I was just about to start whining and complain on this blog post about life in general today but then suddenly, my iTunes shuffled itself to the Bee Gee's Stayin' Alive.
Now I know that even my iTunes is rooting for me。 Ah, what a relieve.
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm.
I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right, it's O.K.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Well now, I get low and I get high
And if I can't get either I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose.
You know it's all right, it's O.K.
I'll live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Stayin' alive
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm.
I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right, it's O.K.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Stayin' alive
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Stayin' alive
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dear God
So, when You want me to do something or go somewhere, You will use whatever possible way to grab my attention and make me know that that is what You want, right?
Okay God. I need a huge sign. Call me, text me, msn me, email me, facebook me, tell me. I will even visit Twitter more often so that You will have the option of tweeting me, okay? I need a sign so big that I will not be able to make an excuse or a reason to doubt it. And You know how good I am at making excuses so You really need to think of a good sign. And when You show me this sign, make sure I know for sure that it's for me and no one else. Make sure You make me understand that this is my road and that no one else can walk it for me. Oh, and make sure that You remind me that if I don't do Your will, no matter how difficult it might look, my own paths will always be more difficult.
And for my part, I will be extra attentive. I will pay attention to everything that happens around me and everything that the people around me say in case You're trying to reach me. I will pray extra hard and read my Bible more often. I will pay more attention in Sunday school, Joshua and worship. I will pay attention to the lyrics of the song that we sing at Church. I will even memorize Bible verses.
Okay, so we got a deal, eh? I know You want me to do Your will, so You really gotta tell me, aite?
And so my waiting begins.
Okay God. I need a huge sign. Call me, text me, msn me, email me, facebook me, tell me. I will even visit Twitter more often so that You will have the option of tweeting me, okay? I need a sign so big that I will not be able to make an excuse or a reason to doubt it. And You know how good I am at making excuses so You really need to think of a good sign. And when You show me this sign, make sure I know for sure that it's for me and no one else. Make sure You make me understand that this is my road and that no one else can walk it for me. Oh, and make sure that You remind me that if I don't do Your will, no matter how difficult it might look, my own paths will always be more difficult.
And for my part, I will be extra attentive. I will pay attention to everything that happens around me and everything that the people around me say in case You're trying to reach me. I will pray extra hard and read my Bible more often. I will pay more attention in Sunday school, Joshua and worship. I will pay attention to the lyrics of the song that we sing at Church. I will even memorize Bible verses.
Okay, so we got a deal, eh? I know You want me to do Your will, so You really gotta tell me, aite?
And so my waiting begins.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Julie & Julia
This movie just gave me the most exciting/bizarre/impractical idea:
Maybe I should go into cooking school after I finish this May and do something I absolutely love - cooking and eating.
Maybe I should go into cooking school after I finish this May and do something I absolutely love - cooking and eating.
Monday, January 18, 2010
24
i watched the season premier of 24 with benny today. i didn't think it was that good haha...maybe because I fell asleep halfway. I always say Sundays are tiring.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Haiti
i don't know how quite to explain this frustration.
My homepage is the Globe and Mail website and for the past two days, every time i opened my internet browser (which is all the time), the first thing I see are photos of the devastation and chaos in Haiti. I don't know who to complain to because it is so unfair for an earthquake to hit the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere - the country that is guaranteed to have one of the highest number of deaths and damages if a earthquake should hit, as it two days ago. Then of course, an earthquake is but a natural disaster so I can't blame a natural disaster for a 'decision' that it did not make.
Another thing that frustrates me is the fact that I am just sitting here. Of course it is totally unrealistic for any of us to pack our bags, go to the airport, and try to hail the next flight to Haiti to go and 'help out', but there should be more than just sitting here and reading the updates. Donating to the Red Cross alleviated this frustration slightly but I still feel like I didn't do enough.
These guys are in Haiti right now, helping out. Read what they have to say.
My homepage is the Globe and Mail website and for the past two days, every time i opened my internet browser (which is all the time), the first thing I see are photos of the devastation and chaos in Haiti. I don't know who to complain to because it is so unfair for an earthquake to hit the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere - the country that is guaranteed to have one of the highest number of deaths and damages if a earthquake should hit, as it two days ago. Then of course, an earthquake is but a natural disaster so I can't blame a natural disaster for a 'decision' that it did not make.
Another thing that frustrates me is the fact that I am just sitting here. Of course it is totally unrealistic for any of us to pack our bags, go to the airport, and try to hail the next flight to Haiti to go and 'help out', but there should be more than just sitting here and reading the updates. Donating to the Red Cross alleviated this frustration slightly but I still feel like I didn't do enough.
These guys are in Haiti right now, helping out. Read what they have to say.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Chinese white food (not white Chinese food)
Went to Joe's Atlantic Grill (near church) for breakfast today. Excellent hash and eggs benedict. Turns out the cook (maybe even the owner?) was a Mandarin speaking Chinese. Never underestimate the ability of Chinese people to cook white.
Monday, January 11, 2010
new year's resolutions and 王貽興
i don't really have the habit of writing down new year's resolutions or even making them because 1. it seems like i forget about them quickly, 2. i probably never get around to trying to consciously achieving them, 3. i don't know when a goal is 'reasonable' and when it is 'too easy', 4. my goals seem to change every now and then and 5. i usually don't feel like confining myself to doing certain things for the rest of the year. I think I just make do with a nebulous idea of approximately what would be nice to accomplish this year and don't bother writing it down.
Any how, today was a no-ubc day and went out to get some stuff done that somehow all had some relations to my ambiguous webs of goals now that I think about it. Firstly, I went 'gym-shopping' (Fitness World turns out to be too expensive so I think I will go to the Port Moody Rec Centre...). I also dropped by the travel centre to find out if there's any where I can go for olympic break and picked up some information on Europe. I also went to TD and applied for my very first visa card (believe it or not). I've always postponed this because 1. just too lazy to drop by the bank for longer than 5 minutes and 2. i don't trust myself with plastic methods of payment. But i think I am now 'old enough' to be trusted with this mechanism and hopefully, when I do find a career (fingers crossed) this would not be too big of a problem.
I think that just about sums up a few of my goals this year.
Couple days ago, I was reading 明報 and read an article by 王貽興 about writing and composition. He says that writing and composition is not so much just about conveying information to others, but also about getting to know oneself more. He gave the example of 我的志願: writing about our future ambitions might not be able to help us figure out what we really want to do in the future because we always tend to stick with the cliches (doctors, teachers, lawyers...). He said that maybe if we went the reverse (i.e. write about what you don't what to do), we might be able to find out more about what we do what to do.
I thought that was a great idea, so from now on, I will try to include a small paragraph, whenever I can, of a job that i don't want to do and see if I can get a clearer picture of what I do want to be.
What I Don't Want To Be: Accountant.
I found this out when I was in grade 11 actually when I worked a student-work term at an accounting firm. I don't think I will be very excited about a job where I deal with numbers from 9-5 on a daily basis especially when it is so detail orientated. And I think, for me, I need to do something where I feel that it contributes to something...something that is important to humanity or at least to the general wellbeing of society. I need to feel accomplished and receive some sort of recognition about the contribution that I am making other than monetary reward (which I think accountants get a lot of). Accountants are important people no doubt but not in the sense where they are making tangible improvements to people's lives. Accounting is absolutely not the job for me.
Any how, today was a no-ubc day and went out to get some stuff done that somehow all had some relations to my ambiguous webs of goals now that I think about it. Firstly, I went 'gym-shopping' (Fitness World turns out to be too expensive so I think I will go to the Port Moody Rec Centre...). I also dropped by the travel centre to find out if there's any where I can go for olympic break and picked up some information on Europe. I also went to TD and applied for my very first visa card (believe it or not). I've always postponed this because 1. just too lazy to drop by the bank for longer than 5 minutes and 2. i don't trust myself with plastic methods of payment. But i think I am now 'old enough' to be trusted with this mechanism and hopefully, when I do find a career (fingers crossed) this would not be too big of a problem.
I think that just about sums up a few of my goals this year.
Couple days ago, I was reading 明報 and read an article by 王貽興 about writing and composition. He says that writing and composition is not so much just about conveying information to others, but also about getting to know oneself more. He gave the example of 我的志願: writing about our future ambitions might not be able to help us figure out what we really want to do in the future because we always tend to stick with the cliches (doctors, teachers, lawyers...). He said that maybe if we went the reverse (i.e. write about what you don't what to do), we might be able to find out more about what we do what to do.
I thought that was a great idea, so from now on, I will try to include a small paragraph, whenever I can, of a job that i don't want to do and see if I can get a clearer picture of what I do want to be.
What I Don't Want To Be: Accountant.
I found this out when I was in grade 11 actually when I worked a student-work term at an accounting firm. I don't think I will be very excited about a job where I deal with numbers from 9-5 on a daily basis especially when it is so detail orientated. And I think, for me, I need to do something where I feel that it contributes to something...something that is important to humanity or at least to the general wellbeing of society. I need to feel accomplished and receive some sort of recognition about the contribution that I am making other than monetary reward (which I think accountants get a lot of). Accountants are important people no doubt but not in the sense where they are making tangible improvements to people's lives. Accounting is absolutely not the job for me.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sick Cat
Good thing UBC only haunts me on Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester because I have become a 病貓 today: my entire skull is itching (this is the best way I can think of to describe the sensation), my throat is as dry as the Sahara even though I've been drowning it with all sorts of liquids and limbs are sore-er than a first-time-snowboarder's butt (I will find out how sore that exactly feels this coming Friday!!!).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)