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Wednesday, February 02, 2005 ( 4:00 AM ) MaltaGirl Hello there. If you followed this link from a comment I posted, then be advised that this is not my proper blog. Instead, have a look at http://maltagirl.typepad.com. I am only using this account because of Blogger's commenting policy - to comment on other people's Blogger blogs, you must either have a Blogger account, or remain "anonymous". And since some of the blogs that I want to comment on do not allow anonymous posting, I resurrected this old account. Still with me? Never mind. Just check out my blog: http://maltagirl.typepad.com. Sunday, November 10, 2002 ( 9:26 AM ) MaltaGirl Interesting comment from Richard (no idea who he is)... thinks I am both naive and stupid... yep that's the general perception of Christians in the secular world. heheheh. Anyways, on with the blog. Yesterday I found another John Grisham novel of my Dad's, The Street Lawyer. It's about a young lawyer who, after a brush with death at the hands of a homeless man, becomes involved in the lives of the homeless. He meets a lawyer who works free for homeless people, visits shelters and soup kitchens, and ends up quitting his well-paid job to become a full-time pro bono lawyer. The story reminded me that I have no contact with those less fortunate than myself, and I don't do any volunteering besides at my church. It's given me the impetus to get around to doing something I've thought about but not been committed to... I'm going to sign up to spend an hour and a half each week helping boys in care with their homework. Will I change the world? Probably not. Will I make a positive difference in the life of a child? Maybe yes. If so, it will be worth while :-) Long live the naive and the stupid of this world... # Saturday, October 19, 2002 ( 11:36 AM ) MaltaGirl Well it's been a while, I actually forgot I had a blog (heheh). This morning I taught at FireKids - it's a Pentecostal kids group but hey, we're all one in the Lord right? Their regular teacher is away so I and another kids worker are covereing for her. I am Baptist and my new colleague is Pentecostal, but we all get along just fine. Of course I left it to this morning to review the pre-prepared material I was supposed to be teaching today, and to my eternal horror found that today of all days, the day when I'm teaching... it's about healing and casting out evil spirits. Don't anyone go telling me that God doesn't have a sense of humour. I decided to ask my colleague to do the teaching part of the session instead because I can't teach kids something I don't agree with! But guess what, she was delayed and was late so we couldn't discuss it. *sigh* So I just got on with it, and we had a great time exploring the story and looking at the cool details (like how the whole town showed up on Jesus' doorstep in Capernaum the day after he cast out an evil spirit!). Then I began following the guide which the usual teacher had prepared for me to follow, asking the kids specific questions. The closer we got to the part where I was supposed to tell them they could heal and drive out spirits, the more nervous I became. Then I found a solution! I asked the question, and then in relating the answer I simply said "[your regular teacher] says that you can do these things too!" and showed them where it was written in the guide. *whew* I feel that I managed to retain my personal honour, while still honouring the trust that had been placed in me to instruct the kids. My colleague was very tickled when I discussed it with her afterwards, and she said she thought it had gone well - but before we decided that I would also teach next week, we made sure to check what the story was going to be, just in case ;-) I think God was amused... # Friday, October 04, 2002 ( 6:05 AM ) MaltaGirl It is raining right now - the heavens just opened. The drops are falling hard on my window, on the grapevine's leaves, and on the thick layer of dust on the patio. The water and dust combine to make an earthy smell driven into my room. The smell that reminds me that there is more to life than sitting in front of a computer for most of my day. I hear thunder, and the excess rain is pouring off the roof and onto the tiled floor of the small courtyard below, but the cloudburst is almost over. The reminder of the earth is starting to fade... # ( 6:04 AM ) MaltaGirl Well it's been a reasonable week back at University. All right, it was more like 3 days but anyways. I am enjoying my lectures for the sheer pleasure of learning - being stretched for a change. Unfortunately I will also have to study quite a lot *sigh* isn't that an unreasonable demand to make of a student? I wonder if I could get one of the student pressure groups to take it up as a worthwhile cause, along with campaigns such as "Save the brown-backed lizards which live in the north-west corner of the quad" and "More money for the students who barely manage to to pay for monthly phone-top-ups and cigarettes, and want to upgrade their 2000 car for a 2003 model". *sigh* Yesterday I went to the Admininstration building on business, and had to walk through the "arts" section of the campus. I noticed that there were a lot more 'radicals' there than I'm used to seeing on the "science" side of the campus. Dreadlocks, rastafarian symbols, baggy flared jeans, odd facial piercings (I'm not talking nose-rings here). Most of these seemed to be upper-class rebels against The System. I wonder if they ever ponder the question as to what happened to the rebels of yester-year? They grew up, married and had kids and a mortgage, and became a part of The System which their own kids are rebelling against now. Must be a combination of hormones and immaturity. I guess that most science students don't rebel in that way because they don't need to. They already have a purpose in life, and they are in University to learn, not to sit in lecture halls listening to professors spout off theories of psychology and sociology, and then spend hours in the canteen afterwards discussing said theories. They know who they are, they know where they're going. To the library. # Friday, September 27, 2002 ( 7:16 AM ) MaltaGirl Time for the Friday Five... 1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind? Play guitar, bum around on the Net, chat with friends (in Real Life (tm) not online). Listen to loud music. 2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands? Go online, heheheh... 3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells? Mmmm i love the rich warm smell of real vanilla and similar 'warm' scents. I don't know if that counts as an aromawhatsit. 4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself? Definately by myself unless it is a very (very) small group of very (very) close friends. 5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't? Hmmm... I like to read very much, but apparently most people find reading a chore. Oh well. I also like creating order out of chaos for example sanding down a piece of wood or cleaning up something dirty - i find that relaxing too. Well, there you have it, another look into the complexity which is me. Have a nice weekend... # Monday, September 23, 2002 ( 7:46 AM ) MaltaGirl Aaaah it's been 3 days since i sat my last re-sit exam of the summer - no more exams to take until January 2003... my life is now meaningless and devoid of purpose... Or maybe not. I have 6 more days of [Mel Gibson in a kilt and blue paint] FRRREEEEEDOM!!!!!!! [/Mel Gibson in a kilt and blue paint] before University starts back on the 30th September. Then I will be concentrating on the 8 courses which the faculty of Engineering, in its infinite wisdom, has decided which i should take this semester. Namely,
So this week i am splitting my time between sleeping, reading John Grisham books (so far i've read 3 books in as many days), working on a couple of websites i'm designing, and learning "Man of Constant Sorrow". That was one weird movie, O Brother Where Art Thou, but i'm even considering buying it, and it's hooked me on bluegrass music. Funnily enough, on the same night i watched it, a talented Tennessee musician gave me a personal lesson in bluegrass... I've been thinking a lot about music in the last couple of days. My favourite thing to do is make music with other musicians, because sometimes there's something special going on, a chemistry and a synergy, and we create something greater than the sum of its parts. More than anything, i want to share the rest of my life with people like that. I want to live in Tennessee with a husband who loves making music, and to raise kids who can share our mutual passions for Jesus and music. Yeah. # |
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