I am such a cheese ball sometimes this would be one of those times!

Recently I had the opportunity to sing with an octet for a fireside that the Orem Institute Choral put on tonight. These seven people have helped me grow more then I could have ever expected.

You know when you do something with the same 5 or 7 people for countless weeks and by the end of it you guys are such good friends that it almost seems like this will never change. Then whatever it was that brought you together ends and those friendships either seem to end or change? Well that is just how i am feeling with these 7 people. I realize that some of them may not be in my life forever but today i realized something. I have always believed that everyone is put in your life for one reason or another most are to help you learn something. i have Already learned the importance of unity because of this experience that we have been able to have together. however I feel like i can learn so much more and I'm not planning on just letting that go. However no matter what happens I will forever remember these guys and what they have already taught me and how i grew and most importantly the way i felt around these guys. I love them all!!! I am happy to say that I can honestly call some of them my best friends :)my best friends :)

I'm Learning Manderin!!!!!!

So I work at a Chinese restaurant In American Fork called China Isle. I have worked there for about 3 months and absolutely love it!!! Sandy, One of the managers is so funny!!! She is Chinese but she will pull out random languages or accents like yesterday for example she was sporting and Australian Accent!! I almost died laughing!!! I'm not totally sure on weather or not she likes me yet but she is a character and I love her! She is just one of the many Characters that work with!!! I Absolutely Love this place!! I love these people they make me laugh so hard! They like to make fun of me in mandarin all the time. And I never understand what they are saying! So yesterday when two girls came in and asked for an application (because for some reason we still have our now hiring sign out) They were informed that we are really not hiring right now. As the were leaving one of the waiters said something about me in mandarin. (I know because my name doesn't translate so it is still Charmaine...well it sounds more like Chow Mien but hey I take what I can get!) They all started laughing after he said it so i just assumed that they were making fun of me yet again (this happens a lot if you cant tell :D ) Well I asked what was said then one of the managers say "he said that you are pretty" Then another person translated everything that he said he says that he said "We don't need those two girls we already have Charmaine and she is very pretty unlike them!" Now these girls were very pretty so im not sure where he got that from but oh well. Then the owner of the place told me to have Ben (an American that i work with that knows mandarin) to teach me how to speak it. So every Friday (Ben only works Fridays) I learn Mandarin now!!! I'm So excited!!! I love these people!!! They make my day!!! I'm excited to communicate with them better!!!!