it's official, we're hitched!

 hello everyone! so we just got Blessed!!! and we're so happy...just thought i would share some pics of the big day (and a few from afterwards)...enjoy!

a few of the girls in our room right before leaving for the ceremony at Chyung Pyung (me, Mie, Macarry, Maggie)

us in the hallway, still not out of the hotel yet!

Macarry and Solomon, me and Tom, Moondo and Mie (still not out of the hotel yet!)

finally on the bus...we were being silly, at 6 in the morning hahaha...

before the rehearsal...

he rocked an AWESOME purple tie yeahhhhhh...

trying to look sweet but i think i ended up looking a bit cross-eyed...

an unofficial photo...

black and white...

we sat right next to Masako onni, who was like one of Tom's older sisters in Africa...

Mike and Kirsten, Tom and me

my big strong man!

our rings...

hahaha he's trying to look gangsta...

WHAT WHAT!!! I GOT MARRIED!

oh jeez...being silly...

trying to sit comfortably in that dress is quite a feat, i tell u...

profile pic...

we're in love...

...and so happy!

another unofficial pic...

and another VERY unofficial pic...

me and Tom, Macarry and Solomon, Kirsten and Mike

some more old friends from Africa!

Tom sleeping on the bus back to the airport hehehe...

the weather was GORGEOUS! it was like early spring, seriously...

how HANDSOME!

my baby sister Yuri and me

hahahah we look awkward...but that's because we were just being silly...and also rather squinty hahaha...

three's company...

my Halmoni (grandma) and Tom...she loves him so much!

me and Halmoni...

at Applebees, in NY...my mom, my sister, me and Tom

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off we go, into the wild blue yonder!

new year, new changes...

goodbye, 22 - hello, 23!

so...i suck at updating. i'm sorry. i also suck at keeping in touch via commenting. sorry for that as well. however, i thank God every day that there are still people who love me, despite my lazy ways. people like these beautiful loves of my life:

my darling tom, me, my sisters nari and yuri, and my mom, at my family's house in Irvington, NY

and now for some more pics from this past Monday, which happened to be my b-day...

the cake (which i just happened to match, clothing-wise)...

a side-ways pic of yuri, being gangsta with tha hoodie...

me, waiting to make my wish...

the han gals...

hope it comes true!

me and my mang...

it's a jimi sandwich!

hahaha gotta love nari's face in this one =P...

my mang and my siiiiiiiiiiiiiistassssss...

a random shot by ms. arteest, yuri b...

the ladies of the Irvington house and moi...

my mom, giddy and beaming as she shows off some mom's day junks...

me, looking rather peeved after being creamed by my beloved with some cake frosting...

yuri and nari looking psychoticly excited lol...

me, tom and our baby (for now), the one and only byul! (she was squirming around so much that we finally just took the shot and ended up not getting all of her beautiful face)..

so...lotsa love on my birthday, which is all i really wanted...of course, i got some nice goodies too (thanx omma, nari, yuri, and tom)...such as some *blang blang* from my schweetheawt...yeaaaaaaaaayah ...ok, material things are not everything...but...still...i can't say i'm not beaming at what i got gleaming! aaaaaaaaanyway...that's not wuts most important...wuts most important is that i've got God, love, family (including my wonderful extended family of the Winters, who constantly give me so much love, even all the way from Africa!), and peace in my life, and i'm so grateful...nothing's perfect, but i'm happy and i feel alive...and that's all i really need right now...so i thank God for everything, for helping me get through 22 years of life and happily on to my 23rd ~

cross into the blue...

wowzers .

i just came back from San Antonio yesterday, after visitng Lackland Air Force Base for Tom's graduation from Basic Military Training. it's a completely different world over there, on that military base (on ANY military base, i guess)...i have complete respect for all those people who managed to make it to the end of the 6 week program, because they have to go through so much hardship to graduate...of course, the Airman i'm MOST proud of is MY Airman (First Class! - which means he has two stripes on his badge instead of one - basically, he skipped up a rank!), TOM...the BEST, MOST HONORABLE, and MOST HANDSOME Airman in the history of all Airmen! well, ok, so i'm a bit of a biased historian ...but oh my lord, words cannot express how immensely proud i am of him...he's truly an amazing man...i'm blown away by his determination and heart of gold...it was a difficult journey for the both of us, to get to this point, but BMT is usually the worst of it all, so it can only get better...anyway please go to his site at http://www.xanga.com/bigtom83 and give my man some love and congrats...

as for me, things have been rolling along in terms of law schools...St. Louis University didn't give me the full-tuition scholarship, but they did up my money to $54,000 instead of $45,000...Michigan State accepted me with full-tuition, and Pace University accepted me with $60,000...decisions, decisions! i'm still waiting on about 5 or 6 other letters so i really don't know what to do yet...although the next month or so is going to be very stressful because most schools need students to accept by April 1...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! i didn't know i'd be getting this many good offers...now i really don't know wut i should do...go to the school with the best money offer, or the best location, or the best program for wut i'm interested in...which isn't as narrowed-down as it was when i was in college...man, i've had a headache all day, and i have a feeling that it will continue until i finally decide...i'm so nervous...because there are so many things to consider and taking one offer will immediately make all the rest null and void, and wut if i choose the "wrong" one? is there a "wrong" one? i guess, as so many people tell me, life in itself is a gamble - every decision you make is a gamble, and you just have to roll with your choices and never look back...work with wut you've got after you decide and don't regret...it's so hard though! i'm a terrible risk-taker, i'm always going over my other options even after i've decided ...

well, at least i can say that i definitely don't regret one major decision i've made - Tom...i'm so grateful to God for him, every second of every day...for all that he is and all that comes with being with him, the good, the bad, the Air Force ...i never thought i'd be with someone like him, but now that i am, i can't imagine my life without him...i guess i'll just wrap this up now before i get too sappy ...here are some pics of my visit to San Antonio:

this is the field on which the Airmen graduated...see those big planes? so coooooooool...

sorry this is kind of a big pic, i know...but i was sitting high up on the bleachers and could only get sort of a far-away pic of Tom marching with his flight...see him? (hint: look for the tallest Airman)...

here's Airman First Class Winter in front of a B-24...

and both of us by the same plane...

this is by his dorm (sharp suit, huh?)...

and now showcasing Tom's awesome one-hand-extended picture-taking skills...

this is us by the San Antonio River Center (HUGE mall with a little river running in the middle of it)...

us with one of Tom's wingmen, Lance Speed, and his wife, Heather...she was so good to me, giving me rides all the time...

and thankfully, despite all the hard-core environment he was immersed in, Tom didn't lose his sense of humor ...

alritee that's it for now...take care y'all (as they say in Texas ) ~