Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Once there was a mother and father duck who had seven baby ducklings. There were six regular-looking ducklings and one very ugly duckling. Everyone used to say, " What a nice looking bunch of ducklings----all except that one. Boy, he's really ugly." The really ugly duckling heard these things and didn't care. He knew that one day he would grow into a swan and be better and better looking than anything in the pond. Well, as it turned out, he was just a really ugly duckling and he grew up to be just a really ugly duck. THE END.
So the moral of the story is...the best lookin' duck is still a peking duck. And we're done.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Someone sent me this slideshow, a section of it really spoke out to me...I'd like to share it with ya'll
(click here if you're interested to witness the entire slideshow)
" 'I will let you choose' - God's promise through the two crosses. God gives eternal choices and the choices have eternal consequences. The two crosses placed to the right and left of Jesus symbolize one of God's greatest gifts. The gift of choice.
The criminals bound to those crosses were convicted by the same system, ordered the same death, surrounded by the same crowd, and equally close to the same Jesus. How could these men see the same Jesus and the one choose to mock him and the other choose to pray to him?
When the one prayed, Jesus loved him enough to save him. When the other mocked, Jesus loved him enough to let him.
He allowed them the choice. He does the same for you."
The bolded part really struck a chord. I can't believe Jesus would let me mock him, love so great that even when I'm such a lousy pride-filled, lust-driven, self-centered, ignorantly-impatient, disrespectfully-bratty guy at work, school and home...he would still leave me the choice to do so...and love me regardless of my flaws, failures (it's a long list) and frailty...wow, love so great that no words, pictures or thoughts can ever represent it and do it justice.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
A month and a week...twenty-seven more weekdays...then it's finally almost over!
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Check out this link to UW's newspaper poetry contest...I think I know the runners-up guy from somewhere?
http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/story.php?f=2&t=6703&i=&v=f&story=6703
=)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
So sitting here at work with nothing to do (cause my boss is in training) I let my mind wander and interestingly I treaded upon the idea of where I would go to eat...actually, to be more specific...where I would take the person-who-will-make-me-lose-the-bet-with-the-guys to eat. So far I have deduced a few possibilities of restaurants that I would be adventurous enough to go to with this character. I've broken it down to two categories for your reading pleasure:
Restaurants I have not been to
1. Rain
- a dinner for two will run in the $220 mark, so it'll be on a pretty darn important date
- I wanna go here cause they have a show on the Food Network about it
- asian fusion place, will probably enjoy the ambience and food
2. Baton Rouge
- looks romantic, well within the budget of a co-op student
- I believe Steph said it was good? Plus, can't go wrong with steak
- Just a few steps away from home
3. Oliver and Bonacini
- wanted to try this place for a while, this would just be an excuse to go
- heard the staff was knowledgeable, so service should be good
- plus, the owner of the restaurant was on the Food Network
4. 360 Restaurant
- up near the pinnacle of the CN tower, view can't get any better
- I've always wanted to "eat on the go"...haha, get it? Cause the whole place rotates, hahaha
- it's romantic
Restaurants I have been to
1. Le Biftheque
- good steak, good atmosphere
- relatively affordable
2. The Keg
- can't go wrong with red meat
- slightly higher end (I feel) than le Biftheque
3. Red Lobster
- Lobsters, enough said
- speaking of which, Lobsterfest is on right now...heh
4. Outback
- good T-bone steak
- dark, mysterious environment
5. Montana's
- all you can eat ribs, enough said =)
6. Congee Wong
- awesome congee and side dishes
- super quick
7. "This viet noodle restaurant on the 2nd floor of P-mall"
- all time favourite satay beef noodles
- awesome soft-shelled crabs
8. St. Louis' Wings
- best fries ever, 2nd best wings
9. Morty's (Waterloo)
- BEST wings ever!
10. Swiss Chalet
- it's the healthy side of me speaking out
- I thoroughly enjoy the fresh cut fries
That's all for now...this is not an exhaustive list, so more will come as the time draws near...
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Two lovely ladies - I saw today
One was a teller - the other held trays
What superb luck - this happened to be
I let infatuation - overcome me
Twas' a brisk bright morning - at TD bank
Our eyes met a moment - my heart did sank
Transaction completed - the cheque has been cashed
Only four years younger - our hearts would have mashed
Nah, never really had a chance.
But soon came dinner - another maiden to view
With such love for serving - my heart became glued
My attention was caught - by her velvetty hair
Never witness a waitress - ever so fair
Nay, definately a no go
Snow began falling - bad omen came near
My vision unblurry - beer goggles were cleared
Then I repented - for being a fart
I looked at the outside - but God judges heart
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Rantin' and Ravin'
Work is getting outta hand these days...actually, just my "lab partner". I type that with much sarcasm as she is more of the likes of dead-weight than a companion of another in the laboratory. She continually re-enforces her ability to piss me off by her inability to have a semi-intelligeable mind to think her own thoughts. Though I am not one to pass on judgment so hastely and irrationally, she is not the brightest bulb of the bunch and her countenance teaches the torch to extinguish. If she was the last person alive on earth, she'd be quite the lonely person. Friggin' crap in a bucket, I'm glad this is only temporal.
Teach me God to show love and to serve others that I despise and don't enjoy their presence...or at least expell them from vicinities around me.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
"And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am."
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
I'm officially a royally lazy and lousy guy.
Now onto something new...reality tv shows. Man alive, these shows keep me sane during the long arduous weeks in B-town. The Contender (Season premiere last night) was not too shabby. I thoroughly enjoyed the melodramatic cinematic type music happening in the background. It brings me goosebumps of joy and sappiness, an inspiration to start working out again...or not.
The Amazing Race makes me wanna travel the world and speak multiple languages. Oh, and eating with my feet is a neat skill to learn too...
Survivors...com'on...this show is the dope of the rope. It's tight man. Yo.
I just find it entertaining cause we have this contest happening at work...winner gets free pizza...com'on free pizza! Can't forget the Apprentice...yups, thursday nights have become quite the evening with my reality tv buddies.
Reading through Chronicles right now...for some reason reading thru geneologies brings warm fuzzies to my heart. It's really neat just seeing the family tree of various people and the maticulously details paid to record everything.
