It’s so weird how for the past few weeks, everything relates back to Jeremiah.
Especially Jeremiah chapter 29*. Great reminder.

So Elim Youth got to worship in their new building today . I’m overly excited, even though I’m not physically there to experience it, but I’ve been waiting for a long time too . I can just see the glory they can bring to God . It was SOOOO nice to hear some of your guys’ voices today , you have no idea how happy it made me .

The sermon today was very interesting .

Any easy/fun writing seminars? (lol name of course + teacher) would be nice hehe
Thanks

Long few weeks ahead lol… and I will magically disappear off the face of the earth.

Jeremiah 29:11

So I have a hard week soon.. boo . lol Oh well, it’s not like I’m not used to it by now.

The consequences of having some fun… = sleep when the sun rises haha.

I was reading a book on smart money-saving and there was this policy called the “Pay yourself first and forget your budget.” So… I went out and got myself my first ever MP3 player!! An Ipod nano YAY! haha
That’s what I do w/my work-study job instead of .. paying my tuition *sigH* haha. But it’s worth it.
I went from, “I never listen to music” to…
“What? I can’t hear you, I have my earphones in!”

JESUS RULES~!!!

So it’s been an interesting weekend. I had an amazingly fun time at Six Flags- Great Adventure Fright Fest on Saturday and an amazing time outlet shopping in NY after church on Sunday . There are some great people here and it was a good bonding experience for me.

It’s kind of strange. I’m failing my Calculus class, my GPA doesn’t look so hot, and I’ve been really uncomfortable with where I am at life at this point. Is medical school still in the picture for me? Will I even be “successful?” These thoughts have just run through my mind day and night. Fall Break was good, it gave me 2 days to not think about my troubles and just have some rest.

When I got back, I took the extra time that I had to call some people from home and see how they were doing . It was perfect; the advice that I got, the people that spoke to me, the friends that shared their love. I learned something that calmed me and gave me peace, something that gave me hope, something that gave me joy .

All this time, I’ve been sucked into what everyone here thinks about:  success, big money, honorable jobs, great grades, a wide variety of connections. That’s all I cared about when I went to classes here. I cared about how well I would do, how great of a job this would get me, how much honor it was going to bestow upon me, but my eyes were set on the wrong path. The success that I was working for was the success that humans see as successful, but not God. The success that I was working for was the success that would only last the little time on earth that I have, but not the success I would have for eternity. The success that I was working for wasn’t the success that God was looking for.

The richest people in the world aren’t the happiest; the smartest people in the world aren’t the wisest; the most successful people in the world aren’t the friendliest.

I look at what I’ve noticed… I want to be the happiest, the wisest, the friendliest.

I need to learn because I want to, not because I have to. I have to do the best with what God has given me and be satisified, not put myself down. I have to learn to accept the will of God and the pathway He has set for me.

Thanks to everyone who talked to me on the phone last night and today . Good catching up, good advice, good strength. My prayers are with you.

Sacrifice.

JESUS RULES~!

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”- Proverbs 9:10

So I have a lot of “crap ” to do, but today.. I ended up watching a movie >.< hahaha.
Flag of our Fathers – it was a prescreening and I think a true story.
It was cool

Anyway, then I went home and got totally distracted – like always lol.

Ashley made it to med-school!! YAY!
(For those of you that don’t know, it’s CRAZY hard to get into one at all).

This weekend is supposedly the weekend with the highest suicide rate for college students (I’m assuming because all the midterm scores and realization of how you’re not at the top anymore) – (I realized this as soon as I stepped onto campus). So.. it’s FALL BREAK! YAY! Monday and Tuesday off haha. I think it’s so that people who think about it will not do it? *shrugs*
Anyway, I’m going out of town! YES!!! lol  (I think) I’m so excited to get away from college-life for a bit .
New Jersey and possibly New York! It’ll be my first time there hehe.
I don’t know if I’m homesick or just.. college-sick haha.

I think I look more and more like an engineer everyday.
Apparently, everyone who hasn’t seen me in quite a bit must react by *GASP*, “WOW YOUR HAIR” or something similar lol.

JESUS RULES~!!

I want to learn something that I’m interested in learning about lol.

I actually had a reading assignment for once . I enjoyed it… even though it was just on… the history of biomedical engineering and the procedures we have to follow lol. If only BE was based on learning about BE (Bioengineering)… lol, instead we waste time doing pointless lab-write-ups and research . Oh well

Busy week *tears* lol
Time management…something I thought I was good at lol. I’ve been proven wrong, thanks to college lol.

It’s so weird. Back at home, I was a leader in so many clubs/in so many clubs; here, I’m not even in one at all lol.
I need to find time haha, butttttt poor old me thinks I have no time when I really do. I know this because I see that all the other crazy bioengineers do lol.

Hmm, so having the group of men over for 4 days was sure a test of my patience. I was mad at some points, just never said anything. Some people can really be inconsiderate at times though.

Church was great today. Ryan, Mark, and I went winter-clothes shopping because it’s getting too cold here. I ended up only getting two pairs of beanies because the Burlington Coat Factory here = not that great of a selection. However, beanies were cheap . I’m a new Eagle’s fan because I live in Philly now . I was already an Eagles fan before though, how strange lol. I think it was because of that movie that played on Disney when I was young lol.

Guidelines to be my roommate next year:
1. Must be somewhat clean. I freak out if my room is not clean.
2. Must not bother me when I am doing hw. I like concentration!
3. Being Christian would be a great plus because we can be “disciples” to each other
4. Must not throw parties
5. Must not bring 20934923 gallons of hard liquor and beer into my fridge

If you fit these categories and would love living in Mayer next year , *.^ holla.

(I’m being horribly mean right now lol)

JESUS RULES~!!!

So… it’s been a hard hard time lol.

Midterms are finally over for me for a bit. I’ve done the impossible lol. I learned half a semester’s worth of chemistry in 3 days . It wasn’t fun… no more pushing off chemistry lol. I literally spent every “free time” that I get doing chemistry… lol. So much that… I only think chemistry now lol. The bad thing = i pushed off every other hw just to do chemistry…ahh..lol the splendors of learning time management…

So… in physics, I killed the test. So did everyone else.. lol. In math… I scored 20% below the mean , I think two standard deviations below it , NOT GOOD lol. So.. I’m accepting the fact that I’m not the smartest boy here . Today, I took chemistry. Phew.. no comment lol. All I can say is that I will probably be happy w/whatever score I get because I so don’t deserve a good grade in that.

I took the chem test TOTALLY soaked lol. Umbrellas don’t help here… haha. It was like.. literally CRAZY. My feet, jeans, and half my shirt was soaked. + my left sleeves lol. My backpack also took a good hit . So… ALLLL my papers in my bag turned red from a red folder…. Boo . At least my calculator and everything is okay I was getting scared right before the test lol.

Hmm, lol, truthfully, it’s been really hard for me here. Things are just.. so different, and I’m definitely not used to it yet. Work work work.. woohoo haha. But I’m happy because it’s all done for now.

I’m taking a break and I’m going to suffer for it over the weekend lol.
My roommate is throwing a party… a big one, in my room. I’m kind of disappointed, but what can I say, it’s his birthday. 30-50 in my room? Ehh… tons of hard liquor and beer? … it was already crazy w/10 people there before . lol

Anyway, that’s my life. Nothing interesting. OH WAIT!
I saw a bunch of butt-naked men in the quad during the Econ midnight midterm scream lol. They put on a weird show w/torchlight candles haha.

JESUS RULES~!!!

I seriously wonder how anyone can survive college without God. 
Wait, college ,  life.

I used to call work in high school “hard.” lol Now I say, “High school was easy.” >.<
Yes, I feel like the dumbest guy in classes and I probably am lol, but I will try my hardest!!

I’m going to be serving in Living Water, CCC & C  (church) . It feels nice to kind of settle down .
I’ve met the best people in the world by searching around.

The best gift I received for college was a pile of verses. Thanks HaeJin, you have no idea how much it has helped and how much it will continue to help . (Someone tell her that).

It’s tough here, but then I hear about all these crazy career driven students that work 90-120 hours a week… lol. It’s a crazy worlddddddd.

Anyway , this was a “RAWR i dont’ wanna do hw so waste my time” entry hehe.

I miss you guys at home .

JESUS RULES~!

SOO!!!!
Since UCLA kids are having a blast right now and not suffering from classes yet .
I figured… I’d let them suffer a bit…

I hit the jackpot when I got my dorm room . It’s pretty sweet lol. I have one Orthodox Jewish roommate. He’s tizziteeee lol, but also gone for the weekend for Yom Kippor (SP)? Woohoo lol. Privacy is good.

My side of the living room/desk + my roommie  on the side lol

Our living room w/my roommate in the middle

Our dining table… for four hehehe

Our kitchen of course What would we do w/o it?!

My closet + wardrobe (brown thing on right)

Roomie’s closet

Our bathroom/toilet lol

Roomie’s bed + spare bed on top

Living room once again

My bed

My prized decoration on the wall lol. We can take off the tennis
racquets and balls anytime to play WOOHOO haha.
Engineers all the way!!!!

Yea.. so you UCLA kids Have fun! hehe
(I know I’m mean) hehe.

So… I know what church I’m serving in now . I’ll tell you all some time after Sunday
For now, peace and JESUS RULES!!!

man i snore like a pig!

oink oink. OH MY GOLLY. keep it on the dl, but i like to wear rubber bands around my feet.

Hahaha…. my friends hate me!!
Anyway, I fell asleep.. and yea.. my laptop = left vulnerable hehe.
So that message above the bold = an imposter!

Snoring like a pig is healthy! And rubber bands around my feet are innovative!!!!!!

JESUS RULES!

Good Luck to all you UC- system college kids!

So I took my first midterm today in Math. I got an 80% . I’m disappointed in my score lol, I know i could’ve done better. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a curve breaker!

Midnight tennis… so fun . It’s so weird playing here compared to the west coast lol. The balls won’t bounce as much!! I think it’s the humidity.. or something? haha But it was fun! Everyone here is so good lol.

I think I made my final decision on what church to serve here.

My mind is going crazy… haha, I have a big decision to make on my major… I was so sure about changing it but now it’s waivering lol. The question is, can I handle it? lol

Yesterday my roommate threw a pre-gaming party in our room because “it’s big and the perfect place.” lol It was wilder than he said it would be, but I’m really happy there are cool people on this floor that take freshmen like me in for the time! Yay to them! lol The drunk crowd touched and used my Amber Romance Victoria’s Secret lotion haha. And then made fun of me for it! PSh!!! Men can use Victoria’s secret too! haha RIGHTTT!!!

I didn’t go to class today. I didn’t do the hw… nor do I know any chemistry.. so yea… I’m bad. I’m a bad bad boy lol.

I’m also sick and not getting any better. Partially because… I don’t take care of myself by eating unhealthy, and partially because I haven’t been sleeping much lol. Sometimes by choice, sometimes not lol. So pray for my well-being please and everyone else’s too, especially the others I got sick haha. Yes I’m evil and I spread germs .

I needa go to bedddddddddd..
Thanks for the letters + postcards + packages people . I smile more now haha.

JESUS RULES~!