Jesus posting up a kid - look at that great footwork and pumpfake!
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Friday, February 21, 2003
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
so far this reading week, havent done any reading at all. just basically bummed around, didnt do much. watched big fat greek wedding with sharon and leo - very very funny movie. mmm lotsa smallville, slowly getting caught up. and.. yah! thats about it. i really should study. grrr.
good fun day today. got to see two very good old friends and just catch up i spose. very nice. heres to: size 8 boots, worst shopper ever, $260 pants, fat women buying small clothes, the change game, blue manicans, gortex, best kbbq ever, pilot fires, dining etiquette - spitting, regurgitating, etc, no sticks in the mud, cleaning grills with squid, lifers, plum juice, 7 old calenders, and britney spears. thanks for the great times guys. same time next year :P
good fun day today. got to see two very good old friends and just catch up i spose. very nice. heres to: size 8 boots, worst shopper ever, $260 pants, fat women buying small clothes, the change game, blue manicans, gortex, best kbbq ever, pilot fires, dining etiquette - spitting, regurgitating, etc, no sticks in the mud, cleaning grills with squid, lifers, plum juice, 7 old calenders, and britney spears. thanks for the great times guys. same time next year :P
Thursday, February 13, 2003
i used to want to leave footprints behind when my life was over - i think that's so noble ain't it? 'o Lord, when im finished here, i just want to leave some footprints behind Lord, that people can follow to you!' man that sounds good, i've even written it. and then God graciously and tenderly brought me to a place where he said, 'think that through. because beth, you see, if you are carrying my cross and following me, every single footstep you leave, the cross comes behind you and drags right over it. and if you live the crucified life beth, all that will be left is the mark of the cross.'
Friday, February 07, 2003
so yesterday edmund and i went to the infamous job fair at rim park. originally my intentions were truly noble - i wanted to find a job for the summer, and make different networking connections. then edmund told me that they gave away free stuff. now i knew they would, but i didnt know how much. for those of you who've never been to a job fair, surely you've been the the ontario universities fair. well picture that, but with much more variety. anyways, i feel its important that i see how 'well' i did yesterday, so heres a checklist of what i've got:
- 3 mugs (edmund has another)
- 4 shot glasses (edmund has 2)
- a beer mug (unfortunately not glass)
- 2 tall glasses
- 6 paper holders
- 14 rim caribeaners (edmund has about 20)
- 2 keychains
- 2 pins
- 4 notepads
- 6 or 7 chocolate/miscellaneous candy bars
- 16 rim magnets
- granola bar
- 3 bottles of water
- 2 stressballs
- sunflower seeds
- a tin of cinnamon hearts
- 7 name tag holders
- 37 pens
- 4 hilighters
- 4 hotrods
not a bad way to spend a few hours eh? :) and the one resume that i brought with me, i didnt even hand it out.
anyways, i also found housing for next year. jer and i are living in elaine's place. very very nice, very clean. i like it a lot. only problem is, lease starts in may, so i have to find a sublet alreaedy. but thats not too bad i spose. but i am very thankful to God that we've pretty much got this place. excellent! :) anyways thats about it for now, i should be getting to sleep soon. oh, and happy birthday anita!!! thanks for making my frosh year so much more enjoyable. all the best to you!
- 3 mugs (edmund has another)
- 4 shot glasses (edmund has 2)
- a beer mug (unfortunately not glass)
- 2 tall glasses
- 6 paper holders
- 14 rim caribeaners (edmund has about 20)
- 2 keychains
- 2 pins
- 4 notepads
- 6 or 7 chocolate/miscellaneous candy bars
- 16 rim magnets
- granola bar
- 3 bottles of water
- 2 stressballs
- sunflower seeds
- a tin of cinnamon hearts
- 7 name tag holders
- 37 pens
- 4 hilighters
- 4 hotrods
not a bad way to spend a few hours eh? :) and the one resume that i brought with me, i didnt even hand it out.
anyways, i also found housing for next year. jer and i are living in elaine's place. very very nice, very clean. i like it a lot. only problem is, lease starts in may, so i have to find a sublet alreaedy. but thats not too bad i spose. but i am very thankful to God that we've pretty much got this place. excellent! :) anyways thats about it for now, i should be getting to sleep soon. oh, and happy birthday anita!!! thanks for making my frosh year so much more enjoyable. all the best to you!
Wednesday, February 05, 2003
we'd been travelling for many days, with no food, no shelter, nothing. by my count it had been nearly a month and a half, but without the proper nourishment, it was hard to know if that was a correct estimate. the fatigue was getting to me. without food, the body becomes even more tired, and it is tough to do anything, let alone trudge through a barren desertland. i felt as if i could just collapse at any moment, and fall into a restful slumber. but we had to move on. to where? who knows! i don't think anyone in the camp had any idea where we were going at all. but we had been told to follow where he would lead us. whatever. besides, there was something far worse than the fatigue - the hunger. it felt like someone was ripping my stomach from the inside out, and i could feel it slowly eating away. this all made me very dizzy and lightheaded, and i had trouble seeing clearly, especially under the scorching sun. the heat was overwhelming during the day, just bearing down on my back. you'd think at night it'd be a lot cooler, a lot more refreshing. wrong. the night was freezing, and we all had to stay close together to keep warm, even inside our tents. on this particular night i couldn't sleep very well. i kept on hearing noises and rustling outside, and watched as the flickering shadows from the torches danced about the tent in an eerie manner. the ground was cold and hard, as i lay there with rocks and twigs jabbing into my side. and once again, the hunger was there. it hurt more than any ever. how could we go on? we would surely starve to death. trying not to think about this, i turned over and tried to get back to sleep. but i was so hungry... so.. hungry.
i awoke after what seemed like 10 minutes, but surely it was longer, for i could see the sunrise peeking over the horizon cast upon the tent sheet. it was still early, and no one else was awake yet. i stood up and groggilly stumbled outside, where it was already beginning to brighten up. the wet dew against my feet was a refreshing feeling, and i looked around, noticing the morning dew had covered nearly every flat of land. but wait! looking closer, i saw something white, almost like snow. surely there was no snow here in the desert! it was a very thin, flaky layer which resembled frost. i bent down to scoop some up, and felt it's soft texture. this was not snow, for it did not melt or break apart in my hands. my nose then perked up. it smelt like yeast, or flour! i held it a little closer and sniffed at it, and.. yes! it was indeed some sort of flour. i slowly reached and put a small piece into my mouth, chewing carefully. then all of a sudden it clicked. this was food. we wouldn't die from starvation! we would make it out okay! and then, even more importantly, i realized where it had come from. el shaddai. the same God who sent the plagues to deliver us, who turned the undrinkable bitter water into the sweet river of life, who parted the sea in front of my very eyes, and who now had opened up the heavens to rain down on us food. how could we have doubted him? how could we have questioned his almighty power? el shaddai, you are all.
i awoke after what seemed like 10 minutes, but surely it was longer, for i could see the sunrise peeking over the horizon cast upon the tent sheet. it was still early, and no one else was awake yet. i stood up and groggilly stumbled outside, where it was already beginning to brighten up. the wet dew against my feet was a refreshing feeling, and i looked around, noticing the morning dew had covered nearly every flat of land. but wait! looking closer, i saw something white, almost like snow. surely there was no snow here in the desert! it was a very thin, flaky layer which resembled frost. i bent down to scoop some up, and felt it's soft texture. this was not snow, for it did not melt or break apart in my hands. my nose then perked up. it smelt like yeast, or flour! i held it a little closer and sniffed at it, and.. yes! it was indeed some sort of flour. i slowly reached and put a small piece into my mouth, chewing carefully. then all of a sudden it clicked. this was food. we wouldn't die from starvation! we would make it out okay! and then, even more importantly, i realized where it had come from. el shaddai. the same God who sent the plagues to deliver us, who turned the undrinkable bitter water into the sweet river of life, who parted the sea in front of my very eyes, and who now had opened up the heavens to rain down on us food. how could we have doubted him? how could we have questioned his almighty power? el shaddai, you are all.
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
i had a fun weekend. lesse. lotsa chinese new year mumbo jumbo. speaking of jumbo, mmmm jumbo shrimp. and many other good healthy food groups! delicious :) so yes, saturday, went to mitchells and there was like NOTHING. even though it was a 'sale' :) but that means nothing. hmph. i was rather dissapointed. mad boycotting it in the future! haha maybe not. sunday a whole bunch of ppl came up for will's birthday :) heeh like all the waterloo etcbc ppl from last term, some nonetcbc ppl, and james. haha it was nice. we went to mels. then we went back to our res to TRY to play pool. but then it turned out someone had stolen all the pool balls. aint that a.. yah: ) hahaha that was gay. haha and yes. adrienne and i heard some girl talk about waxing her unibrow. that was disgusting. ew. then after will and adrienne left, me sharon edmund and james went to v1 to play there. so we found steph.. and she needs to study! oh my. but anyways their pool table was weird. they played with smaller balls than we were used to. bah. oh well. so thats that! it was nice having everyone back around again. i still remember in like the 2nd week we were up here, the 8 of us waterloo etcbc ppl went out to east side's to eat. which was so nice. cuz there was a nice community back then. now its still there, but maybe not as close just cuz some ppl are on work term, etc. anyways i kinda realized how lucky i am to have so many ppl who look out for me. i perhaps take it for granted a lot. cuz i know a lot of ppl do a lot of stuff for me that i dont even entirely realize. but thank you to those ppl. you guys are great. anyways, yes, today is our 5 month. thanks for choo-choo-choosing me sharon! :) haahha but really, thanks for sticking this out with me and being committed to it and stuff. you're grrrrreat! welps, thats all for now. stay clean kids!
Friday, January 31, 2003
just a quick blog before i head back to toronto for the wknd! (mm leaving in like 5 mins! ahhh better make this quick) anyways, just finished by eco exam. its sposed to go til 4, but i left early. not too bad. not great, definitely not perfect, but not a fail. im expecting at least 70s? yah most likely. meh! haha i shoulda studied more, but thats what i always say. i dont think i'll ever learn :P anyways, this tough tough week kinda passed by not so toughly, i managed to finish off what i needed to, just barely surviving. so we'll see how next week goes. whats ahead for this wknd? hmmm dinners, homework, mitchells sale (boycott) and uhmmm probably some good ol tele.
so beyond that, i was told that sometimes when i blog i just post song lyrics, and they dont really make much sense or mean much. so from now on i'll try to explain a bit about why i posted i guess. the one i posted this morning is a nichole nordeman song called anyways. its gorgeous. just talking about how even though we try and we try to be 'good' christians, always failing, always trying again and again, and sometimes we wonder if its even worth it. but the thing is, God sees us as beautiful even while we're trying. he manages to see the finished product that we could be, even when we are far from it. i guess its just encouragement. ive been listening to lotsa nichole nordeman recently cuz james told me to burn him a cd of her stuff. so yah.. shes a very talented songwriter, definitely one of the better ones, though i like other people doing covers of her songs. she may not be the best musically, but lyrically, shes way up there. :) i'll probably be putting more of her songs up in the near future. just some ones to d/l if you're looking around kazaa: why, help me believe, i am. i am is amazing. i was lying in bed listening to it for so long. (haha instead of studying) but yah, it's very nice. anyways, with that note im off! have a wonderful weekend y'all. sun leen fie lok..? lok? lock? louk? i dunno. and sun ti geen hong! haha be blessed.
so beyond that, i was told that sometimes when i blog i just post song lyrics, and they dont really make much sense or mean much. so from now on i'll try to explain a bit about why i posted i guess. the one i posted this morning is a nichole nordeman song called anyways. its gorgeous. just talking about how even though we try and we try to be 'good' christians, always failing, always trying again and again, and sometimes we wonder if its even worth it. but the thing is, God sees us as beautiful even while we're trying. he manages to see the finished product that we could be, even when we are far from it. i guess its just encouragement. ive been listening to lotsa nichole nordeman recently cuz james told me to burn him a cd of her stuff. so yah.. shes a very talented songwriter, definitely one of the better ones, though i like other people doing covers of her songs. she may not be the best musically, but lyrically, shes way up there. :) i'll probably be putting more of her songs up in the near future. just some ones to d/l if you're looking around kazaa: why, help me believe, i am. i am is amazing. i was lying in bed listening to it for so long. (haha instead of studying) but yah, it's very nice. anyways, with that note im off! have a wonderful weekend y'all. sun leen fie lok..? lok? lock? louk? i dunno. and sun ti geen hong! haha be blessed.
Bless the day this restoration is complete
Dirty, dusty, something must be underneath
So I scrape and I scuff
Though it’s never quite enough
I am starting to see me, finally
A gallery of paintings
new and paintings old
Guess it’s no surprise that
I’m no Michaelangelo
Every layer of mine
Hides a lovely design
It might take a little patience
It might take a little time
But You called me beautiful
When You saw my shame
And You placed me on the wall
Anyway
You, who have begun this work,
will someday see
A portrait of the holiness
You meant for me
So I polish and shine
Till it’s easier to find
Even an outline of mine
Dirty, dusty, something must be underneath
So I scrape and I scuff
Though it’s never quite enough
I am starting to see me, finally
A gallery of paintings
new and paintings old
Guess it’s no surprise that
I’m no Michaelangelo
Every layer of mine
Hides a lovely design
It might take a little patience
It might take a little time
But You called me beautiful
When You saw my shame
And You placed me on the wall
Anyway
You, who have begun this work,
will someday see
A portrait of the holiness
You meant for me
So I polish and shine
Till it’s easier to find
Even an outline of mine
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
havent blogged in a while! oh my. hmm lessee..
last friday: skipped philosophy, went home for the wknd.
last saturday: parents left for chicago, had to wake up at a dreadful hour to send them off to the airport, then i took a nap, then went to the liberry with james and got some studying done. at night.. leafs game.
last sunday: went to church, *interesting* sermon, sunday school with norm, swiss chalet for lunch with james, velsie, sam, ed, b-man. good times. then watched 'the kangs' again, then superbowl with vels, smo, bman, james, gway, and wayne. not too shabs. go bucs go. then jer comes to pick me up to go back to loo
monday: (about 12am) arrive in loo, go sleep. classes all day. mel's for dinner with sharon and alli.
tuesday(today): eco, good class, good prof, then ate lunch, played pool, skipped psych (for the.. 5th time in a row), hung around, went to a biz group mtg, hung out with sharon, watched bowling for columbine again. great documentary. highly recommended.
there! now we're all up to date. anyways im feeling kinda mellow. important things going on with me right now?
1. housing!!! very complicated, right now im still looking for a place cuz things havent worked out yet. but im more than sure God's got this all in his highly capable hands.
2. crazy amounts of schoolwork. tomorrow: meetings, homework, thursday, meetings, work, friday, business presentation thingy, sociology paper due, eco midterm. please keep me in your prayers
3. spiritual life. trying very hard to put God first, to seek him out more, to fall in love with my savior again and again every day. reading: bible, john piper. good stuff.
i hope you're all doing very well. to those i havent spoken to in a while, im sorry, been busy, but please don't hesitate to gimme a shout whenever. stay firm to the path. God bless.
last friday: skipped philosophy, went home for the wknd.
last saturday: parents left for chicago, had to wake up at a dreadful hour to send them off to the airport, then i took a nap, then went to the liberry with james and got some studying done. at night.. leafs game.
last sunday: went to church, *interesting* sermon, sunday school with norm, swiss chalet for lunch with james, velsie, sam, ed, b-man. good times. then watched 'the kangs' again, then superbowl with vels, smo, bman, james, gway, and wayne. not too shabs. go bucs go. then jer comes to pick me up to go back to loo
monday: (about 12am) arrive in loo, go sleep. classes all day. mel's for dinner with sharon and alli.
tuesday(today): eco, good class, good prof, then ate lunch, played pool, skipped psych (for the.. 5th time in a row), hung around, went to a biz group mtg, hung out with sharon, watched bowling for columbine again. great documentary. highly recommended.
there! now we're all up to date. anyways im feeling kinda mellow. important things going on with me right now?
1. housing!!! very complicated, right now im still looking for a place cuz things havent worked out yet. but im more than sure God's got this all in his highly capable hands.
2. crazy amounts of schoolwork. tomorrow: meetings, homework, thursday, meetings, work, friday, business presentation thingy, sociology paper due, eco midterm. please keep me in your prayers
3. spiritual life. trying very hard to put God first, to seek him out more, to fall in love with my savior again and again every day. reading: bible, john piper. good stuff.
i hope you're all doing very well. to those i havent spoken to in a while, im sorry, been busy, but please don't hesitate to gimme a shout whenever. stay firm to the path. God bless.
Sunday, January 19, 2003
fun day today! went to cfc, good sermon. the worship team did 'worship you forever' and the guy actually sang out all the todd fields lines. including the ones in the key change. so funny. good stuff! then we went to dawns and had lunch and watched bridget jones' diary. kinda :) haha then football where the bucs won! woot woot! and then back here to my humble res. doing some studying. eating jalapeno chips which are way too spicy. anyways right now im totally feeling this song 'spoken for' by the band mercy me. go d/l it if u havent heard it before. or at least read it:
Take this world from me
Don't need it anymore
For I am finally free
My heart is spoken for
Oh and I praise You
Oh and I worship You
Covered by a love divine
Child of the risen Lord
To hear You say "This one's mine"
My heart is spoken for
Now I have a peace
That I've never known before
I find myself complete
My heart is spoken for
By the power of the cross
You've taken what was lost
And made it fully Yours
And I have been redeemed
By You who spoke to me
Now I am spoken for
Take this world from me
Don't need it anymore
For I am finally free
My heart is spoken for
Oh and I praise You
Oh and I worship You
Covered by a love divine
Child of the risen Lord
To hear You say "This one's mine"
My heart is spoken for
Now I have a peace
That I've never known before
I find myself complete
My heart is spoken for
By the power of the cross
You've taken what was lost
And made it fully Yours
And I have been redeemed
By You who spoke to me
Now I am spoken for
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
things have been going okay lately. been watching lotssa smallville (season 1) and getting caught up to date. we watched "114 - zero" today. extraordinary! :) and hmm what else? been playing pool almost every day now. very fun. good stuff. i think/hope im getting better. sharon and i beat these two white boys the other day. woot woot! hmm and yeah, went home on sat this past wknd. james and ppl came up for a cc meeting, so we decided to go back home with them anyways.. on sunday, went to the raps game, and they WON!!! oh boy oh boy. and yeah, they won again tonite over mj and the wizards.. but thats cuz stack was out. ANYWAYS! school is decent. i finally got my printer to work after reinstalling the drivers. but im short on black ink! HELP! today in economics the class was so frickin full. we're not sposed to be there but we go there cuz the prof is great. and the others suck! :) haah so yah a lot of ppl do that i think, so if you're late (like 20 ppl were today) there are no more seats hahaah :) so next class the prof said hes gonna kick out those who arent sposed to be in there. but i dont care! im not leaving! hows he gonna do that anways?!?! hows he gonna know who to kick out? hmm :) its a good class. i skipped psych today.. cuz well.. its psych. haah :) anyways, besides all that things are going okay with me. i feel im losing touch with a lot of ppl since after the break, havent talked to my usual bunch in a while - jliu, jenbo, and others. so i hope you all are doing well. keep up the hard work. yes. thats it :) peace.
Saturday, January 11, 2003
You can have my heart
But it isn't new
It's been used and broken
And only comes in blue
It's been down a long road
And it got dirty on the way
If I give it to you will you make it clean
And wash the pain away
You can have my heart
If you don't mind broken things
You can have my heart if you don't mind these tears
Well I heard that you make old things new
So I give these pieces all to you
If you want it you can have my heart
So beyond repair
Nothing I could do
I tried to fix it myself
But it was only worse when I got through
Then you walked right into my darkness
And you speak words so sweet
And you hold me like a child
Till my frozen tears fall at your feet
You can have my heart
If you don't mind broken things
You can have my heart if you don't mind these tears
Well I heard that you make old things new
So I give these pieces all to you
If you want it you can have my heart
But it isn't new
It's been used and broken
And only comes in blue
It's been down a long road
And it got dirty on the way
If I give it to you will you make it clean
And wash the pain away
You can have my heart
If you don't mind broken things
You can have my heart if you don't mind these tears
Well I heard that you make old things new
So I give these pieces all to you
If you want it you can have my heart
So beyond repair
Nothing I could do
I tried to fix it myself
But it was only worse when I got through
Then you walked right into my darkness
And you speak words so sweet
And you hold me like a child
Till my frozen tears fall at your feet
You can have my heart
If you don't mind broken things
You can have my heart if you don't mind these tears
Well I heard that you make old things new
So I give these pieces all to you
If you want it you can have my heart
Wednesday, January 08, 2003
I HAD AN EXAM TODAY!
how insane is that? oh well. major failage! haha it was horrible, i didnt know anything. anyways i havenot blogged in a long time. uhm what to say? its been a good holiday, lotsa fun with family, friends, etc. went to go see jenbo in mississauga, that was fun. and had a little lau get-together for newyears, which was good as well. church dinner, played a lot of hockey instead, then hockey the next day with ghetto people downtown. went skiing with church people and my lil cousins. ate SO much food, buffets, kbbqs, hot pots, you name it i ate it. and uhm... not much else! played lots of games with james. yes! thats about it. anyways this blog made absolutely no sense whatsoever, but thats okay cuz if u know me thats how i am most of the time. oh yes. one last thing. im almost even again! well not quite. hopefully by the end of the week. ahhhhh. oh and i have a meeting tomorrow for a club here at school. i hate it. i want to quit. but no. i musnt. okay not THATS everyhting. laters skaters.
how insane is that? oh well. major failage! haha it was horrible, i didnt know anything. anyways i havenot blogged in a long time. uhm what to say? its been a good holiday, lotsa fun with family, friends, etc. went to go see jenbo in mississauga, that was fun. and had a little lau get-together for newyears, which was good as well. church dinner, played a lot of hockey instead, then hockey the next day with ghetto people downtown. went skiing with church people and my lil cousins. ate SO much food, buffets, kbbqs, hot pots, you name it i ate it. and uhm... not much else! played lots of games with james. yes! thats about it. anyways this blog made absolutely no sense whatsoever, but thats okay cuz if u know me thats how i am most of the time. oh yes. one last thing. im almost even again! well not quite. hopefully by the end of the week. ahhhhh. oh and i have a meeting tomorrow for a club here at school. i hate it. i want to quit. but no. i musnt. okay not THATS everyhting. laters skaters.
Sunday, December 29, 2002
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