Kevin Kwak’s Blog

Frustration… all week long.
Commuting 50 miles roundtrip, Monday thru Friday is such a waste of time.
I am frustrated… darn emotions.
The worst part of the week is catching a severe cold. I either caught the cold from a team member in class or from wearing a short and a shirt at 50 degree Farenheit.

[SIZE=4][b]Upcoming Los Angeles Marathon XX[/b][/SIZE]
I have registered for the LA Marathon, winter of last year. It is January and I am keeping up with the extensive training. Two months of physical and cardiovascular training left. My heart condition and current health should manage the agony during the training and hopefully, during the official race.
I’m not too concerned about the Marathon. I just want to complete the Marathon in its entirety and get that shiny metal and the certificate. This will be my first and my last LA Marathon that I will be participating, unless some unforseen circumstance(s) require me to register again.

The training in itself is enjoyable but the amount of time it requires is of high expectance. A prospective Marathon runner prepares a minimum of 25 miles a week total and let me emphasize [b]minimum[/b]. And the training miles are on the street, flat asphalt and not the running treadmills you find in a gym.

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I’m just posing to expose my leanness. :p Biceps and six-pack is not presence yet. I am hoping to develop my inner six-pack by March 6, 2005.

[b]Rest In Peace Min Chon[/b]

Today was not an ordinary day. After a 15-consecutive days of rain, the sunshine decided to return home to the Southern Californians. It was noon and I had attended the 1st meeting of the Round Society club, a club for atheists, agnostics, and any other nonbelievers. Maybe I should have not attended. But anyways….

Afternoon at around 5p.m., I was walking towards the locker when I met my KCCC brothers, Jonathan, David, and Suk Ho hyung. While exchanging hellos, David asked if I went to Min’s funeral.

I gave David the o_0 look.
“You mean the tall Min?”
“Yea. Did you go to his funeral?”
“Are you joking David?”
“No. Min got into a motorcycle accident. I thought you knew because you were his high school friend.”
“I lost in touch with him.”

A very shocking news! Min Chon, only 21 years young, a bright future ahead of him….

[font=Geneva]I first met Min Chon back in junior high. He was a good friend of Sam Van, Joon Koh, and Thomas. I did not really know him back in John Burroughs Middle School but had finally had a chance to get to know him. Min attended Van Nuys High School with Sam Van.
I had to take Algebra 2 course in Fairfax high school. Min was a tall fellow, comely, with a sensational personality. Min had the charisma that easily invites people toward his vicinity. Summer school was real fun, thanks to Min. Min’s friend and I ditched our classes and rode the MTA bus to Beverly Center and watched movies. I still remember the time we went to see the “Blair Witch Project” or the time when we visited a liquor store to pick up ‘boricha’ for our lunch.

Time flew and what do you know, I am now attending the same university as Min. How cool is that. Min got into the dormitory in the first quarter and I got in during the 3rd quarter. Surprisingly, I was put into the same dormitory building where Min stayed. Thanks to Min, I met his dorm friends and had dinners together in the cafeteria. We chat on AIM (username was [b]KtownxMin[/b] and forum username was [b]user0005[/b]) many times and we even played Counter-Strike on the dorm LAN.

One year from today, I had the chance to invite Min to a KCCC (christian campus for Christ) chapel meeting. After insisting that he should come take a look, he finally showed up with one of his colleague. I’m thankful that he did show up. I even heard that he came out to a few other meetings too.

A year or two had flown by and we were in our 4th year, which would have been our current year. The last time I had seen Min was on campus, in the engineering building. I was reading and he was on his way to class. I was glad to bump into him and we talked briefly. Min headed off to his class and that was the last time I had seen him.

Tuesday, January 11, 2005, I heard the shocking news. David told me that accident occured a month ago. Due to disconnection, I was not informed of Min’s funeral. So here I am, dedicating this thread, reminiscing of my good friend, Min Chon, and to farewell him good.[/font]