월목요일 아침: $¢#3!ß3! can u believe that we're into the double digits days'f august already?! oh my goodness! :-o
lately, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i've been watching the mbc 드라맘 drama 내이름은 김삼순 nae ireumeun kimsamsoon, starring 김선아 kim suhna. don't 4get that kaela's korean name's 강선아 kang suhna... or sonah or son-ah or sun-ah... i honestly can't quite remember how she now romanises it in her official name. it used to be sonah, but... *shrug* korean vowels confuse amerikans. neway, i haven't talked 'bout k.dramas in a while, whereas a yr 'go or so, i was talkin' plenty 'bout them. i still wanna re watch 미안하다, 사랑한다 mianhada, saranghanda when i find time... if i ever find time. that's 1 bomb@$$ k.drama! wouldn't it be nice to have a job watching k.dramas all day? ha ha ha! in the 1st episode'f 내이름은 김삼순 nae ireumeun kimsamsoon, we c this 1 gurl that both kaela n' i think looks like 김희선 kim heesun, but we both knew it wasn't her. apparently, the aktress's name's 이아현 lee ahyun.
[later] 오후: wow, not only's it already the double digit days'f august, but it's already thurs (목요일)!!! @ the start'f my entry, i wrote the day as 월요일 (monday)... dude, what was i thinking?! it's already 목요일 mokyoil! whoa! days r flying by! [later] 4 lunch, i ate a chicken cobb salad fromt he werk.com cafeteria. i ate in the cafeteria. i wanted to sit outside w/ the ducklings (which've pretty much grown up now), but all the tables were full. i had to sit by myself n' call at&t internet to cancel our dsl. unplugged: yah, i made the somewhat executive (but not really) decision to cancel our dsl 4 now. rt now, we pay $49.99/month 4 at&t dsl w/ a few extra perks like unlimited pikture storage n' an upgraded speed 4 both upstream n' downstream. uh, i believe we get upgraded downsteram, but i know we get upgraded upstream. neway... it's not worth it. there's free metro.fi wifi in our neighbourhood. kaela sez it's really slow tho'. *sigh* i dunno. i don't think we can afford to continue paying $49.99/month 4 our current dsl plan; n' kaela's been saying that we're schmucks 4 doing so. thus, it wasn't really an executive decision on my part. no, kaela's been telling me to do this 4 a long time. aktually, a long time 'go, when the acct was under kaela's name, i told her to call them n' get our rate lowered. she did, n' they sed they'd lower our rate but didn't. what dirty, rotten scoundrels, eh? rt. thus, i made it clear this time that i wanted to cancel cos the rate was 2 hi. they tried to entice me to stay w/ a $19.95/month rate. it was a "deal or no deal" moment, n' i chose "no deal." i want the $12.99 rate. i think there's a $12.99 rate n' a $17.99 rate. either 1's better than $19.99. *sigh* we do need internet, so i hope metro.fi isn't 2 slow. neway, after a while, i'll try to get us back on an at&t dsl plan, but 1 that's ¢heaper. 4 some ppl, the internet just causes trouble; i.e. they end up wasting time / procrastinating cos'f the internet or else waste their lives 'way dling pr0n all nite n' day. 4 that reason, a while 'go, 1'f the grx pastors 1nce sed in a sermon that maybe it's better not to have "hi speed" internet but to go back to dial.up. that's true. if u have just dial.up; u'll still be able to check ur e.mail; but dling inappropriate mat'l'll take so long, that u'll just get frustrated n' stop, rt? *shrug* [later] neway... we'll be unplugged 'least 4 a short while. i'm a li'l worried 'bout not having our dsl line; but i s'ppose i'll be glad to c the $avings, rt?
[later] evites (evite.com): pastor bobby lee'f grx 1nce sed in a sermon that he hates evites (evite.com) cos it encourages ppl to look @ an invitation n' think 2 much 'bout how 1 friend might be worth more than 'nother... like, he was pting out that it's wrong to put value judgements on ppl based upon social status, wealth, beauty, etc.... i think. i may've 4gotten what his pt was. in ne case, if he doesn't like evites, then what does he suggest as the alternative? like, i s'ppose we could just e.mail normal e.mail invitations, rt? otherwise, what? paper invitation via snail mail? i'm having a rather socially aktive summer, n' i've been using evite.com soooo much lately. also our grx small groups n' many'f our ministries n' ministry teams use evite.com all the time. i'm surprised that pastor bobby sed he hates evites so much; really surprised. yah... our church uses them so much. neway, 1 thing i can imagine ppl hate 'bout evites n' evite.com is this: maybe it encourages u to look @ the current list'f ppl who r going n' then decide based 'pon that whether u'll go or not. i s'ppose that encourages "cool kids" mentality, like, 'i'll only go to such n' such event if 'the cool kids r going.' *shrug* aktually, lately (as well as a few timesi n the past) i've received evites where the guestlist is hidden. honestly, i don't like that. well, shoot; dare i say that i hate that? sometimes i need to know who's going n' who's not. it's sad, but sometimes the only way 4 me to find out if kaela's planning to attend an event is via the evite, u know? yah, that's just plain sad, but... *shrug* it's better than not knowing. well, recently, there have been so many social events that things r overlapping. well, more specifically, check out this example: 1'f our friend couples is having a 1.month celebration 4 their baby son. well, in the past, kaela questioned why my mom wanted a 1.month celebration 4 mason when we all figured the real asian tradition was to do a 100.day (백일 baekil) party. i mean, we know that koreans do 백일 baekil 100 days, n' ken also sed that he thought that taiwanese ppl also do 100 days... however, our friends r doing a 1.month party. neway, it's on aug 19, which is the same nite that kaela's throwing a 31st b.day lu.au 4 me @ our house. personally, i want to know who is n' who isn't invited to our friends' baby's 1.month party in order to know if we ought to invite certain friends'f ours to my b.day lu.au. not knowing who's included on this evite is honestly complicating matters a li'l. well... in response to this situation, what i've done is to send out e.mails to friend or mailing lists'f friends b4 adding them to the evite. i'm asking them to e.mail me if they wanna come... then, maybe i'll add them to the evite or whate'er. in a way, this also beats having an evite where all the responses r "no." is it sad if u try to throw a party n' no 1 comes? *shrug* well, heck... i feel i've felt like that in the past. when faction.related politiks hit the cal taekwondo p.crew @ the end'f its glory days, i guess maybe i was losing coolness or popularity or whate'er 'mongst certain factions... so i adopted a "i'll hang w/ whoever wants to hang w/ me" policy. there's a story in the bible 'bout this... where a rich man throws a party but few'f his rich friends come (if ne); so he decides to open his party up to all the ppl on the streets. [later] ok, i found the passage n'd like to share it w/ u.
the parable of the wedding banquet: jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: "the kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. he sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. then he sent some more servants and said, 'tell those who have been invited that i have prepared my dinner: my oxen n' fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. come to the wedding banquet.' but they paid no attention and went off - one to his field, another to his business. the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. the king was enraged. he sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. then he said to his servants, 'the wedding banquet is ready, but those i invited did not deserve to come. go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' &nbs; so the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests."
예수께서 다시 비유로 대답하여 가라사대: 천국은 마치 자기 아들을 위하여 혼인 잔치를 베푼 어떤 임금과 같으니. 종들을 보내어 그 청한 사람들을 혼인 잔치에 오라 하였더니 오기를 싫어하거늘. 다시 다른 종들을 보내며 가로되 청한 사람들에게 이르기를 내가 오찬을 준비하되 나의 소와 살진 짐승을 잡고 모든 것을 갖추었으니 혼인 잔치에 오소서 하라 하였더니. 저희가 돌아 보지도 않고 하나는 자기 밭으로, 하나는 자기 상업차로 가고. 그 남은 자들은 종들을 잡아 능욕하고 죽이니. 임금이 노하여 군대를 보내어 그 살인한 자들을 진멸하고 그 동네를 불사르고 이에 종들에게 이르되 혼인 잔치는 예비되었으나 청한 사람들은 합당치 아니하니. 사거리 길에 가서 사람을 만나는대로 혼인 잔치에 청하여 오너라 한대. 종들이 길에 나가 악한 자나 선한 자나 만나는 대로 모두 데려오니 혼인자리에 손이 가득한지라.
jesus replied: "a certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. at the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'come, for everything is now ready.' but they all alike began to make excuses. the first said, 'i have just bought a field, and i must go and see it. please excuse me.' another said, 'i have just bought five yoke of oxen, and i'm on my way to try them out. please excuse me.' still another said, 'i just got married, so i can't come.' the servant came back and reported this to his master. then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' 'sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' then the master told his servant, 'go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. i tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'"
이르시되 어떤 사람이 큰 잔치를 배설하고 많은 사람을 청하였더니. 잔치할 시간에 그 청하였덩 자들에게 종을 보내어 가로되 오소서 모든 것이 준비되었나이다 하매. 다 일치하게 사양하여 하나는 가로되 나는 밭을 샀으매 불가불 나가 보아야 하겠으니 청컨대 나를 용서하도록 하라 하고. 또 하나는 가로되 나는 소 다섯 겨리를 샀으매 시험하러 가니 청컨대 나를 용서하도록 하라하고. 또 하나는 가로되 나는 장가 들었으니 그런므로 가지 못하겠노라 하는지라. 종이 돌아와 주인에게 그대로 고하니 이에 집주인이 노하여 그 종에게 이르되 빨리 시내의 거리와 골목으로 나가서 가난한 자들과 병신들과 소경들과 저는 자들응 데려오라 하니라. 종이 가로되 주인이여 명하신대로 하였으되 오히려 자리가 있나이다. 주인이 종에게 이르되 길과 산울 가로 나가서 사람을 강권하여 데려다가 내 집을 채우라. 내가 너희에게 말하노니 전에 청하였던 그 사람은 하나도 내 잔치를 맛보지 못하리라 하였다 하시니라.
neway, dude... that's what i've got to say 'bout evites, rt? ha ha ha. i dunno. lemme tell u.. ne1 who's reading this n'd like to go to kaela's b.day party this sat @ kampai house n' then clubbing @ the dreamscape party @ the abyss nightclub in sunnyvale is welcome. just e.mail me if u'd like to come. i guess i should warn u'f a few things: 1) the restaurant's a li'l pri¢y, 2) there'll be drinking'f alcoholic beverages @ this celebration, n' 3) the nite may go kind'f late. also, if u'd like to come to our house 4 the b.day lu.au that kaela's putting on 4 me on aug 19 (next sat), just e.mail me. 'gain, the nite may go kind'f late, n' there'll 'gain be the drinking'f alcoholic beverages. by giving that alcohol warning, it's not that i'm saying that ne1's gonna get plastered or that ne1'll be forced or coerced to drink. however, i know i have friends who not only don't drink themselves but also cm to be plain uncom4table w/ environments where there is drinking. i dunno; that's simply not how i c it, but i'll respekt such friends' opinions so much as to give those warnings. personally, i think getting drunk, 'specially on a frequent basis, is bad. however, i think the existence'f alcoholic drink n' its moderate consumption in celebratory events is totally fine. if u ask me, yah... i think jesus n' his disciples drank alcohol. do u think grape kool.aid was served @ the last supper?! i've heard some anti.alcohol christians say that ppl had no choice but to drink alcohol in those days cos juice spoiled w/o refrigeration n' that wine was much weaker in those days. bah, i don't buy that. furthermore, isn't that what u can call "relativism"? (the term "relativism" has a negative connotation n's used by so.called "conservative fundamentalists" to say that progressive christians have taken 2 many liberties in applying the bible to contemporary life.) neway, dude... it's not like i'm aiming to have a wild, drunken party. i aktually prefer that alcohol just be served to complement fud. furthermore, who knows... maybe ppl won't feel like drinking, n' that's totally fine.
[later] i rode my bike to werk 2day. (what would jesus drive?)i didn't mention that, did i? yah, i got up later than i wanted to. i skipped will's turbo kick box (tkb) class last nite to hit up valley fair. i wanted to give my banged up kneeds a rest. this morn, i woke up 2 late to hit up the sunnyvale skate park; but, again, i wanted to give my banged up knees a brk neway. i need to buy some good knee pads. i'll go to taekwondo sparring praktice. i'll weawr knee pads there. 2morrow, i might try to hit up the sunnyvale skate park if my knees feel up to it. dude, i can't wait 4 snowboarding season to resume. *sigh* then 'gain, snowboarding's expen$ive. 'least skateboarding's free... 'cept 4 the hardware.
[just a li'l later] b4 my 31st b.day lu.au, we're planning to get a grp to go 노래방 noraebang ("private room" karaoke, as opposed to bar.style karaoke, which i rarely do but have). i hiope duk'll come out 4 this. i dunno if he'll be in oregon still @ that pt. it's kind'f important that he comes; otherwise i dunno who'll sing korean songs w/ me. *sigh* i dunno... [later] if we do go 노래방 noraebang (n' i know now that duk is coming 'least to the lu.au), then i should praktice; i.e. i should memorise song lyrics or maybe even praktice singing favourite songs, huh?
a y! news article that's somewhat related to religion n' morality (since i cm to be talkin' 'bout that 'least a li'l 2day): "Fewer high school students having sex: report." yah, personally, i c, 'round here, a polarisation'f kids in that, there r kids who misbehave who r misbehavin' worse n' then there r the good kids that r even more goody.goody than they were in my days, u know? do u know what i mean? nahwhadahmshayin'? [later] neway, 'back to the topik'f teen $3x... like, u could say that less teenagers r having $3x noawadys than in "the good ol' days" eh? then u could say that back in "the good ol' days," ppl got married in their teenage yrs... like romeo n' juliet. ha ha ha. neway... "the good ol' days..." the good ol' days were back when we had a president that was responsible in taking care'f the country. yah, so less kids r having $3x now than in the good ol' days. neway, whate'er, man! lemme tell u: yah, according to the bible, god doesn't want unmarried ppl to have $3x. to those ppl who r able to keep gods command in this way; that's great, may god reward u in heaven 4 that. to the other ppl; god's grace is always there 4 u. 'member: "good ppl don't go to heave, 4given ppl do."
[later] 밤, 1142p: i rode my bike home from werk n' then went to taekwondo sparring praktice w/ sooni. dude, 2nite was a pikture perfekt example'f a nite where i lacked "chi" or 기 gi. i felt beat up from my skateboard injuries n' weak from not eating well lately. dude... lately, i've been snacking 'lot n' don't feel full; yet, i feel like i'm not exercising 'nuff. what's up?! after praktice, a small, small grp'f us went to 옛날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang, n' kaela met up w/ us there. i ordered 고추 짬뽕/짬봉 gochoo jjambbong/jjambong. later, the table ordered 2 orders'f 군만두 goonmandoo (fried potstickers). mmmm... that totally hit the spot but is still unhealthy. :-(
i have 8 evites on my upcoming events list.
i've got tons'f pix to share w/ u but haven't had time to shrink them to display on my journal. sorry!
i just wonder whether i'm gonna make it to the sunnyvale skate park 2morrow... or if i should exercise in some other way. i really don't know. will my knees be ok?