'Don't Look Back in Anger,' I heard you say.....

Yesterday, I had my last presentation in school for this year, and it was all planned out really well...or so I thought. We had two unexpected visitors who sat in in the class the whole time. They were these profs who were sitting in because my prof recevied some nominations for teaching excellence. It was so uncomfortable because one of them was this loud mouth chick who kept talking and interrupting our presentation; I think she thought she was the shiznic of teaching or something. Stupid idiot, keep your mouth shut please! :P It's weird how the dymanics of a group can change because there are 17 of us in my class and two were missing and then we added these other two profs....the converstaions changed drastically from what might have been if all was "normal."

I wonder where I put those old sketching pencils I owned. Did you know I used to love drawing so much when I was young? In fact, I could probably tell you that I wanted to be some sort of an artist when I was growing up haha....well, I drew everyday pages and pages of super heroes from the Marvel Universe and my own created heroes too.....I would spend day after day writing up Bios for these guys and coming up with storylines.....I guess you could say I wanted to be a writer too because I had storylines in my head. It's weird taking this program in University becuase I remember when I decided I couldn't draw and wouldn't pursue it anymore....a sad, sad story. Our Educaiton system doesn't nurture the development of these gifts as you grow older....it's a tragedy. I honestly feel I have been robbed of something. Maybe it's not just the system either though because my mom probably wouldn't have forked out the money for me to take classes and develope my art skills. I had the interest.....but I didn't even have a chance to see if I had the potential to make it....oh well, no use in reminising on what could have been right? :)

The Way I Feel....

"'Cause I hate the way I feel tonight/ And I know I need you in my life/ Yes I hate the way I feel inside/ And I promise to make sacrifice" - 12 Stones

Score of 38....

Today was my last day at Hawkwood and let me tell you, it went by so fast. My partner teacher got the kids in the class to do a mock report card on how Mr. Wong taught them and then they drew a picture of me and wrote some stuff about me on the back of these sheets. The sheets were collected and it was given to me as a memory book of my class--God, thank you for such a wonderful class; I'm going to miss the kids I have spent all this time with! I think I'm going to go to Hawkwood's spring concert though...it's on May 11th and I'm hoping Jon and Crystal will be avalaliable for that becuase it'd be nice to have you guys around since you're from Hawkwood! :P Anyone else want to see some choir and handbell action??! :P

Some student teachers shed a lot of tears over this week, but yours truly can proudly say that he still has a heart of ice! :P

So for those of you who want something interesting to do, read below for a personality test Dr. Phil and Operah have used! I got a score of 38 and received this over email. I just copied and pasted the whole text so if there's something you read there that's funky and think, "Kingston believes that?!?!" well, I am not saying I do or don't...just take the test and see what kind of person you are!!!! :P Post your results, if you dare!!! :)




Below is Dr Phil's test. (Dr. Phil scored 55; he did this
>> >>test on Oprah - she got a 38.) Some folks pay a lot of money
>> >>to find this stuff out!
>> >>
>> >>Read on, this is very interesting!
>> >>
>> >>Don't be overly sensitive! The following is pretty accurate
>> >>and it only takes 2 minutes. Take this test for yourself and
>> >>send it to your friends.
>> >>The person who sent it placed their score in the e-mail
>> >>subject box. Please do the same before forwarding to your
>> >>friends (send it back to the person who Sent it to you.)
>> >>Don't peek, but begin the test as you scroll down and answer.
>> >>
>> >>Answers are for who you are now...... not who you were in
>> >>the past. Have pen or pencil and paper ready. This is a real
>> >>test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major
>> >>corporations today. It helps them get better insight
>> >>concerning their employees and prospective employees. It's
>> >>only 10 Simple questions, so...grab a pencil and paper,
>> >>keeping track of your letter answers to each question.
>> >>
>> >>Make sure to change the subject of the e-mail to read YOUR
>> >>total. When you are finished, forward this to friends/family
>> >>and also send it to the person who sent this to you. Make
>> >>sure to put YOUR score in the subject box.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Ready??
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Begin...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>1. When do you feel your best?
>> >>
>> >>a) in the morning
>> >>b) during the afternoon &and early evening
>> >>c) late at night
>> >>
>> >>2. You usually walk...
>> >>
>> >>a) fairly fast, with long steps
>> >>b) fairly fast, with little steps
>> >>c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
>> >>d) less fast, head down
>> >>e) very slowly
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>3. When talking to people you..
>> >>
>> >>a) stand with your arms folded
>> >>b) have your hands clasped
>> >>c) have one or both your hands on your hips
>> >>d) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
>> >>e) play with your ear, ! touch your chin, or smooth your hair
>> >>
>> >>4. When relaxing, you sit with..
>> >>
>> >>a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
>> >>b) your legs crossed
>> >>c) your legs stretched out or straight
>> >>d) one leg curled under you
>> >>
>> >>5. When something really amuses you, you react with...
>> >>
>> >>a) big appreciated laugh
>> >>b) a laugh, but not a loud one
>> >>c) a quiet chuckle
>> >>d) a sheepish smile
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>6. When you go to a party or social gathering you...
>> >>
>> >>a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
>> >>b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
>> >>c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed
>> >>
>> >>7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're
>> >>interrupted.....
>> >>
>> >>a) welcome the break
>> >>b) feel extremely irritated
>> >>c) vary between these two extremes
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>8. Which of the following colors do you like most?
>> >>
>> >>a) Red or orange
>> >>b) black
>> >>c) yellow or light blue
>> >>d) green
>> >>e) dark blue or purple
>> >>f) white
>> >>g) brown or gray
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going
>>to
>> >>sleep you are..
>> >>
>> >>a) stretched out on your back
>> >>b) stretched out face down on your stomach
>> >>c) on your side, slightly curled
>> >>d) with your head on one arm
>> >>e) with your head under the covers
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>10. You often dream that you are...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>a) falling
>> >>b) fighting or struggling
>> >>c) searching for something or somebody
>> >>d) flying or floating
>> >>e) you usually have dreamless sleep
>> >>f) your dreams are always pleasant
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>POINTS:
>> >>
>> >>1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
>> >>
>> >>2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
>> >>
>> >>3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
>> >>
>> >>4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
>> >>
>> >>5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
>> >>
>> >>6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
>> >>
>> >>7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
>> >>
>> >>8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
>> >>
>> >>9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e) 1
>> >>
>> >>10. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Now add up the total number of points.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should
>> >>"handle with care." You're seen as vain, self-centered, and
>> >>who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing
>> >>they could be more like you, but don't always trust you,
>> >>hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly
>> >>volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader,
>> >>who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right
>> >>ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who
>> >>will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys
>> >>an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of
>> >>the excitement you radiate.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming,
>> >>amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's
>> >>constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently
>> >>well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see
>> >>you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll
>> >>always cheer them up and help them out.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious,
>> >>careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or
>> >>talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too
>> >>quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to
>> >>friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in
>> >>return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a
>> >>lot to shake your trust In your friends, but equally that it
>> >>takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and
>> >>fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a
>> >>slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if
>> >>you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the
>> >>moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from
>> >>every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think
>> >>this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and
>> >>indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always
>> >>wants someone else to make the decisions & who doesn't want
>> >>to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a
>> >>worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some
>> >>people think you're boring. Only those who know you well
>> >>know that you aren't.

Tzatziki what?!

Wow, did you watch Lost this week? As Jon Chu would say, "Oh SNAP!!!!" :P

Speaking of TV, I'm downloading season 1 of Prison Break right now; I can't wait until it's done!

So today I went shopping for my students, partner teacher, principal, and drivers (who never allow me to take the bus home), and I bought lots of books and junk food. One of my friends let me have some of her pita and hummus today and so I just had to stop off at Sobey's after Wal-Mart to pick some of this yummy food up. I also picked up some Tzatziki Sauce and dang, don't you think Tzatziki is the best thing ever?!?! Well, not ever--as that's an extreme--but you get my point! :P I knew I loved it but a few weeks ago, Jon Chu gave me some for my fries at Moxie's and now I'm starting to think I can use it for so much more! Suggestions on other things it would go good on?!?!

"What You See is What You Get...."

Today I got to visit Sunalta School and it was cool becuase it was an older school--it kind of reminded me of QE back in Junior High before the renovations. They're a very artsy school and the building itself is very small. They still use chalkboards too becuase the building is a historical landmark and it is illegal to pull out the boards to put white ones in! I actually could see myself teaching at this school though. If you don't know which school I'm talking about, it's the one where you go southbound on Crowchild and it's on the left right before 17th Ave and it has a huge mural painted on the side of it.

I met up with Flora to do some catching up at the U of C over lunch break. Nice talking and thanks for the prayer! :)

My prof said something to the class today about something I said about two weeks. Apparently what I said had such an impact on her, she kept thinking about what I said for the past little while. I don't even remember saying the quote she said but she talked about it for awhile and thanked me for saying it after class. I'm glad she got something out of it but really, what a freakshow! This is what education is all about! :P All I said was, "What you see, is what you get!" and she talked on and on about the implcations of what I said. Yes, hmmmm....is my faculty weird?!?! Teachers aren't weird guys, seriously...it's just the profs from the U of C..... :P

"Now you have something to blog about..."

That was what Jacklyn said to me when I found chewed gum in my salad at Sushi Tokyo.

"Maybe it was yours and it fell out of your mouth," Jackson suggested. Nice try, but I don't chew minty gum. Did you know that about me? Well, now you do...I only chew fruity gum that lasts a long time and so far, there are only two flavours which I have found do that...do you know which ones I'm talking about? :) The losers at Sushi Tokyo didn't even offer me a discount or a free meal--I won't be going there for a long time if I have anything to say about it.....:P

So how was the rest of my weekend? Well let's see, I managed to get my Computer fried due to a powersurge! Stupid expensive surge protector--you do nothing!!! :P My printer was messed up for a bit but seems okay. The bass for my computer speakers seems to have stopped working too. My comp is now fixed but it acted weird. The screen just turned black for some reason while I was getting some documents ready for school; this required a rebooting. :P

One good thing that happened though was I got 10 hours of sleep or so on Friday night and then in the afternoon, I took a 2 hour nap haha. Too much sleep but I was really exhausted from a really successful week at Hawkwood School and of course, the Leprauchan Dancing during YAC! :P

You know, I went to school today in such a good mood. I was talkative and happy at the beginning of class but then by the end of the 3 hours, I was in a sour mood and wanting to get the heck out of there. I hate being such a downer but man, U of C Education Program is the PITTS!!! I had a great week at Hawkwood being a teacher and I know I want to be one but it's this whole freaking program that confuses me and makes me wonder, "Is it worth it? Can I survive? Maybe I should be working in a company involved in the Oil Sands?"

New KUTLESS tommorrow BABY!! Will I have time to swing down and grab it?!?! I want it, I want it, I want it! And what Kingston waints, Kingston gets....:P

Are schools filled with creeps?!?!

Two stories. Story the firstith. One of my students slapped me in the butt today. He laughed so hard to which I replied, "That was UNACCEPTABLE!!!" His face turned into a frown pretty fast. Haha, poor guy. Still, that wasn't what I wanted to say to him. No, what I really wanted to say was, "That's sexual harrassment!!!!" Do you know why I didn't say it though? It wasn't becuase I didn't want to embarass him or anything, it was the fact that I didn't want the world to know that a grade 1 touched me there at the time. I feel so dirty inside...the child had more implications on my mental stability than I could have imagined. I'm sure I'm going to have nightmares about this from now on when I try to sleep!!! :P

Incident the secondith. There is this really cute kid in grade 1 who is part of the choir I help surpervise on Wednesdays and this kid has no idea who I am. However in choir, I can't help but to stare at him. He's half Chinese (I think) and has a buzz cut. What is so amazing about him is everytime he sings, he tries so hard; he's very ambitious. Whenever our music teacher tells the kids to do something like "sing louder" or "stress the last word when you sing this line," the boy's facial expressions change dramatically because he just tries so hard. It's hilarious and cute at the same time and I just can't help but to stare. Am I creepy for this? :P

"Is it, is it in yet?!?!"

Haha, does anyone know where the quote comes from in my title?

I really can't express how tired I am right now in words. Who would've thought that teaching could be so tiring eh?!?! LOL!!!

Today was the day my field advisor from the University came to see me teach and evaluate me. Wowsa, talk about pressure. Things went REALLY well today; more than I could ever hope for actually. The Science unit on magnets was REALLY fun and it's basically done. I've covered all the SLEs (Standard Learner's Expectations) for the unit but we're still working on some magnets stuff for the kids as it ties in with Language Arts and Art.

Yesterday, my partner teacher had a meeting with the Art Teacher all afternoon (along with a lot of other teachers at Hawkwood) so I had to run the class the whole day and it just showed me that yes, I CAN do this! Tommorrow, I get to do the same with the morning though as my teacher is meeteing has a meeting for IPP (Special needs students).

Now, it's just a matter of getting the 20 page paper done and then the semester is done!!!

I've been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do for summer. DVBS? Teach English in China? Be a teacher assistant at Chinook College? Hmmm....the possibiliities! What to do though?

1 more week until the new KUTLESS CD BABY!!! Can't wait! Speaking of which, did anyone get the notice from CP about them changing the the gift certificate from $30 to $10 after you get 10 points? Freakin' stupid! I mean yes, it's good we don't have to spend $30 a month now to get a point, but the end reward sucks big time....what's the incentive to shop there now? Too bad Blessings is too far away! :(

What's Azn about you??!

Haha, I'm so tired today. Why'd you guys make me watch that movie so late at night?!?! :P

It was a day that went by so fast simply beucase I was involved in a lot of the teaching at school today. So I'm done 3 of 5 of my required lessons and I can't wait until this week is over. I'm enjoying it all though. I really have my off days don't I? I know it was just this pass weekend where I complained about not knowing if I was going to be able to hack it as a teacher. However, if I make it pass this week, pass the 2nd year practicum, do well on my interivew with CBE and land a full time job somehow with some school that's willing to take me, I know I'll have passed all the hurdles in becoming a teacher. Getting passed that will drive me to do what I need to do to be the best teacher I can be. It won't be easy; I'm not saying that passing those hurdles will be. I just know that the adventure really starts when this part of the training is done.

So I've been thinking, "I'm pretty white washed aren't I?" Haha.....I know though, there are some things about me that make me so Chinese. For example, I love my cakes mildly sweet. Gotta love fruit cake baby! I love my Bubble Tea too. Dang, I don't crave coffee, but I do crave this wonderful Taiwanese sensation. It's the only thing out of that country I am addicted to...unlike SOME people..haha, *snicker snicker* I also love my rice; I eat it twice a day. Although, I have to confess, I have started getting sick of rice over the past few weeks! Maybe I'm giving up some of my asian ways due to living in this Western melting pot! What kinds of things make you Chinese? What are the things you love that you just can't give up due to being Asian? Oh tell me 'cause I'm dying to know! :)

Don't Hate Me!!!!

Chloe is screaming for you not to hate her! Man, how can you dislke her facial expressions Jen Bong?!?! The looks she gives other people are hilarious! And it's just so...so...so...rude!! Man, must be that her and I have something in common eh?!?! :P

On another note, I bused all the way down to CP from school yesterday to get the new Shawn McDonald album....this one's HOT BABY!!!! So watcha waiting for? Go get some!!!

OH CRAP!!!!!!

****Warning, semi SPOILER ALERT for 24****


Did anyone see the ending on 24 this week?!? What the heck?!?! I had tears in my eyes...ALMOST....:P Haha....I wasn't expecting THAT!!!!! If you saw it, just don't tell Judy--she's only on season 3!!! :P

So speaking of which, did you know that I've never bawled to a movie or a TV show?! I've been saddened by some things (eg. Jesus getting nails in His hands where my eyes got a bit wet), but the rivers did NOT flow.... :P Anyone else have stories of crying or not crying to movies/TV shows? :)

Kingston "Expoed"

"I don't want to fall away from You...but Gravity is pulling me on down...."-- Shawn McDonald

One more day until the release of his second album "Ripen"...can't wait....

And now for Crystal's questions:

EXPOSE YOURSELF:
TEN FIRSTS:
First Best Friend: Kenneth Kwan
First Screen Name: Havok
First Pet: none
First Tattoo: cross on my back
First Girlfriend: "Yun Yun"
First CD: "Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morisette
First Car: N/A
First Alcoholic Drink: some beer my dad gave me when I was 3
First Kiss: Still waiting.....
First Stuffed Animal: Firly Shirley from what I can remember....he was my fav

NINE LASTS:
Last Alchoholic Drink: some Cooler from Geo's
Last Car ride: Tony's ghetto car last night from Robert's
Last Movie Seen: Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
Last Phone Call: Kelly Clark, my partner for some presentation tommorrow
Last Song Played: "Sea of Faces" by Kutless
Last Bubble Bath: Wow...not since childhood....grade 1?
Last Meal: Chicken Wings with beans and carrots in a tomoto stew sauce with rice
Last time in love: Now
Last time you Cried: Pastor Steve's funeral a few years ago

EIGHT HAVE YOU EVERS:
Have you ever dated one of your best friends? not really
Have you ever been arrested? no
Have you ever skinny dipped? no
Have you ever been on tv? yes
Have you ever been drunk? no
Have you ever kissed someone, and then regretted it? no
Have you ever had a sex dream about someone? yes, but the question is how often?! :)
Have you ever cheated on someone? nope

SEVEN THINGS YOU ARE WEARING:
1. Banana Republic Boxers
2. Nike basketball shorts
3. Randy River Tee
4. headphones
5. skin
6. hair
7. Ipod

SIX THINGS YOU'VE DONE TODAY:
1. sleep
2. eat junk food
3. complained
4. go on the computer
5. get angry
6. blogged

FIVE FAVORITE THINGS IN NO ORDER:
1. sleep
2. eat
3. comics
4. toys
5. music

FOUR PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO:
1. Jon Wong
2. Crystal Chu
3. Sam Chan
4. Jon Chu
(but I'm pretty open so really, there are way more than 4 of you out there)

THREE CHOICES:
1. Black or White: White
2. Hot or Cold: Cold
3. Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla

TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Travel around the world
2. Be a father
ONE THING YOU REGRET DOING
* Always rushing for things to get done rather than enjoying the moments as nature takes its course

Mauled or Molested?!?!

So what sucks about the U of C Dental Coverage is that I'm only covered for check-ups at four locations around Calgary. For the past two years, I had a choice to go where I wanted and I was really happy at Brentwood becuase everyone there was so nice and I was treated like a human being and not a piece of meat. However, Brentwood doesn't offer coverage for U of C students anymore so I picked the Dental Clinic in the Scotia Centre downtown. The first clue that all was not well here was when the dental hygene lady came for me but didn't make any effort to be nice. There were no "how are you?" or "so what are you taking in University?" Well, the dental chick wasn't very nice let's just say. When she was scraping the build up off my teeth, she was getting water all over my face! Okay, it's my teeth that needs to be cleaned here; I don't need a shower at this time thank you very much! And then when she polishing my teeth, dang, what a crappy job...she just did it super fast...she didn't take the care on polishing each tooth most hygenists I've had have done. When she was flossing, I couldn't tell if she was trying to truly floss or ram her fist down my throat. She also told me about something they offered at their clinic that I've never had before and wasn't covered for. It was some check performed on your bones to see how they are arond your teeth and how your gumlines are. It costs $25 and took 15 minutes. I accepted this service. Big mistake!!!! She was ramming this needle in my gums to see when it would hit the bones in my mouth to determine the thickness of my gums. I was skwerming, screaming, sweating and shaking. It's weird becuase everytime you go to a new dentist, they make you fill out this form for al new patients and one of the questions on their form was something like "are you afraid of the dentist?" I checked "no." I mean, I've had some bad experiences as a child but I thought I've overcome those fears....let's just say, after that check-up, I'm afraid to even go back there. I have been pondering the events of this morning and truly, I feel like really dirty inside for some reason. I honestly feel like my mouth was rapped!! Um...once I get coverage through CBE for dentalcare, I'm going back to Brentwood baby...heck, even Kurliek up in Sandstone wasn't that bad (despite how he tried to milk me for what I was worth!). OH what a horrible experience! The only thing I can think of that was positive about the whole experience was I got to get some food from Sunterra in Bankers and I got a Smokie from Chicago Franks in the Bay...yeah baby, I haven't had anything from Chicago Franks in years--almost since the Sue Ann days.....

Now I'm at school though. I'm suppose to prepare for a presentation but we'll see....I just had to get this blog finished first!! :) PAYCE!~

" It was the Emergency Drainage Commissioner in Springfield"

Today was one of those days that I felt exhausted emotional, physically, psychologoically, etc. The day started off well as it went by really fast at Hawkwood. I got my first two lessons planed out pretty well on the Magnetism Unit I'm teaching in Science starting next week. Still, I feel drained and I need to sleep in. My devotion today talked about stress and how a bad sleeping cycle can be detremental to your health. Hmm, makes sense. I need to sleep in but I won't tommorrow beucase I have a dentist appointment at 10am downtown and that means I have to wake up at 7:30am or so....:P It's not as early as I usually get up for practicum, but still, it's not a sleep in day. :)

Something weird just happened as I was writing this blog and this is my second time writing it actually. My computer screen just turned black all of a sudden with a rectangular white box in the upper center of it and below were a row of red dots...The first line had 1 or 2 dots, and then the 2nd row had 4 or 5 and then the 3rd row had more than that....what happened to my comp? I am scanning for viruses right now but I don't think that's it? I hate computers sometimes......so, so much....

It's weird seeing how the blogging community has gotten...Andrew, I tried to comment on your blog but you wouldn't let me.....but I would've said, "hey sorry to hear you go....you are important to the blogging community and we'd be at a loss without you...don't leave dude!!!"

Also, some ppl have evolved into quite the emotional beings. They have revealed more and more about themselves. Pros and Cons...nice change though. :)

Then you have people who write about nonsense....I still think it's the most amazing phenomenon when you have known someone for such a long period of time and yet you actually know nohting about that person. Reading a blog of someone like that is as if I have known someone for years and still haven't gotten comfortable with the aftermath of "hello, how are you?" I can't stand the layers people put up...does that mean I'm suppose to pry until the walls are gone or does that mean you truly don't want to show what's really going on inside? Or maybe there IS nothing inside to pry into becuase nothing is truly going on? No, I can't believe the latter.....still, prying is so annoying...it reminds me of how guys are 'suppose' to be the ones to chase girls....you try putting your heart on the line and be on the receiving end of the rejection.....:P (Haha, where did that last sentence come from? Off topic from my initial thoughts....:) )

So since some are taking more initiative in being more revealing about their emotional/spiritual/psychological states, I will too. I will be a little more revealing as to my state of mind right now. I was seriously pissed off as I was writing this, but it is nothing related to what I wrote about (except the computer thing). Someone in my family did something really stupid an hour ago...but hey we all make mistakes right? God has set my frustrations and anger into empathy and forgiveness....but the computer thing that just happened just added a little icing to the cake!! :) Thank God for my baby though because sometimes, you can say the funniest things and get me in the right mood.....:) Thanks for doing what you do so best....*sigh*...I miss you terribly...come home soon......

Not so bad after all!?!?

Everyone was complaining today in class that the roads were becoming really slippery and that there was a severe snow warning for Calgary today so my prof let us out of class early. She cancelled our two hour field seminar. Maybe I was wrong about her; maybe she's not as cruel as I thought? :P I got home by 1pm and worked on some school work. Man, it's gonna be a busy month. Please God get me through this. I can't do this; I need your help.....

I was told by a classmate today that my prof is really wanting everyone in her class this year to be in her class next year.....there are pros and cons to this though. Pros: I know what my prof is all about so there are no surprises. I don't have to go for a new prof as this risks me getting a sucky prof for my final year. My prof is one of those profs that looks for good things to say in all of her disciples. Also, I could get a real good school like Olympic Heights as my prof basically looks over Hawkwood and Olympic Heights only....:P I'd love to work there! :) Wouldn't it become if Pierson became my student? I'd slaughter him so bad!!!! :)

Cons: my prof can be nuts at times as she's a fanatic of the whole program. She's old and very overwhelming...reminds me of a grandma at times...she's a buly at times too...Also, I think for my writings, I'm running out of things to say so if I had another prof, it' be easier to do some "repeats" of my writiings lol....

So now the burning question: Deal or No Deal? Which way to go?! Should I gamble with the 50% chance of getting someone better (with the other 50% chance of getting someone worse), or keep the prof that is mildly torturing me and making me bleed slowlly??!

Mixed Blessings?!

I woke up today at 10:30am and of course I'm still tired regardless of sleeping in. I have found out that I can do pretty well if I maintain a consistant sleeping schedule and although I am able to do it for most of the week, I break the cycle because of the weekends. You'd think that the weekends is a gift but really, it's a mixed blessing because I end up sleeping late on Saturday night and that 'cuases me to be tired on Sunday for church the next day. It gets worse. On Monday, I can't recover from the sleepiness experienced on Sunday and thus it makes me feel miserable on Mondays. Sometimes I can recover and start feeling better over the course of the next few days, but then sometimes, I can't. *SIGH* I guess there's just no satisfying me eh? haha!!

This topic of mixed blessings reminds of the years of me hating the classes I took in Econ. I kept thinking, "it's okay, once I'm in Education, I'll be okay. If I endure this, I can get into Education and I'll be happy. I know it's going to be crappy because of the workload and other elements of the program, but I'll be be happy because I won't be in Econ anymore!" Oh boy, was I wrong. I still despise school more often than not. However, I still have to keep reminding myself, I can do this. God got me into this program, and He can get me out of it. I place such constant effort to remind myself at the beginning of the week, "this is where I want to be; this is what I want to do for the rest of my life."

There are even times when I've been too cynical about my church and elements of it. However, God really reminded me of something. I was looking for a church where I could call home. I wanted a place where I could feel comfortable with being me and being a part of a family. I wanted a place where I could worship God with others who desired His presence. I have that. I remember a friend telling me, "Wow Kingston, people clap at your church?" I take such things for granted.

I can't believe how easily it is to forget how great things when things are going good. It happens so often with me. Haha, take for example when I had braces. I prayed so much to God to get the process over with asap and that He would get me through the pain. However, when I got them off 3.5 years later, I have compeletely forgotten to thank God that my teeth have not shifted since getting those metal contraptions off and praising Him for the comfort that bestows me in having nothing metallic in my mouth. I even have forgotten to praise Him for the $5000 smile which He's blessed me with.

Wow, I didn't mean to make this a serious blog lol...it's not that bad...I hope the braces story lightened things up a bit... :)

On another note, I hope you're all watching "Deal or No Deal" becuase that show is hot!!!! :)

24 was also a great episode this week....had my heart racing.....:P Probably the best one so far...I love that Chloe O'Brian.... :) And not because of her looks but because of her brains baby!!!

Tobogganing '06

Once upon a time, it was a night of Wings and Bubble Tea at Bubblemania for me and a few of my friends from High School. There was earth shattering news of an engagement.....well not really, as most of us expected it haha. Congrats to Linda Cung and her engagement to Kal! :P What a way to start off the evening!!

Afterwards, I went toboganning with Crystal, Karen and Steph. Wowsa, I laughed at Karen for flying in the air after hitting a bump in the rocks but afterwards, I did the same and I have a huge bruise on my thigh. OUCH!!! Serves me right? Yup, I guess so....:P It was hard getting up that hill after the fall. There was some fun snow ball fighting action going and Steph had her falls here and there and it made me laugh and remember the good old times everytime she squealed! :)

Then we went to hang out in the den at Crystal's and Jon joined in the fellowshipping and they all got to eat my banana bread and we lived happily ever after........

The UnInspirational Story of Tuesday

So yesterday started off with me cleaning and giving the tiled floors in my house a good whipe. Mmmm...the feeling of cleanliness.....Turns out I'm not that lazy after all. I'm capable of doing at least one choice a week! :)

Bowling was super fun because I beat Karen and Crystal but I know if we ever played again, I'm sure I wouldn't be doing so good because I am not always that consistent.....I was fortunate enough to get a turkey (3 strikes in a row) to beat my friends....that was 5 pin though haha...super easy....the real test is 10 pin because I find it difficult to lug heavy balls and be accurate with them haha. However, trust in yourselves and you can achieve anything! :)

We went to Big T's BBQ and it was really good. We had the platter again but the first I had it with Jon Wong and Matt, I remember it not being that good...yet I told Karen and Crystal we should order it and it was better this time than last time. Leo came and helped us out but we still had a little bit left over...I was so full...why did I stuff myself? Because guys are stupid when it comes to food!!! :P Never admit defeat when it comes to food unless you're really going to die...that's an important lesson for us to remember! :)

Relient K was a very good concert. Thank you Jesus for sending them to Calgary for a show!!!!! :) The opening acts sucked...heck when we were eating dinner, we ever went later to miss the opening acts....but even though we were 40 minutes late getting in, we didn't miss the acts and they sucked badly. We ended up just sitting outside talking for the 2nd opening act. The show was super fun and the crowd was really into Relient K. They didn't sing "My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend" though haha...maybe next time. :( They also ran out of adult Medium and Large sized shirts--I told Jennanifer Bong to pick me one up in Edmonton for tonight's show...please get a shirt for me Jennanifer!! Please!!!!

Someone claiming to be from CPC nammed Anita called claiming Uncle Deam needed my address and SIN #. Who or what in the blue hazes is an Anita?!?! I know there is one at our church but who is she?!?!

A final thought for today: GO CANADA GO!!! Let's school these Russians!! Get it together c'mon baby!!!!!!

Fears

I was talking to Miranda, Jon, Crystal and Karen during the lunch after the AGM and it was a neat conversation becuase I was told that I was seen as being pretty confident which took me by surprise because I know I have that side of me too, but I see the insecurities I have. Because I'm aware of them, I don't picture myself as being that confident as a person. Interesting. Well, I guess deep down, it's a bit of a relief becuase no one said I was cocky or arrogant and besides not showing ppl my insecurities, another great fear of mine is becoming so big-headed. Pride is one of those things where you lose sense of reality. I try to make sure I have a good head on my shoulders so I can properly evaluate myself. If I became prideful, I'd lose complete discernment in that and if I can't trust my own judgement, that'd be a scary thing.

Other fears? Hmmmm....how about finding your true love but never being able to spend the rest of your life with that person? I always talk about how Jeremy Camp lost his true love to cancer after only being married for a few months when their relationship was delayed so many times becuase God had other plans for them. What if that happened to me? Could I handle it?

I've seen a few things in my lifetime which have totally affected me in a terrible way and could affect my relationship in the future. For example, the fallout of my parents' marriage. What if I've been so conditioned to become the same way my parents were like in a relationship? What if I'm a part of this vicious cycle who is doomed to the same destiny?

What if the things I've seen or the things I've done ends up destroying everythiing I hold dear to me? There are consequences to EVERY action. What if I can't shake all that has bounded me due to my stupidity?

What if I can't survive as a teacher? What if I'm doomed to burn out?

I am definitley pretty hot-headed--am I doomed to being so easily angered?

Am I going to be able to pay off my loans? Am I ever going to get a car? House? Wedding?!?!?!

I told Miranda that her and Grace were a lot a like. She asked me, "If I'm like Grace, does that me you and Martin are alike?" WHAT IF I'M LIKE MARTIN?!?! SCARY!!! :P

Why am I writing all of this? Well I read a list of Crystal's accomplishments on her blog and now I kind of want to do a similar list of my fears. That way, I can show you all that I am confident but deep down, I'm just as insecure as any other person. And I guess I just want to show that with God, you can overcome these things day by day. It's a constant battle, but with God, you CAN win! Sure, we all have these things we fear. We could choose to let these things cause us constant pain and live a life being bound to these fears. We could choose to believe that we're the only ones who struggle with our insecurities. We could choose to put up a front...but it doesn't have to be that way. We have to remember that Jesus died for us to set us FREE. Despite our insecurities, we have to remember that God is still above our fears and when Christ died for us, he liberated from all--even our fears!

I was talking to one of my youth about her insecurities and I told her I had struggled with the same issues as her. She didn't believe me becuase she thought I was way too confident to have struggle with that. I realized that maybe I'm not being honest enough about who I am....it's so easy to fear showing weakness, especially to those whom I minister to but what's wrong with showing oursleves as being vulnerable? I think I need to show this side of myself more to be a more effective minister and to be a better friend because I want to be a bit more honest with who I am. I think me choosing to not show enough of my weaknesses may have been detremental to my effective ministry to that youth I was helping out. I couldn't identify with her becuase she didn't see how her and I paralleled each other. Well, here's hoping to being more honest and fear showing...maybe I'll have more opportunities with that youth later....I hope it's not too late.....

So Long Suckers....:)

Hey, what a busy day today! It went by so quickly lol! At least I can sit back and relax for now because I'm on READING BREAK!!! Praise God! I've reached the halfway mark now of my sememster....please God give me the strength to make it through. I talked to my partner teacher about teaching during emerssion week and it turns out I could be teaching Math or English.....I've had practice doing Math over these past few weeks, and I would like to get more comfortable with English.....*sigh...decisions, decisions...but I'm sure I'll come up with it...AFTER the break! :)

Over the break, I will miss my students...but there's this one child whom I like but he does something I will not miss. When he talks to me, he gets right into my face and invades my bubble. It's so weird how he does that.....When he has something to tell me and goes face to face with me, I just say to him, "That's nice, but can you not say that right against my face please? Thanks...appreciate it...." Haha...I wonder if I hurt the poor guy's feelings! :)

A few of my students gave me Valentines. One of them gave me a Yug-I-Oh one that says "You're a Tough Duelist!" LOL....how awesome is that?!!? :)

Go Canada Go!! My bros woke up really early this morning and I had wondered why at first...when I woke up, I realized, "Oh crap! Team Canada played this morning!" :)
We won!!! Good job guys; keep up the great work! Onto game #2! Show these Germans what we're made of baby!!! :)

So apparenlty everyone's been talking about this video called: Yellow Fever My bros have been talking about, ppl have forwarded this to me and Christine Lee isnists that the main guy reminds her of me. LOL...is there really that much resemblence between me and this main guy? Hmmmm.....you be the judge! :) Haha take a look...it's got some funny moments and it analyzes the question, "Why can White guys date Asian women, but why can't Chinese guys get White women?" There's even a white boy nammed Andrew in here! :)

Paper Wasted.....

So you wanna know what grinds my gears? The elections held at U of C for Student Council! Jeez, do I care about this? Do I know any of you well enough to know who to vote for? Don't you know how much paper you waste by campaigning all over campus with poster-sized pictures of yourselves?! Do you even make a difference?

On a more positive note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE WONG!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait 'til you're back for reading week....:) I'll treat you to a nice dinner then! :)

I've Changed My Mind, We're Friends Now!!!

Just when I didn't think it was possible....I have changed my mind about a certain food. It started when my bro's coworker recommended him making a soup with certain ingredents and to my surprise, it was delicious!! I now love Cilantro folks! I had a V. Sub today with it and it was yummy! Have you ever changed your mind about a food? I guess it's never too late to do that...but I think I'll NEVER change my mind about seafoods like crab, mussles, oysters, lobster, etc....ARGGGGG! Nasty Man!!!

BTW, Leo, Crystal, and Karen, I bought the tickets already for Relient K. Hope I wasn't being too hasty. Leo, I guess I didn't get the 100% ok from you sorry...if you change your mind, I'll find someone else to take your ticket! :) Hope you're gonna make it though!!! Alright!!! :)

"My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend"

By Relient K

When he was seeing her
You could see he had his doubts
And now he's missing her
Because he knows he's missing out
Now it's haunting him
The memories like a ghost
He's so terrified
Cause no one else even comes close

[chorus]
He's a guy that you should feel sorry for
He had the world but he thought that he wanted more
I owe it all to the mistake that he made back then
I owe it all to my girl's ex-boyfriend

So then, along comes me,
This undeserving mess (undeserving mess)
Who would believe my life
Would be so blessed (life would be so blessed)
Two years ago
He left all that debris (left all that debris)
Who would of known
It would be everything I need

[bridge]
If it wasn't for him
I would still be searching
If it wasn't for him
I wouldn't know my best friend
If it wasn't for him
He would be able to see
If it wasn't for him
He would be as happy as me

She and I settled down you can bet
That he is going to have to settle for less
He's someone that I would hate to be
I got the girl and he's left with just the memory


One of my biggest peeves is when Christian artists have tracks on their CDs about relationships becuase I just want the songs about God.... :P The above song I detested at first, but it's grown on me and I find the song absolutely hilarious. :P Hmmm...so Relient K is coming to Calgary...I want to go...anyone interested in going?!? :)

Find my Peace

Hey, I had a chance to sample portions of the new tracks from the forthcoming United CD: United We Stand. Sounds good so far but I really can't tell by hearing only 30 second clips of the songs. It's coming out in March/April. I hope it's as good or better than its predecessor. If you're interested, you can go listen to them clips at Hillsong's website. :)

What's been on my mind lately? Hmmm....I've actually been experiencing peace when analyziing my life and how its been going lately. Every so often, I try to search for things wrong in my spiritual walk...I just don't want to deceive myself; I want to stay in tuned with how things are actually going in my life. So many times, we hear lies either from ourselves or from others and we can start beleiving them.....every once in awhile, it's good to just do those checks to see how things really are. But like I said, things are going pretty good lately.....relationships are in check...school, I'm trying to enjoy more rather than "just get through it all"...spiritually, I think it's been good...going up rather than down. Still, today, things have been catching up to me and what some ppl have said to me have started dwelling in my thoughts. I try to not let people's stupidity phase me, but what do you do when people do/say the dumbest things and they don't realize how idiodic they present themselves? It's not to say every little thing bothers me, beucase it doesn't. However, when people are being rude to you so many times in so many different scenarios, it's bound to phase me. I'm so tempted to just snap at these peeps....*Sigh*.."No temptation seizes a man that he can't overcome. Who am I to be fallen?" --1 Corinthians 13:1 and Jennifer Knapp respectively

"Hallelujah, Banana Bread, all our Problems are Solved!!!"

Do you remember that quote from the Simpsons?!?! LOL...I bring up the quote because guess what I'm making?! Yup, I decided to head to Superstore and buy all these baking supplies (bowls, spatulas, whisk, measuring cup, measuring spoons, flour, sugar, baking powder, nuts, oven mitts), all because I didn't want to waste the excess bananas I had from running Bananarama for YAC and as part of my Math presentation at school. That's right, I'm that stubborn that instead of letting cheap bananas go to waste, I'd go out and spend more money just to make sure the fruits don't get tossed out!!! :) Now keep in mind, I've never made Banana Bread before and I haven't really baked since Jr. High in Foods Class. At least I can make a second batch to redeem myself if this first one doesn't turn out right. :P I'll let you know how it goes, if you ask nicely.... :)

*UPDATE*

Hey, it's 11:05pm, and I just wanted to let you know it turned out pretty good! I made Walnut Banana Bread and it was pretty easy! I'm making a second loaf as we speak. This time, I added some more Baking Powder so let's see if it rises more! :) Yeah baby, anyone know any other easy recipes I can try out?!? :)

Hallelujah!!!

I've looked over my blog cycle for the past little while and it seemes like I never blog on Wednesdays! I wasn't going to blog today, but to break this cycle...well here we are!!! :)

I'm so full of energy right now and I can't tell you why honestly. I have been on an emotional rollercoaster all day. I was alright this morning but by the end of the day, I was so drained....all week my classmates have noticed how tired I have been and how less talkative I've been....lol...I think the tiredness is catching up with me!! :) Maybe why I'm so happy all of a sudden is the realization that the tasks I were to complete this week are almost done. I have finished my 3 hour presentation and all my readings and writings for the week and I'm almost done teaching for the week. I was all nervous about teaching Math today and you know what? My teacher split my lesson up: half taught today and half tommorrow. This way, the students could complete some of the assignments they were working on earlier and do their corrections in their workbook! Talk about prolonging the pain for me!!! :) Things went well today with the lesson though and it came naturally and my partner teacher didn't have to step in and take over due to my incompetence!!! :) Praise God!!! :)

Series of Unfortunate Events

Yesterday, I forgot to blog about how I ran into David Yang on my bus when I was taking it home from school. He was going to go watch a movie at Crowfoot and I sat behind him. Now who was sitting in front of him? This high school couple who was being too affectionate on the bus and it was awkward. Here we have a youth, who I've been trying to teach about purity too and about taking it slow in a relationship and right in front of him, there's a couple doing the complete opposite of what I've been teaching...and worst of all, he has to see it right in front of his YAC leader...I don't know why but this was AWKWARD on so many levels! :P

Today, I had to go poo while at the Uni during the morning so I chose a washroom in Science B and it was one of those "hole in wall washrooms"--small bathroom with one stall. The trouble with those types of washrooms is that you can totally hear what's going in them if you walk past them and when I was walking to this washroom, there were two girls standing RIGHT in front of the door to get in there. I made my through them to get to the washrooms and then I thought, "why in the world would those two girls be standing in front of the washroom?" Obviously they weren't waiting for anyone because I was using it and it only has one stall. Did they always loiter around men's washrooms? Do they like the smell of them or something? It was kind of funny becuase there were some loud noises coming out of that washroom and I thought, "is that what those girls wanted to hear?" Sheesh...can I get some privacy please?! I don't understand women!!! :)

Today was my visit to Olympic Heights and let me tell you this school was AMAZING! I got to meet so many of the teachers and had free time to roam each teacher's class and see what they were doing...they were all so welcoming! I thought my school was pretty Inquiry based but man, Olympic Heights is completely Inquiry and they have implemented Reggio types of methods into their school as well. (Reggio originated out of Italy and is a HUGE success in their early elementary school programs....for more info on this teaching method, the Jubilee has an Exhibit so go check it out!). I could see myself at this school working full-time (God willing), and I would have a blast!!!

Oh yeah, I got to see Pierson while he was practicing some Math equations haha. LOL...that kid is very unlucky...must be in one of the only classes which doesn't have a window...if you are reading this and think, "Big Deal, who needs a window?!" It's a BIG DEAL to A TEACHER!!!! Yeah, I know, we're lame!!! :)

Another day, another week.....

Well Hello there everyone in Blogginvile,

Today, I've been really tired....my eyes have been having problems focusing on the Computer screen all day. All I see is bluriness hahaha....I hate that feeling...:) Oh what a crying shame!!! :)

My presentation today--which was suppose to go for 1.5 hours--ended up going almost he whole class! The feedback I received from my prof and my classmates was very encouraging so thanks everyone for helping things go so smoothly!

Tommorrow, I'm headed to Olympic Heights for the day and hopefully, I'll get to say "Hi" to Pierson. It's great that my prof is taking us on a field trip haha.....it just reduces our workload and I'm thankful for that! :)

Still, got lots of work to do this week and I really hope my lesson goes well with Math on Wednesday...we'll see. My partner teach has this thing where she expects stuff but isn't very clear about what she wants...and then she intervenes during a student teacher's teachings when she wants things done a different way. Great communication there eh?! :) She hasn't done that to me yet, but she has to the other student teacher who worked with her....maybe I won't get the same treatment and I'm just being paranoid lol...

24 today was good....It's killing me to watch this season episode by episode; I'm totally diggin' it! At least there are no repeat episodes in between and it's just a new episode every week haha. Is everyone who's watching this season HOOKED in?!?! I LOVE 24 BABY!!!! :)

Well, I should head off to bed now since I'm so tired. BTW, if you were wondering who my favorite female artist is in Christian Music, for those who guessed Stacie Orrico....you're wrong! For those of you who guessed, Plumb or Rebecca St. James...you're also wrong haha. My favorite chick is definitely Jennifer Knapp...with Sarah Groves in a close second. These two gals just write brilliant music and they write their own songs and the depths of their lyrics are fabulously superb! Good stuff!! If you haven't listened to any of their music, you don't know what you're missin! :) That's all for today, PAYCE!

BesT EveR?

Haha, I don't know why this came into mind--as it happened SO LONG ago--but I distinctly remember talking to Jen Bong on MSN and she was telling me how she doesn't like very many female Christian artists. Hmmmm...I kind of agreed with her, but I think there are actually a few really good female Christian singers....just not as many as there are males!! :P So then I started thinking, who is MY favorite female artist of all time in Christian music? Yeah, yeah, everyone knows I love Kutless and United as my favorite bands of Christian and Worship music respectively, but who knows which gal gets the prize for being my favoritist of all?!?! Here's a list of potentials to which ONE answer is the correct one! :)

a) Rachel Lampa
b) Joy Williams
c) Stacie Orrico
d) Plumb
e) Jennifer Knapp
f) Sara Groves

Do you know which one it is? I like all of the above...but there is only one answer...And oh yeah, don't be surprised to see that Sarah Kelly isn't up there...I don't mind her, but she's no where near being my favorite. I still don't get how you all find "Take Me Away" so annoying. You're all MAD I tellz ya!!!

As of Sunday, I Wanna Wish You a.......

Happy Chinese New Year! It's the year of the Dog and that's me baby...not that I beleive in any luck or anything but I'll take anything to give me special recognition!!! :) My school has gone all out with Chinese New Year...all the classes are making stuff for Chinese New Year. My class did some Chinese Masks, another class did some Chinese Lanterns and another class made Chinese Dragons by cutting them with exactoknives (they look like they were made like how people make snowflakes by folding and cutting......but I doubt they just used ordinary scissors)! Heck, at Hawkwood School, they're even having a Chinese New Year Assembly tommorrow! Pretty Crazy there eh!? :) I don't necessarily like everything they do and I don't say it to suck up, but my shcool does some of the best things and this is just one reason why....I seriously wouldn't mind teaching at a school like Hawkwood--I would be so lucky! Rich school. Parents gallore. Specialty teachers who take the kids for music, gym, french...great time to do lessons with your partner team teacher! :P I don't know...wherever God places me...if I can make it through 7 more weeks of practicum....please God help me!!!! :)

We had a guest speaker today for our late staff meeting (from 3:30-5pm), and she was promoting a book called "Tounge Fu." Apparently, there are a list of words people aren't suppose to say such as "should" (i.e. "you shouldn't...") or "problem" or "but" because there are negative consequences in a conversation when these words are spoken. Kind of an interesting "non-Christian sermon." The main idea is that words have power.....so choose them wisely. I really feel like this how speech was something I could've heard in church...all it needed was a few bible verses....:P

What a busy week...I know I said last week in YAC that as a teacher, you really have to learn how to wing things...I'm really going to rely on doing that for tommorrow's YAC event, Sunday's JC/Sunday School, Monday's class presentation and my first Math lesson I'm teaching on Wednesday..pray for me...pray for Mojo.... :)

Okay, I won't reveal any names or anything but minor SPOILER ALERT for Smallville this week...it was actually a DECENT episode this season....it was advertised that "someone close to Clark dies!!!" all week...decent episode all throughout..nice ending.....I'm sure next week will suck though, but we'll see!!! :)

Oh and for those who were wondering....What Calvin, David, Priscilla and I have in common is that we all have the same cell phone...Samsung A670!!!! :)

Education Rants

Here's a question: Calvin Ho. David Yang. Priscilla Banh. Kingston Wong. What do we all have in common (besides being Chinese Christians who live in Calgary and attend the same church)?!? :P Any guesses?

I am so tired today. Arg...I am finding that I can sleep through my alarm clock now...I thought I would never get used to "the sounds" but looks like I have. :P I keep waking up an hour later than I'm suppose to. Luckily, I haven't had too many problems with that on practicum days since my bro wake me up if I'm not ready to go. Should I implement a series of clocks in waking me up now?! :)

Classes really seemed to drag out in a long way this week. Oh well, I hope practicum will be better....I just can't stand it sometimes...this whole atmosphere....I was asked to hang out with one of my friends for lunch in the Education building but I said I felt like being antisocial today and headed to Machall (I had to heat up my lunch...I even went to Scurfield to look for a Microwave....no success...who told me they had one there?!?!). Lol...it's all good, I had to meet up with my classmate an hour later or so after anyways to plan a presentation for next Monday. Which is what I knew would happen...which is why I didn't commit to going to 24-7 prayer during the afternoon. We ended up meeting until 2pm. Arg, the presentation that was done today was so long, but they did an AMAZING job...best presentation I've seen ever in Education so far. How am I going to top this!??! The pressure!!! :P

I Guess it Just Wasn't Meant to be....

Some of you are aware that yesterday, I was looking for a Batman figure at Wal-Mart but what I came out of the store with were some figures of Bane and Killer Croc. Also, I was about to buy Soul Calibur 2 for the Cube becuase it was so cheap but since the line up was so long, I thought I'd just visit another Wal-Mart and pick it up later. However, this morning, although I had the intention of going to lecture, I missed the bus so I skipped lecture altogether and took the bus to Northland. I went to check out the toy section, but their toy section seemed like it had been raped--it was so empty of ANYTHING. It was as if there were a boxing day sale or something!! :P Also, I went to look for my game, but they had none. I don't think I wanted the game that badly at first but since I've been having such a hard time searching for it, my desires for owning this game has increased quite exponentially!! :) I left the mall empty handed this morning.

Worship at the U was cool today becuase we had the violinist again and man, "God of Wonders" sounded so awesome with it...we gotta try that when we get Jiffany to play for us on the team! :) The only thing that was really annoying about Worship at the U today was that there were these two guys sitting behind me sining SO LOUD....one of them was asian too. ARG...Okay, I got it: harmony sounds great guys but can you turn the volume down a bit?! Jeez, I'm trying to worship! :P

I heard that the Green Party didn't have enough money during this election and that the PC party actually gave the Green Party some money to help fund them! That's freakin' sweet!!! :) I voted today...did anyone else vote!? Huh?! Didja, didja!?!?

Revelations

I've come to the realization today that although Field trips are SUPER fun for children, they are EXTREMELY tiring for teachers!!! We went to the EPCOR Centre downtown today so that our students could practice some art skills in print making. Also, they got to take part in a mock Acadian Kitchen Party and so we practice the dances and played some of the instruments. What a great day that went by really fast...but like I said, super DRAINING. No Recess. No Lunch Breaks. Just sitting with the students for hours and hours. Oh...and in case you're wondering if I danced or not...well I practiced a bit but my partner teacher assigned me the role of taking pictures so I got out of doing most of the dancing...haha...suckers!!! :) I got to participate in some of it, and it was fun...I feel I'm more in touch with my Acadian side!! :) Oh wait, I'm full Chinese....SCORE!!!! :)

Longing....

Doesn't that picture just capture your imagination? Silver Surfer was one of my favorite childhood super heroes. Did you know I used to long for adventure? Thrills, Chills and Spills--you name it--I wanted it!!! I once longed to see the Stars...to travel the seas....to see the world. What's happened?!?! Am I doomed to the boering mundane life that bestows so many of us?

I think sometimes I'm envious of everyone for at least one quality or pocession that they have that I don't.....it's not that big of a struggle really...I wish I could say that was my biggest confession of my most darkest sin ever, but it's not! :) Still, sometimes, this song serves as a reminder to desires I have which seem like is a necessity to fullfill, but really isn't......

Psalm 73 (My God's Enough)
By Barlow Girl - feat. Todd Agnew

I've had enough of living life for only me
And reaching just for the things that keep destroying me
So sick of envying the lives of so many I see
Somehow believing that they have what I need

[Chorus]
My God's enough for me
This world has nothing I need
In this whole life I've seen
My God's enough, enough for me

I can't explain why I suffer though I live for You
Those who deny You they have it better than I do
Cover my eyes now so that my heart can finally see
That in the end only You mean anything

Who have I in heaven but You
Nothing I desire but You
My heart may fail but not You
You are mine forever

DAH!..Idiot!!!

Okay, I was told last week that there wasn't going to be a lecture today, so why did I show up?!?! ARG!! What is more agitating: having to go to a class you hate or going to a class that you hate that has been cancelled?!?! :P

Horrible or Better Than Ever?!?!

As of February, this will be Spider-Man's new costume. Hate it or love it?

Baby, I'm back!!!! :)

Hello Blogging World!

I know it's been a few days since I blogged or checked anyone's journals, but I've been busy.

On my first day back at Hawkwood, my partner teacher got me and her team teacher's student teacher Alexis to plan a drama activity for the children. Now, these teachers want us to run a drama cirriculum for the next 5 or 6 weeks....um..I thought we were in first year and not second year! We're only required to do one weeks worth of cirriculum teaching in one subject area....so why dumpiing all this work on us? Are these teachers lazy? Well, I know I am and I hate doing more work than I have to but our partner teachers told us that we should practice teaching a lesson here and there to get a better feel of things. I hate doing more work, but I think I would agree with them. Alexis' and my partner teachers are very nurturing; they don't leave us out in the cold but it's as if we all team teach things together so it's a great learning experience. :)

I've been busy thinking of YAC stuff and planning...I got things to do for the next few weeks to come and it certainly does add up with all the stuff my stupid Prof pies up on me to do...speaking of which, she is really pissing me off these days...I complain about her with all my classmates and even to my partner teacher who has had to work in the same school as her lol...I even complain to year 2 students! :) Hmmmm....I know it's a lot of people to complain to, but she's THAT overbearing!! She cornered me at Hawkwood this week and I'll never forget how she got me alone that way...it was terrible!!! The things she said, they just weren't true!!!! :P

I'm almost halfway done watching season 1 of 24. I think because Sam finished watching it, it motivated me to start lol. It's so exciting as you can't stop watching anytime.....the action just carries over and you don't know what the heck is going on!! With Lost, they're more self contained episodes and you can stop...the action is more slow paced and everything is more dramatic so stopping isn't an issue. 24, I have no control with!

Speaking of 24, 4 hour season premiere this week--2 hours on Sunday and 2 hours on Monday. Speaking of 24, I have to go watch that now and watch as many episodes as I can before YAC starts tonight....:P

Blue Ray or HD?!!? Which Way to Go?

Today, I taught my classmates how to play Dutch Blitz. Although they didn't get to play more than one round, they all seemed pretty addicted to it and there was talk of me bringing it back so we could play during our lunch breaks. LOL...that'd be hilarious if we played that game at school!!

On another note, I heard about something on Shine regarding new DVD Players coming out this year. Apparently, there are new High Definition DVD Players which will be released soon; a player that utilizes blue light wavelengths rather than the current red light. Because of this, these DVDs will be able to hold more on them as The Blue Light will be able to read a more finer part of the disk!!! :P (I think these new discs can hold around 20 gigs?!! CRAZY!!!) Anyways, this all sounds great except:

1) There are currently two different types of models these new DVD players will be in and manufacturers currently cannot agree to one type...so these two types of DVD players will be in competition.....One is the Blue Ray, the other is HD. Okay, so this sucks because I don't know who to support. Like in the olden days when Bata and VHS first came out, they competed and Bata lost. So what's going to happen with these new DVD players? What if I buy the product of the losing technology? That would suck! Why can't these manufacturers just agree to one type of model?!?! DAHHH!!!! Hmmm...poles as of last summer showed that consumers were more in support of the Blue Ray...hmmmm....what to do, what to do?!

2)I bought all these DVD boxed sets of shows that I watch thinking "yeah, they'll last me forever and I'll never have to buy them again!" Well, what if they offer the same DVDs in higher definition too?!?! That would suck!!! What would I do with my old DVDs? Would I get rid of them and get the higher definition DVDs of my shows or would I even buy the newer versions of the DVDs?!?!

Decisions, decisions!!! :P I never thought they'd come up with another scheme like this to get my money....dang you DVD manufacturers!!

The Dreaded Interview part 3-- The ORIGINAL MIX + Education: Am I enjoying it?!?!

Today, I ate lunch with some of my friends from Case and one friend is helping two others lose 30 pounds. The one helping is a personal trainer and has had some personal successes with others in the past. She's going to be a gym teacher and has a degree in Kenisiology. Lol, she asked my other two friends about their diets and she is totally making them change their lifestyle. I hope they can uphold this. Losing it won't be the hardest part but what will is maintaining the loss. My friend really opened my eyes as to some of the truths on foods. Apparently my trainer friend said that ketchup is one of the worst things in the world. It's actually healthier to eat chocolate than ketchup because ketchup is made up of rotten tomatoes + sugar + preservatives gallore!!! :) Also, it's bad to eat canned soups....they're high in potassium and sodium. It takes our bodies days sometimes to expunge these bad things out of our body while it only takes what, 5 min to finish something like that? :P *Sigh...good luck to my buddies!

On another note, school started today and I dread it. This sucks....I always have thoughts of "oh man, I wanna quit this program so bad" when I'm in class...this program is terrible....can I make it through?!?! Can I?!?!?! I feel as miserable as Cyclops below..... :(





We've had questions from Alicia and qustions for Geo...now, here are the questions coutesy of Crystal....

1. If you could have the mutant powers of any marvel character for a week what would it be? and what would you do with your new found powers? to do good or cause havoc?

Telekenisis forsure.....who wouldn't love to levitate him/herself and move objects with his/her mind? I'd try to do good with them because every boy wants to be that superhero deep down inside. Although, if you get me angry, don't cross me, or I may lash back at you and who knows when I'd throw your body or what objects I'd throw in your way in the heat of the moment! :P



Also, I'd be sexy like Jean Grey..no wait, sexier!! :)

2. If you could only have one of the five senses for a week which one would you choose to have and why? (see, hear, taste, touch or smell)

Wait does this mean I've never had ANY senses to begin with and I'd only have 1 sense for one week or does this mean I have all the senses but am reduced to 1 for only one week and I get the rest back after? My answer would be different depending on the circumstance. In the earlier scenario, I'd have to pick taste because I could not live without tasting good food for once in my life. In the latter case, I'd pick sight, becuase I wouldn't want to be blind even for a week! I could go without taste for a week but darkness is scary! :P If I never had sight, then I wouldn't be afraid of losing it! :P

3. How and where do you see yourself in 10 years? your place of residence? friends? family? relationship? (ha this is a long one)

I see myself married (hopefully by 33 I would be!!)...I'd also see myself starting fatherhood and secure and steady in a job. I'd like to think I'd still be in Calgary. My closest friends I'd like to think are my brothers and sisters at the church I'd be attending....there's just something different Christians can offer that non-Christians can't. Hopefully many of my friends--whether Christian or non--will be the ones I grew up with. I think we've all worked hard in preserving our friendship with each other. I'd hope that many of the youth in YAC now who become adults would have a strong relationship with me still at this point too. Hopefully my bros will be around in the same city as me as well as my retired parents! :)

4. As you grow older, is there any event in your life that you are dreading? (death of friends, marriage, finding a career...)

Practically all of these I dread in a way because they are scary to think of...but at the same time, that kind of scariness excites me. I think seeing the death of my aging loved ones (particularly the parents or even my wife if she died before me), would scare me the most though. There's no adrenaline rush there for me...just pure sadness.

5. If you could ask God one question and he would answer it until you were totally satisfied what would it be and why?

I'd ask Him "God, who am I to you?" I read somewhere that we all have an identity in Christ and that the Father has a name for us that could be different from our Earthly name. God renamed people in the bible (eg. Abraham, Peter, Paul, etc.)...I'd ask God who I was becuase knowing my identity in Him would break the hold of many of my insecurities. Think about it...if I ever faced problems or became afraid, I'd just remember who God said I was. If he called me "conquorer"...I'd move forward with no doubts!!!!

23 and loving it?!

Who's that guy above?!?!

Thanks to everyone who spent time with me and wished me well for my 23rd B-day. It's true, everything is more special when you share it with those you care about. The best gifts come from those who mean the most to me....whether time or material! :) Thanks all for the gifts, the calls, the blog comments, etc.!!! I may not fully embrace aging, but I hope with being a year older, I can become wiser and make good decisions in all areas of my life!

Thanks to my parents for the cash...my dad and "step-mom" for the card and the call.....Thanks to my bros who took me out to The Outback for Ribeye! :) It was awesome!!

Man, school starts tommorrow...what a crappy ending to a great birthday! :(

Just 2 questions lingering in my mind right now and I'll leave them to you now in closing:

1) Is it really that funny how boys can spend so much time playing video games?

2) Now that we've seen how much Milty sweats, does he take the prize for being "the sweat king"....knocking Geo to being # 2?!?

Coming soon...the answers to Crystal's interview questions.... :)

Another 8 hours out the window......

I was pondering who the above X3 character was for over a month.....well..today I figured out her identity...do you know who it is? :P

I've DONE it; I've finally finished watching Firefly and it's movie counterpart Serenity. Man, it only took 8-9 hours of my day to finish the last two discs and the movie!! :) Time really flies by! With that out of the way, I can finally concentrate on watching 24....I have 2.5 seasons to finish watching!! I doubt I'll get them finished by the time season 5 begins!! :)

Not much else has been up with me...I've just been watching lots of TV...oh and I played squash yesterday with Jon Wong. I can't figure out why but it seems like there is a lot not right between some ppl in my life and I. For starters, my mother is one of them. I think since Christmas, I just haven't had much contact with her and then there's "Sven" who keeps being brought up...she wanted me to compromise and participate in his family meals with her and that to me is unacceptable. Sorry, but in my mind, if my mother wants to spend Christmas with them...well she's made her choice but she doesn't have to shove that down my throat. Why would I go to something where no one talks to me? If I want to be neglected, there's plenty of places I can think of going for that. :P Even since then, it just hasn't been the same. Oh well, what can you do? *Sigh*...the joys of a broken family. :)

I'm excited for this weekend not because it's my birthday necessarily but because of the company I am going to have over the weekend. Yes!! A presence from Lethbridge...SCORE!! :P Looking forward to spending some time with the Lethbridger and with the family over this weekend....that just means more eating and gaining more pounds! :)

The Dreaded Interview part II

Geo's questions:

1. If you were capable of suddenly learning everything you need to become anything you want (occupatioin-wise), what would it be? and why?

I think a Scientist or a Doctor. The world will always need more of these two types of people. Scientists are great because they work so hard to improve the quality of life for humankind and a Doctor would be a great help if situated in a third world country or in a place that was struck by a natural disaster. Plus, don't you hate how doctors are so busy when you want to go see one? We need more of them! :)

2. Which reality-show would you most likely want to participate in? and why? and would you win? and if it was a reality-show where you would have a partner/team, who would you choose?

I'd do Amazing Race or Survivor. Both are great tests for myself to see if I have what it takes to get the tasks accomplshed. I might make it far in Survivor, but I don't know if I'd win. I think I can fly under the radar and I know when to make the right alliance with the right people. For Amazing Race, I'd take my bros becuase if I took a friend and they screwed up and cost me the race, I wouldn't be able to blow up at them like I could with the family! :)

3. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be? and why?

Tough Question....There are so many places I really want to go....I'd have to say a China because my heritage is linked to that country. It just makes sense! :)

4. If you could spend one day with anybody (alive or dead), who would it be? and why?

Sounds cheesy, but I'd really like to meet Jesus as a human being. We can read about someone all we want but does that mean we really know Him as He was then? What was it like to dine with him? To be taught by Him? To have an intimate chat with? I know He's the same person yesterday, today and tommorrow, but it'd be neat to see Him as a human.

5. What event/person was the most influential on how you are as a person now?

Again, it sounds cliche, but Jesus. Without Him, I'd have no peace; I wouldn't be able to like what I saw when I looked in the mirror. He really has changed me more than anyone ever could.

And there you go...anybody else got questions? :P

My Brain is Fried

I need to get back to my proper schedule...I haven't recovered from all the hang outs and the sitting around and do nothing. For example, yesterday, we sat and watched about 14 episodes of "Lost" yesterday.....and I still haven't recovered from being a Couch Potato yet. I feel sick and lathargic!!! :)

New Years Eve, we hung out at my place and I ate too many snacks! Thanks especially to Sarah for her delicious Cupcakes which spelled out "Happy Birthday Kingston" and Jacklyn's awesome brownies!! I am a big fan of anyone who knows not only how to bake, but to bake well!!! Anyone can try and make something but to make it a successful treat for everyone to really enjoy, that's another story!!! :)

By the way, you're invited to a wedding; here's the invitation:




I wasn't really shocked that they were going to marry these two when I heard a wedding was in the works for Marvel Comics this year. However, when I started thinking about it, I thought, "REALLY?" Black Panther and Storm? Hmmm....Storm should really have been married to someone else lol....why not the guy below? Heh heh...:)




It must be a "race thing." Just 'cause Storm and Black Panther are both African, it doesn't mean they have to be married to each other!! :P

Series of Misfortunate Events...

What can I say? It's been a really relaxing holiday and this week has been by far my favorite week of the whole time I've had off. I am glad everyone who is from out of town has come back and made themselves so accessible for hang outs and we've had some good chats. The hang outs have been great, even though they were just simple lounging around and Dutch Blitzing! :) The 'event' hang outs have been a little chaotic and what I posted on Tony's blog was true: I hate planning things. I even hate inviting ppl over to my place becuase I hate being responsible for the entertainment. Hmmmm....hope New Years goes okay. I mean the Zoo Lights, Kyoto 17 and Talisman Center were all a little...um...well, they could've used some improvements on how those nights ran...but I do feel like the blame can be put on my shoulders. Don't worry, I'm not looking for symapthy...just an honest thought. :) I also hope Jacklyn's and Karen's wounds will heal due to my ricocheting basketballs!
Sorry! :)



Does anyone have any New Years Resolutions? Hmmm...I'm trying to think of some that I can actually have success in completing. My mind draws blanks as I am a little more realistic now....I need to set some goals that are attainable...I'll have to think of some! :)

Okay...that's about it for now...sleeping over at Leo's tonight with the youth...hope that goes well....I'll be teaching on Purity to the boys...hmmmm....if we could only spend at least 2 parts on this topic, that would be great.......however, I've been limited to this one night...so pray for me...Lord, HELP!!!

**UPDATE** Looks like not many ppl are coming over for New Years Eve....just got about 6 people confirmed....oh well, at least that means I won't have to entertain that many people and more food for me! :P

The Dreaded Interview!!!

Today was Zoo Lights, long dinner at Kyoto 17 and DVD purchasing of seasons 2 and 3 of 24 and season 1 of Lost. We went to Jon's house to watch...though I really did want to play Dutch Blitz and see the studio....sorry :( Maybe I'll make it up to my competitors somehow soon..... :(

Here is a meme from Alicia B

THE RULES:
1. Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I will respond with five questions for you.
3. You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers. (Or if you have no journal, just post your responses as a reply here)
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.

My questions:

1. You can't live in Calgary anymore and you must chose a permanent new home (i.e. for the rest of your life). If money was not an issue, where would you go and why would you pick that city?

Haha…you know, I’ve only thought about this very recently but I’m sure I’d pick somewhere like Australia. I heard it’s actually the most desirable places to live in the world. I have a friend from the MT program who was talking about how people could live on the beach and take the ferry to work…could you imagine the view everyday? Could you imagine the relaxation on a ferry? How romantic it would be to just head to work with your woman every morning? Oh yeah, the beaches are lookin’ pretty nice too right about now!!! :) The only thing is, the housing is so expensive now….so if money wasn’t an issue, I’d be there in a sec!

2. What's the most you've eaten in one sitting?

I wish I could remember an exact instance of this but I can’t…sorry. When I was young, I could eat a lot more than I could now. We would go to buffets like “Treasures of China” or “Foody Goody” and I would eat SO MUCH….no wonder I was such a fat little man. My mom set a goal for me to eat as much as I could for all you could eat lunch as she would never cooking dinner after those meals….so I could imagine that it was one of these sittings which I ate the most I’ve ever eaten. Then again, any Christmas party I was at as a lad could constitute the same result. :P

3. Someone offers you $1,000,000 if they can have complete control over your life for a week. You won't die, but you have no idea what you may be forced to do. Would you do it?

No Way!!! This reminds me of the questions we used to ask each other in Jr. High (i.e. If you were paid a million dollars, would you go jump in a swimming pool full of pee), lol…..just the thought of someone asking me to do that makes me cringe. Also, I don’t think I could let someone control of me at all……it’s hard for me to let someone tell me what to do…just ask those who’ve tried!!! :P

4. Would you rather dye your hair bright pink or pierce your nose?

Tough call…..I’d go with dying my hair bright pink because of the fact that it’s temporary! I like dyinig my hair…pink isn’t so bad of a colour after all!!! :P

5. Your house is burning down and you could only save one of your collections of action figures. Which set would you rescue?

This one is easier for me to answer because there is ONLY ONE toyline that I absolutely love like children and those are my figures from Marvel Legends. I grew up loving these Superheroes and wanting to be like them so it makes sense. I’m sure if I still had my Simpsons toys, I’d still pick my Marvel Legends figures over the cartooned figures…although my bro might think I were crazy—he’s still shaken up by the fact that those figures aren’t in this house anymore!! :) Hopefully if my house burns down, I can manage to hold all of my Marvel figures with my two short arms and guide them to safety!!!

A Story

So I went to go look for Lost Season 1 at Zellers yesterday with 5 minutes left until the store closed, and I was only disappointed to find that they were all sold out!!!!
:( In a mad panic of not wanting to leave empty handed, I ended up buying season 1 of my favoirte drama 24. I was going to lend it to Jon Wong but he gave it back to me as I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it because if I bought this, I'd want season 2-4 as well!! What an expensive purchase!!!

When I got home, I told my brother the story of my adventure. He also told me to return the gift too when I asked him what I should do. However, my bro comes to the computer and drops off a package for me a few hours later. I open it, and it's season 1 of 24!!! LoL, he wanted me to return the discs becuase he and Loma got the discs for me for my birthday!! Thanks bro!! LOL...looks, like all that hard work for nothing.....now I gotta get my hands on the rest of the seasons...and yeah, I'm still without Lost season 1..... :(



Thanks to all my QE friends who came over to make this a special day...haven't had you all out for awhile! Great food, great fun, and great time playing Balderdash!!! :) It's been a super busy holiday and I've barely had enough time to blog!!! :P Take it easy folks and keep it real!

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the Bottom of my Heart! :)

And just like that, another Christmas has gone by....

Thanks to everyone who bought presents for me! There was a lot of thought put into them this year and I have to say that there is not one that I don't like! :)

Thanks Alicia for dinner! It was a wonderful meal and it made my stomache really full!!! :)

Jon, with the giving of your gift, I am now done giving away all my purchases this year....I didn't spend as much on other people this year because of Secret Santa...but that means I did have a lot more money to spend on myself!!! :P

BTW, for anyone who's interested, we're going to have dinner tommorrow. We're meeting in Chinatown at church at around 5:30pm. Give me a ring if you're interested!

Before it's too late, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! :)



All the best in Boxing Day hunting! Get some good deals! BTW, does anyone know where and when Boxing Day came from? I have wondered this forever but don't know the answer to this very frustrating question! :) Not even Professor X knows the answer to this one!! :P

New Layout for your Blogging Convinience.....

Okay, because Geo was complaining about my old template being messed up on his comp, I decided to change it. It's not really an improvement in my opinion, but it's a change nontheless...and this way, you can't say I don't listen to my loyal blog readers! :)

Well I've gone high and low, but today I found the light bulb for that present I was looking for *wink wink; nudge nudge*.....it's about time I found one too!! :P

After the light bulb shopping, I was headed home from Rona and then Crystal called me and asked me to acompany her as she needed to get the car washed...."what an odd request" I thought. Well the car was so gross and covered in red stuff on the outside and stunk like heck!! No wonder you wanted someone to be with you at that time because that would be a terrible thing to experience by yourself.....Uh...Crys, you owe me big time! I only wish I could've seen you covered in the "stinky red stuff." :P




Who the heck is this actor?! I've never heard of him...anyone see a movie/show with this guy before?

I'm in the process of thinking up questions for that Trivia game we played from my previous Post. Do you guys want a part 2 or are you happy with it being a 2 way tie for # 1 and a 2 way tie for #2? :P LMK and I'll see what I can do! :)

Alicia's Blog Trivia

Man, I don't know what it was but today's Chianti's dish I had was REALLY good...I had the Sicilian but I didn't have it with Linguini like it's usually served with, I had it with Penne and it was AWESOME! Happy Birthday Billie Jo!! :P It was a nice get together...though most of us were sweating like pigs due to the humidity! The Italian Sasuage in my dish didn't help either! :P


Here's an idea I got from Alicia's blog:

1. Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love of at some time in your life.
2. Have your friends list guess your favourite character from each item.


1. Street Fighter- Chun Li (Geo)
2. X-Woman- Jean Grey (Alicia)
3. The Simpsons- Ralph Wiggum (Crys)
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee- Zelda/Shiek (Geo)
5. Survivor- Rupert (Alicia)
6. Gundam Wing- Heero Yui (Jon Wong)
7. Family Guy- Stewie Griffin (Jon Wong)
8. Pokemon- Squirtle (Alicia)
9. WWE Wrestling- Bret "The Hitman" Hart (Geo)
10. Care Bears- Birthday Bear (Crys)

Good luck everyone. Once the right answer is guessed, I'll put the right answer above with the name of the person who guessed it right so that they have bragging rights. You can guess more than once if your guess is wrong! Keep checkin' for the updated "scoreboard." :P And trust me, these aren't tricky questions....some of them are so easy! :)

Christmas Shopping Concludes....NO, REALLY!!!

Okay, after lunch today, I went shopping again because I realized I missed two ppl....lol...I really should've made a list this year. Bad memory *sigh!!!* So I guess now I'm REALLY done shopping praise God!

The funny thing today is that I bought so much stuff for myself today. I ended up buying a Mace Windu FX Master Replica Lightsaber (impulse buy?!?!)...although I've been eyeing it since May.... :) I bought myself a CD rack and a DVD rack from Home Outfitters only because I found EXACTLY what I pictured in my head!! And at those prices, I didn't think anyone would be willing to buy those for me haha. They really were perfect in almost everyway lol. They were "Tall" and made out of metal...as I invisioned.....Although, I did end up filling up BOTH racks I bought!...so if anyone bought me those (ahem....*cough, cough* secret santa), as a gift, I still need some racks for DVDs and CDs so I won't be offended if I get those still! :P Man, Louise's car was totally packed with all my stuff lol! Praise God that they fit....and that's no exageration that I am thankful for that! :P




Still haven't watch King Kong yet so that means I haven't watched the X3 preview yet in theatres! :P It's all good though...maybe that means I won't fall for any hype and end up being disappointed when X3 finally comes around the corner! :P I heard Halle's got a bigger role in this one as she's expensive to get to act for since she's an Oscar winner...though she's been a horrible Storm so far....though Halle DOES sport a new hairstyle yet again.... :P They should give her Storm's famous mohawk from back in the day if they do a fourth X-Men movie lol....



I did get to watch Forest Gump today and I haven't seen that since when I was a young lad....this was my second time watching it and I forgot what a great job Tom Hanks does with this movie! :P I even forgot that the kid from the Sixth Sense was in it...haha.....That's a BIG thing to forget....especially when you come from a family who follow the lives of Hollywood Celebrities so closely. No, I'm not weird for doing that.....there ARE others who I know who do that too....where's Linda when you need her?! :P

Christmas Shopping Concludes....

X3 Day Number 3: A man who needs NO INTRODUCTION: James "Logan" Howlett...aka WOLVERINE!!! :P

I think I'm done my Christmas shopping for real now! :P I just gotta get the leftovers wrapped up. We hit Market Mall today (Geo, Karen and I), and I think most of us got done what needed to be done! :) We saw Gooi, Kenric, Tony, BJ and Cindy too. We finished shopping pretty fast...I love it when we're productive and not just hanging out a mall to kill time! :) Guys just don't operate that way at malls...seriously! :)

Afterwards, we went to Sushi Boat...and hung out at Geo's afterwards where Sarah, Jaxst and Andy came over to do some chatting.

All in all, a productive, fun, and relaxing day. It was mad COLD OUT though... :( The only thing which could've made the day more perfect was playing some Dutch Blitz! Too bad; so sad. Maybe tommorrow! :)

Tired, but Not Too Tired to Blog....

Yeah, it's late...I should go shower...really! :) I got most of my Christmas shopping done today and yes, I'm leaning towards not writing Christmas cards...for real...I'm sick of writing them! :)

The Christmas play was well done for what it was worth! I'm proud of my youth for what they came up with with such short notice and with little rehearsal time! Not much adult help for these guys and gals...so I have to say, "well done!"

So it's day two of X3 stuff...ya'll know who this person is? :P Take a guess; I DARE ya!!! :)

Hypothetical Questions

My friends and I always ask these questions and it makes me wonder: do they mean anything? I mean, they're fun to ask and even more fun to have discussions over but really, when we're asked a hypothetical question and answer with the hypothetical answer, is that actually how we're going to behave if the situation were actually to face us? Take for example:

Question #1 "Is it better to have kids early in a marriage or later? I mean, it'd be cool to be a young parent so you can actually play sports with the kids without a walking cane but wouldn't it be better to have kids after you've enjoyed your time with your spouse for a few years?"

Question #2- Would you prefere ending up with someone with an extremely low self-esteem or someone with an extremely high ego?

Those were just some of the questions I talked about with certain someones today and it came up in more than one conversation. Maybe it's not my friends; maybe it's just me who likes to think hypothetically...but they're great discussion starters and sometimes the answers could surprise you! :P

Since my last post talked about Iceman and how he's not going anywheres in the comicbooks, here's a picture spoiler of him for X3...but then again, you already know about who plays him! I'll be adding a new character up everytime I add a new post. There are a lot of returning characters so you'll know who they are but see if you can guess who the new characters are!