PUSH!

Memorial weekend is usually the biggest auto racing weekend, with Monaco GP and Indy 500, but the races had been rather boring..., fastest qualifier wins the race in the end..., but I still enjoyed watching them though.

This past LONG weekend has been pretty boring overall too especially for the wife, but we did manage to at least enjoy a new burger that I've developed that can perhaps rival the In-and-Out burger! We've also got a new work table for me from Ikea... we've also for the first time tried out the Metro train in LA! We've been on metros in lots of other various cities, but never around LA, so we figured we try go shopping in Hollywood while minimize pollution! ;)

Anyway, pastor Jim sorta did a rehashed sermon this past weekend. So that was kinda boring too, but still something worthwhile some meditation I think. He talked about dreams vs fantasies. I've had plenty of dreams..., but of course not all of them came true... actually, not all of them are capable of coming true... so I guess they were just fantasies. But nevertheless, I do believe dreams can help motivate us for otherwise, I'd often not feel like doing anything! ;) Wife disagree about dreaming, thinking it's a waste of time, worse yet, it can often times disappoint when it's unfulfilled! Anyway, I don't know who's right and who's wrong... surely if we're just mindlessly day-dreaming, for sure that can be a waste of time I suppose. But how do we know that we're dreaming a worthwhile and achievable dream?

Well, we can only hope that God will help us out on that I suppose. Like Pastor Jim said, we just gotta allow God's(seed) Word to penetrate us... don't allow our hardened hearts to reject the seeds... we also gotta nourish the seed, if our dream is in line with God's will, we just gotta have faith that it will be realized! And like delivering a baby, we just gotta keep on PUSHING! (Pray Until Something Happens!)

(Eze 28-30, 174.8 lbs, $2.839)

Whew!

Got super busy at work starting beginning of last weekend. Hopefully things can slow down a bit so that I can catch my breath a bit... About the only interesting thing that we did was watching the Star Trek movie. It's not bad, but it ain't that great either. I guess I was expecting too much!

Anyway, finally finished reading the book 'Sources of Power'. Not sure how long I've been reading that, just occasionally a few pages here and there while sitting on the toilet! ;) I was planning to finish reading that on the plane during my trip to Taiwan, but watching movies was the only way I could stay awake in order to deal with the different time zones... I've decided to read up on some books regarding how we make decisions because I'm sometimes known to be kinda indecisive! So, my conclusion for this book is that basically I'm just too 'inexperienced', that's why often times I'd consider too many options. "Experienced" decision makers often knows what to do that works at any given situation... So anyway, I guess the main point I got was that I need to gather more experience so that I can make more inform decisions faster!!! ;)

So I suppose I'm more appreciatieve of the extra work that I'm doing because it's adding to my 'experiece'! ;) I'm even 'experiencing' my wife more by having more 'fellowships' or digging into each other's brain kinda talks. Hopefully I can really gather and sort out these experiences and help me become a better decision maker! ;)

Pastor Jim also finished up with his 'Lamp' or 'Word' series. I'm kinda glad that I've been able to maintain reading the Word even when things got real busy! I do try to find verses here and there to try to remember by and then post them in this blog, but lately, I've been reading a lot of God judging His people... so I guess the main point is that we probably should just remember to NOT do evil like the Jews back then so that hopefully we can spare judgement!!! May God have mercy on us... and may we behave ourselves like Noah, Daniel and Job...

(Ezekiel 13-15, 174.6 lbs, $2.759)

Ezekiel 11

19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Lamentations 3

²² Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.

²³ They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

²⁴ I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."

²⁵ The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;

²⁶ it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

Rancho del Descanso

AKA Descanso Garden... descanso meaning rest in Spanish. Haven't been there for a while and wife hasn't been there before... so I thought we take a stroll... and as it turned out it was much better than the LA Arboretum! We liked it enough to actually joining their membership! For a gal who doesn't like flowers that much, that's amazing! ;)

Anyway, also celebrated Mother's day at the Duck House. The food there was not so bad I guess, but not very impressed by their service. Not sure if I'll go again... especially when the duck not only made me fat, but also caused some extra pimples! ;)

Besides over-feeding on regular food, I'm finally done with Jerimiah. The book is pretty depressing and scary... and not very easy to find memorable verses which I'd like to remember... hopefully things get better later on... If God is with us, of course things will get better later on! ;)

Another interesting thing worthy of mention is the TV show Lost. It's actually dealing with how predestination is intertwined with free will... I was debating with some atheists on the forum about such topic just recently and it was cool to see a TV show demonstrate the paradoxical co-existece of both! One more season and it'll supposedly end... I wonder how the show is going to finish. Wife is usually pretty good at guessing the ending, but this show is just so unpredictable she's not even going to try! ;)

(Jer 49-52, 1772. lbs, $2.599)

Jeremiah 39

18 I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.'

Swine Flu...

This thermal picture's taken at JPL this weekend. We went to their open-house, I look like I have a fever, but that's only because it was kinda hot. So, no, didn't get swine flu yet, but I think we're getting fat like pigs all of a sudden over the weekend! Not sure what happened, perhaps it was the hotter weather causing us to drink too much... consequently caused water retention? We really should be eating more of God's Word as Pastor Jim was telling us... ;)

I think I'm going to try to pick out at least one memorable bible verse to remember everyday our of my devotional reading. But today's reading, I really wasn't able to find any particularly good verse that's all that memorable... the only interesting part of the story was about the Recabites who were really faithful to their fore-father's instructions... to never drink wine and to remain life as nomads... God was complimenting them regard their obedience... why couldn't the Jews be more like them?

Well, as nice as I am on the outside, I know I'm not always all that obedient myself. Hope I can be more obedient to God in the future...

Anyway, after drinking from our bitter cups recently, wife and I seemed to be making more progress regarding our relationships... may God continue to guide and inspire me to be able to keep it up! ;)

(Jer 34-36, 177.0 lbs, $2.499)