I picture you in the sun wondering what went wrong
And falling down on your knees asking for sympathy
And being caught in between all you wish for and all you seen
And trying to find anything you can feel that you can believe in
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
I know I would apologize if I could see your eyes
'Cause when you showed me myself I became someone else
But I was caught in between all you wish for and all you need
I picture you fast asleep
A nightmare comes
You can't keep awake
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
'Cause if I find
If i find my own way
How much will i find
If I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
You
I don't know anymore
What it's for
I'm not even sure
If there is anyone who is in the sun
Will you help me to understand
'Cause I been caught in between all I wish for and all I need
Maybe you're not even sure what it's for
Any more than me
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
I like this song. I recommend a listen!
Monday, 31 December 2007
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
Merry Christmas!
I wish you, your family, your friends and everyone else out there a good and safe Christmas!
As we celebrate this day of our Saviour's birth, it's hard not to get caught up in the consumerism that comes with living in North America. We are blessed with so much, but it never seems quite enough. We are swamped with movies, TV shows, advertisements and the like, all claiming to show us the 'true meaning of Christmas'. I know I'm guilty. My bank account has suffered the wrath of the 'holiday season'. It's hard, but it's time to ignore these 'true messages' and see that Christmas is in fact about Christ. It's all about God!
As we celebrate this day of our Saviour's birth, it's hard not to get caught up in the consumerism that comes with living in North America. We are blessed with so much, but it never seems quite enough. We are swamped with movies, TV shows, advertisements and the like, all claiming to show us the 'true meaning of Christmas'. I know I'm guilty. My bank account has suffered the wrath of the 'holiday season'. It's hard, but it's time to ignore these 'true messages' and see that Christmas is in fact about Christ. It's all about God!
Friday, 21 December 2007
It's a love/hate relationship
So I bought the TimCard more than a month ago. For those of you living under a rock (or outside Canada), the TimCard is the latest scheme by an already wealthy business (aka Tim Hortons) to suck more money out of you.
and it works...
I've spent at least $50 on this thing so far. That's a lot of coffee. It's a wonder I get any sleep at all.
So I obviously use it a fair bit. It's much easier than cash, as cash can be quite the hassle. Let me take you through a bit of a typical Tim Hortons experience using cash:
You're waiting in line, you got your cash ready, you know what you want - a large double-double (if you're living under that rock I talked about earlier, a double-double is a coffee with two sugar and two cream). It's your turn, you get called over, hooray!! You tell the person behind the wall of doughnuts - that's the real spelling, by the way - what you want. "Large double-double." Just rolls off the tounge. If you're lucky enough to get a person who can handle the complex task of filling a cup with addictive black liquid, this doesn't take too long. I never get that person.
But anyway. So, you give him/her the twenty (you only ever have twenties because banks refuse to dispense any other bills except green ones, but that's a rant for another blog), and get the change back. This change then disappears the way change does. Just vanishes. Lose it, spend it trying to get a stuffed SpongeBob out of one of those machines... whatever, as soon as that twenty is broken, say goodbye to the rest of it, you won't see it anymore. You can't even remember what you end up spending it on, but it's gone either way. Now you leave the Tim Hortons with your $20 coffee to feed your addiction until your next hit.
Pretty typical Timmies run. Now, with a TimCard, things change. Granted, things like the extreme length of time it takes to get your liquid cocaine stays the same, but there are some pluses. Namely, no more change. Which is nice. Coats are lighter. Pants have less jingle. You aren't losing $18 for every cup of coffee you buy... which is nice. Unfortunately, the biggest problem I have (besides the fact that I now spend more money on coffee in a week than I normally would) is the employees. Now, no offence to any Tim Hortons employees out there, but you don't all have the greatest reputation as being speedy, nor for remembering multiple items. Throw in a newfangled thing like the TimCard, and they're a lost cause.
What I can't understand is, with a company as huge as Tim Hortons spending tons of money to start something like the TimCard and putting tons more money into promoting it, why, WHY have they not taught their employees how to use it?!? I don't get it. Now, it has gotten better, but even now I still get a look of terror when I pull out the brown card. "oh no! Not that thing!" is in the minds of each cashier. I can see it in their eyes. Now they have to figure out how to get the machine to work, print off a receipt AND get a coffee. woah.
I once tried to add money to my card. It took no less than 5 employees (one being the supervisor), me offering my input, as I pretty much could do it myself by now, plus a map/description sheet of how to use the machine - just to put $10 onto my card. And then I had the nerve of wanting a coffee after that.
Tim Hortons employees have nightmares about me.
I daydream about Tim Hortons coffee.
Would I recommend the TimCard? Yeah, I love it while I hate it. Maybe I just love to hate it... hmm.
and it works...
I've spent at least $50 on this thing so far. That's a lot of coffee. It's a wonder I get any sleep at all.
So I obviously use it a fair bit. It's much easier than cash, as cash can be quite the hassle. Let me take you through a bit of a typical Tim Hortons experience using cash:
You're waiting in line, you got your cash ready, you know what you want - a large double-double (if you're living under that rock I talked about earlier, a double-double is a coffee with two sugar and two cream). It's your turn, you get called over, hooray!! You tell the person behind the wall of doughnuts - that's the real spelling, by the way - what you want. "Large double-double." Just rolls off the tounge. If you're lucky enough to get a person who can handle the complex task of filling a cup with addictive black liquid, this doesn't take too long. I never get that person.
But anyway. So, you give him/her the twenty (you only ever have twenties because banks refuse to dispense any other bills except green ones, but that's a rant for another blog), and get the change back. This change then disappears the way change does. Just vanishes. Lose it, spend it trying to get a stuffed SpongeBob out of one of those machines... whatever, as soon as that twenty is broken, say goodbye to the rest of it, you won't see it anymore. You can't even remember what you end up spending it on, but it's gone either way. Now you leave the Tim Hortons with your $20 coffee to feed your addiction until your next hit.
Pretty typical Timmies run. Now, with a TimCard, things change. Granted, things like the extreme length of time it takes to get your liquid cocaine stays the same, but there are some pluses. Namely, no more change. Which is nice. Coats are lighter. Pants have less jingle. You aren't losing $18 for every cup of coffee you buy... which is nice. Unfortunately, the biggest problem I have (besides the fact that I now spend more money on coffee in a week than I normally would) is the employees. Now, no offence to any Tim Hortons employees out there, but you don't all have the greatest reputation as being speedy, nor for remembering multiple items. Throw in a newfangled thing like the TimCard, and they're a lost cause.
What I can't understand is, with a company as huge as Tim Hortons spending tons of money to start something like the TimCard and putting tons more money into promoting it, why, WHY have they not taught their employees how to use it?!? I don't get it. Now, it has gotten better, but even now I still get a look of terror when I pull out the brown card. "oh no! Not that thing!" is in the minds of each cashier. I can see it in their eyes. Now they have to figure out how to get the machine to work, print off a receipt AND get a coffee. woah.
I once tried to add money to my card. It took no less than 5 employees (one being the supervisor), me offering my input, as I pretty much could do it myself by now, plus a map/description sheet of how to use the machine - just to put $10 onto my card. And then I had the nerve of wanting a coffee after that.
Tim Hortons employees have nightmares about me.
I daydream about Tim Hortons coffee.
Would I recommend the TimCard? Yeah, I love it while I hate it. Maybe I just love to hate it... hmm.
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Nigeria
This is a profile page that the cool people at the CRWRC made for me. It's got a bunch of info on it about what I'll be doing, what RURCON does in Nigeria and other great stuff! Check it out, hopefully this works and you can actually read it... Try clicking on it. It might go really big. Sorry, I'm still new to this whole blog thing. Gimme a break.
Friday, 7 December 2007
Shaver of pain in the neck.
Random!
I've been using a razor lately for shaving. Never have before, always used an electric one. Nice and easy. Rub it over face and hair goes away! Magical.
But I've got stupid sensitive skin on my face, so my neck gets all cut up and hurts. I'm enjoying the smoothiness, but the neck of pain is not as enjoyable.
Plus it makes me feel like someone will assume I'm less like a man because I have 'sensitive skin'. Whatever. I'll arm wrestle anyone who challenges my manhood.
And I'll have you know, these guns aren't just for show...
I've been using a razor lately for shaving. Never have before, always used an electric one. Nice and easy. Rub it over face and hair goes away! Magical.
But I've got stupid sensitive skin on my face, so my neck gets all cut up and hurts. I'm enjoying the smoothiness, but the neck of pain is not as enjoyable.
Plus it makes me feel like someone will assume I'm less like a man because I have 'sensitive skin'. Whatever. I'll arm wrestle anyone who challenges my manhood.
And I'll have you know, these guns aren't just for show...
Monday, 3 December 2007
a quote
Here's an excerpt from a book I'm reading right now called Cat and Dog Theology by Bob Sjogren & Ferald Robinson:
Life wasn't designed to be fair. Where did we ever get that idea? Life was designed to be a series of events to reveal God's glory and point us and others to that glory. That's what life is all about! Paul writes, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31)
I'm enjoying this book, I'm only about half-way right now and it's really good. Making me think a lot about how we view Christianity. We pray about, preach about, sing about and praise about how Christ came and died for humans. But forget a part. It's not just for us. He died so that we can glorify God forever. More to come later....
*suspense*
Life wasn't designed to be fair. Where did we ever get that idea? Life was designed to be a series of events to reveal God's glory and point us and others to that glory. That's what life is all about! Paul writes, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31)
I'm enjoying this book, I'm only about half-way right now and it's really good. Making me think a lot about how we view Christianity. We pray about, preach about, sing about and praise about how Christ came and died for humans. But forget a part. It's not just for us. He died so that we can glorify God forever. More to come later....
*suspense*
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