Meeting Jesus again for the first time

Whenever I think about the New Testament, the person that I always think of foremost is Jesus Christ? Why not, right? After all, the New Testament holds the account of his earthly ministry. My previous studies of the New Testament led me to the sure knowledge that God does love everyone of his children and it confirms that there is always hope for those who have gone astray in this life.

I am taking a New Testament class again, and before the classes even started, I received an e-mail from my professor saying some things that we were to do during the semester. By the end of his message, he said, "I think you will find our semester to be full of surprises as we meet Jesus again for the first time!" Truth be told, I was not intending to be surprised because I felt that there's not really much surprise in the New Testament.

True, there are a lot of good messages in the New Testament, but I thought I knew everything and that this class would be some sort of refresher of what I know. Turns out, I was totally wrong. Even from the first day of class, I have been learning more and more. I won't give any specific insights right now, but for my next posts, I definitely will.

I could not believe that I thought I knew everything! So there's a lesson for me: My professor was right, I am finding this semester full of surprises as I meet Jesus again for the first time!

Cleaning up

I have this love-hate feeling for cleaning my room. Honestly, I am a messy person so when it's time for some tidying up, it usually takes a while before I get done, especially when I go through the ton of papers that accumulate for some reason. It's when I get finished that I am glad to have done it, because when I do clean up, I take it seriously.

I just finished another round of clean-ups, so by Wednesday, which is cleaning check day in my dorm, there would be less to do. It took me about half an hour to get myself to start cleaning up and another two hours to do everything (with some folk music in the background), but thankfully, I finished doing it. My "area of focus" this time was my desk, because that's where pretty much the biggest problems are.

I didn't take a picture of what it looked before I worked on it, but here's what it looks like right now (and for the next few days):


I know it doesn't look super spick-and-span, but that's just because I have a lot of things in my study. But I tell you, that was a lot worse before I cleaned it!

Here are some pictures from the last time I cleaned my room last semester: (This is a better set because I took "before" and "after" pictures):






There you go. Could you see how I take cleaning seriously? I guess that's just kind of how I grew up. My mom hates messy places! I'm not as much of a clean freak as my mom, but I really don't like it when my room looks horrible. Actually, give me about a week and my room will look like the way it was before I cleaned it :)

Impulse writing

I originally created this blog to have a fresh start because I felt as if my other blogs were stagnant. Yes, I do have other blogs, but I keep them rather personal so they are pretty much limited to the people I know. This blog is a more public one and probably some posts in my personal blog could end up here, whenever I feel like it. Apparently, I haven't posted anything here for a million years now, so I guess it's time for some revival!

I was not really planning on writing anything until a sudden surge of I-feel-like-writing feeling came. So, everything you see in this post is totally impulsive and fresh out of my mind. If you might have noticed, there's not really any topic to this entry. I feel that I just kind of have to let out this words building up, ready to bust my brain out. Where those words came from, I never know.

It's about 1 AM now, and this is totally not what I planned on doing this semester. Last semester was just bad, and this new semester is a new slate for me. Honestly, I am afraid I might slip back into my previous mistakes. I miss my golden days as a student and I have another chance to do them all over again, right now! So in 1, 2, 3.... Poof! (And I'm gone)