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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
bawston, massachussets
Americans eat way too much. I can't believe how much food there is down here! I know I was warned but still, it's almost to the point of ridiculous. I've been here for less than 48 hours and already I've had all-you-can-eat fresh boiled lobsters, an amazing seafood casserole stuffed with countless scallops and jumbo shrimp, seafood ravioli, beer (open bar yesterday!) and an endless supply of all the snacks you could ever want all day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all buffets. They said i'd gain 10 lbs in 3 weeks, I bet I could do it sooner....
It's kind of neat to have so many different international ppl around. We have spanish, korean, portugese, italian, german, japanese, singaporean, malaysian, american, canadian, african, swedish, dutch, french, mexican and columbian representatives in our class. It's just neat to sit around dinner and learn about what it's like to live some place else.
Speaking of dinner, I think I might have had too much to drink before dinner last night. It was my class's first dinner all together and I decided to make a toast:
"Here's to another 3 weeks of hell!"
haha, it's going to be a fun 3 weeks!
It's kind of neat to have so many different international ppl around. We have spanish, korean, portugese, italian, german, japanese, singaporean, malaysian, american, canadian, african, swedish, dutch, french, mexican and columbian representatives in our class. It's just neat to sit around dinner and learn about what it's like to live some place else.
Speaking of dinner, I think I might have had too much to drink before dinner last night. It was my class's first dinner all together and I decided to make a toast:
"Here's to another 3 weeks of hell!"
haha, it's going to be a fun 3 weeks!
Friday, April 01, 2005
Nervous
Some sudden nervousness about sharing at ACF tonight...What should I share about? Will people even care or relate with what I'm wanting to share? Do I really believe what I'm going to share? Oh Lord, help me....
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Finally, some time to update
I've been trying to update the blog for the past week but it seems that everytime I start typing, something came up and I'd have to leave the computer. Well, now that I'm back at work, I finally have the time, haha. The irony.
Well, last time I wrote, I was looking forward to London and once again, I'm going back to London this weekend. Last time was to see people and to catch up with some old friends. This time, it's mainly for a grad and oldy night. I've been asked to share something on friday and reluctantly agreed. I have an idea about what I want to talk about, but I'm still not sure how to go about doing it....
Things are going great with me. I've been doing well here at work, God's blessed me so far in all the work I've done. This weekend, I'll be flying to Boston where I'll be training for 3 weeks. From there I'm going straight to Vancouver for a week of holiday so I'm going to be away for awhile. I'm really looking forward to it. I've never been on a business trip before and I hear it's fun, especially when you don't have family responsibilities yet.
I feel kind of bad about two other people that work with me. One of them met with my manager and kind of got crapped on for not doing so well on the tests we've been given. I did well because I had more time and no pressure to finish them but I know this person's had a lot of pressure and less time than I did. It's unfair, yet in a way, I also feel bad for doing well. I know I shouldn't, but I do feel that maybe it was partly because i did well that my manager crapped on the other people for not doing so well. Politics of work....it's all new to me.
I can't wait to use my camera gear in the next month. I plan on shooting A LOT of film....
Speaking of which, i think i need to stop at Henry's to buy a few things before my trip....
Well, last time I wrote, I was looking forward to London and once again, I'm going back to London this weekend. Last time was to see people and to catch up with some old friends. This time, it's mainly for a grad and oldy night. I've been asked to share something on friday and reluctantly agreed. I have an idea about what I want to talk about, but I'm still not sure how to go about doing it....
Things are going great with me. I've been doing well here at work, God's blessed me so far in all the work I've done. This weekend, I'll be flying to Boston where I'll be training for 3 weeks. From there I'm going straight to Vancouver for a week of holiday so I'm going to be away for awhile. I'm really looking forward to it. I've never been on a business trip before and I hear it's fun, especially when you don't have family responsibilities yet.
I feel kind of bad about two other people that work with me. One of them met with my manager and kind of got crapped on for not doing so well on the tests we've been given. I did well because I had more time and no pressure to finish them but I know this person's had a lot of pressure and less time than I did. It's unfair, yet in a way, I also feel bad for doing well. I know I shouldn't, but I do feel that maybe it was partly because i did well that my manager crapped on the other people for not doing so well. Politics of work....it's all new to me.
I can't wait to use my camera gear in the next month. I plan on shooting A LOT of film....
Speaking of which, i think i need to stop at Henry's to buy a few things before my trip....
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Another update
So, over the past 3 weeks, I've rented seasons 1,2 and 3 of smallville and I'm pretty much up to date now with the show....sad eh?
I've had a change of heart. I know I ranted about CCSA softball awhile back on this blog but I've decided to play senior this year. I just want to be clear as to why I'm playing. I'm playing for the game of softball and to help my team do well. If my team decided to join a non-christian league, I would have joined too, CCSA just happens to be the league we're joining. At this point, I don't expect much from CCSA in terms of evangelism and spiritual growth. However, to be fair, I'm going to try to keep an open mind. If there's something I've learned, it's that God can do anything. So, from this point on, I'll keep my big mouth shut about CCSA and see what happens this summer.
Since I'll be playing again, it's time to fix my busted up shoulders. I played volleyball this past weekend and both my shoulder rotator cuffs were pretty sore after. Ever since I dislocated my throwing hand index finger in a a heroic but ill-fated attempt to catch a football, I've had injury after injury. I've had physio on my left shoulder rotator cuff which never fully healed properly and now my right shoulder is giving me the same problems. I've rested from softball for 2 years, so hopefully with some activity, I'll be able to throw like i used to again.
Work has been good. I'm pretty bored nowadays as my next visit is Friday in Windsor. I'm really looking forward to my training in Boston. I saw the list of people in my class and there are 28 people going down from all over the world. 4 from Brussels, 1 from Tokyo, 4 from Singapore, 4 from Frankfurt, 1 from France, 3 from the US, 5 from Canada and the rest I can't remember.
2 days until London!
I've had a change of heart. I know I ranted about CCSA softball awhile back on this blog but I've decided to play senior this year. I just want to be clear as to why I'm playing. I'm playing for the game of softball and to help my team do well. If my team decided to join a non-christian league, I would have joined too, CCSA just happens to be the league we're joining. At this point, I don't expect much from CCSA in terms of evangelism and spiritual growth. However, to be fair, I'm going to try to keep an open mind. If there's something I've learned, it's that God can do anything. So, from this point on, I'll keep my big mouth shut about CCSA and see what happens this summer.
Since I'll be playing again, it's time to fix my busted up shoulders. I played volleyball this past weekend and both my shoulder rotator cuffs were pretty sore after. Ever since I dislocated my throwing hand index finger in a a heroic but ill-fated attempt to catch a football, I've had injury after injury. I've had physio on my left shoulder rotator cuff which never fully healed properly and now my right shoulder is giving me the same problems. I've rested from softball for 2 years, so hopefully with some activity, I'll be able to throw like i used to again.
Work has been good. I'm pretty bored nowadays as my next visit is Friday in Windsor. I'm really looking forward to my training in Boston. I saw the list of people in my class and there are 28 people going down from all over the world. 4 from Brussels, 1 from Tokyo, 4 from Singapore, 4 from Frankfurt, 1 from France, 3 from the US, 5 from Canada and the rest I can't remember.
2 days until London!
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Random thoughts
Lately, I've been thinking about London and my friends there. I actually took the time to read through everyone's blog that I have. To you guys out there in London, keep updating them, I love reading about how you're doing and also about the things God is doing with you and with ACF...
I'll be going up to London next thursday to sunday, mainly because I have to be in windsor for work friday so I thought I'd stop by to see some old friends. So, you ACFers out there, if you're free next weekend, I want to see you guys!
Last sunday was the first time I've lead worship at my church in a long time. In fact, it's the first time i've lead worship period in a long time. I feel so...unworthy to do it...but times I feel like this, I know God loves to come in and use me because it's not about me anymore. God is so good and amazing to me and I don't deserve it...
The past while, I've been watching Smallville! Jesse, I know you'll laugh at me....but yeah, my sister got me hooked and so I went out and rented seasons 1, 2 and i'm waiting to rent season 3. I wish I could have super powers....
There's so much more to write but i'll save it for another day.
I'll be going up to London next thursday to sunday, mainly because I have to be in windsor for work friday so I thought I'd stop by to see some old friends. So, you ACFers out there, if you're free next weekend, I want to see you guys!
Last sunday was the first time I've lead worship at my church in a long time. In fact, it's the first time i've lead worship period in a long time. I feel so...unworthy to do it...but times I feel like this, I know God loves to come in and use me because it's not about me anymore. God is so good and amazing to me and I don't deserve it...
The past while, I've been watching Smallville! Jesse, I know you'll laugh at me....but yeah, my sister got me hooked and so I went out and rented seasons 1, 2 and i'm waiting to rent season 3. I wish I could have super powers....
There's so much more to write but i'll save it for another day.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Mmmm....Congee Wong
It was good to see some ACF people last night. It all worked out perfectly. I usually eat dinner at normal times but last night I was watching TV and was going to eat after. Jesse called right when I was gonna cook up some dumplings. Congee Wong! Great timing! Tossed the dumplings in the fridge and left.
Good food, good company and lots of laughs. It's been awhile since I've seen some of the guys and it was nice to see some old faces and new. I do have to admit that I felt a bit old but I guess that's normal once you're done school. Hey, at least I wasn't the oldest there (jesse..haha).
So, it looks like us grads are coming to ACF april 1st to share...I thought it was gonna be small thing in Pam and Roger's house or something but nope, it looks like I'll have to brush up on my public speaking skills again.
Thanks Caleb..haha....
I saw Anacondas: The hunt for the blood orchid. It was an alright movie. It's entertaining and fun to watch, that's all it takes to make it a good movie for me. Though whoever thought of making a movie about 60ft long and 3ft thick snakes must have been smoking crack.
Good food, good company and lots of laughs. It's been awhile since I've seen some of the guys and it was nice to see some old faces and new. I do have to admit that I felt a bit old but I guess that's normal once you're done school. Hey, at least I wasn't the oldest there (jesse..haha).
So, it looks like us grads are coming to ACF april 1st to share...I thought it was gonna be small thing in Pam and Roger's house or something but nope, it looks like I'll have to brush up on my public speaking skills again.
Thanks Caleb..haha....
I saw Anacondas: The hunt for the blood orchid. It was an alright movie. It's entertaining and fun to watch, that's all it takes to make it a good movie for me. Though whoever thought of making a movie about 60ft long and 3ft thick snakes must have been smoking crack.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
I got my new car on monday and I took a few pics of it today after work. The Chrysler 300 is a great car (never thought I'd say that about an american car) and i'm extremely happy with it so far. It's nothing like a typical american car, in fact, it's got a ton of mercedes E-class parts in it. Way to go Chrysler!
Monday, January 31, 2005
Being home's a bummer sometimes...
I've been home for 9 months now and though there are some good things to being home, I'm getting really tired of it...
You see, my stepmom is a real neat-freak, to the point of insanity. A good example happened just last night. Every sunday evening at around 11-12 at night, my stepmom will go around cleaning, vacuuming and tidying up the kitchen and ground floor rooms. She likes to do this with the kitchen TV on. My room is right above the kitchen so I hear EVERYTHING. When I used to sleep at 1am, I didn't mind but with the job now, I sleep around 11pm. The obvious solution is a) I move to the guest room to sleep that night b) she move her cleaning schedule to daylight hours
So last night I decided to sleep in the guest room across from my room. No big deal right? Wrong! Today I get in trouble because she doesn't want me sleeping in the guest room....sigh....says she doesn't wanna clean it. I offer to clean it up but it's a no go. Sooooo frustrating.....and if you're wondering, she wouldn't move her vacuum schedule either. Her solution? She wants me to pack all my stuff and completely switch bedrooms with the guest room...ridiculous! I feel like her argument today defied all logic and common sense. Why would I break my back for a full day to move my entire bedroom including all furniture to the guest room, and then move all the guestroom stuff to my room for the sake of 1 night a week of sleep. Does anyone else see logic in this?? Sigh....
So there you have it, my rave of the day, I feel like i'm an outsider in my own home sometimes...Anyone else ever have problems like this? It seems so dumb to me that this is a problem but I guess not everyone is easy to live with....I miss being on my own!!
You see, my stepmom is a real neat-freak, to the point of insanity. A good example happened just last night. Every sunday evening at around 11-12 at night, my stepmom will go around cleaning, vacuuming and tidying up the kitchen and ground floor rooms. She likes to do this with the kitchen TV on. My room is right above the kitchen so I hear EVERYTHING. When I used to sleep at 1am, I didn't mind but with the job now, I sleep around 11pm. The obvious solution is a) I move to the guest room to sleep that night b) she move her cleaning schedule to daylight hours
So last night I decided to sleep in the guest room across from my room. No big deal right? Wrong! Today I get in trouble because she doesn't want me sleeping in the guest room....sigh....says she doesn't wanna clean it. I offer to clean it up but it's a no go. Sooooo frustrating.....and if you're wondering, she wouldn't move her vacuum schedule either. Her solution? She wants me to pack all my stuff and completely switch bedrooms with the guest room...ridiculous! I feel like her argument today defied all logic and common sense. Why would I break my back for a full day to move my entire bedroom including all furniture to the guest room, and then move all the guestroom stuff to my room for the sake of 1 night a week of sleep. Does anyone else see logic in this?? Sigh....
So there you have it, my rave of the day, I feel like i'm an outsider in my own home sometimes...Anyone else ever have problems like this? It seems so dumb to me that this is a problem but I guess not everyone is easy to live with....I miss being on my own!!
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Random update
Well, it's been awhile since I've written anything here...
I have a laptop from work and they've locked me out of my laptop so I can't install anything, check my email, play games, etc etc....until now. I have an extra hard drive and just ordered a case for it to fit the laptop. Now I can swap work/play hard drives pretty easily. Yay! I know, I'm a geek. I'm installing windows now as i'm typing this.
My church friends can't decide where to go for holiday. Here was the progression of our decision:
1. Cancun - warm, presidential suite, all you can eat...$1200
2. Vancouver - cheap, good food, cheap....cheap
3. Nova Scotia - lobster....expensive trip
4. Chicago - expensive....probably get shot
5. New York - even more expensive, get shot and mugged
6. back to Cancun - poor students in school can't afford it...
7. back to Chicago - boring...expensive....
8. back to Vancouver - FINAL DECISION! yay!
So Vancouver it is...from April 23 to May 1st. This should be fun. Too bad we won't go camping though...ah well, maybe later in the summer I'll go back to Vancouver to go camping.
I've already planned out some holiday for this year...
April 23-May 1st - Vancouver
August 22 - Atlanta, GA
Aug 31-Sep 2 - Backcountry camping trip
Dec 28-30 - Christmas holiday
I still have 6 or 8 more days on top of that so probably another trip to Vancouver with Christina. This will be a fun year....
I have a laptop from work and they've locked me out of my laptop so I can't install anything, check my email, play games, etc etc....until now. I have an extra hard drive and just ordered a case for it to fit the laptop. Now I can swap work/play hard drives pretty easily. Yay! I know, I'm a geek. I'm installing windows now as i'm typing this.
My church friends can't decide where to go for holiday. Here was the progression of our decision:
1. Cancun - warm, presidential suite, all you can eat...$1200
2. Vancouver - cheap, good food, cheap....cheap
3. Nova Scotia - lobster....expensive trip
4. Chicago - expensive....probably get shot
5. New York - even more expensive, get shot and mugged
6. back to Cancun - poor students in school can't afford it...
7. back to Chicago - boring...expensive....
8. back to Vancouver - FINAL DECISION! yay!
So Vancouver it is...from April 23 to May 1st. This should be fun. Too bad we won't go camping though...ah well, maybe later in the summer I'll go back to Vancouver to go camping.
I've already planned out some holiday for this year...
April 23-May 1st - Vancouver
August 22 - Atlanta, GA
Aug 31-Sep 2 - Backcountry camping trip
Dec 28-30 - Christmas holiday
I still have 6 or 8 more days on top of that so probably another trip to Vancouver with Christina. This will be a fun year....
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Monday, January 10, 2005
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
I'm currently learning photoshop and this is the previous pic with some work done on it. Notice the missing fence shadow that I took out...photoshop is awesome! Unfortunately, I have to crop it to make it fit 8x10 for printing and I don't like the crop but nothing I can do about that. I'm still not done editing this pic yet...I'll post the finished product soon...
Softball
A friend just asked me if I'd coach my church's senior softball team for CCSA.
For those of you who know how I feel about CCSA, you'll know that it's kind of a strange request. For so long I've always said that CCSA has tried to become two different entities. On one hand, they are a Christian organization and thus, embrace all the morals and standards of the Bible. On the other hand, they foster sometimes fierce competition that casts an ugly pale on the league. So, what's the solution?
I've said it many many many times. ELIMINATE PLAYOFFS. Why have a playoff if you are really there to have fun? It would fix most of CCSA's problems. It wouldn't fix my problem though. Should I join or shouldn't I? On one hand, I love softball and have been retired from it for several years now. On the other hand, I really don't believe that CCSA is really meaning what they say when they claim that
"The primary goal of the league is outreaching to seekers and nominal Christians in order
to incorporate them into existing fellowships and churches"
As far as I know, in all my years of being in CCSA and seeing other CCSA teams, none have become Christians through softball. Yes, there might be some or even a few that I don't know of. There are 1,100 participating in CCSA and a few doesn't cut it. I've seen people throw away their valuable summer free time just playing softball. It's not worth it. God can do better, I've seen Him do more with my church when we didn't have softball for 1 year than in the past 2 years of softball.
I know many of you are in softball. I don't want to discourage you from joining it. Just be aware of where your time is going and know how valuable it is to the Lord. I know I'm not one to talk as I waste lots of time too, however, I can't stand seeing so many young people who can do so much in our city throwing it away to playing softball for all the summers of their youth.
Anyhow, that's my rant. Looking over it, makes me wonder why I even am considering coaching. I think i answered my own question....
For those of you who know how I feel about CCSA, you'll know that it's kind of a strange request. For so long I've always said that CCSA has tried to become two different entities. On one hand, they are a Christian organization and thus, embrace all the morals and standards of the Bible. On the other hand, they foster sometimes fierce competition that casts an ugly pale on the league. So, what's the solution?
I've said it many many many times. ELIMINATE PLAYOFFS. Why have a playoff if you are really there to have fun? It would fix most of CCSA's problems. It wouldn't fix my problem though. Should I join or shouldn't I? On one hand, I love softball and have been retired from it for several years now. On the other hand, I really don't believe that CCSA is really meaning what they say when they claim that
"The primary goal of the league is outreaching to seekers and nominal Christians in order
to incorporate them into existing fellowships and churches"
As far as I know, in all my years of being in CCSA and seeing other CCSA teams, none have become Christians through softball. Yes, there might be some or even a few that I don't know of. There are 1,100 participating in CCSA and a few doesn't cut it. I've seen people throw away their valuable summer free time just playing softball. It's not worth it. God can do better, I've seen Him do more with my church when we didn't have softball for 1 year than in the past 2 years of softball.
I know many of you are in softball. I don't want to discourage you from joining it. Just be aware of where your time is going and know how valuable it is to the Lord. I know I'm not one to talk as I waste lots of time too, however, I can't stand seeing so many young people who can do so much in our city throwing it away to playing softball for all the summers of their youth.
Anyhow, that's my rant. Looking over it, makes me wonder why I even am considering coaching. I think i answered my own question....
relief help!
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