1.31.2011

Day 21: lectures begin 2mrw on day 22!

its 2mrw! ahhhh!!
intensive week #1 of 2.
first class: Church & Ministry.
i dont even know what will be covered in that class. i mean.. will it be like sunday school? TC Captain/REC training/meetings? an actually "lecture" type of class, teaching me how to serve , based on how that church runs its ministries?
then another class on wednesday: Communication in Ministry.
like teaching us how to have good communication skills for an effective ministry? really?

its interesting... never thought of these things to be "taught in a classroom" setting. i mean.. these are things you learn over time, with more experience in serving. altho... i guess you can say there are things we just never learn, and have to have someone "spell it out" for us before we can identify what we've been doing wrong all along.
or a lot of these things i may already know. but its not a bad idea to see it laid out in written "formula" form if you will.

pray for me to have an open heart and mind, and to not just go "psssh.. i knew that". haha...
tbh, im more excited to get started on the theology courses (OT, NT, christian doctrine, etc) and my TV & Media courses (on location and studio camera operation, digital editing, etc!) but i know all these courses come in a whole package, preparing me to serve Him better.

i have never been THIS excited for school!!!
let the classes... BEGIN! :D

1.30.2011

Day 20: 3rd sunday at hillsong church!

so once again.. at 12:30am, i start my blogs.
geez... i apologize in advance for terrible grammar, spelling mistakes, and my personal high-reoccurance: missing words.
yes, its only ~12:30am, but i am super sleepy.
trying to stay on a good humanly sleep schedule here, since hillsong college will be operating on a 8:30am - 5pm type of sched. poop.

anyways, after a few days of bumming at home quietly (3 of my housemates went to Powerhouse retreat, and the rest of us didnt wanna go out.. cus that meant spending money. lol), today i left the house... at 5:30pm cus service was at 6pm. =P
this was my first night service since getting here. and its only my 3rd sunday at hillsong church, but i can tell you im already getting sick of the hillsong music. =(
i guess you can say im usually on top of new worship songs, and i familiarize myself with them, even tho i know theres no way my church would ever be musically capable of pulling them off (most of the hillsong songs fall into this category). but ever since entering university, hillsong united just wasnt that big of a deal anymore. so ive been slacking in that department. and today, sunday, was a first. we did 5.5 songs. i knew 1.5 of them. =( the last 1.5 songs. (we did Forever Reign's chorus as a response, then after repeating a new song, we sang You. a song we've been singing every single week since i got here. lol)
and yeah... i mean... im all for new music, and i dont mind the emotional side of things (the praise pit, getting really in to the music). but what i DO have a problem with is the "fluffyness" of the lyrics. they lack that depth. we spent a good 5mins (during the baptism... more on the baptism further down), singing the same 2 lines from the bridge of a song. and i like repetition.. cus it "drills" it into your mind. but i dont like it, when the lyrics were like... something you would hear if you just turned on the radio. and someone would be "singing it to their bf/gf" kinda lyrics. like.. "Your love is all i need" or "You are here with me". ugh... i just couldnt focus. such shallow lyrics. =( (had a massive heated discussion with a housemate on this. argh... that deff didnt end well)
but yeah... the music aside, the baptism and the msg was really great!
baptism: it was a first for me, seeing baptism done like that! how you ask? well.. they had this massive tank near the front of the stage (between the praise pit and the stage. the first step of the stage if you will), and when you removed the covers, voila the tank below it! so after they asked the praise pit ppl to go back to their seats, they asked all the ppl getting baptized to head on down! (now i dont know how this works.. if they interviewed ppl ahead of time or just asked anyone who would like to get dunk'd to just go on down.. or both). but thats plenty of ppl made their way down. including a fellow "streammate" whom i met a few weeks ago (he's been here for 1 semester already).
so in the massive rectangular tank, they had 4 "dunking stations" going on, all at the same time. because there were so many ppl, i guess they couldnt go thru each of them to say their testimony and what not. we the worship band continued to lead the rest of the congregation in song (with the middle screen showing the lyrics), then the 2 side screens would show footage of all the ppl getting baptized! it was pretty cool! best of all, we saw ppl getting dunk'd in pairs (married couples, mother/son, etc) as well as some ppl got dunk'd solo! what a sight! definitely great seeing so many ppl declaring their faith. twas a precious moment. =)
the message.. ahh... what a great message from pst Joel A'Bell! he laid out the "christian walk" really well.
it looks like this.
B.C. is the obvious one. before we know Christ =P
Christ enters. oh. we hear about Jesus!
Saved. we accept Christ as our Saviour! we are saved!
Called. we realize there is more to being a christian than just understanding salvation and grace. we have a greater purpose here on earth.
Surrender. we give ourselves all to God, to do His will.
from "saved" onwards, we tend to spend most of our time in the "saved" category. and we have the most to say about it. its like.. your sunday school answers. salvation, grace, love, faith, hope, God, Jesus... etc. it takes people a really long time to move beyond that. this is the part where ppl start serving in the church. now when you reach the point of "surrender" (and thats if you do), thats when you understand and know that you cant go on unless you give yourself up to God completely. this is where the great commission kicks in! and you literally go out into the world to preach the good news.
it really made me re-evaluate where i am on this scale. where i truly am. i mean.. c'mon.. psssh! im at bible college! i gotta be at the surrender stage. i mean.. i gave up a lot to get here, didnt i? i dont know... been thinking about this all night and i still dont know. i mean... i know im called to something greater. but i guess until i actually get out there with the media industry, and broadcast the good news to all via my talents, i guess maybe then i'll have grasps the concept of what it means to live out the great commission. im at bible college... just starting up to be trained for that.

gotta love msgs where it makes you think. =)
im excited for tuesday! first day of classes, and theres chapel too! yay! =)
okay its 1:16. sleep times! gnite!

1.27.2011

Day 15-17: Orientation, Australia Day, Enrolment!

btw.. if you're wondering how im "counting" each day, im actually typing out each day on my ical. haha... lazy virtual journal if you will. =P

so... orientation day finally arrives!
whats so good about orientation? (i mean.. can it really top western's o-week? this is just an o-day! lol)
well.. for one, its hillsong. i mean.. c'mon. =P
two, this journey has been amazing thus far. there's been some rough patches, and this humidity still sucks (expensive electricity = no a/c sucks =P), but its been good so far. definitely not something i could have done on my own. the support from everyone is just ridiculous! in a good way! not a single comment from anyone disagreeing with me coming here. 1 or 2 ppl thought i should've stayed at my job with the city, but there was nothing negative about me taking my education further, in the land of Oz!
one of the ppl who spoke at orientation, told us to stay off facebook, and not listen to what ppl had to say back home. she said that ppl will be disagreeing with you, and you'll be looking for ppl to agree with you. well... i dont think i'll have that problem. there's been nothing BUT support. there IS love in this world. =)
but anyways, back to orientation.
so we kicked off the day at 9am with worship in songs! SALVATION IS HEREEEEE! and "it's gunna be alright!" cus He is the "God above all my hopes and fears". then we went into Run (i recognized the drum beat right away. hahaha), Brooke Frazer's I Will Exalt You (didnt know this one. had to youtube it when i got home), then into Mighty to Save! Pst Lee Burns (the principal) came up, said a prayer, and we went into the chorus of How Great Is Our God. what a declaration! then Pst Mark Hopkins (vp of the college) shared a message with us on Jesus feeds the 5000 in John 6.
one particular thing that i really like was one of the profs said "we are here for you. and i will love you to life!" interesting take on things. y'know.. usually, ppl say they will do anything for you, even die for you. but this time, its "loving you so much that you will become alive.. in Him!" think about it. its an amazing thought. =)
another good quote... Pst Lee Burns was covering some ground rules, like smoking. and he says "smoking doesnt send you to hell, but it'll make you smell like it!" LOL oh GG.

Australia Day! Jan26. aka the aussie version of Canada day.
it was so hot, that my housemates and i caved. we turned on the a/c for the day. even if we each had to pay an additional ~$5 for the electricity, it was well worth it! felt so relieved!
we also chose to spend the day at home, bum around, not spend elsewhere. except for a/c. lol... fun. thats what happens when you're in a house of 3 canadians, 3 americans, and 1 swiss. hah!
not a very exciting day. ah well.

Enrolment is here!
today was a morning of information, forms filling, student ID picture taking, scheduling.... yeah! the admin stuff. my fave! (no sarcasm. haha). including signing a form of consent for my talents. it is now legally official. Hillsong has the rights to use my talents and my appearances on camera, on their dvds/album recordings/college promo :O i know! haha...

crazy huh... its actually happening! well.. not really. but a step closer. definitely excited for week 3 when classes will start! since this week was orientation and enrolment. next week, week 1, we start the intensive week. and that'll continue onto week 2. its not until week 3, that i'll get to start the theology and TV & Media related courses!!!

okay.. its currently 1:30am. and my brain has got the dumb. i just wanna go to sleep. =(
so i guess i'll reread this blog post 2mrw, and make changes if necessary. im losing the desire to write... for tonight anyways. this laptop on my lap is too hot!

1.24.2011

Day 14: what a day in sydney town!

day 14: exploring the city with other HILC students

today was... wow.
just wow.
i mean, it was fun and all, meeting more students, exploring the city, walking around a LOT, and taking in the humidity. (we explored the 3 storied Apple store, The Rocks, Starbucks :D, bbt @ chinatown, the SEC, Darling Harbour, taking the ferry from Circular Quay back to Parramatta!)
but my fave part of the day had to be at Starbucks. okay okay... i know what you're thinking. pay "six-bucks" for starbucks (no joke) for a grande double blended javachip frap made my day? haha... (it tasted okay). but no.. it was more so the fact that 4 of us (Sonia/Canada, Tommy/Sweden, Daniel/Germany) got our drinks, sat outside on the patio, and just had a really great time of chatting and sharing. we shared our stories of how we all ended up at HILC, and it was good to know that we had all heard of HILC for a few years, prayed about it, waited on God, and listened for His voice, before finally deciding and settling on HILC. i guess we were also a slightly "older" bunch who had finished high school, done more education, worked for a bit... so that contributed to it.
then Daniel asked me, "where do you wanna go with your studies? like waht do you want to do with TV & Media?"
tbh, i had never really truly thought it out. i mean... theres always the dreams/wishes of touring the world with hillsong united/live or Passion ministries, but this time, i just spoke what came to my mind at that moment. cus i also told them about my geography undergrad degree. and when you put the two together, what do you get? using TV/media/digital communications to tell ppl about God's wonderful creations. like... working for the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. or Discovery Channel (y'know.. that program where it shows you all the animals and/or nature and such) or even stuff like BBC's PLANET EARTH.
how amazing would that be?
and thats when he told me, "don't hope that. BELIEVE in it. and it will happen."
this is where faith comes in.
do i want to do great things, and all of the glory will point back to God? of course i do!
do i have a clue how to go about in doing that? uh... nope.
do i believe that it will happen thru Him who gives me strength? YES.

let this HILC journey begin!
Day 15 / 2mrw: orientation!

goodnight.

1.23.2011

Day 11 - 13!

and also Day 14 coming up (2mrw).. are the days of exploration of Sydney!
day11: went to Manly Beach (i was very disappointed that no one else was cracking "manly" jokes. =P).
day12: met up w/ my fellow Yuens @ Macquarie Univ/Centre (pronounced like macaroni minus the "on" syllable), lunch facing Darling Habour, rode the monorail, went to Paddys Market, and walked along Chinatown.
day13: sunday! Hillsong Church! speaker: Louie Giglio. =)


Manly Beach!
was pretty awesome. met a lot fellow class/schoolmates and got to spend the day w/ them at the beach, as well as exploring the areas around the beach. lots of shops, had fish and chips, walked the path along the rocks/coast, watched people surf, took pictures of remains of the Bluebottle (it may look like a jellyfish, but apparently, its not). it was burning and tiring day (my face looks like Bob the Tomato =(), but i had a blast! especially taking the ferry and going around the Opera House! it was so nice! (see facebook for pics).
but best of all, my fave moment had to be a bunch of us who were tired, decided to go home earlier instead of taking sunset pics w/ the opera house. and theres this one crazy guy (he's canadian -_-... and also in TV & Media. I DONT EVEN KNOW HIS NAME. lol), he started singing/rapping Spice Girls' Wannabe (he knew ALL the lyrics!) to a fellow student... a french guy, who didnt really know much english. he was so uncomfortable with it! lololol and others on the train were giving us funny looks, but also laughing with us. hahaha it was great! we had sucha great abs workout =P

meeting up with my fellow Yuens!
finally met up with Bev and Uncle Nelson! (a family from SCAC. Kim is currently in Melbourne and Auntie Eunice already went back to TO a week ago or so). i passed uncle Nelson some of my luggage back in early Dec, so i met up with them yesterday to get my stuff, and they also showed me around Sydney! Darling Harbour was beautiful. we had lunch there facing the waters. of course, i had fish and chips! haha... it was really good! lightly battered, and the fries come in its own little frier! plus a lil bitta greens... to stay healthy. =)
then we rode the monorail. which was a first for all 3 of us! it had a really short circular route, which took us around the city. so we rode it for a full circle and 2 stops before getting off.. instead of just 2 stops. lol! get our money's worth. =P
we got off just beside Sydney Entertainment Centre (the SEC, sorta like TO's ACC), and walked across the street to Paddy's Market! i guess its kinda similar to TO's St. Lawrence Market in terms of set up/location/building, except the stuff they sold in there was like pmall LOL. and most of the stands were operated by asians. hahaha good times.
then obviously, we had to hit up chinatown. =P and its right beside the SEC! meaning when hillsong has their conferences at the SEC, i can walk across the street and myself some good old bbt and asian food. japanese ramen, chinese bakery, dim sum... muahahaha :D
tiring, hot and sweaty, but a touristy kinda day.

Sunday: Hillsong Church!
of all ppl to speak during my second week at church, Louie Giglio! unfortunately, there wasnt anything new that i learnt from him. lol... other than a slight bit of a twist w/ his jetlag joke (how he lost an entire day when flying from LAX to SYD lol!), ive heard the rest of his message before. it was a mix of 3 different things.
1) new year, year of new things, 1/1/11. it was from Passion2011 (streamed online)
2) Colossians 3. heard him speak on colossians back at passion07. he spoke about it during the main sessions AND we studied it during community groups.
3) story of ashley/mike (fruitcake and ice cream!)
i guess Louie is more of your guest speaker, conference speaker, special guest kinda speaker. not so much your weekly Sunday pastor. he recycles a lot of his material, and he pretty much has the same message time after time: to glorify God with your life! (col3:17 in this case) i guess thats one reason why i didnt really learn much from Louie at Passion2010.
ah well. but lets move on to the rest of the service. like the band/music!
this time, the band was a lot bigger. vocalist was the same.. the panel of like 8 of them spread out in the front! as for musicians, there was a drummer, 2 electrics, 1 bass, 1 acoustic (also leader and vocalist), 2 keyboards (well.. 1 was synth).
kicked off with a song i didnt know at all. moderate tempo.
went into a song we sang last week (seemed like a united jumpy/mosh pit kinda song. it was okay.)
then... i heard the drum groove. i knew it was coming... FOREVER REIGN. YEAHHHH. ahahaha
and then.. a super smooth transition.. into a new song! called God is Able. (or so ive titled it. haha). i really like it! (msg me if you wanna hear it =P) it was recorded last Nov. album to come in july!!

okay. getting late. well, not really... its almost 9:45pm only. dunno why im feeling so tired and yawning already. =\
but yeah.. im ready to go lie on my bed and drift off into sleep, w/ the fan blowing. =)

signing off for now!
-Pris

1.16.2011

Day 4-6: Jesus Culture conference, Hillsong Church!

so on friday, i went to check out castle towers shopping centre. since i needed to open my bank account (about time.. and im running low on cash. haha)
it was pretty interesting. seeing all the different brands, stores... THERE WAS BBT! lololol
there was a kmart, a really really nice apple store, pizza hut and mcdonalds, found a skate/snowboard/surf store! :D was pretty itneresting! then a bunch of us were gunna meet at the mall and catch a movie or something. but we decided to go to the Jesus Culture conference isntead, cus it was FREE on friday night. bahahaha so why not.!
lets just say... it was an interesting experience. i didnt fully agree with some parts of it (the band and the worship in song part) but the speaker was pretty good. and it was nice to near a north american speaker. haha... the band didnt do "How He Loves" nor "Your Love Never Fails"... so tahts all the songs i knew by them. but they did do 3 other songs (not by them) that i knew so yay! haha...
saturday i just totally bummed around the house. my first day of nothign to do. =) much needed. just sit back, relax, catch up with some ppl from back home, watch a bitta dexter.. haha was good.
sunday! finally sunday! why? cus i get to check out Hillsong Church for the first time! i actually never knew they were a church when i first heard of them. being a teen, and helping out with worship at church/school, of course i knew about Hillsong United. and hooray they came to TO so many times! then after a while, looked up HU on the web, and found out it was a church! not just some christian band from the land of Oz. and wow.. having watched their DVDs (haha.. sleepovers with lorr.... yeup. thats what we did =P), i was pretty excited to actually visit the church!
so here it is! today is the day! and wow... was it different than any sunday ive ever had!
first off, there was no parking in the parking lot. with the 9am service finishing, cars were trying to come out of hte parking lot while the 11am ppl were trying to get in. so we didnt bother, and just parked in a lot on the other side of the road (very nice traffic directing ppl (volunteers from the church) told us to turn into).
as we walked onto the church property, it was just streams of cars AND ppl. it was nuts! the place was flooded with people! total contrast from the first 3 days of arriving at college, when it was quite empty. ppl of all nationalities, ages... it was great! so we walked in thru the front doors, and found our way into the main auditorium.
now... having only seen the auditorium via pics on their official website, this was a first for me (it had been locked the previous days). and WOW. it was like a mini arena built for 3k ppl! it was oval shape like, stage at the front, floor standing/seating area, the sides and back slant/slope up, and there were 2 sections. lower slant, and upper slant. like... WOW.
the place was filled too! all the sections had ppl in them, and were nicely filled. not jam packed, but not like empty patches here and there. maybe a random empty seat near the top rows, but the rest of it was filled!
now.. going back to the standing floor area. y'know how at christian concerts, there usually are seats. but at the front, there will be a section for ppl to go stand up and be in the "praise pit" (aka the mosh pit). this was just a regular sunday morning. and that praise pit was FULL!
the stage set up was also interesting.. as the drums was just in the back corner (also i think this is pretty permanent), and the rest of the stage was empty (other than the watoto presentation's decor and props). but it was empty as in no music stands, cables, monitors, mics + stands, etc. nothing!
as for screens, there were 3 MASSIVE projectors, and 3 screens. 1 giant one in the middle, and 2 smaller ones on the side. lyrics only showed up on the middle one. but all 3 screens would show footage of the worship leader or drummer or whatever the director decided to show.
i counted at least 6 cameras, and the lighting set up was pretty well done. (altho im sure this is standard for every week. if not.. i guess i'll find out soon enough once classes start =P)
so the clock finally struck 11am (okay okay.. no bells, no alarms, no clock.. but y'get the meaning! haha), ppl walked up onto the stage holding their mics/guitars. incredible! the stage was filled! in the back was the drummer, bass, and electric. there might've been a keyboard on the other side. wasnt too sure. we'll say there is. so its a 4 piece band so far. pretty small for hillsong right? im not done yet. hahaha.. then the front of the stage, stood 1 acoustic guitar player (who now put down his mic stand), and like 6 vocalists! it was a really nice arrangement. 6 of them just spread out along hte front, leading all sides of the congregation. apparently, the worship leader was JD (confirmed during dinner time when one of my "fanatic" housemates confessed that she was disappointed taht joel houston wasnt there. haha) so taht was pretty cool. someone that ive seen on dvds, heard on cds, seen live at the queensway cathedral/toronto congress centre/toronto airport church/molson amphitheatre was just leading worship on a regular sunday morning.
they sang 3 songs only. 2 i didnt know (1 was off their most recently album, and 1 hasnt been recorded yet, but not new to the congregation. maybe a few weeks old?), and How Great Is Our God. =) that was pretty powerful. the drummer. oh man.. CRAZY FILLS. take taht travis! (chris tomlin's super simple drummer... well, he was anyways. he's improved a lot now). but it was pretty powerful.
then the watoto group came up and did their presentation (this can be a whole blog entry of its own. but i wont go into it. lets just say i never knew much about child soldiers until now).

the closest i can come to describing this sunday morning.. was like being back at Passion DC 08. ~3-4k of ppl worshipping in a stadium/arena setting. except of it being a 2 day conference event, this will be a weekly event. with a saturday night service, and 3 sunday services.
definitely excited!

why did i move here so early? ive still got a week before enrollment/orientation. i wnat school to start... NOW. haha
maybe this year will breeze by when school starts.
i cant wait!

PS. yes this heat and humidity and lack of ac and australian creatures still sucks.

1.13.2011

day 3: 7hr ikea trip!

well.. it took up more than 7hrs. more like 9, if you include going from home to school, and waiting for everyone, then from school to home. but lets not include that.
so for what would've been a 1/2hr car ride, it took us 2hrs to walk/bus/train/train/walk to ikea... ONE WAY.
then we spent about 3hrs there (lol) then another 2hrs coming back. dangs... haha
and its so insanely hot right now too.

its so different living in sydney.
where i am, its kinda like york region of markham: ppl drive everywhere. public transportation SUCKS. and everywhere is really really spread out so walking takes forever, altho its like next door.
also, the roads/streets arent grid-like. they're curvy/slanted, twisty, etc. so you cant just hop on a bus going in that direction and hope to end up at your destination... cus you wont.
but ah well... forget the bus system. i dont even know where things are yet! =\

as of right now... living in sydney sucks.
its like 27C today, will be 30C 2mrw, and theres no a/c. but at the same time, you dont really want a/c cus it doubles the price of rent.
so with no a/c, we open the windows. and the animals are SO LOUD. bugs and birds chirping, other things making other noises...
the spiders are massive.
random creepy crawlies everywhere.
=(

i can only hope school itself will be amazing.
altho, my housemates are pretty cool right now.
sucks that i gotta share a room (for this semester anyways), and theres 5 of us sharing 1 bathroom. (7 girls in the house, but 2 girls share an en suite room).
we have 1 fridge (back at summit, there were 5 of us and 2 fridges was barely enough. lol)

but yeah... right now, tis just so hot that im just... ranting. its so uncomfortable cus its humid hot.
im used to dry hot in toronto, and once we step indoors, theres a/c. but not here.

lets hope it only gets better from here.
cant wait til this jetlag is gone.
cant wait til school starts.
cant wait til the weather cools down.
cant wait til i adjust to this new lifestyle.

im going to hug an ice cube.


PS. this was too negative of a post. so here are some good things:
- at least i have internet (albeit, its ridiculously slow).
- meeting some awesome ppl (both the students who have been here for a semester, and the new intakes =))
- its a new learning experience. altho im not really enjoying it (adjusting to change), its better than the routine of wake up, work, go home, maybe nap, dinner, sleep, repeat.
that was definitely no life for me (not at that job anyways)

1.09.2011

DE... wait for it... LAYED! delayed!

one of the most annoying words when you're travelling (especially by plane), is "delayed".
sometimes its due to uncontrollable circumstances, like weather.
other times, like right now, its cus of a random unscheduled detailed plane maintenance check that will last at least 4hrs?
satan really is trying to not get me to hillsong. another fellow canadian schoolmate is also delayed, but in San Fran.

ah well. theres a first for everything.
for me, its spending the night at an airport =P

oh yeah, so at harvest, they feed the worship team (and others serving) with a lil snack/breakfast kinda dealio on sunday mornings, between services.
so i guess you can say im used to getting free food.
so when the plane got delayed and everyone got off back at the gate, there were a few cases of bottled water and 1 box of (individually packed) cookies. and oh my.. ppl were grabbing like animals!
i took my time... needed to use the washroom first. haha.. then came back and got myself a bottle of water.
so i took a seat, and enjoyed my (1 of 3) chinese bakery buns (yay! thanks to my aunt!). then this lady and her daughter (probs around my age.. the daughter that is), sits down across from me. 2 ppl, 4 bottles of water, and at least 10 packs of cookies.
like for serious? its for 4hrs. you're not stocking up for the rest of the flight.
then i remembered...
...
...
this is a flight full of mostly asian ppl, going to taipei. -_-


PS. greetings from YVR. haha

1.03.2011

6 more days!!!

its a time of goodbyes, lots of meals, hugs, "awwww... i'll miss you!"s, more food, throw in some bbt, and prayers. =)
but there are 2 topics that ALWAYS come up.
1) bring me a souvenir!
2) you're gunna meet a hot surfer dude!

the most interesting part about the souvenirs, are the requests ppl make. and the top 2 requests are:
1) smuggle me back a live baby koala/platypus/joey!!
2) if you meet someone down there, bring him back... AND his siblings/cousins/friends.. for me! i'll definitely take one!

now as for the "hot surfer dude that im gunna meet", theres more to it. actually, i feel sorry for "that guy", and im wondering if he even exists!
why?
cus everyone's adding in all these requirements for him, that he's turning out to be the humanly perfect guy! haha.. he's gotta be...
a man of God
a surfer
hot body - washboard abs
plays guitar
leads worship
can sing
plays ball sports
has a charming accent
lovely hair
"dr. chase"...
TOO MANY MOVIES PPL. hahaha
the other requirement was that i gotta bring him back (along with his family/friends). and im not allowed to stay there. hah..
but all jokes aside, if i do meet someone, theres gunna be a LOT of pressure on him when i introduce him to everyone here at home =P