Jin – Destination Set, Route Unknown

What’s important now and later?

Dear children, I know the joy of instant gratification is everywhere around us. Heck, I am writing this on a mobile device that epitomizes this point. There is also delayed gratification that a lot of people rave about. However, delayed gratification is only as good as the reason why we are delaying such gratification inContinue reading “What’s important now and later?”

It’s okay to rest

Dear Sons, dear daughter, Don’t feel guilty to rest. Don’t make others make you feel guilty about resting. I trust that you will teach yourselves the line between resting and laziness. If not, learn from your mom 😆 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not forContinue reading “It’s okay to rest”

It’s really difficult to keep up

I thought that it would be easier to keep a blog. Yea, what was I thinking. Can’t believe it’s been years since I last posted. So much has happened that I can’t even begin. My thought now is to post something short every week. There’s not enough hours in a week but my motivation isContinue reading “It’s really difficult to keep up”

It’s “cold” and raining in California… in April!

I like to joke that I brought the last two years of crazy weather that California’s been having… Before I came to CA in 2016, it was apparently just straight up sunshine and dry heat from Feb to Nov. After I started at UC Davis, California has had record wet winter and the current weirdContinue reading “It’s “cold” and raining in California… in April!”

Here we go…

The context: I am an international student at UC Davis. This means that I am in the US on a student visa. For many reasons beyond my control, my original goal of transferring to a Ph.D. program here at UC Davis is … heading down the category titled, “Another Failed Life Initiative by Jin”. Ha!Continue reading “Here we go…”

The First Post

The first steps are often the most important and maybe often the most difficult. I sat here for a bit thinking about how or what I would write in my first post. Knowing how many times I have failed in the previous attempts to keep a blog going, this may as well turn out toContinue reading “The First Post”