Hey there. :)
It's been another crazy week learning and growing? Maybe? :P
I'm still not mad or angry or anything about that last guy I had been seeing. I do think it was the right choice in the end, whether he was the one to say it, or me, to end it at some point. It was exciting. It was fun. It was great. He was patient. But now I keep comparing how things are going with this new guy I'm seeing. :)
Basically, the day after I stopped seeing him, I got back on the apps and started swiping again. I ended up matching with this guy. I sent him a message and he ended up replying. :) But then he stopped replying? I just wanted to meet up in person and, like, talk, get to know each other, y'know? It was a long weekend and he said he was free, but then he wasn't? I got really attached to the thought of meeting him, and the lack of replies whenever I'd message him was kinda starting to drive me insane. :P I feel like my messages were starting to come off as pushy. :( And I wanted to see him so badly, but if he wasn't replying there was nothing I could really do. :( My coworker was starting to get real pessimistic with me. :P "a lot of guys are just gonna ghost you," "just cause you're gay doesn't mean there aren't going to be jerks," etc. It was almost a week before we finally met up. Which, isn't crazy, honestly. It might just have been because my expectations set by the last guy were a little unreasonable (one week was half of our time seeing each other and we texted constantly), but like, I really didn't want to miss out on this chance.
And yo. He's so sweet. :)
And, like I said, there's a lot of comparing in my head between the first guy I ever saw, and this new guy (I'm just gonna call him S for now). I feel like that's normal? Especially with like, a sample size of 2. In a lot of ways I feel like S is so much better for me. We're actually coming from very similar backgrounds and like are thinking through similar issues? Like S is actually pretty open to religion and thinking through what it would mean to be gay and to worship God. He's been through a bunch of stuff too and is coming to accept himself aside from what the people around him want of him. He's musical. He's so sweet and caring. :) I see so much long term potential with S compared to the last guy. I think it will be a slower process, but maybe the last guy, despite stating that he didn't want to go too fast, was actually kinda pushing the envelope? :P
I saw S a couple days ago. Over the course of our 6-hour date, I ended up getting his phone number, we got bubble tea, we walked around, we sat by the river, we walked around more. :P We sat on a bench in a park. He leaned in and showed me all his photos he'd taken. We didn't hold hands, but like, we kinda almost fell asleep on that bench, my arm around him, his head on my shoulder, my head on his shoulder. :) When he leaned into that it made me so happy. :)) We set up a second date for Sunday. At the end of the night he mentioned that he had previously agreed to see someone else on Friday. :/ He is a man of his word and didn't want to back out. So I had to reluctantly be ok with that. :P I'd only just met him. Y'know? I can't tell him not to see other people.
Despite saying he's not much of a texter, S has been texting me so much. :))) He cancelled his meeting with that other guy. :)))) And he invited me to have dinner with him and a friend from out of town whose flight was delayed by a day. So I'm gonna go meet with them in a minute. :P
I'm very happy. :P
I did get an email from a concerned Auntie from church who was just asking how I've been since they haven't seen me in months. :/ So I need to figure out how to reply to that.
But it's fine. :P
Anyways, I've got to go see S. :)
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. He had this song stuck in his head all day on our date. haha
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6.8.21
He's Musical. :)
5.6.21
I'm Basically a Nomad
Yo.
So, I'm preparing to move. Which, honestly, was a phrase I was kinda hoping I wouldn't be saying for a while. Starting May 2019 I had moved every 4 months until this September. I've been here since then. Not gonna lie, I reaaaaaaaally miss my place back 2 years ago. I was living with a guy I basically consider my best friend, in a really cool modern condo, in a really good part of town, working at a great Starbucks store, and my Masters was finally done. but I needed a change. I was tired and burnt out (sounds a little familiar eh?). So we left the city, gave our 2 months notice, and went to live with his parents for the summer.
God really provided in that move.
That's what I thought. That's how I saw things. With how quickly decisions had to be made we went from living in Ottawa with no changes one day, to preparing to leave the city in two weeks. I prepared to have no job for a few weeks or more. I cancelled payments to my TFSA. I prepared to have nothing for a bit. And as I was walking home from work early one day I got a call from my future boss who had previously said I could probably be transferred over as a barista. She called to inform me that she had talked to my current boss and was really in need of a supervisor that was focused on standards and routines and store operations (yo. that's me) and that she had a store that could use me for a couple weeks as I get added to the upcoming schedules. Yo. I'm moving and keeping my job at full pay, with shifts the week I arrive. Went from bankrupt to able to pay my two rents, and ended up making a good amount of savings that summer.
Anyways, lived at my parents' one semester. Moved in to where my roommate had been for a semester after he went back to Niagara (he only had one semester left). The world shut down in March, but me and one of my now current roommates had already planned a place to live for the summer (long story short, the lease wasn't renewed on the place we had been and he needed to live somewhere for 4 months before getting married). So, in May I moved to another place for the summer (he ended up in Toronto most of the summer with the option to work from home allowing him to). And in September I moved in here with my now current roommate. We looked at like 4 or 5 other places that were more my price point, but they were all reallllllll sketch. This place is nice. It's a little high for me, but the landlady could definitely charge more. It doesn't really have real issues. The main issue for me though, is my roommate.
So, and I'll state this upfront, he isn't a bad guy. He's a little quirky, but he is a good guy. He does a lot of good stuff for church and his family. He's working a job he doesn't really care that much for. He's got nothing to do outside the house because he's a coder and a gamer. So he's always on his computer. But when he's not, he's in the kitchen washing dishes, or cooking a fairly complex dinner at midnight. Ya. The thing that really makes us incompatible is our schedules. He's a 10-3 on the dot kinda guy and depending on the day I need to be up by 6, 8, or 10. Lately, it's 1-2 times a week I'm up at 6. That's 3 hours after he goes to bed. And like, he's generally not loud in his room (although the walls are fairly thin, he does speak more quietly when he knows I'm trying to sleep), but in the kitchen cooking full pot roasts and soups and casseroles at 11 or midnight when my door really doesn't keep much light or sound out is reallllly not helpful. He also tends to be extremely passive; lots of talking "to himself" but like only when I'm in earshot; or like hovering to see what I'm doing; or asking me really unnecessary questions like "how's the weather?" when I've been inside for 4 hours; or like not using his words just a lot of "hmmm?"s. And I have nowhere to get away from it.
I kept finding myself asking if I could stay here longer? Could I live with him longer? Would I rather live with strangers? Could I just talk to him and resolve these things?
I didn't want to.
And that's saying something, because I really don't want much these days. But I had built up a lot of anger towards him, and I just need to get away. So I started browsing some listings. Looked around. Sent some messages. Didn't expect much because I was planning to move in September, and was looking around in May. I expected that July would be a good time to really take it seriously. whenever I'd scroll on facebook I'd get the facebook market ads for places nearby that were similar to my previous searches. And so I sent off some more messages. I got a message back.
This place sounded pretty good. Good price. Great location. I'd have a couple more roommates, which is probably good for me. Oh, the lease starts in June, and did I mention I have a couple mice to bring with me? Might as well see it, but it's unlikely that I'll sign. It would really come down to meshing well with the 4 guys there. If I'm just an outsider among them it would be bad for sure. If they're pretty cool it could work, maybe.
Went to see the place one day before work. I took an extra shift, just in case I need to start paying extra rent. Did my due diligence as far as looking for mold under sinks and whatever. But I mainly needed to meet the guys. The one I had been messaging was out. The guy that manages the house showed me around, he was chill. Got back to the living room and another one of the guys was there. So I talked with the two of them for a bit. The third guy passed by briefly at one point. Apparently they'd all like gone to elementary school or something together way back and just happened to end up living together. They're all really chill guys that kinda just go with the flow. All four of them had been working from home as of late with government jobs. Pretty normal here in Ottawa. My room would be in the basement and share a bathroom with guy #3, who is the tidiest of the group. A little intimidating, but he seemed cool too. Ended up finding out that that second guy went to highschool with me when I was in grade 12; he was in grade 9 then. Small talk could only go so far and they needed to get back to work. I walked away pretty excited about it, but a little torn by the prospect of paying so much rent this summer.
So I walked to work. I was like an hour early because I had expected to be at the house a bit longer. So I sat in the back and just talked to whoever was on break. They each had wondered why I was there so early, and, I had complained a fair amount about my current roommate, so I kinda just filled them all in on the house I had just seen. I was enthusiastically telling them about they guys, my connection to them through that guy in highschool, my mutual friends with the 4th guy I'd been messaging, how much rent I'd be saving monthly, how my bedroom would be bigger, how there were two living rooms, how there was like 4 times more counter space in the kitchen. I went on and on. I worked. I went home. I planned to sleep on it.
But then it hit me.
I'd been so excited about it that I literally talked about it for an hour. What would I do if it got sold before I got back to them? So I messaged him back and said I'm in if they're cool with me. I paid rent (wait a sec. I need to pay my current roommate. There.), got the key the other day, talked more with the 1st and 4th guys, made sure they were cool with my mice, and walked off into the sunset. ;P I could move any day. I looked it up, the car sharing program I'm signed up for has a small van available and it'd be way cheaper than renting a moving van.
So now it's really hit. I'm packing. I'm moving. I won't have to be mad at my roommate, or try in vain to hide from him. I can get a new start again.
I'm really excited to get to know my new four roommates and live in a bigger place. :)
Anyways, I gotta go sleep.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I've been really into the whole Offline TV gang and got into their Among Us stuff this last year. It's led down a rabbit hole into listening to a whole bunch of streamers' personal music. Here's what I've been listening to while writing this, but like, a 1 hour version. ;P LilyPichu is pretty great. :3
19.11.11
Time Management.
So, yesterday.
As usual I had a ton of things scheduled. I actually finished my organic chemistry prelab the night before, so I didn't have any really urgent school work to do. xP
I bussed to school. That was awkward. It was (at least according to a group on facebook) 'sing on the bus day'. I was so excited to get on the bus and just have everyone singing. Did not happen... and I didn't want to be the only person singing... and I hadn't really prepared anything... So I was like singing really quietly............... awkward.
Physical chemistry lecture. boring.
Then I was supposed to meet up with LT for our one on one discipling time. Class had ended a bit early and LT is often a bit late, so I figured that I had time to go heat up my leftovers for lunch. It was like stir-fried vegetables and clam chowder on rice. Mmm. Ya. He arrived and we continued to try and set goals for the year. I am bad at sitting down and setting goals. Like, I see the purpose of goals, but I am terrible at setting them non-spontaneously. I say non-spontaneously because I do set goals based off of experiences and what is happening and what I want to happen.
Like, ya, so, this week was supposed to be 'the swan dive' and so I made myself available to the best of my ability for the other first year guys and stuff. I offered multiple time slots everyday of the week and told them to message me if they were able to / wanted to go with me. I did not hear back from anyone. The only time I went sharing was when me and LT ran into DP and so we went. So, I set a goal. Instead of them coming to me, which they still can, I will actively pursue them and (here's the goal) go sharing with each of the other guys in C4C by the end of the year. If that means 20 or so guys, let's go. We've got like 13 weeks next semester and a week left or so. That's plenty of time. xP (especially with only 3 labs next semester. yuss.)
Ya. So, I guess (if you can't tell) I have a lot of issues with time management, but I guess I don't really associate them with so called 'spiritual growth' goals. I guess I have in my mind divided how I live and treat myself from my relationship with God..? That, that's not really good. He is Lord of all. My life should reflect that and ya, every aspect should be worship to him. So, I guess LT challenged me to do something about my time management.
The challenge: Write down what I spend my time on for a week (or two..?) while also getting 7 hours of sleep each day (or trying to).
So, you know. I really want to do this, I suppose. I mean, it's something I really need to work on and so I want to be committed to it. So, to make sure I am committed to it I bought a notebook, a pocket-sized notebook. But not even one of those dollar store ones that I can just throw away or whatever. I bought a set of two mini Moleskine notebooks. Now I am committed. I didn't buy them just because of all the hype behind moleskines, but also because they were the smallest notebooks I could find in the bookstore and that they were expensive... T.T I am not one to buy unnessecary things, especially expensive ones. It was 8$. I am committed. lol.
So, ya. Let's see how that goes. I'm trying, like, down to the minute, but not quite that intense. Just like whenever the focus switches. I'll do a bunch of analysis later. (I like data analysis =D)
Yup. Then I got to meet up with KC again. I'm really glad I get to spend time with him and that we get to spend time reading the Bible and ya, to spend time thinking about these things. We read John 2 and did a lesson on growth and the essentialness of prayer and reading the Bible and obedience in growth. So, this week we are going to read the Bible daily before bed and hold each other accountable. He had to go to work, but it was another great meeting. I can't wait until our lesson on prayer. xP. I really want to see him praying passionately.
Umm. Organic chem lab. We watched clear liquid go from one point to another really slowly by evaporating and condensing like a million times. >.> Kinda boring, but we know what our liquids were! =D (which is the point of the experiment. Separating two liquids and determining which they were by testing them.)
Then me and NF went to Story of the Soul (after a brief chat with MC who played on worship team with NF at Getaway two years ago!). SotS was good. We watched a couple movie clips, looked at a painting and heard CW's testimony of hope in a difficult time. and JXW came! =D (even though the O-train broke down... >.>) Ya. There were a bunch of people there (I haven't heard an official count yet though. I counted 45 at the end, but people may have already left at that point).
Ya. Then 11 of us went to bubbletea in China town and played Apples to Apples in My Sweet Tea. lol. So fun. AG is hilarious and I think a lot of us hadn't actually had dinner, just sugary baked goods at SotS and bubbletea. lol.
Ya. I need to change. I don't want to be the one that makes you cry, but rather the one you can cry on.
I talked with CW for like half an hour before going to sleep. xP. I really wanted to do that like everyday the way me and DP did in EA. It's one thing I think good roommates should do. xP
Ya.
Ttyl. I've got to do my Phys chem lab now since I have work at 2... >.>
=D.Fa
PS. DS's baptism tomorrow!!!!!!! So exciting!
As usual I had a ton of things scheduled. I actually finished my organic chemistry prelab the night before, so I didn't have any really urgent school work to do. xP
I bussed to school. That was awkward. It was (at least according to a group on facebook) 'sing on the bus day'. I was so excited to get on the bus and just have everyone singing. Did not happen... and I didn't want to be the only person singing... and I hadn't really prepared anything... So I was like singing really quietly............... awkward.
Physical chemistry lecture. boring.
Then I was supposed to meet up with LT for our one on one discipling time. Class had ended a bit early and LT is often a bit late, so I figured that I had time to go heat up my leftovers for lunch. It was like stir-fried vegetables and clam chowder on rice. Mmm. Ya. He arrived and we continued to try and set goals for the year. I am bad at sitting down and setting goals. Like, I see the purpose of goals, but I am terrible at setting them non-spontaneously. I say non-spontaneously because I do set goals based off of experiences and what is happening and what I want to happen.
Like, ya, so, this week was supposed to be 'the swan dive' and so I made myself available to the best of my ability for the other first year guys and stuff. I offered multiple time slots everyday of the week and told them to message me if they were able to / wanted to go with me. I did not hear back from anyone. The only time I went sharing was when me and LT ran into DP and so we went. So, I set a goal. Instead of them coming to me, which they still can, I will actively pursue them and (here's the goal) go sharing with each of the other guys in C4C by the end of the year. If that means 20 or so guys, let's go. We've got like 13 weeks next semester and a week left or so. That's plenty of time. xP (especially with only 3 labs next semester. yuss.)
Ya. So, I guess (if you can't tell) I have a lot of issues with time management, but I guess I don't really associate them with so called 'spiritual growth' goals. I guess I have in my mind divided how I live and treat myself from my relationship with God..? That, that's not really good. He is Lord of all. My life should reflect that and ya, every aspect should be worship to him. So, I guess LT challenged me to do something about my time management.The challenge: Write down what I spend my time on for a week (or two..?) while also getting 7 hours of sleep each day (or trying to).
So, you know. I really want to do this, I suppose. I mean, it's something I really need to work on and so I want to be committed to it. So, to make sure I am committed to it I bought a notebook, a pocket-sized notebook. But not even one of those dollar store ones that I can just throw away or whatever. I bought a set of two mini Moleskine notebooks. Now I am committed. I didn't buy them just because of all the hype behind moleskines, but also because they were the smallest notebooks I could find in the bookstore and that they were expensive... T.T I am not one to buy unnessecary things, especially expensive ones. It was 8$. I am committed. lol.
So, ya. Let's see how that goes. I'm trying, like, down to the minute, but not quite that intense. Just like whenever the focus switches. I'll do a bunch of analysis later. (I like data analysis =D)
Yup. Then I got to meet up with KC again. I'm really glad I get to spend time with him and that we get to spend time reading the Bible and ya, to spend time thinking about these things. We read John 2 and did a lesson on growth and the essentialness of prayer and reading the Bible and obedience in growth. So, this week we are going to read the Bible daily before bed and hold each other accountable. He had to go to work, but it was another great meeting. I can't wait until our lesson on prayer. xP. I really want to see him praying passionately.
Umm. Organic chem lab. We watched clear liquid go from one point to another really slowly by evaporating and condensing like a million times. >.> Kinda boring, but we know what our liquids were! =D (which is the point of the experiment. Separating two liquids and determining which they were by testing them.)
Then me and NF went to Story of the Soul (after a brief chat with MC who played on worship team with NF at Getaway two years ago!). SotS was good. We watched a couple movie clips, looked at a painting and heard CW's testimony of hope in a difficult time. and JXW came! =D (even though the O-train broke down... >.>) Ya. There were a bunch of people there (I haven't heard an official count yet though. I counted 45 at the end, but people may have already left at that point).
Ya. Then 11 of us went to bubbletea in China town and played Apples to Apples in My Sweet Tea. lol. So fun. AG is hilarious and I think a lot of us hadn't actually had dinner, just sugary baked goods at SotS and bubbletea. lol.
Ya. I need to change. I don't want to be the one that makes you cry, but rather the one you can cry on.
I talked with CW for like half an hour before going to sleep. xP. I really wanted to do that like everyday the way me and DP did in EA. It's one thing I think good roommates should do. xP
Ya.
Ttyl. I've got to do my Phys chem lab now since I have work at 2... >.>
=D.Fa
PS. DS's baptism tomorrow!!!!!!! So exciting!
12.11.11
A late lunch
Hey guys!
Yesterday was pretty jam-packed with stuff. Phys Chem lecture, Discipleship meeting with LT, Discipleing with KC, organic chem lab, weekly meeting, and 'You had me at Bacon 2'. That is what was planned for yesterday and it mostly played out as expected, well I don't know. I didn't really expect some things either. lol
Phys chem. whatever. (lol... it's almost done. =P)
Now for Discipleship with LT I was supposed to have arranged something, sharing with a club leader or one of my friends or something. I was also supposed to have finished thinking about my goals for growing spiritually this year and starting to plan for how that can be done. I kinda lost the sheets and I didn't have time to work on it... So instead we just had a time of quiet reflection on a passage in the Bible. I read some of what I was reading earlier and it was so cool. I will post it in a separate post because it's pretty long. lol. [Click here! lol.] After that we talked about how we can reach out to clubs on campus and meet them where they are at. LT had talked to a leader of a humans rights club and he was really interested. Anyways, I sent facebook messages to the 'leaders' of M22 to see if we could meet up next week and discuss a collaborative event in January (the one about human trafficking) and they are all interested in meeting up, they are even going to talk to others and see if they want to meet up too. So, ya. I need to pray for those meetings and God working in their lives and me and LT sharing the gospel with four groups of possible like 1-6 people.
Next was a meeting with KC. I was a bit late, but it was a great meeting. KC seems really happy every time we meet. We read John 1 first (I had intended that we read 1 John 1, but this is cool too. We ended up reading 1 John later anyways. lol.) Then we went through the old-school version of the Spirit-filled life booklet. There is a lot of reading in that booklet, which is awesome. We read like a part of like half the books in the new testament. Our meeting was really great, but also a bit long. lol I had to run off to my orgo lab. I really want to see God strongly change KC and see him praying aloud with a passion.
The lab was really boring. lol. we dissolved cholesterone in ethanol then cooled it and filtered it.... lol.
I finally had my lunch at like 4:30 and watched Naruto and Shakugan no Shana 3 (which I am not telling NC about. lol.)
Then it was weekly meeting and we went through how to share again, but with more depth. Like, the Knowing God Personally booklets are cool, but they also leave a lot of room for elaboration and interactivity, so that was cool.
Then we went to RM's house for the C4C guys' night 'You had me at Bacon 2'. There was a lot of meat. lol. The chilli was awesome and the nachos were the best. lol. LT shared with us about what it means to be a man and how Jesus was not a feminine man. Authenticity, Servanthood and Initiative.
Then I got a drive home to go to sleep for 6 hours. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Yesterday was pretty jam-packed with stuff. Phys Chem lecture, Discipleship meeting with LT, Discipleing with KC, organic chem lab, weekly meeting, and 'You had me at Bacon 2'. That is what was planned for yesterday and it mostly played out as expected, well I don't know. I didn't really expect some things either. lol
Phys chem. whatever. (lol... it's almost done. =P)
Now for Discipleship with LT I was supposed to have arranged something, sharing with a club leader or one of my friends or something. I was also supposed to have finished thinking about my goals for growing spiritually this year and starting to plan for how that can be done. I kinda lost the sheets and I didn't have time to work on it... So instead we just had a time of quiet reflection on a passage in the Bible. I read some of what I was reading earlier and it was so cool. I will post it in a separate post because it's pretty long. lol. [Click here! lol.] After that we talked about how we can reach out to clubs on campus and meet them where they are at. LT had talked to a leader of a humans rights club and he was really interested. Anyways, I sent facebook messages to the 'leaders' of M22 to see if we could meet up next week and discuss a collaborative event in January (the one about human trafficking) and they are all interested in meeting up, they are even going to talk to others and see if they want to meet up too. So, ya. I need to pray for those meetings and God working in their lives and me and LT sharing the gospel with four groups of possible like 1-6 people.
Next was a meeting with KC. I was a bit late, but it was a great meeting. KC seems really happy every time we meet. We read John 1 first (I had intended that we read 1 John 1, but this is cool too. We ended up reading 1 John later anyways. lol.) Then we went through the old-school version of the Spirit-filled life booklet. There is a lot of reading in that booklet, which is awesome. We read like a part of like half the books in the new testament. Our meeting was really great, but also a bit long. lol I had to run off to my orgo lab. I really want to see God strongly change KC and see him praying aloud with a passion.
The lab was really boring. lol. we dissolved cholesterone in ethanol then cooled it and filtered it.... lol.
I finally had my lunch at like 4:30 and watched Naruto and Shakugan no Shana 3 (which I am not telling NC about. lol.)
Then it was weekly meeting and we went through how to share again, but with more depth. Like, the Knowing God Personally booklets are cool, but they also leave a lot of room for elaboration and interactivity, so that was cool.
Then we went to RM's house for the C4C guys' night 'You had me at Bacon 2'. There was a lot of meat. lol. The chilli was awesome and the nachos were the best. lol. LT shared with us about what it means to be a man and how Jesus was not a feminine man. Authenticity, Servanthood and Initiative.
Then I got a drive home to go to sleep for 6 hours. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
6.11.11
October in a post. Also this evening.
I'm really really really really really really (add a few more 'really's) excited right now. lol
So, ya. This month hasn't been the best. I mean, with all the wasted time from procrastinating on top of the massive amounts of schoolwork I have had recently I haven't been able to go sharing on campus and talk with students about God or the gospel. I was getting really really frustrated at that. Ya. I mean with all the time God is giving me and all the opportunities just sitting there.
Ya. So, I've been really excited for my friend this week. She got accepted to go on STINT! I'm praying for her and praying for myself too. I really want to go on project again this year (as I'm sure you know by now... lol).
This month I've been able to meet up with KC a few times and do a couple short Bible lessons. Being able to spend time with him in God's word and even just having time to talk with him has been good. I think I value times spent with friends doing nothing in particular so much more now than I used to.
My one on one discipleship with LT has started too. I've really wanted discipleship for a while. We are going through a personal develop plan planning thing. I haven't had time to sit down and just ask God to help me with it though, so I'm not going anywhere with it right now...
Ya, this week has been pretty bad maybe..? I'm not too sure. lol (I feel like I just blogged this stuff earlier..?) Ya, but ya.... lol. Today was good. Have I ever mentioned that I sometimes serve as worship leader at my church (Ottawa Chinese Bible Church)? Well, I do sometimes and it's always pretty rough until the day of. Like, I'm not a very good leader in the sense that I don't authoritatively take lead unless there's no one else in the group that I feel is more suitable as leader. I also don't get around to finalizing the setlist until the night before practice and ya... But the day of everything seems to just click into place. xP
In Ottawa (Carleton and uOttawa) each year we have an event called 'The Epic Project Party' which is like an event to tell people in Campus for Christ about the available projects and opportunities to go to the world and go on a 1 or 6 week missions trip during reading week or the summer. Last year's was amazing (it sounded like) and again I had a midterm that prevented me from going. Apparently LT shared a really good metaphor. There's an orchard of apple trees, like 10000 acres. There is one owner of the orchard and the land. He hires 100 apple pickers and goes away because he's busy or something and asks them to pick the apples while he is gone. So there is the main building on the land and 94 of the workers stay within the 800 acres directly around the orchard and 6 workers went a bit further. All the trees were in season and producing good fruit, but the 94 workers worked and picked so many of the apples that they decided to start making better equipment and crates and ladders and procedures for picking the apples. They picked the trees clean. However, the other 6 workers had 9200 acres to work on. They worked non-stop and saw apples dropping all around them. They came back and saw all the new equipment and stuff, but the trees had been fully picked and the 94 weren't picking any more apples while there were thousands rotting just a bit further away. What would the owner say when he gets back? Did they do the job he left them?
In the same way, the harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few in the missions field. Matthew 9:37-38
There are statistics thrown around about how much of our resources are sent to the unreached population of the world that I can't remember at this exact moment, but it's really high, like only 3% of missionaries go to unreached areas..? (Don't quote me on that.)
In any case, this evening I got to go see a Japanese movie called 'Always: Sunset on Third Street 2' a film from 2007. It was really good. In the end love was stronger than money. It was a tear-jerker. lol I didn't go alone to the movie. No. I went with six other people. The International Student Services Office organized us going to see it. The volunteer in charge was from China, there were two girls from Japan, a guy from Greece, a guy from Poland, a guy from Nigeria and me. It was really good. I got to meet them and talk to them and build friendships. I ended up talking a lot with one girl K(?) a bit about East Asia and a bunch about random stuff like Saturday morning anime when we were kids. xP I also got to talk a lot with the guy from Poland, M(?). He's taking Law so we were talking about cases and stuff. About justice and so I brought up the case from the Un.Cover magazine and about the injustices done to Jesus, so basically I shared the gospel. xP We then talked on the bus too about East Asia. So, I was really excited about how God brought me out this evening and used me and will continue using me if I offer myself to be used.
I really see how the nations are brought to us on campus. How there are so many international students from all over the world and even Carleton campus is a missions field in itself. My friend JXW. Her mom is from the commonwealth of Dominica. I've really felt like I should talk to her about God. I mean, we're good friends now and that shouldn't stop me either. Gah.
Ya. Monday we are having an outreach on campus in one of the dorms. A pizza party thing in the lounge on one of the floors.
So, ya. Pray for me and Carleton and International students and projects (East Asia and Desert Rain projects are a go!) and STINT and for my connection with God (I'm still not having good quiet times) and stuff in general. Let's see where God leads me and let's see how many oportunites God gives me to rely on His Spirit and just proclaim the good news to those who are desperately in need of a Saviour.
D.Fa
So, ya. This month hasn't been the best. I mean, with all the wasted time from procrastinating on top of the massive amounts of schoolwork I have had recently I haven't been able to go sharing on campus and talk with students about God or the gospel. I was getting really really frustrated at that. Ya. I mean with all the time God is giving me and all the opportunities just sitting there.
Ya. So, I've been really excited for my friend this week. She got accepted to go on STINT! I'm praying for her and praying for myself too. I really want to go on project again this year (as I'm sure you know by now... lol).
This month I've been able to meet up with KC a few times and do a couple short Bible lessons. Being able to spend time with him in God's word and even just having time to talk with him has been good. I think I value times spent with friends doing nothing in particular so much more now than I used to.
My one on one discipleship with LT has started too. I've really wanted discipleship for a while. We are going through a personal develop plan planning thing. I haven't had time to sit down and just ask God to help me with it though, so I'm not going anywhere with it right now...
Ya, this week has been pretty bad maybe..? I'm not too sure. lol (I feel like I just blogged this stuff earlier..?) Ya, but ya.... lol. Today was good. Have I ever mentioned that I sometimes serve as worship leader at my church (Ottawa Chinese Bible Church)? Well, I do sometimes and it's always pretty rough until the day of. Like, I'm not a very good leader in the sense that I don't authoritatively take lead unless there's no one else in the group that I feel is more suitable as leader. I also don't get around to finalizing the setlist until the night before practice and ya... But the day of everything seems to just click into place. xP
In Ottawa (Carleton and uOttawa) each year we have an event called 'The Epic Project Party' which is like an event to tell people in Campus for Christ about the available projects and opportunities to go to the world and go on a 1 or 6 week missions trip during reading week or the summer. Last year's was amazing (it sounded like) and again I had a midterm that prevented me from going. Apparently LT shared a really good metaphor. There's an orchard of apple trees, like 10000 acres. There is one owner of the orchard and the land. He hires 100 apple pickers and goes away because he's busy or something and asks them to pick the apples while he is gone. So there is the main building on the land and 94 of the workers stay within the 800 acres directly around the orchard and 6 workers went a bit further. All the trees were in season and producing good fruit, but the 94 workers worked and picked so many of the apples that they decided to start making better equipment and crates and ladders and procedures for picking the apples. They picked the trees clean. However, the other 6 workers had 9200 acres to work on. They worked non-stop and saw apples dropping all around them. They came back and saw all the new equipment and stuff, but the trees had been fully picked and the 94 weren't picking any more apples while there were thousands rotting just a bit further away. What would the owner say when he gets back? Did they do the job he left them?
In the same way, the harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few in the missions field. Matthew 9:37-38
There are statistics thrown around about how much of our resources are sent to the unreached population of the world that I can't remember at this exact moment, but it's really high, like only 3% of missionaries go to unreached areas..? (Don't quote me on that.)
In any case, this evening I got to go see a Japanese movie called 'Always: Sunset on Third Street 2' a film from 2007. It was really good. In the end love was stronger than money. It was a tear-jerker. lol I didn't go alone to the movie. No. I went with six other people. The International Student Services Office organized us going to see it. The volunteer in charge was from China, there were two girls from Japan, a guy from Greece, a guy from Poland, a guy from Nigeria and me. It was really good. I got to meet them and talk to them and build friendships. I ended up talking a lot with one girl K(?) a bit about East Asia and a bunch about random stuff like Saturday morning anime when we were kids. xP I also got to talk a lot with the guy from Poland, M(?). He's taking Law so we were talking about cases and stuff. About justice and so I brought up the case from the Un.Cover magazine and about the injustices done to Jesus, so basically I shared the gospel. xP We then talked on the bus too about East Asia. So, I was really excited about how God brought me out this evening and used me and will continue using me if I offer myself to be used.
I really see how the nations are brought to us on campus. How there are so many international students from all over the world and even Carleton campus is a missions field in itself. My friend JXW. Her mom is from the commonwealth of Dominica. I've really felt like I should talk to her about God. I mean, we're good friends now and that shouldn't stop me either. Gah.
Ya. Monday we are having an outreach on campus in one of the dorms. A pizza party thing in the lounge on one of the floors.
So, ya. Pray for me and Carleton and International students and projects (East Asia and Desert Rain projects are a go!) and STINT and for my connection with God (I'm still not having good quiet times) and stuff in general. Let's see where God leads me and let's see how many oportunites God gives me to rely on His Spirit and just proclaim the good news to those who are desperately in need of a Saviour.
D.Fa
1.11.11
Halloween and today
So, Monday was Halloween. Whatever. I'm too old to trick-or-treat, I'm too poor to buy and give out candy, I don't care for drinking, so wild parties are out, I didn't have time to create a humorous costume like RM did, so, normal day I guess. It's not even a good holiday. I mean, what is the moral behind it? Gluttony, partying, we could add demon worshipping to the list..? I don't mean to say it's all bad. But it can be very bad.
Point: Monday was Halloween. I had a lot of school on Monday I think. We finally got to do something in our phys chem lab. My other lab partners (because there's so much to do that the task is divided among three groups) wanted to just gossip during the time, like usual. >.>
Oh, in Biology we learned about dermal tissue. Whatever. It was just me and JXW that day because KL and KC weren't there. I hadn't really realized that we were such good friends. I really want to share the gospel with her. I asked God 'how?' last week and the answer was 'I haven't asked you yet, have I? What do you believe?' Point blank unless some build-up occurs naturally, but basically the JW approach. What can happen if I ask? I find out where she stands and can pray for her more specifically, we get into a spiritual conversation and God really speaks to her, or she can hear the gospel and receive the gift of eternal life. No down side.
DG was good. I was kinda on the hot seat and was asked what was the most amazing thing that happened on EAP. When I was falling behind, I took the day of rest reluctantly praying that God would be working even though I wouldn't be. And while we were playing with a frisbee, He connected me with Moped, who's English wasn't the best, so we didn't meet with him immediately, but when we did we shared the gospel and saw him come to accept Christ as his personal saviour. It wasn't me, God was working that day.
KD for dinner. xP
Today. So long ago. Umm. I slept in by accident. I also shaved last night. xP Movember has begun. EE was telling me about how much she loves Movember because she likes facial hair. But she urged me to grow out my beard too because she dislikes 'just moustaches'. It is not 'no shave November' it is 'moustache Movember'! I am contemplating dying it a really weird colour.
BIOL lab was good. We finished really early because we started the questions before we got there apparently. So I went to do my Stats assignment. Also really short.
I have to get a lunch together with some first year guys soon though. Partially because NC's mom asked me to go out for lunch with him and maybe bring a friend or two, and also because it is a good idea. I'm getting into a weird train of thought though. Like, I have to organize an event later on, an outreach event. So, I'm kinda in the mindset that everything we do should fit into the category of outreach events where there is someone inspiring others, some people experiencing the Spirit and doing outreach to help others discover Jesus. But then I'm also mainly thinking of inviting first year asian guys... so i don't even know what to do because ya... and to make it outreach you need to invite more people, so limiting the criteria (which God never does) isn't the best plan. Also, sushi doesn't really work too well with giant crowds which is what I'm picturing in my head.
Anyways, I'm super excited for JL who is applying for Short Term INTernational (STINT) missions trip with Power to Change (P2C)!
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Why does the devil always strike when you are feeling the best..? He's lame.
Point: Monday was Halloween. I had a lot of school on Monday I think. We finally got to do something in our phys chem lab. My other lab partners (because there's so much to do that the task is divided among three groups) wanted to just gossip during the time, like usual. >.>
Oh, in Biology we learned about dermal tissue. Whatever. It was just me and JXW that day because KL and KC weren't there. I hadn't really realized that we were such good friends. I really want to share the gospel with her. I asked God 'how?' last week and the answer was 'I haven't asked you yet, have I? What do you believe?' Point blank unless some build-up occurs naturally, but basically the JW approach. What can happen if I ask? I find out where she stands and can pray for her more specifically, we get into a spiritual conversation and God really speaks to her, or she can hear the gospel and receive the gift of eternal life. No down side.
DG was good. I was kinda on the hot seat and was asked what was the most amazing thing that happened on EAP. When I was falling behind, I took the day of rest reluctantly praying that God would be working even though I wouldn't be. And while we were playing with a frisbee, He connected me with Moped, who's English wasn't the best, so we didn't meet with him immediately, but when we did we shared the gospel and saw him come to accept Christ as his personal saviour. It wasn't me, God was working that day.
KD for dinner. xP
Today. So long ago. Umm. I slept in by accident. I also shaved last night. xP Movember has begun. EE was telling me about how much she loves Movember because she likes facial hair. But she urged me to grow out my beard too because she dislikes 'just moustaches'. It is not 'no shave November' it is 'moustache Movember'! I am contemplating dying it a really weird colour.
BIOL lab was good. We finished really early because we started the questions before we got there apparently. So I went to do my Stats assignment. Also really short.
I have to get a lunch together with some first year guys soon though. Partially because NC's mom asked me to go out for lunch with him and maybe bring a friend or two, and also because it is a good idea. I'm getting into a weird train of thought though. Like, I have to organize an event later on, an outreach event. So, I'm kinda in the mindset that everything we do should fit into the category of outreach events where there is someone inspiring others, some people experiencing the Spirit and doing outreach to help others discover Jesus. But then I'm also mainly thinking of inviting first year asian guys... so i don't even know what to do because ya... and to make it outreach you need to invite more people, so limiting the criteria (which God never does) isn't the best plan. Also, sushi doesn't really work too well with giant crowds which is what I'm picturing in my head.
Anyways, I'm super excited for JL who is applying for Short Term INTernational (STINT) missions trip with Power to Change (P2C)!
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Why does the devil always strike when you are feeling the best..? He's lame.
7.10.11
Wow.
Hey,
I was just looking through some of my EA papers and I found like 4 more instant messaging addresses I thought I didn't have, which is awesome!!!!!
Also, I just found a paper of 're-entry questions to ask yourself'. I was reading a couple thinking I should answer these sometime. #3 said 'What changes, real or imagined, will people close to me observe or sense? How can I get them to accept me as I am now?' I was thinking, what would I have written. I hope I didn't write that I am more asian or 'FOBy'... It looked like I hadn't answered the questions. Then I checked the back. On the back there were some answers.
Answer to number 3: I hope that God has really stirred me up for his Great Commission and just to be a life long labourer, that people would see this, be encouraged and excited.
And I realized that's what happened when I went to Quebec, I had been stirred up, I was there with this desire to share the gospel and change lives there. I was not content to sit back and watch things happen.
Ya. I think that God has changed me. It's all through his Holy Spirit.
D.Fa
I was just looking through some of my EA papers and I found like 4 more instant messaging addresses I thought I didn't have, which is awesome!!!!!
Also, I just found a paper of 're-entry questions to ask yourself'. I was reading a couple thinking I should answer these sometime. #3 said 'What changes, real or imagined, will people close to me observe or sense? How can I get them to accept me as I am now?' I was thinking, what would I have written. I hope I didn't write that I am more asian or 'FOBy'... It looked like I hadn't answered the questions. Then I checked the back. On the back there were some answers.
Answer to number 3: I hope that God has really stirred me up for his Great Commission and just to be a life long labourer, that people would see this, be encouraged and excited.
And I realized that's what happened when I went to Quebec, I had been stirred up, I was there with this desire to share the gospel and change lives there. I was not content to sit back and watch things happen.
Ya. I think that God has changed me. It's all through his Holy Spirit.
D.Fa
3.10.11
Sum it up!
So, guys, Summit was this weekend.
I guess I kinda kept comparing it to last year's Summit. In comparison, well it can't even be compared. I have changed so much through God's work in my life. I mean last year at Summit I was so focused on worship and couldn't even sing (which was actually humbling). I didn't really meet anyone other than the guys. I slept through a couple sessions. It was cold and there was a large competition between campuses leading to isolation rather than unity in many cases. Even through all that God really enforced that I should share the gospel with my friend KC and to just take a step in faith and share my faith for the first time with someone. So, I went for it and just asked him one day when we were walking in the halls. He accepted Christ into his life and he began an exciting new life.
He started going to church and Young Adults fellowship. He went to a discipleship group a couple times.
He began growing more distant from these things for reasons such as work or other things.
I wasn't in his classes anymore in second semester and I didn't end up seeing him very much at all the rest of the year...
We texted each other here and there, but I wasn't in Ottawa during the summer and ya... When I got the follow-up material in East Asia, I thought about going through it with him. God placed it on my heart. I know he hasn't really read very much of the Bible and has drifted from fellowship. God kept telling me to disciple him one on one.
When I got back this year I found out we had a class together! Yay! We have been talking a bit after every class. He has developed a social anxiety and has trouble with people now. This put a halt on my plans to reintegrate him into C4C or church, but reemphasized the one-on-one discipling... I was kinda scared of the idea and didn't know how to bring it up. I prayed for it semi-reluctantly, but kept pushing it off.
I was doing follow-up of people who said they'd like to meet up with someone from C4C and I was going all out and burning out. No time for KC.
Then it was Summit time again. I'm so glad I got to go and fellowship with everyone. Although I didn't know anyone from the other four campuses, everyone was warm and welcoming (there was no stupid balloon competition and the rival schools were in the same cabins as each other so there were no pranks) and it was a great weekend. The new national director spoke about Thessolonica as a world-changing community and God was there that weekend.
At the end as usual were the faith barriers and asking God to help us break them down. There were a bunch of smaller things, but I didn't know what to do. I ended up writing a huge paragraph of ways I could be more faithful than I am now and then writing a similar, but different version on the front of my Bible (I will post it seaprately). Oh, also I got to see GS grow in his walk with God and JH too. They both didn't know where they stood or what they believed, but they came to summit and I'm sure they were changed.
Anyways, one of the things I wrote down was to disciple KC. I need God's help on this. I am not a natural teacher. However, there is hope and God has given us his Spirit as helper. At summit there was this girl from Carleton who gave her testimony. Last year she wouldn't have been able to come to Summit, let alone speak in front of 100 people. She had social anxiety, but she prayed that God would heal her. She couldn't keep living the way she was. God can heal KC.
Yesterday I had class with KC. I accidentally forgot I had it and was half an hour late. >.> Way to start. After class we were talking. I had (short notice) invited him to Summit. He ended up playing video games and doing readings and staying home the whole weekend. But we ended up on the topic of the discovery groups were were having or something and he said 'I don't really know very much about the Bible, so I wouldn't have very much to say' or something and so I asked 'Well, I actually have some lessons I was thinking of going through with you, if you'd like. Do you want to?' or something and he enthusiastically said yes with a smile on his face!
Awesome!!!!! Day 1 back from summit and even though I was late to class, dying tired and pretty hungry the only conversation I had with him ended up with the discipling lessons even though I was not the one to ask him directly out of context, what he said led to it.
My God is awesome, yo.
=D.Fa
I guess I kinda kept comparing it to last year's Summit. In comparison, well it can't even be compared. I have changed so much through God's work in my life. I mean last year at Summit I was so focused on worship and couldn't even sing (which was actually humbling). I didn't really meet anyone other than the guys. I slept through a couple sessions. It was cold and there was a large competition between campuses leading to isolation rather than unity in many cases. Even through all that God really enforced that I should share the gospel with my friend KC and to just take a step in faith and share my faith for the first time with someone. So, I went for it and just asked him one day when we were walking in the halls. He accepted Christ into his life and he began an exciting new life.
He started going to church and Young Adults fellowship. He went to a discipleship group a couple times.
He began growing more distant from these things for reasons such as work or other things.
I wasn't in his classes anymore in second semester and I didn't end up seeing him very much at all the rest of the year...
We texted each other here and there, but I wasn't in Ottawa during the summer and ya... When I got the follow-up material in East Asia, I thought about going through it with him. God placed it on my heart. I know he hasn't really read very much of the Bible and has drifted from fellowship. God kept telling me to disciple him one on one.
When I got back this year I found out we had a class together! Yay! We have been talking a bit after every class. He has developed a social anxiety and has trouble with people now. This put a halt on my plans to reintegrate him into C4C or church, but reemphasized the one-on-one discipling... I was kinda scared of the idea and didn't know how to bring it up. I prayed for it semi-reluctantly, but kept pushing it off.
I was doing follow-up of people who said they'd like to meet up with someone from C4C and I was going all out and burning out. No time for KC.
Then it was Summit time again. I'm so glad I got to go and fellowship with everyone. Although I didn't know anyone from the other four campuses, everyone was warm and welcoming (there was no stupid balloon competition and the rival schools were in the same cabins as each other so there were no pranks) and it was a great weekend. The new national director spoke about Thessolonica as a world-changing community and God was there that weekend.
At the end as usual were the faith barriers and asking God to help us break them down. There were a bunch of smaller things, but I didn't know what to do. I ended up writing a huge paragraph of ways I could be more faithful than I am now and then writing a similar, but different version on the front of my Bible (I will post it seaprately). Oh, also I got to see GS grow in his walk with God and JH too. They both didn't know where they stood or what they believed, but they came to summit and I'm sure they were changed.
Anyways, one of the things I wrote down was to disciple KC. I need God's help on this. I am not a natural teacher. However, there is hope and God has given us his Spirit as helper. At summit there was this girl from Carleton who gave her testimony. Last year she wouldn't have been able to come to Summit, let alone speak in front of 100 people. She had social anxiety, but she prayed that God would heal her. She couldn't keep living the way she was. God can heal KC.
Yesterday I had class with KC. I accidentally forgot I had it and was half an hour late. >.> Way to start. After class we were talking. I had (short notice) invited him to Summit. He ended up playing video games and doing readings and staying home the whole weekend. But we ended up on the topic of the discovery groups were were having or something and he said 'I don't really know very much about the Bible, so I wouldn't have very much to say' or something and so I asked 'Well, I actually have some lessons I was thinking of going through with you, if you'd like. Do you want to?' or something and he enthusiastically said yes with a smile on his face!
Awesome!!!!! Day 1 back from summit and even though I was late to class, dying tired and pretty hungry the only conversation I had with him ended up with the discipling lessons even though I was not the one to ask him directly out of context, what he said led to it.
My God is awesome, yo.
=D.Fa
28.9.11
Makeshift 22
So, today was filled. Literally every second of my day was filled. But it was awesome. I kinda slept through Biochem class though... >.>
Later on I helped LF in Phys Chem class. Helping him find errors in his assignment.
Next was my break. I think I was... umm. Ya. I was in the Loeb building chilling with some of my friends working on my BIOC lab and doing the prelab quiz. Then I ran off to my Plant Bio class and learned Korean again. lol. There was a beet being passed around the class. >.> and he was telling us about weird stems...
Then I had to go help out at the Raven's Log table for Carleton's Club Days. There were like 4 or 5 of us there so I really didn't do anything. I joined CUJA (the Carleton University Japanese Association) and got a FootPatrol Application. Also I said I would like to volunteer with Sock and Buskin (theatre group) not to mention that I'm an exec in Raven's Log (which you should definitely check out some time. I will link it in the side bar..? It is a youtube club). On top of C4C stuff... I'm overloading myself... again.... lol.
Between 4:30 and 6 I did a WBS Bible Study. That was cool. It was about the Family of God.
At 6 I had a Co-op seminar thing. It was informative and funny. There were four employers from varying workplaces and we got to ask them questions. I took 7.5 pages of notes. I have to write a resume or something by Wednesday...
At 7:30 I went to this meeting for 'Makeshift 22'. What in the world is Makeshift 22..? That is what I was thinking going into it. SC president of Raven's Log told us to all go and network, promote the club etc. Makeshift 22 is an amazing idea. It's all about cross-disciplinary and inter-club projects supporting each other and working collaboratively on projects for good causes. Also, they want to be able to support projects that individuals have but have nowhere to throw out this idea and get it started and rolling. On top of funding they also will be able to provide people support and ideas and basically promotion too and everything really. They can look into their members database for people interested in such projects or useful in that area and get your ideas off the ground. It's still starting up because last semester was it's first semester and it was only architecture last year. I see a lot of potential here and want to see it grow.
Ya. I'm excited, over worked, under slept and have a lab to finish. lol
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Apparently I will be Vloging soon. Also, I take blog requests now..? (You'll see.)
Later on I helped LF in Phys Chem class. Helping him find errors in his assignment.
Next was my break. I think I was... umm. Ya. I was in the Loeb building chilling with some of my friends working on my BIOC lab and doing the prelab quiz. Then I ran off to my Plant Bio class and learned Korean again. lol. There was a beet being passed around the class. >.> and he was telling us about weird stems...
Then I had to go help out at the Raven's Log table for Carleton's Club Days. There were like 4 or 5 of us there so I really didn't do anything. I joined CUJA (the Carleton University Japanese Association) and got a FootPatrol Application. Also I said I would like to volunteer with Sock and Buskin (theatre group) not to mention that I'm an exec in Raven's Log (which you should definitely check out some time. I will link it in the side bar..? It is a youtube club). On top of C4C stuff... I'm overloading myself... again.... lol.
Between 4:30 and 6 I did a WBS Bible Study. That was cool. It was about the Family of God.
At 6 I had a Co-op seminar thing. It was informative and funny. There were four employers from varying workplaces and we got to ask them questions. I took 7.5 pages of notes. I have to write a resume or something by Wednesday...
At 7:30 I went to this meeting for 'Makeshift 22'. What in the world is Makeshift 22..? That is what I was thinking going into it. SC president of Raven's Log told us to all go and network, promote the club etc. Makeshift 22 is an amazing idea. It's all about cross-disciplinary and inter-club projects supporting each other and working collaboratively on projects for good causes. Also, they want to be able to support projects that individuals have but have nowhere to throw out this idea and get it started and rolling. On top of funding they also will be able to provide people support and ideas and basically promotion too and everything really. They can look into their members database for people interested in such projects or useful in that area and get your ideas off the ground. It's still starting up because last semester was it's first semester and it was only architecture last year. I see a lot of potential here and want to see it grow.
Ya. I'm excited, over worked, under slept and have a lab to finish. lol
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Apparently I will be Vloging soon. Also, I take blog requests now..? (You'll see.)
15.9.11
Dread and Joy
"I've dread this more than I've dreaded anything else in my entire life."
Well, I haven't dread this that much, but I didn't want it to happen. I'm starting to get behind in my school work... >.> I'm trying to be really keen and get things done, do readings, etc. For two or three days in a row now I have not done any work at home. Actually things I wanted to do and planned for that weren't homework are also being shirked.
I meant to go buy groceries yesterday after getting home from school, but, for the purposes of being home at a reasonable hour so I could call some people, I had to leave to play tennis with my brother before buying groceries. In the end I came home with two big bags of groceries from my parents' house. lol
All my labs this week seem to be introductory labs, not actually doing anything, so I haven't had to really do pre-labs except for my plant biology class and that lab is going to be a piece of cake. The entire semester just cutting up plants, staining them with dyes and then looking at them under the microscope. lol. interesting, easy and awesome. lol
Umm. Ya, last night when I got home around 7:20 I procrastinated until 8, but then I started doing more follow-up calls and getting more meetings set up. I got four more meetings scheduled and I have another guy to call later today that I texted yesterday. So, that is awesome. xP
The meeting I just had an hour ago went really well. MD is really cool. He is originally from India, but grew up in Dubai and now lives with his uncle in Barrhaven. It's a bit of a commute to Carleton from there, but that's cool. He doesn't have a cell phone yet though. xP He was really interested in getting involved. He even asked for another magazine so that he could share it with one of his friends!
So far so good. Got a lab to go to.
Ttyl.
=D.Fa
Well, I haven't dread this that much, but I didn't want it to happen. I'm starting to get behind in my school work... >.> I'm trying to be really keen and get things done, do readings, etc. For two or three days in a row now I have not done any work at home. Actually things I wanted to do and planned for that weren't homework are also being shirked.
I meant to go buy groceries yesterday after getting home from school, but, for the purposes of being home at a reasonable hour so I could call some people, I had to leave to play tennis with my brother before buying groceries. In the end I came home with two big bags of groceries from my parents' house. lol
All my labs this week seem to be introductory labs, not actually doing anything, so I haven't had to really do pre-labs except for my plant biology class and that lab is going to be a piece of cake. The entire semester just cutting up plants, staining them with dyes and then looking at them under the microscope. lol. interesting, easy and awesome. lol
Umm. Ya, last night when I got home around 7:20 I procrastinated until 8, but then I started doing more follow-up calls and getting more meetings set up. I got four more meetings scheduled and I have another guy to call later today that I texted yesterday. So, that is awesome. xP
The meeting I just had an hour ago went really well. MD is really cool. He is originally from India, but grew up in Dubai and now lives with his uncle in Barrhaven. It's a bit of a commute to Carleton from there, but that's cool. He doesn't have a cell phone yet though. xP He was really interested in getting involved. He even asked for another magazine so that he could share it with one of his friends!
So far so good. Got a lab to go to.
Ttyl.
=D.Fa
12.9.11
Excited again!
Hey D.Fa! Don't ever forget that God is amazing and answers prayers!
When you ask him of things he will answer! When you ask for things in accordance with his will, he will give them to you! When you seek first his kingdom and righteousness he will provide everything else! When you don't know what to do, trust in him and trust in him to guide you!
I wanted to help out more at C4C this year and have God use me. Suddenly I'm doing so much more without even really asking to. I get to do some follow-up for the survey campaign contest. I get to lead worship for tomorrow's prayer meeting. I get to see all my friends from last year and still be their friends as if nothing happened to separate us during the summer. I get to come back and be changed and be used to change others. I'm so thankful for the people I have met this week, for the people around me, for everything really.
Today I had two lectures and a tutorial. All my profs are pretty zany. (except my stats prof) My classes are gonna be awesome this year! I just need to stay on track and everything will work out.
I'm glad I got to spend some time with KC and help him out with his prelab. I hope and pray that God would be working in his life. I saw that he signed up for a DG, so I really hope that he comes out to those and really participates and that God changes him too.
God doesn't just take sinners and leave them the way they are. Although he loves them for who they are, he doesn't love our sin. He payed for our sin through Jesus' death on the cross, but just as Jesus was raised again to new life, so must we be transformed to a new life and grow into the person we were meant to be. It's exciting.
Today we were calling some people for follow up. I got 10 guys. I called like 5, set up 3 meetings, emailed the rest, probably not much there, but really, there are almost 100 first year guys who are interested in meeting up with us for a brief chat about God or Spiritual questions. I pray that God would really be using us in the little time we have and change other lives.
God is awesome.
Peace.
D.Fa
When you ask him of things he will answer! When you ask for things in accordance with his will, he will give them to you! When you seek first his kingdom and righteousness he will provide everything else! When you don't know what to do, trust in him and trust in him to guide you!
I wanted to help out more at C4C this year and have God use me. Suddenly I'm doing so much more without even really asking to. I get to do some follow-up for the survey campaign contest. I get to lead worship for tomorrow's prayer meeting. I get to see all my friends from last year and still be their friends as if nothing happened to separate us during the summer. I get to come back and be changed and be used to change others. I'm so thankful for the people I have met this week, for the people around me, for everything really.
Today I had two lectures and a tutorial. All my profs are pretty zany. (except my stats prof) My classes are gonna be awesome this year! I just need to stay on track and everything will work out.
I'm glad I got to spend some time with KC and help him out with his prelab. I hope and pray that God would be working in his life. I saw that he signed up for a DG, so I really hope that he comes out to those and really participates and that God changes him too.
God doesn't just take sinners and leave them the way they are. Although he loves them for who they are, he doesn't love our sin. He payed for our sin through Jesus' death on the cross, but just as Jesus was raised again to new life, so must we be transformed to a new life and grow into the person we were meant to be. It's exciting.
Today we were calling some people for follow up. I got 10 guys. I called like 5, set up 3 meetings, emailed the rest, probably not much there, but really, there are almost 100 first year guys who are interested in meeting up with us for a brief chat about God or Spiritual questions. I pray that God would really be using us in the little time we have and change other lives.
God is awesome.
Peace.
D.Fa
10.9.11
First Frosh Finale
Hey guys!
Super crazy week this one has been!
Saturday 8am-5pm
We were on campus moving half of the students into residence. It was a really great time of getting to interact more with my team and getting to work together with the other facilitators. The main thing that made me think was just how much of a great service it is having all the facils helping move people into res. You pull up in a minivan packed to the egdes with bags, boxes, clothes, books, etc. with just you, and your parents. The task of moving in might take a while. 5 minutes later you are done. How? The 20 facils that grabbed a box moved it all in one trip! All of them with smiles and a desire to help welcome you and give a hand. I really enjoyed this day and just getting to see all the excited first year students got me really pumped!
Sunday 8am-1am
Repeat of yesterday. I wore different shoes because I got blisters from my converses. lol. By the end of the day everyone starts getting really tired. There was a meal for off campus frosh and we got to meet them for a bit although a bunch didn't end up participating in most of the week. At 7 or something Ravenpalooza happened. It was like a pep rally and there was also Second City doing improv and sketch comedy. After that was the much video dance! I got to meet a couple frosh and patrolled around the room. The dance was really fun. We also walked people home, either to res or their cars or a little further. Safety precautions. I was dead tired when I got home. I got a drive home which is awesome because it started pouring. lol
Monday 8am-2am
Roundup the frosh by pounding on their doors and chanting Slinky cheers! We got to meet and talk to our frosh for the first time. Asian guy with super British accent, what?! It doesn't work in my head. I think he's impersonating a Beatle. >.> Umm. A workshop and a play. Also at the same time we were scrambling to move in the last 500 students into the new incomplete res building. Then we all went off to the canal and had canal games! Fun carnival style games pitting team against team. Always included a cheer off and then we'd switch stations and do it again. Games included inflatable obstacle courses, a dunk tank, a real life battleship game. Then we prepared for the team dance competition. LOL. E(?) was so stressing out about our choreography. At the end of the dance was a cheer and they all did really well. All 17 teams used a different song! Except for 'Teach me how to Douggy'. >.> Then dinner time. Afterwards was CU@Night! Two dances, BINGO!, Trevor Boris, and Karaoke. It was a lot of fun too. Afterwards me and AL walked a couple engineer students most of the way home. They live a little further than me, so we walked together to my house then split ways. So tired. lol.
Tuesday 8am-11pm
Wake up! Then we all went off to that grassy area by the uncovered teepee and had a 'Spirit Roundup' where every team did a lot of cheering and there were two competitions (I think) the Burp-Off and Pudding Eating contests. Either way, afterwards we all walked along the canal down to the beaches! It was beach day! The main events were sand castle building and cheer competition, volleyball, and dodgeball. There was free redbull and other stuff too. We spent a lot of time working on our castle. We got to work right away and made an amazing sandcastle! (Ours was the only castle!!!) All the others were really good too. Umm. After we went back and had dinner. Then we rounded up the frosh and went to the concert!! Stereokid and Down with Webster! 'Whoa!' It was a lot of fun. I was in the middle of the crowd with NC and JC (same last name. lol) great concert, but Stereokid may have been better musicians.
Wednesday 6pm-11pm
Ok. Wednesday I woke up at 8 and got to work. I had to prepare for school. I hadn't bought any books or even knew where my classes were yet. I got a lot done. I went to the bookstore and I don't really remember a lot of it. lol. Then I had dinner with JC and one of his friends. Also a trombone player! Then I had to go roundup the Slinkys to go to the Expo! What is the Expo? It is where pretty much all the organizations, clubs, Societies, and campus groups get together and show the frosh what they are, give out free things and have contests. It was pretty wild. So many people in such a small space. I didn't get very much free stuff, but I got to see a bit about Foot Patrol and a number of other groups. After that was a (really bad) talent show of a couple groups from Carleton. The South Asian Alliance Dance group was okay. They won 500$ for their club. Last of the night was 'MTV's The Buried Life'. Reading this on the schedule I thought 'Oh no... MTV. This is going to be bad.' They are really cool four guys who in their own circumstances came to think about their lives and what they wanted to do before they died. They wrote a list of 100 things and started getting to work completing them. It started as a two week trip, but it got extended over and over. They also along the way decided they should help others achieve their dreams. They have helped a lot of people with a number of really cool projects. One of the things on their list was to have a television show. Eventually they signed on to MTV when they were approached, but they told them that they'd be in control of the episodes and filming and everything. So it's still a good show, just on MTV. lol.
Thursday 10am-1:30am
First day of classes! I had one lecture in the morning. Organic Chemistry with my prof is going to be awesome. No textbooks. Just the lecture slides and schedules all printed and bound into an 80$ book of things we actually need. He's a really cool prof too. I got to help JS with the current C4C outreach contest '$1000 in Change' campaign by handing out short surveys and talking to people a bit for a couple hours. Later I went to get more books. The bookstore's lines were sooooo long. Then I went home to see my mom. She has been back since Sunday morning and she is much better. She is having a bit of a vision problem, but she is mobile and eating and feeling much better. She had been off her feet for a long time though, so she's getting readjusted to walking. This is a chance to start over. She's lost a lot of weight, lost a lot of pills, is eating better. Keep praying for her. Then I got a drive to school for some follow-up training for the campaign. Then I had Stats at 6. It ended early and there was no lab that night. Then roundup for the Ravens basketball game against California. There were so many frosh that the facils were kicked out of the stands. I read the Un.Cover magazine which speaks about our cravings and how they can point to there being a source of these cravings and something that can satisfy them. We won the game! Then we went off to Alumni Park on campus to watch ToyStory3! I ended up talking with two of the frosh most of the time though even after the movie was done. One of them is from Iqaluit and has a lot of crazy stories. They both like curling and theyb talked about that for way too long. >.>
Friday 7am-11pm
First up, pancake breakfast! It was really good. I kinda slept in a bit, so I didn't do any round up. After it was time to Shine! Friday was Shine day. You see, every year Carleton University donates a large amount to Shinearama, a foundation that does Cystic Fibrosis research. Today's schedule was empty except for shining, meaning going and collecting spare change donations from people all over the city. I had chem class at 10 though, so I went to that. KG is in my phys chem class. We went to Haven to get some books. 'They are upstairs and there is no room on the shelves right now until these books are sold. Come back next week.' Kinda annoying, but the design book I was reading in the check-out line was interesting. Then I was caught by another slinky who was shining, so I helped her for a couple hours. When another slinky came and took her place I left too and did some homework. Then C4C had their first weekly meeting! I thought I was excited for the frosh I had met so far, but it was super exciting getting to meet frosh who already are ready to do ministry and join C4C in helping other students discover Jesus. Summit is at the end of the month and I really want to go! Lastly was the Closing Ceremony. There was a Shine Auction. Things were stolen from Vice-Heads and sold back to them for Shinearama donations. lol. A bunch of awards, three bands and a lot of stuff. Tympanic was really good. A latin feel, good vocals and good playing, a SAXOPHONE! They were really good. And that was it.
I got NY and AM's cell numbers. I still need to get S(?), M(?), T(?), S(?) and R(?)'s cell numbers. I have a very irrational idea that if I don't get some contact info from the frosh I met, that I will never see them again. I know they are in Prescott, but I can't just walk in. Also I feel that my schedule is hard to work with. It seems I have 8 labs every two weeks instead of the 3 from last year. >.> It's gonna be an experience, but God will be doing so much this year! I can't wait!
This was my first frosh week and it was so good. I can't wait to do it again! (if I can) I'm pretty stoked at how much God has changed me since this summer started. But now it's fall and it's time to keep changing. lol.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
3.9.11
I was offered a Gatorade, so I guess it's okay.
When you are a mover, as I learned from Seinfeld, you are supposed to be offered a drink. One guy actually did offer us some of his gatorades.
Anyways, today I had a whole day, whole body workout. This was accomplished by day 1 of students moving into residence at Carleton. Frosh Facils apparently bond and cheer and act over the top this weekend in preparation for frosh week. Well, actually, the majority of people in res are frosh, so this is technically frosh week now. >.>
So. The way this worked was I woke up early, walked to school, waited at the meeting place, and then the day began. We would all eagerly await the cars that would pull up. Then we'd chant 'Pop That Trunk!' with claps on the words. Cheer enthusiastically as it popped open. Ask where it was going, then take an armful of stuff. Drag it up the stairs, or wait for the elevator (in which case we'd practice being sardines. literally sealed and packaged with oil) and get to their door. We'd then have a drum roll as they reach for their keys and go to swipe. As it opens, more enthusiastic cheering. Welcoming and kind words as we unload and leave. Run down the stairs. Redo.
At the start of the day I was not happy about being there. I was not happy about not knowing anyone on my team.
Hauling massive amounts of clothes, water bottles and various other stuff all over the res was a lot of fun. I went to Prescott, Renfrew, Lanark, Frontenac and Leeds! When I went to Leeds (which is on the other side of the campus basically) it was to help an international student from India who had just got to school from the airport after a 36 hour flight! I'm really glad that Carleton has an ISC to help International Students.
Umm. Ya. By the end of the day I was so pumped to be out there and just meet these first year students! I'm really glad I have signed up for the Language Exchange Program and the Orientation Mentorship Program! I'm really excited to get out there and start mentoring and maybe even discipling first year guys!
I also got to see three of my friends and help them move in. DK, SC and CC.
Anyways, I need to sleep again. I also need to buy books eventually... >.> When? Who knows. >.>
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I think it's pretty awesome that I didn't burn out today. 9 hours of hard labour and having a smile on my face the whole time. I didn't have breakfast either. lol. Thank God for getting me through it!
PPS. My mom is going home tomorrow. Pray for her. She's going to be very weak. She's been in a bed for nearly two weeks. Very thankfully, however, she is going home and the whole problem with [prescription/over the counter] drugs and stuff is worked out and she should be way better off than she was before.
Anyways, today I had a whole day, whole body workout. This was accomplished by day 1 of students moving into residence at Carleton. Frosh Facils apparently bond and cheer and act over the top this weekend in preparation for frosh week. Well, actually, the majority of people in res are frosh, so this is technically frosh week now. >.>
So. The way this worked was I woke up early, walked to school, waited at the meeting place, and then the day began. We would all eagerly await the cars that would pull up. Then we'd chant 'Pop That Trunk!' with claps on the words. Cheer enthusiastically as it popped open. Ask where it was going, then take an armful of stuff. Drag it up the stairs, or wait for the elevator (in which case we'd practice being sardines. literally sealed and packaged with oil) and get to their door. We'd then have a drum roll as they reach for their keys and go to swipe. As it opens, more enthusiastic cheering. Welcoming and kind words as we unload and leave. Run down the stairs. Redo.
At the start of the day I was not happy about being there. I was not happy about not knowing anyone on my team.
Hauling massive amounts of clothes, water bottles and various other stuff all over the res was a lot of fun. I went to Prescott, Renfrew, Lanark, Frontenac and Leeds! When I went to Leeds (which is on the other side of the campus basically) it was to help an international student from India who had just got to school from the airport after a 36 hour flight! I'm really glad that Carleton has an ISC to help International Students.
Umm. Ya. By the end of the day I was so pumped to be out there and just meet these first year students! I'm really glad I have signed up for the Language Exchange Program and the Orientation Mentorship Program! I'm really excited to get out there and start mentoring and maybe even discipling first year guys!
I also got to see three of my friends and help them move in. DK, SC and CC.
Anyways, I need to sleep again. I also need to buy books eventually... >.> When? Who knows. >.>
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I think it's pretty awesome that I didn't burn out today. 9 hours of hard labour and having a smile on my face the whole time. I didn't have breakfast either. lol. Thank God for getting me through it!
PPS. My mom is going home tomorrow. Pray for her. She's going to be very weak. She's been in a bed for nearly two weeks. Very thankfully, however, she is going home and the whole problem with [prescription/over the counter] drugs and stuff is worked out and she should be way better off than she was before.
24.8.11
太大了！
So. Brief update because I'm dead tired.
Yesterday was the second day of VBS here in Toronto and it was another good day. A little less organized making me think back to Quebec and how it was always semi-chaotic and tiring, but yesterday was still very good. The volunteers continue to become more involved and take the baby-sitting aspect off our hands.
Yesterday's mission was heroes take action. The message was written on garbage bag capes. Later in the day we converted them into a volleyball net and I thought that it was super cool. I really wanted to play real volleyball, but the VBS isn't for me to be playing, it's for us to encourage and build up these kids. So it means playing for the purpose of giving those other kids the opportunity to play, especially the shorter or less aggressive players in volleyball's case.
Anyways, B(?) is super cute everyday. Getting cuter everyday. She loves balloons. Played with one for over an hour yesterday.
We attempted to make jello with pineapple pieces in it. The recipe book almost definitely wants the jello to set before inserting pineapple. You see there are enzymes in the pineapple that fight the gelatin effectively keeping it from jello-fying properly. So, we put them in the freezer. Today they were kinda slushie like. Most of the kids hacked at them for a while then gave up. lol
Yesterday night me and AL went downtown to the ex to meet up with TL, RW and LA. Problem: we are from Ottawa. Bussing, subway-ing and streetcar-ing was a very trying task. We had to buy bus coins or whatever they are called and it took a really long time to get there. We technically had a curfew of 10:30. We got home a bit after midnight. That time with them wasn't really enough, but it was still a great time. Everything was so expensive. We had a Swiss waffle with ice cream and strawberries as a substitute for funnel cake, we went on a 6$ ride, then we found funnel cakes and had one. We found out why it's a funnel cake. LA is exactly the same.
Anyways, TL took the subway with us and then his dad gave us drives. So good! Thanks! Anyways, problem: I don't know where I live. lol. I knew we turn right, go up a slight incline, turn right again and then it's the house to the left, but ya... lol. It was funny. I'm really glad I didn't have to bus home. I'm also very very glad AL didn't have to bus home.
Today started on time. I woke up and thought 'I want to sleep. Five more minutes. No. Will not work. Just get up.' So much more efficient. After like 5 hours of sleep for both me and RL (because he was skyping/ I made him stay up so I could get into the house) we were dead tired. Baozi.
Camp. Posters keep falling and more tape keeps going up. Another awesome day. We were going to go to the park in the afternoon, so we prayed for good weather. Terrible weather was forecast. It rained a bit in the morning, but dried up for the afternoon and it was sunny and nice when we went. I got to meet some new kids who were also at the park. This one four year old was so funny. He liked swinging, so we did that for a while. B(?) didn't want to go in the little swings because 'they are for babies', but wanted to go higher on the normal swings. We didn't think it was really safe, so we had to convince her otherwise. RL attempted to get into one of the little swings and I pushed him. lol. He was too big, so I told J(?) 'tai da le' with the little mandarin I have learned and he laughed so much. lol. So we kept laughing and pointing at RL for a while. xP I also got to talk to another couple kids. They are so cool. lol. One was asking about the VBS and when it was. He apparently goes to a 3 hour-a-day golf camp that cost like 300$ or something. I'm sure he could join us in the afternoons. I hope he does. We played grounders. It was a lot of fun.
Anyways, we get back. Oh! Before the park we watched a veggie tales movie. It was really funny. lol. My first veggie tales movie! So we got back and turned on a movie. Everyone was lying on the floor exhausted.
Time for P Mall!!! Pacific Mall in Markham. I'd been hearing all about it for a couple years and was so excited that we got to go. We wandered around for a while and in the end met several of AL's CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship) friends. They were all really cool people. It was a great dinner. TC drove us to AL's host family through the pouring rain and thunder!
Prayer meeting. Sweet. More rain and lightning. Warning for hurricanes and thunderstorms in Toronto apparently. Thank God for giving us good weather for the park!
My mom went through a surgery today to figure out what the deal was with something and it's not nearly as bad as it could have been. I sent out a text to my EAP family to pray for her the hour before. Keep praying.
Pray for RL.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. lol
Yesterday was the second day of VBS here in Toronto and it was another good day. A little less organized making me think back to Quebec and how it was always semi-chaotic and tiring, but yesterday was still very good. The volunteers continue to become more involved and take the baby-sitting aspect off our hands.
Yesterday's mission was heroes take action. The message was written on garbage bag capes. Later in the day we converted them into a volleyball net and I thought that it was super cool. I really wanted to play real volleyball, but the VBS isn't for me to be playing, it's for us to encourage and build up these kids. So it means playing for the purpose of giving those other kids the opportunity to play, especially the shorter or less aggressive players in volleyball's case.
Anyways, B(?) is super cute everyday. Getting cuter everyday. She loves balloons. Played with one for over an hour yesterday.
We attempted to make jello with pineapple pieces in it. The recipe book almost definitely wants the jello to set before inserting pineapple. You see there are enzymes in the pineapple that fight the gelatin effectively keeping it from jello-fying properly. So, we put them in the freezer. Today they were kinda slushie like. Most of the kids hacked at them for a while then gave up. lol
Yesterday night me and AL went downtown to the ex to meet up with TL, RW and LA. Problem: we are from Ottawa. Bussing, subway-ing and streetcar-ing was a very trying task. We had to buy bus coins or whatever they are called and it took a really long time to get there. We technically had a curfew of 10:30. We got home a bit after midnight. That time with them wasn't really enough, but it was still a great time. Everything was so expensive. We had a Swiss waffle with ice cream and strawberries as a substitute for funnel cake, we went on a 6$ ride, then we found funnel cakes and had one. We found out why it's a funnel cake. LA is exactly the same.
Anyways, TL took the subway with us and then his dad gave us drives. So good! Thanks! Anyways, problem: I don't know where I live. lol. I knew we turn right, go up a slight incline, turn right again and then it's the house to the left, but ya... lol. It was funny. I'm really glad I didn't have to bus home. I'm also very very glad AL didn't have to bus home.
Today started on time. I woke up and thought 'I want to sleep. Five more minutes. No. Will not work. Just get up.' So much more efficient. After like 5 hours of sleep for both me and RL (because he was skyping/ I made him stay up so I could get into the house) we were dead tired. Baozi.
Camp. Posters keep falling and more tape keeps going up. Another awesome day. We were going to go to the park in the afternoon, so we prayed for good weather. Terrible weather was forecast. It rained a bit in the morning, but dried up for the afternoon and it was sunny and nice when we went. I got to meet some new kids who were also at the park. This one four year old was so funny. He liked swinging, so we did that for a while. B(?) didn't want to go in the little swings because 'they are for babies', but wanted to go higher on the normal swings. We didn't think it was really safe, so we had to convince her otherwise. RL attempted to get into one of the little swings and I pushed him. lol. He was too big, so I told J(?) 'tai da le' with the little mandarin I have learned and he laughed so much. lol. So we kept laughing and pointing at RL for a while. xP I also got to talk to another couple kids. They are so cool. lol. One was asking about the VBS and when it was. He apparently goes to a 3 hour-a-day golf camp that cost like 300$ or something. I'm sure he could join us in the afternoons. I hope he does. We played grounders. It was a lot of fun.
Anyways, we get back. Oh! Before the park we watched a veggie tales movie. It was really funny. lol. My first veggie tales movie! So we got back and turned on a movie. Everyone was lying on the floor exhausted.
Time for P Mall!!! Pacific Mall in Markham. I'd been hearing all about it for a couple years and was so excited that we got to go. We wandered around for a while and in the end met several of AL's CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship) friends. They were all really cool people. It was a great dinner. TC drove us to AL's host family through the pouring rain and thunder!
Prayer meeting. Sweet. More rain and lightning. Warning for hurricanes and thunderstorms in Toronto apparently. Thank God for giving us good weather for the park!
My mom went through a surgery today to figure out what the deal was with something and it's not nearly as bad as it could have been. I sent out a text to my EAP family to pray for her the hour before. Keep praying.
Pray for RL.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. lol
13.2.11
Bulk Barn Punch
TODAY!
T is for Trifle
O is for OCBC
D is for Dylan wearing a bow tie
A is for Asia
Y is for YA
So, today was pretty amazing and there is no way I can summarize into a cheesy acrostic, so I will elaborate a bit.
First was Sunday school, then church, then we played and recorded this amazing song that I will not go into detail about, but I could have played it all day I love it. lol. Then we went to McD's. I played with TONKA trucks. We went to PETAG and by peer pressure I ended up wearing a bowtie. It was a pretty sweet bowtie I'm not gonna lie.
We then went back to the church to start setting up. FYI, I am not a neatfreak, I am a freak who is neat. This is the most interesting type of person. Anyways, I swept and mopped the whole sr. parlour and then we set up tables and got the food and all that and when I got back it looked so nice. I then got to have the most fun ever serving buns to the married couples. I had to ask if the were having the fish and chips. If yes the response was 'your fries will be coming with you meal later'. If no, I was to ask if they would like a white or whole wheat bun. I played this up for a while until I got to AW and DW at that point AW was just cracking up and so I also cracked up.
Anyways, we made the salads and put the entrees on plates and made the deserts and it was a lot of fun being a waiter. I wish I was a waiter for real. It was a lot of fun.
We got pizza and leftovers for supper.
I also got a call from JC, a C4C staff in Toronto, about my project application. I don't have any medical things, so it appeared as if I had just not seen them becuase I didn't write anything, so they wanted me to verify that I had seen it by actually answering them. It was also a bit about the confidential question about purity and clarifying some stuff. The main point is I'm going to East Asia for 6 weeks on a missions trip! Yay!
Also, I recently found my testimony that I shared at a C4C weekly meeting a long time ago, in late October..? So, look forward to that.
Also, I got so many random comments about this sweater and the bowtie and my haircut today. 1 I hate the sweater. 2. It's just a bowtie. and 3. It's just a bit of hair.
Ya.
ttyl.
D.Fa
T is for Trifle
O is for OCBC
D is for Dylan wearing a bow tie
A is for Asia
Y is for YA
So, today was pretty amazing and there is no way I can summarize into a cheesy acrostic, so I will elaborate a bit.
First was Sunday school, then church, then we played and recorded this amazing song that I will not go into detail about, but I could have played it all day I love it. lol. Then we went to McD's. I played with TONKA trucks. We went to PETAG and by peer pressure I ended up wearing a bowtie. It was a pretty sweet bowtie I'm not gonna lie.
We then went back to the church to start setting up. FYI, I am not a neatfreak, I am a freak who is neat. This is the most interesting type of person. Anyways, I swept and mopped the whole sr. parlour and then we set up tables and got the food and all that and when I got back it looked so nice. I then got to have the most fun ever serving buns to the married couples. I had to ask if the were having the fish and chips. If yes the response was 'your fries will be coming with you meal later'. If no, I was to ask if they would like a white or whole wheat bun. I played this up for a while until I got to AW and DW at that point AW was just cracking up and so I also cracked up.
Anyways, we made the salads and put the entrees on plates and made the deserts and it was a lot of fun being a waiter. I wish I was a waiter for real. It was a lot of fun.
We got pizza and leftovers for supper.
I also got a call from JC, a C4C staff in Toronto, about my project application. I don't have any medical things, so it appeared as if I had just not seen them becuase I didn't write anything, so they wanted me to verify that I had seen it by actually answering them. It was also a bit about the confidential question about purity and clarifying some stuff. The main point is I'm going to East Asia for 6 weeks on a missions trip! Yay!
Also, I recently found my testimony that I shared at a C4C weekly meeting a long time ago, in late October..? So, look forward to that.
Also, I got so many random comments about this sweater and the bowtie and my haircut today. 1 I hate the sweater. 2. It's just a bowtie. and 3. It's just a bit of hair.
Ya.
ttyl.
D.Fa
16.1.11
"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
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
5.12.10
Ohashi!
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!
I just got a pack of chopsticks!!! Wah! Ya! So happy!
My first pair of chopsticks! Yeaah!
(Also, my moustache is brown now. LOL. Mwahahahahahaahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah!)
but I digress. CHOPSTICKS!! Yeeeeaaah!
ttyl.
=D.Fa
I just got a pack of chopsticks!!! Wah! Ya! So happy!
My first pair of chopsticks! Yeaah!
(Also, my moustache is brown now. LOL. Mwahahahahahaahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah!)
but I digress. CHOPSTICKS!! Yeeeeaaah!
ttyl.
=D.Fa
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