| One other reason why I was reluctant to write here is because of the irrational fear that someone out there would use what I wrote against me. I had a lot of subjects relating to my fears and such but was afraid of being a bit vulnerable here. Also, I figured it'd be best to talk to friends in person seeing how that was my audience anyway.
Also one other issue was the purpose of this space here. I was just wondering what use it served still. So after thinking about it, it'll be my small corner of the internet to share my opinions on things.
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| So it's been a while since I've written here. Again it's been a lack of motivation mixed with laziness. Which partly why I've had started on Twitter a few months back. But anyway, I'm back here. Hopefully by writing here more frequently I can keep what writing skills I have from rusting.
Looking back at this summer it's made for one of my better summers in a while. I worked through the whole summer. First I had a office job and then as a substitute teacher. The thing that stands out for me about these two jobs was that it made me feel like an adult for the first time. Whether or not I've come into being one remains to be seen. But experiencing the 9-5 office grind and being treated as an adult by younger people was quite the experience. Well, that's given the world's perception of what being an adult is. But nevertheless both jobs were eye opening in many ways.
I don't have much to say about the the office work pushing papers except that it's nothing I ever want to do as a career. I do understand I'd have to make money somehow and sometimes I'll have to do that but it's not something I want to do in the long run. It's not for me. Another thing is that I am thankful to have been given a chance to do it. Being able to experience what it's like and the money earned was a blessing.
It's been about six years since I've worked at the summer day camp at my church. It was a very different experience coming back older. I think it was the first time I felt like an adult with the kids and volunteers treating me as such. Also working there made me appreciate the work and responsibilities of teachers and parents. It's nerve-racking to consider what the best way is to raise and teach a child. Another thing I realized was just how messed up a child can get. Whether it's because of some mental disability, family issues, or society it's shocking especially since I'm not really around kids like at all. So it's mostly that reason I think that this summer day camp program when it starts up again after building renovations it needs to be treated more like a missions trip as well as the job it is. Which means there needs to be more training, more support in prayer, and doing stuff to bring teachers together as a team.
Later parts of summer included the annual summer church retreat and family vacation to San Francisco. The retreat was good in that it was nice to get away for a weekend after an exhausting few months of work. The change of scenery and time away with my church was good. Oh one thing, about it, is the food at the campsite. It was bad, not horrible, just very very mediocre. I know it's should be that big of a deal and it isn't personally to me (even though I'm a foodie) but we're Chinese people and food is important is us. I dunno whatever we'll survive and complain in the meantime (ugh). Another part of the retreat that's stuck with me was the youth testimony/sharing time. I stayed with there's and it was an incredible experience. Hearing so many of them share their faith journey so far was great. The stories they shared were at times inspiring and heartbreaking.
Only a week back from the retreat I was off again. Which made it weird going on vacation. I didn't even feel like I was going on vacation until the day we were actually leaving. Then the sensation of doing something new kicked in. We hadn't been on a family vacation for a long time, probably a few years. So it was exciting to be flying on a plane and traveling with my family. Well that is until a couple days or sooner the usually annoyances of my family hit me. Also the fact that I was in charge of planning the events for the trip and didn't really plan prevented me from fully enjoying the vacation. Nevertheless it had quite a few moments of good. We did mostly touristy stuff but I'd like to go back just to wander around and explore the city.
Hopefully I can figure out a structured schedule to blogging here. Well that's about it so far. Summer is over and it's getting cooler. What new adventures await in the fall?
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2009!2008 wasn't all good nor all bad. But God carried me through to see this new year come in. God help me, God help us all in 2009. Amen.
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| So if I haven't mentioned this before, I'm helping out as an advisor-in-training with the youth group (high schoolers) at my church. And about a month or so they've been having a church service for just the junior high school and high school youths. It's like a regular church service with their own bulletins. The bulletins I realized are pretty bare. There hasn't been much time for the Minister Debby to design something so I thought I'd volunteer to make it a little bit nicer. Here are some preliminary designs.  
With the first one I wanted to fill in the blank space next to the schedule.
I also intend to have it so you can place text over the "Youth Worship Service" part.
The next one here I made to resemble my church's English-speaking service bulletin.
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