Truly, I am.
Do you think its possible to be grateful and spoilt at the same time? I believe I'm both.
Today is the UMAT. I'm trying to take things easy. I woke up, made myself a nice big breakfast... then read some opinion articles (for the sake of subconscious language analysis!) and then went to Westfield to get the BREAKFAST invite/pamphlet things printed. I'll get them before I got to UMAT, so I can begin distribution! I printed 400. For 45 bucks! =) Awesomeness. After I got home from ordering those, I did some art. Continued mosaic-ing my bowl. I'll post pictures some day. =)
I've got Art class later today! Which is gonna be awesome. And before that, I'll be baking to my heart's content. I'll bake lots so I'll share them around. Maybe I'll go "mini". Hehe.
Yeah.
I've had this song playing again and again yesterday and today...
Planetshakers - Surrender
from the All for Love album...
I love the end, where the song sort of finishes and there's a little bit at the end (if you listen to it, you'll know what I mean). That part is <3.
Our God is such an awesome God and far too many times I doubt that or don't consciously believe it. Far too many times I lack faith. Far too many times I rely on myself, rather than Him.
Last week at LinC, after Incy talked about the Kingdom and the comparison of the Garden of Eden and after the Fall of Man... We split off into our groups and Ning asked us two questions:
"What would you want God to say to you?"
and
"What would you not want God to say to you?"
And, maybe some of you might think this is absolutely stupid or whatnot, but my answer for the first question was and still is that He loves me. As simple as that.
What I wouldn't want God to say to me is that I'm missing the point.
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
Lay it all down at Your feet
-jmah-
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Post-Hug day...
Well that was on Monday and I only got 13 hugs... I'm making every Monday a hug day. =D Next goal: 20.
I'm supposed to be UMATing... but UGH. I really can't bring myself to do it. I aim to do 2 exams plus one section today... which would mean I would have done 3 by the end of the day! YAY.
I have something to post about, but I'll post about it after UMAT maybe. =)
ZOMGOSH. IT'S VANESSA'S BIRTHDAY TODAY! HBD. =)
I'm supposed to be UMATing... but UGH. I really can't bring myself to do it. I aim to do 2 exams plus one section today... which would mean I would have done 3 by the end of the day! YAY.
I have something to post about, but I'll post about it after UMAT maybe. =)
ZOMGOSH. IT'S VANESSA'S BIRTHDAY TODAY! HBD. =)
Sunday, July 19, 2009
It is almost time...
Tomorrow is the day! The very special day, where happiness abounds like unicorns in the meadow. And butterflies soar beneath the the fairy-floss-like clouds.... Ah, corny.
Can you guess what day it is?
IT'S THE HAPPY-HUGS-FROM-JOHN DAY! YAY!
Yeah... so I've decided to give lotsa hugs tomorrow. =)
I'll let you guys know how it goes... if I don't see you tomorrow, I'll give you a cyber-hug if you ask! =D
-jmah-
Can you guess what day it is?
IT'S THE HAPPY-HUGS-FROM-JOHN DAY! YAY!
Yeah... so I've decided to give lotsa hugs tomorrow. =)
I'll let you guys know how it goes... if I don't see you tomorrow, I'll give you a cyber-hug if you ask! =D
-jmah-
Friday, July 17, 2009
TODAY!
So the rest of my week wasn't that bad.
Yesterday was eventful. Students Alive had a sausage sizzle! Making 300% profit! I think... if my math serves me right. Haha. And after school I had "debating"... we just went to La Porchetta for a bite and drinks, 'cause it was our debating coach's last session with us. But then she realized that her flight to HK was in a few hours and had to dash. Haha. So she said she'll take us out week after next for a proper meal.
After that, I went to Richmond AOG (now called Bridge Church) to check out the venue for the breakfast! And it looks awesome! I really liked the building and the layout of the place. Finally got to meet Nick, the guy who I've been organizing the thing with from the Bridge Church side of things.
Ooooh. Formal coming up. o_o No longer that much of a pain in the ass, 'cause I think most of the things have been sorted out. Yay.
And UMAT also coming up. Ugh. Yeah, gotta do some practice. Everyone's freaking out about it and I haven't done any full exam practices yet. Daaamniiitt. I'll start one now. =\
-jmah-
Yesterday was eventful. Students Alive had a sausage sizzle! Making 300% profit! I think... if my math serves me right. Haha. And after school I had "debating"... we just went to La Porchetta for a bite and drinks, 'cause it was our debating coach's last session with us. But then she realized that her flight to HK was in a few hours and had to dash. Haha. So she said she'll take us out week after next for a proper meal.
After that, I went to Richmond AOG (now called Bridge Church) to check out the venue for the breakfast! And it looks awesome! I really liked the building and the layout of the place. Finally got to meet Nick, the guy who I've been organizing the thing with from the Bridge Church side of things.
Ooooh. Formal coming up. o_o No longer that much of a pain in the ass, 'cause I think most of the things have been sorted out. Yay.
And UMAT also coming up. Ugh. Yeah, gotta do some practice. Everyone's freaking out about it and I haven't done any full exam practices yet. Daaamniiitt. I'll start one now. =\
-jmah-
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Two days in...
It's only been two days in and already I want to cut myself into a million pieces and mail me off to some exotic island to be scattered on the ocean. I think I've had a shit beginning of term. Well, what to do?
I don't know whether I have anything remotely meaningful to say.
I'll talk about university then. I've been thinking about what I want to do next year and everything and I think that I care a lot about which university I go to. Yesterday I found a degree at ACU which looks like a really good course for me, but just because it is at ACU, I'm not that interested.
I don't think I should be caring about that, but I do. Hm. Oh and the course was Nursing/Arts. =)
Yeah, nothing really much to say. And I have an English assignment to do...
-jmah-
I don't know whether I have anything remotely meaningful to say.
I'll talk about university then. I've been thinking about what I want to do next year and everything and I think that I care a lot about which university I go to. Yesterday I found a degree at ACU which looks like a really good course for me, but just because it is at ACU, I'm not that interested.
I don't think I should be caring about that, but I do. Hm. Oh and the course was Nursing/Arts. =)
Yeah, nothing really much to say. And I have an English assignment to do...
-jmah-
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Time to uproot...
So I met up with Hayley (a friend I haven't seen for 7 flippin' years) and we talked about all sortsa things. It's cool, 'cause I think we can relate much better to each other, having similar experiences.
We established that we were both TCKs (Third Culture Kids), after she mentioned that she was reading a book about TCKs. Okay, I was actually going to talk about uprooting and stuff as a TCK, but I found a "You know you're a TCK when..." thing which I want to respond to. I think I'm already in the facebook group as well. Haha. TCK pride...
- “Where are you from?” has more than one reasonable answer.
Yup.
- You’ve said that you’re from foreign country X, and (if you live in America) your audience has asked you which US state X is in.
No.
- You flew before you could walk.
Yup.
- You speak two languages, but can’t spell in either.
Yes. o_o I phail Chinese.
- You feel odd being in the ethnic majority.
Suprisingly, no. All the schools I went to had an Asian majority. Haha.
- You have three passports.
Nope.
- You have a passport but no driver’s license.
Yes, if you don't count a learner's permit as a license. Haha.
- You go into culture shock upon returning to your “home” country.- Your life story uses the phrase “Then we moved to…” three (or four, or five…) times.
Yes >.< - You wince when people mispronounce foreign words.
Yes, depending on the word.
- You don’t know whether to write the date as day/month/year, month/day/year, or some variation thereof.
Haha, used to, not so much anymore, but occasionally. xD
- The best word for something is the word you learned first, regardless of the language.
Yes. es-tu-wuh-diss is Air stewardess. Not even a language, but an accent. xD
- You get confused because US money isn’t colour-coded.
Yes! >.< - You think VISA is a document that’s stamped in your passport, not a plastic card you carry in your wallet.
Nope.
- You own personal appliances with 3 types of plugs, know the difference between 110 and 220 volts, 50 and 60 cycle current, and realize that a trasnsformer isn’t always enough to make your appliances work.
Yes =.=
- You fried a number of appliances during the learning process.
Yes... oh precious dreamcast...
- You think the Pledge of Allegiance might possibly begin with “Four-score and seven years ago….”
Err.... I can actually recite the Pledge of Allegiance, 'cause I was a boy scout...
- Half of your phone calls are unintelligible to those around you.
Don't think so... but they can be if I needed them to be.
- You believe vehemently that football is played with a round, spotted ball.
Err... no.
- You consider a city 500 miles away “very close.”
Yes...
- You get homesick reading National Geographic.
That's just weird. XD
- You cruise the Internet looking for fonts that can support foreign alphabets.
I have before, but I don't do it regularly ._.;;
- You think in the metric system and Celsius.
Um... I use everything depending on how I'm feeling. Although I always use Celsius....
- You may have learned to think in feet and miles as well, after a few years of living (and driving) in the US. (But not Fahrenheit. You will *never* learn to think in Fahrenheit).
N/A
- You haggle with the checkout clerk for a lower price.
Haha... not really.
- Your minor is a foreign language you already speak.
I WANT IT TO BE!
- When asked a question in a certain language, you’ve absentmindedly respond in a different one.
If it's not English, yes, very likely.
- You miss the subtitles when you see the latest movie.
No, I don't think I like subtitles...
- You’ve gotten out of school because of monsoons, bomb threats, and/or popular demonstrations.
Haha, yes. People thought my school was "international soil" like an ambassy or something and were seeking asylum. Haha.
- You speak with authority on the subject of airline travel.
I guess...
- You have frequent flyer accounts on multiple airlines.
Yup, I think so.
- You constantly want to use said frequent flyer accounts to travel to new places.
Sometimes.
- You know how to pack.
Ugh, no I phail at packing. I always overpack.
- You have the urge to move to a new country every couple of years.
Yes, and thats what this blog was SUPPOSED to be about.
- The thought of sending your (hypothetical) kids to public school scares you, while the thought of letting them fly alone doesn’t at all.
Don't want kids, but I would rather send my hypothetical kids to an international school if I could afford it. And flying alone was a big deal for me... Haha.
- You think that high school reunions are all but impossible.
Yes, until I came here.
- You have friends from 29 different countries.
Yup.
- You sort your friends by continent.
By country.
- You have a time zone map next to your telephone.
Haha, no, but I have 3 or 4 different time zones saved on my phone clock for easy access.
- You realize what a small world it is, after all.
Very small indeed.
Err... that's 20ish out of... I don't know how many. But yes... Interesting. Hehe.
The thing about being a TCK is that if you talk about you're experiences with non-TCKs (not to discriminate, 'cause I love all you non-TCKs), it feels like bragging. So... that's why I blog about it rather than talk about it.
But with the uproot thing, I feel like its time for me to MOOOVE. I want to get out of Melbourne... Maybe it's a phase or something, but I wanna go somewhere new. I want a fresh start in a new place. =) And the exploration!
I think this is long enough already. I'll leave it there.
-jmah-
EDIT: Oh yeah, a sidenote, I think it's natural for TCKs to talk about TCK experiences, because I had a similar conversation about TCK experiences with another friend who I havent seen for more than a year and who I met in Beijing.
Shout-out to HAYLEY and CAMMIE! <3
We established that we were both TCKs (Third Culture Kids), after she mentioned that she was reading a book about TCKs. Okay, I was actually going to talk about uprooting and stuff as a TCK, but I found a "You know you're a TCK when..." thing which I want to respond to. I think I'm already in the facebook group as well. Haha. TCK pride...
- “Where are you from?” has more than one reasonable answer.
Yup.
- You’ve said that you’re from foreign country X, and (if you live in America) your audience has asked you which US state X is in.
No.
- You flew before you could walk.
Yup.
- You speak two languages, but can’t spell in either.
Yes. o_o I phail Chinese.
- You feel odd being in the ethnic majority.
Suprisingly, no. All the schools I went to had an Asian majority. Haha.
- You have three passports.
Nope.
- You have a passport but no driver’s license.
Yes, if you don't count a learner's permit as a license. Haha.
- You go into culture shock upon returning to your “home” country.- Your life story uses the phrase “Then we moved to…” three (or four, or five…) times.
Yes >.< - You wince when people mispronounce foreign words.
Yes, depending on the word.
- You don’t know whether to write the date as day/month/year, month/day/year, or some variation thereof.
Haha, used to, not so much anymore, but occasionally. xD
- The best word for something is the word you learned first, regardless of the language.
Yes. es-tu-wuh-diss is Air stewardess. Not even a language, but an accent. xD
- You get confused because US money isn’t colour-coded.
Yes! >.< - You think VISA is a document that’s stamped in your passport, not a plastic card you carry in your wallet.
Nope.
- You own personal appliances with 3 types of plugs, know the difference between 110 and 220 volts, 50 and 60 cycle current, and realize that a trasnsformer isn’t always enough to make your appliances work.
Yes =.=
- You fried a number of appliances during the learning process.
Yes... oh precious dreamcast...
- You think the Pledge of Allegiance might possibly begin with “Four-score and seven years ago….”
Err.... I can actually recite the Pledge of Allegiance, 'cause I was a boy scout...
- Half of your phone calls are unintelligible to those around you.
Don't think so... but they can be if I needed them to be.
- You believe vehemently that football is played with a round, spotted ball.
Err... no.
- You consider a city 500 miles away “very close.”
Yes...
- You get homesick reading National Geographic.
That's just weird. XD
- You cruise the Internet looking for fonts that can support foreign alphabets.
I have before, but I don't do it regularly ._.;;
- You think in the metric system and Celsius.
Um... I use everything depending on how I'm feeling. Although I always use Celsius....
- You may have learned to think in feet and miles as well, after a few years of living (and driving) in the US. (But not Fahrenheit. You will *never* learn to think in Fahrenheit).
N/A
- You haggle with the checkout clerk for a lower price.
Haha... not really.
- Your minor is a foreign language you already speak.
I WANT IT TO BE!
- When asked a question in a certain language, you’ve absentmindedly respond in a different one.
If it's not English, yes, very likely.
- You miss the subtitles when you see the latest movie.
No, I don't think I like subtitles...
- You’ve gotten out of school because of monsoons, bomb threats, and/or popular demonstrations.
Haha, yes. People thought my school was "international soil" like an ambassy or something and were seeking asylum. Haha.
- You speak with authority on the subject of airline travel.
I guess...
- You have frequent flyer accounts on multiple airlines.
Yup, I think so.
- You constantly want to use said frequent flyer accounts to travel to new places.
Sometimes.
- You know how to pack.
Ugh, no I phail at packing. I always overpack.
- You have the urge to move to a new country every couple of years.
Yes, and thats what this blog was SUPPOSED to be about.
- The thought of sending your (hypothetical) kids to public school scares you, while the thought of letting them fly alone doesn’t at all.
Don't want kids, but I would rather send my hypothetical kids to an international school if I could afford it. And flying alone was a big deal for me... Haha.
- You think that high school reunions are all but impossible.
Yes, until I came here.
- You have friends from 29 different countries.
Yup.
- You sort your friends by continent.
By country.
- You have a time zone map next to your telephone.
Haha, no, but I have 3 or 4 different time zones saved on my phone clock for easy access.
- You realize what a small world it is, after all.
Very small indeed.
Err... that's 20ish out of... I don't know how many. But yes... Interesting. Hehe.
The thing about being a TCK is that if you talk about you're experiences with non-TCKs (not to discriminate, 'cause I love all you non-TCKs), it feels like bragging. So... that's why I blog about it rather than talk about it.
But with the uproot thing, I feel like its time for me to MOOOVE. I want to get out of Melbourne... Maybe it's a phase or something, but I wanna go somewhere new. I want a fresh start in a new place. =) And the exploration!
I think this is long enough already. I'll leave it there.
-jmah-
EDIT: Oh yeah, a sidenote, I think it's natural for TCKs to talk about TCK experiences, because I had a similar conversation about TCK experiences with another friend who I havent seen for more than a year and who I met in Beijing.
Shout-out to HAYLEY and CAMMIE! <3
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