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Thursday, June 07, 2007
wow...so what a hard but blessed year it has been...i just opened up a letter that i had written to myself from i think september..the beginning of this school year..and goodness have times changed..heres the letter...something that should be a constant reminder for how i live my life everyday

Dear Stephanie,

I know things have been hard this first part of the school year, but from past experience, I know you'll make it through. You're a STRONG girl and can get through anything. Be content with the blessings in your life and appreciate all that is given to you. God has so many plans for you and you just have to be patient. I know that that is one of your downfalls but THIS is a learning experience, a hard but priceless one. One that money can't buy you.

Put God first Stephanie, He is your creator and because He sent Jesus to die for you, you should live like you are eternally indebted to Him. Talk and pray to Him everyday for there is no better ear or Daddy that loves you more.

Invest in your friendships. These are the people that have been there for you no matter what. It's time to give back all that you have received. I know it's not in your natural nature to be a listener or comforter but this is one life skill you have to learn in order to be successful in the future.

Indulge. Don't be afraid to take care of yourself and do things for yourself. Look beautiful for your own self confidance and not for anyone else. Live for you and God. It's time to concentrate on yourself and for your Daddy...

Everything will get better. God will lead you through the pain. Cheer up girly! God loves you..

Stephanie

posted by Stephanie 1:07 AM
Monday, January 29, 2007
The many shades of FOB (thanks to mr ivan lees facebook note)

Twinkie
- Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people
- Your significant other is not Asian and never has been
- You have few Asian friends, if any
- You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you
- You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist
- You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is
- You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is
- You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock

Asian-American
- You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere
- You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any
- You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college
- You read A. magazine and think it's great
- You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are
- You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below

Yap (Young Asian Professional)
- You are in one of these professions:
a) Medicine / Pharmaceutical
b) Engineering
c) Finance
d) Investment Banking
e) Accounting
- Most of your wardrobe was purchased at Banana Republic
- You go to "mixers" on Thursday nights to meet other Yaps and talk about the Dow Jones.
- You did exactly what your parents wanted you to do and as a result, your life is hella boring
- Your apartment/home is decorated almost exclusively with stuff from Pier 1
- Your parents always talk to their friends about how much money you make. If they don't, then you're a dissapointment

Fob (Fresh Off tha Boat)
- You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
- You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
- You do not have any non-Asian friends
- Your parents do not speak any English
- When you speak English, you like to make everything plural
- You get extremely good grades in school
- You cannot dance
- Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe

SuperFob
- Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care
- You like dim sum chicken feet
- You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged
- Your only hangout is Chinatown
- All the lights in your house are fluorescent
- You dry your cloths outside your window
- You need a haircut
- You either smell like cigarettes or food

Fobabee
- You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken"
- You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys
- You have taken the Asian Studies course at college
- You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger ; Tea egg)
- If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous

Gangsta Fob (Fobsta)
- You have shot another Asian
- Your favorite hangout is a pool hall
- When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid
- Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them
- You have a serious gambling problem
- You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car
- No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them
- You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs

Tab (Trendy Asian B*tch)
- You shop at A/X, Bebe and Club Monaco
- You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up"
- You do not weigh more than 105 lbs
- You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life
- Platform heels are your favorite
- You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless
- You do not smile in public
- You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it
- You smoke
- Your cell phone is completely customized
- On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man
- Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item
- You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car
- You are often seen with Rice-boys
- You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend

Hoochie Tab
- You are an import car model
- Your boobs are not real
- There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere
- Stiletto heels are your favorite
- Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu
- Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob
- You cheat on your boyfriend
- Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school

Rice-Boy
- You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura
- Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it's original stock form
- Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in
- The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing
- The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing
- You always drive like you are racing someone
- You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps
- The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground
- Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit
- If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.

Fobulous
- You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
- You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
- You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
- You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
- You are a good dancer
- You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
- You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
- You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed
- For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
- You have lots of Asian pride

Pob
- A Filipino fob.
- Words that start with F tend to be pronounced with a P. (Fuck you..Pobarized version: PUCK you)
- FUll accent

"Lets go take some sticker pickiez la! xD Kekezzz"

"Puck You mother pucker!"

posted by Stephanie 12:23 AM
Saturday, September 09, 2006
1. Do you still talk to the person you had your first kiss with?
err..once in a blue moon

2. What would you do with 1,000 plastic spoons?
id store them till i had to use them

3. What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school?
whatever my parents listened to....like the beatles

4. What is the best thing about your job?
erm...with the job i had this summer..id hafta say the people and the free food

5. Do you wish cell phone etiquette was required in class?
i think it is...cept i hate it when people put their phones on vibrate and its still loud and annoying..

8. Where are you going on your next vacation?
no idea..i can go for thailand

9. Quote a song lyric?
"good morning beautiful, how was your night"

10. Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
some old, and lots of new

11. Do you own any furniture from Ikea?
yes

13. If you could be an animal what would you be?
dolphin

14. What state/country are you from?
California

15. Tell us about the last conversation/s you had.
brian telling me to bring a swimsuit to the wedding we're attending this weekend

16. Where do you see yourself in one month?
in school, enjoying my new house

17. What is your favorite smell?
freshly washed bedsheets, smells so nice and homey, and maybe brian after hes taken a shower..and before he gets sweaty again =)

18. What is your favorite sight?
stars at night

19. Do you consider yourself bi-polar?
lol...no?

21. Have you ever done anything vindictive to your coworkers?
i dont think so

22. Have you ever gone to therapy?
nope

23. Have you ever played Spin the bottle?
nope

24. Have you ever toilet-papered someone's house?
nope

25. Have you ever liked someone but never told them?
haha...good ol middle school and high school days

26. Have you ever gone camping?
yes

27. Have you ever had a crush on your sister's friend?
lol no...i think that would be illegal

28. Have you ever been to a nude beach?
nope

30. Have you ever had a stalker?
not that i know of...

32. have you ever laughed so hard you cried?
Yes!

33. Have you ever gone to a party where you were the only sober one?
plenty of times

34. Have you ever been cheated on?
not that i know of..but..who knows

35. Have you ever felt betrayed by your best friend?
yes

36. Have you ever lied to your parents?
yes

37. Have you ever been out of the US?
yes

38. Have you ever thrown up from working out?
nope

39. Have you ever gotten a haircut so bad that you wore a hat for a month straight?
no, but i should have..hideous..looked like a boy..haha

40. Have you ever eaten 3 meals from 3 different fast food places in 1 day?
im sure i have..

41. Have you ever gotten so wasted you cant remember the nite before?
nope

42. Have you ever spied on someone you had a crush on?
yes

posted by Stephanie 9:20 AM
Monday, July 31, 2006
i just had to blog today..cuz well...im willing to do anything but work right now. Mondays suck...they really do..especially when time moves so slowly!

well this weekend was a lot of fun! on saturday, i went with the sybesma family and their friends to lake elsinore. the van ecks have the coolest wakeboard boat ever..now i know why brian wants one so bad..haha. i attempted wakeboarding again..and actually got up! woohoooo! i mean..i was no pro like brian doing jumps..but atleast i got up..haha

brian and i also went on their waverunners..what an adventure...going 40mph hanging on for dear life...going over waves...eeks..i am so sore today. my butt and back especially..

after the lake we went back to his house and we had some fun playing connect 4 and scrabble..lol...after that we went to del taco..yum...chicken soft tacos...ahh..and then we watched memoirs of a geisha with his family.

overall..my saturday was awesome...good fun =)okok..no more slacking..back to some crazy customers

posted by Stephanie 11:08 AM
Sunday, July 09, 2006
SO....i think the most ironic way to die for me would be to drown....too bad it almost happened yesterday and i shall tell you about it..

so everyone went to brads grandpas house last night for a pool party/bbq/consuming drinks...and a few of us decided to play horse in the pool. brian being the tall weird banking/dunking player he is...made some weird stand under the net shot i had to make..so i go under the net about to attempt the shot when dan decides to do a slam dunk over me...my first reaction was shit the ball is going to hit my head..but then...even worse happened..

the whole basketball hoop thingy mablobber collapsed on my head...i didnt really see anything but felt a lot of things hit my head...really hard..and i thot i would be a bloody mess..anyways...so im under water...and something is holding me down..i thot it was dan...and hated him at the moment..then realized something was around my neck...and realized the rim was around my neck..i tried to pull it up..but it was too heavy..and i was still under water...finally my brain came back and i swam under the rim and got out...

i honestly thot i was going to drown...but anyways..now i have a big bump on my forehead..and my nose hurts like a %@#*$. thank god the rim hit the bone on my nose...if it was a centimeter down..i wouldve broke my nose...

sigh...i hope dan never dunks again...lol..so there is my near drowning experience...goodbye

posted by Stephanie 8:02 PM
Sunday, July 02, 2006
When a GIRL is quiet,
Millions of things are running in her mind.

When a GIRL is not arguing,
She is thinking deeply.

When a GIRL answers "i'm fine" after a few seconds,
She is not at all fine.

When a GIRL stares at you,
She is wondering why you are lying.

When a GIRL lays on your chest,
She is wishing for you to be hers forever.

When a GIRL calls you everyday,
She is seeking for your attention.

When a GIRL wants to see you everyday,
She wants to be pampered.

When a GIRL says I love you,
She means it.

When a GIRL says that she can't live without you,
She has made up her mind that you are her future.

When a GIRL says "i miss you",
No one in this world can miss you more than that.

posted by Stephanie 7:28 PM
Sunday, May 07, 2006
what a niiiiice weekend =) (im going to try to keep up with the blogging..i was reminded by brian who btw....should stop poking binky off his iceberg!)

thursday night was amazing =D i made some good dinner...made some leek soup and macaroni caesar salad. i recommend www.allrecipes.com...good recipes! then brian and i went to the avila hot springs which was super nice..so relaxing...pretty much had a stress level of negative 5...it was like a romantic scene from a movie or something..haha..for anyone that has a girlfriend/boyfriend....take them there!! its so niice

friday...was cinco de mayo! not that that means anything to me really..but the weather cleared up reaaaaal nice and it was super sunny. so 14 of us went to avila beach..the boys played football and skimboarded..while the girls just laid out..it was nice..i got a tan and got a nice nap out of it..haha. then at night i went over to brians and we played horseshoes ( i kno..i kno...HICK!!) and sipped on some coronas..ok...i drank like half of one...haha..and we watched rounders..which i hafta say..is a pretty good poker movie...its a lot better now that i kinda know how to play the game

saturday i pretty much bummed around and did a tiny tad of hw..then brian took me to palm theatre and we watched Friends with Money which was a pretty good indie flick. jen aniston and joan cusack were in it..along with a buncha other familiar faces..its kinda one of those movies..where ur not quite sure what the point is..but its good anyway...oh yeah another flick we watched last week was thank you for smoking which was hilarious..ya'll should go see it..

and today was pretty uneventful...church..hw..running..dinner at mothers..but it was nice...nice and relaxing...this week is gonna suck..but im ready to deal with it

posted by Stephanie 8:53 PM



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