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| thnksgiving. 0.0thnksgiving!
man this year went by so fast... so many things happened.. a lot of good and some bad.. but nonetheless that's the lesson of life.
things i am really thankful for this year ______________________ :
-meeting new people this year and getting to know them better
-getting a new job even though it only pays 8, but i still need more hours
~learning how to breakdance n getting the turtle lol
~learning some new lessons about girls haha those tricky creatures -_-
-eating free food at so many people's places like sarahs, haleys, small group, and more.. :D thnks!
- always getting free food whereever we go..
-continuing with swimming for at least 2-3 month...
- knowing God will always be there to provide
-knowing God's endless love..
- finding a church on campus
- learning how to fish better
-learning to be more indepedent but still having people there to help
-thnks for all those ppl that came to my random events like the walk to michigan avenue at 1 am and then walking back.., going to to the lightshow and then freezing our butts off, going shopping randomly during the week, jake's hot wings even though it costed like 13 bucks for like 8 wings =(
- thnks for the free toilet paper .. that someone randomly left in the shopping cart lol
~getting to know my family better through all our struggles
~getting to know myself better and that sometimes its not just all bout me
~seeing my ex.. and being able to talk to her again ..
~watching people grow stronger spirtually
and lastly
~for the troubles from money to family to relationships to physical injuries and headaches ( u kno those.. headaches) , because through them all, i was able to grow stronger this year ..
and normally i would just end it and make it simple but i felt like i should add this final song to this piece..
idk why this song keeps playing in my head. its simple but it really speaks about the theme of christmas. just read it. =D and hope you all have a merry little christmas too! (even though its so early)
here is the link to the song too ( i really like this version) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16brcl-0jm4&feature=related
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – lyricsHave yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.
Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.
Through the years
We all will be together,
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.
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| so screwed and so lazyupdates :
just got back from the aaiv potluck. should be studying =/ meh
so wats new with me? mm lets see : lights festival, twlight, 007, random outings, food at sarahs :D , my professor gave up on me lol, genetics, mcats, new job: tutor, fafsa, bills, outreach team,
yea just a bunch of random stuff
mm wat to discuss...
i think as this semester is winding down, i should take some time to reflect on my spiritual side. i know i am not going to lie, last time i ever talked about spiritual stuff was like 2 month ago and yeah i will admit i have lost much of that fire/desire from the Chapter Focus Week. I remember starting this fall i was all about outreach and meeting new people and really wanted to help search and bring new and older friends to aaiv and hopefully to Christ. But much of that fire or enthusiasm has been lost. but then again, nothing is ever lost, it is simply transfered to a different form... so i think something that has really struck with me this year was that God is a merciful and Loving God. so often i always hear people talk in church of how great God is or in songs, the lyrics are always like " how great is our god" or " i could sing of his love forever" and so often, i just go with the flow and just agree with people. but i never really i guess felt this love or mercy or like perhaps i never had a time when i really really needed God. but nonetheless, this semester i really began to understand his love and how boundless it trully is! even when we screw up the most, even when we make like a mistake that we sworn never to make again, even when we deliberately go against Him, his love will never leave us. even when we turn our backs, he will never turn his. i am telling you now, His love is so amazing. so infinite, so pure, so amazing. how great is our God! how great is He? do you want to know?
do you really want to find out?
then
ask
pray.
and seek and He will answer.
I think just through different experiences, i don't want to go into too much detail for the sake of revealing someone's privacy or even my own, i just really learned about God's love this semester. if you havent experienced it yet, dont just go with someone's word. dont just go with a song. don't fake it.
seek it. b.c without knowing this love is like without having air.
trully, we would not be able to even live. I would not be able to live with it.
But this is also something that can often be misinterpretted b.c people think that just because He loves us, we can do whatever we want. that is not the purpose of His love. I don't want to argue too much into that right now but all i can say for now is that if you trully repent as in re-turning your ways, his love will meet you there.
i think my faith is much stronger through the experiences in this semester. at least now when someone asks me, " how do you know God is real or that He really cares for me?"
i can say " I know it because i know His love for me is real" ... =)
CHEESSEEEEE
RAMENNNNNN!
( idk i am random)
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| historyObama won! =)
cool
History in the making...
But yeah, whats else is going on?
I really wish I had my bike still.. or my upass or my 10 bucks.. =( Somehow within like a span of 2 weeks I lost all that.. -_- kind of annoying but whatever
AAIv Welcome /Outreach team: interesting
kind of weird at times because you are like hi how is it going blah blah blah. and then you ask them if they want to sign up for small group.. and all that jazz but idk its kind of awkward sometimes. But you know what some one told me about awkwardness, its that you make it awkward.. if you just play it off like its just a everyday thing then it won't be awkward. I guess its us guy's fault. But no sometimes it is the girl's fault and you are just like, man i am just making small talk but you are making it seem like i am grilling you with questions so meh.
Some stuff I learned over the years about speech or friendship, its always good when you meet someone new to try to find some common ground between you two whether it be music, movies, tv shows, classes, or whatever, because then when you see them again, if you run out of the hi wat did you do today, then you can be like so did u see that new episode or hear that new song. yup. also i never thought about it but Aim is really good to get to know someone fast and deeper too. because when you are on AIM pretty much you can discuss anything and it wont be as awkward as seeing that person 1on1 and talking about it. But yeah I never thought that AIM would help that much but a friendship of both AIM and meeting in real life can soon turn into a very rewarding friendship =)
just some random food for thoughts lol
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| cocoa house and other stuffso today was cocoa house. pretty sweeet. :D
but in the beggining, two songs were played that reminded me of.. some.. past memories
mm the acts were all really good especially the last one.. yup so what else have i been up to?
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- eco test friday/ genetic next wed
- heroes is really good
- the office is still better
- reconciled with my roommate after like 3 days of ignoring one another
- got a new goal for research
- swam 1500 yards or meters? idk exactly ..
- shopping sat.. then movies.. man prom nite suked.. -_- note to all: dont trust a girl's taste in movie.. unless she is really into scary movies.
- got my bike stolen.
- got punched in the face by a random high schooler..
yea that story was pretty crazy.. i will just write it so i wont forget one day.
so basically it happened last thursday, when i was busy walking back to my apt. behind the lib. so it was around 4 pm and it was a beautiful day. there was at least about 10 other people walking that sidewalk. anyways so here i was walking down the sidewalk to get back home to grab something when i walk passed a group of teenage high schooler guys( not sure on their age but def. not college). basically, as soon as i walked past them, one of them starts following me and eventually walks right besides me. he had a hood on and was about 3-4 inches shorter than me.
so he walks right besides me and says " yo you got a buck?"
and i responded " no.. i dont have any money"
then he says " yo why you lying to me? "
i just looked at him and said" i dont, and plus i dont have to tell you anything. "
then as he saw my ipod in my hand, he said " then give me that"
I was like : " no way "
then he said something really random: " you look hard" or something
I was like " .. uh.. ok? "
this whole time i was just like what the hell is this really happenning? is this guy a moron or something to jack me in the middle of the day?
so then i saw that he had a couple firends with him and i was just like just get away from this to prevent any trouble and i just started to walk faster.
he saw that and said " yo why you walking so fast"
I said" what are you talking about? this is my normal walking pace"
then out of nowhere, he punches me in the lower right chin and then jumps back a couple feet and put up his fists. at that moment i stopped and i was like what the heck. what a cheap shot. i looked at him standin there with his fists up saying " yo you want to fight ?you want to fight? " i was going to respond but at that moment, one of his friends, a really short kid starts running down the street with a black wallet or phone in his hands. Another student was chasing after him screaming " yo stopp thatt mothering f-ing kid" and i was like wow . then the guy who punched me started to run as he saw his friends run. and i just walked on...
so fricking crazy. -_- what a day what a day. and the day before that i lost my bike. fricking if that was the same kids i am going to kill him next time.
anyways that was my week.. and yea. .how was ur weeks ppl?
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| hookahooka for the first time.. pretty cool, watermelon sucked felt like u were smoking a pine cone.. -_- but mint was good :D i didnt kno u get a buzz from this stuff pretty good stuff ate a ton of jims afterwards preparty for the real party ;D | | |
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