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Wednesday, 06 February 2008

  • Cancer

    so... I finished school about what a month two months ago? moved back home which is nice saved me a couple hundred dollars. I had more time to spend w/ the family which is nice and at one particular time hanging out with my mom she asked why I have two adam's apple and why is it all crooked and I'm like what are you talking about i only have one so i checked in the mirror and there it is a second adam's apple thats not suppose to be there. My attitude was ngeh... whatever i shrugged it off it's probably nothing but my mom is like go get it checked. I do not like going to the doctor for every little thing which is why i'm kind of hesitant to go and i insisted that its nothing and she told me to go talk to my uncle who is a doctor and he told me to go to my doctor cuz well that lump isn't normal especially at my age... gah... shucks. and so i did saw the docs did blood test then ultra sound this is like a weekly thing now. after the ultrasound they decided to do the biopsy which is ... pretty interesting my neck was soar for about a week. i got the biopsy about the day before passion conference. so during all that time singing it hurts like hell. come monday don't remember what happened then but i got a message from my doc to call her back asap so i did she told me she got the results back but she insist on me meeting her instead of telling me over the phone. i asked is the result bad or good she said 'kind of bad' what the hell is kind of bad?? in my mind there is only good or bad kind of bad what the hell is that? anyhow i was somehow able to get a next day appointment which is a wow for kaiser cuz usually its like a week later. she told me I had cancer ... uhm ok... thyroid cancer to be exact. I was like hmm... never thought i'd get cancer especially when im still in my 20's... she told me it's treatable so i'm relieved to some degree but yeah cancer? how??? right when i was walking to my car kaiser called me again to schedule another appt w/ the endocrinologist, told them im still in the area and they were able to let me see the doc right away so that's cool. they told me the samething again... its cancer luckily its the most studied ones papillary carcinoma or the thyroid, high survival rate. i'm not worried by this time knowing the survival rate is 90%. today i just got back from the ENT docs talking w/ the surgeon about the procedure total thyroidectomy ... blah blah blah no more thyroid glands... bla bla bla take away some lymph nodes bla bla bla 4 hr procedure bla bla bla dropped calcium lv ... wtf? thats why they have to keep me for about 2-4 days in the hospital just in case...ook. 2 weeks recovery period ...awe serious?? i gotta get back on the horse. but yeah that's how it is now im just waiting to schedule the pre-op stuff and ct scan which is prolly another week then the surgery..which is prolly the week after. blah... such a hassle after all the surgery stuff is done im suppose to take some radiation therapy by pill which is good considering it's not chemo which i've heard is very painful ... so yeah...thats life......

    edit.
    looks like I'll be spending valentine's day in the OR ... so romantic anyone wanna come and visit me have candle light dinner in the hospital bed? hehe this is going to be interesting
    Currently Listening
    Exodus
    By Utada Hikaru
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Sunday, 27 January 2008

  • Passion 08

    This weekend was really something. I got to go to passion conference held at nokia theater this weekend. Francis Chan and Louis Giglio was the speaker while worship/concert was with Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, and Matt Redman. yeah uh huh it was aawesome. the music was phenomenal but i'll talk about it later. As I have said previously the past few weeks i felt deprived, drained from all of the activities at church/youth ministry. all the thinking about what am I to do with my future as in school and career. and what is life without having a stable career right? it was pretty hectic I've forgotten of why I do what I do and why it's been so hard somewhat lacking in ... motivation? anyhow being away from the bubble is taking its toll... haha. it's a good thing because this is the real world that I'm living in and it will be hard for me to get encouragement about life, school, relationships etc. I do miss it but it's time i stand up on my own. So like i was saying i do miss the old days listening to good sermon from good speakers. As for me being in a new church we do not have that, it has been small discussion groups which is great but i need more. I need some expository preaching that convicts me, remind me of my place in this world, remind me of my purpose, encourage me. I haven't had that for a long time. Having said that being in this conference kind of refreshes me. and I know it sounds selfish and it probably is; but i needed it. Francis talked about something similar to his previous talk but he reminded me that God is a great God and He wants all of me not just a part its all or nothing. In addition to that the Holy Spirit's power is from God, because of that those that have receive it or claim to have receive it should show it in their everyday lives; a life that is a reflection that of our Christ. Louis' talks was pretty much tied into it and i think it was more of a sharing of one girl's testimony; about her journey of being saved because of her roomate. and it was touching but from that he emphasize that we are here to be a light in the darkness and we can't do that if we do the same things we do in our old life. All in all it was a good reminder and it touches true in this real world I live in now, outside the safety net of the master's college.
    OK... the music like I said was phenomenal. DCB is always awesome in concert and this is my second time being in their concert. Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman was equally awesome I've never seen them in concert and don't know a lot of their songs but it was awesome nonetheless. All of this was made awesomer? by the fact that we got front row and i mean touch the stage front row. yup it was deafening but cool. and the experience was different... i know it was more like a concert but it was also worship and i guess i can only compare it to my experience at masters. this was better but it wasn't just the song, just the atmosphere of thousands of students singing worshiping the same God in song and dance was...wow.. breathtaking. if i have one suggestion for tmc i think they should let chapel be free grounds for dancing worship in forms.
    At the end I bought a book by piper looking forward to reading and finishing it.toodles

    edit...
    I forgot to add that Passion is doing a world tour and one of the country they are going to visit is INDONESIA. This is the country which I was born and raised until the age of 12. me and my family left with a so long be gone attitude because of how the people have treated us. but then back then I didn't know what it means to be a Christian how to share the love that God has given me. So when I heard about this I am really surprised and well overjoyed because of what's happening in Indo. So for those i ask you to pray for indonesia, for a revival and for the people to recognize the power of God. I would also raise the concern for safety for all those that are involved with this, i know they're not going to the hostile island but still it's a huge christian event that's never been done before in indonesia and also passion peeps are white caucassian western so... yeah...

    Currently Reading
    Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure
    By John Piper
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Thursday, 24 January 2008

  • Recharging

    Ever since I finished my undergraduate studies and all that comes with it at TMC, I've been immersed with finding a suitable employment that can somehow pay for my loans and rethinking about my future. If you've talked to me and asked me what my plan is after that you've probably hear me say 'good question, I'll get back to you on that' in all honesty I really do not know what I want to do. I don't know if the medical field is suitable for me as much as I like it I don't think I love it well maybe I do, I really did enjoy working in the research lab and learning about more TLR, immunology and biochem, it was fun as much as it hurts it was a good pain. But... intellectually I feel that I am not cut out for this, I don't remember what happened to that drive that I had when I first transfered but at the end I'm just a mediocre student, I finished and that's all I care and now what? at this point I think I'm about done thinking about me maybe I'm searching asking in the wrong places, relationships with people for me have been distant at best same can be said with God. Which is sad and just not right because I am the supposed one of the youth leader. Hypocrytes at church? I'm walking it. A conversation I had with Ellie sometime last year had me thinking she told me to just get closer to God first then whatever I end up doing it'll be for God. All of this 'activities' after graduation have gotten me off track and drained I don't remember why I do the things I do.

    The church that I've been going to is a new church and I think it's a pretty rapidly expanding church I teach sunday school and am one of the youth leader (from what i've been told). All that's been happening is that we've been doing small bible study or discussion which is great and yeah... but I miss the days where I listen to sermon great sermons that reminds me of my place in this universe because I forget easily. I'm looking forward to tomorrow hopefully I get something out of the conference. I need to get recharged ... Passion Conference 2008

    Currently Listening
    Remedy
    By David Crowder Band
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Monday, 14 January 2008

  • Been a While

    It's been a while in the past 5 weeks the following have happened

    • Graduated, though haven't walk yet that'll be in May
    • Passed 2 CLEP test
    • Shotgun multiple CV to lots of biotech companies
    • Moved out of my apartment to move back home
    • been to 3 weddings of my close friends
    • Visited a amelia and hans and their lil baby naomi
    • hung out with some people that's not been seen for a while
    • did traffic school
    • sent my DMV registration
    • haha my life is boring....
    • looking for more jobs now

    Currently Listening
    Cyborg Oretachi
    By Halcali
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007

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    • Country: Indonesia
    • Metro: Jakarta
    • Birthday: 7/30/1985
    • Gender: Male
    • Member Since: 9/9/2003

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  • "The more I study nature the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator" Louis Pasteur