feelin' colorful.

With our hands lifted high to the sky
And the world wonders why
We’ll just tell them we’re loving our King
We’ll just tell them we’re loving our King.

Had a hilarious conversation about children's books yesterday. It's unfortunate that we don't read college textbooks with the same zeal or diligence as we did with children's books. College textbook writers should take a hearty lesson from Louis Sachar, Jerry Spinelli, and of course, Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Excerpt from a website

"My sister-in law is from Oklahoma and has a slight accent. She has cats
and when she lived in the south she would take them to the groomers and
have what is called a Line Cut. To her a line cut is when all of the fur
hanging down below the cat's tummy is taken off (because it gets matted or
snarled).

When she moved to Chicago with my brother, one of the cats fur got all
tangled up during the move so she took it in for a line cut. She was
quite surprised when she heard the price as it was twice as much as it was
down south. She confirmed with the groomer that he understood what a line
cut was and he said "yes, I know what a LION cut is." It seems her accent
came out sounding like LION not LINE and this is how her cat was returned
to her. (see PHOTOS) She cried for a week...but not as much as the cat. It
was November in Chicago and the cat needed all the fur it had."

Gas in car to go to groomers $4.50
Cat car carrier $32.99
Grooming fee $80.00
Getting the look from one seriously pissed off cat: Priceless.



All the more reason to not be a cat lover.. kittens are okay, but no cats. Dogs all the way.

Kristy and Sewon, I hope you would consider giving your cat a cool haircut like this one!

Hung out at Paul/Billy/Andy's place last night after Berean.

::Played newly-strunged guitars with Andy and Paul.
::Paul was practicing his speech in front of us which he diligently prepared for an upcoming oral presentation, but we kept on commenting on how lame he sounded.
::Paul therefore biting me and Andy.
::I saw Billy shirtless. Don't be jealous.
::I also heard Billy call Andy, "hyung." That took us all by surprise.
::Had a refreshing talk with Andy about life.
::Dennis drew his name on a piece of paper in big bold letters with a black marker, but the ink seeped through and stained the kitchen table. He was halfway through writing the rest of his last name before he realized what was happening. Now you can see a very visible "DENNIS CH" on their table. Besides a horrified Andy, we all had a good laugh.
::Conked out on their futon.

Spontaneous sleepovers are fun.

I have this crazy urge to go take a nap underneath the warm sun at Memorial Glade.

Watching "The Pianist" makes you wish that you took your childhood piano lessons a little more seriously. The soundtrack is captivating. What a wonderfully-made film.

It's a milestone day when someone is fortunate enough to come across a genuine inspiration. Most of the time, inspirations can be sparked by something surprisingly simple.

Played so many intriguing riddles with Jess and TKD Albert at the library tonight. Walked in the pounding rain, with thunder cracking less than a mile away (I know, because I counted the seconds right after the lightening). What a good night. I felt like I was on top of the world.

Chopin is a fabulous pianist/composer. A good buddy of mine recommends "Ballad No. 1 in G Minor, op. 23."



"God gave us music so we can pray without words."

What a nice surprise. I just discovered that my ol' Toyota Corolla got broken into, probably sometime over spring break. I know, the car's been sitting in my parking lot for months now, and I guess someone probably took notice of that. The rear triangle mirror on the left side was completely smashed open, making it possible to reach in and unlock the door that way.

I put my key in the ignition and tried starting up the engine, but nothing happened. I looked under the wheel to see if they tried to hotwire the car, but that was untouched too. I had transmission problems with the car before, but that's no reason why the car shouldn't even start. I think it's a valid assumption to say that they probably lifted the hood and tampered with it.

As for items stolen in the car, they didn't take much. They just took all the change, which was all neatly placed in a little tray in the front, that I accumulated when I first bought the car. Still had the flashlight, car registration documents, and the roll of toilet paper I had in the glove compartment. Still had the cheap cassette tape deck that deceivingly looks like a pretty cool CD system, which disappoints most people when they find out it's not. I even had a brand new bottle of water sitting in the back seat, but I guess the job was too easy and didn't make them hot or thirsty enough to take it.

All in all, I'm not too worried about it, but I hope the insurance company takes care of this situation nicely. I felt like today's weather was compassionately refreshing. I hope that makes sense.

I hear birds chirping outside. Nature's rebuking message that's telling me to stop cramming, take a break, brush your teeth and go hit the hay.

I think I was listening to the same piano piece for the past four hours.

That's it. From now on till the end of the semester, I'm going to wake up every morning at 6am and sleep by 10pm. I will also eat three well-balanced meals daily that contain more fruits and vegetables than meat. If I keep these challenging goals, I will shave my head and become a Kings fan.

At the library last night, I learned that David Wee is an innocent and funny guy. Innocent.. but FUNNY. =D

Ow, how is it that only after a week of inactivity, guitar callouses would soften up so quickly?

And.. big chance of rain headed in this direction this week.

=)

Back in Berkeley. Drive up was okay; hit a lot of traffic right before the 580. But being stuck in traffic wasn't that bad because Kristy and Sewon's new kitten entertained us (Hannah, Angie, me). The kitten is adorable. =) Just wait till it turns into a cat. =(

Happy 21st birthday again Sammy. It was great meeting up with you and the ol' Downey folks again. Downey representin'.

Have you ever read something so convicting that it kept you tossing and turning for hours at night? John Eldredge is such a powerful writer.. many more sleepless nights ahead of me until I finish his books.

I bought a grip of guitar strings at the new Guitar Center that opened in Cerritos. Finally, no more driving all the way to Fountain Valley. The guy gave me a really good deal on them and also threw in Korg guitar tuner for free! Hahah, shows how many guitar strings I bought.

Southern California weather is terrible. Impossible to see any stars due to the incredible amount of pollution we have down here.

Uh oh. I just burned an entire batch of my mom's spaghetti sauce.

I went to the kitchen to finish up some dishes when I realized one of the stove burners were still on, unmercifully burning away the sauce that was inside the pot for the past two hours. Great. I quickly turned off the stove.. I looked inside and saw that there wasn't much left. The bottom interior of the pot was plastered with a soot-like layer of black charred spaghetti sauce.. And it smelled exactly like "han-yak" (that sick-smelling asian medicine), I kid you not. Sigh..my mom just made this spaghetti sauce today too. For half and hour, I tried scrubbing away at the charred layer without success, and I accidentally got some black/brittle/charred/alien spaghetti on my shirt in the process.

I'm going to bed. I need my rest to apologize in the morning.

Thanks GC for the invitation to watch the Lakers/Rockets game tonight. Laker-Vindicator rose victoriously over the despairing Laker-Hater once again. Giancarlo, you stinkin' live in LA county man.. remember your roots!


I just want to post a couple things from a couple AIM convos today that tickled my fancy:

b o y 52: any funny stories from your trip?
ChEEnDy: yeah!
ChEEnDy: there was this weird guy on the street
ChEEnDy: and he saw anentte's uci sweater
ChEEnDy: and he started saying "zot zot zot!"
ChEEnDy: weirdo


Kpxgrlx012: my dad just hit me in the head
Kpxgrlx012: =[
b o y 52: HAHAH
Kpxgrlx012: YAH
Kpxgrlx012: its NOT FUNNY
Kpxgrlx012: =[
Kpxgrlx012: augggh
Kpxgrlx012: he just hit me again
Kpxgrlx012: omg
b o y 52: HAHAHHA
b o y 52: go dad go!


Zot zot zot! Go dad go!

Something incredible happened. I didn't encounter one single red light when I was driving to and back from Del Taco at 10pm tonight. That is about.. twenty stop lights I had to drive through? Simply incredible.. I mean, what are the chances!


Dontcha love it when that happens? ;)


Quotes from movies I've watched so far this spring break:

1) I Am Sam - All you need is love (Lucy)
2) The Iron Giant - No Atomo.. I Superman! (Iron Giant)
3) Shawshank Redemption - The funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook. (Andy Dufresne)
4) Patch Adams - You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I'll guarantee you'll win. (Patch)

Reading up on the war and watching the highlights on television these days.. still hard to absorb. Knowing that you have a loved one, by that I mean "friend you consider as family," bravely fighting over there and doing what he was trained to do as a marine makes me feel both immense pride and fear for him. We can only pray.

Come back safely Daniel.

I'm still alive, even though this blog wasn't this past week. o_O

But SPRING BREAK is here. Have a great school-free week everyone!

***Thank you Karen, for the great cookies. =)

***Thank you Jahndee, for your packets of leftover meat that'll I'll probably finish by this Tuesday or Wednesday.

***Amanda, hope you fully recover from the softball injury. Hey, share some of your jjah-jjahng-myun, you selfish.

And lastly, POTCH this past Friday was awesome. Because God is awesome.

"For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it."
Matthew 16:25

Had a really blessed experience at InterPraise tonight. It's a refreshing reminder to know that there are many other campus fellowships out there.. yes, there is a world outside the FiCB/KCPC bubble guys. It was an amazing experience to worship together under the same roof.


And POTCH is... tonight. Wow.


105 Northgate, 7pm everyone!

I'm very blessed by the guys in my small group, especially by our two freshmen, Danny and Clarence. In my freshman year, I was no where as close in maturity or their understanding of God as they are right now. It's humbling to know how much can be learned from people who are younger than you are.

Stopped by Capri after small group and had a good helping of eye candy of good-looking Andy and Billy. Not Paul though.. he keeps making fun of my mom. Also, he's taken, so I can't really publicize him anyways.

I got a pepperoni Hot Pocket and a bag of Cheetos at 7-11 afterwards. Not Flamin' Hot Cheetos.. just the good ol' regular Cheetos. I have to lick my fingers every single time I eat one because they're so dang cheesy! I catch myself wiping my fingers on my jeans or my socks. Then I reach in the bag for another one.