The weekend that was

Strangely, maximum impact proved to be really impactful. Im not sure if the purpose of the event was to impact, but if it was, it certainty proved to be very impactful. A few things i learned from the event. Smile when you talk. This was truly revolutionary and the idea of smiling while you talked really hit me hard. Of course, there are certainly exceptions to this rule and a few scenarios the speaker did not think about. For example, it is very important what kind of smile you are giving off. If you are talking to a small kid, do not under any circumstances smile in a leering sort of way. Similarly, the cheeky im-not-taking-you-seriously smile is also not advised in most situations. There will also be times where you do not smile at all. One such situation would be when your lecturer is telling you off for talking in class. Other situations include someone telling you about the death of a love one, and someone telling you that their parents are getting a divorce. There were other things that were taught that day but i was very distracted by Aletheia trying to play kiddy games on paper, Janice routinely shooting me dirty looks, and Lijun sending me notes with very defamatory comments. However, Im sure most of you had a fruitful experience, please do sign up for next year. Or if you can't be bothered, just watch the trailer. As Aletheia pointed out, that is really all you need to know. Also, I find the black man staring back at us very creepy as well.

I thought I share a trend of thought that I've been having for a while now. It kind of tied in to what that pastor dude spoke about at maximum impact. He was talking about vision casting. The last devotion I did spoke about how we can have moments on the mountain. That is, where we get the vision, where we feel God the most, where we feel we can do anything in him. However, the author of the devotion begins to say that there will be a time where we have to go down to the valley, where the hurts of the world are, where our fellow men suffer and that is where we will truly be tested. I for one didn't like the idea at first. I mean, who doesn't want to stay on the mountain forever and stay close to the Lord's presence. I guess what I'm trying to say in this short span of page without yapping on for too long is we really should'nt be discourage or sad when we are in the valley and "away" from God. I think if we renew our minds and hearts with God every single day, really we will just be fine. So maybe we can keep all our members in prayer. Pray for each one of us that even though school, work and even our relationships can really drain us, and times seem overwhelming, that God will always renew our minds and give us strength. For he is our strength. So for all those kiwis out there who feel weary, be reminded that we are on each others prayer list and God loves us.

Whew that was a bit of a mouthful. Anyways, i think i asked everyone last friday if we wanted to go down on wednesday to utopia for Wilson's singing debut. Tickets are 10 dollars and yours truly managed to take off work to go support the willy man. Do note also that Willy is the newest member of the former Team JLA now just J-LAW. Know that I will be calling you and pester you to come, so be prepared. Also, the team at kiwi headquarters, mainly just Eunice is thinking of going to Ciao Italia for dinner one of these days. If you have not been, you really should be shot. The tiramisu alone is worth the long drive to south perth. What do you guys think? Friday before cell or Thursday night? Let us all remind ourselves though that we have assignments due on friday. [update: lijin will b giving u all calls to see if u can make it on friday k?? cos thurs is springfeast. so think u guys wld wanna go support your friends der]

Anyways, this being the start of the week, i hope all of you have a great week. Do call each other to have chats and talking to kiwis are really fun.

peace