NEVER WASH CANVAS KEDS SHOES

NEVER WASH CANVAS KEDS SHOES.

I bought a pair of white, women’s ked’s champion canvas shoes.
They got a little dirty so I washed them. (Not only wash but any type of water getting on the shoe i.e. rainy days- rain water).The cheap glue used in the shoe stained and now my white shoes have yellow nasty, urine looking stains and they can’t be rid of. Also, the manufacture has bad service- they wont replace the shoes or anything. And shoe paint doesn’t really work. The white shoe paint is a different shade of white than the original canvas shoe color. So basically, I wasted $30. Not worth it…these keds.

Go for vans…:) only $10 more but at least you can wash them…

thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! I’m late by a day but I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!

This year, my family threw a party for family friends. It was quite interesting. Just a few days ago, I actually couldn’t think of anything that I was thankful for but now I can..I’m thankful for so many things!

God has done wonders in my life this year. He’s opened up my eyes to this world. He’s blessed me with loving people around me. He’s helped me confront so many things that I was afraid of in previous years.

This year, especially during election time, I became more involved in politics and I actually don’t think it’s that boring. I had an opinion this year of the things that I wanted and I now see that there are so many different people with all these views. And after taking philosophy, I realize where my morals stand. I also think I’ve disciplined myself more this year. I have some degree of self control now, I’ve established good moral values, and I’m more sure of what I want to achieve in my life. God has really, established alot of growth and maturity in my life this year.

God has also brought wonderful and important people in my life. Though, I’ve drifted away from some, I still have people that care about me. My parents have been really encouraging this year. They have accepted so many things about me. They invite peter over and want to get to know him and they are more accepting of my going out and hanging out. They accept the fact that I want to go to church and they even came and supported me at my baptism! Amazing And peter…he’s been so dedicated to working hard this year. He’s been the one keeping me positive lately and whenever I degrade myself, he always tells me it’s bad. He compliments me, encourages me and doesn’t complain. I love the fights that we have. Well, not totally. I don’t like the fights when we’re in the fight but I like them afterwards because our fights bring us closer and our fights help me see things from different perspectives. It instills growth in our relationship and I’m so thankful for that. I’m so thankful that God has helped peter and i get through so many different opinions and have us reach an agreement most of the time

I’m thankful that this year; I built up alot of courage. Telling my parents I liked peter was a major step and it helped my relationship with my parents and with Peter. I’m now closer with my parents and I’m closer with Peter and we’re all happy. I got over my long time grudge by confronting this person. I told her that I had a grudge on her and that I didn’t like her because of whatever reasons. I asked her for forgiveness and right now, I feel so much happier and my heart feels so much lighter. I’m so thankful that God gave me the courage to be able to ask for forgiveness, apologize and finally be a better person in that sense. I’m also thankful that I’m able to confront  my friends about certain things. I’m thankful that I had the courage to tell my friend my negative feelings and confront her about our friendship. It shows me that a true friendship is a friendship that lasts. And a lasting friendship is one where you’re able to talk about anything. Not just boys..but problems between the two friends. That’s most important. So many people are afraid of confrontations and expressing their feelings for fear that they will lose or hurt their current relationship. But losing the relationship because you confronted the person will only show that the relationship was not worth it.Build up the courage and be able to talk!

life is good right now!
I went shopping today too for the black friday sales.
Bought presents, sweaters for Peter and I and new vans yeah, shoes!

tampax pearls

I have my period and I had to get baptized in the water. And so, I decided to try tampons! So scary, for the first time.

I bought tampax pearls because they do a lot of commercials…

Soooo, I think tampons are pretty good- actually, better in pads in everyway except for one! I just dont like how you can feel the tampon when you’re putting it in and taking it out. Other than that, it’s so much more comfier. It’s like you’re not on your period at all. What a blessing to feel like you’re not on your period when you actually are.

My Baptism

Today, was my baptism. And today at church, I also shared with my english congregation some of the things I’m thankful for this thanksgiving.

I will name a few right here:
-I’m so thankful that my parents came to my baptism! When I told them I was getting baptized, they fully supported me and encouraged me. My mom even went out of her way to tell me that she would love to be at this very important event/day of my life. This was alot for me, especially since my parents aren’t very religious and they don’t associate much with church. I was so happy and so excited!
-I’m so thankful that I got baptized. I’ve wanted to for awhile and I’m glad I did it this time. I think I was ready to proclaim my Christian faith and my walk with God!
-I’m thankful for peter this year! I’m thankful for all our fights. Even though they were hard to get through at the time, I think, now that i look back, was something that both of us needed to get closer and to care about each other more.

And here’s my baptism testimony:(I didn’t have my paper with me, so I did a brief, quick summary)

Hi, my name is Susan and I’m 18 years old.

I’ve called myself a Christian for as long as I can remember. My third grade teacher first introduced me to Christianity. She was a Christian and she shared her faith with my third grade class. She also brought many of her students to church. After the first time she brought me to church, I believed there was a God. I don’t really know why I believed so quickly. Maybe it was because I really liked going to church. I really liked singing and hearing stories. And I really liked it when my Sunday School teacher told me that God loved me, that God knew everything about me and that I could pray and tell God everything and that he would continuously love and forgive me.

I remember I went home and I prayed to God. I told God about the things that were on my mind. This went on until the end of third grade. When third grade was over, I gradually stopped going to church, mainly because no one could give me a ride. My enthusiasm for God died down.

Throughout middle school and much of high school, I attended Church once in awhile, I prayed once in awhile and I called myself a Christian but I didn’t involve myself in my faith.

A lot of times when I was hurt, I felt shunned and ignored by God. If God cared about me so much, then why didn’t he protect me from getting hurt all the time? I felt like God couldn’t help me and that it was best if I dealt with my present life by myself. I drifted far away from God.

The summer before senior year in high school, my best friends, Cindy and Janet brought me here to church again. I now realize that throughout my whole life, God has done nothing but pour out his grace on me. He has given me gifts beyond compare. He has led me through hard times and painful trails for me to get closer to him. Being a Christian isn’t about going to church or praying. It’s about accepting God’s gift and loving him.

I want to thank everyone for coming and wishing me a congratulations!

Thank you for Peter for never ending support! and encouragement! and for holding alot of my stuff today

Thank you Cindy and Janet for cominggg! It was such short notice but you guys gave up alot to come. Thank you tallsomes! It meant alot

Thank you Audrey for the cuteee little card that you made! It was adorable and so thoughtful of youuu!:) I like playing with it!

Thank you Eugenia for the card and for offering help about ucr if i ever needed!

Thank you Auntie Amy, Auntie Anita and Auntie Elizabeth for the presents and for the wonderful cards It was all so touching!

Thank you Jason Wang for the text! I didn’t even tell you but you somehow knew

Thank you to everyone who came, who congratulated me, gave me a hug, handshake, whatever! yay.

I’m happy:)

This is why America voted for Obama

I got this from Auntie Katy’s blog (she got it from a friend):

Yesterday, on my way to lunch at Denny’s, I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read ‘Vote Obama, I need the money.’

Once in Denny’s my waiter had on a ‘Obama 08′ tee shirt.

When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama’s plan to redistribute the wealth.

I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need–the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.

As I got in my car, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.

Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

enough said. this is why america voted for obama.
now, do you feel anything? any spark of…regret?

list of goals and three focuses

This is my list of goals in the following categories: physical, spiritual, relational, vocational/school, financial:
and I’ve highlighted three goals that I’m working on currently.

I thought that this would be a good time to put my list up and to focus, especially since I think Peter and I have gone through alot and because I think my eyes opened.

This week, I stumbled upon a pastor’s wife’s blog. I started reading her blog and I found it so inspirting, honest and fun. I’m going to visit her  blog everyday from now on. She blogs about alot of issues that i feel like I don’t know how to deal with and for some reason, she reminds me of myself. Her relationship with her friends, her family, her parents, her husband and with God is a kind of relationship I want to be able to establish with my friends, family, parents, boyfriend and God.

Onto my list: three bold ones are the ones I want to focus on right now.

Physical
-eat healthy, drink more water
-go running, lose some flab
-get toned
-get rid of my two pimple scars
-buy clean and clear’s blackhead eraser.

Spiritual
-read the bible everyday
-be able to fully surrender my burdens to God
-trust God 100%
-learn to love others

Relational
-be patient with Peter, don’t yell at him when I get frustrated,
-learn to love and to forgive. Love, even, my enemies
-Spend time with parents
-Catch up with friends

vocational/school
-get a 4.00 gpa
-do not procrastinate
-do not ditch class, even if its so hard to get up in the morning
-transfer to UCLA
-go to dental school
-try to stop wasting time
-don’t be scared to go to office hours/ask questions if I need help

financial
-be a dentist, make lots of money then be able to sponsor children overseas
-stop buying clothes I don’t need
-if i do buy clothes, try to look for sales.

America is stupid

People don’t know why they’re voting for Obama. They only vote for him because he’s black, he’s young and  he’s a democrat.
Did you know that 60% of the students at Mtsac think Obama is pro life? THEY GOT THE WRONG STATS. Let me make this clear: Obama is pro-choice. He is for abortion. Obama is no on 8. He is for homosexuality. Obama claims he’s going to draw the troops out of Iraq? For what? Another vietnam? A waste?

Time Magazine had an interview with Rick Warren and Barack Obama. Obama says he’s a devout christian- has been one since he was a young adult. Well, his political stance isn’t very Christian-like.

I’m hoping prop 8 gets passed. Why? Because society is going down if prop 8 fails.
We’re going to turn wrong. Second grade teachers are going to read stories to little, innocent children…telling them how a king married a king. Third grade lesbian teachers are going to take their class to their lesbian weddings. Wedding licenses are going to be between “party A” and “party B” and not “bride” and “groom.” Orphanages are going to close down.
Society has redefined what the essence of “marriage” is and what “sex” is suppose to be. Marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman. Sex is supposed to be between a man and a woman. Marriage is not a marriage if it’s between a man and a man, a woman and a woman. Sex is NOT SEX if it’s between a man and a man, a woman and a woman. Let me ask you, do you think marrying more than one person is right?

If you say that gays should have equal rights, then shouldn’t polygamy be allowed too? The argument for the permissibility of homosexuality as having ‘equal rights’ is invalid and is- a STUPID reason.

dress up & date!

peter and i decided to dress up:)
we went to church dressed  up.  Then went to macaroni grill and shopped at target

This black dress is new; I bought it online at dillards.com
The dress is by max and cleo, a  branch of BCBG.
I like this dress!

anyways, our waitress at macaroni grill was awesome. she was like the best waitress ever.
pesto chicken pizza and baked chicken parmesan are good. so is mango ice tea!