no.365 140430 Thank you for the 365 days of blogging "merci toujours"

merci toujours: 365 days of thankful heart

This is it.

I've listened to Michael Buble's "Quando, quando, quando"each night for a year, when the clock struck 10PM. 365 days of blogging has finally come to an end. Let the celebrations begin! I've been wondering about how I should end my blog and what picture I should use. I was considering if I should make a year-end summary as I did for New Year's Eve. But I figured that I will probably end up repeating myself. So, I'm just gonna finish it off casually.

Honestly, not every day was easy for me as I expected. At times, I wasn't as thankful or humble. On some days, I was staring at the monitor for about a half an hour or so, not knowing how to begin because it seemed like nothing "meaningful" happened that day. Still, I'm thankful that I was able to blog daily (well, except for a few times I was sick or without internet) and to "give thanks in all circumstances"(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). I'm thankful for the 365 things that I was thankful for in the past year. I'm really happy and proud of myself for completing this long journey. Through this project, I have learned to appreciate the simple things that we take for granted - like the nice weather for example. This blog definitely gave me an opportunity to slow down and look back at my life and see what God has blessed me with. Whether they are the things God has provided or has taken away, I was able to be amazed and be grateful for everything He was doing in my life - both big and small, special or ordinary. When I re-read the old entries, I know that He was present in every moment of my life. It once again reminded me that I should always be thankful.

To finish it off, I want to share a song with you - "Timeless" by Sergio Mendes. It's one of my old favourites and it's a fun song, which makes it appropriate for today's celebration:)


And, you're probably wondering my future plans for this blog. So, let me answer that for you.

Am I keeping the blog? Certainly!

Is this really it? Am I gonna say adieu to my blog?



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You'll find it out tomorrow!

In any case, thank you for reading my blog for the past 365 days:)

IYC

no.364 240429 Thank you for the signs of Spring

Received my book, binder and a journal for Mexico 2014!

On the way home, I noticed some signs of spring. Yes, definitely the spring rain for sure, but I saw something more exciting than that! The flower buds are coming out from the trees at last! I've been waiting to see some pretty colours in my neighbourhood. The one I saw was the magnolia tree by the subway station entrance. Despite this cold weather, the flower bud is making a very subtle appearance. And it's reminding me how thankful I should be that myself, and everything in nature survived through the cold Canadian winter and finally expecting another beautiful spring!

no.363 140428 Thank you for the rock climbing session

I did it upto level 5.7 today. Yay!

Have you ever tried rock climbing? I went for the first time after work, and it was definitely harder than I expected… and more fun than I thought. When I try to climb up for the very first time, it was so challenging I couldn't do it after two steps. Sadly, I gave up on the 5.5 one and downgraded to level 5.4. It was still hard but slightly easier than the first for sure. I think I sort of panicked halfway up because I didn't know where to grab and it was too high… I thought I wasn't afraid of heights but maybe I am. Well, at least that's what I thought after I completed the first wall. The hardest part was letting go of the grip. I was so afraid of falling so I wanted to just climb my way down. After that, it got easier and easier as I climbed more and more walls! My arms gonna be in so much pain… let's see if they feel worse than when I did construction in Mexico!