Month: April 2010

A Rap to UniCamp Retreat

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My body is aching, mind racing, hands shaking,
so many thoughts making me think. 
My eyes are closing, dreams fast approaching,
but I’m not ready to fall asleep.
Oh retreat! You’ve captured my heart in
one weekend complete 
with loving and joy, and blessings so sweet
You’ve turned strangers to friends
put hearts on the mend
And this all in one weekend, played out 
on the beach!

Who could’ve known we could fly through the air
or that these new friends would be carrying us there?
Who could foresee the beauty there’d be
when sixty crammed into a house by the sea?

It’s beautiful, it’s true, the things that you do
cementing the bonds of our session two
and all I can say, at the end of today, 
my body in shambles and fading away
is thanks for the memories on that cold beach,
for the warmth and the smiles and that overarching peace
I’ll carry these stories with me, I pray
when I wake up tomorrow, with me they’ll stay.

Please help me to send kids to UniCamp! 

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A Rap to UniCamp Retreat

What not to do on the first date (that can possibly be done on subsequent dates)

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  1. Don’t get two parking tickets before the date even starts.
  2. Don’t critique his driving skills (especially if he’s driving your car).
  3. Don’t invite your best friend Kathy.
  4. If the area around the restuarant is ghetto, do not say so.
  5. Upon getting chicken feet, a dish you do not particularly like, do not order your best friend to “eat those feet, bitch”.
  6. Upon thinking of said order, don’t laugh so hard that you spit your chashu bow into your date’s water cup.
  7. If food does end up floating in said water cup, do not fish out food with chopsticks.
  8. Towards the end of the meal, do not ask your Asian friend to ask the waiter if there are taro balls. And do not say loudly, “I like those balls.”
  9. If said event happens, and there are no taro balls available, do not demand in a very loud voice, “WHY?”
  10. At the dessert locale after lunch, when your best friend lets you taste her yogurt, do not move directly towards it and lick the top. Do not proceed to laugh at her confused face, either.  

Today was a wonderful day. Carl and I went to dim sum with my best friend Kathy, and although I proceeded to break all of the above rules, Carl asserts that he continues to accept me. Luckily, we have stopped counting how many dates it has been. How lovely, indeed.

What not to do on the first date (that can possibly be done on subsequent dates)