Been posting random thoughts and sentiments recently. Just realised that I haven't been talking about or describing my days. Oh wells! Here goes:
This week is fantabulously packed with lots of stuff but they're utterly fulfilling. I'll be heading down to London tomorrow for the weekend. Gonna watch probably a play or two; heard there're 5-pound standing tickets at The Globe and we're probably gonna watch The Mousetrap, tho I haven't an inkling regarding its content. Purpose of the trip is to visit my dear UCL friends and to go for Tori Amos on Saturday. Actually, watching Rufus the other day has made a huge impact on me with regard to the humanity of these singers and celebrities. Yeah, I've always thought of them as simply fellow humans with amazing, incredible talent, but seeing Rufus that close has accentuated that fact in my mind. He's.... flesh and blood. And so is Tori. It's not about the glam or CDs or achievements or repute, is it? What lies beneath? Each person has his/her favourite food, shoes, bags, hairstyle, past histories, secrets and confessions... Each person has a soul to feed, a wound to nurse, someone to forgive. In the light of all these, the perspectives I have for these people are simply like that I have for another person I see around in school but never had the chance to talk to. Hm.
Oh I'm digressing...
Yes, London! Will be looking forward to do the touristy stuff 'cuz I didn't do much of it when I went there the last time. Kensington and Harrods and Museums and yada. Yes, will be looking forward to burning a hole in my pocket too....
Anyways. Been trying to do work too, but it just seems really unproductive. I think it's 'cuz it's Reading Week! ! ! ! No tutorials, lessons, lectures, yada. Woohoo. I guess I keep giving myself the excuse, "hey girl, chill. It's reading week man, you're supposed to rest." but I know I've got a presentation next week and my (final!) essay due the week after so I've really gotta keep going. Work aside!! It's been a FANTASTIC week. Rather, these few weeks have just been absolutely fantastic. Been trying to go for the morning prayer meetings but I think I'm going for them on an average of twice a week. Spent the rest of the mornings catching up on one extra hour of sleep and spending my own 1-1s with Papa. It's like my date with God, muaha. Anyways. So I spent the morning with God as usual, then I went out at about 12ish to meet up with some other Halifaxers to do washing up. It's like, Halifax CU goes around to the different courts and offer to do washing up as an act of service and love (Love!). So yeah! We went around and I had a really good conversation with a girl in one of the houses. God's grace. :) Afterward a friend came over to my place and we talked about stuff... we were really honest about our communication problems and feelings for each other. If it were one year ago, I wouldn't even dare bring it up, and simply use facades of denial to cover everything up. But hey, God's changed me so much to become much more honest and daring to speak the truth when needed. So He's brought the both of us together to really talk about issues... and we prayed together and submitted it to the Lord. Wow, it was amazing. Prior to that we had silent and subtle conflicts which weren't ever addressed, and now we've come together to really thresh it out. Amazing love - from GOD!
So. I hung around a bit, settled some stuff like paid off my credit card payments, ordered a couple of books and a bible online for Jess and James, checked and replied emails... went down, reheated yesterday's Tom Yam noodles (cooked, not instant!), brought them up, ate them at a painstakingly slow rate because I was multi-tasking. Then Lauren came up and we fooled around a bit, talked and just shared about the past week and various things and thoughts and feelings. I love that girl! We can just be really open with each other, joke about stuff and all. After that we prayed together as well... such an amazing experience and Love come down - in fellowship, in our prayer, in our love for God. Here's a silly picture we took:
Yup. After that Lauren left and I met some other Halifaxers at the Porter's Lodge again. Did some flyering for the BBQ this Friday and CU talk this Saturday. Then I came back, washed a couple of dishes, craved for jam and bread but had no bread, went up to my room, found no money in the wallet, went down, got some yoghurt up, opened a file that a friend sent me earlier on. Was surprised when he sent me a powerpoint file titled "Project" earlier on and I hadn't a clue what it was, but I left for flyering so I didn't check it out straightaway. When I opened the file I was so pleasantly surprised... it was a collection of beautiful, beautiful pictures of flowers and scenery and the last couple of slides had words of encouragement. The ppt couldn't locate the sound file at first, but when I checked it out and realised I had the mp3, I played it concurrently with the slideshow again - and oh, what a difference it made! Guess what it was? Delta Goodrem's "I Can Sing a Rainbow"!! To think that I was actually playing that song over and over again a few days ago in response to the beautiful sunset I witnessesd on campus. But... wow! The slides and pictures actually corresponded to the words! Ahh. I was really touched.
Just a few of those pictures:
Beautiful huh?
Yeah, so now I'm getting ready for dinner and work. Mugging big time, man!
Just imagine... I was such an aggressive, cold-hearted, foul-mouthed, loud, attention-seeking, repressed, morose person in such a dark, dark world and superficial relationships.
Everything's changed. :)
I LOVE YOU JESUS!!!!
