now seriously i am examing thru every single picture that people post online to see my friends. and I miss you all. i am missing the time that everybody is asking around for FAC, tho i never went. but I miss you all. It's too quiet here. i dont know anybody. I need to make new friends. It's too cold here, even in the apartment.
hmmmmm Mitchell told me to remake my poster project. He buys the concept, the gesture...everything, but not the fact that it's not following the format of being a 24" *24" POSTER. so i am going to remake it. poop, Mitchell wants me to FOLLOW RULES!?!?!?!?!oh well....
And my next project is remaking a toy. remaking a toy.remaking a toy. i am hoping to remake a toy, rather than making sth i know i already want to. hmmmm....
and yeah, i am a little overwhelmed now. oh well..." it's just school......."
but ..i am glad to find Jennifer to be in the same Environmental study class. :) I am glad Mariela is back so we can back to working out ( though i do prefer running outside, so easy so convenient).
oh well.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
What will I do.
EC is now finally being in a relationship with that Boston guy. I am happy for her, but at the same time hoping that God is not putting through fire. She needs to be Cautious, oh man, another innocent Asian girl. I understand her decision, though it might sounds ridiculous or whateve to people that havent gone thru this. but yeah, i understand. I dont even know what i would do if given the situation, and glad that god didnt put me through this...so now just have to pray for her and the relationship. Hoping that thru the relationship, god will lift both of their eyes to him.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Road trip to Texas
yeah..so we decided to make a road trip to texas a few days before we left. 15 hours drive from Des Moines to Dallas. We met up with Danny, Kiran and Kumudan over there for new year's eve. seriously we didint do very much in Texas, but seriously i am so glad we made the trip!!! It just made me feel young again when everybody was still around. Though, they didnt even left for very long. but, yes, i miss them a lot. and i drove almost 5 hours there, and back. i guess for me, this is pretty good record.
enlightments
since i havent been writing for a long time. I am just gonna jump to what happens pretty recent. and my telling will be kinda dry i guess, since it's been a while anyways.
so ...my three enlightments.
During my roadtrip to Texas, we visited Lakewood Church, which is a mega church in Texas. what awesome is that tho it's a huge church, it was all packed with people during services. In this church, you can find Christians, non-believers, Muslims, Buddhism etc. almost any type of people. How cool it is! Joel Osteen, the pastor, absolutely did a good job in preaching to those people.Joel Osteen's teaching is very different, their worship is very ....rock.lol. the day we went to was the first service after New Years. the Pastor was talking about wear your blessings well. and he even burst in to tears when preaching. and I am very glad to hear the teaching. Later after the service, i purchased the book: It's your time written by this guy, and started reading immediately on our way heading back to Iowa. and IT'S A BOOK THAT CAME RIGHT ON TIME. hmmmmm...the first night in Houston, Kumudan was telling me about the three month living in Houston. He said he initially wanted to find a job around Ames so he could be closer to us, but things werent turning out very well. " I have been here for 5 years, i cant just drop everything like that." He had made so many friends here that he was afraid he wouldn't be able to do it again. BUT that night, he told me, if he was given a chance, he would do all this over again. It was such a curvy winding path, that you never see what each choice leads to. But, he made it through, and is already making new friends. I am very happy for him. In the book, it says, keep pushing, keep praying, dont fall back. You are closer than you think you are.Enemies fight the hardest, when you are about to win. You should believe your time is coming. I guess, Kumudan will be an example that made through the battle. Compare to me, I am looking for an internship, but no good news yet. I believe god gave me this book tell me to keep working, keep pushing, keep making myself better.
I knew I always wanted to sponsor kids. The fact that the amount of money my parents spent on me can probably raise 20 normal kids in Shanghai, or hundreds in rural areas really makes me wanting to do something for kids in true poverty. I believe that it is a seed that God put in my heart. However, for a while, i had been wondering a way. Helping out in orphanages and shelters is a way, adopting is away(oh for sure, i want to adopt after i have my own family).I thought of waiting till i have job then to sponsor kids, but then I realized maybe i should just save money for them, instead of waiting. The Seed that god put in my heart should prosper. So yeah, now i have a 9 year old girl from Philippine. Her name is Odie. She is a very good kid, and likes drawing. She wants to be a nurse later. That's so far all I know about her, and will try writing letters and send some stuff to her later.
The third enlightenment is about David Block, the professor that is going to retire after this semester. I always had the view that no building is really sustainable. Build Architecture that is worth existing is probably more sustainable than...common ideas of " sustainability". I think there's so many details you can design to make a building sustainable ..like...recycling, recycled materials, shading, light shelf etc. Some times, the high technology that got put in the building..is almost design for the sake of "sustainability". oh well...and the first day class in David Block class. He said, architecture should be beautiful. you guys will be graded on how beautiful your design is rather than how sustainable it is! wooohooo!!! That's what i am talking about!! Besides, he gave some good points on what architects should be doing: changing people's life: change their life when they touch it. we should help client realize their dream, and thru which we realize ours. And design should be a happy thing, dont make it too hard. Really good points!
so ...my three enlightments.
During my roadtrip to Texas, we visited Lakewood Church, which is a mega church in Texas. what awesome is that tho it's a huge church, it was all packed with people during services. In this church, you can find Christians, non-believers, Muslims, Buddhism etc. almost any type of people. How cool it is! Joel Osteen, the pastor, absolutely did a good job in preaching to those people.Joel Osteen's teaching is very different, their worship is very ....rock.lol. the day we went to was the first service after New Years. the Pastor was talking about wear your blessings well. and he even burst in to tears when preaching. and I am very glad to hear the teaching. Later after the service, i purchased the book: It's your time written by this guy, and started reading immediately on our way heading back to Iowa. and IT'S A BOOK THAT CAME RIGHT ON TIME. hmmmmm...the first night in Houston, Kumudan was telling me about the three month living in Houston. He said he initially wanted to find a job around Ames so he could be closer to us, but things werent turning out very well. " I have been here for 5 years, i cant just drop everything like that." He had made so many friends here that he was afraid he wouldn't be able to do it again. BUT that night, he told me, if he was given a chance, he would do all this over again. It was such a curvy winding path, that you never see what each choice leads to. But, he made it through, and is already making new friends. I am very happy for him. In the book, it says, keep pushing, keep praying, dont fall back. You are closer than you think you are.Enemies fight the hardest, when you are about to win. You should believe your time is coming. I guess, Kumudan will be an example that made through the battle. Compare to me, I am looking for an internship, but no good news yet. I believe god gave me this book tell me to keep working, keep pushing, keep making myself better.
I knew I always wanted to sponsor kids. The fact that the amount of money my parents spent on me can probably raise 20 normal kids in Shanghai, or hundreds in rural areas really makes me wanting to do something for kids in true poverty. I believe that it is a seed that God put in my heart. However, for a while, i had been wondering a way. Helping out in orphanages and shelters is a way, adopting is away(oh for sure, i want to adopt after i have my own family).I thought of waiting till i have job then to sponsor kids, but then I realized maybe i should just save money for them, instead of waiting. The Seed that god put in my heart should prosper. So yeah, now i have a 9 year old girl from Philippine. Her name is Odie. She is a very good kid, and likes drawing. She wants to be a nurse later. That's so far all I know about her, and will try writing letters and send some stuff to her later.
The third enlightenment is about David Block, the professor that is going to retire after this semester. I always had the view that no building is really sustainable. Build Architecture that is worth existing is probably more sustainable than...common ideas of " sustainability". I think there's so many details you can design to make a building sustainable ..like...recycling, recycled materials, shading, light shelf etc. Some times, the high technology that got put in the building..is almost design for the sake of "sustainability". oh well...and the first day class in David Block class. He said, architecture should be beautiful. you guys will be graded on how beautiful your design is rather than how sustainable it is! wooohooo!!! That's what i am talking about!! Besides, he gave some good points on what architects should be doing: changing people's life: change their life when they touch it. we should help client realize their dream, and thru which we realize ours. And design should be a happy thing, dont make it too hard. Really good points!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
you hear me cry 223days.
I also learned about why gays are sinners too. i thought what makes them become gay is their brain structure. it is born this way, so they cant really get rid of it. at the same time, it is kinda unfair for a gay man to marry a woman. cuz i thought that if a man likes a man, then he likes a man, and will never fall in love with a woman. however, if you think of it this way. there's 3 stages before anybody identify themselves as gays. It started with simply admiring a person either guys or girls, as we all do. And then they put the feeling into practice. This is critical point. not all crush/feelings needs to be put into practice. And this is the point that people should self-control themselves, when they notice it is not heading to the right direction. This is not only for the homosexual people, but you and me as well. It's common to fail for someone that dont deserve you. and there's so many bad guys out there too!!! Third stage is when peple identify themselves as gays after practicing it. so..the latter 2 stages are really not necessary. some people argue that homosexual comes in genes too. well..but remember alcholic...drug addictive...also come in genes too. BUT JESUS CHRIST ALSO DIES FOR GAYS.He still give you the chance to repent from your sins too. homosexuality is just one of the sins, not any worse than murderers, thief, robbers blah blah ( that's we).
oh and...人的情欲是很难控制的。
one of the pastro talked a lot about helping the people in true poverty. He said that..it's not going to help China, if we just stand outside complaining and talking craps. We should just go there and help people out. God died for us. Jesus came going through sufferings and hardships when we are sinners. and we should do the same thing. This is Jesus' love. Very impressive.
oh...The Chinese Christian power is really great btw. This winter conference is basically for mandarin/ Cantonese /Chinese related speakers. These people mainly come from Midwest, but there's also people coming from boston, Texas, LA. I went with Evangeline and her sister and their cousins. They were constantly being recognized by other families that used to live in Ames but now move to somewhere else. It's like a family tree that spreads/ extends out. and i like the sense of community. the services are nice, some of the talks are oriented on Chinese issues that is able to solve some of my problems that Cornerstone wont be able to. I am not communicating here very well right now. but i think i might start to try out different churches. especially Chinese Churches.
here's a story, that's funny, sad, and sweet. There was a Chinese pastro in USA. He's really old and had been serving god for a very long time. There's one time druing a service, he turned back, and said:"GOD, i am so tired." and later that night. He passed away. Isnt it actually kinda sweet? God hears him crying and knows he's been working really hard for him. and now when he says he's tired, he just simply says:" you did good, just come home." <3
oh and...人的情欲是很难控制的。
one of the pastro talked a lot about helping the people in true poverty. He said that..it's not going to help China, if we just stand outside complaining and talking craps. We should just go there and help people out. God died for us. Jesus came going through sufferings and hardships when we are sinners. and we should do the same thing. This is Jesus' love. Very impressive.
oh...The Chinese Christian power is really great btw. This winter conference is basically for mandarin/ Cantonese /Chinese related speakers. These people mainly come from Midwest, but there's also people coming from boston, Texas, LA. I went with Evangeline and her sister and their cousins. They were constantly being recognized by other families that used to live in Ames but now move to somewhere else. It's like a family tree that spreads/ extends out. and i like the sense of community. the services are nice, some of the talks are oriented on Chinese issues that is able to solve some of my problems that Cornerstone wont be able to. I am not communicating here very well right now. but i think i might start to try out different churches. especially Chinese Churches.
here's a story, that's funny, sad, and sweet. There was a Chinese pastro in USA. He's really old and had been serving god for a very long time. There's one time druing a service, he turned back, and said:"GOD, i am so tired." and later that night. He passed away. Isnt it actually kinda sweet? God hears him crying and knows he's been working really hard for him. and now when he says he's tired, he just simply says:" you did good, just come home." <3
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