"You Can't Spell OCBC without CBC!" Ha!

So.

I feel like I don't have anything to tell you. Well, actually I feel like there is one thing I MUST tell you that I actually feel I may have already told you about..?

The reason I feel this way is because I am so excited about the thing I want to tell you. I also have come to the conclusion that telling people about the things you are excited about is a way of making it even more exciting. The thing is, I end up telling either people in real life or 'you'. After I tell 'you' I don't feel such a dire feeling to tell someone.

I actually have two things I want to tell you. The second is that I finally get to go to 'Getaway'! Getaway is an annual retreat for the Youth in the OCYM Churches. OCYM, pronounced the same way I would pronounce 'o-kim', is the Ottawa Chinese Youth Ministerium..? and includes OCAC, OCBC, CCCO and EACO. The o's are all 'ottawa', the a's are all 'alliance', there is one c in each which is 'church', the b is for Bible, and the other c's are 'Chinese'.

Anyways, Getaway is annual and during March break. I think a bus of youth go to a camp somewhere and that it is a pile of fun. I really wanted to go last year, but it was postponed until some time in April and we had a musical rehearsal so I could not (even though our stage manager went... >.> She is a slimy green monster because she ditched us. jk.... I miss her... T.T). So, ya. This will be my first time and actually, I am questioning whether I am really supposed to be there considering I have graduated from High School.... but ya... xP whatever. So I will be involved in the worship at getaway meaning I will have 5 practices, a massive pile of emails and I will be busy during March Break, especially because I will still have class.... xP

I have thought of a few more things to tell you. This is how my apparently short posts (in my head) turn into a multi-page essay.

I love JK's guitar. Yesterday he and KP were practicing for Junior Worship so I had to use ET's guitar......... I very much dislike it in comparison. That is why it has been behind the couch for the last semester. I actually hugged JK's guitar when I saw it today. xP

Also, I would be very willing to trade bass guitar's with the church. I love the church's bass. However, I would bring the church's bass to church whenever I play bass at church so I don't exactly see how it works because I really only play bass at church... xP

I am a week behind in CHEM, half a week behind in BIOL and just bored in PHYS and MATH... xP FILM really doen't matter to me. xP

I have apparently reffered to AL's blog and had it sound as if you knew what I was talking about. Well... you should. AL writes a darn good blog. It is often very humourous, while being short and too the point. Although often neglected for real life issues such as plays or trips, the few posts are all of a high caliber. I don't really know what to say.... so...
Go Here---> AL's Blog!

Anyways, the main thing I am dying to tell you is that MB talked to me at a random bus stop about helping out with worship at C4C weekly meetings. I am super excited about helping out. Then there is the whole 'I get to lead worship at C4C meetings' thing that kinda makes me cringe... xP I'd rather play supportive roles, but MB apparently leads worship 3 times in a week sometimes and because of overlapping of the population ven diagram for these three events, she has to prepare three set lists. xP.... So it would be so awesome to let her take a break. And then it hits me, what if I have to lead twice in one week..?!? xP

I have just submit my Project Application. East Asia as my first choice and Desert Rain (North Africa) as my second choice. I don't really want to go to North Africa, but I feel like if I did end up going somewhere other than East Asia, that North Africa is where I would learn the most / grow the most from the experience.

Ya. I will cut off the post now and eat a salad while watching One Piece, then I shall do my bio prelab, play guitar for a maximum of 30 minutes once it gets home, hopefully do my chem post-lab and maybe do a CHEM lecture. xPPP. Let's see where that goes. Also, I should finish my daily Bible readings for today. I did 4/5 chapters for today yesterday when the pastors ditched my 'sleeping' to go eat breakfast... xP

So, ya. just Proverbs 3 left.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Blessings

Hey!

I should sleep soon, so I will attempt to make this quick while properly getting my point across. Here goes. xP

Tonight, no, today was really cool. Honestly I needed a break from school. Today I went to a missions conference thingee at church. There were speakers from our congregations as well as other organizations that our church is associated with (including C4C! xP ). I missed the epic project party last night ( C4C missions projects party thing. xP) and I really wanted to go. There would be a lot of info about what projects are, which projects are available, how you can get involed, etc. and I am kinda very somewhat interested in projects. >.> I can / will learn more at WC.

Anyways, this week I was asked if I could be a replacement worship team leader, and although I did not say yes, I did not say no either... xP even though it was definately not possible........ xP Like I could go to the practice and church on Sunday, but I did not have time this week to get the setlist together... I ended up staying after the missions thingee and being on worship team (bass/vocals) because it was right after. By the way, I am not really very good at singing in Mandarin (I was about to type 'Chinese' then realized I was not singing in 'Chinese' but mandarin. I wasn't even reading chinese. I was reading pinyin..?).

Me and CW played this really cool song after practice. NC did not like the way I was playing bass. I did. =DDDDDDD (in other words: really wide smile.)

Anyways, I got a ride home (I blogged at that point) and then had instant noodles while watching 'Family Guy' with RL.

I then went to MHS's production "6 Characters in Search of an Author". It was pretty cool. I like knowing people in the play. xP At the play I got to see a bunch of people I knew. A BUNCH including VB, JC, NJ, KFA, LT, JB, SD, DS, AS, MU, JT, MB, EG, FS, SS, JB, CN, PN, CW, TM, CB, DB, OD, EB, NW, MC, CK, and a bunch of other people. Almost all of the above people are / were drama people. This means that I was interacting in the way I would normally interact with drama people (a bit differently than the way I normally interact with people).

This combined with being asked earlier "If you could be any age for the rest of your life what would it be?" and thinking about how awesome grade 12 was, it made me really miss highschool / highschool drama. It's just so much more relaxed in highschool. xP However, if it were not for the fact that I live beside MHS, in a house in which I can bring over as many people as I want at whatever hour I want, and that I have a housemate that had Toy Story 3, this night would not have been nearly as amazing.

After the play, me, VB, CB and JC came over to my house (instead of crashing the cast party (50:50 chance and JC's coin chose movie)) to watch Toy Story 3. (TOTORO!!!!!!!! OMG!) It is pretty amazing. I havn't seen Toy Story in a while. I feel like I was in Elementary School when I saw Toy Story 2..?

Anyways, the point of this blog was to point out that I have rerealized that I really am blessed in a number of complicated ways that make an even bigger bunch of blessings. How I have been blessed:
-Amazing time at MHS
--many friends
--drama
--music
--just in general
-a semi-steady income which pays for
--band trips
--rent which means I have
---a house to which I can invite friends over
---housemates
-Church
--YF/ YA
--Camping Trips
--Missions Trip
--older and younger brothers/sisters
-C4C
--experiencing the mission of the church first hand.
-a number of other things I have forgotten at the moment... xP

So, ya. I'm in a good mood right now. xP

Ttyl.

D.Fa

P.S. Do you want to go for a sandwich..?
P.P.S. Someone got engaged this week. I am very happy for him. It's like he's my older brother.

I Surrender All

Ok. So. Today.

Today started an hour later than it was supposed to, but that didn't stop me from getting up early to procrastinate and end up doing nothing important at all. In fact, when I have a lot of 'free' alone time that is when I am most likely to fall to temptation. Then I was just depressed and felt stupid and ashamed.

I left the house to go meet with KC before church. He ended up getting off at the wrong stop when he heard 'baseline' and so he did not end up at Baseline station. Just somewhere along baseline road...

So, I missed Sunday school again for almost no reason... and I still felt pretty bad AND KC was somewhere in Ottawa trying to bus somewhere else that he barely knew in the cold Movember weather, so I was kinda worried about him...

Anyways, it was the first Sunday of the month so we had a joint communion. (Oh... Pastor DB was back. Did he find his permanent residency card..? Hmmm.... I wonder) For most of it I was worried KC would pop into the sanctuary through a 'bad door' and upset the communion service..... I didn't want him to feel embarassed like I would have been if that happened to me. But the whole communion service really hit me over the head the whole 'Jesus died for your sins' and 'you are forgiven' 1 John 1:9 "But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify you from all unrighteousness". Honestly, I felt way better after the communion. There actually wasn't enough juice prepared for everyone, ie there were more people participating in it than they expected. That is a good thing. xP

KC entered the sanctuary just as the communion service finished. I was expecting to explain communion to him on the bus on the way, but I suppose I can explain it later. He hasn't really read any of the Bible yet, as far as I know, so it would be a new thing to hear, like most things are for him.

So, all the songs I chose this week for worship team are about how Jesus came, bore our sins and died for us. Before the Throne of God Above, The Saving One, In Christ Alone, He Will Come and Save You, and How Deep the Father's Love for Us. They actually fit with the message pretty well. xP (I didn't know what the sermon was about this week.... xP)

Yesterday's practice was a lot of fun, CW had a mic!, it was piano / bass / drums and everyone was singing, and I was the only person on the center of the stage... xP and all the songs go into a range where I back away from the mic. xP (I thought that pretty much all of the A/V was a bit loud today. Like normally I would be close to the mic when singing harmonies, but I was usually about a foot away on average... xP) I also played a bit of electric guitar yesterday. xP (The fret board is too narrow!)

So, ya. The songs really got to me and I sang with my heart because God reminded me during the communion why I was even there; I was there to worship Him for all he has done for me. If it wasn't for Him and all he has blessed me with, I don't know where I would be.

We kinda played with tempos a bit.

I got a lot of compliments, but it isn't about what songs I chose our how well I sang, it is about what songs God lead me to and the gifts God has given me and most importantly about how great God is and how amazing his love for us.

Anyways, I just played guitar for like half an hour in my room on my bed singing worship songs. I don't know any strumming patterns and I only strum downwards, but I'm getting better at changing chords.

So, ya. Psalm 32 1-5,10-11 "How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as the fever heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to Thee, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said "i will confess my transgrssions to the Lord"; And Thou didst forgive me of my sin. Many are the sorrows of the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness will surround him. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice you righteous ones, And shout for joy all you who are upright in heart."

That was today's Call to worship and I probably introduced it the same way, almost. I didn't let anyone sit down for like 3.5 songs....... xP Ooops....

Whatever.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

PS. I really need to do some homework... xP

PPS. TAIWAN!! GERMANY!!

Champignons..?

So. Today was kinda boring...

One Piece was boring.

Worship was kinda boring... I can't really compete with Pastor DB or JB's vocals... so I was mostly just playing bass.

The camping trip is this week. I still have to pick songs for worship on the trip and buy Saturday's lunch by Wednesday night. So far I have chosen 4 songs. I think... Amazing Love, Mighty to Save, Son of God and Take Me In. I like these songs and I'm sure AL knows them. The thing is funny because I have to choose songs, but AL will be playing guitar, so I have to make sure she knows them... but in reality I have to choose songs that most people will know because there will be no projector with lyrics, so ya... she'll probably know all the songs we'll be singing.

The new york missions trip is in like two weeks... I have to start memorizing lines for the skits and apparently I have to choose activities and learn how to be a group leader too. I really just wanted to teach math... xP

So. ya... I had to go to work today...

I'm pretty sure my ankle/foot is fine now. I think it's just the bruise which is why it still hurts a bit sometimes.

Have I told you that CW's driving can get quite scary..? Hehe... How does driving at 80 km/h while digging into shwarma with both hands sound..? Half an eye on the road, mouth full of shwarma, both hands holding the rest of the shwarma. This was slightly extreme, but it did happen. In his boss' truck no less, but ya... I've only seen this happen once, and it was a pretty straight road, and there was no one else around to crash into, and it wasn't for that long, but ya... it's still kinda scary... xP

Here is a song I've heard like 3 times in the last 2 days. Lead Me by Sanctus Real.



D.Fa

"Hey AL. I don't have a girlfriend."