I feel like death is near

Everyone around me is getting sick. I feel like I might die whilst studying MCATs, what irony o_O.

On a sorta related note, as I ponder these past few weeks I feel like one word to describe the going-ons in my life is faith. God has been breaking me and teaching me how to have faith: faith that He will bless Unit 3 with His presence, faith that He will lead us as we lead Unit 3 small group, faith that God will take care of my future even as I stay up some nights thinking about it, and faith that God will lead to me to use this last year at Cal wisely. So far so good :).

Back to studying.

-Mike

For my IV friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz3pORY6hNw

Does this singer look familiar? HAHAHA. Thanks Derek for showing me.

*for those who need more help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivulets_and_Violets*

ADD-ON: So apparently this has been more of a struggle than anticipated. The lead singer is Jen Hollingsworth, as in our regional director. Jen Hollingsworth everybody. Look at the wikipedia article to confirm.

Cleaning supplies are my crack.

I got so much Febreeze today at target that my roommates and I are going to have severe brain damage this coming year. But at least our apartment will not smell like crap. YES!!!!!!! Great success. We're going to have so much fun cleaning for the start of school. And by "we" I mean "me" and by "fun" I mean "less disgust at the state of my dirty apartment". Actually it isn't too bad but there is a yearning in my loins for a fresh, clean start to the new year with a fresh, clean apartment. A DEEP YEARNING.

Speaking of new school year I am excited. Things I look forward to include:
1. Meeting the freshmen and starting Unit 3 small group over again
2. Seeing everyone again and asking about their summers
3. School (Hehe my emphasis in MCB allows me to take non-MCB classes for electives. Easier curve, here I come. Great success again)
4. Urbana in December

Things I look not forward to are as follows:
1. Potentially creeping out aforementioned freshmen as we being meeting them during welcome week
2. Studying for MCATS (well this technically has already started but the reeeeeeeeal studying is going to start during this semester)

Upon retrospection, these lists are actually quite small. There must've been other things.......don't remember.

I went to farmer's market today. How random. I want to basically eat everything at farmer's market. Except for the Orchids, I don't think I can eat them. Oh and I also don't want to eat the farmers; I don't roll that way. My parents have a current obsession for orchids so they bought another one today. I really like orchids too, they look like monsters when viewed from the front and with vivid imagination. On the way home my dad proceeded to tell me a lot of stuff about orchids. For someone who knows so much about orchids, why does he keep inadvertently killing them? I wonder.

Buzzing 207

Thanks to the wonders of Google Voice, I never have to walk down to get someone from the gate :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just type in our apartment number 207 in the number pad at our gate whenever you need to visit us.

-Mike

Blarg

Hello World. Sorry for not blogging in awhile. But dry those tears and cease that lamenting, I am back *signal fanfare*.

So to summarize my past two weeks, I have invented a new word! It is "blarg". Blarg [pronounced "Blщябrg".........jk I just made that up kakaka] is an onomatopoeia of sorts that signifies frustration. It is actually pronounced like "arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" such as pirates would do but with a "g" at the end and a "bl" at the beginning. Used in a sentence it reads: "Blarg!" I use this word to describe my last two weeks because they have been very.............frustrating. It hasn't actually been a bad past few days but I feel like time is passing me by. There are too many things to do, too many people to meet up with/that I want to meet up with, and too many problems in life. To add to that: lab work, which I am technically suppose to only do 25 hours of, ends up taking up more like 40hrs a week (though I really enjoy it) and MCAT studying is pounding at my proverbial door. But God is good and with His help I have been tackling the crazy a little at a time. And amidst the crazy there has been really good times of hangouts, discipleship, spending time with undergrads at my lab, and learning.

Wanna know something random? Yesterday my friend Kimmy and I gave a tour to a group of 30 Hong Kong girls visiting America. Random indeed. But it was cool and pretty fun. We volunteered to give the tour by responding to an email sent to the InterVarsity email list. I like meeting with my peoplez (I was born in Hong Kong). The only awkward thing was that we were giving tours at the same time as the actual tour guides and I had like 10x less knowledge than them haha. But they've never been to Berkeley and most will not come back so they will never know how crappy our tour was. Haha jk it wasn't too bad.

What else, what else? Oh! Sorry to steal your thunder Lily, but in response to my previous posting it was great success. Ok, that is all. Wait, I lie. One more thing: great verses I came upon----->Jeremiah 32:36-41

Very Important!

Hello legions of fans. This is not a real post but rather a shameless advertisement, jk......sorta. Lily Cheng is right now working in the White House and she is helping with this book drive. Details are here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=137057223168

It is really simple and free. And though I speak about this whimsically I actually think it is a really good cause. Annnnnnnnnd if she gets a lot of books she gets to meet Obama, which means Lily can finally pass on my message to him. Help her out! Email her if you gots questions.

-Mike

I Just Swallowed a Cherry Seed.............

This isn't good. I was too excited to eat a cherry and now I feel the seed slowly traveling down my esophagus. It is going to hurt later.......On the plus side, eating a cheery seed probably has the same effect as eating a lot of highly highly condensed fiber. I drew a diagram to illustrate my predicament:

On a related note, this is not the first time cherry seeds were my enemy. I once bit down so hard on one that I broke a part of my tooth off. Fortunately, I have two mutant teeth....well actually only one now after the cherry seed had it's way. The teeth look like molars but with a point in the middle, as diagrammed beautifully below. Ask me and I might show you one time. -Mike

Lumpsucker

This is a lumpsucker (see description on bottom)--->
It looks like a hippo; I like him a lot. I've noticed a trend about me: if it's fat and round I will like it. Like babies. Or pandas. But not like Jack Black, he don't make good movies.

Lumpsuckers can be found at the California Academy of Science, where I went today with Paul. We actually went to the Nightlife thing that happens every Thursday from 6-10pm. The only difference is that it is 21+ because they have a DJ and alcohol. Perhaps the alcohol helps people appreciate the science more in a Timothy Leary sorta way but I've been appreciating science for 3 whole years without it so I passed on it tonight. It was actually not a bad night but animals become sleepier at night. Just makes me want to rattle them up. At the water petting zoo part, as I like to call it, of the aquarium the scientist kept telling me things about star fish and I told her politely"yeah, I already know this stuff because I am a bio major". And then unexpectedly she began asking me a lot of questions about a lot of sea creatures. I might've accidentally told her a lot of lies........my memory isn't very good. But at least it was good conversation.

1000 Words

I really like this picture! Not only does it combine two of my favorite animals into one cute hybrid animal of sorts but it also encapsulates my my past three weeks of vacation to Hong Kong and Thailand. Since pictures speak 1000 words I do not need to write about my vacation anymore. I kid, I will probably write some stuff and post pictures later. On a side (yet highly relevant) note, after riding a elephant in Thailand, I've decided I really want one when I grow (more) up. I think they are expensive though.............................this will be hard.

-Mike

Hello

Greetings my soon to be millions, no, billions of fans. Today I return to the world of blogging about my life. I used to have a xanga and I got tired of it but after 4 years it seems like the right time to come back I guess. This blog will be cooler and edgier than the older one though because I have become cooler and edgier over the years as many should attest to. This blog might also be less in depth than the other one to prevent readers from asking me "why are you so much more interesting on your blog than in person?" (If such readers are reading this right now then know that I hate you! JK) I will leave some parts of my life and some events in my life a mystery so you can still ask me "how are you doing?" or "what has been going on in your life?" when you see me. But don't worry, I aim to please.

Anywho, I should acknowledge some people. Thanks Anthony, Christine for being all crazy about blogging again, perhaps it is infectious. Also thanks to Ashley whose tumblr is really cool; you don't know this yet but I am going to blatantly plagiarize your style of blog entries haha. I hope that is ok.....................I technically am giving you credit with this shout out so maybe it isn't plagiarism. That is all, peace.

-Mike