Music Mantra

Happy Easter, everybody! Olaina has blogged about her Easter, the more religious side.  To me, this year’s Easter marks a new beginning of another chapter of my life.  I have finally snapped awaken from a hazey sleepwalk of the past 6 months.  I have finally had a break through in my personal life.  And yes, I have a new computer to go with my new computer desk. I’m alive again. And here are some of the songs that inspires and gives you hope and strength.  Share yours in the comment if you’d like to de-lurk a bit.  🙂 Good Day...
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Hope is all you need

Justin and Olaina are going to become my neighbors.  In the sense that they will be less than 25 miles away.  Justin will be attending UCLA Harbor for his residency. Hooray! I was wishing with all my might that Justin would get to San Francisco.  That is the program he is excited about.  But deep down, I wish they don’t move too far away. Being somewhat local still is a good thing.  They won’t have to make new friends all over again because old friends are still close enough. Oh.  This is just awesome, AWESOME news! * * Convo Olaina...
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And Phoebe’s here too!

Mike and Nan and Owen welcomed their newest addition, Phoebe Akiko, yesterday, March 15 at 10:26 a.m., weighing in at 6 pounds 12 ounces and 18 inches long. This marks the end of the baby season for me until May when Shane’s sister Toni and husband Erik will welcome their little boy. Oh, and actually, there WAS one more baby on my list this past month.  My friend Jen’s little sister Erin welcomes baby girl Payton a few weeks ago.  I KNEW there was one more pregnant friend! * James was over at the party at Paul’s house last night. ...
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Leaving it all behind

My brother Onk emailed me that one of dad’s employees is collecting used toys to take to an orphanage over the weekend.  Apparently, he’s been doing this for many years.  Onk asked if he could pick “the ugly ones” of my stuffed animals to give away. Have I mentioned to you guys that I have a massive collection of stuffed animals back in Thailand?  As in, when we renovated my room when I was 13, dad had built-in wall-to-wall 3-level shelves for my “friends”.  And yes, the shelves were stacked, some double layers, with stuffed toys. I mean, as far...
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