nothing else matters

tonight was game 1 of the 2010 nba finals, lakers vs. celtics

during the game, ABC showed the seriousness of kobe bryant and how even chris rock couldn't distract this very talented, very skilled player. i found a clip of it on youtube because i found it so hilarious. i can't stop laughing at it, hahaha. poor chris rock -- he looks like he got burned really badly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQwWEDu1z9o&feature=player_embedded

in the postgame interview, kobe bryant stated that when he's playing basketball, "nothing else matters."

it made me think... how i'm so easily distracted by everything around me that i tend to lose my focus for my studies all the time. man, i need to be more disciplined.

steak dinner

i made a new friend who happens to be a CPA! her name is angela and she's a few years older than i am. we had our first date today and we got along pretty well. i bet it's because we both have an ISFJ personality, hahaha. but seriously, i'm really thankful for this new sister at Hope church. praise God :)

anyway, she knows what it's like to study for the exams. tonight at dinner, she wanted to motivate me to pass the exam so she said she'd treat me to a steak dinner if i pass my july exam. but, i told her that it would motivate me more if i treated her to a steak dinner if i pass. the idea behind that is... i WANT to treat her. i WANT to pass and stick to my word and treat her to a delicious steak dinner. as much as i don't want to fail the test, i also really, really don't want to fail her, either. do i make sense? i hope so.

anyway. steak dinner... here i come!! (ahh, i hope!! T_T)

misunderstood

when i was in norcal this past week, my cousin, alina, took me to sf to watch the musical, "wicked." i heard so many wonderful things about it so i was pretty excited to watch it. and oh my, the performance was amazingggg!!! i was so engaged in the story that i began to feel for the characters and i became so frustrated with how the wicked witch has been misunderstood this whole time!! ahh, just thinking about it still irks me, haha! :P

but anyway. i grew up thinking that the wicked witch from "the wizard of oz" was nasty and evil. but as it turns out, she's really not. there's a reason why she's called the "wicked witch" but does anyone know who she really is? why she's even green? what her real name is? who her family is? NO.

gosh. we humans THINK we know who people are just by looking at them or hearing about their "reputation." we're so quick to point fingers and put labels on those around us. as great as "wicked" was, i felt so ashamed because... i'm guilty of "judging a book by its cover." i hope that i'll be better at getting to know a person first before i think i know who s/he is.

man, i'm so sorry, elphaba (the wicked witch's real name), for misunderstanding you all this time! but i'm really glad you had a happy ending!!~ :)