JOY
me, andy, and dennis were at stanford last night and it made me happy seeing them together. they were really cute together. it made me miss my own cousins. hope sophie is a really cute baby, cant wait to see her.

THANKS
today i found myself telling dennis to kill me. and i was being seriouses. then i told him that i really wanna die, but its for the wrong reasons. i should want to die cuz i wanna see Jesus and cuz i wanna be in heaven and thats part of it. but i really just wanna run away from the busynesses of everyday life. it aint even like my life is sucking it up right now and that ive got problems up the yin yang. my life is the furthest thing from that. ive got loving family and friends, i feel healthy even though ive got injuries all over my body, i dont have a financial worry in the world, im at a good school and the list goes on and on. im just being too much of a sissy lala. i need to change my attitude. God, thank you for blessing me, thank you for making me realize this. help me change the way i think and feel.

JOY
i almost forgot bout dennis saying ow! and then w/out hesitation pulling his shirt over his head and showing andy his back. that was brotherly love.

JOY
had fun playing scrabble w/ andy, dennis, martin, sylvia, isabel, fred, and amanda.

PRAYER
God, lead me to where you want me this summer. i pray that i would submit my summer to You.

JOY
man, i just went to a discussion that was cancelled. so i was happy but then i was kinda sad cuz they announced it during lecture today but i forgot. i couldve just gone home but whatevs, im just happy that i dont gotta be in class right now.

JOY
dennis IMed me and told me that his roomy was selling his tv. i told andy that there was a vcr w/ it and he got a lil excited. then dennis told me it has the three holes: red, yellow, and white. i told that to andy and he got really excited. i wish i recorded his reaction, it was hilarious.

JOY, PRAYER, THANKS
i had a good time at the winter retreat. the retreat itself for me was just good. but what made me happy was that other people really liked it and were blessed by it. i pray that God would take whatever that was gained at this retreat and carry it over through this semester and on. i pray that this was the starting point of something crazy. thank you God for the retreat and all that came out of it.

some of the highlights:
-watching fred eat a slug and a piece of ddong
-playing some gangsta games of mafia
-throwing my sleeping bag back and forth w/ danny and dennis
-charles suggesting to roymund that we pray
-chiang bang saying "this is my worst nightmare"
-ropes course stuff including the zip-line

PRAYER
its hard to be joyful right now cuz its almost the end of break. dang, cant believe im already up here. i pray that i would have a better attitude and not complain so much. and i pray that retreat will be awsome. amen.

JOY
i had fun in westwood hanging out w/ kevin and jason and tricia. it was nice just chillin w/ em and not having to do anything.

PRAYER
i pray for all 3 of my friends, that You would continue to use them to bless others and that they would faithfully serve You in all that they do.

THANKS
thank you God for not letting me die from drinking a gallon of milk. and for not letting my ddonkamonk come out either. thanks for reminding me never to do this ever again.

THANKS
i almost forgot: thanks dennis for putting together the mtn high trip and for making ham and cheese sandwiches. youre wonderful.

JOY
had fun today at mtn high. but honestly i thought it was gonna be a bad day. i played basketball the night before, and the day before i was out at snow summit so my body was stankin pooped. and the first few runs were so tiring and the snow was bad. but after lunch it was much better. went off jumps, ate it hard once, threw snowballs at each other while going down the mountain. snow is fun.

PRAYER
i pray that my classmates would enjoy each others company the way we did at our snowboarding trip. i pray that Christ would remain as the center of our relationships.

THANKS
thank you nancy for all the planning and cooking and other stuff that you did for the trip. thanks to everybody who helped cook and clean and who made the trip fun.

JOY
it was fun slapping andy in the back, playing mafia in korean, skiboarding in the snow, watching roymunds face as he got licked.

JOY
busted out the ebay board game again. i was surprised that i would play that again but it was fun playing w/ andy, roach, and nancy. who wouldve thought that game would be fun.

JOY
i got to hang out w/ sol and monkey at monkey's westwood pad. it was fun just doing nothing w/ them. i also bought a game board for the occasion: the ebay auction board game. it only cost $4.99 at gamekeeper. i thought i was getting ripped off but i thought that it would be so ridiculously retarded that we would love it. it wasnt as bad as i thought but it was still fun to play. that hour of playing ebay was definitely worth $5.

Monkey528e: such words of wisdom
Monkey528e: i have never seen spewed from ur mouth
that made me crack up.

its been a while....

im starting off the new year w/ blog again. this time there will be more purpose behind it.
the whole theme of my blog will revolve around 1 thessalonians 5:16-18:
"be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
im pretty sure thats right, im just writing it from memory. so my blog will consist of 3 topics: joy, prayer, thanks.

JOY
having a 10 day vacation in hawaii was awsome. it might be the closest thing to paradise.
had so much fun being there and hanging out w/ the people that came.
being back at young nak brought me joy too.

PRAYER
i pray that this coming year would be better than the last.
my prayer is that i would grow even closer to God.

THANKS
im thankful that i got through the past semester alright.
thank you God for remaining faithful.