Well not sure if anyone reads this anymore but just in case I thought I would make another post. Midterms have once again come to the chilly campus of the U of S. I have to write my Classical Mythology tonight and then I have Marketing tomorrow. Luckily though that is it until after Reading Week. Speaking of which I will be home on the 15th and will be staying in town until the 24th, so PARTY TIME. School has been going alright although I have missed a few classes cause they are early in the morning and I haven't been able to get enough sleep. Next year will be a big year for me as I switch over to what I feel is my calling in Classical and Medieval history, and although I will probably be going to the U of S I will look at the U of C's program and see what which is better.
On a personal note this weekend was probably one of the biggest weekends for me spiritually as there was a does God exist? debate on campus and I felt that the Theist presented very strong arguments and as well there was an apologetics seminar Friday and Saturday and that was done by Dr. William Craig and Dr. Micheal Horner. So that was really sweet and I learned a lot of new and exciting information. Also they mention that people can get called into academics (which I thought didn't really happen as I wasn't sure how one would serve the Lord in that field) and so I feel that that might be my calling as I believe that I would really enjoy studying the time period and area of Jesus. So I will leave it at that and will get back to you guys next week
Peace,
Tyler
Monday, February 4, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
About time for another post
Right so sorry I haven't written on a post in a long while but I've forgot to and kind of lost focus on this and many other things. So just to let you all know what's going on with my studies I have decided to drop out of commerce and pursue history as of right as my only degree. Now you maybe saying to yourself "Tyler, you fool there are no jobs in history" and well you would be 100% correct, obtaining a job in history will involve me having to get a PHd. Which I'm am well aware of the length of schooling that will take. The one big reason that I'm dropping commerce (I am still taking a few courses this semester as I couldn't make a full switch) is that I didn't like 80% of the courses I was taking and also I began to feel depressed, and therefore decided I needed a change.
So things are going good so far the one history course I managed to pick up this semester is Classical Mythology which an extremely fascinating course. Well I haven't yet to get a girlfriend I'm still looking, so we'll have to wait and see for future developments in that field. I have begun to feel myself being pulled closer to God ( which has lead to me feeling more joyful about life in general). This I mainly contribute to my parents challenging me to follow the Daily Bread read the Bible in one year sort of program. Although I've missed a few nights I been trying to make a effort to keep up with the daily readings (prayer for me to keep up with this would be greatly appreciated). I have also made I slight but fairly significant change to my appearance by shaving (O my you say it can't be true) but yes sadly the beard is gone. Although I like it now as I have gotten many compliments since I've shaved. I am also trying my best to go to the gym 3 days a week and hopefully for the rest of the semester I can keep it up and therefore come home in April a bit bulkier and not around the waist. I can't recall any other news to write about although I should mention I will be home for reading week the exact dates aren't quite confirmed yet.
Tyler
So things are going good so far the one history course I managed to pick up this semester is Classical Mythology which an extremely fascinating course. Well I haven't yet to get a girlfriend I'm still looking, so we'll have to wait and see for future developments in that field. I have begun to feel myself being pulled closer to God ( which has lead to me feeling more joyful about life in general). This I mainly contribute to my parents challenging me to follow the Daily Bread read the Bible in one year sort of program. Although I've missed a few nights I been trying to make a effort to keep up with the daily readings (prayer for me to keep up with this would be greatly appreciated). I have also made I slight but fairly significant change to my appearance by shaving (O my you say it can't be true) but yes sadly the beard is gone. Although I like it now as I have gotten many compliments since I've shaved. I am also trying my best to go to the gym 3 days a week and hopefully for the rest of the semester I can keep it up and therefore come home in April a bit bulkier and not around the waist. I can't recall any other news to write about although I should mention I will be home for reading week the exact dates aren't quite confirmed yet.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Let it snow, Let it snow.
Well finally down to the last week of class which for some of the could not come soon enough. The weather here is snowing and cold with lots of wind that drives the temperature even lower. But on the other hand I haven't been outside in a week so it doesn't really bother me. Well all my classes are back on, as the one teacher that has missed the past 2 weeks due to the labor strike has decided that we need are education. I also have been sick for about the past month as it's rez and there is always a lot of viruses, and the food contains little nutritional value. Luckily I've got a catered dinner coming up on Friday for the C4C Christmas. Besides that really no a whole lot is happening I just been sleeping a lot cause of my various illnesses, and soon I will have to start busting my butt to study for all my finals. Anyways if I think of more things to add I will. Here's the latest beard pic.
God Bless
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3 weeks until term end
Well yet another weekend has come and gone. School is going alright I have another round of midterms this week which I'm not looking forward to. Especially Latin due to the fact that not only do I have a lot of words to remember, I now have to know all present forms as well as future. Hopefully with some studying I can do alright. I have finally gotten over the flu that I had for the past week, and although not 100% I am feeling pretty good. At the University however CUPE is on strike, they are the union that includes pretty much all staff that are not profs. Oddly enough however the food quality at the cafeteria has gone up on most occasions. However the strike could cause major problems come exam time, as they are already saying that if it isn't resolved by the end of this week graduation might well be put on hold. Also as a result of the strike one of my profs has decided that she can't cross the picket line and has canceled class until the midterm leaving us to teach ourselves the topics that were going to be covered this past couple of weeks.
Not much is happening personally, I went to a friends house on Sunday to watch the Stamps lose yet again in the semifinal game. Monday was spent with my nose buried in my books trying to figure out both Latin and Finance. I'm definitely looking forward to coming home for Christmas. It's starting to get cold out here with snow appearing almost every morning, and although the temperature is not that cold there is always a really cold wind blowing. Well I hopefully see you guys in a month after exams.
God Bless
Thursday, November 1, 2007
It's been awhile
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this as much as I would have like to but not much is going on out here. I've finished writing all my midterms and my marks were fairly good, I got 73% on Latin, and the rest were high 70's to low 80's with my highest mark being 88% in corporate finance. I also saw an academic adviser the other day on trying to decide my major, which is a toss up between accounting and finance. The only problem with accounting is that if I go for the second degree it could take a bit longer as I get about 4 less electives in accounting than finance.
Oh yes I also bought a new laptop, it's a Mac, which although I didn't necessarily need is nice none the less. I almost forgot today is the first day of Leviticus 19:27 (aka No shave November) and so here is me with no goatee for those of you that can't remember the day. Nothing much
else is going on just hanging out, playing squash, and now that our football season is over, we finished 0-5-1, I have to find something else to help me keep fit and lose weight.
God Bless
Oh yes I also bought a new laptop, it's a Mac, which although I didn't necessarily need is nice none the less. I almost forgot today is the first day of Leviticus 19:27 (aka No shave November) and so here is me with no goatee for those of you that can't remember the day. Nothing much
else is going on just hanging out, playing squash, and now that our football season is over, we finished 0-5-1, I have to find something else to help me keep fit and lose weight.God Bless
Sunday, October 14, 2007
I miss turkey and stuffing
Right sorry for the late update Thanksgiving weekend really screwed up my schedule and I was a day behind all week. School is going pretty good except for the fact that I have 4 midterms this week, which is not cool. Latin is starting to get insanely complex as I am having trouble figuring out whether 'What?' is nominative or accusative. My Industrial Relations class continues to be boring as we still have to do group discussions and write journal entries about are learning process. Other than that most of my classes are going fairly well, and I've agreed to help a guy in my Finance class so that should help me do some studying. For the most part though I don't have much work for school as there are few assignments and so I have to wait for various test to get any marks and find out where I'm at in class.
Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful, I went to dinner on Sat. with the guys and it was good to catch up on how things were going in Calgary. I was also able to see a Flames game (thanks Regan) and although they lost it was still a good time. Then came the biggest turkey dinner ever and thanks to my mom's amazing cooking skills I was actually able to eat something that resembled proper food for the first time that week, and of course there was pumpkin pie which is probably my favourite part of the dinner. This weekend has been pretty nice as I went to the Huskies game on Saturday, with Ryan and it was a good game that the U of C won on a last second 51 yard field goal. Then today I went the same church as Esther, a friend from Capernwray, and it was good to catch up on whats been going on for the past year and a bit. The church itself was really nice as it was a small congregation but fairly young. The music was fairly contemporary and the pastor was fairly good. Well I would like to write more, I can't think of anything at the moment and I have to go check on my laundry.
God Bless
Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful, I went to dinner on Sat. with the guys and it was good to catch up on how things were going in Calgary. I was also able to see a Flames game (thanks Regan) and although they lost it was still a good time. Then came the biggest turkey dinner ever and thanks to my mom's amazing cooking skills I was actually able to eat something that resembled proper food for the first time that week, and of course there was pumpkin pie which is probably my favourite part of the dinner. This weekend has been pretty nice as I went to the Huskies game on Saturday, with Ryan and it was a good game that the U of C won on a last second 51 yard field goal. Then today I went the same church as Esther, a friend from Capernwray, and it was good to catch up on whats been going on for the past year and a bit. The church itself was really nice as it was a small congregation but fairly young. The music was fairly contemporary and the pastor was fairly good. Well I would like to write more, I can't think of anything at the moment and I have to go check on my laundry.
God Bless
Monday, October 1, 2007
Musings of Tyler
Hello people of the Internet, Tyler here with another update from the U of S. Let see new stuff this week, well I had an exam on Thursday in Corporate Finance which I thought I did great as I knew 99% of the material covered by the exam but only ended up getting a 72%. This is not good as I need a 76 in order to get into accounting. On the other hand I have about a 77% in Latin although we haven't done anything that counts towards are final grade yet. Other than that school is going pretty slack as although I have a fair amount of assignments they tend to take only about an hour max. My football team still is without a win as we got blown out 36-0 in our game on Thursday, but hopefully we can go into the long weekend with a win(or a least a touchdown).
As you know this weekend was the C4C retreat at Redberry Bible Camp, and what a spectacular time. The weather was for the most part alright with Saturday being overcast, and chilly for half the day. The speaker was great as the topic for the weekend was about realigning our view of the world with the view of God. A big part of this was focus on His view of the lost, and how as Christians we are commanded to go spread the Word of God. This is something that I definitely have been guilty of not doing and I want to improve on throughout the next couple of months. The one session that probably had the greatest impact on me was the one about our view of God. How often when we see pictures of Jesus he's wearing a nice clean robe petting sheep, or speaking gently to the disciples. Although this pictures are in a sense accurate we were also shown another view of Jesus from Revelations 19:12-16. This struck a chord with me in that it help me to see that God isn't 'safe' but like Mrs. Beaver says in the Chronicles of Narnia "He's good". So I have slowly (and reluctantly) realized that I must step out of my comfort zone in order to grow closer to God. One way I plan on doing this is God willing going on a missions trip with C4C this summer. I again felt what I feel is calling to go to Africa (the first time was at Capernwray), as it happens C4C has 3 trips to Africa (Egypt, Tanzania, and Malawi), all of which cost a fair bit of money. However I have the feeling that if God wants me to go money will not be an issue. So in conclusion I would like to ask for prayer on that I would be able to hear God's plan for me for the next, and also the courage to follow through with what He has planned.
God Bless.
Matthew 28:16-20
PS. Just a reminder I'm coming home for Thanksgiving and hope to see all of you.
PPS. I just found out my mark on the Finance quiz went up to 76% as the prof had made on error on the scantron sheet
As you know this weekend was the C4C retreat at Redberry Bible Camp, and what a spectacular time. The weather was for the most part alright with Saturday being overcast, and chilly for half the day. The speaker was great as the topic for the weekend was about realigning our view of the world with the view of God. A big part of this was focus on His view of the lost, and how as Christians we are commanded to go spread the Word of God. This is something that I definitely have been guilty of not doing and I want to improve on throughout the next couple of months. The one session that probably had the greatest impact on me was the one about our view of God. How often when we see pictures of Jesus he's wearing a nice clean robe petting sheep, or speaking gently to the disciples. Although this pictures are in a sense accurate we were also shown another view of Jesus from Revelations 19:12-16. This struck a chord with me in that it help me to see that God isn't 'safe' but like Mrs. Beaver says in the Chronicles of Narnia "He's good". So I have slowly (and reluctantly) realized that I must step out of my comfort zone in order to grow closer to God. One way I plan on doing this is God willing going on a missions trip with C4C this summer. I again felt what I feel is calling to go to Africa (the first time was at Capernwray), as it happens C4C has 3 trips to Africa (Egypt, Tanzania, and Malawi), all of which cost a fair bit of money. However I have the feeling that if God wants me to go money will not be an issue. So in conclusion I would like to ask for prayer on that I would be able to hear God's plan for me for the next, and also the courage to follow through with what He has planned.
God Bless.
Matthew 28:16-20
PS. Just a reminder I'm coming home for Thanksgiving and hope to see all of you.
PPS. I just found out my mark on the Finance quiz went up to 76% as the prof had made on error on the scantron sheet
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