2010 {Candids}

Here's to 2010! My year in photos...

January 2010: Went to O'ahu for Stake Conference. Met Elder Cook of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles. Also, Abe was there. We snapped this picture for my Elder Dude.

February 2010. Tsunami day. Yes, I did feel that it was necessary to take a picture of my super cute outfit on Tsunami day. Mmkay.

March 2010. Went on my very first field trip as a "kumu" to Pu'u Moi ranch in Hamakua on the big island and got this shot. Big Island has the most beautiful waterfalls.

April 2010. Glee came back! Enough said!

May 2010. This picture refused to rotate. Anyway went to the beach with this cutie pie.

June 2010. Became Mama to this beautiful baby girl. She was soooo litttlee and sooooo cute!!! Well, she's still little and cute but not this little and cute!

July 2010. Hung out with this beautiful lady. We went to our first bon dance with a bunch of our other friends and even ran into our high school speech teacher. it was AWESOME!

August 2010. Beautiful sunrise over Bellows in Waimanalo, O'ahu.

September 2010. Hung out with this cutie pie! My baby brother, Cyrus. Too bad he's 6 and not a baby anymore!

October 2010. Went to the Justin Bieber concert and threw out all of my previous thoughts of him. He really is a great live performer and the boy can dance. Plus, he's pretty darn adorable too!

November 2010. The La'ie Hawai'i Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was rededicated! I got to go to open house three times and it was amazing.

December 2010. WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY FREAKIN POTTER. enough said. :)

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I have this set to post at 10:00pm Hawaii time, but by then everywhere else in the world will have rung in 2011 already, so Happy New Year everyone! (How is it in the future?)

I pray that God will bless you and your family with a wonderful, healthy and prosperous year in 2011!

Let's talk New Years!

Yes, I am quite aware that it isn't even Christmas yet (how many days til that anyway), but of all the holidays in this season, my absolute most favoritest, favorite holiday is New Years! OK, I lied, Thanksgiving is my most favorite, but since I was flying on Thanksgiving day and I'd just arrived in Florida and we didn't do much of anything, we're going to go with New Years as my favorite this year. And while I think Christmas is awesome, it just isn't fun when you're in the weird age between being a teenaged kid and being a full fledged adult, so you don't get any really cool presents. Yeah, I'm in that stage right now. I am also in the stage where I'm too old to go to fun teen stuff, but I'm still too young to go to a good night club (not that I enjoy clubbing anyway, I just want to be old enough to have that option, kay?). OK, sorry, I'm done complaining now. Let's just go with Christmas is not my favorite winter holiday and we'll leave it at that.

Now New Years, well New Years in my book is awesome! For as long as I can remember, everyone on our street would get together have a huge potluck with fireworks (most of them illegal). All the TV stations would have countdowns of their best show episodes from the year. We get to watch how different countries and cultures are celebrating the New Year. And we get to have a HUGE party. I think my love for New Years shows my strong connection to my Chinese heritage. The Chinese really know how to ring in the new year, let me tell you!


Anyway, on to the real point of this blog. Starting in 2011, I've decided that I am really going to focus on working on my Day Zero Project goals. I've got 5 down and only 96 more to go! And I can't think of a better way to go through 2011 than by working to complete some goals! I've already decided that I will be starting to write a book as well as my autobiography beginning in 2011. And I have some other plans for the month of January and beyond, but my biggest goal is, drum roll please.....


My book list!

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Oh, how I wish that beauty was in my house! Anyhow, I am super excited to start on this goal. I love reading, it's one of the things that has always kept me sane. I know that no matter how crazy life is, I can enter into another world for a while by simply opening a book. It is honestly the greatest escape.

My reading list is pretty long, but hey I do have 962 days, and I'll probably give myself the full 1001 since I should have started this project sooner, but we'll see! I'll also probably start a separate blog to do book reviews and what not, just so that I don't flood my personal blog with stuff. And, I may even start a virtual book club thing. So, if anyone else is interested in reading through my list with me (or even just reading SOME of the books on the list) let me know and we can talk and figure things out.



Well, I better go and figure out which books on the list I actually own so I can start there. Or maybe it's time for me to head down to the library!










P.S. Stay tuned for a new blog design (hopefully!!) over the next couple of days. I'm getting a bit tired of this one, it's time for something new!