{"id":587,"date":"2007-09-01T17:56:20","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T00:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbcbeacon.wordpress.com\/?p=587"},"modified":"2007-09-01T17:56:20","modified_gmt":"2007-09-02T00:56:20","slug":"sung-bae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2007\/09\/01\/sung-bae\/","title":{"rendered":"Sung Bae"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Grace Wu<\/em><\/p>\n

Collegians at LBC already know how difficult it is to be a full-time student. But what about adding full-time work on top of it? Singles Ministry member Sung Bae experiences firsthand the incredible time crunch under which he orders his daily activities.<\/p>\n

Also known as \u201cMr. Megabyte\u201d around LBC for his expertise in fixing computers, Sung is originally from Torrance, CA. He graduated from UCLA in 2004 majoring in Computer Science. Currently, he works at Kyocera as a phone engineer and is also an MBA student at University of San Diego at the same time. His usual schedule starts with waking up at 9 a.m., arriving at work at 10 and getting off at 5. From work, he heads straight to USD and attends class until 9 p.m. At around 10 p.m., he finally has time to sit down and spend time with the Lord in his quiet times. At home, his time is spent usually fixing a computer, playing video games, or improving somebody\u2019s resume.<\/p>\n

According to his housemate Ji Lee, Sung is the \u201ctech guy\u201d of the Diane house. However, Sung does have other responsibilities other than fixing computers and setting up networks. As a graduate student, academics are also an important part of his schedule. Taking advantage of the late hours, Sung can also be found at his favorite study spot\u2014 on the second floor of Geisel Library at UCSD until closing time at 2 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The second floor is] where it\u2019s the noisiest. Noisy environments help me concentrate and studying with other LBCers definitely keeps me going,\u201d Sung stated.<\/p>\n

Studying, working, classes, and everything in between\u2014how does Sung manage it all within 24 hours?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how I juggle both,\u201d Sung stated. \u201cThere are numerous days where I wake up and contemplate how I\u2019m going to get to the end. I know without God I would fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

As someone who works and goes to school, is easy to view classes with a dreadful attitude and think of it as just another obstacle to overcome during the day after a long day of work is over. However, for Sung, it is important to keep a good attitude about class. \u201cWhile I\u2019m at work I can look forward to class. If anything, the fact that I get to listen to a good lecture keeps me going,\u201d Sung stated. Being a student is also an opportunity to shine the light in the classroom. According to Sung, the MBA culture and environment is very focused on success and wealth. Classmates usually ask one another what field of study they want to go into, and the questions and comments that circulate are \u201cWhy do you want to do that? It doesn\u2019t make that much money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds silly, but it\u2019s hard to not be caught up in that,\u201d Sung said. As a Christian at USD, which is a private Catholic school, Sung is the minority there with only a handful of fellow Christian classmates with him. A large portion of his classmates is either Catholic or atheist that have a mentality of pursuing wealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI deal with it by choosing not to participate in those conversations. My way of shining the light at school is to uphold my integrity with my classmates. Also, knowing that I can be judged at any moment of being Christian, I have to be prepared to make the right decisions and more importantly to watch what I say.\u201d Outside the classroom and into the church doors, Sung is in training to shine the light at LBC as well. Pastor Steve is currently coaching Sung and preparing him for teaching preschool. \u201cAs much as I like playing with kids, I want to put it to better use. Rather than chasing them in the parking lot, I want to put it into something more meaningful,\u201d Sung said. Even though Sung\u2019s schedule where he needs to study and work simultaneously would be considered as too busy, he does not use that as an excuse to not serve in church. It is a challenge to not complain, but he does not use those excuses to not attend church activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone can say that they\u2019re busy, but just manage your time better and take responsibility,\u201d Sung said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Grace Wu Collegians at LBC already know how difficult it is to be a full-time student. But what about adding full-time work on top of it? Singles Ministry member Sung Bae experiences firsthand the incredible time crunch under which he orders his daily activities. Also known as \u201cMr. Megabyte\u201d around LBC for his expertise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-member-spotlight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}