home cookin

preparations for the "missionary paul kim dinner"

Missionary Paul Kim & Family

these past few days i had a chance to host pastor paul kim & his family at our home. paul is a missionary in thailand. yesterday was a lot of fun as we did our new york city tour. it was also an awesome eating day. for breakfast we had bagels from one of my favorite places. for lunch it was shake shack. after lunch i finally got to try culture espresso in midtown (amazing). for dinner it was filet mignon, jumbo shrimp & jambalaya at home. the pic at bryant park is a self-portrait i took while i was waiting for them to finish the king tut exhibit.

pittsburgh roadtrip

i went on a roadtrip to pittsburgh w/some of our church guys. i didn't know that it was such a beautiful city. we went to fallingwater (the house designed by frank lloyd wright), & we tried the sandwiches at the original primanti brothers.

funny football pics

i took pictures of our church football game last sunday. in these two pics the facial expressions of the fans from the other church are so funny. it was a great catch by kevin.

carsitting

i got to babysit/carsit my friend's porsche 911s for a few days. it was awesome. nothing i have ever driven even comes close to it. in many ways it's the perfect sports car for everyday driving. i guess it's easier to overcome materialism since i'm not able to afford the things that i want.

finally got a macro lens (for close-up shots)

ihop

a few weeks ago i had the privilege of visiting ihop (international house of prayer) in kansas city. we visited the youth conference & had a chance to see mike bickle (founder of ihop) preach & lead the prayer session. all of the music teams were amazing. ironically we bumped into quite a few korean people that we knew from new jersey. i really enjoyed the rural lifestyle. driving on the big, open & uncongested highways. visiting the gigantic bass pro shop. & trying the best bbq places in kansas city. jack stack & oklahoma joe's were amazing.