Well, writer, actor, game show host, clear eyes guy Ben Stein has come out with a new documentary that looks very interesting. Finally, someone in the media standing up for intelligent design. This looks pretty good guys. Let me know what you think!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Random food for thought
I was listening to a sermon, and I heard quite a humorous statement. It was only humorous because it was so so true. So often, as Christians, we tend to give too much credit to ourselves. We think, look at me. “I” have done a lot of great stuff for Jesus. “I” have done this for my church. “I” have given my money in this way. But lets look at the reality of the situation. Everything good thing in life is ultimately a gift of grace from God, and since he is the source of all that is good, He is the only one who can really take credit. Here’s the analogy that I just love. If we are ever tempted to feel like it is by our own abilities and power that we serve, look at the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000. One boy had a simple lunch box, and Jesus in his great power turned that simple, small offering into an enormous blessing. Then think if a bunch of people came up to the boy and said, “Wow, that was great! Tell us, how did you feed so many people?” The only logical, rational response to that could be, “I don’t know, it wasn’t me, it was all Jesus.” And yet how many times do we take credit for things in our lives that we know are all because of Jesus’ great power.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Expect more posts from me hopefully
So I've been thinking, and I should be blogging more than I am. There's so much to tell, and I haven't given the people what they want. I think it's cuz I only wanted to say what was truly important and interesting to people, but now, I'm just going to treat this the way I did my xanga. I'll write about tons of stuff. I'll post random video clips again, say how my day went, and post the ocassional philosophical post.
So today, I went to see Cloverfield with Youn Gi Young (for those of you who have seen my film Twin Dragons, he's the good guy twin in the film ^__^). Man, Cloverfield was by far the loudest movie I've ever seen in my life. But it was also the most realistic, engrossing, and shocking monster film I've ever seen. If you are planning on seeing this movie, you MUST go see it in the theater. It would be a great injustice to watch this on anything but a 300 inch screen (I'm not really sure how big theater screens are ^__^)
This weekend I met a lot of new people. I met this one couple that a co-worker introduced me to. They were really nice people, and they might be able to show me some more traditional Korean sites. I also met two of Gi Young's cousins. And on the subway back today, a random guy started talking to me. And 9 times out of 10, if a middle-aged man comes up to and starts speaking English with a big grin on his face, it usually means he's drunk. But this guy was actually a pastor, so that was cool. And with all of these new meetings, basically, none of these people spoke much English at all. So it was a great chance for me to practice my Korean.
Which is another update. for the past 2 months, I've really kicked into gear with studying Korean. I study for about an hour a day now, and I'd say I've greatly improved. I'm still very bad, but I can talk about general things now, and can interject in a conversation ocassionally now. I still have a long way to go, but I'm happy with my progress right now.
Since I don't really have much time to show videos of my trip here, I can at least share some videos of Korean culture. This is a clip from a very funny Korean variety show. All the people on this show are big celebrities in Korea, and they basically come on and do really goofy things. In this clip, they have to re-enact scenes from famous TV shows, while changing it up a bit. The thing I find so hilarious in this clip is how much this one guy, Park Myung Soo, overacts. He's known for always yelling, and it's hillarious in this segment. He's the guy in the pink shirt that keeps getting slapped. Let me know if you think it's as hillarious as I do.
So today, I went to see Cloverfield with Youn Gi Young (for those of you who have seen my film Twin Dragons, he's the good guy twin in the film ^__^). Man, Cloverfield was by far the loudest movie I've ever seen in my life. But it was also the most realistic, engrossing, and shocking monster film I've ever seen. If you are planning on seeing this movie, you MUST go see it in the theater. It would be a great injustice to watch this on anything but a 300 inch screen (I'm not really sure how big theater screens are ^__^)
This weekend I met a lot of new people. I met this one couple that a co-worker introduced me to. They were really nice people, and they might be able to show me some more traditional Korean sites. I also met two of Gi Young's cousins. And on the subway back today, a random guy started talking to me. And 9 times out of 10, if a middle-aged man comes up to and starts speaking English with a big grin on his face, it usually means he's drunk. But this guy was actually a pastor, so that was cool. And with all of these new meetings, basically, none of these people spoke much English at all. So it was a great chance for me to practice my Korean.
Which is another update. for the past 2 months, I've really kicked into gear with studying Korean. I study for about an hour a day now, and I'd say I've greatly improved. I'm still very bad, but I can talk about general things now, and can interject in a conversation ocassionally now. I still have a long way to go, but I'm happy with my progress right now.
Since I don't really have much time to show videos of my trip here, I can at least share some videos of Korean culture. This is a clip from a very funny Korean variety show. All the people on this show are big celebrities in Korea, and they basically come on and do really goofy things. In this clip, they have to re-enact scenes from famous TV shows, while changing it up a bit. The thing I find so hilarious in this clip is how much this one guy, Park Myung Soo, overacts. He's known for always yelling, and it's hillarious in this segment. He's the guy in the pink shirt that keeps getting slapped. Let me know if you think it's as hillarious as I do.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
You know, when I left college, people asked me if I would miss the friendships. I said, yeah! Of course! I made so many amazing friends at college. And yet, now, I’ve been in South Korea for 5 months, and I’ve practically lost touch with all of them. What does it mean? Were those friendships really that hollow? People say you can only really have a few close friends. I tend to think that’s generally true, mainly cuz we only have so much free time on our hands. But also, it’s just tough living a double life.
I’ve got to live my life in Korea, with my friends here. But then I also have to keep friendships maintained on the other side of the world as well. And right now, I feel like if I don’t maintain them, they’ll vanish. It’s kind of scary, but I’ve realized that the facebook messages and emails have been dwindling and now I really don’t see any from friends now. I don’t really know what that means. I still maintain hope in my friendships from Philly, just cuz most of those guys are like brothers to me, and I’ve known them like my whole life.
But my friends from college I worry about. I mean, I made some tight tight friends there. Some friends I were sure would be life friends. But maybe college was just too ideal of a place. It was easy to make great friends because you were in a setting that allowed it. You didn’t have to drive to see anyone. Everyone either lived with you or right across the hall from you. You ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with all of your friends, and you partied with them on the weekends. It was a friendship paradise in that sense. But did anyone else notice that during the summers, that all of the contact just stopped. During summer vacation I didn’t talk to people from school much at all. Then I went back to school and everything picked up where it left off.
The minute that those college friendships left the context of “college friendship paradise,” they fell apart. So it’s no wonder that now that we’ve all gone our separate ways, the friendships would not stay. If I wouldn’t drive 10 minutes to see friends that lived off campus, why would we call each other when I’m on the other side of the world.
I write this not because I’m angry, or necessarily even sad. I’m not blaming anyone, or feeling betrayed by anyone. It’s just the way things go, but I guess I’m surprised that it’s been this abrupt. I thought maybe I would fall out of contact after a couple years, not a couple of months.
To prove my point, I wonder how many, if any Geneva people even read this blog.
Relationships are complicated…
I’ve got to live my life in Korea, with my friends here. But then I also have to keep friendships maintained on the other side of the world as well. And right now, I feel like if I don’t maintain them, they’ll vanish. It’s kind of scary, but I’ve realized that the facebook messages and emails have been dwindling and now I really don’t see any from friends now. I don’t really know what that means. I still maintain hope in my friendships from Philly, just cuz most of those guys are like brothers to me, and I’ve known them like my whole life.
But my friends from college I worry about. I mean, I made some tight tight friends there. Some friends I were sure would be life friends. But maybe college was just too ideal of a place. It was easy to make great friends because you were in a setting that allowed it. You didn’t have to drive to see anyone. Everyone either lived with you or right across the hall from you. You ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with all of your friends, and you partied with them on the weekends. It was a friendship paradise in that sense. But did anyone else notice that during the summers, that all of the contact just stopped. During summer vacation I didn’t talk to people from school much at all. Then I went back to school and everything picked up where it left off.
The minute that those college friendships left the context of “college friendship paradise,” they fell apart. So it’s no wonder that now that we’ve all gone our separate ways, the friendships would not stay. If I wouldn’t drive 10 minutes to see friends that lived off campus, why would we call each other when I’m on the other side of the world.
I write this not because I’m angry, or necessarily even sad. I’m not blaming anyone, or feeling betrayed by anyone. It’s just the way things go, but I guess I’m surprised that it’s been this abrupt. I thought maybe I would fall out of contact after a couple years, not a couple of months.
To prove my point, I wonder how many, if any Geneva people even read this blog.
Relationships are complicated…
Friday, January 18, 2008
눈 (snow...)
I woke up one morning last week, and it was unusually dark in my room. I thought it might have raining that morning, but I didn't give it much thought. When I went out of my apartment at 8:45, I noticed an unfamiliar site. The cars, trees, and small patches of the road were lightly coded with snow. It didn't really stick to the roads, but it made it look really beautiful outside. But it melted after a day or two...I'm not sure why, but it made me somewhat nostalgic to see it...
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