Note to self.

Short term goal: move to Boston soon.

어린왕자 명대사

“내 비밀은 이런 거야. 매우 간단한 거지.
오로지 마음으로 보아야만 정확하게 볼 수 있다는 거야.
가장 중요한 것은 눈에는 보이지 않는 법이야.”

“네 장미꽃을 그렇게 소중하게 만든 것은, 
그 꽃을 위해 네가 소비한 시간이란다.” 
“내가 나의 장미꽃을 위해 소비한 시간이라…” 
잘 기억하기 위해 어린 왕자가 말했다

“그러나 네가 나를 기르고 길들이면 우린 서로 떨어질 수 없게 돼.
넌 나에게 이 세상에서 단 하나뿐인 사람이 되고 난 너에게 둘도없는 친구가 될테니까.”

  

“나를 길들여줘…
가령 오후 4시네 네가 온다면
나는 3시부터 행복해지기 시작할거야
…

 

그러나 만일,

네가 무턱대고 아무때나 찾아오면

난 언제부터 마음의 준비를 해야할지 모르니까…”

 

 

“나는 해 지는 풍경이 좋아.
우리 해지는 구경하러 가…”
“그렇지만 기다려야 해.”
“뭘 기다려?”
“해가 지길 기다려야 한단 말이야.”

 

사막은 아름다와.
사막이 아름다운건

어디엔가 우물이 숨어있기 때문이야.
눈으로는 찾을 수 없어, 마음으로 찾아야 해.

 

“세상에서 가장 어려운일이 뭔지아니?”

“흠… 글쎄요. 돈버는일? 밥먹는일?”

“세상에서 가장 어려운일은 사람이 사람의 마음을 얻는일이란다.

각각의 얼굴만큼 다양한 각양각색의 마음을…

순간에도 수만가지의 생각이 떠오르는데

그 바람같은 마음이 머물게 한다는건 정말 어려운거란다.”

 

“지금은 슬프겠지만

그 슬픔이 가시고 나면(슬픔은 가시는 거니까)
넌 언제까지나 내 동무로 있을거고,
나와 함께 웃고 싶어 질꺼야.”

 

“사람들은 이 진리를 잊어버렸어.”

여우가 말했다.
“하지만 넌 그것을 잊어서는 안돼.
넌 네가 길들인 것에 대해 언제까지나 책임을 지어야 하는 거야.
넌 네 장미에 대해 책임이 있어…”

“난 나의 장미에 대해 책임이 있어.”
잘 기억하기 위해 어린 왕자가 되뇌었다.

 

다른 사람에게는 결코 열어주지 않는 문을…

당신에게만 열어주는 사람이 있다면

그 사람이야 말로… 당신의 진정한 친구이다.

Today is Random Quote Day

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. –Will Rogers

What I do for a Living.

For as long as I remember, when asked what I do for a living, I’d respond in my mind, “duh, I’m a full-time student,” and say the same out loud (minus the duh). These days when asked the same question, I have a two second moment of hesitation. It’s been a while since I’ve started working (whew, 4.5 months already) but 18 years of student life (2 years of pre school and kindergarten, 12 years of elementary, junior high, high school, and 4 years of college) amount to far more than 4.5 months “out of school.” (in fact it is 48 times as much) But yes I hesitate because it is indeed a bittersweet feeling to acknowledge the fact that I am no longer a student.

So what DO I do for a living now, you might dare ask. Apparently I am an Actuarial Analyst. You know those benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, 401k, etc.) you get from your employer? Some employers self-insure their employees’ health benefit plans and for those employers we design the benefit plans and analyze their claims history and utilization. That’s what I do summarized in two sentences. It’s pretty interesting so far and I’m enjoying the work. We’ll see.

I do miss being a college student though.

Ready to take off

11/12 – 11/15 Austin, Texas
2/10 – 2/20 Seoul, Korea

Tickets booked. Ready to go.

2NE3

I got a birthday card that was titled “happy birthday to my grandmother”.. wow thanks, friends.

I’m still having a hard time believing that I’m twenty three years old. When did 23*365 days go by? How did I live those days? Honestly, I don’t know how life fast-forwarded like this. Time must have just slipped through my fingers.

23 years included sooo many things – life in new jersey, second life in seoul, high school in houston, berkeley, and all the way to the bare start of my career, to say the least.

I wouldn’t say I am wiser or smarter. Let’s just say I’m…learning, always and forever. So I guess I’m still hella young. I’m no grandma! 😛

Let the prime time begin. Yes, 23 is indeed a prime number.

Contentment

We often lose sight of how blessed we are to be where we are. Always complaining and living in discontentment, we take things for granted. We are not thankful. We don’t meditate daily in gratitude and appreciation.

I guess that’s why and how God teaches us through the “hitting rock bottom” moments. We never learn. Oh, a huge lump of sin we are.

A heart at peace gives life to the body,
but envy rots the bones.
– Proverbs 14:30

Week to catch up

Things I’m behind on:

– Exercise schedule: I only went to the gym twice last week when I promised myself I’d go 4 times a week. Should make up for it this week!

– Bible reading: http://www.youversion.com keeps me accountable in daily scripture reading. I’m 4 days behind.

– Actuarial exam study: Made a schedule/syllabus that starts September 1st. Haven’t even finished 9/1 worth of material. Dang it.

Time to ketch up. I must ard. For real ish.

…..My humor is so lame.

Things that interest me these days

– Cooking recipes
– Exercise plans
– Health & Benefit grids
– Skin care products
– Good books
– Stock market & investment options
– Proverbs
– Yelp restaurant search
– Times magazine
– TV channel guide
– Youversion bible reading plans

My life has changed drastically.

Things

Things have changed since I last wrote here.
Let me just say in a sentence.

God has been good.