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3.30.2004
11:02 PM
11:00 pm
hmm. dad took left behind book. will need to figure out a new plan...
GLORIOUS APPEARING
The final chapter of the Left behind saga was released today. Traditionally, I'd be reading it right now until about midnight, do all homework in class, and then read it at home some more, getting it done in about 24 hours. My dad's possibly reading it, so I sort've snuck it in my room and will read it until he asks for it. We'll see how far I get. Probably not 24 hours. Maybe a week before I get it done, but that's okay.
DISJUNCTION
3.25.2004
11:13 PM
there's a mutiny in my hands and the winds are not blowing my direction...
in desperate need of prayer.
62 WAYS YOU KNOW YOU'RE ASIAN
Haha, these are great! My parents aren't "FOB", so some won't apply here, but I'll list them anyways, with my comments in parenthesis:
1. Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm (short, not curly)
2. Your dad is some sort of engineer
3. Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15 (lol, for a little while)
4. You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing (luckily not too much)
5. You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry (and I'm the one that always has to carry it!)
6. You shop 99 ranch (or Lion's)
7. Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from (no, everyone thinks I'm Asian. typically Korean comes out first at my school)
8. You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life (ughh, just look at my old pictures)
9. Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids (sometimes)
10. You've had to sit through karaoke videos with scantily clad, ugly Asian women attempting to dance and walk around a temple, forest, or library (how about four old great-aunts that you don't even know singing Chinese opera? painful!)
11. Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage" (remember the starving kids in China!)
12. You drive mostly Japanese cars. (we despise American cars...)
13. You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom (lol!)
14. You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs (pig's feet, cow stomach...)
15. At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...."
16. You know what bok choy is (lol)
17. You've gotten little red envelopes around February (it's still a late birthday for me every year!)
18. Piles of shoes tend to make it hard to open the front, back, and closet doors (lol)
19. You hear (your name + eee (optional) + yah!) every time someone calls you (e.g. Jean - ee - yah! or Mary - yah!) (I hear my properly pronounced name often, and loud!)
20. You have no eyelashes (excuse me, but my eyelashes happen to be unusually irritating
21. Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages, like the ever-so-popular: ching chong woo bok chi, etc... (haha, not)
22. Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin (remember the starving kids in China!)
23. The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, octopii) was last night's dinner (lol, especially when grandma's over!)
24. Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher (lol)
25. At least one family member wears black wire/plastic frame glasses
26. Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In Korea (or other native country), we studied even more."
27. Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street in any given area as long as they are Asian ("I think UCI would be a great college to make friends!")
28. An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother?" Well then, "Is it your sister?"
29. Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both (kind've nauseating)
30. Your parents say, "Calculus? I took Calculus in 8th grade!"
31. Everyone thinks you're good at math (and science, and bible, and english, and history...)
32. Your parents' vocabulary is filled with "ai-yahs, and Wah's" (aiyah!)
33. You like $1.75 movies
34. You like $1.50 movies even more (hehe, being thrifty!)
35. Your aunts and uncles bring you back adorable clothing from Asia with fuzzy bunnies, vinyl ducks, and English words that make no sense, in great colors like yellow, pink, magenta, orange, and the ever popular lime green
36. Your parents insist you marry within your race (although it's highly encouraged)
37. You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food (BRING ON THE CHINESE FAST FOOD!)
38. You either really, really want to go to UCI or really, really want to stay away from it (lol, not really true)
39. Your parents have never kissed you
40. Your parents have never kissed each other
41. You learned about the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents (lol)
42. "You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!"
43. People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate (when I'm around non-asians)
44. You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle" (lol!)
45. You have 12+ aunts and uncles (if you count my extended family and my dad's side)
46. At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert (lol! haven't ordered a soda in years! dessert is usually included, you know, that red bean stuff, oranges, or stale fortune cookies)
47. Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good." (gross!)
48. The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses. Thick glasses. (HAHA. geeks. asian geeks)
49. You will most likely be taller than your parents (a record 5' 7" estimate to be exact)
50. Your parents have either make you play the piano, the violin, or both (piano)
51. You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't
52. When going to other people's houses, you always have to bring a gift (often leftover cookies or candy that someone else brought when they came over!)
53. Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees, you know, the ones with the blue and pink stripes at the top
54. Your family owns a tennis racquet, golf clubs, or both (tennis rackets)
55. Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV (i.e. Michael Chang) (waiting for some asian football players...)
56. The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture (we got covers on our couch though)
57. You have rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine (i call it that smelly chinese stuff)
58. You own a rice cooker or two (2 rice cookers, 2 microwavable rice cookers)
59. You buy soy sauce by the gallon
60. Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head
61. Your parents tell you about how long it took for them to get to school, how horrible the weather was in their native country, and how much they still appreciated going
62. Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come (right now I'm wearing duct-taped pants with a belt)
*ADDED BY ME, BUT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME OR MOST ABC FAMILIES*
63. Your car floors are covered in plastic or vinyl
BLESSINGS
3.23.2004
11:26 PM
As you may or may not know, my Court of Honor held Sunday was a great success. Thank you all for your kind and generous gifts. Altogether, they amounted to more than $400. It was such a great day. It was neat to see all my friends and family and all the kind words spoken. Thank you all. Pics will hopefully come soon.
On another note, CM went well, I guess. I started off really weak. I was so nervous with the sight reading. I even messed up on technique. Pescetti was basically a disaster in my eyes. Mozart was okay, not my best. Chopin was better and Kabalevsky was strong. Overall, not my best performance, but not my worst either.
Now , back to reality. I've got an essay due Friday, 3 chapters of APUSH to read, 30 thank-you notes to write, and Bible study to prepare for.
OF RECEIVING SCOUTING'S HIGHEST RANK
3.20.2004
10:47 PM
Tomorrow's the day, wish me luck!
THE JOY OF BEING A GEEK
3.16.2004
12:10 AM
Despite the amount of sleep I got last night, I still managed to make it through the day without falling asleep in Physics or Pre-Cal. Speaking of Physics, I actually solved a double-star problem all by myself! I think i'm starting to get the hang of physics...NOT!
I'm not in the best mood right now because I'm up doing stuff for my Court of Honor and I found out my scanner doesn't work.
No longer will I support Visioneer. Half their scanner they just stopped support all together for WinXP, including drivers. So if you're looking for a flatbed scanner, I will be angry if you buy Visioneer. Go Canon or Epson instead. That's the direction I'm headed.
I'm also angry because it's Tuesday and my COH program is not finalized yet. I finally got ahold of Shepherd's Gate, but they're going to call me back regarding speaking. I REALLY need them to call me tomorrow. Also, the paper I'm using to print the programs doesn't fit in my printer.
Here's a philisophical thought to blow off some steam:
In my tiredness/frustration/anger/desperation throughout the day, I really noticed how carnal our school and my acquaintances are becoming. And sometimes I just stand around and overlook it all. For example, NEVER in VCHS history have we had money and possessions stolen 5 times, NEVER have we had the need for drug-sniffing dogs to search our school, NEVER have we had 3 cars stolen and totaled in one year, NEVER have we needed security cameras, and NEVER HAVE I HEARD SO MUCH SWEARING AROUND CAMPUS! Why don't we join the DUSD for all I care? I don't care if it's a blurted "hella" or worse. I don't care if it's the smartest or most Christ-like student. I know I'm supposed to judge people by their hearts, but when I hear people swear, it just ticks me off. I get this bad notion about people when I hear them swear, even if they're my friends. Is it necessary to say something is "hella _____?" or even "gay-ass ____?" Point I'm trying to make is this:
1.) QUIT THE CUSSING - Especially as Christians, we are supposed to act like Christ. The Bible says to not swear by anything, in heaven or HELL. It says that cursing and rejoicing cannot come out of the same mouth. Just stop it! You're angering God everytime, you're saddening me, and you're accomplishing nothing!
2.) HOLD OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE - I tend to tell my friends and classmates to watch their mouths when they swear or say a replacement word. We can't just let our acquaintances, even our Christian acquaintances and friends go on speaking in this manner. Someone once told me he kicked his friend in the leg or slapped him in the arm everytime he cussed, which isn't a bad idea. I'll do it to my friends, because I'm especially saddened when they act in such a manner. IT'll do more good then harm.
Now that that's off my back, I feel better. I need sleep now.
3/18 UPDATE: Correction, make that TWO searches by drug sniffing dogs and oh yeah, i hate those acronyms too. WTF and OMG is considered cursing. don't use it.
THE WEEK OF TESTING
3.15.2004
12:20 AM
PRAISES:
-Missionary Conference went well, including Sunday. Tech aspects went well (at least in my book). All three missionaries were excellent! PTL for their ministry
-CM written test is finished. It was harder than last year, but I completed it all without a hitch
-SOS council meeting went smoothly and efficiently, with a record of 2 hours
-Service project went well. Collected 90 signatures and a reasonable amount for donations in two hours.
-Another CMBC referral from the website!
-Finished homework due tomorrow!
-Got to have dinner with the Wong's, catch-up on stuff since we haven't seen them in a while
-Elizabeth from Shepherd's Gate finally called back.
PRAYERS:
-In need of a productive week in terms of schoolwork, COH planning
-Spiritual growth from even the experience of this week (faith in God's providence, etc.)
-Chapel on Tuesday
-Physical, emotional, and mental strength for me
-COH elements will fall together
-Someone from Shepherd's Gate will be able to make it to my COH
-CM techinique and playing evaluations on Saturday AM
-Guidance during Scoutmaster Conference on Tuesday
-Safety for Pastor Sen and June on the way to So. Cal
-SOS and all the members and sponsors
-Opportunities for increased friendship and sharing the gospel
LATE-NIGHT NEWS
3.10.2004
12:26 AM
yes, i know i should be sleeping since it's 12:20. I just finished my super long 7-page single-spaced precise for APUSH! Take that, Ertis! I'm hoping that now I'll get a higher grade on my APUSH. The last two tests haven't gone so well, and i'm suspecting it's because we didn't do precises on those chapters. If I improve on this test, I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR PRECISES!
Next for school, I need to get this Chapel Leadership project done that like a quarter of our class has actually done. The worse part about it is that we didn't plan it yet, and my partner might have mono. So we're pretty much screwed. Hopefully, Mrs. T will be understanding, then she'll kick our butts!
I attended course selection workshop last night for Senior year! I found out that i'll probably hopefully take 5 periods next year, A thru 4. I've got 4 periods prety much all set, but I need to decide on a 5th period. I'm strongly considering AP Stats, but it's rumored that Irwin is teaching it, and, based on my Physics grade (and our Pre-cal class overall), I'm not too sure now. Fact is I will be taking online classes this summer and probably next year. It's amazing how quickly, and yet how slowly Senior year is approaching. I see dates all the time for Winter 2005, summer 2005. I think it's a symptom of the ever-prevalent Senioritis.
Oh, one more thing: I hopefully will be getting a bronze Eagle palm very soon. I finally got the approval from my SM.
Okay, I'm only going to get about 5 3/4 hours of sleep now, so g'night...
THURSDAY NIGHT STUFF
3.04.2004
10:10 PM
PTL, SOS / CMBC has almost 40 youth and adults watching the Passion tomorrow, a great many visitors and possibly non-Christians. We're having a discussion afterwards at my house, so I pray that they'll take something away from tomorrow's meeting.
On a similar note: I finally finished the SOS songbook. Now to edit, add, and possibly get rid of some songs. It's more than 50 pages long!
Tomorrow's a half day, but I got APUSH sutdy session then tennis afterwards. not really much of a "half" day after that.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
3.03.2004
7:55 PM
Today, I finally got to see The Passion. If was an all-school field trip, just about all 400 or so students crowded into Crow Canyon 6 to see it. Nevertheless, it was a powerful movie, unlike any Jesus movie I've ever seen.
True, it was an extremely graphic movie, but I think the violence was necessary to convey the message. Sometimes, filmakers and make the crucifixion story aesthetically pleasing, simply leaving it at "and they flogged him, spit on him, hit him, then they crucified him. Seeing the process Jesus went through makes the message even more powerful. It's like this analogy I read: When we go to the meat section of the grocery store to but steaks or something, we don't think about the slaughtering, butchering, and cleaning the cow goes through to become hamburger. Likewise, we sometimes think of the crucifixion the same way.
The movie was spoken in all Aramaic, Latin, and some Hebrew with English subtitles. I can say that this was a wise choice. This sets the movie apart from others, and adds to the authenticity of the event. There's is just something different from hearing a Jesus say Eloi Eloi and My God My God.
The movie is full of symbolism. Christians will mainly be the ones to understand it. It has a serpant, a dead, maggot and fly infested donkey, a teardrop from heaven, a crow pecking the robber's eye out, and Satan holding a "child". This made the movie even more meaningful.
One of my favorite parts: Jesus walks down the Via Dolorosa with the cross. He falls in front of Mary. It flashes back to Jesus' childhood when Jesus falls in the dirt. A young Mary runs to the child Jesus at the same time Mary runs to the fallen Jesus on the street. It flashes back to the child Jesus being cradled in Mary's arms, then goes back to the beaten Jesus looking into her mother's eyes, saying, "Behold, Mother. I make all things new."
WOE TO ME SLUGGARD
3.02.2004
8:10 PM
Now that 30 hour famine is done, I feel really lazy, even though it still have tons of stuff to do. Eagle COH, not ready. CM not ready. AP's not ready. hmm, i need some more motivation.
I'm seeing The Passion of the Christ tomorrow with the school. I'm really excited, but I'm praying about how my state of mind should be when I view this film. I've heard a lot of different reactions. I'll give you my take tomorrow, as well as Friday after SOS sees it.
