Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I love the ending of one year and the starting of another. I also love the break in between semesters, which is much needed. I am however looking forward to starting the next semester though.

Speaking of school, my exams went well, they were spaced out throughout finals week so it allowed plenty of time to study and play Halo. Most of you who know me well know that I am a gamer at heart, but I like to keep it to a minimum because of my compulsive gaming habit. So I managed to do both without getting overly distracted from studying.

Well I'll keep this short after all it's Christmas! Woohoo! Love you all.

Life is good.

The first semester of school is soon coming to an end. I absolutely love my life right now and I love the work that God is doing in me. Just thought I'd get that out there!

So I sponsored my first child with World Vision. His name is Elda Kodia, he was born on March 21, 2004, and is from Mali. Go March birthdays! Tony Campolo came and spoke at our school and I was challenged by his message in regards to my attitude towards the poor and needy. It's hard to explain the shift that occurred within me but all I can say is I have a new and fresh outlook on my purpose here on this earth which I guess is pretty huge.

In regards to work, which I'm not sure I can even call it that because I love it so much. God has truly blessed me with the job I have and I am still in awe every time I leave work that this is my job. My managers and co-workers are amazing people to work with and I love that. I love meeting new people every day and getting to know the customers that come more often.

School is doing well too. I think the fact that everything is working out so well is a huge reason why I am enjoying life right now. With all my subjects I am doing fairly well and keeping up. In Hebrew, I study, and I get good marks, although it's weird because each time I go into class for the exam I'm scared, but I still do well.

Also my car is up and running. After a nice, large, bill. Yippie!

I want to go snowboarding SOO bad. It's not even funny...

My awesome sister Alyssa is starting to blog, so if your friends or family feel free to check it out.

http://www.alyssaharasym.blogspot.com/

There is also a link on the side.

RIGHT NOW, I want you to know that you are an amazing person and I'm glad that we can be friends. I value our relationship no matter how big or small it is.

Anyways, that's enough of the randomness, I love you all and remember to smile! Especially if your resisting right now!

Run! - September 11, 2001

Snow!

So it's snowing and that makes me really happy! Snow = Snowboarding! I picked up my snowboard this past weekend and although it looks nice leaning against the wall, it needs to get out to the mountains. I'm not sure how long the snow is going to last, this is the biggest snowfall yet. It actually covers the ground and doesn't melt on contact. So we'll see how it goes over the night, it'd be sweet to get lots of snow.

So my car broke down, which sucks. You expect a car with 380,000 to break down some time though right? Thanks to my good friend Jeff, he helped me get it towed to a Canadian Tire down the street for free! So that saved me a hundred bucks right there! It's funny how my car broke down though, I was just pulling into the parking stall at school right after work when the serpentine belt came off. So the power steering went and it started to leak coolant. It could have been so much worse. I've could have been driving on the highway in the middle of nowhere or something, but the belt decided to come off as soon as I pulling into the parking lot... So right now it's at Canadian Tire hopefully getting fixed soon so I can work and go to church.

Classes are amazing. They have their up and downs but overall I can't complain. I'm glad that I am academically moving forward in my life. I feel like I'm in the right place and that's a good feeling.

So I'm pretty happy and so should you! Be grateful for what you have. Time to learn some Hebrew.

Bye bye.

Hi.

So I'm just getting over a cold, which sucks, but I'm glad it wasn't to bad. This past Friday and Saturday were the worst days. After lots of Tylenol Cold & Flu, I'm almost better. Just a runny nose and a slight cough. Both Jordan and I got sick at the same time, which was nice in that were both going through it at the same time instead one waiting to get sick, while the other one spreads their germs everywhere if you know what I mean.

School has been great. It feels good to be finally getting some book knowledge and it's even sweeter because I enjoy the classes I'm taking. My most challenging class would have to be Hebrew. Although I know a bunch of words and the alphabet, with any new language comes tons of challenges. I also got a Hebrew Bible to practice my reading. Its weird because you read it backwards. For another one of my classes, were memorizing most of the countries of the world in sections. The first section is Middle East, Asia, Australia. So I know about 50 countries and some of there capitals, which is cool because if I hear someone talking about Bhutan or Tajikistan I know where they are.

I also made a small purchase. I got a long board. After wanting to get one for awhile, I went out and got one. I've fallen in love once again. Snowboarding is a huge passion of mine, now long boarding has come along side. I feel like I'm on the slopes except there's pavement below me and cars around me, but it's amazing. This is a picture of the exact board I have, except that I have some sweet bright green wheels instead of the yellow ones. I must confess though, I was standing at a corner with Jordan waiting for the walk sign downtown Calgary, and I was swinging my board back and fourth and I ran over a poor lady's toe! I felt so bad! She said she was fine and she was actually pretty cool about. So I'm just apologizing once again to that lady because I really didn't mean to. We also went to a parkade, that was fun.

So I'm done writing here. Adios. Love you all!