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
13.1.11
Relational Evangelism
So, whatsup..?
I just went sharing with RM. He seems to be 100% toward relational evangelism and sharing with people you already know. He is in business and just happens to know 90 percent of the asians we see... XP That is slightly exagerated, but it gets the idea across.
In any case, today we went out sharing the real life kits and ended up giving out 3. We had a few small talks with some people who weren't really interested and gave them to people who were interested, but too busy.
So, although we never really got into a spiritual conversation, we went around and talked to a number of people.
I really do want to make more friends than I currently have. This is just how I am. When I first came to Carleton.... No... Actually, I still do... I look around expecting to see people I know. I really like having a lot of friends.
I can definately have a conversation with JC or V(?) if I wanted to. I had class with them while I was blogging earlier, so she was interested.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
I just went sharing with RM. He seems to be 100% toward relational evangelism and sharing with people you already know. He is in business and just happens to know 90 percent of the asians we see... XP That is slightly exagerated, but it gets the idea across.
In any case, today we went out sharing the real life kits and ended up giving out 3. We had a few small talks with some people who weren't really interested and gave them to people who were interested, but too busy.
So, although we never really got into a spiritual conversation, we went around and talked to a number of people.
I really do want to make more friends than I currently have. This is just how I am. When I first came to Carleton.... No... Actually, I still do... I look around expecting to see people I know. I really like having a lot of friends.
I can definately have a conversation with JC or V(?) if I wanted to. I had class with them while I was blogging earlier, so she was interested.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
You Are The Only Exception~
So, just because I was procrastinating and stuff I finally got around to searching for the song that JB and EM sang at the Christmas assembly at MHS. They were so good. I think they were actually better than the original. xP I miss EM.... xPPP
So, ya. Here is the original "The Only Exception" by Paramore.
You know. This is a common thing in our society; 'love' that isn't real, 'love' that fades away, 'love' that is so based on appearances that it doesn't last, 'love' that isn't worth all the heartbreak and trouble, 'love' that is so superficial, 'love' that ends up making you lose trust in anyone, 'love'.
There is only one real love, one exception to what we see in the world. A love that is unchanging, unconditional, eternal, infinite, personal, unfailing, worth more than anything, the only important thing, the thing we all crave, the thing we all search for, the thing we all need, and the sad thing is that it is freely offered, but everyone looks over it or rejects it before actually seeing how great it is. True Love.
1 John 4:7-19 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love on another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the saviour of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgement; because as He is, so also are we in the world. We love because He first loved us.
The 'love' we search for without God, isn't really love. For without God, who is love, we don't really have love. We only have a fake 'love' which many believe is love until it falls apart at which time they give up on love.
God's love is so great for us that He would even die on a cross for us. He would come down from heaven and walk with us. A love so unimaginably large that we can't even get our heads half way around it.
Love.
God.
So, ya. Here is the original "The Only Exception" by Paramore.
You know. This is a common thing in our society; 'love' that isn't real, 'love' that fades away, 'love' that is so based on appearances that it doesn't last, 'love' that isn't worth all the heartbreak and trouble, 'love' that is so superficial, 'love' that ends up making you lose trust in anyone, 'love'.
There is only one real love, one exception to what we see in the world. A love that is unchanging, unconditional, eternal, infinite, personal, unfailing, worth more than anything, the only important thing, the thing we all crave, the thing we all search for, the thing we all need, and the sad thing is that it is freely offered, but everyone looks over it or rejects it before actually seeing how great it is. True Love.
1 John 4:7-19 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love on another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the saviour of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgement; because as He is, so also are we in the world. We love because He first loved us.
The 'love' we search for without God, isn't really love. For without God, who is love, we don't really have love. We only have a fake 'love' which many believe is love until it falls apart at which time they give up on love.
God's love is so great for us that He would even die on a cross for us. He would come down from heaven and walk with us. A love so unimaginably large that we can't even get our heads half way around it.
Love.
God.
12.1.11
It Is Irksome.
I'm kinda upset right now.
I got my essay back today.
You know there's a problem when the course that 3rd years are taking to raise their average is significantly bringing down my average. This is like last year when Steel was bringing down my mark. Like what the heck.
But in any case. If I actually think about it, I'm pretty sure (because of the whole letter grade thing) that my average is not really affected and that my entrance scholarship is by no means in question of being renewed, so in actuality I have nothing to complain about and I will have no problem if I actually fail FILM, but it is irksome.
...
This morning I awoke at 5:30. This was to go to the prayer meeting thing in Russell at 7. It was pretty cool. One guy challenged us though. He challenged us to fast once a week and just humble ourselves before the Lord by voluntarily weakening ourselves. He also chalenged us to wake up half an hour earlier and just spend 30 minutes with God in quiet time just getting filled up and pumped so that we have something to bring to the meeting.
...
Then I had Bio.
...
After that I went to Oasis, had some lunch and went sharing with AG. We talked to two people. One guy had the idea that creligion is a beautiful thing, but the people had hurt him which is why he was turned off from going to church. He was a really cool guy and he's in AH's program and year, so they'll get to talk some more. The other guy was hindu-raised and grew up in Malaysia where there is freedom of religion. He has many different friends and has been exposed to some extent with various religions. A lot of what he believed is in line with what I believe, but some of it is just so... empty..? I mean not knowing if you have a relationship with God until you die..? only to find out that you weren't and so you get reincarnated to try again..?
I then found out that VW was too sick to meet up and get her planner today. We had a brief text conversation and now I am praying for her situation. It's kinda difficult, but God must have a plan for her.
I want a heart for doing what is good, a heart for doing what I should, a heart that loves people for who they are and not appearances, a heart for the lost, a heart that is never hypocritical, that just loves the Lord with all of it.
Here's a song:
Ttyl.
D.Fa
I got my essay back today.
You know there's a problem when the course that 3rd years are taking to raise their average is significantly bringing down my average. This is like last year when Steel was bringing down my mark. Like what the heck.
But in any case. If I actually think about it, I'm pretty sure (because of the whole letter grade thing) that my average is not really affected and that my entrance scholarship is by no means in question of being renewed, so in actuality I have nothing to complain about and I will have no problem if I actually fail FILM, but it is irksome.
...
This morning I awoke at 5:30. This was to go to the prayer meeting thing in Russell at 7. It was pretty cool. One guy challenged us though. He challenged us to fast once a week and just humble ourselves before the Lord by voluntarily weakening ourselves. He also chalenged us to wake up half an hour earlier and just spend 30 minutes with God in quiet time just getting filled up and pumped so that we have something to bring to the meeting.
...
Then I had Bio.
...
After that I went to Oasis, had some lunch and went sharing with AG. We talked to two people. One guy had the idea that creligion is a beautiful thing, but the people had hurt him which is why he was turned off from going to church. He was a really cool guy and he's in AH's program and year, so they'll get to talk some more. The other guy was hindu-raised and grew up in Malaysia where there is freedom of religion. He has many different friends and has been exposed to some extent with various religions. A lot of what he believed is in line with what I believe, but some of it is just so... empty..? I mean not knowing if you have a relationship with God until you die..? only to find out that you weren't and so you get reincarnated to try again..?
I then found out that VW was too sick to meet up and get her planner today. We had a brief text conversation and now I am praying for her situation. It's kinda difficult, but God must have a plan for her.
I want a heart for doing what is good, a heart for doing what I should, a heart that loves people for who they are and not appearances, a heart for the lost, a heart that is never hypocritical, that just loves the Lord with all of it.
Here's a song:
Ttyl.
D.Fa
11.1.11
Devotional Planner
Hey! Whatsup?
You know, I think that there is a feeling for when you are learning and today I learned a few things. I shall have to recap most of my day however to make my point.
So, at the beginning of my day I slept in a bit... I did not have enough time to get to school and go sharing (as far as I thought anyways) so I decided I should just go off to Loeb and work on my CHEM prelab which was due at 4:30. I also watched the demo video for the lab and finally knew what the lab manual meant.
Ya, so I went to Loeb and was going to go downstairs when I saw this 2010 devotional Day Planner. I sat down and went to see who it belonged to. I emailed her. She may not even need it, but it looks cool to me. It probably had some sentimental value..? In any case I took it so that it wouldn't be lost or anything.
First was a MATH tutorial. Since we have only had one lecture at this point, all we did was go over row echelon form and reduced row echelon forms... It's pretty easy. I did however learn that you don't need to have discrete numbers in a matrix, you can also have fractions.
After this we went to MATH class and did pretty much the same thing. She kinda yelled at us because we were on our laptops not paying attention and she told us how important it really is. It's like not learning the alphabet. How can you expect to read and write without the alphabet..?
After that was another fun filled PHYS lecture with Dr. Donkers. (That's his name.) He is quite boring and will often stop talking mid sentence to look at us blankly for a few seconds...... I learned F=qE.
After that was my CHEM lab. Today we were making Salicylic acid, a precursor of aspirin (acetyl salicylic acid). It was a boring lab... First we got our new lab partners. Mine looks okay. Then we found out that there weren't enough round-bottom flasks, so we had to split into groups of 3. In general, the lab was like boiling, filtering and disolving a solution like 3 times.... Ya. It ended early anyways, so that was cool.
I hadn't gone sharing yet (as I had planned to that morning, this morning... xP so long ago...), so me and DK who has the CHEM lab at the same time went. We talked to one girl starting at like 5:45. She seemed to have a relativistic view of things, but agreed in heaven and God. It was a good conversation and it only took maybe 10 minutes. By the way, she had earbuds in when we went over to her. xP All three of us had class at 6, so it was cool. I gave her a Knowing God Personally booklet which summarizes what we were talking about and I wrote my email on the back in case she had any questions. I don't think DK has really gone sharing on campus too much, but he was doing well for just talking off the top of his head.
That was not evangelerving. That was a real spiritual conversation.
So, ya. I learned that it doesn't take an hour to have a good conversation.
Ya. I then had FILM class and I got to talk to JW for a few minutes before class. I havn't seen her in a couple months. This was partially because I've been sitting with P(?) since the C4C res pizza outreach night and because she has been watching the movies before class so she can leave earlier. Today we watched "Wild Strawberries" I thought it was really good. Our prof was saying that there are some cases in which the only medium that a film could take place in with the same effect is Film and in the movie there were times where a book could not have done it, a buch of pictures could not have done it, theatre could not have done it, but a video was perfect.
It ended early, I got home at 9:15ish after seeing MB at the bus stop, I cooked the ground beef so that it won't rot when I'm gone Friday and Saturday, and then my phone started ringing. I was in the middle of making a salad when it started ringing. I picked it up. It was VW, the owner of the devotional planner. She seemed very relieved to know that I had it. She seemed mildly surprised that I was also Christian. She thought it was random. So, tommorow around 1 I will be going back to where I found it and returning it.
You know... I always try to plan things out. The more I plan the worse things end up. God's plan is better than our plans. If I hadn't slept in I wouldn't have gone sharing with DK, I wouldn't have found the planner, I wouldn't have known what to do in the lab...
Ya. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. The jokes on the Steacie Building chalkboards are the best. xP LOL. Sn-apple! xPPP Heisenburg's wife can't find her keys. Explaination..? "You probably know too much about their momentum." LOL. Ferrous Wheel! xP They are just so good. xP
You know, I think that there is a feeling for when you are learning and today I learned a few things. I shall have to recap most of my day however to make my point.
So, at the beginning of my day I slept in a bit... I did not have enough time to get to school and go sharing (as far as I thought anyways) so I decided I should just go off to Loeb and work on my CHEM prelab which was due at 4:30. I also watched the demo video for the lab and finally knew what the lab manual meant.
Ya, so I went to Loeb and was going to go downstairs when I saw this 2010 devotional Day Planner. I sat down and went to see who it belonged to. I emailed her. She may not even need it, but it looks cool to me. It probably had some sentimental value..? In any case I took it so that it wouldn't be lost or anything.
First was a MATH tutorial. Since we have only had one lecture at this point, all we did was go over row echelon form and reduced row echelon forms... It's pretty easy. I did however learn that you don't need to have discrete numbers in a matrix, you can also have fractions.
After this we went to MATH class and did pretty much the same thing. She kinda yelled at us because we were on our laptops not paying attention and she told us how important it really is. It's like not learning the alphabet. How can you expect to read and write without the alphabet..?
After that was another fun filled PHYS lecture with Dr. Donkers. (That's his name.) He is quite boring and will often stop talking mid sentence to look at us blankly for a few seconds...... I learned F=qE.
After that was my CHEM lab. Today we were making Salicylic acid, a precursor of aspirin (acetyl salicylic acid). It was a boring lab... First we got our new lab partners. Mine looks okay. Then we found out that there weren't enough round-bottom flasks, so we had to split into groups of 3. In general, the lab was like boiling, filtering and disolving a solution like 3 times.... Ya. It ended early anyways, so that was cool.
I hadn't gone sharing yet (as I had planned to that morning, this morning... xP so long ago...), so me and DK who has the CHEM lab at the same time went. We talked to one girl starting at like 5:45. She seemed to have a relativistic view of things, but agreed in heaven and God. It was a good conversation and it only took maybe 10 minutes. By the way, she had earbuds in when we went over to her. xP All three of us had class at 6, so it was cool. I gave her a Knowing God Personally booklet which summarizes what we were talking about and I wrote my email on the back in case she had any questions. I don't think DK has really gone sharing on campus too much, but he was doing well for just talking off the top of his head.
That was not evangelerving. That was a real spiritual conversation.
So, ya. I learned that it doesn't take an hour to have a good conversation.
Ya. I then had FILM class and I got to talk to JW for a few minutes before class. I havn't seen her in a couple months. This was partially because I've been sitting with P(?) since the C4C res pizza outreach night and because she has been watching the movies before class so she can leave earlier. Today we watched "Wild Strawberries" I thought it was really good. Our prof was saying that there are some cases in which the only medium that a film could take place in with the same effect is Film and in the movie there were times where a book could not have done it, a buch of pictures could not have done it, theatre could not have done it, but a video was perfect.
It ended early, I got home at 9:15ish after seeing MB at the bus stop, I cooked the ground beef so that it won't rot when I'm gone Friday and Saturday, and then my phone started ringing. I was in the middle of making a salad when it started ringing. I picked it up. It was VW, the owner of the devotional planner. She seemed very relieved to know that I had it. She seemed mildly surprised that I was also Christian. She thought it was random. So, tommorow around 1 I will be going back to where I found it and returning it.
You know... I always try to plan things out. The more I plan the worse things end up. God's plan is better than our plans. If I hadn't slept in I wouldn't have gone sharing with DK, I wouldn't have found the planner, I wouldn't have known what to do in the lab...
Ya. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. The jokes on the Steacie Building chalkboards are the best. xP LOL. Sn-apple! xPPP Heisenburg's wife can't find her keys. Explaination..? "You probably know too much about their momentum." LOL. Ferrous Wheel! xP They are just so good. xP
The Word is Spelt "E-v-a-n-g-e-l-i-z-e"...
Hey, so. Today was a fail.
I skipped CHEM. I watched 'Inception'. I bought vegetables. I bought more vegetables. I went to DG. I ate a GIANT salad. I drank over a litre of chocolate milk. I did one chapter of MATH homework. I went by bike to buy 8 litres of milk. That doesn't include the fail.
So, today before DG I attempted to go sharing.
I wasted half an hour. Then I finally went up to one guy. He was asian. He was reading notes. He is in Engineering Physics and he is atheist. He says that he likes to have some faith in the work of scientists in the past.
I had no idea what I should say, so I kinda left without really saying very much... He seemed confused... xP...... That is what I will call 'Evangelerving'. lol...
So, in Sunday school we were reviewing the first 3 weeks of the 6 week course we are doing because we were 2 weeks ahead of the other classes... Anyways, we were talking about taking every opportunity given to you and we were talking about the Winter Conference message from Allen Self about using every tool you have and we couldn't really remember the third point of his talk. The first two were "Observe" and "Serve". So LT suggested that the third one should be more memorable and that this should be done by making it rhyme with the other two. He suggested the 'word' "Evangelerve". Our whole class was laughing hysterically. It doesn't really sound like a very pleasant word...
Ya... I hope to continue evangelising everyday. Tuesdays will be hard though............. 10-9.... ya. I'll have to wake up early.
Also, in DG we were discussing Luke 12 about how the Pharisees were hypocrites. The main point we got was that you can't be forgiven if you refuse to accept the only way that you can be forgiven. RM and MW were kinda co-leading and I definately see them in a new light now. I always thought MW was perfect.
In any case...... I will talk to you later.
D.Fa
I skipped CHEM. I watched 'Inception'. I bought vegetables. I bought more vegetables. I went to DG. I ate a GIANT salad. I drank over a litre of chocolate milk. I did one chapter of MATH homework. I went by bike to buy 8 litres of milk. That doesn't include the fail.
So, today before DG I attempted to go sharing.
I wasted half an hour. Then I finally went up to one guy. He was asian. He was reading notes. He is in Engineering Physics and he is atheist. He says that he likes to have some faith in the work of scientists in the past.
I had no idea what I should say, so I kinda left without really saying very much... He seemed confused... xP...... That is what I will call 'Evangelerving'. lol...
So, in Sunday school we were reviewing the first 3 weeks of the 6 week course we are doing because we were 2 weeks ahead of the other classes... Anyways, we were talking about taking every opportunity given to you and we were talking about the Winter Conference message from Allen Self about using every tool you have and we couldn't really remember the third point of his talk. The first two were "Observe" and "Serve". So LT suggested that the third one should be more memorable and that this should be done by making it rhyme with the other two. He suggested the 'word' "Evangelerve". Our whole class was laughing hysterically. It doesn't really sound like a very pleasant word...
Ya... I hope to continue evangelising everyday. Tuesdays will be hard though............. 10-9.... ya. I'll have to wake up early.
Also, in DG we were discussing Luke 12 about how the Pharisees were hypocrites. The main point we got was that you can't be forgiven if you refuse to accept the only way that you can be forgiven. RM and MW were kinda co-leading and I definately see them in a new light now. I always thought MW was perfect.
In any case...... I will talk to you later.
D.Fa
9.1.11
I Think My Soul is... Singing..?
So, whatsup..? I'm pretty tired.
I have a few things I have been thinking about and a few things I have that I think are blog worthy.
So, ya. I honestly think that today's worship was Spirit led. You see, yesterday at the practice I apparently chose songs that have weird rhythm patterns or that the other two didn't actually know and so, we pretty much failed playing most of them on the first try. It was always like "ok.... I think we'll come back to that." after we had tried so hard to figure out what we could do to make it work. When we came back to them, without even talking about it they just worked. I felt like it was the Holy Spirit who had fixed it. This morning C(?) even said she felt God's presence after the first 4 songs.
Apparently, because I am not very good at playing guitar yet, my singing style has turned into long, pause-y, fermata'd, and 'spirit led' *waves arms in a distracting 'dancing' manner to imply 'spirit led'*. This was one reason for a bunch of the problems. The inside joke there came from when CW asked why we couldn't play 'Sing to the Lord' properly and AL replied 'It's Hillsong. It's Spirit led." in a semi-mocking tone with accompanying 'dance'.
Ya. So, I have invited BJ to church and I've invited her to YA. I really hope she comes. xP
So, ya. I was still singing 'Sing to the Lord' all day. After service I was singing it for like 3 hours non-stop. I was actually starting to annoy myself, but it just kept playing on repeat. I wasn't actually that annoyed. I was actually really happy. After an hour of thinking random things I finally diagnosed myself. My diagnosis..? My soul was singing. Honestly I would almost describe these last couple days as the best days of my life. and then I thought... why..? I haven't done anything special. and I thought about Holly Sheldon's message from Winter Conference about how you don't find rest in escaping from your troubles, but you find rest right in the middle of them. I had done a bunch of work this weekend and had done more Bible reading / praying / singing praises than I have in a while. Even at work I was really happy and just singing (although more internally or more quietly). Even at work.
Another thing I have been thinking about is my reasoning behind wanting to go on East Asia project this summer. Do I really want to go wholly because of the word 'Asia' in the description..? or am I going to do God's work..? This came up because yesterday my housemate JK was talking to me about his brother who is off at Bible school and he wants to quit cuz classes are hard. Apparently in the first year or two he went on trips all over the place, but they would be ziplining and doing a bunch of fun stuff. So he was questioning his motives. I said as a defense to me wanting to go to Asia that maybe God has made me with a desire to go to Asia for a reason. I didn't say this 100% seriously. It is a legitamite answer, but at the same time, I actually don't think I ever heard God tell me "Go on project". So I was thinking that I would go on project somewhere else to prove that I am in it, not just for Asia, but also for God's work, but then I started thinking that I would feel less comfortable in places like Northern Africa compared to East Asia... I mean, it would be a great oppourtunity, but I would really rather be in Asia... but is that just me trying to be in a comfortable position..? And thus I am in my negative cyclic thought processes that I frequently get into. I think I've decided that my second choice for project destination will be Northern Africa. This is in part to get over my racism. I don't support my racism, but I am willing to admit that it exists. So, ya I'm gonna pray about that stuff.
There is also another ridiculous quote that I hope to use tommorow and hopefully before AL blogs about it. xP It's so funny.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Hans. lol.
I have a few things I have been thinking about and a few things I have that I think are blog worthy.
So, ya. I honestly think that today's worship was Spirit led. You see, yesterday at the practice I apparently chose songs that have weird rhythm patterns or that the other two didn't actually know and so, we pretty much failed playing most of them on the first try. It was always like "ok.... I think we'll come back to that." after we had tried so hard to figure out what we could do to make it work. When we came back to them, without even talking about it they just worked. I felt like it was the Holy Spirit who had fixed it. This morning C(?) even said she felt God's presence after the first 4 songs.
Apparently, because I am not very good at playing guitar yet, my singing style has turned into long, pause-y, fermata'd, and 'spirit led' *waves arms in a distracting 'dancing' manner to imply 'spirit led'*. This was one reason for a bunch of the problems. The inside joke there came from when CW asked why we couldn't play 'Sing to the Lord' properly and AL replied 'It's Hillsong. It's Spirit led." in a semi-mocking tone with accompanying 'dance'.
Ya. So, I have invited BJ to church and I've invited her to YA. I really hope she comes. xP
So, ya. I was still singing 'Sing to the Lord' all day. After service I was singing it for like 3 hours non-stop. I was actually starting to annoy myself, but it just kept playing on repeat. I wasn't actually that annoyed. I was actually really happy. After an hour of thinking random things I finally diagnosed myself. My diagnosis..? My soul was singing. Honestly I would almost describe these last couple days as the best days of my life. and then I thought... why..? I haven't done anything special. and I thought about Holly Sheldon's message from Winter Conference about how you don't find rest in escaping from your troubles, but you find rest right in the middle of them. I had done a bunch of work this weekend and had done more Bible reading / praying / singing praises than I have in a while. Even at work I was really happy and just singing (although more internally or more quietly). Even at work.
Another thing I have been thinking about is my reasoning behind wanting to go on East Asia project this summer. Do I really want to go wholly because of the word 'Asia' in the description..? or am I going to do God's work..? This came up because yesterday my housemate JK was talking to me about his brother who is off at Bible school and he wants to quit cuz classes are hard. Apparently in the first year or two he went on trips all over the place, but they would be ziplining and doing a bunch of fun stuff. So he was questioning his motives. I said as a defense to me wanting to go to Asia that maybe God has made me with a desire to go to Asia for a reason. I didn't say this 100% seriously. It is a legitamite answer, but at the same time, I actually don't think I ever heard God tell me "Go on project". So I was thinking that I would go on project somewhere else to prove that I am in it, not just for Asia, but also for God's work, but then I started thinking that I would feel less comfortable in places like Northern Africa compared to East Asia... I mean, it would be a great oppourtunity, but I would really rather be in Asia... but is that just me trying to be in a comfortable position..? And thus I am in my negative cyclic thought processes that I frequently get into. I think I've decided that my second choice for project destination will be Northern Africa. This is in part to get over my racism. I don't support my racism, but I am willing to admit that it exists. So, ya I'm gonna pray about that stuff.
There is also another ridiculous quote that I hope to use tommorow and hopefully before AL blogs about it. xP It's so funny.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Hans. lol.
The Peace of God
Hey.
So you know how I was away at Winter Conference last week..? Well, ya. I was. xP
You know how it was so amazing?? Well, ya. It was. xP
My point is shrouded somewhere within these last two sentences. My point was that Winter Conference was soooo great. 24/7 no worries. I got to sleep. I got to eat asian food. I got to sing. I got to hang out with my friends. I got to play volleyball. I got to dance. I got to go to an amazing new years eve party. It was just so cool, not to mention how God affected me during that week. There was absolutely no stress that whole week.
I have recently come back to the reality of school and work. I don't mean to complain about all this stuff, but ya... It just hit me like a pile of bricks. I had to suddenly buy books, buy school supplies, figure out having two part-time jobs, having 30 hours of school a week, having YA, DG, C4C, church, worship practices. I also had to lead worship this week, I have to buy food, I had to start doing pre-labs, preclass quizzes, assignments.... I was applying to go on project. I just had a lot flying around on my schedule... I was starting to really stress about it.
I was planning on going to this EFCC conference this Friday and Saturday. When I went to check my schedule for next week I discovered that I had two shifts. Saturday and Sunday 6:30-2....... There was literally no one left to take my shift...... Now I was starting to really stress................. I really hate talking to my boss...
That night I went to YA. Actually... I ran from work to home to YA. I was really stressing........
When CW showed up to YA he asked how I was and I told him. This is an advantage to actually answering questions. CW told me to pray about it. I realized I actually hadn't.
That night at various times my schedule was prayed for two or three times.
The next morning, after finding KC in Loeb Cafe (xP), I called my boss. Honestly, my boss is a God send. He always fixes my schedule if I ever ask him. He is willing to change the whole week's schedule so that everyone gets the time off that they want. So I called and he said he'd deal with it.
With that off of my schedule I could focus on all the other junk.
I ended up spending a lot of time just playing guitar and singing.
Before I realized it it was Saturday. What I didn't realize was that I hadn't been stressed since Thursday night at the beginning of YA. After praying about it I was no longer stressed, my schedule got worked out and I got a lot of work done.
Ya. Everything works out if you pray about it. xP
I need to pray about going to Asia. I talked to my parents breifly and they need more information than I already have... xP I discovered in that conversation that I knew very little about what I actually will be doing. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. The Phillipines!! w00t!
So you know how I was away at Winter Conference last week..? Well, ya. I was. xP
You know how it was so amazing?? Well, ya. It was. xP
My point is shrouded somewhere within these last two sentences. My point was that Winter Conference was soooo great. 24/7 no worries. I got to sleep. I got to eat asian food. I got to sing. I got to hang out with my friends. I got to play volleyball. I got to dance. I got to go to an amazing new years eve party. It was just so cool, not to mention how God affected me during that week. There was absolutely no stress that whole week.
I have recently come back to the reality of school and work. I don't mean to complain about all this stuff, but ya... It just hit me like a pile of bricks. I had to suddenly buy books, buy school supplies, figure out having two part-time jobs, having 30 hours of school a week, having YA, DG, C4C, church, worship practices. I also had to lead worship this week, I have to buy food, I had to start doing pre-labs, preclass quizzes, assignments.... I was applying to go on project. I just had a lot flying around on my schedule... I was starting to really stress about it.
I was planning on going to this EFCC conference this Friday and Saturday. When I went to check my schedule for next week I discovered that I had two shifts. Saturday and Sunday 6:30-2....... There was literally no one left to take my shift...... Now I was starting to really stress................. I really hate talking to my boss...
That night I went to YA. Actually... I ran from work to home to YA. I was really stressing........
When CW showed up to YA he asked how I was and I told him. This is an advantage to actually answering questions. CW told me to pray about it. I realized I actually hadn't.
That night at various times my schedule was prayed for two or three times.
The next morning, after finding KC in Loeb Cafe (xP), I called my boss. Honestly, my boss is a God send. He always fixes my schedule if I ever ask him. He is willing to change the whole week's schedule so that everyone gets the time off that they want. So I called and he said he'd deal with it.
With that off of my schedule I could focus on all the other junk.
I ended up spending a lot of time just playing guitar and singing.
Before I realized it it was Saturday. What I didn't realize was that I hadn't been stressed since Thursday night at the beginning of YA. After praying about it I was no longer stressed, my schedule got worked out and I got a lot of work done.
Ya. Everything works out if you pray about it. xP
I need to pray about going to Asia. I talked to my parents breifly and they need more information than I already have... xP I discovered in that conversation that I knew very little about what I actually will be doing. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. The Phillipines!! w00t!
8.1.11
Songs That Get Stuck In Your Head
Hey, so.
Yesterday I had this song stuck in my head all day. It may have started out as my fault because I kinda had to memorize how to sing it because I'm leading worship this weekend and it is a 'new' song. It's not really new, but it's new to the congregation. Ie, it was not on the website. I think I heard it at WC. AL will definitely not have a problem with it, but ya. I'm leading so I have to sing melody and if I forget it... xP
So, ya. It was stuck in my head all day yesterday and today....
I'm singing it as the call to worship. Sing to the Lord by Hillsong:
Also, while I was looking around the OCBC Worship team website for possible song choices I found this song and did not recognize it, so I youtubed it and although it doesn't really fit with this weekend's theme, it is a cool song. xP Holy is Our God by Starfield:
Also, I just followed a link to this. It is so good. I think we heard it at Summit..? I may be wrong. In any case we definitely sang it in Weekly Meeting once..? Reign in Us by Starfield:
And this popped into my head earlier. Here With Me by MercyMe:
xP..... Life is better when I think about good things. xP We are told to give our whole lives to the Lord. To submit even our thoughts over to him. When I am thinking about good things, life is easier. xP When I am singing songs in my head I am happy. xP I may end up not paying very much attention to what is happening around me though. xP Philippians 4:8 "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is praiseworthy or excellent--think about such things." What is praiseworthy besides the Lord and what he does in our lives..? What he does in the lives of others! and what he has already done! and what he will do! and what we can expect in the future!
xP I am in a good mood right now. XP
This morning I woke up at 9. I read a few chapters of the Bible. I ate pumpernickel with grape jam. I watch naruto filler..... xP I am reading my physics textbook... xP It's been snowing for hours, white fluffy white cold pure snow.
I'll tell you later about how stressed I was on Thursday. xP and about how God gives peace and can do whatever you ask of Him.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Yesterday I had this song stuck in my head all day. It may have started out as my fault because I kinda had to memorize how to sing it because I'm leading worship this weekend and it is a 'new' song. It's not really new, but it's new to the congregation. Ie, it was not on the website. I think I heard it at WC. AL will definitely not have a problem with it, but ya. I'm leading so I have to sing melody and if I forget it... xP
So, ya. It was stuck in my head all day yesterday and today....
I'm singing it as the call to worship. Sing to the Lord by Hillsong:
Also, while I was looking around the OCBC Worship team website for possible song choices I found this song and did not recognize it, so I youtubed it and although it doesn't really fit with this weekend's theme, it is a cool song. xP Holy is Our God by Starfield:
Also, I just followed a link to this. It is so good. I think we heard it at Summit..? I may be wrong. In any case we definitely sang it in Weekly Meeting once..? Reign in Us by Starfield:
And this popped into my head earlier. Here With Me by MercyMe:
xP..... Life is better when I think about good things. xP We are told to give our whole lives to the Lord. To submit even our thoughts over to him. When I am thinking about good things, life is easier. xP When I am singing songs in my head I am happy. xP I may end up not paying very much attention to what is happening around me though. xP Philippians 4:8 "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is praiseworthy or excellent--think about such things." What is praiseworthy besides the Lord and what he does in our lives..? What he does in the lives of others! and what he has already done! and what he will do! and what we can expect in the future!
xP I am in a good mood right now. XP
This morning I woke up at 9. I read a few chapters of the Bible. I ate pumpernickel with grape jam. I watch naruto filler..... xP I am reading my physics textbook... xP It's been snowing for hours, white fluffy white cold pure snow.
I'll tell you later about how stressed I was on Thursday. xP and about how God gives peace and can do whatever you ask of Him.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
7.1.11
New Year's Resolutions
Hey, So, I have recently been thinking about new year's resolutions.
New Year's resolutions generally end up being self-imposed restrictions that will 'make you a better person' or some goal which you hope to achieve but end up forgetting or some other trivial matter, maybe a joke..? I don't know, but the point is: New Year's Resolutions often fail and epically at that.
I had blogged 3 resolutions. They all related to me having better relationships with the people around me. I have now failed basically all of them. The third one is a semi-fail. It isn't as consistent as I had wanted it to be, but it's back on schedule now..?
In any case the point I was going to make is a point that was made in a seminar during winter conference. "Colossians 2:20-23 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence." These rules that we have made for ourselves are bound to fall apart. Especially because often we will try by our own strength to live up to them. They often have nothing to do with what God wants for us, but just what we want for ourselves (read: selfish). God has a plan for us. Whether we follow it or not is our choice. It is the main choice between following God and going your own way. Basically that is the big problem; sin is doing things your own way, choosing to disobey God and go your own way.
So, ya. Resolutions are good, however, when they are in line with God's plan and you are praying about them and desiring to fulfill them. Although they must not be idols. So, ya. The main good I see in this is a motivation, a goal, something that you can in a much shorter term view fulfill and accomplish. Why should real goals only be made at the beginning of things..? At the beginning of the year, at the beginning of a semester, at the beginning of a new job, etc. You should make real goals throughout your life. xP
I have not made many goals, but when I have a goal I will pursue it to the end.
On Wednesday I failed at going sharing. I procrastinated by msning, starting my project application, trying to do some other things... In any case I finally went at 5:15 to go sharing. First, I ran into DS and MB and we had a very odd conversation. xP When they left, I went around the school looking for the standard 'random evangelism targets.' Those bored looking, lonely people sitting with nothing to do. I failed to find anyone to such a degree as that. You see, I didn't have that terrible feeling of fear that paralyzes and cripples me from approaching anyone, but I now had such high standards that I couldn't even approach anyone because they did not fulfill my new 'litmus test' for sharing.
You see... The way I saw it was that if anyone was:
-reading a book
-listening to their ipod or w/e with earbuds
-looking at their laptop
-sitting with other people
-not white or asian
I would pass them by much more easily. Ya. I know. That is a terrible list of 'excuses' that are so shallow and meaningless that they really should not be a problem. If they are reading, it is probably not that important (I mean I'm never in the library, so it mustn't really matter.). If they have earbuds in, it's probably some mundane music on an ipod. If they are on their laptop, it could be facebook, blogs, it could be a number of unproductive things. If they are sitting with other people, that means that if I share with them it is like sharing twice, but only actually once. The last one is a terrible excuse, but slightly true... I apologize that it is on that list, but I feel like I can relate more with those people, but it is no excuse. Everyone needs to know Jesus. The only way to know if they are too busy to have a conversation is if I ask them.
I have honestly walked around for two hours only having approached 2 people because 1. I felt so scared and 2. because they weren't free enough to talk to me, in my mind. On top of the fact that I wasted 2 hours the people would be too busy to talk, so I actually wouldn't have accomplished anything in those two hours. Now, of those two main excuses number 1 has been broken by Winter Conference and number 2 is just all me, I didn't actually know if they were busy or not.
So. The point of me telling you all this is that I am looking to go sharing practically daily rather than weekly and these are some barriers that I have put up that should not even exist. ,', I shall tear them down. That was a 'therefore' sign by the way. With the help of God, I will tear them down.
So. From now on I shall approach those people that I 'feel' are too busy to share with.
Monday: I shall approach those who are reading a book. Clearly what they are reading is less important than if they were reading the Bible.
Tuesday: I shall approach those with earbuds / headphones. Mark 4:9 "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" Instead of listening to music that probably doesn't have a good message, they should hear the truth.
Wednesday: I shall approach people in a group of two. What good is it to spread the message to only one person..? You will never fulfill the great commission that way. All need to learn the truth that there is a loving God. Paul preached to thousands and thousands came to Christ. You can't get thousands to come to Christ if you only preach to one person at a time.
Thursday: I will approach people on their lap tops / notebooks. Laptops and Notebooks can be used not only as a study tool, but also as a tool for procrastinating and leisure and wasting time. Entropy says that there are far more ways to waste time than to be productive. By this logic it is likely that people on a laptop are wasting their time. Possibly playing flash games or facebook or whatever. Only your relationship with God matters in the end.
Friday: I will approach all types of people. Matthew 28:19 "... go and make disciples of all nations..." We have been told to go and bring the gospel to all ends of the earth, to all people.
In all cases I must rely on the Spirit though. It will never be my words that convince someone that God exists, but it will be God himself working in their hearts that will bring them back to Him and His loving arms.
Ya... xP Super long post. Deal with it. xP
D.Fa
New Year's resolutions generally end up being self-imposed restrictions that will 'make you a better person' or some goal which you hope to achieve but end up forgetting or some other trivial matter, maybe a joke..? I don't know, but the point is: New Year's Resolutions often fail and epically at that.
I had blogged 3 resolutions. They all related to me having better relationships with the people around me. I have now failed basically all of them. The third one is a semi-fail. It isn't as consistent as I had wanted it to be, but it's back on schedule now..?
In any case the point I was going to make is a point that was made in a seminar during winter conference. "Colossians 2:20-23 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence." These rules that we have made for ourselves are bound to fall apart. Especially because often we will try by our own strength to live up to them. They often have nothing to do with what God wants for us, but just what we want for ourselves (read: selfish). God has a plan for us. Whether we follow it or not is our choice. It is the main choice between following God and going your own way. Basically that is the big problem; sin is doing things your own way, choosing to disobey God and go your own way.
So, ya. Resolutions are good, however, when they are in line with God's plan and you are praying about them and desiring to fulfill them. Although they must not be idols. So, ya. The main good I see in this is a motivation, a goal, something that you can in a much shorter term view fulfill and accomplish. Why should real goals only be made at the beginning of things..? At the beginning of the year, at the beginning of a semester, at the beginning of a new job, etc. You should make real goals throughout your life. xP
I have not made many goals, but when I have a goal I will pursue it to the end.
On Wednesday I failed at going sharing. I procrastinated by msning, starting my project application, trying to do some other things... In any case I finally went at 5:15 to go sharing. First, I ran into DS and MB and we had a very odd conversation. xP When they left, I went around the school looking for the standard 'random evangelism targets.' Those bored looking, lonely people sitting with nothing to do. I failed to find anyone to such a degree as that. You see, I didn't have that terrible feeling of fear that paralyzes and cripples me from approaching anyone, but I now had such high standards that I couldn't even approach anyone because they did not fulfill my new 'litmus test' for sharing.
You see... The way I saw it was that if anyone was:
-reading a book
-listening to their ipod or w/e with earbuds
-looking at their laptop
-sitting with other people
-not white or asian
I would pass them by much more easily. Ya. I know. That is a terrible list of 'excuses' that are so shallow and meaningless that they really should not be a problem. If they are reading, it is probably not that important (I mean I'm never in the library, so it mustn't really matter.). If they have earbuds in, it's probably some mundane music on an ipod. If they are on their laptop, it could be facebook, blogs, it could be a number of unproductive things. If they are sitting with other people, that means that if I share with them it is like sharing twice, but only actually once. The last one is a terrible excuse, but slightly true... I apologize that it is on that list, but I feel like I can relate more with those people, but it is no excuse. Everyone needs to know Jesus. The only way to know if they are too busy to have a conversation is if I ask them.
I have honestly walked around for two hours only having approached 2 people because 1. I felt so scared and 2. because they weren't free enough to talk to me, in my mind. On top of the fact that I wasted 2 hours the people would be too busy to talk, so I actually wouldn't have accomplished anything in those two hours. Now, of those two main excuses number 1 has been broken by Winter Conference and number 2 is just all me, I didn't actually know if they were busy or not.
So. The point of me telling you all this is that I am looking to go sharing practically daily rather than weekly and these are some barriers that I have put up that should not even exist. ,', I shall tear them down. That was a 'therefore' sign by the way. With the help of God, I will tear them down.
So. From now on I shall approach those people that I 'feel' are too busy to share with.
Monday: I shall approach those who are reading a book. Clearly what they are reading is less important than if they were reading the Bible.
Tuesday: I shall approach those with earbuds / headphones. Mark 4:9 "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" Instead of listening to music that probably doesn't have a good message, they should hear the truth.
Wednesday: I shall approach people in a group of two. What good is it to spread the message to only one person..? You will never fulfill the great commission that way. All need to learn the truth that there is a loving God. Paul preached to thousands and thousands came to Christ. You can't get thousands to come to Christ if you only preach to one person at a time.
Thursday: I will approach people on their lap tops / notebooks. Laptops and Notebooks can be used not only as a study tool, but also as a tool for procrastinating and leisure and wasting time. Entropy says that there are far more ways to waste time than to be productive. By this logic it is likely that people on a laptop are wasting their time. Possibly playing flash games or facebook or whatever. Only your relationship with God matters in the end.
Friday: I will approach all types of people. Matthew 28:19 "... go and make disciples of all nations..." We have been told to go and bring the gospel to all ends of the earth, to all people.
In all cases I must rely on the Spirit though. It will never be my words that convince someone that God exists, but it will be God himself working in their hearts that will bring them back to Him and His loving arms.
Ya... xP Super long post. Deal with it. xP
D.Fa
6.1.11
Forgiveness.
Hey, so, ya...
I've meant to post this for a few days now. I mean, I didn't want to cell phone blog this post.
This is something I kinda need to deal with.
You see, forgiving someone can be very hard. Grudges form when you don't forgive someone. I kinda have a couple grudges and they are getting in the way of life. xP
You see, I have this grudge against KL who works in deli / bakery. I have blogged about him before. I don't know why exactly, but I hate his guts. He has never done anything against me directly before so I don't see why I should hate him. I have also never done anything for him. We rarely talk to each other and when we do it is very breif and work related.
Secondly, I kinda have a grude against JR, one of my housemates. The way he does things bugs me, his laugh bugs me, his constant singing bugs me, his face bugs me, his obsession with protein shakes and working out bugs me, all the unrinsed frying pans bug me, the unwashed blender bugs me, the bowls containing dried raspberry bug me. This all adds up to me disliking him to the point of avoidance, not talking to him and kinda ya... making things in our house troublesome.
Ya.... I know it's not all his fault. I know it's partially because I havn't told him that it bugs me. But, I definately need to forgive him and get over this.
There was this video that we saw during the NEST presentation during main session at Winter Conference. I was tearing up at the end. I even knew how it would end way before it did, but I was still almost crying..... xP
If people can forgive murder and rape and other things that are way worse than not washing a frying pan, why can't I forgive them..?
Oh Heavenly Father, Lord, how great you are. How amazing your love and forgiveness. You say that if we just confess our sins to You, that You will both forgive us and cleanse us of all our unrighteousness. Lord, I thank you so much for your death on the cross, how you paid the price for our sins and reconciled us to you, once and for all. Lord, I'm sorry for these grudges I have held against my housemate and my coworker. Lord, this is not how you have called us to act. You have called us to be loving and forgiving and to be a light to the world. I pray that you would clean my heart, destroy all unforgiving thoughts and help me to be a better person around them, showing your love through my actions. Lord, I thank you for all you have done for me and pray that I could at least try to do the same for others, or bring others to know how much you have done for them. In your name I pray, Amen.
With God we can do anything. With Him we can overcome evil. Romans 12:21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." I hope that I can overcome these situations with the ultimate good, God and His Holy Spirit within me.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS- there are like 2 other posts I want to do from my laptop... xP
I've meant to post this for a few days now. I mean, I didn't want to cell phone blog this post.
This is something I kinda need to deal with.
You see, forgiving someone can be very hard. Grudges form when you don't forgive someone. I kinda have a couple grudges and they are getting in the way of life. xP
You see, I have this grudge against KL who works in deli / bakery. I have blogged about him before. I don't know why exactly, but I hate his guts. He has never done anything against me directly before so I don't see why I should hate him. I have also never done anything for him. We rarely talk to each other and when we do it is very breif and work related.
Secondly, I kinda have a grude against JR, one of my housemates. The way he does things bugs me, his laugh bugs me, his constant singing bugs me, his face bugs me, his obsession with protein shakes and working out bugs me, all the unrinsed frying pans bug me, the unwashed blender bugs me, the bowls containing dried raspberry bug me. This all adds up to me disliking him to the point of avoidance, not talking to him and kinda ya... making things in our house troublesome.
Ya.... I know it's not all his fault. I know it's partially because I havn't told him that it bugs me. But, I definately need to forgive him and get over this.
There was this video that we saw during the NEST presentation during main session at Winter Conference. I was tearing up at the end. I even knew how it would end way before it did, but I was still almost crying..... xP
If people can forgive murder and rape and other things that are way worse than not washing a frying pan, why can't I forgive them..?
Oh Heavenly Father, Lord, how great you are. How amazing your love and forgiveness. You say that if we just confess our sins to You, that You will both forgive us and cleanse us of all our unrighteousness. Lord, I thank you so much for your death on the cross, how you paid the price for our sins and reconciled us to you, once and for all. Lord, I'm sorry for these grudges I have held against my housemate and my coworker. Lord, this is not how you have called us to act. You have called us to be loving and forgiving and to be a light to the world. I pray that you would clean my heart, destroy all unforgiving thoughts and help me to be a better person around them, showing your love through my actions. Lord, I thank you for all you have done for me and pray that I could at least try to do the same for others, or bring others to know how much you have done for them. In your name I pray, Amen.
With God we can do anything. With Him we can overcome evil. Romans 12:21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." I hope that I can overcome these situations with the ultimate good, God and His Holy Spirit within me.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS- there are like 2 other posts I want to do from my laptop... xP
5.1.11
"Real Life Kite"
So, I was looking at some of my recent blog stats. A few stats have been deemed worthy by me to be blogged about.
The first of such stats is a pattern I have been seeing in my stats. It has been seen that my blog viewers tend to sleep. This is my assumption by the fact that between midnight and 6 am or so there are always considerably less views than during other times of day with a peak viewing time around 10pm.
The second stat I observed is that someone found my blog by searching for "real life kite". This clearly was because of the 'real life kit' that I have talked about leaving in a best western. I searched in google for 'real life kite' and found that I was the seventh link. First was a link for .//hack for the character 'Kite'. The second was a wikipedia page for 'Kit Hoover'. The 3rd and 5th were a blog post about how someone's cat was behaving as a 'real-life kit kat clock'. (I am either really amused or scared of those clocks, fyi.) The 6th was an answers.com answer to "examples of a real life kite" kite refering to the math term, but I still think it is a dumb question. xP I felt like I wanted to be #1 on the search, so I am now making this post. xP
Anyways, the third stat I noticed was that someone looked at my blog useing a google translated version of the page, but I don't know what language it was translated to...
Finally, I really like how varying the countries that have viewed my blog this last week are. The top 10 are: Canada, US, Slovenia, Germany, France, UK, Denmark, Mongolia, Netherlands and Russia.
Ya. I intend to go sharing soon.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
The first of such stats is a pattern I have been seeing in my stats. It has been seen that my blog viewers tend to sleep. This is my assumption by the fact that between midnight and 6 am or so there are always considerably less views than during other times of day with a peak viewing time around 10pm.
The second stat I observed is that someone found my blog by searching for "real life kite". This clearly was because of the 'real life kit' that I have talked about leaving in a best western. I searched in google for 'real life kite' and found that I was the seventh link. First was a link for .//hack for the character 'Kite'. The second was a wikipedia page for 'Kit Hoover'. The 3rd and 5th were a blog post about how someone's cat was behaving as a 'real-life kit kat clock'. (I am either really amused or scared of those clocks, fyi.) The 6th was an answers.com answer to "examples of a real life kite" kite refering to the math term, but I still think it is a dumb question. xP I felt like I wanted to be #1 on the search, so I am now making this post. xP
Anyways, the third stat I noticed was that someone looked at my blog useing a google translated version of the page, but I don't know what language it was translated to...
Finally, I really like how varying the countries that have viewed my blog this last week are. The top 10 are: Canada, US, Slovenia, Germany, France, UK, Denmark, Mongolia, Netherlands and Russia.
Ya. I intend to go sharing soon.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
4.1.11
Dislike.
I really don't like having to choose between two things I want to do....
Should I hang out with RL who made dinner (even if it was a little simpler than normal) and whom I havn't really seen in a while and whom I really should hang out more with...?
Or should I hang out with CW whom I see way more, but still never really hang out too much with..?
.... I really think I should go home and sleep and get better and all that stuff too......
Grrr..... If only I could be in two places at once...
D.Fa
Should I hang out with RL who made dinner (even if it was a little simpler than normal) and whom I havn't really seen in a while and whom I really should hang out more with...?
Or should I hang out with CW whom I see way more, but still never really hang out too much with..?
.... I really think I should go home and sleep and get better and all that stuff too......
Grrr..... If only I could be in two places at once...
D.Fa
Dead Tired Part 2
... tired and hungry and I was also sick........... I also was going to have class until 9.... Uhgggg.....
I am going to be dead by the end of the day........ I'm so tired that when I went to Haven bookstore for my algebra text I was so stressed to get back for class. When I got to class the prof was already teaching some thermodynamic junk. It was a bit odd, but I could believe this was my class. It got more questionable with all these weird unexplained complicated examples that everyone (none of who I recognized) understood, but it was so basic.... So maybe..?
No. It was some second year engineering math class... I learned nothing and sat there for half an hour.... XP
Ya... Lame... Whatever. XP... Then I almost fell asleep in class a few times... Our new physics prof is way more legit, but soooo boring. XP
I'm now in Oasis because I saw CW before going all the way to Loeb Cafe. XP......
Whatever. XP I had pb&j. I'll be fine for now and spaghetti later. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Mongolia! w00t!
I am going to be dead by the end of the day........ I'm so tired that when I went to Haven bookstore for my algebra text I was so stressed to get back for class. When I got to class the prof was already teaching some thermodynamic junk. It was a bit odd, but I could believe this was my class. It got more questionable with all these weird unexplained complicated examples that everyone (none of who I recognized) understood, but it was so basic.... So maybe..?
No. It was some second year engineering math class... I learned nothing and sat there for half an hour.... XP
Ya... Lame... Whatever. XP... Then I almost fell asleep in class a few times... Our new physics prof is way more legit, but soooo boring. XP
I'm now in Oasis because I saw CW before going all the way to Loeb Cafe. XP......
Whatever. XP I had pb&j. I'll be fine for now and spaghetti later. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Mongolia! w00t!
Dead Tired Part 1
Ok.... So...
Crazy things happen sometimes when scheduling is tight.... You see, I had yet to move back to the boy house and I had class 11:30-9 today and my dad goes to sleep around 8ish. I needed to move home eventually.
There was only one solution: I had to move in the morning.
So... I woke up at 5:30 and packed the car. My mom drove me to my house and I unloaded everything quickly because my brother had band at 7 and gets a drive from my dad when he goes to work. By 6:25 I had everything back in the boy house as well as all the stuff I got for Christmas. I had just put everything in the pingpong room so that I wouldn't have to go upstairs in my shoes or take them off / put them on repeatedly.
At 6:30 I began putting things in their places and making them usable to me instead of in boxes and bags or in a pile. This involved cleaning my cupboard, cleaning the kitchen, organizing video games and movies, starting the laundry, updating my food expenses, etc. I was getting really ...
Crazy things happen sometimes when scheduling is tight.... You see, I had yet to move back to the boy house and I had class 11:30-9 today and my dad goes to sleep around 8ish. I needed to move home eventually.
There was only one solution: I had to move in the morning.
So... I woke up at 5:30 and packed the car. My mom drove me to my house and I unloaded everything quickly because my brother had band at 7 and gets a drive from my dad when he goes to work. By 6:25 I had everything back in the boy house as well as all the stuff I got for Christmas. I had just put everything in the pingpong room so that I wouldn't have to go upstairs in my shoes or take them off / put them on repeatedly.
At 6:30 I began putting things in their places and making them usable to me instead of in boxes and bags or in a pile. This involved cleaning my cupboard, cleaning the kitchen, organizing video games and movies, starting the laundry, updating my food expenses, etc. I was getting really ...
3.1.11
Thirty-Three Dollars...
Hey!
I am currently on an old 95 heading towards Baseline from Rideau. I am most likely not moving back home tonight..... This is kinda annoying because I have to eventually. I also want to...... But I just had sushi and bubble tea with my friend VC.... So I don't really have time to move.....
You're thinking "what..? That sounds like a date!" No! Not a date... More like a 'lets grab a cup of coffee and catch up' kinda deal... Except instead of coffee, it was bubble tea.... And there was kinda a 25$ meal before it.... XP.... But it wasn't a date. She has a boyfriend. I assure you.
Anyways, ya. I have spent way too much today.... I spent 25 on sushi, 5 on bbt and 3 this morning or carrot cake from second cup while I was hanging out with MM and MB.
33$....... That's the about the average weekly expenditure for the last semester (on food).........
Whatever. I never get to see VC. I havn't really seen her since first semester of grade 12.
Ya...
My Sweet Tea free bbt. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
I am currently on an old 95 heading towards Baseline from Rideau. I am most likely not moving back home tonight..... This is kinda annoying because I have to eventually. I also want to...... But I just had sushi and bubble tea with my friend VC.... So I don't really have time to move.....
You're thinking "what..? That sounds like a date!" No! Not a date... More like a 'lets grab a cup of coffee and catch up' kinda deal... Except instead of coffee, it was bubble tea.... And there was kinda a 25$ meal before it.... XP.... But it wasn't a date. She has a boyfriend. I assure you.
Anyways, ya. I have spent way too much today.... I spent 25 on sushi, 5 on bbt and 3 this morning or carrot cake from second cup while I was hanging out with MM and MB.
33$....... That's the about the average weekly expenditure for the last semester (on food).........
Whatever. I never get to see VC. I havn't really seen her since first semester of grade 12.
Ya...
My Sweet Tea free bbt. XP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Vermin
So, today I was a 'vermin'. That is our grade 12 English teacher's affectionate phrase for 'graduates who show up to disrupt class'.
Today I got to MHS at 8 and for the first two periods I was hanging out on spare with NB and a couple of her friends in period one and later I was hanging out with MB and MM.
Have I told you how fun broken telephone pictionary is..? I was thinking about it all day.
Anyways, while hanging out in the newly painted caf AL, AP, AT, and ML arrived.
We went around the school seeing teachers and disturbing class plans. In the AP Bio class we did a very long Q & A session which took nearly the whole class.
When we finally went to AP English class we were shooed away because of Hamlet.
Either way it was a fun time seeing teachers and high school friends.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Today I got to MHS at 8 and for the first two periods I was hanging out on spare with NB and a couple of her friends in period one and later I was hanging out with MB and MM.
Have I told you how fun broken telephone pictionary is..? I was thinking about it all day.
Anyways, while hanging out in the newly painted caf AL, AP, AT, and ML arrived.
We went around the school seeing teachers and disturbing class plans. In the AP Bio class we did a very long Q & A session which took nearly the whole class.
When we finally went to AP English class we were shooed away because of Hamlet.
Either way it was a fun time seeing teachers and high school friends.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
2.1.11
Brainstorming Fail
So, whats up yo..?
Today was pretty awesome.; I went to church, got to see a whole whack of YA, ate leftovers, and then I hung out with friends all day! You know, when you go off to University and your friends all don't go to yours because 'Ewww. Carleton!' you kinda don't see them much. =/
Ya we started at Timmies with a brainstorming session. Well, actually it started a few days before with a brainstorming chain email which got us nowhere, but that we are all poor and want to hang out. Ya, so we went to Timmies for the fact that we would then at least be hanging out. Kinda back fired into just me, AL and RM at Timmies, but YC and TWH would join us eventually. We loitered in a number of places and caught up. We went to Zellers and played with the 'octave-pus' or so I just witfully named it. It was an octopus plush with a different squeezable tentacles that played a different note in a scale. We kinda broke the top note... xP We then went from house to house taking things we thought would be a good idea for when we got to RM's house. By house to house I mean from my house to my house meaning my parents house to the boy house and we got wiimotes, wii games, dutch blitz, the sing-a-ma-jigs, monopoly, a few movies, etc. We bussed.
At RM's we played Super Smash Brothers, Mariokart, broken telephone pictionary (which will soon be scanned onto AL's blog)(best game ever.), ate spagetti, hammered a defenseless gingerbread house into pieces, played with the sing-a-ma-jigs even discovering new modes!, and just chilled in general. I don't mean to be offensive, but that was the creepiest grace that has ever been said before a meal..... It was like a chant...
Anyways, I need to read a few chapters of Isaiah (I will do this tommrow..?).......
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Today was pretty awesome.; I went to church, got to see a whole whack of YA, ate leftovers, and then I hung out with friends all day! You know, when you go off to University and your friends all don't go to yours because 'Ewww. Carleton!' you kinda don't see them much. =/
Ya we started at Timmies with a brainstorming session. Well, actually it started a few days before with a brainstorming chain email which got us nowhere, but that we are all poor and want to hang out. Ya, so we went to Timmies for the fact that we would then at least be hanging out. Kinda back fired into just me, AL and RM at Timmies, but YC and TWH would join us eventually. We loitered in a number of places and caught up. We went to Zellers and played with the 'octave-pus' or so I just witfully named it. It was an octopus plush with a different squeezable tentacles that played a different note in a scale. We kinda broke the top note... xP We then went from house to house taking things we thought would be a good idea for when we got to RM's house. By house to house I mean from my house to my house meaning my parents house to the boy house and we got wiimotes, wii games, dutch blitz, the sing-a-ma-jigs, monopoly, a few movies, etc. We bussed.
At RM's we played Super Smash Brothers, Mariokart, broken telephone pictionary (which will soon be scanned onto AL's blog)(best game ever.), ate spagetti, hammered a defenseless gingerbread house into pieces, played with the sing-a-ma-jigs even discovering new modes!, and just chilled in general. I don't mean to be offensive, but that was the creepiest grace that has ever been said before a meal..... It was like a chant...
Anyways, I need to read a few chapters of Isaiah (I will do this tommrow..?).......
Ttyl.
D.Fa
Creepy Evangelism
So, ya.
My phone ran out of battery power so I had to stop talking to my friends and I was kinda forced to talk to the guy beside me.
We were going to get back to Ottawa around 4:30ish.... I didn't even tell him my name until 3:30 and it looked really awkward when I finally did... xP He was like 'Whoa. Where is this coming from.!?' or something. xP He apparently had his masters in Chemistry from Ottawa University and works in research. His parents are non-practicing Catholics and he had never really thought about God. This sounds like someone who both needs God and doesn't really have too much opposition, I think, but it was so darn awkward......... I was so close to going through the booklet with him, but I couldn't figure out how exactly... In the end I creepily put one in his coat pocket..... xPPPPPP Ya. I know that's terrible.............
I have learned a few things from this though:
-Introduce yourself as soon as you can to reduce amazing awkwardness.
-Never let a time restriction get in the way (When we got back I thought "aww. I definitely would have had enough time....")
-Sharing with friends / people currently in school is sooo much easier because we have things in common.
Also, I was sitting there going through intense agony thinking 'what do I say..?' 'Hi. My name is Dylan. What's your name..?''oh.... he's asleep...' 'He's awake. Do it.' 'what do I say..?''Just do it.''You prayed that someone would come to Christ today. This is the last person you can share with.' I was looking back and forth. He probably thought I was crazy.... I pray that P(?) would come to Christ. That he would find that booklet and not be creeped out, but rather, read it and either be curious for more answers or right there pray to accept Christ. It's in His hands now. I won't even know...
Ya......... lame. xP
Answering questions is hard work.... xP
Being a witness at home is not what I am used to. lol. "Face Psalm" My brother is funny.
Ttyl...
D.Fa
PS. I don't care... This song is good. xP
My phone ran out of battery power so I had to stop talking to my friends and I was kinda forced to talk to the guy beside me.
We were going to get back to Ottawa around 4:30ish.... I didn't even tell him my name until 3:30 and it looked really awkward when I finally did... xP He was like 'Whoa. Where is this coming from.!?' or something. xP He apparently had his masters in Chemistry from Ottawa University and works in research. His parents are non-practicing Catholics and he had never really thought about God. This sounds like someone who both needs God and doesn't really have too much opposition, I think, but it was so darn awkward......... I was so close to going through the booklet with him, but I couldn't figure out how exactly... In the end I creepily put one in his coat pocket..... xPPPPPP Ya. I know that's terrible.............
I have learned a few things from this though:
-Introduce yourself as soon as you can to reduce amazing awkwardness.
-Never let a time restriction get in the way (When we got back I thought "aww. I definitely would have had enough time....")
-Sharing with friends / people currently in school is sooo much easier because we have things in common.
Also, I was sitting there going through intense agony thinking 'what do I say..?' 'Hi. My name is Dylan. What's your name..?''oh.... he's asleep...' 'He's awake. Do it.' 'what do I say..?''Just do it.''You prayed that someone would come to Christ today. This is the last person you can share with.' I was looking back and forth. He probably thought I was crazy.... I pray that P(?) would come to Christ. That he would find that booklet and not be creeped out, but rather, read it and either be curious for more answers or right there pray to accept Christ. It's in His hands now. I won't even know...
Ya......... lame. xP
Answering questions is hard work.... xP
Being a witness at home is not what I am used to. lol. "Face Psalm" My brother is funny.
Ttyl...
D.Fa
PS. I don't care... This song is good. xP
1.1.11
On The Greyhound
Hey.
So, I got on the second bus going to Ottawa because there were a lot of people.
I got on the bus, prayed that I would be able to share with someone on the bus. Then no one sat beside me...
I was kinda irked that the easiest person the share with (the person stuck sitting beside you for 5 hours) did not exist... So, I got out my handy dandy cell phone and sent a "Happy New Year" message to all my non-Christian contacts with the intent of having a spiritual conversation.
When we got to Scarbourough there were a few more people boarding the bus. Now there is an asian guy sitting beside me, but I have a constantly buzzing cell phone........ And he's kinda sleeping now. XP.... When we stop (which I think we should be doing at some point on a 5 hour trip) I will go talk to some people and after I will talk to him.
Also, there are a couple girls from WC on the bus a couple seats behind me. XP... They are talking a little loudly about random things.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
So, I got on the second bus going to Ottawa because there were a lot of people.
I got on the bus, prayed that I would be able to share with someone on the bus. Then no one sat beside me...
I was kinda irked that the easiest person the share with (the person stuck sitting beside you for 5 hours) did not exist... So, I got out my handy dandy cell phone and sent a "Happy New Year" message to all my non-Christian contacts with the intent of having a spiritual conversation.
When we got to Scarbourough there were a few more people boarding the bus. Now there is an asian guy sitting beside me, but I have a constantly buzzing cell phone........ And he's kinda sleeping now. XP.... When we stop (which I think we should be doing at some point on a 5 hour trip) I will go talk to some people and after I will talk to him.
Also, there are a couple girls from WC on the bus a couple seats behind me. XP... They are talking a little loudly about random things.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
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