Romans 13:8-10

awww sick... this is so tight!

How to make Chinese hand-pulled noodles

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ok, so they're difficult to do... so what? i love hand-pulled noodles! so much better than the factory type stuff! totally! i shall master the art someday! along with my numerous things that i wanna do... i especially love them, cause everytime i go to tsing tao in campbell, ca, i order the spicy noodle soup... it's the best, and it's made with these types of noodles... they're way better... a chewy texture to them...

my 1st round predictions are pretty simple; anyone in the top 4 beats the lower 4. (don't get any ideas though; aside from indiana on boston and minnesota on denver, most of the teams will have to work for their wins)

from there... i'll post tomorrow... chances are indiana's gonna ride it all the way to the finals(although i would love to see the matchup against detroit)

west, it's a bit more iffy... the odds are on minnesota, then san antonio, then lakers(basically, if bobby jackson and cwebb are stronger than they have appeared, kings will be better than them, but if not...)(i'm gonna love the minnesota on san antonio and sac on la matchups... sac on dallas would also be nice too)

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good thing i've got mondays, wednesdays, and fridays more or less completely free... i could try the one promising 10 inches in 2 months... i mean, if it doesn't work... i'll still be slightly better in hops... i've more or less given up dunking... i'm not doing this to dunk... to improve my shot blocking ability... and it'll give me a reason to get out of bed early, on days that i don't have morning class...

it's playoff time... which means the socal ppl are acting stupid again...

read one laker fan's xanga, and then had to quit... reeked of stupidity... thought that LA was the best, and NO ONE else was good... hello? minnesota's hella good right now... kings... ok, calling them queens is just weak... gee, i'm gonna imitate shaq's level of genius... that's really bright of me... how bout we start making fun of shaq's iq? or stoop down real low and about kobe and his cleanliness? san antonio? hello? did you forget who schooled you last year? in game 6 where you were expecting a comeback? and in the last confrontation? rockets? at best, they've broke even... and the east being weak? do you forget that indiana has the best record IN THE NBA? hello? so that's not just a "we dominated the east" thing... that's a we-rocked-them-all thing... what about detroit? with the wall of wallace? *sigh*... i have to stop, or i'm gonna explode... socal ppl...

i am not saying la can't pull off a championship this year... they have 4 friggin all-stars, and a veteran coach, they are well capable of doing so, but i'm saying, don't underestimate the rest of the league; plus, la has shown signs that they aren't consistent, and doesn't play a complete game, which is why i feel the way i feel. they also can't defend the pick-n-roll too well. not to mention all the ignorant, dick-riding socal ppl... tomio and george are cool though :D (we're cool right? right?)

(note to self; improve hops and quickness, then next quarter comes round take on all the socal ballers and smother them with defense, ak-47/ben wallace/kg/duncan style)

"we are the time haters... we've travelled all the way back through time, to call you a cracker"

that's it from me today; i shouldn't read other ppl's xanga's near playoff time; let actions speak for words... or i'm just be filling myself with even more hate. but all we can kinda do is sit back and watch the games... and pray :D

(for now, go rockets! chinks represent yo! and wh0re that pick-n-roll!)

Watch what plants you eat

so much about loving peaches and strawberries... and spinach and celery... wonder what's the risk/reward ratio on this...

i changed my bookmark of 1st corinthians 8:13 to include the entire chapter; this is one of the best verses i've ever come across in the bible; it has basically taught how to deal with anything into this modern-day era, even though paul is not on the earth to write any more epistles concerning hip-hop, or bht-infested cereals, or what not... basic idea: it is ok to indulge in the things of this world, even when they are things devoted to other things other than God, because idols are nothing, and God is everything... BUT! you have to watch for whether those things can drag your christian brothers and sisters down. if they don't have this mentality, and see you doing such, they may be misled, and so be enticed to sin. when that happens, it becomes bad, and you must toss it away.

(haha... it's like in family guy when peter and chris are driving through las vegas, and there's a communion place... under the sign reads "all you can eat" :D)

of course, a simple concept, but it can be very hard to judge some things of today; or at least, try to convince others... like abortion. clearly wrong, because it murders... but time and time again, ppl argue for it... esp in the philosophy classes i've taken at davis. it's not that you can't argue against abortion, but it is THAT MUCH easier to argue for abortion than to argue against it.

modern music fads are also difficult to see. however, we have to see that it DIFFERS from person to person. so while we shouldn't write off christian rock, i think that depending upon the person, it might not be that good of an idea to promote it on a friday night. give those people alternative places of meeting that friday or something.

i never realized just how much of a defensive monster andre kerilinko is; he's one of the leaders in steals per game(something like 1+/game), and is #3 in the league in BLOCKS! in BLOCKS! when's the last time you saw a small forward be #3, right behind ratliff and wallace, in BLOCKS? too bad they didn't make the playoffs; i liked the new skool jazz with the exception of ostertag; they had a lotta potential.

as the nba post season is about to begin, here are the teams i'm rooting for:

west:
minnesota- definitely one of the most improved teams; furthermore, kg has just gotten so much better since a lot of the load has been taken off of him... all around player, can do it all... no apparent weakness... prob the team i WILL root for...
kings- one of the best offenses in the game, and while their defense isn't that good, it's often underestimated(christie plays a big part in it)... i'm mainly rooting for them cause i'm norcal(i'd rather root for warriors, of course), and especially for them if they ever have to clash with the lakers or mavs
spurs- one of the best defenses in the game... i love duncan and ginobili... duncan is an all around player who does so much with so little(has such a strong fundamental game); i think that kg is the best player in the nba right now, but duncan doesn't fall too far behind, the only crutch of his is his lack of good free throw percentage. ginobili is THE MAN, because he can always drive in, for some weird reason, and plays good defense too.
rockets- and no, it's not cause i'm an azn... i like francis, and i like yao BECAUSE OF HIS HEIGHT... this is another defensive-minded team that is fun to watch...
nuggets- carmelo's the scorer, but my preference goes to earl boykins... he is so fun to watch.

east:
pistons- two words: ben wallace. such a defensive monster.
pacers- a lotta ppl in the words of j.o., underestimate this team. but if we're going by win-loss record, this is the best team right now. i'm hoping celtics advance, but then again, i like this team; vastly improved; artest is so friggin good now; so versatile. j.o.'s gonna be j.o., but he can't create as well as the other famous big men; he needs open space to operate.
celtics- well, i dunno now, now that pierce may be out... but i gotta for the time they're still in, root for them.

WOOT!

hey bob, warriors aren't consistent... they beat the mavs! :D

woot, woot, woot!

108-107... in YO FACE, MAVS!

man on fire is like a black punisher, haha...

for those of you who don't know, man of fire stars denzel washington, who is a security guard who fails to guard a small girl and she ends up being kidnapped... he then launches a vigilante effort to bring her back...

punisher is of course based upon the marvel vigilante(funny how this is the only marvel hero who fights using his brain and human abilities, not some supernatural power, thus, giving him a coolness factor), a former fbi and top-notch marine, whose family becomes targeted and killed due to a past failed mission... he launches an effort to bring down the man who started it all... marvel movie rated R, which seems funny in itself...

to be honest, although both are probably hyped up movies, i would like to see them... (maybe i'll wait for a rental dvd) funny considering the last movie i just saw was one teaching compassion against opposition, not fire against fire... man on fire looks slightly better because of denzel washington's presence(i'll take you down piece by piece! you gotta love that quote), but punisher has john travolta play the evil guy, so that could be a plus in itself(this is not vengence... no... it's punishment).

i wonder how many times i've updated the things AROUND my blog, instead of writing in it...

added japander on the left; think of "lost in translation" where a white boy is doing commercials in japanese... the ahhnold one on the energy drink is just weird

he has risen, just as he said.

Matt 28:6b

you come to think about it for a bit, and you'll realize how the resurrection and dying were both necessary for forgiveness to all who wish to receive it; without jesus dying, God would not be able to say he justly punishes sin; God loves us, but he is a just god; sin is sin, and it must be punished; luckily his son paid the price for everyone who chooses to accept him. and the resurrection was also necessary, because without a god around to administer that forgiveness, the sacrifice would have been useless.

in other words, we have something the world will never experience; hope. that word should be in capital letters actually: HOPE

looking to get back into christian meditation; haven't done that for a BIT