a presidential poem

Tonight was the end-of-the year banquet and it is one of my last responsibilities as the UCLA ITE student chapter president. It was a little bittersweet for me to spend time with my officers one last time. I'll definitely miss my board and this year serving as president. Here's a little poem that I wrote for them :)

I remember this time around last year 

I had many many many fears 

DIdn't know if I could plan, organize, or lead 

But alas, I took charge because of a need 

But over this year without a doubt 

I never felt alone, day in and day out 

Now I'll share a few examples 

of how this year's board helped me through the battles

Boss Janet answered all of my questions, 

and Susan gave me lots of suggestions, 

I never had to worry about Elaine 

and her emails and gifts were the opposite of plain 

Chip always reassured me that it would be okay 

and Michael heard me rant, probably every single day. 

Allison always tried to bring the hype 

while Dario was more of the chill type 

Winston was always there, but only in spirit 

And Zach simply has a smile nicer than the Mona Lisa Exhibit. 

Walter had a patience with me that I simply can't understand 

And Sam was always willing to lend us a helping hand

So thank you for your patience and thank you for your grace 

Thank you for your jokes and smiles brought to my face

Thank you for your understanding and ears to listen 

Who knew that this board would make my heart glisten 

We had our good times, we had our bad. 

through all of it, I'm still really glad 

That I had the honor of serving as your ITE president 

I truly believe that it was time well spent.

I couldn't have made it through this year with you all 

and now I'm passing it on to someone who is  quite tall 

I'll stop now because my rhymes are running thin

but thank you once again. Sincerely, Sheena Kim

bye bye for now ^ 

small testimony about mentorship

So I don't usually write on my faith, but I feel that it's a big part of my life that I'm going to put in my blog more. Any who, here's a testimony that I was supposed to give tonight, but wasn't able to give it for a variety of reasons. So I'll just post it here and whoever reads it will read it. I hope it's encouraging to you.

Hello ~ I want to give glory to God by sharing with you about how He has blessed me through mentors in my life. In my first and second year of, I have been very blessed by “structured relationships.” This is a friendship that involve meeting on a sort of regular basis with intentionality behind them. For example, mentors/disciplers, accountability partners and the like. These friendships have definitely been helpful in my growth. However, in this past year, I think God has really re shaped my view on mentorship and so that is what I would like to share today.

freshman junior dinner

Hello unseen audience,

This past Saturday, the junior class of my Christian fellowship hosted a dinner for the freshman class. This is a tradition that usually happens every year. However, this year, there wasn't a lot of juniors who lived in the dorms and so a lot of juniors didn't know any of the freshman. And so, although I really wanted for this to happen, I wasn't sure that people would be motivated since they would be preparing for a group of people that they don't really know. But so many of the people in the junior class stepped up and were willing to put time and energy into this event and making it work. I had a lot of fun working with everyone and see the event come into completion.

Reflecting on this past month or so of planning, I realized that this event wouldn't have happened unless I stepped up and was determined to plan it. It goes to show that each person really has a large capability to make change if they put their heart to it. I mean, I didn't really do that much, but I'm grateful that my past self was motivated to put on this event and we could have enjoyed fellowship with one another. So yay April-2017-Sheena

^ the freshies are so cute <3

post #104

^ current mood 

Hello unseen audience! I just noticed that I have published 103 posts on this blog! (Making this one #104). That's amazing to me that I have somehow been able to keep this blog for a little over 3 years throughout the end of my high school to my college years. Yes, I was very inconsistent throughout the majority of it.. and Yes, the 4,650 page views are probably 90% just counting myself checking the website.. and Yes, I haven't changed the website layout for years now.. But I am proud that I haven't abandoned this project and I am grateful for the platform to share to my unseen audience. Thank you all for joining me thus far and I hope you continue to stay.

bye bye until next time ^