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YEEEEEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAHOOOOOO!!!! My computer is back, and running again in my hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to the Geek Squad @ BestBuy. Even with the language barrier, they managed to fix it. YEY!!!
So, I will be able to post on my blog again! That's all I wanted to say for today. Once my camera is charged, I will post some pics of our new house.
For today, here is my sister with a big pine cone she found. She picks up random things she finds. Just like me, she is easily amused...LOL

Hope y'all are having a good week so far!!

a sad notice.

Greetings, everyone.

First, I will apologize for not updating my blog for a while, yet again...

FYI, I officially finished the fall semester of my 2nd year of college, and have been in Phoenix with my family since this passed Tuesday. While many things have been new around here, family and food seem familiar. Except my brother is taller than me... LOL It is great to see them well.

BTW, I got some news about my laptop. This passed weekend, my laptop stopped connecting to the internet. So, after I got to Phoenix, we took it to the Geek Squad at BestBuy, and had to leave it there. It has been about 3 days, and we haven't heard anything. They are not sure what the problem is, and might not be able to fix it. Honestly, I wanted to scream, "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Because I really need and want my computer to last till I graduate. AND Mark just fixed my "0% space on C-drive" problem.

But, after all, it is just a laptop. I will survive. So, the "sad notice" is not about the fact that my laptop may never come back, but the fact that I don't know when I will be able to update my blog again after this post. I will try and update it whenever I can, though.

Well, that's all. Oh, yeah. Super K showed me a video on Youtube, and I remember I couldn't help but make faces as I watched this video. It's made by the same person who made "white & nerdy" video. Check it out when you have a chance by typing in "Virus Alert" in YouTube...

Happy Holidays!!!!!!

hugs,

Naomi

I know it has been about 2 months since Early Transition Program went to Apple Ridge Farm for 3 days for a retreat, but I thought I could still share some pics and a video with everyone.

FYI, ETP is a program that invites some incoming freshmen to come to Hollins a couple days earlier than the actual Orientation date to provide opportunity for them to meet some upper class students, learn more about Hollins, meet staffs & faculties, and hear about Hollins life and what you can do here from actual students. I'm one of the ETP mentors this year.

Among many different Activities we did at the retreat, we did some hiking/ walking around, and how the branches stretched in the mountain was very beautiful. I love tree tunnels!!! lol The pic on the right is during one of the bonding/sharing activities.

The view from our cabin.

We had spaghetti for one of our meals. In this pic, I think I groused out by the conversation we were having during dinner, and I froze in the middle of eating my spaghetti... This is, "Really? I mean, really? I'm tryin' to eat here!!!" face. And the pic on the right is from later on that evening. After doing our Accounting homework, Symphoni introduced me to a very meditating game called Mankala. This is officially my favorite game.

Finally, below is one of the late-night goofiness that was filmed during the retreat. Work it girls...lol

p.s. 2 more weeks left of this semester!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thenksgiving break in Winston-Salem

For Thanksgiving break, I got to stay at my host parents' house with TJ, Gail, and the kitties. It had been 5 months since I saw them last, and I was really happy that I got to spend some time with them again!!!! kana, a Japanese exchange student at Hollins, needed a place to stay for a day before her ride to Ohio came and picked her up, so she ended up spending the night at TJ&Gail's, too. That night, we had a big, fat, white-man fire in the back, and had some S'mores with hot beverages. It was very nice.

The next day, I can't remember which one, but TJ, Gail, and I went hiking to a state park after church. I had forgotten how amazing it feels to simply spend time outside.
I like these two pictures that Gail took. I think the one on the left looks like a family portrait. And Gail said that I look like a gargoyle in the right picture. lol

On Thanksgiving day, the Hill's/Wiles' thanksgiving tradition of eating Chinese food didn't quite work out, so we ended up cooking/baking at home. We had Japanese curry chicken, brown & white rice, avocado, broccoli, cauliflowers, peas, cheese, deviled eggs, croissants, and olives on the side. For desert, we had key lime cupcakes, and crust-less pumpkin pie. It was good, fun, and very very satisfying!!!!!!!!!

I hope I will get to visit Winston-Salem again soon... :o)