March 31,2003 - 9.36PM

hmm...

Love-a-Lot Bear
You love to take care of others and people love being around you because you make them feel appreciated. You are very sweet and soft-spoken. You are also a romantic and consider yourself an excellent matchmaker, so you tend to be a bit nosy. But everyone still considers you the sweetest person they know.
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March 30,2003 - 6.39PM

Baseball season is upon us!!! All is now right again. haha

Spoke in Youth Worship again this afternoon. Followed up on my sharing a couple weeks ago with a sharing regarding what love is and how Christ's love differs from other types of love in this world. I wanted to focus on the forgiveness and grace aspect of Christ's love. Hope it came across that way.

Motorcycle class is this week. I wore my helmet for the first time the other day... haha it fit fine, but it looked sooooo big on my head (partially due to the fact I wasn't wearing a coat). I kept thinking about Spaceballs... Dark Helmet... :)

March 26,2003 - 10.18PM

Been pretty tired lately. Not exactly sure why though. I'm getting my usual amount of sleep, albeit my usual is not much it's still my usual amount and it's seemed to be fine all this time. Maybe I'm doing too much? hmm... who knows. Or maybe it's all these rainy days haha. Yes, it'll be nice when it's still light out around 9PM.

Have you ever wondered how difficult it is to go pee when you're inebriated (wasted, tanked, smashed, plastered, bombed, cockeyed, stewed, loaded, boozed, crocked, etc... etc...)? Well then... give it a try

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Famous Walter quote after playing...

Waltdawg97: i'm pissin everywhere
Waltdawg97: :-(

My brother (who is in China right now) went to go watch a movie.... and it consisted of was a person putting a DVD in to the DVD player. Hahaha soooooo ghetto. He also told me that the food there is so cheap that the coffee he purchased was actually more than the entire meal (which cost him about $1).

Neighborhoodies anyone? Wanna represent Issaquah???? Bellevue??? Eastside??? haha. Though it's not a bad idea... we just got some ghetto sounding city names. Yo, lets rock Tribeca.


March 23,2003 - 8.14PM

Waiting for a batch of clothes to finish drying. I always wait until Sunday nights to iron my shirts. You would think that after much practice that I'd actually be quite decent at it... but that just isn't the case :)

Led worship again this Sunday. I often times feel so limited leading the singing time during the joint worship. First of all we have a limited selection of songs (I really need to get some new songs translated) and also because I'm not playing the instrument when I'm leading. Sometimes I just wish I'd be up there with a guitar and leading. That way I'd feel more free to go the tempo I'd want without and repeat where and when I want to etc. Sometimes I feel too restricted, but it's definitely a learning experience to co-work with the pianist during the time of singspiration. Maybe someday I'll go up with a guitar instead... and then everyone will be lost! ha!  

Took a few of the high school kids to the Bash at the Beach thing that was sponsered by Spirit 105.3. I had a great time, and from what I gather I think the high schoolers did as well. The event in itself was alright. Less eventful that I thought it would be, but I just had a great time hanging out with them and getting a chance to know them a bit better.

Quite a good message this afternoon once again. Brother Liu shared on Psalm 139. In particular verses 23 and 24.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way."

He actually touched on quite a few subjects, but one point that he brought up was if we are to die today... do we want to be people who have gained so much in this world but have so little of Christ in us or do we want to be people that though we have gone through hardships (physical affliction, marriage problems, problems with children, etc) and in the end are made to be like Christ? He also tied in the fact that we are all unique and that God has created each of us for a specific purpose. Good stuff. May the Lord impress these words deeper in our hearts.

March 21,2003 - 10.53PM

Mason's mom accepted the Lord today!!! All in all 12 people accepted Christ today at the gospel meeting. How great is that? I had tears in my eyes when I heard the news as I know how much prayer has been made in behalf of Mason's mom and it's so great to see how faithful our Lord is. I know my brother will rejoice like non other when he hears the news. It's especially encouraging for me as my parents aren't saved yet. Still praying and waiting. It will happen and I will rejoice all the more when it comes.

So the intense bombings started today in Iraq. 1500 bombs and missles to be dropped in a 24 hr span.... that's crazy. It's weird to see how much the news is involved this time around. The media seems to have its nose in everything. They even interviewed the parents just hours after they learned that their sons had been killed in duty. It was quite difficult to watch and brought tears to my eyes to see parents talk about their sons who were just killed. One father lost his only son... I hope this war ends quickly. I'll keep praying.

April is going to be a crazy month at work. My buyer is out the first week because he'll be at the High Point furniture show, and then the Assistant Buyer will be out on vacation the next week and a half. Looks like April is going to breeze by :P Actually this whole year so far has gone by so quickly. It's almost 1/4 of the way through 2003. Merry Christmas anyone? hehe

March 19, 2003 - 8.43PM

So the war has begun. I don't think anyone is really surprised that it happened. Was it the right choice to go to war? Hmm... well war may not seem to ever be the right choice, but where would we be had we not gone to war in the past? Of course each case is different and not to say that this is the right time or not, but I understand the decision. No one really has a full perspective on the issue and we all base our opinion on our skewed viewpoints. As for now though, I back my president and I pray that this war does not last long and that casualties would be at a minimum. I was thinking a little while ago... if there was a war and I was drafted into the Army and asked to defend my country... what would I do? I'd go.

Just heard that 11 people were arrested at Westlake Center for refusing to leave after closing time because they wanted to continue to protest. Those sort of things I don't really mind and we have the right to protest peacefully and express our opinions and such, but there are a few things that irk me a little. There's that one woman basketball player who always turns her back to the flag during the national anthem to protest the war and injustices in the world. Now it certainly is her right to do whatever she wants and such, but what irks me is that she disrespects the symbol of all that allows her to express her opinions. She disrepects the very people who fight for her freedom to say that she agrees with this or disagrees with that. If you want to protest fine, I applaud you for doing that... but to disrespect the very symbol of your ability to do that really leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Course, that's just me. Certainly others feel differently.

My brother left for Taiwan and China today. Great timing huh? First of all there's the war and then on top of things there that Influenza that was discovered in China and is now caused panic around the world. I'm sure he'll be fine, but still... what sort of brother would I be if I wasn't at least a little concerned? :P

Bought my motorcycle helmet online today. Tried it on at Cycle Barn last week, then went with the online pricing and saved myself almost $150. Not bad huh?

March 16, 2003 - 8.18PM

I seem to have the habit of writing in my blog on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday then nothing else for the rest of the week. I guess those other days I find myself too busy.

I thought that Alan shared a good message today on living a life of integrity. I know that the world's standards are declining and more things are becoming acceptable, but it was a good reminder to search my heart regarding whether or not the same is going on in my life and as a Christ's Body, are our standards slowly declining as well? The Sunday School time was also quite good. We're going through the New Testament churches and Paul's missionary journeys. One question that Bev brought up that I thought was quite good was "What does it mean to minister to the Lord?" I was thinking to myself... "How does the Lord minister to me?" and in what way can that translate to "ministering to the Lord." I think ministering to the Lord is just pleasing our Lord and knowing what is on His heart. Prayer, worship, service, etc... can all be aspects of ministering to Him. Anyways, good stuff today.

Here's a nice pic that Al sent to me at work ... pic

So went to go look at bikes yesterday with Al yesterday. We tried on some helmets and looked around... drool... Oh well, fun to just look around for now. Which bike do you think looks better? Bike 1 : Bike 2 : Bike 3

My Fantasy Baseball Team?

C - Pierzynski
1B - Delgado
2B - Castillo
SS - Aurilia
3B - Boone
OF - Bonds
OF - Chipper
OF - Cruz Jr
Util - Young, D
Util - Millar
Bench - Hafner
Bench - Overbay

SP - Oswalt
SP - Wolf
RP - Foulke
RP - Williamson
P - Dotel
P - Fossum
P - Stewart
Bench - Benson
Bench - Romero

Thoughts? umm.... could use some work, but overall not too bad. We'll see. Let's play ball!

March 11, 2003 - 5.56PM

So I'm starting to eat breakfast now... I've been eating cereal at work in the mornings. Finished up a box of Blueberry Morning last week. Mmm... really good stuff. Now I'm eating a box of Honey Bunches of Oats this week. I usually like it, but I decided to try the one with the "REAL" Strawberry's included. YUCK! BLEEEEGH! UGH! Those strawberries are so gross. I have resorted to picking them out one by one before I add milk. The cereal is still ok, but the strawberries leave much to be desired. Suggestions for the next cereal I should eat?

I finally got around to having my hair cut today. Went during lunch. It was getting quite gross and shaggy. I would have left it longer had it not been for the irritating feeling of having hair that actually touches the ear. If I wore a hat I'd have wings haha. I guess for those of you who don't wear hats, you don't know what I'm talking about.

I've been itching to play basketball lately, but it keeps raining! Pretty soon it'll rain out my desire to play and then onto baseball season :) hmm... I can almost smell the fresh grass.  

Here's a nice song from Mercy Me -

My Heart Is Spoken For

Take this world from me
Don't need it anymore
For I am finally free
My heart is spoken for

Oh and I praise You
Oh and I worship You

Chorus -
Covered by a love divine
Child of the risen Lord
To hear You say "This one is mine"
My hear is spoken for.

Now I have a peace
That I've never known before
I find myself complete
My heart is spoken for

March 10, 2003 - 7.45PM

So, I heard back about the job today. Didn't get it... for basically the reason why I thought I wouldn't get it. Lack of experience. I think I had the least amount of experience of any of the 50 some odd people who applied. I do believe though that he didn't take that too much into account at first because he did offer me an interview, but when all else is equal the one with the more experience ought to get it anyways. So, I'm not all that disappointed as I figured it would be a good learning experience for me; which it was. I'm thankful though that my boss has been very supportive of me in this and has gone way out of his way to endorse me. It's good enough that he is supportive of me looking for opportunities within the company, but it's really been an encouragement to see to what extent he would go just to help me out.

Before my boss left for Asia this past weekend, we spent the week playing indoor golf during lunch. Our division moved into the new building over the summer, and the top floor is not finished yet. All the carpeting has been laid down, but the cubes aren't up yet. There are chairs, pallets, materials, tools all over. It's a huge open space, so we go up there with a putter and some golfballs. We each take turns tossing a hacky sack (which after it stops rolling becomes the hole). You usually play about 8-10 holes, and the person with the least amount of strokes wins. Haha, it's actually quite fun. You get to try these nice underneath the pallet, bounce off the wall shots.

Worked out today. I've actually been pretty consistant with working out 4-5 times a week for the past month and half. You really do feel a difference in energy level. Though the first couple weeks getting into it you feel quite exhausted, but as you keep with it you feel much better. Somedays I have more time to work out than others, but the key is to make myself go down and do something... even if I don't have much time.

Can't wait till baseball season starts up again!!! Who wants to go to some games???

March 4, 2003 - 11.54PM

Ever feel like you just can't do right? I feel like that sometimes... kinda like no matter how good your intentions might be or how hard you try it seems to be messed up in some sense. I think the hard part is seeing more than one side of an issue. I think I tend to focus too much at times on just one side so on one hand, one side may be addressed or done correctly, but then I totally miss another side. It's not because I choose to neglect one side over another I think, but more so that my view is not broad enough at times. Maybe I need to have the blinders removed?

Wonderful time of prayer tonight. I really do enjoy the time of prayer during the high school prayer meetings each time. I dunno, it's just really a great time of prayer and I always leave encouraged. Good stuff, Good Stuff. It's weird though, I find it more difficult sometimes to pray by myself and am often more encouraged when praying with other brothers and sisters. Is this normal?

Dine around Seattle. The city is promoting dining in its restaurants. $12.50 lunches and $25.00 dinners in some pretty nice restaurants. If you have the time and moola.... Dine Around Seattle


March 3, 2003 -7.52PM

Wow, quite a few people have blogs now... and still counting. That's cool. More reading for me during my lunch hour.

So my hair is getting quite long... well it's quite shaggy right about now haha. I refuse to pay for haircuts as often as I really need them and since I cannot cut my own hair (trust me... you don't want me to try) I am going to grow my hair out. Kelley said that shave her head if I grew my hair out to my shoulders. haha, that would be quite nasty! (talking about me with hair to my shoulders of course)

Everytime I see a bike (motorcycle) now I have the deep desire welling up inside of me to get one. I dunno, it just looks fun to ride around in one. I was talking to my boss about bikes today. He's been riding bikes since before he was able to legally drive. Anyways, now that he has kids and a wife he hasn't had the chance to bike as much anymore. He actually sold his Harley to a friend with the stipulation that he gets to still borrow it and ride it every now and again. I think I renewed a vigor inside of him though with all this talk of bikes. haha he was saying that if I get a bike, he'd get one too.... but then quickly remembering that he has other things to take care of... like the family? =P

current morning cereal - blueberry morning

March 2, 2003 - 5.03PM

Shared in Youth Worship today. I had a burden to share on this aspect of grace and to use some parables to illustrate it. Going in, I knew what I wanted to share, but my thoughts were a bit jumbled. I had written down notes on paper, but it wasn't as neatly outlined as I suppose most people would have liked. But that's kinda how I like to have it usually. I write down notes of stuff I want to share, but I don't really have it laid out as to when I want to say this and when I want to say that. I have a basic idea of it in my head, but I like to leave myself room to move things around while I'm sharing.

Anyways, I shared about this topic of grace because I feel sometimes at least for myself and I think it's the same way with most: we don't really have a great grasp of what grace really is in our life. We pray about it alot and talk about it alot, but we don't often give it much thought. So I wanted to share with the younger brothers and sisters out of a few parables - the lost sheep, the prodigal son, and the parable of the vineyards. So after I used these parables to discuss this matter of grace, I shared with them about living a life of grace as well. To live a life of grace is to be able to excuse the inexcusable just as God has done with us. Share a bit about how many times we are to forgive our brothers and such.

I really hope that they caught a glimpse of how much grace our Lord has given us as I don't believe we can really live a life of grace unless we ourselves understand and see just how much grace is given to us each day.