The last 3 weeks have been very intense to put it lightly. Not only did i have exams every week, but i also was away on the weekends.... hindering my availability... both weekends i was away on church retreats... which both were amazing! The first retreat was with a new group of people... Intervarsity which i have been slowly getting myself involved with this year... they're a great bunch of people and the key about it is that it's multiethnic! Multi-ethnic you say? YES that means the asian stereotype of being exclusive is broken into the world of other races/colors, in a great christian environment.... haha it's awesome to say the least! But anyways the retreat was quite a blessing... I met a ton of new people from various schools and bonded with some close(er) friends along with hearing a message that changed the way i think these days... living without fear and frustrations! Granted i still DOO have some here and there... i do not worry about them as often... a very optimistic view on things i suppose... it's something i want to hold on from now on though. Beyond the message was also a good time playing card games (Nertz especially!) into the wee hours of the morning and enjoying hot tea and food with new people!
Then when i thought i was going to miss retreat i was renewed with the fact that I'd be going on the C-Stone retreat the weekend after! wooo another amazing time, new people, long talks, and another moving message that made me and many of my peers think more about how we spend out time and money in today's society.... Social Justice is a very hard (if not impossible) thing to do and sadly our world today has just made it that way... taking for granted what we have is something we all do that makes us blind to the fact that we are better off than prolly 98% of the rest of the world today... one point i found very solid is that God gave us all life equally in his image... soo in a way the world has put it so that not everyone is equal... the right to live should be given to everyone, not just those with worthless pieces of currency... what really matters is the relationships we make in our life time!... Who's lives do we impact... many people probably... more so than you would probably think! The ways we interact with people is very unique to us... and we ripple through the people we associate ourselves with and interact with. Thus is our world today... we live it.. and I just hope that the interactions i have with people around me is worth something to them... Whether it be you reading this post or simply a "Hello" as we pass each other around a corner... every action happens for a reason...
So the two retreats were a real blessing for me and definitely a challenging time for me both spiritually and in reality. I was pushed with studying as i did not have any time on the weekends... even though i tried and failed horrible... i would either doze off (due to lack of lots of sleep) or there would be too many social opportunities to not take! haha On top of retreats and school I've been waiting on job interviews as well as apartment hunting!... it feels like it adds to the stress level in my life.. but in the end... i'm not that worried cause i know God will provide SOMETHING for me... I've had one interview so far... and it's for one of my top jobs... so i'm hoping i hear back from them next week! It's quite competitive for me right now since all the honors students have better GPAs than i do... and thus companies look at that first.... SO A WORD OF ADVICE TO ALL FUTURE COOPS/INTERSHIPS... dont put your GPA down on your resume... one of my friends didn't put his down and he got a bunch of interviews compared to someone who DIDput down GPA.... only put down your GPA if it's good basically... not saying that my GPA isn't good... it's just people are higher than me... I guess i have to wait to see which job/interviews i get to really make a good suggestion on the matter... but it's definitely something to consider...
Apartment hunting on the other hand is being pushed off constantly because it's hard to find apartments for a January move in at this time... better to start looking later in November i suppose.... I'll prolly update on it in the future...
As a little side note... this post was started like 2-3 days ago and i've added slowly here and there when i've had time... i thought i'd have time this weekend... but everyday i was busy till late late at night... and i just didn't have the energy to think about what to write... even tonight... i'm surprised i've conjured the energy to write the rest of this... maybe it was the Starbucks i had earlier hehehe...
So this is merely the surface of what's been going on in my life... I have some more specific topics to discuss possibly for the future... so if you scrolled down past the big paragraphs... in a nut shell I've been crazy busy for my own good... I do find free time here and there and i indulge in my hobbies that i'm barely hanging onto... as well as some friendships/relationships that need rekindling... i love spending time with people outside my normal routine... or maybe it's the other way around and i don't have a normal routine... and just do things as they come and go! haha sure i have the typical hangout with my friends in the late evenings... where we either watch movies or simply chill till the wee hours of the morning... but when the random social "dates" come into play... it spices things up, it's great!... anywayssss this could definitely lead into many more topics for discussion but i'll hold off for now...
I have another post that i want to complete with something more specific to myself and relationships... it's like half written... hopefully i'll have time to finish is tomorrow or on Veteran's day? meh we'll seeee
Thanks so much for reading!
DYung
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