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Name: Ruby
Country: China
Gender: Female
Interests: Hanging out!! reading, playing sports (almost all of them), talking, going for walks, snowball fights, water fights, swimming, and anything i can do with people i like to be around.
Expertise: Can't think of any right now.
Occupation: Student; I am also a tutor
Message: message me
Member Since:
5/15/2003
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| My eyes aren’t bloodshot yet, but they might be if I stay up much longer. This whole "war-simulation" going on outside is enough to drive me crazy. Shenyang is really alive at the moment—fireworks, firecrackers that sound like machine-gun fire, and other big noise-creating blasts are going off, making sleep impossible. Figures, I moved to a nicer part of town, where more well off people live, so they can afford to buy tons of ammunition to blow away all of my hopes to get some sleep tonight. The little blue pill sitting on my desk is becoming more and more tempting. In one hour, ALL the big guns will be brought out. The city will erupt, and all 8-9 million people will go outside at midnight and herald in the Lunar New Year with much blasting firecracker noise and fireworks. The blue pill looks really nice. A temporary lull in the gunfire. Now, for wonderful silence to descend, we just have to wait for all the thousand car alarms to stop sounding, as they were set off from the huge 'booms' and 'bangs'. Nevermind, there goes more exploding, banging, and mutilation of a night of sleep. I am miserable. Saturday night of all nights. Sunday (church) tomorrow. That’s it. Down the little blue pill goes. Best wishes for everyone else’s lunar New Year, but mostly in anyone's attempts for sleep. My hopes are all dashed. If anyone ever wants to know what a full-fledged war sounds like, come to Shenyang for the lunar New Year’s eve. You will not be disappointed. --Ruby | | |
| wow, i've not posted in such a long time... when veronica told us to post, her comment about us being "lazy people" was exactly right. i've been way too lazy to post anything. i really don't have much to post anyway, and many times i've sat down to post SOMETHING but my life at the moment is so boring that if i talked about it, i'd put anyone who reads my blogs to sleep. a fun thing that happened just yesterday at school was a school-wide activity where everyone could dress up like a celebrity, movie character, cartoon character, or singer. one little kid was super creative and decorated a box to look like sponge bob. i was a very convincing jack sparrow. it was so much fun. my costume won the award for my class. but the girl who won for the whole highschool dressed up exactly like shrek. it was awesome. she painted her face and hands green, wore boots, a vest, got little ear things, put on a skin-tight green hat to make her look bald, and put stuffing in her shirt to give herself a belly. she made me laugh so hard when i saw her, i never expected anyone to dress up like shrek. i've been going to the gym about three to four times a week. i'm trying to get a healthier life-style. i think it's helping. i haven't gotten super thin or anything, or lost weight (sheesh, c'mon!), but i feel better and my arms look really good... lower body needs some work still, so i'm still workin on it. :) ok, that's it. nothing else going on. boring, right? loves,
--Ruby | | |
| that's it. i can not stand myspace. it is infuriating and no where NEAR user-friendly. xanga is much better. it is so easy to use. and the format is much more catchy. clicking around is not fun. note to everyone: USE XANGA. i will love you for it, because i can not understand myspace. and i want to keep in touch. a little update: the first semester of my senior year is officially 'history'. what a relief.
i hope next semester will be better. this semester was a huge disappointment, in more ways than i can count on my two hands. a few things i'm looking forward to: the TCK departure seminar in Beijing in January. i can't wait. i'll get to hang out with tons of friends from all over china. awesome. ok, going to bed so i can tutor in the morning with a clear head.
--Ruby | | |
| 1) I've been looking around online at lots of different winter activities to do. I used to think winter gave birth to a boring, dreary, weight-gaining lifestyle, but not anymore. I'm going to try multiple outside activities so I can stay in shape during the cold season. I hope to try hockey, skiing, ice skating, snowball fights, and running. 2) I got back from Qingdao yesterday night, and I was slightly sad. I had the wonderful opprotunity to see Kattee and other friends from Tianjin, Qingdao, and Chengdu. Even though my battle wounds aren't few, I'm glad I went. I mostly have a lot of bruises. I also have two jammed fingers, and am sore. But wow, I would do it all over again. For SURE. 3) My mind keeps wandering back to certian aspects and times of my trip. Along with these places, I remember people. On tuesday night the Qingdao school took all the basketball players to the Crowne Plaza Hotel and we had a really nice dinner. The food was wonderful, and the room we were in was absolutely stunning. It had a high ceiling, big ornate pictures on the walls, interesting looking lights, large doorways, and mirrors placed in strategic places. It was beautiful, and I was blessed with a wonderful dinner partner. He was (and is) really cool.   4) Today is Thanksgiving Holiday. I thank the Lord for his wonderful provisions and timely intercession into my life. During a time when I was sad and mellow, turning over and over in my mind questions of the future, God sent me a little nudge and gave me a reason to hope and stay dedicated to Him, His Word, and His commands. This nudge of encouragement was also a slight repromand: if I am not faithful, I may not receive full benefit of His blessings.
But this is Thanksgiving Holiday. On this day, I want to purpose to make every day a day for giving thanks to Jesus Christ for his blessings, care, and eternal love for me and you. --Ruby | | |
| I talked about the "long-term" in my last post, but this post is about the short-term. I am going to a basketball tournament in QingDao NEXT MONDAY, exactly seven days away. This is incredible because 1) I would have practiced only seven (MAYBE eight) times before the tournament, 2) My team has only five players (meaning i will be playing the WHOLE time [so I can't complain I'm not being given enough playing time] and maybe only four players, or THREE, if someone is injured or gets into foul trouble, 3) This will be my last ISC B-ball tournament ever, and 4) I'll be able to see Kattee, pretty much my twin, and talk to her in person. Oh, I forgot another one, 5) I'm going to be able to see "other" people while I'm there.... *clever/evil/impish grin* I'm excited! I'm bursting at the thought of going! **edit: I'm not really looking forward to the hours of agonizing playing of basketball multiple times over and over again with no relief, mercy, or rest, but I'll do it so I can go to QD.**
--Ruby | | |
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