Wise?

It is true. The older you are, the wiser you are. Wise in the sense that you have more experiences in life and have probably made a lot more mistakes.

I really thank God for all the "old" people who gave me advices lately. They were really wise.

Praise Items

Counting my blessings:

• I did well on my last reading essay. I have been quite worried about the essay portion of the course. The funny thing about this essay was the writing process. My topic was motivation, but I was definitely NOT motivated when I wrote it. I felt almost hypocritical because I kept writing about how students needed to be motivated to be successful blahblahblah, but I was just not feeling it.
• 2 SLPs have said yes to taking me for a day or two. I just need to go back to sauga as fast as possible to talk to them about volunteer work. PRAISE THE LORD. I have been praying about this for a longggg time now. whoohoo!
• Finished TA-ing for the year. It was tough but I got through it. It was a great experience. Hopefully I can go back to work in September.
• God gave me a great plan. I don't know. I'll just follow.

Life at Brock - Part 1

So my course work part of my MA is done. I just have to proctor 2 exams and mark 300 exams and then I get to go home. I have been trying to keep myself busy by spending as much time as I can with my classmates before K goes home. I'll be leaving St. Catharines in about 6 days (sad!!)

There's just so much to reflect on regarding life at Brock.

Where should I start?

Well, I have never imagined myself going to Brock. In fact, when I applied for undergrad 4 years ago, I didn't even research the school. Reason being I already had my eyes set for McMaster because their science program sounded really good and it was kind of close to home. But if I had known about their Linguistics and Speech program or just knowing about them in general, Brock would be one of my choices.

Brock is an awesome school. Although academically, it isn't as strong as Mac's, Brock has this thing that makes you feel very comfortable when you are there.

Reasons why Brock > Mac:

1. People at Brock are generally nicer. Not sure if this is true, but one of the profs said the reason for this is because students at Brock are mostly from small towns such as pickering and other towns that I have never heard of; whereas students at Mac are mostly from big cities like Toronto, Mississauga
2. Not sure if it is because I am a grad student or what, but I feel that the profs are nicer here and they understand you more.
3. Brock, or rather St. Catharines, has an awesome bus system. Most buses come every 15 minutes. Mac buses come like one every 45 minutes or something.

So in general, Brock University is better in terms of university life ( at least for me! I will explain this in the next post), but McMaster is still better academically; perhaps it is because the school has more money.

And if I had known about linguistics or even speech language pathology prior to entering university, I would have never chosen Mac... since they don't really have a good ling program.

Don't Stop Can't Stop - 2pm

I cannot get this song out of my head. It's on repeat on my computer. And this song really fits the situation right now.

What a catchy song! It makes me wanna dance! =)

LISTEN EVERYONE!! and tell me what you think!

Final stretch

Another 2.5 weeks in St. Catharines and then it is home forever!!

Weekend was okay. Did alot of paper writing and procrastinating.

Cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel.

attitudes of gratitude

I am SO glad I waited. I really thank God for patience and encouragements.

So you know how I said that everyone said NO to me? Well, I prayed that night hoping that God would turn things around. Then immediately the next day, some people said YES.

I am still shocked by all of this. I expected people to say NO the day I took action, so I don't even know why I was disappointed and upset when they said NO. stupid. But I just wanted to see for realz.

God is just powerful. Mighty Powerful. I praise Thee.

Feeling incredibly blessed right now! =)

Thank you for your prayers!

Discouraged

I am searching and searching.

I am scared because people are saying NO and closing doors on me.

Is this what the Lord is telling me?

I shall wait and see..... I gotta be more patient and give it some time.

"David also said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished. " ~1 Chronicles 28:20

Confused?

I don't know if it is just me or what, but sometimes I get confused all of a sudden. I have everything planned out for this one particular thing, but just need to wait for the right timing to take action. And so I wait; the more I wait, the more I think about the thing and the more I question about it and then the whole thing gets confusing. Then I am like, "I thought I had everything figured out!!! why am I confused?"

What do you do when this happens to you?

maybe I should just not think about anything or just go play games hahaha