Life at random

Well, so it's been a while since I've been around my blog! I feel like this week, I've been finding that I actually have a decent amount of time in the evenings, especially when I eat a good dinner, read a bit, have some good convos on the phone, dive into God's Word, and pray - feels like the rest of my time is spent playing games.

Speaking of games, Word Challenge has been a game of choice lately (and it seems like for a lot of other people too... courtesy of my awesome brother & disciplee, Nathan! =D), although I must say it's been pretty addicting & I'm not very good at it. Myz words aint so grood =P. I've still been playing DotA and Team Fortress 2 (Jason still needs to join me =P), although I want to start playing CS again with Nathan and others again =] Oh, and I've been playing a lot of Settlers online with John, Alex, Jef, and others hehe.


hehe... nahhh I do my work =P Work has been picking up a bit, which is actually kind of refreshing - I'm actually contributing to projects & interested in what I'm working on! Plus, all the experience with design, coding, and testing/bug-fixing is priceless too =] I'm still in a room with all the other awesome new hires (minus Bryan, since he got the first cube =P), but we have fun tossing water bottles for the Hall of Fame & having random bouts of conversation & laughter. It's like... when we were in college & studying/cramming for midterms/finals around a table together - random chats, breaks, and good bonding time - though I guess I get paid for this haha. And, it's not studying either heh, but I do miss those times with people.

As for people & college, I had a BLAST this past weekend in Berkeley! It was SO much fun & such a joy and blessing & I can't wait until I stay over in Berkeley again (thanks to the 110 guys for having me over for a couple of nights =D). Let's see... happenings I was thankful for from that weekend...

• Dinner & awesome chat with Keaton @ Sufficient Grounds! (prayin for you bro)
  
• Amazing message/discussion by Josh at AACF Large Group
• Seeing all the awesome faces of lovely brothers & sisters =]
• Briefly chatting with Josh, Dave, and Angel throughout the night
• Surprising the awesome JOHN CHENG for his BIRTHDAY! Good job getting everyone together Kat =D And chatting with the crew (John, Kat, Jeff, Matt, Helen) after everyone else left.
• Hanging out a bit in 307 & chatting with Benita!
• Trying to stay hushed so Jenna & Alyssa could study, but sticking around to keep them company
  
• Staying up late to watch Fresh Prince with Leslie
  
• Cozy 110 couch to sleep on =]
• Lunch with John @ Le Cheval - good chat/catchup & halo afterward
• Nap on Jenna's sushi roll (and seeing Jenna done with her crazy week - yay!!!)
  
• Dinner with Nathan & Jenna w/ Chipotle @ 110
• Wall-E in Wheeler with Nathan & friends
• Awesome fun & chats with Nathan walking around Berkeley =D
• Hanging out with amazing people at "Chick Flick" night - singing along with Jason to Enchanted
• Good times in the Word with the Lord each morning
  
• Sitting in on the end of SG Leader's meeting with Greg, Matt, & Alyssa
• Halo with Mateo & Greg, ahhh =]
• Lunch with Leslie @ her place, and good chats & prayer!!
• Hanging out with Benita & chatting a bit =D
• Going with Benita to visit Nathan at BAM, and Jess was there too!
• Going through the Mahjong exhibit at BAM with Benita - learned a lot, had fun with Benita, and was weirded out by some crazy exhibits =P
• Dinner @ Sushi House with alllll the awesome friends =D HUGE thanks to Greg and his family for treating us!
• Dessert @ McDonalds afterward & chatting/chilling
• Saying goodbye to everyone + hugs
• Benita driving me back to BART

Phew, now that was a lot of stuff, but well worth it to write down to remember later =D! Ahh, then there was all the birthday stuff too! Before I forget about it all...

• Sunday evening Eric, Clee, Jeff, and Steveo took me out to dinner for ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT KOREAN BBQ! aldsjflksadf;lkjafalkjfds;lkfdsa SO good =D
• A million facebook birthday wishes =D
• Surprise cake/mini-party at work from Michael, Gloria, Sudipta, Anuj, Manu, Jacky, Bryan, Preethi, & Jeff =D


• AWESOME ribs & curry from Jeff/Stevo for dinner at home + surprise visits from Sosho, Dan, and LESLIE (that was really unexpected haha)! =D
  
• AWESOME surprise cake (with STRAWBERRIES) from Leslie! =D
  
  
  
• Heroes premiere with lots of brothers, sisters, and friends! =D
• A Wall-E and Cars poster from Jenn, Benita, Leslie, Jenna, Justin & Greg =D
• A Threadless shirt from Mateo =D
• Cards & calls & love from my family =D

Gosh, God is so good - even in the times that are a struggle & situations that are seemingly low, God is majestic, loving, and caring - Jesus paid for it all. Praise the Lord! And praise God for everyone in my life =DDD

And praise God most of all for the sacrifice of His Son on the Cross - I am infinitely depraved & guilty, and yet infinitely worthy, righteous, & saved by grace through faith in Jesus life, death on the Cross, and resurrection to the right hand of God =D And so are you, or you can be too! God's love is amazing =]

Other things that have been awesome but I've been spending too much time on this blog post...

• Getting to continue dship with my awesome brother Nathan! =DDD
• Good phone chats with Andrew & Leslie =]
• Amazing times in the Word & in prayer
• "Humility" by CJ Mahaney
• "Respectable Sins" by Randy Alcorn
• Two amazing Christ-following communities to decide betweeen - Grace Bible Fellowship and Fremont Grace
• Awesome new music to listen too
• etc etc etc

And that's a long way of saying... this is my life at random. praise the Lord! end of message.