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 that I have an interview next week and that she’d pray for me. Sweet! But I was once again surprised, because I had only gotten the call about the interview earlier that day and only 3 other people knew about, or so I thought. Apparently my mom had talked to her between me telling my mom and me seeing her at practice.
And just last week, same thing. This time, when I was volunteering at school, the secretary inquired about an upcoming opportunity for me. She was of course referring to an interview I had later on that week, but again, I had only found out the day before and had only mentioned it to 3 other people at that point. Still haven’t figured out how she found out so fast.
So news does travel at the speed of light I guess, even when you don’t expect it.
“Hey, I’m not even sure there’s such a thing as the Internet. It might just be Jeannie telling everyone stuff.”
~ Matt from the TV Show, Studio 60 ~
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 in T dot. Yum!
- overheard this from 2 girls sitting at a table next to mine last night at Pho Hung (a Vietemese restaurant): “I’ve never seen a Chinese restaurant so full before! Except for Mandarin!”
oh cultural ignorance…
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Anyways, onto the main part of this post: your money! That’s right, as the subject explicity implies, I want it! But not for myself! Cause that would be pretty selfish and greedy of me! I want it for the Canadian Cancer Society! I, along with 10 others, will be participating in the annual Relay for Life at Forest Hill Memorial Park on June 22nd. We’ll basically be staying up all night, taking turns walking around a track for 12 hours to support those who have cancer, remember those who have died from, and rais money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
So please support me and pledge some money! Any amount will do and you can even do it online here! So even if you live half way around the world, there’s no excuse for not pledging! 
I’ve set a goal of $1500 and I know that with your help, I can meet and exceed that! (in span of a week, 4 of us raised over $600 through cuts for cancer, so $1500 in a month should be nothing!)
And to sweeten the deal, here’s what I’ll do: if I receive at least $1500 in pledges, I’ll wax my legs at the relay for life. I’m also open to suggestions if you have some other crazy thing you’d like to see me do. Of course, if I agree to a suggestion, I may increase the minimum pledge total depending on the degree of crazyness of the suggestion.
You can also help me try to win $7,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society from 102.1 The Edge by joining my facebook group here!
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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 got some take out sushi, ate at the beach, then just relaxed in the nice warm sand. The lake was so calm & blue and the sky was so clear that if it weren’t for the shoreline across the lake, you wouldn’t have been able to tell where the lake ended and the sky started. Nothing beats a nice nap on the beach under the sun either. There was maybe 50 other people at the beach, so there was plenty of room on the beach and it was really quiet and relaxing. And to top it off, the ice cream man was there. Good, creamy, cool goodness.
Ahhhhh….what a great way to start off the summer!
(wish I had pics of how nice it was to share with you, but alas, I did not bring my camera)
tagged
I was tagged by Gendi in a note on facebook a little while back and hence this post:
So, here’s how it works:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question/heading (e.g. opening credits, waking up, etc), type the song that’s playing
- When you go to a new question/ heading, press the next button
- Don’t lie
Sound track of my life:
Opening Credits – He’s My Son, Mark Shultz
Waking Up – The Wisdom of Snow (Instrumental), Trans Siberian Orchestra
First Day of High School – Hurt, Christina Aguilera
Falling in Love – Angels Losing Sleep, Our Lady Peace
Fight Song – You Are Worthy Of My Praise, Sonicflood (hmmm….)
Breaking up – La Luna Che Non C’e, Andrea Bocelli
Prom – Will You Worship, Elevator Radio
Sex Scene – Redeemer Saviour Friend, Integrity Worship Singers (ummm….)
Mental Breakdown – We Speak to Nations, Israel Houghton
Driving – This Christmas Day, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Flashback – Little Lotte…/The Mirror (Angel of Music), Phantom of the Opera
Proposing – Made of Steel, Our Lady Peace
Wedding – Feel Better, Wally (a friend of mine’s original recording)
Birth of Child – The Spectrum Song, Disney
Final Battle – Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Death scene – O Come O Come Emmanuel, Nicole C. Mullen
Funeral – My Answer Is You, Brian Littrell (yes, I have Brian on my computer, no shame)
Closing Credits – Daughters, John Mayer
hmmm…kind of interesting. Didn’t think so many Christmas songs would come up. Thought John Mayer would have come up more with the amount of tracks I have of him. meh, whatever. ‘Twas a good way to kill time.
I’m suppose to tag 10 other people, but I’ve never been a big fan of these, so I won’t. I hope the time you spent reading this was as…uh…fulfillng as the time that I spent writing this.
1 year
Hmmm…don’t know if I should share this, but whatever, it could be worse… I don’t think with my heart, do I?
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So, it’s been 1 year to the day since I started this blog. Lots has happened. Some good, some bad, but all worth it. Here’s to another year of online randomness!
happy pi day!
PS For those of you reading my notes on facebook, please view the original site here. I often add pictures to posts after the fact and those don’t get imported to facebook. Also, embedded youtube videos don’t show up in facebook notes (like the one in yesterday’s post).
fifty questions
1.Where were you 1 hour ago?
At home, in the kitchen, preparing supper.
2. When is the last time you filled up your gas tank?
Don’t own a car, but had to fill up my parents’ car back during Thanksgiving.
3. What is the most amount of money you spent in one store?
Do online stores count? I spent about 2 Gs at the apple store back in August.
4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
my skin?
5. When is the last time you went to the mall?
Last Wednesday, to the Eaton Centre with Margo.
6. Are you wearing socks right now?
Yes.
7. Do you have a car worth over $5,000?
The question should be: do I have a car? No.
8. When was the last time you drove out of town?
Thanksgiving, to Windsor.
9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Nope, stupid exams
10. Do you consider yourself kind?
Yeah, I guess so. I don’t think anyone has called me cold-hearted before.
11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Diet blueberry green tea. Didn’t know it was diet until it was too late…bleh…aspertine
12. Last thing you mailed?
AFC Urbana bus registration forms and cheques.
13. Do you wash your car?
Refer answer for question 7.
14. Last fast food you ate?
Pasta at the MaRS food court this afternoon.
15. Where were you last week at this time?
At home, getting supper ready. Tuesday nights are my nights to cook.
16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Nope.
17. Do you believe that opposites attract?
Of course! It’s one of the fundamental laws of electrostatics!
18. Heavy or light sleeper?
Heavy, definitely heavy.
19. Are you impatient?
Don’t think so. I can wait.
20. Your dream vacation?
hmmmm…got to be someplace where there’s snow. Maybe skiing in the Alps?
21. Last boat ride you went on?
In the summer, taking the ferry across to Centre Island, for Derek’s last day in T dot. *sniff* 
22. How old are your parents?
Wonder if they’d mind me putting this up: 55 & 54.
23. Are you in love?
Maybe…
24. Do you have any single friends?
Yup, lots of them!
25. Last play you saw?
Do musicals count? If they do, then it’d be Wicked (which by the way, one of the best musicals ever!) If not, then it’d have to be Skule Nite 0T6, if that counts as a play.
26. Have you been to New York?
Nope, I’d love to be able to go one day.
27. What are your plans for tonight?
Eat, study, sleep. Fun times.
28. Last concert you went to?
The Killers! What a concert, soo good!
29. Next trip you are going to take?
Back home to Leamington for Christmas break.
30. Ever go to camp?
Yup! Good times.
31. Were you an honor roll student in school?
In elementary and high school. Not so much in uni.
32. Favorite Month?
December. ‘Cause that’s when winter starts. Not because that’s my birth month.
33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?
Nope. I don’t even own cologne. Just a free bottle of Axe I got during Frosh week a few years ago.
34. Are you hungry?
Yes. Elton, come home!
35. What is your favorite part of the chicken?
The thigh I guess. mmmmm….dark meat.
36. Do you own a cowboy hat?
No, that’d be cool though.
37. Do you have a tan?
haha, I wish.
38. How old do you want to be when you have kids?
hmmm…I don’t know. Never thought about that one. Early to mid thirties?
39. Does anything hurt on your body right now?
Nope. Yay!
40. What’s your favorite Starbucks drink?
Ick…don’t even get me started on Starbucks. First of all, don’t like coffee. Second of all, Starbucks is waaaay too overpriced.
41. Last time you got pulled over?
Back in the summer after 2nd year, I think. Ran a stop sign. I know, not my brightest moment.
42. Ever been arrested?
Nope, but did you ever hear of the time when Chris and Derek were brought into the police station? 
43. Did you do sports in high school?
Yup, swimming and tennis.
44. Do you like hot sauce?
Oh yeah, who doesn’t?
45. What is your cell phone’s ringtone?
CTU’s ringtone from 24. My name is Jack Bauer and this is the longest day of my life.
46. Do you need to do laundry?
Nope, I should be good for the rest of the week.
47. How long have you been at your current job?
Unemployed right now. I’m paying them so they can torture me.
48. Do you hold grudges?
Nope.
49. Are you rich?
Not money-wise, but definitely with the people in my life.
50. Last person you called?
Gizelle, trying to see how she likes her steak.
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 interesting conversations.
We get talking about all sorts of things, or rather, he gets talking about a lot of things. I don’t remember saying much myself but listening more, which I was more than happy to do. He tells me about his two kids, a son and daughter. How his son’s into football and his daughter’s (who he says, of course, is beautiful) into rugby. He tells me about how he recently went to the African Lion Safari with them and had so much fun, even more than his kids did. I find out he’s a mathematician from Queen’s but will be working in South Africa soon for a few months. But the thing I’ll remember from this conversation, is how there’s no other feeling like that of unconditional love for his kids. To see his face light up, to see that great smile eminating from his mouth, that twinkle in his eye, when he tells me about how great it is to be a parent and to have the no-holds-bar kind of love for his kids.
Wow. I hope I’ll get that opportunity one day to show that joy of the love I have for my kids.
white and nerdy
Whoever did this, they’re my hero. Who tags a wall with “pi”? hahaha! It’s just so white and nerdy, like me, except that I’m not white, um, but yeah…jokes.
i’m a loner
It’s official, I’m a loner:
I was updating my profile at this one naruto fan website (for those of you don’t know what naruto is, check out the first episode here and tell me you don’t love it) and after I was done and looked at my profile, I was presented with this:
I guess it was bound to get out sooner or later…:P
Not much substance in this post. Just killing time/procrastinating on doing homework before worship practice. Quote of the week, courtesy of Edwin:
Not everyone has such a sublime tuft of hair like you.
ESTJ
Took a short Jung personality test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI) today here. The results:
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ESTJ – “Administrator”. Much in touch with the external environment. Very responsible. Pillar of strength. 8.7% of total population. |
For those of you don’t know what the letters mean, here’s a quick breakdown, I am:
- extroverted (E) as opposed to introverted (I)
- sensing (S) as opposed to intuitive (N)
- thinking (T) as opposed to feeling (F)
- judging (J) as opposed to perceiving (P)
Side note: I actually scored 50% perceiving, 50% judging, so it could have went either way.
I think it’s pretty accurate. Especially the “Adminstrator” in the description part. What do you think?
4 legged geese???
since when did geese have 4 legs? that's some strange water the geese drink in washington…
http://video.sympatico.msn.com/v/en-ca/v.htm?g=adb2201e-1ed8-4c69-80b6-57c30908b36e&f=rssimbot_en-ca
i’m singing in the rain (well, not really, but that’s how I feel!)
These past 2 days have been awesome. It all started with Future Blue Day yesterday at IBM. Good times with all the other interns, taking a day off, playing games together, eating BBQ, going on a scavenger, just good times, even if it was raining intermitently. Then came the adventure worship practice downtown. Got picked up by Gizelle in the middle of one of the craziest storms ever. Clears up before we get to the DVP, but then we get soaked by some corvette while we were inside our own car! I mean, who does that happen to?!?! Apparently us. Practice was great, but realizing how we need to recruit some people to fill in the missing spots. Joined CCF for dinner at where else? Kowloon. Topped off the night with super sweet (literally & figuratively) desserts from Future's and then retired in the super hot 3rd floor of 218.
Woke up this morning to a much much cooler day and went to work downtown. Met up with Karen from Ottawa for lunch at Salad King…mmmmm…sooo good. I can't quite handle 5 chillis as well anymore though, seems that I'm losing my spicy tolerance. Figured out how to get Karen to her interview (at which she got a job offer right after the interview, congrats Karen! don't know if you'll see this, but congrats!) and then checked out the new MacBooks at the Apple store in Eaton Centre before heading back to work. Wowsa! They are nice! Oh man, I so want one now…hopefully I'll have enough saved up at the end of summer for it. After work, went back uptown in the mad rush hour subway traffic. Ugh, never carry a full backpack and duffle bag with you while trying to get onto the subway during rush hour, not fun. Kind of re-affirmed my preference not to settle down in a large city. I don't know how people make that trip on the subway twice a day, 5 days a week. Anways, got back uptown, tutored then came back to my aunt's to reply to some overdue e-mails and to type this up.
Phew! It's been busy, but as I said, an awesome 2 days!
