New Website~!

Hi all!!! I finally joined Myspace. Come check out my new website and join my friends~! Go to www.myspace.com/asiantiger. See you there!!!

Just Another Day in Paradise~!

So.......I made it to sunny California!!! It is absolutely beautiful here! The palm trees and exotic flowers make it seem so surreal! I can't believe I'm here! God has richly blessed me! Thank you all for your support and prayers! I couldn' t have made it without you! Please continue to keep me in your prayers! I will keep you updated as to how everything is going here! Until then.............It's just another day in paradise~!

Life Goes on......

It's crazy how fast time flies! I was down in Tulsa, OK once again last weekend. It was graduation time for Oral Roberts University. I made the 12 hour drive to watch some of my closest friends make the hard earned walk across the platform to announce to the world that they now hold an $80,000 piece of paper that accredits them! It was great! Over the course of the weekend, we all discussed the many memories that we all have together. From Sarah and I and our Oral Communications class at 7:50 a.m. freshman year with Dr. "Rafiki" and his 3 pairs of underwear to Shannon and my Spring break trip 2004 and our interesting frat boys and Megan and my many latte' walks (which I have dearly missed this past year) to Robin and our "roomie" spot with pints of ice cream and plastic spoons......! We certainly had the time of our lives~! We were like a great sisterhood during our years at ORU. Now, Megan is getting married, Robin and her husband moved to Kentucky, Sarah is up in Ohio, Shannon is staying in Oklahoma for now and I am moving to Southern California! Although we'll all be hundreds of miles away, I can only hope that we will remain sisters in our hearts.

This past weekend, one of my best friends flew in to visit from New York! The girls were back together once again. It was a beautiful thing!!! :~P I don't think Lodo will ever recover!!! I mean...........who can forget "Shock and Awe"! Cass and Carr and Lauren and I have been best friends since freshman year in highschool. Our friendship has weathered Lauren and I leaving for college and the girls leaving and living in New York! Cell phones are great, I'll tell you what.... We can still have our "girl time" even if we're hundreds of miles away! Although we may not see eachother for months at a time, we pick up exactly where we left off when we are together. The saying holds true............." Guys will come and go, but your girls are forever!" I love you guys!

On one hand, I feel like Anne in Anne of Green Gables. I don't want life to change and would like everything and everyone to stay the same. On the other hand, I am excited for what lies ahead and the many adventures that await me. I guess taking one day at a time and enjoying every moment to the fullest is what life is all about. Living as if every day is your last because, one day, it will be!

Remember the Pledge~

A friend sent this to me in an email. It really reminded me to appreciate the freedoms that we have and the sacrifices that were made. Let's not let their sacrifices be in vain!

From Senator John McCain> >> >In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate:"The Pledge of Allegiance" - Senator John McCain. As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn'twear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer TrainingSchool. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event. One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could. The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. Hewas sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country. So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

To Pierce or Not to Pierce...That is the question....

So............do you remember when you were a kid and the only people who had piercings other than their ears were the freaky ones?! Well..........a few weeks ago, I decided to see what was out there. My friend and I had been talking about getting our belly buttons pierced for quite some time! So, a few fridays or so ago, I was sitting at work bored out of my mind when my friend called and said, "Let's go get our belly buttons pierced." I was like, "ok". That night, we walked into a tattoo/piercing parlor and did the wonderful deed. Some of the people in there were kinda freaky. The guy who did my piercing had pictures of himself hanging from hooks that were dangling from the ceiling. It was quite interesting and looked VERY painful. He said that it was kind of euphoric, actuallly. I'm not sure what HE was smokin'! The piercing itself wasn't as bad as I had always thought that it would be. I can't wait until I can change it though. I want to get something really cute with rhinestones or something. Hmmm..........if anyone has any thoughts or ideas...........feel free to share!

My Prince Charming?!?!

So...............in highschool, I was nominated as "The most likely to marry a prince". Yeah, it was great.........let me tell ya! One of my dad's friends leaned over and told him that he had better start a frog farm!!! LOL! It was kind of our running "joke". Well.............I'd like to inform everyone that I have finally found him!!! In the real estate office where I work, our office mascot is a frog. Don 't ask.............. Anyways, I found a little squeaky frog in the basement and have had him sitting on top of my computer for the last month and a half. One of our sales partners.....let's just call him my fairy godfather, would ask me every morning why the frog hadn't changed yet. I responded to him by saying that I didn't know why he hadn't changed. I kiss him every morning and nothing ever happens. My fairy godfather would always chuckle and walk on down to his office. This went on every day for at least a month. It ALL changed the Monday before Christmas. They say that Christmas can be a magical time. I didn't believe it until.............I walked into the office as usual. As I sat down at my desk, I realized that the frog was no longer on top of my computer and in its place........................drum roll please................was a tall, dark haired, blue eyed prince. He was dressed in royal garb with a crown and all!!!! His boots were gold and he had the most wonderful smile on his face. It was almost as if he was beckoning me to come away with him to his enchanted palace.......LOL!!! Ok, ok, ok, I was just kidding on that part ;) I know, you are all probably gagging by now...........BUT I DO have a Prince Charming sitting on my desk. Mattel sure does have a way of designing their Ken dolls to be quite charming!!! My fairy godfather has a great heart! It made my whole week!!! I will never forget this act of kindness!!!

Happy Holidays?!

Merry Christmas!
Wow, that sure felt good to say. I am quickly learning that to say "Merry Christmas" to people has become offensive now and is politically incorrect. Well..................you all know just what I think about being politically correct/ incorrect! They can all just shove it where the sun doesn't shine! Is it possible that our society has become so godless that we cannot even recognize the reason for the season? While at work last week, I was informed that I could not wish our clients and lenders a "Merry Christmas". I had to say "Happy Holidays"! What the heck?! Isn't Christmas what makes the holiday season???? That's like celebrating Valentine's Day and not mentioning love, hearts, and cupid. So...........................what exactly ARE we celebrating then? Santa claus, candy canes, presents and lots of food?! Am I the only one who thinks that something is wrong with this picture? Forget about being politically incorrect. I hope that you all have an amazing holiday season! Merry Christmas!!!