so everytime i write a new entry, i hate coming up with a (witty) title. it just annoys me. like... do i really need a title? usually.. i'd just put the date for my written journal entries. but since its blogger, it already has the date. so i dont need to do it. oh well.. anyways! i hate titles. so i've titled this one blank. =) simple and done!

but yeah. i cant believe its nearly mid feb. where has the first month and a bit of 2008 gone to? i dont think ive done much. lol... most memorable memory of 08 so far... perhaps the first week of the year, before back to school. it was just so awesome seeing so many of the friends i made back in the high school and pre high school days. being able to kick of jan1st with a revival meeting at scac. a chance to worship in song, and prayer walk around the inside of the church. then after that, a bunch of us from coluni hit up timmys (how canadian... ahaha) and i ended having an amazing chat with heidi. =) i love how we can be about 6hrs apart during the school year, and so busy with our school lives. but while at school, we encounter and learn similar things, only to come back and share a similar passion/vision. and we also share similar interest in other things... like our music tastes. haha... definitely good times, and sharing the bad times too. I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU DURING READING WEEK! (or rather.. family day weekend for me. =]).
then there's my high school bunch from AY. prom table #17 ppl. haha... so much so share about with each other. 4 different universities. definitely learning and experiencing loads. we'd better meet up during reading week or something! whens the last time we were all together? thxgiving breakfast? wow...
most memorable memory while back at univ? frosh cell dinner! great turn out. randomness during sharing. (hot vs cute. urinals? stalls? HAHA) and met lots of froshes too! more new faces everytime! probs one of my fave frosh cell events all year. actually.. last term's bowling was quite fun too. show and tell was pretty good too. some froshes were REALLY creative. haha... (Sam's donut!). cookie run was fun too! waking up froshies at err... 1pm. =P haha.. i love froshies!
another memory is probs acf winter retreat. that was a great snowball fight! haha.. cant forget the rap videos either! haha... who knew we could create such a masterpiece? =P and a lotta other things have happened at retreat. both fall and winter retreat have been unlike any other retreats i've been to. fall retreat was a super relaxed retreat while winter retreat got pretty intense i must say. huge contrast, and just at either extremes. but funny how i didnt 'feel' the extremes. i was rather NOT relaxed at fall retreat and was super relaxed at winter retreat. lol... kinda like in the middle. guess everyone will experience it differently. also, everyone's coming from a different environment and going thru different things. so it'd be kinda abnormal if we all experienced the same thing? its like how we all (have) encountered God differently. we all have a different story to tell. which makes it so awesome that we can connect with so many other ppl. you dont have to be a certain 'criteria' to qualify to be a christian. we all qualify. no one is rejected. isn't that amazing? Colossians 1:12-14. right there. it says "giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. for he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
YAYY!! =)
the book of Colossians is awesome. a tiny book, but the 4 chapters are just filled. i dont know how many times ive read it thru this past week. but im just getting more and more out of it everytime. its awesome!

also, recently, i was reading thru Matthew. and check this out..
Jesus replied, "...Are you being willfully stupid?"
Matthew 15:16 (The Message)
HAHA.. i just bursted out laughing! Jesus called his disciples stupid! GG!

so my parents are currently halfway around the world, in Dubai. why? missions trip. this is the 2nd time my dad's been, and he's been estatic that my mother has agreed to go along this time. =) and last night, just before heading to acf, i checked my email and got an update from my dad. so they were there to help run bible studies, reach out to the chinese community there, and the special chinese new year celebration (i was helping my mom put together a LOT of chinese new year snacks/candy packages back in January when i went home. and it was a LOT of TnT junk. haha...). so when i checked the email, get this. 483 ppl attended.. AND 230 ppl accepted Christ.
CRAZY partying in heaven? i think so. PTL! yeah!!! =)
thanks for all the prayers ppl. for all those who've asked. and those who haven't asked. i know ppl have been praying.

you know... currently, my house is empty. both in London and TO. since my parents are away, the TO house is empty. in london, all my housemates went home probs cus of CNY. and the only comfort i've found is... listening to CHINESE worship songs. you know.. the ones my parents usually play in the car. like, the ones by Streams of Praise. haha... interesting how i've always unconsciously just ignored them, but the tunes are kinda drilled into my head. and since its in mando, i barely know what its saying. but in times like these, when i miss my parents (you'd be surprise at how halfway across the world vs a 2hr drive to toronto can actually make you miss them more), its coming back to things my parents do that helps. plus its chinese new year. even last year, my house was filled with relatives from HK. and this year, im just alone in london. hmm.. nobody likes changes. but what can you do...

once again, i blog because i need to study. haha...
ok bye!