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Friday, March 26, 2004
i'm reading a book for my history class ... it's called Way of Duty ... it's pretty interesting. it's the story of this woman that lived during the American Revolution ... just reading about times back then ... man. things were a lot simpler ... i mean, people still went through some tough stuff ... but times just seemed ... i dunno ... a lot more easy going. it's kinda hard living in times like these ... our society is so money-centric ... everyone's worried about how they're doing in college because that will dictate what kind of jobs they'll get which will determine how much money they'll make ... people are worried whether or not they'll be able to make enough money to support a family, whether or not they'll save up enough to send their children to school. thinking about all of this stuff makes me really thankful that i know God ... it makes me appreciate God's sovereignty. i know i don't have to worry because God's always in control and will always take care of me. not that i'm going to stop working hard ... i'm just going to stop worrying. =] i kinda wanna be a camp counselor for mount hermon - the Christian camp ... i think that'd be kinda fun ... plus dave fong was saying something about there be some benefit if you go to aacf's leadership retreat (which i think i have to go to) AND become a counselor for mt. hermon ... but i dunno. i'm gonna try to find a job this summer, and it'll be hard trying to schedule work around TWO weeks that i need to be away ... but we'll see what God has in store, eh? =] i'm really excited about aacf leadership, though ... i haven't told them my answer yet, but i'm starting to realize that this is probably where God wants me ... seeing people grow, seing people experience true Christian fellowship ... that's my passion, i think. i think i'll be able to use my gifts and serve in this area ... and i'm anxious to see who will be on the servant team with me ... =] the guys and gals that will be on servant team with me next year will definitely have a big influence over me ... i look foward to growing with these people this next year ... even though i don't know who they are yet. heh heh ... i'll know in a week or two, though ... =]]] i can kinda guess who'll be on leadership ... regardless of who it'll be ... it'll be coooooooooooool and a huge opportunity for me to grow. =D one nation under God -bj 
Thursday, March 25, 2004
i post 'cuz i'm cool. =] i got to hang out w/ my good buddy amsy today. wheeeeeee. =] we went out for pho. yummmm! even though i don't talk to am much during the school year, we still have fun together ... and it's like we can still connect even though we don't see / hear from each other much ... it's not always like that ... it kinda feels uncomfortable with a lot of the people that i don't talk to as much anymore ... but ams is cooooooooooooooool. =] so we've decided that boytoy is a mini alex (aka lean chex) ... and boytoy thinks i'm a mini timma (aka it yum) ... meh. i think i'm waaaaaaaaaay cooler than timma. haha. i winnnnnn! boytoy's message on my cell phone was HILARIOUS. he said something like, "OH FINNNNNEEEE. i'll take your money. just play tennis with me. bring the money to the tennis court and i'll take it." unfortunately i didn't get to play 'cuz it was raining ... =/ heh heh ... boytoy is cool, though ... sorta. =P he's one of my closer friends at berkeley. =] it was good talking with amsy and hearing how other ccsers are doing ... i agree w/ cman ... we need a reunion of some sort ... i miss a lot of my classmates. heh heh. i hope people have fun at the h2o retreat. =] i'm not going ... personal reasons ... well, one of the reasons is that i've already gone to two retreats, and i most likely will have to go to the aacf leadership retreat ... so yeah ... kinda a lot ... but anyhoo ... hope everyone has fun at the h2o retreat ... and i hope it doesn't rain/snow ... well ... i guess that could be fun if it snowed ... =] i lost my ncaa tourney bracket ... w/ pitt losing today, i don't think i have a chance of winning anymore ... looks like i'll have to settle for 2nd place ... good job, leo (aka 'black-faced deity') ... haha. he got that name from some kung fu movie about the golden-faced buddha and the black-faced deity. hahahah. that's GREAT. =] with a broken wing -bj
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
boytoy is stupid. haha. sooooo ... boytoy calls me up and says that he's in berkeley so we decide to go out to eat ... we call alex for a place to eat ... he gives us a place, but boytoy doesn't like it (haha) so he calls timma ... =P tim tells us to go to sushi house, so we do. we get to sushi house, put our names on the waitlist, then wander around 'cuz there are a bunch of people in front of us ... went to the toystore ... messed around ... came back, found that they skipped over us since we weren't there ... had to wait another half hour or so ... haha. as soon as we sit down, they ask us if we're ready to order ... we tell the waitress we aren't. thirty seconds later, a second waitress asks us if we're ready to order ... boy were they trying to get rid of us. haha ... boytoy charges the meal to his credit card, i had him some cash. he drives me home to fremont, and in front of my house, we have this HUGGGGGE fight. haha ... okay, not an actual fight. it was more like an asian fight. what's an asian fight? we were fighting over money. =P he was trying to make me take back my money, i was trying to get him to keep my money. soooo ... he stuffs my money inside one of my bags ... i proceed to pull out more money from my wallet and throw it in his back seat. boytoy then grabs my back so i can't run into my house and then reaches to the backseat to get my money. i then tackle him into the driver's seat in an attempt to get my backpack. we then set off his car alarm. =P my neighbor comes out and stares at us. (this was at 10pm or so) ... he gets the money from the backseat, and throws it in another one of my bags. (i was coming from berk, so i had a bunch of bags) ... he tries to get in the car to drive away, but my leg is blocking the door. while he's trying to push me away, i'm desperately trying to find the cash he threw into my bag. i find it, but as i do, he manages to push me out of his car. as he starts up his engine, i throw the money onto his windshield and run to my house. while i'm fumbling for my keys, he comes back and again manages to throw the money into one of my bags. =/ just as quickly, i manage to throw the cash back onto his windshield just as he's starting his engine. i think i've won, but just as i run inside, i see money flying through the front door just as i'm trying to close it. i know i don't have much time, so i'm only able to grab one of the bills and throw it back onto his windshield. (this was exhausting, btw. boytoy is such a poop.) i run back to my house and lock the door, only to get a call from boytoy five minutes later saying he slipped the money under my front door. boooooooooooooo! he's sooooo EVIL! =/ he makes me sad. =[ haha ... well, i was GONNA play tennis with him tomorrow, but now i think i will withhold that from him since he's such a doody-face. =P free indeed -bj
"Glory is not easy to define. It is like beauty. How would you define beauty? Some things we have to point at rather than define. But let me try. God's glory is the beauty of His manifold perfections. ... God's ultimate goal therefore is to preserve and display His infinite and awesome greatness and worth, that is, His glory. God has many other goals in what He does. But none of them is more ultimate than this. They are all subordinate. God's overwhelming passion is to exalt the value of His glory. To that end, He seeks to display it, to oppose those who belittle it, and to vindicate it from all contempt. It is clearly the uppermost reality in His affections. He loves His glory infinitely." -John Piper John Piper's Desiring God is a good book from what i've read so far. i highly recommend it to all of you cool people out there. to you uncool people, i'm sorry, this book isn't for you. =P basically, the premise of the book discusses God's purpose and man's purpose. "The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy Himself forever." and "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." rivers of joy -bj
tennis is probably THE most mentally tough game i can think of ... i mean ... you start missing some easy shots, can't seem to get your serve in, and it just eats at you the rest of the game. you start playing too conservatively, you start hitting the ball too hard because you're angry ... it's hard keeping your emotions in check in tennis ... =/ that's why i got killed today in tennis. =[ i was frustrated that i wasn't hitting the ball the way i wanted to so i just starting stinking it up. =[ i mean, granted, bball can be frustrating if your shot is off, but you still have teammates to help you out ... you can always pass the ball. furthermore, you're so busy guarding people that that helps burn off some of the negative energy ... i guess golf can be sorta frustrating, too ... but that's not a real sport. =P uhm ... football? maybe ... but you get to make yourself feel better by hitting people. =] yeah ... tennis is a mentally tough game. =/ no way we can break up -bj
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
mr. and mrs. wong took me and mike to this fancy chinese bistro in walnut creek ... haha. i felt so underdressed. i was in a t-shirt and jeans ... i didn't know the place would be so fancy ... well, okay ... there were still people in jeans in there ... but the place was really nice. apparently we went there 'cuz they have a wheat-free menu. =] the food was pretty good, i must say. =] afterwards we went bowling ... dude. i'm so weak. haha ... pretty bad day of bowling ... but i beat michael, though. =] haha ... we'll just say that my high for the night was only a 137 ... =[ oh well. the one thing that i know -bj
tennis was goodah. =] i felt nice running around. =] score: 6-4 6-7 (3) pretty evenly matched ... gameplan for today: God-time ... hardcore studying ... maybe bowling / deenar w/ the roommate. =P does anyone have the original jars of clay cd? i want it! =P maybe i'll buy it ... it's sooooooooooooooo good. =] i also want their acoustic cd of their greatest hits. yum. =] eyes turned down -bj
date with amsy on thursdsay. yay! woohoo! =] i got my copy of John Piper's Desiring God. He sums up the purpose or thesis of the book in the intro. He aims to persuade the reader that "the chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever." very interesting. i'm excited about reading this book. =] shine for me -bj
Monday, March 22, 2004
so my dad set up the g5 in my room (just for now) ... haha. nuts. =P it's bigggggggg ... the tower is huge. but yeah ... seems pretty cool ... no software on it yet ... =/ well, there's this chess game, but i can't beat the comp on the easiest setting. haha. =P it's good talkin' w/ boytoy. =P tim always greets him with 'hello, my toy' ... hahaha. good stuff. and alex told me to stop corrupting boytoy. =P boytoy: lean chex. (a nickname i made up for alex) alex: YOU SOUND LIKE BRYAN! boytoy: would you rather me call you lean chex or meowlex (boytoy's nickname for alex) alex YOU STILL SOUND LIKE BRYAN! haha. yay. a clone. me: isn't it cool? he's like a 'mini-me' alex: more like a big you. he's taller than you. me: ... me: oh no! i'm becoming a mini-YOU! me: ... =-O alex: more like a very, VERY mini-me. like a midget me. =P bah. haha ... stupid alex. =/ going back to berkeley in a few minutes ... time to study, study, study. wheeeeeeeeeeee! i'm kidna looking foward to it ... michael's coming back tuesday and we're gonna play tennis and maybe go bowling. haha. =P accolade -bj
Sunday, March 21, 2004
prayer please. i'm posting here 'cuz i don't think any one from aacf reads my blog ... if they do ... heh heh ... i guess it's cool. more people praying ... but yeah ... i've been asked to be the co-coordinator for the "spiritual foundations" ministry next year at aacf ... it's a new ministry ... basically it would mainly oversee discipleship and small groups ... maybe some other stuff, but that's the main stuff ... so yeah. i could use prayer ... my initial reaction: ummm ... i kinda had a feeling this was where God was leading me all along ... so it's kinda exciting, 'cuz discipleship and small groups are definitely two things i have a passion for ... other than that, though ... ummmm ... i dunno ... yeah, i guess i could use prayer that if this is not where God wants me that i'd be able to say no ... but if it is His will, that God would prepare me for this role, that He'd give me a vision for this ministry, and that He'd help me work well with my co-coordinator (whoever that may be ... i don't know yet. =P) yeah ... joyce said that they met for 13hours yesterday discussing where to put the leaders ... i thought that was CRAZZZZY ... but apparently that's the shortest time core's ever taken to decide where to place leaders ... so ... ummm ... haha. wow. 13 hours ... =P so yeah ... keep me in your prayers. =] thanks. it's much appreciated. =] i have a week and a half to give them my answer. in the still of the night -bj
in an e-mail from tim ... the results so far of our small group's ncaa bracket tourney. =/ 1. Leo - Rd. 1: 24, Rd. 2: 18 = 42 2. BJ - Rd. 1: 22.5, Rd. 2: 16 = 38.5 3. Tim - Rd. 1: 23.5, Rd. 2: 14 = 37.5 4. Tony - Rd. 1: 23, Rd. 2: 12 = 35 5. Boytoy - Rd. 1: 22, Rd. 2: 8 = 30 6. Sunny - Rd. 1: 17.5, Rd. 2: 12 = 29.5 7. Jwong - Rd. 1: 18.5, Rd. 2: 8 = 26.5 dang leo's cleaning up. here are the teams that are left for each person: Leo: Kansas to Champ Rd, St Joes to FF, OkState to EE, Duke to EE, UConn to Champions BJ: Kansas to EE, GT to FF, Pitt to Champ Rd, WF to EE, Duke to EE, UConn to EE Tim: Kansas to EE, GT to FF, Pitt to Champ Rd, UConn to Champions Tony: St Joes to FF, OkState to EE BoyToy: St Joes to FF, Pitt to EE, Duke to EE JWong: St Joes to FF, Duke to EE Sunny: Texas to Champs, UConn to FF, Wake to FF bah. stupid leo. i think he's gonna win ... haha ... unless pitt and gt go as far as i predict them ... and uconn and all of leo's picks die the next round. =P on and on -bj
so my cs project has been postponed? o.0 bizarre ... kinda glad, kinda not ... 'cuz i kinda wanted just to get it done this week ... =/ my grandma's bday deenar was today ... it was ... meh ... we went to black angus ... and i'm not much of a meat eater ... so ... blah. it was okay, though. =] the vegetables were aite. =P soooooooooooooooooooooo. =] goin back to berk tomollo morn ... meh. gonna try to do some work ... should be good ... nice and quiet ... =] i kinda like berkeley ... there's more to do there than in fremont ... 'cept i'd have a car in fremont ... but yeah ... should be good ... rts: bring refreshments for connection this week! and practice at 7:45! YOWZA! after the rain -bj
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