j. day 67 never realized how good Aladdin was

Sadly no basketball this morning, but volleyball later on tonight. Anyways, I don't know why my midterms seem extra hard this year. I've looked at old exams and they were understandable and doable but all the ones I've had thus far felt different. Oh wells. I feel like I'm learning tons when I'm studying so that's a plus. Crazy stuff, the midterm I took on tues, he gave back thurs. Didn't do as bad as I expected but still not what I desired. Then again, grades aren't everything.

Cooper people are at Big Event right now. Really excited for them. Hope to hear awesome testimonies not simply about Big Event but about what happens in school after. Compelling (Michigan's equivalent to Big Event) will be in two weeks. I'm mad excited for that too. Then, there's Veritas forum next week at UMich, which I've seen a few youtube videos but never experienced one.

I feel like there wasn't much substantial stuff in this entry but oh wells. Just normal blogging I suppose. Here's one random interesting thing: I feel like i haven't been really hungry for a long time. There's always food around so I can easily eat- whether it be full meals or just pop tarts or cereal bars and cereals or ramen or chocolates or cookies. I suppose it's good and bad.

i. day 63 random occurrences tells a tale

The art of writing is quite a relief to have, not just so that you can distinctly express your thoughts and emotions and bring them to life instead of hiding them in the back of your mind where no one can testify to their existence, but because you start to see things more in an objective point of view, a bigger picture.

To see your own life unfold in a manner as if you were not the one living it is quite an experience. You start to wonder why you fear the things you fear or even do the things you do. What if our lives were like any other stories we read in books or see in movies?

Updates on the week:
--two midterms this week (took one today- one of my hardest class)
--another midterm next week
--played bball and vball on the weekends as usual

h. day 55 no way it's been over a month since my last entry

what is the point of prayer? it's true that there are times when things happen whether we have prayed it or not. yet, i believe there are times that things don't happen when we don't pray, even though God has His plans for His people. Certainly, He can still go about doing what He needs, regardless of our prayers. However, our prayers do cause Him to move or not move, not that He depends on our prayers but that He allows it to affect Him.

however, it is when we ask questions like these, where it reveals our hearts and our lack of understanding of the Christian-life. perhaps questions like these are really unimportant. we first pray because we love God. we want to converse. it is never about getting or receiving. even in the midst of struggles and pains, our prayer is one of God please help me not necessarily in overcoming our struggles and pains but for Him to be with us in the midst of them.

highlights of the week:
-tough week due to presentation, peer review assignment, midterm and several homeworks. still managed to go to life group and iv sg and was blessed by them.
-met with alex from life group to talk and it was highly encouraging.
-went to asian iv lock-in at Knox Presbyterian Church and had a fun time fellowshipping and getting to know others (played lots of ball).
-played lots of vball at ccrb (central campus gym) with asian iv ppl.
-played a bunch of games including chinese bang (sang guo sha), speed and steal scrabble, and clue.
-studied a short amount but still better than nothing.
-miss cheap thai food but burritos (chipotle and qdoba, maybe others) are at least $1 cheaper here than in ny.