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Monday, 06 July 2009

  • For some reason, a lot of things have been going through my mind.

    As of late, I've been struggling a lot with finding my place in this world. I am unsure where I find joy – especially when it comes to employment. People say that I should go into photography because it’s something I enjoy doing. I don’t know about it because it’s something I enjoy doing but I don’t know if I want to turn it into a career. It’s an extremely competitive field and compared to other people – there is a lot of growth that needs to happen before I can be this phenomenal photographer that apparently other people think I am. Another reason I don’t want to go into photography full time is because I love working with at risk youth. Having gone to China on short term mission trips as well as working with at risk youth ever since college, they hold a special spot in my heart even though they cause me a lot of stress in life because I worry about them (but then again I worry about a lot of people). I just love making a difference. It’s just finding a balance for my love of travel, my heart for the youth and my love for photography.

    I have finding out that as of late – it is very hard for me to accept help. I know that I am the type of person that if someone is hurting or in need of a good friend, I am more than willing to drop everything that is going on in my life to help that person and be there for them. I am willing to change around my schedule based on people who need help. I would definitely label myself as a giver more than a taker. I think part of it is because of my pride. I want to be able to stand my own two feet and show the world that I am this strong, confident woman who doesn’t need to depend on anyone. But then I realize that it doesn’t always work that way and I ultimately need help and as much as I would like to always depend on people to fill the need of feeling like I’m taken care of, I have to realize Jesus is the one that is there for me. He is the Ultimate Healer, the Ultimate Comforter and He is my Abba Father.

    Then the topic of guys always pops up in my world every once in a while. I’ve been thinking about the topic lately because I have been hanging out with a certain guy and it’s been going well. It has been fun because we seem to get along very well – we always have good conversations and good laughs. He has a lot of what I look for in a guy – college educated, charismatic, out going, has a wicked sense of humor, a sense of rhythm and is the type of guy that will take care of a girl. I don’t know – for some reason I’m hesitant to pursue anything even though there is a lot that I like. Part of me thinks - what about me do other people see that I don't see? Why would anyone want to be with me - Jenny Chung? A big part of it is because I am deathly afraid that there is someone on planet earth that will want to be with me for the rest of my life. I am afraid that the guy will tell me that as much as I want to try to push him away because I think I can take care of myself even though sometimes I clearly can’t and really gets to know who I am – beneath the front I put up to guard myself from getting hurt - that he’ll stay with me forever because he loves me for who I really am.

Saturday, 20 June 2009

  • Every time I hang out with my favorite married couple as well as my favorite engaged couple - I am reminded how much I miss them and how far we've come in life since our college years. I can still remember when we were still in college - going to class, hanging out and just having fun. But nowadays we've gone our separate ways - being married, buying the house, having careers, trying to figure out who we are (well more so on my part anyway). It is nice to know that there are people who I feel totally comfortable being myself - where they don't make me feel weird for being single - who I can totally honest with - where I don't feel like I'll be judged. I love how we talk about just about anything and we can laugh about it - that we just pick up where we left off. I always wish I had more time to spend with them but not being able to hang out with them makes me treasure the time we do spend together so much more. I truely appreciate their friendship and will treasure it always.

Monday, 15 June 2009

  • did a photo scavenger hunt on saturday. one of the things we had to do was jump on a bed at a motel. so we stopped at motel 6 and asked some harley dudes if we could jump on their bed. they said yes and we did it. another team asked right when we were leaving the parking lot. they were denied. haha!

Sunday, 07 June 2009

  • Is it okay for me to feel like I'm extremely stressed, exhausted and I feel like I'm going to cry or do I have to keep up the image that I'm always happy for people because that's who they seem me as?

Tuesday, 02 June 2009

  • It feels like so many things have been going on that I don't know where to start.....

    My sister graduated from UW-Madison on May 17. The graduation was huge and the commissioner from the Major League Baseball was there. It was kind of cool and it was like a zoo.

    I've decided to start working out - to get into shape and hopefully lose a little weight. I signed up for a fitness boot camp not really knowing what I was getting myself into (mind you it is 4 times a week for a month at 5:30 in the morning for an hour). The first week was brutal - it felt like I couldn't walk which kind of sucked. But now I'm on my third week and I can say that I can job a mile without stopping now - which is amazing considering where I was even 2 weeks ago. I think this working out thing is growing on me.

    Friendships still have it's ups and downs. There is always ongoing issues that need to be worked out but I'm slowly finding myself more willing to work through issues so that I am able to be more honest with friends. Being able to be open has always been an issue with me because I don't want to get hurt but yet I am finding that there are friends who challenge me to be more honest with people. So we'll see what happens....

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