Here, I Place My Ebenezer...: Archive

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IT IS FINISHED!!! After dayyyysss of labor layering a once styrofoam ball with incredibly random things, I am absolutely relieved that I am finally finished with this massive 3D project. Yesssss :) Thank You Jesus. However, I’ve painfully embarked on another hard journey of placing 100 photographs into a 204 page book. This is probably my 2nd night staying up till at least 4AM editing...

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LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you. The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead. So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed. I remember...

Oct 7th

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damnraisa: peachcity: A little backstory to this clip before you watch it: Will Smith’s father abandoned him and his mother when he was a child, and when Will was finally getting into show business and making a name for himself, he tried to snake his way back into his life like nothing happened. Will co-wrote this episode, and James Avery (Uncle Phil) said “this scene was the hardest thing...

Oct 6th

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Waiting for God's Glory

I’ve been thinking a lot about my parents and their growing ministry for the Lord. There are times where I would sit in nostalgia and try to recall the days where my family and I were all living under the same roof. Alas, my long term memory seems to be failing. I can’t even remember the days I met my best friends (no worries reader, we’ve had many discussions about it, followed...

Oct 1st

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To Fight for Your Art

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does...

Jul 26th

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Beautifully shot! :)! I like! And EXCITED FOR PART 2! <3!

Jul 13th

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Jul 11th

Blessings in Confinement

My days have been wasted away as I watch movies, cook mediocre dinners and spend hours online. It’s pretty sad to say that at the near end of Day 5, I realize that these days spent in confinement are still great blessings of God. Who am I that I deserve another day? Perhaps even another breath? Ugh how incredibly foolish of me to take for granted the days that have been graciously given to...

Jul 10th

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Day 2 in Confinement

With a lack of groceries and no means of transportation to the grocery store, I had to be creative with what I had left in the fridge for dinner. All I had were a great deal of sandwich food without the bread, and things to throw into an omelette without the eggs. As a result, I made a measly sausages and tomatoes dish topped with salt and pepper for seasoning. Gross. Yup. It definitely did not...

Jul 8th

The Confinement Chronicles

I came back yesterday from the auto shop and plopped on my bed realizing that my wings have been clipped. The words of the mechanic kept playing over and over in my head: “The car’s second gear is about to blow out. It’s best not to drive it anymore” Alas, my beloved black stallion of 10 years has finally reached its demise. It’s saddening to know that such a...

Jul 7th

Hello San Francisco Loves :)

I’ve resorted to writing a small post on what I’ve been up to lately just to keep those back at home in San Francisco and my family posted. I know I’ve been insanely MIA since summer started, and haven’t done a good job keeping in touch :/ With that, I’m sorry guys! But here’s a small gist of what’s been happening :) After applying to countless...

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Annoyed With Comfort

I find it increasingly annoying being able to lay comfortably on a bed and being provided with food more than 3 times a day while knowing there are others who are not able to enjoy these luxuries I indulge in because of the catastrophes that unexpectedly hit their country not too long ago. I find it irritating knowing that I am able to freely worship in a church while others are being persecuted...

Mar 19th

God Doesn't Need You

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the...

Feb 27th

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Music Euphoria

Alright reader, I have a confession. I am highly addicted to the euphoria I get from music. I absolutely love finding new music on sites, t.v. shows or hearing it in a mall or over the radio. I go hungry for more music when I get bored with my playlist after creating it 2 weeks ago. If I hear a song and have no source whatsoever of finding who the artist is, I would pick out a line from the...

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Accidents Are So Unfortunate...

On Friday, December 10th, I’ve experienced my very first car accident. I cannot recall a major car accident when I was younger. I can only recall minor ones, such as another car door hitting the side of my family’s vehicle, but never collisions of any kind. As I was listening to Jamie Cullum and being mesmerized by his dreamy voice, I stopped by a red light about to make a right...

Dec 13th

The Bounty Hunter...?

My car has been gracious and kind to me since I brought it down to LA with the help of my eldest brother. However, a couple of days ago, a series of unfortunate mishaps has caused the following “injuries” to my beloved vehicle (in which case, is quite painful to list): a burnt out headlight, a need of an oil change, a flat tire, and the glorious maintenance light was lit in bright...

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Marriage

I hope I write with no intention of making this post a mere gushy relationship spiel, but instead, give my readers a window to my thoughts upon the idea of the beautiful union God has created between man and woman. I guess these thoughts arise as the day of my brother’s wedding approaches slowly but very surely. It’s crazy but exciting to know that I’ll get a beautiful...

Sep 24th

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This made me think, chuckle and left me absolutely...

 An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with God, the Almighty. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.
Professor: You are a Christian, aren't you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is God good, then? Hmm?
 (Student was silent)
Professor: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
 (Student didn't answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
 (Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn't.
 (The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold.  We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
 (There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light... But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it's called Darkness, isn't it?  In reality, darkness isn't.  If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
 (The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
 (The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
 (The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
 (The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving! 
 That student was Albert Einstein.

Sep 21st

“To fall in love with God is the greatest of romances, to seek Him the greatest...”

– St. Augustine And lately, I have found this true.

Sep 19th