Friday, September 27, 2002
spumoni, smarties, and 2 football pool championships...
Okay, so yeah, I'm here guest blogging for spumoni. I promised Lyds I wouldn't take over her blog w/ my rants so don't look for too much from me, and don't expect me to return to my own blog either. Guest blogging here is enough.
a) Numbers seem so hierarchical, I'm gonna try letters.
b) So it seems a lot of blogs have came and went since I last blogged; culminating in early summer. Everyone just shot their wad and went home. Even some of the more established ones have since died. I haven't seen everyone jump on and off the bandwagon so quickly since the Tamagochi.
c) Yikes, Abraham's got some crazy bball pool going there. I think I'll stick w/ Yahoo! tho.
d) Steve, I'd fill you in about Fight Club 'cept that we're not supposed to talk about Fight Club.
e) It's that time of the year again. The time when X'mas decorations go up in the department stores.
f) Seahawks will beat the spread over Vikings this Sunday. Come join us.
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
funny stories, random things and happy thoughts
i will do this post in richard's style. :)
1. i just brushed my teeth and saw that my toothbrush glows in the dark!! ooee!! i had almost forgotten! :)
2. i worked with matt (new guy) at jaka's monday night. he's so funny! in line with ange's recent obsession with gay guys, matt was telling me how he lives right in the middle of the gay community, so he's had many adventures. he's been called "hey sexy!" one too many times. :P he's now afraid of bending down to pick up anything he drops cuz he's been told he has a "tight butt". hahaha!!
3. my dad's in hk right now hanging out with my grandma for a couple wks cuz my grandma's starting to display signs of aging. hehe. nice way of putting it. anyhow, he's been emailing all of us back home evey single day with these VERY DETAILED updates!! a lot of the times involving descriptions of food and such. sooo funny!! typical yung family style... food obsessions. :P i think he should start a blog of his own. :D
4. brad mopped the kitchen floor last night! while i was taking a 12 h nap. :P woohoo! that means i don't hafta do it anymore. but i did buy the bucket he used... so i contributed! hehe.
5. hollyholz came over on sat to visit cuz she was in my building for tutoring. she walked into my living room, saw the big blue maple leaf view from the window and jumped for joy!! well, kinda. :P she was so excited to see it, she said she i should put a big happy face by the window. :D she's gonna come back and take pics! what a cutie! haha! so u're too obsessed, hun. :)
ok, off to class i go! heigh ho, heigh ho! ;)
have a great day!
*******
happy belated birthday, sunsun!
i thought of more stuff!!
6. ange and i have discovered another dan wang!! lol!!! dan wang. :D hahahaha. we can't stop laughing. :D we're such geeks! heehee.
7. *munch, munch* we had a 5 h class on monday at st. joe's hospital. O_o the only thing that kept us going was the food everyone brought. :D hahaha. u can tell we're all nutrition students cuz we've always got food on us and we munch on it in class. we're all grazers! the best way to eat. :) grazing on fruits and veggies and yogurt!!
8. speaking of food, justin has started a workout regime at the ac with a personal trainer and everything! but the package that includes a nutritionist is significantly more $$, so he's asked me to be his personal nutritionist while he works out and gets fit. :P yay, a guinea pig! he sounds really motivated, so this will be great!! i've already got him started on a 7 day food record. our first session will be on fri night! :)
9. i went grocery shopping last sat and bought a whole bunch of goodies including belgian chocolate ice cream and butter tarts!! yummeee.... :) i love grocery shopping. it's so much fun. i wanna try out all these new products and dishes this yr. that is, if i can stop going out for dinner. hehe. that reminds me - it's about time i went and did a grocery store tour for myself. i gotta learn about all these products that ppl keep talking about and check all the labels and diff types of stuff they've got. it allows more creativity when u're suggesting meals and alternative healthier products to ppl. :)
10. i got a free pass to see "the ring"!! it's a new movie coming out oct 18 from dreamworks. they've got jaka's to promote it by getting us to ask our customers 5 questions about "the ring". if u get at least 2 out of the 5 questions right, u get a free pass that admits two to the preview on wed, oct 16. nice, eh? :) so go to jaka's if u want a free pass! :) the only prob for me is that this movie is a thriller and i absolutely hate thrillers!! i refuse to watch them!! so i guess that means i won't be using my pass. doh.
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Hostile Takeover
Guess who's now blogging on Lyd's blog? That's right. Me.
an open invitation
who's up for some sunday night football?? a few of us will be heading over to einstein's around 8 pm this sunday for drinks, wings (that's why i'm coming :P) and football!! football, u say? why in the world would lyds ever agree to go anywhere to watch a football game?? well... :) the reason i hate football is cuz i have NO IDEA what is going on in the game. but the 2 time etcbc football pool champion has kindly agreed to explain the entire game to me, so i am willing to give it a try. so all u football lovers and clueless ones, come join us! lemme know in advance if u're planning on coming. thanx!
Monday, September 23, 2002
what fools these mortals be
[sigh] it's been an interesting wkd. but it ended on a happy note. this aft God gave me a new perspective on something that had been occupying my mind for the last couple days. and i was so happy. :) i have a new found freedom and joy. :) the joy of the lord truly is my strength.
cath and i went to starbucks at yonge and carlton tonight for cell grp. it was just the 2 of us cuz fi was busy and shannon ditched us to go watch "a walk to remember" with ann!! :P but she came by afterwards raving about what a great movie it is. :) [sigh] so sweet. i have to admit it is a sweet movie. :) though incredibly unrealistic. but i guess u can't have both. :P anyhow, cath and i were sitting by the window looking out into the cold dark rainy night, chatting about our recent thoughts and convictions while sipping hot chocolate and steamed milk. it felt so peaceful. :) and kinda community-like, looking out across the street, knowing that ann and shannon were watching a movie right in the condo diagonally across from us. and cath living just a block away. maybe this isn't such a bad location after all. well, i never thought it was. but it did seem kinda far. ann called to see what i was up to, and even heidy knocked on the window while she was passing by. notice how it's all girls now. :) pretty diff from the mainly guys grp that i used to talk and hang out with. but i guess it's a nice change... and for the better.
though i guess it's still all guys here at home. :) which reminds me that i still haven't mentioned my other roommate yet! his name is pat and he's fun. :) i talk to him all the time cuz jennifer is still in hiding and brad has a weird schedule. :P what a life pat leads! he spent all wkd sitting in front of the couch watching tv, getting up to grab something to eat. haha. [sigh] oh to be so relaxed! he has a car too, so sat night he took off to 'loo to chill with his friends. he's been going every single wkd since he moved here! this wkd he only went for the night and came back late. but guess what - he lives at westcourt too!! when he's in school. he likes the foodnetwork and has promised to let me have the tv when it's girlmore girls and sex and the city time. :P we're also gonna go to greg's sometime cuz he's never been there!! but he LOVES ice cream. woohoo!! my kinda guy. ;)
ok, it's late and i have a new resolution to wake up around 7 every day so i can take advantage of my incredible productivity early in the morning. productivity is such a good feeling. nite!
Saturday, September 21, 2002
hungry
hungry, i come to you for i know you satisfy
i am empty, but i know your love does not run dry
and so i wait for you
so i wait for you
i'm falling on my knees,
offering all of me
jesus, you're all this heart is living for
broken, i run to you for your arms are open wide
i am weary, but i know your touch restores my life
~ kathryn scott
Friday, September 20, 2002
pretty quotes :)
"A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep. In dreams, you will lose your heartache. Whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true."
~*cinderella*~
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.”
~ shawshank redemption
it's 4 am and i'm still up and working. [sigh] hopefully only a couple more hours to go. now i gotta work on my portfolio. hm... what should i say in my presentation?
Thursday, September 19, 2002
happy birthday, sarah! :)
more to come l8r... i'm still working on my practicum presentation. thank goodness for ppl to keep my company. :) i've been thinking i should do work more often. it shouldn't be so hard! reading is easy... even though there's so much of it. u don't have to come up with original ideas or anything. u just read! when i think of it that way, it motivates me to read more. :) but right now i gotta figure out exactly what to put on this poster board!!
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
letting go
olive posted this verse awhile ago. i read it again today cuz i reached jonah in the minor prophets section and it really spoke to me.
those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
jonah 2:8
what a long day yesterday was. class all morning at st. mike's hospital, worked out in the aft and made yummy steamed salmon cuz i've been craving fish for awhile (that, and tandoori chicken). then off to jaka's for a 8.75 h work shift!! insane or what? i worked from 4 pm to 12:45 am. but i stayed til 1:30 cuz katherine wanted to give me a ride home. [yawn] what a long day. at least anita came by jaka's with her crew... and had everything but tapioca! :) anna dropped by to say hi too!
today was a nice break in comparison. i slept in a little bit and got up to work on my practicum poster and presentation for fri. that was going slowly, i was feeling so relaxed today. :) i went to go run some errands in the aft, then headed over to college park to do my readings for tmr's class. matt came dt to pick up his pics, so after giving me the commentary on his pics, we sat at college park for awhile cuz i insisted on doing my readings :P and matt did eg. hurray, he's almost done! :) then we headed to the usual places for dinner and ice cream. yummy. :) greg's has this new cinnammon ice cream now! it tastes like cinnamon toast!! yummeee!! :D matt had to rush back uptown for bubbles, so i decided to take the long way home and walk. it was a nice night. good thinking time. i like walking at my own pace. :) i went over to ann's afterwards for a chat. it's so awesome to be living so close to her this yr. praise God for good talks and good friends who care enough to knock some sense into ur head. :)
Thursday, September 12, 2002
obadiah 15
"the day of the lord is near for all nations,
as you have done, it will be done to you;
your deeds will return upon your own head."
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
good morning! :)
i'm at the lib awful early today. i thought my public health nutrition class started at 9 like all my other classes, but when i got to the room it was dark. then i realized it didn't start til 10!! doh. ah well. u get the benefit of an early blog then. :) i was getting so excited about internet being hooked up at home last night til i talked to brad and then he said the rogers guy wasn't coming til today. darn!
we had a pizza lunch for the nutri sci dept yesterday. pretty much the only time of the yr that all the profs, lab techs and msc/mhsc/phd students get together. they always have yummy gourmet pizza. :) mmm....! i met a couple new girls - a msc student from portugal and an exchange student from bonn, germany! :)
last night fi and chuck came over after work to see my place and chill. :) we had dinner and chatted. i've been trying to eat healthier and save money, so i'm glad we didn't end up going out for dinner after all. :P i think we all needed to save money. it turns out that roger, a guy from nycbc, lives in my building too!
afterwards, fi, cath and i went to the medecins sans frontieres talk at med sci. james orbinski, a doctor who's been on countless msf trips to afghanistan, somalia, etc., was the speaker. it was great. we sat there mesmerized for an hour. i've been surrounded by international health issues lately... it's a good thing cuz it's so easy every day to not even think about the ppl who live in such poverty and disease without hope of adequate treatment. these are human beings, our fellow brothers and sisters. one of my greatest fears after coming back from nairobi last summer was that i would eventually forget all that i had seen and experienced. not forget it completely, but not to think of them each and every day and live in light of that fact, being generous to those in need and not taking for granted what God had blessed me with. i have to confess that i have forgotten. in this fast-paced north american culture, the poverty and need in the developing world seems far far away, like a dream, almost surreal. talking to cath about her mission trip and her experiences coming back to toronto have been a reminder of my own trip and my own experiences returning to canada. i remember one day last summer, when i had just come back from debriefing in LA, i was walking down dundas, on the way to shannon's place. i looked up at a billboard advertising a motorola cell phone with colour display. i remember thinking to myself - why?? why is so much money and resources and manpower spent on developing a phone like this when those resources could be better used in a country where families live in one-room mud huts under unsanitary conditions, children are malnourished, drugs and medical treatment are inadequate, aids epidemics are widespread, pollution is horrible, high unemployment rates exist and families can't afford to send their children to highschool let alone university? why?? i know why. but it just seems like a horrible injustice.
last night's talk was inspiring. it once again touched my heart and inspired me to be involved in international health issues in one way or another. james orbinski spoke on ethics and humanitarianism. we must fight for justice and humanitarian issues out of love for our fellow human beings. often it's easy to become cynical when we hear about all the things going on around the world. but the speaker is someone who's seen it all - tanks running over helpless women and children, a child refused medical treatment cuz he could not pay. in spite of what he's seen, he still has hope. things are being done, ppl are being helped, conditions are slowly improving. it's possible. i really admire this doctor for being so involved in msf and giving of his time in these countries. often times, going overseas and being involved in international issues is reserved for a select few who have been "called" by God to go on "missions". but i believe that as christians, we have all been "called" by God to be involved. and being involved can mean many things, from actively praying about issues, financially supporting ngo's and other humanitarian/development organizations, being aware of health/human rights issues around the world to offering up ur time and skills to go overseas. i don't think we need necessarily a calling to do these sorts of things, only compassion and love for our brothers and sisters who have also been created in the image of our God. in isaiah, God rebukes his ppl for not defending the rights of the orphans and widows, for not caring about those in need. he wasn't pleased with their sacrifices, offerings, their good deeds. that wasn't what he was looking for. it wasn't enough. he wanted them to care for his ppl as well. is that what we are doing?
Isaiah 58:1-9
True Fasting
"Shout it aloud, do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Declare to my people their rebellion
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
For day after day they seek me out;
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near them.
'Why have we fasted,' they say,
'and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled ourselves,
and you have not noticed?'
"Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please
and exploit all your workers.
Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard on high.
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord ?
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness [1] will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
Monday, September 09, 2002
happy birthday, bernie!
yes, i'm blogging... AGAIN! :) anna's right beside me. we're both at st. mike's lib maybe i should just not get internet so i can blog more often. hehe. cuz i seem to be blogging more when i don't have it than when i do! but maybe that has to do with less ppl contact. who knows. :) anyhow, first day of class went alright. i spent more time working than in class already. :) we had our food service management class in the morn and were already warned that it's gonna be a LOT of work. oh joy... i hope that's not gonna be a common theme for this term cuz i'm gonna be taking 5 coures! >.< which probably doesn't sound like a whole lot to u, but masters courses have a lotta reading! and plus i'm working at jaka's again. it was my first day back at work today and i must say that the novelty has worn off. maybe it was the heat (jack said it was 43 degrees outside and it was a greenhouse inside the store), or maybe it was the length of my shift... but it was the longest work shift i have ever experienced!! at least terrance and mike came by to say hi. :) i've missed them!! jack said he's glad i'm back cuz they missed me in the summer. awww. :) there's a whole buncha new employees now. which is good cuz i *hope* that means i'll work less. there's debbie (donna's sis :), ross, matt and umm... i can't remember the other ppl's names. :P haven't met them yet. grace and maureen are gone. :(
i hope to get lotsa organizing done tonight! and calling ppl. i was hoping for a quiet first month, but i doubt that is gonna happen. my first wk is already packed... there's cell grp tmr night and then a medecins sans frontiers talk tmr night at med sci that a bunch of us are going to. i love being at ut cuz they just started an international health centre here last yr and they have so many connections and conferences, it's great. lotsa speakers. i really hope to be able to go to a lot of talks this yr and soak up all they've got to say. :) tmr night's talk is on ethics and humanitarianism. it's the first of a series. there's a conference going on at york too in nov/dec that sounds really interesting - talking about the social determinants of health that canada is a leader in and the state of each of these determinants so far. lotsa well-known respected ppl in the field. but it's expensive! so maybe i can volunteer and get in for free. :P then wed night is bernie's bday dinner, thurs night is a perspectives class (cath and i are checking it out for possibly taking it in the future - too busy now) and fri night is utccf od! phew. that brings me to the end of the wk. yikes!!
anyhow, time for a breather. i'm off to biz depot to buy a much needed planner!! :) i've been doing so much walking these days... my feet hurt!
Sunday, September 08, 2002
i'm at angee's! i came over to pick up some stuff and check email. i miss my internet access. [sigh] but we're getting it sooon!! it's good to have everyone back again! things at presby today were like they've always been, but then again slightly diff. all the students were back again, and more! i saw some new faces. as i stood on stage worshipping, i saw all these ppl out there that i wanted to meet and get to know. i think i wanna meet a new person every wk! i'd really like to get to know these ppl that make up the english congregation, rather than have everyone be just a sea of faces without names that i see wk after wk. that's not being part of the body of christ. i really wanna make the most of these 4 months. i'm still thinking about staying for 8 months at presby instead of just 4, but i gotta talk to God some more about that first. i talked to winston about missions committee and he's got some new and exciting ideas that he's challenging the committee with. things like being much more active in encouraging the congregation to consider missions rather than passive like we have been, and strategizing in terms of direction and standards/values that we should have as a committee. i'm excited to be a part of this and to come back at such a time.
my walk/talk with ann yesterday was great. she's been going thru a lot of similar thoughts and things that i've been going thru! so it was cool seeing her perspective on all of this. she led me to see that God's training us in ways that we don't even realize to do his work for the future in what we believe he's called us to do, teaching us to handle circumstances that we'll encounter there, even here at home. in things like loneliness and simplicity. we had a good time checking out the st. lawrence mkt and walking to harbourfront. and i finally got my bridesmaid dress!! i think it's starting to grow on me. :)
i had dinner with hannah banana at jack astor's and we talked about her first wk at univ, her missions trip and seeing university as a missionfield. good time, good chats. :)
ange and i had lunch with steve and serene today. serene's from calgary, doing ot with karen yu! cool! :) she's gonna be coming to ccf. finally, someone my age!! she's one yr older than me. so many ccf young 'uns. [grin] even my roommates are younger than me. hehe. ange and i went shopping in chinatown afterwards. i even kinda miss that! :) buying all my own groceries and eating only what i want to eat. :) i'm ready to cook up a storm! :)
now i'm heading over to cath and jinsi's to watch amelie and have some of their yummy tiramisu!! :) mmmm!!
Saturday, September 07, 2002
well here i am. but we still don't have internet dt yet. it's kinda lonely at nights. i'm glad ange's finally back so i can bug her. :) but she has major jet lag, i think. this wk i've been alternating btwn sleeping dt and coming home. i keep forgetting stuff or having errands to run and other stuff, so i gotta come back uptown for it.
i've been having some "i should blog about this" moments, but then it never quite seems so interesting when i actually get to a computer. oh well. i guess u get to hear about my day again.
we had a potluck today for the first yr mhsc community nutrition students. there's only 7 of 'em this yr and they're all full time. something about not having enough part-time students go thru the program yet, so it's full. they usually accept about 10 students/yr. there's 24 students in the program now and it's full?? who knows. ah well. lunch was yummy. it always is when us nutrition students get together. ;) yummy, healthy stuff. ella made this grilled peppers pasta salad that was so good! u know how i hate peppers, right? well, for some reason i really liked these grilled peppers!! so i think i'm gonna try making myself some sometime. :) my roomies are supposedly really into cooking (though i still haven't seen one of 'em cook yet!), so i'm gonna suggest we have a big cooking night one time. :D maybe we could even have a dinner party!
i headed over to the sac carnival afterwards to help out with ccf booth. the set up of the carnival was pretty good this yr - around king's college circle and hart house circle so the whole thing was kinda contained. ppl didn't disband too early, it was still going on strong when i left at 5 pm. i didn't get any free condoms this yr ;) cuz i stayed at the booth the whole time, but i did get to have some good catch up talks with a few ppl. loretta came by and we chatted about her trip and life and school. it's been so long we've since actually sat down and talked. if i ever go back to "africa" one day, she's coming with me. :) i was reading over old emails this morn and happened to read one from loretta. she had said in the email how much she looked up to amy, nancy and me. this was when we had women's cell together. in a way that's kinda scary when u think about the ppl who do look up to u. cuz in so many ways i'm thinking "why? i'm so not worthy". nancy and simeon came by!! another 2 i haven't seen in ages and ages! nancy and i spent a good chunk of time talking bout growth and learning and life and future. she's at oise now doing teacher's college. good stuff. steve kung came by for a short while too. he's in radiation therapy now!! and is living at 666 spadina, right across from the funeral home. hahaha. what a great location. he was very excited to tell me about his new motorcycle! i had to laugh at that one. :) matt's been saying how everyone wants a motorcycle. anyhow, it was a good day. lotsa ppl, hot hot sun, a bunch of ppl signed up. and davin was all excited and geared up for this. :) the kcf guy in the booth next to us was awesome, he just kept going and going, approaching ppl. but in such a personable manner. cool stuff. i didn't approach that many ppl, but all the ones i did i ended up having conversations with and they were interested in coming and finding out more about ccf. awesome.
we had the first meeting for aletheia tonight. a bible study on haggai 1. what a blessing that we always get to benefit from ahfa's seminary education. [grin] it was good, it really spoke to me and some of the things i've been thinking about lately - about examining urself and the ugly parts. and being able to stand alone with God by ur side and saying he's all that i need. cuz in the end, jesus is the only one who won't let u down - after family, after friends are gone. we talked about some other things that were good reminders - busyness being a form of escape from the important things of life and also how it's not about denying urself of things, but glorifying God through what he's graciously given u. some stuff to chew on. i'm glad i'm having a talk with ann tmr. :)
it's great that aletheia is starting up at jaffray. i really wish i could be here to see it thru with them and see the fellowship and bonds develop. but i've only got one more term on campus left and i think that's where God wants me to be. so i've committed to going to ccf. hopefully i can be a big sis there and support them in some way. nancy asked me today if i felt old at ccf. i think i do a little, but i don't feel out of place. the ppl are great, they make u feel welcome whether u've been going all along or if u've just come for the first time. and even though i'm not very close to most of them, we still have great conversations. i get the impression they really care. what a fellowship... good stuff. God, use this grp of students to touch ur campus! we're ready to be used by u!
well, that's it for now. good nite, folks. :)
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
heeheehee. i've been reading chicago-an xanga sites out of boredom and they are sooo funneee!! haha. so cute and funny. :D
well, today i went dt to check out my room and roommates. only one of 'em was there, but the other 2 had their stuff in their rooms. brad seems like a pretty cool guy. nice and friendly. he's in his last yr at uw and working at td securities doing stock exchange stuff. which means he has to be at work by 7 am and sleeps at 10:30. yikes! super early!! but that's cool cuz it means no parties and i can study study study! ahem. :) so we're not gonna get a phone line, but we're gonna get cable/internet. yippeee!! i hope "dude" (as brad calls our mysterious roommate who has yet to appear) shares his tv with us! :) hm... do sie yun guys like to walk around with their shirt off a lot? i get the only room with windows! the lovely sun room. i love sun! sunlight. i have a nice view of the maple leaf gardens dome. and carleton street. it's a good location. 2 min from ann, 5 min from angee & anita, 2 min from the ttc. what more could i ask for? :) well... 20 min from school and 20 min from no frills. ah well. so i'm moving in tmr!! no pots and pans. and no microwave. >.< what am i gonna do? i've been so spoiled. i was telling yu how this is the ghetto-est place i've lived in by far. and then he tells me gross stories about nasty carpet in his basement room. ewww!! i am grateful. :) so meeting brad today was fun and inspiring. we kept talking and talking til i finally told him i was gonna do some vaccuming. :D i think we'll get along great!! :) i'm gonna start praying for my roommies.
[sigh] enough procrastinating. i must pack!!
byebye til we get cable! well... unless i get the urge to make that walk to the lib. :)
Monday, September 02, 2002
we just finished watching "we were soldiers." yikes. i've never watched a war movie b4. at least not like that... like saving private ryan or black hawk down. so incredibly disturbing. war. *breathe in* *breathe out* i feel almost guilty sitting here watching movies or typing away at my computer knowing that there are such things going on on the other side of the world. and then things like real poverty and hunger and death and sickness make me re-evaluate my life in comfortable north america once again.
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it's "family wkd." we were supposed to go away this wkd for a vacation, but instead of driving somewhere far away, we opted to stay at home and do "family stuff." so yesterday we went out for yum cha, then went outlet shopping, running/hiking and rented a couple movies. today we went to cfc in 'loo for church (my dad's on holiday and wanted to check out the "purpose-driven church", saw some ppl i hadn't talked to in awhile like janey and josephine), had lunch with my grandma and anna at red lobster's, then went to check out nate's new place for next yr, came back to toronto to check out a bed frame at ikea, picked up takeout from congee wong and headed home to have dinner and watch another movie. it's been different spending all this time with family. we've had the chance to talk out some issues, one big one esp. but i guess it's not always about talking about stuff, but spending time together. something we don't do very often at all.
last night while lying in bed i was thinking about friends and spending time with friends. most of the times i've spent meeting up with ppl this summer has been quality catch up time. seeing friends i haven't talked to in ages and catching up on what's been going on in each other's lives. which led me to realize encore une fois that there aren't many ppl i see on a somewhat regular basis. i'm not sure if it's cuz i've isolated myself so well this yr, or if ppl are just too busy in general to hang out often. probably a combination of both. i'd say right now that there are only 4 friends that i see and talk to often enough that we don't hafta say "soo... what have u been up to in the last looong while?" every time we see/talk. (hm... interesting. i started off thinking of only 2 and now i'm up to 4. :) well, that's not including the girls in my cell grp and susannah who i've seen much more this summer - and hopefully just as much this yr too since she'll be starting my program. i see some new potential regular-friends too who i've seen more often this summer. so we'll hafta see what this yr brings.... i'm excited about meeting my 3 new roommates, seeing all the mhsc girls together again, and catching up with jaka's ppl! yikes, ok, lotsa ppl, lotsa ppl! *deep breath* time to "be good" again. :)
this past wk has been fun and eventful. we gave susannah a good bday surprise on wed! i love organizing surprises for other ppl. or helping out with it. so much fun!! to see the look on their faces. and then they feel loved. :) mission accomplished. phong and i took susannah out for lunch to "hello toast", this queen st.-esque restaurant we discovered right on the corner of pape and queen. it's pretty yummy! it's our favourite in the area, but i like lisa's too which is at carlaw and almost dundas. anyhow, susannah had no idea that anything was going on that night. i even asked her what her plans were and she said something about dinner with her fellowship friends. which was the original plan, but mel persuaded them otherwise. :) the party at susannah's place was lotsa fun - i got to talk to trinh for a bit (we discussed our bridesmaid dresses once again. heehee. speaking of which i still haven't gotten mine yet!), and met all of susannah's daniel fellowship friends, her dad and her big sis.
thurs was cell grp at metro ten ren's with fios. we finally made our way over there after being at pacific 168 for a couple times. :) by the time we were done, it was too late to ring fiona t's doorbell, so we just left the cake we got for her on her doorstep and hoped that someone would find it b4 the next morning. heehee. more bday surprises! what fun!
fri was my last day at work. hurrah! hehe. i really had a good time working at srchc and learned a ton. got exposed to lotsa things. but i needed a change. angie was a sweetie and took me out for lunch to lisa's. yummy veggie quesadilla's!! it felt kinda sad cleaning out my desk and organizing all the projects/presentations i had done this summer. i guess i kinda grew attached to my cubicle and the centre and having my own niche there. i headed over to pick up my condo security card at lexington after work (woohoo! moving in on tues!), then walked over to woodsworth where the utccf frosh bbq was. it felt like i hadn't been to a ccf event in quite awhile. it was good to catch up. and meet the couple frosh that were there. :) i really wonder how this yr will turn out for utccf.... a small committee, lotsa new blood. :) i'm curious to see all the things that God will do at ccf this yr. i know there will be lots. we just hafta be faithful in prayer, in supporting the committee and in serving jesus on campus.
soo.... lotsa new things and change in the last and next couple wks. my boys have gone off to see the world for 2 whole wks! i miss them already. :( kathy's in china. cath, loretta and karen are back from niger. anita's back from hk. ppl are moving home and away. steph to kingston, fiona to guelph, hannah banana to 'loo, dor and sharon to london. angee's coming back soon!! and shannon is coming back soon too!! yay, all my buddies. :) let's see what exciting things this term brings!!
*wink wink* anita, are u thinking what i'm thinking? [big grin] jk!!
