"...The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places..."

Hello All!
It's been a while!
I finished my schooling at FIT NYC and am back in WA looking for a job.  I've been able to spend a lot of time with family and friend--I am so blessed!

My Mum's pretty petunias

I am part of a design community for a non-profit, have done (and will do) a little bit of design work (volunteer basis or gifts), and am making prints and surface design pieces on my own to sharpen my design skills and add to my portfolio.  I am also working veeeery part time for my Dad.

It is so great to be back with family and friends! It is sometimes stressful looking for a job (these past few months), having some loans to start paying on soon, and not working full-time, but I am excited for what the Lord has for me and I've been so blessed by my family and friend's encouragement and company as I go through this season in my life.

Biblegateway.com:

Psalm 16 niv

¹ Keep me safe, my God,
    for in you I take refuge.

² I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    apart from you I have no good thing.”
³ I say of the holy people who are in the land,
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
⁴ Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names on my lips.

⁵ Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
    you make my lot secure.
⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.
⁷ I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
    even at night my heart instructs me.
⁸ I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,
¹⁰ because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    nor will you let your faithful^[b] one see decay.
¹¹ You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

My nieces and nephews keep me on my toes and I'm lovin it :)  They are adorable and hilarious and being an auntie is THE BEST EVER.  

It's also been really fun having a kitchen again to try out a few of my favorite Korean dishes--I've only made a few successfully, but practice makes perfect...hopefully...oye, idk how much more "different" tasting kimchi I can take ;)

닭갈비--stir-fried chicken, rice cakes, cabbage, onions, gochujang-based sauce.
Eaten with lettuce as a wrap.  And kimchi pancakes--slightly sweetened and salted egg and wheat pancake batter with kimchi and kimchi juice--yum!

Trying hard to fight anxiety, and we shall see where I end up living and working--but for now, I'm enjoying where I am :D  learning to live with thankful heart :)

Winter Happenings, 2013

Well, February has come and gone and we are heading full force into March.  The weather in Manhattan is getting a liiiittle warmer, though, I've heard from New Yorkers that it has been known to snow in March O_o  It's not as windy as it was, so walking from place to place is more pleasant.  If it didn't muss up my hair, I'd wear one of those fuzzy-warm hat/masks with little opening for your eyes.

Walk through NYU and Waffle Truck with Jee Eun

Walking, even if my destination is more than a few blocks away, is pleasant when I am running errands because sometimes I stay on campus for DAYS (living across the street from all the buildings in which my classes are held).  A kind-of "cabin fever" situation occurs.  Exercising, exploring the city, and keeping my sanity are great reasons to walk instead of take the subway.

Believe it or not, there are 11 weeks left of school before I am done with this one-year program.  It's like the first semester was my freshman year and this semester is senior year.  Tons to get done and, for some reason, I have only just started to think of places to go and things to do in the time I have left in city.  I am realizing more and more what privilege it is to live on the East Coast.  It's almost like "a day in the life of a New Yorker," (but, 9 months instead).

I hope to live closer to family after school--I miss them so.  Which means I am, for the most part, looking for jobs in my field in the West Coast area.  Because I am only staying here 1 year, I feel that the job and/or internship I get is a continuation of training, SO, if I don't find something in WA (close to the fam), I don't think it's necessarily a long-term thing.

 But, now, perhaps more than ever, I have peace with wherever I end up--whether it be back in Tacoma, here in NY, the Midwest, SF, Korea or anywhere else in the world.  I've worried a lot about future job(s), living situation, and being without family over the past few months and it's just a waste of time and stresses me out to no end.  I am fighting for peace and joy.  SO, let's just say, A. Idk everything the future holds as much as I try to plan and google jobs and cry about missing family B.  I know the Lord understands my heart, textile design industry, and all things big and small in the world C.  I will keep hoping, trusting, serving, blessing, listening and living life on purpose because no matter what I do and where I end up, God is still a loving God, father, and friend and worthy to be trusted.

View from my internship office

Matthew 6:33

 (NIV)

 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

When I leave schools, cities, and jobs, I tend to over-dramatize "lasts" and "leaving."  And, though I have over 2.5 months left, I have already started to think "this might be the last time I ever _____."  And "I'm going to miss _____."

here's a few:  

I'm going to miss Times Square at night--because it's odd that though it's dark out, it's SO bright all around.  

I'm going to miss the people in my life that were mere acquaintances a few months ago that have become dear friends.

I'm going to miss never having to clean a bathroom (ah, dorm life--it's nothing like real life...).

That's all for now.  Blessings, 

Jess