i could be a mongolia baby

Dad, Kathryn, Jack and I watched the Babies trailer again, and here is the poster of the movie.

The movie seems sooooooo goooooood.

dec 2009

09' winter

about 20 days later, it will be the year of 2010.
who would believe i could get this far.....

i am finishing my degree for communication and art, getting an internship with the photographer i heard about when i was a freshman, went to japan for a semester, got my own camera, done a personal exhibit, met amazing people...even attended a wedding of my sister's!

who would thought i will be typing about this in my dorm room in minnesota, united states of america...a place could get so cold whenever i get into a car i would shiver until the car warms up a bit...

10 years ago, in 2000... i was 11, just about to finish my 6th grade,
i was prepared to say goodbye (to people i thought was the world to me),
and i was in the process of finding a new place to start over with.

starting everything over with.

new middle school friends, new teachers, new routes for school,
new library, new supermarket to go to....

it took me a long time to get used to that,
(and to really understand how the bus routes work. haha)

now, i am graduating in a semester.
and i just said good luck to my high school friend on her finals
(she is graduating next year also, but in November)

who would know we can get this far? ;)

next (after finals + paper) :
new year's resolution and 2009 recap (perhaps in photos?) !

catch it before is gone.

It was not completely successful. But you can see 3 hearts.

I tried all night...perhaps the light was too far away... I just could not get it right. But I was happy because I tried.

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You know, I have tried to avoid 8am class at all cost since I was a freshman, but I don't mind them because I really would like to have that professor, even when communication classes are over at sju.

I often get heart attacks because I wake up late or such.
I survived them all, I passed them all.

Now I am at the very last week of this semester, (two days of classes left !)
the 2nd last semester in my college career is ending so soon.

It's bittersweet, really.

As a senior, I am going to say I enjoy my 8am classes, it's official.
Because at 7:50 in the morning, the campus is super quiet. And you know me, I like quiet. :) The cold air, the sunrises....

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In the mornings, I am either too rush to put my contacts on,
or I feel like being a nice child and put my glasses on.

Some days though ... I just let my eyes be out focus.

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These days, the school put up Christmas lights around campus,
and it's dark enough that I am able to see surprises in the morning,
like this picture below -

This mini Christmas tree was in the office when I worked last week (I brought my camera because of my boss asked for it or else I wouldn't have it with me)...

2 days later, the Christmas lights are all gone! Instead I found candy canes!

I was glad I took some pictures before they disappeared. ;)

thanksgiving recap

me/ d90/ amanda/ her cousins
band hero & beatles rock band/ baby & family
half price bookstore/ batman comics/ old records/8 tracks (!!!)

(I was tempted to buy lots of old records home.)

When they sky is happy (I meant pretty), I am extra happy.

Are you happy today?

p.s. Click to see baby Isaac Patch that was born today!

When I am happy...

It doesn't matter if the sky was grey, if it started raining when i don't have an umbrella with me...I am still very happy.

I am thankful for today, because it filled with beautiful friends, music and art all around.

I am also thankful for sleep & being able to waking up for the next beautiful day.

Thanksgiving break starts tomorrow after class, then only 10 more days till finals.

I am going miss this a lot a lot.
Can't believe it's been 3 years & 1/2....and I am graduating...

Lisa, try to remember today. It was a happy day. :D

{here are some more pictures of that one day J town felt like Europe.. :) }

photos by christy

My roommates and I

pretended we went to a little town in Europe today. ;)

1:23am

I have good feelings about this month.
It's gonna be good.

Just finished a big exam tonight, now I can focus on the small papers. Promise to finish editing the pictures soon and go take new pictures... :)

love, Lisa

The Process of Revolution

身體狀況報告：

不停流眼水，間中有耳鳴，
極力控制自己要專心完成百多頁的reading。
最近，睡得比較早，仍覺得很累。
皮膚，喉嚨很乾。但根據weather.com 我這邊比香港的濕度還要高。奇怪。

Click here to try to guess what I said.
By the way, I am not thinking about the pictures on the right.

Dear crabby Lisa in October,

Remember to be grateful. As it is great to be able to read, write and have an education. You should be happy to have homework and the chance to go to class.

Eat lots, sleep much, and laugh some more when you can. Be nice to the good friends, call your family sometime.

love you & take care, Lisa in November

by emi

i wonder if i look like this all the time when i am cold.
haha, awkward.

what's the day today?

modern and contemporary art history, (mon 6-9)
film studies + (tue 4-6)
gender communication
islamic judeo christianity

chair of asia club, club meeting (wed 4-5:30) + board meeting (thur 4:30-6)
school newspaper photographer
study abroad office assistant (8-10 hours)

becky's wedding
{haven't found anything to wear still...
but i can't wait to photograph the love birds again and see the family!!}

thanksgiving
finals
christmas

comm and marketing services internship (8 credits, 15-20 hours)
natural science class (4 credits)
perhaps a guitar lesson, or an art class, or a dance class...(2-6 credits)

graduation
travel with family to MT/VA/NY (?)
back home (?)

st. joseph, 9/6/09

it felt like somewhere else

that day we played with dandelion


looked at beautiful trees


walked by a line of sunflowers

crossed a little bridge

and went on the swing...

and eventually we walked back home, and our friend brought us to mall of america!

flight schedule

08 Oct
Minneapolis/St. Paul MN (MSP), 10:--AM
Salt Lake City UT (SLC), 01:-- PM

Note to self, call Uncle Matt/Nichole.