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Wednesday, October 23, 2002
the city of los angeles is made up of a plethora of freeways. thus, i am always on them. and while in my car, or on my motorcycle - i notice the cars. being a man of smashing good taste, i especially take notice of the luxury cars. now one thing has irked me for quite some time. on most of these cars - usually BMW's, benz's, or lexus' - on the license plate, the driver's alma mater is presented. and in most cases, the school is either USC or UCLA. now i'm thinking, "how come none of these ever say UCSD?" of course the logical explanation is that we are in the city of LA (duh), and therefore these 2 schools would be the most represented... and vice versa, if we were in SD, UCSD would be more highly displayed. yet, a part of me doesn't believe that wholly. i want to believe that since both USC and UCLA are more prestigious schools than my alma mater - they probably have better networking, connections, intership programs that allow for better jobs in more distinguished companies. so to conclude with all this... i wish i did better in high school, then i would have attended a more 'prestigious' college, through that 'pretigious' college... i would have had more opportunities to 'succeed' (getting a better job), through 'succeeding' i would be able to afford houses around the world... travel all the time... and cruise to work in my BMW M5, all the while making some guy with a paycheck of measley pinto beans driving a peach civic, jealous. alas, that is life. and as the word says in hebrews 13:5, "keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'never will i leave you; never will i forsake you.'" ahhhhhhhhh... i needed that reminder. :D xxx Monday, October 21, 2002 conversation i had at dinner last night: me: "mmmmm... this is so yummy." me: "i LOOOOOOVE food." lindie: *weird look* me: "i could seriously become a glutton." lindie: "OMG! i can't believe you said that!" hahahaha - seriously tho. food is so delish. if not for my sheckshee body and uber fast metabolism... i'd have some problems yo. sorry haven't updated much recently. things have been pretty chillaxin'. work is work. friday night saw 'abandon' - katie holmes and benjamin bratt. that katie h girl is so much hotness. i likie. it was good but somewhat disturbing. saturday had lunch with a slew of people at shaka's, this hawaiian joint in monterey park. yen-yen, nathan, steve, liz, sinath, swan, linda, and i were all in attendance. then pretty much slept the afternoon away. lin got this schweet home theater system from her dad for her birthday. i cracked up so bad when i first saw it. cuz her dad is all up into that electronics stufff... and it seems more like something he'd buy himself. hiiiiilarious. :D so i set that puppy up and then we watched zoolander on it. "um... earth to matilda..." "i was at the day spa... D-A-I-Y-E" "they were like brothers to me, not like real brothers, but brothers in the way black people say it." mwahaha - that movie cracks me up. sunday - decided to forego church in the morning and go for a ride instead. hit up angeles crest with some new people... it was such a great ride. loooooong sweepers going an average of 90 mphs. one of the better rides i've been on. went to oikos for afternoon service at 1:30 - man, that is a spirit filled church. surprisingly saw two familiar faces from ucsd - donna and vennia (sp?), so that was interesting. not much after that - just more sleepie and tv watching. xD xxx Wednesday, October 16, 2002 oh yay! i had a flashback... i remember what the number 2 weirdness was yesterday! the last song that was playing on the radio when i got to work was also the song that was on when i left work for lunch. trippy eh?! :-* xxx Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3. weird things happened to me today: 1. i was taking a dump in the bathroom at work and the auto-sensing lights went out on me. (pooping in the dark) 2. wow. i tell you what. wow. i just completely blanked... i can't remember it! :( 3. please refer to number 2. :-* xxx just got back from the lunch/break room. there were two people re-loading all dem snack and goodies to the vending machine and to the soda machine. now i love these machines. for a mere $.50 i could get a pack of sour patch kids sold in any movie theater of an upwards of $3.00! wah-sai! wat ah baaahhh ghin! :D whoops... that's besides the point i was trying to make. so the 2 people who were stockpiling the machines were grossly overweight. of course i don't have anything against overweight people... but it just saddened me. yes, it could be due to genetics. yes, there could be other significant factors that come into play. yes, there could be no correlation at all to their weight and vending machine snacks. but all in all... it made me think about people who are controlled... by things. things like food... or sex... or drugs... basically any kind of addiction. how you know you shouldn't... how that one thing is bad for you... but you're just overwhelmed with this compelling feeling to throw your hands up and say, "what the heck... just a little won't hurt" and go on with it. i am thankful. because i am free from those things. from addictions... from things that tie me down... from sin. and not because of my own might. not because of the "good" things that i do. i'm free because i have been redeemed. i have been given God's righteousness through the sacrifice of His one and only son on the cross - who died for my sins. not only taking away my sins, but imparting righteousness upon my sinful nature. a righteousness that extends through all of eternity. a righteousness that covers over and over again all that is ugly. a righteousness that sanctifies. gosh, its nice to have security, hope, promises and knowing for a fact that i am loved regardless of who i am, who i have been, and who i will become. :D xxx Saturday, October 12, 2002 it was linda's birthday this past friday. we threw a surprise party on her floor for her. it was AWESOME! cuz so many people turned out... also the whole method in which we got her to come to it was great! see, she was on duty that night, and was walking around making her rounds. her PA matt, called the front desk and reported a "noise complaint" on the 5N lounge. so that's where we were all congregated! so she came expecting to find some freshmen causing ruckus, and instead she got surprised! (: i had stolen her keys that night, and the next day proceeded to fill her room with roses. i took some pictures of her room... check out the ghetto photo's directory. :D i juuuuust got back from the rose bowl. man... i am weary (as vinh says). saw a great afternoon of football. i pretty much have the ucla 8-clap down now, and i feel like one of the students, tho i am not. heh. ucla lost to the oregon ducks 31-30. it was a very close game - ucla just wasn't consistent enough with their play calling, and they had 3 turn overs, as well as a stagnant offense. they could have won the game if they kicked a field goal instead of opting to fake it. oh well... too bad. it was disappointing... but i'm not too upset... cuz i don't actually go to the school! haha. xD anyways... nothing much planned for tonight. prolly just chill. want to hang out? call me! xxx Thursday, October 10, 2002  we're jumping for joy! won't you come and jump with us? :-D xxx Wednesday, October 09, 2002 hello hello! :D not much to update. this weekend was a blast! slept late. went shopping with lindie. wow - now i know what it means to 'feel like a woman'! *giggles giddily like a japanese school girl* she practically bought me a new wardrobe! jk... but i definitely got some stuff that i needed. (: church was good. sunday afternoon was refreshing... and a good talk with linda before going home topped off the awesome weekend. last night had dinnner with vanessa and my god-mother. well her mother's my god-mother. xD it was fun! i hadn't seen them for quite some time. vanessa i've only seen one other time since moving down here, and god-mother i haven't seen since my senior year at ucsd. my god-mother is so funny. she's just like a little girl. very young at heart. it dawned on me that vanessa and her mother's relationship is just like natalie portman and susan surrandon's in 'anywhere but here'! soooo funny. ;-) tonight... we're going to a musical! we are seeing 'mama mia'. i believe that all the songs are ABBA songs... now how dope is that. hmmm... linda and i have seen quite a number of musicals together - aida, the full monty, and i think one more which i forget. ;\ but yay to musicals! we should see more... what do you suggest we see? mkay i'm out. peesh. xxx Friday, October 04, 2002 WAH-SEH! ...by the sounds of that, you would think that i was making like millions! shyeah rite! haha...oh joshie, you're such a kidder! *shoulder punch* anywhoers...i bet everyone forgot i had this capability huh?! bwaha! taking over joshUA's blog! (again...) it is quite nice to be taken care of though and not have any financial worries, not like i would have any to begin with. for anyone who remembers me, i'm linda! *waves* (see picture below :þ) uh..i come from san diego... currently a 3rd yr psych student at ucla. apparently, i'm loaded...AND i work too! at the ucla child care center- oh boy! but not like the monies matter. i love my job! cuz i get to play with babies aaaaall day long :D they never cease to amaze me. in a way, i think kids help us reach the inner child in all of us. we get to see life in its simplicity and realize that the world we live in isnt exactly what we make it out to be. with the hustle and bustle, deadlines and meetings, studying and exams, what are we doing with our lives? what if we saw things more through the lens of a child? not saying that all that should matter is that your diaper is dry, your tummy is full and you've got the best toys! more of like, seeing life as an adventure...taking those first few steps, taking those risks to achieve and accomplish more... for yourself. knowing that you will be reassured in your actions and that someone is always waiting by your side...the simple things in life bring you the greatest joys. when smiles and laughs are contagious and its ok to be silly...when you feel so much more alive, where every new day brings new surprises...when its ok to eat paint and use glue as lotion :D how wonderful it would be if what was waiting for us outside were big, soft blocks of challenges that were fun and life-changing...when new ideas drive us to want to better ourselves and by the end of the day, we've buckled our own chair belts...when we can squeal when shapes fit into their outline in buckets, where puzzle pieces fit together so nicely, where the rainbow fish shares its shiny scales, where the sight of your blankie is all that you care about...when milk is just the right temperature, and where there is always a lap to sit on and hugs are always in abundance... how nice it is to be a kid (: xxx Thursday, October 03, 2002   ok... now i thought i was doing pretty good. i have a full-time job. i pay my bills. i put a little away every month into my itsy bitsy savings account. but hot diggity dang... is my girlfriend loaded. don't ever... EVER underestimate the shy, non-talkative, study-all-the-time girls/guys. not to say my girlfriend is shy or non-talkative... she freakin' rawks! and is loud as heck! *ouch my ears* but man... do i ever wish i did well in high school. cuz these kiddies get PAID to go to school. not only do their scholarships pay for tuition, and books... they also pay for the weekly boba's, movies, and shopping sprees. :-x ok ok ok... so bottom line is those kiddies do quite well. capeesh?! but my lindie here is rolling in dih-dih-dih-diiiizzzooo yo! so on top of all these free monies... she's an RA. now what do RA's do? a whole lot of walking around and pretending to be busy and important! *jk lindie* ha! plus! free room and board! oh, and free food to feed me. (-: so simply put... she prolly gets around the same, if not more, than all the other scholarship babies... BUT... she dun't have to pay as much! wah-seh! soooo... with that all said... shopping this weekend! maybe we'll get to reverse roles this weekend. OoOoOoo... "awww... for me? you didn't have to!" *pansy-hand/blush* xxx Wednesday, October 02, 2002 i'm not one who is so uptight and self-conscious around other people that my palms get sweaty or i keep thinking to myself, "what do they think of me? do they think i'm cool? do they like me?", etc. but i am self-conscious when i wear this pair of jeans that i own. "what's wrong with em?" you may ask. no, it doesn't make my butt look big. shoot... i hardly even have a butt, or so i'm told. :D and no, they don't ride up and give me wedgies all the time. basically i love these jeans. the color... the fit... the way they sag on my hips... they are most comfortable and of quality american eagle workmanship. (: but there's one small problem... you see... there's this breakfast burrito place out in south pasadena that my co-worker and i frequent every-so-often. it is pure yummyness... sausage, hash browns, eggs, CHEESE. mmmmmm... whenever i eat one, i'm done eating for the day and i come back to the office and pass out in my chair. lol. well... being the clumsy fool that i am, i eat this burrito and i drip greese all over my beloved jeans. so i presented my problem to swan, linda's sister, who has much knowledge of how to deal with such situation. oxy-clean (or something to that name *shrug*) was the solution! first scrub... it didn't come out. second scrub... it faded a little... but still didn't come out. third scrub.. didn't come out. fouth scrub... i said screw it... i'm scrubbing the heck outta this. so i do. and i end up with a white patch. Dx i overscrubbed and took out some of the color along with the grease. so there is my story about being self-conscious whenever i wear these jeans that i love so much. if you see me wearing them. and you notice the white patch. just say, "nice patch"... and i believe that will help me stop being self-conscious - especially since i don't have to second guess if you noticed it or not. xD imma go shopping for new jeans this weekend... shoooo yo. xxx |
 name: joshua chiu age: 28 birthdate: march 26, 1979 height: 6 feet weight: 172.5 lbs. location: san diego, ca loves: God, family, kids, motorcycles, sports, music, deep-meaningful relationships, competition over video games, food - any and all |