The Canadian Idol
Last night I was watching Canadian Idol with 2 housemates...Ryan Malcolm is the first Canadian Idol! My housemate was so happy that Ryan won coz she LOVES Ryan! Her mom voted 5 times for Ryan because she was voting for "all members of the family"...haha...I guess one of the reasons why Ryan got more votes was because he could sing not just one type of song, but many types of songs. He seemed to have appealed to a wider range of people. Gary has a really good voice and a good personality (in my opinion), but he could only sing slow songs well. (I know some of you may have very different opinions to why Ryan won....haha....so don't hesitate to post a comment and let me know them. ^_^)
As I sat there and watched the final episode of Canadian Idol, I saw so many people crazily yelling for their idol (7000 people gathered in Halifax for Gary)...and thoughts came into my mind:
What if Jesus was the one on stage? Would Jesus get the same magnitude of cheer from the Canadians? The idols didn't do anything for the Canadians, yet the Canadians were so crazy about them. Jesus DIED for each and every Canadian, including YOU and ME, shouldn't He be the one whom we should be crazy about?
It would be very COOL to hear Jesus sing...He must be such an awesome singer!
On a rocking boat
It's been one and a half weeks now...and I am slowing finding my way around Kingston, but still feel like such a foreigner here. I am bombarded by new things: new "home", new school, new program, new church, new fellowship, new friends...you name it. EVERYTHING seems to be new here, and I am not used to it yet. As the weekend arrives, I find that I really miss the "business" of my Toronto weekends. I haven't gone on ICQ on a Friday night for a long time. I can't even remember the last time I did it.
To put things in a brighter light, I am actually liking it here a lot! =) I love the atmosphere at Queens, I love the people in my program, I love my housemates, I love Kingston, I love the diversity of the people that I am meeting. It's such a blessing to be here! Yet I can't hold back my feeling of insecurity, feeling that no one is around me for me to fall on...and it makes it harder when I feel so much older than most of the people that I meet. Maybe it's the double cohort? I had a heart to care for these frosh, but now I feel like I am a frosh too...and I feel like I need care as well. I guess these changes are getting to me...and I am trying to stay steady in my rocking boat.
"Give me one pure and holy passion, give me one magnificent obsession, give me one glorious ambition for my life, to run and follow hard after you." This song has recently spoke to my heart a lot, and in this unsteady environment right now, my one and only steadiness is found in Jesus.
I am a frosh again! ^_^
It was my first day of orientation at Queens for Occupational Therapy. I can't believe that I am a FROSH again! =) It was definitely a fun day, met lots of people but couldn't remember any of their names! =P I played floor hockey for the FIRST time in my life, and I drew a crest on a guy's face using face paint....kinda weird! I had a dinner where all the courses are backwards: dessert, main course, then appetizer! It's a meal prepared for us by the 2nd year Rehab students...it was actually pretty good! =) The most interesting part of the day was our "Amazing Race", we had to walk around Kingston to get clues and do roadblocks, and it took us 3 hours of continuous walking...@_@ By the end of the 3 hours, I almost couldn't feel my legs!
I thank God that even though it's only my first day here, I am starting to like it here already! =) God is really cool in leading me to meet Christians in my program. I've met 2 so far....very cool indeed! =) One of them were tied to me during a three-legged race, and our hands were tied together for awhile too, that's when we started talking and found out that we were Christians. We were saying to each other, "No wonder we were tied together!" God has definitely "tied" us together! ^_^
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purposes." Romans 8:28
