slow down please.

19 days already. that's almost 3 weeks. and only 3.5 more to go. can you believe it? i wish time would stand still.

anyway, i need to do a massive update. i believe i left off on wednesday. :) let's see if i can remember it all!

wednesday. school. ALL day. again, very wearisome. haha. 5 hours of straight content is a lot for anyone to handle. but we were rewarded with a splendid family get together later that night! we ended up going to a chinese dinner in kaimuki with literally what seemed like ALL of our hawaii family. i felt terrible for not remembering everyone. haha. can't help it if the family is so large! but it was cool getting to spend time with them, and enjoy good food with good company. :)
i love my big family. i couldn't imagine it any other way. i love having 3 brothers, 2 amazing parents, and tons and tons of cousins. people are my passion, and i just am so thankful for what i have.

thursday. ward! becca and i decided to adventure a bit. we went down to ward centre to shop and have lunch. quite an enjoyable day if i do say so myself. i didn't buy anything but a discounted nail polish, but hey, it's the little things in life that make you happy. :) our original plan was to go to the beach with our friend matt (different matt), but we ended up staying for too long. OOPSIES! haha. but i did end up seeing him at the epic meeting which was awesomeee. my friend jp also decided to join us for the meeting! that made me really happy. the meeting was awesome. i was able to meet lots of people, including the rest of the epic crew, and all the people they've been reaching. we shared our stories with one another, and prayed. it made me miss my epic family! but i'm just really thankful to have a community out here. god is doing some awesome work. keep praying for hawaii please, a movement is just itching to happen.

friday. TGIF mate!! class again. blah much? anyway. at least we went to the gym after! (believe it or not) haha. but now i understand why only a fraction of the UH population has experienced the gym. it's TINY. it's smaller than the size of our small weight room. haha. and it doesn't even have mats for you to sit and stretch on! picture, 4 elipticals, 2 treadmills, and a ton of weight lifting machines. THAT'S IT. less than satisfactory. but we still got a good workout, nonetheless. it was much needed man. eesh i feel like i'm putting on weight. which is counterproductive with me being in my bathing suit everyday. sadd! haha. anyway. it was friday, so we decided to go out :) we went to imana's for sake bombing. although, only 2 people did it! haha. us underagers just watched. it was matt's first time, so that was cool. then peaced out to bubbies. OH MAN. macadamia nut ice cream has got to be the greatest invention ever! bubbies makes all their ice cream homemade. and it's only in hawaii :) jealous? i would be too. haha. especially since i'm a crazy ice cream lover! SO good. ended up just chillin with matt, joanna, nicole, becca, and our new friend leo. good night for sure.

saturday. FUNNEST DAY of the weekend! woke up to go beachhh. yah! jo took us to a.d.'s, which is a place where all the locals go to jump off this log that juts out from the rocks. there's like a pool made by the surrounding rocks with the clearest water you ever did see. so you jump in and just tread water while you talk story. it was a fun experience for sure. i was so chicken to get up there! haha. i ended up having matt walk me out on the log, as i inched my way to the end. hahahaha. jumping was the least of my worries. but hey! i did it. :) and it was fun. later we shifted beaches to sandy's to meet up with leo. crazyyy waves here. people die! there's even a sign that says "when in doubt, don't go out" haha. matt did though. true surfer brah fer sher. anyway it was cooool. met a few new peole that day! nicole and jo's friends tracey and jess came along and we met up with leo there. way fun :)

later that night we went out to kailua! apparently this is where all the haoles lives. hahaha. and it's true. more whites here than i've seen on the other parts of the island. we went to a birthday party. pretty funn. enormous backyard! couldn't believe it. the houses back there were really nice. i can't even comprehend nice houses in hawaii. they must be worth a fortune and a half. anyway, party hopped to another place in kailua--tracey's friend. haha. soo funny, while we were there i guess the people thought i was a local? then they decided to guess my race. again, another enigma. hahaha. they were all convinced i was filipino. good guess, i thought. not quite! then they were sure i was mixed. japanese and something. wrong again! haha. when i said i was pureblood they couldn't believe it either. no one believes im chinese! and full at that. it's okay though. i like ambiguity. :) and it's such a compliment that everyone here mistakes me for a local. maybe i should just move here and become one! haha. definite possibility. anyway, good night for sure. got home wayyy too late though. =/

sunday. church, yes! i decided to try the church epic is going to, out on nuuanu street. really tight knit church. i ended up bringing my friends from the dorm, blake and darius. it was such a blessing to be able to take them, because honestly, i had just busted out my faith with them the night before. i had no idea that other states in the US were so religious! california seems so scattered. sad =/ but yea, the service was really good. and then a potluck after! i love how churches here have food after. hahaha. but yeah, i'm praying that they come back out. i invited them to epic this week, and i think they might come! darius will be going here next year full time (he's on the football team), and it'd be really cool to see him get involved. :) later in the day (after i finished my h-dub), dat took me to a few beaches! so niice. it was nice getting out of ala moana--although ala moana is love, it was time. haha. anyway, i love that you can go in the water and chill at the beach even at 4, 5, 6pm. fhjdsafh LOVE hawaii.

monday. school. once again! i had a presentation. that i'm pretty sure i bombed. but whatevs. i don't get a grade anyway! i'm not so great at public speaking. =/ during our last class we decided to jamboogy and catch the 3:30 bus to the beach! one of the guys in our class was so nice and offered to take us. but we didnt want to make him wait. haha. anyway, we get to the beach and matt calls and asks us to his family dinner! so we get in a 45 min beach sesh. hahaha WEAKSAUCE, i know. but we get back and were going to try and catch the 6:15 bus to aiea. was not going to happen. haha. 10 min to get ready? ehh. thank the lord though! jp calls and tells us he's going too. so he takes us. THANK YOU JP! we get there, and matt's parents are unbelievably nice. they made some onolicious food. it was a really good night for sure. :)

so i think we're all caught up now. haha. since today is tuesday. :) plans for today include beaching it, homework, and then jo's 21st birthday dinner!!! i can't wait. there's going to be like 25 people there. hahahaa. huge for sure. but it makes sense. that girl is much loved. anyway. hope all is well on the homestead. i miss you all!

nicky♥