phone reliance ...

I go crazy when I don't have my phone with me. First, I don't remember any phone numbers I have in it except my home phone overseas. If something ever happens to me, I don't know who to call.

After a typical evening I came home and turned my computer on. One of my friends told me that something had happened to my other friend. I went to look at her facebook profile picture and here she is with a huge bruise on her left eye and cheek.
I then went to her blog to learn what happened. She got hit by a truck while riding her scooter on Saturday! She survived the shock physically although her face looks pretty bad. CHeck her blog here if you want to see. The worse thing is that she didn't have her cellphone with her. Therefore, she had noone to call except one person ... the one who is most likely to answer.
Two important things I learned from this:
Memorize some phone numbers -- don't trust that you are always going to have your phone with you.
Moms rock! the only phone number my friend remembered was her mom's. She was home! Believe me, moms are always there.

Also, I thought of how many times we screen phone numbers when we receive a call. What if that person needed help like my friend. Things to think about!
I wish I were there for my friend! I want to give her a big hug right now. Hang in there Tanya!

... I am still here

…the time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream … Jacob 7:26

Time is really flying and I am still here …

The other day, my friend Sandra and I went to a BBQ party. It was organized by a girl who served a mission with Sandra in South Africa few years back. We walked to the park where the BBQ was. We couldn’t find it as we walked around this big park. We finally started to walk back to the car to head home and then I saw a South African flag hanging on a tree trunk on the other side of the park. We have walked by this group of people earlier but we didn’t realize this was our group. That’s because they were with kids and they looked older. “Doh!” My friend Sandra said. We both laughed. These friends who once were with us have moved on with their lives. They have gotten married, had kids, and built a career. Mission was like years ago. I guess they have walked faster than us. Yes, we are …, I am still here.

Good thing I am still on the journey. I can say that the direction I am headed is more important than my speed. I have come a long way and I am still here … But I also want to say, “it seems so right to be still here.” It feels good!

TXT MSG joke ... Ooops!

I asked myself today when will I finally grow up. So childish, so immature, so naive, maybe so innocent sometimes.

I found an unattended cellphone on the table, I picked it up and started playing with it. I then wrote something like: "hi baby! what's up? this is ... btw" and chose a random contact and pushed SEND. Luckily, it was so hard to figure out how to use the sophisticated phone and I decided to send the text to only one person.

Few hours later, I receive a voice msg from the friend whose phone I had my hands on, he basically said that I've caused some harm. He didn't sound very excited at all. I guess the message got sent to someone who is not supposed to receive it. Then there is the ring in my ears, the voice message over and over. YOU'VE CAUSED SOME HARM ...

I FELT SO BAD! Why did I do that? What was I thinking?

FIX it! But how?

I sent a text msg to this innocent person who is not supposed to receive my foolish message. This is what I wrote, "Hi, this is really strange but I want to apologize about the text msg you received from ...'s phone yesterday. It wasn't him who wrote it. It was a foolish joke from my part. I am very sorry!"

I hiked Mt Timp ...

The peak of Mt Timpanogos

I went on a hike with a few friends on Friday early morning (1:30 AM) to hike this famous mountain. Many people usually start their hike that early to arrive at the top to watch sunrise. It was hard for me but I did. I almost gave up when we got close to the top but my friends who are experienced hikers convinced me to keep going up and I did. I was worried about the height thing but it wasn't bad. I was so tired though, especially I didn't really get enough sleep the past few days. It could have been easier if I was well prepared. I can't express how bad the pain in my feet was when we hiked down. The hike was about 7 and 1/2 miles one-way (normally 4 hours). I thought I was going to have a very sore body the next day but to my surprise, not really. Just some tight muscles.

The sunrise -- I actually took from a lower peak

View from the top

Cool facts:

• It's the second highest point in the Utah's Wasatch range with an elevation of 11,749 ft (3586 m)
• Mt Timp has the only real glacier in Utah although relatively small due to drought over the years

This is an accomplishment for me. I hiked Mt Timp and got to the top. Yeah :)