all of you are in my life!! ^^
God Bless all of you!!!!! ^^
~ Rin
Dec 032010
So…someone I know somehow found a quiz that supposedly measures “girly-ness”.
The things people do these days…*shakes head*
I apologize to any guys who read this, because this doesn’t really apply to you guys. Or…at least I HOPE it doesn’t…
Oh, and by the way, my friend got a 78%. (that’s a really scary thought… *shudders*)
Here’s the quiz:
[ ] You own over 6 bottles of nail polish
[ ] You own a designer purse
[ ] You have enough clothes to open your own store
[ ] A pink comforter, carpeting, walls or sheets (or want any of the afore mentioned really badly)
Do you:
[ ] Have “blonde moments” at least once a day
[ ] Overreact sometimes because you’re very emotional
[ ] Buy stuff because it’s awesome and then never wear/use it
[ ] Constantly keep your phone/ipod at your side
[ ] Try to hide the fact that you’re really ticklish, but fail to do so because too many people know your weakness already
[ ] Dance around in your room when nobody else is home
[ ] Have a name for your car
[ ] Refuse to go out in public without makeup
[ ] Prefer to be called “princess”, or put it in your name somewhere, or it’s part of your nickname
[ ] Do things that would officially classify you as a klutz by your family and friends
Do you like:
[ ] Makeup
[ ] Dresses or skirts instead of pants or jeans
[ ] Jewelry (whether you’re wearing them, making them, or whatever else you can think of)
[ ] Mirrors (not necessarily to look in, but any kind of fascination with them)
[ ] Chick flicks, like…the really sappy ones that are so corny but you love ‘em anyway
[ ] Shoes
[ ] Rainbows
[ ] Unicorns
[ ] Disney Movies
[ ] Flowers
[ ] Stuffed Animals
[ ] Purses
Do you love:
[ ] Pink
[ ] Yellow
[ ] Lime green
[ ] Orange
[ ] Magenta
[ ] Hot Pink
Do you say:
[ ] Whatever
[ ] Like…a lot
[ ] *squeals!!!*
[ ] That’s so cute!!
[ ] Bff
[ ] Totally
[ ] Fabulous
Do you love these:
[ ] Pride and Prejudice
[ ] Becoming Jane
[ ] Letters to Juliet
Take your total, divide it by 42, and multiply it by 100.
There you have it. Your girly-ness percentage.
So, like I said. Weird quiz. But uh…ya.
Hahaha I personally found it VERY amusing that I only got a 21%.
lol things never cease to amaze me…
Oh, by the way for the boys who are still reading this (I applaud you in finishing this post ^^), the highest that you should ever score IN YOUR LIFETIME on this thing should be 10% (I rounded it).
So if you got higher…yeah. You get the point.
Nov 292010
Wishing a very Happy 15th Birthday to one of the two Agent 99s!!!! ^^
Thank you again for inviting me to your party a couple weeks ago, and I hope that you have a wonderful day today!!
I miss hanging out with you guys, and may God Bless you on your birthday!!
~ Rin
Nov 062010
DA DA DA DA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have officially completed Chapter 28 of the story, which is the end of Book One!!
And while I’m going back and editing and rewriting some of the chapters to elaborate on them and make them better as well as longer, I will also be starting to write Book Two!!
Yes!! A new challenge!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (let’s just hope that this time, it won’t take me more than a year to write…. Book One took me from May 2009 till now-November 2010))
Thank you so much to those of you who have helped me with prayers, support, suggestions, and especially for making the characters that resemble each one of you!! ^^
You guys are such a great help for me, I really have no idea how I’d ever pay you back!!
~ Rin
Nov 022010
So at Monday Prayer meeting, after managing to hurt myself over the weekend, some wonderful people pitched in at to write a get well (card? letter? lol) letter for me, and it was so so funny!!!
I absolutely loved it!! I could barely make it through a line of the letter (namely, the second page) without laughing.
Michelle and Ms. Jan came over today, and they gave me flowers and the letter that was written in Monday Night Prayer.
You guys are awesome and I feel a lot better after reading it!!
I’m so grateful to God that I have friends like you to support me when I really need it!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
And by the way…I have every intention of keeping that letter for a very very LONG time. lol ^^
God Bless and know that I love you guys!! ^_^
(yes, i realize that half of this post was in the email that I sent you haha XD)
Here are some pics that I took of the flowers I got (which by the way, are obviously pink, but I don’t mind roses being pink ^^)
vase is silver, but you can't tell because of the lighting
This second one is the better picture. I just included the previous one so that you could see the silver vase, and the RIDICULOUSLY shocking pink bow (now THAT one hurt my eyes a little haha XD)
View from above the flowers ^^
~ Rin
Oct 302010
So today was the church hayride at the Hindmans’.
I managed to invite my conversation partner Yu-Cen to come. She had fun, which was the main idea, so that was good ^^
And as usual…my sense of direction is terrible *sighs*. I totally forgot where Neely Hall was, so I ended up going around in circles, then eventually, giving up, got OUT of the car and went to ask someone where it was. So since it would take more effort to drive around to get there, I just ran over XP.
Then, ALSO as usual…the girls managed to convince me to act as their “bodyguard” again this year so that they could follow the boys around the cornfield at the Hindmans’ again and scare all the internationals that were on the hayride (which btw, is really fun. never gets old XD).
And then…haha a little something not so usual. Not going to go into details because those who would want to know already know what happened (and if you don’t, I’ll simply inform you the next time I see you). VERY long story short (trust me, it’s a long story. I repeated it at least 15 times tonight, so i know what i’m talking about):
in my role of “protecting” the girls, I hurt my arm (swollen and somewhat bruised) and I fell (VERY badly twisted ankle).
So ya…not fun.
It’s been a while since I actually cried over getting injured, but this time it actually hurt a lot XP
My main concern tho, was to make sure that the girls wouldn’t see me crying because I didn’t want them to feel bad.
To any of those girls that I just mentioned, and to my best friends in the world (you know who you are): LET ME MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR: even if what happened that night happens again, I will still do the EXACT same thing that I did this time!!!! I care about you guys A LOT, and I won’t let anyone hurt you so long as I’m there and I can do something about it!!!!!!!!
Well, in celebration of Laymerial’s 19th birthday, Nora, Laymerial, and I all went out to Steak and Shake for lunch!
…I say lunch, but all of us actually just bought milkshakes haha
Laymerial and Nora at Steak and Shake, displaying our milkshake choices ^^
After that, we went out to Giant City Park and took a bunch of pictures as we walked along the Trillium Trail (Laymerial’s personal favorite, although I must admit, prior to then, I had never walked on it).
Stairs of Stone on the Trillium Trail
We had loads of fun and the weather was awesome!
Again, happy birthday Laymerial!! ^^
We should hang out more often!! (right, Nora?? lol)
- Rin
Oct 042010
Wishing a very Happy 19th Birthday to one of my buddies all the way through high school, Laymerial!!! ^^
Hope you’re having fun over there in Edwardsville, and hopefully we’ll get to hang out sometime when you come back here for the weekend!!
I miss having you in class with me, and may God Bless you on your birthday!!
~ Rin
Sep 282010
My childhood friend from 3rd grade (username: mpau_516 on this blog) is currently living as a college student in Bogotá, Colombia, which is her country (not hometown tho…). She was our neighbor while we were living in GA, and the first friend that I made in the USA! At the family housing in Athens, GA, we lived on the first floor and she lived on the third floor, so we were able to play together for long periods of time as kids.
mpau_516 with a group of children
She just sent me these pictures today, and mpau_516 is currently working with children there in Bogotá and is doing volunteer work!
Please keep her and the children that she’s working with in your prayers!
- Rin
Sep 272010
So, I went to lily1′s house today, and we had a lot of fun. Her mom taught me how to make American chicken and dumplings, and it was surprisingly easy!
haha, that basically means that I’ll actually be making it more often. ^^ (which means that i will actually get to eat it more than once in a blue moon for a change!)
And who knew that lily1 enjoyed eating dough so much? lol
Oh, and Orithath, you’ll probably enjoy this next part. When lily1 and her brothers were sending me home, I plugged in my mp3 player to their car, and they listened to your recording. It’s amazing how hilarious a car full of evil laughter can sound (sorry lily1, but I actually thought it was fun listening to that recording for once).
lol
- Rin
So today, for our ENGL 101 class from 1-1:50, everyone was more or less either early or on time. When 1′o clock came around, our instructor, Ms. McCarthy wasn’t there.
As a general “rule”, if the teacher doesn’t show up within 15 minutes, it counts as a “no-show” and you’re allowed to leave class and go home. Because Ms. McCarthy was late (and is normally early), we started counting down the minutes.
Many people were complaining with the same remark, “This is the longest 15 minutes ever!!” Now, this is a room full of engineering students. You’d think that we’d take charge of the situation, and turn our discussions into something intelligent, right?
You will never have been more wrong in your LIFE. First thing that happened was that it was awkwardly quiet, and most of us had our cellphones out, keeping track of the time. Finally, someone pointed out that we could technically spend our time talking because no one was around to tell us not to. And so, this group of future engineers decides to talk about…
drum-roll please…
“What kind of animal would you be?”
Can you believe it? That was the discussion of the day. Then when we got bored with that, we played hangman on the board. Isn’t this sad? To make matters even more pathetic, the guy that went up did this as the hangman thing:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
He said that the category was “question”. So, since engineering students actually have brains in our heads, the first letters we said were “W, H, E, A, R, T”
Which gave us the result of
WHERE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ARTH _?
we got the whole thing in about…2 minutes.
“Where is Ms. McCarthy?”
so ya, end result: she didn’t show up, so we all packed up and went home
Wasn’t that fun? This should happen more often! ^^
- Rin
Sep 132010
As an activity for Ash’s birthday, we went horseback riding.
I can now say (haha) that I was the only one from our family who didn’t come back complaining about aches and pains! lol
It was very fun, and I want to do it again!!! ^^
Thunder and Ash, Whisper and I, Jasper and Mom
Oh, and as a side-note, we saw wild turkeys, and my mom just about went nuts because she kept thinking “THANKSGIVING TURKEY” whenever she saw them. There were two groups, one group of 7 and another of…5 i think…
I can honestly proclaim my admiration for people who can fight using swords on horseback! If you can do that, you have my utmost respect! AKA, LoTR epic wins hands-down! haha
-Rin
Sep 092010
Some close family friends of ours from back home in Singapore sent us all mugs for our birthday!!
Thank you so much, Uncle ChinKar and Auntie Geok!!! ^^
Here's the mug that I got ^_^ Isn't it awesome?
I absolutely love mine!! And the first thing that I said, after laughing at the joke that Auntie Geok put in as to why she gave me this mug, is that “I want a frappe in this thing!!!!!”
WARNING: The following image which will be described will send you into another world where coffee reigns supreme!! Consider yourselves warned!! Haha ^^
Just picture it people: java chip mocha (coffee and chocolate) inside that huge mug (which means I get LOTS of coffee), topped with whipped cream, and mini chocolate chips!!
Here’s the joke behind it. At first glance, the mug says “whatever” which is a popular word among teenagers. But then, on closer inspection, you can see that it’s actually a verse, and each petal on the mug has part of the verse on it!!
-Rin
Sep 052010
Okay people, let’s take a vote here.
Who’s more animal crazy? Me or lis?
Aug 292010
Okay, Orithath just posted this on another site, and it’s funny, but unfortunately, it applies to me, so I’m having mixed feelings about it…
“Homo Squeakius is a sub-species of Homo Sapiens first discovered by Joseph Mendle in 1943 when he started poking his older sister, Helen. He then made several scientific studies on it which resulted in his best-selling book “Human Therapy: How Homo Squeakius can give millions of people hours of happiness and pleasure by exisiting.” He later won the Nobel Prize and the award for “Longest Title in a Scientific Book Chronicling a Subspeices of the Human Race.”
…Someone tell me why I still hang out with people like that?
Aug 212010
Hey guys, Orithath came over yesterday, and we messed with some of the HTML for this blog, so if you haven’t noticed yet, you can log in to the blog by the link over on the right hand side of the screen!
hopefully it’ll be much more convenient for you to use!
thanks for helping me w/ it Orithath! ^_^
-Rin
Aug 192010
I can’t believe it!!
One of my good friends from ages ago, Ling Feng, is back and she’s going to be staying for at least half a year!!
And of all places to meet her again, it was at Jen’s house at the pizza party, and I had no idea that she was going to be there!
I missed you so much, Ling Feng! Welcome back!!!!!!
-Rin
Wishing a very very very Happy Birthday to one of my best friends (and reader/commenter to this blog), Elanas!!!!!!!!
May God Bless you on this special day!
-Rin
Aug 162010
So, a certain family (for the sake of their privacy, I won’t say their names) gave me a pair of totally awesome wolf earrings for my birthday (gave it to me today)!!
Here’s a picture of it-
One of my new, favorite pairs of earrings!!! ^_^
This is my first ever pair of wolf earrings, and on top of the fact that it’s one of my favorite animals, it’s made of a shell (i forget exactly what the name is) that is blue, green, and black (and maybe a LITTLE bit of purple??) which means that I get to wear it all the time!!
haha
so, to that “certain family”, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!
and of course, thank you very much to all those who gave me a birthday present this year!
I’ve never received so much cherry blossom stuff in my life!!
You guys are awesome!
Thank you so much and God bless!!!
-Rin
Aug 072010
Several of my good friends organized a surprise 18th birthday party for me today before CCF, and I just wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you so much!!!
Thank you for all the time that you took to prepare it, for the gifts, and for the wonderful surprise! (and i apologize if my less-than-satisfactory reaction to the jumping out from behind the door disappointed any of you XD)
By the way, people, this is the amazing birthday cake that they made for me!!
Cherry Blossom Cake made by Ms. Jan
I’ve never received so much PINK colored stuff before in my life!! But it’s all cherry blossoms, so it’s all good…lol XD
I love you guys!! ^^
God Bless You!
- Rin, now 18 years old ^^
Jul 232009
Okay, so i just noticed that it’s been.. a month since i’ve updated, so i apologize to the few people that are actually following our “schedule”.
Day Fourteen- July 4
- went to the NDP (national day parade) rehearsal with ah yi and uncle peter.
- half way there, while we were on the MRT, we realized that even tho we were wearing red and white, for singapore, it was july 4th, and we were also wearing blue jeans (me and ash both were)!! lol God bless America (even if it DID rain on the day that CCC was going to do fireworks (according to joran))
- si jay was the commander of the barges that held the… i forget how many, 25 lb-ders “guns”. they are actually ceremonial guns that look more like cannons, and the reason that they are called 25 lb-ders is because the shells that they shoot out weigh 25 lbs (it’d be really sad if the “gun” itself was 25 lbs…)
- like i said, si jay was the commander, so he gave us special permission to go on the barges and look at the guns! it was really cool!!
- we saw the flyer (the only ferriswheel in singapore) and it is, in a word, HUGE. it’s… idk, the size of the st.louis arch?? or bigger…
- fireworks at NDP were amazing!!!
Day Fifteen to Twenty Four- July 5-…14??
don’t remember, sorry! XP
Day Twenty-Five- July 15
- went to san ah gu’s place for singapore BBQ/grilled dinner. it was pretty good. Bell (our old dog) is a REALLY old lady now.
- went with yi(or yu?) xiang kor kor to pick up daddy from the airport @ 11 something…!!
Day Twenty-Six- July 16
- packing to get ready to go to Penang (or Pinang, if u want the Malay spelling…)
Day Twenty-Seven- July 17
- got on the plane (how many planes flights does this make??)
- got there, and it’s even HOTTER than singapore.
- then, to my horror of horrors: there is NO computer or internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- went through the painful illness of computer withdrawal.
Day Twenty-Eight- July 18
- went to Penang hill, saw the penang bridge
- we ALMOST saw monkeys there, but we weren’t allowed to go to where they were. (thanks God, I DESPISE those annoying, evil, nut-throwing, kid attacking…well, never mind. u get the picture. they scared me SO badly when i was a kid… *shudder* I REALLY don’t like Malaysian monkeys!!)
Day Twenty-Nine to Thirty One- July 19-21
- i forget what all we did, but we got a bunch of stuff!!!
Day Thirty-Two- July 22
- returned to Singapore. oh, and did i mention that singapore is SO MUCH CLEANER??!!! and better yet, I got to use the computer again!!!! yay!!!!!!!!! we got back in singapore at about 10, went to eat lunch at da ah gu’s restaurant at about…12, and then we killed time till 5.
- then i went over to da ah yi’s house, and used the comp from 5-…7:30. managed to type up more of my story and send it to my co-author (joran) FINALLY!!!
Day Thirty-Three- July 23
- got a haircut (which according to my mother, makes me look 18 instead of my previous hairstyle that made me look 22??)
as always, miss you all very much!!
Ariel
P.s. it’s still hot!! but penang was even HOTTER!!!
Jul 032009
Day Five Continued- June 25
- started playing mahjong at da ah yi’s house at 2. would you believe that me, the person that stinks at mahjong actually won twice??!!
Day Six- June 26
-went to Er Ah Gu’s restaurant and got to eat a totally awesome crab!! unfortunately, they served it at the end of the million course meal, so almost all of us were full!! asian friends in carbdonale should have seen the claw that i ate. it was huge!!!
- went to Great City world to book movie tickets for tomorrow, and Uncle Peter treated us to ice cream! I got something similar to Java Chip and I also got mint choco, ash got mint choco and this awesome lemonade sherbet that she refused to share. luckily for me, uncle peter was helpful and helped me to sneak some out of her cup!!! XD
Day Seven- June 27
-we went swimming!! it was pretty nice
- we had curry with baguettes for lunch
- went to go see Transformers 2 with Uncle Peter, sherrie (i probably spelled that wrong) jie jie, si ian, san san, and zhen wei. only i went. the movie overall was okay, graphics were really good, but there was college “stuff” in it. it should totally be rated something higher than PG!!!!! aside from that, it was good.
- went home for dinner
- shocked si ian a little after dinner when he found out that i listen to s.h.e b/c apparently, living in U.S. means that i live in a box??
Day Eight & Nine- June 28- 29
don’t remember
Day Ten- June 30
- got a dress, my first one in like… 3-4 yrs??
Day Eleven- July 1
- went to si ah gu’s store in the morning
- went to da ah yi’s house at 2:30
- went swimming at 3
-went to ah yi’s house for jap food! at 6
- played spoons from 9-9:30
- played mahjong from 9:45-11
- got home at 11:30. oops!
Day Twelve- July 2
- i had to get a vaccine for immigration purposes. it was PAINFUL!! it stung for about two min after the needle came out, and then my upper left arm went numb for half an hour after that… SO. NOT.FUN.
Day Thirteen- July 3
- we went to go see Ice Age 3. it was hilarious!
- we went shopping
- we went to visit Auntie Siew Fun. it was pretty fun.
as always, miss you all very much!!
Ariel
P.s. it’s still hot!!
Jun 252009
Hello peoples!!
I’m sure most of you already know, but my mom, Ash, and I are now in Singapore!!
It is so…so…HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However, all the food over here is very good, so it kind of makes up for it.
Here’s a rundown of what we have been doing for the past three days.-
Day One- June 21
- got on the plane from St. Louis to go to Chicago.
- had sandwiches and a Starbucks frappicino for breakfast
- got to Chicago (the plane was very cramped)
- went to get onto the plane to go to Tokyo Narita
- had a very long tedious flight. I was getting sick…planesick? airsick?? i don’t know which word it is. Oh well.
- sadly, the best meal that we had on that 13 hr flight was Cup o’noodles. isn’t it sad?
Day Two- June 22
- got to Narita
- had Japanese hotchpotch. it was pretty good. Just for you people that have no idea what that is, it’s basically a bowl of very yummy soup (clear asian soup, obviously) with a bunch of different squishy Japanese foods.
- ran into a friend from Singapore who happened to be transitting through the same airport at the same time
- got onto the plane to go to Singapore. there was some kind of problem with the plane or weather or something, but it resulted in a ONE HOUR delay!!!!!!!!!
- we arrived in Singapore at 12:30 at night on June 22. or half an hour into the morning of June 23, whatever you want to call it. it’s basically the same thing.
- ah yi, uncle peter, da ah yi, si lea, and san san came to pick us up.
Day Three- June 23
- apparently, our grandparents had no idea that we had gotten to the house, and they were busy calling the relatives that had gone to pick us up to see if we had arrived in Singapore safely.
- we had a visit from a few relatives.
- had pandan marble cake and crackers with milk for breakfast
- had super yummy yellow noodles with spinach and fresh fishball for lunch
- don’t remember what we had for dinner… it was probably rice.
Day Four- June 24
- woke up at 5 in the morning for no other reason than the fact that ash was making way too much noise outside.
- went to the market with Ah gong and mom and ash for breakfast. Had roti paratha with curry for breakfast, with a chilled milo. IT WAS SO SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! the curry actually wasn’t that spicy, so i really liked it. (joran, you’d like it a lot if u tried it)
- rest of the day was boring
- si ah gu took us to a fruit market and we bought- durian (yuck!), lychee, jackfruit, mangostene, guava, custard apple, jumbu (don’t know how to spell), etc.
- then si ah gu’s family came over at 10 with si lea and stayed till 12. zhen wei and si lea are so much taller than before!!!!!! and zhen wei is half a cm taller than me!! so not fair. i don’t even want to know how tall si ian and zhen yu are…
Day Five- June 25
- woke up at 9
- went over to San san’s house at 11
- had porridge and prawns for lunch
- and am now updating this blog. it is 1:54 over here. I’ll add more later!!
talk 2 u guys later!!
miss you all very much!!
Ariel
P.s. it’s so hot!!
Aug 022008
Nee-chan came over to watch anime and make sushi a couple weeks ago here at our house, and here we are making our amazing sushi!
Which by the way, turned out pretty good!!
Me, Nee-chan, & Sushi Roll
Jul 052008
I finished Band Camp two weeks ago!
I actually wasn’t going to be able to go b/c it costed $275 to go as a commuter (i didn’t stay at the dorms like everyone else) so it was a miracle that I was able to go at all! My piano teacher, Ms. Reiko Schoen (who is amazing btw) gave me this sheet so that I could apply for a scholarship that would allow me to go to the camp. So, I applied, and surprisingly got in!
Getting to play my flute again (in terms of band music) for the first time in like… 2 years, was great! I was actually really nervous during auditions, (we had auditions to show which ‘chair’ (placement/rank) we were in our section, but by God’s grace, I got first chair! The concert went really well, and I was really glad that I went
i will add pictures as soon as i figure out how!!
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