Xmas recap
5 days of nonstop parties... finally we have a chance to rest and catch our breath!
Jason's party on the 23rd was fun - Scott swept up in texas hold em poker thanks to some good luck. Pleasantly surprised to see Justine (and Bryan) and Claudia show up later in the evening. I did Southern Comfort shots with Jason and managed to hold my own pretty well considering that he's a guy and I'm a small Asian girl.
On Christmas Eve morning, I went to my first church service at Geoff's old church - Center Street Church. We bumped into Roneil and his girlfriend Amanda (who were at Jason's party the night before) at the church. It was Roneil's first church service as well which made me feel a bit better. I felt like introducing myself as "heathen" or "infidel" just to see how people reacted... but I didn't. hehe The pastor made an interesting sermon about "Why Believe in Jesus". I can accept everything about the sermon: Jesus' claim to be God, that he's more than just a good man, etc. However, the one thing that I can never, ever accept is that Jesus and Christianity is the only path to salvation. I mean, what happened to all the million people that lived before Christianity ever existed? Did they all go to hell? I can't accept that people born into a time/place with no access to Christianity or moral people who belong to other religions are automatically condemned to hell.
My parents hosted a huge Christmas Eve dinner this year. The Tanaka's, Chan's, and Kankam's were all invited. We had 16 people in all! It was a huge undertaking! My main task was to keep Bright Jr. and Ilsie busy so that they didn't get into too much trouble. :)
We had fun opening gifts on Xmas Day. Geoff got me a Treo (yay! My very first cell phone, now I'm connected to the world), a Paul Franck t-shirt, and Star Trek: TNG Season 1. I gave Geoff a mahjongg set, a sweater, an Xbox game, and some ginger beer (hard to find ingredient in his favourite drink). Geoff's parents gave us a new set of pots and pans! My parents gave us cash :) Geoff's grandmother donated money to World Vision in our names and gave us a spice rack and a Himalayan rock lamp. Very cool. We also got a cool fondue set from Les and Connie. Geoff also got Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 from Heather and Peter and a burned copy of Season 2 from Chir. Heather and Peter got me a product (red) bag from the GAP. :)
We had Christmas dinner with Geoff's parents, grandmother, and uncle Harvey and aunt Sandy. Lots of fun!
Boxing Day shopping was insane. We spent over $200 at Futureshop in less than 30 mins. We bought a bunch of Xbox games including one for me - Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. So cute! Also bought a video card for the computer so that Geoff can actually play his computer games. We ventured into Chinook to look around. Managed to buy some stuff at the GAP (more product (red) stuff), Body Shop, Below the Belt, Zellers. I couldn't find very much stuff that I wanted to buy... which is maybe a good thing. I must be getting old since none of the clothes suit me fashion-wise!
Yesterday we had the Annual Western Canada High School Reunion at Stef's house. Lots of people came despite the bad roads, nasty weather, long drive to Evergreen, and the last minute change of plans. It was lots of fun seeing everyone again. Thankfully the overachievers of our graduating class weren't there - they make the rest of us feel bad for not accomplishing more in our lives! hehe :)
Jason's party on the 23rd was fun - Scott swept up in texas hold em poker thanks to some good luck. Pleasantly surprised to see Justine (and Bryan) and Claudia show up later in the evening. I did Southern Comfort shots with Jason and managed to hold my own pretty well considering that he's a guy and I'm a small Asian girl.
On Christmas Eve morning, I went to my first church service at Geoff's old church - Center Street Church. We bumped into Roneil and his girlfriend Amanda (who were at Jason's party the night before) at the church. It was Roneil's first church service as well which made me feel a bit better. I felt like introducing myself as "heathen" or "infidel" just to see how people reacted... but I didn't. hehe The pastor made an interesting sermon about "Why Believe in Jesus". I can accept everything about the sermon: Jesus' claim to be God, that he's more than just a good man, etc. However, the one thing that I can never, ever accept is that Jesus and Christianity is the only path to salvation. I mean, what happened to all the million people that lived before Christianity ever existed? Did they all go to hell? I can't accept that people born into a time/place with no access to Christianity or moral people who belong to other religions are automatically condemned to hell.
My parents hosted a huge Christmas Eve dinner this year. The Tanaka's, Chan's, and Kankam's were all invited. We had 16 people in all! It was a huge undertaking! My main task was to keep Bright Jr. and Ilsie busy so that they didn't get into too much trouble. :)
We had fun opening gifts on Xmas Day. Geoff got me a Treo (yay! My very first cell phone, now I'm connected to the world), a Paul Franck t-shirt, and Star Trek: TNG Season 1. I gave Geoff a mahjongg set, a sweater, an Xbox game, and some ginger beer (hard to find ingredient in his favourite drink). Geoff's parents gave us a new set of pots and pans! My parents gave us cash :) Geoff's grandmother donated money to World Vision in our names and gave us a spice rack and a Himalayan rock lamp. Very cool. We also got a cool fondue set from Les and Connie. Geoff also got Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 from Heather and Peter and a burned copy of Season 2 from Chir. Heather and Peter got me a product (red) bag from the GAP. :)
We had Christmas dinner with Geoff's parents, grandmother, and uncle Harvey and aunt Sandy. Lots of fun!
Boxing Day shopping was insane. We spent over $200 at Futureshop in less than 30 mins. We bought a bunch of Xbox games including one for me - Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. So cute! Also bought a video card for the computer so that Geoff can actually play his computer games. We ventured into Chinook to look around. Managed to buy some stuff at the GAP (more product (red) stuff), Body Shop, Below the Belt, Zellers. I couldn't find very much stuff that I wanted to buy... which is maybe a good thing. I must be getting old since none of the clothes suit me fashion-wise!
Yesterday we had the Annual Western Canada High School Reunion at Stef's house. Lots of people came despite the bad roads, nasty weather, long drive to Evergreen, and the last minute change of plans. It was lots of fun seeing everyone again. Thankfully the overachievers of our graduating class weren't there - they make the rest of us feel bad for not accomplishing more in our lives! hehe :)
posted by Avatamsaka Monastery Choir at 11:33 AM
4 Comments:
Bloody hell, not more
Battlestar Galactica!!
Andre has spent the last 2-3 weeks chasing the episodes; he is now halfway through season 3 and he might have season 4.
As for Boxing Day... well, I'm never venturing out to shop again. This year was interesting enough to last me for the next millenium.
heheh :) We're only on Season 2, we're a little behind. We are slowly make our way through the episodes. I thought the show was only in season 3 right now...
heheh :) We're only on Season 2, we're a little behind. We are slowly make our way through the episodes. I thought the show was only in season 3 right now...
haha! i'm almost done season 2...my friend in halifax got me into it. =P a huge waste of my time, since i hadn't gotten any work done because of it! i do believe they're only in season 3 though.
as for the whole christianity thing..well, i kind of agree with you that i don't think it's the only path to salvation, although if you dig deep enough and ask the right people, there is sort of an explanation for how (or where) people that lived before christianity existed ended up when they died. it's more rooted in the christian (catholic?) dogma and not really universally taught/known, though.
lol..and on that note...happy new year!
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