is there someone that you want to spend time with?
go ahead and tell them that, and go do it.
don't let activities get in the way of enjoying the person's presence, only let the activity be the channel to get to the person.
if true enjoyment was about DOING, then we'd be able to be saved by works. true friendship is relationship.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
finding that blogging has been more about reporting recent events than the artistic writing and expression of thought. this has been due to the recent events that have occurred that have rendered me unavailable to write, but also unavailable to think and express. but i'll tell you the recent events and hopefully you will understand. i do not want to compromise this blog with writing just simply "writing about my day".
there was already something to write about having come back from winter retreat (last one). aside from the tackling and throwing a certain someone in the snow, the retreat was truly a memorable one for me because i saw the fellowship kneel before God in its brokenness and cry for healing. during the weekend, i had been overwhelmed by my own desires and distractions, but finally, at that moment, i cried to God to break me free from them, and soon enough, in my heart and mind i realized my selfishness, and i was shown what my heart should have been breaking for. i knelt down and prayed for my family, for their brokenness, their pain and the lack of love. with all the things that have happened between my writing now and retreat, i wish i continued to keep with this.
of course, what happened directly after retreat caught me completely by surprise. feeling more tired than usual in the morning, i slept in for class despite sleeping early the night before. when i woke up later in the day and went to my afternoon class, i felt awful. i came home, going in and out of bed, and eventually and suddenly puked my guts out. i had not experienced this for something like 10-15 years, and i was shocked. soon enough, i declared myself sick with the stomach flu. i must say that of all common illnesses, stomach flu is among the worst. i eventually acquired some more symptoms, and became bedridden for most of the week. i was sick till around thursday and felt close to 100% on friday.
and of course, stomach flu was more than enough for me to become unable to work and think, so i decided to postpone my econ 102 midterm to the week after. i also asked for an extension for my first upcoming deliverable. the week after my being sick was midterm week and reading week followed that, i could only postpone so many things. then, on the thursday while i was still sleeping a lot, i received a call. it was a girl from HR requesting an interview. i had a choice between going into toronto for the interview on tuesday or on friday. remembering that i had a midterm on friday, tuesday was the better choice. so this is what my schedule was for the week february 9-13:
mon feb 9: requests extension for SYDE 542 assignment in class. heads to toronto in preparation for interview.
tues feb 10: bombardier interview at 3:30pm. returns to waterloo directly in preparation for the upcoming work.
wed feb 11:
-ME 452 HVAC Lab due before 4pm (15% of final mark, a three person lab but i did 2 of the 3 parts of the lab)
-SYDE 542 Interface Design Storyboard due before 11:59pm (20% of final mark)
-ECON 102 Midterm at 2:30pm, and creation of cheat sheet(in my foresight, studied 80% of material on sat feb 7)
thurs feb 12: MSCI 432 Midterm at 8:30am, and creation of cheat sheet (knows zero course material at that moment)
fri feb 13: ME 452 Midterm at 9:00pm, and creation of cheat sheet (knows zero course material at that moment)
Approx Hours of Sleep during sickness week Feb 2-6: ~66 hours in 5 days 4 nights
Approx Hours of Sleep during midterm week Feb 9-13: ~25 hours in 5 days 4 nights
after this week was over, i must say that i feel pretty satisfied with my performance in all of these things. i've gotten results to one or two of these things, but will see the rest in the upcoming weeks.
on the saturday following midterm week, me herman bily and heng are now in vancouver having the first vacation almost ever. won't say too much about that for now because the stories will come when we return. but i think i am having some trouble because i don't have experience with enjoying.
tonight, my mind is asking to work again. i'm trying to listen to it.
there was already something to write about having come back from winter retreat (last one). aside from the tackling and throwing a certain someone in the snow, the retreat was truly a memorable one for me because i saw the fellowship kneel before God in its brokenness and cry for healing. during the weekend, i had been overwhelmed by my own desires and distractions, but finally, at that moment, i cried to God to break me free from them, and soon enough, in my heart and mind i realized my selfishness, and i was shown what my heart should have been breaking for. i knelt down and prayed for my family, for their brokenness, their pain and the lack of love. with all the things that have happened between my writing now and retreat, i wish i continued to keep with this.
of course, what happened directly after retreat caught me completely by surprise. feeling more tired than usual in the morning, i slept in for class despite sleeping early the night before. when i woke up later in the day and went to my afternoon class, i felt awful. i came home, going in and out of bed, and eventually and suddenly puked my guts out. i had not experienced this for something like 10-15 years, and i was shocked. soon enough, i declared myself sick with the stomach flu. i must say that of all common illnesses, stomach flu is among the worst. i eventually acquired some more symptoms, and became bedridden for most of the week. i was sick till around thursday and felt close to 100% on friday.
and of course, stomach flu was more than enough for me to become unable to work and think, so i decided to postpone my econ 102 midterm to the week after. i also asked for an extension for my first upcoming deliverable. the week after my being sick was midterm week and reading week followed that, i could only postpone so many things. then, on the thursday while i was still sleeping a lot, i received a call. it was a girl from HR requesting an interview. i had a choice between going into toronto for the interview on tuesday or on friday. remembering that i had a midterm on friday, tuesday was the better choice. so this is what my schedule was for the week february 9-13:
mon feb 9: requests extension for SYDE 542 assignment in class. heads to toronto in preparation for interview.
tues feb 10: bombardier interview at 3:30pm. returns to waterloo directly in preparation for the upcoming work.
wed feb 11:
-ME 452 HVAC Lab due before 4pm (15% of final mark, a three person lab but i did 2 of the 3 parts of the lab)
-SYDE 542 Interface Design Storyboard due before 11:59pm (20% of final mark)
-ECON 102 Midterm at 2:30pm, and creation of cheat sheet(in my foresight, studied 80% of material on sat feb 7)
thurs feb 12: MSCI 432 Midterm at 8:30am, and creation of cheat sheet (knows zero course material at that moment)
fri feb 13: ME 452 Midterm at 9:00pm, and creation of cheat sheet (knows zero course material at that moment)
Approx Hours of Sleep during sickness week Feb 2-6: ~66 hours in 5 days 4 nights
Approx Hours of Sleep during midterm week Feb 9-13: ~25 hours in 5 days 4 nights
after this week was over, i must say that i feel pretty satisfied with my performance in all of these things. i've gotten results to one or two of these things, but will see the rest in the upcoming weeks.
on the saturday following midterm week, me herman bily and heng are now in vancouver having the first vacation almost ever. won't say too much about that for now because the stories will come when we return. but i think i am having some trouble because i don't have experience with enjoying.
tonight, my mind is asking to work again. i'm trying to listen to it.
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