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It's already February...only 3 more months until I'm officially done university!! :O
So exciting!! I actually can't believe it's already February 2014...January passed by so quickly!! It's been a busy and tiring month for me :P Specifically, this past week was really overwhelming and stressful for me and hence my disappearance from well, this blog and gchat as well. Despite the things that happened this past week, my eyes were opened to a lot of things, and I learned a lot.

1. "I'm so sorry for your loss" - I understand the meaning, but my question is what am I supposed to say to that? How do I reply to that? Of course, I would say this to others as well but it's interesting because all you can really do is smile, nod, say thanks and acknowledge the condolences I'm receiving... :P For some reason, I've been saying "it's okay" which is really a "...." to a conversation. But whatever response I give, I'm given the opportunity to share with that person what I am thankful for (e.g. only a temporary loss, being able to spend time, the blessings that has been poured out to my family and relatives, etc.) So it is good because it makes the conversations more encouraging and more about God!

2. People do care. If people didn't talk to me, I wouldn't have shared with them what happened. It is somewhat of a sensitive issue afterall, however, seeing all the love that's poured on me and my family from many brothers and sisters in Christ, all I have to say is Praise God for He is good!

3.  Carelessness. Okay, I travelled all the way downtown to realize that I brought the wrong notes to class....fail right? In my short defense, it was logical for me to have brought those notes...who would have known to have brought tab #9 and not tab #2?? Well, obviously if I read the revised schedule -_____- sigh. fails. But the good thing that came out of this is that I learned to check the schedule for next time (lesson learned hahahaa) and I was able to go back to church and attend Sunday school! 

4. Article I read last week and wrote about but not posted here. Well, here it is (titled "quel interesting"): I was reading an article and something that stood out is "marriage isn't about YOU. It's about God." Like !!!!!! Wow, I'm so happy I read it cause it really resonates with me. I know in the back of my head that yes, marriage is to glorify God and be God-centering but when I read that marriage isn't about you (i.e. me) I was like :O worddd...like YEAAAH, MARRIAGE IS ABOUT GOD, NOT ME....sigh this is such a good reminder cause I always feel like I'm looking for things that I want in a man or what He must be, and I don't even think about God. Of course, it can be like oh I'm looking for a man that's godly...sure...but I still come up with like shallow characteristics that I want (i.e. please be taller than me lol). But then I thought about how if marriage is about God, then to lead into marriage it means that my relationship is to be about God...I know it's obvious but work with me here!! This is inspiring to me bhahahaah! And to take it a step further, to be in a relationship with someone starts with friendship! So this means that my friendships are to be about God!!! So whether it is friendships with men or friendships with women, they are to be about God! And I need to remember this! Because if I do keep this in mind, it makes the friendships and relationships more precious and that automatically, it should be God-centered!!!! And with a further stretch, this means that everything I do should be about God. God created me to glorify Him so technically, everything I do should be about Him and to glorify Him. So put away that selfish self dory thinking that everything has to do with me - it's about God.

And that is all.