I had a day off yesterday - finally - after a long week or rather, weeks of classes... but didn't end up doing anything productive. I was really wanting to finish this reflection report but didn't get my head around to it and started watching at least 2 episodes of Desperate Housewives. Then towards late afternoon, I managed to organise my folders and sorted out recent lecture notes. I thought that might get me started into the whole studying thing, but it didn't really - I saw that I had Smallville shows, and ended up watching at least 3 episodes. So yes, it was a very unproductive, unconstructive day. And then it was church time. I visited Hillsongs, it was the young adults service that I went to, and my verdict - overwhelming! Actually, it was too overwhelming, and in the beginning, it was a little scary because we were supposed to have a bbq in church and halfway during our trip to church, they said now it's at someone's house. And right after, we didn't know where our bus went, so everyone just said to get into any car that we could get into, to go to Hillsongs. So that was a bit strange. It was a Brazilian bbq, so it wasn't too bad though, and the people were nice. Everyone was just really noisy and you felt like you were back in high school. Haha! Well, we got to church and the service hadn't started yet, and there were all these young uni students in their early 20s who were bopping around and doing mosh pits. The music was ultra loud and it seemed like a clubbing scene. Plus some of the worship songs were just really club-like - lots of jumping and screaming... But I guess if that's the way they feel God and the way they will grow, then it's great. But for myself, I think the loud pumping hyper music might take a bit of the focus away. I don't mind some really happy "jumping" songs, but others are a bit much personally like the whole b-boy rap they were doing in the beginning on a Christian song. I think I still prefer my quiet reflective moments with God - just helps me focus on Him more. I wasn't expecting a few things, especially during worship and before and after the services, so it was a little of an eye-opener, but the message was really powerful and good. But if it were a non-Christian, I think they'd just say yes to God anyway, because of the fun and entertainment they had... and that can always be dangerous... So in my quest to look for a church, I think I need something in between Wesley and Hillsongs and I haven't quite found it yet... There was a shuttle from the church back to the shopping mall near my place, and I got back about 10.30pm. Good thing my morn class today was cancelled otherwise I'd have to get up really early and usually I sleep by 10:30.
Woke up today feeling really bad because I had such an unproductive day yesterday, but hopefully tonight will be better and I get to do a bit of my reflective assignment. I am attempting to finish it off tomorrow! Crossing fingers and toes!!
At least some time last week, I managed to catch Confessions of a Shopaholic with my coursemates. It was good, although it doesn't prevent you from shopping, it actually makes you want to shop. I do wish I had a lot of cash to shop though... And my coursemates and I, because we are Macq Uni students, we got upgraded to the Silverscreen for free! And we were the only ones in the cinema. It was pretty awesome. Also when TY was down, we managed to catch Watchmen. It was alright actually... a bit draggy I felt... and I was wanting something more light-hearted, but it was actually quite dramatic, so a little bit of a disappointment... I still wanna catch more movies, but there's just no time for anything with this course!!
No comments:
Post a Comment