Australia vs. Japan

Do you want to know what is one of the most glorious things in life to experience? When the underdog wins.

I know it has been a few days since this happened but that night was one of the most glorious things to happen in my 21 years.

So Japan was up 1 point and we come into the second half, this idiot german guy pops up in the middle of the game, and starts bad mouthing Australia behind the Australian side of the table. He and a girl start talking about it loudly behind us. So being the loving caring guy that I am, I not-subtly gave him the signal to shut the * up. So like a wonderful fairy tale the socceroos heard our cries for one goal, then our screams for another and whoa another. I promptly turned around in great sportsmanship and laughed loudly at this german kid's face, following which I danced around the wool room with much gay-ity.

Yes I am a wonderful person.

The greatest profession of them all

So today I came back from dorm lunch after looking through those wonderful corporate law notes and thought about my dive and desire to jump into just about every career I had ever dreamed off. First the medical (opps too boring thanks), the law (opps too much thanks), the psychology (Opps too crazy thanks) and now I'm right at the end with the CPA (Omg what have I done, thanks). From hoping to help people via medince, to helping people via law, to helping people via mental to helping people via money, or was that helping me via money?

So after sorting myself through all professional sorts of degrees I have decided to professionalise myself in that one glorious area of life which is Money.

I think finding the humour in disaster is very important.

But I keep my dreams in the back of my mind. Always in the back of my mind (MOVIES, COMICS, TV SHOWS, SCRIPT WRITING, WALKING DOWN THE RED CARPET, MUSIC STARRRR!!!!)

Yes always in the back of my mind.

Mission Statement

This commerce degree gets harder and harder to do every year. So I thought I should write down why I do it so I never forget the reason why I put myself through all the hardship of studying this boring dry crap.

FINANCIAL SECURITY! A BACK UP PLAN JUST IN CASE! THE TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED TO BE A BUSINESS MAN!

Just 2 more years Ben, 2 more years!

England vs. n00bs

NooBS!

Let me be the first to summon the church to a National Congress on Hospitality. We could hold it in Minneapolis near the Betty Crocker Kitchens, and perhaps we could borrow the Pillsbury Doughboy as our symbol. After all, there’s some truth to the slogan, “Nothin’ says lovin’ like somethin’ from the oven.”

The biblical word for hospitality means “a love of strangers.” Some-times people who visit our churches feel unwelcome. No one greets them or notices them. Hospitality, however, can break down barriers and build bridges. It can make strangers feel more welcome than just a word in the church bulletin.

For those tempted to shrug off my call for a Congress on Hospitality because they are planning another evangelistic outreach, let me insist that hospitality doesn’t conflict with outreach; it complements it! Inviting someone in for coffee, offering to babysit, taking a meal to a sick mother—all these show that we care. And people listen to someone who cares.

On second thought, I withdraw my call for a National Congress on Hospitality. Instead, let’s invite a few lonely folks to our homes and show them genuine Christian hospitality. —Haddon W. Robinson

The good we do is never lost,
Each kindly act takes root;
And every bit of love we sow
In time will bear its fruit. —Anon.

Christian hospitality is the bridge between an open heart and an open home.