Archive for August, 2007

This one is kept on “repeat”

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jleung
on August 9, 2007
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Oh the Glory of it All
David Crowder Band

At the start
he was there, he was there
In the end,
he’ll be there, he’ll be there

And After all our hands have wrought
He forgives

Oh the Glory of it all is:
he came here
For the rescue of us all
that we may live
for the glory of it all
for the glory of it all

All is lost
find him there, find him there
After night
Dawn is there, Dawn is there

After all falls apart
he repairs he repairs

Oh the Glory of it all is:
he came here
for the rescue of us all
that we may live
for the glory of it all

oh he is here
for redemption from the fall
that we may live
for the glory of it all
oh the glory of it all
the glory of it all
oh the glory of it all

After night
comes the light
dawn is here
dawn is here
it’s a new day
it’s a new day
everything will change
things will never be the same
we will never be the same
we will never be the same
we will never be the same
we will never be the same

Oh, The glory of it all is
you came here
for the rescue of us all
that we may live
for the glory of it all

Oh you are here
with redemption for us all
that we may live
for the glory of it all
for the glory of it all
oh the glory of it all

Jack is back

Published
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jleung
on August 8, 2007
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My family (minus Alex) arrived back home from Louisville, Kentucky around 7 last night.  If you account for the 3 or 4 washroom stops, half an hour for lunch and half an hour at “Duty Free”, it took us about 12 hours in total.  I drove 3.5+ hours on the way back *booyah*.

I considered the weekend a “vacation”, even though we were running errands for most of the time. 

Highlights of the trip:
-Imagining the trees along the hwy as broccoli heads
-Air conditioned hotel room and air conditioning in general
-Yummy Chinese food in Louisville (Yeah, that was pretty incredible, considering it’s such a small town)
-New ipod nano (red!)
-New 7.1 Canon S750 digi cam
-The most humongo WALMART I have ever seen in my life (Walmart supercentre?  It’s a walmart and grocery store COMBINED!!!  So exciting)
-BOOJI licence plate!
-Chick-fil-A :)

Sucky parts of the trip:
-37 degrees + Humidity EVERDAY we were there (yuck yuck yuck)
-Being stuck at U.S. customs for more than 2 hours while we waited for Alex to get his visa
-Having to carry luggage up the stairs to the 3rd floor of Alex’s dorm (other than the 1st floor, is NOT an airconditioned dorm and there was no elevator)
-Yucky Blueberry Frappucino at Starbucks (it takes like medicine)
-Having to study during the trip
-Saying goodbye

It’s nice to be back home, even though Louisville is very pretty.  Mm…I like the buildings.

Hehe..have a good time bro, we’ll miss you :)

Pilipino?

Published
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jleung
on August 2, 2007
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“Are you pilipino?”

 ”No, I’m not…I’m Chinese”.

I think I’ve been asked that quite a few times.  Today these middle-aged womenI was waiting with at the bus stop asked me.  The other time, it was Patrick from Timothy’s. 

Maybe it’s because I’m naturally pretty dark.  Or because I don’t have the typical Chinese (small) eyes. 

Anyways, I wouldn’t mind being Pilipino. 

B.O.

Published
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jleung
on August 1, 2007
in Society & Culture
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So twice this week I found myself seated/standing in a closer-than-comfortable distance from people who smelled bad on the subway.  They smelled REALLY bad.

Normally, I would not blog about such a minor thing, but seeing as how it happen TWICE in one week, I think it’s justifiable.

The first time, it was simply really “sour” B.O…probably from not showering in a long time and not washing your clothes even longer.  I was a good 3 feet away and i smelled it.  The second time, I was 2 feet away and it smelled like puke.  I wanted to puke.

As I sat/stood there trying not to breathe, I couldn’t help but think “Why the heck don’t ppl shower?” and I imagined all that bacteria and fungus growing on their bodies (ugh) eating away at them.  (yeah, I know I’m weird for imagining such a thing)

Then I thought about Jesus and the type of people he came in contact with.  (I remember thinking the same thing during my last workterm when I had to deal with really foul-smelling clients at the physiotherapy clinic).

Jesus hung out with prostitutes, the sick, the lame, the rejects of society.  I’m pretty sure a lot of them smelled pretty nasty. 

How can you love and share the gospel to people who smell so bad that being near them makes you drop dead from their scent?  To be honest, I find it really hard to treat people who are “not like me” with the love and respect they deserve.

It’s easy loving those people who have the same sort of thinking as you, who look and dress like you, who have common interests, background as you…but what about those who aren’t easy to love?

How did Jesus do it?  He was completely human, so I think his sense of smell worked fine.

Maybe it’s because Jesus saw through the exterior.  He wasn’t bothered by the smells because when it comes down to it, ALL of us are the same.  The poor, the rich, the good-smelling, the bad smelling.  When you break people down to their simplest “elements”, we all need God and we can’t get to him by our own good work or good looks or good smells.  When Jesus looked at people, he didn’t label them as “prostitute” or “bad person I don’t want to associate with”…He had compassion.