Determined

Today was a wrap full of good things. First off, i woke up early in the morning, around 7 something. Then i ate my breakfast: a whole bagel with nutella spread, and a cup of milk. uhm.. about 500 calories all in all (not that bad for the day's first meal eh?). A little bit later, I spent the next hour and a half recording myself while covering a Kina Grannis original (Strong Enough). My version turned out sounding sucky though, but oh well.. I do suck at times, especially when I just pick the guitar up out of nowhere and decides to strum whatever i feel like playing at the moment. I decided not to post it right away, so I still have to do a better one later in the afternoon. After that, I prepared myself for my lunch date with sis Bev who's gonna be meeting me at the church. Yeah, I didn't take a bath. I just did the other night, so what's the use? lol. Besides, it's kinda chilly outside so I supposed I wouldn't be profusely sweating. Just a little teeth brushing, face washing, and clothes changing was enough, so I left. I drove by myself all the way to church. Eh.. The weather was alright. Dark cloudy skies and slight raindrops from time to time. Nonetheless, it wasn't a hazard to drive. We, both got there at church at the same time. I just parked my (mom's) car, and we used hers going to Philly. What a cool driver she is though. Well, i guess i'm referring to her manual transmission car. I mean for a woman to drive that kind of car here in the States, it's not something you see everyday. While driving, we were just talking about random things about my studies, family, and things (stuff that I can't tell you yet). As a result of such distraction, I think she was running like 10 miles slower than the speed limit. HAHA! So yeah, a couple of honks here and there were exchanged. Finally we got to the place where we were about to have lunch. SMOKELESS BBQ.. that kind of stuff. Located somewhere in 9th street. Honestly, I didn't have a clue what kind of restaurant was that. Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese???? Seems Asian though. She told me earlier that we were going to a buffet. So yeah, buffet that is. We came inside, the server entertained us, directed us to our table, we sat, and he handed us the menu. Oh... It's Korean. They had bunch of different kinds of that Kimchi thingy (that I don't even like) on the buffet counter. Also, we ordered that barbeque buffet with hot pot for two. It was too much food for the two of us. But we had all the time to finish it. So, chow. In the middle of our table was a circular grill/stove, well obviously, to be used for the boiling of the hot pot and grilling of the fresh meat that they served us. I was like "Oh... so this is what it's for.." sounding so ignorant in front of sis Bev (What can I do? It was my first time eating in such a place?). I really enjoyed barbequeing my own fresh meat, and slurping that hot soup.. We spent two and a half hours there, doing the same grilling and sipping over and over again, well, plus the unending exchange of conversations about personal stuff. I was really having a good time with her, even if my belly was consuming more calories than it requires from every piece of bbq meat that i shove into my mouth. In my mind: "Gosh,, I gotta burn these twice as much as my usual routine..." Whew.. We finished most of our food at last. That wasn't a waste. Good food, great company, cool new place.. So she paid for it, left some tip, and we headed back to church. And this is what blessed me the most, before we parted ways, she actually took the chance to pray for/with me.. Because after everything that I have confided to her, she kinda felt burdened. I think this is where the accountability between every believers comes in. I felt relieved after that. Something that rarely happens. You know, someone who is not related to you by blood, but shares the same Spirit with you.. Breathed from the same Creator... And Prayer? It really is powerful.. I know I haven't been praying in the Spirit for like months now.. And I know that I'm sinning BIG TIME because of that.. But I want to believe that THAT simple prayer she uttered will make a BIG difference...

I got home already, and I finally finished the last draft of my song cover.. I waited another 2 hours trying to upload it on my utube and multiply account.. (Sigh)... DONE. Then I did my daily routine, walked in the treadmill for an hour and 10 minutes non-stop, 4.23 miles, and burned 515 calories.. And i'm about to sleep after I post this.. Goodnight.