Life As Kyoo Knows It

Monday, May 21, 2012

How Asian Women Age

This is so funny because it's true!

My Heavenly Father Loves me Part 6

Have you gone to the Missionary Training Center (MTC) to do the Teaching Resource Center (TRC)? The last time I've done it was two years ago when I just came back from my mission. Today, I went to the MTC with J. and had an opportunities to be taught by some missionaries in Spanish. It was simply marvelous.

They have changed the TRC since the last time I did it. Instead of me being an (fake) investigator, I am just me. Their goal is to bring me closer to Jesus Christ.

The first set of missionaries were Sisters Ellis, Giles, and Norton. Sister Norton knew Spanish more than the other sisters so she spoke most of the times. Sister Ellis was struggling to find a scripture as Sister Norton spoke and had a hard time speaking. Despite their differences and their struggles, they taught me exactly what I needed to hear. Before they began, they talked among themselves to figure out what they were going to teach. Sister Giles suggested prayer and revelation, and I knew that they had the Spirit with them. Stories and testimonies they shared were powerful and they really spoke from their hearts. I definitely felt the Spirit.

The next set of missionaries were Elders Wolfe and Anderson. They weren't as great as the sisters because (later I found out that) they didn't seem really prepared and only Elder Anderson taught the lesson while Elder Wolfe slouched back on the couch just chilling. The only time I felt somewhat of the Spirit was when Elder Anderson started to bear his testimony at the end. Very unfortunate.

After talking with the elders, I went into J.'s room just because they (coordinators) wanted me to. I don't remember any of the missionaries names but these two sets of missionaries were fabulous. One of the first set of missionaries struggling with his Spanish and used English words in between Spanish words to make sure we understood him but when he was telling us a story about how he gained his testimony, I knew he was being sincere and felt the Spirit. I really believe that he's going to be an awesome missionary because he was so humble and had tremendous faith to rely on the Lord instead of himself.

Learning from the missionaries and feeling the Spirit really made my day and I knew that the Lord loved me and all those missionaries who were learning and growing in the gospel.

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We call it Fail Quail.

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I Am a Nerd Part 2

This has to be one of the biggest achievements I have made in my life (besides spelling achievements correctly).
I made top 8 of the online minesweeper.

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So yesterday, I made some noise bombs with some toilet cleaner and aluminum foil. It was awesome. I haven't made them for years since freshman year at BYU so it was exciting to make them.

The reason why I am a nerd is because I knew exactly how to create a chemical equation for this reaction. It is 2Al (s) + 6HCl (aq) => 3H2 (g) + 2AlCL3 (aq) So they create hydrogen gas which expands the bottles then explode to create a huge noise. So AWESOME!

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God Is Funny

Before I started my morning scripture study, I prayed to know what I should do today (I decided that I am going to figure out what I should each day instead of trying to plan days in advance). The scripture I read is Genesis 4:25 which reads:

"And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth..."

I highly doubt that's what God wants me to do today...

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God's Wrath vs. God's Mercy

One Sunday during the Sunday School, we were talking about the allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5. Someone commented that we always think of God as vengeful and angry but in verse 41, it says the opposite:

"What could I have done more for my vineyard?" -Jacob 5:41-

Heavenly Father was not angry. He was sorrowful. I think He feels the same way about us. When we sin, He is not angry with us but wishes to know what He could have done to help us make right choices. He loves us and waits us to return. However, you might ask, "If God loves us, why does God punish us?" Can you stop children from burning their hands when they touch the hot stove? Can you take away any consequences of any actions that someone you love committed? No, you can't. God could but He wouldn't.

To understand this concept, you must read Mountains to Climb by President Eyring. I talked about this before. Pres. Eyring said as he talked about trials:

"There are reasons for that. Knowing those reasons may not give much comfort, but it can give you a feeling of patience. Those reasons come from this one fact: in Their perfect love for you, Heavenly Father and the Savior want you fitted to be with Them to live in families forever. Only those washed perfectly clean through the Atonement of Jesus Christ can be there."

As we are tried and receive consequences for our sins, we learn to become more like God and Christ and mold ourselves to be "fitted" with Them. Of course, when we sin, we can't enter into the Kingdom of God because we are sinners. However, Pres. Eyring said that we must be washed clean through the Atonement of Christ. If God were a wrathful God, He would have only chosen few people to enter into the Kingdom of God or require certain conditions/qualifications to use the Atonement. However, because He is merciful and loving, He lets everyone to use the Atonement to be clean to enter into the Kingdom of God.

I know that Heavenly Father loves me. I know that when we sin, He waits for us to return to Him. We should always ask ourselves, "What can I do more?"

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Desperation

This is definitely not about dating. It's actually about work.

It's usually really really slow at work. I have to find ways to entertain myself. One thing I found is this massive minesweeper game online. I love playing minesweeper so this thing can keep me busy for hours. It literally is infinitely massive. You can move your screen by dragging on it and continue finding mines.

Or I have played chess on the computer. If you know me, I am not good at chess at all and I am not trying to be modest. I am really really bad at chess, like terrible. I think I have never won a game playing against the computer when the difficulty is set as 2 out of 10. That's how bad I am.

Another thing I do is doing Sudoku online. I love it. I can do that for hours too...until my head starts to hurt.

I finally got a GRE prep book and GRE vocab/math note cards. It's the GRE time!

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World's Strongest Man Competition

One Saturday, my roommates and I were hanging out watching the World's Strongest Man. After awhile, my roommates thought it would be fun to actually do some of the things that they do on the competition. These are some pictures and videos of them "competing."