God Has a Plan B for Drying Our Tears

"Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."

G.K. Chesterton

"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; gthere shall be no more death, hnor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” -Revelation 21:4 (NKJV)



Think about that for a moment: The same hands that stretched out the heavens, scattered the stars across the sky, and formed mountains will someday gently touch your cheeks and brush your tears away forever. And when those final tears disappear, so will the fear, dispair, and pain that accompanied them.

Boycott 'The Last Airbender' Film

I was on my FB and I've been noticing that I got an event invite titled "Boycott 'The Last Airbender' Film". I read the description today while eating lunch.

WHY BOYCOTT?
'The Last Airbender' cast white actors to portray Asian/Inuit heroes, the latest example of Caucasians playing Asians (e.g., '21', 'Dragonball Evolution', 'Kung Fu', and more).

This is true. I've never actually seen those movies but I've heard about it. But it's not only Asians. I heard that the role of "Fox" in the movie "Wanted" was actually an African-American woman. I've also heard that the true story of "21" were made by mostly Asians. 4 out of 5 were Asians but in the movie, 1 out of 5 was Asian. Click here to see the comparison.

I was about to see "The Last Airbender" last Monday but I postponed it because I didn't want to wait in line. Then this last weekend, I was going to watch it by myself. But I didn't. I've heard only bad reviews from friends, who heard them from their friends. None of my friends are going to watch it because of the bad reviews and also, they just think it's weird that the main character, Aang is a white boy.

Look at this picture.

What nationality or ethnicity does 'Aang' look like to you?

Are you going to boycott this film?

Cried While Watching 'Toy Story 3'

I went and watched "Toy Story 3" in 3D at CGV Cinemas with my daughter. We cried!!! LOL! Well, after the movie, we shared this pretty cookie sandwich at Cine Cafe.

I got myself a white chocolate mocha but I've had better. To me, the cookie sandwich is pretty but not that good. The cookie should have been soft. They bake the cookies fresh everyday but it was hard as a Chips A'Hoy cookie. Cine Cafe is located inside, next to CGV Cinemas.

I looked you straight in the eyes and nothing really mattered...

Or did it?

The title of this blog comes from a different blog of a different blogger. The post has nothing to do with the title. It doesn't relate to each other. But when I see these kinds of title, I start wondering... Do I ever matter to anyone? Does anyone think about me? Does anyone even miss me? What if I disappeared from the face of this earth... would you know?

The sad thing is... I think this person would be capable of looking straight into my eyes and tell me that nothing really matters anymore. I don't know this person anymore nor does this person know me. Forgive me, but I am feeling melancholy today. I've been feeling like this since yesterday. I'm in LA but it's sprinkling. Why?! It's summer and this is LA! I don't feel like working today. I just want to hang out at a coffeeshop and drink coffee while chatting with friends or enjoying a good book.

And I looked and looked at her and knew clearly as I know I am to die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth, or hoped for anywhere else. (Lolita, Book 2, Ch. 29, P. 67)

This quote comes from the novel, Lolita. I don't know about this novel or the movie. But I've seen this quote on some random person's FB. It also stated somewhere about this Lolita being big with someone else's baby when this guy is saying or thinking this. Again, I don't know the story because I've never read the book or watched the movie. But if you look at the quote above alone, that's such a sweet thing! But then again, does this type of love exist in real life? If so, why can't I find it? I have loved but I don't think I've ever been really loved. I'm not trying to get people to pity me or anything. I just think that it's sad that I can love someone so much but I can never get that in return. Am I cursed or something by being born on Valentine's Day? *sigh* I should get back to work now.

I am drinking a double caffe mocha from Essence Coffee right now. On Saturday, I had a tall iced white mocha (extra shot, no whip) and a venti iced white mocha (extra shot, no whip) from Starbux. On Sunday, I had coffee from McD's. Yesterday, I had a venti iced white mocha (extra shot, no whip).

Anyway, how was everyone's weekend?

What did you do on the 4th of July?

Did you watch fireworks or did you buy it and DIY?

Did you have a BBQ party?

Now, back to work! I had Monday (yesterday) off so I feel like it's going to be a long day today but I know that this week will fly by quickly! Have a nice week, everyone!

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July, everyone!

some place in Chinatown, Los Angeles

If you look closely, they have little cup-shaped stones or bowls. Each has a writing on it (i.e. WEALTH, LOTTO, HAPPINESS, LONG LIFE). Well, none of my pennies landed on any one of those. They all went into the water.

We had lunch at Empress Pavilion, which is a Dim Sum place. I didn't really have much to eat because most of the items contain shrimp. Then we started walking around Chinatown trying to look for some illegal fireworks. Unfortunately, we found none. But I found some new stores that sell cute stuff!

My friends and I had a BBQ party at the apartment. After everyone was done eating, we went to the front of the apartment and sparked up some illegal fireworks a friend has bought from somewhere in DTLA.

Feeling sick...

This is my lunch for today. I am feeling extremely sick. That's a regular size Outrageous Raspberry smoothie from Robeks and a small bag of Stacy's Parmesan Garlic & Herb pita chips. The chips are good and healthy. I didn't drink coffee today. That's how sick I am. A coffeeholic who refuses to drink coffee is really sick. Just one more day and I'll try to get some rest over the weekend.

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