Kai, The Informologist

Berbatov is off – 2 fantastically placed goals elate his spirit. However apart from a sneak peek of the smile, he still seem bothered, and Ferdinard’s congratulations didn’t sound all to sincere either. Locker room issues? Nonetheless, a good game for United who sadly will be missing Scholes for up to 8 weeks. Hopefully Rooney will return soon, I love to see him score.

I really enjoy the hardworking bunch that is in the United squad, especially Evra and Tevez who runs up and down the field non-stop working to get the ball and get the ball forward. It’s amazing stamina and devotion. I certainly hope that Berbatov could go at it more, but if he can get goals and wins, I’m cool.

It was a fairly fruitful day with me getting my noodles, studied ASP.NET, watch my team kick some and visited Bainbridge Island. Yes I did! Spent merely $6.70 to enjoy the goodness, thanks to Johnson’s recommendation.

God is goood. Amen.

It’s day 2 of the sunny Seattle during fall! The whole city is just soaking it up, everyone seems to be just out there. I love it.

I pray that I will really be freed; God take charge. God is goood ah.

Whee. It wasn’t an easy game to watch, even at the point of the spot kick (bad call by any measures). Ultimately I would use the word ‘majestic’ to address the United team today, even though it was not a goal rout as the 34 shots should prompt.

Bolton Wanderers deserve all my sympathy, their defense was solid and their offense of break-aways are dire at times, the penalty was a wrong call and without it, the scoreline might not have been so. Regardless, there is certainly a difference of class and depth between the two sides. I adore the fact that our substitute for the day was Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes and Nani.

It was interesting to finally see sparks off Berbatov who twist and turn somewhat like van Nisterooy. His passes were really sharp and precise. Too bad the goal didn’t come to him this game, but I believe it will be very soon.

On the other hand, Rooney’s presence was so vivid that I don’t think he was the same guy! Congratulations on the first goal of the season.

All in all, a desirable result for the United team and the fans. The gears has been shifted and let the season begin!

Thanks to YY for calling me at the right time (6:58am) so that I can wake up in time for the game.

This is quite lame.

At noon I thought to myself: The sun is shining and it would be such a waste to stay home.

So I decided to walk to U-Village. With camera gears and all. Pretty heavy stuff.

Happily bought a 16oz Jamba Juice. I would be much happier with the original on hind sight. Walked to Barnes and Noble. Sat down. And realize that I’m indoor, on computer again.

After about 30 minutes, I felt tired and decided to go home. And then I napped.

Isn’t that just wonderful.

I met up with William from Taiwan and spent a really nice day hanging out with him and just chat up.

Now, I don’t think that grades are the most important factor in a person’s life. It help to start things off, definitely, but it’s not the key that determinate how cool or how good a person is. Instead I admire people with a creative mind, a mind that ponders and comes up with awesome ideas. And through these ideas come adventures.

That’s William, and I just think that he’s such a cool dude. I pray that he master English asap.

Kalou’s goal was a fluke. A ‘Fail’ of a defensive line.

No, I’m not talking about the Seatle Mariners who certainly have fallen short on that in as many seasons as I have watched them.

But anyway, anyhow, that should be the mentality of a sports team, a good sports team, like Manchester United. Who, in my eyes, should be sitting at the throne of the EPL, sipping tea (since its English) with so many games ahead of them (in contrast to games behind) that they can play whatever player, whatever formation they want. Like the Yankees dynasty years back.

We can’t just be hitting some runs and hoping we can win against teams like Liverpool and Chelsea who have significantly strengthened their arsenal in this past 3 years alone. And with coaches like Scolari and Rafa, who’s definitely up to the task to go against Sir Alex, Manchester United has to go on the offense. Extreme offense.

No, they didn’t play well today yet again. It’s a 1-1 draw, but not a stalemate by any measures. Without the goal from Park, which was fortunate, United would have gone many moons down. They are tested, squeezed, pushed to produce – to a point where the players are asking questions (Wayne Rooney sure did).

Now, I am positive that Berbatov is a positive player, who is suppose to be bringing positive impact. However, unlike the many others that pushed their way into the first team, he got there out of luxury. Other than Cristiano Ronaldo, who just came back from an ankle surgery, all Man United players pounced on the ball – Evra, Evan, Ferdinard, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Giggs (DNP), Darren Fletcher. Those are the produce of hardwork! Sure, some of them were bought for the specific position, but they certainly play like they deserved it. But no, Berbatov was too tired from whatever he did before the match that he can’t pounce, he can’t run, he can merely jog around to possess himself as a threat to none (at least in this match).

I understand that this is only game #4, but if you want to win, then each and every game counts. 38 draws will only earn you 38 points. Last season, we had to get 87 points to top Chelsea, who were just 2 points behind. 7 points behind Arsenal with a game in hand right now doesn’t sound too bad. But then again, you are talking about Manchester United. And each point counts.

So in conclusion, Berbatov should start running, a strategy has to come out so that the flow can be flew before Ronaldo fully recovers (I mean c’mon, Rooney, Hagreaves, Scholes, Giggs, Ferdinard – world class players!). And if all fails, we just have to scramble to put together wins for winning sack. Otherwise, what’s there left to do?

Vision Banquet 2009. Rhema book.

It was really nice to meet up with Kwadwo to chat about what’s been going on – business ideas, careers, growth, relationships and how I should sleep at 9 and wake up at 5am.

One of the advice he shared was to write down the things that I want in my career, including job title, salaries, etc basing on the following scripture:

A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps. – Proverbs 16:9 (NKJV)

I’m not merely suggesting that whatever you write will be God’s desires, but it would certainly be interesting to turn back in the future and do that comparison thing. Yeah? Yeah.

Pastor Judah shared about our hidden gifts that we are afraid to bring up and use. At one point he addressed the current economy. Paraphrasing what he had said:

“Many people say that Seattle’s economy is like a bubble that’s been held up by the big companies here (namely Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon, Starbucks, etc). Now what if they were intimated and have hidden their gifts for doing what they have done? Well, Seattle’s economy will be in equally bad shape right now.”

Yea, I’m really glad I’m in Seattle and that there’s continually flow of job posting (whether I get them or not). There is impact, yes, but relatively, Seattle is still standing tall.

Plus – we are on divine economy, believe it or not! For this, I really do rejoice.

Thank God.

Now all I need is for you to pick up the phone.

Pastor Judah with Andrew and Chiu Mama

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. – James 1:22

I have drafted previous days’ posts including 2 sermons, 1 banquet and 1 act of moving in. Very religious, very spiritual stuff. Pastor Judah shared at the last GC (Thursday) that instead of throwing long bombs, making huge religious statements (i.e. I’m gonna get 40 people saved), we should perhaps be more aware of the less-exciting small completions. And here is where, for the first time I heard a charismatic church discouraging being radical (to a certain extend).

The weekend that John Bevere was here at the City Church was quite mind-blowing. He opened lids of bottles that many didn’t even know were around. Such ideas include: God didn’t create Hell for Man, it was meant to be for the devil (podcast here); and the entire idea about Honor, which in its most original biblical meaning refers to appreciating, to value, giving high esteem to. And how God honors those who honors Him and dishonor those who dishonor Him (which translates to – God values those who values Him and treat as common those who treats Him as common). Just some really awesome revelation.

Day 2 of his themed sermon continue talking about honor. Especially imprinted in my mind is him using Matthew 10:40-45 to state the 3 level of human beings one will ever come into contact. People above you (prophets), people whom are you peers (righteous man), people who are entrusted under you (little ones). Honor them and you will receive your reward.

Yes, and the Vision Banquet. Then me moving into a shared house (basements are awesome). Thanks to my lovely Kulseth family for helping move, and lying my bed. Love you guys!

All in all, its good stuff, good for my ear, my heart, my mind. Yet, putting everything I have heard and contrasting them to James 1:22, I failed, sadly.

I hope this is not a hit that I will end up regretting for the rest of my life. That would be awful. God save me.

Just when you thought Van Der Sar was not going to repeat the liking of previous keepers’ blunt (omg, Massimo Taibi). This goal is decisive.

I woke up at 5am this morning in order to resume my fandom for Manchester United who’s on schedule for a heavy-weight match against Liverpool. Whilst I haven’t been keeping updates about the transfers, I do know we have Berbatov, and it meant we should be good to go.

In the hour and 15 minutes that I watched, none of the strikers had a shot. Berbatov was not even involved in most plays. Rooney was more of a midfielder than his original role was intended. It was just awful to watch, especially knowing their individual talents.

On the contrast, Liverpool was lively, each players’ individual skill seemed to be amplified in the teamwork. I heard names like Riera, saw Benayoun and Robbie Keane a lot, maybe too much as a Man Utd fan. It was positive, and it was going. And I was impressed when I saw Steven Gerrard and Fernado Torres warming up and finally having Babel substituting in – that’s a deep bench right there.

I’m not going to switch side because of a loss or even if its a season, but I do feel quite disappointed that amidst the Ronaldo saga and Berbatov purchase, Sir Alex Ferguson perhaps didn’t do as good a job to glue the team together as his silence might have indicated. The words ‘mentally unwell’ kept coming up in my mind.

Anyhow, I shut down the player after 88 minutes not expecting more from my team for this game. I’m sure they have tried and frustrated, and I applaud them for their effort, but today is probably not their day. We have 35 games to go, and hope those chemistry start bonding before we are at the half-way length.

Good morning, and I’m back for more sleep.

I’m using a desktop wallpaper that I made that says all the things I wish to accomplish in one day.

I think I’m being too ambitious.

Right now GRE is still top priority. Yes, I’m taking it again.

A probable nonsense put together with some of the vocabularies I tried memorizing from the past day for my GRE. Here goes:

In order to abate my daily food consumption that is abberated than others, I should stop satiating. In order to carry out this sagacious decision to abrogate the bad habit and change to a more salutary behavoir, I need to abjure myself from them and bring abeyance to these activities. Please do not abet me from this salient well-meaning decision. Thank you.

I am pretty sure the usage are not even close to being correct, so do feel free to comment/suggest on proper ways to use them. And by no means are the statement true, its fictional.

My idea for pure has been vague to begin with. I have had brief encounter with “Kiss Dating Goodbye” by Joshua Harris and actually laughed it off and never took it seriously. Well, things did became a little more apparent to me after I was saved, but that doesn’t put me anywhere close to being pure or holy.

Taking part in yesterday’s purity cadre was something I felt needed but didn’t really thought too much of its importance nor know how to progress with it.

Anyhow, after the fellowship, I knew I learnt a lot and I knew there’s a lot for me to really think about deeply, seriously. Tim guided me away from thinking that purity is the ultimate goal but to think that its more of a byproduct of our goal to have a close relationship with God (because nothing is better, really), it comes naturally after.

I thought it was a really good fellowship where hard questions are ask and things to think about. The two books – “Sex is not the problem, Lust is” by Joshua Harris; and “Dating Deliah” by Judah Smith are two awesome teachings that can be used to learn more about dating and such.

Tim recommended Google Chrome after my Firefox froze at least twice while he was at my place helping me with job hunt. I downloaded it yesterday and have since been hooked on. It somehow make browsing funner. I’m not to criticize Firefox in anyways, but in terms of memory usage, Chrome eating up only about a third of what Firefox consume. Sweet.

My bookmark was automatically added to Chrome. The settings were minimum. And the interface is somwhat Mac suited – I’d prefer not to use it in full-screen.

You can download Chrome here. Doesn’t hurt to check it out.

My computer is starting to show its age and I’m determined to resolve the problem without having to reformat or reinstall it. I just need to figure out what each process name mean and if they are absolutely necessary while anticipating virus. I mean there’s some really questionable ones out there: TeaTimer (8k), GrooveMonitor (5k) are one of the few.

It’s about time. No one needs a break 4 months long.

Back again.

I’m getting really bad at keeping my posts updated. Almost 3 weeks has past and here I am back in Seattle, finally set to start blogging again (Thanks to the sun and the San Pellegrino).

I’m still unemployed since I left AIT late August. I’m back in Seattle and had a wonderful week with YY and Rachel. And now I’m back in a transition stage that leave me wanting to go back to my comfort zone. And also lately I’m starting to dwell on an entrepenur idea that if comes true will be very exciting. I will keep you posted.

In these 20 days, the Olympics has ended, which had surely caused many people some days of depression. But I’d also had a ton of ephiphany (not a ton, some) that changes how I view life and relationships. I hope to share some of them as much as I can recall.

Just Stumbled-Upon a movie trailer called ‘Knowing‘. It looks really interesting, but won’t be out in another 6 months.

Be back.