Speech Therapy and Music Threapy

So I've been interning at this place called Korean American Special Education Center. We've been having a seminar series for people interested in teaching children with disabilities, whether parents or teachers. Last week's seminar was on psychological therapy(?)/심리치료. Well, it was pretty much about how to understand/manage your emotions. It was very interesting because the speaker is a pastor but also has a Ph. D. in psychology. His conclusion was that the ultimate healing is done by God. Amen.

One thing he said stuck out to me...
"We all have ADHD when it comes to God and we all need speech therapy and music therapy. But you should already be getting those therapies. The Word gives you speech therapy and praising God in songs is music therapy."

Seriously, so true!

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." - 2 Timothy 3:16

Not only that but as I am studying for GRE, I've been having to memorize A LOT of words... and guess what? I see soooo many of these words in the BIBLE!! And Bible has all kinds of literature: narrative, poetry, letters, etc. So even for children (and adults), what better way is there to improve their reading skills, vocab, and everything else but reading the Word of God!

And of course, music is a mean that God moves me like no other. So my therapy music for this week has been an album called "Sing Over Me: Worship Songs and Lullabies." You should listen to it. So soothing, I fell asleep listening to them last night =P Oh, the music on right now is from that album, called You Are Good by Nichole Nordeman.

Okay, I should study since that's what I'm supposed to do. I wasn't even supposed to come to internship so that I can study (GRE tom eek!!), but since no one was going to be in the office, they just told me to come and study here and answer the calls....... and I'm doing this! heh... Oh well, I'll start studying.. NOw!

I struggle with self-righteousness.
"There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."
- Romans 3:10-12


I struggle with self-condemnation.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
- Romans 8:1


I struggle with unbelief.
"I believe; help my unbelief!"
- Mark 9:24

Only for those who know Korean..

i like friend what~
친구 좋다는게 뭐야~

two men eat. one man die. i don't know.
둘이 먹다가 하나가 죽어도 모른다.

no soup.
국물도 없어.

Today I'm sorry. Tomorrow no sorry.
오늘은 죄송합니다. 다시는 이런일이 없도록 하겠습니다.

My sister just told me these and.. I find these wayyy too hilarious!! Hahaha.. Especially the first one!! If you don't get it... Today I'm sorry. Tomorrow no sorry. Hahhaha

*My mom told me another one:

Yes, I can.
그래, 나 깡통이다.

hahahhahahaha!!

Just Listen...

Why (Live) - Nichole Nordeman

Thanks to JoAnn =]

After aimlessly driving down PCH, I found a Barnes & Nobles that is open til 11PM!! Perfect! I got to pretend as if I came out to enjoy this Labor Day weekend looking at some cards and reading entertaining and enlightening magazines. Now I can do what I really need to do: study =)

Over and over again I realize how much I love living in Cerritos. The life in Cerritos is SO convenient: literally every place I need to go to is within 5 minutes for me: church, work, tutee's house, library, starbucks, its a grind, walmart, target, mall, and everything else! AND the freeways are so close so the beaches are within 20 minutes of driving! Even though I am not quite sure if I am in Long Beach or Seal Beach, but that's okay.. I am just glad I got myself situated here. =)

I've been thinking I would be so happy to live in Hawaii. Sunny weather all around and everything all SO CLOSE by... or you just don't have an option of going anywhere too far =P I guess these little adventures won't happen cuz I would know my way around the whole island after awhile. Haha.

Next time I'll go more south or more north on PCH and see where I end up =D Hmm this just might become a weekly ritual! I LOVE DRIVING.. time to sing, to pray, to empty my thoughts and think some more.

Yay, I found a book called "Crash Course for the GRE." JUST WHAT I NEEDED. Time to study~

No Facebook = Free Time?

Hmmph, it is really deceiving. Did I spend THAT MUCH time on facebook? I deactivated my facebook and am planning to reactivate it once I am done taking the GRE test (next Tues!! eek!!). So I am confused whether it's the facebook or all these things I put a hold on such as volunteer, internship, and tutor to study for the test that is giving me this much free time.

I just seem to have SO MUCH free time that I don't know what to do with it. I had already unknowingly reactivated my facebook TWICE. One occasion I was on my gmail and I received an email saying my facebook had been reactivated. So I started freaking out thinking someone else knew my password so they signed on... only to find out that the tab next to my email said: Facebook - Home........ I was pretty shocked because I absolutely had NO CLUE that I did that. So after that shocking event, I decided to uphold my commitment to stay fb-free for a week. Instead of going on facebook, I started going on websites like latimes.com, cnn.com, etc. because.. I just don't know what else to do when I am online! Of course, I don't read all the articles, but at least I get to see the titles whereas before I had been completely ignorant about what was going on around the world much less within California (the fires!!). And on top of that, I actually started calling/texting people because I have no way of finding out what they are up to and arrange to meet up, which is very RARE for me because I consider myself "not a phone person." And I am on this blog writing only because I don't have access to facebook pretty much. And I can't fall asleep because it is just wayy too hot in my room for some reason.. argh................

So where was I?
Oh yeah, I felt like maybe... JUST A MAYBE... I shouldn't even have a facebook. Never activated it again. I know this will not happen but definitely I need to have SELF-CONTROL over this facebook. I have been wasting so much of my time that I can be spending with people or at least be aware of what is actually going on around this world without being stuck in my own little bubble. But do facebook me here and there <3 Haha I miss facebook and the bubbly world in it.