JOY
i sat in w/ kwan's class in CM today. he was telling the story of the 2 women who were disputing over ownership of a baby. he asked, "how should king soloman decide who to give the baby to?"
joshua replied, "ro-sham-bo contest!"

lonelydriver82: dang man
lonelydriver82: we have friends gettign married
lonelydriver82: and we dont even have a gf

maybe this should be placed under prayer.

JOY
very tiring weekend. busy w/ mostly awana. but it was fun seeing the kids again.

small flock on sat was great. went pretty dang long but i like the group of guys and there was much to laugh about.

"is it reasonable? HELL NO!"

THANKS
to brian hwang, david wee, dennis chon, james whang, janet kwak, john s kim, mike yoo, and steve han for helping me put this together.
http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~bku/nspirit.wmv (w/ added bloopers)

JOY
went bowling again w/ a new crew. jane kwon cracks me up. he first bowl intimidated me. she threw the ball so dang hard and fast. on her second frame she fell a quarter of the way into the lane on her knees. we were all dying of laughter from that.

PRAYER
hope that the 8 krispy kreme donuts dont kill us.
and that i dont miss anymore classes.

JOY
havent laughed so hard in a long time:
-"most girls like dessert but i'd rather just have steak."
-"i don't think i have any depth perception."
-native americans in new mexico
-"girls are very perceptive about clothing details."
"i don't remember what anyone wears."

JOY
my roommates are stars. kwan did a photo shoot at the exploratorium this past saturday and john just had an interview on a local news network. i live w/ 2 amazing celebrities. and i get to see them half naked very often including today.

THANKS
to all my actors and actress. hope the video turns out ok.

JOY
"I'm fat... I'm at 174 pounds"
- Roach

eug shin: my 7 day weekend isn't by choice
eug shin: i'm one of the nation's unemployed

JOY
the retreat got me excited bout sg leading again. i wasnt so enthusiastic before but im looking forward to it now. hope this doesnt die down.

i feel exhausted right now. from the retreat and from my bro's yakwonsheek. but its a good feeling cuz i felt busy and productive.

THANKS
dennis for being our biatch at the retreat.

PRAYER
tired from waking up early these past few days. but it feels kinda nice waking up somewhat early. my new goal is to wake up at 10-11am everyday; God can do miracles.

PRAYER
esp for the sg leaders: "one of my renaissance experiences was to get among kids who were on a different spiritual level than my own, and enjoy fellowship with them. i found a very subtle snare in so doing. i sought their fellowship in order that i might minister to them, 'be a help,' you know, to these 'weaker' ones. what a rebuke came when i sensed my real motive - that I might minister. love hacks right at this, for she refused to parade herself. i learned to recognize no 'spiritual planes,' but simply to love, purely, in every group. trying to 'be a help' even has a smell of good works in it, for it is not pure. our motive is only to be - do nothing, know nothing, act nothing - just to be a sinful bit of flesh, born of a Father's love." - Shadow of the Almighty

for dave shin as he leaves for china for a year as well.

JOY
met up w/ lotsa ppl this week, hung out w/ friends that i havent seen in a while. it was good seeing them but im sad that i wont see most of em for a long time.

PRAYER
for butch cuz hes taking off for china tomorrow night. hes definitely gonna need it.

PRAYER
" 'and the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forver. ' 'in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.' i think the devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. if he can keep us hearing radios, gossip, conversation, or even sermons, he is happy. but he will not allow quietness. for he believes Isaiah where we do not. satan is quite aware of the power of silence. the voice of God, though persistent, is soft.... i am finding your counsel to get enough sleep most practical, mother. not only to be fit for the day and able to relax, but for spiritual awareness and reception one must simply be rested if he is to be blessed. let us resist the devil in this by avoiding noise as much as we can, purposefully seeking to spend time alone, facing ourselves in the Word....satan is aware of where we find our strength. may he not rob us!" - Jim Elliot

JOY
movie line of the year (from alien v.s. predator):
"the enemy of the enemy is my friend."

that almost made the movie worth watching.

went to another wedding, im happy for mejeld and gower.
at the reception dennis and john tricked roymund into eating a packet of salt (which he thought was sugar). he stuck his big tongue out in disgust and it was all white. after he got it off he started grabbing john and dennis furiously. too much rage but it was hilarious.

PRAYER
for mejeld and gower as they begin a new chapter in their lives.

JOY
ate all you can eat ribs and then went to dave n busters afterwards. daytona is lotsa fun but i can never seem to win. i do well and id be in first place but i always get jacked somehow: usually someone bumps me and my car crashes. still its always entertaining. also, shot some hoops on the regular and mini-baskets. its been a while since ive shot around, felt good to be able to do it again.

THANKS
dennis for inviting me to rib crib and driving through traffic.

JOY
the outing to point reyes was nice. didnt exactly wanna go hiking but it was good company and i had a good time. im glad i went but ive been dang sore for the past few days. 8 miles after 2 months of inactivity is tough.

THANKS
to rob and richard for helping out w/ the spelling bee.

PRAYER
for roach who is now 22, hope you find out something good to do w/ your life.

JOY
went to 2 weddings this weekend. finally my 32-year-old cousin has gotten married. shes been due to hitch for a while and now im happy for her. i was technically one of her gift registry ppl but they had enuf help so i didnt have to do much. later on i caught her garder and found $100 in it. and then my 2 friends from yn, bert and stacy, got married as well. i got to participate in this one too but as an usher. im happy for this couple as well, think theyve been dating for like 7 years or so. the weddings were different but both were nice in their own ways. i think the slide show is an important aspect of weddings and both were fun to watch.

PRAYER
that both couples would draw closer to one another as they grow closer to God.

THANKS
for the gift cards from the weddings.

JOY
keembob: selfish girls
keembob: hate them!
funny in the context of our convo.

THANKS
janet for helping me pick out a suit.

JOY
grimface1: what's the prize
grimface1: incentive
grimface1: to win this mofo
grimface1: a trophy?
bku82: ya, thats the only incentive that i can think of
bku82: maybe ill add like some sort of gift card?
grimface1: i say throw in a date with kwan
grimface1: a dinner at the least
bku82: hahahha
grimface1: tell him it's for compassion
grimface1: spiritual gifts
grimface1: he needs to use it for the church

JOY
went another 2 rounds of minigolf today. played pretty well overall. 1st round kwan edged me out by like 2 strokes. then we tied in the 2nd round. later he edged me out by 2 chips in one of our home game. though i kept barely losing i still had a fun day.

JOY
it was nice hearing justin mcroberts play again. always has insightful stuff to say.

on the way back kwan and i were trying to figure out what to eat and so we asked kwan's girls what they wanted. they all said anything. then i asked em what they didnt want. all i got was silence. 10 secs later i hear "KFC. no KFC." then right away the others said, "no noodles", "no italian", "no la burrita", "no mexican." so me and kwan think a lil and decide on in-n-out since it was on the way home and no one said "no burgers." so we ask if in-n-out is ok w/ everyone and they respond w/ a few unenthusiastic unwilling "okay" s. then 10 secs later one of the girl asks "is that the only option?" kwan says that theres plenty of options and the girl says "ok, lets go w/ that." kwan asks "in-n-out?" and girl says "options." kwan names like a dozen places to eat but got no positive responses. finally i asked if they wanted pho and i got 4 enthusiastic responses. why is it that girls dont initally say whats on their minds?

last night at PPP i started up a random game which involved flicking each others foreheads. almost everytime i suggest punishments for games i end up losing. someway, somehow it always comes to bite me in the ddongamonk and last night was no different. i ended up taking the most forehead flicks. it was pretty entertaining, im sure much more entertaining for everyone else than me. game was fun til we made up too many rules which killed the game but was fun while it lasted.

PRAY
i think im too competitive. i thought that this part of me had died down in the past 2 yrs of college but i realized that its back after playing mario party. i was thoroughly pummelled twice and the whole time i was very frustrated. its not that i love winning, i could almost care less cept that i HATE losing. i need to go on fear factor, i think i would have a really good shot at winning. need my shoulder to heal faster.

we need to live everyday like the girl JM talked about, make everything count for something.

THANKS
for doing something to do other than HM the past 2 nights.

 

JOY
yesterday went to zachary's for lunch. the waiter was serving the slices and asked janet what kinda pizza she wanted:
waiter: "chicken or the special?" 
janet: "pizza....., i mean chicken."
waiter: "here's a chicken for the smart one."
 
went miniture golfing and bowling this past weekend. it was nice doing something "active" for a change. cant believe that these are the 2 most active things that ive done in the past 6 weeks.