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Sunday, July 13th, 2008Right now I am doing something which I have done every day (usually multiple times a day) for the past couple months. No, I am not playing a computer game (something I haven’t done for about as long). I am chatting on Skype with Sharon! I look forward to it every day. There is about a 14 hour time difference, so morning for me is evening for her, day for me is night for her. So we can only chat in the early morning and late at night. I miss her soo much~
I really can’t wait until I can just talk to her face to face. I am usually not a really super talkative person (except, evidently, in Sunday School where I can’t seem to shut up), but I can talk to Sharon for hours and not get tired. Haha. Well, I better stop ignoring her and get back to chatting, hehe. Bye bye~
The Free Lancer!
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Well, it’s been a little while since I have written anything on my blog, so here is a brief update on what is going on. I have been trying to find a job, so I decided that in the mean time, I will be a freelancer. I started last week doing projects for clients that I found on GetAFreelancer.com. This site is really cool and it is free to join. It has freelancing opportunities for all kinds of work, not just Web Development (which is what I specialize in). It also has Graphic Design, Copywriting, And everything in between. It is really cool so if anyone out there is interested in Freelancing, I really suggest this site. Just sign up and see what jobs interest you. You tell the people how much you can do the job for, and if they like you and your price, they will hire you. In the first week, I made $700 and I got a lot more lined up for this week. It is really cool and I get to stay at home and choose my own hours.
Anyways, that is what I have been doing the past week.
Here is an update on me and Sharon: We have decided to apply for a Fiance Visa so that she can come to the USA and we can get married here. The problem is that this application usually takes around 6 months to process. So that is why the previous post. I am planning to go see her and stay with her in August, so that I can meet her family and we can have an engagement party there with her family. We are going to have the party on August 8, 2008. Isn’t that cool?! Anyways, I am working hard until then to save my money so we can do a lot of cool things there. I miss her and love her soo much.
Study Journal
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008When I was on my mission in Sri Lanka, I started a study journal there to record my thoughts and feelings about certain scriptures I read. I updated it throughout my mission. When I returned home, my study journal got left in the dust. Now, almost a year later, I am starting it again. I have renewed my goal to have meaningful scripture study each and every day, and record something from it in my study journal. But since I am a ‘blogger’ now, I figured, why waste such intellectual property by just putting it in a book? So I am going to write a few of my Study Journal entries from time to time here on my blog as well. Here it goes:
Proverbs 13:12 - Hope and Waiting
While I was talking with my fiancee, Sharon, on the computer I felt impressed to find a scripture about hope and share it with her. I looked on http://www.lds.org and searched for a scripture about hope. The first one I found was Proverbs 13:12, which I really liked. I liked it because in my mind it also talks about waiting for something that is important to you. It says “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;”. I have experienced this myself. Waiting for something, hoping it will come, then when it doesn’t come when you hoped, it makes your heart sick. I know how this feels because I have been waiting a long time for Sharon, and then when i found out I would have to wait even longer, it made me feel sick. But the rest of the verse has a promise that says, “when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” Wow. That is really cool terminology. A tree of life. I know that when I finally get to be with Sharon, it will be a tree of life to me, and I will be so happy with her.
The next day in Sacrament Meeting, I felt impressed to share that scripture with my mom. She loved it too and marked it in her scriptures. Later, she told me that she remembered it throughout her week and it really enriched her.
Well, that is the direct excerpt from my study journal. I will be making an entry like that every day, not necessarily on the blog, but at least in the journal. I have found that this is an effective way to increase the quality and also the quantity of your scripture studies, because it helps motivate you to have meaningful scripture studies and also motivates you to do it every day. Also, putting your thoughts on paper preserves them for future reference by you and your posterity so that all can be blessed thereby. Anyways, that is my first Study Journal Online entry. Hope you enjoyed it.
Bored without Sharon….
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Well, today I stayed at home. All day. I was soooo bored! I applied for some jobs online. I studied ASP.Net tutorials for my job. I studied Chinese. I updated my blog. I filled out VISA forms for Sharon. Then…. MY COMPUTER FROZE! It actually has been freezing a lot lately. (Funny thing how we call it freezing when what is really happening is the computer is over-heating). I decided that I had had enough of it so I decided to clean out my computer. I don’t mean erasing files I don’t use (I just stick files I don’t use in a folder called ‘Stuff’). I mean cleaning the dust off of my CPU. Simple enough in a Desktop PC, so how hard could it be for a laptop? Shouldn’t be too hard, I reasoned. 2 hours and countless screws later… I am facing this: 
Turns out that in order to get to the CPU of a laptop, you first have to take out all the screws on the whole laptop, remove the Hard Drive, then the DVD drive, then the Keyboard, then the Screen (yes, the screen!), then the speakers, then the motherboard, then the fan, then the heat sink, then finally you arrive at the CPU. As I had suspected, the Heatsink was super dusty. So I tried cleaning it off, but it wasn’t getting anywhere, so I decided to run to Radio Shack and get some of that Airspray stuff and also the CPU coolent formula you smear on the CPU and the Heatsink. Then after cleaning it up all nice, I put it all back together. At the end, I had a few extra screws and a wierd shaped metal thing. Oh well, my laptop works now and it hasn’t frozen yet, so I am happy! Anyways, what a boring thing to blog about, right?
Well, if you want something boring to do, try filing for a K1 Fiance Visa. Not only is it confusing as heck, but it is so exciting it almost put me to sleep. @.@ And it is super complicated. I hope I can get it all done in time.
I wish I could just marry Sharon and be done with it, but there is actually a lot of paperwork and processes that must be done. I love her so much though, it is definitely worth it. Anyways, it is my bed time now (I only got 3 hours of sleep last night, so I’m turning in early tonight (midnight)).
Oh yeah, you should go check out Sharon’s blog if you haven’t already. The address is http://eewen.co.nr. She has a cool Glog that she made of us, it is the first post I think. Go check it out!
Short update: I got a haircut two days ago for a job interview I had in St George. I really hope I can get that job. My hair is really short again, like a missionary :X
And! I added a video of Sharon at Zion Canyon, for all of you who wonder what she sounds like: Sharon at Zion
Salt Lake City
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Then on Tuesday, we rented a car and drove up to Provo to meet one of Sharon’s friends. We ate at Chuck-A-Rama and then continued on to Salt Lake City. We saw all of the sites again, the Temple, the Tabernacle, the Visitors Center, etc. We also ran in to two more of Sharon’s friends who were there serving missions on Temple Square. So that was pretty cool. We took a ton of pictures and checked out the mall, then we headed back home. We got back around 1 am. It was a fun trip. We also got to see the BYU Campus and the MTC. Here are some pics:
We did a few other cool things, like going to Lia’s house for a lunch with some of Sharon’s friends on Saturday, and going to some caves with Paul and Nikki on Friday. Chris is dating a Korean Girl who is friends with Lia, who is Sharon’s friend. So it is a small world, I guess. Haha. On Sunday, we had a big dinner with my family. Everyone came over to our house and got to meet Sharon. It was cool to see everyone again. Then on Monday, we went Kayaking with Chris and his girlfriend at the Sand Hollow Reservoir. Here are some pics of that:
Zion Park
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008On Monday, I took Sharon up to Zion National Park again. This time we took a shuttle bus and also went on the hike to Weeping Rock. It was a lot of fun. Here is a video from Weeping Rock:
And here are some pics:
Trip to Utah with Sharon
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Sharon and I had a blast on our Utah vacation! We met up with Elder and Sister Jensen at the Salt Lake City Airport. Sharon knew them from when they served in Miri Branch. They took us around and we went to see lots of sites with them. We also got to see snow, and play around in it too. It was a first for Sharon, who had never seen snow before in person. So that was a lot of fun. We also got to see the Salt Lake City Temple and the Tabernacle and the Conference Center. We ate lunch at the Brigham Young Lion House.
We then took a shuttle down to St. George. It was a long ride for some reason. When we got to St. George, my mom picked us up. It was nice for Sharon to meet my mom. My mom gave her some flowers, which was really nice. We were happy to reach home finally. Sharon had her room in the office. We relaxed at home the rest of that night.
The next day, Saturday, we also relaxed. I showed Sharon Zion National Park when we went up to pick Chantelle up from work.
On Sunday, we went to church with my family. It was really nice. Then we came back home to relax and eat dinner.
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