Had a great valentine's day. After ficb, about thirty guys went out to play some softball and football at kleeberger field. Nothing like spending "love day" with my fellow brothas. =)

Afterwards, me, Andy, Kwan, Billy, Heuge and freshman Jason went to Durant Square to eat and talk. It's been a while since most of us has eaten there, and it was even more fun reminiscing about our freshman year experiences. Hanging out at Unit 2, surprise birthday parties, Heuge walking twelve miles to Fry's, Andy's dirty roommate, and a lot more.. thank God I have my freshman year experiences written down somewhere. And that I took a lot of pictures too. A lot of these guys are gonna be famous in the future, so ask me if you want some vintage photographs of them when they were younger. =)

You know there's times when your curiosity gets to you, and you type in some random web address to check if it really exists? I remember long ago that I randomly typed in roychung.blogspot.com, and it really existed! But this was one melancholy dood who was very critical towards life and everyone around him. I tricked jahndee, hiyas, and a couple other people into thinking that it was mine, and I think they were really concerned for me afterwards: "oh my gosh, is something wrong?" "why do you sound so angry??" hahah! Sorry, I'm not diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. That was a really funny memory.


isithotorjustme: imma go get haircut at 330
isithotorjustme: i can come over after
isithotorjustme: to rub my head on your bed
isithotorjustme: then all the murikahrak will get everywhere
isithotorjustme: and you'll be comfortable when you sleep

Today, I awoke to the sound of raindrops pelting against the bedroom window. It's been too long since I heard anything so beautiful. Walking in the windy rain was fun. If you looked up at times, you could see bright blue patches of sky admist the clouds while the rain continues to fall. What a great combination of nature's elements. Missing my 9 o'clock lecture and eating a gross lunch was not such a great combination. Neither is peanut butter and jelly.

Download songs by Sara Groves.. a simple voice can be so awe-inspiring.

Me and jason have a special relationship. He IM's me out of the blue and:

jasonshmayson: dang
jasonshmayson: dangit
b o y 52: wha?
jasonshmayson: i don't understand
jasonshmayson: why are you so dead SEXYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
b o y 52: wow
b o y 52: wow
b o y 52: wow
b o y 52: my monitor is burning up because of you!
b o y 52: dang, your sn is so stinkin hot
b o y 52: !
jasonshmayson: i can't even type
jasonshmayson: ouch
jasonshmayson: too hot
jasonshmayson: t
jasonshmayson: oo
jasonshmayson: ho
jasonshmayson: t
b o y 52: i have to squint my eyes
jasonshmayson: hold on
jasonshmayson: ii gotta open my windows
jasonshmayson: you're making the room too hot
b o y 52: jason, im going to have to restart my computer because my 40gig hard drive cant contain your sexiness!
jasonshmayson: haha
jasonshmayson: gay
b o y 52: i win


I don't understand how this guy is still single. WOW.

Heuge brought home a bright yellow couch for $15, and we rearranged the living room. Come over and check it out!

Wow, a lot has happened within the past week. I'll try to dig into my short-term memory and list them now:

1) Children's ministry overnight retreat this past weekend at Mrs. Han's house in danville. Had such a great time! The wonderful wonderful food, Pastor John's edifying messages, re-learning the piano from Carolina, staying up till 6am from playing speed scrabble with Fred, Kristy, Kwansoo, Carolina, Esther and the kids, bowling the next day and getting owned by Kristy's monster score of 147, and Starbucks.

2) All-star game on sunday, which got boring. So me, Paul, Heuge, Julie, and Hannah played 2v2 tennis on the dreamcast for over 2 1/2 hours. By the end, everyone's hands were sweaty from gripping the controllers so tightly. Instant instant gratification because it was so dang fun.

3) Huege's big 21st birthday yesterday. Celebrated at the Outback in pinole, came back and chilled at the apartment with a lot of people. Happy birthday man!

4) Had a good lunch and talk with Hannah at Koko House today. She told me a really funny story about this girl from her small group, who used a real live penguin to use as a bridge in order to get onto this big rock, at which point she lined up a bunch of other penguins and seals around her to give her privacy while she peed. Hannah will give you more details if the story intrigues you, which it should. Their mandoo is really really good.

5) Forecast says that rain is likely by tonight. Fantasmic!

Thanks to the brilliance of my roommate who casually suggested that I should put on the heat sink on the CPU, the computer is finally fixed. The reason why it kept on freezing in the BIOS was due to the CPU being way too hot (260 degrees Fahrenheit) without the heat sink. It didn't occur to all of us that a heat sink would dramatically reduce the temperature by a full 150 degrees, which would allow the CPU to run correctly. But of course, this was just the main problem amongst the culmination of three/four other little problems that killed my computer in the first place.

***Special thanks to:

Allen: For putting in the most time and work into helping me, and being good-humored throughout the whole thing

Eugene: For letting me use your computer for the past couple weeks, and for your brilliant insight that made me feel like an idiot

Andy: For lending me your power supply, and because darn it, you are just too good-looking

Kwan: For also lending me your computer chip, and because darn it, you are too cute

John: For letting me make a bootup disk on your computer, and because darn it, you are too buff

Paul: For nothing. hahahah just kidding. For driving me to Best Buy, lending me your computer chip, letting me use your computer, and making fun of my broken car.


I woke up at 4am last night because the wind was howling outside. And there's still 20 mph winds outside right now. Exciting!

WOW the weather is so incredibly beautiful.. sunny, 59 degrees, 5-7 mph winds.. walking to class was never such a treat.

That's all! have a great day! =)

(this is not a cop-out entry)

WOW the weather is so incredibly beautiful.. sunny, 61 degrees, 10-15 mph winds.. walking to class was never such a treat.

That's all! have a great day

After FiCB, I drove my half-broken car (which luckily didn't break down completely) to Union City to visit my aunt and two little cousins. They just came from korea last week, and they were on a tour bus with a bunch of other korean tourists. Today, the tour stop destination was the bay area and were spending the night at a Hilton in Union City. It was so great seeing them again. The last time was eleven years ago when I first went to korea and saw them. I remember that during that trip, they said I looked like seo tae ji.

My guy cousin is now eleven, and the girl cousin is twelve. Gosh, I remember when they were little babies.. I felt so good to know that they've grown up so much and that they're doing well. Me and my aunt carried a great conversation in full korean for about an hour and a half. It was by the miracle of God that enabled me to sufficiently communicate with my aunt for that long. Doesn't matter that I attended korean school for over a decade.. geez, I still can't say the entire alphabet in correct order. Anyways, I was really sad when I left, because I probably won't see them for another ten years. I'll probably be married by then and still be driving around my '93 corolla. I have much to be thankful for.

Happy birthday Basile (20) and Jenny Myung (21)!

Lakers vs. Kings tonight. Let the sacramento queen's spanking begin.

Attended the Diversity Career Fair today. What a stark difference in attitude I had today compared to last year's career fair. Last year, I perceived career fairs as only enticing opportunities to get free pens, folders, bouncing balls and frisbees.. where I could walk around to different company booths and swipe as much candy as I could. Never mind the job/internship opportunities that were being offered, because that was boring and the least of my worries.

No more of that nonsense this year.. I know that finding an internship for this summer is my crucial stepping stone to finding a semi-permanent corporate job as soon as I graduate next year (hopefully). Sigh, it was helpful talking to a lot of the different corporate representatives today though. Although the atmosphere was a little intimidating, I did get a better sense of what I want and not want to do in my future.

Yea, I did get some cool free stuff too. Lot of pens again, an electronic bouncing ball (which kyu took from me later), some pain relievers, and a packet of mints I got from the Merrill Lynch table. I've been eating the mints like candy for the past couple hours, and I don't feel too good right now. Maybe the pain relievers will help.

Went bowling last night with a lot of people, which was a lot of fun. I can't wait to go again. John, let me know when you're gonna get bowling shoes!

Today I received an email from the FBI regarding the internship that I applied for a couple weeks ago. I will highlight in bold the words that troubled me:

Congratulations: You have been selected as an alternate for
an interview with the FBI. If you are unable to get a slot,
please go to our website at fbijobs.com.

There you will find a complete description of the Special
Agent position. Read it carefuully. If you qualify, you may
apply directly on-line, and we will contact you to start the
application process.

Thank you,

Martin Mijalski, Specail Agent.

There is this magical baby at church.. Heidi. She is one of the cutest, most adorable babies I have ever seen. I felt so great because she smiled this really huge, eye-sparkling, toothless smile for me. I can't wait to see her and hold her again next week.. should I gain clearance from heidi's second mom, jahndee. =)

Took a four hour nap today when I got back from church. After I woke up, I put on my glasses and turned on the TV, but for some reason, everything was incredibly blurry. I figured that it was from the effects of taking such long of nap that my vision was still trying to recover. Half an hour passes by, and everything is still blurry as heck. I go to the bathroom to put on my contacts, and so I proceed to take off my glasses. Lo and behold, everything becomes super clear! I swear I thought God granted me perfect vision while I was taking my nap.. but it took me two seconds to realize that I was wearing my contacts the entire time. I am a retard.

Sigh, sorry for the inconsistency in updates. I just found out that they shipped my motherboard yesterday, although I ordered it last saturday.. so I'll be computer-less for a bit longer.

The day before yesterday, me and paul went over to piedmont to go feed/visit my frogs. Hmm, I don't think I ever wrote anything about my frogs yet. To be specific, they're African black-eared mantella frogs which are about the size of a fingernail, and they look like this. Hannah owns two named Chiquito and Sunkist, Esther has one named Gomez, and I have two named Potty ("pot belly" for short) and Clover. There was a really scary moment when Clover jumped out of the tank and landed on the carpet. It didn't help much because the carpet was brown, and little brown clover would have been camouflaged forever. Thank God hannah found him and picked him up before jennifer almost stepped on him.

Jennifer has a different kind of frog, Fobby, which looks like this. hahah kidding. Jennifer asked me if I could pick up her frog and play with it. After hannah placed fobby on my hand, he proceeded to climb all over until he finally sat down. Then he released a powerful jet-stream of pee that sprayed my hand and hit the other side of the glass tank. We were all shocked because we didn't know that frogs could pee with so much force, like the force of a super-soaker. That is the last time I will ever play with fobby.

Went to the RSF a couple days ago with heuge, roach, paul and john.. dinner with paul.. hung out at capri with andy, kwan, billy and charles. I am blessed to know so many hot guys. Had a good talk with andy that day about different stuff. Pastor Eugene came over later and it was fun hearing him play the guitar.

Yesterday, heuge was eagerly showing his "affection" for me until we heard a loud R-I-I-I-P. I looked down and saw a huge hole where the back pocket of my jeans should have been. Geez, buff guy doesn't know his own strength! Luckily, he is also a motherly guy and offered to stitch up the hole for me.


FiCB tonight, 7pm, 145 Dwinelle!

Why can't it rain? Plain cloudy days are no fun.

I despise computers. I despise cars. Especially when both are broken.

Retreat was really awesome. Update later. And it's a great feeling when you check your bank account and see that your loan money has been deposited. yea!

Mood of the moment: sad

Sad that my stay at home has finally ended. Less than eleven hours before it's time to go back to bezerkely and live the hell all over again. Hahah, I'm kidding.. it'll be great seeing old faces again, enjoying the beautiful weather of northern california, reuniting with the illegal cable I have in the apartment...

.. getting used to cooking/burning my food again..
.. stressing to find an internship...
.. buying books for the new semester..
.. that's right.. the new semester. sigh..

Can someone please slash the tires on my car so I don't have to drive up tomorrow.

Here's a really inappropriate statement..I altered her screen name for confidentiality purposes:
ChEEnDi: dude....i find that fascinating
ChEEnDi: that guys grope each other.....werid
ChEEnDi: and guys get all grossed otu when i touch other girls' boobs

Yes, she is a girl. Whose boyfriend miraculously survived a crazy jump from snowboarding this past saturday. I hope your arm heals properly bro!

I recently got a crown for the tooth that I had to get a root canal for a couple weeks ago. Now that the nerve in that tooth is dead, I'm so fascinated whenever I brush my teeth with really cold water. For the past two years, I always made sure the water was lukewarm before I rinsed my mouth. Rinsing with too cold or too hot water would give me excruciating pain because of that open nerve. Now I can rinse with freezing water from the Arctic and not feel pain! Now I can carelessly chew ice cubes with both sides of my mouth! I am a free man again!

Going snowboarding tomorrow for the last time this winter break. noOOooOOo

Today was a glorious day. Roach and jahndee came to visit downey, and I can confidently say that they left feeling very impressed with the city and what it had to offer. Roach, jahndee, linda, and I went to Pete's Patio for lunch, which is this really good mexican restaurant. Jahndee and roach were very impressed with the excellent food and clean utensils, shattering their preconceived notions of a dirty and polluted bum-town. We then went to our beloved Stonewood Mall, showed them all the cool and amazing stores, but had to drag roach and jahndee out kicking and screaming because they didn't want to leave.

Jahndee left early afterwards.. me, roach, linda and sharon went to go watch "Adaptation." A really really smart and clever movie, but I agree with nancy: the movie leaves you with such a weird feeling afterwards. I still would rather be an archer when I grow up. We drove around to find this specific bing-soo place in cerritos, but we just ended up eating a box of mochi ice cream that linda bought at this korean supermarket. (mochi ice cream > bing-soo)

Next time, ask jahndee to describe "tennis balls" for you. She's very good at vividly describing things using obscene hand gestures. ;)

Finally watched Lord of the Rings II today! Let's just say that I want to be an archer when I grow up.
And bad news for many of you girls out there.. I was told that Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is gay in real life. He brought his beautiful boyfriend to the Emmy's last year, or something like that. After I heard that, the image I had of him as a manly sword-fighting, mighty king figure died. Man, I hope I forget that he's gay by the time the final movie in the LOTR trilogy comes out, or it just won't be the same.

Yeah, what's up now!

Had a wonderful New Year's Day spent with my family and relatives. Simply, I find myself appreciating and cherishing my family, cousins, aunts and uncles more and more as I grow older. I know I still have a long ways to go before gaining an adequate understanding of the sacrifices they made and love they have for me, and it's my deepest passion to give them my love and care that they truly deserve.

On another note, I went snowboarding today at Mt. High with a couple friends, Cindy and Andy. Man, it was great because I finally learned how to carve. It sure beats going on your heels all the way down the slopes. After seven straight hours of boarding, we finally left and drove hurridly to this soon doo boo place in cerritos (it's a cow-town I tell ya!). We were talking about how profitable it would be to set up a soon doo boo restaurant right near Mt. High. Or even better, setting up soon doo boo stations on various parts on the slopes! I would go to every station for sure. Andy said that he would pay up to $15 for a bowl if such a business venture existed. I thought that was incredulous, but that price doesn't seem impractical anymore. Considering that soon doo boo is today's equivalent to manna. =)