Entries for November, 2003

November 3rd, 2003

agape retreat

wow! i know everyone says this after a retreat, but i gotta say it cuz i truly believe it. im changed. i am not the same guy that u talked to last week. im not the same guy u played cs/ball with last tuesday/thuersday. im not the same guy that u saw running to recitation because i was 10 minutes. im a new creation. from what i value most important to how i talk with others, it had to change. now, im in noway shape or form saying that im perfect- that would be christ-like. im not there.. yet. but i do believe that He is changing me, molding me into him image.

u probably are all wondering, what the heck happened?

imagine 250 college students from 9 different campuses in a retreat center in virginia jumping up and down, screaming, lifting their hands, and begging the Lord to come down and meet us. we prayed for a change in our hearts, change in our minds, and healing in our lands.

if ur not a christian, or even if u are but aren't accustomed to people being so active or "radical" in their worship, u wouldn't understand. wait, i take that back. i don't mean not understand as in.. oh its a agape thing, u wouldnt understand~. nono, i mean u would have a hard time seeing people being so hyped and so pumped during praise. i dont know where im going with this, i just encourage u not to have such a tight definition of what worship should look like.. instead of just calling it weird, unholy, or a cult. (just my 2 cents)

anyways, i made alot of committments and promises to myself and with my Lord. the point of this post wasnt to say that ive become a super jesus freak (which i guess i am now) nor to get comments/ seem holier than thou. this was meant to encourage people to run full heartedly to the cross. don't try to tone it down and limit ur worship, rather defy gravity! as pastor cory said, this changes everything.

Posted by sj at 02:18 AM | what now?

November 7th, 2003

joy joy

im still running the race.

its been a tough week (thank u teachers that gave me so much work to doooooooooooo) but also one of the most soothing and joyful. i no im contradicting myself, but its really hard to explain. ive been waking up early to have some time reading the bible and prayer before i officially start the day and it has been working wonders. its just gravy~

i went and saw matrix revolutions with yush and chris. we were worried that it would be an obnoxious crowd (before the previews people were talking loudly, we had fobs and some black people infront of us, and there were two laser pointers). luckily everything worked out well. as soon as the previews started a laser pointer was on the screen and immediately a big black dude that sat infront of us yelled out, "HEY! TURN THAT THING OFF!" that laser pointer went off with a quickness! we were cracking up

oh and back to the movie.. dont worry, i wont spoil it for ya. i just wanna say, i think eddie kim should get an oscar for his performance in it. (he looks like keanu, i swear)

i got a new NIC card and now am having no problems what so ever with bittorrent! im sooo thrilled. too bad i cant pirate movies anymore- before the matrix they showed this commercial talking about how people shouldn't pirate because alot of different people put alot of effort into creating the movie and its not fair for people just to steal that. having said that, i do have the new matrix on my computer.. BUT, its only because rob sent it to me to figure out how to watch it. :/

just a quick fantasy note: im back to my number one spots in both my fantasy leagues! yesssssssssssssssss, eat it suckas~ especially u wookie.
Posted by sj at 06:36 PM | 1 epoops

November 17th, 2003

boogie woogie woogie

HELLO E-WORLD

yea, so last night i ripped one that made my roommates' eyes water and nostril hairs burrrrrrn. it was a SBD (silent but deadly, except this one was super deadly). as soon as i smelt that sucker, i was like.. . then roy, who was nearest, called me out the funny thing was that chris and yush were at the other side of the room, and chris thought it was yush that cut the cheez. YUSH: WHY DO YOU KOREANS ALWAYS BLAME ME WITHOUT GIVING ME A CHANCE TO DEFEND MYSELF (that boy would suck at mafia)

so anyways, why share that? is it to brag? nonono..

its to show that no one is perfect. i was reminded of this while talking to my mother and grandmother this morning. i told them that its so frustrating to pray for someone and not see a change.. thats when they told me that they had been praying for me for 20 years, which they are finally seeing the fruits from those prayers.

ok, that was a bit of a weird transition

i feel like i've been a bit short with some of u guys lately. sorry, i just get annoyed easily and its something im trying ot work out. just remember that i still love ya guys.

honey bunches of oats cereal in the morning of an exam = win.
Currently feeling: thirsty
Posted by sj at 11:47 AM | 1 epoops

November 19th, 2003

talkin to the pa

haha, alright so i was talkin with my dad after another very powerful biblestudy at pastor gus' (the food was off the hook too )

anyways, back to the convo with my dad..

we had the usual talk about grades, how family members are, and then came the dredded talk about the ladies..

DAD: YOU STILL DONT HAVE A GF?
me: nope
DAD: WHAT THE HECK! WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN..

(40 minutes later)

DAD: ok, just make me a deal.
DAD: just dont bring home a girl with big lips, big nose, (describes a ghetto booty the way only a korean ex-pastor can), and is darker than ur tib!
me: hahahahhahahhahahahahahhahahahha
DAD: she would get me in a headlock and be like, "sup soo."

yea, so now u know where my racism comes from! hehe, what a joker.

have a good week guys!
Posted by sj at 10:24 PM | 4 epoops

November 30th, 2003

crazy aunts

yup yup, im sure u will be reading a billion wrap ups of how people's turkey weekend festivities went.. and this will be no different

i finally spent some time with the aunts and cousins in charlotte and overrall was a great time of fun and great eats!

the first night my 2 aunts and my cousin, young, and i decided to play some games. the aunts taught us how to play "go-stop" (korean card game with the mini plastic cards). anyways, when my cousin and i were learning how to play- I WAS UNSTOPPABLE! i think i went 12-0. then we started playing for monies..

my aunts cleaned us out. i literally went to sleep that night- at my cousin's place -with nothing in my wallet and owing my aunts an extra 5 dollars. i think i lost around 20 bux that night. as we were leaving, my aunts tell us to not make plans for tomorrow night because they said we need to play again. oh, and they also told us to hit up the ATMs before we come eat.

..long story short, we lost money playing GO again. then we taught them to play poker- in hopes to win our money back- but they cleaned me out again. in all, i lost around 50 bux to my aunts. thanks aunties, im never coming to visit again.

alright, well now i got a story for all the car enthusiasts out there. my cousin is one of those guys that really likes fast cars. so we ride back to his place in his '03 max (pimped out, of course) and he tells me he wants to show me his civic with one of his cocky smirks. of course im thinking, a civic? my tib would burn that!

we open his garage and i see the ugliest civic i have ever seen. its got scratches and dents all over and no license plate. then we get in.. first thing i notice is a gauge in the middle of the dash. it reads nitrous at the bottom. i look at the back seat and he has a gas tank of nas! thats when i started getting excited. so we take a quick trip around and he starts peeling out on that sucka.. omg that thing was soooo quick. he would use his emergency break to make u turns and all that junk. he said he bought it from his friend for only 3-4k. he had some kind of integra engine in there and that giant muffler in the back would make the loudest noises and shoot out oil and maybe a small spark once in a while haha, and he said he only had one regret about the car. he could never register that car because it would never pass the inspection. i mean i think i was getting high off the fumes- it was sooo strong! blech-

thats it for now. plenty more, but i dont wanna bore ya.
Posted by sj at 05:30 PM | 2 epoops