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Saturday, April 17, 2004
tennis this morning ... it FELT SO GOOD being able to play ... i haven't had a chance to play for a while. i lost 7-5 ... but it was still fun ... i was still a lil rusty ... wish i coulda played longer, but Michael had to get back to our apt by 10 ... i feel like bloggin for some reason ... but i don't reallyl have much to say. teehee ... so boytoy made it down to sd safely ... and my discipler, eric, should be in la right now too ... heh heh. two of my buddies down south. =P i wanna see vicky and jeff play badminton ... i hear they ROCK. vicky is supposed to be AMAZING ... she played in tournaments and stuff in hs. =P vicky's seestar is coming to berkeley next year ... (*ahem, ahem*) ... what about you, seestar #1? =P calday today ... meh. i gotta work on my essay ... almost done though. hooooooooooooray! talked with ev yesterday. good stuff. =] he might live in berkeley next year and try to look for a campus fellowship. cooooooool! the new avalon cd is very catchy. the songs are stuck in my head ... a lot. boy toy's birthday is this wednesday ... i'm trying to figure out what i should do for / to him. haha ... i still remember getting "pied" on my bday ... i must do something evil. =P i wanna go essay at alex's ... but i think we'd distract each other too much. (he has a ten-pager due ... mine is a 5-7 pager.) OKAY SURVEY! IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION, FEEL FREE TO LEAVE ME A COMMENT. =] 1) for small groups, do you prefer co-ed or single sex? i've heard arguments made for both ... for me, i'm pretty open with both guys and girls ... so i don't particularly feel funny sharing with girls around ... but i know other people feel they can be more open w/ the same sex. but yeah, i personally kinda like co-ed. 2) do any of you know of good books (Christian living or stuff like that) to go through for small groups next year? what books of the Bible do you think make good small-group material? 3) what about topical studies? what do you think's a good topic to study? yup. feel free to leave me feedback ... or feel free not to. haha. =] i bring it to You -bj 
Friday, April 16, 2004
tiff louie and jon wong prayed for me today! it was GOODAH. =P caregrizzlies was good today ... we made beaded fish/crosses for keychains that we're going to be giving to people that served at aacf this year (praise teams, sg leaders, sound, women's ministry, welcomers ... etc.) haha ... guys aren't very artsy. alex and i had ... erm ... deformed crosses / fish ... =P after caregrizzlies i met with connie and her friend, hannah. connie cooked us deenar. it was yum. had a chance to talk about ministry w/ her too ... so that was cool ... although i don't think she's had a chance to think about it much ... haha ... hope i didn't scare her 'cuz i had so many questions / ideas. =P but wow ... the year's ending soon and soon it'll be next year and i'll have to have stuff ready for ministry ... I DON'T WANNA WRITE MY ESSAY OR DO MY CS PROJECT. =[ but i must, so i shall ... viewer discretion is advised -bj
so ... i bought some udon noodles this past week at safeway ... kinda like ramen, but you have to refrigerate them ... but doood ... i threw in some tofu, chicken, bak choy, and an egg ... SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOd. yum. =] anyhoo ... it's a small world after all. =P at vietnam village yesterday i ran into tina and kenny ... i had been walking with jon, helen, and jeff ... so tina comes over and gives me a hug then yells "JEFFFFFFFFF!" ... apparently jeff and john cheng went to the same high school as her. small world. haha ... and it turns out that she recognized jon wong, too, 'cuz jon's in her friend, ricky's suite. neato! at vv (vietnam village), jeff showed me the notes from guys' grub (which i missed) ... the message was on how men are called to be WIMPS. Warriors Initiators Mentors Providers Sages. heh heh ... pretty cool .... gave Biblical support for each one, too. i should get my hands on a copy of those notes. =] on tap for today ... cs lecture meeting w/ jon and tiff for prayer accountability care-grizzlies meeting w/ connie to discuss ministry next year hw / essay / cs project =[ been broke a thousand times -bj
i love the aacfers. =] today aacf met jointly w/ campus crusade and athletes in action ... the cal kicker (who won the big usc game and lost the ucla game and won the va tech game) shared his testimony. definitely cool. =] after the meeting, a bunch of us went to vietnam village. good stuff ... it was my first time joining people for vietnam-villaging. haha ... but nice. dan kuo is a funny guy ... and he enunciates every work. haha. but i had a good time there ... talking / hanging out with people i don't normally get to see ... who was there ... uhm ... alice, dan kuo, alex, steve, jon wong, helen, john cheng, jeff, zeeho, clarissa, albert, jontsai ... yeah ... very, very cool. =] praise God that i'm done with midterms ... the midterm today was kinda hard, though ... (*hoping for the best*) ... but yeah. surprisingly i felt a sense of peace during the midterm, even though it was hard ... i think it's 'cuz i knew i tried the best that i could ... i study like crazy for the midterm ... so even if i don't do very well ... i guess i'll be fine with the results. the foothill freshies make my happy ... haha. the other freshies are cool too ... janette, kim, amy, pons ... but the foothill freshies crack me up. =] i'm constantly amazed by alex's serving heart ... i still don't like laker fans. haha. =P booooooooo to them. ;-) stuff left to do: cs project due wednesdsay ='[ history essay due MONDAY. =/ lead sg leaders meeting next SUNDAY. came and gave without taking -bj
Thursday, April 15, 2004
chi just shot me with a staple gun. o.0 tim and alex have gotta have two of the biggest hearts in the world ... always having people over, always driving people back and forth, always encouraging ... i'm so grateful for those two ... both asked how they could pray for me today ... it was very cool. made my day ... missed you in the sandbox -bj
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
me: chi, school makes me sad. chi: yeah me: hug me chi: NO! i don't want you ever to say that again! me: but you're my roooooooooooooommate! chi: THAT'S NOT WHAT ROOMMATES ARE FOR! hahahahah. good thing comin' -bj
i realize that i don't IM anyone first ... people always have to IM first ... the only exception is boytoy ... i IM him every once in a while just to bug him ... 'cuz my night feels empty without bugging him a lil. hahaha. =P no more drama -bj
i'm becoming sn uber chef. man ... i seem to make my chicken/zucchini/tofu/carrots meal every week ... but this time. man. it was so perfect. usually i make too much sauce ... this time everything was perfect ... the zucchini was the right texture, the meat had good flavor. yum. =P i also had extra zucchini that i boiled in chicken broth with a drop or two of soy / oyster sauce and a lot of ginger. it was the BEST ZUCCHINI I HAVE EVER TASTED. soooooooooooo good. i think i'll do that more often. i love zucchinis. =D oh yeah, chris chow was telling a funny spaghetti story at the sg leader meeting last sunday ... he doesn't cook much, but he decided to make spaghetti for his small group one day ... so he buys spaghetti and looks at the packet. it said "serving size: 5" he was like, "this can't be right! it's so small! it seems like so little!" so he buys five bags of spaghetti ... he takes out a big pot and throws it all in ... chris was like, "MAN! i had to keep pouring water in my pot every few minutes! where'd all my water go?" haha ... so yeah ... it sounded like something straight out of an "i love lucy" episode ... the spaghetti overflowing ... having to eat spaghetti for the next week. =P hahaha. fun stuff. =P so i walked back from class with jeff today ... he's one cool guy. i asked him how it felt about leadership next year (he's doing worship w/ timma) and he was like, "my only fears are logistical, but i know God'll take care of that so i'm not worried." man. i mean, i know that's the attitude i'm supposed to have ... haha. but yeah, i'm glad for him. a lot of the people on worship teams right now are graduating though ... we gotta pray for more people to step up. i kinda wanna join a worship team next year ... dunno if i'll have time though ... some stuff i wanna / have to do next year at aacf -sg leaders meeting -maybe lead a small group -maybe join a worship team (keys/vocal. hahaha. vocal. =P) -accountability ... maybe meet longer and go through a book with dave & henry -disciple someone -maybe prayer team / tabling / encouragement ... help out somewhere in those ministries ... -help form a freshmen ministry -men's ministry stuff (guys' grubs, hangouts, maybe a man camp) yar ... haha. i wish i could do all of that, but i know i can't ... we'll see what my schedule looks like next year. but i'm excited. =]]] crazy-hard midterm tomorrow. pray for me! thanks! renew me -bj
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
this is SO ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! A SKATEBOARDING BULLDOG! (from ben. =] ) HAHA. my discipler, eric, (or "chakky" as many other people call him) in a dorky hat. stolen from jason's xanga. 
take my breath away -bj
ddfbjlee: Je veux manger votre singe riennetait: votre is formal riennetait: you would say ton ddfbjlee: Je parle meilleur franais que vous riennetait: non. ddfbjlee: wee riennetait: je parle le francais plus bien que toi riennetait: je gagne!! riennetait: je gagne! ddfbjlee: Savez-vous embrasser sept dindes riennetait: je sais comment manger sept dindes... ddfbjlee: Disparaissent le baiser un homme riennetait: va-t'en! ddfbjlee: je vous dteste riennetait: je t'adore ddfbjlee: Vous aimez chatouiller douze hommes velus. C'est tout. riennetait: tu es dégoûtant riennetait: psalm 101:3 -- "Je ne mettrai rien de mauvais devant mes yeux" ddfbjlee: Il est tard. Je pense que je dormirai." riennetait: tes mots sont mauvais. riennetait: c'est tard. riennetait: ici? ddfbjlee: merci riennetait: ce n'est rien. riennetait: =P ddfbjlee: Vous tes un enfant retard." riennetait: tu es salaud. riennetait: tu te trompes teehee ... i'm so cultured. =P all -bj
so i am currently in cory with boytoy ... meh ... not much fun, but i gotta study. DUDE. classes are so hard ... stupid midterm coming up ... uggggggggggggggh ... i hate ee ... =/ sooooooo much work this week. things are getting stressful ... =[ give it up -bj
Monday, April 12, 2004
so yesterday at first pres, the worship coordinator gave his testimony. OH MAN. it was awesome. he plays drums at first pres ... and he was part of this BIG 80s rock band ... he didn't tell us the name ... but man. his band was nominated for a grammy ... they constantly were on the top50 charts ... he lived a life of drugs ... just the life of a rockstar, i guess. it was amazing, though, 'cuz he came to God basically on his own. well, i guess not on his own 'cuz God was leading him ... but he just picked up a Bible and started reading and came to God through that. it was amazing. You are, You were, You always will be
sorry that my blog is starting to become my thoughts and fears about leadership ... i use my blog to gather my thoughts ... i tried journaling, but i find typing a lot easier ... i also tried just typing in notepad, but it's not the same ... haha. i'd post in my xanga, but aacf people read that and the leaders have not been formally announced yet ... so yar. anyway ... good advice from this year's leaders. big cal: pray before, during, and after ... just pray. baby cal: lead in a way you're comfortable with. don't try to conform to any set idea of what a leader should be; lead in the way that God's gifted you. julie: try integrating the ministries (small groups and men's/women's minsitry) ... hmmmmm ... yay. good stuff. =] You were there -bj
i just had an AWESOME conversation w/ my co-coordinator for next year. i'm feeling less overwhelmed now and more excited to see what God's gonna do. it's so awesome how God works ... =D and it's also so cool how so many people have been encouraging me and offering to help me out next year. the body of Christ is AWESOME! yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy God! i know i'll be learning and growing a lot this next year. God, humble me, break me, and use me any way you see fit. Let me be a humble servant for You. Thanks for allowing me to be a part of Your plan. I look foward to being amazed by how You move in my life. =] -bj
Sunday, April 11, 2004
first pres was good. i saw ben poon, esther, leo, and james there ... today i was reminded of why ben is such a cool guy. he came over and asked me where i was serving next year and just really encouraged me ... i went to the sg leader meeting today. it was a potluck ... (the sg leaders are GOOD cooks ... haha ... well, most of them. my discipler, eric, bought cookies. hahaha. i like eric. =P) anyway. it was kinda intimidating. everyone was like "HEY! NEW PEOPLE!" so after getting our food, calvin told me and connie to ask the sg leaders any questions we had ... so we asked questions for like an HOUR ... but it was really good getting the small group leaders' perspective on things ... they gave some good advice that connie and i can take to small groups next year. =] after that, we went into the study for this week's small groups. we went through 1 cor 12 ... it was a pretty straight-foward study on propriety in taking the Lord's supper ... but we had this HUGE debate on what it meant when Paul says God killed people that didn't examine themselves before taking the Lord's supper ... and how Paul said God was being merciful by killing them and causing some of them to become ill ... yeah, everyone seemed to have a different interpretation of that ... so we talked about that for like an hour and then people had to leave ... so we left it with no resolution. haha. well, i seem to agree with the majority of the people ... but a couple of people shared a totally different view ... but yeah, it was encouraging talking w/ the sg leaders ... tim, jason, and eric were all especially encouraging ... so i thank God for them. it's funny 'cuz during the meeting, everyone was making fun of the way eric talks ... haha ... 'cuz he kinda talks w/ a southern accent (even though he's from norcal) ... and everyone was making fun of how calvin and justin use their hands while talking. =P AND people were making fun of the fact that apparently i don't eat much. calvin shared how i ate like two slices of pizza when we went to bj's before fall retreat. alex shared how i ate like two slices of pizza yesterday at california pizza kitchen. tim shared how i never eat anything at small group ... haha ... meh. I EAT A LOT! ANYWAY. conclusion: i'm kinda scared, but God will provide ... and i know being a part of small groups / discipleship will TOTALLY be a huge blessing to me. i'm excited to be able to work with the future small group leaders ... even though there are usually a shortage of leaders, God will provide and i look foward to being able to serve with them and to encourage them. =] i should be happy -bj
i had no idea which church to go to today ... there are so many good churches in berkeley! connie called me this morning to see if i wanted to go to berkeley mosaid with her, jeff, and john. she offered to drive me. yesterday, kim asked if i wanted to go to a joint service with regeneration and new church with her and shannon vicky asked if i wanted to go to living water with her ... but it's now 4:00 and i've decided to go to first pres at night. =] but yeah ... it's so awesome that berkeley has such a strong Christian community and such a broad range of very good churches. =] somewhere far from here -bj
i'm kinda nervous about leading next year now ... at first i was kinda excited, but now ... i dunno. i was asking calvin jr about what men's ministry's all about ... and he basically said, "i'm still not really sure!" haha ... but what calvin, calvin, and julie all said was that my ministry would be what i make of it ... basically, i can do whatever i want. unfortunately, i'm someone who likes walls and boundaries ... i like knowing what i'm supposed to do and just doing it ... but we'll see how God uses me next year, eh? jeff's icebreaker question to alex: "Liken yourself to a pineapple." HAHAHA. vicky's question from someone: "What's your favorite color monkey?" HAHAHA. take me out to the crowd -bj
tonight was AWESOME. i was feeling kinda bored / kinda lonely here ... and whadya know, alex IMs me and asks if i wanna eat deenar with him and kim ... =]]] we take like twenty minutes to decide on a place, finally picking california pizza kitchen. very good, i must say. we had really good talks ... talking about the freshmen / sophomore classes, about different churches, about kim's family ... just about random stuff. then later, alex picked up christine and deedee and we went to fenton's ... i was full from deenar so i didn't get any ice cream. haha. then we went to pick up vicky and we went to alex's apt. it was good ... we placed decues for a while ... tim and i convinced kim that all disney movies were based on real life. haha ... even lilo & stitch and the lion king. HAH. she's so funny. kim's hilarious. anyway ... then we played bridge while christine & deedee watched Spy Games ... alex and i took on vicky and kim ... it was really good. haha ... we should have bridge nights. alex and i make pretty good partners. we read each other's bids pretty well. i think we probably won 90% of the games ... we played for a LONGGGGGGG time. =P it was good, though. happy easter! God, i'll never understand why You love me the way You do. i'll never be worthy of the love You showed when You sent Your son to die for me. i thank You that there's nothing i can do to make You love me more or less. help me to live a life that's profoundly impacted by Your death and resurrection. help me to be continually grateful for all You've done for me. i praise You for conquering death, and for making a way for me to be with You forever. thanks, God. i love You. -bj
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