Reveries and Passions: 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
ait illi Iesus diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo et in tota anima tua et in tota mente tua [Matthew 22:37]
Last night was probably the highlight of my entire summer. It's been over a year, Halo finally got together for Korean BBQ...and boy oh boy did we do some damage. It was a grueling course which took close to 4 hours to complete, but we made it thru alive...we conquered our old record! =)
Caleb...great seeing him again, still quite the character with his witty charms. Mike...what a great leader he was, always pleasant to chill with. Will...though I probably see him the most, it was still good to be together remembering the days. Eric...our travelling AV crew of one, the picture wouldn't be complete without him. Too bad Steve couldn't make it down, but glad he's doing well.
After dinner, we headed to Caleb's place and watched some videos. Dang...his basement and kitchen brought back so many memories. Weekly practices, water bottles, the petrified bugs, the "eyes", numerous power bars...and of course, TACOS. Yupz, those were the good days, the golden days, the giddy days. It was good to know that even though we all went to different universities and took on different paths in life, we were still able to meet together at a common point and interact with each other on a common level. I wouldn't trade the experience with Halo for anything. Those were times that I truly cherish!
Monday, August 16, 2004
Anima
(hey sammi, hope this makes up for that post that you didn't like too much)
=D
Ode to Ladies
Hello, this poem is for being mean
I posted some things that I didn't really mean
There's a soft side to me...yet to be seen
I cried during Spiderman, uncle Ben's dying scene.
(Anyways, let's get to the point
Before I get beaten and snapped at the joint)
The female creature is a magnificent being
With hair like the ocean, skin soft as whipped cream
Her illuminous smile, radiantly beams
I stand there in awe, that ivory gleam
Never seen so much intellect, wisdom and smarts
They're a breed of their own, from worlds far apart
The ladies are diligent, they sprint from the start
They'll always be beautiful, even when I'm a wrinkly old fart
(Child-bearing and PMS, will forever be their fate
But ladies persevere, they fight on...they're great!)
Not that I don't respect you but I respect you too much
I'm afraid to show my emotions and let go of the crutch
The crutch is my pride, my ego and such
But I must become fragile, and break very much
On another note we know, I'm tall, buff and shady
I'm writing this poem, to impress this one lady.
Her name is unknown, her existence's a maybe
But whether she's real, I hope she's my lady.
Yup, that's enough for one night I think...
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Mente
Back from the trip today. Feeling a bit light-headed and jet-laggy (thanks to the red-eye flight). The trip was okay, but I probably wouldn't go again. I have never seen so many trees in one place before. It was like green everywhere for the majority of the trip. The sushi and sashimi in Vancouver was outstanding, but that's probably the only thing I'll carry away from that place besides the nauseating boat ride to Victoria. Columbia Icefield was breath-taking, the Gondola ride was one of a kind, the food at the 5 star hotel didn't match up to my expectations and I've never sat for so many hours on a bus before. All in all, I had a lot of time to enjoy nature and to sleep and to check out...forestry.
Something interesting happened on this tour that I've never experienced on any other asian tours. On the last day of the Van. to Banff tour, when the people I met on the bus were leaving, I felt like: "Guy lan man, I'm gonna miss them. I really wish I talked to them more and shared with them during the long rides." Then it hit me, that I just missed many grand opportunities to reach them and to get to know them more. Meal times, free times, washroom times and bus times. All of which I could've spent much wiser...but I didn't. I felt I've only connected with the people on a superficial level. [Michael (a buddhist who works at Osaga came to travel with his family), very caring and honest father, easy to talk to and extremely respectful. Matthew and Felicia, the newlywed couple from Singapore (enjoys taking risks, the dude loves food...what more can I say?). Edmund and Mary, shy couple with big hearts. Jung and Julia, both students from Taiwan. Don't speak much English but were fantastic people to be around with. Alice (an optometry student from UW) came with her family, well mannered and knowledgeable in many respects...]
Before I went on the trip, I questioned why I was even to go on it. Now that I'm back from the trip, I realized why I was supposed to be on it. However, I did not know what I was suppose to do until it was too late to do what I wanted to know ahead of time to do. Regrets, remorse and retardedness are some things I'm feeling. Fortunately I left my contact with some of them, I hope to see the rest of them in the neart future.
"I give You my apathy
I'm giving You all of me"
Sunday, August 08, 2004
Corde
What does it mean to love? Can we ever grasp what true love is, or will we only taste samples of it while in our finite minds? What is love at its core? Would it be a state of unconsciousness, an action, a thought, or perhaps an element containing it all? How would one explain this concept simple enough for a child to understand yet still have that elegance to baffle the scholars? I don't know if I could truly love as love should be loved, but I can try. Indeed...if I knew exactly what love is and did exactly what love is, my world would be flippin' upside down.
Anywho, going on a Van. to Banff tour this week, back on the 15th. Got a feeling that it's gonna be a long and vicious trip. At least the seafood will be good.
Monday, August 02, 2004
dicit ei Iesus ego sum via et veritas et vita nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per me [John 14:6]
Met up with my buddy from UW tonight and we had a good talk. It was good cause I realized that he could relate to some of the questions I was struggling with this summer. A lot of things he said to me really stuck and held on.
"Going back to Square One." No, not the Playdium place...but your first Love, Christ. When you're in the valley of valleys and the thickness of the darkness just escapades beyond your senses, you gotta just refocus and remember why you started the journey in the first place. Let that be your goal. To me, that was much needed cause I realized that losing focus is what I've been doing this summer...and the challenge is to now regain the First Square.
"Question your doubts as much as you question your faith." In another sense...doubt your doubts. I never looked at doubting in this manner before. It was like an epiphany when I heard this, an answer to most of the questions that I had. Perhaps the doubts I had, should be doubted upon...thus nullifying the doubt itself?
"Learn to cook. Cooking is therapeutic." Yeah, that's key. I've come to the quick realization that I probably can't eat out for the rest of my life. It'd be nice if I could whip up a nice home-made meal after school. And I hope as a result it would impress those brilliant people with a pair of X chromosomes!
Heart, mind and soul...essential to keep the three in balance with respect to one's faith. Definately gotta work on this A.S.A.P.