it's has been a long time since i've written here. it's just been a rough couple of weeks with school lately and now the worst of this semester as passed. i'm still lacking in sleep (im actually really sleepy right now),but last night felt so good though slept like a rock the whole night. last week i realize that a lot of ppl sleep really late and i have no idea how do these ppl do it regularly. i was like dying by the third night, i wasn't even thinking straight anymore.
definitely thanks to the ppl that were up n kept me awake, n those that yelled at me when they thought i was "slacking off". u guys will never read it but the cs group, thank you for sticking it out to the end.
halloween was definitely a good night, a group (some didomi counsellors, gloria, myself and some didomi-ers) went to bernard's house. we had dinner and were handing out candy with gospel tracts attached to them. had a really good discussion on halloween and what Christian's ought to do, so many of us were just told growing up that Christians shouldn't go get candy. one of the most memorable things from that night went something on the lines of "Halloween is the darkest night in the whole year, we ought to be that beacon of light and shine in the darkest."
Oct 29, 2006
Oct 19, 2006
Oct 17, 2006
"so others may live"
Went to see The Guardian on Sunday not the greatest movie in the world. Some parts could of been more dramatic and made more intense, but i still enjoyed it.
In the movie, Kevin Costner was teaching a bunch of new recruits on what it means to be a rescue swimmer for the US Coast Guard. And the motto for the rescue swimmers is "so others may live". "so others may live"...what does that even mean to you? Because to them it means to always be ready to put their own lives in danger to help others and to ultimately die so others do not have to. In the movie, it also talks about how the individuals couldn't really carry out their own lives because they were so occupy with their jobs.
This motto not only became a way of life for them. Imagine if it was for yours. Every decision you make does not depend on your own wants and needs, but somebody else's, someone you don't even know. To always be willing to sacrifice your time whether for studying or working or entertainment, and give it up because someone needs your help.
In the christian context, what happens if that someone was God. And that every decision we make depends on his desires and his plan. The decisions we make will ultimately affect whether others live or not.
During their training, the hardest lesson for the recruits to learn was that they cannot save them all but they are to save as many as possible.
In the movie, Kevin Costner was teaching a bunch of new recruits on what it means to be a rescue swimmer for the US Coast Guard. And the motto for the rescue swimmers is "so others may live". "so others may live"...what does that even mean to you? Because to them it means to always be ready to put their own lives in danger to help others and to ultimately die so others do not have to. In the movie, it also talks about how the individuals couldn't really carry out their own lives because they were so occupy with their jobs.
This motto not only became a way of life for them. Imagine if it was for yours. Every decision you make does not depend on your own wants and needs, but somebody else's, someone you don't even know. To always be willing to sacrifice your time whether for studying or working or entertainment, and give it up because someone needs your help.
In the christian context, what happens if that someone was God. And that every decision we make depends on his desires and his plan. The decisions we make will ultimately affect whether others live or not.
During their training, the hardest lesson for the recruits to learn was that they cannot save them all but they are to save as many as possible.
Oct 13, 2006
Microsoft Interview ...
had an interview for Microsoft today..let's just say I had effortlessly prove to them that I was an idiot.
Oct 1, 2006
The Chronicles of Narnia
been readin it a lot lately since school started...just determined to finish all 7 books..finally on the 6th book now..n i just LOVE the biblical analogy in it..these two passages from the 5th Book the "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" stood out to me recently:
I just love the way how C.S. Lewis compares Aslan and Jesus. I really like the second quoted passage because it seems like this was the reason why he wrote these seven books. From reading these 7 books, we come and learn of this character Aslan is in the world of Narnia, which allows us to get a better understanding who He is in this world.
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CollUni theme for 06/07 year: "Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening."
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Fanny drove me home today from church. It was her first time driving w/o her parents. Both Jeremy and I survived. =o)
"Oh, Aslan," said Lucy, "Will you tell us how to get into your country from our world?"
"I shall be telling you all the time," said Aslan. "But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder. And now come; I will open the door in the sky and send you to your own land."
"Are --- are you there[our world] too, Sir?" said Edmund.
"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there."
I just love the way how C.S. Lewis compares Aslan and Jesus. I really like the second quoted passage because it seems like this was the reason why he wrote these seven books. From reading these 7 books, we come and learn of this character Aslan is in the world of Narnia, which allows us to get a better understanding who He is in this world.
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CollUni theme for 06/07 year: "Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening."
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Fanny drove me home today from church. It was her first time driving w/o her parents. Both Jeremy and I survived. =o)
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