Happy Easter!

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter! I have spent the morning working on my paper. I believe I have 8 pages completed, which is far off from the 25-30 pages needed, but I am getting there one page at a time.

Last night I attended the Easter Vigil mass at Good Shepherd. It is by far one of the most beautiful celebrations of the liturgical year. We started off the mass outside around a fire with all of the surroundings dark, so the only light was from the fire, and then the candles that were being lit. We then processed back into the dark church, lighting up the worship space with the candles. It was very beautiful. The music ministry did a wonderful job with the musics, which really added to the readings. Although the mass was over 2.5 hours long, it was a wonderful period of reflection and communion with God.

On a more controversial note, browsing around, I found this article: Should Christians Celebrate Easter? which was an interesting look at the name of the celebration that we celebrate this weekend. I'll reflect on this next week after my paper is finished, because I think that it is quite interesting.

-4 sleeps left until I present my last presentation for my Cdn Life class
-5 sleeps left until I have to hand in my group marketing paper
-9 sleeps left until I have to hand in my political economy paper and i have to present my marketing project
-11 sleeps left until I am finished classes for this semester :)

A pleasant break from the writing...

My research paper is suprisingly going okay. Although I started with some serious writer's block, I have been able to type out 5 pages in the past 3 days, which I have been quite happy about, if I can get the section on athletic scholarships finished by the end of the weekend, then I should be on schedule to finish before easter, so then I can focus on the other two assignments that are due next week :p

Last night was a nice change from the monotony of sitting in front of my computer. Geoff and I met up with Melissa (one of the fellow Ottawans who went to the Mayan Riveria for Rachel's wedding) and Maddy at the Vietnamese Kitchen for dinner, which was quite appetizing. I had never been for dinner before, although I have ordered in, and it was a really nice homey restaurant. After dinner, we parted from Melissa and Maddy with the hope of seeing each other later in April to go to a Cabane à Sucre, and we met up with Tony, Drew, and Otia at the Centerpointe Theatre to see the Arrogant Worms (Erin was working, so we got to see her before the show). I was pleasantly surprised with their performance. I actually had no idea what to expect because I have never heard of them before, but it turns out I had heard one of their songs - Carrot Juice is Murder - at a school concert in high school. I think my favorite songs were: We are the beaver, Canada is Really Big, and Rocks and Trees. I was really impressed with how interactive these guys were and how they were really able to play off each other during the whole show.

Now I am back to the writing, but it is very difficult because it so nice outside. Spring starts tomorrow, which means only a little bit until the insanity of ultimate all the time starts :) I can't wait. But right now, all I can keep thinking is two more weeks...and I am done my 2nd semester of my Master's!

Belated Birthday?

So my birthday is June, but I finally got my birthday present from Geofford on Sunday (March 13). He got me a hydration pack, specifically the MEC Big H/O Hydration Pack. I got the grey one, so that it matches my school bag/laptop bag. Despite it being 3 months from my 2005 birthday, I was still very excited to get the bag, just in time to start using it on the slopes. Geoff claims that it is my fault because I didn't want to go to MEC to pick out my bag, but I don't know if that is a valid reason. I am also very excited because I finally know how to put pictures beside my text. (yes I know that this is geeky, but small things make me happy).

I am starting a new countdown today. Number of days until I am finished my first year of my Master's = 24, but then I have one take-home exam, which hopefully will be done by April 19th (at the latest), which will give me two weeks of "holiday" before I start my Master's Internship, which will most likely be at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.

More Procrastination

There are many funny things to be found on the Internet...since I am supposed to be writing my paper for my Political Economy class...and it is much more fun to surf on the Internet, I did a quick search on google with the word silly...

Here are some funny sites that immediately struck me as interesting:
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names
Patently Silly

Okay, now I should really get back to writing my paper which is actually on a very interesting topic: Why should Canadian Universities maintain the student-athlete distinction of its varsity athletes (as opposed to athlete-student)?

Tony's Brave Proposal

Yesterday was an exciting day for Tony (Geofford's Roomate). He had decided to propose to his girlfriend Erin. We (Tony, Erin, Drew, Otia, Geofford and I) started off the evening at East Side Mario's. It was exciting for the rest of us because we knew what would be happening later that night. After copious amounts of salad, bread, and pasta, we all headed down to the canal.

We put our skates on (except Otia who doesn't have skates, yet) and started skating from Somerset towards the NAC. Tony had planned to propose at Laurier Bridge, but we weren't sure if he was going to do it before or after we had our beavertails. Well, it turned out to be afterwards, so we had some beavertails (and hot apple cider) and continued skating to the "end" of the canal. At this point, Erin lent her skates to Otia so that she could get a chance to skate. The boys (Drew and Geofford) had already skated off at this point to scope out good picture taking spots around Laurier Bridge, so once Otia had her skates on, her and I went to catch up with them so that Tony could make his move :)

Tony Proposing to Erin on the canal



Erin says "Yes!" and they are both happy :)