Court

I don't think I will ever forget this day.

Remember how a car rear ended me last year (a couple days after my birthday) in Scarborough? And remember how that guy wouldn't give me his driving license because his license was suspended? Well, apparently the police pressed charges on him because the guy was no where to be found. The police one night called me asking for his whereabouts and I definitely had no idea. Who actually keeps in touch with the person who rear-ended you after all damages have been fixed? Well, the police explained everything to me and asked me some stuff. A month later, I received court orders stating that I needed to be present as a witness.

Now, here's the exciting part. I have actually been in the court room before - way back when I took grade 11 law. But I had never actually been INVOLVED in a case where I had to go to court for. The entire experience was exciting, but nerve wrecking. It was kinda like in the movies. Prior to the proceedings, the police office called me out of the room to talk about the case. And then shortly conducting all the standard procedures in the court room, the prosecutor presented my case and asked me to stand up and walk to the witness stand. Yes, I had to swear/affirm.The prosecutor kept asking me questions and I just answered. The judge listened and responded. And then it was followed by the police's statements.

What was interesting was that the defendant (the guy) was nowhere to be found. It definitely would have been more exciting if he was there, cuz at least I could see how interpreters do things in court. Nonetheless, it was fun and exciting. It was definitely an eye-opener!

Major Things

wow. I haven't updated this in a long time. Nuthing much has happened to me, I am still the same.

Two weeks ago, my roommate Steph and I went to see the 1040movie screening by Jaeson Ma. The most interesting thing about this whole event was that it was Steph who initiated the whole thing. I knew about this 1040 screening last year and was actually planning to invite Steph to see it this year when they were reading advertising it. She was a step ahead of me and said that she really wanted to view the screening cuz it featured several Asian celebrities like MC Jin and Vanness Wu. Apparently she saw an advertisement when she was in Singapore this summer which I thought that was quite interesting....Out of all places, Singapore? But then again, Singapore is within the 1040 area!! Apparently the advertisements got her to watch several testimonies, one of which was Jaeson Ma. She told me that his testimony was just SO touching. I've shared my testimony with Steph and have been talking to her about the love of Christ since 3rd year university. She's literally surrounded by manymany Christians, but she's agnostic.

The event was held at Garden Korean Church in Toronto and man, was it JAM PACKED!! There were 2200 people in that tiny church and they even had to turn people away! The bad part about it was that we went there 15 minutes prior to the show and the main sanctuary was already full. We had to sit in the gym and it wasn't really good considering there were feedback and poles blocking the screen =(. The atmosphere just wasn't that good that night. The movie itself was great, truly inspiring and I just hope that it moved Steph's heart. She's really into Asian celebrities and so this 1040 screening was the perfect opportunity! she told me that she's really curious as to why so many artists in the past decade have turned to Christ.

The sermon started at 10pm and I just wish that it was earlier because I needed to go back to sauga. I really wanted to stay to hear what God had to say but we left =(

I don't exactly know what God's doing in her life but I know He's doing something. She's one of my bestest friends and it would suck if I don't see her in heaven one day. So I'll just continue to pray for her.

We had a guest speaker in SS yesterday. His presentation on his escape from the Khmer Rouge soldiers and the ability to forgive those who killed his family was really inspiring. The guy literally saw his family being killed by those cruel soldiers and he was still able to forgive them. How is this possible? Definitely not possible. Only by the grace of God.

The self-justification part of the presentation was where it got me. Many people in the past have done really bad things to me or have hurt me deeply, and it usually takes a lot of time and prayer for me to release my bitterness towards them and forgive. I don't think it is just me; it is just so natural for humans to be bitter and unforgiving sometimes. But all of a sudden, after listening to Reaska Himm's testimony, things like people saying hurtful things to me became REALLY small. I almost felt silly being mad at people for hurting me because my situations will NEVER compare to what Reaska had to go through. So I just pray that I will learn from him.

I am just so thankful that he could visit our church and share his experiences with us.

Training

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Wise?

It is true. The older you are, the wiser you are. Wise in the sense that you have more experiences in life and have probably made a lot more mistakes.

I really thank God for all the "old" people who gave me advices lately. They were really wise.

The English language

I am just really thankful that I can speak fluent English. Asians really look up to you if you speak fluent "Standard" English.

Be thankful, everyone!

Something as small/big as language can change someone's attitude towards you. wow.



I love linguistics!

Christian Celebrities

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Let's Dance!

I am glad they won!


I love Aidan Davis! He's basically the younger version of Justin Timberlake!

Amazing! I wish I knew how to dance like that...

It is a sport: Speed Stacking

World's fastest cup stacker! This 11-yr old did it in 6.69 seconds! Bravo!

GOD IS SOOOO GOOOD TO MEEEE!!

so you know how I have been really scared of getting the final grades for MEMBRANES? (the course which I believe is the most boring course in the entire world and the most impossible course to do well on..next to orgo)...well, yesterday was the first day marks come out and I was scared all day to check. I have been praying alot since I wrote that exam, hoping to pass the course; yes, even if I have a 50% because that's all I need to graduate. Yesterday night, my dad told me to (wo)man up to check the marks because it is prolly posted and my fear won't change anything.

So I click on the link. Enter my login. The front page shows up telling you when marks/transcripts are up. I say a quick prayer. click continue. and........ then I look at the marks.


I PASSED MEMBRANESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID BETTER THAN I THOUGHT!!!!! I PASSED MY EXAM!!!!! eventhough I still did horrible overall, it is NOT a 50!!!


GOD IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD!!!! THank you all for your prayers!!!

There is still one more mark to come out but I know that I will pass it!!!

I can finally say with certainty that I am DONE UNDERGRAD!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I think it is time for some CELEBRATION! =)




I am still deciding what I am doing in September. It is still between OISE and Masters at Brock for Applied ling (TESL). I am leaning towards one but I really want to make sure it is what God wants and not what I want before I make the final decision.

Just thinking about living in St. Catharine's by myself off campus is very frightening....

Britain's Got Talent 2009

Tonight I decided to watch stuff on youtube and came across Britain's Got Talent! Go Check them out!!! Some of the acts were just sooo bad. I am not sure if they are just doing it to get recognition or if they really think they have talent in this field. To eat as many Ferrero Rochers as possible in one minute? I only have one word - ridiculous.

Ridiculous Acts:

Witch Curse
singing souls (unbelievable. The girl was soooo rude! )
To eat as many Ferrero Rochers as possible in one minute ( A MUST WATCH!)



Awesome Acts:

Shaheen Jafargholi (This little boy inspired me! I almost cried when Simon told him to stop cuz it was the wrong song, but the boy was calm. This is what I call talent; being able to sing on the spot)
Suleman Mirza
Flawless
Susan Boyle

Radical Obedience

...is what I need to work on. Priscilla's way of thinking is stupid.


Today's sermon by Pastor Scott is engraved into my brain. It kinda felt like God was directly yelling at me. I will do better from now on.


side note: whoever invented block2lock is a genius! This game is sooo addicting that it takes all my stress away from school. good or bad? I dont know.

Reading Week 2009

I guess my (last) reading week was quite eventful. I planned to use the week for school and God. I wanted to spend a lot of time with God through fervent prayers, bible reading and just really prepare myself spiritually for the last 6 weeks of school. Praying hard for God's guidance to finish strong even though I have been quite discouraged by my marks lately. Although I didn't get to do any fun activities (even my msn was busted!!!), my reading week was very fulfilling.

I spent a total of 20 hours in the library this week...which wasn't too much. But thank God I had maro with me to keep me company. I also spent alot of time with my parents and keeping them company.

I went to encounter night @ Westside on friday. I had been praying about this night for the entire week and wondering whether I should go. I have never been to a westside 'encounter night' before but alot of my hccf friends have told me in the past that it was a great night of encountering God--whatever that meant in their own way. I thought it might be like a Praise Night kinda thing but it was nothing like it. Marilyn came with me that night and I am ever glad that she went. As a new Christian, I believe it made her know God more, which is awesome! When we arrived, it was kinda awkward cuz we were directed to this room where there were no chairs. Apparently, we were supposed to sit on the floor. The night started off with a set of songs, followed by a message by a speaker.

The night proceeded with prayers. Everyone, whether young or old, was praying sooo intensely. I took a break from praying and saw people lying on the floor praying, standing up praying, sitting down praying. There was this elderly woman who looked around 90 yrs old, was jumping up and down, praying. People were praying for healing, for power, for strength, for wisdom and for anything else. It was also my first time hearing someone "speaking in tongues". I have never heard the "tongue language" before but I automatically knew when the speaker started praying. The funny thing is, I have always wondered what "speaking in tongues" sounded like, and I am glad I was able to hear it. I really can't describe it but it does not sound foreign at all. It doesn't even sound like a language. It sounded like an animal talking? The speaker was praying outloud in English and then all of a sudden, he started rolling his tongue really quickly? The sound was very high pitched and there was a lot of throat sounds (glottal stops). And then all of a sudden, he goes back to praying in English.

I have always been quite fascinated by this "speaking in tongues" phenomenon, so I decided to check it out. Despite how fascinating wikipedia is, it is very unreliable. Can someone explain this whole "speaking in tongues" phenomenon to me? Does it happen when you're most in-depth in faith? does it occur when the Holy Spirit is speaking through you? How come I can't speak in tongues? Am I conscious when I am speaking in tongues?

hmmmm.......

Who is like You?

NOBODY.

I just finished my group presentation and it went extremely well. Thank you all for your prayers. God answered them ALL... all at the RIGHT TIME! Our God is an awesome God.

1) I panicked a little this morning when Chris didn't show up at 8am. The presentation was at 8:30am! So Kunal and I quickly talked about the backup plan and decided that if Chris didn't show up on time, we would all have to present our own slides. But who's gonna back up Chris' slides? we later found out that Ian was good enough to back up Chris on his slides. Praise God for that. After praying a lot for Chris to arrive on time (cuz we didn't want to present), he showed up at 8:14am. Thank you God.

2) Chris did a phenomenal job. It was simple and to the point. I could feel the group shaking while Chris was talking cuz everytime when he wanted to explain things, we were scared that he would talk tooo much. I had faith in him though.

3) the question/answer period was pretty good. Although the TAs asked hard questions on x-ray crystallography, Chris answered them with confidence and it left the TA speechless. Also, our own TA asked our group about a functional assay, no one knew the answer except for ruby who happened to have read an article about a functional assay last night and vaguely remembered what the assay was about. She was unsure whether the answer was correct, but when she said the answer and explained things, both the TA and the prof nodded their heads and looked quite impressed.

4) Last night, Kunal and I got together to finalize the ppt. Kevin, our TA, was impressed with our ppt. Our diagrams were awesome! =)=)

5) Remember how last night I asked you all to pray for imitiaz for the handout and for ruby to check webct more often? well, not long later, ruby went crazy on webct and responded to our questions and comments at the speed of lightning! Thanks to Ruby and Imtiaz, our handout LOOKS AMAZING!!! very professional!


I am just soooo thankful that God answered everything and made our presentation perfect today! All glory goes to Him. Kevin was super impressed with our presentation and said it is the best presentation so far!!

Remember how I also wanted to know why God has placed me into this group? Well, for those who don't know the story... I was 'supposed' to be with my friends (ie. akash, ivan and mulder) for this term's group project but because we didn't have enough people to form a group, we all had to separate and go to other groups. Akash left first but I wanted to stay with mulder and ivan. I didn't want to make any eye contacts with the prof and I also prayed so hard that I wouldn't have to be moved. Unfortunately, the prof picked me to go to another group. I was SO sad at the time and complained a bit..... =( I just didn't know what God was doing cuz I CLEARLY told Him that I wanted to stick with my friends cuz we work well together.

Looking back, God moved me eventhough I screamed and yelled, because He knew I wouldn't work well with ivan or mulder's group. After I got moved, it was then did I realize that their group is really competitive. Everything must be 120% perfect and they dont trust anyone but themselves. God knew. He knew even before I knew. man......

And the thing is, my current group is awesome. We work REALLY well together and we don't mind helping each other out. We have one great presenter and we have so many people to do the paperwork. Each member is talented in some way. Just perfect. Kevin, our TA, is definitely awesome as well. Not only is he Chinese from Hong Kong but he always give us suggestions to do better. Today, he came really early to class to be prepared for our presentation, ( perhaps he was as nervous as us?) eventhough he didn't have to. When the projector didn't work, he ran across campus to find a replacement. Honestly...he really cares for us and wants all of us to excel in this presentation.
Whereas for ivan's TA, he's just mean. I am glad I dont have him as my TA. Meanmeanmean!!!

God is just sooo nice to me. He said "NO" to me because He knew this group would be more suitable for me. I know I am going to learn lots and do well in other group projects with these people.


I am in awe.
There is no one like our God.

Question

"A plane has emergency landed on a deserted island with three survivors, the pilot, a mechanic, and a pregnant passenger. There is only available water to barely keep only 2 of the passengers alive, but there may be enough time to get the plane fixed and flying again. Which of the 2 passengers should get the water and why?"

Question adapted from University of Alberta, Faculty of Pharmacy, Letter of intent 2009/2010.




Please answer. Thank you.

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I LOVE CANADA!

two thousand and eight

Looking back, 2008 was a great year. It was the year where I grew the most spiritually. It was the only year where I fulfilled my resolutions - to love God more, to love His people more and to put everything in God's mighty hands. 2008 was also the year where I spent the most time with the people I love most and witnessed some spectacular things. I wouldn't trade 2008 for anything. The following is some of the highlights of the year that really made it memorable:

Snow day: my roomie, Steph and I trekked to the opposite side of campus to eat lunch. Awesome time

get together with pin1
Steph took me to see one of my fav celebrity Ron Ng on my birthday

ivan took me to the CN tower because he had a worker pass

I was able to see the rogers centre from the CN Tower

My dad's company's annual celebration was to watch the Jays vs Yankees. It was an
awesome game. Jays won. It totally changed my view on baseball.

I got to spend some quality time with my dad at the baseball gameSummerlicious @ 5th element with the mac crew
yummy food @ 5th elementchurch summer retreat

summer retreat with Eleasa

CNE with ZoeJeffChan's farewell partyTj's place on Christmas Eve
hotpot with mac friendszoe girls night out!
annual bbt with my girlies!
JayChou in Toronto!

I pray that 2009 will be even better!

I want to spend time with you.

The following video really touched me when I saw it at church last Sunday:




I want to spend time with you. Yes, YOU!

The Jay Chou Concert

A couple days ago, I went to the Jay Chou concert. It was le awesome!

The day started off with me meeting ivan at korean town (christie/bloor). It was great going there again, window shopping and showing my friend the delicacies of Korea. Lunch was awesome as always as it lasted us the entire night. After lunch, we proceeded to walking up and down the street and checked out more things and then slowly walked to spadina to visit our real home country. Yes, chinatown. I have always been skeptical about that area cuz it is just soooo dirty and I dont like old men yelling out stuff like 'come and see, three for a dollar' in Chinese. haha. I was very careful with rats too....you never know, rats could just jump out from anywhere. There was nuthing to see at chinatown so we just walked into random chinese malls and checked out asian stuff. Honestly, I am kinda scared of chinese people; it must be the cultural difference. I am korean and they are not. hehe joking =P Since we had SO much time to kill before the concert, we decided to walk to eaton centre. We sure saved a lot of ttc money but man, our legs felt like coming off when we got to the mall. When we got there, I immediately went to the swarvoski (sp?) tree cuz I have never seen it live. It was really beautiful. =) Ivan and I practically walked around the entire mall but we still had 4 hours to kill. What to do? So we just started calling our friends and see where they were. Luckily, ivan's friend and his friend's friends were also shopping before going to the concert, so we met up with them. We were all soo bored and didn't know what to do. So we decided to walk the 'PATH' or that underground thing at eaton centre to get to front street for the concert. It was great exploring the path cuz it was my second time going to eaton centre. It literally took us about an hour to get to ACC after getting lost underground. We arrived at ACC at 6:30pm and stood at the entrance until the doors opened.

Since I was one of the first people, I got a Jay Chou poster, pamphlet and glowsticks. Nuthing special. The poster is all wrinkled now. haha.

The show was really good but I can't say 'it was the best concert I've ever been to' cuz it was my first concert so I can't compare. The lights were wicked, the scenes were amazing and Jay Chou was awesome. I was really surprised that he didn't go off tune cuz it is very easy for singers to off key when they sing live. Jay Chou is one good singer. He also played alot of instruments too - from piano to drums to guitar to chinese harp. He is really talented. I mean, he doesn't just sing and play instruments but he can also compose and add in the lyrics. How many people can do that? not a lot.

There were a bunch of English speaking asian girls that sat behind us. Throughout the concert, they kept yelling and screaming out stupid things like "I want to have your babies, Jay Chou", "omg! we're breathing the same air as Jay Chou", "I am falling in love with you", "I love you, Jay Chou", "omg! he's so HOT!"...etc. I really found the first two statements very funny and stupid. Their screams definitely gave me and ivan a heart attack, but then again, that's how concerts are like I guess.

I couldn't stop replaying the entire concert on my way home. There were a lot of things that made me feel very uneasy as some things were very unGodly. Firstly, while Jay Chou was changing and setting up for the next scene, his dancers came out and started lap dancing with the audience. Male audience. I felt very uneasy about that. Secondly, some people were idolizing Jay. It seems as though they like the person more than his music. Of course alot of people would be screaming for Jay Chou cuz we like his music and want to see more of him, but not to the point where Girls (and boys) would scream on top of their lungs and yell out things like "I want to have your babies" and "we're breathing the same air as Jay Chou". I screamed because I REALLY appreciate his music! While 10,000 people were screaming for Jay, I thought to myself, man, wouldn't it be awesome if these people screamed like that to God?

Honestly, who wouldn't like Jay Chou, he's talented, he can play basketball, down-to-earth, listens to his mom, it is practically every girl's dream to find a guy like that. And I dont blame girls (and guys) for screaming but he's just like all of us. He is just a regular human being. In God's eyes, he is a sinner just like all of us. Yes, he may be talented but he never once thank the Lord for his musical abilities. All he did was thank his mother for pushing him to practice the piano when he was little. There is no need for us to say things like that. This is all temporary.

This concert has really opened my eyes to see how much people idolize superstars in this world. Wouldn't it be nice if we could spread the Word to Jay? What would the asian market look like when he becomes a Christian? hmmmm

Anyway, after the concert, my eyes and face got really red. I dont know what happened. I dont know what I am allergic to. Perhaps asian people? there were 10,000+ppl at the ACC. My mom thinks I am allergic to Jay Chou and she said I wasted money.

photo courtesy of ivan

photo courtesy of ivan

photo courtesy of ivan

photo courtesy of ivan

I wish I could do this...

and back to work... =(