Happy moment of today: Dennis Chon bought me a Slurpee when we stopped by 7-11 after church. =D What a very nice boy. And then, since I was driving and had my hands occupied, he offered to stir it for me so that when I slurped the flow would be much easier. Nasty hot day turned quite happy by this nice gesture. =]

This is MY account of our fun quasi-roadtrip this weekend. I also believe that MY account is the most accurate:
-Arrival to Salinas at 2am and a 5 minute visit to John Steinbeck's home. Sheer disappointment that Kwansoo's house in actuality did not match the one that was in my dream.
-Meeting Kwan's friends and making fun of Kwan's doll that he had to make in high school. I think it was supposed to be a teddy bear... however, the back of the teddy bear had a buttcrack for his body. It was ugly.
-Horseback riding and having my groin hurt immensely afterwards. Enjoying the beautiful beach until my horse would get excited and would start trotting... thus jostling my groin painfully against the saddle. Seeing Kwan waiting dutifully on a sandy dune at the end of the trail to take pictures of us.
-Cannery Row. Eating at The Fish Hopper and enjoying the cool automatic paper towel dispenser. Then was bored with Kwan while the rest of them went buckwild at the jewelry store. Enjoyed the awesome view of the beach. Saw a cigarette butt floating in one of the smaller tidepools and got sad.
-Monterey Bay Aquarium. Personally think Long Beach Aquarium is better cuz there's a crazier jellyfish display and they have real penguins. However Monterey Bay has the display with the sharks, sea turtle, and HUGE fish in it. Spent the longest time at the cute sea otter display and watched them get fed. Being the epitome of true fat guys, they tend to cram all their food greedily into their mouths and like to scratch their bellies in satisfaction.
-Carmel and the 17 mile road cut down to about 7 miles. Passed all the touristy spots except the Lone Cypress. The tree is beautiful but the view of the ocean was what took my breath away.
-Shopping district and Thinker Toys. Kwan claimed that the toy store had the softest stuffed animals. Bought Kwan his favorite softest stuffed animal to show our gratitude. Realized how incredibly easy it is to fool Kwan.
-Carmel State Beach and watched the sunset. Incredibly beautiful colors. Incredibly beautiful white sand. I was awestrucken by the sheer beauty of it. Watched the dying sun glint off the shores of the beach. Watched the fog roll in, covering everything in a gray mist except the area where the sun was nearly gone. Watched Sewon chase after dogs and watched Karen draw her favorite animals [Shamu, a panda, a turtle, and I forgot the last one. A monkey, was it?]
-Carpys for dinner. Mistakenly thought it was appropriate to appear in our bum gear based on our observations that the outside was covered in shrubbery and wild foliage. Were all chagrined that it was in fact, very posh, with more than one fork and wine glasses. Had ribs. Mouth literally dropped at the desserts the couple ordered next to us. Tried to order the same dessert but failed miserably. Almost got away with paying for Kwan's dinner without him suspecting anything.
-Stopped to get gas where I proceeded to act like a complete idiot in front of Kwan and his friend Carlos. Squawked "Kwan, show me the money!!!" only to see two boys laughing uproariously at me. Was thoroughly embarassed by my ugliness.

Muchos thanks to KwanSoo Jun for sacrificing his time that he could have spent with his friends and family and instead playing with us and acting as chaffeur and tourguide. He is the stubbornest person I know. Luckily, he was outnumbered, 4:1. =] Thank you again KwanSoo Jun. You are very kind and very cool.

Good times, lots of laughs, lots of fond memories. Thanks guys for making this one crazy fun 1.5 days. =D

Great news that my mother told me today: There's going to be a BCD SoonDooBoo opening soon in Cerritos. Wow. Now we're going to have TWO great places that offer this delectable cuisine. It must suck for the Downey folks who don't have a single soondooboo restaurant in their little city.

I christened Kristy's cat as Dooli so now I get to be one of his godmothers.

My parents like Roy. He is their most favoritest Roy.

I had a yummy dinner with Sharona at The Loft tonight.

I'm going to San Diego tomorrow. It's so beautiful there. I can't wait to see the pandas and the other critters.

I had the hiccups earlier and I was suddenly struck by this memory. In the 5th or 6th grade, Jean Moon and I took Mrs. Shun's writing class to help prepare for the written essay portion of the entrance examination for Whitney. One time, one of the subjects of the practice essays was to write a horror story. Jean Moon wrote about a man who was cursed with the hiccups as a punishment and who eventually hiccuped to his most unfortunate death. I didn't know back then that having the hiccups was such a dangerous disease. Did you know that everytime you hiccup, you're killing off a little bit of your brain cells? My scary story was ridiculous and it sucked like a vacuum. I made it very suspenseful and creepy up to the climax but then killed it shortly after cuz I couldn't think of a good scary conclusion for fear of scaring myself and getting nightmares. I did learn one thing however: In my essay, I used the term "drop-dead gorgeous" to describe the beautiful girl who everyone thought was so pure and innocent but who actually was the evil demon witch wreaking havoc and causing pain in everyone's lives. I thought the term was considered a compliment until Mrs. Shun sternly told me that stating that someone is "drop-dead gorgeous" is, in fact, very insulting because of the implication that the person is so ugly that one cannot help but fall down and die in shock. Mrs. Shun scared the bejeezus out of me. She had this wild curly black mane speckled generously with gray and white hair. Her favorite thing in the world was the butterfly.

Costco and Walmart are two of the greatest stores in the world.

I like spending one-on-one time with my mother.

Today's weather was absolutely wretched.

Matthew McConaughey is seriously hot. He makes my heart go *thump thump* in excitement. *(_(_) (_I_) (_)_)*

I like spending time with Jeniffer and Linda.

One week for spring break is most definitely too short.

I don't like not having a car.

I lied and didn't spend three hours working on the ESBN presentation.

It pains me to see that many of my dearest friends are undergoing some serious problems. I see their hurt and suffering and I want to make it go away, but I am incapable of doing so. I feel utterly useless. *sigh*

I watched The Pianist today with Karen. Wow... I thought this movie was incredible. It's very gripping and brutally honest. Honest in the sense that a few parts of the movie were unsettling and even a bit depressing. Maybe I was so affected cuz I saw the movie after I watched Adrien Brody's reaction when he won Best Actor last night, but regardless, I thought it was an awesome movie. It's scary to think that the same thing that happened years ago may be happening all over again in the Middle East right now... some of the things depicted in the movie were very shocking and sad.

Janusz Olejniczak is the performer who plays for Adrien Brody's character as Wladyslaw Szpilman. He is simply amazing with his beautiful playing. I had the chills while watching him play. Having the ability to play a musical instrument and being able to express one's heart through music is such an incredible blessing from God. The piano is one of my most favoritest instruments.

"... God gave us music that we may pray without words."

Tomorrow I am going to spend at least three hours on the ESBN presentation.

An individual who can bring about changes and resolutions is often the same individual who caused the problem in the first place.
I will expound upon the abovementioned statement another time.

But right now, I'm preoccupied with other things that are making me contemplate and re-evaluate a lot of stuff. I'm being vague on purpose because I can't gauge whether if that's necessarily a bad thing or not.

And I want to watch The Pianist.

FRIENDS + FAMILY + FOOD = FUN

I had a really great day today. *warning* This is going to be a long entry cuz I want to remember as much detail of it as possible.

I had a late lunch with the fat guys, Karen, Judy, Sewon, and Kristy. We went to Roscoe's Chicken n Waffles on Pico and La Brea. It was Karen, Sewon, and Kristy's first time eating there so we naturally ordered a heap of food to make the most of the momentous occasion. It was very exciting for me cuz we ordered the Jeanne Jones Omelette and even though no one tried it before, I'm glad I persuaded them to try it cuz they all liked it a lot.

Funny moments from lunch:
-Trying to think of names for Kristy's new kitty and explaining to her why one cannot bring a pet kitty to the beach.
-Sewon opening her wetnap and rubbing it on her hands before realizing that the wetnap wasn't wet but in fact, was completely dry.
-Judy ignoring the waitress asking if she wanted more water cuz she was too engrossed in her chicken wing.
-Seeing the man who had bigger boobies than me, and feeling sad.
-Feeling Sewon's dead, coarse, and damaged hair and equating that to the feeling of steel wool. Karen grabbed a chunk and said that she wished she could ddae-mi-luh her skin with it.
-Karen and Sewon identically dressed like each other... down to the shades and the hairstyle. Then hearing them bicker about who was trying to imitate who.
-The complete silence at the table while we were consuming our food: proof that we are true fat guys who enjoy food way more than each other's company.

Something sad happened right as we were waddling out of Roscoe's: I got a parking ticket. The cost of the ticket doesn't really bother me, but the fact that I have now experienced all the common infractions typical drivers undergo is a bit disheartening. But my parents weren't even mad about it, so no worries. I'm planning on contesting it. The idiots should blatantly tell us that we need to pay for meter parking and not put up tricky signs that confuse fat Berkeley students.

I took a big ddong right when I got home and slept on the way back to LA to digest all my food cuz two hours later, I went to eat dinner with my family for my halmoni's birthday. It's her 82nd birthday today. =D We went to Little Tokyo and ate at Curry House. It's yummy there, but what impressed me was their tasty fonzu dressing. Earlier when I went to Fonzu in SF with my small group, the fonzu sauce they served was disgusting. This was much better so I was happy. Curry House also had Calpico Water, a drink that is very similar to what non-carbonated Milkis would taste like. My dad liked Calpico a lot. In fact, he liked it so much he asked the waitress where he could go buy some more. She told us of a market near the restaurant so right after we ate, we eagerly walked to the store. Unfortunately it was already closed, and my dad was really sad until my uncle mentioned that there was another market nearby that was probably still open. We all piled into the minivan and drove for about 10 minutes to this market that was also already closed. To comfort ourselves, we went to Man Na Sa Jae Bakery to buy a fruit cake for my halmoni. It turns out it was the same bakery that my mom got her wedding cake from. Inside the store, she eagerly described her cake to my sister, me, and my aunt, brandishing her arms about to show the length and shape of the cake, and bragging that she had a mini water fountain underneath the arch of the cake. Then she got sad cuz the cake that she wanted to buy was already reserved for someone else. She wanted the square fruit cake with sliced almonds. There were only round fruit cakes with no almonds left. She was really sad. But then she remembered that her wedding cake had lots of yellow flowers on it so she became happy again. My mom's favorite color is yellow. Then we went back to my halmoni's place and ate the round cake and watched old, wrinkled gasoos who were once popular stars sing their once famous songs. I had a really great time with my family tonight. =D

Memorable moments from dinner:
-A car almost hitting us while backing up. My dad desperately trying to honk at the car [he looked like he was convulsing cuz he was hitting the steering wheel so hard] and finally letting out a single pathetic honk at the car which by then, was about 100 feet in front of us.
-My dad getting really happy when I told him that Karen thought he was cute.
-My mom's voice significantly rising to a higher octave when she asked how Roy was doing. Then, later, forbidding me to continue feeding Roy.
-My mom disclosing the fact that an ugly nerd is better than no nerd at all.
-My halmoni's face illuminated by the candles right before she blew them out.
-My uncle's overly excited reaction when I told him my major and my future plans.
-My dad feigning exhaustion whenever he does something wrong and is caught by my mom.
-Noticing that my uncle looks significantly better now that my aunt probably dresses him.
-Finding out that my other uncle is now an associate professor at USC Dental School.
-My halmoni reaching into the toilet with her bare hands and pulling out the tightly wedged toilet paper that my sister clogged her toilet with after taking a ddong.

...

I cannot wait to go horseback riding on the beach. I no longer care about picking apples in Washington. Imagine the wind whipping through my hair,the smell of the clean, fresh air, the sound of the Atlantic Ocean's waves crashing on the sandy shore, the sound of my beautiful brown mare's hooves pounding on the sand, riding along next to a hot and hunky man on a white horse... WOW. I'm so excited. I can't wait.

There are two important things that I learned today... one good, and one that sucks ass.

Good thing: Albert the freshie is a really nice and sweet guy. He was horrified at the things I accused him of and for that, I'm really sorry. Somehow, I always manage to get things screwy and confused. Anyways, I'm very glad I was wrong. I like Albert a lot. I learned that I should stick with my initial intuitions first [as I know other people should as well]. I also learned that Albert can often be misjudged. Fred said that his sense of humor can be seen as rude to other people and they can take offense at the serious way his jokes may be presented. I think that's like when Eugene Shin would say a stupid comment and I'd think he was kidding so I started to laugh. But then he'd drop his dimpled grin and look so serious and mad that I'd get scared and think I offended him in some way. I guess it just takes time to get to know people. However, I'd like to reiterate the fact that I'm glad my misconceptions of Albert were wrong and I'm glad that he's such a nice guy. =]

Bad thing: I learned that happiness is a fleeting and unstable feeling. I think for one moment you can be on this good high but you can't ever be too comfortable or secure cuz that high can quickly come crashing to a screeching halt in a matter of seconds. I think I've felt the insecurities and riskiness of life too much. Is it all even worth it? Maybe I'm just one who suffers from the consequences of being bipolar.

Missed all my classes again today. Drat. I better fix this nasty habit after we come back from spring break.

Karen and I watched an episode of Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers late last night. Do you remember those days? Wow, they were fun.

Roy has the shortest attention span in the world. Roy is also one of the few boys I know who would relentlessly clobber an innocent girl with pillows for five continuous minutes to get her to study. Good intentions yes, but that jidiotic hypocrite conked out himself within minutes after coercing me to wake up instead of studying for his own midterm.

My goal for the summer is to learn how to cook at least two dishes. Keep me accountable as I already know that this will be an immense challenge.

I ate an obscene amount of food today.

I had lunch with Sara Yin at Daruma's. I had a really good time cuz Sara is a friend who I can blatantly do the most repulsive things in front of and won't flinch a bit cuz she's done equally if not worse things herself. I haven't talked to Sara for quite some time now, so I was really really happy that I could spend a couple hours with her today. I openly admire her strength and determination in all aspects of life. We talked about our current situations and our future plans, and then started talking about the past. We've had some good times, Sara and I. I first met the Burbank Boys with her. I had my first breakdown in front of her. I've had many firsts with her, but I don't know if it's appropriate to list them all here. And although it was great reliving old memories, I couldn't help but feel a little sad at the realization of how distant we've grown apart from each other. She says she's interested in coming back out to FICB. I told her that Roy is going to be the new praise leader and she started freaking out. She knows Roy in a completely different context. I realized a lot of things from talking with her today...

Later, my small group went to Ponzu and then Ghiradelli's in SF. Ponzu is this contemporary Asian restaurant that's named after the Japanese sauce ponzu: soy sauce with a splash of citrus fusion. The restaurant's decor was funky, with lots of curves and contorted shapes. It was very exotic, with lots of bold, rich colors complimenting the food very well. However, the food itself was okay. Esther, Amanda, Carolina, and I were at one table and we concluded that the flavors were a bit too powerful for our liking. Carolina's mouth became numb cuz her mouth couldn't handle the intensities and varying contrasts of the flavors. We all drank lots of water. Afterwards we went to Ghiradelli's and got the Earthquake, even though out of the ten girls, only six were eating it. I was actually nauseated from my gluttonous ingestion of ice cream.

My embarassing moment of the day: At Ghiradelli's, they have this basket of free chocolate that they pass out to customers. We went there about 30 minutes before closing so there was barely any people there. Meriel noticed that the basket was left unattended to so immediately all of us started grabbing chocolate, packaging them neatly into piles wrapped in napkins, and then cramming them into our purses. Then we casually sauntered out of the gift store and into the parlor area to eat our Earthquake. However, remember once again how "chons" I am. After we sat down, one of the girls told me that when I walked by, two of the workers saw the bulging napkin covered stolen chocolate in my puse and started whispering about me in their native language. I wondered how the heck they knew this so I looked down and saw that in my haste and excitement, my purse was left wide open with Ghiradelli printed napkins protruding very visibly over the top of my purse. How mortifying.

On a happier note however, I really like my small group. I get disgustingly happy when we all get together and talk and eat and spend time with each other. =D

Today's good stuff:
-All my old email returned from Bearmail.
-Dinner date with Nancy for Thursday.
-Fat guys. KoKo House. Wednesday night. $5 Ttong Dak.
-Chicken super nachos from La Burrita, Diet Coke, Nancy Kim.
-Fat guys, Spumoni ice cream, Life as a House [I liked this movie a lot.]

Today's not so good stuff:
-Realizing how behind I am in Korean after missing a week of it.
-Ugly man frightening me out of nowhere and trying to seduce me. =[
-Being bloated from over-consumption of above mentioned good stuff.

Today's FAVORITE moment:
-Most excellent 90 minute aim conversation with Eugene the Shin.
I really am happy that you visited last night, just like how I would get happy when you'd come visit me at work to point out that I did absolutely nothing. =]

Today was a good day.

Quick recap for my own sake: a reminder to be completely honest with God, confrontation with a good friend, fat guy feast, speed scrabble yet again, Eugene Shin's surprising once in a lifetime visit, fat guy dessert, and Amadeus.

I've taken the fat guy test twice so far, and I've scored higher than fat guy numero uno both times.

POTCH was today and it was really good. It's such an incredible feeling to see how so many people have been blessed with such special talents and to see how glory is brought to Him who is gracious enough to give everyone those talents. Andy Chon had this video that was quite good. There was that great customary comedic relief, but it also had a really strong message to it: that one doesn't need to have an official title to serve. I think what struck me about it was its applicability to me. It's something that I've struggled with since freshman year and it's still something that I often grapple with. I know in my brain that having a specific position or title doesn't define who I am, title isn't everything, but at certain times the tangibility of it is something I seek. I need to feel that sense of assurance that I'm actually doing something. But I know I'm being selfish and ridiculous. Fortunately, God provides opportunities that remind me that I serve God by being just who I am, and not by who I am as defined by a particular position or title. Thanks Andy. =]

I had a lot of fun later tonight too. Usually I like to remember a few good memories from the experience, but I know Karen is going to give a thorough account of everything that happened, so I'd rather talk about something else.

I realize how fickle a person I am and how I abandon those dearest to me for things I feel like will instead provide immediate gratification. I deeply hurt and insulted a good friend of mine today, and for that, I am truly apologetic. There really isn't any justification for my behavior, and I can't really explain it either. But all I know is that intimacy scares me sometimes... and I think the more I can relate to a person, the more I feel afraid.

It's been one crazy week. For those of you that know, thanks for your encouragement and nice words. They helped a lot. =]

This week's been a culmination of no sleep, no food, lots of stress, lots of caffeine, and the sudden development of dyslexia.

Earlier tonight while we were praticing for POTCH, I suddenly thought I heard something. I ran to the door and upon opening it, saw that my intuitions were correct:
*rain* and lots of it.

And I can hear it start again right now... hooray. =D

"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hannah Kim: Thanks for giving me the very pretty flowers. Today was a really long day and I wasn't doing good. But I'm so glad I got see you even for a sec cuz seeing you makes me happy. =] I was scared when you called and said you had something for me though. I thought you remembered you had to sock me and was calling me to tell me you wanted to hit me. I'm glad I was wrong. Hehe

Judy Choi: Thanks for picking me up right now even though it was 4:30 in the morning. I know you're going crazy right now with your paper, but just hang in there and think of good times like Friday after POTCH. We're going to seriously go buckwild. Seriously with absolutely no inhibitions whatsoever. I know we deserve it. =] Thanks again. I hope you finish your paper soon.

Karen Lee: Thanks girl for letting me study at your place tonight with Mark. And thanks for the large mocha bianca from Milano's. The heaps of caffeine we've been consuming these past days has been disgusting. My tolerance level is inching up higher and higher. Anyways, I know that you're going crazy too and I also say that we go play mindlessly on Friday. Think happy thoughts like picking apples in Washington and camping in Yosemite. We are going to go. =] Good luck tomorrow!

Roy Chung: Thanks for emailing me even though I haven't gotten it yet. I keep checking Bearmail cuz I'm really excited about it. I think it's the only thing I'm looking forward to right now. Dang, this email better be good. Haha. =] Oh, and thanks for thinking that you are 110% man. I laughed a lot. =]

"The present circumstance, which presses so hard against you, is the best shaped tool in the Father's hand to chisel you for eternity. Trust him then. Do not push away the instrument lest you lose its work."

AUGH. I've been using Bearmail for the past few months now and all my emails just got erased this past weekend cuz the freakin system sucks (_I_). The email that was sent out said that they are trying to retrieve my old emails, but I honestly doubt that's going to happen. This is a sign for me to use Outlook but I don't like to cuz I have old mail that I need to clean out. And the program is all retarded now too cuz I tried to be smart and add another email addy to it. Too bad I don't know why my emails are going to two different locations now.

I just checked to see how many emails I have and at this moment, I have 1275 items in my inbox, 604 of which are unread. And I have 1518 items in my deleted box, 331 of which are unread. Is that a lot?

JUDwhaEE: hahhaha
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JUDwhaEE: and so hyper
JUDwhaEE: that u'll clap your hands
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JUDwhaEE: i love it
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JUDwhaEE: then i'll screeam
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Kpxgrlx012: awwww
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Kpxgrlx012: when i look at my reader
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JUDwhaEE: or stressed
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JUDwhaEE: yes, u freak!
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Kpxgrlx012: byeeeeeeeeeeeee

What's the cause of all this craze and excitement? Barney's Guacamole Burger, Barney's California Burger, and Barney's Portabello.

It's a great feeling when you have a fat guy friend who knows you so well she knows the subtleties of your actions and can even recall the days of "the digestion dance." Hello Judy, my delicious Booty. (_I_)

Yesterday I learned how to play Monopoly for the first time in my life. Kwan, Sewon, and I played while Carroll, Kristy, and Karen watched and gave input. Everyone taught me how to play and I think everyone became frustrated at my inability to comprehend the object of the game. It was Disney Monopoly so I had fun looking at the pictures and reading the show time cards. I won the game too. When the game ended I had two monopolies, 3000ish dollars, and made Kwan go bankrupt. =]
This is what I learned from the game:
-Kwan has played the game so many times he's memorized the number of spaces on the board and what each space represents. He also knows all the rules of Monopoly... Karen and him had a couple of quibbles and he won all of them.
-Monopoly isn't as fun as people say it is. I don't like how there's all this competition just to get one monopoly thing.
-I don't know what the word "mortgage" means.

Andy Chon was very nice today at church. Nice meaning that there were less glares of repulsion and less wisecracks about my stupidity. He even shared his orange with Sewon and me. I asked him why he was in such a good mood and he said it was cuz of the weather.

I get happy knowing that something as simple as nice weather can be a source for happiness for someone. For me, it's like seeing the nursery kids' faces light up when they see their parents coming to pick them up. Or watching Hyo-bum enjoy eating his ham sandwich at lunch so much. Or having jalepenos to go with our sandwiches. Or checking to see if boys wear black socks with black dress shoes and finding that they do.

This is yet another example of how much I suck at cooking:

For small group today Josei and I volunteered to bring snacks. For some particular reason that I can't understand, I decided to be ambitious and bake cupcakes instead of buying the typical goodies for everyone. However, I was over zealous in my attempts cuz I ended up burning the cupcakes. How sad. =[ Only I would be so incompetent as to burn the bottoms of cupcakes.

I was driving today and I realized that I tend to set myself up for disappointment. I'm not trying to elicit pity or anything, it's just something I realize that I do to myself.

I had a good lunch today with Linda at Smart Alec's A+. So good in fact, we were both late to our 2:00 classes. =T I like Linda. I find that I can relate a lot to the way she thinks and perceives. We were both reminded today of the need to always be careful about what we say around people. Especially around people we aren't intimate with. I can't wait for our Blue Nile date where I can pretend to be Sabrina. Hehe.

I read this on Andy Chon's blog:

"i learned that jaime, sarah, tommy, eric, and grace are really really fun people."

And I got very happy. That comment totally made my day. =D

The junior/senior BART extravaganza was today. I think it went okay, except the last part at Unit 3. Everyone was very tired, including myself. I lost ability to think rationally after a while. But it was really fun watching the groups work together to come up with the correct answers and to hear them verbalize their thought processes. Eugene Shin is really smart and I was curious to see how he would solve the clues. When I heard him think out loud to his group, and heard how his thought process was similar to what we had planned, I got really happy. And I was seriously amazed that Roy was the only person out of 30 people to find the PWK clue. =P

Even though it took some time and work, I thank God for allowing such a good and rewarding experience like this to happen. Everything fell apart a few hours before the game, but it all came together again at the last minute and everything worked out. =] It was only through Him that we were able to pull this off and I'm so happy that we were able to. I just hope that people got to be better acquainted with those they aren't that familiar with, or that people were able to strengthen already existing relationships.

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sno bunny nk: it's really encouraging to see all u guys working so hard
sno bunny nk: so that we could bond for one nigth
Kpxgrlx012: do you thin people bonded?
Kpxgrlx012: i really hope so
sno bunny nk: yeah
sno bunny nk: i got to know billy kim better
sno bunny nk: i definitely talk3ed to esther th emost today
sno bunny nk: than our past 2.5 yrs combined
sno bunny nk: it was good

Prayers ARE answered. =D Wow.