Dinner at Erika's

Around 6:00 on Tuesday night, I went to the Library to study for my Biology test. When I got there, I found out my friend Erika was the Biology tutor up in the Tutor Lab. I was thrilled! I finally would get help with my Biology! We studied for about four hours. Somewhere in the middle of that time, we watched three funny Dorito superbowl commercials... I laughed so hard! But that's beside the point. After we studied, we headed over to Erika's house so we could grab some money and then go to Foodland to buy stuff for dinner. We bought Garlic bread, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, corn and ice-cream (Take the cake - best kind)
We walked back to her house and started making EVERYTHING. (Note, we were cooking the corn in the microwave, bread in the toaster oven and spaghetti on the stove) Suddenly, everything turned off and we were surrounded by darkness!
We had blow the fuse! Haha! Erika couldn't believe it. It had never happened to her before I guess. We couldn't flip the switch because it was in her landlords house and they were asleep. (Note, this was around 11:00pm)
So, this was our solution. We moved the toaster oven to a plug on the floor that DID work and finished cooking the bread. The corn was pretty much warmed up so we had that ready. So we ate Corn, Bread and then Ice-cream. That was our dinner! Ta duh! Welcome to college life. =D
It really was way fun. I loved how Erika and her roommates kept apologizing for their "ghetto house" every ten minutes. I told them I didn't mind. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Plus it made me laugh super hard. It was great!

I'm the Hawaiian Supergirl!

I did the scariest thing! I jumped The Point! Ahhhh!

I'm not sure how High it is really, but It's higher than the Rock at Wimea. Plus, one your in the water, you have to climb up the rocks to get back to the top. The rocks are really sharp and it's pretty High! So of course I was scared!

I wasn't planning it at first. I was just going to watch and then head to the beach with Peja. But as I watched the boys, I really wanted to do it! I was really scared but I really wanted to try it.

So I worked up the courage! And I jumped! It was so scary!

But I did it! I can say that I jumped The Point! I'm so happy!

Good Luck Elder McCarrey!

This is a tribute for my best friend, Jaden! He has reported to the MTC today so that he may prepare to serve in the Indianapolis, Indiana mission! He will be leaving the MTC later in March for the state.

I am super excited for him! It's crazy that he's actually gone. It seems like just yesterday we were running around BYU Hawaii campus, just acting crazy (which was totally normal by the way). Here are 3 prime memories of such occasions.
Memory #1 - One night, I totally don't remember what we were doing beforehand, but we ended up in front of his Hale. We were a little hyped up and kind of started wrestling. Then Jaden started jumping over me and doing all these crazy things. Because he's crazy, he told me to do a handstand against the tree. I told him that I couldn't do a handstand. He was appalled! He couldn't believe that I had been dancing for so long and I had never been able to do a handstand. I told him it was because I was too scared to fall on my head. He immediately began to teach me how to protect my head by rolling out of handstands and dives and such. It took awhile but I eventually learned. It took alot of courage on my part. I truly was horrified and I always fell and hurt my back. Jaden didn't give on me! And when it seemed like he was going to stop, I didn't give up on myself. This is a great example of the kind of person he really is. He's a good teacher. He didn't give up on me even though at times I wasn't even trying. He's also very encouraging. If he thinks you can do it, he won't rest until you can. (This is an excellent quality for Missionaries)

Memory #2 - Around Christmas, there was a little Christmas concert in the Aloha Center. My Relief Society President suckered me into performing in it one night. I was planning on doing it all by myself, but then I decided that I really didn't want to stand up there on a stage all by myself. As Helen Keller put it "Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much!" I mentioned that I was playing for the concert when I was eating dinner with Jaden. Then the idea came to me, I'll ask Jaden if he'll sing while I play on my Viola. (I mostly asked him because I've never heard him say No). So I asked him. He said he would. =D It wasn't until we were actually practicing that he was surprised to find out that there wouldn't be a piano accompanying us or anything. I said "who needs a piano?" and he seemed okay with that. When we performed, I guess a forgot to tell Jaden to dress up. He figured that because this was Hawaii that he wouldn't have to. I was in a nice dress and he was in a T-shirt and Cargo pants! Plus it was pouring rain so he was soaked! Love it! We performed the Christmas song called "The First Noel". He sang two versus, not memorized. I played three versus... all memorized. Okay I only played two versus but I played an introduction. But I had in memorized. He's a really brave guy. He's never embarrassed or nervous. When I tell him that, he gets defensive and says "that's not true". But I don't care what he says, he's still super brave. Plus he's a great helper. I know that sounds super second grade teacher but... he really is! He loves to serve. This is another reason he's going to great as a Missionary!

Memory #3 - This one might come across a little cheesy. But it's a good one. During Fall Semester, kind of around the time when I met Jaden, he was super busy with the School Play. The Play was "Cash on Delivery" and it was super funny. I was super excited to go see it and I convince my friend Michael to come and see it with me. I had decided beforehand that I was going to get something for Jaden for doing such a great job in the play (You know, like flowers or candy or something). From a previous activity, I remembered that Jaden really like Pumpkin pie. So I ran to the grocery store, Foodland, and bought a pumpkin pie. I took a sharpie and wrote on the lid "Good Job Luh!" (Inside Joke, don't worry about it!) Then I hid it in my bag and went to dinner. Jaden was at dinner, before he had to go get ready for the play. At dinner he was eating some mysterious dessert, not unusual in the Cafe at all, and said something like, "I want pumpkin pie!" I tried so hard to laugh! He had no idea that I had already got a Pumpkin Pie for him. Lol. So we went to the play, and it was great. Jaden was the main character, Eric Swan who, unbeknown to his wife Linda, has been defrauding the DSS for two years by claiming benefit for many non-existing lodgers, all of whom suffer from some disability or family loss in which they can claim. That's how the play begins, Eric bites off a little more than he can chew and tries to quit by killing off his "tenants". It's really crazy and it moves really quickly so you have to be paying attention the whole time. I absolutely loved it. It was so funny! Plus, all the actors were perfect for the characters. Each one was really convincing. At the end, we found Jaden and gave him his pie. He flipped out! He was so psyched out that we brought him a pie. Plus he laughed super hard (not that anyone else cares but this was the first night that he hugged me! I was super excited so... Ha!). Later that night, I was going to start some homework before bed when Jaden called and asked if I wanted to eat the pie with him in the courtyard. =D Of course I did! So I went out there with him and we ate the pie and talked about the play. He was psyched to hear that I liked it so much. But he really was fun on stage and easy to follow and listen to. I guess that's my stretch for this memory. He's really easy to Listen to. He has a way of talking, even if it is a monologue on stage, that just makes you want to listen. I like it when he goes off reciting songs and monologues which he has memorized. They're all really fun! He's really Fun!

Well, that is some of Jaden in a nut shell. He made Fall semester very interesting here at BYU Hawaii. He brought alot of things to the table. I learned alot from him and I'm sure I will still learn a ton, even if he is on a mission. I don't understand where he gets all the energy. He's always happy and ready to just get it done. I will surely miss him. But it'll be super fun to write him so I'm totally okay with that. Good Luck Elder McCarrey!

Tsunami!!!!!!

Saturday Morning, I got a phone call from my Hale Mom, Erin. She told me that there was a Tsunami warning due to an earthquake from Chile earlier that morning. I got up, quickly put together my own bag of food, clothes and water. Then I set out to help the rest of the Girl's in the Hale. We told all the girls to meet in the Hale Lounge at 6:00am so we could watch the news for the states plan of action and discuss the campus's safety evacuation plan. We ended up evacuating everyone upstairs by 10:30 and sat and waited for the Tsunami till 1:00pm. Here's the problem... There was no Tsunami! haha It was a crazy day though.
I'm glad nothing happened but at the same time... what a waste of energy! Now I'm totally thrown off schedule-wise. But it is okay. We're all safe! There was no damage on any of the Islands! Now we just have to focus on helping Chile.
Thank you to all those that Called or Text! I really felt your love and your prayers! Thank you!

Aloha Friday

I think that I should start trying to post something every Friday since that's when all the craziest things happen. Today was fun, I got my papers back from English that I spent hours writing. My first one, which was my Doll's House essay, I got 75 out of 85 on it. And then my second one, which I wrote on Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" which I got 65. I was super mad about the second one and all the comments Professor Williams made. He commented against all the changes I made because the Tutor in the "Reading, Writing Center"! I was so bummed! It makes me think that I won't be going back there for any help. I'll just ask people who I know I can trust. Goodness. Maybe I just won't go to that particular Tutor!
After classes I had work for three hours. It wasn't too bad. However, when I walked around the Hale to make sure everything was running smoothly, I took a look at the bulletin boards I decorated earlier that month. This is what I found! Some of the girls had taken the pictures! I laughed so hard. I put up 16 celebrities; Shia Labouf, Will Smith, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Lautner, David Beckham, Robert Downey Jr, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Christan Bale and Johnny Depp. So, guess which ones are gone! (All the bolded ones). All but seven. LoL. Robert Pattinson was the first to go, I'm sure. That's the kind of Hale I live in. I just thought it was funny that they stole the pictures. I was upset that someone took Ryan Reynolds. That was my favorite. I even put a little heart by his picture. Haha.
After work, I went with Camille, Jayne, Rich and Grant to celebrate Camille's Birthday! We went to Ted's bakery in Grants convertible and then ate dinner at Sunset beach. We sat on a blanket and ate. I took tons of pictures of the sunset. It really was beautiful. I never get tired of watching and listening to the waves. It really goes to show that only a powerful being like Heavenly Father could create something so amazing. It kills me that such a beautiful thing gets a little tainted by girls who come to the beach just to take scandalous pictures of themselves in their bikinis. We joked about me going up and taking pictures of them with my own camera, but I didn't. I really didn't want to. Lol. Otherwise, the beach was gorgeous and it was nice to just relax and remember all the great things in life. I love taking my shoes off and just burying my feet in the sand. It feels so good. And when you step in the sand that the water just pushed up on shore, where it makes your feet cool and sticks to your feet like a sock. I really love it.
I drew in the sand till the water washed it away. It's okay though. It was so much fun! We had a blast! I got some chocolate Mousse from the bakery because I was planning to get some shrimp when we stopped off by Kahuku grill for dessert. When we got to the grill, there were CHOKE people there. All the times I've been there, I had never seen it that packed. Seek, Sterling, Krystal and Kei were working. I immediately started helping. I told Camille and them to go home and finish celebrating for her birthday while I helped. It was rough at first cause I just had to get used to the way Krystal and Kei did things, but it all worked out. It ended up being super fun. No surprise. The best was when I threw the potatoes I had just cut into the fryer right over Seek's head and he FLIPPED out! We both couldn't believe that I had actually made it. I didn't take any pictures of the grill cause we were so busy, but just know it was way fun. As usual. Plus, Sterling made me some cocnut shrimp when we were finished. DELICIOUS! One day I will take a picture of JUST the food. It's soooooooo Good!
Just another typical day in Hawaii. Actually, it's more of a typical day in Laie. You cannot really do too much without a car. Good thing I know choke people with cars! Love it! (Still kind of miss my personal chauffeur though). I absolutely love every minute I spend here on the Island. Plus, I learn something new each day. That's the best part of all!