Sunday, January 30, 2005
My Sunday morningSO I went to church in the morning and guess what... my favorite priest was saying homili! Yayyyy Father Chris is sooo wise. I love that guy!
So in summary, he was preaching about the beattitudes (blessed are the poor, blessed are the merciful, blessed are the mourning, etc) and compared the beattitudes in the Bible with the world's attitude.
The world says happy are the powerful, happy are the wealthy, happy are the ones who have a LOT. Well, if this is the case, then those Hollywood stars should perfectly fit this, yes? NO... they're the most unhappy people... with drug and alcohol problems, divorces, etc... So something is obviously missing there!
So Father Chris went on again to say that people spend most of their time trying to be happy and to find happiness... to follow the crowd...this will lead to nowhere. We will never be happy this way, he said. He explained that instead of focusing on trying to be happy, we should strive to be blessed: only then will we be BOTH happy and blessed. He went on again to say that in the many countries he visited and the many people he'd met from all social classes, the happiest people he knew were the nuns at St. Francis in Austria. He spent a lot of time with the nuns when he was in Austria and he found that they were glowing with happiness, despite not owning anything and leaving everything behind. They were poor and lived very simply in peace... they are very very very happy!
If we really wanna be happy, we have to ally ourselves with the poor, the sad, the meek, and the weak. We have to be peacemakers in violent times, and we have to be merciful to those who don't deserve mercy. We have to keep our hearts pure and expect persecution when we tell the truth. We have to make friends in lowly places, basically. Experience the blessing!
Now, he said that a lot of people complained when he gave "heavy" homilies, because a lot of people are disturbed by the "truth". So he said that instead of telling him to shut up, why not do something about their lives? He's not there to make people feel comfortable. He refused to follow the crowd and make people feel comfortable about the lives they lead.
Go Father Chris! hahaha
So after church, my sister and I went tobbagonning at Milliken Park. Tobogganning itu meluncur dari atas bukit bersalju (buat yg gak tau)... asikk bgt gila! Of course, my sister was too light, so everytime she went on the board, she flew right off the board and fell face down onto the snow. Once, we hit the softest snow (untouched snow) and it was like diving straight into icy water. Our faces were covered with snow and we looked like messed-up-Santa Clauses hahaha. Oh and once, instead of going down forward, the board changed direction and we didn't know where we were goin' and we were screaming sooo hard! I almost hit the pole! Damn, it was fun!
And then we walked on the frozen pond (covered in knee-deep snow). I was scared at first, but then I saw people went on their boards on the ice, so I wasn't that scared no more... and my sister was yappin' "You're such a chicken!" hahaha, thx sis... you're lovely... ^.^
So we just fooled around, yelling and laughing... and then, an hour later, we headed back to the car... boy, the drive home was sooo smooth, like I was still sliding down the snowy hill.
And now it's time to get back to my studying... BORING! man! I'd do anything to get out of this situation. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE learning (those who know me should know!) but this course... cognition and representation-->bullcrap! I have no idea what the purpose of studying line, contours, penumbra, umbra, shadow, luminosity, etc... ok ok, I get the fact that blind people can draw... but the theories are sooo..UMMPPHHH! The whole course is about testing people with raised-line drawing n stuff, touch and feel and identify the objects... BORING!
Anyways, hating it won't help, in fact, it's gonna make it worse! So, I'm gonna change my stinky attitude right now and say in super-sarcastic tone: "I LOVE this course!" yay... NOT... whatever... just shut up Mathilda, alrite...
And then Sagad suruh gw foto pake baju fupei.com, utk promosiin t-shirt sale nya katanya... yg dudulznya tuh ye, dia kagak bilang kalo tangan gw tuh mesti kayak metallica getuu... ade gw udah cape2 motoin, n gw juga ampe kesel gara2 dia maen2 terus sama kameranya n gw dah cape senyum n pose... trus eh, pas gw kirim beberapa biji ke dia (biar tinggal pilih yg mana yg dia mau), malah ngomel2... padahal gw lagi ngantuk berat gara2 belon bobo siang (my favorite activity hahaha) ya udah deh, dia kena semprot ama gw... hihihi.. sorry broo... tp salah lo juga sih yeee... ya udah aje gw bales ngomel, gw bilang ntar deh kapan2 gw foto lagi kalo lagi mood! ugghh huahaha...
nih 2 of the pics, sekalian promosiin www.fupei.com. dah ye Gad, jgn ngomel2 terus, ntar cepet tua hihihi
gw udah centil gini kagak dihargai! gak terimaaaaa hihihi
si Monyet @ 1/30/2005 01:36:00 PM
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