ChOcHaChO's Xanga

Now

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:16:24 GMT

It has been a while my friends! It has surely been a crazy time. Man, Spring quarter 2008 was a hectic one. Thank God for His grace. Toughest time of college for sure. But my pride destroyed, or at least broken and reduced - praise God. And the outcome of it was pretty amazing, unexpected, and uplifting. Just a big thanks to everyone who helped me through it and kept it accountable.

Currently summer schooling.

I think I'm graduating early. Not cool

Ever since 3rd quarter, God has been teaching me A LOT about sacrifice. Man, sacrifice is hard. It is humbling me though. I have to keep remembering that sacrifice isn't about "losing" something precious to you, it's giving something you cherish up for someone you care about. Sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice. But sacrificing time does not mean I have less of an opportunity to glorify God. Dude! I'm tired of people saying things to me that involve the future. "When you/I become this, when you/I become that, help people seek God and understand, help people grow, etc." How about instead of waiting... we start now? Time is precious! And sometimes you have to sacrifice time (like a full senior college year and whatever may come with that) for even greater things God has planned for you. Haha, how about instead of waiting until we become older, or until we reach a certain position, we start glorify God now? Helping each other now? Come on - let's get it on!
The ultimate sacrifice - Jesus Christ. The risen Lord =]

Although still in a period of fright, confusion, anguish - not fully recovered from 3rd quarter, I have to say God has immensely encouraged me. Man, I see God working in so many people - especially LA KCM people - praise God. They aren't even trying to be encouragements. Just trying to seek God. Bible reading just became the "event," the "thing." "Hey! Want to go to Borders and read the living word of God together?! Hey, you guys want to know what God told me through the Bible today?! Hey let's call up some people and go reading the Bible together!" "Is this Biblical?" "What have you been reading lately?" Praise God. Glory be to God. I love the word of God, and I love how He speaks to us through it. I love how His glory is clearly being shown, and although I fall, it is by God's grace I am able to rise again.

Life is Great! Trust Jesus!

Now... who wants to go read the living word of God?!!
Give me a call!

Jacked

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:58:48 GMT

Someone stole my credit card. Possibly wrote down my debit card. Had to cancel both. Do not bring your wallet to the gym. He had a nice shopping spree at Best Buy, loaded up on gas, and spent quite a bit on retail stores... but good thing I'm not responsible for it. I hope you get caught....

Matthew 6:19-20 NASB
19. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.

Good thing my true treasures are in heaven. Indeed this quarter has definitely been a quarter of testing, hardships, and tribulations. But..

Romans 5:3-5 NASB
3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Wow, what a rough quarter... but finding God's grace even more amazing through it all.

PWNED by life, lifted by grace,
Cho

Goods of Birthday (As Promised, Before Chickenpox)

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:21:36 GMT

So I promised some good parts about my 20th birthday, so here it is!

There's no real other picture posted from this event - but this is the cake (or what's left of it) my amazing India 2k7 team surprised me with at Chapel. You guys totally caught me way offguard! Thanks so much India 2k7. Love you guys a lot!

You sneaky people - getting me on wednesday knowing I had KCM on Thursday! Thanks a bunch for the surprise too! Psh, tricking me into helping you write a "missions support letter." Too good. Love you guys!

You KCMers plus some CCMers/KCCCers/others - I was studying/hwing and had fever and body aches (from the then unknown chickenpox that had infected me), but man it all went away when you guys came! Thanks for the everything "CHO" something stuff! I hugged every single one of you, and I was contagious and had already broken out on my scalp by then (I didn't know it was chickenpox)!... but somehow none of you guys got infected! The next day I went to the UCLA Emergency Room. 2 days later I was quarantined and sent home. Quarantine meaning kind of kicked out of the dorms, held off on classes, banned from the bathrooms, and etc. I deleted a facebook note with the picture below when they put up posters about a resident with chickenpox... I didn't want people to know the poster was about me.... but now that its been just over a month, I know I didn't give it to anyone. So here it is.

Got pox in my tongue, and 1 in the back of my throat, lost 11 lbs, knocked myself out with Benadryl everyday, missed a midterm, 1-2 weeks of 4 classes, came back straight into midterms and studied my butt off, got sick during the process, but conquered through it strong. Did not give up. I'm still not 100% fully recovered from the different ways chickenpox threw me off - it threw me off really good. And more came to add up on it. I blew up an entry ago, and ended up protected (xanga)/deleting (facebook note) it. Please pray for me. I'm going to tear down the brick walls in front of me. Not going to quit when it gets tough. Life Is Great! Trust Jesus!

My 20th Birthday... PWNED

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:47:25 GMT

Special thanks to Eisen Yoon and Daniel Lee for taking me to the UCLA Medical Center ER and waiting for me the entire time. Thank you guys for not being afraid of me when everyone else was/is afraid to go near me.

Special thanks to Annette, who used to give me rides to church and works at UCLA Medical Center ER. Thank you for talking to the doctors to get my discharge paperworks done earlier. I'll see you at church when I don't have chickenpox anymore!

Special thanks to Chris Kim for getting Calamine Lotion for me after watching the Dodgers game at the stadium with church. I will not itch as much because of your gracious donation of calamine lotion.

Happier entry about the brighter side of birthday to come later.
I guess my life's motto/summary still lives on...
PWNED by life, lifted by grace,

Cho

UCLA Basketball... Jackie Chan...

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:28:32 GMT

New quarter!!!
Well, last quarter was definitely one of my best disciplined quarters of my life, and it sure did pay off. Now... time for a new harder busier quarter! Here I come!

How was I NOT a basketball fan last year? Seriously.... I LOVE UCLA Basketball. Did I mention, Kevin Love was in my speech class 1st quarter. It was a 25 people class. I have him on video tape complementing my speaking, haha. According to my Comm 10 class from last quarter, because I am a man, this boosts up my status in the hierarchy of men. Kevin Love is a comm major; did I mention I'm a comm major? According to Comm 10, that is more extra points for my status! But in all seriousness, and I'm being dead serious here, he does not beat Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan is so awesome. Dale gave me the dvd of Jackie Chan's Drunken Master. I love it. My plan one day, if I can pull it off, is to have a collection of the best Jackie Chan movies (which is all of them) on dvd. 1 down, 100 to go! By the way, Jackie Chan's birthday is April 7, 1954. Yes, I have that memorized, seriously. Who wants to celebrate with me and watch a Jackie Chan movie? His birthday is 4 days before mine, extra points on my status of manliness! Oh, and Jason and I did some Jackie Chan moves in the Ralphs parking lot - more extra points for my status!

Life is Great! Trust Jesus!

Sick

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:13:55 GMT

Man, I got pwned. I am horribly horribly sick, but do not worry lovely mother and father of mine. Just pray for me

Last night, after NyQuil, I had one of the craziest cool dreams of my life. It was 75% Lord of the Rings, 25% Zombie stuff. If you guys don't know, Lord of the Rings is a Christian allegory story. All I can say is, I've never experienced so much creativity and God's glory in dream before. Man, what an awesome awesome fun exciting action-packed dream! I think it is every boy's dream to just be in a story like Lord of the Rings. I woke up energized and pump to the max, but... at the same time, horribly sick.

This sickness (which basically really started today; yesterday was the subtle onset) has been a blessing for me. Odd huh? All my plans have been ruined in terms of studying for finals and writing final essays have been ruined. Instead, I'm going to have to rely on God and his plans. In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9.

I slept for most of today except while in classes and at work. (I even took a nap at work, shhh - don't tell anyone. Everyone was at lunch and I was working and fell asleep accidently). I've been drinking a lot of tea, fluids - mainly water, and lots of Bible - Psalms to get me through the day. This sickness is crazy - throbbing headaches, fatigue, body aches, sore throat, difficulty at times breathing - how did it come at me so fast?! The lights in my room also died... crazy! Now I can't really study in here. But... hopefully I'll be a light in even this little dim room of mine!

I want to be a man of influence one day. But I guess today I became a man of influenza! (Get it? hAhaha!) I guess getting influenza is a step of becoming a man of influence Mom, Dad, I know you read this - don't worry for me! Just pray for me =] And other readers, please do the same! I could really use it

Pwned by Life... Lifted by Grace,

Cho

The Office

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:09:17 GMT

When I'm working at the law school office, ~~sometimes~~ I feel like I'm part of my own version of the Mockumentary Show - The Office. Room 3448 where I work is like a 4 person version of this very show... although... missing some very vital characters. For instance, I guess there's no Dwight! (Bummer huh?) And there's no real Pam! (aww shucks). However... I guess I WOULD be Jim cause I'm THAT cool. But what's a Jim without a Dwight and a Pam?!

I definitely know who the Michael is... Michael is a she! And this person talks... and talks... and talks... seriously... so she's half Michael and half Kelly. But due to the fear that my supervisor finds this entry... I won't mention names! We'll just call her, "M." Although, she can be very motherly sometimes.

Eisen also works in my office. I think Eisen is like Ryan Howard. I say this only because of his facial reactions to some of the stuff the 3448 office Michael/Kelly says/does. And because Eisen and I are both temps in the office, like Ryan, haha. I think Eisen has the best reactions and responses to things that I have no idea how to respond to/what to say back. Maybe I should blast my iPod sometimes!

So that leaves us with one person left in office 3448 - "K." My other supervisor. K I think would be kind of a Phyllis/Pam. I say this because she is very motherly (like Phyllis sometimes can be) and because she's shy and quiet but funny sometimes like Pam. Now, let me make it very clear, "M" and "K" are much much muchhhh older than Eisen and I. So nothing fishy!

So there we have it! My office therefore has Michael/Kelly, Jim, Ryan, and Phyllis/Pam. O... and I guess Professor "A" who comes in once in a while is definitely the Jan! HahAha. I love watching Professor "A" and "M" interact.

One time, I changed my computer screensaver in the office to, "Eisen does not shower!" I did this while Eisen was at lunch, so I was laughing about it for an hour while I was doing copies in the copy room. However, I came back to a post it note that said something like, "Change your screensaver or I'll hurt you." So... I changed it right away.

Welcome to UCLA Law School Office 3448. This is my work. I love it... sometimes... hahaha

That's Eisen on the left, me me on the right. These are the people we work with...

The Power of a Moment

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:31:32 GMT

So, I was studying like a good boy I am. Or more so, doing my poli sci reading, while listening to my iPod. I was lost in the reading with the many songs I had playing in the back of my head. And then... this song came on... and the lyrics stood out to me. Shoot... the power of a moment... it's amazing....

Power of a Moment - Chris Rice

What am I gonna be when I grow up?
How am I gonna make my mark in history?
And what are they gonna write about me when I’m gone?
These are the questions that shape the way I think about what matters
But I have no guarantee of my next heartbeat
And my world’s too big to make a name for myself
And what if no one wants to read about me when I’m gone?
Seems to me that right now’s the only moment that matters

You know the number of my days
So come paint Your pictures on the canvas in my head
And come write Your wisdom on my heart
And teach me the power of a moment
The power of a moment, the power of a moment

In Your kingdom where the least is greatest
The weak are given strength and fools confound the wise
And forever brushes up against a moment’s time
Leaving impressions and drawing me into what really matters

I get so distracted by my bigger schemes
Show me the importance of the simple things
Like a word, a seed, a thorn, a nail
And a cup of cold water

And come write Your wisdom on my heart
And teach me the power of a moment

Haha, I don't know what mark I'm going to leave in this world. I don't know what people will write about me. And who cares, if no one wants to read about me when I'm gone? I'm gone! I really don't know... that's the future... but... right now's the moment that matters. Right NOW is the time to MAKE A MARK in HISTORY. Right now is the time to ask God to write His wisdom on my heart, on your hearts. Right now is the time to read my Bible, to read your Bible - no excuses with being busy. Right now is the time to know the importance of simple things! Right now is the time to learn the power of a moment. I have no guarantee of my next breath! I'm going to make history NOW. I am weak, but the weak are given strength. I am a fool. But a fools confound the wise.

A lot of times I fail to act upon the moment given me. I keep thinking, man... me in this one moment won't change a thing. But foolish me. One moment may seem small, it may seem little... but little is much when God's in it.

One week ago, I got to go to Mexico (sorry mom and dad... I know you read this... and I don't think I told you guys I went ) for a one day mission trip. I remember at first that I was a little bit discouraged... I had no idea what to do! Plus, I couldn't speak Spanish! (In India, they spoke EnglisH)! But man, in a moment it was like God convicted me to take this moment! Can't speak Spanish? Speak the language of love - go show them God's love! Man, I remember it was like God was convicting me to take every moment to serve in any way possible. I couldn't help too many kids make their crafts and etc cause of my limited language of Spanish skills. But I did see the missionary's wife picking up trash. Man, I didn't go to Mexico to sit around and watch the missionary's wife pick up trash! So God put so much joy in me picking up everyone's trash. And not only that, but I did befriend one little guy with my super limited skills! I learned, "Need Help?" and "Jesus loves you." "Very good." "Very strong" (the guy was a tough little fella)!

Alfredo =]

Fernando, John Chung, Me, and Alfredo

I got to kind of befriend Fernando too! Man, Fernando and Alfredo are studs!

Right now, I don't know what kind of mark I left in Mexico. Or even if Alfredo and Fernando will remember me. I don't know what picking up trash did. It might seem so small, but God was in it! And nothing God's in is small! I can only say this: although it was one moment in time, it has power to change someone - even if that someone is me, learning to be more of a servant. I have no guarantee of my next breath... but until I go, I'm going to take every moment that God tells me to take. I am learning the power of a moment

Life is Great! Trust Jesus!

UCLA KCM Outreach Awareness Night Recap

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:14:54 GMT

The Promo/Welcome Video

Evangelism Promotion Music Video

The Bible Project Video

The main purpose of the night was to promote outreach and get Christians and fellow KCM members involved with outreach. It wasn't to reveal the videos we were working on for so long. It wasn't so that we could get credit for all of our greatness and talents. It was for Jesus, and that we may all together be encouraged to share the word. If you're on campus and want to still take part on the Bible Project - let me know homefry! I'll let you know more of what it is.

Life is Great! Trust Jesus!

Fishers of Men

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:53:23 GMT

If pictures are worth 1,000 words, then videos must be worth 330,532,675,742,546 words.

Fishers of Men - UCLA KCM Outreach Night Promo/Intro Video
Outreach Night KCM General Meeting: 01.31.08 @ Kinsey Pavillion 1220B 7:30pm