sareen. is. serene.

i can't wait:

2011-04-11T11:22:00.000-07:00

-to pick out a bride's dress with my sis

-to get my hair straightened in LA in a few weeks!

-to be done with LSATs

-to have a salaried job to get my own place to furnish it however way I want (:

-to read for pleasure

- to see my family back home...

meet luigi.

2011-02-28T16:06:00.000-08:00

50 most stylish new yorkers, StyleCaster

i love everything about this picture. the style, that hair, luigi tadini.

Ephesians 4:22-24

2011-01-28T22:44:00.000-08:00

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,
which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

all for Jesus!

keep me accountable please!

idk why my mom wants to make a donation to UC Berkeley...

2011-01-18T21:27:00.000-08:00

a. im out of school...i get no benefit
b. its public...hence there are no legacy rights of any sorts
c. i need that for grad school
d. my sister and i received zero financial aid from this school in our combined 8 years.

you know what they say about payback.

...."it sucks". duh! (:

Sriracha cookbook

2011-01-18T20:00:00.000-08:00

...Must become mine!!!!!
STAT.

Remember Remember....

2010-12-09T10:44:00.001-08:00

I'm 21.
and still every year, I have to remind myself that its not about all the shiny things I want.
everything that I need, in fact most everything I want, I already have.
Thank you, God.

Thank you holiday Glee songs to remind me of the TRUTH:

God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy

scratch that—1st Song

2010-12-08T23:03:00.000-08:00

for sure it was
Puff the Magic Dragon.

i used to watch that movie all day everyday.
now when i watch it on youtube, the magic is gone.
its so clear that they drew the backgrounds. literally a motion picture.

or maybe the magic disappeared when i watched Meet the Fockers several years later.
and puff the magic dragon was never the same

last lessons before college ends...

2010-12-08T17:17:00.000-08:00

"Whatever I had admitted until now as most true I took in either from the senses or through the senses;
however, I noticed that they deceived me.
And it is a mark of produce never to trust wholly in those things which have once deceived us"—Rene Descartes

help

2010-12-06T14:00:00.000-08:00

i really need a job...

...why was i always in a rush to grow up?

The First Song I Ever Learned/Actually Listened To...

2010-12-01T12:20:00.000-08:00

The very first song I could ever remember listening to was
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from Wizard of Oz.

Actually, at the time I never knew it was even from that movie.
I only learned that recently.
I actually learned it from Kindergarten.

After lunch everyday, Ms. Richards would make us have nap time (probably to calm us down).
We would all have to lie on the ground and close our eyes and she'd play this song

Somewhere over the rainbow- skies
are blue
and the dreams
that you dare to dream
really do come true

During that song, I'd always wish to be chosen.
At the end of the song, Ms. Richards would place a beautiful sparkly wand on you.
Then you get to take that wand and tap other people "awake".
I always hoped I would get it and a few special times I did.

Do you remember your first song?

David Crowder - How Great

2010-11-30T13:43:00.000-08:00

I'm so bored of little gods
While standing on the edge of
something large
While standing here, so close to You
We could be consumed

Jahn-so-ree (aka real talk.)

2010-11-28T19:33:00.000-08:00

sooo...
i've been having (what i like to diagnose myself with) anxiety attacks a lot when I try to sleep at night. (I know, i'm melodramatic but I do blame the weight loss on this!)

so i was whining to my dad and brother in the car as we drove back from picking up Expendables at Redbox.
sareen (whining and explaining the lack of sleep): i neeeeeeeeeeeeeed a jobbbbbb!! ): i worry about it all the time!
brother (rudely): you should work at a boba shop! (RUDE.)
dad: you know... let me tell you a story about Abraham.... (my dad LOVES droning on about anecdotes and stories)

Abraham wanted to have a child and God promised to give him a child. Abraham waited about 25 years. He grew impatient with God and then ended up having an illegitimate child with Haggar. God later punished Abraham with all that drama after...

Same thing happened down the line with his son Isaac. God promised Isaac a son but this time, he learned from his father Abraham's mistake and only took about 20 years...

Then finally, came Isaac's son, Jacob, who God chose, and loved, and called Israel...

You have to be patient and trust God, Sareen and not do things by your own strength...

happy thanksgiving!

2010-11-26T18:50:00.000-08:00

chillin at home with a cup of light eggnog.
siblings in the living room watching simpsons on one of our two newly mounted biggie tvs (the others mounted in the kitchen LOL)

hmm...
iWant to run out & grab these CDs. Thoroughly enjoying:

Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is For Us...
Rihanna, Loud
Leona Lewis, Echo and Third Album
Taylor Swift, Speak Now

He's Changing Me...

2010-11-23T13:16:00.000-08:00

He's changing me...
My precious Jesus...
I'm not the same person that I used to be...

Sometimes it's slow going.
But there's a knowing..
that one day perfect I will be....

skip thanksgiving, onto CHRISTMAS!

2010-11-16T22:21:00.001-08:00

okay. i know its not even thanksgiving yet, but there's some super exciting things that have come out that must be talked about!

what's on my wishlist?

1.) iPad. if i just had this baby, i would never ask for anything more .......................for entertaining myself. this gadget is just hopelessly cool, causes a severe case of green-eyes and is super useful! Who doesn't want to do Dora the Explorer coloring while on the BART?!

2.) e-Reader, Kindle, you name it. I know, I know. I want to be geek-chic too and carry around with me everywhere my vintage copy of Anna Karinina but that book is ridiculously heavy (and if I'm lugging around with me everywhere my iPad hehe, this is a double-don't.) Its literacy on the go! Multiple things to read at once!

3.) Jay-Z's Decoded. I seriously think this can make for a really interesting read. Jay-Z's an amazing producer who's super creative and has forged his own place in music from early on. Plus he's Beyonce's boo so there must be some interesting things about that. Must find reviews! OOH! MAYBE I CAN READ IT ON MY E-READER.

4.) Keith Richard's Autobiography.. My super hip (but olderish) professor who's wardrobe, iTunes library and swagger I crave told me that this is a seriously good read--fascinating life recounted in colorful, good writing. I've loved Keith Richards since the 6th grade so this is a no-brainer for me.

hmm.. that's all for now....

on knowing what i like/want

2010-11-12T14:26:00.000-08:00

when it comes to shopping, flipping through magazines or deciding what to put on my body.

i. always. know. exactly. what. i. like.

and what i don't. it's always absolutely fabulous or repelling.

there's no... hmm well maybe this works... or this COULD look nice with that.

i just know deep in my gut, without a shadow of a doubt, precisely what is right/wrong, good/bad. it takes me exactly one second to decide.

if only all the worries and grey areas were like that. if i could just know with that same "that's my final answer" slap the buzzer confidence what I'm going to do next, what precisely i want to do/achieve/obtain/say...

although lately i've been a lot better about deciding on things and not looking back. i want to be 100% self-assured and self-aware and decisive. but they say that's not possible in your 20s...

does second-guessing help you make safe and rational choices? Or does it just hold you back?

what i gleaned from my vivid dream last night...

2010-11-09T22:26:00.000-08:00

last night i had a dream that me and two other people were captives and in dire danger. we put our heads together and decided to pray in our heads. As we prayed, the Holy Spirit spoke to all of us and we all knew without having to communicate our plan aloud to each other the window of escape the Spirit had opened for us.

I woke up and then went back to sleep, only to have the same dream again!

practice being filled with the Holy Spirit. You never know when you (will especially) need to hear the voice of God.

i should probably twitter this but...

2010-11-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

CONAN PREMIERE NOVEMBER 8 on TBS.

conan love. <3

fickle

2010-11-03T13:24:00.000-07:00

i can never seem to make up my mind. why is it so hard to just decide and stick with it?

case in point: I asked for extra peppercinis on my subway sammich today. but when i brought it home, i took a bite and i took them all out.

i guess i just don't LOVE peppercinis today.

fresh month, fresh start.

2010-11-01T19:26:00.001-07:00

it was an AWESOME season joining the Giants team. GO GIANTS.
posey. lincecum. ross. uribe. wilson. RENTERIAAAA (even though he has scary eyes)

me and my sis.

2010-05-06T14:50:00.000-07:00

who is this random Chinese person writing on my wall????
):

sareen: i am annoyed at school.
lets get some LEGIT korean food in long beach.
OOOH
redondo beach
Eileen: lol
dude you know what legit korean food is in la?
it's made by mexicans

time is ticking away

2010-04-26T16:25:00.000-07:00

i haven't written in this thing in awhile. (mad props to people who start things AND finish/continue them).

today i went back to see the only post i didn't rescind. whos is this chinese person who wrote hella comments and what do they mean?! im glad i privatized old posts.

i'm about to get served by my finals. (do people use that phrase anymore??)
it doesn't help that as i'm writing this Epik High's "One" is playing on shuffle ("time is ticking, ti-ti-ti-time is ticking awayyyyy")

today my sister went back down to SD. I miss her already. Nobody gets me like she does. We can crack up about things that are only funny to us one minute and the next it'll be all real talk. It also helps that when she comes its like food and clothes christmas cuz she always treats me to everything. Sigh, I am blessed (read: spoiled). She even bought me groceries while she was out with her friends! My sister is really genuine. i like that. She just says whatever shes thinking--and usually it's very what the...how do you even think of that?? but its funny nonetheless. Case in point:

me: WOW. you look very patriotic today! (Eileen is wearing red polo, jeans and navy chucks)
eileen (not missing a beat): it's so they think i'm patriotic and not a terrorist at the airport.
me: ???????????????????? -.-

also, she's a FANTASTIC story teller. really funny. really engaging
i wish i can be a good story teller. alas, I tend to over-emphasize the minutiae and ALWAYS get the names and places mixed up until it's not funny anymore. sigh. i try??
its okay. i'm a good listener though. not according to my sister. she thinks i have selective hearing.

i finished ecclesiastes today. God is REALLY COOl. Like if He were a parent (...which He is), He'd be such a hip one. Its really interesting how He says to live life to the fullest and really enjoy it. Enjoy eating, drinking and laughing!! But He's also caring, giving us the caveat to just know that we will be judged for our decisions/actions though. It's like within that FYI, go nuts! enjoy! Oh, speaking of enjoy, it's cool that even the ability to "enjoy" something is from God. What an awesome Creator! Who would even think to create this thing of "enjoying"??

anywhooo, must read up on Corporate Social Responsibility so I can dominate this paper! also, ashley ng is making a guest appearance at my place in... t-minus 5 minutes so gotta go clean!

ps. scrubs' latest season is HILARIOUS.
and features JAMES OMG FRANCO's equally cutie brother DAVE FRANCO.
http://www.poptower.com/pic-15059/dave-franco.jpg

how can these words not resound in you..

2009-12-24T22:00:00.000-08:00

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

-st. francis of assisi