May 2012
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Nobody at all.
I just remembered this thought I had about my chem6c class. It’s a freshman course (or at least mostly freshmen take it) but it really truly amazes me that I don’t know a single person in that class (of 250+). Not a single soul! At the beginning of the year it worried me that I didnt know anyone but now I’m kind of better for it. It’s made me a study fiend for that class...
April 2012
8 posts
Euphoria
The Dodos + rainymood :)
Never forget rainymood…it makes life so much more pleasant
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All of a sudden,
I am unaware of all these burdens and stressors around me.
Help.
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Humbling Interaction
Dialogue with my friend Arvin as he is coming my way on his bike.
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Arvin: Hey, we should catch up some time. Maybe grab a bite to eat, go running, or biking. I remember you’re into biking.
Me: Dude, aren’t you super busy?
Arvin: Hm. I’ll make time. You know. For the things you love. How are tuesdays 11-2?
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This is after he tells me he’s living on campus...
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Feels goood
That feeling you get when you Check Off events, homework, or quizzes you put up on your calendar and then go to the post office and get not only one book you ordered but two and then go to chick fil a for a buy one, get one free sandwich and then you take a fat nap and then you go to retreat with a church you love getting to know a God that loves you.
What doesn’t feel good is knowing that...
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Shame
Shame on people that go to the library (2nd floor mostly) and “study” 1/5 of the time and talk the rest of the time they’re here.
Shame on me for eavesdropping by muting my music but still having my earphones on sometimes when it gets super juicy.
Shame on me for going to the 2nd floor while I know there will be all these distractions.
Shame on people that go to lecture and...
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What will it be?
I’ve been given a set of choices, we all have. But what’ll it be?
Nightmare | Chore | Task | Opportunity | Adventure
What will you make of it and what will you think of it after you’ve made your decision? Will I see this as a chore to be grudgingly finished or a grand opportunity to be had…
Lost in translation
Genesis 26: 8-9 ESV: When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife. So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife…
NIV: When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. So Abimelek summoned...
March 2012
4 posts
Mo' money, mo' problems
So I was out camping in the wilderness monday through wednesday and I took my camera with me. I haven’t touched this thing in a long long time and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed taking pictures. After spending 3 hours deciding on what new lens I wanted to buy, I realized that I couldn’t get anywhere without some dinero since most of the ones I want are $400+.
I had so much free...
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Topics trending
In the whole commotion of Joseph Kony on the internet, I’m just finding the speed at which this topic is being spread fascinating. People are going nuts over this video and some people (like myself) are saying, “Hold up, here are some more goodies.” I wonder what this whole issue will look like in a week, a month, or at the end of this year, the deadline the Invisible Children...
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Nostalgia hit me like a bus
Photos 2&3 courtesy of Alvin W. Kim
I’m just in utter amazement that God showed me what great and mighty work He was doing in Paraguay. I’m so thankful that I can..look back and reminisce about a time where I had a clear path of doing kingdom work in front of me. Shouldn’t that be every day though?
As my time here dwindles,
I’m beginning to see certain realities that most people don’t want to think about until they’re 50. I only have a week and a half left of volunteer and 3 weeks until I move back down to SD. It’s weird and sort of sad that I’m getting a lot more heavy interaction at the care center in my last 3 weeks compared to my first 3 months. I just heard about one of the more...
February 2012
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Woot! A free car wash from the rain, a cake pop from my brother, Skyrim, season 3 of Lost, and I just got my enrollment time in about a week. It’s going to be so weird going back to school—I haven’t written an essay in almost a year, no homework for months. It’s going to take a little time to get used to everything again but I’m thrilled. Excited to learn, to make...
November 2011
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restaurant economix
smart manager = happy workers
happy workers = happy customers
happy customers = good restaurant
I am not a happy worker atm.
So much truth
“It’s a fallen world, and therefore we will all suffer. So we must prepare, because the ideal time to be educated about suffering is never in the midst of it. We need to be trained prior to suffering, so that we may be fully sustained in suffering.” - c.j. mahaney, “Cross Centered Life” pg 99
Just foresaw a lot of suffering ahead of me in the next 5 years due to...
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WatchGot a wisdom tooth out this morning. The tooth itself looks gross. I am starving. Waiting for guitar to come in anytime now!
October 2011
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the villain with a thousand faces
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2011/10/07/the-villain-with-a-thousand-faces/
“Sin is the laziness that we call a short attention span, the fear of man that we call anxiety, and the ignoring of God that we call busyness.”
Dang, I really just got called out. My mouth stopped chewing my chips when I read that. So much of this applies to me and it’s scary how...
September 2011
5 posts
Membership →
how befitting!
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who knew?
I remember being the guy that had “those cool t-shirts” in high school and the first year of college. I forgot about this recently because I just wear the same 5 or 6 black shirts at work and a whatever-shirt when I’m at home. I just found a lot of my cool threadless shirts hanging next to the dryer (I forgot about these and was wondering where they were for the last two months)....
it's tough
힘들어 pero que cera et c’est la vie. dans dix ou vingt ans, je regarderai à ma vie et rirai &vais sourire. 화이팅! 만세 pour un emploi. Sea Dios conmigo.
Glorifying God in the Workspace →
this is something i have been wanting to try to continue to do through the next few months! john piper put my thoughts and prayers right into words- ptL
link to article: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=94431c7fc1ffa54485d1c84fe&id=ff8b1d3e49&e=fc15eb49a3
joeldkang:
For those of you who work and for all of us who will work in the future (all of you!)
Pastor Jonas.
How to Glorify...
August 2011
4 posts
To memorize:
ephesians 6:5-9
1 corinthians 10:31
Glad to know I have some kind of accountability at work now. :)
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Update on work
Today is my first day off after 8 straight days of laboriously cleaning tables and refilling banchan & meat. I’m scheduled to work around 34 hours this week (this may seem like not too much but just think about trying to bend your back, wipe tables, gather plates, grab hot grills, push a heavy cart, walk walk speed walk for 34 hours in a week, 6 days of the week. WIth no breaks…I...
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thanks be to
I got a job at Mr. Lee’s BBQ HOUZE aka leeshinae. Thank you Lord. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. Thank you Cindy Ku. Thank you everyone who’s helped me look for a job and everyone who has ever prayed for me and everyone that is my friend. I am scared and ask that you pray for my incompetence, any lazy tendencies i may have, my endurance, and my patience.
It’s all...
spiritual support
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. -Proverbs 19:21
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. -Philippians 4:6
Two verses that are really helping me in this time of stressing over the near future. I gotta put distractions aside and put God in the center...
July 2011
3 posts
pharisee hat
I just came back from a fun night of fellowship with some church people, but the feeling I get out of it just doesn’t seem that great. I feel somewhat drained and my spirit is challenged. Simply put, I ended up talking with a couple people at church for 2 hours, and they were revealing several things about other peoples’ pasts that shined a dimmer light on everyone discussed. My friend...
some thoughts
Sometimes when I’m browsing through tumblr and I read about all the fantastic, fun, productive things people are doing or thinking about, I become really happy for them and in turn their post encourages me to be fantastic, fun, and productive. I’ve been on a lazy-streak of not writing on tumblr or my journal since the end of Paraguay. I still haven’t even written about the last...
Judas, The Man Who Never Knew →
ohhyemin:
mishysblawg:
I’ve wondered at times what kind of man this Judas was. What he looked like, how he acted, who his friends were.
I guess I’ve stereotyped him. I’ve always pictured him as a wiry, beady-eyed, sly, wormy fellow, pointed beard and all. I’ve pictured him as estranged from the other…
Convicted. Yes, indeed.
my unknown, yet worst fear…
June 2011
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http://vimeo.com/18114813
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“It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention. Through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.” - Conan O’Brien
put...
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i'm pretty grateful
even for things that don’t seem like blessings..
having a car parking tickets driving home on the verge of Empty and making it to a gas station right next to your house the seemingly stupid, yet necessary paperwork for many different things having found cpc almost exactly a year ago friends from church that God has strategically placed in my life to teach me many different lessons my...
it's that time again...
…to do my laundry!
I’m pretty sure this is a month and a half worth of soiled laundry.
This is a picture of my first attempt at making a short short term missions video last week.
Today was a fun day. Bought a frisbee and threw it around for an hour. Then played lava monster at a nearby playground. Almost lost my frisbee, climbed two trees (maybe the first trees I’ve ever...
May 2011
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estherjkim asked: OMG yea i read it before. soooo sadddd. but i still like gary. pahaha.
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s.k. bound
You don’t even know…
Pharisee me & the Sun god
All these Sungod statuses depress me a little. Not because I can’t go (or choose not to). But because it feels like there’s a new cult starting in the San Diego area. Everyone’s praising this sun god—this is what it must’ve felt like when Moses came down from the mountain and there was this huge cow statue. I’m trying not to replace “sungod” with...
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countdown
42 more days. just 6 weeks until i’m in a different country. we haven’t even had our first meeting as a whole team yet, but i’m already so excited, so encouraged, so giddy! I cannot stop from thinking of the beautiful things God will do through us and through the Paraguayans, much learning will be had on both ends. Prayer: that I may be faithful to Him until the very end, that I...
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Watchlate night drive from biola area to home
On another note: This is shameless, self-promotion for my going to Paraguay this summer to do God’s work. If you feel like closing your eyes and praying about anything, pray for the people of Paraguay and our team! If you would care to be on this elite list of special people, just click ‘Attending’ so I know who knows about this mission...
this passed week
You and I are blessed beyond measure. This past week was so enjoyable and filled with reminders of how I am a child of God and blessed with so much. Some highlights for this week(not in any particular order):
+I had a very honest talk about life with my mom over lunch on thursday and it was just beautiful to see her submitting herself to God’s will. She really does love us and just wants...
April 2011
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Pastor Dave Wilkerson, founder of Times Square...
jiyooon:
died in a car accident yesterday. His wife is in critical condition. Let’s pray for them and the church.
He had written a post on his blog hours before. Read. I got goosebumps reading this..
“God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail—his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world.”
vague conviction
I need to read my bible.
Dear Daniel, You are a filthy, lazy swine and you don’t really do anything productive to help humanity or society. So before you even try to help someone else in a far away land, help yourself and get proper footing. You need to be grounded in something firm before you can help other shaky people, remember this. Yes, you might see that many people are changing and...
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mickey deez and touching people
Today was a very sad and interesting day. You know those moments where you think “Okay, I’ll do anything but _____” and then you end up having to do _____? Well I think I may have found myself in said situation. I applied to McDonalds among a few other places…but honestly after not hearing back from 20+ places, I dont really mind where I work. I just want to keep myself...
mewemewe asked: thanks djeon! SD really misses you as much as you miss it :((
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shalom
Hello waking up in a bunk bed…at 8am. Hello buying a parking pass for my car parked in sixth. Hello switching wheels with yuping by myself. Hello green bike!!! Hello going out for a lovely breezy morning ride. Hello construction work that I’ve missed passing by every morning. Hello brief salutations while jetting by on my bike. Hello clean, crisp, brisk,...
Guarding your heart →
thecottonjin:
sounds good.
but what does it mean?
How do you know that your heart is actually being guarded?
I’ve been asking God what it means, and this is what I discovered.
Guarding your heart means putting your heart (all of it) into His hands.
It’s not a passive thing. It’s actively placing your identity and self-worth in Him and Him only. because the only thing that matters (or...