NO excuse

Tonight I was reading Philippians 2 :5-8 that reads: "Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion."

The first part of this verse got me thinking about how privileged we are as christians and followers of Christ to be able to live a life that is dedicated to and for God. 

It never really understood this idea until i read this verse tonight and it made me just pray a prayer of thanksgiving to our God. Because i realized how amazing and precious the sacrifice he gave for us. 
I grew up knowing and learning that the sacrifice was amazing because Jesus was God's only son and that has got to be extremely hard to give up your one and only son. But the second aspect which i didnt realize was that this sacrifice is amazing because God sacrificed Jesus, his one and only son, so that we as his followers could have a perfect example to live our lives. Because think about it, Jesus was perfect and he lived the perfect life without sin. And he "set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became a human!!" and the even crazier thing is that he wasnt forced to do this! He chose to do this out of the crazy love that he has for us, his children.  

So because of this absolutely AMAZING sacrifice, we really have no excuse to go on living our lives like its our own, in our sin and self fish desires. We are dead to our old life and are living a life that Jesus was supposed to live, so dont continue to live lazy lives for ourselves! Instead,  let us all be reminded and keep in mind what amazing sacrifice we were given and the perfect example that we have laid out before our eyes, as our guidelines to living a life for our Lord that is pleasing and good to the God that has given his everything for those who love him and obey his commands!!


And also! Dont forget that we have our bible with us as a very powerful tool to also help guide us by educating us on everything that Jesus did while he lived as a man on this earth. So if you havent read your bible in a while, take it out and read it!! If those are the words that Jesus spoke, shouldnt we be spending some time,if not ALL our time, reading and meditating on his word ?!

So I encourage everyone to take out their awesome bibles and just to spend time reading his word and soaking up the presence of our Lord tonight!

Making the "impossible" possible through the partnership with the One who is able.

I came across an article today about Kim Jong-Un and the injustice that he has brought over the lives of the citizens that are living in North Korea. If you haven't already read or heard about the terrible news, it has been reported that Kim Jong-Un had 80 people publicly executed in North Korea on November 3rd. The justification for his decision for taking the innocent lives of these 80 people were very minor "crimes" which include watching South Korean films, religious activism, cellphone use, and stealing food.
Not only did he unjustly take the lives of these people, but he also ordered the Wonsan authorities to gather a crowd of 10,000 people, including children, at Shinpoong Stadium and forced them to watch the killings.

This news was really heartbreaking. The fact that horrible events such as these are going on around the world everyday, and that we go on with our lives unaware of it, really made me rethink about how I was living.

I'm not trying to point fingers because I am guilty of being caught up in my own "issues" everyday just as much as everyone else is. Many times we're caught up with our own issues, our own problems, etc. And I feel like so many of us complain on a daily basis on what we don't have or wish we did have.
Very trivial issues compared to problems that people around the world are going through.

This article humbled me and reminded me to be thankful for all the things that I am blessed to have in my life. Even if we may not have entirely every thing that we may want, we should focus on the things that we do have! Things such as good health, freedom of speech, freedom to move around whenever we desire, freedom to watch what we want, freedom to talk with whoever we want, freedom to praise God wherever and whenever we want, and the list goes on.


What has happened on November 3rd in North Korea was very wrong and unjust. And I believe this gives us an even bigger reason to pray for not only North Korea but also its leader, Kim Jong-Un.

At such a young age he was given so much authority and power. This execution that occurred on November 3rd was the first known public execution that Kim Jong-Un had ordered, since he took power after the death of his father.

Whether he will command more public executions to take place in the future or not, I do not know. But I'll tell you what i do know.

I know that God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth and everything and everyone on it, did not create Kim Jong-Un and the rest of the Kim family to be or to  do what they have been doing for the past 67 years in North Korea. He also did not create the citizens living in North Korea to be treated the way they are being treated; their lives being taken away from them without justice or dying from starvation without even being able to hear the good news of the Gospel of hope and salvation.

So I just want us to pray. To pray for God to rock North Korea with his love and the everlasting hope that only He can provide. I want us to pray for the impossible, the things that seem like it could never happen.
Because God could do the impossible.  We may not be able to do the impossible, the extraordinary. But we are partnered with the one who can!!

So pray for Kim Jong-Un to be changed from the inside out, to be struck with God's love and his glory so hard, that he wouldn't be able to contain it and his life would be transformed. Pray for all these things and pray for even crazier things to happen!! And as we pray, I encourage us to have faith and to believe 100 percent that what we are praying about will really happen. To not let even a single thought of doubt seep through, as we pray.

Because our God is able. Remember who you are praying to as you make your prayers to him.
You're talking to THE CREATOR OF THIS ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!

If he could make a blind man see, if he could take away the pain in your body, if he could rise someone from the dead, if he could create the entire universe, and if he knows each and every one of us by name, and the number of hairs we have on our head, he can SURELY bring salvation and hope to North Korea.

Remember that the God who preformed all the miracles throughout the bible is THE SAME GOD we worship today!! He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow! He never changes and his power never fades. So lets have hope and faith in what he can do.

I believe that prayer is such a powerful weapon that we are blessed with and we are partnered and backed up by the MOST POWERFUL ONE, the BEST partner of all. WHAT IS THERE TO BE AFRAID OF?! If God is for us, what can be against us?

So lets have faith and pray and believe that it will be done. 
And it, surely, will be done. 

Sustainable Systems: Find objects on the street and create an art piece.

Quit It

The piece I created is titled Quit It. As I was going along the street and observing the things that were on the sidewalks, I noticed that there were a lot of cigarette butts that people just threw on the floor after they finished smoking. Along with the innumerable amounts of cigarette butts, there were also many different kinds of leaves that had fallen off of trees. I decided to collect these two things to create a piece of work that represents the world and the affects that smoking has on this earth.

I gathered and used many different types and colors of leaves that I found to form the earth. The leaves represent the nature that makes up this earth. Then I lined up the cigarette butts that I collected, around the leaves, representing the smoke and pollution that is created from smoking.

This title Quit It is directed to the people who smoke. Not only is smoking horrible for the body and the health of the person who smokes, but it is also harmful for the environment. After filling their lungs with smoke, the smokers leave their cigarette butts on the sidewalks, which in turn creates an unpleasant and dirty city. Both the title and art piece are promoting the viewers to help prevent polluting the earth and environment by quitting smoking.

Space&Materiality project: Create a nomadic shelter.

Eunice's Cozy Coat!

Ever had that problem when one sweater just won't do? Now with the Cozy Coat you can have warmth,comfort, and coziness all in one! 

The Cozy Coat is  sweater that is carefully designed to keep you cozy and comfortable! The blanket which is attached on the back side of the sweater, provides the perfect surface to lie down on. The blanket is very easily rolled up as it is to roll out. With the buckles that holds the blanket in place, one can very simply roll up the blanket and pop the buckles back in and you're ready to go! 

It's a choice,

Wow. Praise the Lord!!!
Tonight, I came across this video online and i just wanted to share it with the people who read my blog.
Here's what i got from watching this video :)

Nothing is a coincidence with God. Everything is in accordance His time, which is the perfect and never by chance.
This man reminded me immediately of Jesus and how selfless the God of this entire universe is. Jesus gave his all to the strangers he came across. He ate with the sinners and became friends with the people that were ill and with people who were outcasts.Jesus did not judge, did not stop to analyze someone by their appearance or their past. He knew all our present sins, past sins, and even our future sins and yet he STILL gave everything to us. WOW!! Who does that?!!

Crazy, isnt it? and it blows my mind that many of us, including me, after knowing this and being "saved" christians, still hesitate from showing love onto strangers. Or even think of finding a compromise or coming up with an excuse to not spend time with him through the readings of his word daily. Like whaaaat?! Doesn't make any sense. The Lord our Savior deserves everything and ALL of our time and devotion, not just that 30 mins or 1 hour or even 2 hours of quiet time that we set aside for him. He deserves our entire life. Our everything.
So why don't we do that? Make a choice. Its a decision that we, as individuals, each need to make.
To live a life devoted to Christ. To live a life that is set apart from this world. To live a life for the Lord!!
How exciting is that?! WoOoOoOo!! HE'S SO GOOD!
ALL praise and honor and glory goes to our God!!
Thank you Lord for loving us and for who you are!!

Here's the link to the video if you guys want to watch it ! :)
Its so awesome!
http://www.faithit.com/atheist-heroin-addict-gets-schooled-on-power-of-prayer/

Stay calm and let God

"They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right. He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became your healing. You were lost sheep with no idea who you were or where you were going. Now you’re named and kept for good by the Shepherd of your souls."1Peter 2:23-25

GOD IS SO GOOD!!!! WOW 1Peter chapter 2 is such a blessed read. Ive been meditating on this chapter for couple of days now and its such a blessing every time. Its crazy, the bible. You would think if you read one chapter or one verse every night for several nights, that it would get boring but wow, how it is not!!
These verses really spoke out to me this week because I was beginning to struggle with getting angry towards people who did not seem to be thankful for other people's good deeds. You know those people that are just never happy, even if they are blessed with so many things in their lives? I know i once was that person at one point in my life. Never looking at the things in front of me that I already had, and being thankful about those things. But always focusing on what i do not have, what i could have but didnt, for whatever reason.

But even if there are these unhappy, ungrateful, and unthankful people around me who dont appreciate the things that they are blessed with. I came to know that i do not have to be angered or heated by these people. You see, because i was trying my best to love on everyone, but it especially became hard when that person was just never happy or ever thankful back. Not even necessarily thankful to me but just to people around them you know?
And it clicked as soon as i read this verse because, we as followers of christ are called to live a life that is Christ like. Which means, we will go through and have to endure the same trials and hurtful comments from people that Jesus had to endure. However, just as Jesus endured these things by staying silent and just continuing to show love, ultimately letting God set things right. We too can stay silent and continue to show love no matter what circumstances we encounter because we have the insurance that the Lord of all things, the ultimate Judge, will set things right when the time comes.
So brothers and sisters, dont be discouraged if the people you're showing love onto do not return the same kind of love back. If they even show the complete opposite with hateful words and actions, continue to show love just as our Father Jesus did. Because He will set things right! :D

Dont try to get revenge and set things right for yourself! Instead, let God!
All we have to do is love unconditionally, just as He has and is doing and will continue to do!

wow and the last verse.
"His wounds became our healing. We were lost sheep with no idea who we were or where we were going. Now we're named and kept FOR GOOD by the Shepard of our souls."
Wow. I dont even think there even needs to be any explanation to that because that verse says it all.

WOOOOOO God is so good. ALWAYS AND FOREVER!! Thank you Jesus for being so great in our lives!!

Love that is empowered by the perfect love of Christ!

Just got back from my Studio class.

Today, our professor showed the class two documentaries as inspirational examples for our next big project which is also our final. Our final project is creating a memorial piece that documents a historical moment or a historical event that we find important. This memorial piece could be anything from a garment to a movie to even a painting. The historical topic could be a person or a specific event.

Saya, our professor, showed us first a documentary on the very well known, Vietnam Memorial, located in Washington.  It was really interesting to see all the work that was put into this memorial. The documentary mentioned the several trails that the designer encountered. There were many controversial arguments on the design  of the monument itself. And i thought it was really interesting to see the many different view points of each group of people. The documentary definitely made me appreciate the Vietnam Memorial far more than i did prior to watching the film.

The second documentary that Saya showed us was on the tragic incident that occurred on September 9th. The crashing of the twin towers.

Watching this documentary really opened my eyes to this historical event. The documentary was basically filmed by two brothers. These two brothers were filming the lives of fire fighters and the process in which each fire fighter goes through starting from being a trainee to a full time fire fighter.
They interviewed several of the beginning fire fighters and decided to choose one in particular to follow to see and document his journey as a fire fighter.As they were doing this, it just so happened that they were able to document the tragic event of 9/11.

 They film everything from the beginning of what seemed to be much like a normal day in New York all the way up to the exact time when the plane crashed into the World Trade Center and all the horrific scenes after the crashing of the plane.

This documentary really gave a clear illustration of how it must have been on September 11th. It was like I was standing in the exact place and time the event happened because the brothers each were holding their cameras and recording the entire time. The camera would record what they were going through such as running away in order to escape the debris from the building that collapsed. You could clearly see all the dust and really feel how hard it must have been to breathe through all the dust in the air.

After watching more than half of the documentary,  I began to think about all the possible emotions that this documentary would stir up. And i thought that hatred and disgust towards the people who did this, were probably what many people would feel.
Because i remember at the time of when this event occurred, many students who were of the same nationality that the terrorists who had planned this attack were, were getting harassed.

But then i began to think. That the answer to all of these issues were love.

The people who had planned this attack were probably very angry and filled with hate for whatever reason. And therefore acted upon these feelings and emotions of hate and anger by plotting a plan of attack.
And because of this terrible event, many people were also angered which led to the harassment of people who in reality didn't  have anything to do with it.

When I first heard of the attack, which was when i was in elementary school, i remember immediately feeling anger and hatred towards the terrorist who attacked. However, today instead of feeling the same anger and hate, I felt the exact opposite.
Not to say, that I was feeling love and compassion towards the terrorists and what they had done, but that i felt more motivated to show love onto people.

I thought to myself that it was love that these people were missing that really made them turn bitter and hate. So much so that they would even attack innocent people.

It broke my heart to know that something simple as loving and showing compassion onto people, could have changed history. Could have saved so many lives. Could have made everything so much more different. And as i was feeling this pain, it made me think of how much more pain our God, the Creator of everything, was feeling as he saw everything happening. As he watched his creations that he created to love and be loved, fight one another in hate, killing several innocent and precious lives.


This is what motivated me today, to love far greater than what i thought was "showing love" onto people.

 The God of the entire universe created each and every one of us to be loved by him and out of the love he has for us, to overflow love onto the people around us! Its not about receiving the same love that you show onto people from the people that you love on. Because, many times its going to be hard to receive that, almost impossible. If receiving love from people is the only reason why you show love onto people in the first place, you're missing the point!

We shouldnt seek the love of people because first of all, we will never be satisfied with the love that people have for each other, no matter how much that person loves you. Its impossible to reach the full capacity of love that we desire inside of us. And second, We have the love of God!!! right in front of us. The perfect, eternal, everlasting love of the Father. Which is the ONLY  love that will fill us up to our 100 percent and the only love that we will ever satisfy the desires of our heart.


So don't seek love from the people that you love on by giving love to them. In other words, dont love on people for your benefits of receiving back, but do it out of the love that God has for us and the love that he pours out onto us!


In that way, we will be able to change the whole world around. Because the love that we share with each other is empowered by the perfect love that God pours out onto us!!!

"Look at me. Focus on me."

Wow. I am blown away. What made me write this blog entry tonight was the crazy love that I felt the Father has for his children. And i when i say crazy, I dont mean like bazaar  or like freaky crazy. What i mean when i say the crazy love that he has for his children, Im referring to the infinite, boundless, eternal, 100 percent kind of love that he has for us. The love that is so much that its crazy. 

Tonight was a really crazy night. Well, actually this entire day was just a really tiresome day because I had been working on a project since the time i woke up to the time i had my afternoon class. Then after my afternoon class ended, I went out to see the annual Halloween parade that the city does. So by the end of the day, I was drained both psychologically and physically. 

The Halloween Parade was really enjoyable and fun but what really bothered me was the amount of negativity in the crowd. Many people were complaining about the crowdedness and the traffic the parade was causing. And it really made me think again about the consumer mind set that we as humans have. Because every person in the crowd would complain, if their needs were not met. Wether they could see the parade from where they were standing, whether they could get across the street without having to wait, wether they felt tired, wether they were happy or not. Like everything was very draining and I found myself being  very self fish for what i needed, which ultimately led to complaining... 

By the time i got back to the dorms, i was ready to take a shower and go straight to sleep. However, as i was checking my phone, I realized that the touch screen on my phone was not working. 

I started to freak out. Several questions started clouding my mind. Will my alarm still go off tomorrow? What if it doesnt? What if im late to my class tomorrow morning? What if i need to contact my friends? What if i get into an emergency and i need to use the phone? 

And as i was asking myself all these questions and doubts, an endless list of questions for my future also started to add onto the list. 

In hopes of relieving my anxieties of my problem with my phone, I made an appointment with apple for the next day that i was free to go and fix my phone. 

However, even after booking my appointment and knowing that i was "safe", really didnt give me a 100% feeling of assurance...

So I turned to the word...

Tonight i read Hebrews 11,12& 13. As i was reading it I was reminded of how great God is.
Hebrews 11 mentions all the people in the bible who were successful in everything they did because they had faith. It mentions Abel, Enoch, Noah, as well as several other people. The list of examples of people who were faithful really goes for a long time, which shows the power of God and the outcome of being faithful to his word and what believing in him 100 percent can really do. 

Verse 5 in chapter 13 " Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." 

Verse 6 "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?" 

Verse 8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

and Verse 20-21 "Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus. that great Shepherd of the sheep,(21) equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen."

These verses really shook me up and woke me up. Its crazy how quick we are to forget ,even after seeing how much and knowing how the Lord has worked in our lives, how great the Lord is.

Its crazy how quickly we can become blind to the abilities of God.

You see in verse 5, the Lord said he would NEVER leave us nor forsake us. Meaning he will never leave us alone. He is ALWAYS there on our side. He's like literally calling out to us saying "LOOK AT ME! LOOK HERE, because I  can give you rest!"

And that really struck me because I really was able to feel the immense love that he has for his children. 

I have seen God work in my life in mind blowing ways, however, even after witnessing his works in my life, I was still was blinded by the problems of this world. I let the problems, which really are very petty problems, be magnified and block my view from God, pushing God away and replacing him with my anxieties. 

When in reality, those problems are microscopic. They are all very minuscule things that God could so very easily handle. 

I let those things have a hold of me. And after reading verse 8 in Chapter 13 I was reminded that the Lord was there for me and is there for me and will always be there for me. 

He was shouting "HEY LOOK AT ME ! FOCUS ON ME!! Because I can make everything right. I am able to solve the problems that seem like huge mountains to you because I am God. "

He's saying to focus on him, not because he wants you're worship or because he feels like he's not getting enough love from us. (He's the God of all things, the Creator of this whole entire universe, and we are but specks! ) He's not calling out onto us because he wants to fulfill his own self fish desires, but he's calling out to us to look to him and to give our 100 percent attention to him because he knows that when we look to him we are having faith in him, and through that faith we find hope. Which ultimately delivers us from chains of anxieties, feelings of overwhelmingness, worries, doubts, etc that weigh us down and blinds us!

HE WANTS US TO BE FREED AND TO FIND FREEDOM IN HIM!!

Which means, he's calling out to us because he loves us and he wants us to feel loved and feel 100 percent assured that everything is going to be great because He is on our side. 

And that, my friends, is TRUE LOVE. The only love that we can receive from the Father of all things. The name above all names. The King of king. The big G, not the little g's. The Alpha and the Omega. 

The love that the Father has for his children.

Less of me and more of You, Lord.

Faith to Knowledge  Faith

Its crazy, the human nature. The idea of fulfilling our self desires, our self- seeking attention, and our selfish ambitions are so deeply embedded in ourselves. The consumer mindset of what can I do for myself, what can I get for myself so that I can be happy?

Tonight, as I was getting ready to shower my heart felt really heavy. Something was bothering me. Something that felt very much like the feeling of when I was depressed, only, it wasn't depression. It was more of a feeling of loneliness. And it was a really unusual feeling of loneliness because it wasn't the usual feeling of loneliness, one of which  I feel when I think no one loves me.

 It was the exact opposite. As I was trying to figure out the roots of what was making me feel this strange feeling of loneliness, I was thinking. And I realized it couldn't be that I wasn't feeling loved by the people around me or that i wasn't getting enough attention from the people around me. In fact, I was getting quite a lot of attention. I was getting a lot of attention via the various social medias whether it was the many likes and comments on my instagram and facebook or whether  I was getting invited to hang around with my friends, or through the several texts that I was receiving. But this feeling of loneliness was so strong and it finally clicked and I realized what it was.



The feeling of having attention on me, feeling appreciated, and letting people know that I was a transformed person through God was great. I felt awesome. But this feeling of satisfaction was very short, very temporary. This feeling of satisfaction didn't even last a day, I would even say it was only a couple of hours until it disappeared.

You see, the moment I started giving myself credit. The moment I shifted my eyes from bringing my full glory and honor to God, is when I started to let the feeling of loneliness start to take place inside of me. The moment I started to give myself credit for the things such as the many people that I encouraged, or the many people that felt loved, or the people that felt accepted is when I started to place myself on a pedestal next to God.
Then as I began to find pleasure in these things such as the notifications I got from people through social media, I started to let those things get in the way of my sight of  God and I let those things form a cloud that soon enough pushed God off of the pedestal. I was blinded by this cloud of self seeking desires and self ambitions and it was only when the temporary feeling of satisfaction from these things left, that I found myself placed on the pedestal where God was supposed to be, feeling lonely and deserted more than ever.

Its crazy really. The way the human mind works. Its so shift our mindsets without even being aware. You see,  I started with the intentions of bringing glory and honor to God by me sharing my blog because I was able to share the journey that the Lord was taking me on. But it so easily and so rapidly began to do the polar opposite of what we as creations are made to do. We are made to bring glory and honor to God but I feel like by sharing my blog and my faith life, I was bringing glory and attention to myself.
We are called to share our faith with one another and its encouraged to do so because that can bring life and encouragement onto people's lives and thats awesome because God gave us the ability to do so. However, this can so easily become a sin when we begin to give glory to ourselves.
Because really, we are nothing but a speck in this huge universe. The bible says in James 4: 14 "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears a while and then vanishes. " We are literally a mist that doesn't even know what tomorrow will be like and we are really just helpless beings but we are able to live and breathe and have hope, find life, in the Lord who transforms us into greater things.

 It is through Jesus that we can live and have an anchored hope that never fails that takes us from being a helpless being, a mist that does not know its time, a mere speck in this vast universe and transforms us into sons and daughters of the most high, heirs of the Everlasting God. Each having a purpose, a will, and a destiny in Christ our Lord.


So do not, even for a second,  think that you know all there is to ever know about God. Because the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. Not faith to knowledge.
Meaning, we shouldn't think our faith is at its "peak" or that  we have God all figured out, because there is no way our minds will ever fully fathom the goodness and grace of God. It is only through faith to faith that our understanding of God will increase.

Thats the beauty of understanding and being in a relationship with our God. There will never be a point where we are fully satisfied with what we know because the more and more we get to know him, the more we fall in love with him and the more he fills us up so that we continue to search for more of him. And the crazy thing is, as we are searching for him and seeking him, we never get tired! Because each time you find more of him and discover more of him, you are filled with everlasting peace and joy that only HE can provide !!! Praise the Lord for his greatness and his never ending joy and love that he is pouring onto us and is waiting to give us as long as we are willing to seek it!!

How beautiful!

I'm currently reading for my Seminar class. What I am reading is a letter that Vincent Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. While i was reading this beautiful letter, I stumbled across this awesome paragraph that he wrote.

This quote reads:

"But I cannot help thinking that the best way of knowing God is to love many things. Love this friend, this person, this thing, whatever you like, and you will be on the right road to 

understanding Him better, that is what I keep telling myself. But you must love with a sublime, 

genuine, profound sympathy, with devotion, with intelligence, and you must try all the time to 

understand Him more, better and yet more. That will lead to God, that will lead to an 

unshakeable faith."

Isn't it beautiful? This is really what accepting and knowing this kind of everlasting love that God has for us is all about! The genuineness and relentlessness of His love for us is really what makes us love unto others and its what gives us a heart to serve others and to put others before ourselves. Just like the lifestyle of Jesus Christ when he was on this earth!  And our sole purpose in life is really to mimic and look at the life that Jesus lived and to let his love transform us so that we could ultimately live the self-less and humble lifestyle like our Savior Jesus Christ! 

So good so so good!! I love it!

And this was all from the reading that i was assigned in my seminar class! Isn't that awesome! God can work in so many different kinds of ways that are at many times impossible in the eyes of the world, but he is God! And because he is God, anything is possible! 

So delight in even your school work or your business work because he could use those things to speak into your life :) 

Awesomeee!!! Have a great night everyone & a blessed Sunday !! <3

In the mood for something SWEEEET?!!

Check my awesome friend's flikr!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27833856@N02/

My friend, Nathaniel who i met here at Parsons has grown up loving dolls such as barbies and bratz! He enjoys the intricate detailing of the accessories and clothing that are designed for the barbies! Which is what inspired him to become a fashion designer. He intends of studying fashion while he is here at Parsons.

His flikr page consists of the photos he took of his barbies. Nathaniel was inspired to do these photo shoots from one of his favorite shows, America's Next Top Model. He coordinates all the outfits and accessories and places the barbies into a background with lighting that he sets up with his desk lamp! Isnt that amazing?


We were talking the other night in his room and I had the awesome opportunity to see the small collection of barbie accessories and clothes  he brought with him, which was actually surprisingly a lot for his "small" collection! But it was so cool to see the many different things and i really got to appreciate Barbie and the designers who design these tiny but very detailed things for these dolls. So cool.

I highly recommend checking his flikr out!
I guarantee that  you're sweet tooth will be satisfied ! Give it a try ! :D

A trip to Queens!

Yesterday was the first time I experienced how actual Fall feels like. Skylar, JJ , and I rode the subway to our field trip to the Queens Museum of Art. Subwaying it there was such a fun and exciting experience because I could actually see the difference of Manhattan and Queens. Transferring onto the 7 train heading towards Queens/Flushing after getting off the F train onto Bryant Park at 42 street, I could see the immediate  change in the environment. Starting from the the change of the amount of people walking on the streets to the speed of everything. It seemed like the cars in Queens were traveling at a much slower and leisurely paced speed than the cars and people back in Manhattan. 

There were definitely a lot more trees and nature in Queens. Being able to be in an environment where things seemed a lot more slow and that had so much nature as compared to the busy city of Manhattan was so enjoyable.

I love Manhattan and I am so thankful that I am able to get educated at Parsons  in such an amazing city. Nonetheless it was great to visit the suburban environment much like the environment back home.

The Museum was so nice! I enjoyed it even though the weather was very very cold! 

The Queen Museum of Art is actually located in a park. So the park and the museum is basically connected and its great because it gives the people who live nearby, a place to go to just relax as well as an awesome museum to visit! 

The unisphere!

The museum was currently being expanded so unfortunately we were not able to go inside to look at the wonderful things it had but we were able to see the Panorama of the City of New York and that was seriously so awesome.

The bottom part of the panorama like the little squares are made from urethane foam and the buildings are made from wood, and the bridges are made from metals. It took over 100 model builders and 3 years  to put this magnificent panorama together. The scale of it is 1inch for 100 feet and the only thing that is a little inaccurately scaled would be the bridges. The designers wanted to make the bridges a bit bigger in scale because they wanted to emphasize the importance of these monumental bridges. 

The panorama is constantly being updated because of the new buildings that are being constructed and there is this thing called Adopt-a-building which is where people could donate to help build buildings!

It was really cool to see a miniature version of New York state!  

And here are some beautiful pictures of God's Creation!! So breathtaking and makes me so thankful and happy to know the one who created all the beauties of this earth!!!

Awesome~~~ Have an awesome night!!! God loves you and he delights in your being!! <3<3<3

Living a life for the Lord, a life for kingdom purposes.

Praise the Lord for this love that the Father has for us, like no other. This video is awesome. Such a great reminder. For any of us who are lost in who they are, or question what their worth is. The Lord, The Father of all things, The Creator of heaven and earth and everything in it loves you and finds you to be the perfect and most beautiful creation, no matter what the world might label you as. 

Don't find your worth in the titles and categories that this world classifies you under. But find life and joy in the name that the Creator has called you to be, as daughters and sons of the most high. He has adopted us to be his sons and daughters, THE VERY GOD THAT CREATED ALL THINGS LOVES YOU AND HAS CALLED YOU HIS OWN!! ♥♥♥♥ have a blessed night everyone!!

WE CAN FIND COMFORT IN HIM, OUR CREATOR, JESUS CHRIST !

Lately, I feel like Ive been really anxious and stressed. But this stress is a lot different than the stress that i dealt with in the past. Well, i guess its not completely different because Im still getting stressed from school work but its different because its not like I'm struggling with the hard work. Its more like I'm constantly working on projects and assignments for classes every day that i think doing this has gotten me stressed subconsciously. Its hard I think because living and going to school in such a busy city, it can be overwhelming. Especially because the dorming life here is like right where school is, I feel like Im constantly at school 24/7. So lately I've felt drained and have been looking forward to winterbreak. 

But the other day, my friends were talking about what majors they were intending on doing and one of my friends were really stressing out and almost anxious with the fact that she didnt have a clue what she was going to major in. It was interesting to me because normally I would be in the same place as her. Being super anxious and stressed about the uncertainty and the unknown future that our lives are at. But instead, I felt like i wanted to comfort her and assure her that things were going to be okay. You see, because she's the type that is super OCD and needs to know how everything is going to turn out...
And I dont know but when I saw her freaking out, instead of freaking out with her, I immediately thought of the image of God sitting at his throne, from that one verse in the bible where it says that God sat in his throne peacefully in heaven, looking down onto the earth where there was chaos or troubles. But the thing is God sat PEACEFULLY. Meaning, even though in our eyes all is going wrong and everything is in chaos, God can sit peacefully in his throne because everything is going as he planned. You know a lot of the times we dont know what God's plans are for us. We question and wonder and even get depressed in our hard times but we forget that God is sitting and watching us peacefully because he knows his plans for us and there is nothing to worry about.

And this made me think of how us as human beings think of ourselves so much bigger and better than we actually are. You know, no one can actually know how their future looks like. Even the most OCD, organized, future oriented person willnot know crystal clearly how their lives in 3 years will look, even if they claim to know. We dont even know how our lives TOMORROW will even look!!!! How will we measure how our future in 1 year, 2 years, 3 years , ect will look?

I think thats why its so amazing that we have a creator, a lover, a father who is God. He knows everything and in him we can find rest and peace.

Tonight I read Romans 8, a chapter I love reading over and over again because i feel like each time i do read it its like something new is revealed to me. Tonight i got to catch a slight glimpse of how amazing God is once again. Its just amazing how much God loves us and the love that he pours out to us. Verse 32 " He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also ,along with him,graciously give us all things?"This reallly made me rethink of this kind of love that God graciously pours down on us. Its not like any other kind of love that we can receive you know? This made me understand really why we worship and praise the Creator. He loves us SOOO MUCH with not like any kind of love but HIS love thats so amazing that its hard to even put into words! 

You know, and verse in it in itself made me feel a lot less anxious and stressed. It reminded me that we dont have to waste our energy, our thoughts, our feelings to questions about our future job, our future husband, and any other things that we are uncertain about! God is our provider and he WILL surely provide. If he gives his amazing love so freely, how much more freely will he give things to us?? 

I thank the Lord so much for lettting me just find joy in him and his word. He is the reason why I can rejoice and I can live freely with a joyful heart. :D 

Your Name is higher 

Your Name is greater 

All my hope is in You 

Your word unfailing 

Your promise unshaken 

All my hope is in You

-Anchor by Hillsong 

New York is a ___ place.

So its been exactly 50 days since I first came to NY for school. And wow, id have to say I've learned and grown so much. Its really hard to say how I feel about New York. I feel like it changes like everyday. Especially when its that time of the month. Like today.. Me, Tiff, Lidya, Skylar, and Juno went to Korea town to get dinner. And WOW korea town is SO FRKING busy. i absolutely do not like it. Normally I dont think it would affect me as much but today, it being a really "bleh" kind of day, really had an affect on me.
 Usually on Saturdays i feel a lot more down than I usually feel because Im usually staying in the dorms all day, doing homework.  But today i dont know why, but it was just not a really high spirited day. And i realized after coming back from korea town that it could have to do with the fact that i skipped doing insanity for two days. So with that in mind along with very down-spirited emotions, i got up and worked out. And wah laaa, my emotional mindset was gone! I think when i dont work out and just sit and eat and work, i feel a lot more down and unproductive.
But back to Korea town making me feel uncomfortable. The really crowded, korean people filled korea town really made me think of home and it also made me really homesick. Homesick for the suburbs, not necessarily home home, even though i do really miss home. Its weird how Korea town made me feel more like i was in busy New York than the actual streets of New York made me feel. It could be because of how crowded korea town is because its literally just one street, which is something I'm not used to being in. On the way back to our dorms, I was really worn out and felt really alone even though i was with friends. So when i got back to the dorms I finally  cracked and a couple of tears came out. But because i didnt want to sulk in my feelings of loneliness, I called my one and only sister. She helped me and just the fact that I have someone to talk to and really open my feelings to made me feel a lot better and less alone.
While i was washing up after sweating from my work out, i turned on the christian radio on my itunes and David Crowder Band's song How He loves came on. Listening to the lyrics really warmed my heart.  Especially because I havent listened to the song in forever and having forgotten about it for the longest time, it was really nice hearing it. The song reminded me of how God loves and how he's there for us. And immediately my thoughts of loneliness were gone because the fact that "He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane..." made me re think and it reminded me of the blessing of God's love that God has graciously given to us.
Tomorrow I'm going back to hillsongnyc because its been such a blessing every sunday. Can't wait to be recharged and blessed!!

"Man, guys have it easy. Girls have to use so much money." Its hard being a girl ;)

The original plan for today was to drop by Aldo really quickly so that Lidya could get a bag then go to H&M so that I could get price adjustments for the clothes that I bought yesterday and then head over to the see the Statue of Liberty. But our day turned out to be completely different than we planned. Well not COMPLETELY different but somewhat different. We did go to Aldo for Lidya and I did get my price adjusted, although the woman that rang me up seemed to do it reluctantly, and then we basically ended up going on a shopping spree. We went to Free people after visiting H&M because as I was sitting at the sitting area waiting for the other girls to finish making their purchases, this one woman with her dog had some really pretty round sun glasses that really caught my eye. So I asked her where she got them from and she told me she got them from Free People. Luckily there was a Free people just a couple of stores down from H&M so we headed over there and i bought the same sunglasses but in black( hers were gold). 

Then we decided to go to Sephora because i think it was Rose who wanted to check out the fragrances. The Sephora that we went to was really nice and big. The fragrance section was so big and the one thing that i was pleasantly surprised by was the fact that they had so many different roller ball perfumes. A lot more than the Sephora back in Northridge. I was really tempted to buy the DG light blue roller ball perfume but I managed to semi- successfully fight my temptation. "Semi- successfully" because I did end up buying a Clinique lip thing that was super pretty. It was funny because  most of us tried the deep red and red colored lip products so by the time we were done with making our purchases and left Sephora, we all had red lips! We spent so much time in Sephora! Or at least it felt like we did. But we didnt stop there! We ended up going to our last store, American Eagle. At this point I really didnt want to buy any more clothes or anything besides, well, food of course. But when we walked into American Eagle, everything was 40 percent off!! Like why out of all days lol. But i didnt buy anything although i did want this one really cute white scarf. But i was able to walk out of American Eagle without feeling sad or regretful for not buying it.

We stopped for an ice cream break at the ice cream truck. I got a  rootbeer float that was kind of on the pricy side 5 bucks! And it wasnt even that great. Especially because the ice cream was really heavy and thick. So i ended up throwing most of it away.

Tomorrow I'm going to check out Hillsong and Im super excited! Super excited to be at a church that I might be possibly attending regularly! Tomorrow will be a great day! Sigh but its the last day of summer vacation T.T HWAITING for my first year of college!!!!

A Reason for Everything by Jeremy Passion

After drying my hair, I sat on my chair and realized i had A LOT of ingrown hair on my legs. Gross right? So i decided to pluck them. But as i was plucking each stubborn ingrown hair from my leg, Passion's song: A Reason for Everything started playing on my itunes. With a blank mind I just listened to the lyrics and a thought hit me: There really is a reason for everything.

I feel like i forget so easily that there is a reason for everything. And that reason ,whether i know what the reason is or i don't know the reason, I know that there is definitely a reason to everything all in accordance to God's plan. This was the thought that came in mind after hearing the song..  Especially after moving into the dorms and the big apple, I notice many of the students are not comfortable including myself. And that is totally understandable because it isnt the house that we've lived in for the last 18 years of our lives. But I think because of this discomfort and new environment there are many grumpy and unhappy students. One of which are my dorm mate. Not to bad mouth her or anything like that because she is a great person. But I would definitely say that she complains about things. To be honest, it did irritate me in the beginning, even up until tonight before i heard this song but after hearing this song and really thinking about what Passion is singing about, my eyes were opened to see in a new perspective.

I could complain about how much my room mate complains but what is that doing? In the end I'm basically going in circles of never ending complaints! So I decided to take a new perspective of this thanks to Passion's song.

So i decided to shift my mindset to being positive and thankful. I began to think how thankful i am to have a room mate like mine who is very clean, friendly, and fun to hang out with. And that even though in the beginning i was kind of second thinking my reasoning to room with her, I realized that there is a reason why i was even placed in a situation to have been connected with her in the first place! And I am thankful for that reason. I know that God placed me in that time, in that place, on that day to be introduced to my room mate and I thank him for that.

I just thank the Lord for just watching over me and letting everything happen for a reason. Although at the time that reason may not make sense to me or may even be the exact opposite of what i anticipated, I need to continually remind myself that God indeed does have a plan for me and his plans are all aligned to HIS perfect timing and not mine. Thank you Lord!

Hey my name's Eunice! What's your name? Where are you from?

I am officially a New Yorker!! WEEEEEE~ I'd have to say.. The big apple is a lot more different than Cali for sure. To go over briefly the differences that I have seen while being here for four nights, is that : NYC is much more loud whether it's the streets with all the taxis' honking or its at restaurants where several people are eating together. I definitely need more time adjust to all these differences but i think once I am adjusted, I'll love it just like everyone else that come to New York for college.

Mom and Dad left today at 2:30. I really thought it wouldn't be sad departing but I guess I'm a lot more emotional than i thought! Because I did cry haha. Just couldn't hold it in because before they left, my parents kind of got into an argument like usual. And mom got sick all of a sudden from doing too much especially because she just came back from Korea not to long ago... But I just felt bad because I feel like I'm kind of starting to understand my mom and how she's disappointed at my dad. I think its also because I just got like a wave of emotions and I realized what a great mom my mom is. But yeah..

Today we met in our orientation groups and our orientation leader, Eva, took us around town to cheap and good tasting places. I took notes on my phone and I have a lot of places to check out now! Eva was kind of intimidating at first especially because she just seemed like a person that didn't give a crap about anything, but after getting to know her she turned out to be the absolute opposite of what I saw her to be. She said she was half black and half indian, which was cool because i never met anyone that was mixed like that. She definitely had black features as well as indian features. At first glance she looked like an indian but after seeing her close up, her voluptuous lips and wide hips brought out her black side. But aside from that, I would have to say that it was enjoyable and tiring!

One thing I need to do is get out of my comfort zone! But it's so hard!! I feel like a lot of people are shy but its funny how a lot of the shy people are asians. HAHA i guess we're just not confident? BUT i cant categorize people like that so... But yeaah. Gotta work on that!

Im super tired so I'm gonna go to bed because its late and i have to get up early tomorrow for my first orientation meeting!! EEEP not exactly excited but more scared lol. but i shouldnt! so ill pray and sleep haahha :)

TIme does really fly

I finally cut my nails! Feels much more comfortable to type. My excuse for not blogging as much was because of my nails... Which was a legitimate excuse! But i'd have to say, I was really lazy also and i didnt want to really blog.. heh. But im back! So lately I've been just trying to get my sleeping pattern to normal because im still VERY jetlagged. But so far, it has been a failure. Like right now its currently 2:30 am and I was rolling on my bed trying to fall asleep but i failed.. So i decided to blog. Actually! That isnt the reason why im blogging. The reason why I went on my laptop in the first place was because i had a sudden brilliant idea to what to get my sister for her birthday(that already passed)! I forget what the word for that is... I wont write what im getting her because Im afraid she might read my blog but i have a feeling she'll LAV it! Hopefully! But the thing is, I'm ordering it online and I'm scared it might not arrive on time for me to give it to her myself :( Because I'm off to New York in FIVE DAYS! omg time flieeees! 

I can not believe I'll be leaving for college in five days...To be honest it still hasn't hit me that ill be seriously leaving the valley and will be starting a whole new life in New York! Its scary and exciting at the same time but id have to say its more scary than it is exciting. I think thats why it hasnt hit me quite yet. I think I try to not think about it as much because the thought kind of frightens me and it just seems so unreal to me. But I cant believe time has gone so quickly that there remains five days until i leave... Everything seemed so far away. I remember marking my calendar for the 15th of August as the day i leave for NY back in june, and thinking "maan, thats faaaaar away" but wow, its already five days!! Sigh.. And lately its been kind of stressful (?) not quite the word but whatever. But its been kind of stressful because I have to make plans to meet up with my friends before i leave. And honestly i dont even have many friends so I would think it wouldnt be hard but it is actually. Especially because everyone works! So scheduling a time and day when everyone can meet has been a struggle. Also on top of that a lot of my friends dont really get along with each other so i have to meet them all separately which is also a hassle. AND on top of that I have to spend time with my family before i leave them for NY! But i guess i shouldnt be complaining about this and just be thankful that i even have people to meet and that i am so loved that people actually want to spend the last days with me before i leave. 

Another thing that I've been doing lately is water skiing ! I just started recently and wow it is way more fun that i always imagined it to be. Growing up I was always afraid of water, so i thought, but it turns out I'm actually not! I'm not gonna lie, water skiing is a very intense sport and i have been very sore for the past few days that i went but its only been the second time i went and I've gotten better already and its super fun! Not only is it an exercise but its fun and almost seems like it isn't an exercise! I don't regret not going as a kid because i feel like i had my reasons and it seemed right for me not to go as a kid because i was very afraid. But i do feel like if i did start earlier i would have been very good by now and may have even learned how to drive the boat! But i don't feel any regrets to my decisions! What's important is the present !

Speaking of the present, my mom's coming home today! My sister and I have to go pick her up at 11 because my dad is going to go out to the lake at 7 in the morning. But i dont mind at all that i have to pick my mom up. I feel a lot older now. To see that my dad leaves me and my sister to do these things like driving to LAX to pick our mom up. Its crazy how time flies! 

I'm also going to meet Rachel in LA after my orthodontist appointment. I have to get my retainers adjusted and maybe new ones because mine are so dirty and the bottom ones dont even fit after my wisdom teeth grew out! I know ill have a great time with Rachel today just catching up and talking and eating of course. 

Well, Im going to try to go to sleep now because its 3 now and i have to get up at 9:30 to get ready!! Goodnight/Good morning?