notebooks

=[ i have this weird habit that if I do not write down my homework I am unable to even start it. For the past year I've been using the kind of notebook observed up top and I love it! It's separated by colors and has a title box at the top where i can put the title. Sadly to say though, I have been unable to find said notebook at the Berkeley student store, in desperate need for a new one, I decided to try to find it online, just to find that it is discontinued and if I want to buy a few of the remaining ones I would have to spend $15 on shipping alone!!!! *sigh...this saddens me...so i thought i would share it =] okay that's all

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its been almost a month since i've last updated and several times, i drafted posts to put up but i just never got around to doing it. but im gonna disregard all that =p

school has started and the schedule i used to have(when i only had class on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday) has been completely switched around. I only have 1 class remaining from my phase 2 schedule but I think I like my new schedule much better. Political Science is my favorite class right now. My GSI reminds me of Ochi in the whole learn the concepts to learn not to get a grade attitude. Very funny guy, chill, and encouraging. I'm sure it helps that I'm absolutely loving the subject as well. Most def made the right decision to switch over to Poli Sci.

A couple of weeks ago Caroline was ever so kind as to impart wisdom that I will share with you.(though this is actually 3rd hand because she actually heard this from Peter Pun) When we're choosing our majors, as Christians I think there's always this period where we ask ourselves, Is this what God wants me to do with my life? And here's the interesting point(ie the point of this little paragraph) There is a reason we like our major. The Holy Spirit in us calls us to like certain things. There is a basis for our likes and dislikes and our major is included in this! I'm sure I completely butchered it but hopefully you got the idea.

Last...last week? yeah...well it was Cornerstone's annual youth rally musical! very entertaining and the high schoolers did a wonderful job. The name of the musical was Finish Last (I assume after the song Finish Last by Stellar Kart? ...which was one of the songs they sang). Anyhoo, so this morning I kind of woke up thinking about the song. Weird right? But the first thought that came to me was one of the lines in the song, "I wanna finish last, last in the world's eyes". From the time I first heard it to now, I find it a very hard concept to grasp. I mean cmon right? We live in a society that tells us that we need to finish first, that we need to be the best at everything we do. We are judged by this standard, by how we compare to the rest of our peers. So how are we supposed to be last? Why should we? And then oddly enough, I thought about KCDC. More specifically, leading the kids in line during KCDC. So the set up is usually 4 leaders. One in the front leading the line, 2 on the side and then one in the back. And I thought, well maybe God wants us to be last because of how important it is to have someone last in line.

So the leader in the back is simply that, a leader in the back of a line. But that leader is crucial. When you're in the back, you're responsible for making sure that all the kids are in front of you, that way you won't lose one. You make sure the kids catch up if they're lagging behind. You have a view of all the kids in front of you(supervision is key) The leader in the back helps to usher the kids onto the sidewalk when crossing the street. If someone is feeling sick, the leader in the back will usually walk with them, keeping a close eye on them. Not sure how this all relates? Well maybe this is a stretch but when God calls us to be the last, maybe it's not simply being last. Rather, maybe God tells us to be last to give us the responsibility of others. Just as the leader in the back of the line has all those responsibilities, don't we have Christians have the responsibility to help bring others to know God, and to help further their walk? Are we given the task to help guide? When our brothers and sisters have fallen, are we not called to bring them back? Our society tells us to look out for ourselves, finish helping ourselves and then help others. Maybe it's not about us finishing last, but rather about helping others to finish "first". anyhoo that's my two cents. comments?