more pictures at www.topaintwithlight.com

Project Revealed

As I have said before, I have been working on a project for couple days now.  As many of you guys guessed, the project is a website.  I am no where near finished, but I'm glad to announce that it's up and running.  If my blog readers can kindly volunteer to be the beta tester of the site, I'd be grateful.  Here is the link:

www.topaintwithlight.com

And there are no new pictures - you guys have probably seen all the pictures about a gazillion times by now, but the point is that website is running, and I can post new pictures in the future.

Tell me what you think ^^

My Project

I am glad to say that I am about 50% done with my project.  It's not much, but nothing is during beginning stages - I suppose only the size of your dream and will is what counts right now.

Anyways, I'm working very hard on it.  I even brought my laptop to church and worked on it during VBS.  I was tempted to bring my laptop to bowling but I'm glad I didn't because I bowled 194, which is a really good score for me.  I"ll let you guys know first when it's done!

THE project

I am working on a project.  What project?  It's a surprise.  Haha, it's not too big, so don't expect anything crazy... well it's not a big deal for most people, but it's a pretty big deal for me I guess.

I will let you guys know in about a week or two!  I will probably announce it on blogspot before anywhere else, so when the time comes, feedback would be greatly appreciated.  If it works out, you guys can be my beta testers; sort of.  ^^

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*I will re-publish world cup TV listings, for my own convenience.

Taken from http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/01/espn-inc-2010-fifa-world-cup-schedule/:

Even if you don't have cable, you can still watch the games @ espn360.com.  I'll also highlight the matches worth seeing (from a perspective of Korean American).  Red is must see, orange is should see, yellow is may be see.

2010 FIFA World Cup Groupings (Team Rankings – December 2009)

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1  South Africa (85)	1  Argentina (8)	1  England (9)	1  Germany (6)
2  Mexico  (17)	2  Nigeria (22)	2  USA (14)	2  Australia (21)
3  Uruguay (20)	3  Korea Republic (52)	3  Algeria (26)	3  Serbia (19)
4  France (7)	4  Greece (13)	4  Slovenia (31)	4  Ghana (34)
Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
1  Netherlands (3)	1  Italy (4)	1  Brazil (2)	1  Spain (1)
2  Denmark (28)	2  Paraguay (29)	2  Korea DPR (86)	2  Switzerland (18)
3  Japan (43)	3  New Zealand (82)	3  Cote d’Ivoire (16)	3  Honduras (37)
4  Cameroon (11)	4  Slovakia (33)	4  Portugal (5)	4  Chile (15)

2010 WORLD CUP TV SCHEDULE – ESPN, ESPN2, ABC AND ESPN360.COM

u All times EASTERN u Schedule is subject to change

u All matches in high definition u ABC Sports broadcasts in italics

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Match	Group	Site	Match #
Fri 6/11	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	South Africa vs. Mexico	A	Johannesburg	1
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Uruguay vs. France	A	Cape Town	2
Sat 6/12	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Korea Republic vs. Greece	B	Port Elizabeth	3
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Argentina vs. Nigeria	B	Johannesburg	4
	2 p.m.	ABC	England vs. USA	C	Rustenburg	5
Sun 6/13	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Algeria vs. Slovenia	C	Polokwane	6
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Serbia vs. Ghana	D	Pretoria	7
	2 p.m.	ABC	Germany vs. Australia	D	Durban	8
Mon 6/14	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Netherlands vs. Denmark	E	Johannesburg	9
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Japan vs. Cameroon	E	Bloemfontein	10
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Italy vs. Paraguay	F	Cape Town	11
Tue 6/15	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	New Zealand vs. Slovakia	F	Rustenburg	12
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ivory Coast vs. Portugal	G	Port Elizabeth	13
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Brazil vs. Korea DPR	G	Johannesburg	14
Wed 6/16	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Honduras vs. Chile	H	Nelspruit	15
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Spain vs. Switzerland	H	Durban	16
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	South Africa vs. Uruguay	A	Pretoria	17
Thu 6/17	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Argentina vs. Korea Rep.	B	Johannesburg	18
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Greece vs. Nigeria	B	Bloemfontein	19
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	France vs. Mexico	A	Polokwane	20
Fri 6/18	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Germany vs. Serbia	D	Port Elizabeth	21
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovenia vs. USA	C	Johannesburg	22
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	England vs. Algeria	C	Cape Town	23
Sat 6/19	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Netherlands vs. Japan	E	Durban	24
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ghana vs. Australia	D	Rustenburg	25
	2 p.m.	ABC	Cameroon vs. Denmark	E	Pretoria	26
Sun 6/20	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovakia vs. Paraguay	F	Bloemfontein	27
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Italy vs. New Zealand	F	Nelspruit	28
	2 p.m.	ABC	Brazil vs. Ivory Coast	G	Johannesburg	29
Mon 6/21	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Portugal vs. Korea DPR	G	Cape Town	30
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Chile vs. Switzerland	H	Port Elizabeth	31
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Spain vs. Honduras	H	Johannesburg	32
Tue 6/22	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Mexico vs. Uruguay	A	Rustenburg	33
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	France vs. South Africa	A	Bloemfontein	34
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Nigeria vs. Korea Republic	B	Durban	35
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Greece vs. Argentina	B	Polokwane	36
Wed 6/23	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Slovenia vs. England	C	Port Elizabeth	37
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	USA vs. Algeria	C	Pretoria	38
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ghana vs. Germany	D	Johannesburg	39
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Australia vs. Serbia	D	Nelspruit	40
Thu 6/24	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovakia vs. Italy	E	Johannesburg	41
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Paraguay vs. New Zealand	E	Polokwane	42
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Denmark vs. Japan	F	Rustenburg	43
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Cameroon vs. Netherlands	F	Cape Town	44
Fri 6/25	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Portugal vs. Brazil	G	Durban	45
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Ivory Coast vs. Korea DPR	G	Nelspruit	46
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Chile vs. Spain	H	Pretoria	47
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Switzerland vs. Honduras	H	Bloemfontein	48

2^nd Stage – Round of 16

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Sat 6/26	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st A vs. 2nd B		Port Elizabeth	49
	2 p.m.	ABC	1st C vs. 2nd D		Rustenburg	50
Sun 6/27	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st D vs. 2nd C		Bloemfontein	51
	2 p.m.	ABC	1st B vs. 2nd A		Johannesburg	52
Mon 6/28	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st E vs. 2nd F		Durban	53
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st G vs. 2nd H		Johannesburg	54
Tue 6/29	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st F vs. 2nd E		Pretoria	55
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st H vs. 2nd G		Cape Town	56

2^nd Stage -- Quarterfinals

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Fri 7/2	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 53 vs. 54	A	Port Elizabeth	57
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 49 vs. 50	B	Johannesburg	58
Sat 7/3	9:30 a.m.	ABC	Winners 52 vs. 51	C	Cape Town	59
	2 p.m.	ABC	Winners 55 vs. 56	D	Johannesburg	60

2^nd Stage -- Semifinals

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Tue 7/6	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners A vs. C		Cape Town	61
Wed 7/7	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners B vs. D		Durban	62

Third Place Match

Sat 7/10

2 p.m.

ABC

Losers – 61 vs. 62

Port Elizabeth

63

2010 FIFA World Cup Title Match

Sun 7/11

1:30 p.m.

ABC

Winners – 61 vs. 62

Johannesburg

64

*All times are Eastern

Hiromi

I love her.

This video only has 2000 + views????  are you kidding me?




I love how she mutes @2:59

facebook, SNS, electronic devices

Stupid world cup is depressing me.  So far, this has been the worst World Cup ever.  May be I should take pictures to brighten my mood, but where and what?

I originally wanted to post this on my facebook, but I feel like a blithering fool talking about soccer nonstop these days.  I actually want to talk more, and have in depth discussion with other people about the beautiful sport but unfortunately, not many people are interested.  The story of my life.

Oh!  and I'm seriously thinking about shutting down facebook for good (though I'll probably re-open the account within weeks if not days... or may be within hours).  There are two rationale for this:  1.  Reading bunch of statuses does not make me more knowledgeable in subjects I wish to be more knowledgeable.  It merely creates topic for gossip (hey that kinda rhymes).  2.  In my opinion, I think facebook is detrimental to my social networking.  As if email and texting weren't enough, facebook adds yet even shallower method to communicate - public notices.  Because they are public, the content becomes shallower and shallower. 

And what's the deal with everyone not wanting to offend other people or disturb their privacy?  Because everyone is so cautious these days, they utilize "shallower" methods of communication, via facebook or texting.  It is my theory that due to wealth of these "extended proximity communication" tools, the amount of face-to-face and verbal communication is dwindling.  What is even worse is diminution of hand written letters.  Call me old fashioned, but hand written words are honest and humane.  It rings emotions deep within us.  It cannot be replaced.

I think these electronic devices create more loneliness by adding needless space between human communication.  We pretty much sucked out humanity out of human interactions.

p.s. I went six months in Mongolia, with limited access to ANY electronic devices, and never felt lonely once.  Only in America do I feel lonely.

sound of silence.  This one is worth blowing up.

I saw this note on my brother's facebook, posted by our mutual good friend, Danny:

"hey man, it's been a long time. you're looking good, though, all professional and everything. and you didn't get chubby like fred, so good job on that. =)"

 

I think I literally shouted out, "what the fuck?" and wrote this on my brother's wall:

"hey hyung, it's been a long time. you're looking good, though, all professional and everything. and I think I'm gonna compliment your good looks on a public domain by saying how you DON'T look like someone, namely Danny, so good job on that. =)

...seriously? I weep for common decency."

Hopefully I will never compliment people this way in public.

*p.s. Danny is still a good guy in my book.  I didn't appreciate the comment though.

trying not to be angry.

I love NPR, for they celebrate talent more than popularity.



and I love their tiny desk concerts.  I don't know why I didn't post 'em earlier.



Not to mention, Raphael Saadiq totally kicks ass