Moving

I officially moved out from my apartment at Fullerton. I'm gonna miss the Brea 24 gym. I'm gonna miss the Brea mall and Surf City Squeeze. I'm gonna miss the $2 do-it yourself car wash down the street. Oh and Olive Garden was so close too. More importantly, i'll probably miss my roommate Mike. Even till the last day, he went out of his way to help me find the right table at ikea. We spent like 1.5 hours in there. It kinda made me think about what it'd be like to have my own place one day. Everythin in ikea is so nice and comfortable! We sat on a sofa and talked for 15minutes while ppl walked by, lol. I seriously played and touched with everything like a child in a toy store. I'll miss having mike around cuz he's always spiritually aware of things, and we'd always get into deep conversations of philosophy, human behavior, relationships, theology. Sometimes it's not easy to talk about those things with other people. Not many people are as relational, personal, and a good conversationalist as mike. We all need people in our life who understand us, who we can relate to and connect with. I'm also gonna miss my cats. We'll they were technically never really mine. I wish i spent more time with them before I left. It was sad.

But on the flip side, I just moved everything in my new place in Bellflower, with my good buddy greg. He's out in hawaii with his whole fam bam, so im kinda stuck here alone for the last two days. I spent over 7 hours cleaning and organizing everything yesterday. I cleaned up the rooms, kitchen, the dirty floors, organized my closet (didn't realize how much clothes i have! 133 hangers of shirts!), organized my book shelf (way too many books! 113 on the shelf!), i set up a desk that took forever, i hooked up all the electronics, and also set up a cool fan. But it's difficult because there isn't much space for everything. It feels a little tight in my room with 2 single beds. I counted, and i have 9 pillows and 8 blankets! I think setting up the place, made me feel more comfortable. It kinda relaxed my mind to set up decorations, superhero stuff, glow in the dark stars on the wall, and just feeling the fresh start at a new place. One of the maintenance ladies, knocked on my door this morning, and i kept hearing, "hello!! hello?!!" And apparently she wanted me to move my car, before it got a ticket. So that was nice of her. I think it'll take some time to get used to living here.

Summer Patristic Theology class was brutal. 2 quizzes a day, papers, a final, long 4 hour lectures at 8 in the morning was super hard. But it's finally over. We'll i still hafta write up a paper by Tuesday. I think i did fairly well on the final, so i'm happy i passed the class, and maybe moved my C to a B. Running not stop is exhausting. Inter-term and summer classes really help one to move faster in the curriculum, but man, i jus need a break.

My x-men animated dvd came in the mail. I also have the animated ironman to watch. I already watched superman, and i still have ultimate avengers, young justice, naruto, and comic books to occupy myself. Oh and a kdrama called "Big!" Ah! Lee Min-Jung! lol.. kdramas are only successful because they always pick the most attractive actors/actresses. But it's very interesting to observe the Korean culture through some shows. It helps me get a better understanding of cultural differences and the language. I think the show is pretty funny. But a 30yr old teacher with a 18yr old boy is a little pyante.

I feel like a 5yr old trapped in a 23 yr old body. It's embarrassing to admit how childish i still am. I only wanna have fun, eat lots of food, wake up late, and have my mom take care of me. lol.. Yah, i'm probably a little spoiled. I guess just growing up in Hawaii for 21 years, and then only seeing your family/friends twice a year has been kinda hard. Greg called me and told me he jus finished eating zippy's chili, katsu and their chicken..  Oh i want that so bad! i'm basically living off Visalus. Frozen fruits in a shake taste so good in the morning! I've been so swamped with school, that i've forgotten how much fun it is to not stress out about life.

Our retreat is coming up, and i still don't feel very prepared. Sometimes i think, "Wow your the one teaching about spirituality and God?" "How have you been doing in your relationship with God?" I think i'm the one who needs a retreat. I feel like the physical business has somewhat prevented me from slowing down to seek God. Overly business lays a toll on one's inner peace and spiritual growth. I seriously need to make more time for God. And not so i have something to teach or talk about. But a place where i can jus meet with God, enjoy his love and worship him wholeheartedly.

I miss surfing. I miss a good game of basketball. I miss going to the gym consistently. I miss running and pumping the loud music. I miss swimming laps. I miss the jacuzzi.  I miss shaved ice. I miss long summers of jus hanging out and playin video games. Sometimes it's great waking up and having nothing on your agenda except doing what you wanna do. God help me to use my time wisely and to be satisfied in you.