Romania 2009 came and went so fast...10 days. Vvrrooooooommmm. Drive by - just like that.
The year between camp last year and camp this year has been long...but this time next week, I shall be in Romania for 14 DAYS. Can't wait!
After I get back, I shall blog about it...and I'll have much more to say! Right now, I can say that the dramas are almost nearly done, songs have been decided, crafts are coming along well...and please pray that the final preps come together quickly and stress-free.
I am looking forward to SO much...seriously, I can barely contain myself. I may seem calm on this blog...but trust me, I am buzzing! Oh maybe not, that's just my phone vibrating. Well, I'm not buzzing...but I am really really really excited about going!! Woooo!
6 day countdown starts.... now.
My mind has been rapidly filling up with thoughts and decisions. And here, I am going to blog all about things that spring to mind.
Sunday 25 July 2010
Sunday 18 July 2010
The Shortness of Life
Watching films late at night always make me draw poignant thoughts, hence the reasoning of this post compared to my last few.
As I work until midnight Monday to Friday, I only have the weekend evenings to watch films. And tonight has been quite an interesting night.
Coyote Ugly:
no real touching stuff in this for me to talk about. But did start my TV film watching.
Walk the Line:
we learn that it's about Johnny Cash. He's waiting in the workshop at Folsom Prison waiting to come on stage. He's sat looking intently at this circular saw. Why? We go back to a flashback, and see a young Johnny and his older brother Jack. Jack is 14, Johnny must be around 11/12ish. They are best friends, and Jack always has Johnny's back. Jack is a Christian, wanting to become a preacher when he's older, and wants to please his family. Jack agrees to go down to the saw mill to cut some wood, and agrees to Johnny that he'll go fishing afterwards. At the saw mill, Johnny gets bored and Jack tells him to go fishing without him. Johnny leaves and goes fishing, and when he walks home, his father drives by quickly and picks him up, 'Where you been??' Johnny returns home to find his older brother, Jack, on his bed close to the brink of dying - he had a horrific accident on the saw. Jack is pale, his torso wrapped in bloody bandages, and asking if Johnny can hear the angels. Jack passes away moments later. How short can life be? Jack had a huge life in front of him, wanting to glorify and serve God. Yet he died. We'll ask why, but Jack's death caused Johnny so much grief, that he managed to get caught up in drugs, sex, and a lifestyle that nearly caused him his own death. From this, his friend, June Carter, also a Christian, helped him through his drug addiction. Johnny recovered and became a Christian himself. In the grand scheme of things, Jack's death was significant in Johnny's life. I cannot say for sure because I have no idea about God's plan, but certainly seemed like God was there in Johnny's life - God reaching out his hand, and eventually, Johnny finding it.
Current film, Ladder 49:
This film does not have a Christian message in it. But, certainly shows the fragility of life. The film follows Jack Morrison (following a theme here), a Baltimore firefighter. Over the course of the film, we follow his personal life along with his worklife. We see his love life going from meeting a girl in a supermarket, to dating, to marrying her, to having their first baby, to having two children...and in his workplace, we see his first day at the firehouse, his first fire, his best friend dying, his first injury, his friend badly burnt. These men risk their lives to save strangers, and die for us, and we barely pay them the blindest bit of notice. This film really shows you what they go through day to day - the sacrifices they make. We should seek to be thanking these men and women for their services, and thinking, do we have our lives sorted? Lives are fragile. Life is short, do we know what's coming next? Are we prepared? Think, and pray over this - it's the most important decision we'll ever make.
As I work until midnight Monday to Friday, I only have the weekend evenings to watch films. And tonight has been quite an interesting night.
Coyote Ugly:
no real touching stuff in this for me to talk about. But did start my TV film watching.
Walk the Line:
we learn that it's about Johnny Cash. He's waiting in the workshop at Folsom Prison waiting to come on stage. He's sat looking intently at this circular saw. Why? We go back to a flashback, and see a young Johnny and his older brother Jack. Jack is 14, Johnny must be around 11/12ish. They are best friends, and Jack always has Johnny's back. Jack is a Christian, wanting to become a preacher when he's older, and wants to please his family. Jack agrees to go down to the saw mill to cut some wood, and agrees to Johnny that he'll go fishing afterwards. At the saw mill, Johnny gets bored and Jack tells him to go fishing without him. Johnny leaves and goes fishing, and when he walks home, his father drives by quickly and picks him up, 'Where you been??' Johnny returns home to find his older brother, Jack, on his bed close to the brink of dying - he had a horrific accident on the saw. Jack is pale, his torso wrapped in bloody bandages, and asking if Johnny can hear the angels. Jack passes away moments later. How short can life be? Jack had a huge life in front of him, wanting to glorify and serve God. Yet he died. We'll ask why, but Jack's death caused Johnny so much grief, that he managed to get caught up in drugs, sex, and a lifestyle that nearly caused him his own death. From this, his friend, June Carter, also a Christian, helped him through his drug addiction. Johnny recovered and became a Christian himself. In the grand scheme of things, Jack's death was significant in Johnny's life. I cannot say for sure because I have no idea about God's plan, but certainly seemed like God was there in Johnny's life - God reaching out his hand, and eventually, Johnny finding it.
Current film, Ladder 49:
This film does not have a Christian message in it. But, certainly shows the fragility of life. The film follows Jack Morrison (following a theme here), a Baltimore firefighter. Over the course of the film, we follow his personal life along with his worklife. We see his love life going from meeting a girl in a supermarket, to dating, to marrying her, to having their first baby, to having two children...and in his workplace, we see his first day at the firehouse, his first fire, his best friend dying, his first injury, his friend badly burnt. These men risk their lives to save strangers, and die for us, and we barely pay them the blindest bit of notice. This film really shows you what they go through day to day - the sacrifices they make. We should seek to be thanking these men and women for their services, and thinking, do we have our lives sorted? Lives are fragile. Life is short, do we know what's coming next? Are we prepared? Think, and pray over this - it's the most important decision we'll ever make.
Sunday 11 July 2010
Pop Music - aka "Popular Music"
My first single? - 'Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit' by Gina G
My first concert? - Steps.
My first album? - Steps.
Favourite Friday evening programme? - Top of the Pops
Ok, from this, you can probably tell that I've grown up with pop music.
So between being born up until around 2001...I was very much into pop music - I always checked the charts, and knew the dances that were essential to gain you respect at the school disco.
Then, December 2001 came around. I was so excited. My mum and I had tickets to see my favourite band 'Steps'...the Gold tour (all the best hits!). We had a great time! Then on Christmas Day, I was so happy to find the Steps Gold CD inside some wrapping paper. I was on Cloud Nine.
Then horror struck on Boxing Day. I was sat on the sofa...pretty stoked about my Christmas. My mum came down, and she came over to me and said 'I have some bad news...' - immediately I could sense what it was (I'm 11 years old, what else was it going to be), Steps had announced their split.
From that moment on...I continued to listen to Steps in the hope they would reunite - in the hope that is was only a misunderstanding. I stopped watching the charts - Steps weren't on there - what was the point? And decided no other pop music could ever be as great as Steps.
Then in 2004, I discovered country music. Tim McGraw to be specific.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSGLZd9Vg4
I got his CD for my birthday, and began to get into some more country artists. LeAnn Rimes, Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood.
I still love country music - still at the top of my most liked genres. But now, pop music is making a comeback into my iTunes. I never could think it was possible. KeSha, Katy Perry, and Miley Cyrus have recently made it in. I think this change has been because of 'Glee' - it has various genres of music in it - but does tend to give it a pop spin to the covers. And I love 'Glee'. This show opened the doors again...to show me that pop music has become strong again - and I am more than happy with accepting it.
Although, I would love to see Steps reunite. I still hope for a reunion - even 9 years after that fateful day.
My first concert? - Steps.
My first album? - Steps.
Favourite Friday evening programme? - Top of the Pops
Ok, from this, you can probably tell that I've grown up with pop music.
So between being born up until around 2001...I was very much into pop music - I always checked the charts, and knew the dances that were essential to gain you respect at the school disco.
Then, December 2001 came around. I was so excited. My mum and I had tickets to see my favourite band 'Steps'...the Gold tour (all the best hits!). We had a great time! Then on Christmas Day, I was so happy to find the Steps Gold CD inside some wrapping paper. I was on Cloud Nine.
Then horror struck on Boxing Day. I was sat on the sofa...pretty stoked about my Christmas. My mum came down, and she came over to me and said 'I have some bad news...' - immediately I could sense what it was (I'm 11 years old, what else was it going to be), Steps had announced their split.
From that moment on...I continued to listen to Steps in the hope they would reunite - in the hope that is was only a misunderstanding. I stopped watching the charts - Steps weren't on there - what was the point? And decided no other pop music could ever be as great as Steps.
Then in 2004, I discovered country music. Tim McGraw to be specific.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSGLZd9Vg4
I got his CD for my birthday, and began to get into some more country artists. LeAnn Rimes, Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood.
I still love country music - still at the top of my most liked genres. But now, pop music is making a comeback into my iTunes. I never could think it was possible. KeSha, Katy Perry, and Miley Cyrus have recently made it in. I think this change has been because of 'Glee' - it has various genres of music in it - but does tend to give it a pop spin to the covers. And I love 'Glee'. This show opened the doors again...to show me that pop music has become strong again - and I am more than happy with accepting it.
Although, I would love to see Steps reunite. I still hope for a reunion - even 9 years after that fateful day.
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