video training on Luke

We reached the climax of the training - The acceptable year of the Lord, the year of Jubilee!!!

In the year of jubilee there were two main blessings: the returning of every man to his lost possession and the liberation from slavery. =)

Jubilee means having no worry or anxiety, no concern or care, no lack or shortage, no sickness or calamity, and no problem whatsoever, but rather having all benefits; hence, all things are pleasant and satisfying to our hearts, and we are free from anxiety, at ease, excited, and exultant.

Jehovah gives and Jehovah takes away;
Bless be the name of Jehovah.

7 years old and 5 years old street dancing

Let's meet the future Britney Spear and Eminem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9t0R981_v8

Mixt Green Salad

Today I went out with coworkers to have lunch at Mixt Greens at the expense of the company. =) Mixt Greens is the best salad bar in the financial district according to M*******. We can all design our own salads or chose from any other option they have.

It's quite pricey but the food is all organic and the store is environmentally friendly. According to the restaurant they serve organic, sustainable, local food to the take-away containers (made from 100% compostable corn, really?).

I am too lazy to mix my own so I ordered a salad designed by chef Andrew Swallow name "bachelor". It has red leaf lettuce, grilled prime flatiron, herb roasted yukon potatoes (yummy), roasted cherry tomatoes, blue cheese, balsamic vinaigrette, topped with caramelized onions.

I also grab a bag of my favorite Honey Dijon chips on the way out. =)

No doubt is the best salad I had in my life. I felt so refreshed at work after all.

give it to the Lord

Lord, if You want my parents to move to Tucson, make it happen. If You doesn't want my parents to move to Tucson, don't make it happen. Lead us in a straight path and save us from the evil ones.

starbucks coffee

Life is good. I decide to buy a different flavor of starbucks coffee everyday before work to see how they taste. =) Frappuccino Caramel is my favorite so far.

Frappuccinos here I come...

I like the feeling of holding a starbucks coffee and walk into the cozy office every morning, greeting and getting greeted by everyone. People are nice. It's another bright day.

Free company lunch today. I ordered Grandma Mary's Chickcen Soup from San Francisco Soup Company. It tastes plain. My own chicken soup is much better. Anyway, you can't beat a free deal.

Thank You Lord for giving me this wonderful internship.

US Open Championship

I went home this weekend to take care some business. Enough is enough.

We live pretty close the Torrey Pines Golf Club. So I happened to see a lot of people watching the live US Open Golf Championship. =) All the big names are there. Tiger Woods barely won the championship today. He beat a guy ranked 158th in the world - and the world couldn't get enough of it. haha...

"Southern Californians who apparently don't have to work Mondays like they do in the rest of the country came out in huge numbers to watch. Productivity had to drop to zero in offices around the country as workers sneaked peeks at the television or followed the action online."

working is fun

Working is fun. The people are awesome. Can't blog about it because it's confidential...

I got a free black shirt from them. It prints "WEATHER HAPPENS". I have no clue why it's funny until Jeremy points out. hehe.

first day of work

I started working yesterday at SF. I met at lot of fun people at work.

There are two ways to do anything in life. Onw way is to make it so simple that there is obviously no mistake. Another way is to make it so complicated that there is no obvious mistake.

great summer trip 1

Right now I am in the basement of the hospitality's home in Portland, Oregon. We went to the beach and hiked about three hours in the muddy trail. That was a lot of fun. Pictures will come later when I get back.

Hallelujah!

My brother Robert is baptized today. Hooray! Good boy. Well, it's sort of expected after all those miracles the Lord has shown to me and my family. The Lord did in one day what I lost for three years...

As it's written in Joshua 24:15, "And if it seems wrong in your eye to serve Jehovah, choose yourselves today whom you will serve, either the gods from across the River, whom your father served, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. BUT AS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, WE WILL SERVE JEHOVAH."

Lord, let me make a fresh consecration to your again. For me and my family, we will serve You for the rest of our lives. Our faith will be counted as righteousness in the eyes of Jehobah. AMEN.

It's not gambling if I know I am absolutely going to win, right? hehe...

hao hao xue xi

I will be free tomorrow night after the last final!!! Then I will play tennis, hit the gym and swim in the hearst pool every day until the great summer road trip. =)

Yeah!

But now is the time to hao hao xue xi.

kittens watching tennis or ping pong

hahahaha...

last day of class

I am finally done with filling out the tedious evaluations for professors and TAs. This semester goes too fast. However, I did many interesting and crazy things. hehe...

I cooked a house dinner tonight (mainly Mapo tofu and sweet sour spareribs). =) No one in the house showed up!!! One was out of the state. One was still at work. One was sleeping (7pm is like the middle of the night). One was in Fremont. One was writing a lengthy paper on campus.

anyway, yummy ribs in the fridge...

random photos

I am so cold!

outside world

two ways to look at the same fish =)

Could the Potter's hand upon the vessel
Ever leave the shaping of the work undone?

Lord, I remember Your promise. You called me out. Please be with me during this exciting journey.

last english class

We will watch the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" tomorrow in my last English class. Yeah!

In the mean time, I have to finish and edit my final paper due at the beginning of the class. Oops, I think I am three pages short...

a letter to God

Dear God,

Yesterday YOU gave me a golden opportunity to "sherperd" someone in a "special" way. I am sorry I hesitated it. I have been praying for this opportunity for couple times. Out of nowhere that happened. That really surprised me. Why am I surprised by my own prayer being answered? Out of YOUR merciful heart YOU have answered my prayers so many times. Praise YOU, Lord!

I am sorry I didn't responde to yesterday's situation, though the situation was exactly what I prayed for. What was I thinking? I was unsure at that moment, because I knew what I would have done is kind of unconventional and out-of-the-box.

However, I would have done it if YOU would give me a couple more minutes. So as I was deciding on whether I should act or not, the opportunity vanished right before my eyes. I regret it and I repent that I didn't respond.

Lord, YOU and I both know that this is not the end of the story. Maybe YOU will arrange similar opportunities in next couple days. May YOU give me the courage and strength when the time comes.

Yours Forever,
Richard

p.s. Lord, when I have a hammer like YOU, every problem becomes a nail. =)

Life is full of dramas. We all feel like we are outsiders. We all try to fit in. We all do things and feel things that are bizarre and unconventional in the eyes of others.

celebration meeting

Tonight's celebration meeting was so good. A new one that is with me commented that before he came, he thought everything is serious but he was touched by so many genuine sharings throughout the meeting. Everyone is caring for each other like a big family. =)

This is what church life all about. What a testimony for our dear Lord Jesus Christ! What a testimony against the dead religion! What a testimony against this corrupted and perverted world!