so i've been in waterloo for a week and i jsut got back home yesterday nite... it was a really busy week, trying to catch up with everyone before i left for coop again =P
today, i woke up and decided to go and visit my high school... it's the second time i visited tdch since i graduated 3 years ago... the first time was after my 1B...so since then, it's been a good 2 years... 1/2 the teaching staff changed... and i was unable to see my 2 fav teachers... Mr. Groot, the guy who encouraged me to pursure a pure math degree and Mrs. Burke my piano teacher for 7 years.... that's ok =P i left them messages on the chalk/white board :D i got to talk with some of my old teachers... it was nice =P and as i was wandering through the halls... it was so wierd... i felt so old..the high schoolers look soooo young!! i went to the gym and saw a bit of a volleyball match between tdch and woodbridge college.. it brought back a lot of memories from when i was on the vball team in gr 9... so crazy...i suck now at all sports o_O
i went in to talk to Mr. Terpstra... the "religion" teacher at tdch.... haha.... he recognized me..but i dunno if he remembered my name lol...it's all good... he was telling me that the gr. 11s had just gone on a field trip to the Ontario Science Centre specifically to see the real human bodies there... right now they have an exhibit there with real naked anatomical bodies...of men, women, and children of all ages... even a pregnant woman... it was so disturbing just to listen to Mr. Terpstra talk about it... the "models" were cut up literally... cut up in different pieces so that the public can see the transparent body slices that was preserved... the models were put into different positions...some were made to look like they were skiing etc... so wierd... my teacher was telling me that some of the people who saw the exhibit fainted, went green, barfed... it was that different...and he himself said that he would need a couple of days to get over this expereince... but nonetheless, it was very educational for sure... i stopped taking sciences in gr 10 (well... + gr 11 physics) ... but this really caught my attention.... i want to see this exhibit...anybody wanna come with? it ends feb 26...
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so back to last week....oh first off... THANK YOU sarah and jessica for letting me stay over :) ... i think being in waterloo for 8 months is kinda rubbing off on me... it's kinda hard to let go...it'll be even more crazy when i graduate in a couple of years and not come back for good... yeah... a week long of intense conversations with various people... many meals *yay* food and THANK YOU to all who cooked for me!!!!
i think it can be so easy to talk about the happenings of ccf... and all the issues that come with it... the talks are neverendless... the needs are always there... the servers are always lacking... changes are always taking place.... stress mounts for many people who are on the verge of being burnt out and it's so easy to get caught up in it all... but there's one reminder .... take away the logistics... take away the burdens... and let ccf be a place where you can come and worship God together with others... thanks for the reminder for the both of us alex.
i've got about a month to pray and seek God's will regarding whether to run for commitee or not... yeah.... it's really tough.... i don't want to for various reasons..... but what i'm learning is we have to be willing to obey God in whatever He calls us to do.... take away the boundaries we place on ourselves wrt what we think we can offer to Him... He will use us as He wills.... can i say that i am willing to do anything He calls me to do? prolly not... gotta find out what's the problem....
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so work starts on wednesday... it's time to settle down... go to bed early and wake up early... the days of counting down to 5:30 when i can come home... the days of counting down to friday... and then April 30th... haha gotta get back into the work groove...
oh yeah...i slipped down some stairs yesterday! stupid slippery icy stairs... oh well.. hope the medicine kicks in =P i'm taking kid's motrin... instead of celebrex cuz i can't take pills.. i must learn the secret to taking pills soooooon! =P
on another note... it'd kinda hard having to adjust to living at home again... getting nagged everyday... for going out too much and for having a messy room...wow...brings me back to those high school and elementary days... haha the messiness part anywayz... i don't consider myself a very messy person.... but sometimes i let things slide when i get really busy...i'll always clean it up when i can't take it anymore =P but i can't do that living at home anymore... it's always got to be in tip top condition haha... my room gets checked for messiness at least 3x a day... crazy eh? haha.... and i'm getting used to the chinese phrases again... "more lazy than a snake" yup! that's me... these kinda phrases don't mean a thing to me anymore... dunno if that's good or bad... i've learned to have selective hearing.... haha....maybe it's the rebellious side coming out?