random

did you know that it takes approximately 2-3 weeks for your brain to create new habits? same goes for breaking old habits.



its a good thing that people aren't like habits- makes them that much more valuable

walking down the memory lane

i was beginning to feel kinda down about all these problems in my life (like everyone is these days) but then as i came across this resolution sheet i wrote as a 11-12 year old (not sure). looked something like this (direct translation from korean).

Things to do in my life

1) join a very good team in counter-strike
2) wake up in the morning to say "have a good day at work" to my dad who is leaving as i come down the stairs
3) secretly play counter-strike at 10p.m. without letting my mom know
4) wake up on a cold winter morning, come down the stairs and wait for my mom to finish cooking breakfast
5) i have not gone back to korea since 2/1/1999. i'd like to go back some day
6) live in a two story house
7) have a nice computer
8) meet good friends
9) living with my dad in america (of course mom and sister too)
10) have a sleepover at my home with my friends (my apartment is too small)
11) have a nice car that i can brag about
12) have 200 buddies on my AIM buddy list
13) have my own room
14) go watch a big baseball game with my dad


yeah reading this now i realize what an ungrateful loser kid i was hahahaha but then i was damn happy that all these resolutions have been accomplished (except 9 and 14). gyea! if i were to write something like this right now it'd be wayyyy more meaningful and necessary but u know back when i wrote this these were some of the greatest struggles i dealt with and they were meaningful at the time.
looking back, some of these problems weren't so bad afterall, and time and patience rewarded me with all these blessings.

so hopefully 10 years from now i'll be able to feel this way when i look back upon my struggles during my young adulthood which is NOW

“Here I am, between my flock and my treasure, the boy thought. He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have."


this is something that i'm currently challenged with.

"Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead, they demand: 'How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?' Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him."




read it, and think about it. maybe make some connections

“To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world…”

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh goooood shit

nasa's annual budget is nearly 18 billion dollars. and how often do you hear about new impacting breakthroughs in space programs/studies?! yea i know im not too knowledgeable in this field so i shouldn't be complaining but i cant help but think that the $$$ can be used for better causes. like me eating jja jang myun and roberto's and sushi as much as i want.......................... nah im kidding but u know what i mean.