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Wednesday, 18 February 2009
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Today I started hyphenating my name officially.
After being called Lo Yee Sum for 18 years, I started being Yee Sum Lo in the States, while my debit card read "YEESUM LO". After being called "yee" one too many times I resigned to signing my name as "Yee-Sum" or Yeesum after emails.
Today I told Danielle she could change my Record credit line to Yee-Sum Lo.
I also changed my resume.
Hmmm... I guess that makes it official?
Hi, my name is Yee-Sum.
Saturday, 07 February 2009
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Elephants & Co. 2009 (Chicago/HK via Skype)
In the cheesiest possible way - friends are forever.
It doesn't matter how far apart we are.
I thank God everyday for all of you, because you guys have made my life complete.
Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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College Kids these days...
I woke up at 5:55am to a text message from Michael, who wanted to persuade me to go to Denny's for a Free Meal - He's into free meals these days - so is the rest of America, with an economy like this. I relented, although the night before I had said that I'd only go if we went half an hour early (thus ensuring a shorter wait). He picked me up at 6am with Jon Sun in tow. We drove to Denny's, found a line that extended out of the restaurant, and left because none of us were going to wait in line out in the cold for a 3.99 meal. We were going to go to IHOP instead so the day would not be a total loss - but there was no funds. So we left and returned to Wheaton. I'm going to go back to bed in a couple minutes, and the whole even will be just a stupid college kid dream.
Its the first truly stupid college stereotype I've fulfilled - compete with the city of Wheaton for a free Denny's breakfast at 6 in the morning.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind Exhibit 91293892
Number 16 on America's Most Loathsome People of 200816. Rick Warren
Charges: Dubbed “America's Pastor” by The Nation, he's duped people from both sides of the political spectrum into thinking he's the kinder, fatter version of James Dobson. Though he is fatter, how could anyone think a man who—professionally—quotes a book written by a make-believe space-giant, instructing the murder of homosexuals, could be anything other than a delusional bigot? Still riding the undeserved wave of fame onset by a meth-head kidnap victim’s ownership of his pop-psych hybrid of churchy prudishness and self-help pabulum The Purpose Driven Life, Warren had a big year hosting a presidential forum at his gay-sounding Saddleback Church, helping to pass Prop 8 and being tapped to invoke said make-believe space-giant at Obama's inauguration. Plus, his neatly trimmed goatee is the queerest thing we've ever seen.
Exhibit A: “God tells us that he created all the land animals on the sixth day of creation, the same day that he created mankind. Man and dinosaurs lived at the same time.” Can you feel the wisdom?
This is why people think Christianity is a joke.
Sometimes its scary how much clearer people judge from the outside. I cannot help but draw correlations on just how wrong all of this is to Dr. Block's lecture today. (Phenomenal, phenomenal class...)
Sunday, 25 January 2009
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I'm posting the most random bits of thoughts here - This week, it includes:
1. Finally being concerned about DivIII Sports at Wheaton because results affect how much photo dominance they have in the Sports Section Layout. Trust me, I've never texted anyone for basketball results until yesterday...
2. Chinese New Year in no way feels like Chinese New Year no matter what kind of "Festival" or "Celebration" you go to. Chinese New Year is about family... and money in red packets... and spring rolls at Grandma's house... and skiing in Japan.
3. Crossing out things on a long to-do list adjacent to two of the most heavily scheduled weeks of my life = satisfaction.
4. Watching a Horror/Slasher movie gave me good reasons to dislike the genre - a like of artistic and literary sophisticaton in all aspects of the film. Good lighting though.
5. A lack of knowledge in Greco-roman Philosophy is jeopardizing my Historical Theology class - you know, the one that I'm doing because I'm a minor, and not a major who has to do it. :/ I choose the worst electives sometimes.
6. Home-cooked (uh... Apartment-cooked) food beats SAGA anytime. Jon Sun makes the best midnight "father" food.
7. There is a lot of intern work I need finish. Hmm.
8. I miss the elephants. All of them. Especially all of them together.
9. I need to wrap up this list and make it to brunch.
10. Um.. Happy Chinese New Year? :)
