Man, what a weekend! Just so many different things happened. Hmmmm, lemme figure out my master plan. (thinking). Ok, let�s take it one step at a time. This is one long ride so if you�re not ready, step out. If you�re ready, fasten your seatbelts cause here we go�

Senior Picnic: I really enjoyed my senior picnic. We got to go to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for the whole day�all day pass and food for only $35. dude, the weather was awesome! You know how you watch those movies with people having a great time on the beach�kinda like the britney spears pepsi commercial!? Well, it was ALOT like that. This was the first time in my life where I went to a sunny beach! I can�t explain how gay I felt that day�remember, phil LOVES the sun! anyways, it was just a great day full of Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, catching up with old friends, and a whole buncha rides! Man, talk about relaxation!

Contact: we watched Contact for ficy for our movie nite. That movie was one looooong mother that just wouldn�t get to the point. However, the end made the whole movie worthwhile�wormholes are hecka cool. Haha. More and more, I�m coming to appreciate Jodie Foster. She�s a pretty cool chick.

Friday Night�s Dinner: so chang and I decided to try the new Korean restaurant on Fillmore. This is the first Korean restaurant in SF that�s ALMOST 24 hours�it�s open from 11am to 4am. Not bad. Chang has this theory that SF is becoming more and more like LA. He thinks it�ll be REALLY similar in 20 years or something. *shrug* perhaps. dang, the customer service was pitiful but the food was great! Man, that kimchee was one bloody red mother! Haha. Chang and I had VERY unhappy stomachs throughout the night�which reminds me: �it feels soooooo good! But it�s sooooo bad!� ahahahahahaha. Hilarious!

The Journey: chang and I left SF at midnight! This trip was FULL of sermon tapes! Gosh, I had some great discussions with chang. I loved it! We talked about the Holiness of Christ, the notorious Dan Barker, and Quietism vs. Pietism. Haha. just so much! It was great! Man, I seriously fell in love with Young�s camry. That is one sweeeeeet car! I have never ridden/driven in such a smooth ride! That crap can accelerate hecka fast too�afterall, it DOES have 240 horsepower! Anyways, we arrived at the motel at 6:30am. *yawn*

The Motel: this was my first time staying at a motel. To my surprise, they had decent beds, a shower, and HBO for 50 bucks! Our plan was to lie down on the bed for exactly one minute, wash up, and take off for PJ�s graduation. lol. How unfortunate�

(on our beds).
Me: chang, want me to set the alarm?
Chang: no, I�m going to get up now.

(what seemed like 1 minute later�)
me: chang, it�s been 4 hours! PJ�s graduation just ended dude.
Chang: WHAT?!

Journey #2: traffic was a bastard! We were stuck in that crap for 2 hours! We finally found PJ�s place in Escondido, which is like 30 miles from San Diego, and met up with terrance. We all went to this big mall which looked hecka cool. It was like tanforan, only it had 3 stories, and it obviously had great stores! To my surprise, I realized that weren�t too many Asians�something I�m not so used to about malls. Anyways, we had this GREAT meal from this store called Great Khan�s Mongolian Festival! lol. isn�t that the tightest store name you�re ever heard of? Well, you basically put as much frozen meat and vegetables into your bowl by punching it in and squeezing it all in. then you hand your bowl to the cook and he drops it all in this monster pan with some noodles and just cooks it all up for you nice and fresh! It�s amazing! I enjoyed my meal very much. I know chang did!

Riverside: riverside is the smelliest campus I�ve been to.

Terrance: yeah, you eventually get used to it.

However, I got a chance to look inside terrance�s room and got a glimpse of what dormlife is like. Man, I was so happy to find out what most UC dorms already provide such as a mirror, bed, desk, shelf, and a closet! And remember guys, this was RIVERSIDE! Just imagine how much better Irvine is going to be (no offense terrance). Anyways, I�m really looking forward to my dorm�and I�m sure it�s looking forward to meeting me. Hehe.

Caf� #1: so after another amazing Korean restaurant, chang took me to this 24 hour caf� called Inter Crew. Omg it was sooooo cool! It�s like really dark, they have these cool fluorescent electric lights all along the walls, a whole buncha tables and sofas, a few tvs at the top playing Korean music shows, and there�s constant music that�s just blasting with high energy and remixes! Oh and of course they serve all kinds of food. Haha. It just wouldn�t be right eating gal-bee in that place though. Anyways, chang and I had this HECKA pretty Korean waitress�dang, she was so nice (but what�s more important was that she was HECKA pretty). *sigh* I�m definitely going to struggle in Irvine. Chang knows it too.

Caf� #2: well, since I was craving for some pat-bing-soo and the other caf� ran out, chang took me to this other place�much more mature and quiet. You know, like for adults and crap. Anyways, I had the biggest pat-bing-soo just overflowing with fruit! It had rows of bananas, strawberries, watermelons, melons, and a nice cherry on top! =D man, I love listening to chang�s high school stories. They�re just full of non-sense, irony, and laughs�most of chang�s of course! Daaaaaaaang, that was some GREAT desert! Praise God!

Journey #3: so we left LA at 12:30am! I obviously wasn�t so excited about leaving this fun city just yet. Driving up just had to kill the mood. But once again, we listened to a few more sermon tapes and had even greater discussions! Dang, I really learned a lot on that trip. However, by the time we entered the Pleasanton area, we were both falling asleep. It was really scary for me cause I was the driver. I was so tired that I think I was hallucinating. The freeway signs would like green men, and it seemed like there were no bridges until I actually went under them. I was talking to myself the whole time just to stay awake since chang ran outta gas. �c�mon phil, you�re almost there! C�mon, you can do it!� I know it sounds dumb, but I�m sure it was the only thing that prevented me from crashing. But yeah, praise God we got home safely! 5:30am yo!

Elections: so Marshall won President, B won VP, Lauri won Secretary, and Olivia won Treasurer. Wow. This was totally unexpected. I mean, I didn�t know exactly what to expect but it was very surprising I think. I am very happy with next year�s officers. It is very diverse and I think somewhat balanced. If moe won Pres, B would be the only guy and this would definitely be difficult for the poor thing. In a sense, I�m kinda sad that I will no longer be yg president. It really was a difficult job, but it came with soooooo much blessing! I had alotta fun and definitely grew from the experience. But of course at the same time, I am relieved that I have a heavy burden off my back. No more serious responsibilities! Woohoo! Wow, the new officers have so much potential�may God be with you guys!

Pho: after church, me, chang, simon, and Justin went to go eat pho in Millbrae. I heard about chang not being able to finish the extra-large bowl from that restaurant and I was convicted that he was just being weak sauce. I decided to take up the challenge and finish this sucker�noodles, meat, and allllll the soup! When the pho came out, everyone was shocked!

Justin: WHAT THE?!
Simon: that�s hecka big!
Chang: (smile).
Me: woah.

I was shocked! This thing was like no other! Lol. This was like the first I�ve ever been scared of food. I was so convinced that the bowl was alive, daring me to take my first bite. However, I knew what I had to do. They all knew what I had to do. 15 min. later, the bowl was empty. As I was eating, I realized that there was just alotta soup. It was like eating a large bowl, only there was more soup you know? However, Justin and Chang were convinced that there were a TON of noodles and I was just speaking crazy. No matter, it was finished. I wasn�t too happy afterwards, but it was finished. *shudder* No more pho for a good few months�

Movies: I really enjoyed American Beauty. I thought it was really weird but the end made it worthwhile. I hecka like Kevin Spacey�he�s like one of my favorite actors. He always plays the weirdo in almost all of his movies, but he�s dang good at it! I liked this movie. I�m still curious why it won so many awards but I did enjoy it. Top Gun was pretty cool too! After the movie, I felt like flying a jet! Dude, that�d be sooo cool, flying a jet hecka fast while bumping some Korean techno. �Great balls of fire!�

Frustration: *sigh* pitiful. I lost miserably. It was almost as bad as that time I was pissed at simon whenever I lost in chess. I�m telling you�that�s some mean anger. *sigh* I am no longer champion. I just suck. Good job, I hate you with 49% of my heart.

Berkeley: so Justin and I slept over chang�s place that night to go to his graduation. He got him a car shirt as a gift. I got him a Shaq jersey. Lol. It looked sooooo perfect on him! We were all cracking up. We also met chang�s best friend, jeff, cause he was visting. Well, I actually met him before but it was good seeing him again. I actually got to hang out with him this time. We all went to this burrito place next to Durant Square. Dude, that is some gooooood burrito! I had this philly cheesesteak burrito. It was the best burrito I ever had in my life! Very pleased dude. Later that night, I was introduced to Text Twist, an anagram game on computer.

Text Twist


That game was so cool! I recommend it to all of you guys�fun, educational, and addicting of course. We also watched K-pax on dvd that night. It was kinda cool in the beginning but I didn�t appreciate it in the end. Justin and chang loved it, but I thought it was just simply ok. So yeah, don�t watch it.

Chang�s Graduation: I went to chang�s graduation the next morning. This was my very first college graduation. It was supposedly a small graduation because it was only for math majors. Nevertheless, it was still unexciting and seemed too long. I noticed that half of the students didn�t look �normal.� Alotta them looked unhappy or lost you know, kinda like when you can�t solve a math problem. Haha. Chang seemed to be the only one smiling�well, the only one that seemed genuinely happy. Sidenote: there was a student with a quadruple major! Ugh, freaks!

My 3rd Korean Restaurant: ok by now, I was pretty sick of Korean food. It was really getting out of hand. Haha. Jomo got all mad when I told him I didn�t feel like eating gal-bee. I guess I should watch what I say around these mad hedonists. But yeah, I ate and ate and ate. Everyone was amazed, blah blah blah. Man, I don�t want to eat this stuff until I move down to Irvine.

Basketball: so chang challenged to play 2 on 2 with jeff against me and Justin. We laughed at the idea but agreed. Throughout the day, Justin and I were bagging on chang soooo much! We told him things like, �if you suck at basketball, I�m going to take that shaq jersey away from you and return it. Just leave the tag on.� Haha. He told us he was going to do some mad hap-ki-do on us. Dang, Justin and I were pretty outta shape and played pitifully. Dang, Chang shocked the world when he started to play like Shaq. He�d just hold the ball in the key, move around, throw it up, and it�d go in! it was a sad yet funny site. Chang, I think it�s time to work out buddy�don�t worry, you�re not alone. Oh by the way, Justin and I won both games we played. Hehe.

Yearbook: so this finally brings me to today. I finally got my yearbook during lunch and I was VERY satisfied with this year�s work! It is definitely the best yet! It actually looks like a regular yearbook full of detailed comments and articles on the sides and bottoms of pages. =D this one�s a keeper. The only flaw that I found was that there were only 6 pages for your friends to sign in. Lauri said that they messed up with the border or something�geez, what an unforgivable sin! Last year�s books had 13 pages! This is going to be a problem for many people. Good one lauri! J/k. anyways, everyone�s been commenting on my Senior Quote: �if God is so evil, then why did he make me so cool?� everywhere I go, �hey phil. Nice quote.� �hey phil, your quote�s the best!� and so on. It�s weird b/c people I don�t even know talk to me and stuff. I can�t tell if they�re being sarcastic or nice�no matter, God made me so cool. Haha.

Work: I had a very pleasant day at work:

Me: allan, so just to make sure�tomorrow�s my last day right?
Allan: well, did you find a job yet?
Me: nope.
Allan: well, you can work here until you find one. (smile).
Me: wow. Thanks!

This guy is just so incredibly nice!

As I was folding some papers, char comes up to me and hands me a box.

Me: what�s this?
Char: It�s a model airplane. I want you to make it for me.
Me: why?
Char: well, one of our members saw that we didn�t have one so he brought one in. make it!
Me: um, sure thing!

Ahahahahahah. Isn�t that tight? I got paid to make a model airplane for the workers. I love my job, but I love the people even more!

Car: so I found out that we won�t be selling my car anymore. It just doesn�t seem like a wise thing to do cause we can�t get much money. We�re better off just keeping it for as long as possible. Well, we got everything fixed but after I drove today, I saw another leak in our car. All this green liquid was leaking out of the engine. So gay. What�s wrong with our car?

Random Thought: Justin�s dad and my dad are coming for our graduations!

so this concludes may 24-may 29...my awesome weekend. if you've read this far, you seriously have no life ok? i pity the fool who read about my looooong weekend. i don't care how bored you were. well, get outta the car. this ride's over!

Thought of the Day: I hope Justin and I can work at Blockbuster.
Song of the Day: Creation Calls (thanks chang).