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Name: Tim
Country: Canada
State: Ontario
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Birthday: 5/22/1989


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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Finals....yikes!

I've come to notice that no matter how much you disregard the fact that you'll procastinate in university, it'll inevitably end up happening. It's funny because i recall myself in high school knowing that i would not procastinate, but rather work ahead of time.

BAH

It's never gonna happen, procastinitis strikes us university students pretty hard. I'm suffering for it too, although i've managed to half-ass my way through all my assignments and still come up with decent marks, i've realized that i can do alot better then this. It's funny how our high school teachers blatanly explained how hard university will be and how difficult the workload would be. To be frank, the amount of b.s material i've been coughing up in university is getting me better marks then the ones i received in High School.

On a ligher note...

University wasn't as tough as i would expect it to be, but then again it's only first year. The transition wasn't so bad and i pretty much went through these past three months pretty swiftly. I'm glad i came to laurier, there have been so many opportunities and i'm glad that i've grasped them. Co-op won't be so difficult to enter considering the fact that i've got a stacked co-cirricular record on hand.

At WLU i'm part of:

  • Arts Laurier
  • House Council
  • Emergency Response Team
  • LCCF

Although my sched. gets hectic, it's worth it. Getting to meet new people and forming all these great events for the first year students here at Laurier.

Well, i'm gonna go to bed..i'll come back to finish this entry

 


Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Great! Where am i now?

Life's Tough

After spending a good two months of summer all to my busy self, it just feels too good to be whisked away so suddenly by the "tough" transition to University.

God plays such a huge factor in all the things that i do, and it's kinda funny how i felt that i could really party it up in the first year and just have alot of fun. But to be honest, it's not me. I'm not the type of guy who likes to party a lot, who enjoys small-talk, or play around all the time.

Is it because i'm too insecure? NO!

Or is it the way God designed me to be?

I kinda wondered at times as to why i feel to obliged to carry through against the temptations and hardships that keep on coming across me. (the drugs, the alcohol, the partying, the overall sin!)

But i guess it's just what i've become over the past three years.

My point is, will refraining myself take me  anywhere in the future? I personally believe that i'll never sink deeply into them, but i also believe that there's something to learn about them, and to understand.

Man i'm being such a whiny baby, hahaha grow up Tim, just grow up! 

My Jesus and His People

At first i always knew that Jesus was "the saviour" but i mean what did it really mean? I really believe that as a child that my sunday school teachers created this misleading figure of Jesus being my best friend, who performed miracles, and had devoted friends (the disciples).

But Jesus is something more then just some simple religious figure in this world. And i really believe that science cannot justify the magnitude of this world in which "HE" himself created.

Jesus to me is someone who has a compassion to help, a will to serve, and a love for people. Not "his" people, but people in general. And it often shocks me at times as to how poorly his people are portrayed at times.

At times christians accuse gay people of their lifestyles, we taunt other religions, and also we continue to evangelize poorly without thinking of how HE would evangelize.

It often drives me nuts when gays are often kicked out or hated in the church. I mean c'mon! There is no such thing as a greater or lesser value in sin. Stealing a car to stealing a pen is still the same thing. You're stealing, but in the context of gay people being accussed WE do not have the right to put them down! We're still sinners, but do you honestly believe you're any better then them? I honestly hate the fact that things like anti-gay movements exist. It forms such a horrible presentation of the church and to what we are all about.

We also have no right to solemn right to just barge into people's lives and believe we we can transform then into christians. For example, yelling out passages of the bible and saying that they are to be sent to hell isn't exactly what Jesus made us to do. We should be communicating with these people, helping them, comforting them, and also loving them. There's always the need to convince others, but to be honest it's all about sharing who he is and what he has done and will do for them. He's more then just a simple figure, he's the answer to alot of the missing factors in this world.

To be frank, what we're doing is totally opposite of what Jesus had taught us. Although Jesus was persecuted by pharisees, religious leaders, and others. He still held a deep compassion and love to reach out to them. And that is what we should be all about. So if you honestly believe what you're doing is right? Then would you call yourself a follower of Christ!

So for God's sake, don't persecute others! Look at yourself and look at their hearts. Because franky, People in general are all good-hearted.

The Future

At First spending 3 days at Laurier got me thinkin', is it truly possible for a Korean kid like me so live in such a white community like Laurier?

Well for the first two days i didn't, i felt so secluded, no one realli engaged me, and being the only asian guy didn't help at all hahahaha.

But i guess during the 3rd day, it got better, i felt like i got to know people alot better. Well knowing myself i'm not much of a small-talk guy. But actually spending 3 days with some of these people got me to a new level. And i'm confident that my first year at Wilfred Laurier will probably be one of the best years of my life. Hopefully???

I seemed afraid of the future. Leaving my family, friends, loved-ones. And i still am, but in faith i know that this is where i'm suppose to go, and i pray that there's some future for me within ministry and within the working field!

To the future!
WLU#: 070760620


Monday, June 11, 2007

Currently Listening
Starfield
By Starfield
Cry in my Heart
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Haha whatever happened to Xanga

Man..it's been a real long time since i've last used this thing, but then again, it helps me to reminisce of all of the things i've said in the past 4 years.

I've come to realize that man..i was such a stupid little kid with simply no path in life.

Thank God i'm finally goin' somewhere in my life.

Some things to recap on:

  • I'm finally going to Wilfred Laurier University  for my HBA in Economics and Accounting
  • Got my OWN LAPTOP that's finally at par with Technology.
  • Just finished a whole semester of Night School
  • Hillsong United + Starfield was the craziest worship night of my life
  • One Way Youth have been growing steadily with Pastor Jon!
  • Grade 12 was a blast, including with the ups/downs
  • Relationships can be a serious pain in the ass as well.
  • Discipleship was an awesome time thanks P.Sam
  • Old Testament Survey, thanks Kyu and Jon for educating us on the "WORD"
  • CF has been awesome, Matt and Jay you guys are awesome
  • Birthday was fun! thanks to all those who care about my existence hahahaha!
  • Prom was okay, but never go to an after-party on a boat......so boring
  • Chamber Night + Battle of the Bands + Acoustic Cafe = AWESOME
  • One Way Christmas Party/Bowling Night, good time of fellowship
  • One Way March Break Retreat couldn't have come at a better time

This Grade 12 year has been probably one of the most difficult yet worthy part of my life. I've been through alot of relational dramas, spiritual ups and downs, and even ran into some difficulty with school life. But thank you Jesus for helping me go through this.

All things are literally possible by just letting the one man who created us all to take care of it.

Prayer has never been so essential in my life this year, i've never prayed so much in my whole entire life up until this point in my Grade 12 year, and man am i glad i decided to step up the prayer.

But hm..rather then reminisce how about we look into the future for a second?

My Future

  • Do well on Exams
  • Graduate, and find a friggin job, i'm tired of being poor all the time.
  • Try to buy a new guitar hahahaa, or even better, a WII!
  • Study hard at Laurier, then party hahahahaha
  • Find an absolutely gorgeous girlfriend, yeah that's right, GORGEOUS
  • Get better at Guitar, haha i'll catch up to u Justin King, just watch me
  • Find a new church to hang around down at Laurier.
  • Find or Establish a University Ministry and become part of it's mission for God
  • Meet new people, rather then being sheltered in that same A.Y Jackson clique
  • Develop a deeper relationship in Christ, somewhere where i didn't even think i could go.
  • Develop a deeper relationshp with friends, who will stick by me til' the very end.
  • Compete with others for Co-Op and work hard as hell to pay off university dues.
  • Get a job that pays a six figure income, well enough to help out parents to setup their retirement funds.
  • Keep in touch with the CF members at A.Y Jackson SS
  • Finally, to still help out with the future of TKPC, the Youth! That's right ONE WAY! ALL THE WAY!

There are so many things that are to come in the future, i hope that everybody would see the future as i do, and try to accomplish as much as possible.

Hopefully i keep this Xanga Account alive, after all my whole life is basically written up on this site.

So, good luck everybody and i'll see you all in the future.

-Timmy


Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Currently Listening
Stay
By Jeremy Camp
Walk By Faith
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2006-2007?

Wow, it's been exactly 3 months since i last updated this thing...but then again who still uses it? I'm in a period where i feel kind of confused and yet unsatisfied with the way things are going here and there. Of course school is going alright and same with One Way Youth, but it just seems that i'm missing something in my life, but wht?

Well so far the first 3 months of A.Y Jackson have been killer!

My 1st Semester:
Accounting with Ms. Cipolla
Family Studies with Ms. Kuek
Calculus with Ms. Ford

It's been okay, i've been enjoyin the spare with the boys in the yearbook office, tappin our feet to the continuous play of Christian Rock blastin' our ears hahaha.

But, it just seems like something isn't kickin' right in my Grade 12 year.

So far, i've been going through the ups and downs of Grade 12 life, and alot of school events and extra cirriculars. Had laughs and had moments of depression. But where is that exciting thrill in life?

I guess it'll have to wait hahaha, i'm stuck with YST, Praise Team, HUE, Sr. Stage Band, and Battle of the bands which is this friday. Homework is gonna have to wait as well hahaha, i've been prioritizing my extra-cirriculars rather then my studies, which is the most important thing that Grade 12 students should never do!

I'm prayin that i get somewhere in life as well, i'm stuck on commerce and accountancy, but is that where God truly wants to lead me towards? or is it through something else?

I'm also prayin that the One Way Youth grow stronger in faith, especially with Pastor Jon in the house! i hope that we can create a bigger sense of unity and a revolution in youth ministry!!!

By the way, last sunday's praise was amazing...wow i could not believe it when i saw everybody actually lifting up their hands and singing to the hand that holds the world by Starfield.

Good thing i switched up the lyrics, i think that's where all unity came from!!

We want to stand before the king
Join in the song that heaven sings
We want to hold the hand that holds the world!

Hm....this blog is goin' all over the place.....and you guys might be wondering? where did i manage to squeeze out time for this? Well, i finally got a chance to take a break and actually sit down and reminisce about what's been goin' down hahaha.

Anyways, i have few prayer requests if anybody could actually stop by and pray for me.

Pray that i:
Ace my G2 Test that's coming up in 2 weeks
can finally see what God wants to lead me in
am able to focus Jesus as the centre of my life
have the strength to overcome this treacherous Grade 12 Year.

-Out!


Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Currently Listening
SonicPraise
By SonicFlood
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Summer's Over! What a Bummer..

Well it's that time again, i believe it's been a month now?

Well this is a re-cap on the things i did the whole month of August.

Things Accomplished:

Worked at Ichiban Japanese Sushi
Got a Slick pair of Oakley Sunglasses
Watched Snakes on a Plane
Watched Step up
Finished the In-class part of Driving School (Thank God!)
Spent time at Church
Went to BASIC (awesome worship night)
Hung out at Rob's (played XBOX 360 til' our eyes dropped)
Met Up with few of the A.Y'ers (jim, kai, jasmine, and Tian)... where is everybody?!?
ONE WAY YOUTH RETREAT!
School Shopping!
Got Ildo working at Ichiban hahahaha.

THE SLICKEST YET MOST EXPENSIVE PAIR OF SUNGLASSES I HAVE EVER BOUGHT..

yeah well the title describes it all!

basically Jim and i went downtown to the Oakley store, i practically tried on every pair of sunglasses they had to offer for my huge head!

Then when i put on the Oakley Whisker, man they fit perfectly, and they looked sweet!!!



Sweet Sunglasses...but i totally went bankrupt...man hahaha..but they were so worth it...
THEY'RE BULLETPROOF?!?
i mean bulletproof?
like they probably added that feature in after that superman movie hahahaha.

okay... moving on.

ONE WAY YOUTH RETREAT

What an awesome opportunity for the youth from TKPC to go on an awesome retreat at Crieff Hills

We had John Kim from LKPC to speak..awesome guy, and we had him speak for 5 awesome sessions.

Man there are so many jokes and fun times at night..but i've never been so exhuasted in my whole entire life...

Leading a Retreat...is totally different from actually attending a retreat...
barely any free-time...but it was worth the fun.

here are some pictures:



our all-nighter worship practice before the retreat...good laughin' times.



Chillin with the kids and gettin' to know them.



kids playin their games...and havin' fun!



doing group devotions!! Hannah and i were leaders of Care Bears



Me getting Paul so bad right in his butt. Man he wanted to get me so bad afterwards...



Gettin suited up for the Ropes Course



Ready for Action! man that rope bridge was hard..u couldn't go through, u had to go around?



Whip Cream Gummy Bear Contest, Good job Pearl u got 2 gummy bears on my face!! but man Gil u have a huge head..i mean 5?!?!?



Leading Worship at the amazing campire area...man the view was amazing..worshping in the open sun and having the cross before us.



Leading Worship on the Guitar..thanks Ildo for the advice u've given the worship team!



The youth group kids joining in along on the time of worship!



ONE WAY pointing to a New Direction!!!



Man We're lookin fobby!!!



Me and Jun...man i look messed up..but considering the lack of sleep and exhaustion....that's what happens to your face hahaha.



FUN TIMES AT THE RETREAT
THANK YOU YST MEMBERS
THANK YOU ADULT COUNCILLORS
AND THANK YOU GOD FOR SUCH AN AMAZING TIME OF BONDING AND WORSHIP!

Well that's a wrap...more news in...another month hahaha..

-Timothy Kim


P.S Thanks Jun and Pearl for the awesome photos hahaha. good memories.



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