Bowling-Bear

So its Thursday today which means YAY bowling. but today is not only Thursday its also Cesar Chavez Day, so no school. I have heard many comments today about how it is a useless holiday, and the majority of the people I have met in my life don't even know who He is. I just want to make a comment about how I feel about this holiday, I feel that Cesar Chavez day may not be an imortant holiday for many people but it is important to understand what it is about before jumping to conclusions, I admit I did not even know what it was about or who Cesar Chavez is until today. If anyone else would like to understand it, here is a website. Now that that is said, back to bowling. 


I went to Bowling today not knowing if there was even going to be class, there wasn't but some people still showed up so we bowled together. I was the only girl there and I was really missing my team mates, but it was good, because I was bowling with people that were WAY better bowlers than I am. I brought Bear with me to the class and she was in my pocket the entire time I was bowling, she really slept through it. One of the guys that was there (Joel) brought his son Mosiah, he was sooooo cute watching us bowl and playing on his game thing. A little while into the game I thought it would be a good idea if Bear got a chance to socialize with other people, and so I dragged her out of my pocket, and into the hands of Mosiah. It was soooooo cute. I had to take a picture. so here it is.

Mosiah and Bear just chilling

 Also I wanted to give a shout out to Joel who played a nearly perfect game. It was sooo cool to watch. And I would like to thank Ben for giving me advice on how to curve my ball when I bowl, sadly I did not do well, but I will continue practicing so that I can get it right! Also I would like to thank Bryan for giving me positive feedback, and David for offering to share his cake. This is starting to sound like a Grammys Awards ceremony.

Joel and Ben's score sheet!

What really amazed me today was how bear fit into my pocket. I wore a yellow shirt with a tini-tiny little pocket in the front of it. and Bear just fit in it perfectly. see?

the tiny pocket Bear slept in the majority of today.

All in all today was a fun day!

So there is this thing that I do with Toni where she tells me 7 thing that she is grateful for and I tell her 3 things that made me happy, 3 things that required some kind of effort from me, and 1 thing that I am truly grateful for. I want to get in the habit to not only share those 7 thing with Toni but also with my readers. And that is what I would like to conclude with. Here they are:

1.going to the thrift shop today with Hollianne and Junlong made me happy

2.bringing Bear with me to bowling today made me happy, also bowling

3.meeting Tank, Lana's dog today made me happy

4.not buying things I don't need at the thrift shop took some effort

5.not hanging out at Stardoughs took some effort 

6.not being intimidated by my bowling mates took some effort

7.I am truly grateful for having my family in my life 

Bear and I

Here Comes the Bear

     So here is the Pocket Bear that I have been talking about. Bear is about 2-3 weeks old, she is bearly (get it?) weened. Her choices were either to be snack food or come home with me, guess what I decided. Though I have had many different kinds of pets before: snakes, rabbits, hamsters, mice, spiders, cats, dogs, chinchillas, birds, fish, turtles, silk worms...etc. Bear would be my first rat. After playing and handling her for the last two hours trying to get to know her and for her to be familiar to me, I notices a few things about her. For starters I noticed that the loves to nibble on my fingers, she loves Yogi treats, she loves to sleep in my pocket and she is a heavy sleeper. Just look at her.

Here she is in my pocket, I flipped the pocket inside out and she didn't even budge.

My pocket flipping process.

First glance of her in my pocket.

Picked her up, took her out of my pocket and look, STILL SLEEPING, I wish I could do that.

     So I spent all this time talking about bear, here is a little something about me, I know, I know, talk more about the fuzzy critter and less about the less cute 20 year old human right? sorry, this journey is just as much about me as it is my little Bear. So here it is.
     My name is Yuhan (玉涵) incase none of my readers (assuming I have any) read chinese Yu means Jade and Han means all inclusive. Basically my parents wanted me to have all the qualities that Jade has in the chinese culture. Before anyone jumps to conclusions about my ethnicity I just want to make it clear, I have a chinese name and I grew up in China, but I am only a quarter Chinese, and the rest while... hmm.. complicated and very mixed? Now assuming someone asked the question: How did your family end up in China? well that is another complicated question... I will elaborate.
     My parents are Bahais (yes it is a religion, look it up here is a link), and my dad coming from a traveling family ( lived in Fiji and Hawaii) decided to do this thing called a year of service, basically where you go to another country or some place within the country and you serve your bahai community through which ever way it needs help. So when my dad turned 15 he went to Taiwan for his year of service and that is where he met my mom. My mom did not go to Taiwan for a year of service, she moved to Taiwan with her dad when she was 15 when her parents got divorced and she was in the Bahai teaching team when my dad went. To make a long story short one thing let to another they got married, had me then my two brothers (not at the same time) then my sister, got separated, and finally last year got divorced (it was for the better).
     Why did I move to the States? I moved here so that I could go to University here, and in order to do that I needed to finish high school first. On July 24 of 2007 I got off the plane from China and landed at the San Francisco Airport. My dad had already been here for a couple of months building up a security net so that we have something to land on. To put it simply I moved here, went to high school with 20 units 2 years later graduated with 240 units, entered Humboldt State University and here I am today. The highlights during that time are: my dad met someone, Toni a beautiful girl from Southern California, she has the most beautiful smile and kindest heart. And my siblings moved here, my brother and I now share an apartment next to the Cafe (Stardoughs)  that my family makes its living on. My mom also found someone, also named Tony, he is young for my mom (though she is only 43) at the age of I think 24? but she loves him so that should be good enough for me.
     So that pretty much brings us up to date. I may share more on the time I was in China but right now I am tired and watching bear sleep reminds me how tired I am. So goodnight, and sweet dreams.