laura is...

laura the traveller. :D

laura is in the airport
laura is wide awake
laura is jet-lagged
laura is surfing the net
laura is updating her blog
laura is going to stay up all night
laura is people-watching
laura is listening to people speak Singlish
laura is amused that she is among so many SEAsians
laura is almost home.

ps. yes. laura has nothing to do.
also destressing from finals week and packing
:D

announcement.

Laura Tan is....

finally done with Sophomore year!

:)

finals

God...
Sustain me.
Fill me up with your joy. For your joy is my strength.
Teach me to walk in your ways, in my words, thoughts, and deeds.
God...
Sustain me.
you are God and I am not.

I ought to...

I felt that I ought to post something...
partly because I'm kinda awake... partly also because school is starting in the morning, marking the end of Spring break ㅠ.ㅠ
It's raining today... windy and cold, when it was sunny and warm two days ago... Californian weather amazes me...
But all these little things around me are the ones that make me realize how blessed I am... to be out here, in a different country, experiencing the cold, the dry air, the super hot sun... all in the span of a day or two. o.o

God... you're amazing! <3

some procrastination... ;]

The past two days for me has been cooking, homeworking, nail arting, sleeping, and eating....

O.o
But two nights ago, at around 10pm-ish... Tiff, Paul, and I, with nothing to do, decided to walk to the grocery store 20minutes away to get ice cream... On the way there, we found a shopping cart by the sidewalk. And okay. I'm pretty predictable.

...

it was scary cause on the way there were 3 police cars chasing somebody

tiff was running waayyyyy in front just to get a picture.

and of course we got to the store

Long story short. we got our Haagen-Dazs Dark Chocolate and Chocolate Ice Cream which was uh-may-zing!!!

and now... I should probably get back to doing some more homework. =)

oh spring break!

Love, Laura

Quick Update!

I've been a bum. not blogging. but not exactly a bad thing... since I'm blogging now...

Have been super busy since school started. But it's Spring Break now! :D
Lots of things have been going on.. But most recently, I went on an adventure downtown LA... went to Little Tokyo, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, found the Grand Central Market, and the Angel's Flight, and we did all these by Public Transportation which was amazing cause EVERYBODY DRIVES IN LA! :/

at a super super BIG Catholic Cathedral
Walt Disney Concert Hall

more pictures uploaded on facebook. :)

oh... and yesterday my friend and I baked egg tarts!!! omy~ now i can have eggtarts whenever I want. yummmyummm. :))))

Cross my fingers I'll be going out to play again at a theme park! Hopefully we are able to make it... and if I do, hopefully there'll be pictures uploaded on facebook and some more updates here :p

Should probably update more often. :S

Laura.

Vacation in Vancouver~

Hey Y'all~
a picture's worth a thousand words.
photos uploaded on facebook :D
go check it out and leave a msg or two!

Laura

CANADA

whee~
I'm in Vancouver, Canada!! :D
blog soon.

What if I had SHORT hair?

That's right!
What if I cut my hair short?
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...

errr..
I don't

:p

I went to the San Diego Zoo...

Went to the World Famous San Diego zoo yesterday!

My first time there!
The Zoo was ginormous!!!
It was an amazing visit to the zoo.. Felt exceptionally proud when the information of the animals showed that the animal was found in Malaysia/South East Asia. :D <-- Country pride bahhh... Saw orangutans :) they've traveled a long way. o.O To think that I've seen close up orangutans so many times. Seeing them at the SanDiego zoo just felt different. haha.. The animals were really really cute and beautiful!
*Note that these are only few of the many animals that were in the zoo

Gorillas Tiger
Okapi
Panda!! SO CUTEEEE~
*edit: dedicate this panda to AhBoo*Polar Bear. He was really dirty.The sleeping one. Look at his paw. LionJumbo <3Camels
Beautiful Snow LeopardChinese Leopard

Look! It's New!

Blessed New Year Everyone!!
I'm officially 1 hour 23 minutes into year 2010 now.
and i felt like I ought to post a post.

Love y'all! <3

5.1

Dear 2009
...
Thank you for all the good, the bad, the ugly memories that you've given me.
...
I truly appreciate them and will treasure them well
...
I've had a good year!
...
College.Friends.Home.Travels.Family.God.Food.Events.Dramas.Etc.

Dear 2010
...
I pray that you bring me another wonderful year, and not let me down.
Even if I'm let down, help me stand up again...
...
Let me do well in all that I pursue
...
Help me grow and be a better person
...
...
...
and work towards the fulfillment of 5.1*<-- oh augehtay, you might be the only one who knows this <3<3

Jesus is the reason for the Season <3

It's Christmas again.
Second Christmas away from home.
Last year, I was celebrating Christmas at Northern Ireland.
This year, I get an American Christmas in Southern California.
We went for Christmas Eve service... no service on Christmas day. :(
but I got to open presents in the morning. <3<3<3 got a stocking full of goodies. :D
then we frosted the cookies Dana baked two nights ago. 100+ of them.

Anyways...
Wishing you all a very blessed Christmas <3

Real Christmas Tree at the Reeces. =)

Christmas Eve service at Saddleback church.

Time Flies

Time flies....

I have just completed my first semester of Sophomore year, sent out graduating seniors, who will be greatly missed. And now, am chillin at roommate's house.
Just watched the DEYC video posted by SamV. on his facebook page and started to realize how fast time flies. The first time i joined my first DEYC was the year I moved back to KK, Dec 2006. Then, I also realized that my family have moved back for almost 4 years now.
Sometimes, I just think that it's so scary having time going by so quickly. *breathheee*
Then, at the same time, it is so exciting as I am able to look back and see how much I've grown, and how far I've come about till this day.

Just over this semester, I've grown so much, learning how to deal with people from various background, resolve conflicts, treasure friendships, relearning humility, love, patience, endurance, and many many life lessons....
All that I've experienced has definitely reflected how faithful God has been in my life.
There are days when I could just sit down and start to count my blessings, and I always came to a conclusion that there are never ending blessings! :D

I haven't been blogging for a long time... Yes.. partly because I've been very busy/lazy ><
and partly also because I don't really know if whatever I'm writing on here is relevant or if it is uplifting or bringing others down. Of course, I don't have the intentions of shutting down this blog just yet... But probably would reconsider topics to blog on.

Life is interesting here. It really is.... But there is so much more to the events that happened, not only "what fun events I've been doing" but "how have these events affected my life?"

updates again soon <3

chef of the day

Sleeping over at one of my friend's apartment. So have been here since 10a.m.
Andd.. we cooked all our meals today. *smiles*
It's pretty rare for us to cook all our meals in a day. Cause it takes too much time cleaning up usually. But today was a pretty chill day, and we didn't have anymore meal plans left to eat at the cafe, so we cooked.
Omelets and Pancakes for brunch (I rediscovered my egg/pancake flippin' talent o.O)
Dumplings for lunch (ok. we just tossed the dumplings in. not much work needed here)... ooh. but I made the dipping sauce for the dumpling.
then beef curry for dinner. + rice = yumm yumm.
and then. right now, we're eating late night supper. I made garlic bread. from scratch. woooot~ proud of self. from mincing the garlic to melting the butter to mixing the basil and i forgot what and slicing the bread and spreading the mix. and baking them.
(right... I know many of you could cook better stuff than that)
but.... considering I haven't cooked in ages. haaaa!
ALL i have to say: Homecooked meals = delicious. and satisfying. and makes you feel accomplish.
of course the rest of the day was filled with homeworking. but oh well.
laura gets food. laura happy.

<3

When My Blog lays Dead...

I've been back to the States for almost 3 weeks now.

Getting over jetlag, preparing to facilitate in the Int'l student orientation, getting ready for classes...
and now.. classes have started, I'm working.. and I figured out that I probably should attempt to update this blog.
Would be really busy this semester... 20 units of classes, 6-8 hours of work, and leadership responsibilities for the International Students Assoc. really uses up a lot of my time. But.. I believe I'll survive.

orientation week. Indian dinner. the rest lining up for Pink's hotdogs. We finished dinner and they were still in-line. Everyone got their hotdogs after 1.5 hours. So you can imagine how long the line was.

surprise party for Tomoko, a freshmen from Japan but lived in Indonesia and Philippines.

Disneyland and Korean bbq was a must. But this time, we did not do that well eating. Haley, Tiff and I only managed to eat 3 of those big plates of meat that you see in the middle, and 3 plates of those marinated ones by the corner. The one covered in brown red. But that's still alot though.

anddd... best of all.. Last Sunday, we had homecooked chinese meal at Tiff's apartment. and Sheeba's indian dessert. It was Good. :D happy laura.

off to more homework. then ISA meeting at 9pm

It's Kinda Weird

Since I have time to spare... why not blog?

Blogging from Incheon Airport. The last time I was here for 13 hours. today... 10. but. Dahye's bringing me out. :D
Wahhhh.. going out into the arrival hall/going up to the departure hall and being surrounded by so so so so many Koreans feels kinda cool. Cause I'm not Korean.
but... it also feels kinda weird. cause people thinks I'm Korean.. until I speak English.
like in the plane, I was sitting next to this married couple around their 30s, the air stewardess gave the uncle next to me only one declaration card. he told the air stewardess to give me one. She told him that "one family only requires one" and from my POV saw the wife who kept on shaking her head and hand. The uncle told me that they had to say that I wasn't their child or something. I thought it was funny. then she gave me the card in Korean language. and of course the kind uncle had to call her back and tell her that I wasn't Korean. NEED ENGLISH. not nice. no special non-korean treatment. eeek.

the airport already so busy even early in the morning. I arrived at 6am. now only 7.30am.

aiksss. better stop now. do other things first.

Laura in Korea.

Back...

Back in KK
Back blogging..

Haven't been updating lately.
and.. might not be updating as often..

but...
just to inform you guys who read this blog. for whatsoever reason..
I'm back in Malaysia for the summer.
Well... i've been back for a month. heheee

ooh. and i'll try to post photos on facebook.

so.. yeah.. xD

when you have a 13 hour lay-over in Incheon airport, you will survive..

As many of you might have known,
I had a 13 hour layover in Korea.

So... basically, I survived... and this is what I did. starting from 5.30a.m.
1. skyped with Dahye and Dana.
2. Went to the rest and relax place and slept from 7+ to 9+
3. walked around the airport. *many shops - chanel, burberry, coach, etc*
4. skype again or msn or facebook
5. found the traditional cultural experiencing zone - for tourists only
- did their crafts
- tried on hanbok
- made a friend with one of the staff there
6. lunch
7. walk around again
8. hung out at the traditional cultural experiencing zone again
9. uploaded photos
10. facebook, skype and msn again.

then I boarded the plane at 6.30p.m.

I survived.

ahhhh... earthquakee!!!

remember the last time I experienced a small 3.0 scale earthquake?
I don't remember if I blogged about it. but i'm pretty sure it was on my facebook status.
that was like nothing.

today.. I experienced a 5.0 scale earthquake. the building was shaking for 15 seconds.
okay. it was scary.
well.. not like my life was in danger or anything.. but you can feel yourself shaking back and forth.... back and forth.
it wasn't fun.
but.. still fun at the same time now that it's over

Conclusion: I would never wanna experience an earthquake more than a 5.0scale.

but... this earthquake proves to be good. cz this would mean that the earth already released some pressure, and there won't be a very severe one coming up. :D

Love,
Laura who is still very much alive. :)