prestudy with sgls is always fun. GOD BLESS SGLS! i <3 you all. of course it's talking about the bible that is fun too. i feel like since we switched to the inductive method of bible study.. prestudies have been.. more crazy. but more fun :P i love.

i've finally started using the NKJV bible that shirley and dren got me for my birthday. partly because i've been exposed so much lately to roger's NIV bashing. it is refreshing to read a new translation. i admit it's a lot harder to understand tho. because it actually is harder? or just because it's new to me? i dunno. but comparing it to NIV.. i definitely do like most verses better in NKJV.

verse of the moment: But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. 1 Corinthians 12:7

i really love how the HS has been so evident lately. and i really feel like this verse is happening in acf.. right now. let's keep being sensitive to the Spirit so we might encourage each other through it. it's power is not meant to be experienced alone. it is given individually.. but is meant for the profit of all. mm yess.

new blogs! find them over to the left in the list. my small group - BO. eldon's. and DREN has finally decided to allow her blog to go public :O. it's good stuff! go check it out :)

so after 3 years of enjoying the stellar resiliency of my immune system.. i'm finally sick. last time i was sick was in 1st year. *shakes head*.. bahh.. it's not too bad tho. at least not yet. my brother made me honey lemon water. yums :D

4 years.

1st year.

4th year.

...and i still have the same coat. hahahaaa..


mm the Lord is SO GOOD. He never ceases to amaze me.

"my chains are are gone.. i've been set free" :D

you know what i realized?


i would have a lot less to say if i avoided saying things i don't really mean.


...something to work on?

soooooo.

shirley was my life coach today in HS 460. she was so good.. that i had a minor revelation during our "session" today haahaha.. if you really wanna know what life coaching is.. just ask me. or anyone who has taken HS 306 harhar.

linguistics 288 is fun. chia and andrea are in my class! altho i was really tired today and kinda falling asleep :P... i woke up for the good stuff. breaking up words into morphemes is fun. giving meaning to non-words is also fun. making up new words is even more fun!

i took some pictures of the ice outside yesterday.. i wish i had done it earlier in the day when it was actually sunny. or the day right after the freezing rain. but i forgot :( nevertheless.. look how cooooool.

i'm not very good at masking my tiredness. ppl can tell that i'm tired on the phone right away. and they can tell by looking at me too. i wish i had the ability to make ppl think that i'm NOT tired when i actually am. or the ability to just NOT be tired would be even better. ha.

i was able to go to 180 ACF's retreat yesterday. 180 ACF is my university fellowship in windsor. i don't think i can express how meaningful it was for me to be there. what an enjoyable and blessed day! being able to fellowship with them again.. and having stephen and jon there too! they were the speakers for the retreat. i'm so happy that they were asked to speak.

i had anticipated this for a long time.. wondering what it would be like to have my 2 worlds collide. windsor and london. since trying to get my friends in windsor to come visit me in london has failed many times.. this was the time. and it was a unique experience i tell ya.. really fun and the Lord's ways are so good. going to this retreat just reminded me of everytime i'm with this fellowship, my friends.. i can't help but wish i was a part of their fellowship. not just going to it whenever i'm back in town. but a real member. and i wonder what it would have been like if i had stayed in windsor. mmm.. i wish my 2 worlds could collide more often. i love both of them so much.

stephen, quyen, rich - counselors of western ACF and 180 ACF

willy, jon, and me. western unite :)

it was too cold to go outside so we had our own indoor bonfire :P

group picture

with angela and christine.. my chicks :)

sometimes i wonder if ACF is taking over my life. this week is full of fellowship related stuff. monday - womens cell. tuesday - prestudy. wednesday - visitation? thursday - small group dinner? friday - retreat. there are question marks because i'm not sure if those are happening for sure. but if they are.. man what a packed week. don't get me wrong.. i love and enjoy doing all these things. i love fellowshipping with my brothers and sisters. but is there a point where there's just too many things to go to? is this really a concern or am i just tired and rambling? brain not functioning at it's best.. ah. i think i'll have to stop here and let this issue resolve itself when i'm a little more functional.

i was talking to sonj and shirley last night about random anything. and we got to talking about good times of the past i think (as always haha :P).. and i remember saying something like "wouldn't it be great to start over from first year?" not to say that these 4 years were bad and i want to do it over. but it'd be awesome to relive these 4 years again. and THEN i said something else.

"wouldn't it be great to start over from first year........ knowing what we know now?"

hmm.. would the same kinds of things happen? would i make better choices? would i make less mistakes? i can only imagine.

but i guess God has us go through time only once for a reason. He teaches and grows us, stretches and challenges us in a certain way that molds us into the kind of ppl we are today. but i gotta wonder. what would i have done differently?

another break coming to an end. it was so lax. the words "i'm looking fwd to school" came out of my mouth yesterday. but now i think i spoke to soon? just thinking about this new semester.. and how busy it will probably be. blecch. if it's going to be anything like last semester.. i'm kind of dreading it. not that last semester was bad. it's just that.. i dunno if i'll be able to handle it.

reminder:

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26

sleepover at shirley's house in toronto. welcome back lil! and goodbye cora. it was awesome to see you again lil!! cora.. *sob* don't go awaaaaaaay :(