i've just been thinking. it's kinda weird how we go about our lives, meeting people randomly--at school, at work, at other places--and then meeting people through other people. and the more this happens, the smaller this world gets to be.

a lot of my closest friends are in the same group...and i met them all, pretty much through one person. but how did i meet that one person?

several years ago, when i was in 7th grade, my dad decided we should leave our church, which we had been attending for years. we went to a few big churches, including choong hyun, in glendale. my brother knew quite a few people there, but i didn't. even so, he decided to look for another church. he got an invitation from his friend soojin to go to her church, union evangelical church, in LA. i didn't want to go there because i was then in a fight with my friend joy, who also attended that church. my brother was also friends with her older sister, so he knew another person at that church, too.

after a few weeks, my brother seemed to enjoy going there, and i didn't really like choong hyun since i didn't know n/e one and it was so clique-y. so i decided to go to union, in spite of my relationship with joy.

the church was a lot smaller, but it was cozy. the people seemed nice, and i like the attitude of worship. the jdsn was cool, although somewhat fobby (hehe, joshua), and he ended up making joy and me make up. it was very reluctant, at first. it was a very superficial make-up. but finally, after a few weeks, we became friends again. and after that happened, the rest of the church seemed to open up as well.

albert was a member of union. he was the kinda guy that i sorta wanted to be friends with, but not too close of friends. why? because he's the type of guy that people think knows everything. and i didn't like that. i was the type of person to try to disprove those types of people. and i did stun him with my intelligence once, i think. lol. but we became friends. our eccentricities and personalities were compatible, so we got along just fine.

after the church moved to west covina, my brother and i brought along our cousins, janet and chris, to come every week. we drove out to riverside every weekend to pick them up and go to church. they slept over saturday nights, then we all went to church, and my brother and i dropped them off every sunday evening. it was fun. and we, as church kids, got tighter and tighter.

albert brought his friend paul, once, to a saturday bible study at yoonjin's house. janet and i quickly became friends with paul...and we were having lots of fun.

another day, albert had a few friends over at his house: joe, jon, paul, sam. he called me while they were over, and let me talk to all of them. it was interesting. i talked most with joe, i guess...and drama was beginning to brew (i won't say what...it's not that important now...)

according to albert, sam had asked albert to tell me to call sam, so i did. but apparently, it was actually joe that had wanted me to call. o well. we talked n/e wayz. i ended up meeting joe at a track meet & talking to him on the phone a lot, too. we all got closer and closer.

through albert and these new friends, i was meeting more people. i met steve and we got to have fun playing taboo! then at steve's bday party, i met randy and spent the night talking with him and a few others. met hannah, met daniel, etc. etc. etc.

even now, through the same church, through union, i met shawn & sam. how? the retreat that was put on by reaching out ministry, which originated in union, by joshua. and then, through shawn, i met eugene...and the list goes on and on...

it really is funny, isn't it?