2006 and Jesus

Let's flash back to my past blog entries from Xanga:

Written October 25, 2004 (has it been that long?) - I've done everything except the X's, but for 10 I did learn how to ski and snowboard...

X 1) Be in shape physically by Summer of 2005. (It happened 2006)
2) Master an individual sport (heavily contingent on the presence of an activity partner)
3) Learn Basic Greek
4) Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese
X 5) Take the FCC Licensing for Radio Ham Operators
6) Learn guitar/piano
7) Review and master relevant course material from college
8) Study for my GRE, improve my writing skills and increase my vocabulary
X 9) Learn how to race professionally
X 10) Skydive and bungee-jump, learn skiing and snow-boarding.
11) Learn how to cook gourmet food for my visitors...

Written July 7, 2005

July 7, 2000, I met this old lady at the bus stop and through her message I knew God existed. 2001, the computers in the lab I worked at got reformatted by a virus, and somehow God calls me to become a professor and a missionary. 2002, I am in southern Philippines for a mission trip, and guess what, on July 7, I witnessed the miracle of belief happen in another person. 2003, I joined a Catholic group. I eased into a group of believers that were outside my stereotype box. I also threw away the box. 2004, July 7, I was underwater (scuba diving not drowning), praying for my upcoming interview with Intel. On the same day, I received an email from Agilent and the rest is history. My soul learned about believing faith. 2005, I was considering quitting Agilent because they offered substantial exit packages for everyone eligible so we can downsize gracefully.

But God told me to stay and I learned about faithfulness.



2006, I have traveled around the world and saw God's heart for it. Now I steer my life towards his heart.

Things fall into place. Not too long ago I was unsure of my career path, now I have a clearer vision of the next five years. Back in 2004 I weighed in at 240 lbs, 26% body fat, now I tip at 184 lbs, 15% body fat, am leaner and more adaptive. There was a time when I budgeted money to pay off loans, now I budget to save for the future. I don't know if I am more mature but now I will be more precise and realistic with my goals:

1) Participate in a Sprint Triathlon.
2) Learn 200 new Chinese characters, write to and converse with Chinese employees.
3) Write 20,000 words for my "creative writing endeavor".

To be achieved on or before 07/07/07.

They're challenging enough to shake things up; they're in line with my long term goals; and they're bound to be fun. Light my fire,

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