This is the last day of the year...i didn't notice 'till I typed in the date for this entry...perhaps it may be trite...perhaps it may be "stupid"...but its a topic...so let's reminesce about what we've learned from this past year:
People have double standards...or even triple, quadruple, or maybe even decable standards...especially the hypocritical type of double standard...yes...it sucks...and it really bugs...but thats how people are...so we learn to deal with it...roll with the punches as they say...whoever "they" are...that's why its so refreshing to meet someone who treats everyone not necessarily the same per say...but at least by using the same standard...
People are fickle...that's how man is...always in a state of flux...one day they treat you well...the next day they snub you...man is too volatile and inconsistent...don't put so many eggs into a basket you've never tried carrying before...always be on guard for those eggs to fall out...at least if you see the basket starting to tip...you can save them from dropping on the floor and diversify them in different baskets...
People are illogical when they're in a bad mood...especially when they're in a bad mood...when they're in a bad mood...even if they make no sense...don't bother pointing out the fallacy of the their statements...they'll jus' get madder...the best method is to go somewhere else or find something else to do...
Okay...so i'm not done writing everything yet...but it seems i'm currently on a negative people trend right now...so maybe i'll stop and come back later...and write about other things we've learned this year...
So I'm in Taiwan...and its surprisingly nice weather in the winter time...not too hot...and hardly any mosquitos...great stuff...
I got a chance to visit the student center of Taiwan National University in Taipei...their student center is beautiful...so they have a study area in the basement...and reception area on the first floor that looks like a small cafe...the meeting area on the 2nd floor...the dining area of the 3rd floor...the brother's house on the 4th floor...and the sister's house on the 5th floor...i can't describe it well enough in this journal...you'll just have to see it for yourself...and omgosh...their baptismal area...its like made of hewn rock and there's a clear glass panel in the background with a verse or sumtin' in which water trickles down like a waterfall...absolutely stunning...
The university itself if nice too...or at least it looked really pretty at night...its crazy...their biology building is super huge and 12 stories high...their gym is pretty big too...they've held a conference for the whole of Taiwan there one time too...itz a very nice place...when i went to visit...i got to watch a student harmonica concert and a student flamingo dance routine and some student acting...pretty interesting stuff...
Oh boy...u won't believe how unbelievably cool this mornings final was...not...
It first starts off with the fact that I began to feel very much the number two call of nature on my way to my final...very painful...i had to stop walkin' like three times jus' to get control of myself...so as soon as I got to my seat, got my writing tools out, and got my final...i asked to be excused so i can relieve myself of the pain...so that cuts like 15 minutes into my final time...uncoolness number 1...
So i come back and begin taking my test...pretty standard stuff...knew what i was writing...especially since it was open notes...open book...open anything...but then 1/3 into the test...the entire power system of Dwinelle shuts down...leaving us in pitch darkness...uncoolness number 2...as soon as that happens...half the students bust out their cell phones and continue writing in the meager shine of cellular light...that part was actually kind of cool...if u looked up, u'd see all these colorful pinpoints of light in a large dark room...the professor had to tell everyone to stop doing that...cuz it was bad for their eyes and it was bad for people who didn't have cell phones...so people started holding their papers up to catch the faint gleam of light coming from the now open doors... the professor had to tell people to stop doing that too...so i jus' sat back and rested...kind nice actually...
Eventually, we were relocated upstairs into a bunch of small rooms where there was natural sunlight from windows...where i finished taking my test...they did give us extra time for the time we spent in darkness...i actually finished early then considerin' we had until 11:45...and that right now itz 11:25 as im typing this... so itz all good...i guess the uncoolness points are actually 1.2...i subtracted 0.8 because of the cool cellphone phenomena and the time i regained writing under my bright phone light...
"Casting all your anxiety upon Him because it matters to Him concerning you" (1 Peter 5:6).
What language does the Lord speak? He speaks Bible, which means if you don't get into His word, you won't be able to understand Him. I appreciate seeing the matter that when we read God's word in spirit, we receive a deposit. It is from this deposit within us that the Lord speaks to us. The Lord rarely speaks to us in words He hasn't spoken already. So it's not like the Old Testament where we wait for the heavens to open and have a booming voice resound from the clouds; but rather, we spend time with Him in His word, and that constant word will become the instant word to us through prayer. It's a two-way conversation; when we pray to the Lord, He answers back in the word which has been deposited in us.
It's the smallest things that make ur day...or in this case...my night...yay! =)
Today i played a cruddy game of basketball...i need more conditioning...
I'm emotionally retarded...i can't get over someone who i hardly talk to and who most likely doesn't like me... itz not from lack of trying to move on...trust me...i tried...but i was sittin' doin' a group project one day... and then sjy walks in...and the whole thing comes rushin' back...it so sucks...i don't want to like her...but i do... and that's jus' so stupid...and it makes me act stupid too...