Just Thinking...

It's past 2 am yet I don't have the urge of going to bed. It has been a long day, had 7 hours of classes non-stop and on top of that I had to stay at school for another 2 hours to work on the cell biology article! I also woke up at 5 am this morning, and I still need to catch up on some sleep from the one-day trip to Ottawa and the lack of sleep on Sunday.

I came back here to Waterloo on Monday morning. It has not even been a day but I feel so homesick already. I miss home, I miss my friends, I miss Toronto!

This year's reading was so awesome. I had a blast last week! I went to Toronto a lot, went skating, ate street hot dogs, walked in the freezing weather at night with a second cup ESPRESSO! That was rather a tragic experience. I am not much of a coffee fan, in fact I try to resist myself from caffeine. I will only consume caffeine when needed, such as during exams, or on a tired morning when I cannot possibly pay attention in lectures. Although a friend of mine, who is currently studying medicine, says that coffee has no major side effects on humans, I still think consuming chemicals are bad. Not only that, coffee is also very addictive!

Anyway, last week was also my mom's birthday! I think she got three birthday cakes this year. I got her a blackforest cake from this chinese bakery. It tasted so good that it took my breath away. My aunt also bought a cake for her, and also the youth from Ottawa also bought her a cake. So I went cake spree last week! The cakes were awesome but I think I did consume too much sugar in a week. =p

I also had a bit of time to hang out with my long lost best friend that I love as my own sister. I was surprised that she would come skating with me and the guys although only for a bit! Then the next day I invited her to come and have lunch with the family since it was my mom's birthday. Although I wish we both could go out and catch up on each other, I was happy to see her happy!

I learned something about happiness last week. I learned that I would never live happy if I keep on thinking about things that depresses me, things that I don't even have, things that are not within my reach. But if I cherish every moments that I live, give thanks to everything that I have, I will be much better off! The first few days of reading week was rather awful. I was thinking of something that was beyond my reach. It was something that God decided to take away from me on purpose so that I could love Him more and depend totally on Him. In fact, I know that God was testing me. He wanted to see if I would follow Him instead of satisfying the desire of my flesh. This was honestly a very challenging test for me. Out of every other things that I have, He must pick this very delicate one, one that was very important to me. It has almost been a year, and I have failed many times. But God never forget to give strengths, to encourage me to keep going, nor he forgets to tell me that He is always there by my side. There are too many things that God is leading me into that I cannot understand right now, but I want to take that road less travelled and follow this path God has chosen for me. It is tough, but He keeps on telling me to trust in Him! He then taught me how to give thanks for the things that I have, things that God has given me such as a loving family, good friends, good times, great health, etc. I noticed that the more I give thanks for what I have, the happier I become. Then, when I made that statement that "I am willing to be willing" to follow God, He took away my burdens and replaced them with a joyful heart. This is the reason why I had a blast during the week! =) God is awesome!!

This year's reading week was just special! Although last year's reading week was also memorable and unforgetable. 8)

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Phillippians 4:13