Drunk Asian Parents

For those of us who have FOB parents, you understand me when I say that there is nothing funnier than watching them get drunk. And uncles and aunts. And pretty much everyone else. My uncle was especially drunk. A few of my favorite Thanksgiving incidents:

1. During a drinking game:
    Uncle: "But 7x5 is 55!"
2. While playing mafia:
    Narrator: "Doctor, open your eyes. Who do you want to save?"
    Mom: *silence* then, "Who do I want to save?"
    Everyone: "Mommm!!!"
3. During mafia after Dad, Mom, then Uncle have been eliminated in a row:
    Uncle: "This discrimination on old people!"
4. During mafia again:
    Uncle: "I think it's her!" (points to Aunt)
    Aunt: "No, it's him!" (points to Uncle)
5. During mafia:
    Uncle: "Look! Yinfa drop his card on floor!"
    Nhan: "No! Look up, Uncle!"
    Uncle: *stares blankly at ceiling expecting to see something*
6. During spoons:
    Uncle: "You see, Serena (my cousin)? What I do is not look at cards at all. Only look there (points to spoons). This way I never win, but I never lose."
    Cancan (who is sitting beside him): "And that's why I lost that time!!! You have to pass the cards to me at least Uncle!"
    Uncle: *scoots closer to spoons*
7. During spoons (when someone loses a round, we don't eliminate them. We draw one line on their face with eyeliner)
    Mom (after Uncle has lost a round): "Lisa! Draw cat!"
    Lisa: "Mom...that's kind of more than one line..."
8. During spoons:
    Kelly: "Dad!! You did not get a spoon!"
    Dad: "Yes! See, I have one!"
    Kelly: "That one was in your pocket!!"
9. My dad toasts my sister and cousin (who are not exactly legal yet):
    Dad: "To the beautiful young ladies! I hope you be, uh, good, and uh, not do bad things, and uh...."
    Cancan: "He's trying to say listen to your parents."

I might have missed some incidents, but I can't remember right now. I had a really great Thanksgiving. Turkey, family, drinking, fun...it was great. I'm so thankful for my awesome family and my thoughtful, sweet friends.

Hope you all had an equally great time!

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."       --Benjamin Franklin


love lisa

Can you understand the secret message? (no this is not a racial message)

Why do people try to be eggs? Sure, white is great, but it's so boring after awhile. Plus, after so much white, you know that some are actually supposed to be purple or blue or grey. Then there are the people who are so determined to look like broccoli that they end up being eggs, too!! They spend so much energy flaunting their broccoli-like features and POOF! another plain, white egg is born.

You know what I see a lot? Eggs that are eggs only on the surface. They appear to be eggs just to comfort the carton, but they know they're actually radish or carrot on the inside. They live in constant fear of the shell cracking and revealing a vegetable when honestly, the carton is probably just as tired of eggs as I am. It's just that no single egg is brave enough to crack and reveal the vegetable, so as a whole, the carton remains full of eggs. If an egg were to crack by accident or on purpose though, you know what would happen? That radish or carrot would be remembered. Maybe for good or bad depending on their vegetable, but at least it wouldn't be just another egg.

I wish I could crack my shell, but alas! I am peas, and I need my shell to contain me or I would roll all over the place and make a mess.

Voltaire's last words after being told by priests to renounce Satan: "Now, now, my good friend. This is no time for making enemies."


love lisa

Moments

I have heard before that people believe that the reason people become Christians is because they are afraid of the great unknown of Death. That may be true for some people, but it's not for me.

I'm actually not afraid of Death right now. I'm not saying that I won't feel fear if someone were to pull a gun on me, but I'm not actually afraid of Death and what comes after. It's not actually because I know that God will be waiting for me to take me into His arms like a loving Father. (Though that is comforting and exciting) It's because I feel that I have enjoyed a really great life already. I have been blessed with so much love in my life and so much happiness that I really don't feel that it would be so bad to leave this world on such a good note.

Here are some moments:

Happiest moment of my life: Not actually triggered by some major event. I was just taking a walk with my mom down my street and the sun was setting. We were holding hands and I was about seventeen at the time. I was just overcome with the greatest sense of peace and happiness. I realized that I've been blessed with so much: the most loving family, above average intelligence, unique gifts, amazing friends, a chance to know God...the list goes on. I have never appreciated my life as much as I did at that moment.

Most exciting moment of my life: I've, sadly, seemed to lose the ability to experience intense excitement as I get older. I've tried in vain to retrieve it, but I've grown a little too hardened by experience. Therefore, this moment was when I was young, about 8 or 9. My family was on a trip to Niagara Falls and Canada. No, I did not get excited about the Falls. I actually got excited by the pigeons. I realized while walking down a sidewalk in Canada that the pigeons WEREN'T AFRAID!! They walked right by your feet! And I knew, I just knew, that if I tried, I could catch one. I got really excited. But my parents wouldn't let me try. Sad. Then right after, I found 28 pennies on the floor of a store. Major excitement. No judgment!

Best food I've ever eaten: On a family road trip to Florida, we stopped at this seafood place in Georgia. Hands down the best sushi I've ever eaten. I was so full. It was so good. We stopped there again on the way back.

Most beautiful music I've ever heard: During All-State Choir senior year of HS, my choir was being directed by the director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We were singing their rendition of Come Thou Fount. During the last rehearsal before the concert, we were all moved to tears by the last run through. I've never felt so touched by music and so proud that I had been part of creating it.

Those are just a few. Got any to share, anyone?

It is believed that the reason we get goosebumps in response to screeching chalk is because blood rushes to our muscles in preparation for defensive action. The reason our hair stands on end is an evolutionary response to make ourselves look larger.


love lisa

I love

i love
crying at the end of a really good book
eating meals while watching an episode of CSI or House
waking up on a weekend with nothing pressing to do, so i just lay there and think
weeks with no exams
seeing a friend around campus and holding an entire conversation without being awkward once
(that's a rare occurrence)
turning my head and catching a whiff of my hair right after my hair has dried from a shower
jam sessions
baking (and eating) blueberry muffins
receiving packages
coming to an explanation about a concept in the Bible that satisfies my scientific nature
75 degree weather
going an entire day in my pjs
eating my way around sandwiches/burgers/cookies/etc. and saving the middle for last
crunchy skin on fried chicken
purple
hugs
colorful pens
new notebooks

If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white.


love lisa

Resolution Number 2

So...last time I made a resolution on my blog (to think more positively about people and not harp on their faults), it turned out pretty well! I've been harping minimally and only within reason. ;)

Now I have another resolution! A friend made a joke to me the other day about how I looked so much more carefree in my HS picture than I am now. It was meant in a teasing manner, but it's kind of stuck with me, because it's true. College is just so stressful sometimes and I don't know why, but I've lost a good deal of carefreed-ness. I'd like to get it back, so resolution 2!!

I will stop stressing about things so much! God will take care of me and I need to enjoy what I have now!
(Plus I don't want to seem so uptight to other people. Heehee!)

Okay! Let's see if this works!

Stress is off!

Everytime you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.


love lisa

College to me

College is at once
the most fun and most stressful
most social yet lonely
happiest and saddest
best and worst
time of life.

The catfish is ranked as the animal with the most taste buds.

love lisa