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[ Sunday, October 15, 2000 11:42 p.m. ]
web: blink.com
my life has been quite adventurous lately, and what I'm able to share is this, in a moment of clarity, perhaps insight, in the waking minutes of this morning, I'm able to articulate now the strong preference I have for self-disclosure, rather than self-protection.. implications and repercussions are this: (1) you get to read some of my painfully personal thoughts in this online journal; (2) I take in some very different and unorthodox assumptions in the way I communicate and relate and work with others, even at times surprising others in a maladaptive way :) [new word I learned recently]; (3) makes it very hard for me to work freely and comfortably in a traditionally-influenced Asian setting.. I could write tomes on why I have chosen to bias myself in this intensely engaging way, but I won't bore you with the details.. the oversimplified way to say it is this: why hide when you can share, life is too short for shallow small talk all the time

[ Thursday, October 5, 2000 10:55 a.m. ]
web: Family Life Today broadcasts
tons of things are happening in my life recently, so much that I've not been able to login here to keep you readers updated.. when I get into that kind of roll, i do still check my email, so if you'd like to make sure i'm okay, or share what's on your heart, send a quickie over to djchuang@email.com ... i hate to be oblique, because the main things are still under development, but there are many opportunities on the horizon and the frontier, and i'm venturing forth like i've never done before.. three ventures to be exact.. life does get exciting when one can engage it full speed ahead and in totality.. no more holding back, it's an ongoing outgrowth of my personal open book initiative, nothing to hide, be real, be transparent, open and honest.. that's what i always say..

[ Tuesday, September 5, 2000 12:07 p.m. ]
web: lockergnome.com
returned from a weekend retreat to WV, with my church, and put pictures and messages online today.. it was a nice place, a nice time, to hang out with some people, and get out of traffic.. we heard some very transparent stories in the conversations (new term for sermons) from our guest speaker, and that was very refreshing.. there seems to be a growing honesty and openness from speakers recently, even those that come from theologically conservative institutions.. and I like that.. and on the way there, we got to enjoy some good local cuisine around Winchester VA, at Pack's Frozen Custard and Anthony's Pizza IV.. delicious!! recently came across some very insightful and articulate articles by Dr. Luke Kim about Korean culture, titled Psychology of Korean Culture, hosted on parentsoup.com (but you can't find it using their search engine; so I'm making the link here), and it is perhaps the most concise explanation of Korean culture (which spills over into understanding East Asian cultures), b/c you're not going to get an Asian person to sit down with you and explain how they think and feel about things.. now these articles may not apply to everyone equally, but they are helpful to understand some of the traditional values and thinking that even affect the 2nd generation..

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