Times Have Changed

It must be in the air; everyone seems to be talking about how, "back when..." and all that fun stuff. Strangely enough, I've been bored over the last few days - curious, eh - and I've managed to look back at some of the things I've written or done in the last few years. And boy, have times changed.

Back in grade 12, I definitely did not see things the way I see them now; at least not to this degree. And when I compare things back then to things now, it's like I had just finished off book one, and am currently in the prologue of the second book. It's crazy how much things can progress in the span of a few months, let alone a couple years. I kind of think back and want to go back, because the feelings and memories that stick with me are the good ones, as well as the situations where I wish I could've made the "other" choice. But I think the whole point of making the choice that I did was so that it would put me where I am now.

In other news, as much as we need it, I don't see any legitimate reason for there to be the 'Blizzard of Oz' when it is almost June. I've said it many times, and I'll say it again, we're all gonna get screwed by global warming in less than fifty years. It ruined my dreams of being able to go outside to kick a soccer ball around. Hopefully the ground can dry up in the next couple days so I can raise my heartrate by a few beats per minute. There is something about the need to get into better physical condition that has caught quite a few people's attention; I love it.

Good People

It's rare - the same way that I like my steak; but it's so awesome to see that good people still exist in this world.

In the prime destinations of grocery stores like Superstore, Costco, Wal-Mart, etc., it's natural that line ups would be long at every till. A lot of times, people will have their entire carts loaded with hundreds of dollars worth of groceries and other things that they need to get. And for any mother, or anyone that has done grocery shopping, you will know that sometimes these lineup waits get ridiculously long. Because they are so long, you usually second guess yourself to going to these stores if you only need a couple of items.

However, when I see someone with a huge load of things that they need to pay for let someone with only three items ahead of them, they have earned all the respect I can offer. It's so rare to see these kinds of people these days, which is why they invented the express and self check out lanes. So, it makes my day that someone would be this kind. I firmly believe that it is the little things like this in life that make it worth living. Because of it, someone like me who could get inspired by witnessing this, I could come across a situation like this in the future where I could do the same and allow someone ahead of me if they only have a couple things. Hopefully that when I'm blessed with this opportunity, it will inspire someone else the same way it helped me so that they could continue this cycle of positivity in their time. I think that when this event happened, it wasn't just me that was in awe; you could take a look around and everyone that saw it seemed to have a strange look on their face. I don't know what they were thinking at the time, but I'm sure this will stick with them for a while.

Definitely worth the try, if you ask me.

Armageddon'd

The game wasn't close, and it never was. The only reason the score didn't sky rocket even more was because they had one of ours. Yes, I believe the final score was 28-5. And I feel that this was one of the easiest games I played. Everything was really predictable and allowed me the opportunity to create a lot; for some reason, I just chose not to.

Yeah, it's all fun and games, and I am really happy we got to play some hockey today. I wonder how much some of the people in the Chinese side hate us now? They couldn't take are trash talking, and couldn't take us handing their behinds to them; so, they must absolutely despise us. Haha, but at the end of the day, I hope that they do understand that we're all just joking and wanted to have some fun.

On to other news. I saw someone do something today that made me think to myself: WoW. That was pretty much all I could think of because I didn't know how to react to it. It's not something bad that was done; it was more like a, "did he seriously just do that?" type of deal. But I find it funny that the other person didn't seem to mind at all. So, maybe I'm seeing something that I'm not supposed to? Although there is a bit of an awkwardness to it, I won't say much more because it was really weird. What am I talking about? I'm not sure anymore.

I am exhausted, so I think I'll conclude my post. I didn't meet my target of three goals because I spent more time trying to get other people goals; so, I ended up with a goal and somewhere between five and eight assists. I didn't count. I never have, never will. I once read someone say "long live the person who believes an assist is worth as much as a goal", and I totally agree. So let's leave it at that.

Happy Victoria Day to everyone!

Armageddon

I couldn't resist the temptations of blogging two days in a row. So, let me ask you this: how do you enter a battle that you know you're going to lose?

Yep, my brother had asked my dad that question over dinner one night, in reference to this upcoming Sunday. What's going on this Sunday, you might ask? Armageddon is happening this Sunday - for the Chinese congregation, that is. The youthful energy that is brought from the English congregation will bring the pain and demolish the Chinese congregation in, none other than, a floor hockey game.

Yes, it's hilarious how the most casual conversation could turn into the start of a best of three sports competition in a church. People say that people within the church should be friendly towards each other, like a family. Well, we should; but in this case, the battle will be won before it's even started. The Chinese congregation - more specifically my dad - challenged the English side to a game of floor hockey. It took a while to materialize, but it's going down! The ACT at Rundle Park is going to be a slaughter house for three and a half hours on Sunday afternoon.

This event has been promoted for a few weeks now, and honestly, I don't know what to expect, come Sunday. There could be 10 people from the English side, or there could be 40. It's more likely that there will be 40, but I am not going to expect to be playing a whole lot anyway. And, this seems like it should be an easy victory for the English; but we never know what will happen. So, that's why I am so excited for this game.

I think I'm only going to get about four or five shifts in the three hour span and play a total of about 10 to 15 minutes, but that's okay; it's all for fun anyways.

So my predictions are that I will score 3 goals. I never count my assists because I get so many, I lose count. Seriously!

Also, today was a productive day for me; so it leaves me pretty satisfied at the end of the day. Not everything may turn out the way I hope, but I've done everything in my power, and I'll just hope for the best.

Happy Wednesday, the day of the week where there is no good TV on!

Bam

Well, it's pretty nice to get smacked in the face once in a while - both figuratively and literally. It brings you back down to earth. I had a big smack today. Although I wouldn't say that I was floating higher than the ground by any means, but it smacked me deeper into where I already am. So, that is very comforting to know that some force in life is trying to keep me where I am. I happen to know what that force is, too. But I will have to deal with it and get it over with and hope for the best.

Also, I wonder when the next tornado will hit Edmonton. It's all sunny today, and then suddenly the clouds brew in and we have humungous rain drops and storm for a while. Because I am a nerd, I did research projects on tornadoes in elementary; and something like this, is usually a recipe for a tornado. Of course, most tornadoes never touch the ground, but I've never seen one, and I think it'd be pretty cool to see one as long as it doesnt damage anything that I care for.

I am way too excited for next Sunday's hockey game of the English congregation versus the Chinese congregation in our church. It's going to be legendary. I hope I can score a few goals, set up a few goals, and dangle a few here and there. We should do it more often.

And also, I am solid on "team Hall" now. That is all.

Five Stages Of...

Honestly speaking, I have not felt this sick in years. I rarely get sick, and even when I do, or begin to, it's gone within a couple days - max. So, it definitely feels strange and very crummy. I went to bed on Saturday night, and when I woke up on Sunday morning, my throat was burning in pain. This was probably the sore-est of throats I've ever experienced in my life. And I thought that it was so weird, how it just suddenly came with no warning. Then, on Sunday night, I started to feel the sick really come on. I woke up on Monday morning, and my sore throat was mostly gone, but I had the massive-est of massive headaches. I could hardly look at a screen for more than five minutes without my brain throbbing. So, on Monday, I mostly just slept the day away, which doesn't seem to be so bad. Then I woke up on Tuesday, thinking it was Monday, but then realized, and thought to myself: what, it's Tuesday!?

So it seemed that the worst had already come by and I'm on my way to full recovery in a couple days. Then after lunch, my nose started to run, and then I knew this was gonna be bad. If anyone has bad Spring allergies, or have had a decent concussion in their life, they would know what it's like to have every-what-kind-of breathing tube, or nazel pathways, or whatever, and having it all plugged up and itchy kind of feeling. I do have Spring allergies, and have had a concussion before, so it just felt like that; and it didn't feel very nice. Then, most people would know, that once you have a bad runny nose, the coughing comes next. So I wake up Wednesday morning, and there it is; coughing my lungs out before I'm even awake for an hour. And it's the dry cough. So I'm coughing all day, and it gets worse and worse throughout the day.

And finally, I wake up today, five days since my sore throat hit, and realize that I have not been this sick in years. I am definitely feeling better, but I'm at that stage where your body is just trying to get the rest of everything else out. So, to put it in a way, I have a bit of everything. Yep, I must admit that this was a fun experience to see a different symptom everyday with this little virus inside me. I haven't been sleeping well since I stopped working, so I blame everything on that!

And on a different note, I came to realize that even though it's so hard to see that I'm moving away for school, I think it's about time that I go in this direction for where I am in life.

*cough*cough* Yeah, I just typed out my coughs... all phlegmy and stuff. Haha. But I think this Montreal team is definitely showing signs of the 2005-2006 Edmonton Oilers. But they still got nothing on Jordan Eberle, whom I expect to see in the weaksauce Canada lineup tomorrow.

Share!

Today, I unintentionally found out about a couple more people that follow my blog but never told me. How dare you! Haha. How did I find out? It's quite simple. I rarely ever talk about my blog with other people unless they ask me about it or it's something that I broadcast openly. So, to find out about what I do and the stuff that goes on in my life, you'd have to read my blog to find out. Then, randomly after, I had a couple conversations about topics that I wrote on my blog. It was slightly unexpected, but I welcome it! It gives me tiny little personal victories, in a sense. Haha.

But the thing is, this: most people that like to read blogs, either have their own blog, or have done something - or at least thought about it - to the extent of blogging; if that isn't the case, then you're just a really cool person that is looking for inspiration. And if you do blog, I think you definitely have to share. That way, we can expand each other's "blogosphere". I would love to help expand hits to your blog, if you'd like to do the same for me.

Do it.

And Then It Goes Back

When was the last time you saw something that made you think, "HEY! I used to play/watch/use/etc this! It used to be so cool... What the heck, did I seriously like this before?!" I can attest to this in the part of some old school cartoons I saw on Teletoon Retro a couple days back when I was flipping through the tele.

However, there are also those things that you are reminded of the good old days; except, the second you try it, you're hooked onto it again like you were years before. I went out and bought myself a Nintento DS lite; yes, I did. The purpose that I bought it was because I thought the new Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver version was worth getting - or at least I was told it was worth it.

So, last week, I drove out in the rain to Zellers and bought myself a DS along with the Pokemon SoulSilver version. After waiting for some jerk to unblock my car from the parking lot, I finally realized how ridiculous and how stupid I was to have bought 150 bucks worth of stuff that I used to like. But to prevent myself from looking like a retard by going back in to return it only moments after having bought it, I sucked it up like a man and drove the rest of the way home.

When I got home, I thought to myself, "oh man, how long is it going to take before I get bored of this and have wasted 150 dollars of Bible College money?" Except, I got hooked. Again. I even went out of my way to beat Final Fantasy 13 without sticking to my goal of getting every prostar equipment just so I could turn my focus into becoming the Pokemon master that I once was... ten years ago.

Yep, I'm a noob. But I think you should get the game too, so I can trade with you!