This letter is written to whoever it concerns. It is mainly for you, who so believe that you're the king of the universe, and God's most valued creation; however, it may also be something of mere insight for others.
Will you ever realize that the world doesn't revolve around you? For starters, in our solar system, the earth revolves around the sun. All source of life on earth is possible because God created the lovely sun for us to have. You? Well, you're just like me; you're no more than one out of the six billion of our kind. The way you handle yourself, and how highly you think of yourself just amazes me at who you believe you are. Call me selfish or arrogant, but when I seem like I don't give a crap about the way you are, it's probably because I've come close to losing all my patience having to deal with you and your beloved attitude. When it seems like a lot of situations make you seem like you're the bad guy, you really have to look at yourself and wonder why that is. Of course, you obviously think that even though people are looking at you with the stink eye, you defend your sappy ego 'til the very end, with pointless and irrelevant excuses, as if nothing is your fault and people just like to pick on you for no reason.
You talk as if you're all-knowing, as if you've seen the world from every corner, but yet you're not even old enough to say you've experienced a fraction of what life is all about. If you love to be the smartass around here, I have no problem with that; after all, somebody's gotta do it. But if you want to live your life with that title, I wouldn't want to be around you, say, thirty years from now. Just let me say that if you think you can use your "all-powerful and all-knowing" abilities to dictate the way people around you behave, you're asking for people to point their fingers at you when something comes back to you. You're responsible for the words you put into the ears of other people. If one day you come out and randomly complain to me that everyone seems like they're grumpy and pissed off all the time, uh, I'd check to see why. News flash: it's probably because of you, dufus! Since you know all, you've probably heard that joke that says, "when you claim that everyone is weird, it's actually you that is weird and everyone else is 'normal' - whatever normal is".
Well, it's time for you to look at yourself in the mirror. "Who the heck are you?" should be the first question that you ask your reflection. Then, once you've finally realized who you are, please ask yourself who you are to this world and the reason why you're alive. I really hope that you can, soon enough, take part of a short term missions trip so life can slap you in the face and tell you that you're not all that you think you are. God is in control, not you. Other than that, there is not much else that I need to tell you. And would it kill you to at least try and show some respect to people other than yourself?
You would honestly be a very wonderful person if you went about yourself the right way; you've got it all, enough to live life very large, just an attitude adjustment is needed.
Sincerely,
Nathan
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
From Me to You
Okay, so I had absolutely no idea what to title this blog entry, but it sure does feel great to sleep in again. I am really enjoying this fitness challenge that I am trying to take up; even though I'm barely making through the sets, it makes me feel like I'm not completely wasting my time. Today, I started the first day of week two for my push ups and week four for my squats. I have no problem with my squats; I would start my workout with push ups - which make me feel bad about my fitness level - and then cap off the brief physical activity with squats, so I can feel better. Since I completely forgot to do my sit ups last week, I'll start them this week. I really hope that I can find three days for each of the challenges in the next few weeks, because I'll be forced to do them in Vancouver, and it would be awkward for me to randomly be doing my push up fail.
This past Saturday, I said goodbye to some relatives that visited from New Jersey. I must say that I have had a really fun week catching up with them. I met my little three year old cousin for the first time, and she is the cutest thing ever - although she did smoke me in the face a few times causing my spectacles to deform a bit. I must say that the environment you live in affects your character so much. I am not blaming my relatives as people, but by looking at the way they are, to some extent, you can see what life in America is like. I hope that they enjoyed their time here in Edmonton and Banff, because coming from the New Jersey area, there really isn't very much they haven't seen before.
Also, in other news about this past Saturday night, there was a crazy storm that hit Edmonton. I'm sure many people, all over the world, know about it since it's been appearing on the news and on youtube. I must comment about this particular storm and what I saw from it. First of all, based on the reactions I've been hearing, I know for sure that it must have been scary if you were outside, whether at Capital Ex or Taste of Edmonton or whatever, and experiencing the storm first hand. It got so bad that my dad, while on his way home from a wedding banquet, phoned me to turn off all the electronics in the house. As I was in my lair for most of the day, I was quite oblivious to how violent and dangerous the storm had become. However, from the window of my house, I looked out and was absolutely fascinated by what was going on. I will admit that you might have seen me smiling just a bit from watching all the lightning and hail and stuff. Living in Edmonton, we normally don't experience very many of these magnificant works of nature, which may be why I was smiling. It felt as if I was in the eye of the storm as I looked around at all the clouds and lightning. There was a weird feeling in me that made me feel as if I was at peace while all the chaos was going on outside.
So, that's basically what I got from the storm. I didn't really realize the kind of damage it did until I went out the next day. Driving from my house to Londonderry takes about two minutes; and in that two minutes, I saw so many trees split in half and all these things blown to pieces. Afterward, I definitely wished that I had been a part of the storm to experience all the craziness that was going on. Okay, I know that sounds crazy, but I don't know, I'm weird that way. I'm normally not very fond of storms either, haha.
I wish the new hockey season started tomorrow.
**Reminder to do day 1 of sit-ups tomorrow**
This past Saturday, I said goodbye to some relatives that visited from New Jersey. I must say that I have had a really fun week catching up with them. I met my little three year old cousin for the first time, and she is the cutest thing ever - although she did smoke me in the face a few times causing my spectacles to deform a bit. I must say that the environment you live in affects your character so much. I am not blaming my relatives as people, but by looking at the way they are, to some extent, you can see what life in America is like. I hope that they enjoyed their time here in Edmonton and Banff, because coming from the New Jersey area, there really isn't very much they haven't seen before.
Also, in other news about this past Saturday night, there was a crazy storm that hit Edmonton. I'm sure many people, all over the world, know about it since it's been appearing on the news and on youtube. I must comment about this particular storm and what I saw from it. First of all, based on the reactions I've been hearing, I know for sure that it must have been scary if you were outside, whether at Capital Ex or Taste of Edmonton or whatever, and experiencing the storm first hand. It got so bad that my dad, while on his way home from a wedding banquet, phoned me to turn off all the electronics in the house. As I was in my lair for most of the day, I was quite oblivious to how violent and dangerous the storm had become. However, from the window of my house, I looked out and was absolutely fascinated by what was going on. I will admit that you might have seen me smiling just a bit from watching all the lightning and hail and stuff. Living in Edmonton, we normally don't experience very many of these magnificant works of nature, which may be why I was smiling. It felt as if I was in the eye of the storm as I looked around at all the clouds and lightning. There was a weird feeling in me that made me feel as if I was at peace while all the chaos was going on outside.
So, that's basically what I got from the storm. I didn't really realize the kind of damage it did until I went out the next day. Driving from my house to Londonderry takes about two minutes; and in that two minutes, I saw so many trees split in half and all these things blown to pieces. Afterward, I definitely wished that I had been a part of the storm to experience all the craziness that was going on. Okay, I know that sounds crazy, but I don't know, I'm weird that way. I'm normally not very fond of storms either, haha.
I wish the new hockey season started tomorrow.
**Reminder to do day 1 of sit-ups tomorrow**
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Challenge
Starting tomorrow, like many other people at another point in time, I will begin my attempt at the one hundred push ups challenge, the two hundred sit-ups challenge, and the two hundred squats challenge. I must admit that doing all three within the same six weeks is a bit bizarre. But in reality, it's more of only two challenges. Because I run and play soccer, my leg muscles are still pretty well off as I did fifty squats quite easily during the initial test; fifty consecutive squats, according to the challenge, is pretty good, so I will do this just to build a bit more endurance in my legs and lower back.
However, my initial tests for push ups and sit-ups were so bad that I don't think I will post them up here. Haha. But in the end, I will try my luck with these challenges and maybe I'll update once or twice in the middle of the challenge just to see how my body is reacting to this thing.
If you might be interested in these challenges, here's a couple sites you can visit:
www.onehundredpushups.com
www.twohundredsitups.com
www.twohundredsquats.com
Give it a go! Everyone should be doing this if you ask me, because the average fitness level nowadays is pretty nasty.
However, my initial tests for push ups and sit-ups were so bad that I don't think I will post them up here. Haha. But in the end, I will try my luck with these challenges and maybe I'll update once or twice in the middle of the challenge just to see how my body is reacting to this thing.
If you might be interested in these challenges, here's a couple sites you can visit:
www.onehundredpushups.com
www.twohundredsitups.com
www.twohundredsquats.com
Give it a go! Everyone should be doing this if you ask me, because the average fitness level nowadays is pretty nasty.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Soccer Camp
Today was the last day of our one-week-soccer-camp. I must say that I enjoyed the experience very thoroughly. It's not very often that I get to do two things that I love at the same time. It was lots of fun and quite refreshing on some spiritual terms as well.
I love being able to work with kids and to see the smiles on their faces everyday. I really think that that is the only reason that I never really felt tired throughout the week - until now. I find it really odd that motivation and inspiration can fuel your energy far better than sleep can. Not to say that sleeping doesn't energize me, because I love to sleep; but I do believe that it's really cool how you can wake up everyday thinking about what you're going to do and encounter, and allowing that to light the fire underneath you to make you go.
One thing that is really cool that I was reminded about, this week, was that what we see and what we do expand far beyond just the borders of our own individual lives. I live my life, but I know that someone, somewhere is also experiencing the same awesome things that I am and that everything links back to my big G.
Well, I'm feeling great right now: physically and mentally. I was shocked at how much I made the kids run during the "fun run" this morning; and the fact that I was able to do it without being too tired was even more satisfying. Haha. I've definitely got to rest up because my relatives are visiting from Jersey, and they'll be landing in town tomorrow in the afternoon. After they land, we'll be having another week of high energy, high paced activities. I'm not too sure about what to expect from this yet, but I've got to look at it to be an awesome opportunity to get to know them better.
July - keep it comin', comin', comin'.
I love being able to work with kids and to see the smiles on their faces everyday. I really think that that is the only reason that I never really felt tired throughout the week - until now. I find it really odd that motivation and inspiration can fuel your energy far better than sleep can. Not to say that sleeping doesn't energize me, because I love to sleep; but I do believe that it's really cool how you can wake up everyday thinking about what you're going to do and encounter, and allowing that to light the fire underneath you to make you go.
One thing that is really cool that I was reminded about, this week, was that what we see and what we do expand far beyond just the borders of our own individual lives. I live my life, but I know that someone, somewhere is also experiencing the same awesome things that I am and that everything links back to my big G.
Well, I'm feeling great right now: physically and mentally. I was shocked at how much I made the kids run during the "fun run" this morning; and the fact that I was able to do it without being too tired was even more satisfying. Haha. I've definitely got to rest up because my relatives are visiting from Jersey, and they'll be landing in town tomorrow in the afternoon. After they land, we'll be having another week of high energy, high paced activities. I'm not too sure about what to expect from this yet, but I've got to look at it to be an awesome opportunity to get to know them better.
July - keep it comin', comin', comin'.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Good Start
It sure does take some cold to know the sun. That's what I was missing so much today, the sun. It really sucked that we had to stay indoors the entire day of our soccer camp; even so, it was a lot of fun and sweat.
July kick started itself to a very awesome month so far. The first couple of days was loaded with Dany Heatley drama, so following it, and free agent frenzy, kept me busy for these days. Then the weekend arrived and it was time for the ECBC floor hockey tournament; it was NEAC's first time participating, but they do it every year, so I'll still refer to it as annual. Going into this tournament for the first time, we obviously did not know what to expect out of it. However, I, for one, knew that we would be in for a tough tournament because we are all skinny little small chinese kids from a north side that is too "ghetto" to be playing hockey. I entered this tournament expecting one win, for the team, and one goal, for myself. After the first day, the predictions, or expectations, were complete. I scored a goal, and we won our first game - barely. We got our butts handed to us for the second and fourth game, and the third game was a very disappointing loss, because we really should have won. Since we're all guaranteed at least one playoff game, I thought that we might be able to win one, should we be placed into a tiebreaker match. Then bring on Sunday.
So, after watching the first day, we KNEW that if we had won the first game, we would still get our asses handed to us right after because we were facing the defending champs. In the end, we did win the first game, and to add a cherry on top, I scored a hattrick and Jeff had a shutout. However, it was short lived, because we got beat 25-2 right after. Haha, I even mentioned the score!
After a fun and satisfying hockey tournament, we changed gears - well, shoes into cleats to be specific - and prepared for soccer camp with AIA. I was really happy to be able to help assist in coaching again after I missed last year's camp due to my internship with UP. The first day of camp was a load of fun, and very tiring. Today, was also new and fun, because we had to stay indoors due to the dumb rain. So now we're all praying for sun for the rest of the week, although the forecast is calling for thunderstorms for the next couple of days. Hopefully, all goes well and we get to at least go outside for tomorrow and Thursday.
I'm feeling like I'm in much better shape now, in case anyone was wondering (= and also, looking forward to a much more eventful rest of July!
July kick started itself to a very awesome month so far. The first couple of days was loaded with Dany Heatley drama, so following it, and free agent frenzy, kept me busy for these days. Then the weekend arrived and it was time for the ECBC floor hockey tournament; it was NEAC's first time participating, but they do it every year, so I'll still refer to it as annual. Going into this tournament for the first time, we obviously did not know what to expect out of it. However, I, for one, knew that we would be in for a tough tournament because we are all skinny little small chinese kids from a north side that is too "ghetto" to be playing hockey. I entered this tournament expecting one win, for the team, and one goal, for myself. After the first day, the predictions, or expectations, were complete. I scored a goal, and we won our first game - barely. We got our butts handed to us for the second and fourth game, and the third game was a very disappointing loss, because we really should have won. Since we're all guaranteed at least one playoff game, I thought that we might be able to win one, should we be placed into a tiebreaker match. Then bring on Sunday.
So, after watching the first day, we KNEW that if we had won the first game, we would still get our asses handed to us right after because we were facing the defending champs. In the end, we did win the first game, and to add a cherry on top, I scored a hattrick and Jeff had a shutout. However, it was short lived, because we got beat 25-2 right after. Haha, I even mentioned the score!
After a fun and satisfying hockey tournament, we changed gears - well, shoes into cleats to be specific - and prepared for soccer camp with AIA. I was really happy to be able to help assist in coaching again after I missed last year's camp due to my internship with UP. The first day of camp was a load of fun, and very tiring. Today, was also new and fun, because we had to stay indoors due to the dumb rain. So now we're all praying for sun for the rest of the week, although the forecast is calling for thunderstorms for the next couple of days. Hopefully, all goes well and we get to at least go outside for tomorrow and Thursday.
I'm feeling like I'm in much better shape now, in case anyone was wondering (= and also, looking forward to a much more eventful rest of July!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Just Say No
"It should be noted that Heatley has not rejected a trade to the Oilers and remains interested in joing them, but simply desires more time to ponder his future."
This has basically been the story over the last couple of days in Oilers' nation. If you've been following hockey, at all, within the last week or so, you'll know that Heatley has now become probably the most hated player in all of the NHL. For the second night, in a row, this Heatley soap opera with the "should I stay or should I go" business is driving everyone crazy.
The bright sides are that Heatley didn't actually say, "no, I don't want Edmonton"; and that this is great for the sport as it draws a ton of attention - even if it's very negative.
However, as sweet as it is, it's still very bitter to watch. I cannot begin to imagine what it is like being the Oilers' or Sens' management right now. Heatley has caused so much drama in this whole situation, it's actually surreal for me to be sitting here believing that all of this is happening. It's so evident that, even though he didn't actually say no, he doesn't really want to be here. I think that so many grey hairs could have been prevented, if Heatley simply said "no". As Bob McKenzie, on TSN, has already said, this will get very ugly in the next few days.
Also in the event of hockey, I'm kind of excited for this weekend, as ECBC will be hosting their hockey tournament. I haven't played hockey, of any sorts, for a while, so it should be pretty fun. However, I am not very fond of the small gym that we'll be playing in. I'm kind of the guy that needs space to make plays happen, so my timing will have to be much quicker.
Also in action: extremely excited for soccer camp next week! Working with kids by playing soccer: what more can I ask for? I will finally have a bit of a life coming up very shortly; and hopefully, I can blog about some other things, either tomorrow or Friday night.
Happy Canada day, by the way; I completely forgot about this because of all the hockey things.
This has basically been the story over the last couple of days in Oilers' nation. If you've been following hockey, at all, within the last week or so, you'll know that Heatley has now become probably the most hated player in all of the NHL. For the second night, in a row, this Heatley soap opera with the "should I stay or should I go" business is driving everyone crazy.
The bright sides are that Heatley didn't actually say, "no, I don't want Edmonton"; and that this is great for the sport as it draws a ton of attention - even if it's very negative.
However, as sweet as it is, it's still very bitter to watch. I cannot begin to imagine what it is like being the Oilers' or Sens' management right now. Heatley has caused so much drama in this whole situation, it's actually surreal for me to be sitting here believing that all of this is happening. It's so evident that, even though he didn't actually say no, he doesn't really want to be here. I think that so many grey hairs could have been prevented, if Heatley simply said "no". As Bob McKenzie, on TSN, has already said, this will get very ugly in the next few days.
Also in the event of hockey, I'm kind of excited for this weekend, as ECBC will be hosting their hockey tournament. I haven't played hockey, of any sorts, for a while, so it should be pretty fun. However, I am not very fond of the small gym that we'll be playing in. I'm kind of the guy that needs space to make plays happen, so my timing will have to be much quicker.
Also in action: extremely excited for soccer camp next week! Working with kids by playing soccer: what more can I ask for? I will finally have a bit of a life coming up very shortly; and hopefully, I can blog about some other things, either tomorrow or Friday night.
Happy Canada day, by the way; I completely forgot about this because of all the hockey things.
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