The year that was.....

Its a week to the new year and I can think of so many reasons as to why the year could be named a disaster!!! But so many things have happened that have made this an amazing year already!! Through all the bad theres always some good! More good comes out of bad!!! And I cannot complain!!! I have the most amazing families, friends and people around me that never cease to serve and do amazing things for me! I have had to many good things happen to me that I can look back on this year! But all in all I am excited to end my year with faitwalkers and start my new year afresh with my amazing families and friendships that I have built so much more over this past year!!!

Over the years you make friends and something that I have learnt over time is that the best friends you make are in elementary school and college! And the ones that you make in college mean the most to you as they are your family away from home. And these are the people who are there for you whether they know it or not! I have made the most amazing friends in college, ones that I would never in a thousand years would mean so much to me! I have seen these people grow so much and help me in my way through college life and in my walk with my one love, JC yall....These are the people that have been there for me whether or not I told them what was going on!!! They just know that you need them!!! It almost sounds like im rambling on again...but you know I appreciate all my friends that have been there for me this past year!!!!!

Owh well the years over and this is my resolution for the New Year 2009.....is to make more amazing friends and cherish the ones that I have this year!!!! Hehehehehehehehehe.........

Here are some of my pictures of the year of the people that I love to death!!! In random order these are my favorite people....

Its done and over with!!!

Its the end of the semester...finals are done and its almost Christmas......and we're not going home this year, and tht makes me sad! But I have families in Des Moines...it makes me happy to know that even if I don't have my mom and dad with me I have people around me that love me enough to share their family with me....I really feel the love as everyone rushes to take the Malaysian home!!! *inside joke* but Malaysians go quick you know!!! I have never spent a holiday without a family since i've been in Des Moines.....one way or the other people go out of the way to make accomodations for me which makes me feel loved!!! Reasons may not always be right but you know what I still feel the love.........I can proudly say that I am American enough to fit in....surprises a lot of families but true dat yall!!! lol... its really early but this makes a lot of sense right now!!!! peace out homies!

Its been a long long long time!!!

Ive been so lazy to blog...well I dont really have much to blog about!! Blah nothing interesting going on in my life is probably why......

International night was the past weekend and one of the mc's of the night.....*drum roll* Danielle...you guessed right me!!!

It was so much fun, it almost felt like me having a real dance performance!!! To begin the night, we had 2 plans one of them was for me to be in the audience and then randomly jump up and down when they started talking about the theme...the second plan was for me to pretend to be late and run in when they almost start the show without me!!! We went with the second plan where I was almost late......i was running down the aisle in a saree...*ahem*, my first attempt at wearing one and it was a success!! No falling or accidentally undressing....hehehe...

But yeah, back to the story from then on we were just having fun and chilling on stage!!! SOOO MUCH FUNN...but of course what is more fun than the food afterwards!!! Yummy Nummy!!! Plus it was cooked by Drake Students stupendously good! The rest of the night was of course filled with empty chit chat and being international students *cheng cheng cheng* picture taking and here are some of the pics of the night!!! Enjoy.....

"My little family....funny story but before we took this picture Jayesh had his arms around Jinit instead of on Arpna's shoulder and so Aprna yelled, 'Why do you have your hands on his shoulder put them on mine!"

"Random people picture"

"Some of the girls with Earl, one of the other MC's"

"Baybeh!!!"

"The boys were having a lil fun of their own!!!"

"And of course the picture of the night...me in a saree!!"

My lil' family!!!

True to words you always have yourself a family wherever you go! I have my own real family consisting of my mum, dad, sister, myself and the dogs! Then I have my church family...awesome people who have changed my life immensely, my host family, who have graciously let me become part of the family over the past 3 years, then I have my own little family made up of these guys...who started of just as acquaintances some because of the sleeping patterns we had and other because of the similarities in interests! These guys have grown to be people who know you in and out, the ones you turn to in times of need for comfort and solace. And the people that you are most comfortable with to be yourself and have fun!!

How interesting life is!

So recently i've been thinking about what I want! Something that I may have wanted for a while now but never really seeking it out due to certain reasons... But now that its so near and so close at hand I really don't know what I want anymore! And for some reason its driving me nuts from the inside out just because I have no flipping idea what to do or want anymore. It is so easy for me to personally want something so bad then when its right there in arms length criticize it and draw away or at the same time draw away and want much from something that I don't even know i want!Owh I am a such a cancerian! IDEAS???

I was uploading pictures from my camera and came across a butt load of old stuff right from ISA formal up till Jack's Farewell and Corn Fest......





Me and Hannah after ISA Formal

John giving Jack his farewell KISS!!
Wilson giving Jack his last kiss for now!!
Rain Tan and I at the corn fest.
Seth and Alvis

Represent! Get Krunk!!!

Thanks to Melissa, Jillian and Becky i've gotten hooked on to Lacrae way to give in to peer pressure! But anywho I love his songs!!! Here's one of my favorites.....



Here's another one of his songs that I like alot!!!

Where has all the common sense gone to?

I cannot for my life figure out where the common sense in this world has gone. Young'uns nowadays do not own even a teaspoon of common sense, and do the most unlogical things you could ever think of. How can such school smart kids not be so unlogical in so many ways.... it beats the heck out of me....you spend all this time and money on studying but when it comes to general knowledge and common sense they don't own an ounce of it!!! AMAZING I would say! How are these kids going to survive the real world? Let alone grow up and make families?

Booo I still have yet to work out....incentive plan......almost going out the window!!!maybe tomorrow?? incentive anyone??? Any who, summers almost over and I dont want it to be done. I wish all year round would be summer...but who am I kidding! Winter's fun too! Especially if you are a little elephant playing in the snow....hehe...thats what one of my friends called me when he saw my playing in the snow! I cannot wait for the Iowa State Fair...cheese curds, funnel cake and corn dogs...the ultimate State Fair experience trust me...its amazing superly obese animals, huge vegetables and the best fried food in town!! owh not to forget the butter sculptures!! Ahhmazzing!!!Now I really cannot wait!!! Deff Leppard's coming this time around..it makes me excited but I have not one to go with cos almost no one else likes they're music! But ahh well I like a lot of things that other people dont like....aloe vera, fermented tofu, tofu, GOD!!! hahaha...it really suprises me that the number of people who do not believe in him!! Even when its just all around, and even slapping them in the face. I personally think that they are convicted about it but are too prideful to admit it!!! If not why get so rilled up about something that makes perfect sense! or maybe not, I mean a lot of things that happen with God does not make any sense at all. But he still does it just because he is who he is a loving and tender. Who in the world would send their son out into the world to die for the other few billion people on this planet! Just so we can live an eternal life! owhh I get so mad when people belittle someone who died just for you!!! YOU! the person who sins every minute of the day! And this is the best part even if you were the only person on the face of this earth he still would have sent his son to die for you! I mean this is just insane to think even think about but it would have happened.....here's a closing thought...when the world comes to an end there wont be light sabers for you to fight with but there is going to be a heaven and a hell!

Incentive Plan

A while ago a few friends decided it was time to lose those extra lbs that they had put on over the past few years and so they came up with an incentive plan to get them to actually start on the goals that they had determined......so the other day at Kingman they were talking about it and me being the lazy me jumped in on it.....I now had a goal.....that I would actually work for.....hehe laziness and me...but then it started me thinking about how as humans we tend to not do things just because we don't like it just because we are not getting anything out of it....and as far as I see it every single human being on this earth is the same way.......but how is it that we are this way? were we just made this way or have human beings just become more selfish over the thousands of years? Now think of this where would we all be if God felt the same way about human beings? He created us in his image, and when man started becoming selfish and sinning, it would have been way easier for him to get rid of us and start over and made a whole new creation. But no, he put up with us and still does and gets nothing out of it.....and to top it all the even sent us his own son to die for us.......what is he getting out of all this?? i mean other than an intense pain that we are such selfish beings that care for no one else other than ourselves....It just doesn't make sense to me at all....being in the know of such things how is it that we are still this way...do we not have a conscience? or have we become so comfortable with sinning and being selfish that it makes no sense to do otherwise.....it scares the hell out of me that we are going to die someday....today? tomorrow? or maybe even a hundred years from now....and when you do end up at the pearly gates he will send you to hell and don't you think that as a parent he is going to be happy doing it? because he did try his best....don't you think? and we just didn't get it???? or were we to engrossed with ourselves that we missed the point???

So me and a few friends were reading blogs by two popular Singaporean bloggers and the conversation shifted to actually blogging as a way to update and keep in touch!!!! Hmmmm......stupid idea? or just another good idea and a way to vent unwanted energy into smart maybe philosophical ideas just to make you look like you really have intellect??? I cannot decide....but then again me and decisions go way back....But again a good way to be a busy-body and be a part of a "friends" life!!!! hehe think about it!!!