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 →
a moving reminder from an unlikely source
Figuring out what I'm doing next has left me a lot free time on my hands right now and to pass some of the time, I've been watching some Gossip Girl. Not particularly proud of admitting that, I don't even like the show, but it has this weird way of drawing me in. But in spite of my dislike of →
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 →
what’s next?
"There will be books written about Harry - every child in our world will know his name!" Anyone know where that quote is from? If you guessed Harry Potter, kudos to you! I just started reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone again for like the 5th time (you could say I'm a fan of the books) and came across this quote →
something more…
It's been a really long time since I've even touched this blog. Surprisingly, people have still come and visited over the last 7 months, even though there has been nothing new to read. Well, now you have something new to read! So, two things: my online presence is back, and there'll be some minor changes. This blog will be a →
it all makes cents?
Sorry 'bout the lame title. I was trying to come up with a catchy title, but that was the best I could do. Money. Cash. Moolah. Squid. It's all around us. We need/want it. Can't live without it. Some say it's the root of all evil. Some say it'll buy us anything, including happiness. Some say a million of it will →
grace
It's been a while since I've been on here. Haven't posted since Urbana ('cept for the post about the annonymous offering, could not not share that, if you know what I mean). But yeah, just been a while. Part of the reason for that is because it's been an interesting 2 months in my life. It's been interesting because I've kind →
’twas the before christmas
It's Christmas eve. And what am I doing? Sitting in the basement, watching episodes of the West Wing. How so very Christmasy. For some reason, this year, it just doesn't feel like Christmas to me. Normally, I love this time of year and it's awesome to celebrate. But this year, it feels like any other day of the year, except that →
relationships
This one is inevitable. If you've talked to me at some point in the last 2 weeks of November, you may know that this has been on my mind a lot: relationships, specifically the ones of the guy-girl flavour. And I'm not the only one, some of my other friends have been thinking and blogging about this too. Now, what made →
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 →
O Deus é bom! God is good!
Just a short disclaimer before I start this post: this is going to be super long. So be prepared to be reading for a while if you you're going to read this. If you don't feel like reading through all this, you can just browse through the photos and read the important stuff in the last 5, 6 paragraphs. You →
boa noite! (good evening!)
Day 7 of my trip in Brazil. What to say, it's been quite the experience so far. Great food: been eating feijão (beans) every day and it has surprisingly been good to my digestive system. Great people: the Brazilians are really friendly and I'm still getting use to greeting/saying goodbye to everyone with hugs & kisses. Great weather: about 20-25 →
so ends an era…
Toronto's population has gone down by one. Seems kind of insignificant considering the GTA has a population of over 5 million. But the one that has left is no other than Derek Cheng. He left yesterday. He has gone back to his homeland in HK and left an unfillable hole here in TO. To many, he was a great friend and →
hot mugginess
hmmm...so another week begins. Craziness with the unwarned TTC strike today. It took my cousin 2 1/2 hours to drive downtown to work. Man am I blessed to be able to walk to work and not worry about transportation. There was a wedding this past weekend, Toby's to be exact. Was invited but didn't go, kind of regretting it now. I →
humbled and blessed
Wow, it's been crazy over the last couple of weeks. For those of you don't know, I've been helping organize the Campus Challenge conference over the past 8-9 months and we just finished the conference earlier today. All I can say is that I have been humbled and blessed beyond imagination. Humbled by how God has just supplied EVERYTHING, from →
none live for themselves?
So, my parents and sister are back home now (in the best place to live in Canada, ;)). Just saw them last night as they made a stop here in TO before heading home. Can't believe my sister has already finished a year of university. Man I'm getting old. Speaking of the end of the school year, this always seems to →
