Jimmy Su
How It Went Down
Man oh man. You could not ask for a better spring break than the last couple of days. The reaction on Paul's face was just priceless. Here is what happened.
The Hopkins crew got together on Monday evening for dinner. Some of us hadn't seen each other since Jimmy and Hyejung's wedding so it was a great time of fellowship and laughter. Paul's girlfriend, Esther, had gone up to Philly to bring Paul down to Baltimore and would be back late in the evening. The trick was that she would pretend that she lost her contact and make Paul drive her back to Baltimore.
In the meantime, we were out to dinner and waiting for the fateful phone call from Esther which would tell us that they would be in Baltimore in 30 minutes. Finally, the phone call came and we quickly headed back to Yogi's apartment to wait for them to arrive. Esther had said that she would tell Paul that she left her MCAT book in Yogi's apartment which would give her an excuse to come to where the surprise was. Apparently, Paul had just had two exams today including classes, so he was sleepy and grumpy and didn't want to go to Yogi's apartment. However, Esther persisted and Paul walked in the apartment to all of us yelling "SURPRISE!" as well as the holiday of our choice (such as, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Veterans Day, Happy Canadian Boxing day... you get the idea).
Paul came in thinking surprised and confused. We started talking in order to make Paul think that the surprise was just all of us gathered together. Then James Lieu "convieniently" changed the subject onto "what have you been up to Jimmy?", and talk about Project Corolla started.
I brought out a scrapbook of project Corolla which had been made by Esther and included notes from all of us to Paul. We passed it from person to person with the plan of having Paul be the last person to see it and thinking he would figure out what was going on. The room was eerily quiet as he was reading it. He got so far into the scrapbook and I thought he had figured out what was going on so I yelled "surprise!!!!!". But apparently he had only been looking at the pictures and not reading any of the notes so he was even more confused. We all ran outside and showed him the car. It was awesome to all be together like that and to see the look on his face. It was quite a blessing to be witness to this, as well as to share this time with all these friends.
I'm putting up some pictures in the gallery. Also, Ajin is putting together a video of the whole event.
Bikes
Why can't I have cheap hobbies? Why do my previous interests have to be in cars, electronics, video games, guitars, and stuff that doesn't come free/cheap? For once I wish I could be interested in something like... leaf collecting, or... birdwatching. Something that doesn't really require money to get involved in the interest.
Contrary to what I said in my earlier post, I went bike shopping today. Test riding a few bikes I was made even more aware how the right bike can make you go fast. The salesman at Bicycle Sport Shop went with me on a small ride around the neighborhood and I tested out the Specialized Allez Compact and the Trek 1.2. A few days ago I rode a bike to school. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Anyways, I'm in the market for a bike these days. If there is one that happens to be free/cheap, well even better.
Does the Bible Support Slavery? [Video]
Saw this linked from http://christopheryuan.blogspot.com/. An interesting answer to a question that has come up many times before. If the Bible is wrong on slavery, isn't it wrong on other things?
The short answer is that the Bible does NOT support slavery in the way we understand slavery (as in, American slavery). In fact, the Bible does speak out against such involuntary enslavement.
But the slavery spoken of in the Bible is more of an enlisted workmanship which is voluntary, but binding. In the video, Wayne Grudem says the closest thing we might have today is military service.
Thought it was interesting... check the first 4 minutes of the video for the details.
The End of a Journey
And just like that, my last year in grad school comes to a close. I recently defended my dissertation, bringing me ever closer to that elusive Ph.D. degree that I have been chasing down for the last several years. I have yet to submit the final version of my dissertation to the University, but I will have that done in the next week or so.
The end of this journey has brought about a barrage of emotions. There was a sigh of relief after I finished. A feeling of amazement as I still cannot believe that I had finally arrived at this point which at times I thought would never come. More than once I have woken up and thought, “I’m a PhD???”
I am overwhelmed with gratitude to many, as I would not be here without many individuals who supported me so well over the last several years. There is also a feeling of anxiety and excitement as I don’t know what the future holds for me after I finish up the summer. The search is on for the next step in me and my family’s life. It’s been an adventure, and yet, the adventure continues.
And so with that, I am also making the decision to end this blog. I started this blog on the first day of grad school through my now defunct Blogger site, and later transitioned to using this personal site which I built and designed using the open source Joomla! software. So this blog marks a season in my life which I have been happy to share with you, the readers. Thanks for keeping up with me, many of you not just online, but in person as well. Though I may not blog here anymore, I hope to continue to keep up with you in other ways in the future.
Kindest regards,
Jimmy
3/12/06 6:45am
What a night of driving. It’s bright and early morning here on the East Coast. We made it through Tennessee last night and are now in the western tip of Virginia. Unfortunately though, we had a slight problem last night. About three-fourths of the way through Tennessee, the car threw a check engine light for some reason. We pulled over at a gas station for about an hour in which I tried to diagnose the problem at around three o’clock in the morning. I thought that maybe the heat might have overwhelmed the wiring for the O2 sensor, and so I pulled the negative terminal off the battery and let the error code reset. During that time, I also check the transmission fluid and topped it off. Fortunately, after we started the car back up the CEL went away and we drove the rest of the night without incident.
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