화요일 아침: man, these e.mail server probs r really frustrating. my hip feels better 2day. yesterday, during lunch, i visited the beautiful kaela hwang @ her clinic 4 a chiropraktic treatment. after werk, i did turbo kick box (tkb) @ the east arques sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. sach's still on vakation, so we had janice k 'gain. after that, i did a li'l gro¢ery $hopping @ albertsons. this morn, since i purposely skipped my sunnyvale skate park skateboarding session; i rode my bike to werk.
2day's my dad's b.day. happy b.day. however, since my web server's down; he won't read this till much later.
[later] 오후: 2day, during my lunchbrk, i rode my bike 'cross the street to fry's elektronics, where i browsed over: 1) external sound cards, 2) bluetooth headfons, n' 3) cd/dvd media. so, wow! lightscribe, eh? that's kewl! u can use ur cd burner's laser to print on some cd.r media. kewl. what a long overdue concept! *sigh*
i noticed yesterday that i haven't $pent 2 much lately. *sigh* honestly, i hope i can keep that up; but i fear not. last nite, on sony connect™, i bought a couple'f albums: freaked! a gotee tribute to dctalk's jesus freak n' storyside:b's connect set.
[later] 38 days until black fri!!! i went 'head n' bought that turtle beach usb sound card on buy.com. well, $pending... there's some $pending. in a way, some might say it's ok to $pend more, if u make more, rt? thus, i shouldn't necessary aim to $pend less but to make more. *sigh* well, it's not easy 4 me to get more in¢ome. i'm make what i make. to some'f the "kids" i hang out w/, like in taekwondo, it may sound like 'lot; but, well... 1nce u take into acct mortgage n' also the important fakt that kaela doesn't really werk (altho' she has a couple'f sources'f small, small in¢ome rt now), then it's not much.
while @ fry's 2day, i really wanted to buy some bluetooth headfons. since i rode my bike to werk 2day, i used my backpack (which i usually use these days to carry my pads n' helmet to the skate park from my car in the parking lot) instead'f the diesel messenger bag that kaela's bro jay got 4 me in china. i left my sony earbuds (which used to be kaela's, whcih she got a long time 'go, yrs 'go) in the messenger bag. i really want to listen to my new albums. all i have here in my cube is a broken pair'f cruddy headfons. *sigh* [later] they only have sound on 1 side... the rt side, rt? i 4get.
4 lunch 2day, after i came back from fry's, i went to the werk.com cafeteria n' bought a small salad n' small carot n' ginger soup n' brought'em up to my cuicle to eat. it's harder to find fud, as i sed, when i'm on a veggetarian, no sweets "diet." well, (this is mostly 4 the christians in the audience) maybe 1 thing i'm learning thru this "fast"'s a lesson on the concept'f "all things r permissble but not all things r beneficial" (1 cor 10:23).
고린도전서 10장23절~33절
23 "모든 것이 허용되었다"고 여러분은 말하지만, 모든 것이 다 유익한 것은 아닙니다. 또 "모든 것이 허용되었다"고들 그러지만 모든 것이 다 덕을 세우는 것은 아닙니다.
24 누구나 자기 유익을 구해서는 안 되고, 다른 사람의 유익을 구하여야 합니다.
25 시장에서 파는 고기는 어떤 것이 되었든지 양심을 위해 꼬치꼬치 캐묻지 말고 그냥 사 먹으십시오.
26 "땅과 그 안에 가득한 것이 다 주님의 것"이기 때문입니다.
27 주님을 믿지 않는 사람이 여러분을 식사에 초대하여 여러분이 그 집에 가거든 차려 놓은 음식은 양심을 위해 꼬치꼬치 캐묻지 말고 무엇이나 드십시오.
28 그러나 누가 "이 음식은 제물로 바쳤던 것이오"라고 말하면, 말해 준 그 사람과 그의 양심을 위해 그 음식을 먹지 마십시오.
29 내가 여기서 말하는 양심은 여러분 자신의 양심이 아니라 다른 사람의 양심을 의미하는 것입니다. 왜 나의 자유가 다른 사람의 양심에 의해 판단을 받아야 합니까?
30 내가 감사하고 음식을 먹는데 내가 음식을 먹은 것 때문에 비난받아야 할 이유가 어디에 있습니까?
31 그러므로 여러분은 먹둔지 마시든지, 무엇을 하든지, 모든 것을 하나님의 영광을 위해 하십시오.
32 유대인에게나 이방인에게나 하나님의 교회에 걸림돌 같은 존재가 되지마십시오.
33 나처럼 하십시오. 나는 나의 유익을 구하지 아니하고, 많은 사람들의 유익을 구하였습니다. 많은 사람들이 구원 받도록 모든 면에서 모든 사람들을 기쁘게 하려고 하였습니다.
허용 = permision (like 허락 = consent [that's a baby v.o.x. song.])
유익하다 = to be beneficial
양심 = conscience
꼬치꼬치 = inquisitively
캐묻다 = to question closely
땅 = the earth
제물 = an offering
바치다 = to give (to a superior); to offer (to a god)
걸림돌 = setback
의미 = a meaning
판단 = judgement; adjudikation
비난 = criticism; blame
영광 = glory
구하다 = to pursue; to search 4
구원 = relief; salvation
1 corinthians 10:23~33
23 "everything is permissible" -- but not everything is beneficial. "everything is permissible" -- but not everything is constructive.
24 nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
25 eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
26 for "the earth is the lord's, and everything in it."
27 if some unbeliever invites you to a meal, and you want to go; eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.
28 but if anyone says to you, "this has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it; both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience's sake --
29 the other man's conscience, i mean, not yours. for why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?
30. if i take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am i denounced because of something i thank god for?
i always say that i've known many, many, many, many good ppl in my life (so far). ppl'f various diff religions (where atheism surely is a religion as it takes @ least as much faith to believe that no god exists as it does to believe in god). i have muslim friends that don't drink (alkohol) cos they consider it bad, but they smoke. i have buddhist friends that don't smoke or drink but eat meat. i have mormon friends that don't drink alcohol or caffeine but eat meat. i have hindu friends that don't eat meat or maybe only eat chicken but drink (alkohol n' caffeine). i have atheist friends that don't smoke or drink (alcohol) but eat meat. furthermore, there's the whole concept'f some meat being ok while some not: kosher, halal, blessed, w/o cloven hooves, drained'f blood b4 butchering, w/o organs... how good is good enuf??? well, as i've sed (in my journal) b4, we don't hafta answer that question cos good ppl don't go to heaven; rather 4given ppl do. it's not what u do (or what u don't do) but who u r; i.e. an imperfekt human, 4given by god (the father) thru the blood'f jesus christ. however, upon receiving this grace from god; we christians ought to show our love 4 god by being the best ppl that we can. thus... well, all things r permissible but not all things r beneficial. we r allowed by the grace'f god to eat meat, but must we always eat meat? is it good to eat meat all the time? if it's bad to eat meat; then, even tho' we're allowed thru jesus to eat meat, should we? many "conservative" christians denounce the consumption'f alkohol. true, it's not always beneficial. isn't also true that meat isn't always beneficial? we christians should do everything to glorify god. when it doesn't glorify god to drink, don't drink. similarly, when it doesn't glorify god to eat meat, don't eat meat. when it does glorify god to eat meat n' drink alkohol, go for it... since u've undoubtedly sed grace to thank god 4 his blessing. (heh, heh)
that brings me to the next pt that the 1 cor passage reminded me. honestly, i'm often a wuss 'bout saying grace 4 my fud in "mixed" company or 'mongst nonchristians, even tho' some other christians r great 'bout givin' thanks thru prayer 4 their fud @ every single meal. u know who's great 'bout sayin' grace all the time? duk! he sez grace b4 eatin' a krispy kreme doughnut @ church. 4 me, that krispy kreme doughnut's more a snack than a meal. i've heard anecdotes 'bout foafs (friends'f friends, i.e. friend of a friend... that's a folklore studies term) who say grace b4 each course'f a mutli.course meal. well, accordin' to the 1 cor passage 'bove; it's more acceptable (mo' betta) to say grace b4 u down some bier or liquor than not... i mean... whereas some ppl'd say it's a deadly sin to touch ethanol; i think, well, hey, accept it as a blessing from god (as long as u don't get drunk).
don't eat fud that's been offered as sacrifice. wow... altho' that sounds easy in an anglo.amerikan (white bread) context; in an asian or int'l context, it's a li'l harder. it's quite apt that i posted that 1 cor passage in korean! in taiwan, my dad brought kaela n' me to a buddhist temple'f some sort. they were givin' out free fud... good stuff! 'twas that oily, sticky rice. well, we ate it. however, in retrospekt, i wonder if it'd been offered as sacrifice. eh! u know... the pt is that u try.