Why Things Are Looking Up Again

Several weeks ago, I was desperate and frustrated. Sending out tonnes of emails, CVs and filling up forms, taking phone interview after phone interview, even real interviews to be faced with a huge wall staring at your face...saying to you "Sorry, we have processed your application BUT...you know the rest...." That whole process really gets to you.

But jsut today I've got THE most random call outta no where for a job from Fonterra. A company which I didn't hear from since...5 months ago. Yea...and just last week, I signed an unofficial contract from another company, Carter Holt Harvey which will hire me if they get funding. And soon, I'll be getting another letter in the mail asking me to go for a medical check up for another Aluminium Smelting Company in Invercargill. So..to make this short, I have 1 contract, 1 unoffical offer, and 1 still in the process. I tell you, when God blesses you, He doesn't skimp on anything. You get THE works.

On another dire note, I haven't been on MSN for over...2 weeks I think. My first exam starts tomorrow, then I'll have 4 more to go. If I accept this job, I start work on the 14th...e.g my last paper is on the 11th (!!!!!!!!) So I guess I won't be blogging for a while....

The List

Rejection List

Bay of Plenty Regional Council
RealCold Scholarships
Fonterra
Shell
Ion Automotive

Waiting List

Comalco
Carter Holt Harvey
Pacific Wire
Research Project from Professor Dong
Research Project from Professor James

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Adhesifs

Status: Nonchalant with sleep deprivation
Soon to be mood by Friday: Ecstatic
Mood in between: ???

I feel burdened but at the same time, I know Im doing what I can? I know I didn't slack off and party wildly. Ask the lecturers in the department, if they don't recognise my face, they know my name. My first paper is on the 28th of November. Please pray for me. This means Y O U :)

Great Discussion on Marian Worship

Got this from a forum.
"..... so I am starting this thread in hopes that anyone who thinks we Catholics worship Mary will come here and state their reasons for believing so and we can correct them. Thank you." by Lance

From Karin:
Lance..thank you for the invite to post on your thread. So let me be the first to say (since I am the gal you speak of) that I see Catholics as worshipping Mary. Perhaps you can be the one to set me straight and make me understand what i have been unable to for so many years.
Why worship or pray to Mary (and Saints) when I can pray directly to God? Does the Bible not say something to the extent of you should not worhsip idols? Or are these two seperate things?
Honor: Great respect and admiration
Worship: treat somebody or something as deity: to treat somebody or something as divine and show respect by engaging in acts of prayer and devotion

I worship and honor God.

Replies to Karin:
Reply 1:
The 4th commandment says we are to honor our parents. We do not worship our parents. There is a difference.
Maybe you haven't heard this before, but:
latria = worship due to God alone.
dulia = honor [due to saints].
hyperdulia = highest honor due a human [Mary].

Reply 2:
When Catholics worship God they are doing what was done throughout the history of God's relationship with human beings. We offer a sacrifice. We read in Genesis that Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice to God, which was worship. Abraham offered acceptable sacrifice, which was worship. The descendants of Abraham offered acceptable sacrifices and the whole book of Leviticus is dedicated to the sacrifice established by Moses after the Exodus. The temple sacrifices continued on with only the Babylonian exile interrupting them into the time of Christ. Mary and Joseph offered an acceptable sacrifice as we read in the Gospels and Jesus established the sacrifice of his body and blood on Holy Thursday. We offer this one sacrifice of Christ on our altars at every Mass, and this is worship.

Prayer is not necessarily worship. It is when we offer sacrifice with it, but it isn't when we merely ask for the intercession of the saints or for your intercession or anyone else's. We don't offer sacrifice to Mary or the saints. We only ask her aid and intercession, just as we would ask for aid and intercession from any other Christian or person of faith.

And we believe in the communion of saints because Jesus told us that those who have gone before us into heaven are not dead, but alive. Even the OT peoples' souls were alive not dead. We know this because Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration during which they discussed with him his upcoming death in Jerusalem. If their souls were dead or asleep they certainly wouldn't have known anything about it, but they did. We believe that the members of the Church are divided in to the Church Triumphant (those in heaven and purgatory, which is a part of heaven) and the Church Militant (the Church on earth fighting the good fight of good over evil by spreading the Gospel). I hope that helps you.

Note: The arguments presented go on. Karin finally accepts that Catholics honour Mary and NOT worship her..but she brings up other side topics.

Sigh

A friend of mine, J was upset because another friend, M got annoyed. M accused J of actually having enough time to reply M's emails. Truth is, J is going through a lot of things right now. And since I know J's workload, I can vouch for J. Funny thing is, M didn't trust J enough to believe that J was telling the truth when J said there was really a lot to do. And the fact was, M and J had already drifted apart due to certain circumstances. Neither side took corrective measures to mend the friendship. I'm not one to say who did what, but its just the way things are. I don't know the full details, but I do hear the 'complaints'.

On another note, I'm fascinated as to why some people need to know everything. Literally. I mean, Im in NZ, and I don't know half of what's going on with my beloved friends back home in Malaysia. It doesn't mean that I don't care, rather, I get my updates when I go back. I don't have an informant or source of information. Sure, when I meet ppl on MSN, we talk about other people, other happenings..but I find it scary when someone far away knows ALMOST everything that's going on. This scenario doesn't have to apply for the case of distance separating people. Im sure I upset a friend, D when I didn't wish to D certain things. D had made it clear that there were certain questions which D didn't wish to answer, hence I thought it fair if I was given the right to exclude myself from such questions too. Well, I thought wrong. SIGH