It's a beautiful night

The theme of songs these days...whack lyrics!

Example 1:

Grenade - Bruno Mars

Should of known you was trouble from the first kiss

Had your eyes wide open - why were they open?

Gave you all I had

And you tossed it in the trash

I'd catch a grenade for ya

Throw my hand on a blade for ya

I'd jump in front of a train for ya

You know I'd do anything for ya

I would go through all this pain

Take a bullet straight through my brain

Example 2:

Marry You - Bruno Mars

It's a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb to do.

Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you

Who cares if we're trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow,

Shots of patrone and it's on girl.

I'll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh,

so watcha wanna do?

Let's just run girl

If we wake up and you wanna break up that's cool

Bruno Mars, you are crazy! but your songs are so catchy so I listen to them anyways....Oh dear I should be studying for my last final...

I'm just gonna say this, CAN'T WAIT TO ACTIVATE MY FACEBOOK AGAIN

A Season of Thanks

I guess this is an appropriate time to write again.

Thanksgiving break has just started and I already feel myself getting lazy after only one day. I guess this is why I need to learn daily

faithfulness. It's definitely always a battle.

Since I'm not really in the mood to write words, I'll have to show in pictures a few of the MANY things I am thankful for this year.

- God's faithfulness

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Even though I don't know what I'm doing after I graduate, Your grace still amazes me. It overwhelms me every day. Who am I to ever underestimate your power over the life I still try to control with my own two hands. Just gotta let go.

- FarPar 16

- My roomies Juney and Elisee

- My Sharona

- Knowing my passion and living it out in Jesus' name

- Girlfriends who are always there for me

- silly wifey meejpeej, who always hears me out and is so wise

- Godly couple Amy and Paul who shows me what it means to serve God as one body. So blessing

- my loving and supporting fam!

What are you thankful for?

2 Corinthians 2:9

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

patience.

persistence.

prayer.

The time is now.

I think I've spent a huge chunk of this summer in shock. I'm a senior. I can't believe how fast time has flown! I remember freshman year so clearly and then everything else is a blur. All I can say is that God has rocked me in so many ways and he keeps on going. He gives faith to the faithless.

There are so many things to be thankful for this past summer but I think the biggest thing is God's answer to my prayers. I see more clearly that I am called to be a journalist. God wants me to be a witness in my field where there are so few Christians. This includes completing my final year of college with full force and strength from above. Life is so full! There will always be highs and lows but trusting the Lord is the best decision I make. He never fails.

Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed thy hand hath provided. Great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me.

I couldn't be more blessed by the people in my life. Brothers and sisters in Christ who challenge me so much to check my heart and prayerfully ask God for his guidance. I wouldn't have made it this far without them. thankful, so thankful.

Now that the first day of classes draws near, I may be a little anxious but I have no fear. He is beside me. His rod and his staff they comfort me. All I have to do is stay faithful daily. God has so much in store not just in the long term but in every day life. I think it took me a while to realize that as I always tried to plan everything ahead of time and miss out on the small yet wonderful moments of the day.

In the words of Jim Elliot,

Let not your longing slay the appetite of your living.

The time is now.

summer in a nutshell: me and nesita kwan, nbc chicago

Bootiful

God is such an artist

Curiosity & Self-sufficiency

Today is worth a blog post :D
It's been a week now since I started my internship at NBC Chicago and all I can say is that I am so mad blessed! Every day I go in thinking to myself, "Why the heck did they choose someone like me?" But then I realize, God is merciful and faithful and only by his grace I was given this beyond amazing opportunity.

The first week was definitely a lot of adjusting especially from WCIA in Champaign to a top 5 market in the nation. NBC is huge! The newsroom is huge. The studio is huge. There are so many offices and people to meet. I think I meet at least 3 new people every day! I have my own desk and computer right by my sponsor's office, the HealthWatch reporter Nesita Kwan. She's been at NBC for almost 16 years! She's a veteran and pretty darn good at what she does. I think the best part about working with her is that she's not just teaching me about journalism, but she's teaching me so much about life.

We were in the make-up room today and something Nesita said really hit me hard. She said that the most important traits as a journalist is not necessarily about what a good writer you are or how good you look on camera or how well you talk. A successful journalist is one who is curious and self-sufficient. Now that's deep. I guess I could say I'm pretty self-sufficient especially with what I've got but the real problem here is that I'm not really a curious person. Maybe I am a little to some degree but not enough to go out of my way. That's where I realized I am lacking not just in my future career but in my calling as a follower of Christ.

The challenge is to stay curious and make every effort to know more about this world I live in so that I may see how much we are in need of God's grace. I want to be curious about the Word, who God is, why he does what he does. I want to seek his face daily and understand that doing the bare minimum is not enough. Just to connect the two (my internship and spiritual growth), I think God has opened the door this summer for me to see how I can use my skills and role in the journalism industry to glorify Him. My goodness this is truly amazing! WOOHOO I'm so excited!!

So to wrap things up, one of the many reasons I love what I do is because I always go in with the anticipation of doing something new. Every day is different, which I love. Today, I traveled from the bean, to the millenium park fountain, to a sushi restaurant, and viagra triangle (first time there) all in one day! Accompanying Nesita, Ringo the photog, and Jen the producer of course. What an amazing day to be in the city!

Thank you thank you thank you Jesus. There is none like you.

Absolutely

Jesus, you have me completely.
Every breath that I breathe
I am absolutely in love.

Jesus, I am yours forever
All of me surrenders
I am absolutely in love with you.

That's my prayer this week. That I am wholly and completely in love with Christ. Nothing else matters. All for his glory!




Good-looking FP 16

Same Place, Different Time

I find myself back on this blog, which I've honestly avoided all semester. The last time I wrote was basically where I'm at right now: 2 weeks left of the semester with a buttload of things to do. So what's the difference? I'm different. God is the same; same yesterday, today, last year, thousands of years ago. Why am I different? Because God is the same. Do you see a pattern here? I'm not really driving the point home but it all makes sense in my head. All I can say is that what I've experienced since this year began is a heart begging to love God and God alone despite all the things that cloud it up. I can't say I've always succeeded but like P. Minny always says, it's not about perfection, it's about progression. Amen brother!

After Passion 2010, I went back to something so simple. It's been drilled in my head for as long as I can remember but I've taken it for granted: the Word. I need to plant my feet in it. I need to live it. Even to come to that revelation is mind-boggling to me. Nothing on my own. Now it's time to make it happen. Boy is it hard but it's worth it!

Sometimes that makes me sad that life keeps moving even though I want it to stop but who am I to take control? I am second.

So I'm at the same place at a different time. He's the same God. I'm a different person. Thanks!