i started watching Stairway to Heaven two nights ago. i was supposed to sleep an hour ago. danny boy is hooked and didn't want to stop after the third episode...

danny: i already decided not to go to class tomorrow!

a bastard is my roommate. now i'm only stuck with about 4 hours of sleep for tomorrow.


i like dinko b/c he encourages me whenever i talk to him. but i like God more.

Thought of the Day: God's Word rebukes us.
Song of the Day: That stupid drum song from the drama.

here's an unexpected email that i got from a friend in korea that i met two years ago...


hi ~gyung won! it's song ih~!

how are you doing? Your news it is anxious during that time plentifully..

The American weather is how? Korea comes to be hot plentifully,Complete summer Oh! You the health trembles U?There isn't a sick place?Your university it is coming and going? It comes and goes to the university.

And...Architecture subject 1 grade~^^

oops~! i'm sorry ...As you may know. I am not so good at English.

I hope you`ll overlook my mistakes in my letter, if any.
um..gyung won! i passed my driver's test! ^^

i was very nervous and worried, butI did good.hehe!^^

The examination which spreads out when Oh!?

Me from today midterm examinations. It is many to study...

When it comes to Korea?Summer vacation time it comes?

It will come certainly to Korea and. I missing you~

Here I stop writing, because I have to study...(but i feel sleepy..zzz)

And..i hope our deep friendship will last forever...^^*


you light up my life~~~~~��


i hope i can go to korea this summer. =D

Thought of the Day: Simulacra sucks!
Song of the Day: CIIK-Once In A

i loved preschool.
i loved kindergarten.
i loved grades 1-4.
once i hit 5th grade, i started getting C's on my report card and i actually had to start thinking and learning for myself.
i didn't like grades 5-6.
i HATED grades 9-12.

so here i am, a college student in his second year. just like high school, i dread waking up and GOING to class. in fact, every monday, wednesday, and friday morning i have this 5 min. debate with myself on whether or not i should drop my bio class. haha. i have very hateful thoughts of school when i wake up every morning (9:00 classes blow!). even the thoughts of writing papers and reading neverending articles really pisses me off. fudge, don't even get me started on studying for midterms and finals. anyways, i had a point with all of this griping. i, Philip Chung, have learned to really appreciate school in my college years. i LOVE how i learn so much in my different lectures and even from doing my hw. to see how God works in all of the things that we learn really helps me in this educational process too. but even aside from that, i wanted to share how despite how much i hate reading and going to class and taking notes and doing labs and...i love how i am forced to do such things. if i did not have ASSIGNED reading, i know that i would never discipline myself to read on my own to educate myself. if some of my classes did not make attendance part of my grade, i know that i would never discipline myself to go to class. if my classes did not have difficult midterms, i would never discipline myself to STUDY! even being forced to go to school, i know that i would never discipline myself to have a productive day due to excessive sleep. i did not intend my point to go so long and become this boring. i love school. praise God.

Thought of the Day: I got the right colors!
Song of the Day: Neil Diamond-Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon

my blog has just been full of 1 liners or a few sentences at most. what a tease.

this qtr. seems like it's going to be a really busy one. it turns out that i'm actually going to have to do all the reading for my film class and my soc. class has three different books. assigned reading for each of those books every week. on top of that, i got a new student to tutor...

(phone rings during lunch).
me: hello?
stranger: hi. can i ask you something? (terrible accent).
me: sorry, i'm really busy right now (assuming it was a telemarketer).
stranger: do you know won suk?
me: uh yes.
stranger: you tutor them english?
me: ......hangook saram eesehyoh?
stranger: OH! NEH NEH!!!
me: ooooooo.

so this guy who i thought would be about my dad's age turned out to be this young guy in his early thirties. he wants me to tutor him and his wife in english! "WHAT?!" right? no writing. just speaking straight up: grammar, courtesy, slang...all that good stuff. he wanted to meet for dinner so i went to his house that same night he called me. REALLY nice people! you know, the kind that say "thank you" 5 times in two sentences?
it was kinda cool cause i could tell they felt really comfortable with me being their tutor and all. i mean, they wanted me to give them their english names right there on the spot! since the guy's name was Jin Hee, i just told him to call himself Jin. however, his wife's name was Hye Rim. i tried to think of nice names that started with an H. she thought Helen sounded too old-fashioned so i figured she wanted something original. i guess those koreans are tired of having the typical korean-american name. *shrug* the only H name i could think of at the time was Harriet (and i don't even know any in real life or in fiction). haha. they both really liked it so i guess her name's Harriet now. hmmmm, now that i think about it, i think Heather would have been a good name too. oh well.

oh yeah, they found out about me through my other students. Harriet actually happens to be jordan's violin teacher. God knows that i have been wanting/needing at least one more student. God provides. God is good.

i've been playing alotta hold'em these days. i even bought some nice chips on ebay which i hope to receive tomorrow. man, i never knew i'd get so hooked on this game. i can definitely understand why albert quit/is taking a break from hold'em. i can definitely see the dangers of idolatry and greed in just playing an "innocent" game of poker. freakin' satan. he'll use ANYTHING to make you sin. i'm trying really hard to learn how to play the game with the right heart. if i fail to learn soon, i'll have to abstain from this liberty for a bit just like i did with blackjack.

i've been reading 1 Kings for my devotionals these days. i felt like this was one of those books that weren't so good for devotionals. perhaps i'm immature and i'm not just reading the book correctly. but today, i read about Solomon's fall b/c of his sinful relationships with his hundreds of wives and concubines. it hit me that just b/c you're the wisest and most knowledgeable person in the world doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be the most obedient person. i mean, you figure that having wisdom means "knowing better" and to "know better" is to obey God. if anything, it only makes you a bigger fool to "know better" and to not live accordingly. well it just so happens that i feel like King Solomon these days. i really do "know better" yet i live like i don't. while i'm out there judging the whole world, here i am pointing two fingers back at myself. funny how the wisest king to ever live was no better than me. we both need Christ.

and finally, my last piece of update. i finally got justin's belated bday gift to me a few days ago. Bose computer speakers. i never thought it'd come but it finally came...unexpectedly too. thank you for the new speakers, my friend. i am putting them to good use (ebay). lol. just kidding.

Thought of the Day: Spanish is so hard!
Song of the Day: Your Great Renown

BIBLICAL SUPPORT FOR ARMINIANISM!


Thought of the Day: Japanese Fatheads!
Song of the Day: Untitle-Give Me Responsibility

i went to my first Angels game today. Seattle lost by 1 in the 9th inning. bummer. today was Free Hat Day.

Thought of the Day: So young.
Song of the Day: Ref-What Are You

every sunday should be like today's Easter Sunday. we should always be celebrating and having great fellowship within the church. every sunday.

Thought of the Day: Cocaine's one helluva drug.
Song of the Day: Cool-Beach's Woman

"thank you so much!" said crawford.

"man, i want to blog..." said phil.

it's past my bedtime, i should be doing the reading i barely even started today, i haven't brushed my teeth, and i haven't changed into my pjs yet either. i actually have this urge to blog right now. i never put crap off just to blog. no wait, that was a lie.

i just came back from watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. after seeing the preview, i had already made up my mind that this movie was going to suck. i strongly felt that Jim Carrey was destined for comedy and comedy alone. and besides, the plot looked too messy and complicated and kind of typical and i didn't like any of the other actors/actresses. *shrug* jane yu told me to watch it while we stopped for McDonald's on the way up north. and just like everyone said, it was a good movie.

as i was watching the movie, i realized the people who made this movie purposely put and emphasized many scenes that concentrated on the "simple pleasures of life." almost instantaneously, i thought of Amelie. people like to be reminded of things that we take for granted. it like keeps us in check and stuff and encourages us to, you know, not take things for granted. but as i was thinking about it more, i was reminded that all of these pleasures come from God. our awesome creator made everything GOOD. when we see or hear the word, "pleasure," we usually think of food, sleep, sex, people, fun, food, sleep, etc.. but i find it amazing how there are SO many small things that are so pleasureable. ok phil, you already said that...what are trying to get at? well, after watching this movie and thinking about not taking alotta things for granted (such as your memories), i am once again reminded of how awesome and gracious our Lord is. even with a secular movie, i can still praise God.

Clementine needs Christ. so does Joel.

hmmm, i was going to blog about how i hate "very emotional" people and my weekend with chang and the gang (that rhymes), but my urge to blog has ceased. oh yeah, my weird dreams have ceased too!

Thought of the Day: I am so sinful.
Song of the Day: Mozart Piano Sonatas

Thought of the Day: "Sand is overrated. They're just tiny rocks."
Song of the Day: Mercy Me-I Can Only Imagine