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It's been a while, guys. I just had a thought. Am I or am I not a serious person? I mean I know i joke and fool around a lot but seriously. Am I really that playful? Do I not take life seriously? What do you guys think I'm like? Someone who's just not serious all the time? The joker of the group? sigh... so much to think about it in one night.... sigh....

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Ike vs Katrina?
Before I go on to explaining the differences between (after much research, mind you and also putting off folding my laundry just because my cho beh asked), I would first need to make a public interrogation on Jaslyn about her new found love that I didn't hear about. I'm expecting an e-mail, Jaslyn Saw Wei Wen or we're getting a divorce... grrr
Here's the link about the differences... some what.. let me know if you still need to anything more, Cho Beh... hehe
http://kathleend.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/hurricane-ike-vs-hurricane-alicia/

“Your father and I were without power for two weeks,” my mother tells me in her usually quiet voice as we talk about Hurricane Ike. I opened the conversation by saying that I read online that nearly 90,000 people stayed behind. It was as if Hurricane Katrina was happening all over again except this time in Texas. My mother’s quiet reply from the table across the room was, “Correction, honey. It’ll be like Hurricane Alicia.” She then went on to tell me about this hurricane that came through my birthplace of Channelview, Tex. She pulled out an old album with newspaper clippings as she started her story.

“It was 1983 when Hurricane Alicia hit,” she said as she flipped through the pages. She pulled out a clipping from the Houston Chronicle. The headline is “Alicia Pummels Houston Area”. I read the article as i listened to my mother speak.

“We were living in Channelview, where you were born and we were living in a trailer.” For those that don’t know, Channelview, Tex. is about 10 miles outside of Houston. As I read this article, I was astounded to think that after something like that, Texan officials would be willing to let the populstion just hunker down and wait it out. According to the article Mother handed me the then-mayor, “Kathy Whitmire called on Houstonians to stay indoors until the danger passed. ‘We do not recommend that people get out of their homes unless they absolutely have to,’ she said”.

In the paragraph after that I read “Houston firefighters frantically fought a wave of fired across the city early today, many of which were blames on sparking electrical lines ripped loose by the howling winds.”

This article was written the day Hurricane Alicia hit landfall. According to articles throughout the small stack my mother accumulated, everything from toxic spills to the crushing death of a 71-year-old woman by the name of Elisa Lopez Flores was blamed on the hurricane.

” It was horrible and Ike is just going to be worse,” she stated. “Your father and I were out of power for two weeks and it was absolutely horrible.” She then got up, walked to the living room, and proceeded to read the current newspaper.

As I sit here and think about what’s happening in the Gulf right now, it makes me glad that I live in northern Louisiana. I hope I don’t have to experience anything like this. I hate it when it rains here. I feel sorry for the estimated 90,000 people attempting to ride out the storm. I hope there are no instances like the late Elisa Flores, who “was crushed to death in her bed when a falling tree fell on her home. . .”. For native Texans, native Houstonians or Galvestonians even, this must seem like nothing new but Hurricane Ike is coming. It will hit hard and it will amass quite a large amount of damage.

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Thank you all for your concern and I'm sorry for not getting back to it sooner. Hurricane Ike did hit Texas over the weekend. It hit Houston and Galvaston really bad. Thank God it didn't hit Abilene, the place where I am but it rained non stop for a whole week.. that's about it. People were asked to evacuate Houston but there are still some stubborn residents that refused to do so which is why there are people stuck there. Rescue teams have been out for relief so that's good. They kinda underestimated the Ike but it's all under control I hope. It's not as bad as Hurricane Katrina. It's heading up towards Canada now, I think. But don't worry guys, i'm still alive and kicking. haven't drowned in the storm yet. haha classes are still going on as usual unfortunately.. haha so everything is good. THANKS FOR ASKING!

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frustration..... sigh.... that's what i feel tonight... i'm so messed up or rather my emotions are... i'm beginning to wonder if i'm an angry person... i have been so angry lately even i can't comprehend it.
sigh... tell me, my dear friends.... am i an easily angered person? do i 'ki siao' over the slightest things?
i'm so confused... it's taking a toll on me and i'm getting a little stressed out about my moods... sigh
it's Friday night and i'm glad that the week's over... i always look forward to the weekends in college.... i'm sure you people out there can relate.. haha... but it's a study weekend though... haha tests next week... fun stuff... haha

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i agree with ah lau... if there's nothing to write, how do you guys expect us to update our blogs???

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woohoo! working again... getting lazy again... not reading as i'm supposed to... haha Pauline started her class yesterday (Wednesday).. don't know when Gim will be back....should be back this week... I called Pauline and apparently she's at a friend's house and she said she'll call me back later... yea, you hear that.. "i'm at a friend's house. Can i call you back later?" haha.. see? that's how it is now... haha it's been a pretty gloomy day for me today... my emotions and head are all messed up, i don't know why... could be that it's the time of the month...i don't really know.... haha alright i'm gonna munch on my chocolate and possibly start studying... sigh... oh btw, i have a room mate already for those of you who knows that my room mate bailed out on me last minute... haha...

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Today's another brand new start of the week. oh boy... i'm not looking forward to this...not at all...i feel a whole lot better after being forced to take multiple medication... so... yea...and there's 2 idiots at my workplace that's yakking and playing music which is so distracting and i can't freaking study.... !#$%!#$^!#$#%$
they're gonna... woohoo!
i'm watching a movie at the theatre tonight! that's exciting.., i haven't watched a decent movie since i came so that would be fun........ok signing off... yadatata