Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Starless Night

I reached into the sky
Omoi wa todokanakute
Chiisaku sora ni kieta
Iro toridori no fuusen

I'm alone
Ikisaki no nai watashi no te wo
Sotto tsunaidekureta

Starless night kako no kage furikaeranai
Kanjitai anata no nukumori
Tears are falling down mayotte mo hanashi wa shinai
Tsunaida anata no te wo

Sometimes we fall apart
Okubyou ni natte shimau kedo
Kitto hito wa soko kara nanika wo mitsukedaseru hazu

Take my hand
Naku fukanzen na futari dakara
Zutto te wo tsunaideiru

Starless night kuchibiru ga yonehaitemo
Shinjitai anata no nukumori
Endless love mujun sae aiseteru no wa
You are my shining star

Starless night kako no kage furikaeranai
Kanjitai anata no nukumori
Tears falling down mayotte mo hanashi wa shinai
Tsunaida anata wo
Starless night kuchibiru ga yonehaitemo
Shinjitai anata no nukumori
Endless love mujun sae aiseteru no wa
You are my shining star
You are my shining star

by Olivia Lufkin

Sing this song to me because this song is a beat in my heart.
If it ever dies out, where would my heart be afterwards?
It'd beat out of controllably trying to find this song again.
♥ jasmine

Monday, December 24, 2007

Friendship

"The better friends you are, the more likely you'll face conflicts" - Brant R. Burleson


This is a grave issue for me and one of my bestest friends. Although I understand that she has a job, has a boyfriend, and her parents "wants" her to help them with things, I feel like she has a choice. I mean, I don't want to sound greedy and possessional of her, but I feel like she isn't really appreciating what we have. She could be appreciating it in her own way, I hope. She doesn't call anymore and the only time she'll call me is when she feels that the thing she wants to talk to me about is very important. I try to call her when I can, or when I'm thinking about her, or when I'm feeling down or bored. I guess she might think I don't listen to her, but I do; it's just that I have short-term memory (and she knows that) so I wouldn't be able to remember everything she tells me. She always assumes that I remember it just cause we're best friends or that she thinks she told me more than once. If she told me more than once, I'm sure I'd remember.


Why are you suddenly bringing this up, Jasmine, you ask?


I'm bringing this subject up because I'm reading GodChicks by Holly Wagner right now and this quote (up there) took me by surprise. There's another quote, just now actually, as I am slowly reading this book, that got my attention.


"I believe that love is about being the first one to say, 'I'm sorry'" - Holly Wagner


To continue; These two quotes has just encouraged me to start thinking about my relationship with that friend. I won't say which friend, because I don't want to point a finger at anyone 'cause it's rude (haha). I just wanted to bring this up because I finally realized why she and I have been having numerous conflicts this past two to three years. After I carefully read that first quote, I kind of got a kick out of it, saying, "heh..." to myself. She is a good friend and I am in debt to her. I feel honored to be her best friend as well. I forgave her countless times and yet... she still does what she does. I'm not so totally sure how she thinks of me, but I plan to follow what Holly says and continue to try being the first one to say "I'm sorry." I love her. She's like my sister in a way. If anything happened to her, I wouldn't know what to do, to say, or to act. Speechless, perhaps? Crying, maybe? or... Forgiving to the cause? I think it'd be all of them. After accepting God into my life once again, I finally understand, even if it's just a bit, to forgive more easily than before. Also, I've learned not to be mad about something so seriously, not to be so jealous of another, and etc.


God. I pray that You shine Your light on her, continuing to open up her heart to You, Lord. Flood her dreams with Your mercy and righteousness. Shower her with Your love, God. Cover her with Your blood so she may be protected for life, Lord. Build her path to You, Jesus. Show her visions and miracles. With these, reel her heart in and touch it with Your glory and show her that You are REAL. In Jesus's name, lift up her soul and spirit to You! In Jesus' name, Amen!


♥ Jasmine the Shijinko. ;P

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Mission Accomplished.

Oh how I rejoice His Holy Name!
He who protected me since birth.
He who sacrifaced His only son for me.
He who
did wonderful things for me today.
I Thank You, Lord!
You always come through NO MATTER WHAT.



Ok.

So here's the story. I've been praying since monday about my driving test. (Those who prayed for me too, thanks!) & This morning, I realized that I prayed for it about 5 more times. It was crazy. I couldn't stop praying about it this morning. Oh God is good. ~Yummy. Half the time, I was nervous, the other half, I wasn't. I actually didn't wanna pass, because I wanted to have the feeling of not passing so I wouldn't feel so bad for some other people. *cough.. AHEM! But.. I did pass. No big deal. I'm not gonna brag.

BUTTTTT.

I am going to brag about God! Yes! He is BEAUTIFUL. AS ALWAYS. Amen?! When I was driving to the DMV earlier, I was still praying in my heart about it. After I dropped my mom off at her work, I headed towards the DMV. My dad realized that we forgot to get our handicap blue tag thing. So he was all saying, "Man... it should be crowded around this time. I don't know if we'll be able to get a spot.." Heh, was what I did. I said softly to myself, but hopefully loud enough for my dad to hear, "It's ok, dad. God is good. He'll provide us with a spot." When we got there, my dad was like "ughhh!" until we saw TWO cars come out. There was another car in front, so the other spot was taken, but the one closest to us was ours!!!! MUAHAHAHA! My dad was rejoicing, but not to God, though he's Christian. I was sitting there, in the driver's seat saying, "AH GOD IS GOOD!" This is just the first. There's another one. While I was waiting to see who was gonna be my instructor, I was praying that I wouldn't get the guy that Allan got nor a guy who barely knew English. Then... *smiles* the person I wanted the most to be my instructor became my instructor. AMEN!!! THANK YOU GOD!


YOU HELPED ME ALL THE WAY THROUGH! LIKE ALWAYS!

Say Thank you by Jasmine (part of it)
Let’s be thankful for our lives, all the good and bad moments.
Let’s not take for granted what we could cherish.
Let’s go out into the world, where all the people stand
and say Thank You God for everything we have.
Let your worries go and God’s love sink in
Let you shout His Name in your lively worship
Let’s go out into the world, where all the people stand
and say Thank You God for everything we have.


God is giving and forgiving.


Sarah asked me what were the two words that came to mind when we describe God. Alice asked Sarah what she thought were the two words & she said, "Love and Glory." Then, I asked Alice and she said two words but I don't remember. x_x (Alice, if you could do me a favor, tell me so I can add it to this blog! THANKS!) They turned to me afterwards & I was already trying to think of two words that would best fit God at that moment for me. Sarah tried to ask me again & I was like, "I'm still thinking.." so they patiently waited. As a very considerate person (I'll use a better word in the future) that I am, I spent another couple of seconds putting words together in my thoughts. In the end, I said, and quite thoughtful and calmly, "Giving and Forgiving." From my past experience with God (just this past year) I've mainly experience God's giving and forgiving. He gave His love to me & others so many times and forgave me & others so many times; it'll bring you tears, trust me. Also, now that I think about it even more, I'd say He's also "Helpful and Understanding."



"(in Chinese) No wonder you're a poet" - Sarah. -- You so funny Sala! (:

Monday, December 17, 2007

Disappear

I am tired.
So please excuse my language tonight.

I am tired.
Tired of all the shit I've been through.
I know this is an unfair world,
know that God is always there & he loves me,
but you don't have to tell me that every single moment of the day.
Don't you know my heart knows that?
It's so annoying when someone keeps saying it to me,
not considering the fact that I freaking know.

Be honest, huh?
Be myself, huh?
I am.
I will be.
In this blog.

I am tired.
My hearts tired.
My body's tired.
But.. the good part is...
my spirit is still on fire.
YAY.

I'm not confronting anyone. I am not blaming anyone for my fatigue. I just don't want to go on like this anymore. I am not talking about anyone you'll ever know. Don't be conceited. Ask, before you assume. That's my advice to everyone. That's how drama gets sturred up. People assume things & it gets bigger. I beepin' hate drama. Earlier today, I said I cannot hate anyone. But that doesn't mean I don't feel the hate. The feeling of hatred comes & goes in my life. When I say I hate someone, it doesn't give me joy or sorrow or anger. It's a bland feeling from my point of view. So I don't hate someone, I just feel hatred from the causes, decisions, behaviors, and results. This might not make any sense to you, but I don't care. If anyone that can understand, it's God. That's good enough for me. God is a God who doesn't assume things, doesn't jump to conclusions, and isn't conceited. God is my Protector.

I'll tell you something.
I love hearing stories of how people get saved. I love to hear good news.
But recently, I love hearing bad news. It helps me. Forget. Everything. Start new.

I want to disappear.. disappear from the world.
My ignorance has become a nuisance & I'm sick of people.
Let's play a game, shall we? Just to spice things up.
But be careful, it can get out of hand & when it does
I won't be here to lend you a hand. You've pushed me away.
No more. I'm still playing this game, with tricks up my sleeve.
I'm cheating my way to the end, only because you're playing the game.
I'll be happy just to see all of you crying.

^ -- Truthful huh? The truth is in this poem. Try translating if you can. There's a deeper meaning to this poem than you think. Don't always go for the first thing that pops into your mind or the first reasonable thing that comes. If you do, you're not really thinking about it.

Disappear.
75%. 25% more. Then it's gone.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Christmas Party 2007


Was spectacular; but Stephanie wasn't there. /: Get better soon, Stephanie! We're all praying for you dearrrr! :) GOD WILL HEAL YOU! YES. Choir people, GOOD JOB!! JOHNNY, GOOD JOB! Eric. The skit went great, no matter if some things didn't work out. Thanks for bringing that idea up. ^_^ The message touched my heart. I had some tears. Good work!! & of course! THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS EVENT TOGETHER MQ!!! YOU ROCK!! ^^ <3

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Guppy is leaving for a month or so. =( Pray for her safety. WE LOVE YOU GUPPY & CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO US NEXT YEAR!!!!! HAVE FUN IN TAIWAN & JAPAN! SAY HI TO YOUR SISTERS FOR US! (even though they might not know us .. haha) WE'LL MISS YOU!! <3

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p.s. I'll give you your present once you come back. I didn't have time to get it. /: Sworries!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Contender

fri07psych; I got a B on my final exam without studying. How awesome is that & I prayed before starting my final too that God will help me throughout the time I'm taking the exam. Thank You Jesus!

sat08meet&reh; I think the heat got to me, but nonetheless I was a bit frustrated. The only good part of it was that May brought in some pretty delicious food that her mother made quickly for her and the rest of us. Grandma & her mother is kind. (; Loves you lots! & not just cause you brought food TWO DAYS IN A ROW, but because we simply can love you for you being you. =) You brightened up my night. I felt the love in the food. ^_^

sun09church; Hm.. after church:
Guppy: where is jasmine?!
People: I think she went home..
Guppy: and she didn't take me along?!
People: Why should she??
^ -- my response: because she's my ng-o sista, duhhhh! :) my guppy lives with me whenever she wants to! haaaahaaaa.

MAY. THANKS FOR THE SUBWAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

mon10mall; Went to the mall with Guppy today. We walked A LOT & bought A LOT of things. I'm not done shopping for people. Gr. I hate that. Such a procrastinator. Please. If you want something, you needa tell me. Or else I'm going to handmake something. Or.. if I see something that reminds me of you, I'll get it for you. I don't care if you get me anything back. It's funny cause Guppy keeps asking me what I'm getting her for Christmas. xD Not tellingggg. MOHAHAHA. She's lay on my bed reading her new book. OH MAN. I bought the twilight series. SO HAPPY. ^^ I'm also happy cause I bought ONE thing from each store. Not a lot in each, but one. I'm so goooooood. (:



so. um. i. really have been frustrated with a lot of things lately and it's not good for me. I even got a cold sore from it. Q_Q it's probably from all the finals & thoughts about Darin. I can let go.. eventually.

also. i've been curious about something. him. talking when talked to is necessary. talking about necessary things is mutual. but talking about random things while making it seem closefriend-like is a totally different thing. i don't know. i don't get whats going on. & my head hurts right now. dehydration.


de.hy.dra.tion.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Boring

This is starting to get boring.



Did my essay until 1:30 am & I have a biology exam in an hour and 40 minutes. I am so going to sleep when I get home, depending on whether I have assignments to do for nutrition & psychology. If I do, POOOOOOOOP.


p.s;; my eyes are red.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Conferences 2008

Ok. This conference is what my heart is definitely yearning for, but at the same time, when I look at when it is, my heart feels like it's been stabbed a couple of times. January 28 - 30th. That's a big problem considering the fact that I have school on tuesday and wednesday and it's chemistry we're talking about. If I miss anything of it, I don't think I'd survive. Plus, I've already signed up for the class so I don't want to drop it. But I guess I can look at my schedule and see if it'll be a huge huge conflict, but as of right now, it could be. There's a big possibility that it is, but I pray to God that he's going to provide a way for me to still be able to go to this conference and still have enough class credit so that I may pass chemistry. So please. Pray for me. Pray for Stacey as well if she wants to go to this. For this conference, my heart is yearning so bad that I think I might get a massive heart attack if I can't go. My heart wants to go to it so that I can expand my knowledge of how to write more efficiently for God because it's what I love to do. Writing is my own expression, whether it may seem like it or not. To be honest, I will cry if I can't go. I will, trust me. Also, I want to get to know the speakers that will be there to help us and mold us into better writers and to make new friends who have the same interests as I do. I don't think I would need to persuade whoever is reading this right now (like Jack *cough) for me to pass an "interview" to go to this conference, because I don't need to explain something so beautiful to me, something such as writing, to you when it's clear that you already know what to do. I've encountered this magnificant ability for God and my own self that makes me happy and surely makes God happy as well. I've been equiped with the materials and will (by God's Grace) further train in more advanced circumstances to then be sent out one day with this capability at hand. I Thank You God for this ability and I will praise You with it.
I really want to be apart of this. Prophecy, Prayer, and Power. Prophecy is a calling to some of us and what motivates us is the Prayer molded with love and compassion for the one we're praying for and for that, we have Power because God is with us. This is my vague reason to wanting to go to this conference. Whether or not you accept this, this is where my heart, no, where God wants me to go. Just now, when I looked at this E-flyer, I had this very big nudge at my heart. The nudge was telling me, "You just have to go to this conference!" For me, it's weird to receive that because for other conferences, Jack or Annie would be the ones to advise me to go and I'd be like "yeah, ok. If my dad lets" ya know? But, and this is despite all the preaches and encouragements that I've had this past few months, I had this nudge and I knew that it was God telling me that I needed to go to this conference. I just have this feeling that something will happen, something that will forever remain in my heart. I noticed that with each conference I go to in the past, leading up to these following conferences, I just felt like I'm getting more willing to expand my region as a christian. I want to be able to go to different conferences and meet new people and expand my connections. (What Annie was talking about earlier tonight). My heart is yearning for this opportunity.

There's also the jesus culture event on february 1st & 2nd but I don't think it's really calling out to me like these two conferences are. Plus, if I do go, I'd miss a week of school. Please pray about it for me and don't worry, I'll be praying about it too! :) Thank you!!!!!

♥ Jasmine

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Blue Card

Ok so I had no idea this was going to happen. I was planning on putting money into my ID card at the writing center lab before I go in 45 minutes. I needed to print things out in the nutrition lab because of our project which is due tomorrow. When I got there and tried to put money into my card, it kept telling me to retry it again. Finally, one of the workers there noticed the problem and tried it again. She thought there was dust on my card, but there wasn't. So then she asked me if it was a new one and I said yeah it is. She then told me that some of the new cards don't let you put in money. I thought to myself, "Oh great..."

Then when I was about to lose hope, God answered my heart's burden. An elderly man who worked there during my english lab (along with the girl who tried to help me) suddenly remembered that someone left a blue card in the machine a while ago and that I can use it cause no one claimed it. I wasn't sure though, because I felt bad for whoever left it there. So they told me that I can keep it. I kept asking them if they were sure about this and they kept saying, "yeah go ahead." So I pushed it into the machine and put $5 dollars in my new card.

I was so happy when I walked out. I kept saying thank you to them. When I got out of the building, I was like "THANK YOU GOD! OMGOSH. I PRAISE YOUR NAME! YOU WHO ALWAYS PROVIDES!" After that class, though, when I came out to meet a friend, I couldn't hold it in. I told him about it and we said to each other, "God provides!" God saved me again. His love is so pure it makes me cry. During my friend's club's skit during break today, when their friend Jimmy was sharing some things, I started to cry. Q_Q

God will always be my deepest treasure, my deepest desire, my deepest love. ♥

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

39 18 19 22 23

39. "I'm Sorry"

It's my favorite chapter. Took much effort to write it. I think it's the best chapter in Part 02. If you get there, tell me what you thought of it.

18.19.22.23. "Lovely Complex"

I'm totally in love with this anime. However many times I watch it, especially these episodes, I'm just so *_* about it. It makes me very happy. =) And I wonder who I should thank for that. (; She knows who she is. heeeeeeeeh.



OOOOOOOOtani. HA.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Bella



I saw this movie yesterday with my Wang sisters. xP There's a whole group of words to describe it. I'll say one. It was Bel.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Thank You

I want spagetti. Eric, you were right. Asians don't communicate, they assume.


Heh. It's that time of year again. This year, however, I do have things to say. So I guess I'll say them and get it over with. It doesn't matter who cares and who doesn't care.

Thank you God for being the most unfailing Father. Thank you for everything you've done for me, my family, and the people around me. Especially. Thank you for curing my dad's cancer around 2 and a half years ago. Now that I look back, it was truly a miracle. I probably wasn't thankful back then, but seeing a miracle being performed on someone close to me is something I'll never forget. I love you God and I'll always.

Thank you Mumu for being so kind to all my friends and always annoying me about practicing driving. Thank you family for always being a pain in the butt but making up for it with random chats.

Thank you Jack for being the one to always provide us with the answers we've been seeking for and being our Spiritual Father. Thank you Annie for always being one of the girls and dragging me to 7-11 and letting me meet the awesome girls I call sisters now. Also, thank you for driving me everywhere we had to go and being our Spiritual Mother. Thank you Joy for talking about Jesus in Hopper's design class and getting me interested to go to Impact with you.

Thank you Wang sisters for being so inspiring and being real sisters to me and all those foods I got. I will so repay you in the future. Thank you Sala for those Christan Korean Songs and those rides and singing lessons during summer camp. Thank you Alice for listening to me without judgment and foods. Thank you Amy for always sticking that thing in your eye and getting me all weirded out just for me to say "What are you doing Amy?!" all the time ^_^

Thank you Kao sisters for being so openly great and those rides. ^_^ Thank Stephanie for being who you are. Thank you Stacey for understanding me, if it's just a bit, and understanding what goes on through my head half the time we talk. ( haha )

Thank you May for always caring and being there for me. Especially when I was talking to my "best" friend on the phone in your car. How I cried because it was too painful and you comforted me with your gentle pat on the shoulder. Thank you for all those rides and dinners. I'll surely repay you in the future.

Thank you Jennifer for always encouraging me through your little comments and your inspiring preaches. I'm so very happy to have met you. I love all those awkward moments that we have that makes it so worth while to even chat about things with you. I love all the silly moments that we have talking about random things. I love how I love your personality. You are just wonderful. Thank you for being in my life.

Thank you GUPPY for entering my life so recent yet so impacting. Without you my life would be so boring. Thank you for all the chitchats we had at my house, for all the deep talk we had about our lives, for all the fastfood shares we ate together, for all the funny moments that recolored our atmosphere, and thank you for giving me courage and credit for what I do. I appreciate your company more than you think. And.. thank you for being honest to me. You are my guppy and I am your fwench fwy. and I will call you mine. GUPPY IS MY FWEND!

Thank you George, Momo, MQ, and Josh. Thank you George for being so funny and nice to me. Thank you Momo for being so hilarious with your U-Turns and being my "robber" partner for the summer camp play. Thank you MQ for cutting my hair and being like a sister to me. Thank you Josh for being like a brother to me and encouraging me throughout this past year. Thank you guys for being in my life.

Thank you Rock and Jason. Thank for Rock for being a very easy person to approach. Thank you Jason for giving me a ride... that one time. ( haha ) You two are good people. I'd have more to say but.. I still barely know you guys. x) Thank you to Alvin for always saying I'm sorry which bugged me. Thank you Andy for being such a random guy. All those weird and silly moments will be in my memory. You're a good person, Andy. God knows it and we all know it.

Thank you Johnny and Eric. Thank you Johnny for being a funny girl. I mean guy! xD Just kidding. A funny guy. Thank you for letting me be me and not getting irritated by me. Thank you for your laughs, they always make me smile. Finally.. thank you Eric for talking to me. Though you might not yet treat me as a friend and all, thank you. Thank you for the rides, the critical thinking moments, and all the moments I found you hard to deal with. Thank you for dealing with my pickiness with my 18th birthday invition that didn't even get out. Thank you for making an effort to ignore and confront my stupidity. I thank you.

If I missed anyone else, then I'll say it here. Thank you everyone else who's been in my life this past year and past 18 years. Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

It's Just a Want, Though

I've been thinking about Christmas and the presents that come with it. Ever since I got my new mp3 player, I've been having this urge to get earsets. I only have headphones which I kind of want for my computer, not for my mp3 player. I'm kind of through wanting those rainbow flipflops. I actually can get them anytime if I had $50 dollars extra on me. Plus, it's Christmas. I wouldn't be able to wear them until March or something. Also, I have two other flipflops that I'm still using. I can wait. (: ..So. Earsets. I am on a mission to get those, whichever way God presents to me, whether it's a gift from a friend or if I have to get it myself. I'll be satisfied for the time being.

Also. I've been thinking about the New Year's Resolution that we have every year. I've been thinking real hard about it for the past 15 - 30 minutes. (lol) *sighh........ I should think about it some more, huh? x) But as of right now, I'd have to say these three things are my top priority:

001. Have this hunger and yearning for God; more than before.
002. Pull up the courage to do things I thought was impossible or hard to do.
003. Start praying for my parents & my family.

Yes. Wish me luck. ^^

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Manners

Some people just don't have manners and on the top of that, they're snobby as well. Have you ever known someone like that? Oh man. I know I do. There's one person in particular that I just want to rant about, but of course I won't say his name.

If you don't know if something belongs to someone you know or if it's just there, wouldn't you think twice about it? Also, if you don't know who something belongs to, and you keep continuing to pursue that something especially when that person is right in front of you and can see you, it'll seriously make a very bad impression upon yourself to that person. Maybe, if you've ever thought this, that the thing you're pursuing is something that belongs to someone else is very important to them and you're just stealing away their possession, then wouldn't that just make the person really irritated.

My point is, if you don't know that something, let's say food, belongs to whoever, then don't touch it before you get verification. It's very important. You wouldn't want people to do the same thing to you, right? Exactly. So think twice about what you're doing before you do it.

Thank you.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Impatience

To those of you who have been pressuring me or hinting to me to hurry up and get my license, please stop. I have actually had enough with this. My aunt is pressuring me every moment she gets (and I dread every phone call because of her), my parents are too, and some of my friends. You see, like you all have noticed, maybe, I don't get impatient, irritated, angry, or fed up with meaningless things like this, but now I am. I can be harsh telling you this and honestly, I really don't care right now. Thinking back at whoever that has told me to get my license quickly so I can drive makes me want to scream. Yet, I'm surprised I still haven't done so. I just smile and nodd and say, "soon.." unconsciously knowing that if I keep on saying that, you guys will keep on mentioning it. So. To stop this, I have come up with two methods. They might work or not work, I really don't know. So here it goes: 1. Stop pressuring me (especially the people who do drive) because I don't hear Johnny pressuring me to drive and it's not because he didn't get his yet either, did he? Whatever. & 2. Stay calm and just simply explain to you irritating mockings of my aunt and parents how much I dislike driving and how I am simply just not ready. But then you might get the impression that I'm just trying to avoid being independent so I can snooch off of those who can drive. That isn't the right answer. I'm honest to all of you out there. I could cuss and fuss all I want in this idiotic society, but I choose not to 99% of the time. The other 1% is when I'm truly alone or when I feel like I can just let it out with whom that are very close to me. Do you still think that I can be the simple nice patient girl that I am 99% of the time? One day, I assure you, that I can just burst out and rant everywhere I go. I hope you wouldn't be surprised. I don't think you understand my situation. Or maybe you do, but not fully. You might think you do, but maybe not. I just want people to stop patronzing me about driving. Seriously. Have any of you thought of how bad the drivers are here in San Gabriel? Every race has a good amount of percentage of people doing stuff that is just beyond our imaginations, not just asians. Evidently, my father is one of them. Many people, excluding my uninformed aunt, have said that my father is a crazy driver. I agree.

Also, I know that it's beneficial to have a license and drive and all, but to me, that isn't important. Being convenient isn't what really matters. Whoever says that is just kidding themselves. And people wonder why other people are obese. YOU DON'T LIKE TO WALK. YOU LIKE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE DISGUSTING DIRT-FILLED CARS. Seriously. If we didn't have cars, a lot of the obese people now, might still be fit and some others probably have an illness so I'm really not talking about them. I'm only talking about the ones that feed themselves until their heart gives out and possibly stops working. Can you really say I am learning in my nutrition class?

Possibly yes.

I'm a weak person. I wouldn't be able to handle such intensed complications in futures to come if I drove. I doubt any of you as heard this, but I really do have a weak heart and weak lungs. When I was born, I was only 4 lbs. To this day, even though I look healthy and all, my heart and lungs are still an inch away from fear. Maybe it's because I live with people who don't knock and opens the doors loudly thinking I can't hear them, who yell all the freaking time, thinking I can't hear them, and who plays the t.v. like they're a teenager with a boombox. I am really sick of people's attempts to try and convince me that I am strong to overcome these anxieties. I will tell you now, I am not. And harshly, I don't plan on looking to God for answers on this. It's the way I was born and raised up and I accept it in a weird way. I know that God loves me and that he made me with his heart in mind. I don't blame God for making my lungs and heart weak. I don't. I know that He didn't actually intend on doing that. Don't get me wrong or anything. But yea... also I doubt that you knew how much I disliked driving. A lot of you can relate, I know that. As for me, if I had a choice to make, either to live in Japan where it's not "mandatory" to drive or to stay here and have to drive at least once in my lifetime, I'd already be in Japan when you finish the question; or at least on the plane when you finish the question. This is something that won't easily be changed in my heart. It's already been craved deeply in and I don't intend to erase it.

I am idiotic. Just like many people are. Harsh, I know. Deal with it. We all have our uniqueness, skills/talents, beliefs, and more, but there's one thing that we do share, even if it's only a little and that's stupidity. I couldn't use "idioticy" because it's not a word. Pfttt. AND MY GOODNESS! MY COMPUTER HAS WAYYYYY TOO MANY POP-UPS! v_v *destroy........* If I'm offending you, I'm sorry. I didn't intend to start writing about how people are stupid. It just came up. Stupid and lazy. Something that's very common in today's society. I'm ashamed. Am I really? I don't know. I truly don't. Hm. --- Apsire. I long to aspire God. Did I use it correctly? I love that word. Rarely used though. What a pity. Anyway...

I'm starting to get impatiently patient. You might not understand what that means, but I do and God does and that's all that matters. Let's end my venting here. I don't want to make the wrong impressions but I believe I already have.

P.S. There's one person, I hope he knows, besides God and of mere likeness, that I will always be there for him. I'll always stay by his side. Jasmine Ngo is a very loyal friend. Meep. Au revoir.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Questions

I encountered one of my old high school friends earlier today. Somehow we started to talk about the whole christianity thing. He asked me "what do you think is the purpose of all christians?" To be honest, that was a hard question. I was honest and told him that I actually never really put thought into that until now. So as I was thinking about it, I had this feeling he was trying to pry into my personal life. He probably wanted to see if I was really into this "religion." I wasn't intimidated by this at all actually. But the thing that worried me was the fact that I couldn't really put it into a nice flowly sentence. However, at the time, I didn't know he wanted it to be a simple sentence. I gave him this long paragraph (after realizing) for an answer. I was trying to elaborate on what my friend and I thought was a vague answer, to glorify God. Afterwards, he said that it was a noble answer, BUT. But? Soon realized this, I noticed that he got something from the Bible. He was biblical. It was scary. He was pushing it, actually. He kept gushing out all these verses from the bible, unconsciously knowing that it was making this situation a little too far fetched. Everything we were talking about, he went to the Bible, even when I asked him about his personal encounterance with God. I think he must have misunderstood what my point and intentions were. I don't think he got what I was trying to say. My friend was getting irritated with him so we went to go eat. Basically, I told him that there's more to God than just reading and referring back always to the Bible. If I'm making this sound harsh, I didn't mean to. I told him that experiencing God's love is also important, especially when it's just you and Him, one on one. That's one of my pet peeves. When people don't directly answer my question, but answer in a different kind that doesn't really relate to the question, you know? It's very irritating. It's like they're talking about something totally different. But anyways. So we were debating on that (he was actually, I was just trying to make a simple point whereas he was trying to deprive me from reading the Bible ever) for about an hour or so. Around 11:30am, my friend and I decided to eat. So I just left the conversation with him with how it is important to know God's word but also to know first hand His love. Personally. I also told him that each and every one of us encounters God differently so that he shouldn't assume that it's all the same. I mean, it can be, but i.e. speaking in tongue. I don't think everyone has the same tongue, right? *sighh... I don't know... I've been so out of it today too. Then, when I got home earlier and looked at my facebook, I saw that he messaged me. In his message, he said that he was sorry for how he was acting and if he offended me in any way. I kind of laughed a little when I read that part because he didn't offend me at all. In fact, I was pretty impressed by his little display of affection for his relationship with God. Aren't you? He made me realize how much I do love people. I could say from time to time that I hate them, but really, they can be fascinating. Just the little things they say, do, and don't do. x) Hm.. ha.

Monday, November 12, 2007

:/

1110.
It taught me so much. *Just remember what I shared yesterday* Sarah & Alice had to go back early so Tiffa, Monay, and I had to go too. A part of me was disappointed to not find out what really happened that night and another part of me was glad I was somewhat apart of it. Johnny called Sarah and asked her to pray for him and the others because they had encountered someone that was posessed by a demonic force. We each took turns in the car to pray outloud for them. A bit after we did that, I saw this really clear image right in front of me. It was an image of the UCLA Supernatural room and everyone was worshipping and praying. I saw Johnny, praying for that person and suddenly a white light kind of thing flew right at Johnny and into his forehead. I asked God what that meant, but Monay answered me. "Johnny and them must have gotten our prayers." (:

*personal reflection of the day: A part of the day, in the morning/noon ish, I was kind of mad. It was those feelings where you feel like your friends just don't respect you, that they feel like they can say anything without it hurting your feelings, and also, a feeling that you just hate how they act sometimes, but you don't want to tell them because they might take it the wrong way and then get mad at you. You see, I'm one of those people who can't say right away that "oh hey look, you're really hurting my feelings right now. Please.. don't do that again" whereas Monay can do it without a problem. But anyway, I just felt really uninviting. It's a shameful feeling when it gets to a point where you have to lie to your friend when she or he asks you, "hey are you ok? you look mad." Because, I had to lie and say that I was alright and that I wasn't mad. Later on, temporarily, I forgot about it, but .....

1111.
Share a bit. Said that I might share more on Sunday. Wakaranai. Johnny had his baptizism & Annie held a surprise birthday cake for Alice. I missed it both because of my dad's stupid post-office party. Hm... even though Monay was there, I felt uneasy. Why was that? But... while we were going home, we had to take my two guy cousins because their parents were going to stay and dance along with their sister. We had fun in the car so I was a bit happy. It made up for all the years of being so uneasy with each other because of competition. My car windows were filled with weird looking pictures. ^_^

*personal feelings of the day: I... felt as if I am still having this one trouble in my life. But this time, I don't feel like it's a burden to me. It's weird. I'm attached to his company (meaning prescence) and yet I am not so attached to him. No. I'm not talking about God. I'm talking about someone else. Somewhere in my heart, I have this feeling that maybe one day, something incredible and good will happen from this crush. Wakaranai. And I have yet to say that I "love" this person even though it's urging to come out. *sigh...

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Supernatural on Campus // Day 001

Though it was cold, I was still very excited to be going to the Supernatural on Campus thing with Jaeson Ma. I thought Sarah and the rest of us were going to be early, but it turned out that we were pretty late. It's ok though. I felt bad for Jason, because he kind of got lost around UCLA, trying to find parking and where the thing actually was. By the time we were following the signs that these guys had, I believe that Tiffa, Monay, and I had gone a bit crazy from the cold.

p.s. It was FREEEEEEEEZINGG.

Anyways, once we got inside, it was crowded & they were singing. The songs were fantastic! The band was even good too. So moving on from that, Jaeson Ma (I believe) introduced a guest speaker by the name of (I believe; I didn't hear him clearly) Banning Liebscher. He. Was. Really. Inspiring!! By the middle of his preach, I thought to myself and to God, "Wow. I am so glad I got to come. Thank You Lord for giving me this opportunity!" A few moments after, maybe towards the end, I'm not so sure (I think I lost track of time cause I was so tired), Banning told us to stand up. (It could have been in the beginning, but either way it was amazing!) So when we stood, he was talking about something, I couldn't actually make it out and all of a sudden, a gust of, not cold or hot, wind/air came at me. It felt nice and I knew it was from God, because I was talking to Him. >.> I'm not too sure what about (darn) though. Then I heard a voice saying, "Holy are these men [meaning everyone at the Supernatural thing] who are here tonight." I smiled and said "Oh, God" in a nice soft voice. It was just intriguing.

God really loves us and wants to be where we are. He WANTS to come. Banning, towards the end of the preach, was busting out all these funny stuff about how some people go out there in the world (i.e. UCLA campus) and they come back and go "it's so cruel out there! i can't handle this. it's too much for me" and when he explained that to us, I closed my eyes and thought to myself, "It's not that I think the world is cruel, even if that's true, because what I think does not matter. What we think of the world does not matter, really. What matters is what God thinks and he still loves His creation." Plus, I was being a bit pessimistic, thinking, "Oh man. I'm actually scared to go around my campus despite all the encouragement from different people at school. Not scared because I might get rejected, but because I don't think I'm ready ......or is that like a figure of my imagination?" X_x Anyways, last night was really good. It was what I expected. Something from God.

p.s. Can someone please answer that question? xD If you can't, then please give me some advice. I don't want simple advices, but advices that I can actually think about without saying, "yeah, I thought about that already." Thank you! :]

♥ jasmine

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Sashiburi//Prayer

Hm. Sashiburi, huh? Watching some anime, that is. Shakugan no Shana is out with a second season. It seems to me that the anime are coming out slower than before which makes me a bit hestitant to continue and depressed cause anime is what keeps me away from feeling bored at times. I'm not saying that God doesn't because he does. Let's just say that anime is another form of reality that I am fascinated about. Hmph. That didn't really make sense, did it? x_x Anyway! Before I left English class today, I wrote a little prayer down so I wouldn't forget it later. After I finished reading it over, I thought it was pretty powerful.

Here's the prayer:

Lord, I bring forth to You Michelle. She found out that she has leukemia. I pray that You just bless her Lord. With Your love, faithfulness, and promise, I pray that you anoint her body with Your cultivating extravagent love to conquer the leukemia. Show her that You are faithful. Show her that You are the only real God. Show her that in You she is safe, in You lies something far greater than anything else. I pray that You send the Holy Spirit to just take control of her body and heal her, Lord. When You say, "Heal the sick, cleanse the leporsy, and cast out demons," it's You who is doing all of that. Through us vessels, our prayers, Your will be done. You are a faithful God and You're worthy of praise. I pray in Your name, Amen.

shiagari.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Why, You Might Ask?

Ok. This post is going to be one of those, what you'd call "being emo," blogs.

So. Some of you might know about that person I've liked for nearly a year already, am I right? Well, before him, there was this person who I liked basically for a year and a half and for that guy, I told myself that if I couldn't "be" with him at all during the time I get to know him more than before, I'll just be happy with being his friend. So, I became his friend instead because he got with someone else. Now thinking back on it, letting go of him was a piece of cake because of what I told myself. So I have no regrets there or anything of that kind. But... for this recent person, it's totally different. I haven't told myself anything for the past year of what to do if I find out he has someone in his heart, I'd something something. But I haven't even figured out what that something is and this happens! Mind if I rant a little? I hope not. Ugh, this always happens. It's not like I mind much, but it's just so tiring every time. I need to figure out what that something is before anything else happens. Or else, I'll never actually stop having this intense miserable crush on him. I've heard a lot of advices and none really takes a lead on what I should do in the mean time. They're all about what I should do overall. This takes time, like I always say. It can't be done in one simple swipe. I need steps. STEPS. This makes me so uncomfortable and weary. Irritated. Frustrated. Psychotic even. Or maybe I'm just..... I don't know. I really need to be more patient than the level I'm at which is pretty patient if you ask some people. I'm very lenient. Ah, so annoyed by this.

So why do I like him, you might ask? To be honest, I like him because of his smile & his odd sense of maturity that I rarely see in guys around the ages of 18 - 20. You might not see it in him, but I do. One day I want to have the courage to tell him that I know he doesn't and never will like me that way, (even so) I'll always be there for him. I'll always care about him. I know this might seem really corny in many ways, but it's the truth. The feeling about this is more than the last person, so I can really admit to it. And if I can't stop, ha, next level. Yes, I have levels. Anyways, I don't think I'd be this calm when I tell him in the future. I think I'd be crying a little. Ha. Dreadful crush.

Ok. I'm going to go cool off now. Or at least try to. /:

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Wonder Boys ♥




Cute.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Boo!






Happy birthday KAYHUANG! God loves you!<3

Sunday, October 28, 2007

First Attempt

I took on a few challenges for myself this week. The first one was actually attending to the Radical Jam practice on Wednesday. It went pretty well, I guess. Also, at the same time as that, it was the whole Thanksgiving Skit that we're planning to do during the whole dinner. Also, I happened to sign up for being the coordinator for the Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner. I have to still call the places and Sala and I still needa get together and see how the places look like. I have no clue how we're going to be doing this. I needa pray. x)

Ohkay so. Today I had to sing, do prayer lead, and share. That's a lot, if you actually think about it. Even when I was actually doing it today during worship, I still had no clue what I was going to say and everything. But I guess it worked out pretty well. Thank you everyone who supported me! :) You guys are awesome.

& of course, I'll never forget GOD! <3 Thank you, God.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

May God Be With Them All

Ok. So this morning, I heard on the news that the wild fire is heading towards Riverside & now I just heard that Irvine is having the fire problem as well. Oh man! The first thing I thought of when I heard the news was "OH NO. SALA! AND! MY OTHER FRIENDS!" It was dreadful news, I can truthfully say. It worried me all day. When I was at school earlier around 10 something, waiting for a friend, a thought came to mind; just a random thought. In my heart, I heard a number: 20. And in my mind, my thought, I saw a word: Numbers. So, like an awesome person I am, (KEEEEDING.) I looked in my Bible. When I got to the page that had Numbers chapter 20, I started reading it. It was quite interesting. Then, I told myself that I should really pray for the victims of the fire, Rock's uncle I think, Eric's dad, and I believe Andy because he's sick. So I started praying and I just felt this weak presence around me and right then and there, I just knew that God was with me, possibly saying the prayer along with me. It was such a heartwarming experience.

God is faithful. God is great. God is awesome.

- Jasmine

Sunday, October 21, 2007

A Way Back Into Love




I finally got it. Thank you, thank you. (=

Saturday, October 20, 2007

The Alchemy Index Vols I & II (Fire & Water)


I got it. Thank you God for supplying it for me today. (:
I prayed so hard to get this CD. It was the last one at Target too!

<3god.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Your Comments

I just noticed how much people's comments entertain my day. Each and every one of the comments I read, whether it was for me or for someone else's, it was either inspiring, hilarious, encouraging, and or random. It's those simple things that can make you happy in life even if you have had a horrible day. It's only about 6:18am right now and so far, I'm having a great day. (Thanks to Jennifer & Jack's comments). They are awesome. Also, it's for Jack's comment that I found out that October 15th was their 001 year anniversary. Radical! :) I wish them the best of luck, forever.

With love,
Jasmine

Monday, October 15, 2007

Thrice

Come All You Weary.



This one doesn't have a mv yet. Name is: The Messenger.



Their new album comes out tomorrow. ♥

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Praise God!

So yesterday, Mark, Sala, Alice, Amy, Tiffa, and I went to Istar as ushers, right? During our greetings with the people coming in for this conference, I realized that on my left hand, a bug bit me. There was this "huge" bump. I didn't know how a bug would have bitten me because my hands were moving the whole time and surely, I would have felt something, but unfortunately, I didn't. So I showed the others and we just kept greeting people. My voice started to nearly fade away until this one man asked us if we wanted to help him with something. We all tagged along. After he told us what to do, we asked him where we're going to sit to wait. He pointed to the last few seats over by the many chairs lined up for the guests. We thanked him and walked over. I don't know why, but they took awfully long to just claim a seat and sit down. After sitting for a couple of seconds, Matthew (I think) asked us to stand up and sing some songs. He, then told us to place one hand on the place that hurts and that needs healing and raised the other hand to God. I was a bit dumbfounded because I wanted the bug bite to be healed and that was one hand already and since I had to put my other hand on the place that hurts, I couldn't actually put my other other hand to God. So instead, I placed my right hand on the bug bite & raised both arms up to God. It looked kind of weird, but I didn't actually care. We prayed for our pain twice. Most of our pain didn't go away right away except for Sala's foot pain. Praise God! I looked at my hand and it was still there. I kept saying "it's ok, God will heal it soon" and I believed that he will. Earlier, when I was taking a shower, I suddenly remembered about that bug bite. I looked at my left hand and it was totally gone! Oh my gosh! Praise God! He is amazing! He is THE POWER OF ALL!<3

- Jasmine

Friday, October 12, 2007

At School

So I'm at Pasadena City College at the moment in the library lab. I decided to update because I felt like I should. I'm sitting next to April Causapin right now and we're just having the time of our lives looking through websites such as myspace and friendster. Mostly, she is looking through my myspace pictures. She's so funny. xD Ah and now she's making fun of my pictures on myspace. Anyways! How is everyone? I hope you're all good. This is one of those random "whatever" posts, just to let you know for future reference. Yesterday, I was actually shocked about something that I thought would never happen, but it did and yeah. But I'm happy about it in a way. So I'm going to get off this now, but please, comment. =) I am always happy to see your comments. They make my day.

With love,
Jasmine

Sunday, October 7, 2007

It's a Girl!

My aunt (Darlene) just had her third baby and guess what? It's a girl! We're going in 45 minutes, to see her. I wonder what her name is. Her first child is Katrina. Her second is Nathan (longer version is Nathaniel). So I'm guessing this girl will have a name from the Bible (hopefully). I wonder who she'll look like when she grows up. Katrina looks like me and Nathan looks like my other little cousin, Dadrian. They are so cute. x) I can't wait! I love Bible names!

- Jasmine


[9:10pm: her name is Kyrene]

Saturday, October 6, 2007

I am Back

First of all, I'd like to say happy birthday to three people.
Liliana Saunchez & my God Sister, Ashley Nguyen. (19 & 15)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLINGS! :)

As for the third person, I barely found out about it today when Amy came over. But anyways!
Happy 19th birthday, Eric. May your life get better everyday.

Ok. So this past week, I had my floors changed. They're not carpet anymore. They are wood. If you'd like to come and see it, be my guest. I have yet to miss going online to chat and such with everyone since it was only a couple of days. But since I am back now, HELLO! Did you all miss me? (Probably, probably not). Ok so.. today is another birthday gathering that my friend April and I put together so yeah.

I really think that the cell group meetings should be before 07pm. My dad is just so paranoid about these things. If it's too late, it's like "You can't go!" or "You don't even have to!" when I kept trying to tell him what we do during those meetings. Plus the fact that he doesn't care if I'm 18 years old already. I mean if I had a little sibling like Stephanie, then I'd understand, but I'm an only child so it doesn't make any sense. Like one of my earlier blogs, I never did anything WRONG so he shouldn't be treating me this way. And I do TRY being nice to him because I never said I didn't try.

Am I right? Anyways... enough of this bad talk.
I have things to do today. Very busy this week.
I'll blog some more another time. (=

- Jasmine

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Allan & Nancy's Bday

IT'S ZEE BIRTHDAY GIRL & BOYYY!! :D


Hahah, allan.
Look! She's actually eating. Bravo! xP

this was for nancy, but allan ate it at the end. xD


Fun. 092907

Friday, September 28, 2007

Minor Free is She

Today is the day that Kalong Mak turned 18. Finally! She and I have been waiting for this all summer long. But I can't believe, at this very moment, that she is probably going to ditch me on her own birthday when she knows we've planned it for like probably 05 months already. You know what, if I find out that she's with her boyfriend, then I'll know what to expect next year if they're still together then. If she's with her parents, then it's all good and we can just hang tomorrow. And last but not least, if she's sleeping, I am going to like give her the most painful 18 punches EVER. Ditching me for sleep is just like ditching your family for drugs. >.> I don't know but don't think of that in a wrong sense, because it wasn't meant to be a bad example. (ha ha?) Anyway! She is minor free! Legal. Legit. And all those craptastical words that the American Language Associations have adopted for years. So if she really does think like I hope she does half of the time at least, she'll know that if she ditches me today, she won't be getting her present. I hope she finally knows that and makes a decent decision, present-wise. >:P

~~~Loves her, Jasmine.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Godchicks 2007

Well. I have to say that this was a very good experience for me. I wept and laughed and even sometimes at the same time feeling both emotions all at once. I felt as though I knew what my stand is when it comes to being a female and how it relates to life overall, just a little bit more than before. I also got a lot of inspiration from this as well. My best lyrics (poems) are always from conferences. That's a bit funny. On these two poems I'm going to put up, I really worked very hard on it. I had the inspiration and everything, but it still needed a little push because if you know me very well, I have a huge problem with remembering things which obviously sucks. Okay so the titles are "My All" and "Get Into It." I got "Get Into It" for a different matter, but I decided to make it into a poem considering the fact that I knew half of what I was going to put into that song anyway. And here they are:

My All
You have to catch the moment
Open your eyes to something new
Because as the seconds go by
You might miss your time to shine

V. He is the one that always understands.
He who saved our lives.
And knows our path to His kingdom above.
And when I am down,
He’s the first one to come.

Ch.He is my awesome God
My father and friend.
He is my corner of hope
My lover and savior.
He is my healer almighty
My King and my Shepard.
He is my master of glory
My peace and salvation.
He is my teacher of life
My wonderful God
This redeemer by choice
This wonderful friend
He is my everything, my all.


Get Into It is a bit long so um... I'll put it up tomorrow. :) Cool? Good.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

10 Years

Who would have thought that Kalong and I have shared 10 years of our lives as best friends? September 18, 1997. It has always been a special day for me. 10 years is a long time, to be honest with you. I just pray that God keeps on protecting our friendship and especially her. Though she acts without thinking sometimes, I know that she'll do great in life. Like what Stacey said about Stephanie, I can say about Kalong. "She's the weirdo sister of my dreams" (Stacey) and also my best friend.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Let's Contemplate & Rant, Shall We?

Last night, I came home from cell group in a very horrendous mood. Obviously, if you know me and my family very well, it'd be because of my dad. I finally told him that I'm already 18 years old and I should be able to stay out at least until 10pm or something. Guess what he said. "Being 18 does not matter. It doesn't mean you're smarter and more mature than before." What he said, I do admit it's somewhat true. When I turned 18, my brain knew, "hey I'm an adult now," but I didn't feel any different. There is some truth in what he said, but how would he know if I'm more smarter and maturer than before if he doesn't give me the chance to express it? Am I right? At least give me the chance to show that I can be a smarter and more mature person than I was when I was 17 years old. Right?

When I got in the house and my mom said hi, I was thinking about ignoring her, but I thought, "She didn't do anything wrong" so I said hi in a very monotoned way. I guess she knew what happened in someways because it happened nearly so many times a week that it's a routine for my dad and I. I tried to calm myself down with some music on my laptop, but it obviously didn't work because I'm sort of mad still.

So.. this morning, since now I know the cycle of sleep, I had a dream. It seemed somewhat similar to my family in some ways except the obvious. I was the daughter, excuse me, adoptive daughter of an unknown president, maybe in the future or whatever. I had four other siblings and to my surprise it was Jennifer, Howard, Stacey, and Alice. They were the president's real children. I was the oldest of them all since I'm 18 already, Alice is 17, Jennifer is 17, Howard is 16, and Stacey is 15. (Alice will soon be 18, YAY). So it starts out with basically randomness. Everyone in the white house, ever since they found out that I was adopted, was being cruel to me. And when I say everyone, I even mean the president himself and his wife. The only people in there that was nice to me were the siblings. I'm not gonna go through all the details, but in the end, I decided to study abroad whether or not my dad was going to let me or not. My siblings had my back and got grounded for letting me go.

This dream basically made me cry.
- Jasmine

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Determination


On Tuesday morning, when I got the school (PCC), I saw these Korean people praying on the C Building steps. They were so dedicated and determined. It made me realize that I got to stand up and do the same thing. I just need support. I've prayed for my school so many times now. Every time I get a chance, I pray for PCC. I can feel that something will happen, something amazing. It'll let everyone know that Jesus is coming.

- Jasmine

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Today is Not My Day

I have three reasons why.


01. Girl problems + sick + weed picking.
02. I spilled Arizona Green Tea on my new jacket & my PJ's.
03. It even got on the floor & seat.


*Sigh... I need someone to pray for me. Today was such a weird & gloomy day in an odd way that is undescribable. If you can, can you please pray for my heart to be unburdened? Thanks. I much appreciate it.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Pretzel

When it wasn't devoured.
Soon, there will be no more. MOAHAHAHAH.


Anne's Donuts are delicious. (;


http://youtube.com/watch?v=uwFVvCoPIrw
^ -- It has a certain feeling to it. I don't like her, but I love this song. ;(



Sunday, September 9, 2007

Green Means Go

Yesterday, at our usual 7-11 cell group meeting, which was at Stephanie's house this time, Alice was leading the discussion. Alice said that we were going to pray for all of the schools that we're attending this year. Kay, who is going to South Pasadena High School, Stephanie, Tiffa, & May who are going to Cal State Long Beach, Alice, who is going to UCIrvine, Stacey, who is still at Arcadia High School, and me, who is going to Pasadena City College. We spent nearly an hour or so praying for all of these schools, the people within' the schools, and our cell group members who are going there.

During the prayer, I saw a green dot, not too big or too little. At first, I didn't understand what it meant. Alice told me to pray about it and I was thinking to do that until Stacey came back from getting water and said, "Green means go!" We were all like, "OH YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT!" Interesting, huh? I should go forth and spread the gospel asap! x)

Also, I have finished my story, everyone! Get in line to read it. You better hurry, cause there's already a long list of people who wants to read it. Just comment me and tell me whether you prefer me sending it to you over the internet or you want an actual copy of it. If you want me to send it over the net, then give me your email address. Thank you :)

- Jasmine

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Alice My "God Cousin"





This was when we went to the mall to buy things for summer camp. I admit that we were spending a little too much time fooling around in the sports store. We couldn't help it! There were too many things that distracted us. But you got to admit that having a little fun from time to time after working so hard on something is just so relaxing. She is awesome. <3

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Random Things/Thoughts

Summer Camp '07 Pictures!












Today the 7-11 ladies went out to "Hot Stuff Cafe" and it was so much fun. Annie took a lot of pictures of our food and was so proud of them. I'm proud to call them my sisters, seriously. I took a lot of pictures these past three weeks and they're very random. I'm only going to show you a few so yeah. I'll put up more later.

Oh & after the whole summer camp thing, I learned to be more patient.
My idea for next year's theme: Get Into It. (:

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Summer Rain

I don't think, out of my 18 years, 14 of them being able to see and acknowledge the things around me, have I seen rain during the summer. All I have to say to this is:



Jesus Himself is coming... QUICKLY. (=
Are you ready? :/

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7e18e50b58eb7e0c6ccb



Watch & be amazed. It's truly very interesting. I watched it more than once and so should you.
- Jasmine

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Summercamp2007 823-826

Wow. It was so much fun. We did so much things.

There was the "Little Angel" game where we had to pick a name from the bucket and that person is our master. That was really fun because you can joke around with it or be serious. I got Andy, which was a surprise to me. I didn't think of it as much in the beginning, but then, on either Friday or Saturday, during the prayer meeting, I got a message from God about Andy. I decided to write him a note of what God had said to me. It wasn't very long, but it was very touching. It was about how precious Andy was to God and how God wanted Andy to reach to the skies for Him. I think there was something else to it, but I don't really remember. (Don't go asking Andy lol) And today, when we had to figure out who our "Little Angel" was, he said that he got a note and it was really touching. It was the only thing he mentioned. When he asked one or two people if it was them, they said no. Then he asked me and I smiled and nodded and stood up. Everyone was like "AWWWWWWWW." It was pretty funny.

There was paintballing, but Stacey, Amy, & I didnt do.

Encountering God was really amazing.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

It's Tomorrow! :D

Summer camp is tomorrow! I cannot wait. I didn't even start packing yet. Oh! Alice is sleeping over. How fun is that? It's going to be so much fun. We all are! So much fun with God!!!! (And each other too) I wonder what's going to happen. I've never been to camp before. I'm a newb. Yea, sorry. Haha. Anyways... I won't be blogging until I get back from summer camp. Not like I always blog or anything but yeah. Don't miss me too much! *cough ALVIN! cough* ..lol.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Uneasy

Lately, I've been feeling like I'm being left out of things, that I really am not important to them or even close to being in someone's life. Of course, I'm not getting that feeling from God. I'm actually getting the feeling from nearly all the people around me. It really hurts. But I guess you can't change some things. I'm starting to see things more clearly now. And though it hurts, I'm going to deal with it in any way possible. I should have posted this on thursday, but I've been kind of lazy.


Gomen-nasai. Bi-unne.
Choiruelman biunne. :\

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Fly Young 810-812

So for the whole entire summer, we knew that Fly Young was visiting us from San Jose and we were excited to finally see them. So here's what happened these past three days. Good and bad. We all learned a lot and I'm really thankful to experience that.

Friday -
I wasn't really sure if I wanted to go to church to practice our drama with the other members because there wasn't any point since Stephanie left because either only 2 - 3 members were there or it was only myself and Stacey. I really felt discouraged because Stephanie asked me to coordinate the rehersal plans and I failed, in a way. But then I realized that Fly Young was here in LA for the next three days. I really wanted to see how powerful their spirits were so I rethought everything. I finally ended up calling Stacey and realized that I was a bit late because she has been there for some time. When I started driving there, my dad and I realized that the road to church was blocked off. So we tried another route but I ended up walking to church. It was really hot so I was really tired when I got there. Certain insignificant things happened that I won't discuss. So finally around 7 something, Fly Young and the Impact members started playing a game. To me, it was confusing cause they said it in Chinese and I don't understand Chinese. Ed came so I was pretty happy about that. Unfortunately, I had to leave early. *cough, dad.

Saturday -
I had to wake up very early so that I wouldn't be late and so if Sala came to pick me up, I wouldn't still be in my PJs. Sala ended up not picking me up because I didn't want to be late so I ended up driving there myself. First, we worshiped the Lord, then got into our city invasion groups, and headed off to wherever they assigned us. Lately, I wanted to go city invasion in Target, but there was never a chance to. The group that I was in was assigned to Target. Praise the Lord, right? My prayer for that came true. Enoch wanted us (Howard, Lydia, and I) to go on the opposite side of Target first because Tiffany and her group was assigned to that place too. At first, it was boring. Howard made it a bit funnier because you know how he can be when he's bored, right? Right. Finally, we got to Target and started looking around. We got rejected by at least 10 people and we prayed for 2. Actually, we prayed for all because of us being supportives when the other two asked. At the end of our city invasion, something Enoch thought was funny, I thought was horrible, happened, but I'm not going to say it. Again, I had to go home early cause this time my dad came to pick me up. It was only 15 minutes to ten. I was so frustrated. I think even Annie was irritated because my dad kept calling. Her expression was revealing. If I'm wrong, then eh.

Sunday (Today!) -
Today was the last day for Fly Young and it was awesome. We did our usual routine, but it was a bit different. Tiffany's grandpa died and her mother, Flora, was telling us a story and I just sat there crying and I couldn't stop crying. I started to think about my mom and how she hasn't found God yet. I also thought about the "what if" questions. It was really depressing and I haven't cried that much at church for a long time. But Flora did remind me of something. She reminded me that death isn't something people should be sad about, it's something that we should be happy about because like what someone once said "if one family member is saved by God, the whole family is saved by God" Amen right? When a person dies and their family, even if it's just one person, was saved by God, I believe that the person who died has been taken by God and will be forever in His hands. I was really touched because I actually realized that I had started to forget about that and I was very discouraged because the whole "whatever happens, happens" is sort of related to this. It's God's path for everyone. He had already made a path for us and we just need to seek Him, fear Him, accept Him, love Him, and glorify His name to know what path is it that He wants us to take. ------ Moving on. After the service today, we practiced a little, which I was pretty happy about because Andy and Sala did pretty well. And around 5 pm, we had to go to May's house for a baptism ceremony. Four people got baptized. They were Flora, her mother, Stephanie, and MQ. Yay! (: Then I had to go to my cousin's, Vincent's, birthday party. When I went and finished eating at my grandma's house, I looked at the time and realized that I still could get to church. I called Momo and asked if they were rehersing or whatever and she said that she was still waiting for the other people to arrive. I thought, "hey, I can go" so I told Momo that I'm coming to church. ------- Got there and helped some people rehersed. I helped Mark for a while and Alice helped Sala and Andy. When Alice wanted to see Mark and I perform, Stephanie and a few others came. So after that, we started doing scene by scene; the scenes that the people who are there at the time are in at least. It was so funny. Stephanie and Mark's scene was so hilarious. So was Andy and Sala's. When it came to the subway scene, Momo and Andy had to replace Tiffa and Howard. When Momo did Tiffa's lines, even Andy and I couldn't stop laughing. I think everyone was laughing. Andy and I couldn't even go on with our own lines. It was just too funny. Awesome day.


These past few days have been incredible. n_n Stephanie gave me a big hug when I saw her at church earlier today. MISSED THEM! I actually did my part pretty well tonight. That's what Stacey said.

- Deena Derrecks :P
aka Jasmine (hahahaha)

Friday, August 3, 2007

Stephanie's Legal Now

Happy 18th birthday, Stephanie! It's about time you joined everyone else. (=

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Wii

After a whole month of looking for the Wii, Stephanie and I had to go back to the Target in Pasadena to return sometihng, and they had the Wii. It was the last one too! I'm so happy for Stephanie. ^_^

"God really does provide." - Stephanie Kao
^ -- Yes, he does. (=

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Crazy Person

Having fun with Alice and Stephanie today like other similar days like this one, buying supplys for the summer camp project. When we were done, we were driving back to Stephanie's house but this one person in the front of us, was driving all crazy-like. She/he was driving in the middle of the road and turning on the signal light and didn't even turn into another line. She/he even nearly hit another car while driving in the middle of the road. It's like she/he wanted to kill people. It was scary and funny at the same time. We couldn't stop laughing. *eeeeeeeee!!!!!*

Saturday, July 28, 2007

I'm Legit Now

Today I turned 18 years old and I don't feel any different than I was the day before. All I got out of this day was hanging out with my cousin Uyen, the best friend Darin, and with half of the cell girls. Other than that, I noticed just now that for the entire day, I was really thirsty. I don't think it was because of the heat but because of how much I talked today. Tiring, especially on the one day I wanted to relax on. I got to admit, hanging out with Darin, especially after Uyen left was one of the best times he and I ever had together because it was just "us," Darin and Jasmine. I am actually looking forward to having alone time with him some more in the future.. maybe. The thing that struck me the most was that when my dad asked me who that guy was that picked me up, he didn't really get angry. He just wanted to know who Darin really was. I even promised my father that the next time I go hang with Darin, I'd properly introduce them since Darin is the ultimate best friend and that my dad has never met him because I couldn't really be close with any guys at that time. Yes. I have a good reason, I just didn't say it. Ha. How typical of me, right? So anyway, hanging out with the best friend (Darin) and the cell girls was a lot of fun. There is one other thing that I surprised me other than the promise to my father thing was that I told Darin about how I felt.. everything. This is hard to admit to everyone here, but if I was in a middle of a risk, like if I were to make a choice between whether I live and Darin dies, or if I die to let him live, I'd choose to die to let him live. Please. I don't want to hear, "You can't say that." It's something I've been actually thinking these past few years and it's something I would be willing to do if that ever happened. I don't think a lot of people would do that for their best friend. It's like that one saying where it says that what you choose in life, you have to choose wisely. Maybe dying for my best friend isn't wise, but it's something I am willing to risk. To be honest, all the years I've known him, I couldn't really do anything for him and yet he helped me so much. He was always there for me and I was always there for him when he needed it. The one thing I wasn't supporting him with is his current relationship. It bothers me because he supports me in EVERYTHING and I can't even support him in this relationship. I don't think a lot of you would understand this feeling, but if any of you truly do, I think that realizing this on your 18th birthday could be a good changing point in your views towards everything you thought was simple.


Thank you everyone who wished me a happy birthday.
Most of all, thank you Darin for driving an hour to San Gabriel in the heat just to see me.
I heart you lots best friend.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Realization

I love him.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Night at BJ's

Sarah's right arm (I pressume), May, Allan, Stephanie, & Amy's arm
Stacey (Ahh!) & Cousin Nancy

Edward & Alice (WOMAN POWA)
Tiffa, Allan, & May

Tiffa's left arm, Allan, & May (again hehe cause I loves them ya know)
Me! (:
Nancy & I (:
AHHH ITS DANA! (she looks ..quite interesting huh?)
Nancy & I (again; I look weird)


Thank you everyone that came! Those who didn't, it's all right. No need to worry about making it up to me. Just be my friend and I'll be happy. hahaha xD Yesterday was fun! <3