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Mighty is the Power of the Cross--Chris Tomlin

Saturday, November 28, 2009

8:51 PM

What can take a dying man and raise him up to life again?
What can heal a wounded soul?
What can make us white as snow?
What can fill the emptiness?
What can mend our brokenness?
Brokenness

Mighty, awesome, wonderful
Is the holy cross
Where the Lamb laid down His life
To lift us from the fall
Mighty is the power of the cross

Wow I'm updating a lot. That's good [: Must save the memory and reflect later in life right? Which is WHY melissa should update her blog :p Anyways, I'm trying to distract myself from writing more college essays by posting. It's so boringggg. So today was my UPenn interview, and it was actually a lot of fun. Weird, right? The lady was really easy to talk to and she thought a lot of the stuff I said was funny even though I wasn't trying to be funny haha! She graduated in '92 from Wharton and majored in Accounting, worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in NYC and then transferred to DC. She came back to Pittsburgh after meeting her husband and worked for a firm in international taxes for 7 years. Pretty cool stuff. Sadly, she stopped working when she had her children, which was eight years ago. It got me thinking. What am I going to do when I have kids? I know it's really far from now but I like planning stuff out. I don't want to work hard for a degree + grad school and spend all that money just to stop working when I have kids. Yet, I don't want my kids to grow up with working parents. My mom was always around for me when I was a kid, and I really liked that. And I do want kids...-sigh- difficult decisions. I'll deal with them later.

So lately I've noticed several things. First, whenever people ask me where I'm applying early I always struggle telling them. In a way, I don't want people to know so that if and when I get rejected, it wouldn't be as bad. But then again...why am I so hesitant? If people get to hear about my successes, they should be able to hear about my failures as well. Perhaps, they can even learn a thing or two from them. So world, my first choice is Penn and the decisions come out Dec 11. Ask away when that time comes, and I'll be glad to tell you whether I get in or not.

Thanksgiving break is almost over. My cousin's leaving tomorrow ): I'm sad to see him go...he's one of the smartest kids I know. He's 2 and will be turning 3 in February and he knows all of his colors, abc's, and can count to thirty. I don't know of many kids at that age who can do that. Pretty impressive. But he'll be back when Chinese new year rolls around because my aunt from china is coming to see her daughter at pitt. Semi family reunion? I'm pretty excited.

I finished applying to the Schreyer Honors college today (PSU) THEIR APPLICATION IS SO FRIGGIN DIFFICULT. It's harder than the ivy league apps. So, I urge all of you juniors to apply to Pitt next year as your safety because Pitt doesn't require any work at all. PSU requires not only a regular app which consists of an essay and app fee but also a SEPARATE application for the honors college. The separate app contains 3 essays and 5 short answer AND another app fee. But it's supposed to be one of the top honors colleges in the country so I suppose it's worth it for my safety. There's a really annoying essay about copyright policies...I guess it's used to weed out all the kids who don't want to work to get in the honors college? It requires a lot of research and reading on dry copyright rules :p But I'm relieved I'm done. School's beginning soon and I need to finish Cry, the Beloved Country. It's a REALLY good book so far. And it's easy to read, something that can't be said for Caruso's other books.

So I've been addicted to online shopping. Most people have figured it out because I've bought a lot of shoes and other stuff online. Today, I got a new Nine West purse [: It's beeeeeautiful. I also ordered a laptop which is coming the day after early decisions come out so hopefully it'll be there to cheer me up. I also ordered a camera which will be coming soon as well. It's nice to have a job.

I've noticed a lot of things with this generation. Kids rely on their parents to buy them all their gadgets for college. I've talked to a lot of friends and almost all of them expect their parents to buy their cameras and laptops AND pay for their college education. Really?? It's surprising because parenthood is by no means a contract that must be fulfilled. Kids are regarding these things as a duty their parents must do. It's really a shame. I also talked to another friend who said her parents keep a list of finance for her. On the list, they have recorded every cent spent on her while in high school including costs of orchestra trips, school supplies, and costs to join clubs. They expect her to pay every cent back once she gets her job. This is also a shame and reinforces the contract theory. Perhaps this is the reason why teenagers today have rifts with their parents and see college as an escape. I only hope I don't have this relationship with my children in the future.

Okay back to work now. [:

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