Thursday, September 22, 2005

spider mom

spider & egg sac
when cleaning out my classroom before school began, i found this nice little surprise in the room divider between my room and the bio-kim’s classroom…

a spider mom and her egg-sac she was so lovingly guarding!

but, for the safety of my students (and my sanity!), i made the guys take the egg sac outside and destroy it.  i know, i know, i’m mean, i kill parts of nature… but hey, y’know, spiders are poisonous in these here parts, and i don’t wanna risk it!  it turned out to be a black widow, by the way, according to the guys, since i wouldn’t go close to that thing…

i never thought i’d be a wimp about stuff like this, but it turns out i am.  KILL ALL SPIDERS!  hey, when you live amongst black widows and brown recluse spiders (yup, our old house had it’s fair share of both types...), you start getting a little defensive and a little less protective of nature.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

naruto

carlo & me at bob's big boys
just pullin’ this pic from way in the archives (try 9 months ago!)... we were at bob’s big boys with my 50 cousins waiting to be seated… and ryan had this naruto headband thingie that i tried on.  you shoulda seen the craziness with all of us waiting in the front - all the guys pinching each other’s nipples, everyone being all loud, and just plain filipino crazy loudness, y’know?  fun times…

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Monday, September 19, 2005

done with work

okay, so it’s already 5pm, and i’m still at school - grading and recording work! at least i’m done with 4 of my 5 classes that i teach, so i think i’m gonna call it a day and go home and take a much needed nap!!!

*sigh* the life of a teacher… class gets out at three, yes, but my responsibilities go way beyond that. i still need to lesson plan for the rest of the week! *sigh*

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Sunday, September 18, 2005

basketball league

ted shoots the free throw
my sundays since the end of july have been occupied playing in the basketball league at the llfc gym… i play with gayle, jaylene, lala, christine, ‘sissy’, natalie, ashley, denise, and i’m not sure if i’m forgetting someone else.  the youth league is in the morning, and then us girls play every week at 2, followed by 5 hours of the guys league… i took this picture 2 weeks ago at ted’s game - he was on fire! and he kept on dancing after each shot he made… his special patented teddy dance =) hahahah!  he’s awesome

today’s game should be pretty intense - we’re the only undefeated girls team, and we’re up against the varsity for the second time!  they play together all the time - and their parents get pretty intense - and there was even pushing involved last time!  yikes… but at least we’ll draw a good crowd =) hahaha… hopefully everything goes ok this time, and no trouble… but also hopefully we’ll win =)

if you can, come on out and support - be there at 2!  cya…

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Friday, August 19, 2005

yay! puen.net is up!

i’ve been thinking about putting up this page for years, and this week, i finally bought the name, got a webhost, and everything else… right now it’s my personal blog but i will be putting up family website stuff here and moving my blog to http://kimi.puen.net or something like that, once i figure out how to make subdomains =)

but yah, just wanted to say what great news this is! =)

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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

monday: in-n-out

von, jr, me, & carlo - photo by dayday
every monday, for the past 3 months or so, i’ve eaten at in-n-out… ‘cept for last week, of course, since i was outta town. but of course, i resumed my ritual upon returning and had me a double double with extra lettuce, extra sauce, and some fries. my cousins are good people to join me so late at night… but of course, i’m “ate”, so it was my treat =)

‘s okay, of course, cause they bring the entertainment… we were taking stupid pictures and just crackin’ up all night long =)

in-n-out is a nice welcome back treat…


double double!

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

laura's $.02

Kimi asked me to add my thoughts to the relationship discussion found here as well as on Kat and Daryl‘s blogs.

I’m going to post something fairly straightforward and non-humorous, because I heard that Alan is going to join in and you know he’ll blow anyone else’s attempts at humor out of the water so I’m just not going to go there!

The big Question is, Interacting with folks of the opposite sex is impossible to avoid - how do I avoid accidentally leading someone on while still maintaining a more-than-acquaintanceship?”

Answer:
Guys: Don’t pursue her heart.
Girls: Don’t invite him to pursue your heart.

Kenny said it well in his comment on Kat’s blog – guys are drawn to the mere chance of love/intimacy. He then went on to say this is shallow, and I totally disagree with that! It’s a damn good thing that men are wired to pursue, because women are wired to BE pursued and to invite pursuit.

We complement each other beautifully.

Since we’re created in the image of God, the way we’re wired is not ONLY for our mutual benefit and satisfaction, but also of great use to Jesus in our lives. When a man pursues his woman, it’s not only him, but Jesus working THROUGH him to pursue her heart for Himself. And vice versa – a woman has the incredible opportunity to invite her man to pursue Jesus as he pursues her.

The reason God tells us to love Him with all our hearts/souls/minds/strengths and THEN, secondly, to love our neighbor as ourselves, is because He knows only He can fulfill the desire He planted in our hearts. Our emotional and spiritual needs can’t be totally satisfied by one another.

Think about it – why do guys often cool off their affections after “the chase” is over? And why do girls tend to get needier and clingier when this happens?

In and of ourselves, we cannot ever be enough for another person.

Only God is large enough to be pursued forever, and only God is extravagant enough to woo us in new and different ways throughout our entire lives.

So. Back to the question at hand. How to keep those pesky “but I thought we had something…..” type friends from happening.

1. Give your heart to Jesus.

When it’s obvious that your heart is not on the market for rescuing/wooing/pursuing/inviting, it’s much easier for others to see that you are not available, even when you’re single. Usually this will do the trick right away. It’s like that awful bar trick: Looking earnestly into their eyes and saying, “Have you accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?” gets pretty much ANYONE off your back!

In all seriousness, if you are getting the kind of attention from Jesus that you need, you’re not going to be looking for others to fill that longing.

You won’t be sending out the vibe.

Guys, if you’re pursuing God with all your heart, you won’t have time or inclination to go after the girl who is desperate for anyone/anything to come after a heart that’s actually lonely for Jesus.

Girls, if you are allowing yourself to be romanced by Jesus, pretty much anyone else isn’t going to be a contender and you won’t be paying attention to him in that way. Guys are very good at figuring out where they can’t compete. And believe me, NO ONE can compete with the astonishment of a romance with the Creator of all things romantic! Lol!

2. Show them the bigger picture.

Often being totally in love with Jesus has a magnetic effect to people who are really looking for the same kinda thing, and sometimes they’ll mistake YOU for what they’re looking for.

If you start getting that creepy-crawly feeling that your “friend” of the opposite sex has something more up their sleeve for you, gently remind them (usually just through general conversation; rarely will you have to resort to “The Talk”) that it’s really Jesus we’re all after, ultimately.

If God is Love, then WHENEVER we are looking for love – even in a plain old boy/girlfriendship – we are seeking something much more transcendent than flowers and candy, a hug and a kiss.

Point them to the Source.

3. BACK OFF

Sometimes you have to do the uncomfortable and sacrifice the friendship for the good of those involved. If someone is consistently mistaking you for Jesus in their pursuit of Him, you need to get out of the way.

Nothing good EVER comes from playing savior.

If you find this a difficult proposition yourself, then think long and hard about what YOU are getting out of the relationship that might not be so kosher.

Anyway, those are my thoughts from personal experience. Keep in mind that this is advice for “getting rid of” (that sounds horrible!) of people in whom you’re not interested in “that way.”

There’s nothing wrong with pursuing and being pursued in a relationship; it’s vitally important. But you can’t get ALL of it from your earthly relationship. You absolutely MUST be getting it from Jesus first. The relationship fulfills a secondary need and points you to your first Love. But it can’t take the place of a healthy relationship with Jesus. Heh. That’s a whole ‘nother post in and of itself!

Thanks for letting me guest lecture, Kimi!!

Posted by kgrp on 03/22 at 03:05 AM
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