Warning: LONG BLOG.
Okay, so, from last week's post, I figured I'd start posting some of these inspirational stories that made me cry so much. :P Mondays would have been a nice start to the week, but I forgot. Wednesdays would help boost your week in the middle. But Toonie Tuesdays... Cheap Movie Tuesdays... Inspirational Tuesdays... what the heck, haha. And spending that one hour at the 24/7 Prayer room really set the mood for this as well. It was a nice and peaceful time alone with God and it just shows how much I've fallen back and how much growth I still need to achieve. If you have free time, I encourage you to head over there and just pray, read (your bibles, devotionals, writings/prayers on the walls), draw/paint, whatever. It will definately be an uplifting time.
A Doll and A White Rose
I hurried into the local department store to grab some last minute Christmas gifts. I looked at all the people and grumbled to myself. I would be in here forever and I just had so much to do. Christmas was beginning to become such a drag. I kinda wished that I could just sleep through Christmas. But I hurried the best I could through all the people to the toy department. Once again I kind of mumbled to myself at the prices of all these toys. And wondered if the grandkids would even play with them.
I found myself in the doll aisle. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a little boy about 5 holding a lovely doll. He kept touching her hair and he held her so gently. I could not seem to help myself. I just kept looking over at the little boy and wondered who the doll was for. I watched him turn to a woman and he called his aunt by name and said, "Are you sure I don't have enough money" She replied a bit impatiently, "You know that you don't have enough money for it." The aunt told the little boy not to go anywhere that she had to go get some other things and would be back in a few minutes. And then she left the aisle. The boy continued to hold the doll. After a bit I asked the boy who the doll was for. He said, "It is the doll my sister wanted so badly for Christmas. She just knew that Santa would bring it." I told him that maybe Santa was going to bring it. He said "No, Santa can't go where my sister is...I have to give the doll to my Mamma to take to her". I asked him where his sister was. He looked at me with the saddest eyes and said "She has gone to be with Jesus." "My Daddy says that Mama is going to have to go be with her."
My heart nearly stopped beating. Then the boy looked at me again and said, "I told my Daddy to tell Mama not to go yet. I told him to tell her to wait till I got back from the store."
Then he asked me if I wanted to see his picture. I told him I would love to. He pulled out some pictures he'd had taken at the front of the store. He said "I want my Mamma to take this with her so she don't ever forget me." "I love my Mama so very much and I wish she did not have to leave me." "But Daddy says she will need to be with my sister." I saw that the little boy had lowered his head and had grown so very quiet.
While he was not looking I reached into my purse and pulled out a handful of bills. I asked the little boy, "Shall we count that money one more time?" He grew excited and said "Yes, I just know it has to be enough". So I slipped my money in with his and we began to count it. Of course it was plenty for the doll. He softly said, "Thank you Jesus for giving me enough money." Then the boy said "I just asked Jesus to give me enough money to buy this doll so Mama can take it with her to give to my sister." "And he heard my prayer. I wanted to ask him for enough to buy my Mama a white rose, but I didn't ask him, but he gave me enough to buy the doll and a rose for my Mama." "She loves white roses so very, very much".
In a few minutes the aunt came back and I wheeled my cart away. I could not keep from thinking about the little boy as I finished my shopping in a totally different spirit than when I had started. And I kept remembering a story I had seen in the newspaper several days earlier about a drunk driver hitting a car and killing a little girl and the Mother was in serious condition. The family was deciding on whether to remove the life support. Now surely this little boy did not belong with that story.
Two days later I read in the paper where the family had disconnected the life support and the young woman had died. I could not forget the little boy and just kept wondering if the two were somehow connected.
Later that day, I could not help myself and I went out and bought some white roses and took them to the funeral home where the young woman was. And there she was holding a lovely white rose, the beautiful doll, and the picture of the little boy in the store. I left there in tears, my life changed forever.
The love that little boy had for his little sister and his mother was overwhelming. And in a split second a drunk driver had ripped the life of that little boy to pieces.
Suffice to say, I havn't been driving as recklessly as before. But, this also shows how much Faith little children have. Something I've lost over the years, and it's something I need to work on growing again. This story also proves that God DOES answer prayers (even those you never put to words) and that God is STILL by our side even through the most difficult of times. And sometimes, you wonder why you go through what you do and nothing positive ever seems to come out of it. Well, sometimes, your difficulties are meant to strengthen those around you. So, be a blessing to everyone, no matter what circumstances you find yourselves to be in.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Monday, January 16, 2006
What happened to him? Where did he go?
Last week, me and Jenny had went out shopping and ended up having a very interesting conversation about everything (mostly about the past) over dinner that lasted over an hour. It was great talking about the past and looking back at our lives and the things we've done, and how we've changed... but one of the things that Jenny stated was that it was great how I don't cry as much as I once did. Which was a lot... I was extremely emotional and broke down into tears every week at the very least... and I agreed with her that it was a good thing. To be emotionally stable is a GOOD thing, to not let minor things bring you down is a GOOD thing, to understand that you can't possibly fix everything or that you arn't always the reason things go sour is a GOOD thing. I honestly can't remember when the last time I broke down into tears over something... possibly first year uni.
Today, I decided to go through all my saved emails in my YAHOO account, so as to send them over to my gmail account. That way I could search for them faster and be able to use them, as most, if not all, were of the inspirational sort. And honestly, I broke into tears, again and again and again. I spent roughly 3 hours reading through them, fixing them up and sending them to my gmail account and the tears just kept coming. And the one thing I realized was this:
In the past few years since I went to Edmonton for schooling and since I've come back home; I have lost something. I thought I had learned so much and gained so much knowledge by living on my own, that I didn't realize what I had lost till tonight. I thought the experience at UofA had made me stronger emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally. I was more social, better equiped for life and was more of individualistic. I wasn't as much of a push-over, I wasn't as scared of people and I wasn't breaking down into tears over every little thing that happens between me and my friends.
But what I've lost were the importance of Love, Faith and Hope. I didn't break down into tears or even showed that I cared over the little things (a friend was hurt by what somebody else said), or even the major things (my parents were in the hospital for medical reasons) anymore because I simply didn't care. If something happened to someone, I'd simply say it was their own fault, they brought it upon themselves or that whatever happens, happens. I no longer sympathized with them or even cared if they got through it. If it happens, it happens, nothing more, nothing less. I looked over some of the emails that I sent out when I was younger and I noticed that some of them had me connecting such emails with bible verses and words of encouragement for people that I cared about. I no longer do that, I no longer even bother trying or caring.
Another thing that I told Jenny was that in this New Year, I want to improve my spiritual walk, because it has slipped over the last few months due to work and a lack of time. Now I realize that I've slipped much further than I would ever have imagined. I no longer serve with a passion, I do what I do because I can, or because I think I can do it better than someone else. I go to fellowship and church because I should, not becuase I long to. I sleep in for work more and more becuase I don't want to be at devotions. My prayers are rigid and done out of habit. And I no longer have that sense of Love for others. I will always look out for and be happy when I'm around my friends, but how many of them do I go out of my way to ensure that their lives are well and to be there for them to lean upon and to stand by them in their most difficult times? How many of them would want me to be there in their most difficult times? How many of them do I allow past my defences, to see who I am inside, to see what troubles me, to allow them to even try to aid in them. I mentioned to Jenny that I have no close friends in my life anymore, but that I was content at having a group of good friends. But where then is my accountability? or my comforting shoulder?
It is a time for change. It is a time to find myself once more. It is a time to find who God wants me to be and to become that person fully. It is a time to step out of the comfort zone and to step away from the excuses. It is a time to become fully in LOVE with God once again and not care about making people happy or finishing those sentences just for a quick laugh. It is a time to find a balance of being the quiet/shy kid and the obnoxious/proud adolescence.
I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a by product of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is learned.
I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.
I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own! but I will prune you to make you fruitful.
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.
I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.
THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY
May God Bless You,
"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be
the world"
Today, I decided to go through all my saved emails in my YAHOO account, so as to send them over to my gmail account. That way I could search for them faster and be able to use them, as most, if not all, were of the inspirational sort. And honestly, I broke into tears, again and again and again. I spent roughly 3 hours reading through them, fixing them up and sending them to my gmail account and the tears just kept coming. And the one thing I realized was this:
In the past few years since I went to Edmonton for schooling and since I've come back home; I have lost something. I thought I had learned so much and gained so much knowledge by living on my own, that I didn't realize what I had lost till tonight. I thought the experience at UofA had made me stronger emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally. I was more social, better equiped for life and was more of individualistic. I wasn't as much of a push-over, I wasn't as scared of people and I wasn't breaking down into tears over every little thing that happens between me and my friends.
But what I've lost were the importance of Love, Faith and Hope. I didn't break down into tears or even showed that I cared over the little things (a friend was hurt by what somebody else said), or even the major things (my parents were in the hospital for medical reasons) anymore because I simply didn't care. If something happened to someone, I'd simply say it was their own fault, they brought it upon themselves or that whatever happens, happens. I no longer sympathized with them or even cared if they got through it. If it happens, it happens, nothing more, nothing less. I looked over some of the emails that I sent out when I was younger and I noticed that some of them had me connecting such emails with bible verses and words of encouragement for people that I cared about. I no longer do that, I no longer even bother trying or caring.
Another thing that I told Jenny was that in this New Year, I want to improve my spiritual walk, because it has slipped over the last few months due to work and a lack of time. Now I realize that I've slipped much further than I would ever have imagined. I no longer serve with a passion, I do what I do because I can, or because I think I can do it better than someone else. I go to fellowship and church because I should, not becuase I long to. I sleep in for work more and more becuase I don't want to be at devotions. My prayers are rigid and done out of habit. And I no longer have that sense of Love for others. I will always look out for and be happy when I'm around my friends, but how many of them do I go out of my way to ensure that their lives are well and to be there for them to lean upon and to stand by them in their most difficult times? How many of them would want me to be there in their most difficult times? How many of them do I allow past my defences, to see who I am inside, to see what troubles me, to allow them to even try to aid in them. I mentioned to Jenny that I have no close friends in my life anymore, but that I was content at having a group of good friends. But where then is my accountability? or my comforting shoulder?
It is a time for change. It is a time to find myself once more. It is a time to find who God wants me to be and to become that person fully. It is a time to step out of the comfort zone and to step away from the excuses. It is a time to become fully in LOVE with God once again and not care about making people happy or finishing those sentences just for a quick laugh. It is a time to find a balance of being the quiet/shy kid and the obnoxious/proud adolescence.
I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a by product of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is learned.
I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.
I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own! but I will prune you to make you fruitful.
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.
I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.
THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY
May God Bless You,
"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be
the world"
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Back To School
Well... after a semester away from school, I'm finally back. This time round, I'll be taking my EMR at SAIT. Today was the first day. It was just orientation, so it wasn't anything much, but it's good to hear that I got into the program at a good time. Apparently, there is a high demand for paramedics right now and should be at its peak when I graduate in a couple years. Excellent.
Bad news is that one of my instructors dropped out due to personal reasons and my lab schedule has been changed to fit with the new instructor that came in. Which means that I can no longer attend Breakforth. Which SUCKS, cause I was really looking forward to going, and I really wanted to see Kutless in concert as well. But I guess that isn't going to happen anymore. It sucks even more that I can't get a refund on my registration cause it's past the deadline. SO... if somebody wants to go, they can take my registration. Currently, Jenny is priority, since I ended up talking to her first after I found out I couldn't go. :P But she is still checking her schedule, so yeah. Let me know if you're interested. It is $127.33. But honestly, I'll give discounts where needed. :P
Otherwise, I'm going to be studying a ton now... and hopefully I understand everything and do well. I want to graduate near the top of the class so I can jump right into city instead of having to move out to some rural area for a number of years before coming back. Also, I want to do really well so I can get into tactical EMT - get to train alongside SWAT and be the team that goes in to such situations. Apparently, I won't get a gun, haha, but oh well... it should still make things more interesting.
Bad news is that one of my instructors dropped out due to personal reasons and my lab schedule has been changed to fit with the new instructor that came in. Which means that I can no longer attend Breakforth. Which SUCKS, cause I was really looking forward to going, and I really wanted to see Kutless in concert as well. But I guess that isn't going to happen anymore. It sucks even more that I can't get a refund on my registration cause it's past the deadline. SO... if somebody wants to go, they can take my registration. Currently, Jenny is priority, since I ended up talking to her first after I found out I couldn't go. :P But she is still checking her schedule, so yeah. Let me know if you're interested. It is $127.33. But honestly, I'll give discounts where needed. :P
Otherwise, I'm going to be studying a ton now... and hopefully I understand everything and do well. I want to graduate near the top of the class so I can jump right into city instead of having to move out to some rural area for a number of years before coming back. Also, I want to do really well so I can get into tactical EMT - get to train alongside SWAT and be the team that goes in to such situations. Apparently, I won't get a gun, haha, but oh well... it should still make things more interesting.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
The Dreaded Interview - Geo's Remix
THE RULES:
1. Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I will respond with five questions for you.
3. You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers. (Or if you have no journal, just post your responses as a reply here)
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
THE QUESTIONS: (Courtesy of Kingston)
1. If you were stranded on a desserted island, and you could only pick one food source to be provided as your sustanance at an unlimited amount, what would that food be and why?
I was going to say meat (steak/ribs/etc)... but I'm thinking that it wouldn't be sufficient for survival. So assuming that there will be some natural fruits on this island to provide me with my vitamin input, and assuming that there will most likely be fish around the island to provide me with protein. I would have to say RICE in order to provide me with my carbs, and rice goes with anything and is so much more flexible in cooking than pasta or bread. :P
2. What is--in your opinion--your greatest achievement?
Tough question... I always seem to have doubts and reservations about any of my achievements. There will always be something that I could have done better or should have done in order for it to have been better... but I guess if I were to choose something, it would have to be any of the VBS's. Being able to watch these kids grow up and being able to be there to help them and hopefully influencing them positively would be it I guess. I don't even know if that counts as an achievement... but yeah, otherwise, I havn't really established myself in my own life to consider anything achieived. Graduating high school would be an achievement, but I never put any effort into it to have it be considered great.
3. What is your favorite love song of all time?
"When God Made You" - Newsong w/ Natalie Grant
4. Let's say you were the last man on Earth and the entire human race depended on you finding a mate. The only mates left on Earth under this circumstance for you to choose from for some reason are the female teachers you've had in your life through elementary-high school. Which teacher would you choose? Describe her and tell us why you'd pick her.
First off... how do you even come up with a question like this??
I guess, technically, if I were the last surviving male on Earth and was depended upon to replenish the race of homosapians, it really wouldn't matter whom I chose. Or actually, I should choose them all and speed up the process. :P
But I don't know... I guess if I HAD to choose one... Mrs. Uitenbosch (grade 9 homeroom teacher and grade 7 and 9 math teacher). She was the nicest, most understanding, easiest to get along with, most respected, etc...
5. What would you rather do: become a YAC Leader or a Worship Leader?
Easy question. YAC Leader. Worship leading would be terrible... I'd have to sing and that alone should be reason enough for why I wouldn't ever be or SHOULDN'T ever be a worship leader. :P And I'm more of a back-ground type person, I realize you need to get out of your comfort zone, but my skills are better suited for background stuff, none of this center-stage business. So, YAC Leader... as long as I don't need to be the chair. :P
MY PHOTOS UPDATED: YAC Sleepover
1. Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I will respond with five questions for you.
3. You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers. (Or if you have no journal, just post your responses as a reply here)
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
THE QUESTIONS: (Courtesy of Kingston)
1. If you were stranded on a desserted island, and you could only pick one food source to be provided as your sustanance at an unlimited amount, what would that food be and why?
I was going to say meat (steak/ribs/etc)... but I'm thinking that it wouldn't be sufficient for survival. So assuming that there will be some natural fruits on this island to provide me with my vitamin input, and assuming that there will most likely be fish around the island to provide me with protein. I would have to say RICE in order to provide me with my carbs, and rice goes with anything and is so much more flexible in cooking than pasta or bread. :P
2. What is--in your opinion--your greatest achievement?
Tough question... I always seem to have doubts and reservations about any of my achievements. There will always be something that I could have done better or should have done in order for it to have been better... but I guess if I were to choose something, it would have to be any of the VBS's. Being able to watch these kids grow up and being able to be there to help them and hopefully influencing them positively would be it I guess. I don't even know if that counts as an achievement... but yeah, otherwise, I havn't really established myself in my own life to consider anything achieived. Graduating high school would be an achievement, but I never put any effort into it to have it be considered great.
3. What is your favorite love song of all time?
"When God Made You" - Newsong w/ Natalie Grant
4. Let's say you were the last man on Earth and the entire human race depended on you finding a mate. The only mates left on Earth under this circumstance for you to choose from for some reason are the female teachers you've had in your life through elementary-high school. Which teacher would you choose? Describe her and tell us why you'd pick her.
First off... how do you even come up with a question like this??
I guess, technically, if I were the last surviving male on Earth and was depended upon to replenish the race of homosapians, it really wouldn't matter whom I chose. Or actually, I should choose them all and speed up the process. :P
But I don't know... I guess if I HAD to choose one... Mrs. Uitenbosch (grade 9 homeroom teacher and grade 7 and 9 math teacher). She was the nicest, most understanding, easiest to get along with, most respected, etc...
5. What would you rather do: become a YAC Leader or a Worship Leader?
Easy question. YAC Leader. Worship leading would be terrible... I'd have to sing and that alone should be reason enough for why I wouldn't ever be or SHOULDN'T ever be a worship leader. :P And I'm more of a back-ground type person, I realize you need to get out of your comfort zone, but my skills are better suited for background stuff, none of this center-stage business. So, YAC Leader... as long as I don't need to be the chair. :P
MY PHOTOS UPDATED: YAC Sleepover
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Working Through The Holidays...
really, really sucks. 2 weeks holiday has now become a 2 day holiday and it bites. It's just not the same... sigh... oh well... might as well get used to it now. We can't all become teachers and get to enjoy the holidays. :P
Went skiing yesterday and it was pretty good. It was kinda cold, especially riding up the Angel ski-lift, but it was fun. I'm really sore now, but not as sore as I would have been if I had went snowboarding. :P
Played some Dutch Blitz today, haha, and that was fun as well. Philip is now called Mr. Cheat. :P
Time for bed, but I'll leave you guys all with this joke I just found:
A pregnant woman is in a car accident and falls into a deep coma. Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is no longer pregnant.
Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby. The doctor replies, "Ma'am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them."
The woman thinks to herself, Oh no, not my brother, he's an idiot! Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, "Well, what's the girl's name?" "Denise," says the doctor.
The new mother thinks, Wow, that's not a bad name! I guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise! Then she asks the doctor, "What's the boy's name?"
The doctor replies, "Denephew."
Went skiing yesterday and it was pretty good. It was kinda cold, especially riding up the Angel ski-lift, but it was fun. I'm really sore now, but not as sore as I would have been if I had went snowboarding. :P
Played some Dutch Blitz today, haha, and that was fun as well. Philip is now called Mr. Cheat. :P
Time for bed, but I'll leave you guys all with this joke I just found:
A pregnant woman is in a car accident and falls into a deep coma. Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is no longer pregnant.
Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby. The doctor replies, "Ma'am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them."
The woman thinks to herself, Oh no, not my brother, he's an idiot! Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, "Well, what's the girl's name?" "Denise," says the doctor.
The new mother thinks, Wow, that's not a bad name! I guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise! Then she asks the doctor, "What's the boy's name?"
The doctor replies, "Denephew."
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Christmas Is Finally Upon Us...
and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS, and Merry Christmas to the rest of ya. :P But wow, not what you would expect for a Christmas day in Calgary... +10 degrees... no snow... tons of sunshine, it's awesome, haha.
Anyways, I thought Christmas was really good this year. Even though I got my first taste of working through the holiday season, all things still worked out. Thank You God. I didn't get much sleep with all my after-work shopping, but at least I finished shopping on-time, haha. And it wasn't really "rushed" shopping either. I got a lot of thought into most of my gifts, and I'm quite happy about what I gave people this year. So far... only a few bad choices... 1) got the wrong hat for Crys, whoops, but I tried... and that was honestly the only one there at the time, haha, as King and Karen can attest to. 2) The book I got King was a bad gamble, cause he already had it. Otherwise, everything else, I havn't heard anything bad from, hehe. Tony was really happy with his gift, so that's great. Nathan was really happy with his gift as well. So, I've broken even at least, haha.
Candle-light service was really good last night. Short, simple, to the point. Very refreshing. It was disappointing that there was no pot-luck though, but oh well... maybe next year. Carolling was... to me... quite stressful, haha. I'm never going to agree to take charge of anything that has anything to do with chinese people, food and traveling time, ever again. BUT, it was good to see that the MAJORITY of everyone showed up on-time (mostly) for church this morning. That was my biggest fear with organizing carolling this year... that it would end up going late as usual and everybody would be too tired to go to church.
Anyways, spent time at home after church today just cause it felt like a home-day. An R&R day. And it was good. I got to play with all 3 of my new Game Cube games, haha. James Bond is going to take some time getting used to with all these different axis and such... but it seems pretty good. Thanks Leo. Played some soccer with Janet afterwards, and it was pretty stressful trying to beat the computer together on professional, haha... but pretty easy to do individually... hmmmm... :P Thanks Jon Mah for that one. After that, I decided to give Mario Sunshine a go and it was good. Confusing right now cause I don't play much RPGs, but I'll figure it out sooner or later, haha. But I really need to find some time to learn how to play my bass guitar though, ack... so many things to do, so little time to do them in. :P
Wow, I wrote a bunch today... and didn't even realize it. That means it's bed time, night all. Merry Christmas again, and have fun for all of you who are braving the Boxing Day Madness tomorrow. :P
Edit: I just noticed now... but Andrew and Christine Lee gave identical christmas cards this year... haha, okay, that's all.
Edit Again: Found yet another centipede in my washroom, ACK! This time, I was taking a dump, and when I stood back up, I saw the centipede right between my feet, and I was like, WHOA!! but now it has gone down the toilet.
Edit Yet Again: Holy Camoly, I just realized that I spent roughly $530 on gifts this year... that's roughly $200-250 more than I usually spend. Wow... good thing I have this extra temporary job this year. Wow... well... better to spend on other than on yourself. :P Again, hope you all liked your gifts this year, but wow... 530... wow... it sure didn't seem like I spent that much, but wow...
Anyways, I thought Christmas was really good this year. Even though I got my first taste of working through the holiday season, all things still worked out. Thank You God. I didn't get much sleep with all my after-work shopping, but at least I finished shopping on-time, haha. And it wasn't really "rushed" shopping either. I got a lot of thought into most of my gifts, and I'm quite happy about what I gave people this year. So far... only a few bad choices... 1) got the wrong hat for Crys, whoops, but I tried... and that was honestly the only one there at the time, haha, as King and Karen can attest to. 2) The book I got King was a bad gamble, cause he already had it. Otherwise, everything else, I havn't heard anything bad from, hehe. Tony was really happy with his gift, so that's great. Nathan was really happy with his gift as well. So, I've broken even at least, haha.
Candle-light service was really good last night. Short, simple, to the point. Very refreshing. It was disappointing that there was no pot-luck though, but oh well... maybe next year. Carolling was... to me... quite stressful, haha. I'm never going to agree to take charge of anything that has anything to do with chinese people, food and traveling time, ever again. BUT, it was good to see that the MAJORITY of everyone showed up on-time (mostly) for church this morning. That was my biggest fear with organizing carolling this year... that it would end up going late as usual and everybody would be too tired to go to church.
Anyways, spent time at home after church today just cause it felt like a home-day. An R&R day. And it was good. I got to play with all 3 of my new Game Cube games, haha. James Bond is going to take some time getting used to with all these different axis and such... but it seems pretty good. Thanks Leo. Played some soccer with Janet afterwards, and it was pretty stressful trying to beat the computer together on professional, haha... but pretty easy to do individually... hmmmm... :P Thanks Jon Mah for that one. After that, I decided to give Mario Sunshine a go and it was good. Confusing right now cause I don't play much RPGs, but I'll figure it out sooner or later, haha. But I really need to find some time to learn how to play my bass guitar though, ack... so many things to do, so little time to do them in. :P
Wow, I wrote a bunch today... and didn't even realize it. That means it's bed time, night all. Merry Christmas again, and have fun for all of you who are braving the Boxing Day Madness tomorrow. :P
Edit: I just noticed now... but Andrew and Christine Lee gave identical christmas cards this year... haha, okay, that's all.
Edit Again: Found yet another centipede in my washroom, ACK! This time, I was taking a dump, and when I stood back up, I saw the centipede right between my feet, and I was like, WHOA!! but now it has gone down the toilet.
Edit Yet Again: Holy Camoly, I just realized that I spent roughly $530 on gifts this year... that's roughly $200-250 more than I usually spend. Wow... good thing I have this extra temporary job this year. Wow... well... better to spend on other than on yourself. :P Again, hope you all liked your gifts this year, but wow... 530... wow... it sure didn't seem like I spent that much, but wow...
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
My Workplace
So, this is what my workspace normally looks like. Well.. the decorations have only been up since this week, but that's basically my open cube. And this is what happens.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Christmas Is Almost Upon Us...
and it has been a hectic schedule heading towards that day. Last week, I went shopping after work every night except for Monday night. :P I hit Market, Sunridge, Northlands, Crowfoot, Chinook and Westbrook. And I hit Christian Pub before the Church Banquet, which was last night, to finish off all my "Teir 1" gifts and was also able to finish my "Teir 2" gifts. The great thing was that I was able to give all my gifts out during the banquet so I don't have to worry about it anymore, and I even won a prize as well. It was 2 red crock pots. They look pretty nice, but I really don't know what I'm going to do with them. Maybe, like Jacksons frying pan he won a few years back, they will come in handy in the future. OR, they will become perfect gifts this year, haha. It's great that they're "prizes" and not "gifts' haha, cause then I can re-package them without re-gifting them. :P
Anywho, I was able to finish my "Teir 3" gifts today... some before and some after B-Jo's birthday dinner. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJ!! I hope you enjoyed your dinner... as with all the other 35 of us who showed up. HOLY CAMOLY, 35 people showed up for dinner tonight!! But it was good, Chianti's during Cheap Pasta night is always great, haha.
What else is on tap before Christmas finally arrives?
Tomorrow, I must finally finish organizing the Christmas Eve Carolling, haha. BTW, I have informed my parents that they are not allowed to let ANYBODY in if they come early. If you come to my house early, you will be told to wait in your car till we all arrive. So, you might as well come out and enjoy the Fellowship we will all be having as we go carolling together.
Thursday, I will be going to Long and McQuade with Jenny and possibly Philip to guitar shop, or violin shop for Jenny. I'm planning on buying a bass guitar becuase we are desperate for one at church and I might as well pick something up. Give me a new hobby to keep me away from playing computer games all the time.
Friday, extended family dinner and family secret santa, excluding our long-lost cousin who apparently will not be showing up again. Possibly play hockey, but I doubt it.
Saturday, finish preperations for carolling and then it will be Candlelight Service and carolling, followed by church secret santa.
And then the big day comes Sunday!!
Oh, and just as a side note to all of this. TSN has Calgary ranked 3rd in the league, whereas the Deadmonton Spoils are ranked 15th. :P
Anywho, I was able to finish my "Teir 3" gifts today... some before and some after B-Jo's birthday dinner. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJ!! I hope you enjoyed your dinner... as with all the other 35 of us who showed up. HOLY CAMOLY, 35 people showed up for dinner tonight!! But it was good, Chianti's during Cheap Pasta night is always great, haha.
What else is on tap before Christmas finally arrives?
Tomorrow, I must finally finish organizing the Christmas Eve Carolling, haha. BTW, I have informed my parents that they are not allowed to let ANYBODY in if they come early. If you come to my house early, you will be told to wait in your car till we all arrive. So, you might as well come out and enjoy the Fellowship we will all be having as we go carolling together.
Thursday, I will be going to Long and McQuade with Jenny and possibly Philip to guitar shop, or violin shop for Jenny. I'm planning on buying a bass guitar becuase we are desperate for one at church and I might as well pick something up. Give me a new hobby to keep me away from playing computer games all the time.
Friday, extended family dinner and family secret santa, excluding our long-lost cousin who apparently will not be showing up again. Possibly play hockey, but I doubt it.
Saturday, finish preperations for carolling and then it will be Candlelight Service and carolling, followed by church secret santa.
And then the big day comes Sunday!!
Oh, and just as a side note to all of this. TSN has Calgary ranked 3rd in the league, whereas the Deadmonton Spoils are ranked 15th. :P
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The Mah Whisperer
So, my first horse was named Little Hooligan and I played it probably twenty times and it won about... 20 times. Hehe, it actually did have a perfect record. It wasn't a very cool horse though, it was normal looking... black with white stockings, nothing as cool looking as Sam's horse was. BUT it did win a lot, so that is what matters.
Actually, I lied. I didn't have a horse. I was unfortunately attending UofA at the time that this Sega Horse Racing fad came along, so I never did get into it with everyone else. I remember coming back every long weekend, and every Sunday, I'd have to come with you guys to Eau Claire just to watch you guys race your stoopid horsies, haha... and I actually thought of purchasing one, but figured I'd only play it once a month and it wouldn't be worth it. Now, if only I knew that purchasing a horse would give me blog points later on in life, THEN, I might have actually purchased one. But I am unfortunately not very strong in the force and can not forsee the future as well as Master Yoda, so therefore, I must give up sole possesion of first place and fall back into a tie with Leo... once again. We've only been tied for about 90% of the time since this blog points thing started. :P
Anyways... been shopping every day after work this week and I'm still not even close to being finished, sigh... and I havn't started wrapping gifts yet... or even writing Christmas cards yet, ACK. Back out shopping tomorrow... this time, not as a loner, as Jenny will accompany me and hopefully give me tips. :P
And work... has been tiring, but okay. I got bumped over from SP (Samaritans Purse) to BG (Billy Graham Evangelistical Association) for this week. Apparently, BG is extremely far behind on their own data processing, so I got sent over to help out with their load. So, now instead of entering donation ammounts for OCC (operation christmas child)... I get to enter book/calender requests so that they get sent out. More boring stuff... but oh well, you got to do what you got to do. And I got chocolate from the BG staff for helping them out (even though I'm really just told to do it by my supervisor, haha). Okay, that's all.
Actually, I lied. I didn't have a horse. I was unfortunately attending UofA at the time that this Sega Horse Racing fad came along, so I never did get into it with everyone else. I remember coming back every long weekend, and every Sunday, I'd have to come with you guys to Eau Claire just to watch you guys race your stoopid horsies, haha... and I actually thought of purchasing one, but figured I'd only play it once a month and it wouldn't be worth it. Now, if only I knew that purchasing a horse would give me blog points later on in life, THEN, I might have actually purchased one. But I am unfortunately not very strong in the force and can not forsee the future as well as Master Yoda, so therefore, I must give up sole possesion of first place and fall back into a tie with Leo... once again. We've only been tied for about 90% of the time since this blog points thing started. :P
Anyways... been shopping every day after work this week and I'm still not even close to being finished, sigh... and I havn't started wrapping gifts yet... or even writing Christmas cards yet, ACK. Back out shopping tomorrow... this time, not as a loner, as Jenny will accompany me and hopefully give me tips. :P
And work... has been tiring, but okay. I got bumped over from SP (Samaritans Purse) to BG (Billy Graham Evangelistical Association) for this week. Apparently, BG is extremely far behind on their own data processing, so I got sent over to help out with their load. So, now instead of entering donation ammounts for OCC (operation christmas child)... I get to enter book/calender requests so that they get sent out. More boring stuff... but oh well, you got to do what you got to do. And I got chocolate from the BG staff for helping them out (even though I'm really just told to do it by my supervisor, haha). Okay, that's all.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Christmas Eve Caroling
Here is the list of songs so far... if you think one (or more) of them should not be on the list, let me know. If you think one (or more) other Christmas carol has been missed, let me know as well and I'll put them in.
1: Angels We Have Heard On High
2: Away In The Manger
3: Deck The Halls
4: Do You Hear What I Hear?
5: Frosty The Snowman
6: God Bless Ye Merry Gentleman
7: Hark! The Herald Angel Sings
8: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9: Jingle Bells
10: Joy To The World
11: Let It Snow
12: The Little Drummer Boy
13: O Christmas Tree
14: O Holy Night
15: Silent Night
16: Silver Bells
17: 12 Days of Christmas
18: We Wish You A Merry Christmas
And currently, we have 3 houses.
1: Angels We Have Heard On High
2: Away In The Manger
3: Deck The Halls
4: Do You Hear What I Hear?
5: Frosty The Snowman
6: God Bless Ye Merry Gentleman
7: Hark! The Herald Angel Sings
8: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9: Jingle Bells
10: Joy To The World
11: Let It Snow
12: The Little Drummer Boy
13: O Christmas Tree
14: O Holy Night
15: Silent Night
16: Silver Bells
17: 12 Days of Christmas
18: We Wish You A Merry Christmas
And currently, we have 3 houses.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Your Prize
I thought this was pretty funny. Maybe it's because I'm a Star Wars geek... but maybe it's funny in it's own right and you found it funny as well.
Also: I appear to have misplaced my Smallville Season 1 DVD's... Did someone borrow them? This is why we have you sign DVD's out... cause I have a horrible memory. Anyways, no rush on returning it... just let me know who has it please, pretty please. Your prize may very well be a toyyoda. :P
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
UPgraded
Okay, so the Pink Kryptonite Lovers page wasn't QUITE the upgrade... as some of you have pointed out (especially JENNY) that it was more of a downgrade. So, here is an upgrade (hopefully)... it's not much, but considering how much I know about computers and HTML and everything like that, oh well. If you have any opinions/suggestions, let me know. I'll see what I can do. Otherwise, welcome to the re-vamped Lost in Geospace Blog. haha.
In other news... it has taken me over an hour to get to work for 2 of the 3 days this week. Thus, I have been late (only by 10 minutes) twice. Stupid traffic. Stupid drivers that don't know how to drive. I mean, do you really need to drive 40 below speed limit? ACK! And strangely, I've been getting rougly 8-9 hours of sleep every night, but I still feel exhausted every morning and want to take naps during the day. So exhausted even now... I actually closed my eyes during my lunch break today and ended up falling asleep... sigh, haha.
And also... I will be away this weekend in Vancouver. Get to catch up on some nice weather, hehe. I don't care if it rains, just as long as it's above 0 degrees.
Okay, that is all. Good Night.
In other news... it has taken me over an hour to get to work for 2 of the 3 days this week. Thus, I have been late (only by 10 minutes) twice. Stupid traffic. Stupid drivers that don't know how to drive. I mean, do you really need to drive 40 below speed limit? ACK! And strangely, I've been getting rougly 8-9 hours of sleep every night, but I still feel exhausted every morning and want to take naps during the day. So exhausted even now... I actually closed my eyes during my lunch break today and ended up falling asleep... sigh, haha.
And also... I will be away this weekend in Vancouver. Get to catch up on some nice weather, hehe. I don't care if it rains, just as long as it's above 0 degrees.
Okay, that is all. Good Night.
Friday, November 25, 2005
The Longest Day
So, Friday is my longest day. Which is why I need to post now, at 7 in the morning in order to get my 2 points. :P Otherwise, I will not come home again till 3am Saturday morning, sigh... 20 hours.
Off to work in half-ah-hour... work till 4:30... head to church... pick up my mom from Greyhound station at 7ish... head back to YAC for gym nite... possibly go eat/drink or just loiter at church afterwards... go play hockey at midnight... finally get home at 2:00... take a shower... go to sleep... doesn't seem like a lot, but it still adds up to a 21 hour day (since I wake up at 6). So, got to go now, eat breakfast, pack hockey equipment, pack gym equipment, pack work stuff and go scowl at rude/bad/slow drivers during rush hour traffic.
Off to work in half-ah-hour... work till 4:30... head to church... pick up my mom from Greyhound station at 7ish... head back to YAC for gym nite... possibly go eat/drink or just loiter at church afterwards... go play hockey at midnight... finally get home at 2:00... take a shower... go to sleep... doesn't seem like a lot, but it still adds up to a 21 hour day (since I wake up at 6). So, got to go now, eat breakfast, pack hockey equipment, pack gym equipment, pack work stuff and go scowl at rude/bad/slow drivers during rush hour traffic.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
GO FLAMES GO
Seweet. 10 wins in the past 11. Tied for first in the Northwest Division alongside the Vancouver Canucks. 4th in the Western Conference (granted, we've played more games than most teams... but if those teams were to win those games to match games played with the Flames, we'd still be 6th in the West) We're also 8-2-0 against Division rivals (Vancouver, Edmonton, Colorado and Minnesota), which will be a huge bonus since we play up to 1/4 of the overall games against them. Crappy thing is we play the Eastern teams so little. Which means that Phaneuf (who really deserves a Calder) will likely be overlooked by those Eastern voters who never pay attention to what happens in the west.
Anyways, I finally finished collecting all my pins for the Flames 25th Anniversary Pin Collection. No more having to go to Esso or Max every couple days, haha. I'm so happy I found a Jarome Iginla pin though. I didn't think they would be sold in such greater numbers than every other pin, so I had to drive to 4 different places just to find one. But, I finally found one, so my collection is complete.
The collection seems pretty good. Seems they got a good list together for the top 24 players all-time. Though, I have to say that my favorite all-time Flame will have to be Theoren Fleury. What about you guys?
My All-star line up would be like so: Not based on skill, but on my liking them.
1st team:
Theoren Fleury - Joe Nieuwendyk - Jarome Iginla
Al MacInnis - Gary Suter
Mike Vernon
2nd team:
Gary Roberts - Doug Gilmour - Joel Otto
Robyn Regehr - Dion Phaneuf
Miikka Kiprusoff
3rd team:
Tim Hunter - Lanny McDonald - Joe Mullen
Paul Reinhart - Phil Housley
Fred Braithwaite
Oh, and it's Pizza day tomorrow. We're getting pizza from this place in the NE called Coco Brooks or something like that. And I hear that they are REALLY good, and they have really unique pizzas. I'll let you know how it is after tomorrow. I ordered an Egg and Bacon pizza... wonder how that will turn out, haha.
Anyways, I finally finished collecting all my pins for the Flames 25th Anniversary Pin Collection. No more having to go to Esso or Max every couple days, haha. I'm so happy I found a Jarome Iginla pin though. I didn't think they would be sold in such greater numbers than every other pin, so I had to drive to 4 different places just to find one. But, I finally found one, so my collection is complete.
The collection seems pretty good. Seems they got a good list together for the top 24 players all-time. Though, I have to say that my favorite all-time Flame will have to be Theoren Fleury. What about you guys?
My All-star line up would be like so: Not based on skill, but on my liking them.
1st team:
Theoren Fleury - Joe Nieuwendyk - Jarome Iginla
Al MacInnis - Gary Suter
Mike Vernon
2nd team:
Gary Roberts - Doug Gilmour - Joel Otto
Robyn Regehr - Dion Phaneuf
Miikka Kiprusoff
3rd team:
Tim Hunter - Lanny McDonald - Joe Mullen
Paul Reinhart - Phil Housley
Fred Braithwaite
Oh, and it's Pizza day tomorrow. We're getting pizza from this place in the NE called Coco Brooks or something like that. And I hear that they are REALLY good, and they have really unique pizzas. I'll let you know how it is after tomorrow. I ordered an Egg and Bacon pizza... wonder how that will turn out, haha.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Fun Facts from Samaritans Purse
Did you know that the country of Lao had more bombs dropped on it during the Vietnam War than all of Europe combined during World War 2? That's CRAZY, and considering Lao is 2 countries away from Vietnam, you have to wonder how many bombs Vietnam and Cambodia had dropped on them. YIKES! Sad thing is that most of them are still undetonated, so it's kinda like a mine-field.
Samaritans Purse has also produced over 40 million litres of CLEAN water in Sri Lanka since the Tsunami of last year.
Operation Christmas Child collects rougly 7-10 million shoeboxes per year from the 10 participating nations (Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Finland) and distributes to over 80 nations worldwide. However, they will NEVER enter the same location more than once. Yet OCC, which has been operating since 1993, has barely scratched the surface of reaching all the children in need around the world.
Samaritans Purse has also produced over 40 million litres of CLEAN water in Sri Lanka since the Tsunami of last year.
Operation Christmas Child collects rougly 7-10 million shoeboxes per year from the 10 participating nations (Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Finland) and distributes to over 80 nations worldwide. However, they will NEVER enter the same location more than once. Yet OCC, which has been operating since 1993, has barely scratched the surface of reaching all the children in need around the world.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Edumacation
I finally got into EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) for next semester at SAIT! I'm so happy that I caught the registration opening this time, instead of missing it like last time and having all the classes get filled up. That leaves me with a HUGE peace of mind now. It means that I'll finally be able to start working towards a full-time occupation instead of this jumping around with temporary jobs or doing nothing at home all the time kinda life. But for those of you who are wondering what EMR will get me. It is the first of three courses that need to be completed in order to be a certified paramedic. It is also with being a certified Emergency Medical Responder that I will be able to go on ride-alongs with actual ambulance crews and determine whether or not I am fully capable/suited for such an occupation. Hopefully I will be, cause it would really suck if I was going into something that I won't actually be able to follow through with later on. It would be another waste of a year or more. And honestly, I've wasted enough time at UofA already. It's time to figure out who I am and stick with it and become something/somebody instead of being such an immature kid that isn't capable of living independently of his parents. Sigh. Getting into this course gives me a sense of peace, but there's always this sense of dread that accompanies it. What if it doesn't work out? What if you're heading in the wrong direction again? What if you can't do it?
Hopefully, all goes well with my plans of registering into Mount Royal for their Bachelor of Nursing program for next fall. Having that as an option will definately help calm me down.
But back to the present. Work has been going well this week. I'm so tired in the mornings though and I keep drifting in and out during devotions in the morning, which is HORRIBLE, so I shall have to head to bed earlier tonight. Otherwise, all is well. I'm doing a good enough job that I got a second monitor set up on my desk so I can work on different things than the rest of the team. Well, other than the other guy that got the 2nd monitor as well. But it's good, it's much easier using the 2nd monitor to read scanned cheques instead of having to read peoples ugly handwriten info on envelopes. But for those of you who is curious as to how the Operation Christmas Child program is going... we have collected roughly 160,000 shoeboxes nation wide with more still coming in.
Oh, and welcome Mr. Giggles to the blogging community. You will find him linked under his alias: Kenric.
Hopefully, all goes well with my plans of registering into Mount Royal for their Bachelor of Nursing program for next fall. Having that as an option will definately help calm me down.
But back to the present. Work has been going well this week. I'm so tired in the mornings though and I keep drifting in and out during devotions in the morning, which is HORRIBLE, so I shall have to head to bed earlier tonight. Otherwise, all is well. I'm doing a good enough job that I got a second monitor set up on my desk so I can work on different things than the rest of the team. Well, other than the other guy that got the 2nd monitor as well. But it's good, it's much easier using the 2nd monitor to read scanned cheques instead of having to read peoples ugly handwriten info on envelopes. But for those of you who is curious as to how the Operation Christmas Child program is going... we have collected roughly 160,000 shoeboxes nation wide with more still coming in.
Oh, and welcome Mr. Giggles to the blogging community. You will find him linked under his alias: Kenric.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Sweet, Free Stuff
Haha, I love working for Operation Christmas Child. They keep bringing over stuff that can't be sent over seas in a shoebox, so we get to get a bunch of awesome free stuff. Most of it is edible stuff, since only hard candy gets sent over, so we get tons of chewable candies and chocolates, haha. But today, they brought over some sort of protein drinks cause it potentially can freeze and burst and destroy many shoeboxes. It tasted pretty good, and we all seemed to have a burst of energy at the end of the day, so that was really cool. And I don't know if it was because of the protein shakes or maybe I'm getting more energy these days because I'm not sleeping my days away, but I had so much energy when I got home today that I decided to work out. Right now, I'm thinking that I really should start drinking protein shakes more often, cause wow, the effect that they have on you is HUGE! You guys really should give it a try, cause look at what it did for me...
Technically, that isn't me. I say technically, only because Jackson says I say technically all the time in inappropriate sentences. However, that really isn't me, haha. We don't even get anything that gets taken out of the shoeboxes, all those stuff gets sent to charitable organizations. Though, we do have 4 huge boxes of Old Dutch chips that the warehouse sent over, why? I don't know, but I don't care, haha, free chips is fine with me.
And I don't know if that picture is real or digitized, but that's just gross. How in the world does anybody get to be like that anyways?
Technically, that isn't me. I say technically, only because Jackson says I say technically all the time in inappropriate sentences. However, that really isn't me, haha. We don't even get anything that gets taken out of the shoeboxes, all those stuff gets sent to charitable organizations. Though, we do have 4 huge boxes of Old Dutch chips that the warehouse sent over, why? I don't know, but I don't care, haha, free chips is fine with me.
And I don't know if that picture is real or digitized, but that's just gross. How in the world does anybody get to be like that anyways?
Thursday, November 17, 2005
First Day
Well, just got home from my first day at work. All in all, a good day. I was able to wake up at 6:30, eat breakfast, take a dump, take a shower, etc... and make it to work... err... 2 minutes late, but now that I know the exact time it takes to get there, I'll be there on time from now on (hopefully). :P The team that I work with seems really great thus far. Though, out of the 12 of us, there are only 2 guys. :P And only 3 of us is probably younger than 30. haha. Oh well, it's all good.
Didn't do much today though, just went through orientation and some training. Orientation was long, but pretty interesting. Got to learn a lot about the Billy Graham Evangelistical Association. I never knew that Franklin Graham used to be a huge rebel and didn't actually accept Christ till the founders of Samaritans Purse brought him into the fold. Interesting, very interesting.
Anyways, training was cut short today cause our trainer is sick and couln't speak. So we ended up going over to the warehouse and helping out with the shoebox inspection. Which was great, too bad we don't get paid to do that all day long, haha. And also, those who are interested, there is an open house this Saturday around 1-4, so if you guys want to drop by there and learn more about the Association and Samaritans Purse and such, you're welcome to go. :P I'm thinking of volunteering for that day... debating whether or not I should go and help Flora and AC move though...
Didn't do much today though, just went through orientation and some training. Orientation was long, but pretty interesting. Got to learn a lot about the Billy Graham Evangelistical Association. I never knew that Franklin Graham used to be a huge rebel and didn't actually accept Christ till the founders of Samaritans Purse brought him into the fold. Interesting, very interesting.
Anyways, training was cut short today cause our trainer is sick and couln't speak. So we ended up going over to the warehouse and helping out with the shoebox inspection. Which was great, too bad we don't get paid to do that all day long, haha. And also, those who are interested, there is an open house this Saturday around 1-4, so if you guys want to drop by there and learn more about the Association and Samaritans Purse and such, you're welcome to go. :P I'm thinking of volunteering for that day... debating whether or not I should go and help Flora and AC move though...
Monday, November 14, 2005
Bruised and Battered
Oh man, I'm so sore. I'm so glad I don't start work till Thursday, haha, so I still have 3 days to recuperate. Recuperate from what you ask? Well, first off, my ego will be forever shattered from snowboarding on Friday, haha. 25% of me thinks I should give snowboarding more of a chance, especially since I bought the Sunshine card this year and have the potential of going at least a couple more times this year. The other 75% thinks that I should just purchase my own skiing equipment so I won't be tempted to try snowboarding ever again, haha. But I have to admit that snowboarding/skiing conditions were great on Friday (except for the ridiculously long line ups - - it took us over an hour just to purchase lift tickits) and that it was fun going snowboarding with a bunch of friends. But snowboarding hurts. I was bruised and battered after Friday from falling every so often and I still can only go heel, no toe. Everytime I tried to go toe, I would flip on my face, sigh.
I also ended up missing YAC (whoops, bad example) but there was no way I was going to make it on time, so I figured that it was better to go for dinner with the people I went snowboarding with instead of showing up late, hehe. Shockingly, even though I was bruised and battered, I ended up going to play hockey that same night. It was good, I actually did not feel overly tired or sore and it was a good day of cardio for me, haha.
Then on Sunday, we ended up going to go play some football again. Luckily, not tackle since there was no snow whatsoever, and the ground was like frozen solid. But on my first run of the day, I ended up having both my feet slip out underneath me while I tried to dodge Kingston and ended up wiping out really badly, sigh, more bruises. Luckily, I didn't wipe out face first when Sarah came after me and threw the football right between my feet (while I was running), sigh... never block a pass going for her again, haha, she's CRAZY!!! :P
But there you have it. All bruised and battered from a weekend of some awesome sporting events. :P I don't regret any of it, haha, except maybe choosing to go snowboarding instead of skiing. :P
I also ended up missing YAC (whoops, bad example) but there was no way I was going to make it on time, so I figured that it was better to go for dinner with the people I went snowboarding with instead of showing up late, hehe. Shockingly, even though I was bruised and battered, I ended up going to play hockey that same night. It was good, I actually did not feel overly tired or sore and it was a good day of cardio for me, haha.
Then on Sunday, we ended up going to go play some football again. Luckily, not tackle since there was no snow whatsoever, and the ground was like frozen solid. But on my first run of the day, I ended up having both my feet slip out underneath me while I tried to dodge Kingston and ended up wiping out really badly, sigh, more bruises. Luckily, I didn't wipe out face first when Sarah came after me and threw the football right between my feet (while I was running), sigh... never block a pass going for her again, haha, she's CRAZY!!! :P
But there you have it. All bruised and battered from a weekend of some awesome sporting events. :P I don't regret any of it, haha, except maybe choosing to go snowboarding instead of skiing. :P
Monday, November 07, 2005
Birthday Bash X 2
So, Happy Birthday to both Sylvia and Jacklyn.
So this weekend has been pretty busy (in a good way). Busy enough that I didn't have time to start Civilization 4 yet, haha. But it was good. The Youth Rally on friday night was awesome, not quite as many people as I figured there would be, but overall, still awesome. Hockey was pretty good, still need to improve on my skating though. The only bad thing this weekend was that I felt like I was fighting a fever after hockey and throughout Saturday. Which sucked, cause I wasn't able to enjoy Yamato's, and I ALWAYS enjoy Yamatos. Got to enjoy 2 birthday parties which was really fun and it was nice to see some of my high school friends again. Watched DOOM, which was okay, not a movie I would buy, but it was pretty good. Though the first person shooter style of filming (for about 5 minutes of the movie) reminded me why I don't play Doom, haha, man, I got such a bad headache after that 5 minutes. :P Also played some tackle football and I'm still sore. My right knee is still bruised, but I guess that's because we decided to go with tackle even though the ground was iced over and there was no soft patches anywhere. But it was fun, good times... and some scary times, haha, especially when you see Mr. Alred coming at you either to tackle you or to bull you over to get to his endzone, haha. Ahh... hopefully the weather next week will be decent enough for us to play tackle again, haha.
And My Photos under my Internal Links section has been updated again. Tons of photos this time round. Quite a few stranger photos that I would love to delete whenever possible, but some artsy-fartsy person wanted them, haha, so I guess I have to keep them for a while. :P Check them out, if you want them, try to save the photo, if that doesn't work, leave a comment, send me an e-mail, call me or message me on MSN and I'll send them over to ya.
So this weekend has been pretty busy (in a good way). Busy enough that I didn't have time to start Civilization 4 yet, haha. But it was good. The Youth Rally on friday night was awesome, not quite as many people as I figured there would be, but overall, still awesome. Hockey was pretty good, still need to improve on my skating though. The only bad thing this weekend was that I felt like I was fighting a fever after hockey and throughout Saturday. Which sucked, cause I wasn't able to enjoy Yamato's, and I ALWAYS enjoy Yamatos. Got to enjoy 2 birthday parties which was really fun and it was nice to see some of my high school friends again. Watched DOOM, which was okay, not a movie I would buy, but it was pretty good. Though the first person shooter style of filming (for about 5 minutes of the movie) reminded me why I don't play Doom, haha, man, I got such a bad headache after that 5 minutes. :P Also played some tackle football and I'm still sore. My right knee is still bruised, but I guess that's because we decided to go with tackle even though the ground was iced over and there was no soft patches anywhere. But it was fun, good times... and some scary times, haha, especially when you see Mr. Alred coming at you either to tackle you or to bull you over to get to his endzone, haha. Ahh... hopefully the weather next week will be decent enough for us to play tackle again, haha.
And My Photos under my Internal Links section has been updated again. Tons of photos this time round. Quite a few stranger photos that I would love to delete whenever possible, but some artsy-fartsy person wanted them, haha, so I guess I have to keep them for a while. :P Check them out, if you want them, try to save the photo, if that doesn't work, leave a comment, send me an e-mail, call me or message me on MSN and I'll send them over to ya.