YeeeeeeeeEEEAAAAAAA!!!!! I WON A DONUT TODAY!!!! My third win so far...pretty good this year. Man, i love roll up the rim. I'm gonna be so sad when it's over. :(

The Lord is faithful to answer us always when we call upon Him... I got a much needed answer to an ongoing prayer request today. It all happened so fast...but I am at peace and may He continue to sustain me now and in the future...

This is my desire
To honour You
Lord with all my heart i worship You
All i have within me
I give You praise
All that i adore is in You

Lord i give you my heart
I give You my soul
I live for You alone
Every breath that i take
Every moment i'm awake
Lord have Your way in me...

This is my song of prayer today...

MMMMmmm...pretty good weekend i must say. Some good quality time on friday night with the girls of ACF...it was nice to do that since i don't think there's ever been a time where that many of us have been together like that all at once. Wish we coulda done it more :\ Went back to dren's after that on sat until gym night at West London for LCAC. I actually surprised myself by participating in mostly all the activities of the night! I even played BASKETBALL...wow. Haha...although i found volleyball a lot more fun. *shrugs* Went to samo's after gym night with a few for some euchre and nemo. After church yesterday a big group of us went out for lunch and then dren and i went back to her place for some quality napping b4 hitting the softball field. And once again...ended up back at shirley's for the night.

After another sleep deprived weekend...i woke up feeling sooooo groggy. It took a lot of willpower to get up for prayer meeting. I was actually considering not going and letting shirley go by herself. But i fought that feeling and we trekked to UCC only to find no one there! But once again...as always, the Lord blesses those who come to Him and the 2 of us (joined by Josh later on) had a good prayer time lifting up the maaaaaaaanny things that we've been praying for. I've been learning much about persistence in prayer lately...as demonstrated in the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8. It may seem tedious to keep praying for the same thing over and over again. But then why do we do it? Is it just because of lack of other things to pray for? Or because we don't have enough faith in God to let go of it and let Him take care of it? Noo...of course not. It's because the Lord calls us to be persistent in our prayers... "And will not God bring about justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night?" I think we're just blessed to have a God that doesn't get tired of us coming to Him with the same old things day after day, night after night. Praise Him for that!

Awww booo last night's survivor was a recap...nothing new. And i thought they were gonna show what was gonna happen with that other "twist" that's supposed to happen. Got to catch up on my tv watching tonite! :P It was good...friends rerun and 2 hours of survivor (last week's and this week's, thanx again dor!). HeHe.

Well, i'm finally done with this march madness of assignments. I only had 3 but they were so spread out...one per week. Religious studies presentation went quite well today i think...good job Shirley and Jo! Let's hope she liked it. It was actually quite fun to do...prepping and the execution (is that the right word? *shrugs*) The least stressful presentation i've ever done...YaY. Now comes major catch up time...

Yaaaaaay all day prayer meeting tomorrow! I'm excited. It's gonna be cool...i hope ppl come.

I dunno if u even read this chick but HAAAAAAAPPPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELAAAAA!!!!!! Join the 19 club! It's the greatest :) Happy birthday to Lark Voories (sp?) too...HAHAHAHA.....

Well gotta pack for the weekend b4 bed...my parents are going back to windsor again so i'll be all over this weekend. Tomorrow night sleepover at Karyn Cyn and Christina's, sat night at dren's i think and sunday prolly back to shirley's. Mmmmmmm... Oh ACF misc album is updated too so u can check it out.

Owwwch...my tailbone hurts. Unfortunate collision at skating last night... The pain always sets in the next day with stuff like this eh? *shakes head*

Sunday school was pretty interesting today. Talked about predestination, free will, evil... and a bunch of other good things like that. Still not quite sure where i stand on all this. I thought i did know...now i'm not so sure. But it still stands that faith like a child is what it all boils down to and we just have to accept that God just doesn't want us to have the answers to everything.

Pics from doreen's and justin's birthday thing are up on imagestation. Check it out! Skating pictures still to come...

Slept in for the first time in a looooooong time today. Feels good hehe :) ACF last night was cool...Barry Usher from winter retreat came to speak to us again. He's a really good speaker. Talked about how change is GOOD and faith = belief + action + risk when crisis times arise. Ended up going to lambton (caleb's place) afterwards to chill with the girls, caleb, jess, and kevin. It was cool cuz we hardly ever hang out with them.

After helping out at Ark Aid the other night...i got this reeeeeally cool idea of something we can do there. I'm excited to see if it's possible to do it and what it might be able to do for the ppl. :D

YEESSS!! Nate downloaded survivor so i can watch it now!! Be expecting me sometime this week nate...lol.
Agh gotta go eat dinner and get ready for HYPE! Laterz..

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Ethaaaaaaannn!!!!! *SNIFF* I can't believe he's gone...i'm sooooo mad and i didn't even get to see it! I had to hear it from dave... Man, forgot that they switched Survivor to weds this week and didn't tape it...ARG! What happened!? Someone tell me!!

Seems like a lot has happened since last time i posted...which was only monday night? Hmm... Well, women's cell was SOOO awesome last night. I had missed 2 weeks in a row and was really happy to be back. Sooo good to share/talk/pray with the girls again. And we surprised dordor with birthday icecream!! Hehe...she was quite surprised i'd say. And then we went off to justin's to surprise him!! His didn't work out quite so well but i think he was still pretty surprised. SORRY it was so late guys...but better late then never!! Luv ya small group leaders :) !!

Today Anthea, Cho, Heidi, Josh, Adrienne, Shirley and I went to Ark Aid Street Mission to help out at the soup kitchen. It was really a blessing to be able to volunteer like that...haven't done volunteer work in a long time. It was fun too!! Ended up playing ping pong with some kids and talking to some ppl. Sooo cool cuz when i was there, it was kinda like i forgot about everything else that's going on in my life just for a few hours and was able to totally focus on the ppl. Cuz usually i have everything on my mind...and it was nice to be able to "get away" like that. I think we're gonna do it again more often...

This song has been in my head for days now...

Faithful One so unchanging
Ageless one you're my rock of peace
Lord of all I depend on You

I call out to you...again and again
I call out to you...again and again

You are my hope in times of trouble
You lift me up when i fall down
All through the storm
Your love is the anchor
My hope is in You alone.

Oh He truly is soooo faithful and unchanging...how blessed are we to have a God like this?! AHhhhhh.....

The weekend was a good one...once again jam packed with fun but hardly any work. *shrugs* Went to mike's last night for the LCAC potluck. It was cool cuz i got to hang out with some ppl that i don't normally do on a regular basis. Pretty tired by the end of the night tho...but dren and i went back to shirley's to stay over still and we stayed up a bit more chatting. Which spilled over to this morning's prayer meeting! Yea...ended up being just the 3 of us (which i was kind of glad about afterwards) so we had an awesome time of prayer and decided to skip class and hang out on 3rd floor ucc and keep chatting. Mind u...we weren't just chatting bout little insignificant things. I love how i can talk to those girls about almost ne thing and EVERYTHING and how it seems that now almost everyday in our conversations with each other and other ppl...Godly talk comes up. It's cool. I was reminded of what Roger shared bout at retreat...how he knew a group of ppl who were sooo consumed by the desire to know the Lord that all they could talk about was Him and things of Him. And i think he challenged us to be like that...and it's cool that i actually see it beginning to happen. Sooooooo good. :)

Well my sleep-deprived weekend finally took it's toll on me and i gave in to a nap today. Mmmm felt good to sleep like that...not waiting for an hour to fall asleep is always refreshing.

My bro is here visiting for a few days...maybe gonna show him the campus tomorrow if he's up to it. On another note...3 new albums have been added to my imagestation. And i updated my friends list over to the left also, thought it was about time. AIIGHT hehe...nite all.

Gaaaaahh...so tired rite now, my eyes are droooooooping. Want to take a nap but i'm at the library. Need to find an article for my review for relig studies class. Sigh...so i'm just killing some time b4 doing that :)

Shopping was awesome yesterday!! Sooooooo many good deals. I bought like 8 shirts and a bag for around $35 US. AEROPOSTALE IS A GREAT STORE...lol. Maaaan the ppl who live by birch run are so lucky, they can go ne time. We didn't even eat lunch cuz we wanted to save time and money...hehe. But went to Olive Garden at night for dinner...yum yum, good meal to end the day.

Don't think i'm going to pam and roger's ne more tonight...gonna be going to mike's for a potluck/movie instead. Aaahh... i wanna sleep so bad...but i won't be able to fall asleep that easily here. Alright...think i should get to work now. New pics will from this weekend will be coming soon...stay tuned.

mmmmm.....my weekend has gotten off to an excellent start and i'm looking fwd to everything else that's planned! Small group hot pot tonite at justin's...yum yum and fun fun. Tomorrow...BIRCH RUN SHOPPING!! AaAahh...so excited!! Can't spend that much tho...i hope there's mad deals. Gotta HYPE planning meeting after church on sunday and planning on going to Pam and Roger's for the first time on sunday night. Been hearing so many good things about it and now i can finally check it out... YaaaaaY!! My parents are goin back to windsor too so i'll be staying at shirley's for the weekend...good times ahead! HeHe.

Saw Something's Gotta Give last nite at UCC. It was cute...and hilarious and kinda gross all in one. LoL. But definitely a good movie. I give 2 thumbs up and recommend it to ne body!!

Despite only getting around 3-4ish hours of sleep last night...i'm pretty awake. I'll be feeling it by tonite tho...ugh. And gotta wake up eeeeeaaaaarly tomorrow morning to for shopping. Man, i dunno what's wrong with me. It takes me AT LEAST an hour to fall asleep now. ??? What's goin on....

THAT STUPID ESSAY IS DONE!!!!!! Aggggh...what a struggle that was. I stayed home ALL DAY (literally) to do it. And i dont even think it's my best work, in fact...it definitely isn't. *Sigh* Oh well i'm done it and no more english essays!! Well at least till the final exam...ugh.

The reason i took FOREVER to finish this darn essay was cuz i took so many little breaks in between (little spurts of procrastination). During one of my "breaks" i was surfing blogs again and came across simon's. He had this physical attraction test thing linked so i decided to give it a shot for fun. LoL. Here are some of my results, my were they specific.

Picky: Okay, you qualify as "picky," or maybe you just have a clearer idea than most women about what you like in men. It's almost instinctual for you. In a crowded room, you can quickly spot the most handsome guy. Even if you only catch him out of the corner of your eye, you know which men have "the right stuff." You probably struggle with balancing your natural instincts, which draw you to good looking guys, with your desire to find smart, mature, and well-rounded men. But you're also a realist. You know how important a physical "spark" is in a relationship and can't settle for less. Still, in the test, you seemed to recognize the difference between "eye candy," men who are just nice to look at, and more approachable cute guys.

Selective: You are more selective than most women in the types of men you find appealing. You're not someone who only goes for guys with "movie star" good looks, but you still have high standards. You appreciate men with "traditional" or "mainstream" appeal. Of course, this can put you in competition with other women for the more popular guys. Let others fight over the "movie stars" and you'll find a more unique guy who can be your own personal "hunk."

One of the "looks" that you consistently noticed has been described as "The Boy Next Door." He has an open face, with big eyes, and a big grin. He has a youthful or boyish quality that will follow him throughout his life. Typically this look is associated with light brown hair, a close shave, and blue or hazel eyes. These guys convey a warm, trusting impression, but watch out for that mischievous side! Our studies find that about 1 in 5 women (18%) are especially attracted to this youthful look.

Hmmm the results were pretty accurate i guess. Apparently it's a pretty legit test. Check it out if u want. [Physical Attraction Test] It said that i like guys with blond hair, green eyes, rectancular faces and pointy chins. HAHA...the blond hair and green eyes thing is pretty wrong. And it says i dont like asian guys!! LoL... It also said that i like "mainstream" guys. I dont really think that part is accurate cuz i've been told my taste is pretty unique. Other girls rarely agree with me when it comes to my taste in good lookin guys...

I'm not tired at all right now. Maybe cuz i actually kinda got a good night's sleep last nite. Lately I haven't been falling asleep as easily as i did b4. Dunno why... I used to be able fall asleep within at least 5-10 mins of hitting the bed. Now it takes me...sometimes a couple hours to zonk out? Arg it's so frustrating when that happens. Hope it doesn't happen tonite...

Well this is definitely procrastination at it's best. Supposed to be working on my essay that's due thursday. Haven't really started yet. 2000 words...what is that, like 7-8 pages? We'll see...haha. NE ways after devos and napping after class (which i left early btw) i watched survivor that i taped last week. Then coming back to my room, i plopped the stack of research books i got out of weldon today in front of my computer only to start surfing ppl's blogs and picture sites. And i've killed about an hour doing that now. This is new...i haven't waited this long to start an essay b4. And this is the big one too... Maybe i should actually read the work that i'm writing about too? Hmm and i don't even have a thesis yet. Eeks.

This is my first night actually at home in awhile. Spent all last week on campus studying and such... U'd think i'd be able to study at home without msn and icq in the way...but now i've realized that i don't even need those as distractions! There's many many more...lol. But i actually did have my first real msn/icq "craving" you could say today. But i fought it, or IGNORED it i should say as day 27 of purpose driven life has taught me to do...cuz fighting it will only make u think of it more? LoL.

Arg...i really wanna go to women's cell this week too since i didn't go last week. Dunno if i'll be able to swing getting this essay done by tomorrow night? Doubt it. Well here i go...hopefully :)

Oh and some new pics are added to the ACF misc album...why not upload some pics during all this procrastination!? Check it out!

Ended up only staying in TO for a day so my family and i got back last night. It was a cool trip...good to have my family all in one car...altogether like that for a consistent amount of time. That doesn't happen often enough. Good to see my grandma too...it was kind of sad tho. She lives all alone and she's getting old so she can't do everything for herself anymore. My parents and i wish she would just give up her pride and come and live with us so we (my mom especially) don't have to worry so much about her. Sigh...stupid chinese traditions (she feels like she has to stay with my uncle cuz he is the son) >.<

Going states shopping next weekend!! Pretty excited about that...even tho i live in windsor, i hardly ever took advantage of going to michigan to shop. I guess i'm not a very big shopping fanatic tho...i used to be kind of but i hardly ever go shopping ne more, especially here in london. Hmm...

Oh and i forgot to mention...if ne one is wondering why i haven't been on msn/icq lately it's cuz i gave them up for lent! So far it hasn't been TOO bad. When i decided (or God decided for me) to do it, i thought it was gonna be soooo hard. I was like, Lord...are u kidding me!? But it's turning out ok...it's really good tho cuz now i don't have that extra distraction.

Well another week starts...only 4 1/2 weeks of classes left!! Wow.

Man this week went by in such a blur. I find my weeks here in london are always like that. Time seems to go by soooo quickly here. Dunno if i've blogged about this b4... It's not even when i'm just busy that time goes by fast...it's all the time?

Well bio is done and over with...been cramming all week without much to say for it...*sigh* But it's done! And that's a very good thing. Finished the exam in time to catch the last end of ACF tonite. It was elections night and i didn't get to hear everyone speak but i was still very encouraged by what i did hear. I'm already looking fwd to next year but as i said in my last blog, there's a part of me that doesn't want this year to end. It's been a very good year...lotsa learning and fun. A big group of us went to McD's afterwards and it was cool to talk to some ppl i haven't seen in awhile.

Went to see The Passion of the Christ on tuesday. I can't really explain how i feel about it. I have such a hard time putting my thoughts into words a lot of the time. As i was watching how much Jesus had to go through...it actually got to the point where i just wanted all the torturing and brutality to stop. But then i thought, if i can't even watch it happen, how weak am i? Jesus had to actually endure it and i can't even sit and watch it? And He HAD to do it...just for me and you. I dont really know what else to say about it...

Going to toronto in about 7 hours to visit my grandma. Coming back sunday afternoon. And then the craziness continues...

Siiiiigh...just got back to London this morning. And didn't sleep that well last nite. I always have an uneasy feeling whenever i have to leave home in Windsor. And this time, it was stronger than previous times. It's so hard to put into words... I love life here in London, but Windsor is my HOME. I wish i could bring the "homeness" here to London...that feeling.

Arrg...i went for class today only to find that fanshawe is on their reading week!! Maan...i wish i woulda knew b4 hand so i didn't have to waste my time going there and coming back.

March is gonna be a buuuuusy month. Wow, it's gonna go by sooo quick and then finals come and then school is over! Craziness... I don't really want this year to end...

Umm...going to see The Passion of the Christ tomorrow. I'm actually pretty nervous and kind of scared to go see it cuz i've been hearing so many things about it. It's gonna be really intense...everyone's saying you have to prepare yourself. Hope i'll be able to do that properly. Eeekk...