I can't seem to be able to concentrate. Maybe it's the taste of the finish line. I can see it, it's in sight, but I'm losing sight of the hurdles I have to jump before I reach that finish line -- 2 weeks of class = 5 papers due, and 1 week of exams = 5 finals, till May 9th when I'll be FREE (for 1 week before I have to return to school for summer scholars program :P)
So I've been trying to read this book for Islam and it's not really absorbing into my brain, and the paper is due tomorrow...i have to finish this book asap. :( and read for all the other classes i have to read for. but i'm remembering my resolution to give up complaining all the time!

So on brighter notes...
On Sunday I did something for the first time ever ... I dye-ed eggs! (Easter style) Basically you hardboil eggs and then decorate them on the outside with dye. (pictures below). Sam Attenborough was so sweet, she heard Vi and I had never done it before, so she invited us over and was our host/guide in this exciting "American" experience...haha...when I mentioned how we at home make CHOCOLATE eggs, everyone wanted to drop their hardboiled eggs and run to asia for those chocolate eggs! haha. also, by some coincidence, we were dye-ing eggs on the day of Orthodox Easter (Easter for the Eastern churches who work on a slightly different calendar)


Our Handiwork!












Me and the 2 eggs I made...psychedelic!










Was listening to Pandora today ( I love Pandora...you can create "stations" of music you like...if you are not in the US, use jango.com, it's the same idea, but not as awesome) Anyway, was pandroa-ing, and Matt Maher came on (Matt whom I love since I heard him at WYD and he made me cry with his great performance and great words)


Empty and Beautiful is actually about St. Paul...so here are the Lyrics:


Lyrics to Empty And Beautiful :
My past won't stop haunting me
In this prison there's a fight between
Who I am and who I used to be

This thorn in my side is a grace
For because of it the flesh and blood of God
Was offered in my place, my place

You fought the fight in me
You chased me down and finished the race
I was blind but now I see
Jesus You kept the faith in me

Where did my best friends go?
In my defense they disappeared
Just like Your friends did to You, oh Lord

But You were there, You gave me strength
So this little one might come to know
The glory of Your name, Your name

You fought the fight in me
You chased me down and finished the race
I was blind but now I see
Jesus You kept the faith in me

Awaiting, set apart like incense to Your heart
A libation I'm pouring out
Empty and beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

You fought the fight in me
You chased me down and finished the race
I was blind but now I see
Jesus You kept the faith in me

You fought the fight in me
You chased me down and finished the race
I was blind but now I see
Jesus You kept the faith in me
Jesus You kept the faith in me
Savior, You kept the faith in me
[ Empty And Beautiful Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

It's funny how this song touched me when I heard it, and when I went to check it, it was actually about St Paul (funny because Matt Maher talked about St Paul during the concert in Melbourne, and what he said made me cry ...)