Friends, what would we do without them?

Sometimes, it takes something pretty drastic happening to you in your life to remind you of how important friends are.

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”
-Anonymous

It's not as if I never treasured my friends or forgot to cherish their friendship. It's more like I am once again reminded of how important they are and how much each and every one of them mean to me.
In those times of heartache, when everything seems to be falling to pieces, the hand that reaches out to hold onto you reveals the light at the end of the dim tunnel.

This entry is dedicated to all my friends, although we may not keep in contact every week like we used to or see each other everyday, doesn't mean I don't care anymore. To those friends who I see every now and again (eg. every day, every week etc), thank you for being there for me when I needed it the most, if it were not for those words of encouragement, your ears to listen to me babble to, I don't know how long it would take for me to get over my obstacles.

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."
- Samuel Johnston

No I will not give up now.

To what I'm directing the title to...I dunno really... probably anything and everything.
Tests, people, my blog -.-

I feel as if I am getting a bit lazy, it's taken ahold of me once again. It's meant to be semester break, 2 weeks of rest and relaxation (NOT) but time has won the race as usual. It's already the middle of the second week and I'm not done with revision and play, when is two weeks ever enough?

First week of the break went past like a whirlwind, camp from Wednesday-Friday, the rest was pretty unproductive. Oh and the best thing is I got the flu!!
Commenced on: 1st September- doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. Does anybody know a way to fight the flu? (I've tried antibiotics, honey lemon tea, the works).

After getting sick (one of the worst sicknesses I've ever gotten, honest) I've learnt to appreciate health and being healthy. Taking health science for two years didn't even do the trick so you can get a good idea of how much this flu must suck right now. I'm appreciative in terms of being able to get a good nights sleep without waking up numerous times in the night just to clear my airways, having taste buds to enjoy delish food and drinking water because I want to and not because I have to.

So everybody, be healthy, stay healthy and most of all, enjoy being healthy =]

I don't have a suitable photo to put up so here's one of the cutest puppy ever, Lucky!

Patience, Humility and Gentleness.

Normally you don't hear or see these three words jumping out at you on billboards or ads, as you walk through the city or when you turn the TV on. But during the last three days of my life when I went to church camp, these words were somewhat carved into my head and initiator of the many thoughts I have at this moment in time.

I gotta be honest.. I don't think I fulfill any of the three qualities listed. When I think of Patience, I think of threading a piece of wool through a tiny hole on a knitting needle. When I think of Humility, I think of either Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela. And when I think of Gentleness, what comes to mind is the soft splashing of waves along the edges of the seashore.

I tend to epitomize from time to time, at the end of the day, I'm probably just like any other 20 year old in New Zealand. Patience can be mastered, Humility can be nurtured and Gentleness, well, gentleness can probably be mastered as well ;)