School was a slight bludge today. I got bagged quite a bit for coming 77th in the X-Country yesterday, lots of my friends were having a fun time boasting that they beat me. I even heard random pple saying that they "beat isaac". haha! Well, i guess i'll have to try harder next year.
I think this is the first double-free since the beginning of the year that i actually spent studying. I went straight to the library with Harish, Marcus and Jin to get some BM homework done. We were gonna play soccer after lunch, but the rest of the dudes had already left. So we decided to go home. And on the way back, Harish and i decided to go to the Glennie Library to finish our homework. What a miserable Thursday! =(
Anyway, i thought about this intriguing perspective while i was in the shower. There was a fat housefly buzzing around the toilet and i tried to kill it with the hot air from the hair-dryer to no avail. haha! It was then that i remembered a documentary that said the housefly could see everything in slow motion. Through the eyes of a Housefly, the world was moving really slowly. And if i were to take a smack at it, my hand would look like an old lady with a walking cane.
Then i asked myself, WHAT IF we, as humans, could harness that same ability... it see the world in slow motion. In that way, we would learn to appreciate time more, think before we speak, learn to be patient, and to have the time to accomplish more tasks.
Then i thought about what the world would look like through the eyes of a blind person. I was terrified the moment i started to imagine it. We use our eyes so much in our daily lives that we take it for granted. We read, use the computer, communicate, and learn using our eyes. I shuddered at the thought that a blind person would not even know what he/she looks like! They wouldn't know what "red" looks like! And it would be impossible for a blind person to know what their life partner looks like too! But i knew that was good in a way because their marriage would be solely based on a pure and genuine love rather than on superficiality!
I reckon i take too many things for granted..
Two blind people will never give you the same description of the world..
It all comes down to the question: "Through whose eyes?"
You may look ugly through someone's eyes, yet be the most beautiful girl through another.
Rolling emotions.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Falling Sick
77th. That's my X-country positioning. I couldn't believe my ears when Tommy told me that. I ran the whole 5km at a considerably quick pace, and i sprinted the last straight. I ran so hard that i'm feeling really sick now. Sigh.. 77th out of 300+!!! =( I'm disappointed, but i'm happy with the encouragements i received from many of my friends. The House Master, Mr. Roberts, even came up to me personally to shake my hand because i ran in the Under 17's instead of the Under 16's.
It's real tough competing with guys one year older than you. But i thought, i've been studying with them, playing soccer, swimming and all.. so i decided to join them in the X-country too. But i guess it's a whole different gameplan when you're talking about a 5km race which requires a develop set of lungs. Despite that, i'm satisfied with my placing as the top 24th runner in my house and the 21min timing that came along with it =) Thank God for giving me the strength and perseverance, esp at that last bend.
Despite all the odds, Yarra won by 1300 points in our age group!!! Booyah! The winner of the Cockhouse will be solely dependent on the overall winner of the X-Country... and it's all up to the Under 16's and 15's now. I hope to be hearing the good news in school tmr and adorning in the Passion of Yarra!
Oh yes, i'll continue to use a red font cuz this concerns STEPH DECIDING TO SUPPORT LIVERPOOL!!!! BOOYAH!!!! =)) I'm proud of ya Steph. Remember,
It's real tough competing with guys one year older than you. But i thought, i've been studying with them, playing soccer, swimming and all.. so i decided to join them in the X-country too. But i guess it's a whole different gameplan when you're talking about a 5km race which requires a develop set of lungs. Despite that, i'm satisfied with my placing as the top 24th runner in my house and the 21min timing that came along with it =) Thank God for giving me the strength and perseverance, esp at that last bend.
Despite all the odds, Yarra won by 1300 points in our age group!!! Booyah! The winner of the Cockhouse will be solely dependent on the overall winner of the X-Country... and it's all up to the Under 16's and 15's now. I hope to be hearing the good news in school tmr and adorning in the Passion of Yarra!
Oh yes, i'll continue to use a red font cuz this concerns STEPH DECIDING TO SUPPORT LIVERPOOL!!!! BOOYAH!!!! =)) I'm proud of ya Steph. Remember,
You'll Never Walk Alone! ~8)
X-Country
I'm in school right now, but i can't be bothered doing any work. School's cut short today because of the Cross Country House Comp being held at Albert Park Lake. It's wierd because i don't feel nervous at all. Yarra's coming 3rd at the moment, but we'll be able to clinch the Cockhouse if we win the X-Country. I'm gonna run my guts out later, and i sure hope that my 3km runs will pay off.
Since i started running my 3km Commitment a little less than 2 weeks ago, i've only gone for 6 or 7 runs. That's a pretty bad reading for my level of commitment - 50%. haha! It's really harder than it sounds. I've come to a hypothesis that it takes two, or more, to complete the commitment. If i had someone to cheer me on and run with me, i'm pretty sure that i would have gone for more runs. The theory's the same with any marriage or relationship. There has to be a joint commitment.. one party can only contribute a maximum of 50%, the other 50 will have to come from the other half.
Youth Alive is on this Saturday. I was really pumped up for it until i heard about the price of the tickets -.-" I reckon that $15 would be well spent, but it'll be better saved. Alternatively, my dad just received 4 free tickets to the Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC game at the MCG this Sat, going on at the same time as Youth Alive. haha! I feel quite guilty ditching a Christian event for a sports one, but i think i'll go ahead with it. Jerusha and i are trying to get two other friends to join us. Probably Nick and Serene.
Alright, class is gonna start soon..
Since i started running my 3km Commitment a little less than 2 weeks ago, i've only gone for 6 or 7 runs. That's a pretty bad reading for my level of commitment - 50%. haha! It's really harder than it sounds. I've come to a hypothesis that it takes two, or more, to complete the commitment. If i had someone to cheer me on and run with me, i'm pretty sure that i would have gone for more runs. The theory's the same with any marriage or relationship. There has to be a joint commitment.. one party can only contribute a maximum of 50%, the other 50 will have to come from the other half.
Youth Alive is on this Saturday. I was really pumped up for it until i heard about the price of the tickets -.-" I reckon that $15 would be well spent, but it'll be better saved. Alternatively, my dad just received 4 free tickets to the Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC game at the MCG this Sat, going on at the same time as Youth Alive. haha! I feel quite guilty ditching a Christian event for a sports one, but i think i'll go ahead with it. Jerusha and i are trying to get two other friends to join us. Probably Nick and Serene.
Alright, class is gonna start soon..
Monday, August 28, 2006
Are You Fat?
Jacilyn's currently in an "i'm-so-fat" mood and she's saying that she "hates food". lol! I love food! ~8) She can't get over the fact that Haus, Tony and Keith called her "fat" yesterday. haha! i find it really odd that that's the phenomenon with all girls. I used to think that it was a cliche that SOME girls conform to, but it sure looks like its a real issue.
I made a casual remark that Janice was heavy during the recent Fungus rally and she actually REMEMBERED it after so many weeks!! -.-""" So she started bagging me and all, while all i could do was to apologise. What's wrong with being heavy? or fat for that matter? Are girls afraid that guys wouldn't like the way they look? But...haiz... i was gonna say that love cuts through the flesh and into the heart. I hope this phrase doesn't become just a cliche in the future, cuz i truely believe in it.
This week's going to be crazy for me. I've gotta memorise my entire Chinese detailed study oral project on Jackie Chan for an extremely important SAC this Saturday. And i've made a commitment to memorise one paragraph every night of the week. haha! Something tells me that it won't work, but i'm determined to make it work =) Pray for me!
I made a casual remark that Janice was heavy during the recent Fungus rally and she actually REMEMBERED it after so many weeks!! -.-""" So she started bagging me and all, while all i could do was to apologise. What's wrong with being heavy? or fat for that matter? Are girls afraid that guys wouldn't like the way they look? But...haiz... i was gonna say that love cuts through the flesh and into the heart. I hope this phrase doesn't become just a cliche in the future, cuz i truely believe in it.
This week's going to be crazy for me. I've gotta memorise my entire Chinese detailed study oral project on Jackie Chan for an extremely important SAC this Saturday. And i've made a commitment to memorise one paragraph every night of the week. haha! Something tells me that it won't work, but i'm determined to make it work =) Pray for me!
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Youth Sunday
My thighs are killing me right now.. they're not just sore, they're hurting even when i don't move them!!! I hope they'll be alright before the X-Country this Wednesday. I'm contemplating about wagging it since i've got many pussy friends that have already decided to wag it =D Oh, my thighs are hurting cuz i ran 4.5km on Friday, 2 km uphill and 2.5 on flat ground PLUS an awesome, but exhausting, time of soccer today =))
Jerusha and i went down to FGA today for Youth Sunday. It went really well. Angela and Ragel put up an awesome beatboxing/rapping show, the beat bouncers rocked the house with their sizzling hot moves. haha! They looked really congested on that small stage, but they still did well. I feel really wierd now that i'm not part of that. I guess we all have to make sacrifices in our lives. I think of it as weighing up Soccer and Dancing on my free-time weighing scale. Sigh.. i wish i had a little more time.
Chris' message was really good. I couldn't get everything he said last week, but hearing it a second time drilled everything into my head. haha! After the service, we spent close to 3 hours packing the place up... my thighs were hurting from my 4.5km run on Friday, but i helped out till my arms were sore as! It was pretty fun though. Jacilyn, Nick, Jerusha, Pete and Aviel were having a duck-tape fight while Shaun and i were folding up the curtains. haha!
Soccer was dead fun today. Jerusha, Keith, Hamus (Star Defender!!!), Yvonne, Aaron, William, Franny, Jasmine, Sarah and i were up against Nick, Qynn, Ian, Wudok, Angie, Daniel, Josh, Jacilyn, Darren and Tim. -.-" That's extremely imbalanced.. but we managed to thread some AWESOME passes, one-two's, got some nimble movement on and off the ball, Sarah was working hard at making some Fantastic tackles, Yvonne plucked up enough courage to header the ball! William was working hard down the left flank, Jerusha was dominant in midfield, i was struggling to keep up with the pace of the game, while Hamus was a ROCK in defence!!!!! BIGGEST TANK EVER!! After much thought, I managed to derive an equation for his prowess:
Hamus = (2.5561Nick + 2.5562Isaac - 1.5562 Stevie G)^10
Dig? haha! Well, Jerusha grabbed the first goal with a firm, well-placed shot into the bottom corner after a one-two with me. I got the second goal by slotting it into the bottom corner too =) 2-0. Then they came back to score two more goals - One by Tim and the winner by Wudok.
I had a great day.. i'm staring at a tremendous amount of work this week and i'll probably be in a rather bad mood after tonight's rest. But i'll smile for now =) Thank God for today!
Jerusha and i went down to FGA today for Youth Sunday. It went really well. Angela and Ragel put up an awesome beatboxing/rapping show, the beat bouncers rocked the house with their sizzling hot moves. haha! They looked really congested on that small stage, but they still did well. I feel really wierd now that i'm not part of that. I guess we all have to make sacrifices in our lives. I think of it as weighing up Soccer and Dancing on my free-time weighing scale. Sigh.. i wish i had a little more time.
Chris' message was really good. I couldn't get everything he said last week, but hearing it a second time drilled everything into my head. haha! After the service, we spent close to 3 hours packing the place up... my thighs were hurting from my 4.5km run on Friday, but i helped out till my arms were sore as! It was pretty fun though. Jacilyn, Nick, Jerusha, Pete and Aviel were having a duck-tape fight while Shaun and i were folding up the curtains. haha!
Soccer was dead fun today. Jerusha, Keith, Hamus (Star Defender!!!), Yvonne, Aaron, William, Franny, Jasmine, Sarah and i were up against Nick, Qynn, Ian, Wudok, Angie, Daniel, Josh, Jacilyn, Darren and Tim. -.-" That's extremely imbalanced.. but we managed to thread some AWESOME passes, one-two's, got some nimble movement on and off the ball, Sarah was working hard at making some Fantastic tackles, Yvonne plucked up enough courage to header the ball! William was working hard down the left flank, Jerusha was dominant in midfield, i was struggling to keep up with the pace of the game, while Hamus was a ROCK in defence!!!!! BIGGEST TANK EVER!! After much thought, I managed to derive an equation for his prowess:
Hamus = (2.5561Nick + 2.5562Isaac - 1.5562 Stevie G)^10
Dig? haha! Well, Jerusha grabbed the first goal with a firm, well-placed shot into the bottom corner after a one-two with me. I got the second goal by slotting it into the bottom corner too =) 2-0. Then they came back to score two more goals - One by Tim and the winner by Wudok.
I had a great day.. i'm staring at a tremendous amount of work this week and i'll probably be in a rather bad mood after tonight's rest. But i'll smile for now =) Thank God for today!
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