Kevin Kwak’s Blog

This Sunday, March the 6th is the LA Marathon XX. I just want to get it over with it because I don’t expect much out of it.
I’ll be walking 100% of the marathon or should I say, ‘walkathon.’
With the aid of my dependable mp3 player, it will be a relaxing day to walk in the streets of Los Angeles and watch and hear the crowd cheering for the runners.

Completing the LA Marathon was one of the things I really wanted to do before I die but since I will be walking the entire marathon, I don’t know if it counts or not. It feels as if I’m cheating.

I had a ‘Business Communication’ presentation this evening where I shared a portion of my life. While half of the classmates were listening with interest, the other half must have been bored out of their mind (or hungry since it was 7p.m.) based on the looks on their face.

The professor was jotting notes throughout the presentation and smiling whenever I made eye contact with her. So far, so good. I shared with the class that I am actively practicing Christianity. So far, so good. But the good part did not last long. When I mentioned that Jesus Christ was the savior and that people (tsunami victims/nonbelievers in Thailand ) needed to know the gospel in order to be saved, the expression on the professor’s face changed. Her bright smile suddenly flipped upside down and she seemed to be shaking her head.

On the flipside, the presentation was part of my evangelistic tactic.

Speaking of evangelism, today was our Central ReComm evangelism night. Class ended 7:30pm and I headed straight to Cerritos Towne Center . When I reached the 10 East and 605 South intersection, cars were moving 10 feet for every 5 minutes. A car accident had occurred. Oh boy. I thought I would not make it to the Towne Center within time. I notified John. Crawling for the past 15 minutes, I finally passed by the accident site.

It has been years since I let the car loose so I WIDE OPEN THROTTLED my car!! Yeeehaw!

I reached the Towne Center and was blessed at first sight. Our young ReComm brothers and sisters were praising God at a public site.
John was leading the praise with his guitar. Danny, Julia, Jennifer, Kristine, Jina, Annie, Brian, and Daniel took the time to show up and to serve God.
I was first uncomfortable due to the ongoing traffic near where we praised. But fear went away rather quick. In the middle of our praise, a couple approached us and complimented on our effort before they headed off. God bless them.

John was very happy during the praise that two guitar strings broke loose. Julia and Kristine had their jacket hoods on because of the weather. Jennifer was waiting for her friend Daniel to arrive. Brian was rubbing his tummy because he was hungry.

We sang many praise songs and most of us were enthusiastic and hungry at the same time. Some of us went to eat at Subways and I hung out with the freshmen and listen to them talk about JDSNs getting married early and yeah…..

God is good.

Beginning next quarter, I decided to move in with my KCCC brothers in the sarang room. Including myself, there will be six brothers total - talk about weinerfest!
No worries though since there will be sisters visiting our place on a daily basis.
Living near the campus will benefit me in so many ways and living in the sarang room should be a great investment.

Other than the great news, I have so much work over the three day weekend. Projects and homeworks I need to complete. Books after books to be read. Need to get a haircut for the upcoming banquet. Need to replace my brakes and the antifreeze in the car’s radiator. Need to file a limited civil lawsuit within one week. Need to call up a colleague and try to get an internship from him. And prepare for that darn LA Marathon! Oh man. When I first signed up for the marathon, I was so confident that I would be fully prepared and ready to run the race. Marathon is two weeks away from now and I couldn’t even squeeze the training into my schedule. In order for me to actually complete the marathon in its entirety, I will need to [b]walk[/b] 4/5 of the race due to my physical and cardiovascular condition. But to be optimistic, I know I can complete the marathon. Whoo hoo!

Random thought of the day:

Living and visiting near the urban Downtown L.A. area had me influenced. More so, living in a litigious state had me more influenced to think and learn about my rights and laws. And to top it all off, I am taking a Business Law course for the current quarter and I am forced to think about laws.

LAW

A brother whom I’ve known from the previous church is now attending Columbia University, studying for his J.D. degree. For those that do not know, according to USNews.com, Columbia Law School is ranked 4th nationwide. That is something.
Hope for the best in his career development BTW, he is a P.K. so that should have been his primary influence.