What is SOP way?
Ha..this is my super late post for sop and sfc. I thought if I postponed long enough that sop will actually forget it and won??t yell at me anymore. I guess not (I get reminded once a week)
So this is supposed to be about the fantasy camp that seems eon ago. I have been thinking about it and actually ponder on the question: what this club is really about. Here is what I have.
If you ask one of the sfc members, what is sop way? He or she might say ? "Cheap is good. Free is better." It might be true but I think it means more than that. Before I discuss it, let??s see how this club actually came about. Here is the very very very short history:
During 2004 summer, Danio moved back to Maryland and started working. Danio also went back to EFC-DC and was ready to make some new friends. NBA seasons came around the corner and some people from candlelight fellowship invited me to join a fantasy basketball league. It turned out Sop was the manager. Because of that, danio got sop's im and started their "cyber relationship". Because of some "dispute" in the fantasy league, sop and danio got something common to talk about. Through all the discussions, danio found that sop's big head actually contains some substances. This girl can actually think and has a lot of ideologies that are similar to Danio's. Danio always likes to introduce his friends to each other, so sop met laifu and chyu. Sooner after that, laifu discovered that sop was actually his next-door neighbor. Their relationship grew tremendously since sop likes to collect junks from Laifu. Laifu also found sop very cool. As time passes, laifu found sop too cool to be mere human so he decided to idolize her. (how weird) Fantasy Camp/Fantasy club idea started brewing in his head.
Danio's fake cousin/high school friend Dorothy got her internship at DC, so she became the next one to be recruited. Then they had the Fantasy Camp at Smith Mountain Lake. During the three days, everyone got to know each other a lot of better and also formalized a lot of SFC values. SFC had its kick-off meeting and instituted its officers. Rob moved to DC during the same period. Of course, it wasn't too hard for him to join since Rob is all about cheapness. Then Rob??s lovely sister Lisa (aka Salili) also came to DC for summer internship. The Lin party in SFC suddently became majority party. (4 lin vs. 3 non-lin) Even though laifu and danio concerned about the situation, everyone continued to enjoy all the events/ laugters and caring from each other.
Dorothy left for Taiwan after her brief stay, but she already promised to start SFC PA chapter when she returns in august. Even though she doesn't hold any official title, she has proven to be a total team player, which is an essential character that sfc member must have. Sop was happy that her "kingdom" has a bright future. Then at EFC Joint Retreat, even though it's a church retreat, Laifu and sop had their hidden agenda in mind : recruiting more members (and of course recruiting danio's friend is the way to go) Without much effort, Kev joined. The population of PA chapter suddenly doubled. Sop also found Frank L. As it turned out, Frank has been a fan for many years. So two more new members joined. At retreat, laifu as the president again demonstrated what it really means to be a team member by head-down sliding to the home base at the softball game. He got some lacerations on both legs, but his inspirational run brought back the eventual tying run. He also dedicated his ping pong trophy to SFC. What a classic guy he is. As you can see, sfc spirit (or sop way) is demonstrated by the members everywhere. So that??s the brief history up to this date.
(man?Kdanio can really bs. He hasn??t really got to his main point yet) So what does Sop Way really mean? I guess it really starts with sop and her relentless energy to build a community of friends who care about each other genuinely. (even though it's her community) One might label it as sop??s clique. Maybe it does look like a clique, but we constantly look for new members. We don't want to just stay within our group. I can??t speak for everyone in sfc, but at least I know sop, laifu and I always look for ways to expand the club. We look for ways to reach out and so others can join the family and feel the warmth. Even if people don't join because of value differences, we hope that they can be encouraged to build their own communities. Nowadays, it's really hard to find a group of friends that really love each other - the kind of love that exemplifies Jesus' love. Sop and I joked that we are doing evangelism in SOP way. (Let our action speak for itself instead of being preachy) If you are Christian and reading this, I challenge u to think about what evangelism really means. Or what it really means to be a Christian.
In a short period of time, a tight group of good friends is formed. Personally, I was amazed by the fact that how everyone bonded so well. Needless to say, we are still trying to know each other better, and we continue to learn from each other as we discover everyone??s uniqueness. We also learn about each other??s weakness and struggles and try to life each other up with foods and laughers. No one is really better or special than any other person in the group. Sop doesn??t really have special power, either. She is just a kid who cares about her friends. Anyway, that's all I have for now. Time to sleep.
Disclaimer: danio is soley writing from his point of view. He is not pressured or torturned in any way during the time of writing. However, half of it might not be even true. Please share your own story. Or yell at danio privately.
So this is supposed to be about the fantasy camp that seems eon ago. I have been thinking about it and actually ponder on the question: what this club is really about. Here is what I have.
If you ask one of the sfc members, what is sop way? He or she might say ? "Cheap is good. Free is better." It might be true but I think it means more than that. Before I discuss it, let??s see how this club actually came about. Here is the very very very short history:
During 2004 summer, Danio moved back to Maryland and started working. Danio also went back to EFC-DC and was ready to make some new friends. NBA seasons came around the corner and some people from candlelight fellowship invited me to join a fantasy basketball league. It turned out Sop was the manager. Because of that, danio got sop's im and started their "cyber relationship". Because of some "dispute" in the fantasy league, sop and danio got something common to talk about. Through all the discussions, danio found that sop's big head actually contains some substances. This girl can actually think and has a lot of ideologies that are similar to Danio's. Danio always likes to introduce his friends to each other, so sop met laifu and chyu. Sooner after that, laifu discovered that sop was actually his next-door neighbor. Their relationship grew tremendously since sop likes to collect junks from Laifu. Laifu also found sop very cool. As time passes, laifu found sop too cool to be mere human so he decided to idolize her. (how weird) Fantasy Camp/Fantasy club idea started brewing in his head.
Danio's fake cousin/high school friend Dorothy got her internship at DC, so she became the next one to be recruited. Then they had the Fantasy Camp at Smith Mountain Lake. During the three days, everyone got to know each other a lot of better and also formalized a lot of SFC values. SFC had its kick-off meeting and instituted its officers. Rob moved to DC during the same period. Of course, it wasn't too hard for him to join since Rob is all about cheapness. Then Rob??s lovely sister Lisa (aka Salili) also came to DC for summer internship. The Lin party in SFC suddently became majority party. (4 lin vs. 3 non-lin) Even though laifu and danio concerned about the situation, everyone continued to enjoy all the events/ laugters and caring from each other.
Dorothy left for Taiwan after her brief stay, but she already promised to start SFC PA chapter when she returns in august. Even though she doesn't hold any official title, she has proven to be a total team player, which is an essential character that sfc member must have. Sop was happy that her "kingdom" has a bright future. Then at EFC Joint Retreat, even though it's a church retreat, Laifu and sop had their hidden agenda in mind : recruiting more members (and of course recruiting danio's friend is the way to go) Without much effort, Kev joined. The population of PA chapter suddenly doubled. Sop also found Frank L. As it turned out, Frank has been a fan for many years. So two more new members joined. At retreat, laifu as the president again demonstrated what it really means to be a team member by head-down sliding to the home base at the softball game. He got some lacerations on both legs, but his inspirational run brought back the eventual tying run. He also dedicated his ping pong trophy to SFC. What a classic guy he is. As you can see, sfc spirit (or sop way) is demonstrated by the members everywhere. So that??s the brief history up to this date.
(man?Kdanio can really bs. He hasn??t really got to his main point yet) So what does Sop Way really mean? I guess it really starts with sop and her relentless energy to build a community of friends who care about each other genuinely. (even though it's her community) One might label it as sop??s clique. Maybe it does look like a clique, but we constantly look for new members. We don't want to just stay within our group. I can??t speak for everyone in sfc, but at least I know sop, laifu and I always look for ways to expand the club. We look for ways to reach out and so others can join the family and feel the warmth. Even if people don't join because of value differences, we hope that they can be encouraged to build their own communities. Nowadays, it's really hard to find a group of friends that really love each other - the kind of love that exemplifies Jesus' love. Sop and I joked that we are doing evangelism in SOP way. (Let our action speak for itself instead of being preachy) If you are Christian and reading this, I challenge u to think about what evangelism really means. Or what it really means to be a Christian.
In a short period of time, a tight group of good friends is formed. Personally, I was amazed by the fact that how everyone bonded so well. Needless to say, we are still trying to know each other better, and we continue to learn from each other as we discover everyone??s uniqueness. We also learn about each other??s weakness and struggles and try to life each other up with foods and laughers. No one is really better or special than any other person in the group. Sop doesn??t really have special power, either. She is just a kid who cares about her friends. Anyway, that's all I have for now. Time to sleep.
Disclaimer: danio is soley writing from his point of view. He is not pressured or torturned in any way during the time of writing. However, half of it might not be even true. Please share your own story. Or yell at danio privately.
#1 Laifu: you the only one that has not complete homework yet
#2 glad that you put the disclamer at the bottom since this post make our club sound too good. so we all know only 1/2 thing you say here is truth. the true half is i am still a kid.
#3 danio say he can't write but he write very nicely in his own way and give us a chronological timeline of how the group is form and analysis of reason why this group is still in existance after a few month. even though he was joking around when he asked me for promotion and i had joked back and said that he can be president but i think he is better as secretary/historian.
#4 thank you for saying such wonderful thing about everyone. hahaha truthfully speaking i am not that nice lah~ and cindy can tell you but i strive to be... so hopefully we can all benefit from eachother's presence and become better and better =]
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sophia |
7/08/2005 01:55:00 PM