Sabrina

one of my roommates, Sabrina, got all dressed up for an event.
i wanted to take photos of her, so she let me.
this girl is one of the sweetest, most genuine persons i know.
i adore her. :)

only scratching the surface of hawaii.

cliff jumping, green sand, and sunburns.

a few weeks ago, i went cliff jumping.
yes, i jumped off a 40-foot cliff (called south point, the southernmost point of the USA).
all my friends were doing it! :P

here's me before i jumped off the cliff.


what, you want proof that i actually jumped?
well, here it is.
(photo by my lovely friend, Kali).

i also love this other photo that Kali took of me. :)


this is south point.

one of my roommates, Chelsea, and her friend Amber.

another of my roommates, Catrina! :)

heading to green sands beach.
some people were lucky enough to get a ride.
the rest of us had a 45 minute walk through the desert to get there.

and here is the green sand beach!
i've been told that there's only two green sand beaches in the entire world.
(i don't know if that's true or not, but i'm just saying what i heard).

i wanted to bring back some sand, but i couldn't risk the fine.

the sand was more of a dark brown (almost black) color, it didn't exactly look green.
but whatever.


and i got sunburnt. like really bad.
this was taken after i got back from south point and green sands beach.

this is my back after it had blistered and started peeling. yeah, it was bad.
 and it hurt. a lot. but it's healed now. :)



other than the sunburn, it was a lovely day. :)

pure heart.

it was a weekend of freedom.
a weekend of God performing "spiritual heart surgery", so to speak.
and it was an amazing time to bond with other photogenX students (and the staff)!

this past weekend we went on a photogenX retreat to a place called Makapala, which is on the north side of the island.
on saturday, we had a full day of lectures, but it wasn't our normal lecture.
it was a teaching called "pure heart".
in essence, we talked about relationships (family and boy/girl), and basically got rid of the baggage we had been carrying around.

this past weekend, God brought me to the place where He showed me that only He can fill the lonely spots in my heart. He showed me that He wants to fill the holes with His love.
so i let Him.
and my lonely heart isn't lonely anymore.
it's grand. :)

here are a few photos from the weekend.