condensed matter

conversation with mom and dad

mom: so what's andrew doing net year?
me:... lalala... applying to grad schools...
mom: so what does he want to study.. what area of physics?
me: condensed matter
mom: what does that mean?...
me:.. i have no idea...
mom: you never ask?... or you just forget..
me:... the latter =]...
dad:... duh... condensed matter is:
just drink condensed milk and condensed matter will come out
- pause for moment of laughter? -

... dad strikes again with his funny funny jokes.... (said as i roll my eyes)... although it is SLIGHTLY funny dad.. i do admit...

sidewalking

there is a major problem with sidewalks in society today... why are sidewalks built for two people... does it not make more sense to have sidewalks built for three people?... hear me out...

Two Person Sidewalk:
so if you have a two person sidewalk, and you have two people, then you're good to go... if you have three people, what are you supposed to do?.. one person gets left out (or what we now call, "sidewalked"... it works if you have four people, you can split two and two... however,



Three Person Sidewalk:
if you have a three person sidewalk, and have two people, you're good to go, if you have 3 people, you're good to go.. if you have 4 people, you can walk 2 and 2.. if you have 5 people, you can walk 3 and 2... and no one gets sidewalked!... is this great or is this great...

Being sidewalked can be one of the worst feelings... to avoid sidewalking, the person being sidewalked should at least be walking in front... make it a staggered kind of line... if the person is walking behind the other two, it just seems like they're left out/behind.

Moral of the Story, don't sidewalk people...

and thus concludes my sidewalk rant...

References: Andrew Chia

"should i use my invisibility to fight crime or for evil?"

God is so good

a song i used to sing all the time when i was a kid...
i should sing it more often...

... so these past few days have been kinda rough... just getting used to school, getting used to the house, missing my moma and popa... but God was pretty awesome today...

started my day off at 5:30... 'cuz i went to bed at like 10:30.. haha... anyway.. i woke up kind of restless... praying the day would be swell

.. so this morning, i went to class at 8:30... fully understood my 427 lecture - which doesn't happen too often... especially with Bob Ross - went to the library, finished my 335 reading, went to the doctor to get my TB test.. booked two more appointments for the second step of my TB test... turns out i don't actually need a second step 'cuz i've had it before... (yaya which saves me two more appointments =])so the nurse asked me to get the form that needed to be signed... so i ran off happy ('cuz i could apply for volunteering a week early than expected)... off to get my form... ran into one of my high school kids.. who actually isn't a high school kid anymore... so i started walking with him to class (in the opposite direction of home, the location of my form)... just 'cuz i wanted to see how he was doing and such... was having a good time when i looked at my watch and realized i was gonna be late.. so i said bye.. started running.. and i thought.. why must i run home when i can go next door to the hospital and just get another form... so i did... so today was SUPER productive!...

i thank God that i got my TB tests done and that i got to run into nat... relatively small events, but highly unexpected and super encouraging.. and tonight, we get to have dinner with Rebecca.. a family friend of the chia's who just started school here at Queen's...

anyway.. i'm happy.. truly joyful... i got an unwelcomed headache last night (which was why i went to bed early)... which has resurfaced.. so i'm gonna take a rest...

this update is for my moma... i miss her muchly.. hehe =]..

oh yeah i got my hair cut by a REAL .. hair cutter... are they called barbers?... anyway... yahoo... i'll try and post pics later... i got bangs.. weird.. but getting used to them..

anyway..
love you all...

God's pretty awesome

here's the scoop...

Monday - woke up with a bit of a sore throat and a headache... went to work... felt like my head was a bowling ball.... was sent home at around 1...went to bed..., felt bad that i hadn't studied for my exam on monday

Tuesday - still in bed... went to the doctor... came back to bed..., felt bad that i hadn't studied for my exam on monday

Wednesday - still in bed... BUT only took 3 naps throughout the day! =]... after one nap, i woke up at around 7... and realized that i forgot to hand in my assignment!... FLIPPED out... wrote my TA... and left it in God's hands... felt bad that i hadn't studied for my exam on monday... my parents called, my dad told me to stop being a wuss =P... THEN, a friend of mine sent me ALL the notes of ALL the chapters i hadn't read yet!!!!!!... praise GOD =] =] =]so all i have to do now is study!...

Thursday - woke up at a normal time! =], checked my qlink and found out that my TA graciously accepted my late assignment!... PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!... and here i am...

anyway... i just wanted to praise God for all the awesome things he's done for me this week... he's provided for me in some pretty awesome ways... and he's placed some pretty awesome, patient people in my life... thanks to the guys at camp for being so patient with me while i've been gone, my doe is pretty amazing... grace and cho for bringing me apple juice =]... anyway... i should get back to my movie =]... instead of getting back to my movie, i ended up falling asleep at 10:30 am.. and JUST woke up at 2:30.. crazy... anyway...

love to all...
hope you're praising God with me

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laugh with me! =]

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how do you keep up?

i've never understood.... maybe it's an mk thing?.. or maybe it's just a me thing... how do you keep up with all the worlds that you have?... ccf, bfa, highschool fellowship, house, friends, parents, brother, ottawa, abbotsford, everyone in the states, work/camp, .......... list could go on... how do you find a healthy balance between all of it?... 'cuz once you take a moment to cater to one, you're far behind all the other ones... if you multi task it, it's shallow... i miss so many people... i want to love them all as God does... but how do you do it?... by the time i finish one country/one city... another continent's been ignored... how do you permeate your love around the world without disappointing people... Lord, I have so much to learn...

i saw this video at KGT a few weeks ago...


after listening to it several times, preparing for devos for camp tomorrow, i realize a few things. this is how much we impact those that are younger than us.. we really do have to be examples... i know i really looked up to those who were older when i was a youngin'... maybe that's the best i can do... which often brings me back to the question of what do you do after?... focus on the here and now with a glimpse of heaven knowing that there's a purpose for it all...

a child like faith... = simplicity...

i've always hated the word simple... it's SO relative... mr. comstock in grade 8 used to always tell us - nothing's easy... it's hard, but you understand it... but anyway.. another story, another day...

i gotta catch some shut eye to prep for work tomorrow... i'll post some pictures soon.. but.. I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!! =] =] =]

surreality

WRITTEN IN: Abbotsford, BC - the WEE residence
AFTER: my godsister, Charissa's wedding

i can't believe in in abbotsford!... it wasn't until 4 days before the wedding that it was actually decided that i would come.. it's really actually very surreal... this is what happened... i called my godfather to ask for their address so that i could send them a card... but instead of an address, i got a plane ticket!!!!!!!!!... SO... on thursday night, after my night class, i boarded the 1:40am bus for the Toronto Airport to catch the 7:15am flight to Abbotsford BC. weekend happened - tomorrow, i arrive in Toronto at 10:26 pm - a friend's going to pick me up and bring me to the Toronto Bus Terminal to catch the 12:30pm bus to Kingston and arrive at 3:30... in time to catch a quick snooze and make it to work at 8am on monday morning.. oh my dear.. fun times.. i'm still young... hopefully =P... anyway...

- - excerpt from an email - -
i realized today... that i want to be a better person.. that's a very vague/broad phrase... but i really do. today, i met God in his presence for the first time in a while... not even doing anything... it wasn't even anything spectacular... just remembering the simple joys in life... i miss being around kids... and adults too... they have so much wisdom in even simple conversations... i'm always told not to long for the person i was in highschool.. but i actually do... in the fact that the person i was in highschool was content with everything... i didn't ask so many questions.. i didn't doubt so much... i simply enjoyed...i want to do that again...i don't want to do things because i feel pressured... i want to do things because i want to do them.. i know i say that a lot... but i really do simply want to enjoy the simple things in life again... i say this as i'm far far away from school and the campus area... i know it won't be this easy onc ei get there... as i get lost again in the work that needs to be done... i want to be so close to God again... and i usually feel this when i'm around so many other Christians... i think i mean adults in particular... i knew God so dearly at one point in time.. i know that feeling... and i want it again.. but i'm so scared that once i get back to kingston i'll forget what that feeling was and forget why i want it so badly ... anyway...

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i know there's a lot of '...'s... and i know you hate them, but too bad =P... this is what you get =]...

i miss my friends