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Delirious

waited for 7 hours.

New Chapter

So I guess that's that. College has come to an end. That was a pretty tough quarter. Tougher than I thought it would be. For those that care to know what the next step is, I'm planning to go to CSUF for my teaching credential in the fall.  I'm 99% sure I'm required to take summer school and hopefully it will work out where I am able to go to missions still.  As far as this next quarter, I'm planning to relax, read, shoot, travel, guitar theory, GREs, and PRAY.   Well I know I haven't updated in a while because I've been really so busy doing volunteer hours, meetings, assignments, errands, so I will try to give a recap through some phone pictures.

Sars in our photo class + G2 gatorade

class party for 4 students 1 prof (photo class) trader joe's cookies + orangina + g2 

poh kids college dinna, oranges, quesadillas, hot dizzles, fried rice, niu rou, cinnamon tortillas?

guess what this is, sashimi!!!!! actually its cold cut turkey meat HAHA

project has finished ask me to see the final product! (i got an A!)

whoops X_X

glorious 3x3 at 1 AM

this how my bed looks like after allan buntoengsuk sleeps in it EVERY TIME

AT HIS BEST!!!!! MY ROOMMATE!!! 3 hours before his 10 pg paper due (hes at pg 3)
This was a book compilation of all our research papers 100 pgs in total!
dang congrats to courtney! shes 20, cat's age!
I really should count how many people sleep in my bed
darren w/ bloody nose
twins....
the counter, 2/3 lb. patty AFTER COOKING
fried egg, grilled onions, beef patty, red bell peppers, lettuce, tomato, and garlic agio sauce on honey wheat bun + APPLE PIE SHAKE (pretty good!) on the side
In irvine, build your own burger prices are 8.50 for 1/3 lb. patty, 10.75 for 2/3 lb.


daniel tsai, icebreaker mike long thought of in trusting in Jesus to lead you (GJ!)
anointing by a tsai
blessing by a cat
this homie is called santa nino, presented in my class to represent catholicism, he was staring at me the whole class period o_O
homeboy got knocked into the planter HAHA!
HOPE.
my nephew HINSTON
"store" where kids can use earned "money" to buy prizes, this is where I volunteered at, Washing Elementary, Santa Ana
Five Guys, another build it yourself burger joint cheaper than counter, went here w/Joe, its in Cerritos
nice legs is what you're probably thinking, you can tell Allan Buntoengsuk himself.
jr hi meeting, hahaha 1 each!
my roommate @ target :)
staples center is pretty crazy
Lakers vs. Hawks w/josh eddie and kevin
UCC Cafe's sausage curry C ordered, wild

Good Night and Good Luck, NAH! God Bless!

After buying my routine Haribo Gummy candies @ the local CVS on Nogales Rd and La Puente Rd, the cashier said, "Take care, God bless." I replied, "You too." That's wassup, gimme a little taste of heaven in this dark world. 

Yeah, I really hate saying "Good luck" because I don't believe in luck. "Good luck on midterms," what a secularized phrase. Keep lifting Him up y'all!

Winter Cleaning

Instead of enjoying a long 3 day weekend, I decided to be productive and clean my house in irvine. I had goals to clean up my entire room, vacuum it and the stairs, clean the sinks and shower, clean up downstairs, and most importantly clean under the stairs.

If you've been to 17 Ash Tree Ln. you know how dirty it is under the stairs. It's because the front door opens right to the stairs so a lot of dust just collects under the stairs.  So while I was cleaning I had this epiphany. What I really love is experiencing or learning something new about God in really ordinary routine things.  God is in everyday experiences that everyone has and will experience, just by living their lives.  It reminds me of this one book I remember I came across, God is in the Small Things. (I have never read it though).

So what I came across was this, that as I am on my knees using paper towels and a bottle of Clorox to wipe down under the stairs, I cannot feel anything but extreme levels of disgust. "Yo, this is freakin' gross."  White paper towels turn black in one wipe with a bunch of furry gunk. I pile up all of the dirt into one small area and right in the middle is a penny. At first I thought that it was way too dirty to even have worth, but then I realized with today's economy, every cent counts. Maybe this penny will go towards the Kingdom of God somehow. Anyways, this is where I realized even a possibility of a holy God to be in front of such dirty sin.  How disgusted would He feel, how uncomfortable would it be. My simple task of wiping dirt already gets me to say, "Yo, I ain't down for this mess." But it is partially MY mess.  So then what does the holy God do? He cleans the mess up, as disgusted as He is. He humbles himself and does it with the right heart. So many times I would come back to a completely messed up room after I cleaned it up realizing that I need to pick up after people again and think, "WHAT THE FREAK!? ARE YOU SERIOUS? THIS AIN'T MY MESS MAN." It was never His mess to begin with. It was always ours, yet He did it ALL and we contributed nothing. 

Every now and then I am reminded that when we say, "Jesus died on the cross for everyone's sin, even mine," we must not overlook the faces in the crowd that were mocking Him, condemning Him, shouting, "Crucify, Crucify Him!" For those are OUR faces. Yes it was 33 AD, yes it was the Jews of the time in Israel, and yes you weren't there yet, BUT you and I put Him there. Get your act together and let Him clean your life up, cuz this mess is spiritual, its far bigger and deeper than you think, truthfully it's like you're bringing a toothbrush to a landfill.  Wrap your mind around that!

Page Turnin'

Well, today was the last part of my CSET, assuming that I pass it.  I didn't get to blog for over a week or so because I have been really diligently uncovering US History.  200+ years under 10 days.  I used to think it was unbelievably boring in high school, especially the Civil War. As I went through 600 pages of that history text book, the pages just kept on turning. It was a lot more interesting and alive seeing how each event has shaped the country we live in today.  What a fool I was in high school. I hope to make sure there are not any more of junior year little "me"s going through my class if and when I teach them.  I also feel like people must be informed of America's past politics so that they do not make assumptions that Democrats were always for progressiveness and liberal views, while Republicans were conservatives and business only.  This land was made for you and me.....

Anywho, I realized as I was going through that history text book and an AP supplementary review guide, I would take my breaks reading this new book I got, Letters from a Skeptic.  This has been a real enjoyment to read about a critically atheist father writing letters with difficult theological questions to his son who has PhD in Theology. Their relationship is genuinely loving despite the arguments being tossed back and forth.

This morning when I was doing devotionals I was reading a verse from Jeremiah and the word INQUIRE just really hit me hard. It was a real moment that the Word of God spoke to me.  I feel like society's number one question these days is "What can I get out of it?" There ALWAYS has to be something tangible that is rewarded to them for their effort.  No one wants to hear, "Can't you just do it for the sake of doing it?!?!?" We are all greedy, self-interested beings. College students surfing the web in class, ignoring the lecturer, thinking, "What can I buy to fill my life today?" "Is there something new I can ACQUIRE today that will satisfy me?" Now let's go to ACQUIRING salvation. "What do I need to DO to GET to heaven?" John 17:3- "And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."  In all our attempts to ACQUIRE that one thing we desire most, may it even be the intangibles, LOVE, PEACE, JOY, or HOPE, we have to KNOW that these things are not gained by man, but given by God.  As one INQUIRES the LORD, He will provide all things needed. Ask and you shall receive, SEEK and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened.

This is the miracle of God, that He could touch one's life and change his or her outlook of life. That they would have the right perspective of INQUIRING instead of ACQUIRING. By inquiring, comes acquiring more than one could ever ask for. Trust in the Lord, in ALL your ways ACKNOWLEDGE Him.  All means ALL. All in All.