i knew not what i was getting myself into when i agreed to be a part of hope chapel's powderpuff team. thanks to it, however, i have come to learn that the shop on the sky lobby of my client's building sells hot dogs and pizzas, the cafe on the corner of the street sells cappuccino and espresso, there is a dunkin donuts on the intersection of light st. and lombard st., there is a pig on the display window of a restaurant on redwood st. holding a chalkboard that says "wakie wakie," and there are exactly 15 steps from my house basement to the 2nd level and 16 steps from 2nd to 3rd.

being a bit limited in mobility/speed after our practice on sunday, i've become quite observant. :) there are so many signs and interesting things that i would fail to notice on a normal, fast-paced day that i can't help but notice when i'm moving slower than a 78-year-old grandma.

but my body is actually much better now compared to how it's been the last 2 days. the only part that's not really recovered is my legs (i can get in and out of my car much quicker though, so i'm making progress).

i just hope i recover fully by sunday for our 2nd practice. so i can do this all over again. *sigh*

been a slow day.


can't wait to go home and finish the prisoner of azkaban.

i've been having some weird dreams lately (flying trains and such)... i think harry, ron, and hermione might've appeared in one piece of my dream the other night.

someone just recommended the conspiracy of fools to me, so it's next on my list. supposedly, it's a really well-written book on the fall of Enron. i wonder what sort of dreams i'll have with that.

:/

my fingertips haven't been the same since i've started learning guitar.
and i love it.

it's like the pain you feel the day after you've had a rigorous workout.

good pain.

*********

thank God it's FRIDAY.

my order of preference of days in the week:

saturday
sunday
friday
thursday
tuesday
monday
wednesday

what's your favorite day?

;)

*********

What if I climbed that mountain
What if I swam to that shore
What if every battle was victorious
then would You love me more? Would You love me more?
What if I were everybody's first choice
What if I went farther than before
What if I stood high above the rest
then would You love me more? Would You love me more?

You say I belong to You
apart from the things I do
You say I belong to You I'm in awe of why You do
Why You do, why You do
I'm in awe of You

What if I ignored the hand that fed me
What if I forgot to confess
What if I stumbled down that mountain
then would You love me less?
Lord would You love me less
What if I were everyone's last choice
What if I mixed in with the rest
What if I failed what I passed before then would You love me less
Lord would You, would You love me less

What have I done to deserve Your son sent to die for me?
What can I give
I want to live
give me eyes to see
In a world that keeps changing
there's one thing that I know is true
Your love is staying
there's nothing else I'll hold onto

man, i don't feel too well.
i guess i should've taken my own advice and not read while driving.
oh well.

********

harry potter 2 is good. :)

chocolate is all gone. >:(

i really really want a vacation. :(

i have scabies. :/

yesterday, i left work a little early to tag along with chris to my middle school, where he was hoping to get some parents to sign their kids up for a research he's conducting. and boy, it was a weird feeling.

just like any other time i go back to a place from childhood, i expected everything to look a lot smaller than i remembered. but no, it was all as it had been when i was there. the hallways, the lockers, the smell, even the bathroom were all so familiar.

i think the weird feeling came from the meshing of two different worlds: one of me at 11 years old fighting my friends to sit at the end seat at "our" lunch table and another of me at 23 years old excitedly pointing out to my boyfriend that table i used to sit at. little did i know that i'd be back at that same place 10 years later, so different, so grown-up, yet just as child-like.

i passed my orchestra room and was surprised to find ms. maglaras (mrs. winfield to me) at her computer. we had kept in touch for a few years after i moved onto high school, and i actually ran into her a year or two ago, but when i saw her at the same place she used to reprimand us for getting into sword fights with our bows, i felt like a kid again! she couldn't believe i was all grown up. =)

the funny thing was, i not only remembered this school from 10 years ago, i remembered it just as clearly from recurring nightmares of the first day of school that i had as an adult. i dunno why i have dreams like that, but for some reason, school dreams are always at cockeysville middle.


all in all, going there made me happy.


on a side note, i just finished the first harry potter book and am now reading the second one. to my surprise, it's quite good. i have never in my life attempted to read while driving. one thing is for sure, i don't recommend it.

;)

i love godiva. yes, what can i say, i am a girl after all. after i hesitantly offered some to my mom, i told her she could only take a bite out of each one, so that i can taste them all. and i refuse to offer any to my sister. you never know, she's pregnant. she might throw a fit if i tell her she can't have too much.

a wise person in my small group once said, "we need to start talking to ourselves more."

i can't agree more.

our thoughts move from one to another and follow its usual meaningless course if not conciously dwelled upon or spoken.

on friday night, p. iggi urged us to talk to God.
yes, God knows all our thoughts, but do we?

i don't.

how much more could the Holy Spirit be working in my heart and through my conscious thoughts, i wonder.

***************

10.10.05
happy one-year-and-a-half anniversary.

something that hyeree prayed in small group really encouraged me.

indeed, obedience is not a burden but freedom and joy.


what an impact such words of wisdom has had on me as of late.

only God can satisfy my every need.


i've heard and said this many times but never believed it.

and what a world of difference it makes.