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Saturday, December 07, 2002
I went to see Dr. Mah (my optometrist) today. My vision has plateaued and not getting much worse! Of course, I'm still legally blind ... It was kinda weird when he checked my eyes for glaucoma 'cuz he held my eyes open and stuck this little suction cup that seemed to totally dry my eyes out. I also had a peripheral vision test where I was supposed to stare at the center of this screen and push a button whenever a dot somewhere on the screen popped up. It was HARD! Toilets swirl clockwise here in the states, but counter-clockwise in Austraila. I learned that in physics. :-) -bj 
Yay! My order for CBD came in! I was looking at the devotional I got, and the first few pages really caught my eye. It was really just stating the fruit of the spirit, but it just reminded me that we ought to make a conscientious decision each morning to have the fruit of the spirit. I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. I choose joy. I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical ... the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God. I choose peace. I will live fogiven. I will forgive so that I may live. (i'll share the rest later ... my posts are getting too long.) -bj
Friday, December 06, 2002
Well, today I switched small groups (campus teams or ct's) in h2o. H2o ct's are now campus based, so now I am the captain's assistant for the berkeley/sfsu small group. I'm really excited because so many local churches have people attending Berkeley, but they don't have a presence on Berkeley. They have their small group and large group meetings, but they don't outreach to the Berkeley community. Hopefully our CT group will be able to grow and outreach to the unsaved at Berkeley and SFSU. H2o's vision for 2003: creating "a culture of campus community and commission (c4). Acts 2:42-47" I'm told c4 is explosive, and that's what we want our ct to be. (I'm told it's also unstable, but that's something we want to avoid.) Our vision for our ct is to create a culture of community be providing a place and means for H2Oers and other Christians can meet during the week. We also want to create a culture of commission by extending our community to others who don't know Christ and through personal evangelism. Do any of you know anyone at Berkeley / SFSU that might wanna be part of our small group? Right now our group is really small. It will probably be around 5-6 members, so hopefully we'll get to know each other intimately and have a source of accountability. As we grow, though, we hope to have a seperate Berkeley and SFSU group. We'll see. Contact me if you know anyone or if you yourselves want info on the Berkeley / SFSU ct. :-) <---- advertisement ... seriously, though. We all ought to be lights in the darkness. We, as Christians, need to make our prescence known on campus. It's my prayer that that's the legacy I leave when I graduate from Berkeley. I want to make an impact on the Berkeley campus for Christ. -bj
I wrote an EECS poem! I'm an Asian boy in EECS Sometimes classified with freaks But more often with the geeks I'm an Asian boy in EECS I zone out when professors speak I program and game for weeks I'm the guy that no girl seeks An Asian boy in EECS You'll never find me exploring creeks Or climbing up mountain peaks I'm too busy stuffing my cheeks I'm an Asian boy in EECS My shower-head often leaks So it hasn't been used in weeks That's why I often reek I'm an Asian boy in EECS I'm a dirty little sneak And no one's called me meek That's why girls will never seek This Asian boy in EECS (the part about not showering is not true; i wrote that for a certain *ahem* dirty little EECS boy) :-D -bj
Thursday, December 05, 2002
To paraphrase my Jason, my physics g.s.i ... "Physics is not about knowing a lot of fomrulas. It's about knowing a few important formluas and caring for them and nurturing them. Relationships are fragile. So if you don't care for and nurture your formulas, they become formulas of HATRED and they will bite you on the final. Like this formula, for example. This formla of motion in a non-intertial reference frame is full of HATRED and ANGER." I'm gonna miss him ... a pretty funny guy, but not a very good gsi. -bj
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat. You can't just have faith that something will happen and not do anything about it. It's not good enough to believe you can walk on water ... you actually have to leave the boat. -bj
ARGH! Still have to finish physics ... Things I've learned / discovered / dealt with this past semester (Part I): 1) Inadequacy. I go from top of my class in high school to lower-middle of the pack in Berkeley. I've learned that I can't expect to be the best at everything (i.e. ping-pong, physics) 'cuz there will always be people better than me and it's okay that i'm not good at everything. 2) The grace of God. Although many times i've felt inadequate, I've found God always gives me peace and hope. He gives me strength to accomplish everything that needs to get done. 3) The value of Christian friends. I think I have matured a lot in my Christian walk, and a main cause of this is having strong Christian frineds encouraging me and praying for me. 4) Be kinder to others. My suitemates and roommates have been really nice to me. They are all an encouragement to me to be a nicer person. They are always willing and wanting to buy me food when I don't have time to eat, or offer medicine when I'm feeling ill. 5) Hardcore first semester. Don't kill yourself first semester in college. Take it easy so you can build up good habits of going to class on time, taking notes, and studying hard. After the first semester you can crank it up a notch. (Math 1B, Phys 7A, CS61a, Philos 2 = HARDCORE!) -bj
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
Professor Boggs: "Beat frequencies - they'll drive your friends CRAZY!" On a day like today All has gone wrong And my life seems crazy Gotta hold on Smile on my face 'Cuz I know the sun's gonna shine my way On a day like today Look up to the sky Life's so amazing And I know I Will be okay 'Cuz I know the sun's gonna shine my way -bj
Tuesday, December 03, 2002
Professor Sluga (my philosophy professor): "I was wondering why my thanksgiving party was so boring then I realized that all my guests had been smoking too much marijuana." Those crazy philosophers ... My roommates sleep a lot. -bj
Monday, December 02, 2002
Physics was kinda dumb today except for the fire-wave demo. Professor Boggs is funny, though. "Wouldn't it be cool if musical instruments could start fires?" FUN E! Well, we did get to do class/teacher evaluations. I'm glad I was able to do the evaluation because I think Professor Boggs is an EXCELLENT professor, and I think he deserves to know that. I highly recommend anyone to take any class Professor Boggs is teaching. :-) He's AWESOME! -bj
Sunday, December 01, 2002
A fun brain-teaser from my cs homework ... (i figured it out in 2 minutes ... i think) Five girls took a test. Each of them gave their parents one true statement and one false statement about the order in how they did on the test. What was the order in which the five girls were placed? Betty: "Kitty was second in the examination. I was only third." Ethel: "You'll be glad to hear that I was on top. Joan was second." Joan: "I was third, and poor old Ethel was bottom." Kitty: "I came out second. Mary was only fourth." Mary: "I was fourth. Top place was taken by Betty." -bj
Something I learned in Sunday School - God is humble ... I mean, I never thought that God was proud or anything, but think about it. Jesus needed his diapers changed. He left heaven to come to Earth - a garbage dump compared to heaven. Imagine God in human form. Picture God helpless and crying. I've never thought of Jesus that way ... kinda awesome to think about ... Anyway, leading worship for 2nd hour was kinda bad ... I didn't know the words to the songs so I kept singing the wrong stuff ... I couldn't hear myself singing, either, so i think i was off ... when we were coming up for the final song (while pastor steve was praying), i tripped over a chair and made a loud noise ... kinda funny ... it was hard not laughing while i was standing up there ... :-) ... everyone liked my bright red 100% imported silk tie, though ... :-) And so we start the last week of classes before finals ... can't wait ... (for the semester to be over, that is) -bj
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