well when we went to six flags i got a great quote from my brother...taken from my brother and my cousin
after riding the flume

    




me and anna in DC..not in people to people but was like right before it






check out her mae shirt..i liked it


























me and my bulgaria group

alright..finally blogging again..and i have a good excuse..ive been at a people to people camp and then up at my grandparents summer house in upstate new york (where they dont have an internet connection)...hmm well it would be pretty hard to sum everything that went on in just people to people...its kind of like trying to fully explain the china trip...well people to people was about 10 days..met a lot of people (shout out to rachel and harris...and everyone bulgaria (and angola))...so pretty much there were a ton of lectures of which the speakers included quincey oliver (some motivational speaker guy who was pretty interesting), some people from the UN, a secret service agent, some guys from the US state dept (they deal with international affairs..fitting since we were an international diplomacy summit) and other people...quite a few cuz i think we had like 15-20 speakers...and among other things we met Rudy Giuliani, went to the statue of liberty and the UN, went to broadway to see Mamma Mia, and breaking rules like going off campus with harris lol..and listening to mr hightower (a nice scottish short guy that works for some american intelligence agency)..pretty eclectic i must say...and met a ton of people..and since there is so much more to say i wont really say very much else about the camp..

so on music news i got mat kearney's cd "bullet" and something like silas's "divine invitation"...theyre both hot cds..im looking out john reuben's "the boy vs the cynic"..prally stop by best buy to pick it up...im really looking forward to the new switchfoot cd "nothing is sound" coming out in september...hopefully can get it for my bday or something...and mute math's cd out in october..

shout out to harris...the mae fan converted by the banner on this here site...prally the only fan convert but nevertheless pretty solid...planning on going to farmingdale this thursday to the downtown to check out mae...theyll be with lovedrug (never heard them before)...but looking forward to that..

hmm yeah so very interesting but ive actually denied my roots and went apple...after years and arguments debating how creative was better than apple its rather ironic that i would get a apple product...but i guess when you have a choice between that or nothing..apples better than nothing (not necessarily better than creative but i must admit that apples stuff is pretty hot looking)...yep and in other big 3week old news there is not a wifi connection in my bedroom..like mcdonalds the managment of the house decided that a internet connection in tim's room would be good (more like a week of whining "mom why cant i have it" lol jk)...but on the serious side my dad found some nice upgrade thing that means that now we can have wireless internet on a laptop which i like to keep in my room...so now im the states..its interesting..i take great pride in my nation but its rather embarrassing sometimes...and to say its not perfect is rather a understatement..but yet i find myself infatuated(at least i really like) just the americana sense like 'out in the country' culture of america...deluded but i like it that way...which i guess explains why i like living in singapore more than i think id like in america...just yeah the atmosphere here feels different and its like you cant be as weird as you can around singaporeans who just dismiss you as crazy americans...here in america its as though you have to be careful of not falling into the category of weird non-american...hmm questions like "you dont have tanning salons there?" and "do they know what movies are there?" (thinking about it i dont think ive seena  tanning booth in singapore...prally for good reason)...anw i went to my first ever chick-fil-a yesterday...was pretty good..i would say it lived up to the hype created by certain southerners in my social circle...next on my list which will prally take a while to try but id still like to try is in n out burger (not sure if i spelled that right..) but ive heard reports...anw its time for dinner..ill try to post more after the minor sabbatical which is in fact short for a sabbatical but yeah whatever..have a great day

p.s. have to give props to alana just for posting in her blog when so many have fallen (prally not but at least ive fallen)

www.purevolume.com/thousandfootkrutch hot new song called "absolute"

and loving mat kearney...check him out at purevolume

so as bad as i am at updating..yeah whatever...could repeat the schpiel and stuff but i wont...yeah so lately been busy if people couldnt guess...last weekend went to malaysia and that was fun....more long road trips and random pictures...got to share with a youth group which was good...props to alana for lifting her hands on time for be strong...yep so then came back to singapore on monday and was welcomed by a  really "fun" day..hmm was very tired that day...but thats how it goes...been also having some SAT prep course and been having to do a lot of practice tests for those...take the SAT in a about 2 weeks...and so must work...not fun..oh well...yep and so while people are leaving school there are many going away and missing out on school...hannah-have fun in america..seniors-have fun in thailand doing whatever...chelsea-have fun going wherever youre going...yep and so i dont realyl have much to say other than ive been listening to music...big surprise..and so new bands that ive found to like (that doesnt make much sense)

waking ashland
house of heroes
the chemistry
earth wind and fire (lol got to love "september"...missing anwar)

yep so thats how it goes..and plugs to everyone for actually coming to look at my blog even though nothing was here...go figure..("you need to post"- is too common a phrase i be hearing ..)

(been saying sentences in forms of "I be_____" rather strange)

"say do you remember, dancing in september"

That was me (Alana) PLUG PLUG PLUG PLUG PLUG PLUG PLUG PLUG

Watch Miss Singapore (says Tim). Hehe. Bye.

=)

Well.

I'm back from the Mandarin trip. Score. After one month of non-blogging, I've decided to finally blog. Back to the trip. It was very very fun. Long bus rides and balconies and good food. I am currently singing a song by U2 "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" and here I be sitting on the fatboy watching people cut fish stomachs to retrieve a worm. Ah, tangents.

Back to the Mandarin trip. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

And now we are currently attempting to finish our Mandarin project, which I think, would be very unlikely considering the pace we are going at. Ah, the lazy Saturdays.

Hmm, and now Alana does not feel that useless anymore...she has a job! Fabulous.

well and so its here...tomorrow i will leave on a jet plane (and dont know when ill be back again) a cheesy plug to a movie that was only alright...and yeah so tomorro have to wake up at like 5 to get to the airport and then we leave for china...be pretty exciting and everything and i wont blog for like 10 days cuz wont have a computer there(which people prally cant tell the difference though) but yeah so i need prayer and the so does the team so be nice and lift us up to God in your prayers...and yeah www.purevolume.com/mae (new album out march 29 and its got my plugs)...so specific things you can pray for me for 1.health 2. unity in the team 3. Give glory to God in everything we do 4. smooth logistics...mucho gracias...anw everyone tune to american idol to watch anwar..later yall

wearing vans so kids will think im cool...

well its been a while...kind of a scary while...but to conclude the saga of the research paper its over...at least the rough draft...was nice to get over with...since then much has happened...including a mime for china trip...that was interesting...and a lot of work...and yeah wasnt bad...but glad when dr beeson approved of it..so its all good and since most people dont care about the past week (or two or three) i will talk about the present...today didnt have much homework...was very nice so did extra work and played basketball...was realyl hot today...practically died..good thing stephen and ansell werent running likemr bridgeman and travis or else id looked really bad out of shape...and thats never good...so yep an interesting habit of teachers...to tease about tests is never fun but somehow they get a weird joy in playing with our minds "AHH theres a test" but then again thats just my class..go figure...and yeah so tomorrow have to practice for the mime for mandarin trip and yeah thats only in like 9 days (so pray for us)...practically here...rather exciting...and yeah all that jazz...props to alana,lauren,hannah,and christina for listening to the music i give them...very nice of them...and so theres really nothing interesting to talk about other than ive been converted to like punk with occasional trumpets which could be called ska by some but it really isnt....five iron frenzy is pretty good...and another thing for any who were wondering "never take friendship personal" the song was inspired by a book written by john eldridge called "wild at heart"...hmm one of those great book titles....

plug to dhany- i have nothing against leather...just a random picture...however i dont like tight jeans though

well research is up...(reminds me of coolhandluke in a strange way)anws.. spent the day at the computer doing research for my paper...and yeah started at 11..stopped at 5..with in between "breaks"..hmm yes...so im thinking that this'll be the last one for this year..fun stuff..and right not much to say after my exciting day...other than gwendolyn brought up a good point about cd reviewers..you get paid for listening t music..and get a free cd and all that jazz...the only downside is that youd have to listen to prally a lot of stupid music...could be potentially annoying..yep speaking of jazz..there is a lot of stuff on langston hughes (and a lot of it doesnt make sense...yeah sorry been a pretty boring post..umm oh another random topic...the pink panther...the originals were excellent..and its inevitable that the new ones wont be as good...no offence to steve martin but yeah no ones going to be doing the inspector justice...but oh well..everyone have a good night