monday. november 12 2oo7

random thoughts... girls bball season just came to a close this saturday. we placed 5th in the ISK tournament. they played hard to the very last second. i'm proud of them for that. this week i get a break from sports. next week boys bball starts. i think these 4 days a week practices are wearing me out. ah well, it's not about me. i came home saturday night to a water heater. i've never been so excited about hot water before. i immediately turned it on. it usually takes about half an hour to heat up. but since i had a long day, i passed out. hahaha good one steven =P first thing i did when i woke up was take a shower. i almost didn't come out b/c it felt so good. for the record, it was exactly one month i went without a water heater. lately i've been thinking about my decision for next year. we're supposed to give an answer by the beginning of december. this is assuming they offer me the position to stay again. how is it november already? i have no idea what happened in september and october. there are personal things that factor into my decision. but i've always wondered if these personal things should even be considered. shouldn't we be focused on what God wants for us? is it selfish to want certain things in my life? often times we blur the lines to rationalize the situation until we get what we want. i just wanna be careful that i'm not doing that. the question seemed easier to answer during the summer. i guess we'll find out soon enough... i miss ansley, james and lucas...not to say grown folks aren't important, but i love watching kids grow up. they learn so fast, and their honesty is so real and innocent. i'm sure they have moments of manipulation, but i like how they just tell it like it is. not on the same level as those kids, but i miss watching the nba. actually, it's more like the houston rockets. i'm glad clutchfans puts highlights on youtube. i know they only show the good stuff that we do, so it's abit biased. i do notice that we have alot more shooters on our team this year...with tmac, battier, mike james, bonzi, and maybe rafer. and yao looks alot tougher than before. i like how rick adelman has him run the high post play like what he did with weber and the kings. i'm not sure if it really works, but it looked familiar when i saw it. what i really wanna see is our team's defense. oh man, i totally forgot to mention that our boys soccer, girls bball, and tennis team all won best sportsmanship and character award in our league. we also won the best overall sportsmanship award, so in total we walked away with 4 awards. it's a big deal b/c we're a christian school, and i hope the secular schools find the link btwn our faith and our character. for the people at home who remember the problem i've had with my throat, i wonder if kicking my coke habit for a month will make much of a difference. if not my throat, i'm sure it'll help my health in some other area. also, i wanna get in shape. surprisingly enough, i wanna run. i play bball on tuesday nights and sunday afternoon, but it's not the same as jogging. i've been trying to think of good opportunities to start doing this consistently. but on weekdays, i'm usually tired after school and practice. and i dunno how much it really helps to do it once a week on a saturday morning. i wonder if i'm crazy enough to wake up an hour earlier than normal each day to go running. probably not, huh? i'd be like that guy my mom sees jogging every morning when she leaves the house to go to work. we'll see. i'm leading chapel this thursday. i'm gonna try linking hebrews 12 with that video of jesus fighting off all the temptations. hopefully we can get a projector for that, so i don't have to burn a 5.5min video onto a dvd. our topic for this year is transformation. so i gotta tie that into it somehow. i still think it's funny that fbcc's camp theme was transformers this summer, and now wns's theme this year is transformation. any ideas on what worship songs would go well with my hebrews 12 msg? and just for myself, the last 5min or so when i was online friday night was memorable. hope you feel better mom! tell pau pau i said hi! tell her i ate chinese food on saturday for dinner. it was cashew chicken. oh and ask her if she remembers what "flower bridge" translated in chinese is...hahaha! ::: :::