Gloria Choi

the other day driving back home from school, i saw a father and daughter on a bicycle. it seemed like he was picking her up from school because she had a huge hannah montana backpack. she was riding on the bar between the handles and her dad on the bicycle. i just thought it was a really sweet picture and i got all mushy. keke. i miss my dad. as i was driving past them and looking at them through the mirror, i saw the father swerve intentionally for fun and the little girl was squealing with joy and excitement. i guess she knew her dad won’t let her fall.

i used to ride on the back of my dad’s bicycle when i was little. (which by the way, wasn’t too far away okay?) i would hold on to his waist and we would cycle through the park or through green pastures when we visited my grandparents in korea. my dad would do the same thing, he would pretend to lose control and swerve the bike around, though i would scream hysterically, i knew he wouldn’t let me fall.

my dad after a satisfying meal

now, hur.. i’m too heavy! kehaha. i probably would need to give my dad a ride on the bike instead.

on top of the awesome bike rides with dad, another ride i really enjoyed as a child was the piggy back ride. those were awesome~! i actually kinda liked being sick because then i knew a piggy back ride to the doctor’s is about to come. kehaha. i would just lean on my dad’s warm back and enjoy the rhythm of his walking pace and if i pay attention, i could hear his heartbeat. and again, now, i’m too heavy to get a piggy back ride. kehaha. i’m almost as tall as my dad!

my dad at Seoul’s man made “lake-ish” thing

well, now i enjoy deep conversations with my dad and joking around (my dad has a really strangely funny sense of humor. i love it.). i enjoy doing errands with him and back in high school (which also wasn’t that far back), i used to go to his office during school holiday break to help out with cleaning up and organizing his files and cabinets, i loved it when all my dad’s colleagues would envy my dad having a little assistant to help him out. i would see him beam with pride and joy. i too loved seeing my dad happy. kehahaha.

that’s my dad. i had alot of hair as a baby apparently.

haaaaah. DAAAAAAAAAADDDDYYYYYYYY~

my african american roomie deanna is actually the one who first showed me this MV a long time ago, but it’s stuck in my head and perhaps one of my fave MV because it was just different from the usual sappy and loved dovey ones. enjoy!

yabalaba hiyah~ (chorus from the song) kehaha

yee tta bwah~

for this semester, i am taking two psych classes, theories of personality and cognitive psych. wooooooo~ sounds pretty cool huh? keke. i’m gonna talk a little about cognitive psych today.

as the course title suggests, it’s about how we use our cognitive skills, how it functions, the process and the biological aspects of it. i feel like i’m back in middle school or something when i am in this class because it’s really “sciencey.” with all it’s terminology and pictures of the brain.. huurr.. oh, when i mean i feel like i’m back in middle school doesn’t mean that the material is easy peasy, but just the atmosphere and just nostalgic, you know?

i really enjoy it because it’s a change from indefinite theories of psychology. cognitive psych tends to be pretty clear cut and definite because it’s about the way our brain and cognitive functions work. i mean, there is still a vast area that still needs to be explored and studied, but for the most part, it’s definite and empirically sound. so, i like it. keke.

i really like the structure (my prof is really organized; like i said, sciencey. keke). we also get to do some really really interesting and fun online lab experiments. there is about 1 to 2 online lab experiments assigned per week and they’re really convenient 15 to 20 min experiments that you do from your own lap top. then there’s a couple of questions to answer regarding the results and so on. but it’s really fun. it’s weird that i’m calling a supposedly hard class fun. but i guess it’s a good thing.. wait.. does that make me a … nerd? kehaha. i don’t care, i AM a nerd. and besides, what’s wrong with being a nerd? keke.

endless papers and discussions that are never conclusive…

this sciencey stuff is a breath of fresh air~ hur.

till next time~ yee tta bwah~!

hmm. well well well.. february 14th.

to some, it is a day full of surprises, hugs, kisses, wishes, rings etc.

to some, it is a day full of annoyed grunts, evil eyes, a bit of green eyes, comfort food etc.

then there is the other group where it’s just another normal day.

which group would you like to be? prolly not the second group eh? keke

but nonetheless, happy valentine’s day~

no matter what, know that you are loved.

yee tta bwah~

in America, people seem to like big sizes! up sizes! with huge trucks, huge burritos, mega tacos etc.. but in Korea, we have a tendency to like things small, mini things. we have tiny lap tops, mini flash drives (as big as 8G but they’re tiny cute!), mini this and that. we like to minimize apparently.

even coca cola. now, we have a mini-coke. keke. check out the commercial

the models for this mini-coke is called “2PM”, the most popular Korean group right now. just so you know, they are NOT gay. please open your mind to different culture’s definition of what’s hot/cute/good looking/talented. keke. they are actually pretty good at singing and dancing.

remember i mentioned that winter break was AWESOME? hehe. here’s why! firstly, i got to spend time with my little brother! he flew in a week before my school ended to spend his winter break here in LA. although i felt bad that i wasn’t able to really chill with him because i was having my finals, but it was still great to have him around. he was just doing his thing: computer games, sleep etc. hehe.

he also helped me out with my US history exam by finding all the definitions for the terms to study. i just had too much to study.. er.. also partly due to my procrastination. hur.

it was just great to have him around since he too just finished his first semester at college as a freshmen. he goes to school in texas. i just really appreciated how he totally understood that i couldn’t spend as much time as i wanted for the first week of his stay cos of my finals. actually, he was probably glad that i wasn’t free so that i won’t bug him. man, no wonder he kept saying “it’s really really okay, you do your thing. i’m fine.” meh.

but yeah, having my little brother around was simply amazing. oh~ my little BABY!! kehaha. he’s gonna kill me for calling him that.. keke.

on his computer, prolly playing his computer game

this is my brother’s trademark: curling up into a ball. kehaha. he does this every morning to express his refusal to see daylight. haha. silly boy. but i think it’s hilarious that this big old boy curls into a ball like this.

meh. i miss my brother.

oh, aside from the change of my grade status from a junior to a senior, something else changed too! keke

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spot the difference? hehe.

kelly. me. deanna.

just thought you guys would want to know about my rather dramatic change. kehaha.

even my dad was shocked at my erm… courage? keke.

yee tta bwah~

my friend showed me this vidoe clip during one of my classes. oh boy, it was so hard trying to constrain my laughter.

i don’t entirely agree to this but it is funny nonetheless. keke.

yee tta bwah~

let’s talk about my first day of school. yaaaay… wa~ wa~ wa~ *flops and rolls over to the ground*  i know i am acting like a child but please give me grace for this week because i guarantee i will NOT be functioning normally.

my first class just had to be at 8am in the morning. it just had to. bleh.

WAIT!! express news update about gloria’s life. i am now a SENIOR! bwahahahaha. technically i should be a second semester junior, but i’m trying to graduate a semester early so that i can save a little bit of money and take 6 months off before i head on to the next stage of my life. so yep, guys, you are currently talking to a SENIOR. keke.

although i must admit. the first day as a senior did not go well.. so my 8am class is an Integration Seminar: Jesus Lord of All. the title of the class already sends a hardcore signal. so i walk in, i did the walk of shame cos i was like 7 minutes late.. yeah. moving on. so, the prof is just brilliant, but he hands out a thick syllabus. now, i judge the level of a hardness of a class according to the thickness of the syllabus, just as the course sound intense, the syllabus was indeed - intense.

my tiny eyes started getting bigger and bigger, my breathing got heavier and heavier and my head started ringing louder and louder as no matter how many pages i flip.. the syllabus won’t end… what have i gotten myself into…?

just in case you’re confused, at Biola, every student is required to take an Integration Seminar. as the name suggests, it is a course designed to INTEGRATE an academic field with theology. in essence, it is the culmination of all the things we have learned so far in our discipline and biblical studies.

i picked this class because the psych department recommended it. i mean, they said it would be an apt course for psych students… but i did not hear nothing about a 35 page integration portfolio paper… class presentation… 35.. 35.. 35..

exactly how i looked after finally flipping through all the pages of the never ending syllabus.

okay. i gotta suck it up. i mean, come on, gloria, did you expect an upperclass level course to be easy??

but but.. i don’t wanna die.

i am tempted to drop this class, but i’m gonna give it a try. let’s see how this goes. more to come.

the dilemma.

yee tta bwah~ sigh….