The Armor of God

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ¹⁹ Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

This is definitely my favourite passage in the Bible. I still remember when I first learned about it way back in FAITH fellowship at my old church. E. asked all of us to draw and cut out the different types of clothing/equipments. I am SO glad that he made us do it because it really helps with retaining and recalling the message. Every time when I read this passage I would be reminded of what I did, and every time when I face spiritual battle, I would always think of this passage.

Sidenote: Both Dalhousie and ORPAS confirmed my application. They have received all my required and supplemental documents. This means that the waiting period starts NOW.

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.

Rejected....but glad.

So two weeks ago, I handed in my research proposals to the grad admin. My two topics were: 1) problems with pronunciations in the Korean context and, 2) the impact of collaborative learning on oral fluency and accuracy. Prior to writing the proposals, I had the chance to speak to the supervisor whom I really wanted to with and he gave me sooo many ideas and guidance. I've always wanted to work with him because his specialty is in oral communication--- most notably in fluency and pronunciation.

The problem with this is that it is the supervisor who chooses us, rather than us choosing them. Therefore, I decided to be "smart" by writing BOTH my proposals on something that this particular supervisor is interested in. They can't make me do something I am not interested in right? and they can't force a supervisor to supervise a student who's topic they are not familiar with, right? so it must be that supervisor! since he's the only one interested in the speaking aspect of TESL.

or so I thought I was "smart"....

Last Friday, they had a meeting regarding the proposals.

Today, I received an email saying that I got another supervisor.... one whom I really didn't want because his research interest is just soo boring. I just didn't understand why I am stuck with him. I complained to my classmates that I got this prof because ya.... natural sin? But Why would he want me?!?! and why didn't the other supervisor WANT ME? I am doing my research on pronunciation! This assigned supervisor isn't even doing this stuff! argh!!

Felt quite rejected for half and hour.

But then after thinking about it, I realized that I needed to be thankful that the Lord had placed me with him. Not sure if they forced him to take me in or he actually wanted me as his student, but it doesn't matter anymore, because last term, he was the one who gave me the highest marks. I had the highest mark out of the four courses so I don't know if marks was a factor too.

I am glad that I have this prof now--as least I didn't someone worst. Just thinking about it and bringing this entire situation back to God, it really isn't a baddd thing to work with him.
Maybe the Lord just doesn't want me to be with this prof that I had wanted. It is better to be stuck with someone who gave me good marks then someone who didn't give me as good grades as I hoped for.

So I am thankful. I know there must be a reason why God placed me with him. I'll just have to wait and see......


Lesson of the day:
- I really need to slow down my complaints. Think more, pray more and speak less.

=)

Nothing is better than receiving a reward from the Heavenly Father! =)

Today, God gave me something that I had longed for, asked for and prayedd for. Obedience is key....

hmm..... is this a sign from God that I should......?!?!?!


more prayers needed.

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Glimpse

Today I got a glimpse of what it would be like teaching in Korea. It was exactly what I had expected. Tough, but exciting! Now I can't wait to go next year after I finish grad school. This is really what I want to do for the rest of my life! ahhh, I finally found my passion! Thank you God!

Apparently a lot of people don't know what I'll be doing in September which I think is kinda weird because I thought I told everyone. Guess not. Some aunties and uncles thought I would be going to UofT for pharmacy this september...? uum, yes, well, I've originally wanted to get into pharmacy, but after two years of rejections, I decided to give up. So no, I won't be going into pharmacy. Oh well, perhaps God just doesn't want me doing this? who knows. Some people thought I'd be going to Korea this year, but I won't be because of the next item. I have decided to do Masters in Applied Linguistics, specializing in teaching ESL instead of doing teacher's college at OISE. I am still sad that I have to let go of teacher's college because I applied for the program way before I knew about the masters program, but after manymanymany prayers and discussions, I think Masters is really want I want to do this year and I can't wait to start!

My plan right now is to do awesome things and make awesome memories this summer because it will prolly be my last summer ever, since the grad program is from september to august. And then after that, I hope to go korea and live there forever....eventhough I have never been there before. Haha. Yesterday I researched on the immigration policy in korea and I found out that I can't immigrate there no matter how long I live or work there because I am not a Korean. I am only eligible for citizenship/permanet residency if I marry a South Korean or invest more than 5 million US dollars in the local economy. haha.... sooo I guess we'll see where God takes me; maybe I'll marry a South Korean or have 5 million US dollars to spare sometime in the future? hahahahahahahahhahaa. No matter how much I love the Korean culture, I'll always be proud of being Canadian-Chinese. =)

So the Lakers won the Western Conference finals and there is a chance they will win the 2009 NBA finals. I am gonna be sooooooooo happy when they winnnnnnnnn! One of my life goals is to watch the Lakers play @ the Staples Center.

The Swine Flu Epidemic

article

This really brings back memories when I took a virology last term and the period when SARS occurred.
It almost seem surreal that this is happening. We talked about it last term about how it might occur due to many factors but I didn't think it will occur sooo quickly.

I just pray that it doesn't become a pandemic.

Honesty is the way to go!

read this article, you'll be surprised.

Recession

...has impact on abortion and family planning




soo sad.

The Beheaded case

here


I am feeling quite sad about this. Satan's using mentally ill people to do evil things.

There IS such thing as a "free lunch"

how is this possible?

Stay away from pmall

this is why

Man's sinful nature

this is what happens when the world doesn't know God

stupid

definition of stupid

what a waste of time.
congrats on making it to the guiness book of world records 2010.

Congrats Kevin Luong and his team!

Humber students make contact with Space Station

News article

she was the ticket to a better life
New Jersey dad who named children after Nazis decries removal