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| It's not over. Oh no it isn't. You lose some and you gain some. Just a new beginning, let's say. No despair, only hope. Perseverance. Stand up. Wake up.
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| doing a puzzle.
but in the middle of it, took all the pieces and threw them in the air.
frustrated.
now i'm putting the puzzle pieces back together. starting all over.
trying to see if the picture looks right, trying to check that the shapes fit.
trusting in the painter, the puzzle-maker, the Creator that the puzzle will be finished eventually.
let go
let God.
so hard.
almost impossible.
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| September 29th.
i turned twenty one.
it's so awkward when people sing happy birthday to you.
do you just stare, do you clap with them, do you sing with them, do you tune them out..
i never find out what is right b/c i wonder for a day or two and no more.
then one year later, same thought.
oh well.
anyways, basically, i think the happy birthday song is berry awkward.
but i enjoyed all 11 times of it.
thank you.
thank you.
thank you.
<3,
sophie the oldie
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June 24, 2006.
It was a sunny day in Houston, Texas. It was one of our last days for our family living in one household altogether. I was gonna leave for CalSO (Berkeley freshmen orientation) and then straight to Korea. We decided to take a random drive slash family day trip to downtown Houston. It was a delightful weather, indeed. We took more than 100 pictures just going around the neighborhood and trying find a nice picture spot. And no, we did not bring around a photographer. We took one of those camera tripod thingys, which worked out pretty well. Easy-going family conversations went around, including those of reminiscing the day we first arrived in Houston and realizing how hot and humid it was. Then they started making fun of me for not being able to stay awake and seriously literally sleeping like a bear for 3 days straight after arriving in Houston. As an attempt to cherish every moment left together, we took the most interesting pictures ever. Straight up korean gangster family portrait pictures, jumping pictures, car-modeling pictures, awkward squatting pictures, goofy pictures, etc. Above is one of the normal ones in the series.
It seems that nothing has changed...
My dad still wears the purple striped shirt maybe cuz my mom's favorite color is purple.
My mom's got her picture poses down, as usual.
My sister still likes to be in the middle of everything, including pictures. (center of attention! jk)
My brother still tries to be a cool baller with his t-mac shoes.
and I still like to be weird, sitting on top of the bench instead of the normal part.
Actually, a lot has changed.
My dad's skin got lighter.
My mom has much shorter hair now. (that seems to be the trend in korea..)
My sister dresses like a fob now. (Fob fashion is clearly different)
My brother got skinnier and taller, with his fob messy look haircut.
and I.. can't wear red anymore cuz otherwise, ppl will yell at me "take off that red shirt"
i wish i had something more insightful for my conclusion but the following is all i gotta say.
i guess i took all this for granted.
i miss you all.
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| What is faith? believing in something? just blindly believing?
Why would anyone believe in anything that they haven't seen or heard?
or touched. or felt..
Crazy people would. and really dumb people might.
where am i going with this?
i don't know.
i'm just trying to see things from a non-christian's point of view these days.
to understand where they come from and what sort of doubts they may have.
i think it all comes down to this.
Faith.
Faith is the brick wall that separates christianity and non-christianity.
whatever non-christians say to back up their "non-christian" faith makes sense.
in fact, their arguments can be intricately developed and very convincing.
But with faith in Christ, everything is overturned.
So where does this faith come from?
God touching our hearts. God speaking to us.
i guess faith does come from seeing, touching, hearing something.
except that it's our soul that sees, touches, and hears.
Conclusion.
Faith is not blind faith. unless you call your soul incapable of sensing.
so we ain't crazy. we ain't dumb. we just christians.
wow. that was a saturday morning random blabber.
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