and I'm excited to go home and do my list!!!
I'm too tired to write
but I will share something before I go
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this is about Brian "Pomona" Kim.
So I've known Pomona Brian for a really long time now.
I know, I know..it looks like this picture was taken 20 years ago
....because of how old Disneyland looks in the background..
haha but I assure you he looks the same as he did when this picture was taken :)
I lost my first tooth at his house because i was chewing on ice, I played with his legos, He bought me my first study bible, was my bible study teacher, introduced me to all you can eat sushi, got me addicted to bowling for some time in my life and even bought me bowling shoes (which i still proudly and shamefully wear to this day--proudly because I am so honored to have one especially bought by him..and shamefully because I suck..really bad haha), he used to make me study with him at starbucks and always asked me biblical questions that i never wanted to answer...hahaha (my bad, obba) Oh, and he's like the only person I will ever call "Obba".
Brian played a big role in my "spiritual" life. As I look back, I can vividly remember how he had always tried to reach out to me. He invested so much time, energy, money and love into me so that I would one day learn to really love Christ, and to hopefully one day see me walk the road towards living my life victoriously and eagerly for Him. I can confidently say that I am laboring hard to be on that road--and I really owe Brian alot for that :)
since then, we've come a long way. I'm so happy that I came to Irvine and we could attend the same church again. Even though we dont see each other or meet up often, I still feel very thankful for him and I always feel so much better knowing that I can always go to him if I need anything :)
since then we've come a long way
from serving at Union together
graduations
and even baptisms! (I asked him to do my prayer for me! hehe now you know why..)
Okay, so now for my reason.
The reason I did this long post about him is because today he said something quite surprising. He was telling me that we should grab a meal together during spring break because we havent been able to the entire winter quarter..and then..
huh?! what?! no way......... for a split second I was so surprised slash happy
and then, I read the rest of the sentence..
so I know this all comes off rather confusing.. but you have to understand the context of this story.
"I miss you..and your sisters" = "I miss your sister(s)".
So throughout the years I've known him--regardless of how close we got, he always loved Katherine more...........so I know that when he says this..it is an indirect way of saying that he misses her and he would like to eat dinner with her. I am but a literary tool used to relay this message. My name is like..a verb or an adjective or a conjunction..anything, but what it sounds like..
need proof? please take the time to go up and review all the pictures that we've taken together and see how happy he is to take a picture with me... (answer: not so happy haha)
now my hard, cold evidence:
whaaaaaaaaat the heck? smiling..with teeth. look how happy he looks. .........
Now, let's review and compare his face in the above picture and a repeated one of the below:
But I must add that this is not something that he tries to hide from me. He tells me all the time HAHA
I know that this post is prone to sound bitter and sad, but it's all good fun :) I'm honestly so thankful for him and I know that he cares about me alot and he might feel bad after reading this post (actually, never mind I dont think he will.) But regardless, I just thought it was funny. and his "I miss you------" did catch me by surprise. and I'm glad it shocked me the way it did, because it helped me to look back and see God's faithfulness to me being so demonstrated by Brian's love and care for me as a brother.
So here we are. I am very thankful, and he is still doing the closed mouth no teeth smile :)
Obba, if you are reading this.......let me be your flower girl. please. thats all I ask.
give thanks -- starbucks drinks that make me happy, being done with finals, God's faithfulness to me through this quarter, finishing biochem for life, going home, waiting for friday's celebration!!!, spring break excitement, the fact that tomorrow is a new day and a fresh new start, Brian "pomona" Kim Obba
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