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Name: Mike Chun Wing
Country: United States
State: New York
Birthday: 10/16/1982
Gender: Male
Interests: singing, b-ball, Starcraft =)
Expertise: Singing, making presentations, always smiling...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Hospitality
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Member Since:
4/20/2002
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| Recently, our fellowship has been doing a series on "Difficult
Questions". While preparing these studies, I've found myself
looking, even more than I usually do, at the world and God relating to
it. Prayer, Suffering, the Unsaved (our 3 topics so far).
I've had to switch time and time again from looking at this world on a
macro level (suffering on a grand scale), micro level (individuals
who're in deep pain), and of course, VERY micro --> desperately
trying to balance my school work, family, and relationship.
God demands "my soul, my life, my all". Even though God is with
us all the way, I indeed find myself often in the "Valley of the Shadow
of Death". I think my life is a very good one, but I know that I
still walk on an edge - as in if certain things slipped, it could get
real bad, real quickly.
It is at points of such tension that I scream out in both pain...and joy.
For all those non-believers out there - you're right that if there is
no God, "what a mess!" But IF there is a God - what an enormous
God we have. One who encompasses all our highs & lows.
One who, despite such chaos out there, is sovereign over this world.
God - please hold me tight as I run this race.
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| Uh...the Saudi Arabian oil minister saying we shouldn't stop using oil...could this guy be any MORE biased?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060207/sc_nm/energy_saudi_alterntatives_dc_1
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Mandating costly alternatives to oil in
the name of a cleaner environment could impoverish people and
lower living standards, the Saudi Arabian oil minister said on
Tuesday.
"I believe that we should not impoverish people in the name
of a cleaner environment," Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi told
an energy conference. "Lowering living standards, or limiting
peoples' ability to rise out of poverty, in order to improve
the environment trades one potential health hazard for
another."
He said that would be the result of asking consumers to
give up oil for a less efficient and more costly alternative
fuel that would otherwise be uneconomical.
Naimi's comments came a few days after U.S.
President
George W. Bush said America was addicted to Middle Eastern oil.
He also committed to raising alternative energy funding by 22
percent for clean coal, wind and solar power, ethanol, and fuel
cells.
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| Potential NYC Transit strike starting this friday:
"Joseph F. Bruno, the city's commissioner of emergency management, said
that in addition to business losses in the event of a strike, the city
would lose $8 million to $12 million per day in tax revenue and would
incur $10.1 million a day for police overtime. Separately, City
Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. estimated that the city would suffer $1.6 billion in economic losses during the first week of a strike." - NY Times.
That's a LOT of money!!! holy moley.
"Michael Wong, student of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, said
that 'if there's a strike i'm going to have to find someone with an
apartment near my school to sleepover at so that I can take my final
exam in the morning at 8:45am SHARP because it would definitely start
without me'" - CW Times.
and that's all the news that's fit to print.
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| If you go to the NYTimes site, and go to page 2 of the article talking
about the NYC Mayoral election, you'll see a pic of Fernando Ferrer
The picture shows him - his eyebrows are slanted downward, and he just
looks so sad =( I'm a super-softee so the picture made me feel
really bad for him.
On the other hand, I had no idea what his views were and I didn't know
if he would be a better mayor than Bloomberg - but i feel the same way
i did 4 years ago - if Bloomberg can run a company so well, and since
he has so much money he has less incentive to bow down to special
interest (although he's still gotta have some), then i think he might
be pretty good for mayor.
In the voting booth i was also sad to see the only name other than
Bloomberg and Ferrer I knew was Peter Vallone. And he was the
republican AND democratic candidate. tough choice.
In an unrelated story, I gave blood today. But today was the
first time I had a newbie blood-bank person. She seemed kinda
nervous from the outset. Then the time for actually sticking the
needle came.
*needle goes in*
Supervisor: in a little more, ok, up a little, out a little
Blood-taker lady: like that?
Supervisor: ok flatten it out, ok go in
*needle goes REALLY in*
*no blood*
*Supervisor points to the needle in my arm, which is not in the vein*
Supervisor: look - the vein's all the way over here - and your needle's all the way over there
Blood-taker lady: hm...yeah...
*Supervisor keeps digging the needle toward the vein until he hits it.*
*finally the blood starts flowing*
-____-'
I was ok - plus I do commend her because I don't think i'd learn very
quickly either. It's scary to poke needles into someone else's
vein! Or in her case, in someone else's arm!
Everyone should give blood - it's for a good cause! You're saving lives and you won't die! really! =)
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| 2,000 dead
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/international/middleeast/26deaths.html?pagewanted=1&hp
I never know how to react when I read about this. I cannot
empathize with these people because it's just not possible unless you
went through it. We're part of the same country, mostly with very
similar surroundings and lifestyles, but separated with one big
difference.
As sad as it is, and whoever is to blame (it's not just one man's
fault. It was a bad situation to begin with), the reality is that
now we're stuck with this situation. And it's not even the only
one right now. There's also the northern part of an Asian
peninsula with people suffering.
I think the only action we can take is to try and make the lives of
those in the military better somehow. Reach out and care for
them. Help them, help others, help ourselves squeeze the most out
of life as we can. And the best way to do that is to show love.
People are the most important thing in the world. Everything else
goes away, but the effect your actions make on people will last for an
eternity.
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