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| It's pretty amazing what a family would sacrifice in order to show their love for others. I was searching for magazine pages to supplement my first tutoring session and came across an article about the Loecken family. The words "kindness goes a long way" caught my attention, and I ripped out the article to save for later. I decided to read that article tonight, and kindness literally goes a long way for the Loecken family. I admire the labor of love that the family has been contributing to communities from the west to the east coast. A family of 6 let the chips fall where they may, sold their house, and bought an RV. It was obviously difficult for the children to leave everything behind-just like that. Good thing the children were initially homeschooled! A papa, mama, and 4 children living in an RV....come on! Papa has to empty the sewage, the kids sleep on the couch and ground, and they only have so much room for everyone's belongings. I'd be at my wits' end! Well, I'm sure they've had some rough times at the beginning of the journey. It has been about a year and a half since they've started the road trip. The family pretty much helps out at senior centers, the humane society, food banks, book banks, you name it! I'm glad there are people kind enough to give the family a hand when the Loeckens are in their area. They say they get more than they give. They meet new people, and I guess they love the joy of being able to love others! Props to the Loecken family! =]
www.thearktour.org ARK= acts of random kindness. I love acts of random kindness. I love seeing smiles.
ROCK ON LOECKENS! I'll be following you along your journey.
Best of luck to them and stay safe.
Oh, I like their idea of homeless care packages. I was looking at their website and there was a video of the family making homeless care packages. It was a big ziploc bag filled with socks, an envelope with a stamp, a pen, a poncho, and other things. Aren't there always homeless standing at the end of highway ramps? PACK A FEW OF THESE HOMELESS CARE PACKAGES (customized your own way) IN YOUR CAR, and VOILA-they're happy and you're happy for making them happy. It might not be much, but it's something.
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| You know what I feel like doing at this very moment? Trying a Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheeseburger. EWWWW. YUMMMMM. Sounds nasty, might taste good. Or sounds good, and probably tastes nasty? TRY AND FIND OUT.
I didn't see that from thisiswhyyourefat.com. I saw it here:
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/08/28/krispy-kreme-cheddar-bacon-cheeseburgers-at-the-google-cafeteria/
I looked at my subscriptions list on my home page, and clicked on some random people's xanga. Amongst the random ones I clicked on, my favorite was Eric Ho's Honey Walnut Prawn entry. HIS LAYOUT IS AWESOME-AVOCADO GALORE. Heck his xanga name, avocadoeric? Wow, rad. I remember my nature name at science camp was Avocado. It was odd. The kids would be calling for Avocado, but there wouldn't be a response. My bad. 
I keep my life exciting by:
- biking in the morning.
- intentionally eating an entire tube --errrr, entire triangular tube of Toblerone to alleviate my cramps.
- waiting until it's Wednesday to watch So You Think You Can Dance then Glee. Glee was fantabulous this week.
- playing pogs by myself.
- eating breakfast, and making lunch 30 minutes after.
- saving up money for restuarant week (YES, RESTAURANT WEEK IN THE SILICON VALLEY. FOUND OUT FROM YELP. NOT NEXT WEEK, BUT THE WEEK AFTER!).
- xangaing.
- cleaning the house.
- hanging out with Ellen Degeneres.
- cutting an avocado, pitting it, and scooping it like it's ice cream.
- rearranging the decor on my wall.
Do you know what smells grotesque? Clothes after having Korean BabyQ. EN SERIO!
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| Can you meet me halfway?
Right on the borderline.
[Black Eyed Peas]
Am I less of a lady if I don't wear pantyhose?
My mama said a lady ain't what she wears, but what she knows.
[India.Arie]
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you.
I said hey mamma x8
What you gonna do?
[Michael.Franti&Spearhead]
Ohhhh just wish we could undo.
Go back to being cool.
So tell me how did we get so comfortable?
[Jason.Derulo&Auburn]
Ain't I somethin?
The way I'm stuntin.
[Wale&Lady.Gaga]
If I could jump backwards straight to the dance floor.
Will you still be waiting for me, would you still be my friend?
[CSS]
You know what site I can spend a lot of time on? Yelp. Yelp is my new facebook, except I don't have friends on it. I'm in my own world. Yelp isn't always accurate because eeeerbody has different standards and opinions on things. Don't just look at the ratings, read the reviews. Oh yea-Xanga needs to be like Yelp in that it should have an automated saving option. Whenever you stop typing, Yelp saves your typed review. No worries about losing it! That's my Yelp spiel.
I make wishes at 11:11. No, I don't think my wishes will be granted just because I wish at that certain hour and minute. However, I do know that if I make a wish, I will try to make it come true. Inherent in the notion of believing in myself, making a wish at 11:11 serves as a motivational tactic for my mind. How, you wonder? I make the same wish until it comes true. If it doesn't come true for whatever reason, I just let it go and move on. I try though. I really do. Ever since I started making 11:11 wishes meaningful, my wishes have been granted. First one, granted. Second one, granted. Third one, hopefully in the process of being granted. Before that, the wishes I made would have never came true without a miracle, so it was pointless. I won't share what it was. I keep my wishes to myself whether they come true or not. With that said, I do not make quixotic wishes. My wishes are attainable, so I don't get let down by the time 11:11. On the contrary, the wishes I make on a shooting star are impetuous. I don't expect them to come true, nor do I try to make it come true. Wishing upon a star is just for fun. Wishing at 11:11 is more frequent; therefore, I'm constantly reminded to achieve what I wish for. I never actually wait and stare at the clock until it turns 11:11. I just make wishes when I look at the clock and it happens to be 11:11 or if a friends points it out. =] Goodnight World. My father is on his flight home from Asia. I hope he took good care of himself, very essential.
UPDATE 10 MINUTES LATER:
UHHH apparently I already have an entry on making wishes at 11:11. I really think I've lost a minor part of my memory these past 2 years. I used to remember so, so many things. Now I remember events, people, and things a lot less. Fudge. Or I have to allot myself a lot of time to think about it...even then, sometimes I can't retrieve that specific thought from my memory.
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| wo bu xiang dang yi ge huay hou huai de ren.
suo yi wo zhi nen suo wo zuo le yi ge bu hao de jue ding.
ke shi mei guan xi, zhi sao wo mei yo tai devestated. HAHA.
yea i know my pinyin is NOT at par, it doesn't need to be..as long as i know what it says.
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| I've been making the same wish during my 11:11's.
I believe the wish you make is something you should be capable of granting.
You can't say I wish I had a million dollars if you never try to become a millionaire.
I think my wish will come true. We'll find out soon enough. =] The thing is I stopped trying as hard, that's why I started wishing, hoping that would motivate me. I guess SOMETIMES I get lucky? Rarely though.
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