Finally!

Man.. it's seriously about time that the Red Sox got some crap for their players using PEDs.....

Im so glad "Big" Papi and Manny got caught... if one player goes down they all should go down...

I was so tired of the abuse that the Yanks were getting, mainly for A-Rod, but now.. now the tables have turned

At least A-Rod came clean, and now people don't mention it as much.

But Ortiz was an advocate for getting rid of players who used steroids.... and manny.. o man.. manny.. of COURSE he used steroids...

Going back to Mr. Ortiz.. how ironic that even 5 months ago he was the one leading the charge for one year bans for those who got caught using steroids.. where were u 6 years ago when u were hitting 30+ home-runs whereas these days you're lucky to hit 20 in a season

all i can say is.. what goes around comes back around

Let's just all hope that Ken Griffey Jr. and Albert Pujols NEVER use steroids

Or else baseball is ruined forever

and i mean FOREVER

ok well not FOREVER, but for a long time..

at least for me.

VICTORY!

So obviously Mr. Roger Goodell was reading this blog the other day when he decided to let the REAL greatest show on turf back into the NFL.

Mr. Goodell, i applaud you for giving this man a second and third chance.

Your reward shall be more ratings and much more fan support from yours truly.

I have to really believe that mike vick will come back and be on his best behavior

I don't think you'll find a better football/life mentor than Tony Dungy

Let me tell you, i HAVE to believe that Vick will come back better than ever

That guy was the main reason i went to Virginia Tech (THE FOOTBALL)

Ok, well, not the MAIN reason, but it made a huge impact on why I was so excited about becoming a Hokie

I've never for one second had any regret about going to Virginia Tech over the other schools that accepted me, God placed me there for a purpose and i believed it

Please tell me WHY the yankees are tearing it up

Forget that, i'll tell you why

The yankees are a veteran team

They don't really start trying until it starts to really count... the second half

This team is filled with veterans (pettitte, jeter, damon, and posada to name a few)

They have superstars in sabathia, teixiera, and a-rod

And they have the Sandman.. mr mariano, the man with the nastiest pitch in baseball

Of course it would all come together rite now as they get ready to make a run at the playoffs

The summer is so boring when it comes to sports

There's not olympics rite now, there's no world cup rite now...

Sportscenter is filled with baseball highlights and WNBA highlights... i mean c'mon....

REDICKULOUS

So i've had a lot of time to think about what i wanna do with the rest of my life..

My plans aren't laid out completely in front of me like it is for someone who wants to be a doctor or lawyer or accountant..

I've prayed so many times for God to open up doors to lead me in the direction that He ultimately wants

I feel like i'm deaf

I have such contradictory desires..

I want to go out and do work

But in the back of my mind, there's always that selfish desire to live out a life where i can be comfortable and not have to worry about money

I kno it's either one or the other, it can't be both

To those who say, why not both?

I can't

Helping others requires being selfless, but if i live a selfish life, that lavish lifestyle i know in the end i'm gonna end up being selfish

I need to have no excuses, no way out i guess...

I have such a short attention span, i'm starting to get concerned that i can't focus

That was such an awkward way to end my story

O well

FREE MIKE VICK

I believed this cause was worth an update

My main homie Mike Vick is a free man..

I say let him play

I understand the multiple stupid things that he did, but he paid for those mistakes

The PR hit would probably be an understandable reason.. but he is well worth the risk...

He's not stupid, he'll make sure to be on his best behavior.. he's not a ri-tard like pacman jones....

Also, my left middle finger is really swollen and hurts when i bend it

My right knee hurts from being clipped on tuesday night

I have a partially torn rotator cuff on my right shoulder

Both my ankles can be sprained at any moment because the ligaments around my ankles have been stretched out from multiple ankle injuries

My right pinky is still jacked from Joe Im hyperextending it... ligaments are loose

Welcome to my world ladies and gentlemen

But God is still bigger than any injury

Summer Lovin

O my.. what a summer it has been!

I can confidently say that this has been by far the most productive summer i've ever had!

And that definitely is a great thing..

Here's the summary

Job

Mac

Retreat

Urban Hands

Football

Blackberry

haha... when i put it like that, it doesn't sound very exciting, but it was!

I guess i can start off with the job thingy

For the first time in my life, i found a job

and a pretty sweet one at that!

For 3 months (May-July), i was able to travel across the west coast working as a business analyst for a government contractor

I got to travel to places i have never been to in my life

These places included Denver, Co., San Francisco, Ca., L.A., Ca., and Kansas City, Mo.

Woo hooo

More than anything else, i was just really grateful for the opportunity to go out and see the west coast, except for vancouver i had never been even close to the west side of this country

West Virginia was definitely the furthest west i had been (and even that was by accident, freakin getting lost on the way to blacksburg....)

I got to experience life on the west coast, and i can't lie, i thoroughly enjoyed it!

I could definitely see myself living there for a certain amount of time.. not LA, but any of those other places.. wait... it's a no to KC as well.. sorry

In that short amount of time that i was out there, i felt so alive, i know that sounds cheesy, but i mean... who cares

There was so much to do and see, i felt like a kid who just discovered cable t.v.

It was just me, my rental car, and a GPS, and i was off!

The only regret i had this trip was not doing enough in Cali

But i guess there's always next time!

I purchased my first mac this summer

I believe that's an accomplishment in itself

It was too pretty to pass up.

Don't judge me, i did what i had to do

It's significant because of my stand against the Apple brand... yes i had an ipod, but i was forever against the computers... haha

That's all i have to say about that...this laptop rocks!

I also purchased a blackberry.. the tour to be exact and i have to say... well worth it

I kno i sound materialistic, and i promise i'm really not, well.. kind of hahah.. but yea

The power that the blackberry has over the iphone is redickulous

I'm not gonna argue about which one is better, because honestly, it's pretty even to me, but let's just say.. Verizon for the win!

So i'm on a flag football team for our church (SNL)

It's fun playing with people from your church

It's also not that fun playing with people from your church

There's so much unnecessary pressure when it comes to playing this game

Perhaps most of that pressure is from me

Up until i started playing in this football league, i was not very competitive

Yea cheering for teams i got competitive, but when i played a sport, i just wanted to run around so that i could eat whatever i wanted and not get a heart attack at the age of 25 (so far so good!)

But yea, win or lose, i just really wanted to play to hang out and be around the sports environment...

But lately i've become so infatuated with winning that i start to mentally have a meltdown

I'm always scheming ways to improve on offense and trying to figure this and that out..

I mean that's kind of cool, but i'm not played to play this sport, i joined because i wanted to play football, not because there's some prize at the end for winning it all

I've realized i don't like the mindset i've been having when i play, my pride is like HUGE, whether in defeat or victory

In defeat, i get so angry at myself for being so "stupid" or whatever

In victory, obviously i get big-headed because we won....

But the past 2 weeks, i've had time to analyze this and realized that my pride is a goliath in my life

I want to win so that i look good

Like the victories were all because of ME

Forget that

David was a servant, a shepherd, he gave all glory to HIM and the victories came to glorify the Father

My prayer has been to have the heart of a servant, that win or lose, all glory goes to the Father, that i would be grateful simply for the opportunity to go out there and play

My shoulder and pinky have been sore for the past few months, it was good to rest it a little bit this past week! Please pray for my physical health, i'm breaking down like the walls of jericho

But anyways, i believe in the sports ministry so much

God can use this simple sport to bring people together under His name, there's so much power in that

This summer's KCPC retreat theme was "Poiema" or God's Workmanship

This retreat was bomb yo, from the Mr. T look-alike contest to the lollipop dance, it was an uplifting 3 days

I was really encouraged by just how powerful our God is

He really broke some walls down this summer, kids were able to worship freely and comfortably, i think

One thing that really stuck with me was about being His masterpiece

It's amazing to realize that we were each individually created by Him

Created for a purpose that was not our own, but for His perfect will

I know God is not finished with me yet and that encourages me because i realize how many times i've failed

Urban Hands 09 has been the most recent trip that i have taken

All the way over in Washington D.C.

What a journey it was

Being the only Asian group, you always wonder how you're going to fit into a place filled with different groups

My fears were relieved when i realized just how quickly a game of ninja or some other group bonding game can bring people together

By the way, i HATE that ninja game, it hurts my head just watching that game, and seriously, how do you lose in that game?!?! You can stall for as long as you want... just yell out your name for a long time, i was so amazed that people were losing left and right

Anyways, yea, it was a blessed time where instead of just serving the students, i had the opportunity to serve WITH the students

It was a humbling experience, one which i hope will constantly be remembered

The word that God was pouring into my heart this week was the word beloved

I had no idea why, i rarely ever used that word, but as i was praying for each member of our group, that word just kept pouring out of me

God was telling me that each child there was His beloved, that no matter what burdens they carried, that no matter how far they felt they were away from Him, that they were still His beloved! That Jesus' death on the cross was for THEM, that they were worth every single second of pain and suffering that He endured for us, that He has no regrets

The only thing about summer i don't appreciate is the lack of sports

Baseball is cool, but out of the big 5, it's number five behind hockey, and believe me, i love my hockey

I understand that baseball is America's pastime or whatever, but still, it doesn't bring the excitement that every other sport brings, at this point, every game is not cutthroat, there is no desperation in every game, you lose one game, you still have 161 games left, even at the halfway point you have about 80 games left....

Don't get me wrong, baseball isn't a crappy sport, it's just not as exciting from game 1 to game 12 like football and soccer is, and to a certain point, basketball and hockey

Anyways, i'll see you guys later, take it easy