ski + SF

it wasnt the best trip i'd say
taking care of 7 boys who supposedly can take care of themselves was the hardest task
snowboarding = death
my legs were burbing afterwards
it was terrible
never again

still had fun tho
the tour guide we had in SF was awesome
he's very knowledable and he has a brit accent!
he left england when he was 17 to travel the world
the bus tour was a great way to get a brief overview of SF

auntie ruth opened up her house for us to stay at
the boys had to cram in the study room
the study room became a concentration camp
we had a lot of food
we had a dumpling night after SF
and a potluck on xmas day
when she also had a gospel sharing meeting

one thing i learned from her is that
we can careless about what people will think and just share the gospel

halloween

saw a few really cool costumes this year
wonder why there were so many green man on green street
girl costumes are so uncreative
boobs falling out
butt showing
plz cover up
the sexiest costumes are usually the ones
that leave room for imagination

getting old
can't go out 2 days in a row
my body soars
it sucks

junior year
body sleeps when it hits midnight
it sucks


im listening to christmas music already

功課 上課

唉 真的不知道我能不能承下去
我快受不了了
我討厭上學

i ate 3 donuts, a brownie and skipped dinner
hulu is gonna make me fail college
human relationship is frustrating and complicated
i really should start doing homework

all nighter

I pulled an all nighter last night, which means school officially started yesterday. I'm so messed up now, I sleep in the afternoon and stay awake all night. I was totally fishing in class today, it was hard to stay awake. When I got home, I slept from 3pm - 9pm, 6 hours of sleep in the afternoon. Don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.

Recently, I got addicted to Greek (thanks to Kim). And thanks to Hulu, because I won't be able to catch up the show without it. I now have hulu as a bookmark :P What am I going to do when I'm not in the States?!

First 3 weeks of school

上上禮拜五和朋友到了附近的韓國餐廳吃晚飯 :P 當然無法和韓國比，不過有的吃就不錯了。上上個禮拜六到芝加哥玩，去看了 Harry Potter Exhibition。Exhibition 超棒的！他們把所有電影里的道具 show 出來，有些做得很精致呢。現在開始忙起來，一堆的meetings（開學以來，我沒有一天是沒meeting的。今天更過分，在同一時間有3個meetings），readings，等等的。明天還要小考，才開學3個禮拜嘢！教授們是存心想把可憐的學生給逼瘋。大學好像只有越來越忙，沒有越來越輕松。今年我是我們學校美國廣告聯盟會的副會長之一，所以往年都要忙。不過忙歸忙，好吃的還是要吃。禮拜六去吃了火鍋，呵呵 :) 不過這里的火鍋是真的很不好吃。

我的新室友人很好，我跟她相處的不錯。

我最近也認識了很多新朋友，特別是外國生和交換生。（學校今年收了很多外國學生）。
今天晚上6-10我和我朋友會去上心肺復甦術課。

this is absolutely ridiculous!

How the heck did the Study Abroad Office mix up mainland China and Taiwan?! Study Abroad Office should be one of the departments on campus that knows the most about different countries! If a student who just doesn't read the newspaper and knows nothing about international issues gets confuse about this, fine. BUT THIS IS THE STUDY ABROAD OFFICE. I'm absolutely ashamed that the Study Abroad Office made this kind of mistake.
Page 5 of the Study Abroad Newsletter :
China- Annette Lu (Error 1: it should be "Taiwan- Annette Lu" or "Republic of China- Annette Lu")
As the first female Vice-President of China (Error 2: same problem), Annette Lu used her University of Illinois Master of Law (L.L.M.) degree to pave the way for females in politics. Lu was born in northern Taiwan, and studied law during her undergraduate career. She received an L.L.M. in 1970 from the University of Illinois, continuing on to Harvard Law School. On March 18, 2000, Annette Lu was elected to the Vice Presidency. If you are interested in China (Error 3) or investigating politics, consider the following programs:
(If the section title is "China- Hu Jintao", Errors 3 & 4 are not errors. BUT the title is Annette Lu)
SAO Exchange: Chinese University of Hong Kong
SAO Exchange: The University of Hong Kong
LAS/SAO Winter Break Course Abroad: GLBL 298, Shanghai, China
(Error 4: Hong Kong and Shanghai are in China, not Taiwan = the programs have NOTHING to do with Taiwan and Annette Lu being the 1st female VP of Taiwan!)

No U Turn

Email from housing:
Hello Yinting

I have received your request to move to a different residence hall. Congratulations! You are now living in Global Crossroads in PAR!
Also, please be aware that once a student submits a request and has been moved, that student cannot submit an additional request to be moved. Students will be moved only one time prior to classes starting. No exceptions. Therefore, you will not be moved again because your request to move has been accommodated.

I hope that you enjoy your summer. We look forward to seeing you in the Fall!

Tanya
Housing Information Office
100 Clark Hall; 1203 S. 4th Street; Champaign, IL 61820
To be honest, I'm actually really scared right now. I have no idea what PAR's gonna be like. It's far and it's not Allen. There aren't gonna be people in the front porch doing whatever, carrying guitars around, singing in random places, painting or making pottery. I think I'm gonna cry now :'( Allen Hall, I miss you already.
PAR is going to be a new experience. Hi PAR and international students, Yinting is coming. Be ready :P
If you lead me Lord I will follow
Where you lead me Lord I will go
Come and lead me Lord I will follow
Where you lead me Lord I will go
I will go

You are going into the trash can

Anger
Titles
Status
Worldly success
Bitterness
Jealousy
Hatred



Thank you

Thank you for Phillis's message about broken relationships and thank you Andy for teaching Mark 1 that taught me about the Kingdom of God. I have a broken relationship with IV. I was actually leaving IV and didn't want to have anything to do with it for the rest of my college life after CFW. CFW was going to be the last IV thing I do. I told people that I need a break from IV because IV was hurting me. I lied. I wanted to escape because I didn't know how to deal with IV anymore. I didn't want to let God grow me through the problems I faced. I was angry and bitter towards IV. I wanted to escape. This week has made me realized that my eyes weren't set on God. Even though there are problems in IV, God is still working. Witnessing Chelsea coming to Christ has been a great testimony for me and encouraged me a lot. It showed me that God can work through anything and all I have to do is to humble myself and let God show his glory. God is good!



CFW

i'm so glad that i went
and i'm so glad that it's in timber wolf
that camp was pretty!
i met so many people from other areas
got to know all these cool people that i didnt know before
then realized that they graduated
and i wont see them again
what the heck?!
but im so glad that i met you before i'll never see you again

soph year

2 years gone, unblievable
I only have 2 years of college left

this year was unexpectedly harder than i thougt it would be
harder classes
more relationships to keep up with
more activities
more problems
less time

never thought i would learn so much this yr

seek first His kingdom

My 2 years in IV has been absolutely amazing
amazing not because everything with IV went smoothly
and i didnt have a single problem with IV
not because I was always happy in IV
not because IV is perfect
but beause IV has challenged me to grow
some of you remember how loud I screamed
when I saw the IV booth on Quad Day my frosh year
IV was the greatest thing ever to me that year

then came my soph yr
things started to change
i saw problems
they started floating around
i got frustrated
i got angry
i started not going to large groups/small group and prayer meetings
i was constatnly looking for excuses to not go
by the end of the year, i said to myself
im not going to IV anymore

but Chapter Focus Week changed my mind
this is what i learned:
Don't dwell in all the tiny things that make you angry and bitter right now
seek his kingdom first
and put god first
if you do that
everything else will fall in the right place

sex and the city

i just stayed up all night multitasking
aka being unproductive
much fun
writing my one page proposal for a paper
my one page summary for an advertising homework
updated my summary
and watched the entire movie

sex and the city had so many product placements
i stopped counting after mac, LV, gucci, and dior
consuming culture
we are defined by consumption
the society relays on consumption
think about all the news around thanksgiving time and christmas time
the sales has gone down this year = economy is crap
the sales went up by blah blah percent
we are doing amazing this year

i think i should go to bed
will finish this post later

it's a long long journey

i worked so hard for iv
because i believed in a lie for 2 years
and it took me 2 years to figure out
that i dont belong there

iv has hurt me enough
i deserve to be in a community
where people care for me
because i do the same for them

im not jesus
im not god
i dont have unconditional love
it's hard to keep going
when i dont see my rewards
after i work my butt off

go on
keep on selecting those who seem
perfect
those who seem
problem free
those who look like the
amazing christians
to help you gorw your community

leave out those who dont agree with you
leave out those who are willing to voice their opinions
leave out the imperfect and broken christians
put them in the attic and "pray" for them
that they'll one day learn to be "obedient"
that they'll one day become your robots

if you believe that im not needed
because you have many other robots who obey your orders
you got what you want

im done
goodbye iv

Ads I created for a class

John Frieda Collection Root Awakening

凌晨3點

我發現啊 凌晨3點的對話最真實
到了大學一年半
好幾次都跟同學聊天聊到半夜三更的
每次聊到很晚的時候
大家就像醉酒一樣的
把腦子里想的都講出來
像是真心話大告白一樣
可能是大家都累了吧
沒有力氣再想甚麼該說
甚麼不該說吧
可是啊
這些對話往往都是難忘的
總是一些最好的回憶
感謝我那愛我的朋友
和我一起分享一堆秘密
<3

快要放假了！！這個假期一定要好好的把功課趕上
然後再到 san jose 看 sbbc，太久沒 visit 非常想念

這學期快完了嘢
過得有點太快了
好像都沒有做到什麼

下學期的課我都還沒選完呢
真是的

I AM A SOPHOMORE

今年好像沒上年好玩
可能是上一年覺得什麼都很新奇吧

好多的改變

跟他 (她) 們沒那麼熟了
是好是壞？
還不知道。

覺得和神的關系遠了
想要回到以前那 desperate for God 的我

課比上年的要難
readings 多了
papers 多了
社團多了

認識了不少新生
每一個都有點呆呆的
有點像上年的我

不知道神今年要給我什么樣的挑戰
我 ready 了嗎？

26 hrs

我在昨天早上6 點會到學校了。
從香港到學校花了大概 26 個小時吧。
在國泰的飛機上完全沒睡，
到了三藩市機場被通知 美國航空 （American Airlines）晚班，延遲 1 小時飛。
在三藩市機場小睡了 30 分鐘，上了飛機到芝加哥已經11：45了。
本來是要坐12：10am 的巴士回學校的，
可是來不及了，所以多付了 USD10 坐3：00am 的。
美國航空 （American Airlines）真的很糟糕！
他們晚到，還覺得是理所當然的事。服務態度非常的爛！

回到學校就忙著整理東西，到現在都還沒整理完，因為要團契集訓。
我的手機 sim 卡不見了，會這兩天去補一張的了。

InterVarsity (Urbana Chapter) Music Video

You ppl have to HAVE TO watch this：

Summer in Chambana

moved in to the apt last sunday
there were a bit of complications
but it all turned out well

the first nite was hard
miss everyone sooo much
cant stop thinking bout you guys

apt is reli cool
quite a nice place
i feel so much more independent living in an apt

cooking's a problem tho
since lindsay's sick
amber, me n sarah have to cook
n none of us reli know how
want lindsay back!

dropped the summer course after the first class
i think it's too much work for me
cant handle it cuz i hv 2 jobs rite now
being a campus tour guide is a lot of fun
i love this job!
im gonna be a pro at walking backwards :)

just got a phone call from the U of I Foundation
n guess what?
i got hired!!!
training session is on friday :D
totally needa praise god with giving me all the jobs
it's crazy! i get hired every time i apply
amazing grace!