Revision of names

Revised names of Shu’s friends and known persons:

Zhang, Zheng, Macro -> no changes

Sarang -> Weili

Kuweschon -> Fross

Abdul-revam -> Hans Ben

Prof. Robby -> Prof. Geslund

Cloud -> Zegen

Mayah -> Dengen

Rui -> Venn

Squatch -> Rochter

Rei -> Kin

Tiresome Obstruction

A tiring day it was.

Shu has not secured his second subject due to technical issues. Let me tell you what happened. It was quite a pain for him, that after securing that most anticipated slot in Political Science, he decided later to cancel it since it was not in his plan of study. A big problem might happen if he is to continue such. But the truth is, after being told by his friends Squatch and Mayah, he can still take Political Science unless he will change his plan of study. What a pain that struck his heart! It is alright to process his change for his plan of study but it is not alright to give up that slot, especially when someone is going to take that slot. After all, Shu likes the subject and he already knew who will be the instructor. So what now? He will try to reacquire that precious slot the next day and if it is impossible, he is going to have his prerogrative the other day. ‘May the Lord help me!’

Anyway, Shu met Zhang, Zheng, and Macro this afternoon. By the way, Macro is Shu’s coursemate, batchmate, cellmate and friend just like Sarang and Kuweschon, and is another monster in the university. Shu treated them for a snack and all were delighted. Talking about monsters, it is so amazing to know that Zhang is the most monster of all, obtaining a very high mean grade of 1.25. How amazing! Afterwards, Shu and Macro were undecided on what to do next until both agreed to relax themselves and play the ancient defense. They played 3 games and in the middle of the game, the bad news arrived in Shu’s ears, care of Squatch and Mayah. After hearing the news, Shu gradually lost focus in the game but can still play. Hehe, it was still fun!

So now, he is to continue to find suitable and good slot for him. ‘May my Lord who is rich in grace supply all my needs!’

The Rise of Shu’s Summer

At long last, a blog is updated. As unexpected, since no one expects for me to post. I just hope people are still visiting my blog. Ok, I will update this blog as often as possible.

The finished semester is (use present tense for factual statements) a success. Even though the real target of Shu was not achieved, he achieved the next higher goal. I just want to thank all those people who constantly and continually prayed for me during those times. May our gracious Lord bless you more and more.

The summer break has always been boring. Sleep. Wakeup. Eat. Watch TV. Use Internet. Nap. It was all just a cycle that I could not bear any longer. Whenever boredom invaded the medulla oblongata of mine, I would eat so that I would not think of such things. But I know my Lord is always there to help me. Moreover, add to that boredom is the holy week. Yes, I remembered what the Lord did to us. But, the 3 days beginning from Thursday, it was so quiet and in addition, there were no television shows. Hehe, I just did not know what to do.

Well, the summer break of Shu is finally over and it is time to refresh his thinking caps since he is going to take summer classes. But he is still not in possession of slots. (By the way he plans to take 6 units = 2 subjects). Besides, his paternal parent told him to take taekwondo classes so that Shu can protect himself from external dangers of modern society. Well, he is Shu’s father, so he should be followed. Actually, Shu has a background in the Korean martial art but because of budget and time constraints, he eventually discontinued taking such. But now, he is ready. Shu has always wanted to study taekwondo. I suppose you know the reasons

For this summer, here is his master plan:

1. Take 2 subjects and obtain uno grades in both subjects.

2. Take taekwondo class and be a better jin, upgrade belt color.

3. ACM training. Shu has to fare betterer (yes, betterer) in ACM-ICPC which will be held on October 26-27 in ADMU, a 2nd runner-up finish among locals is good. He is so excited to program, and to meet people especially genuine Koreans. (Why genuine? hahaha).

4. Most importantly, gain weight. Shu asked Teasan to assist him so that he can gain weight. His target is to initially achieve 5-10 pounds of weight.

Well, my dear friends, please pray for me. I still have not reserved slots and I hope I enjoy this summer and with the Lord’s help, achieve the success of my master plan.

May the God of abounding peace and grace bless us!

Hell Weeks

After so much pondering, haha, I will now write again the details of the infinite loop.

By the way, I would like to apologize if you were encountering grammatical errors in my previous posts. I was just kinda sleepy during that time, I was not in my real self, I was encountering a syntax error.

Good for Shu, he did have only 2 classes for this day. STAT 101 was already done. ENG 1 for an unknown reason. But he knows that the hell weeks are fast approaching. And this week is the beginning of the hell weeks. In simple terms, the introductory clause.

He needs to finish his project in CMSC 100. He is also obliged to study NASC 7 for the 2nd long exam on Thursday which will decide his fate on that subject. And next week is definitely a powerful, sure-to-fire week. Guess what?

Monday, 20 Mar -> Long Quiz STAT 101

Wednesday, 22 Mar -> 3rd Long Exam CMSC 123 (I hope I get a very good grade, I do not want to take the finals.)

Friday, 24 Mar 5.00pm -> 3rd Long Exam STAT 101

Friday, 25 Mar 7.00pm -> 3rd Long Exam CMSC 130 (I need to fare ‘betterer’ in this exam. I do not want also finals.)

Yes, honestly, I do not want to take finals of any subject. I want to be exempted so that I can rest and concentrate on my CMSC 100 project. I do not aim just to get 3, I aim to get an uno. Why? If I don’t achieve my real target, I’ll achieve the next big thing. If not 1, maybe 1.25, if not maybe 1.5 so on and so forth. Definitely, I do have a very hectic sked and it requires me to prepare very well so that I can achieve success.

May the Master help me.

Because I trust my Master

Boring error

I know the semantic error is going to end soon. But the infinite loop won’t. It is my trademark. It has been part of my life. It represents me. It is entrusted to me by Master.

Anyway, welcome to my infinite loop caused by a semantic error. (Haha) May you visit ame-sensei’s blog now and then. Don’t worry, it won’t rain. I just thought as of now that the rain and infinite loop are similar in a sense.

This day was indeterminate. I don’t know what should I feel. But you know I’m happy since I helped my bloc mate do her programming assignment. After that I was so happy. I don’t know why. Anyway, I went to my one and only class this day which is ENG 1. And then, I was in a real question of what to be done next. I saw first Sarang and then I saw Cloud. I and Cloud went to C100 to test and give SystemOne a try. The staff conducted a dry run and anyone can take it. Guess who supervises? Well, our instructor in CMSC 100. And we found it ok but there were still some bugs.

So boring afterwards. Still in question of what to do next. I still do not want to go home to hometown since I think I still have lots of things to do. So I decided to do my ultimate and ever favorite hobby. Programming. I said to myself back then, I should finish the bonus activities. So, for about 4 hours, I finished doing JSP and Perl, wow, two languages at the same time. I enjoyed what I was doing….

May the Master help me. See, I can’t also think of a proper title of this entry. Annyeonghi kyeseyo!

Tired.

I am so tired. Really tired.

From monday up to this present moment, I am so tired. I feel that I’m gonna fall. I was quite busy these past few days which involves the physical, mental, and emotional aspect of my life.

I still have my goal. I know I can still achieve it. I will continue at the expense of my time.

Actually, aside from having exams and requirements satisfaction, there were two mines that bombarded me this past days. After seeing my standing in my two subjects, even though I passed, it is not enough for me. Remember, I have set my goal. I won’t ever let happen what happened to me last semester. I want this semester to be my best semester. Back to the topic, after knowing my grades, honestly, I was not satisfied, they’re low. Those really broke my heart especially in the first subject.

I know I did my best. But that was the result. I know I spent my time doing the right thing. But that was the result. I was so sad.

It is obvious that I don’t want the result. Ask my friends and they shall know.

Why am I like this? I am so scared. I began doubting all of my own capabilities. So I said to myself, there is still another crack at success, success of getting a good grade. Those made me push harder and do all the best beyond my best. I trusted Master to have His way. I trusted myself that I can do it. I trusted my friends that supports me. I trust the subjects that they would go on my side. And those would help me achieve my long-term goal.

Master is always with me. During those hallucinating times, I had always talked with him. And I hope, I can get something better the next time.

I will just calm myself and do things right. Never make crazy and haste decisions but acceptable and leading decisions.

Soon

I can’t still make entries. Expect soon, maybe tomorrow.

STATUS CODE 101: Switching Protocols

Let me tell you how Shu came to know his Master, one and only true Master.

Before he met Christ (about 10 years ago), he was a big headache to his parents. Actually, he hated them and would never dare to approach them. There were really many instances in the past that he really did something troubling to them. That was him, a selfish and very inconsiderate ‘emperor’.

 It was on April 1997, a daily vacation bible school was held on their church. He attended it and Ms. Bunny (true name) was his teacher. As the days went by, she told her students everything regarding Christ. And the very blessing day came, that Ms. Bunny the good news. Shu was really crying upon hearing what Christ did thousands of years ago and eventually accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour.

Shu knows that as time went by slowly, he came to love, care and consider others’ feelings especially to his parents. He went back to his parents’ home and grew up there. (Since originally he lived in his grandparents’ house) He also became submissive to authorities and became closer to his Master. Most notably, Shu now has the everlasting joy of having his Master in his life.

“Master, I had switched protocols, from darkness to light.  I would continue to dwell in Your light for all eternity. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord Jesus. “

THE RIGHT MOTIVE

I am so sorry if in the past I haven’t posted my entries since sometimes I have no money to pay or sometimes I feel sleepy. But I know excuses are excuses, so sorry.

I would like to share these experiences of mine for this week.

First, it is February Fair in the University. I enjoyed more compared to last year since I have my friends and that we had have fun. And of course, Master entrusted me duties.

14 Feb: Another tryout for potential programming training wannabees was held. There were four of them. But I think 3 could only be accepted since the other one tried out for joking purposes. Kinda embarrassing, I told this to Mayah. And later that night, the Rainbow Coalition had a defense against the ancients. (Well, I can’t think of a name, so for now, call it such)

15 Feb: A wonderful night with netcafe hahaha. Even though for an insignificant period of time there was a brownout, it’s good. I talked to small children named Johnny, Chris, Darnel, and oh, I forgot, sorry. They are all wonderful, believe me. But you know, later that night, I gradually lost my voice, my throat was aching and at the same time, phlegm began to multiply. It’s fine with me. Worthy it was.

16 Feb: My head and throat still hurt. Anyway, Onward Sunshine Coalition! Zheng tried to persuade me to treat the coalition. It’s ok since it was Valentines Week. So, Zhang, Cloud, Sarang, Mayah, and Squatch and of course myself went to the Feb Fair-contaminated park. The Sunshine Coalition was just like a bond paper. Later that night, I went to FFPark for Netcafe. And after that, rest. I hadn’t recuperated yet.

17 Feb: A Friday. I started my SVG Activity. But my voice was not yet at its finest. And it was going fine. Later that evening, I attended Zheng and Cloud’s movie presentation in NASC 3. And they won! How nice and then the Magnificent 3 ate at McDonalds. Later, I went back to my dorm since I needed lots of rest.  Resting while programming. I was almost done.

Today: I don’t know how can I describe this day. Early in the morning, I programmed and began converting my file into CGI-Perl for bonus points. But it was a disaster, my PC crashed because of an infinite loop. And I reformatted the laptop. How sad, I have to start from scratch. I know I can do it again but what hurts me a lot is the time consumed. So I texted people who can comfort me and asked them to pray for me. I texted Kuoweschon, Zheng, and BB Robby, but Kuoweschon was the only one who replied, maybe Robby and Zheng had businesses to take care of, I understand. Oh, I have to reschedule my plans for today and tomorrow.

But it’s ok. Master allowed. He wants me to remember him. Oh, forgive me Lord. So, I will restart again and do my activity for the glory of my Master. I remembered

“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;” Ecclesiastes 12:1 (KJV)

In excelling in my academics, my motive should be primarily for His glory. Zhang was right. We perform for Him. It’s for Him. No matter what, it’s for him, do my best for him. I remembered

 ”So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” I Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

And I observed Zheng last night, she attributed their movie presentation for the Master. I think, that’s my weak point. I know I’m a choleric, but I can be spirit-filled. Thank you, Master. Everything was set clear.

:-)

QT: Deeper Faithfulness to Him

Incredibly, I woke up quite early this morning at about 7.15 am. (for me, it is early since if T-TH, I wake up at around 7.45 am)

 Maybe God woke me up for his good purpose. Eventually, Robby texted me and suggested me to read Philippians 4. And here are the things that I learned during my quiet time with my Master.

1. “Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice”. Whatever the circumstances are, I should rejoice because there is a God who willl always be with me and will never ever leave me.

2. “Be careful for nothing but with prayer and supplication, make your  requests known to God”. Even though He knows our prayers before we speak those, He wants us to tell those to Him. Why? Remember we are His sons and He is our Father.

<to be continued, I can’t concentate in the lab, I’ll find a better place> 

STATUS CODE 302: The Master’s Gifts

For Shu, the end of his secondary life was the beginning of a new chapter of his life. The painful chapter of his life was now over and he tried to forget everything that made him feel the pain. The only thing that Shu remembers is not to commit the same mistakes again, the overriding faults. He became picky in the persons he met. He wanted to stay out of the shadows of mistreatment and discrimination. He asked his Master to give him the wisdom. He was semi-hopeless if time would still come for him to finally have the person(s) that he could call ‘friends’.

He was now ready to enter college and surprisingly, he was admitted in the premier state university in West Korea, the West Korean State University. Thanks to his Master.

Even though WKSU is very far from their home in Sanmatgeyo-nam, he opted to take the challenge of studying in the University. And after all those long processes, he was formally admitted as a Scientific Computing freshman student and on June 2004, the classes began.

The first semester was nothing but a big stage of adjustment for Shu. Actually, he was an islander, he did not know anyone but very few. He did not know any professors and most of the time, he was in his dormitory, waiting for nothing.

Now came the second semester. Shu had this strong feeling that this was a semester of blessings. There was one time that Shu said to his Master, “Master, give me someone that would guide me in my college life traversal, someone who would help me in times of trouble, someone who is true. Thank you.”

This was the semester where in he was taking SCOM 65, SCOM 77, SCOM 20, some of his major subjects. In SCOM 65, his professor was Professor Hannah Rice. There came a time when she told his students (including Shu) that to those who were interested in joining programming contests, see her afterwards. Actually, Shu was not that yet proficient in programming but it was still in the process. Now, Shu, together, with his Chinese classmate Rei, even without a big idea, never allowed the opportunity to be passed to others. Shu and Rei approached Ms. Rice and told her of their keen interest in programming. She told them that the following Monday, a general training was going to be held.

Now, the two East Asian classmates were very excited. And Monday came. For Shu, it was the day when his Master would start granting his petitions.

The general training started and at first, Shu and Rei were silent since Ms. Rice was not around. They attentively listened to the instructions of Professor Michelle Accord and training mates until a ’scary’ professor came. That professor, at first, seemed strict, emotionless, and nonetheless, inconsiderate. That was Professor Robby Takeshi, an American-Japanese instructor.

Then Shu said to himself, ‘please don’t talk to me’. Mr. Takeshi then approached Rei and introduced himself. Shu thought that he would not be seen by Prof. Takeshi and later, the seemingly scary professor introduced himself and asked basic information about Shu.

After the first training, there were several times that Shu and Mr. Takeshi met. It seemed that those were appointed times. Until something was revealed by his Master. Shu had this growing suspicion that Prof. Takeshi had the same master as Shu. And that is a fact. Remember that Shu will always respect and fear his Master Himself and His appointed authority? Guess what? Prof. Robby is one of Shu’s Master’s appointed authority over him. And this started the extraordinary care that Robby has for Shu and as they say, the rest was history. Shu’s request was also extraordinarily granted.

Robby and Shu became just like real brothers. Of course, Robby is older, the big brother. And this relationship is the root of a binary tree that would eventually lead to the finish of Shu’s search. You’re right! After a very long time, his Master finally blessed Him with true people of true character.

Professor Robby Takeshi, just like what he did to Shu, also met certain persons, as enumerated below:
(according to date of actual meet, hehe, maybe closeness, just kidding)

Sarang, an Indonesian; Sarang, with his different kind of energy can make you laugh and laugh. He is also a very good adviser to everyone, even to Shu. He is always smiling. At first, Shu was just adjusting to him but eventually they became very close friends of each other.

Kuoweschon, a Thai; Kuoweschon, at first, was a scary guy ready to pound anyone. And after he met Robby, he dramatically changed. But before Shu became close to him, there were many fights and quarrelings between them and the sole reason was Shu himself. He is now a very good person and friend to have.

Abdul-Revam, an Arabian; Abdul-Revam is a phlegmatic silent person. Since Shu is choleric, they easily got together with his each other. He is also talkative at times and funny in many things. There was also a gossip that he has a best friend named Kofi, a female. It’s just a joke. But beware! He has a huge amount of humorous energy.

Teasan, a Cantonese; Shu had always thought that Teasan was so silent and that he was younger than him. But in a glance, they became very good friends and they don’t know why. Maybe because of similar experiences and personalities. Teasan is also as old as Shu. They just do not know. Just like Abdul-Revam, he has also a gigantic amount of humorous energy.

Mayah, a Malaysian; Actually, Shu was aloof to him, at first. Shu just does not feel Mayah. But because of his Master’s working, Shu’s heart became soft and befriended him. Now, they are also good friends. They have a good common interest in programming. He has a huge amount of gaming energy.

Squatch, also a Malaysian; Just like Mayah, Shu was aloof to him. Shu does not feel Squatch. But because of his Master’s working, Shu’s heart softened and in turn, befriended him. He has also a huge amount of humorous and gaming energies.

Cloud, an Australian; The number one in the Scientific Computing Institute of WKSU, Cloud is like a cloud, flexible in many things.

It was just like a big rain shower for Shu. Aside from them, there were also other persons who were also given by his Master to him:

Rui, an Irish; A very close friend of Shu, he is the type of person whom Shu asks some help and advices.

Miles, a Vietnamese; This girl is quite different from other girls of her age. When Miles and Shu meet, she always greet him and teases him things.

Yarn, a Filipino;  and many others…

Shu knows that this is not yet the complete list of his Master’s gifts. Why? Actually, there are so many and it is hard to list them all. This just proves that his Master truly loves him and He really blessed him with such nice persons.

And this is the reason why Shu enjoys more his college than high school. Maybe, his Master planned of this.

His Master is just truly magnificent! He planned all these things to happen and now Shu was entrusted with these treasures. Not just one but so many. Even though they are of different nationalities and differences, this proves that those are not important, what is important is their faithfulness to the Master and that they would remain true to each other.  It is very joyful to have his wishes granted after you felt the deepest struggles in life. Truly, happiness is best felt after those several defeats and troubles.

“This is my desire to honour You.
All that I am, all that I have I lay them down before You
To serve You is my joy, make my eyes to see what You see
To love what You love, You’ve placed Your heart in me.

Holy, holy are You Lord, there is none like You
Beautiful Lord, Wonderful Saviour, who compares to You?
You are forever in my life,  You see me through the seasons

Who set the stars in their place?
You are truly magnificent, eternally wonderful and glorious.
My Comfort, my Shelter, Tower of refuge and strength
I believe in You, I believe in the power of Your Word that is true.

Lord I come to You, Lord unveil my eyes
Hide me now, under Your wings
Hold me close, let your love surround me
Bring me near, draw me to Your side

I sing to You Lord a hymn of love for Your faithfulness to me
I’m carried in Your everlasting arms You’ll never let me go through it all
Walk with me, talk with me, let me feel the power of Your grace
Take me, mold me, use me, fill me, I give my life to the Potter’s hand

Mountains bow down and the seas will roar
Kingdoms may rise, kingdoms may fall
All the heavens shout Your praise
I belong to You, Jesus my first love Your everything I’m living for.

When the oceans rise and thunders roar, I will sing of Your love forever.”

- Shu (more…)

STATUS CODE 417: The Pains of a Former Life

Let me tell you a story about a young man named Shu. For him, college is more precious than his secondary years.

At present, Shu is thankful to his Creator for his current state that he is enjoying. He is a bonafide college student of the most pretigious university in West Korea. He is now pursuing a degree in the field of Scientific Computing and is excelling in programming. And most especially he now possesses these special treasures that his Master gave him. But before Shu reached his current state, he experienced troubles, hardships, and pains through times that made him tougher and more mature and more faithful and thankful to his Master.

In West Korea, secondary school has four levels.

Shu entered the secondary school in Sakitnamdo College, where many non-Korean foreigners also studied. He was admitted as a freshman. As a freshman, even though he did not qualified for the star section, he proved that he was ready to barge in to the first section. In his freshman years, he was consistent top one in their infamous section. He was happy regarding the fact and was thankful to his Master. But something was killing him. Something struck his heart. He had no friends there. His classmates were apathetic and had no right attitude. Yes, he had friends but guess what how many? 1 or 2? Why? His classmates believed that Shu was so proud of his good academic performance, that Shu was so selfish, and that Shu was someone who should not be a friend. Yes, Shu absorbed all those things said in his heart. He had a very heavy burden in his back that he could not almost carry. All these times, Shu had shown kindness to them. He hypothesized that envy was the reason.

After that non-sense freshman year, he still decided not to transfer to the star section even though Shu was now eligible. (Eligibility rules say that a student who averaged 88 and above is qualified to enter the star section). Some hope was felt by Shu since he would not see the faces of his apathetic classmates anymore and that a new start was at stake. He was admitted as a sophomore in an average section. Just like his freshman year, he was consistent top one. He thought that he had many friends there. He thought that everything was alright. He had shown kindness to all of his classmates. But the facts were: almost everyone repeatedly stabbed him at his back, almost everyone put on their mask when they were in front of Shu, and almost everyone dislikes him. This experience was even more painful than his freshman year. It became harder for him now to trust anyone, to make friends with anyone. He had no friends at all but one. This was a very disgusting experience for him that he cried in front of his Master. Why? Why? The answer was envy. Yes, that was the sole reason he could think of. To prove that, a recognition time happened in their section. From top ten to two, his classmates gave a round of applause to those who achieved such, but when the top one was called, no one clapped but five or even four or even three.

Such a terrible experience. Before the academic year ended, his classmates asked for Shu’s forgiveness and Shu forgave them. There were shaking hands and hugs and he thanked his Master for what happened. Yes, Shu forgave them but the stigma left scars in his heart.

He was still looking for the right person(s) who he can call ‘friends’. Yes his Master is his friend but he asked Him to give him human friends that he can lean on.

Now, he decided to finally transfer to the star section junior year. He thought that he can finally find his friends.

In his junior years, at first he thought that he could please everyone. He joined a certain group of his classmates. He thought that everything seemed fine. But chance came that a certain classmate of his approached him and warned him to be careful of the people he called friends. After that he kept thinking of what his classmates meant and he had these instincts that history was again repeated and much worse than before. Almost all of his classmates discriminated him, Shu unknowingly. Shu had been kind to them and again, why? Why? What went wrong? His classmates gave these reasons: tactless, very childish, proud, harmful, KSP. Honestly, he was unaware of these facts but the discrimination did not went that too long. After 3 months, an open forum was held and he was told of everything, everything he did wrong. Of course, Shu cannot speak against, maybe some were true, and he later asked for apology to his classmates. After the forum, slowly but surely, his classmates became kinder to him and vice versa.

He learnt that he should be careful in everything he does to avoid hurting people’s feelings. Yes, the discrimination was over but the discrimination left scars in his heart that would stay forever. Take for instance, when Shu sees someone murmuring or whispering, he thinks that he is the one being talked about.

Almost everyone in the class, he calls ‘friends’ but not that deep.

Shu thanked his Master for the things happened since he learnt many things. He thanked that the discrimination period was over. But this was just the beginning of something that would eventually hurt him very much.

Let us hide this man in the name of ‘Am’. Am, a German with Nazi descent befriended Shu and vice versa. At first, Shu thought that he was the ideal friend that his Master may give him. Just like friends, during recess time, they, at the same time, ate their snacks and went home also at the same time. But Shu committed an overriding fault. He overrode his Master’s will. As a proof, Am became everyone’s worst nightmare in the class. Remember before, that Shu was discriminated because of such attitudes. Now, Am possesses those, even worse and more integrated. Eventually, Shu left Am since Am was mistreating Shu and no more conversations were heard between them.

Now, Shu joined a group of so-called true friends. There were five of them and Lynx was the leader of the group of five. Lynx, also with Nazi descent, comes from Niger. For so long, Shu considered Lynx as the ideal friend that his Master may give him. They eat, they go home, they go to a mall once, at the same time. Even though simple shortcomings happened, Shu called him a ‘friend’. Like this: “’friend’, what are you doing?”, among others. Time came when Shu thanked his Master for giving him Lynx since his expectations for a friend were ‘met’. But before they became ‘eventual friends’, many quarrelings happened between them and Am was even involved.

Then the senior year came and he stayed in the star section. Shu was in the group of six that Lynx led.

Every favor that Lynx asked, Shu granted. In short, because of the best friendship he felt for Lynx, he followed everything that Lynx requested (should we say ‘commanded’?). Lynx was just that powerful, he held many positions in the Sakitnamdo College. And Shu was just a leech swerving and swerving at the back of Lynx. Shu was not even holding a presidency or vice-presidency position in any club. He was not that strong. He had no stand. Until he realized that Lynx was not the right friend that his Master may give him.

For emphasis, this paragraph was separated. As a proof, here is the checklist on why Shu was so weak:

1. Everyone (might) looked down on him. Since he had no high position, he was a zero gravity creature.

2. Lynx’s attitudes gradually changed. Remember Sensui in Ghostfighter? He claimed that he had different personalities and these were effects of a curse. (Would these be true? Shu’s Master says that these are things that ‘He does not know’)

3. A time came that Lynx shouted Shu. Shu just nodded and remained hopeless in one corner. He was just an ordinary melancholic man. How pitiful!

4. It cannot be denied that Shu was just another victim of Lynx’s growing interest in power. (Similar to Philippine politics)

5. Lynx was his worst nightmare. A true gossip was spread that he was making a revenge against his former bestfriend and this can be made possible through a setup. Lynx was also selfish, not caring for others’ feelings. (If those would be stated in detail, those would take too many space.) Almost everyone knew that.

Eventually, as graduation was fast approaching, everything seemed alright. Differences were set aside. Things were forgotten. But guess what? Mistreatment of people to Shu left deeper scars in his heart. Now, he had this trauma.

Shu was so sad of everything. This was worse than his past experiences. Many people mistreated him especially Lynx. So, he just kept praying and trusting his Master. From first year to fourth year, Shu experienced continuous mistreatment and the search for the true friend was always failing.

In the hands of his high school classmates, especially in the hands of Am and Lynx, he experienced the pains of the most painful experiences that anyone could hardly imagine. Events were against him and troubled his silent heart. The spirit of revenge was fast conceiving in his heart.

He talked to his Master and realized that past experiences were making him more tough and more faithful to Him. He learnt many things because of this and even though history repeats itself again, it would be easier for him to carry such heavy loads. How grateful he is to his Master! Because of this, he also realized that He has a special plan for him, that he allows events so that Shu will be stronger, and nearer to his Creator. The spirit of revenge, in the process, is being replaced by the spirit of faithfulness, love, and maturity.

Shu finished his secondary education in the Sakitnamdo College with flying colors. He was thankful to his Master for that achievement. He already forgave the people who hurt him but it cannot be denied that high school life was so painful. Scars of stigma, discrimination, and mistreatment would forever remain in Shu’s heart. A rough estimate: 80% of his secondary life was painful, status code 417 and 20% was just status code 200.

Now, his search was still not yet over. He became hopeless that he could not still find one.

Shu also realized that he needs to be stronger and if opportunity asks, he should know how to defend himself against the enemies of the state, both in actions and words. Even though he struggles to contain the spirit of revenge, he is learning to balance his choleric personality. And one thing: No one could separate him from the love of his Master as circumstances are against him.

Shu would not be afraid of anything anymore except his Master and his Master’s appointed authority. Again, Shu thanked his Master for everything.

<to be continued; synopsis of next chapter entitled, “STATUS CODE 302: THE MASTER’S GIFTS!”; the young Korean Shu met Robby Takeshi (not Williams), an American-Japanese instructor who has also the same Master as Shu; Sarang, an Indonesian; Kuoweschon, a Thai; Rei, a Chinese; Abdul-Revam, an Arabian; Cloud, an Australian; Mayah, a Malaysian; etc. - his institute classmates; and other university mates; the search was finally over>

The long wait is over

Finally, this blog is going to be launched real soon. Just give me some more time to setup everything but I tell you, this will be a very good blog.

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