Hey!
I meant to post something earlier this morning, but I kinda slept in, kinda. XP
So, ya. This morning I woke up (or at least my alarm went off) at 6:30. I did not get out of bed until 6:55 however. XP.... I then had a quick shower. I have recently gotten rather good at fast showers because the shower at my parents house has still not been fixed, but they have adapted to really hot water, while I do not like hot water, so I've been getting in and out as fast as possible.
Anyways, in the showers theres like a liquid dispenser for soap and shampoo. XP....... But it is unlabelled.... XP
By the way, the conference is in a Sheraton hotel, but we are actually staying in the attached Bed and Western which is slightly confusing. XPPP.....
I read Psalm 107 this morning (meaning the ban on anime is almost lifted!) and I read verses 23 and 24 and thought of the New Years Eve Party which has the theme of "The Ocean Deep".
"insert verses once HO is off my laptop[Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters; They have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.]"
It's quiet time.
Ttyl.
PS. I learned how to use an iron today. It's main purpose is to cook chicken quesadillas. No lies. And it was the best food on WC East's AM show! So good! I wish I had a cooking show. >.>
Starfield - Reign in Us
28.12.10
27.12.10
Winter Conference: Commence!
So,
The first main session ended a few minutes ago or so and now after some breif exploring we are going to play monopoly deal... XP
I accidentally texted my parents an "XP" and they did not know what it meant.... And I did not feel like explaining so I told them to ask my brother.
It's a bit odd now that my parents have a cell phone that I can instantly inform them of what I am doing, except that would be weird, so I'm not. XP
Worship in a mass crowd is the best. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
The first main session ended a few minutes ago or so and now after some breif exploring we are going to play monopoly deal... XP
I accidentally texted my parents an "XP" and they did not know what it meant.... And I did not feel like explaining so I told them to ask my brother.
It's a bit odd now that my parents have a cell phone that I can instantly inform them of what I am doing, except that would be weird, so I'm not. XP
Worship in a mass crowd is the best. XP
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
26.12.10
Vanity of Vanities.
Hey.
You know, life is short and nothing under the sun satisfies our cravings.
Video games either last a week, so you get the next one or they continue for a very long time so you keep leveling and playing. They don't satisfy your craving for entertainment fully. You play and are entertained until you stop playing or the game is over.
Sin does not satisfy. It may satisfy for a few breif moments, but then you're left in a worse position spiritually and emotionally. After the euphoria of sin you are left with the guilt and shame and self-loathing feelings.
Material possesions do not satisfy. You always want something bigger or better and once you finally have it there is something even more desirable to obtain.
You build these things up in your mind as the best thing ever; you need them. But once you have them its not enough.
Soloman back in his days tried everything under the sun to feed his cravings; women, money, possesions, power. But nothing under the sun could fill these cravings, nothing could satisfy this desire for more.
If we have these cravings, cravings forn control, power, love, escape, justice. Shouldn't there be something that will fill these cravings..?
You know, life is short and nothing under the sun satisfies our cravings.
Video games either last a week, so you get the next one or they continue for a very long time so you keep leveling and playing. They don't satisfy your craving for entertainment fully. You play and are entertained until you stop playing or the game is over.
Sin does not satisfy. It may satisfy for a few breif moments, but then you're left in a worse position spiritually and emotionally. After the euphoria of sin you are left with the guilt and shame and self-loathing feelings.
Material possesions do not satisfy. You always want something bigger or better and once you finally have it there is something even more desirable to obtain.
You build these things up in your mind as the best thing ever; you need them. But once you have them its not enough.
Soloman back in his days tried everything under the sun to feed his cravings; women, money, possesions, power. But nothing under the sun could fill these cravings, nothing could satisfy this desire for more.
If we have these cravings, cravings forn control, power, love, escape, justice. Shouldn't there be something that will fill these cravings..?
22.12.10
"No More Let Sins and Sorrows Grow"
So, ya.
Today was really ... idk... I woke up 3 hours later than I wanted to after having on and off really fun dreams that I now do not remember, watching Bleach and Pokemon with fried rice and ice cream, I sinned, then I worked from 12-6 in produce and now I am here.
I was super really depressed all day and BJ kept telling me I was acting weird. I was thinking a lot about a lot of stuff, like how I am using my busy schedule as an excuse to not spend time with God and how I should then take advantage of this schedule to schedule in time for God (although I realize this is clearly not supposed to compartmentalise God into an hour here or there). Then I realized that that is one purpose of YA. YA is a couple hours where the number 1 top priority is to study God's word and fellowship with other brothers/sisters and all that good stuff. So, ya. YA has a new meaning to me, but at the same time, there is no YA right now (cuz everybody diffused across the country... >.> I mean BC, Yukon, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Calgary, etc.)
At 5 or so I started doing production in the backroom, so I turned on the radio to CHRI and ya. I quickly stopped being so depressed. "That's What Faith Can Do" "Our God" and other songs made me think other stuff and I was singing out loud (except when people walked by... xP). xP Then there was this song that was really really cool. So I wrote the name of the song on my hand. It was "What Love Really Means" by JJ Heller.
That is the MV, which is also pretty cool while being very simple.
Anyways, BJ left and will not be working until after Christmas because she is going home for Christmas and I won't be back until January 1st and I may not be working very much after that..... so it was basically like the last time I will see her until next year and I was being such a loser all day.... So on the way home I text apologized. xP but in 1000 characters... >.> Also her name has been changed to my standardized blog initials:
"Hey BJ. I'm sorry for how I was acting today. I was just really depressed/angry at myself for being a sinner and I really shouldn't have been acting that way. Especially now at Christmas time I should know better. I just havn't been really acting the way I should, I havn't really been reading or praying or spending time with God or anything and its really my fault. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. And God's love is unconditional. It doesn't matter what you've done or who you will become. God sent his son to pay for our sins and bridge the gap between us and God so that we could have a personal relationship with Him because there's nothing we could ever do to earn our way to heaven by ourselves or our own effort. It's by faith alone that we can stand unashamed.
So, ya. I'm sorry. XP. Merry Chistmas. XP"
I was laughing about the sudden ending because of the 1000 characters. That's waht the xP's at the end are for. xP I meant to say sorry for being such a loser in the last few hours she'll see me, but it wouldn't fit. xP
Ya. Christmas is when Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem. 33 years or so later he died for our sins becuase he had none of his own and because he was God and because he loved us. All of our sins were in the future at the time, but God is above time.
I'm just rambling now. xP.... I will not watch anymore anime until I read 50 psalms because that is how many I should have read before having watched all the anime I've watched this week. Anime has taken a high priority in my life again and clearly the reprecusions are pretty bad. It's idolatry basically. So, ya..... I was thinking that I should swap God for anime, but then I was trying to apply that in my head and was like "Oh, I'm bored. I should watch anime." "Oh! There's a new episode of One Piece! I need to watch it as soon as possible!" But trying to swap thos situations and I realize that there's never a new chapter in the Bible so I can't really swap that, but then I realized I havn't finished reading all of it soooo.... there are still some new chapters... xP Buuuut I will be reading them all in the next year, so ya. *rolls eyes*
Ttyl. xP
=D.Fa
PS. I was thinking of 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness". Training in righteousness is what I need right now. Clearly that is because I havn't been reading my Bible very much / not remembering memory verses. Also Psalm 199:11 "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you" that applies to my lack of memory verses..?
Point: I know I need to spend time with God, with his word, praying to him, singing his praises, etc. He has provided us his word, he has provided us redemption, he listens to our prayers, he gives this all as a free gift to us through his son who paid the price once and for all that all have the option to have a relationship with Him.
I'm really bad at getting a point across. xP
Today was really ... idk... I woke up 3 hours later than I wanted to after having on and off really fun dreams that I now do not remember, watching Bleach and Pokemon with fried rice and ice cream, I sinned, then I worked from 12-6 in produce and now I am here.
I was super really depressed all day and BJ kept telling me I was acting weird. I was thinking a lot about a lot of stuff, like how I am using my busy schedule as an excuse to not spend time with God and how I should then take advantage of this schedule to schedule in time for God (although I realize this is clearly not supposed to compartmentalise God into an hour here or there). Then I realized that that is one purpose of YA. YA is a couple hours where the number 1 top priority is to study God's word and fellowship with other brothers/sisters and all that good stuff. So, ya. YA has a new meaning to me, but at the same time, there is no YA right now (cuz everybody diffused across the country... >.> I mean BC, Yukon, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Calgary, etc.)
At 5 or so I started doing production in the backroom, so I turned on the radio to CHRI and ya. I quickly stopped being so depressed. "That's What Faith Can Do" "Our God" and other songs made me think other stuff and I was singing out loud (except when people walked by... xP). xP Then there was this song that was really really cool. So I wrote the name of the song on my hand. It was "What Love Really Means" by JJ Heller.
That is the MV, which is also pretty cool while being very simple.
Anyways, BJ left and will not be working until after Christmas because she is going home for Christmas and I won't be back until January 1st and I may not be working very much after that..... so it was basically like the last time I will see her until next year and I was being such a loser all day.... So on the way home I text apologized. xP but in 1000 characters... >.> Also her name has been changed to my standardized blog initials:
"Hey BJ. I'm sorry for how I was acting today. I was just really depressed/angry at myself for being a sinner and I really shouldn't have been acting that way. Especially now at Christmas time I should know better. I just havn't been really acting the way I should, I havn't really been reading or praying or spending time with God or anything and its really my fault. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. And God's love is unconditional. It doesn't matter what you've done or who you will become. God sent his son to pay for our sins and bridge the gap between us and God so that we could have a personal relationship with Him because there's nothing we could ever do to earn our way to heaven by ourselves or our own effort. It's by faith alone that we can stand unashamed.
So, ya. I'm sorry. XP. Merry Chistmas. XP"
I was laughing about the sudden ending because of the 1000 characters. That's waht the xP's at the end are for. xP I meant to say sorry for being such a loser in the last few hours she'll see me, but it wouldn't fit. xP
Ya. Christmas is when Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem. 33 years or so later he died for our sins becuase he had none of his own and because he was God and because he loved us. All of our sins were in the future at the time, but God is above time.
I'm just rambling now. xP.... I will not watch anymore anime until I read 50 psalms because that is how many I should have read before having watched all the anime I've watched this week. Anime has taken a high priority in my life again and clearly the reprecusions are pretty bad. It's idolatry basically. So, ya..... I was thinking that I should swap God for anime, but then I was trying to apply that in my head and was like "Oh, I'm bored. I should watch anime." "Oh! There's a new episode of One Piece! I need to watch it as soon as possible!" But trying to swap thos situations and I realize that there's never a new chapter in the Bible so I can't really swap that, but then I realized I havn't finished reading all of it soooo.... there are still some new chapters... xP Buuuut I will be reading them all in the next year, so ya. *rolls eyes*
Ttyl. xP
=D.Fa
PS. I was thinking of 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness". Training in righteousness is what I need right now. Clearly that is because I havn't been reading my Bible very much / not remembering memory verses. Also Psalm 199:11 "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you" that applies to my lack of memory verses..?
Point: I know I need to spend time with God, with his word, praying to him, singing his praises, etc. He has provided us his word, he has provided us redemption, he listens to our prayers, he gives this all as a free gift to us through his son who paid the price once and for all that all have the option to have a relationship with Him.
I'm really bad at getting a point across. xP
21.12.10
Random.
So, I was putting out the recycling when I heard this eerie noise. It was the singing bus again, but I couldn't see it. I listened harder and heard it going by in the distance.
It's so creepy... xP
Also, did I already blog today..? xP
I need to clean my room xP. I haven't cleaned it since September and it's kind of dusty.
I feel like if I write things on my blog I end up with nothing to talk about in person with some of you.
Did I tell you I'm working tommorow..? That means I am working everyday this week (except today and Christmas) and then I am gone for a week.
So, ya. I don't know what to get people for Christmas... I feel like now that I am in University I am supposed to be creative with gift givng and things like this. I feel this because people like TM, JB, AH and the like are always so creative in the things they do...
A bunch of people are coming back to Ottawa, but I don't know when or what we will do together / I will be leaving soon... >.>
Guh.
....
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I miss the YA.
It's so creepy... xP
Also, did I already blog today..? xP
I need to clean my room xP. I haven't cleaned it since September and it's kind of dusty.
I feel like if I write things on my blog I end up with nothing to talk about in person with some of you.
Did I tell you I'm working tommorow..? That means I am working everyday this week (except today and Christmas) and then I am gone for a week.
So, ya. I don't know what to get people for Christmas... I feel like now that I am in University I am supposed to be creative with gift givng and things like this. I feel this because people like TM, JB, AH and the like are always so creative in the things they do...
A bunch of people are coming back to Ottawa, but I don't know when or what we will do together / I will be leaving soon... >.>
Guh.
....
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I miss the YA.
I'm Free!
So, hey!
I have completed semester 1A, I mean, first semester of first year. I completed my Calculus exam in an hour and a half with some inspiration here and there, but it was pretty easy. I only really studied breifly on Friday derivatives and crammed yesterday for a few hours on Integration. Do you ever cram all the hard stuff and then only the easy stuff is on the exam..? It annoys me sometimes, but then I realize that I will be getting a better mark because it was easy.
I hadn't checked any of my marks until today and I only checked because my CHEM prof sent me an email. This is what it said:
"Hi – You got an A+ in CHEM 1001. Pretty awesome.
Bob."
That is all it said except for all his contect info at the bottom. Bob is my favourite prof. xP He's so sarcastic sometimes. xP
Anyways. I am now done my exams. yuss. I also just beat LoZ Spirit Tracks. The final battle is very similar to a number of other LoZ battles my brother tells me. A possesed Zelda, a puppet master, an over-sized, blue, horned, red-haired, gem-on-the-forehead monster on four legs, a light arrow, a magical instrument, sages, a magic sword, stabbing the bad guy in the head, all have been done before. xP It was still very fun.
Ya. Only a few days until Christmas! and a couple more until WC!!! I still don't know how I'm getting there. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I'm free because Jesus set me free from my slavery to sin.
I have completed semester 1A, I mean, first semester of first year. I completed my Calculus exam in an hour and a half with some inspiration here and there, but it was pretty easy. I only really studied breifly on Friday derivatives and crammed yesterday for a few hours on Integration. Do you ever cram all the hard stuff and then only the easy stuff is on the exam..? It annoys me sometimes, but then I realize that I will be getting a better mark because it was easy.
I hadn't checked any of my marks until today and I only checked because my CHEM prof sent me an email. This is what it said:
"Hi – You got an A+ in CHEM 1001. Pretty awesome.
Bob."
That is all it said except for all his contect info at the bottom. Bob is my favourite prof. xP He's so sarcastic sometimes. xP
Anyways. I am now done my exams. yuss. I also just beat LoZ Spirit Tracks. The final battle is very similar to a number of other LoZ battles my brother tells me. A possesed Zelda, a puppet master, an over-sized, blue, horned, red-haired, gem-on-the-forehead monster on four legs, a light arrow, a magical instrument, sages, a magic sword, stabbing the bad guy in the head, all have been done before. xP It was still very fun.
Ya. Only a few days until Christmas! and a couple more until WC!!! I still don't know how I'm getting there. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. I'm free because Jesus set me free from my slavery to sin.
20.12.10
I Thought So... / The Singing Bus / Christmas Soundtrack
Hey, I'm tired... xP
But I feel like if I don't tell you now, I probably won't or if I do it won't be the same... xP
So, tommorow morning is my last exam. I am very unprepared, but expect to do satisfactoraly at least. Calculus... It's not that bad, I just havn't fully figured out some of the "you have to do it THIS WAY" integration problems. xP
Earlier today I got to the boss fight (final boss fight) in LoZ Spirit Tracks. I'm like,"Ok, Zelda... get your body, take my bow and shoot some light arrows. Go on. Do it." She does it... xP I was slightly disappointed at the predictable tendency of the final boss fight.
I am also kind of really dissapointed at what I have read of C4C's WC's day of evangelism which will take place mostly online..?!?!?!?!?!!? what?!?!?!? "bring your laptops" What!??!?!??!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!? I am severly disappointed at this. How does talking online help me at overcoming a fear of sharing in person with strangers..? You could share online (poorly) with a script. >.> I hope there is an option for actual in person sharing.
There was also something that has happened a couple times to me now. I have named it "The singing Bus" because that is what it does. It sings, but only a few notes, but really loudly. It sings in my low whistle range and can be heard from beyond tiverton to beyond Merivale from Chesterton (so it can be heard like 10 blocks away or something!) and it's really creepy, but so cool. xP. The other day it was a 156 and today it was a 117.
Nat King Cole's Christmas CD "The Christmas Song" is basically a soundtrack to our Christmases at my house says my brother. And I fully agree with him. We had a good laugh earlier today singing all the little articulations that Nat King Cole does as well as the little instrumental flourishes in The Christmas Song. xP The CD is played at least 10 times each year at my house during the Christmas break and it has been for a number of years.
Also, I'm wondering, has your Christmas tree ever fallen over? The ones in our house have so many times that we have been tieing our trees to the ceiling for a couple years now.......... I really think that it is lame to tie your tree to the ceiling. Our tree this year looked very stable, couldn't possibly fall over. And yet I had to tie it to the ceiling....
Also, how much fake snow goes on your trees..? Do you even know what I'm talking about..?
Are your trees real..?
Why are there trees at Christmas..?
I have to sleep now, but in about 13 hours I will be free from exams (for a few months)!
So, ya.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
But I feel like if I don't tell you now, I probably won't or if I do it won't be the same... xP
So, tommorow morning is my last exam. I am very unprepared, but expect to do satisfactoraly at least. Calculus... It's not that bad, I just havn't fully figured out some of the "you have to do it THIS WAY" integration problems. xP
Earlier today I got to the boss fight (final boss fight) in LoZ Spirit Tracks. I'm like,"Ok, Zelda... get your body, take my bow and shoot some light arrows. Go on. Do it." She does it... xP I was slightly disappointed at the predictable tendency of the final boss fight.
I am also kind of really dissapointed at what I have read of C4C's WC's day of evangelism which will take place mostly online..?!?!?!?!?!!? what?!?!?!? "bring your laptops" What!??!?!??!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!? I am severly disappointed at this. How does talking online help me at overcoming a fear of sharing in person with strangers..? You could share online (poorly) with a script. >.> I hope there is an option for actual in person sharing.
There was also something that has happened a couple times to me now. I have named it "The singing Bus" because that is what it does. It sings, but only a few notes, but really loudly. It sings in my low whistle range and can be heard from beyond tiverton to beyond Merivale from Chesterton (so it can be heard like 10 blocks away or something!) and it's really creepy, but so cool. xP. The other day it was a 156 and today it was a 117.
Nat King Cole's Christmas CD "The Christmas Song" is basically a soundtrack to our Christmases at my house says my brother. And I fully agree with him. We had a good laugh earlier today singing all the little articulations that Nat King Cole does as well as the little instrumental flourishes in The Christmas Song. xP The CD is played at least 10 times each year at my house during the Christmas break and it has been for a number of years.
Also, I'm wondering, has your Christmas tree ever fallen over? The ones in our house have so many times that we have been tieing our trees to the ceiling for a couple years now.......... I really think that it is lame to tie your tree to the ceiling. Our tree this year looked very stable, couldn't possibly fall over. And yet I had to tie it to the ceiling....
Also, how much fake snow goes on your trees..? Do you even know what I'm talking about..?
Are your trees real..?
Why are there trees at Christmas..?
I have to sleep now, but in about 13 hours I will be free from exams (for a few months)!
So, ya.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
19.12.10
"Are You Studying..?"
If I hate sin. Why do I want to so badly. Why are these thoughts in my head and in my dreams..? Ya... It's messed... Why are even my dreams perverse..?
Anyways... xP
Yesterday I realized that there are a number of instances where I will have sung a song for a long time and not actually known what the song was about. For example, I'm sure you all know Halleluia. Only on Friday did I realize that the David in the song was King David and that one of the verses was refering to Bathsheba.
Also, a lot of common songs get sung without really fully understanding them. And the more often they are sung, the less meaning they hold sometimes. Christmas songs for example have just become songs in my mind, but we were caroling yesterday and the second or third varses that I didn't really know very well had a lot more meaning than the ones I had known by heart. Those verses I knew were just lyrics to a song, but reading the words I didn't know..... I don't know where I am going with this.... xP
Ya.... xP Pay attention to the words the next time you sing something.
O... I got the "So, you're religious" comment today... xP.... It is weird to hear... I hope to be a good witness to him. xP ML works in Salad Bar / Produce. Today I helped out in Salad Bar for a few hours making veggie platters because Salad Bar was a bit behind because someone was 2.5 hours late to work this morning... but now that I am trained in Salad bar, I don't have to go ask if they need help, they will come to me. xP I'm glad I can be of help. I'm thinking of inviting him to the christmas eve service, but i don't know...
I was going to buy my mom "Despicable Me" for christmas, but then I found out that she had bought it for us. xP We were going to go see it for her birthday in July, but my brother had school and then I saw it with some YA........ I guess I will have to fall back to my original present idea. Shaving my moustache / beard.... I'm growing attached to it though... T.T
I just thought "man I use ellipsises a lot." xP
Ok, so. The other day BJ was trying to guess my middle name. I told her it started with a J. She couldn't get it. I told her it ended with an S and is 5 letters long. Her first 3 guesses after that clue were Judas, Jesus and James. I thought this was funny.
Umm... I don't know what else I can say right now, so I'll talk to you later.
D.Fa
Anyways... xP
Yesterday I realized that there are a number of instances where I will have sung a song for a long time and not actually known what the song was about. For example, I'm sure you all know Halleluia. Only on Friday did I realize that the David in the song was King David and that one of the verses was refering to Bathsheba.
Also, a lot of common songs get sung without really fully understanding them. And the more often they are sung, the less meaning they hold sometimes. Christmas songs for example have just become songs in my mind, but we were caroling yesterday and the second or third varses that I didn't really know very well had a lot more meaning than the ones I had known by heart. Those verses I knew were just lyrics to a song, but reading the words I didn't know..... I don't know where I am going with this.... xP
Ya.... xP Pay attention to the words the next time you sing something.
O... I got the "So, you're religious" comment today... xP.... It is weird to hear... I hope to be a good witness to him. xP ML works in Salad Bar / Produce. Today I helped out in Salad Bar for a few hours making veggie platters because Salad Bar was a bit behind because someone was 2.5 hours late to work this morning... but now that I am trained in Salad bar, I don't have to go ask if they need help, they will come to me. xP I'm glad I can be of help. I'm thinking of inviting him to the christmas eve service, but i don't know...
I was going to buy my mom "Despicable Me" for christmas, but then I found out that she had bought it for us. xP We were going to go see it for her birthday in July, but my brother had school and then I saw it with some YA........ I guess I will have to fall back to my original present idea. Shaving my moustache / beard.... I'm growing attached to it though... T.T
I just thought "man I use ellipsises a lot." xP
Ok, so. The other day BJ was trying to guess my middle name. I told her it started with a J. She couldn't get it. I told her it ended with an S and is 5 letters long. Her first 3 guesses after that clue were Judas, Jesus and James. I thought this was funny.
Umm... I don't know what else I can say right now, so I'll talk to you later.
D.Fa
18.12.10
Sick at Christmas
So, hey.
What's up..? I'm really busy with work and studying and stuff. That is what I should say, but honestly, it's only been like a few hours of work a day and I have not studied yet and I have wasted massive amounts of time watching Pokemon Best Wishes and playing Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks. I also havn't really been reading the Bible or praying too much... and I've fallen to quite a spiritual low... If it wasn't for my friends and a certain blog I would be even lower possibly.
So, ya. I started working in Salad Bar on Tuesday and I have worked like 25 hours since then. Christmas is the time when people buy platters because they are having parties and stuff so they needed to make a bunch. Salad bar is pretty fun. There's always something to do and you often have someone to talk to. Broccoli Salad looks really gross though..... xP Like someone already chewed it. Spinach Salad looks sooooo tasty....
Also, the main reason I have been wasting my life on LoZ is because I am going to give it to my brother for Christmas, but I would like to play it first. I mean, I bought it in September and didn't play it until Wednesday. I'm nearly done, just one more temple and then the final boss fight. Ya... xP
YA was so much fun on Thursday. We had a going away potluck for R(?) and HK. Then, while JC was finishing her project worth 40% that was due at midnight we went tobagoning on a GT Snowracer. LOL. Just Lol. We had a short lived competition to see wich team could go the farthest, we ran down the hill. xP We then went and tobagoned down the bridges... xP It's more fun then it sounds. Then we went back to CW's house. "Look out for the hill!" LOL.
Ya.....
I was thinking how can we ever live up to God's expectations? Like its so easy to sin, how can he expect us not to...? Do we just have to try our hardest..? No..... I've thought this before. We can't try our hardest and expect that to please God. Our hardest is still a giant failure. Humans are weak and sinful. We can't rely on ourselves to please God or try to earn favour. 1. Our best is still far from good and 2. It just doesn't work. This is why Jesus came down on Christmas a couple thousand years ago. He came to us because we could never reach Him with our own efforts. He came to reconcile us to God, to take away our sins, to give us power over sin, to give us his Spirit. But if we don't rely on his strength we just fall back to the situation we were in before.
Why do we sin? Why? Why can't it just be easy? How can I want to live as Jesus wants me to, while at the same time be hiding sin.
On a lighter note, I found these amazing toys at Zellers the other day. Sooo fun. xP
xP. Taken on my phone, so ya.. xP The toys sing each sing a different song, but you get to decide the tempo, by making them sing the next note in the song each time you squeeze them. They also hold the note as long as you squeeze them. They make chords and stuff if you play with more than one at a time, but while taking the video I only had one free hand and there was a message over the intercom (it wasn't the toy talking xP)... So, ya. You should just go and see them in person. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Slovenia and Ukraine! w00t!
What's up..? I'm really busy with work and studying and stuff. That is what I should say, but honestly, it's only been like a few hours of work a day and I have not studied yet and I have wasted massive amounts of time watching Pokemon Best Wishes and playing Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks. I also havn't really been reading the Bible or praying too much... and I've fallen to quite a spiritual low... If it wasn't for my friends and a certain blog I would be even lower possibly.
So, ya. I started working in Salad Bar on Tuesday and I have worked like 25 hours since then. Christmas is the time when people buy platters because they are having parties and stuff so they needed to make a bunch. Salad bar is pretty fun. There's always something to do and you often have someone to talk to. Broccoli Salad looks really gross though..... xP Like someone already chewed it. Spinach Salad looks sooooo tasty....
Also, the main reason I have been wasting my life on LoZ is because I am going to give it to my brother for Christmas, but I would like to play it first. I mean, I bought it in September and didn't play it until Wednesday. I'm nearly done, just one more temple and then the final boss fight. Ya... xP
YA was so much fun on Thursday. We had a going away potluck for R(?) and HK. Then, while JC was finishing her project worth 40% that was due at midnight we went tobagoning on a GT Snowracer. LOL. Just Lol. We had a short lived competition to see wich team could go the farthest, we ran down the hill. xP We then went and tobagoned down the bridges... xP It's more fun then it sounds. Then we went back to CW's house. "Look out for the hill!" LOL.
Ya.....
I was thinking how can we ever live up to God's expectations? Like its so easy to sin, how can he expect us not to...? Do we just have to try our hardest..? No..... I've thought this before. We can't try our hardest and expect that to please God. Our hardest is still a giant failure. Humans are weak and sinful. We can't rely on ourselves to please God or try to earn favour. 1. Our best is still far from good and 2. It just doesn't work. This is why Jesus came down on Christmas a couple thousand years ago. He came to us because we could never reach Him with our own efforts. He came to reconcile us to God, to take away our sins, to give us power over sin, to give us his Spirit. But if we don't rely on his strength we just fall back to the situation we were in before.
Why do we sin? Why? Why can't it just be easy? How can I want to live as Jesus wants me to, while at the same time be hiding sin.
On a lighter note, I found these amazing toys at Zellers the other day. Sooo fun. xP
xP. Taken on my phone, so ya.. xP The toys sing each sing a different song, but you get to decide the tempo, by making them sing the next note in the song each time you squeeze them. They also hold the note as long as you squeeze them. They make chords and stuff if you play with more than one at a time, but while taking the video I only had one free hand and there was a message over the intercom (it wasn't the toy talking xP)... So, ya. You should just go and see them in person. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Slovenia and Ukraine! w00t!
14.12.10
Blizzzzzzzzzzzards..?
I've never realized how badly the weather affects traffic.
I suppose that since I've always lived close to school, close to work, close to pretty much everything that I really havn't until now experienced real commuting.
All week I've been hearing about how much longer it has taken to get places or how doors have been frozen shut or how the weather greatly influences sales (I'm so happy I went to work instead of studying. XP).
Right now I am stuck on the 117 during rush hour traffic while there is at least a foot of snow and more is falling........
time lapse.
.... Okay.... I just missed my bus stop. XP.... The trip that would normally take like 15 minutes from school home took an hour.... XP and I didn't have any books, so I kinda dozed off. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
I suppose that since I've always lived close to school, close to work, close to pretty much everything that I really havn't until now experienced real commuting.
All week I've been hearing about how much longer it has taken to get places or how doors have been frozen shut or how the weather greatly influences sales (I'm so happy I went to work instead of studying. XP).
Right now I am stuck on the 117 during rush hour traffic while there is at least a foot of snow and more is falling........
time lapse.
.... Okay.... I just missed my bus stop. XP.... The trip that would normally take like 15 minutes from school home took an hour.... XP and I didn't have any books, so I kinda dozed off. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Training..?!
Hey,
I am about to go to work!
You see, so that I can work Thursday, I need training in Salad Bar, so I am going to be working 6:30-12 today. Then I'll beat my Physics exam, then I'll be free to do whatever I want until my exam next Tuesday.
Apparently almost everyone in Salad Bar is going away for Christmas, so I may be getting a number of hours in Salad Bar. xP I really havn't made enough money these last few months, so, this may be a very good oppourtunity. xP plus its gonna be fun. XP
I hope my boss doesn't get too mad at me. I mean, I really want a different job, and I'm gonna have to get a different job in January anyways... >.>
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. BJ likes my moustache!
I am about to go to work!
You see, so that I can work Thursday, I need training in Salad Bar, so I am going to be working 6:30-12 today. Then I'll beat my Physics exam, then I'll be free to do whatever I want until my exam next Tuesday.
Apparently almost everyone in Salad Bar is going away for Christmas, so I may be getting a number of hours in Salad Bar. xP I really havn't made enough money these last few months, so, this may be a very good oppourtunity. xP plus its gonna be fun. XP
I hope my boss doesn't get too mad at me. I mean, I really want a different job, and I'm gonna have to get a different job in January anyways... >.>
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. BJ likes my moustache!
12.12.10
Produce vs Salad Bar!
So, ya.
Today, I woke up at 8:30, had a shower, ate an omlette, got a drive to church, played bass, got a ride home, ate ice cream for lunch, and went to work.
So, ya.... The store was renovated in the summer. The new Salad Bar has been its own department ever since. When it split off from Produce my boss only gave them a couple of the old Salad Bar employees and the others stayed in produce. He apparently doesn't want to share his employees.
Anyways, recently he took one of the new salad bar employees to work in produce. The new salad bar manager doesn't think this is fair at all. I kind of agree... but I digress. The real reason I am talking about all this is because that one employee that has been split between the two departments has two shifts on Thursday: 7-4 in Salad Bar and 4-11 in Produce. It turns out that I was the only one free to work Thursday night so SL (Salad Bar manager) asked me if I could work then and there was nothing on my calander for Thursday night, so I said I would probably be able to work then. The thing is I thought that I had promised someone that I would do something then..?
I then remembered that YA is Thursday, but this week is no regular YA! It's HK's last YA! It's the last time I'll see him and R(?) for a while... possibly a very long while... So I told SL that I was busy... No one else could take that shift though, unless I switch to someone else's morning shift... I proposed the idea that I could do the Salad Bar shift. =D
This is when she told me the whole situation. About how my boss wouldn't share me, or AS, or MR. xP But I want to work in Salad Bar..... T.T I was kinda begging her, but not quite and she kept telling me that if she asked my boss, he wouldn't allow it.
Soooooo, tommorow I am going to ask him. I mean, it's just once (as far as he knows... xP). I really want to...... xP
I'm so done with Produce... Since maybe 5 days after I got hired two and a half years ago, I've wanted to work in Bakery or Salad Bar. I always do my work as fast as possible so that I can go work in either of those departments now.
SL was saying that if I asked to work in Salad Bar my boss might tell me to just leave produce. SL said that if I was allowed to work in Salad Bar she would use me for more than just emergencies. I seem to have a reputation of doing things really quickly. She said that in January the Salad Bar hours would be reduced and that I wouldn't be able to get too many hours.
In January, I'll have to find a new job OR I will have to work every Sunday and one other day of the week instead of DG or YA or something else......
I just want to do something different already.... xP
I have been threatening to leave produce since the beggining of Summer, but never got around to writing a resume... Then I said I would be looking for a new job, but when I was writing a resume my computer turned off and so I had to start over... XP.... So, I don't have a resume..... and its exam time.....
My Bio exam wasn't that bad... It was a lot more wordy then I expected. It didn't want as many obscure terms as I thought it would. Short answer questions are lame. I can never explain things the way I want to...
I don't know why exactly, but I told BJ about my blog and she told JR.
I'm so tired... xP.
Night.
D.Fa
Today, I woke up at 8:30, had a shower, ate an omlette, got a drive to church, played bass, got a ride home, ate ice cream for lunch, and went to work.
So, ya.... The store was renovated in the summer. The new Salad Bar has been its own department ever since. When it split off from Produce my boss only gave them a couple of the old Salad Bar employees and the others stayed in produce. He apparently doesn't want to share his employees.
Anyways, recently he took one of the new salad bar employees to work in produce. The new salad bar manager doesn't think this is fair at all. I kind of agree... but I digress. The real reason I am talking about all this is because that one employee that has been split between the two departments has two shifts on Thursday: 7-4 in Salad Bar and 4-11 in Produce. It turns out that I was the only one free to work Thursday night so SL (Salad Bar manager) asked me if I could work then and there was nothing on my calander for Thursday night, so I said I would probably be able to work then. The thing is I thought that I had promised someone that I would do something then..?
I then remembered that YA is Thursday, but this week is no regular YA! It's HK's last YA! It's the last time I'll see him and R(?) for a while... possibly a very long while... So I told SL that I was busy... No one else could take that shift though, unless I switch to someone else's morning shift... I proposed the idea that I could do the Salad Bar shift. =D
This is when she told me the whole situation. About how my boss wouldn't share me, or AS, or MR. xP But I want to work in Salad Bar..... T.T I was kinda begging her, but not quite and she kept telling me that if she asked my boss, he wouldn't allow it.
Soooooo, tommorow I am going to ask him. I mean, it's just once (as far as he knows... xP). I really want to...... xP
I'm so done with Produce... Since maybe 5 days after I got hired two and a half years ago, I've wanted to work in Bakery or Salad Bar. I always do my work as fast as possible so that I can go work in either of those departments now.
SL was saying that if I asked to work in Salad Bar my boss might tell me to just leave produce. SL said that if I was allowed to work in Salad Bar she would use me for more than just emergencies. I seem to have a reputation of doing things really quickly. She said that in January the Salad Bar hours would be reduced and that I wouldn't be able to get too many hours.
In January, I'll have to find a new job OR I will have to work every Sunday and one other day of the week instead of DG or YA or something else......
I just want to do something different already.... xP
I have been threatening to leave produce since the beggining of Summer, but never got around to writing a resume... Then I said I would be looking for a new job, but when I was writing a resume my computer turned off and so I had to start over... XP.... So, I don't have a resume..... and its exam time.....
My Bio exam wasn't that bad... It was a lot more wordy then I expected. It didn't want as many obscure terms as I thought it would. Short answer questions are lame. I can never explain things the way I want to...
I don't know why exactly, but I told BJ about my blog and she told JR.
I'm so tired... xP.
Night.
D.Fa
11.12.10
MLIA...
Hey...
It is currently a Saturday. I have an exam today. I left the house at 1. My exam is at 2. 117s don't run on weekends...........
I swore once after I had put that stream of statements together..... I then ran to the bus stop in front of ToysRUs where it said the 111 came at 1:01 and would not come again until 1:31...........
I walked to the next stop...
The 111 came there at 1:17...
I guess that the traffic was pretty bad... XP...
I should get there in time.
I will read my pocket Bible until then and pray some more and ya..... Try to calm down.........
XP...
D.Fa
It is currently a Saturday. I have an exam today. I left the house at 1. My exam is at 2. 117s don't run on weekends...........
I swore once after I had put that stream of statements together..... I then ran to the bus stop in front of ToysRUs where it said the 111 came at 1:01 and would not come again until 1:31...........
I walked to the next stop...
The 111 came there at 1:17...
I guess that the traffic was pretty bad... XP...
I should get there in time.
I will read my pocket Bible until then and pray some more and ya..... Try to calm down.........
XP...
D.Fa
10.12.10
Aclectic Thoughts [Eclectic*]
Heya,
I've got an exam tommorow at 2 pm. Right after this post I'm going to sleep util 7ish then go over the slides for Bio, eat a piece of chocolate, go to school, destroy the exam, go to worship practice, then I think I'm going home. Lol.
I told my brother that I still had my moustache. He said "gross". I said its worse. xP He said how..? I said you'll see.
He will see. xP emphasis on see. Mwahahahahaha.
Anyways, I just got back from watching Bethel Pentecostal's Singing Christmas Tree show. This is the first time that I had gone to it, although I had heard of it before. It was pretty cool. There were all different styles of singing, all different styles of songs, drama, comedy. xP So good. I went with AL and HK.
On Wednesday I did a photoscavanger hunt with the Wednesday YA group in Billings Plaza. I can't believe they would hide the last copy of Bill Clinton's Biography from us... >.> Our team probably lost, but to just avoid arguments and etc we just called it a tie and all had hot chocolate. xP There were a number of really cool pictures especially the guys' mirror shot. Soo good.
I've been thinking lately that next year I should live with some other people. Me, RL, J(?), and J(?). We'd all be second years at Carleton in different programs. xP Plus living in res is not something that people want to pay for, so J(?) will be moving next year for sure, probably. I also want to live with JS and CW. xP There's nothing wrong with my current house mates, I still don't really know them though and everything that one of them does annoys me... >.> Which is not a good attitude to have....... but it's true...
JK and KP are, like, my favourite OCBC couple now... xP
Pizza Hut buffet with JK, KP, CW, DH and JS. Studying all morning. Cleaning the kitchen.
I'm done eating all of the perishable items in my house. Food items that is. xP
Yesterday I planted an onion in the pot where the dead plant was growing.
Okay.
This is a video of a seven year old who raps.
He's so cool yo. xP
And this is a video I found from searching for a user who did a cover of the song I posted yesterday. It is about "bromance" It is really funny and then it starts getting awkward... xP
Ya, I'll ttyl.
D.Fa
I've got an exam tommorow at 2 pm. Right after this post I'm going to sleep util 7ish then go over the slides for Bio, eat a piece of chocolate, go to school, destroy the exam, go to worship practice, then I think I'm going home. Lol.
I told my brother that I still had my moustache. He said "gross". I said its worse. xP He said how..? I said you'll see.
He will see. xP emphasis on see. Mwahahahahaha.
Anyways, I just got back from watching Bethel Pentecostal's Singing Christmas Tree show. This is the first time that I had gone to it, although I had heard of it before. It was pretty cool. There were all different styles of singing, all different styles of songs, drama, comedy. xP So good. I went with AL and HK.
On Wednesday I did a photoscavanger hunt with the Wednesday YA group in Billings Plaza. I can't believe they would hide the last copy of Bill Clinton's Biography from us... >.> Our team probably lost, but to just avoid arguments and etc we just called it a tie and all had hot chocolate. xP There were a number of really cool pictures especially the guys' mirror shot. Soo good.
I've been thinking lately that next year I should live with some other people. Me, RL, J(?), and J(?). We'd all be second years at Carleton in different programs. xP Plus living in res is not something that people want to pay for, so J(?) will be moving next year for sure, probably. I also want to live with JS and CW. xP There's nothing wrong with my current house mates, I still don't really know them though and everything that one of them does annoys me... >.> Which is not a good attitude to have....... but it's true...
JK and KP are, like, my favourite OCBC couple now... xP
Pizza Hut buffet with JK, KP, CW, DH and JS. Studying all morning. Cleaning the kitchen.
I'm done eating all of the perishable items in my house. Food items that is. xP
Yesterday I planted an onion in the pot where the dead plant was growing.
Okay.
This is a video of a seven year old who raps.
He's so cool yo. xP
And this is a video I found from searching for a user who did a cover of the song I posted yesterday. It is about "bromance" It is really funny and then it starts getting awkward... xP
Ya, I'll ttyl.
D.Fa
Kate Plus 8
So, I just had a really weird dream. xP
It was about the show "Kate Plus 8". Okay. Laugh at me. xP... I used to watch Jon and Kate Plus 8 with my Mom and brother. Half asian babies are really cute.
Anyways, if you didn't know, they got a divorce and all that jazz. As far as I know the new show "Kate plus 8" is still airing..?
It wasn't a really long dream. The dream had two main focus points. 1) That there are giant menacing spiders all over their home, just because that's normal where their house is. I mean like giant scary spiders that pounce on you, stab you, inject you with poison and then drink all your blood. The second point was that all of the kids can play a different instrument. They all filed out of the front door, sat on the porch and played a song. There was a tuba, a baritone, a violin, a clarinet, an oboe, and I think there was a trumpet. They played a short song and it was pretty good.
I then woke up just in time to tel RL good luck and realize that the kids probably aren't old enough to play Tuba... xP
Weird... xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
It was about the show "Kate Plus 8". Okay. Laugh at me. xP... I used to watch Jon and Kate Plus 8 with my Mom and brother. Half asian babies are really cute.
Anyways, if you didn't know, they got a divorce and all that jazz. As far as I know the new show "Kate plus 8" is still airing..?
It wasn't a really long dream. The dream had two main focus points. 1) That there are giant menacing spiders all over their home, just because that's normal where their house is. I mean like giant scary spiders that pounce on you, stab you, inject you with poison and then drink all your blood. The second point was that all of the kids can play a different instrument. They all filed out of the front door, sat on the porch and played a song. There was a tuba, a baritone, a violin, a clarinet, an oboe, and I think there was a trumpet. They played a short song and it was pretty good.
I then woke up just in time to tel RL good luck and realize that the kids probably aren't old enough to play Tuba... xP
Weird... xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
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