MiSURA

song playing: starfield - son of God

to cry over a midterm grade?
sounds like something i would've done in high school.

oh wait. i did do that in high school.
i can't believe that this midterm grade i received today is totally killing this week. and later i'm meeting w/ the professor (for HALF AN HOUR) and i'm deathly afraid that i'm going to break down crying in front of him. basically my paper was worthless. i didn't take enough time to process the information that i've been gathering and definitely didn't give enough time to write the paper. i only had one night! but i'll stop there with my excuses.


i really enjoy the class. it's a great subject and i probably will never have a chance to learn something this unique. and my biggest problem is translating passion into success. i don't want to believe that i'm just a mediocre, surface-level student. if there's passion in it, why can't i achieve higher heights?

today I studied John 3 with Lisa and in v30 it says that "He must become greater, I must become less". How TRUE it is right at this moment. My passion is getting in the way of my passion for Him. My passion is overshadowing the responsibilities I have as a student at this present time. I spend too much time fantasizing with my head in the clouds. Wake up! My passions are only so great b/c HE has installed it in me.

This week is going to be sssoooo difficult to get through. And there aren't even any exams! There are going to be lots of families coming in because high schools have their spring breaks starting soon. So the office will be jam packed with visitors. I have a pchem paper due on Thurs. and the last time I had to write a paper was first semester... LAST YEAR. More God. More power.

song playing: yann tiersen - comptine d'un autre ete, l'apres-midi (from amelie soundtrack)



For rest of pictures, go HERE. I'm still not 100% done editing all the pictures.... so the album may increase in size in the few days to come.

Let's meet the gang. =)


aaron the singer


alex the "other twin tower"


yoon the gymnast


catherine the drooler


audrey the meanie

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it was quite the adventure.
saturday was pretty chill as we ate @ big bowl and got FREE mochi ice cream!





enjoyed some bubble tea from liquid fusion and then went noraebang, of course! =) on sunday, we went to calvary church together and catherine joined us. yay!
we headed towards the bean like any chicagoan tourist would.







had some fun there. =) then we saw a familiar looking building: the jay pritzker pavilion. the same architect built the peter b. lewis building on our campus!



looks familiar, doesn't it? then we walked up michigan ave. and headed towards moonstruck. i would not have known about this place if it weren't for andrea! so thank you, darling.







then we were off to exploring all around the city... and we walked our way to navy pier.









after walking off that desert from moonstruck and half our body weight, we made our way to gino's east, my fav. pizza place!





that's what the whole interior looks like. graffiti everywhere! isn't that sweet? =)

then we went to ktown.
got lost.
horribly lost.
had to take a cab. haha found out that we were ... yea. definitely lost. but we made it there and still had lots of fun playing taboo with only 4 people. i realized that i'm very ill equipped to describing words when i can't say certain words relating to it. i'm more of an observer when it comes to this game.

we finally made it back to union station.......... only after missing the 10:35pm train. which meant that the last train out of chicago was at 12:25am. so we sat around waiting for that like bums.

and since we were so darn tired on the 12:25am train.... we slept through our stop!!!!!! ended up somewhere in libertyville/mundelein area and my mommy had to come save us. man.
LONNNNNNNNNNG day and night.
But it was lots of fun.

And then we drove back to Cleveland on Monday.

I'm way too tired of writing this post, so I shall stop here. =)
Have a great week!

Chicago pictures to come sooooon =) they're not that great, though. so don't get your hopes up. some are amazing. some are eh. therefore, i shall only show you the amazing.












jk. =]

VERY interesting day in pchem today. Please read. =)
After each group gave their presentation, we still had 40 minutes before class would be officially let out so the prof. decided to dig into a little philosophy. First, he wrote down the question: How does enzymes relate to God? Or something along those lines.

Then he went on to explain the models of enzymes and substrates. The first model was the lock-and-key model. This model demonstrated that the enzyme is the lock and the substrate is the key. However, when the substrate enters the enzyme, the enzyme remains unchanged. Now relating this to God, if God were the enzyme and man was the key.. doesn't seem very encouraging that if we pray to God, nothing would happen.

That's why the second model makes more sense, the prof went on to explain. The second model shows that when the substrate enters the enzyme, the enzyme CHANGES SHAPE. It sounded like something completely revolutionary, the way he said it. So now relate that to us and God. If we could change God.. what a concept! God made man in HIS image and we have such things as intelligence and creativity that other living creatures do not possess. He mentioned how God is NOT a vending machine. Of course if you had 50% of the population praying for one sports team and the other 50% praying for the opposing team.. there's no way that both would win. So God can't do exactly as you ask when you ask. He's above that. And he explained how Moses in Exodus 32-33 pleaded for the Israelites after they had made the golden calf b/c Moses was taking too long talking to God at Mount Sinai.

The prof. finally concluded by saying, I hope something like this makes you think about enzymes, prayer, and God. Have a good day.

And he just ended like that.
I was sssooo surprised. I've never heard a prof. let alone a science prof. talk about God in a classroom. Maybe privately in his office or something, but never in front of the students. I wonder if he's a christian.

It was a good day today. I almost slept through my lab ... yet again. But I got up! Gave an awesome presentation with my awesome group. And now I'm here preparing for a short Bible Study w/ Young tonight. Midterms are now over. It's over! Driving home tomorrow. Ohhhh yes.

IS starting this weekend!
ohyes!

thanks to mick, i've been reading up on this comic strip.. that's pretty hilarious, i must say.
and this one reminded me of what some people might feel like when it comes to breaks.



more @ phdcomics.

what's my spring break look like?

mar. 7th : leave campus around 12:30pm
mar. 8th : hang out w/ CASE people that are visiting! =)
mar. 9th : Yay Calvary! And probably go downtown Chicago, even though it will be FREEZING.
mar. 10th : Leave for Case in the morning... or late afternoon. I dunno.
mar. 11th : CLEAN UP MY DIRTY ROOOMMMM. And work on new arrangements for Case in Point.
mar. 12th : 1yr anniversary with yoon. work. hang out more with yoon.
mar. 13th : work again. work on pchem paper. arrangements. catch up on my readings.
mar. 14th-16th: I dunno. I'll find stuff to do. =)

I just want time to myself, I guess.
too bad i still need to do work for pchem... boooooo!

well i'm off work now. so gotta trek back through the snow to my room. yippee. =)

song playing: Starfield - Unashamed



this midterms week is the toughest so far out of all my semesters here.
even though they're spread out, they're really testing my trust in God, or lack thereof.

i lack lots of things. but only through God can i be complete.



Off to study some more with less burdens and more of God's strength.

joey on the acoustic guitar (even tho in the pic he's holding a bass)



josh on the drums.



david the electric guitarist.


harry the bassist

yay praise team!
praise God for providing such talent and for their commitment!
for rest of pictures, click ME

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We're on youtube. Performance from KSA night:




But halfway through my solo, the recording gets messed up and the rest of the video is like 2 seconds behind the sound. -__-;; But you can hear us just fiiine.

yay. off to rehearsal!