Wisbens Medastin is a four year old boy in Haiti. My youth group has been sponsoring him through Compassion International for almost a year. Our sponsorship provides him with an education and a safe place to play, learn, eat, and grow. This program may be compromised by the recent 7.0 earthquake that devastated this third world country.

Praying for the people of Haiti that they would trust in the Lord's provision and have hope in Him. Praying especially for the staff of Compassion International and the other organizations there.

Haiti Earthquake

Merry Christmas!

Hope you like my video. Sorry i suck at video blogging. I'm getting better. Or I will...hopefully :) the video kinda cut off on its own right after i said "yeah" so it kinda works out. ok need to get ready for dinner now!!

Give Thanks

YAY <3>so the real reason I decided to blog was I found this:

List-ficiency

Since I haven't updated in forever I thought I might treat you guys with a nice set of bulletpoints to sum up what I've been up to:

-It's starting to get really cold, and every time I get dressed I get deceived by the sunlight and think its really warm when it's actually freezing.

-I like reading the Bible on my bed. I don't fall asleep surprisingly--it's the power of God ;) funny thing though is that it's always significantly warmer on my bed because im on the top bunk :) yay for not waking up feeling cold.

-i've been losing stuff/misplacing items that I really want/need: my stamps (sorry i haven't been writing to you all), my UO armwarmers, earrings (did i even bring them??), and all my favorite mechanical pencils (man i'm seriously down to all these crappy wooden pencils)

Yeah so I want to try to be more organized because it really bothers me sometimes when start losing stuff (sorry if you're reading this and thinking WOW this girl really needs to open her eyes and realize that it's not that big of a deal)

-I really want some UC Berkeley sweatpants. They're pretty cute.

-I'm going to SF this Monday to do a presentation on Hepatitis B, and my group member is driving us there. The problem is I'm afraid I'm going to die because she has never driven on the freeway before. And we need to get there at 7:45 am!!! I REALLY hope i wake up in time :O

-I want to go home soooo bad. I'm terribly homesick and I have been for like 3 months :(

-I have really weird dreams, and especially vivid ones that I can actually remember when I nap during the day (like between the hours of 9 am and 5pm)

-It turns out (according to my roommates) that I sleep talk. I really hope I don't say anything too embarassing.

-I learned how to crochet last night!! It's so much fun, but mannn it takes a heckaa lotta patience!! haha wow i can't believe how fun it is to say hecka.

-I really need to diet. I'm probably almost at the freshman 15. Why is food so good??

-The Bach Magnifcat is so good. yet so miserably difficult to sing :( I'm excited for the concert though. Holiday concerts are so happy, and I get to think about how joyous Christmas time is.

-I'm running out of things to say, and I'm getting sleepy because i'm typing this on my bed. and it's 10:38 and I don't have hw! WHOOO

I'll try to update with a video soon. Not right now because I'm too gross looking and my eyes will look like slits. haha.

I can't wait until wed when I can hop on an airplaneee and fly straight into the arms of my mommy and daddy!

First Video Post

So i realized very few people read this blog at all so i decided to post a video that is freaking embarassing but it's cool because only cool people even bother to view this page ;) yes you, Grace

This is what I do in the library...

I'm sitting here at a computer in the music library at Cal, and instead of reading my 18 pages of Anthro I'm going to talk about HOW MUCH I MISS HS CHOIR!
Agh okay so yesterday in rehearsal i kept messing up and then half raising my hand and then getting even more frustrated and self-conscious. And then today during sectional, everything was really good (such a big mature sound), but everyone kept giggling and being awkward about "singing out of your eyes" and "keeping the buzz in your face". Everytime I wanted to put my hands up I just felt like a dork. Oh and some people sing with the worst posture! hands in pockets, hands crossed over the body, fig-leafing (haha)--this one bass sang for almost the entire rehearsal with his backpack on! and then Prof. Kuzma very nicely chided him haha Yep...so the music is really good stuff, and I feel good after rehearsals (unless I'm super hungry, tired, and cold, which has happened a few times) haha actually that part is no different from high school. Hrm...don't know whether i want to minor in music...that might be fun no? i definitely have room in my schedule...unless i start working a lot poo -___- i don't want to get a job. Ok this is a sufficient rant for the day. I don't know why it's so much fun to blog, but I fear this is going to be a problem esp. because facebook already is a major time-sucker.

The toilet

So today I was going to Tolman for RPP which is where I go to basically be a lab rat for psychological research when I really had to pee. So I walked in and started up the stairs but I really could not hold it so i stopped at the second floor and seriously power-walked in a circle past all these really creepy-looking rooms until I finally found a bathroom. So I dart towards the back stall and this is what I find on the walls:

What i really like about this stall is that there isn't the run-of-the-mill tagging like "ILY" or "F**K" and stuff it's actually really funny to read.

There is so much of this crazy hilarious dialogue, most of which makes no sense at all but it reminded me of the movie "Charlie Bartlett" :) yeah I'm definitely going here again. Is that weird that I now have a new favorite toilet on campus?