I can say from experience that ministry is not all that it's cracked up to be.  The grass is greener on the other side.  I think my conception of ministry was a little skewed, and I should have thought about it more before I jumped the gun--It's not all roses.  There's a lot of struggle involved and nobody sees all the hard work pastors put into the ministry.  Especially when it comes to writing sermons, they are one of the hardest things to do.  You have to figure out what to preach about, read and meditate, think of stories (I can't begin to tell you how hard that is), and when it comes to delivering, it can be difficult cause things don't always come out the way you want.  "Oh man!  I didn't get to say it the way I wanted to."

Nevertheless, despite all the hardship involved, it can be rewarding.  I guess, in time, my ability to give sermons will get easier...I hope.

I really miss the old days.  People talk about their favorite past times.  My favorite past time is college (around 98' - 02').  Those were the good ol days.  I remember being so fired up for God.  All I cared about was about drawing closer and closer to Him.  Everything was fresh and new, and now, it seems so mundane, and I long for those younger days.

I remember living with Mark, Danny, and Sejin.  We had such good times at the Westwood Apartments on 8th.  One time we had this party around Thanksgiving, and we had like 30 people in our small apartment--it was nuts!  But it was so much fun.  The party turned out to be my surprise birthday party.

We used to have so many people come over all time.  Aunna used to come over all the time.  She was our neighbor, so it wasn't a far walk, but I used to really like it when she came over--she was very entertaining.....even if she only came over to drink our juice and put her feet on our heater dish...ahahaha!  Man, those were good times.

I remember John Shin and Brian Lee would always come by and we would have worship sessions in my room.  Those nights always refreshed me in my walk with the Lord.  I also remember how great it was to have Mike Koh and Kevin Yi as my accountability partners.  We would always gather together to talk and pray for eachother--we cared about each other so much in those days.  There was time, that I hurt my neck, and Mike invited me over to his place to use his pillow because it was one of those really expensive nice NASA pillows; and supposedly, it would help my neck--it never did.  But I appreciated his concern and care for me.

I remember one time during Christmas, when Mike, Aunna, and I watched Gal Dong-Ah at Aunna's place, and we were so depressed because of that freakin drama.  And then we started fooling around, and I guess, I tried to kick Mike and ended up hurting myself...yeah...I'm sure they remember....no need to go any further in detail.

The Ave.  The first time I ever had pho was at Than Brothers, where they give you a cream puff after your meal.  I ate it so much that I don't like it anymore.  Maybe once in a while, I'll have some pho, but I really don't perfer it--thanks InSun!

There are so many good restaurants on The Ave.--Orange King, Aladdin's, Thaiger Room, Snow Garden (which doesn't exist anymore), Teriyaki First, Pagliacci's, and any other restaurant you can think of.

UW campus is probably the most beautiful college campus I've ever been to.  I've only been to a handful, but still, UW is incredibly pretty.  I live down here in Walnut Creek, CA, and I got a chance to walk around Berkeley...that campus is GHETTO!  It's really dirty and not that attractive.  Go Huskies!

I also miss those Sunday nights at Jubliee.  I remember the days with Pastor Shin, when we would sing an hour of praise with Joey, and Pastor Shin would preach for another hour, and we'd pray a lot after the sermon....long nights, but they were good.  We were so passionate back then.  What happend?  I think sometimes, we get older and just settle.  "That's just the way things are."  I don't it want it to be that way, and I won't allow it to be that way--at least in my life.  Reminds me of a song that I used to sing when I was in youth group: