always remember
Farrah Fawcett died today. Michael Jackson also died today. Those are the 2 headlines dominating the news today, at least in Canada & the US as far as I can tell. While these deaths are really sad, I can't help but think of those who died today (and recently in the past few weeks) that didn't get the same attention →
5 am update
I just got back from a 2 week vacation in Hong Kong earlier this week and wow, what an unbelievably great trip! Unfortunately, one of the side effects of traveling halfway around the world is being up at 5 in morning right now. So what better way to pass the time until the rest of the family wakes than to →
move over taco bell!
I have just discovered the most delicious Mexican fast food ever: Chipotle! They've got a really simple menu, fast & efficient assembly line style service, huge servings at reasonable prices (not cheap, but not expensive either), simple modern decor, and the most important part: scrumptious food. I kind of just stumbled upon it this evening as I was looking for someplace →
speed of light?
How does news travel so fast? I know we're well into the information age and with all sorts of communication technology, information can travel at the blink of an eye. But it still astounds me how fast some news travels, especially things that involve myself. For example, just tonight at worship practice, one of the vocalists, Beth, mentioned how she heard →
to have and to hold
Just got back from one my many visits to Toronto 2 days ago. I made the trek up with my parents for yet another wedding. The last one for me, at least for this summer. It's been kind of a wedding blitz for me these last 2 weeks. First, 2 weddings in 2 weekends, and then finding out in between →
a tribute
This is a tribute to somebody I barely knew for an hour today. He was full of life and seemed to have fun no matter what. He seemed like a great friend to those close to him and very friendly. Unfortunately, he was struck and killed by a car this afternoon. His name was "Joff" I believe and he was a →
i want your money!
Before getting into the main part of this post, two quick things: just got to Vancouver today for a week long vaca here with the family and family friends and will be going on a week long Alaskan cruise on Saturday. Had japanese food for supper and wow! The sushi and sashimi here is soooooooo much better than the stuff →
lazy afternoon
Picture this: clear blue sky, bright inviting sun, warm soft sand, scrumptious sushi, hardly a soul around, cool ice cream and nothing to do but relax. That's what my afternoon was like. Enjoying what will be my last completely free weekday for the summer, Tianne & I went to the beach just to soak in the sun and veg out. We →
it’s a beautiful day…part 2
Why part 2? Cause of this previous post. 'nuff said. Did any of you get to go and enjoy the great weather we had in TO today? Absolutely gorgeous. Spring has come! :) To make a great day better, spend it having a great lunch at Peter Pan with your mom, take a stroll around downtown for an hour, and have your →
shameless promos
So, just as the title indicates, I'm going to shamelessly promote some up coming events. But before that, for those who care, a little update with the happenings of this lazy student. So, in the past 2 months, I've been cut for cancer, saw a phantom terrorize an opera house, saw/listened to Switchfoot at Kool Haus (check out the vids here), →
jehovah jireh
Just a quick background before I get into this post. So, for U of T Chinese Christian Fellowship's winter retreat this year, we've faced some challenges in the past couple of months, the biggest one being financial. There were very few places we could hold our retreat on the weekend we wanted (that being next weekend) and one of the places →
themes, trains, & tcelebrations (the ‘t’ is silent, couldn’t think up of another ‘t’ word, so i made one up)
As you may have noticed, I've changed the look of my blog recently. This was more for practical reasons than aesthetics. I loved the old theme, but the blog column was too narrow, I couldn't put pictures in the middle of text effectively, so I changed it to this one. Hope ya like it. Just got back into TO from Leamington →
urbana 06: day 5
I'm positive. HIV positive. Actually, I was infected only for about 20 minutes. Today, I finally visited the World Vision booth and went through the AIDS Experience (if you click on the link, you can go through the online version). I became Timothy, a young boy from Malawi. I experienced (or as close to experiencing it as I could) what he went →
urbana 06: day 4
How I'm still functioning and not passed out on the floor, sick as a dog (quite a peculiar expresssion by the way) is only by God's grace. It's been so draining physically these past 4 days, but I'm still going. Looking forward to the last day tomorrow. It's going to be great. We fasted from lunch today. Just as a way →
urbana 06: day 3
Hmmm...yesterday's post was rather long. I'll try to keep this one short. Same schedule as yesterday, just different passages and different speakers. Getting to know the other floor proctors more and some of the exhibitors too. Continuing to connect with them. Tonight, we had an extended session where the second half of the session focused on HIV/AIDS. I've been looking forward →
urbana 06: day 2
Another 24 hours has passed and there's so much to say again. I guess I'm doing these entries more for myself than for you, whoever is reading this. This is kind of a way for me to keep a record of what's happened at Urbana this year. So here we go again, day 2: first the happenings, then the thoughts. Started →
urbana 06: day 1
I love this free wireless. I never thought I'd still be connected to the net here at Urbana. These couches in lobby are pretty comfortable too. Too bad I can't sleep here. So it's been a day and a half since I registered for Urbana and so much has happened. Tried a bison meat burger, registered for Urbana, saw the huge →
ramblings from a hotel lobby
So I've already been up for 7 hours (minus the hour and a half I was asleep on the plane) now and it's only 11 in the morning. Good ol' 7 am flights forcing you to leave the house at 4 am. So I'm in St. Louis now for the tri-annual Urbana conference. Except I'm not quite there yet. As →
unconditional love
The other day, I was just standing there, at the Cecil & Spadina streetcar stop, listening to my iPod, when this guy comes up to me and says, "You're not dressed for the grey cup!" So I take off one earbud and respond, "No, not much of a football fan." And so starts one of the most random but most →
weekends are too short
So many distractions: youtube, late night ice cream, world series, melted cheesey goodness on toast, nhl, chillin', the list goes on. If only these things weren't so enjoyable, maybe, just maybe I'd get more work done. But I wouldn't trade the chill times for anything (save for the big JC). More than the owning/barely-passing/failing of tests, doing a job well →
last beautiful autumn day?
It's 2am, and I'm still up...why? I don't know, I never seem to go to bed before 1 these days. Interesting weekend. Thanksgiving dinner at CCF on Friday. Great times. Good food + food for the soul. Very unproductive Saturday. Went out for lunch with the parents and my grandma before she heads back to HK. Very yummy dim sum. Weird →
falling autumn
It's that time of year once again. When the leaves change colour, school work builds up, and you don't know what to wear in the morning because it's cool in the morning/evening but warm in the afternoon. Stupid weird fall weather. Great night last night. Scrumptious pizza and seafood at John's Italian Cafe with many many friends, a little "surprise" cake →
one day our generation, is gonna rule the population
Wow, it's been a while since I've been on here. So much has happened in the past month, so a quick update. Back at school in Toronto, last year of EE at UT, should be an awesome one. Internship at IBM was great, but also glad to be back in school. Busy, busy, busy past 3 weeks with CCF stuff: →
long weekends and patio nights
It's been a while since I've written anything, so here's a little update. Went home last weekend for the long weekend. Lots of fun and rest. Good home cooking. Saw Talladega nights with Jeff & Peters. Good times. "Watch your mouth, you little pot-licker, or I'll throw you in a microwave!" :) Ran into Phil at the train station and →
