Praises

TOTAL HUMONGOUS PRAISE TO THE LORD!!!

I'm not quite sure how to say this, because I want to make sure that I am giving ABSOLUTELY ALL the praise and thanksgiving to GOD and that I don't sound like I'm bragging. So forgive and correct me if this is not stated biblically:

God got A's in Organic Chemistry 2 and General Physics 2 in Spring 2010. *beaming smile*

It is whole truth. With every single assignment, lab report, quiz, and test, I was struggling and I had to give it up all to Him. Especially during my tests, I literally had to pray over every single problem. Unfortunately, I felt very discouraged as the both the classes were getting extremely low averages and I wasn't high above them. It was so horrible after the first 2 tests of each course, I wanted to quit after the withdrawal date (where you would get an F on your transcript which is awful). I won't say I'm a very perseverant person, but for an Asian to want to quit a course so badly that F's sounded okay, means it was baaaaaaaaaaaad. But then, my mother comes in and reminds me, that children of God don't quit. We just don't. What the Father has laid before us to complete, we finish, regardless the result. As she was talking (I wish I could translate everything she said verbatim), I was reminded of the major line in Facing the Giants -

"If we win, we praise Him. If we lose, we praise Him."

So, I'm not exactly winning anything with these courses, but that means, if I get an A, I praise Him. If I get a B, I praise him... etc. If I get an F, I still praise Him. I then knew it in my head, but I still didn't realize it with my heart, because I was still worrying (a sin I need to work on). My mother probably prayed hours for me and I felt it. On the week of finals, I was so desperate, I said, "Ok, God, this is it. I don't care what I get, whether it's an A, B, C, D, or F. I am totally giving this up to You. I can't do it anymore, and You are the only one that can carry me through. May Your will be done." 

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (NDP), and Friday were awesome days for me. I was free and peaceful. I thought, "Why didn't I do this earlier?!?!" I found out Saturday that I had gotten 96 on Physics (not enough to bring my percentage very high) and 65 on Organic Chemistry. I was able to praise God for both scores. Whatever grade God willed, He would make sure. This morning, before I checked, I prayed, "Lord, I want to check my transcript, but I will still praise You whatever I get." Let's say, I was VERY excited to see the grades and when I told my mother, she was even more excited than I was!! Praise the Lord, for He is good!! He does all for the good of those who love Him and I cannot ever praise Him enough.

I have another praise for my sister Alice, but I cannot elaborate as much on how she was feeling. However, I know God had mercy on her especially with her programming class. I will admit, I took Java after C# and thought it was easier than C# (I look back now and think it's more the probability that the C# professor was the worst I'd ever known), so I suggested that Alice take Java as her "computer class" in her music degree. Never was it made more evident that she and I were created differently. She just didn't get it sometimes, (don't get me wrong, my sister is brrrrrrriiiillliante!!!) and she really did try to understand. Every Tues and Thurs night and Saturday, my Dad spent about 2-3 hours helping her with her homework. I think a week or two before the midterms, my Dad said suggested that Alice quit the course (again, after the withdrawal date). Now, my Dad is NOT A QUITTER (why else do you think he's got a Ph.D. in mathematics and gets addicted to coding programs?!). He was just stressed at work and helping Alice so often was not exactly a relaxing thing to do. Alice also would moan about once a week, "I wish I had never taken this course!!" At which I would cringe and forevermore regret suggesting to my sister to do. But what do you know - Mommy comes to the rescue again!! She speaks similar words of wisdom to Alice and encourages her to press on. (I want to insert here, even though it's after Mother's day: My Mother dear is the BEST!!) Anyways, to make a long story short, Alice continues to study diligently and passes both her midterm and finals with flying colors, i.e. with an A!!! Isn't our God great?! 

He NEVER EVER FAILS!!! 

In Christ,
Victoria


*yipes... talk about long posts...*

Snow pictures!!

Snow pictures... because for some reason - I don't feel like putting it on photobucket, flickr, or picasa... 

Oh - and ignore the dates... all these pictures are from Jan 29th and 31st.

Honda Civic

Toyota Tercel

Snow-covered-road

Icy footprints

Already sorta icy

The tire swing... on the ground...

You can't tell - but those two buckets are next to what WAS a garden plot...

Something funky with the camera and flash function happened...

I was trying to get a picture of the purple sky... didn't work too well ... so I decided to purposely move the camera really fast... and get cool streaks of light!!

The next day... was BEAUTIFULLY GORGEOUS!!!

Wish I could have painted a bedroom that ^^^ color... 

That is my attempt to make a sno - I mean, Ice-Angel... It kinda hurt actually - especially since my head fell over 5 feet off the ground...

A few blades of grass poking out...

I can't remember if Al said these were rabbit or cat foot prints... They are so light!!

A cool shadow ...

How much bluer can the sky get?

Not a single footprint in this yard... I don't think they have kids :P ...

A snow/ice wall that Jane, Al, and I built in about 20 minutes... half of which was built with bare hands. ICE IS COLD.... BRR!!

Al accidentally toppled a section...

That's all... that I'm gonna post.  Blogger takes FOREVER to upload pictures... Hope you enjoyed it :D .

Rhyming...

I am weak,
You are strong.
I cannot speak,
Nor stand for long.

You are my light,
Pray lead me on.
Please help me fight
This battle won.

And Lord give me,
A childlike faith,
Always seeking
Your Holy face.

When I am still
To you I yield
So that Your Will
May be revealed.

MIT OpenCourseWare | Physics | 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002 | Video Lectures | detail

Oh ... and one more loverly youtube movie I have to watch because class was cancelled today (due to inCLEment weather :P )

MIT OpenCourseWare |


Physics | 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002 | Video Lectures | detail

^^^^ YEAH - IT'S an HOUR LONG!!

A youtube/video post...

:shock: I'm using Youtube... JK - These are songs my parents have approved and you'll see why ;) .

I admit it - for You Won't Relent and Never Alone, my parents prefer that I have my earphones on :P ...

Some pieces less spiritual but nonetheless amazing :D !!

^^ Al and I have to play the first movement of that ^^^ this coming Sunday :s .

And this one below - has 8 of the top pianists of the world playing one of the coolest pieces in the world :mrgreen: .

"Have you ever?" 's

Yes, I know - the title to the post ... has ... certain ... grammatical ... errors ... that I don't know how to fix :P ...

Anyways - here are a fun list of Have you ever? 's that popped into my mind recently:

1. Have you ever been allergic to your own hair? Like where your forehead and ears get red and itchy when your hair is touching them?

2. Have you ever received 2 huge college application packets, each with a letter that said they wanted you to apply to their music school?? And felt, "Um... why me? I didn't even ask for this information!!"??

3. Have you ever thought you had developed finger tip callouses for violin playing, whenanother piece of skin peels off?

4. Have you ever sledded on ice using a surfboard down your driveway?

5. Have you ever had a sister "make your hair into a rope" and then your other sister comes along and pulls it because, "it looked like it wanted to be pulled" ??

6. Have you ever gotten a letter of qualification for the student president at a college - just because of your semester GPA... and you didn't know what was going on?

7. Have you ever been stuck reading the first 6 chapters of Hunchback of Notre Dame for 2 years?!?

8. Have you ever left sourdough to rise over night and to find the next morning that it had exploded?

9. Have you ever celebrated your mom's birthday from 10:30 to 11:00 pm and had to get up at 6am the next day?

10. Have you ever had ~6.00 vision and completed an organic lab without glasses? You can't find anything!!

11. Have you ever pulled 2 trashcans up a driveway?

12. Have you ever washed dishes for 3 hrs because of a huge party at your house? And you had even used many disposable utensils!!

13. Have you ever wondered how ADHD and OCD came about?

14. Have you ever read a "How to do photography" book without reading any of the instructions, but instead only stared at every single picture for 2 minutes?

I have done (or done to me) all the above! ^^^ :D

I have been ...

ACCEPTED TO THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE!!! WHOOPEE!!!

Ok - totally random... but hey, I'm super happy. I'm just wondering why whoever got the mail didn't tell me I got something from TESC :-\ ... Anyways - I'm off to bed! Life, school, and music are crazy... I can't wait to be done with my degree! :mrgreen:

~Victoria