the excitement of the stage

This month, I was able to watch three live performances. I absolutely love performances - watching the talent and passion of individuals make something so beautiful. But what made these performances even more special was watching my brother and my friends on the stage and expressing themselves. All of them had a glow of excitement as they put forth months of their effort. It makes me happy that they are doing something that they love to do, without regret.

me with my brother after the performance of "Zombie Prom" at West Torrance High School 

Haley with Jenny and I after the performance of "Anything Goes" produced by Hooligans. 

Eli and all our flatmates after the performance of Korean Culture Night

^ bye bye until next time

introduction: shannon

Hellooooooo

This is Shannon. She has been my mentor this past year. I was pretty excited about this mentorship coming into the school year because it's always fun to hang out with her and I was really comfortable with her. But during the first quarter, something just felt a little off. Our meetings felt really structured and I didn't really have much to say a lot of the times. Towards the end, there was cumulative hurt on both sides. Fortunately, we were able to talk about it and really able to communicate clearly what was going on in our side. I remember distinctly that we were sitting in b plate for lunch and we both had tears in our eyes and the atmosphere feeling super tense. And fast forward to ten minutes later, somehow being able to laugh and enjoy each other's company.

I super appreciate that she didn't give up on me and gave our friendship 110% even though it was difficult at times. I think I've learned from her how to truly appreciate each moment that life brings and also how to process the hard things in life with Jesus and community. I'm not sure how much she'll be in my life after she graduates because of that #internstaff life but I'm just glad that she was part of this portion of my life.

This description sounds super deep, but we have such a derpy friendship. LOL oh wells. The pictures are pretty accurate so you can just look at those.


I'm full.

k byee ^ hi Shannon

carlsbad adventure

Hello my unseen audience, it's been a while I know.

Last week, I went to Carlsbad with a couple friends to go to the flower fields and Legoland! It was a lot of fun :3 I took some pictures and I wanted to share it here since Facebook posting isn't really my thing.

The flower fields are in full bloom and it was such a lovely sight. It reminded me of:
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?" (Matthew 6:28-31).