[faith]
i grew up in a good christian home. my dad, a pastor. my mom, a teacher. it's been said that you either love being a pk (pastor's kid) or you hate it. i loved it. my dad made sure our family was a priority as we had made wonderful family vacations. i didn't feel the pressure from other parents to be "super holy." and every weekend i looked forward to going to church so i could see and hang out with my church friends.
i was baptized in jr. high, but my faith really grew my junior and senior years in high school and into my college years. people always asked me if i wanted to be a pastor like my dad. i would always shrug and say, "i don't know." i never discounted the idea, but never pursued it either.
it wasn't until the summer before my senior year of college that God called me into full-time ministry. my dad had taken a position as the senior pastor at a church in irvine and they were in need for someone to lead their high school ministry. my dad asked my sister and i if we would help out over the summer. we agreed. after a summer of working with the high school group there, i knew that this was what God wanted me to do.
after i graduated from ucsd, i directly enrolled at talbot school of theology. my seminary journey has been a long and difficult one (and is still ongoing), but as i head towards the finish line, it is clear that this is the path that God is leading me on. life isn't always easy and there have been rough patches in my past, but God continues to be my faithful constant in a world of uncertainty. and like the apostle paul said, i too, will press on towards the goal which God has called me heavenward.
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[sports]
ever since i can remember, i've always been playing some sort of sport. from playground games of four square, handball, kickball, or butts up to more structured team games of basketball, football, baseball, and soccer, i was involved. give me a ball and i will throw, kick, shoot, or hit it. however, out of all my choices, basketball has and will always be my favorite. i remember spending hours going to a park by myself just to shoot around.
growing up in the bay, i started following the various sports teams. the giants for baseball. the niners for football. and the warriors for basketball. however, i will admit that as a kid, my sports allegiance was shaky and i quickly jumped ship and became a lakers fan. while the warriors run tmc was entertaining, the winning ways of the showtime lakers won me over. sometimes i look back and wish my ties to the warriors are stronger. there are days when i debate if i should simply renounce my lakers fandom and go back to my hometown roots (but i'll save that post for another day).
as i grew up following those teams, i have built an innate bond with those colors and logos. niners. giants. lakers. and eventually the sj sharks. and i have continued to follow each team passionately. i subscribe to various blogs that cover my teams. i try to watch as many games as i can when they are on tv. i stand and cheer when they win. i yell at the tv and shake my head when they lose.
but besides my teams, i simply love sports in general. i love to watch and talk about them. and i don't think that will every change.
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[pop culture]
creativity. i love it. i think it's in my blood. my family is pretty creative. my dad, besides being an amazing pastor, is an amazing
artist. my oldest sister came out with her own cd. my other older sister just recently
published her own book. and my mom was the children's choir director for many years. i grew up doing musicals for church, singing and dancing and acting. all three of those aspects are still apart of my life today.
like most asian kids, i took many years of piano lessons. and while i did not enjoy them at that time, i am thankful that my mom made me learn it. eventually i picked up the guitar and helped lead worship at the various churches that i was apart of. soon i decided to dabbled here and there with writing my own music and have composed a couple songs.
dancing has always come pretty natural to me. that is not to say that i'm the best, but i like to move and if you give me some sort of beat, i will soon be bopping my head and tapping my feet. i never learned how to break dance or do hip hop, but when i see something cool, i will try it... in the safety of my room. haha.
i've also always been very interested in films and movie making. in high school, my church friends and i spent a night writing our own kung-fu spoof and making a movie. we even had previews! i went into undergrad thinking about going into media, but God called me into full time ministry. still, i look for different ways to blend those creative juices flowing inside of me with my ministry.
there's a lot of videos online. some good. some bad. but when i see something that i find creative or something that i find amusing, i like to share them with others. and you will find that here.
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