Matthew 4:4

Hey,

It's been a season or two. I've just returned from St. Catharine's where I was for the summer. I was honestly not really looking forward to coming back. It felt like when I left I was leaving all my problems behind, so the thought of coming back to them all seemed daunting and scary. But this week has been good so far. I feel like the thought I'm having the last couple days is that God sustains.

A habit I started while away was going to the gym. The basic thought of paying to run in place and lift heavy things that will just be put back is unappealing. However, the feeling of daily progressing towards a goal is great. And I have been making progress while I was away. The other real benefit was time to read. Taking the bus has always been my primary time to read since going to university, but I'd been driving around all summer to work and church and everything. But running on the spot gives you a lot of time to read and think. And you do actually start to notice you feel more irritable when you haven't been in a few days. ;P In any case, the point being, this is one thing that I feel is a good thing that God has given me to help through the transition. I'd been going to an Anytime Fitness, and if you are registered at one, you can use any of their locations anywhere at anytime. And one opened up down the hill from where I'm living while I was gone this summer.

Similarly, I've had a few days of work (which is always good and always makes me feel useful and like I'm actually accomplishing something). But it's actually so refreshing from work in the summer. I was working like 38-40 hours every week and it was a really high stress location where I was. It felt like there was never time to relax. Things were chaotic and there weren't too many people I could rely on. But at my new location (although it isn't my old location, which I dearly love, the place and all the people) everyone is so competent and cooperative. I look forward to working more with them and getting to know them. :3

Another thing, that I think is kinda weird, is that I find God speaks to me through pop songs a lot. All summer, driving, I'd had a lot of time to listen to the radio. And the more you listen to a song, the more you sing it, the more you meditate on the lyrics. (They also frequently talk about love, which makes it easy to connect to God's love and my need for Him). Honestly, I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber is like one of my favourite songs to sing right now. I literally just sang it out loud at the gym while running (I'm real happy my new gym plays pop songs instead of classic rock. ;P). The gist of the song is that it doesn't really matter where we are, so long as you (my love; or you can read God) are with me, we'll be ok, we'll have a good time. And some of the lyrics speak deeper to me: you're making me feel like maybe I am somebody" or "you're making me feel like I'm loved by somebody". Which, those thoughts are things I think about a lot. Like am I worth anything? Can anybody really love me if they knew all my secrets and sin? But God sees past that all. He has loved me. He has shown me that. Even if no one else does (which isn't true anyways) He will always love me and be there for me.

That's kinda been my head all summer. I'd been pretty isolated and felt useless and like I was going nowhere and God gave me a message speaking exactly to me where I was at. Most of the summer the messages had been pretty meh, but this one used like all the verses that stick to my heart, spoke specifically to my situation running away from life into the isolating desert, and that God is still seeing me and caring for me and calling me home. If you want to give it a listen you can watch it here: God Who Sees Me. (and Meghan and her family was like the best part of the small group I was in this summer, but that's a story for another time).

Even yesterday a song got stuck in my head. And you know when like the chorus is so easy to get and the verses you barely know? Ya, this is one of those. I literally only know the prechorus and chorus. :P "You said hey whatcha doing for the rest of your life And I said I don’t even know what I’m doing tonight ... and you said I never regretted the day that I called you mine". And I get that just from that it's a bit of a stretch, but I started thinking "what am I doing tonight? I don't even know. I don't have a plan for my future. I don't know where I'm going." and that line "and you said I never regretted that day that I called you mine" just got stuck in my head and made me think again about myself and how I frequently feel like I'm not good enough for God, or like I've wasted the last few years or like have no solid plans for the future, but God has called me his. LT way back on the day I was baptized said that day was great not just because I was saying "God is my God" but because it also meant God was saying "You are mine". And God says "I will never leave or forsake you." If He has called me His, He has no regrets. He knew everything that would happen after that day and somehow He still loves me. And like, I know those things, but reflecting on it from a stupid pop song somehow just gets deeper sometimes than hearing it from a page of the Bible. : /

I was walking home from the gym praying. Looking at the blue sky and the rain-soaked ground and breathing the fresh air thinking "God thank you for all you provide. Everything a tree needs, rain, air, sun. You do that for me too." Then I got home and read a book I'm going through. It's like studying a verse a day for like personal devotion time. It was Psalm 1:2-3 "But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers."

It's the little words.
It's the perfect coincidences.
It's the feeling of comfort and familiarity even in large transition.
It's a faithfulness that blows me away.
It's only by the words that come from God's mouth that what little faith I have can be sustained and used to encourage others and bring Him glory and give me true joy and delight in following Him.

That's what I'm thinking today anyway.
#thankful

D.Fa







PS. Just went to go link the music video for I Don't Care and watched it for the first time. My goodness. This is an insanely funny editing job. ;P

Urbana 15 'LiveBlog' 1

Dec 27

Yo.

"It's been a long day" my roommate just said. We were on a bus for nearly 22 hours? I didn't keep very good track and there was a time change. But I am now at Urbana and already it's a very different situation than last time. We got in pretty much on time, registered, got transit passes then went over to our hotel.

I'm actually so happy with my roommates. Part of why I came was to bring others and God brought these two guys (and my other friend who was also going, so he's rooming with us too).

Our room wasn't ready yet and we had plent of time and a transit pass, so we took the light rail towards the zoo. We ended up in the History museum and saw exhibits about the world's fair, coffee, and the arch. Then we figured the zoo wasn't worth going to in the rain, went back, checked in to the hotel (so spacious) then went for dinner.

Hardee's was really good. They were not prepared for a dinner rush though so 3 employees (cash, cook, manager) had to suddenly deal with 50 customers. Then we headed over to the dome.

Main session was crazy. We were down on the floor seating. Already worship has been in English, French, Spanish, Korean, Swahili (and Hebrew..? Hallelujah? no?). This evening's worship was primarily 'black church' style, repeat after me, pentecostal, y'know? But it was good to mix it up. After introductions from our 'coach' for the week and the main director guy, our main speaker for the week Patrick Fung (OMF) exposited Matt 2:1-19 and shared stories of ministry in China. Very convicting testimonies as well as sharing the stories in Matthew. The theme of the week is "What story will you tell?" about our stories, but more importantly, God's story.

This evening I was feeling very guilty and unworthy. That I was not suited to bring the gospel to anyone when I'm not living it out myself. This is something I'd been thinking about before the conference. Especially going to prayer ministry about those things sometime.

Ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Opened My Eyes. Just In Time.

Hey.

Have I mentioned that I am in Toronto today and tommorow..? Well. I am.

Me, AL, AN, and DB woke up early and drove all the way.

One thing that has been an encouragement to me so far happened this morning. You see, I don't really know too much about what this weekend is about or what we will be doing, I didn't even know when or how we were getting here until last night. So, I was kinda wondering if I really should be here. When I woke up I looked at my clock. It said 7:02. I had 23 minutes to get ready. Including packing, shower, breakfast etc. I managed to get ready.

I was fully ready on time. Did I mention that there was no alarm..? God woke me up with enough time. He woke me up with the maximal amount of sleep so I could go fully prepared.

So, ya that was encouraging. I could have slept another hour by accident and missed the whole thing. I could have, but I randomly woke up just in time.

Ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Richmond Hill

Hey,

I got to the hotel at like 3:30 and I saw MB! Yay! Someone I recognized! Then I registered (I didn't have a name tag yet... >.>) and got my room key.

So far HO and TB are in my room.

Good times.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Kankoku no kata desu ka..? / 韓国の方ですか？

So, I got off the subway at Finch and stumbled around and finally managed to make it to the bus station.......

I feel like I'm in little korea or something though.... XP A lot of korean stores and restaurants and people around here..... XP

D.Fa

Subways are Fast and Crowded.

So, I managed to find my way to the subway and pay the fare. Any minute now the sub will be here and I'll be significantly closer to the hotel.

XP...... There are a lot of asians here. XP

D.Fa

Also, the subway is kinda ghetto looking and very very fast and way less bumpy than the o-train. The o-train is lame!! XP

15 Minute Break

Hey.

We have now been on the road for a couple hours and we have just made a stop for a break.

There's this girl sitting beside me who, I think, is around my age, maybe a little bit older. I have yet to talk to her. She's mostly been asleep so far.

I've been reading the Meaning part of 'Soul Cravings', but I just couldn't keep my eyes open, so I took a nap, kinda.

I don't know where we are, I don't know who I'm travelling with, I don't know what will happen once we get there, but I'm not so nervous anymore.

When we first all got onto the bus the bus driver, clearly a comedian, broke the ice. It was kinda funny. XP

Ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

Toronto Bound

Hey.

As I usually do on trips I will be updating you regularly via texting. XP

So, I am currently at the Ottawa bus station waiting like an hour to board a bus going to Toronto where Winter Conference is being held. Actually, WC is in Richmond Hill, but that's practically Toronto right..?

I'm gonna end up downtown Toronto and Richmond Hill is quite a bit North of there. I will have to take a subway and the VIVA bus an hour to get there.....

I'm pretty nervous/anxious, but I'll get there somehow if it's God's will that I get there. XP

Ya......... I brought a few books, one DS game, my bag that has my C4C stuff in it, my laptop, my cell phone, a box of granola bars, a suitcase full of clothes, my jacket/gloves/hats/scarf, my wallet, money, a pocket full of pens, ummmmmm. Not much else.

I did a bible study on Ecclesiastes yesterday. XP It took a while and I don't think I really absorbed too much of it... Some things in it were a little odd and it was hard to understand sometimes.

G-rice!

So, ya. xP

I wasn't going to post right now, but I had thought about a quick post, but didn't think it warranted wasting time I should be working on my FILM paper or PHYS lab, BUT there was new stat, so I had to. xP (KENYA!!! w00t!)

So, I have on multiple occasions seen some people I know walk by my house, but had as of yet not said so. I have seen SC, OD's brother and EG walk by my house multiple times. This morning as I left for school SC had just walked by (I don't really know him. xP I learned his name from the band trip in grade 12. xP). Then I saw EG. He was shocked to see me "walk out of some random house" as I believe he put it. xP He's in the musical this year at MHS. He has a named role! We only walked together for like a minute or so. xP

Ya...

Last night I made some rice. I have not had any yet. On Saturday I cooked some ground beef with onions, garlic, parsley and oregano. I will be combining these two for lunches this week and if there is any meat left I could make spagetti..? xP I will also be adding soy sauce to the rice when I eat it.

Anyways.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

P.S. I am currently addicted to this song: Beautiful Hangover by Big Bang

Part 1

So, I do want to recreate that post... It won't be exactly the same, but I still think it would be worth sharing.

So, the first point was that I get to go to Winter Conference at the end of December! It's a C4C event that takes place in Toronto for five days. We stay in hotels and everything. We also do some training and door to door evangelism.

JB said it was really cool even though she was pushed out of her comfort zone (which may seem bad at the time, but is usually good. That is how we grow.). So, ya... I think JB is pretty cool. She always seems level headed...

Anyways... WC might be a bit expensive... XP......... I'm gonna have to either use the food money my parents have been giving me (they are giving me way too much money for food, but I don't even want to use it...) or just work a bit more (not a desire of mine, unless a get a fun new job! =D which I can't really get until my hair grows back...) ... DX

So, ya...

More of the amazing post with added content later.

D.Fa

The beginning of tweets.

So, hey.

I am now in VS' car following the bus going to somewhere in Quebec where Summit is! And as usual on trips I shall attempt to blog-tweet 'regularly'.

It's gonna be good.

D.Fa

OCBC Wedding

So, hey.

There are a number of things I could talk about, but I will limit the discussion to two main topics. The first topic is about first and last times.

So, I have had a very limited range of experiences, I think. I mean, I haven't ever been on a plane, been to Salem Storehouse, been to Anime Stop, driven(a real car), crossed the provincial border for the sole purpose of consuming alcoholic beverages legally, or had a full time job. However, this week with moving and stuff, there will be a lot of firsts and oddly, a couple lasts, at least for now.

A few firsts: moving(Aug 30), getting a bus pass (even though I only first bought bus tickets myself a couple months ago...), using a bus pass (Sept 1!), going to a wedding, broke a string on a tennis racket (yay!! my brother breaks them all the time because he 'hits too hard'), and going to university!

A couple lasts, at least for now: mowing the lawn, using bus tickets, having a window in my room (>.>) [it turns out I do have a window. so happy about that. xP] , and getting rides everywhere from my parents [I'm still getting a lot of rides, but it's a different attitude. More like "Can I drive you anywhere? Please."].

I guess some things are changing now... and I don't know what I'm feeling... it feels like I'm not feeling anything... but ya, the second topic is this: there was a wedding today.

For a couple and a half years now, I've gone to OCBC YF and other stuff. That is how long I've known KC and JK, or should I say Mr. and Mrs. J and KK. They were always the cool YA I looked up to (before I knew the younger YA, but I guess they are more like friends now. hehe) Today was the first wedding I've ever been to. It was warm. It was in a place in the middle of nowhere. It was emotional. It was fun / funny.

I was looking for a new youtube video to post. I typed "big bang" and this was the first song in the list:



Hehe. Wedding Dress by Tae Yang from Big Bang. The lyrics do not really relate to the situation of J and KK though... xP I mean, JK didn't just sneak into KC's life and sweep her away from some other guy or anything. He has spent a lot of quality time with her and they are always having fun. I hope their marriage lasts forever and that they can grow spiritually, encouraging each other every step of the way. I'm really glad I was invited and even working this morning isn't bad if you think of how cool the wedding was. If I had to miss it to work I would have missed something amazing.

D.Fa

Compilation and Chronologicized VBS Blog Posts

“The border crossing was kinda odd. Pastor DB's car got threw easily then the other two cars, following directly behind, had to get out and everything. Mostly because the guy switched, even after Pastor DB said there were two other cars...

Anyways, we stopped and had lunch at McDonalds. Apparently the church is paying for our food and we all got like 5$ allowance for lunch.

Ttyl.

D.Fa “

“It's 7:39. We are nearly there. We are about to get onto Staten Island and then Brooklyn. Yay! ... >.>”

"I didn't kill my children. I could be a father."

“Driving around in circles just to find a parking space is not really very fun... It is 9:01. We finished supper at Nathan's Famous Hotdogs and have just located the Dorcas Center in China Town. There is a CVS like across the street from DM. Which will make getting Advil PM easy this time. I wonder if we have to go in groups to go anywhere, even nearby places..?

Whatever.

D.Fa “

“First night is done. It is midnight. We just finished two games of monopoly deal. The twins each won a game. I'm tired, yo.

I hope the rest of the week goes well and that all the kids are amazing.

Night.

D.Fa “

“Hey. It's like 7:30 and I am now kinda looking over my lines again. I think I have like 2.5 days kinda memorized.

Anyways, guess what..?

There's cold water in the shower! Yay! So, I had a moderately heated shower for once.
Church is at 10:45. We woke up a bit early, but whatever. =D

D.Fa”

“Night 2. 11:04. I have just 'finished' turning my belt into a toolbelt. XP... I found some plastic tools so it's not as heavy as it was orignally.

Anyways, today was pretty hard work. Church was really cool though. It was so similar to our church. Like the speakers gave feedback, the songs were familiar, it started at 10:45 and they released the children. Oh. There was even like the same thing Auntie S taught the kids at our church. XP.

CW is now snoring. XP

Oyasumi.

D.Fa”

“Hey. It's like 10:06 or something, but like this is the first time I've used my phone all day. Like at the start of the day I was pretty freaked out and everything, but as the day went by things smoothed over. I got to meet at least like 20 of the 33 kids that I am dealing with this week. Our group has like 11 grade 2 kids and 20 or so grade 1 kids. I have deffinately acted like a teacher today. Like it was great having one on one time with all these cool 6-8 year olds.

... “

“...

Like today I 'played' pokemon and yugioh/zatchbell with this grade 1 kid. We were definatley playing by his rules, both because he was 6 years old and because he had chinese cards, so I couldn't complain even if I wanted to. I lost both times, needless to say.

So, I'm in charge of the devo tommorow morning, so I need (underlined and italicized) to wake up (wake. Up.) at 6, not lie around for an hour... XP

So, ya... Today was Unexpected, but so amazing and cool. A very new experience.
Ttyl.

D.Fa”

“Hello. Everything is cool here. My matress is the most inflated and it's the only one that is completely manually filled. I'm one of 7 people from our church that are at the grade 1-2 vacation bible school. They are really cute and only like 5 of the 33 are kinda annoying. The grade 1s are ridiculous, but the grade 2s are pretty cool. Me and 3 others are in charge of the grade 2s. There are 11. The thing is that 2 of them don't speak english very well and there's one crazy kid. We've been having mostly asian food with rice. Its all been tasty. We just got back from the Brooklyn Tabernacle Prayer meeting. It was very intense. Everyone keeps telling me things like "roaming charges are 2$ per minute that your phone is on" and stuff, so my phone has been off most of the time. I'll talk to you later.

D.Fa”

“So, today was the third day of vbs here and, ya, it's been a long one... I guess.
All my clothes and even my sheets are getting smeely, so I washed some of my clothes. They are in the dryer right now.

We went into town and walked over the Brooklyn Bridge and walked around and stuff.
I have my hair in a gel-less fauxhawk too by the way.

We don't get to watch the "Who Wants To Be A Superhero" videos anymore because they are a bit too much for 6 year olds... >.>

I'll ttyl.

D.Fa”

“"Now you're just 'dum'!"

Okay. Hey.

So, there's just one day left.

RL is depressing me and tommorow is gonna be really sad because all these kids are really cool. I love these kids yo.

I suppose, well, I definately believe that this is a different situation then normal. I mean, normally I'm shy and stuff, but I've actually talked to and bonded with so many of them. T.T I'm pretty sure that I might cry tommorow...

I really want to like hug all of them tommorow. >.>

...

D.Fa”

“"because he was in CW's car."

So, ya. Today was the last day of the vbs. It was sad seeing all the kids leave and the skit was kinda messy, but today was good overall. I made a cape and mask! "Dynamite Dylan". Basically, Gambit's powers of exploding things, but more flashy. XP... I made it up only for the alliteration... >.>

We also went shopping today. I have no US money left now. Poor CC...

So, ya... We are now wasting time staying up playing board / card games while listening to worship songs. We will likely stay up all night.

It is now 1:45.

D.Fa”

New Life

Hey.

I havn't blogged in a couple days. Stuff happens. I had quite a bit of work this week. Also, I had meetings about next weeks VBS in Brooklyn. Wow... less than a week left. And my laptops's internet gets mad at me for no reason sometimes. and my cellphone was in CW's car last night.

So, ya. A brief update:

1. We all sang "As The Deer" in Bakery. It was very unexpected.
2. Bats aren't that scary... It's not an ax murderer or anything.
3. September 12th is one month away.
4. "Are they Po'..?"
...
"What..?"
"Are they Po'?"
...
"What..? Are they Poor..?"
"Ya. Are they Po'?"
5. I very much dislike wearing shorts.
6. Seriuosly my absolute favourite thing that I have ever done and hope to do again often is seriously to sing with a crowd at a worship concert. Especially if the person beside me is good at singing, so we can sing in harmony.
7. Mysterious Mushrooms!
8. Charmander FTW.
9. H-E-R-O, God is my Hero!!!!!
10. zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba.

I probably missed a lot, but that is a vague summary of some random events that happened these last couple days.

So, ya. #3. September is the date for our OCBC church picnic. That day there will be a baptism service. Hopefully, I will participate. That is to say. I will be baptised. My first assignment is to write a summary (half page max) of what I understand the gospel to be.

I will be writing it here. =D

In the beggining there was God. He created the world. The universe. Plants, animals and finally He created humans in His pure and holy image so that we may have a relationship with Him and watch over creation. Since then we have all sinned and turned away from God and that sin was passed down from generation to generation. God loved the world, but our sin kept us from having a relationship with Him because he is holy and we were not, so he sent his only begotten son, Jesus. Jesus lived around 33 years and although he was tempted in every way that we have been, he never fell to sin and temptation; he went through everything a human would, but was God. The punishment for sin is death. We deserved death and judgement for our sins. Even though he was sinless, he died on the cross and payed the price for our sins. He removed our sin, past present and future, the sins of the whole world for all time and gave us his righteousness. His blood has washed away our sins and made us perfect in His sight that we may have a relationship with God. Jesus was ressurected on the third day after his crucifiction and showed himself to hundreds of witnesses. Jesus has victory over death and sin and with him we also share in this victory and will share eternal life with him in heaven. Until then God has given us the Holy Spirit within us to help us grow into His likeness. Drawing from the power he has given us, relying on it everyday, turning away from sin and professing Jesus as Lord over our lives we can be born again with new life.

That was probably too much..? Probably adding a bit at the beggining and the end that isn't 'the gospel', but it's all important, right?

So, ya. I've really felt I should tell K(?) that I'm getting baptised.

Anyways.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

These are two songs I've been hearing on the radio.





"Hey AL. It seems that 'daily' is a bit too hard, eh? I mean you only get a somewhat 'monthly' report from RL. >.> xP I don't have a girlfriend."

Sketchy Medical Treatment

So. Ya.

I will start this post by again saying that my day was boring. However there was a few interesting things.

I woke up. Made kinda tasteless scrambled eggs. Watched anime. Called work. Watched anime. Did laundry. Watched anime. Made soy/lemon/chicken/ginger/curry rice using ingredients in my house. It was pretty good. Shoyu wa oishii desu yo. Watched anime. Cleaned the kitchen, mostly because my brother has been cleaning the house because he wants money... Watched anime. Ate supper. Watched anime. Did a bible study. Read memory verses. Watched an anime movie which ended in a cliffhanger....... There's going to be another movie eventually...

So. Yesterday my mom told me that when I wake up this morning to call work and tell them I couldn't go. She wanted me to take a sick day which I had never done before. I called. Asked to speak to my boss. I told him I would be unable to work today because I sprained my ankle and he thanked me for calling. I found it strange that it was so easy... I hope they found someone to cover my shift....... I would have gone in if they needed me......

So, ya. In my room there is a vent for A/C and heating. Since my house is always freezing, the vents are always pumping out cold air, right? So I covered the vent with a shirt and put my foot under it. xP This is the medical treatment for my foot. Cold air. I have yet to see any actual physician about my 'sprained' ankle, but it feels better I guess... It's more blue/purple then yesterday, but less swollen and more moveable. There must be a lot of blood in my foot to bruise all the way around from the top of my toes to my ankle on all sides... ... it's kinda gross thinking about all that blood in my foot.......

Ya. Lunch was tasty. I sauteed onions and garlic in olive oil then added curry powder, cayenne pepper, cumin and ginger powder (it would have been better with real ginger, but I didn't have any...). Then I added the rice with chicken stock, soy sauce and water (only because I didn't have enough chicken stock...). I added fresh chives from our backyard (we planted them like 5 or more years ago and some are still growing each year...) and half a lemon of lemon juice. I also kinda kept adding the spices and soy... a lot more of each. Hehe. It was tasty.

I admit I've been watching too much anime. I just have too much free time... and I could make some excuses like today was a sick day I'm supposed to do nothing and give medical treatment to my injury, which I can do while watching anime (My foot is cold... >.>), but ya... It is a bit too much...

I finished reading 'Mere Christianity'. It is a good book, but I don't read much so I don't know how good my review really is. As I was reading I deffinately agreed with almost everything if not everything he was saying. The point of the book, which was originally a series of radio talks was to explain clearly, to the war stricken British people, what Christians believe. So although it is very good at explaining, it doesn't really go very deep into things, or say anything that would be very controversial and he starts off in a very roundabout way of saying things. I found his explainations very good in general, but I don't really like history / war (which many of his comparisons were centered on) so I was kinda... okay I'm indifferent about them because they were good examples. So, ya, I'd recommend it, but it's deffinately aimed at beginners, although I suppose if you have become 'advanced' in your faith this could always backup the foundation or something..?

I'm gonna sleep.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

"Hey AL, I havn't uploaded the Montreal pictures yet because I'm still uploading Chicago pictures. xP It may be another couple weeks before they get uploaded... xP I don't have a girlfriend yet. =P"

Repetition.

I don't really like getting into a regular schedule. I find regular schedules way too boring. xP Spontaneity makes me happy. The only problem with spontaneity is that some things don't get done spontaneously... xP

I really enjoy taking trips. It causes the daily schedule to be put on hold for a week or so and when I get back I have to do some catch up, but it isn't a regular schedule again until I've caught up.

Anyways, the point is that my life is too repetative right now... work is basically a bunch of small repetative things and to top it off, I've been there for two years. I got a raise last week though... =D ... to 15 cents above minimum... >.>

Ya...

Today I woke up, eventually, went to work, went home, went to work (I was going to go straight from work, but it rained for a couple minutes, so I waited half an hour), dried the courts, played with my brother and then I've been on my laptop for a while.

Recently I've been watching "Shinigami no Ballad" as my extra anime. There are only 6 episodes, but it's a really cool show. It's about this shinigami who is kinda nosy and helps people with their lives.

At work I heard this song on the radio while I was preparing the lettuces (72 heads of iceburg... >.> so boring....).



Casting Crowns is a really cool band. If I ever end up going to Salem Storehouse (I've never gone, but AL has told me I should go...) then I'm gonna buy their CD.

So, ya... Ooooooh. So at the tennis courts people usually get there by bike. There wasn't any bike rack or anything before so people would have to bring them on to the courts, which is not allowed, or lock them to the fences, but there isn't that much room. A couple of days ago there appeared two new bike racks. I didn't think anyone had named them, so I took the initiative. xP



The one on the *looks at hands* left is the S.S. St. Laurier, and the one on the right is the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. There is nothing wrong with those names, is there..? What would you have named them..? My brother thought they were ridiculous names. "You can't just make up a saint..!" I never said I did... That's just his name.

So, ya...

ttyl.

D.Fa

"Hey AL, it's normal to name things you own, right? It's normal to name squirrels you see often, right..? It's normal to name inanimate objects, right.....? I don't have a girlfriend though."

A Cell Message.

XP I have my cell and it has a 2 megapixel camera, so I've been taking pictures like a tourist... XP.

[I actually was texting someone this as a reply and it sounded like something I had felt like posting, so I just resent it to my blog.]

The Smell of Second-hand Marjuana Smoke...

So, ya.

Me and CW just walked around instead of doing anything in specific. There are just crazy 'patriotic' people screaming and walking about aimlessly. There are also a bunch of buskers and people sellings things and a lot of flags. Flag Flags, Flag dresses, Flag shirts, flag hats all sorts of things that are made of flags... Or at least resemble flags...

My legs kinda hurt, but whatever...

I don't think I've ever just walked around downtown Ottawa. There are also a lot of people... It feels like I have gone to a different city...

Grand-Theft Quadricycle

So, we had a couple hours left in Old Moltreal. We decided to rent a Quadricycle. You have to be 18, or at least one of you, to rent one. I just happen to be the only 18 year-old at the moment, so I had to used mu messed up health card as ID... Embarassing...

We each took a turn driving. One person would be in the middle and not have to pedel. They would take pictures usually.

Anyways, we were pedaling rather fast and one of the chains got off the middle gear... We had to push it back... >.>...

We are now attempting to get back to the train station, but are progressing slowly because of photographic distractions... Or poor navigation...

so, ya...

D.Fa

Coveniently Placed Pants

So. We are just now finally done eating lunch. For takeout Pho, apparently the meat is uncooked and you're supposed to cook it using the soup broth. JC was uneasy about the beef.

So. My dryer is kinda not working at the moment, so my ability to do laundry is kinda hampered... So today we went to montreal, right..? So, I kinda needed clean clothes. It turns out that there was a pair that I had never worn. It takes pants a long time to dry....

Anyways...

D.Pho'

P.S. Lol