the university life...

it's not remotely similar to anything on TV. shows like "undeclared" and "felicity" totally decieve you.

BUT...

it's still alright. :)

so i did my laundry today up here in loo. ahaha. my first time all year. and it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. yay for clean clothes :) i put everything into one load because i was too lazy to sort stuff...so when i took out some pieces of clothing from the dryer, there were little color stains. ask amy, she was there - laughing at my reactions. heheheh. it was fun. :) (well...as fun as doing laundry can be). but it's quite a different experience - doing laundry in a res as opposed to the comfort of your own home. but i guess that's the wierd part. as crazy as this may sound...i think that i'm gonna somewhat miss this place next year. i won't necessarily miss all the annoying boys that live in 3W or the constant ringing of the elevator or the screams that sometimes occur at 4 in the morning....but i'll look back on my days here, and i'll be able to smile. :) it's gonna be wierd, living across the street looking at the residence as opposed to looking out from it. don't get me wrong tho - i'm still totally looking forward to next year

but still...i think i'll miss my froshie days too when it's all over...i think we all will...and i think everyone does.

the old man is snoring.

it's raining again...it was pouring earlier...

this is the weather we've been having in waterloo. on and off periods of pouring rain, drizzle, sunshine, and cloudiness. i think that the weather and clouds are confused. poor clouds.

tonight for dinner i went to Mr. Sushi with erica - thanks for dinner! heehee...they expanded mr sushi and it looks really nice now - as opposed to kinda ghetto before. yummy sushi. :d then i went to uwccf - it was pretty good. it was basically a night of sharing...so even though i don't really know a lot of people from that fellowship (i go to lccf) it was nice hearing people share memories and their testimony and stuff. afterwards we loitered yet again. haha...it's so ridiculous. it ended around 9:30ish...and i was there until like....11:30. :) but oh well. i got a chance to talk to some people and sing some worship songs (because some people were jamming). i had a pretty good time...afterwards erica, tiff, dawn and i went to have some bubble tea. and it was pretty good times....yay connect four!

so i'm in loo this weekend - i think the next i'm going home is easter. hahaha. everyone should be so proud. this is a record number of weeks i'll be here consecutively...hahah. i think it's about 6 weeks. i'm going to be doing my laundry with amy tomorrow (sat). i went to go look at the laundry machines today, and it's like....so idiot-proof. the washing maching i have at home is much more complicated. haahha. idiot-proof washing machines and dryers. ahhaha. it's funny. *sigh* okay not really. i find humour in the little things in life. :P

oops. i digress again.

so i'm in loo, and justin went back to TO for the weekend...hope that you're having a great time in TO. :)

good fun times... :)

tonight was a good night. :) i got home around 3:15ish. it all started off with LCCF (laurier chinese christian fellowship). it was a book discussion on mere christianity, and it was alright. some of it was little hard to understand (them crazy brits...heehee) but cs lewis is quite the good writer - many useful and deep analogies that helped make his point a little clearer.

anyway, so after fellowship we loitered around A222 for a bit. that's the thing with CCF. the loitering that takes place after fellowship has ended is sooooooo long. it's ridiculous. but fun. hehehe. :) so after the 1234098754 minutes of loitering, a some of us went to pizza nova to grab something to eat. (justin, me, rani, jon, clinton, rob and dan). when we got the pizzas we decided to head over to clinton/rob's place to just chill eat and talk. and that was good. :) (i saw a potato bug there - i ran away. hehehehe) so we stayed there for quite some time just talking w/ each other - we talked about a whole bunch of stuff - and we ended up leaving their place at around 1ish. then we dropped dan off who just happens to live practically beside anita. so we found anita's apartment window and threw snowballs at it. hahaha. so funny. but we actually didn't catch her attention, so we found anita's bedroom window and started throwing snowballs at it too. ehehehehe. we finally caught her attention, and anita and euming invited us up to their place so we went up and just talked w/ them there. nice people. i like them. :) hahaha. mike's doggy was there too, and he has to be one of the laziest dogs ever. but soooo cute. and so well behaved. and very hungry. :) so i guess we were getting a little loud, because then there was knocking on the wall and then their neighbour came and told us to quiet down. which was kinda strange, because we weren't even really loud in the first place. oh well. :P so yah! we ended up leaving her place at around 3:10ish. and it was a fun night. ahhahaha.

this blog didn't really make a lot of sense, because i'm at a point where i don't even know what's going on anymore. but i decided to blog about the fun times anyway. ahhaha. so sleepy. ok, time for bed. :) g'nite!

faith.

"well i will walk by faith
even when i cannot see
because this broken road
prepares Your will for me." - jeremy camp

these lyrics have just been going through my head tonight. all night long. i wasn't even gonna blog, i was just gonna go to bed...but these words wouldn't leave my head.

ForgettingAllITrustHim - i didn't really get this acronym when i first heard it. It was something that Steve Hawkins told us in one of his sermons during ETCBC Summer Conference 1993. i was 9 (i'm an octobaby) and i'm 19 now, but it's something that has stuck with me over the years and as i grew up, matured as a person and gained more life experiences (some good, some bad) i started to understand the whole concept of blind faith. i've had to continually put my trust in the one and only constant in my life - God.

so this is what i want. my faith to be strengthened. i want to be renewed in Christ, because lately, i have been feeling as though my spiritual life has been at a standstill. i want to please my Heavenly Father. i want to believe and trust in the one who deserves all the glory and honour forever and ever...

i want to walk by faith.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see...and without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." - Hebrews 11:1,6

screw you music history.

okay. just a sidenote, this is my little rant of the day. :)

i'm finally done my history paper, after slaving away researching for and writing this essay for the whole weekend and working on it like a maniac. hahaha. :P i think this is the longest that i've ever taken to write an essay. but yah. anyway. SO...the guidelines are sooooo specific for this. too specific. all the footnotes have to be done a certain way. the bibliography has to look just like the example in the stupid little booklet that costed some ridiculous amount of money for what you actually get. the sad thing? i'm not even fully done yet. does anyone know how to put together an appendix? because i'm lost. and i've asked people, and they're all lost too. the essay itself is supposed to be 10-12 pages long. now, i know some of you might be thinking "10 pages? that's it?!?! that's nothing!" well. in those 10 pages i've had to analyse 6 pieces by hildegard von bingen, give a little bio, give a little historical background thing...and yah. analysing music is the worst. especially when everything sounds the same. and the scores that you actually find don't have recordings - so you basically don't have any idea what the piece sounds like. argh. stupid wlu library with the unhelpful people at the front desk. anyway, so my essay is about 10 pages long. plus one more page for the bibliography. and another one for the table of contents - which by the way is supposed to be done, NOT by page numbers, but by the paragraph numbers. what the crap?! so messed up. hmmm..then on top of that there's the musical scores and the text/translations which make up the appendix. so we're talking about maybe, 30 pages in total...or more. some scores are a few pages long...and i have scores to like...6 pieces on HIldegard of Bingen (which is what my paper is on - her musical works). see, that usually wouldn't be too bad, only for the fact that in the guidelines my teacher specified that there's no folders allowed. no binding allowed. no duotangs allowed. not even paperclips are allowed. so how are we supposed to put everything together? one fricking staple. ONE STAPLE!!! how are you supposed to put all those papers together with ONE STAPLE?!?!?! ahhhhhh! my teacher drives me nuts! she doesn't think!!! oh well. and tomorrow before noon i get to go see my teacher to hand in my essay.

my teacher's really a nice person...i just don't really like her right now. her or her guidelines. or her one staple craziness. :P

oh. sorry bout this rant. these are just feelings that have accumulated over the course of the past few days as i worked my butt off for this essay. :)

oh how we break His heart.

after roaming for a while the King decides to take seat on His heavenly throne and turns his gaze towards earth. what does He see? He sees the sky being cluttered with fighter jets on missions to cause destruction in another part of the world. He sees the seas not only containing His fish and sea life, but submarines with similar missions. He sees the dry ground being bombed and vegetation being destroyed. He sees the stars of the night being blocked by clouds of dust and smoke from explosion after explosion. He sees the animals that roam on land being frightened and running away for cover - and for those who just aren't quick enough, He sees them being killed. but what really hurts the King is seeing man, whom He made in his own image, at war with each other.

"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.'" - Genesis 1:26

we may have ruled over other creatures but i think that we've definitely disappointed our Creator in how we did.

it hasn't even been 24 hours since the war in iraq started and already so much destruction has occured. and to think, this is only the beginning...

they say "God Bless America", but what about the rest of the world? i think we all need it. all nations. all people. all individuals.

i don't really know that much about this subject, but from what i hear and read, this is what i've concluded - we're breaking God's heart.

oh crappity crap crap.

so i found out today that i have a psych test tomorrow. t o m o r r o w. this could be problematic. it's on chapters 13-14 & 18. oh my. i dunno how i'm gonna pull this one off. i haven't even read anything. maybe i'll retake it through distance ed in the summer if i need to. i just need to maintain at least a B- in that course. *it's a requirement for music therapy*. i was talking to my friend today (who also wants to go into therapy) and she's getting about the same grade as i am. but i was talking to tammy and she said that my grades were secondary to the actual audition - although they're important all the same. oh goodness. i've really gotta stop slacking...

hmmm...so on monday on my way to women's cell i ran into this guy from my elementary school - German Mills Public School/Bayview Glen Public School. we went to the same school from grade 1-8. totally outta the blue...it was really cool. :) so we're gonna meet up sometime tomorrow for dinner i think...but really, what are the odds that you'd run into someone you grew up with but haven't seen for like...5/6 years? crazy...

anyway, probably should get started on my psych reading...wish me luck :)

currently: listening to jars of clay - the eleventh hour

i don't know why, but ever since my last blog i've been thinking about BC a lot. like...A LOT. and i've been getting really excited every time i think of that province. it's really strange. i'm seriously thinking that after i've graduated, God may want me to move there or something like that. i dunno. we'll hafta see. i'm only a froshie. we'll see where He takes me and where He doesn't take me. :)

anyway, i did all my course selection stuff and handed everything thing. so that's done. *phew* so i basically spent the afternoon running around between the science building and the music building trying to get everything sorted out and get approvals and signatures needed. glad that's over. :) and my schedule is pretty much set. i'm taking guitar techniques next year. :) i'm excited! and i'm looking forward to the introductory music therapy course - that way when people ask what it is, i'll be able to give them a better answer than my usual, "uhmmmm...it's therapying people music". :P hahaha. it just doesn't seem adequate enough...

OOOH!! i pretty much have a job in the summer. :) i'll be working at a summer camp called "Yes I Can". i'm really looking forward to it. :) Yes I Can is pretty much a government funded camp where 80% of the kids there are mentally handicapped. the age group goes from 2.5-6 yrs old. it just so happens that they were looking for someone with music background...so part of my job would be to lead a music circle (or something rather) and teaching really simple songs to the kids! (which they'd provide me with). so it runs from the end of june (i get a week of training) to the beginning/middle of august. and while i'm not necessarily getting paid the biggest amount of money, i'll be gaining experience which i think is worth a lot more. i'm really excited about this :) God is amazing - His timing is perfect.

He is perfect. :)

God of Wonders.

i love this song.

it brings back memories of YWAM and my missions trip to Victoria BC - where we got the privilege of spending time and ministering to the first nations people. :) i remember being in training in Vancouver and learning this song for the very first time. it was awesome. being in that room, surrounding by brothers and sisters in Christ from other parts of Canada and the States and just being united in prayer and worship. i remember the silent service. it was something alright. we went into the room where we did our worship and meetings and stuff and we were told not to say a word. the workers had set up a cross in the front of the room, and draped a red cloth over the two "arms". God of Wonders was actually the first song to be played during that service. it was really...something that i can't even begin to describe. a very memorable moment. the whole missions trip was memorable...but that was definitely an event that will stick out and be engraved in my mind forever. i also remember that when i came home from BC i happened to pick up my City on a Hill CD. the very first song was God of Wonders and it was the same version that they had played during the silent service. i remember standing there in my living room, listening to my CD and just being so overwhelmed - i leaned on our piano and started to cry. i didn't know what else to do. i loved every minute of Victoria and Vancouver. it was an awesome experience in all aspects.

i actually haven't thought of BC in a long time. i think of the province every so often (when i hear that people are from it) but i haven't really thought of the kids there for a while. or the people of the Pacheedaht tribe. i'm going to pray for them tonight. i remember my heart breaking for them when i boarded the plane to fly back to Toronto. i couldn't stop crying as we departed from Vancouver. it was wierd. so much potential in those kids...i couldn't stop thinking about them when i arrived here. i couldn't stop thinking how fortunate i was to be where i was and it took time to adjust (there was more of a culture shock coming back here, then going there) but things eventually went back to the way they were and just like that, things were back to normal. it's sad. how one can be so impacted by something one minute and then the next, they forget.

all these memories coming back because of one song. thank You Lord, for helping me remember once again.

Lord of all creation
of water earth and sky
heavens are Your tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on High

God of Wonders beyond our galaxy,
You are Holy, holy
the universe declares You majesty
You are Holy, Holy
Lord of Heaven and Earth
Lord of Heaven and Earth

Early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
and when I stumble in the darkness
I will call Your name by night

Hallelujiah, to the Lord of Heaven and Earth
Hallelujiah, to the Lord of Heaven and Earth

omg...

STOP RINGING THE FRICKIN EMERGENCY ELEVATOR BELL!!!!!!

some people in this res building have been doing it all week. at like...stupid times of the day. for example....now. people are trying to sleep. *rolling eyes* i swear, some of the stupidest and most inconsiderate people live here. so clueless. i wouldn't be suprised if they fell down the elevator shaft. there they go again. honestly. they're gonna get beat up in the real world.

oh, there they go yet again. good grief people - grow up.

not again...

it's almost three in the morning and the fire alarm just went off. stupid waterloo college hall. they said only one fire alarm in september. this is the third one in the last two weeks, and there have been at least like...5 the whole year - which isn't a lot, but still. liars. big fat liars. i hope their pants catch on fire on a telephone wire. hmph. fire alarm? screw that. i'm going to bed. :P g'nite!

one minute too late...

i showered for too long. :(

the birthday of one of the most important people in my life is march 13th. she has been there from day one. literally. she's clothed me, fed me, bathed me, and cleaned up my barf and poo. :) heehee. she is like no other. never hesitating to help me. never ceasing to love me...

i love you mommy.

happy birthday [o3.13.o3]. :)

update: praise God!!!! she's okay!!! :) *phew* thank you Lord!

God was there...

He was there at fellowship (LcCF) tonight.
He was there in the beginning.
He was there as people trickled in.
He was there through the worship.
He was there when my friend went through something wierd.
He was there as helplessly i watched her eyes roll to the back of her head.
He was there as i heard her saying she couldn't move.
He was there as i just sat there in shock not knowing what to do.
He was there as a sister in Christ came and knew exactly what to do.
He was there as they lifted her in her chair and carried her out of the room.
He was there as everyone else prayed.
He was there when the ambulance came.
He was there as everyone prayed some more.
He was there when i finally realized that God had everything under control.
He was there when i finally realized that God knew what was going to happen.
He was there when i finally realized that God had planned everything out.
He was there when i finally realized that He placed someone at LCCF tonight who knew what to do in a situation like this one.
He was there when i finally realized that God works in even more amazing ways than i thought.

please pray for my friend. i'm not sure what happened to her tonight, but God does know. He knows everything. He's wonderful like that. thanks.

just another bleh day.

i'm supposed to be in music history class right now, but my tummy is hurting me...so i'm gonna take a nap after i'm done blogging. velsie stayed over her from sunday-monday and that was super times. :) she slept over in my dorm and so we started talking...and we kind just talked through the whole night. literally. we just talked and the next thing, the sun came up, my alarm went off and it was time for morning classes. ahhaha. it was great though. :) good times with velsie!

i had a make up piano lesson yesterday, and i'd have to say that i think it was possibly the worst piano lesson i've had here at laurier. the ultimate worst. it was the first time i looked at the clock and wanted my lesson to be over. the worst part is, i actually practiced too. :( but it definitely didn't show. i hate getting disappointing looks from teachers. especially teachers that i like. so i left feeling pretty discouraged. i'm still feeling kinda discouraged. and with all the pre-registration stuff coming out, there more stress. not to mention my history paper that i need to start on (it's due next week). i think i'm gonna go to library tonight. there's so much stuff to do. so many things on my mind.

argh. i give myself much unnecessary stress. and out of all days, my tummy picks this one to feel wierd and strange...today is definitely a bleh one.

lifesong.

so lifesong has come and gone. (lifesong is basically a coffeehouse-type thing put on by uwccf). i think that the night was very powerful. very moving at times. very good. :) i sang the ruth ling song (posted below). i managed to pull a sharon and forget some words but i guess that's pretty irrelevant compared to why i was singing the song in the first place. even though i made mistakes, i hope that God was pleased with my attitude and my heart. and i hope that He still is.

it's really hard sometimes when people compliment you. i've always had some difficulty responding to compliments about my piano playing or stuff like that. and i think that after a while it becomes tougher to truly give God the full credit. it's one thing to externally show humbleness, but it's a whole different story to be humble internally. i view myself as an instrument. for my piano playing, it's not really me playing, but rather it's only my fingers. the music that comes out is God's doing. same with voice - my vocal chords, but it's not really my singing. (if that makes sense). but sometimes, when you get a lot of positive feedback, it can go to your head and then all of a sudden you find yourself thinking otherwise. that's where the problem occurs. but then on the other hand, when you start getting all proud of yourself for being so humble...you're being prideful again. it's something that i've struggled with in the past. and just something that came up after lifesong. compliments in themselves are not bad, but it's the way in which the compliments are absorbed when things have the potential to get bad. i pray that God will have mercy on me and continue to humble me and break my heart for Him.

i think that ruth "said" it best after she played her piece that she composed for her baptism testimony. (it was a different song). my sister was showing me the video and when she finished and everyone was applauding, she didn't bow. she didn't smile big and take all the credit. she actually didn't say anything. instead, she just pointed towards Heaven and directed all the clapping and the praise towards God.

awesome. i hope that my finger will always be pointed towards Heaven - directing the positive feedback or compliments i receive to the One who really deserves them all.

ruth ling | How Can I Not

Who am I, for You to want me as You do
Loving me as I am
Who am I, for You to touch me as You do
Reaching out both Your hands
Who am I, for You to bear my burdens
Lifting again and again
Tell me how could I not love You
With all that i have

*How can I not love You
How can I not care
Through the valleys of the shadows of death
it's You who hasn't left
Tell me how can I not love You
With all that I have

WHo am I, for You to save me as You do
Paying the price that's due
Who am I, for You to love me as You do
Giving me life that's true
Who am I, for You to have the patience
molding again and again
Tell me how can I not love You
With all that I have

*
With all that I have
How can I not

this is the song that me and justin will the playing at lifesong. to me, this song is so powerful - in it's words and it's music. so passioante. ruth is such a talented musician - she has definitely been blessed abundantly in music. i hope that others will be as touched by the song (not necessarily how it's sung - heehee...because i'll be singing it - but in it's lyrics) as i was when i first heard it.

for more info on ruth and her music, check out www.ruthling.net :)

warm fuzzies...

for some reason, tonight i feel all warm and fuzzy. i like things. :) i'm appreciating lots. friends, my sister, my parents...even my dorm. haha. i dunno, there's something about my dorm, that makes it cozy. although the walls are cement, the space is small and there's no carpet. it's cozy. and it's quite the lazy man room. lemme explain:

desk: one step away from the bed.
sink: two steps away from the front of the bed.
window: one step away from the bed (beside the desk, along with the shelves)
closet space: mmm. maybe 4 little steps away from the bed
washroom: three steps away from bed

mind you, these are all measured in my steps. ahhaha. see? small room, but also cozy. notice how everything is measured relative to my bed. the most important and most used spot of my room. heehee. anyway, so there's just something about tonight that is giving me the warm fuzzies. AND i just finished my theory assignment. :) now the only thing left to worry about is my recital that's tomorrow (technically today), which i have spent the weekend and this week practicing for...i've been practicing around 2 hours a day pretty much ever since my history exam last thursday. i really hope that it pays off...still gotta cut my nails. can't forget. it doesn't sound good when you play piano and all you hear are fingernails hitting the keys. so dirty. ahhaha. i know you guys needed to hear that. :P

anyway, so today i read my friend, edmond's, blog and he asked a really good question - "how many times have you thought of God today?" well, today i thought about God when i woke up, and before i ate my meals. that's pretty pathetic. considering that sometimes i don't even think of God when i wake up. if you add up the time i spent thinking about Him, it would probably equal like...less than 5 mins. maybe 6 mins. tops. well...there's 24 hours in a day. hopefully tomorrow will be better. his question really struck me though. it struck me good.

so i guess i'll end with the same question (hope u don't mind ed!)..."how many times have you thought about God today?" hope your answers are better than mine was. g'nite! :)

o3.o3.o3...

well i'm a day late in blogging. so since nothing has happened so far today (i basically woke up and watched gilmore girls on my computer...) i'll just fill y'all in on the events of yesterday.

me and alli led women's cell. it was really good! we led it on "quiet time" - and how it's really important for a healthy relationship with God. i just pray that i'll be able to really apply what i led - because i don't want to be hypocritical. so today when i woke up i spent a few moments just talking with God and praying. so that was nice. :) i hope that continues...

yesterday was also our (justin and me's <-- haha. so grammatically incorrect.) 6 month. :) Happy 6 months! glad we made it this far...thanks for everything.

uhmmm...that was pretty much it. i had a pretty busy day yesterday...i pretty much only saw my dorm for like...15mins in between the hours of 1:30-11:30. but that's alright. yesterday was super productive. :) alright. i'll blog more later...but for now, i've gotta get to the practice rooms and practice some more piano! i need to play my piece in front of my masterclass (we have a masterclass recital) tomorrow...bye everyone! have a great day. :)

in my Father's arms...

i was thinking about this concept today during sunday service at CFC. Ken Taylor spoke about Jesus and who He really was. He mentioned how Jesus was fully God, as well as fully human - which meant while he was in fact, human (like you and me) He still posessed all his God-like qualities (all the "omnis") he chose not to use some while he lived on Earth. for example, he chose not to be able to be in 1000 places at once, just one. he also chose not to have simultaneous conversations with 2 million people at once...you get the point...

however. please note that Jesus CHOSE not to use all His power. it's not that he couldn't. he chose not to. there's a big difference.

so yah. as i was saying, i was thinking of how great it is to have a God in heaven that is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent (and all the other omnis. hahaha. i remember there being more, i just don't remember what they are right at this moment). whenever i'm down or lonely, sad or broken, i always imagine myself climbing onto God's lap, His loving loving arms (the same ones that created the world) engulfing me and His love penetrating through every part of my being. when i'm sitting there God gives me 100% of His attention. this is what i always pictured but up until today, i didn't really understand the power and wonder of God through this little picture of mine. you see, i now realize that whenever i'm up there sitting on my Heavenly Father's lap, with His arms wrapped around me, so are 213049874325789213 other children of God. and yet, God gives us each 100% of his attention. 100% of his ears. 100% of his love. and while we sit there with God's arms wrapped around each and everyone of us, comforting us, protecting us, each pair of arms is God's arms. how great Thou Art.

In my Father's arms is me - someone who cries there, a human who hurts there, a girl who laughs there, a child who finds her ultimate security and best friend there. In my Father's arms are billions of my brothers and sisters in Christ, each with their own trials and problems but each of us receiving 100% of God's attention. how many people do you know that can do that? exactly.

my Father's arms are like no other.

another week gone...

and just like that, my saturday is over. my week has officially come to a close. this week has been one of great stress. but that was only until thursday. after thursday it was great. :) doesn't matter than i might not have done very well on my music history midterm. whatever. at least it's over and the nights spent listening to gregorian chant will now cease. *sigh of relief*

never did like the medieval babes.

so today i practiced piano for two hours because my masterclass recital is coming up and my hands/fingers totally did not want to cooperate with me (since i didn't really touch the piano all reading week, and this week too). being in music isn't as easy as some people may think! actually, it's probably harder than people may think. much harder. :P the opera at my school was tonight, but i didn't go. i dunno...i've never really been a big fan of the opera *eeks! sorry erica!* it's probably because i don't know enough about it to fully appreciate everything that's going on. yah. that's probably it. then i watched two towers with justin. soooo good. the wait was worth it. :) some parts are scary though. why must the characters be so ugly? except for legolas (the guy with the arrows). he's so dreamy. i didn't think so for the first one, but in this one he was just so cool. hahaha

i've been in such a good mood lately. i'm not sure why. like, just this week i was looking out the window during a sunset and everything just felt so...right. i can't explain. i guess that i was just truly content. :) i haven't felt that way in a while. God's been good to me this year. i really can't deny it. there have been times where things have just really sucked, but He's pulled me through it all. and He'll continue pulling me through as long as i tightly hang on to His hand and let Him lead me on. i love Phillipians 4:11-13. i wrote out the passage and stuck it on the wall beside my bed as a reminder. oh that Paul. so good. :)

anyway, church is tomorrow so i should probably get some sleep so i won't be sleepy throughout the service tomorrow. so g'nite everyone :)

p.s. oh. and yesterday i solved my dinner dilemma. out of nowhere i had a craving for chinese food so i went out and got some chinese take out from China Garden. heehee. and in the process i learned how to say two types of noodles in chinese there from the restaurant owner guy (i think). i really need to learn what the different types of noodles are called... :d