Happy thoughts

Grandma: "What are your and your sis' sizes in shirts?"
Me: "I don't want any presents Grandma, inviting us all over is enough!"
Grandma: "I can't tell Santa what to do."
Me: "Silly grandma, I don't believe in Santa anymore."
Grandma: "Uh-oh, he's going to put you on his naughty list this year."


5 year old Alana: "Who was that?"
Me: "That was her boyfriend."
Alana: (Pauses.) "Do you have a boyfriend?"
Me: "Nope."
Alana: "How come everybody but you has a boyfriend?"
Me: "Because I am ugly."
Alana: *Looks over at me "No, you are not, you are pretty."
Me: "I am ugly and I am a monster."
Alana: "No you're not! I'll ask your mom."

lol, so cute.

Christmas just around the corner

Prabu: the moon is the beauty of mind
me: im not poetic enough to understand that, reflects?

Prabu: hahaa radiance jenoooo

me: hahahaha thank you for spelling it out to me

I spoke on the phone with my grandma today. Somehow we started talking about God. She believes that God is only responsible for the good things in life. I had to disagree with her. In my mind, if he has power to control the good, then why stop at the bad? She doesn't believe that he is responsible for terrorism, hunger, rapings, etc.. I don't know, religion has always been kind of obscure to me.

Anyhow, I shared this thought with my best friend Li Ling and this is what she had to say (which I found to be so funny ^o^

Li Ling (3:59:13 PM): i feel like it's giving god wayyy too much credit for something he might or might not hav done
Li Ling (3:59:15 PM): like santa
Li Ling (3:59:31 PM): i fucking hate that he gets the credit for presents other people buy

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Moving on, I signed up to be a secret santa for Stockings With Care.

Here's an excerpt from their mission statement:

Stockings with Care works with coalitions that assist families either living in homeless shelters or who are in jeopardy of becoming homeless and can not afford to celebrate their holiday. Social workers at each of these coalitions work with the parents to make their wish lists. These lists are passed on to Stockings with Care. Through the generosity of our individual Santas, private and corporate donors and a small army of volunteers, we make sure that every child gets at least two things on their list and that each child has at least three gifts to open on Christmas morning. Thousands of gifts are wrapped and delivered to the parents, empowering them to create magic for their kids.

So I received my child's wish list today...
Wish#1 Gamecube
Wish#2 Nintendo DS
Wish#3 Michael Jackson DVD

I was kind of shocked.. to say the least. Anyhow I'm going to request for another secret child... perhaps one with more affordable wishes that won't leave me with empty pockets.

going to strut around in these soon

oh you know, the regular distractions and some shrooms

Prabu: lets see
all plans
jenooo
you know i am growing mushrooms right now
haha
me: like drugs prabi?
LOL
Prabu: hahah
i wish
that would be aawesome
lol
and i can export it to you
right jenooo
me: risky business
Prabu: haha
so did you finish you application
get on it jenooo
haha
me: haha im sleepy now
think i will sleep
Prabu: wait when is it dueeeeee
i will come slap you if you donot finish it
me: hahahaha
ok please come
Prabu: okay..and a slap
lol
me: i do not mine
mind*
you can even give me a black eye
hahaha
Prabu: hahah
no lets both be on mushrooms and we wont know the pain
lol
me: hahahaha

OMG!
lol
would we know anything
if we are on mushrooms
Prabu: haha
me: i was so confused at first
sit on mushrooms?
Prabu: you especially wont know anything
me: the application is due in 4 days
Prabu: haha
me: lol
Prabu: jenooooooo
jenooo
i have become so lazy
really i go home and dont feel like doing anything at all
so bad'
me: hahaha but sit on your mushrooms right?
Prabu: haha
crazy woman
i love you

I took this pic with my chocolate phone a year ago on Diwali (Festival of Lights). I really like this picture :)

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It upsets me when children are mean to other children. Yesterday when I was picking up Kassandra and Mikhael from their extended program at their public school, this fourth grade boy asked Kassandra, "Is this your sister?"
At first I thought he was asking about me, then I realized he was actually referring to Mikhael. I felt a flash of anger and a desire to protect Mikhael.
This little boy is standing in front of a group of his friends, surrounding by them, receiving support from them as he gleefully questions Kassandra.
I turned to him and said, "You do realize he is a boy right?" (knowing full well he knew...)

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I bought this huge bar of chocolate to work with me yesterday wanting to share with my students. I gave each student a piece when they were finished with their homework. Anna, a 3rd grader was one of the last ones to finish all her work. Anyhow, I didn't break the chocolate into equal pieces and Anna exclaimed, "Hey! It's not fair, she got a bigger piece than me!"
Man.. sometimes children are not grateful. Adults' feelings get hurt too...
Well.. now I know, to break them into equal pieces to avoid future tantrums.

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What a beautiful song..

click on the link to listen :)

"How far & how long must I go?
Without a taste of love fulfilled
Not bittersweet
The way I feel when you are near
Is love
And gives me reason to endure
Whatever comes"

How Far & How Long - Alyssa Bernal & Todd Kuffner

This morning when I signed onto AIM, I received offline messages from my best friend! She's traveling in China right now and I miss her quite a lot.
Before she left I had asked her to buy me a giraffe stuffed animal... lol.

Li Ling (2:49:38 AM):[Offline IM sent 6h and 36m ago] so many golden retreivers here. afraid to pet. scared of diseases. pet a family friend one. so. cute. miss u lots. there are no giraffes in china.

:( aww, there are no giraffes in China.. lol.

So post-grad is kind of funny. I finally know what it feels like to be at home while all your friends traipse away. It gets lonely once in a while, but I'm hanging in there :P

Love is the answer.

I miss you but I don't say a word
It's better this way, so that I won't be hurt

(Liv wrote this for me one time):

I miss you with hunger pains
I miss you when it rains
I miss you, I miss you
Even when I'm in Honolulu

Save the planet for another day

Revival

I love how the sun shines into my room on some mornings... relax in it