AACM Talent Show
Sunday, Jan. 30th, 2005
8:00pm Union Ballroom
Art show in the Quadrangle Room 7:00pm
Benefiting International Justice Mission
Thursday, January 27, 2005
on the way down.......
Today in my intro to Asian American studies class we had a heated discussion about "Tsunami Song." If you haven't heard any news about it, check out this article.
Tsunami song article
I dont exactly recall all that we talked about because my classmates were quite emotionally involved in their opinions, which resulted in a very circular converstaion. However, I must say that it was a very interesting and enlightening debate to listen to.
Something I found interesting that someone asked was how far can people go with "freedom of speech"? Most people think that that is a right purposefully granted by the Constitution, but where do you draw the line for possibly offensive comments?
Currently a student coalition on campus is writing a petition against the radio station that aired the song. Do you think that by writing a petition people are making the radio station the enemy? Is the radio station really the enemy?
Sometimes I find it a tragedy that racism is still apparent even in this century. I feel like we're not nearly aware enough of the opinions around us. It's a prized commodity to be complacent and unaware, leading that blissful existance of childhood. Unfortunately, as time goes on, the harsh realities of life kinda get tossed painfully into our faces. *throws hands up in the air* why cant we all just get along?
"I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world." John 16:33
Today in my intro to Asian American studies class we had a heated discussion about "Tsunami Song." If you haven't heard any news about it, check out this article.
Tsunami song article
I dont exactly recall all that we talked about because my classmates were quite emotionally involved in their opinions, which resulted in a very circular converstaion. However, I must say that it was a very interesting and enlightening debate to listen to.
Something I found interesting that someone asked was how far can people go with "freedom of speech"? Most people think that that is a right purposefully granted by the Constitution, but where do you draw the line for possibly offensive comments?
Currently a student coalition on campus is writing a petition against the radio station that aired the song. Do you think that by writing a petition people are making the radio station the enemy? Is the radio station really the enemy?
Sometimes I find it a tragedy that racism is still apparent even in this century. I feel like we're not nearly aware enough of the opinions around us. It's a prized commodity to be complacent and unaware, leading that blissful existance of childhood. Unfortunately, as time goes on, the harsh realities of life kinda get tossed painfully into our faces. *throws hands up in the air* why cant we all just get along?
"I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world." John 16:33
Sunday, January 23, 2005
"If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, would you? Prabably".....
That is the title of the article I just finished reading for my sociology class (by Philip Meyer). It was interesting and reminded me of when I learned about Stanley Milgram in psychology. I believe I'm totally entranced by the human psyche and the perplexity of our mind. The thing I like about psychology is learning about the explanation for things that happen or weird quirks that humans have. If you've never heard of Stanley Milgram, I highly recommend reading about his experiments on obedience or just looking up the article I headed for this entry, I guarantee you'll be englightened. Sad to say, I regret selling my psychology book, now I'll never know if I would have read that textbook for fun.
I have this theory about horoscopes. It's highly possible that someone out there has written ariticles about such things, but I was just having some random thoughts a while back pertaining to this topic. I was talking to someone a while back and we came across the topic of horoscopes. The question arose as to why God would create horoscopes if there wasn't an imp of truth to them? I mean sometimes the things that they write in seventeen magazine seem so correct and the predictions are so accurrate right?
One day in psychology, during one of my prof's infamous class demonstrations, he called on a chinese gal to be his experimentee of choice. He told our class that he could read someone's "type" by just looking at them. My professor started "reading" the girl and he said something about how she came from a family who wanted to her to succeed in life, they wanted to her have a prestigious job in the future, work hard, get good grades, and yada yada. After everything had been said and done, he asked the girl if the stuff he'd said was correct. Slightly surprised, the girl nodded her head and proceeded to return to her seat. When she had returned to her seat, my prof admitted to not actually being able to "read" people, in actuality he was making generalizations about 80%+ of the population of all people. So if my prof had 100 students in his class, 80 of them would probably have nodded their head just like the girl had.
I think horoscopes are just like that. They make 12 or so generalizations that apply to the majority of the population and cause people to believe that there is some truth to them. I think they also tend to pose ideas for you to fulfill the horoscope to further ones belief in them. Magazines can write anything and the chances of that prediction applying to such a large population is pretty high and then will that girl or guy go on believing that horoscopes are reliable and accurate?
well that was my random entry for the week. Hope you have a wonderful week, stay warm, and enjoy the great outdoors!
That is the title of the article I just finished reading for my sociology class (by Philip Meyer). It was interesting and reminded me of when I learned about Stanley Milgram in psychology. I believe I'm totally entranced by the human psyche and the perplexity of our mind. The thing I like about psychology is learning about the explanation for things that happen or weird quirks that humans have. If you've never heard of Stanley Milgram, I highly recommend reading about his experiments on obedience or just looking up the article I headed for this entry, I guarantee you'll be englightened. Sad to say, I regret selling my psychology book, now I'll never know if I would have read that textbook for fun.
I have this theory about horoscopes. It's highly possible that someone out there has written ariticles about such things, but I was just having some random thoughts a while back pertaining to this topic. I was talking to someone a while back and we came across the topic of horoscopes. The question arose as to why God would create horoscopes if there wasn't an imp of truth to them? I mean sometimes the things that they write in seventeen magazine seem so correct and the predictions are so accurrate right?
One day in psychology, during one of my prof's infamous class demonstrations, he called on a chinese gal to be his experimentee of choice. He told our class that he could read someone's "type" by just looking at them. My professor started "reading" the girl and he said something about how she came from a family who wanted to her to succeed in life, they wanted to her have a prestigious job in the future, work hard, get good grades, and yada yada. After everything had been said and done, he asked the girl if the stuff he'd said was correct. Slightly surprised, the girl nodded her head and proceeded to return to her seat. When she had returned to her seat, my prof admitted to not actually being able to "read" people, in actuality he was making generalizations about 80%+ of the population of all people. So if my prof had 100 students in his class, 80 of them would probably have nodded their head just like the girl had.
I think horoscopes are just like that. They make 12 or so generalizations that apply to the majority of the population and cause people to believe that there is some truth to them. I think they also tend to pose ideas for you to fulfill the horoscope to further ones belief in them. Magazines can write anything and the chances of that prediction applying to such a large population is pretty high and then will that girl or guy go on believing that horoscopes are reliable and accurate?
well that was my random entry for the week. Hope you have a wonderful week, stay warm, and enjoy the great outdoors!
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
where did all the cows go..........
this semester has started off pretty well. I would say that my schedule is totally kick booty and I'm more than thankful for that. Although all my classes seem like they'll be very labor intensive, I'm looking foward to learning new and interesting, thought provoking things. However, I have found that some of my inter-human relationships have changed. Instead of the good quality communication I've once experienced, a common tendency now is for people to tell me to just read their xangas/ blogs/ whatever you name it. It saddens me already that talking on aim...and using JUST words in itself isn't real 100% conversation, but it deeply cuts my heart when time and time again, communication ceases at the phrase, "just go read my xanga to find out." I have mixed feelings about online journals. What purpose are they suppose to serve again?
On the topic of serve...Lately, I've been thinking about how we serve God and how we really know what he's called us to. Sometimes it's hard to discern whether you're being called to do something because you want to do it, or if it's truly the place you've been led to. It's nice when the things you're called to do are also the things you like to do, but what about when what God wants you to do is the complete opposite of what you'd hoped for?
Our lives are an act of worship to God. The service we offer in our lives is what we bring to our relationship with God. When serving becomes a natural part of our lives, we'll be able to better distinguish God's voice. I think it's the ultimate service to God when we can geniunely serve with absolute love for him because we come to understand a little more of the nature of God. Maybe it's when we serve out of love that we can truly see what God's calling for our lives is.
I have my doubts about the road I walk, but I know that if I listen to God, hide my heart in His, I'm gonna be headed right where he wants me to be.
this semester has started off pretty well. I would say that my schedule is totally kick booty and I'm more than thankful for that. Although all my classes seem like they'll be very labor intensive, I'm looking foward to learning new and interesting, thought provoking things. However, I have found that some of my inter-human relationships have changed. Instead of the good quality communication I've once experienced, a common tendency now is for people to tell me to just read their xangas/ blogs/ whatever you name it. It saddens me already that talking on aim...and using JUST words in itself isn't real 100% conversation, but it deeply cuts my heart when time and time again, communication ceases at the phrase, "just go read my xanga to find out." I have mixed feelings about online journals. What purpose are they suppose to serve again?
On the topic of serve...Lately, I've been thinking about how we serve God and how we really know what he's called us to. Sometimes it's hard to discern whether you're being called to do something because you want to do it, or if it's truly the place you've been led to. It's nice when the things you're called to do are also the things you like to do, but what about when what God wants you to do is the complete opposite of what you'd hoped for?
Our lives are an act of worship to God. The service we offer in our lives is what we bring to our relationship with God. When serving becomes a natural part of our lives, we'll be able to better distinguish God's voice. I think it's the ultimate service to God when we can geniunely serve with absolute love for him because we come to understand a little more of the nature of God. Maybe it's when we serve out of love that we can truly see what God's calling for our lives is.
I have my doubts about the road I walk, but I know that if I listen to God, hide my heart in His, I'm gonna be headed right where he wants me to be.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
happy new years........
my lack of blogging is a devastation to myself. Therefore I shall leave you with this: winter break photos have been updated on imagestation....so click the new pic link
Justine's universal username: alwaysguest
Justine's universal password: 123456
hope your first day of class was off the hook. \m/
my lack of blogging is a devastation to myself. Therefore I shall leave you with this: winter break photos have been updated on imagestation....so click the new pic link
Justine's universal username: alwaysguest
Justine's universal password: 123456
hope your first day of class was off the hook. \m/
Thursday, January 13, 2005
you will always be my boo.....
so according to my cousin's email...I officially have hearing problems. If you've been around me during my deaf moments...you know that I'm utterly hearing impared. I guess now it's official. And the saddest part is I don't really listen to loud music or talk on the phone too much *sigh* So if you wanna check how the world and its noise has affected your hearing, check this link out. Hope your results weren't half as disappointing as mine.
are you going deaf?
so according to my cousin's email...I officially have hearing problems. If you've been around me during my deaf moments...you know that I'm utterly hearing impared. I guess now it's official. And the saddest part is I don't really listen to loud music or talk on the phone too much *sigh* So if you wanna check how the world and its noise has affected your hearing, check this link out. Hope your results weren't half as disappointing as mine.
are you going deaf?
Saturday, January 08, 2005
Sunday, January 02, 2005
point of grace........
yet another year gone by and another day to live. Might be cutting those days short by being up so late.
nothing beats the second day of the year reflection. Although according to tradition, I'm a day ahead of myself. Usually, Jan 3rd is the designated day to resolute and reflect, but I thought maybe I'd change things up a bit in 2005, just for excitement.
This time last year, I was just about finished with the whole college app process. In retrospect, I'm still thankful that's over. through that gruesome period in my life, I've realized that it's possible to not over-procrastinate. It was good discipline practiced before the college days, when the work that needs to be done is seemingly more important than the hs years. With all the college business said and done, second semester was still a whirlwind of it's own. It was a downward spiral in many aspects of my life. One bad thing happened after another, probably as a result of putting my time with God on the shelf. Sometimes I think, the less God is a part of your life, the more he'll do to try to make you acknowledge that He needs to be. It's easy to think that God's far away in burdened times, but then I think about the poem Footprints. In those moments where we experience the low points, it's then that He carries us. I think, we struggle because sometimes that's what we need to acknowledge the fact that God is near. Despite that single flaw of second semester, I've loved too many moments of this past year to count. I think the best thing about this year was how my family and I began to deepen our understanding of what it means to value our familyship. The older you get, the less time you have to spend with your family. Reason being, the more years you have behind you, the more people you know, the more engagements you have, the more obligations you have to fulfill, the more stuff you have to do that pushes family back behind it all. That is one reason why I love being home, and even if my family isnt hanging out together, their mere presence is refreshing. Everything happens for the good of those who love Him, and life wouldnt be life without the ups and downs. In a nutshell, it was an edifying year.
Thinking about resolution of last year. I was smart, and only had one. Did I keep it? I think it was more of something I learned versus something to change. The resolution was freeing my heart, theme of last years winter getaway. I think the resolution turned out to be more of a freeing of the mind. This past year has brought many insightful moments across my path. Many people, as well as experiences have changed the mold of my thinking, and overall expansion of my mind. As for freeing my heart, I know that that is a constant process in itself. There are so many things that we love in the world, that bind us like prisoners; and the freedom from them lessens as we grow into the heart of God. I hope to continue that process, daily freeing my heart from the ways of the world, so that I can live for something greater.
So what am I resolute about this year? Pretty high on the list is to find joy in the gifts that God gives me. When it comes down to it, not every gift that God gives us is hinky dory. There are those qualities about you, characteristics of your life, all gifts from God, which you wish you sometimes didn't have to be blessfully burdened with. In all that He has given me and made me to be, I want to find joy. Oh, and another very important resolution is to read more. I've made some progress in that area. I've already finished reading one book over break. Despite the fact that it was A Wrinkle In Time, I must say that the book won a newbery honor, and it was worth every minute I spent reading it =) I also urge you all to enlighten yourselves to at least one good book this year.... is that too much to ask?
2004 passed with memories to last a lifetime.... make 2005 count...have a good one.
yet another year gone by and another day to live. Might be cutting those days short by being up so late.
nothing beats the second day of the year reflection. Although according to tradition, I'm a day ahead of myself. Usually, Jan 3rd is the designated day to resolute and reflect, but I thought maybe I'd change things up a bit in 2005, just for excitement.
This time last year, I was just about finished with the whole college app process. In retrospect, I'm still thankful that's over. through that gruesome period in my life, I've realized that it's possible to not over-procrastinate. It was good discipline practiced before the college days, when the work that needs to be done is seemingly more important than the hs years. With all the college business said and done, second semester was still a whirlwind of it's own. It was a downward spiral in many aspects of my life. One bad thing happened after another, probably as a result of putting my time with God on the shelf. Sometimes I think, the less God is a part of your life, the more he'll do to try to make you acknowledge that He needs to be. It's easy to think that God's far away in burdened times, but then I think about the poem Footprints. In those moments where we experience the low points, it's then that He carries us. I think, we struggle because sometimes that's what we need to acknowledge the fact that God is near. Despite that single flaw of second semester, I've loved too many moments of this past year to count. I think the best thing about this year was how my family and I began to deepen our understanding of what it means to value our familyship. The older you get, the less time you have to spend with your family. Reason being, the more years you have behind you, the more people you know, the more engagements you have, the more obligations you have to fulfill, the more stuff you have to do that pushes family back behind it all. That is one reason why I love being home, and even if my family isnt hanging out together, their mere presence is refreshing. Everything happens for the good of those who love Him, and life wouldnt be life without the ups and downs. In a nutshell, it was an edifying year.
Thinking about resolution of last year. I was smart, and only had one. Did I keep it? I think it was more of something I learned versus something to change. The resolution was freeing my heart, theme of last years winter getaway. I think the resolution turned out to be more of a freeing of the mind. This past year has brought many insightful moments across my path. Many people, as well as experiences have changed the mold of my thinking, and overall expansion of my mind. As for freeing my heart, I know that that is a constant process in itself. There are so many things that we love in the world, that bind us like prisoners; and the freedom from them lessens as we grow into the heart of God. I hope to continue that process, daily freeing my heart from the ways of the world, so that I can live for something greater.
So what am I resolute about this year? Pretty high on the list is to find joy in the gifts that God gives me. When it comes down to it, not every gift that God gives us is hinky dory. There are those qualities about you, characteristics of your life, all gifts from God, which you wish you sometimes didn't have to be blessfully burdened with. In all that He has given me and made me to be, I want to find joy. Oh, and another very important resolution is to read more. I've made some progress in that area. I've already finished reading one book over break. Despite the fact that it was A Wrinkle In Time, I must say that the book won a newbery honor, and it was worth every minute I spent reading it =) I also urge you all to enlighten yourselves to at least one good book this year.... is that too much to ask?
2004 passed with memories to last a lifetime.... make 2005 count...have a good one.