bullet dodged

"Open up the skies of mercy,

rain down the cleansing flood...

... its your KINDNESS Lord"

i enjoy solving problems with humour

bee: just don't look dumb.
jasy: dumb?
bee: yeah. like, don't put a lot of shiney things in your hair.

"I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day"

"My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline

and do not resent his rebuke,

because the LORD disciplines those he loves,

as a father the son he delights in."

Psalm 3:11-12

may my life be one unbroken gaze

difference number 1

i used to think there wasn't any difference but there is. the first one, is that everything.... LIFE... just seems way more beautiful and meaningful with Him than without.

Native?

So I'm training new callers... and one girl I was training starts talking to me about her friend from her small town.
"My Native friend from my town's name is Jasmine, so when i saw that your name was Jasmine i was like so shocked! Because the only two Native girls i know are named Jasmine!"
*pause..*
"Umm... I'm not Native.... I'm Chinese."

Do i look Native? (It's kind of cool but ... weird! i always get korean but never native)

can you say dumbass? (my very own "dorkism")

I've been trying to be more responsible about my work schedule because i'm putting in a lot of extra hours doing training, sitting at the recruiting booth, and doing interviews-- the times for these are sporadic and i didn't want to miss any, so i copied all the times from my boss's email onto a piece of paper that i carry around.

For today i had written down: Interview -- 10-3pm

Unfortunately, the only ride i could get to school was at 8:30 this morning before my mom went to work, and i didn't want to WALK considering it's snowing a lot outside and i didn't think one measley hour of sleep was worth a cold walk to school. So i drug myself out of bed at around 7:30 this morning, left the house at 8:30 and getting to school at around 8:40, spent a WHILE in the bathroom fixing myself becuase i didn't want to look like I'd just drowned and came back to life while i was interviewing people.

I went up to the office at around 9:15 thinking, hey, maybe it's not so bad that i'm 45 minutes early because i've never done an interview before and i could take this time to figure out what i need to even do and get some coffee. So i get upstairs and start chatting away with Pete and Joanna (2 of the supervisors) and somehow i get to talkign about how ridiculous i am that i signed up to do interviews from 10am - 3pm.

Joanna: uhhh... there aren't any interviews this morning...

Me: WHAT??... uhhh ghzala sent me an email!!

At this point, Pete, Joanna, and I are kind of running around and getting all freaked out and worked up about why Ghzala would send me an email saying 10 - 3 when there aren't even any interviews! We go into their office and tell John who is also thoroughly confused.

Me: SERIOUSLY guys this sucks! I can't believe i got up at 7:30 in the morning for no reason! I'll show you the email!!

I pull the email up on the screen and here's what it it says:

Interviews:
January 10 - 3pm

Me: SEE??? January 10.... oh... oh my God... oh my God i'm such an idiot.

Of course we laughed at me for a while and then it wasn't so funny anymore when i realized how tired I was and how i'd left my cellphone at home and how this day SUCKS. >:(

*sigh* I need a cup of coffee desperately.

finally winter

It's finally really winter here. The snow's coming down like a blizzard, my ears and face practically freeze off everytime i go outside-- and i'm loving it! :) I think it's the wait that did it. Like I've been anticipating snow for so long, i'll take anything i can get!

This term's beginning has been basically the opposite of last term. I'm seeing people a lot, going out a lot while school's still just getting started... bursting out of my hidey hole so to speak. And i've been enjoying it but i know it's not going to last... moderation... organization.. it's difficult.

Okay this is a really boring blog entry :P so i'm going to stop now. bye!

a 2007 motto

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

- Pope John XXIII

p.s. notice how "on the ball" i am this month? definitely the marks of a new year. *grin*