Saturday, May 28, 2011

Media Matters - Carrie Underwood

So, I can't even say enough about Carrie Underwood. I haven't been a fan very long (only since she married a hockey player, LOL!) but you only have to listen to her once to figure out she's amazing. I was watching some YouTube vids of her performing live tonight, and she is amazing. She can make her live performances sound just like the CD (proving she's not using some computer voice changing thingy to make her albums sound better), she make it a beautiful rendition, she could be SICK, and still sound ah-maze-ing. You could just listen to an audio of her live performances and know they're awesome. Unlike other artists, Carrie doesn't need to put on a show, dance and act and put on flashy costumes during her live performances, she stands there with a mic on a mic stand, and she gets standing Os. Can't say enough about her. And that's just me talking about her live performances. Her albums are even better, and so are her music vids!!! :) Check out this video of her performing one of my fave songs "Change":



I'm so glad she's sending out that message. The exact same message I have.

Oh, yeah, did I mention she's a Christian and not ashamed of it? She makes sure to that God after every award she wins, adds Christianity to her lyrics without being afraid that she'll be less popular, she's awesome! :) She gives all the glory where it belongs.

Thanks for reading! :)

Friday, May 27, 2011

NBA/NHL Finals, Already?

So another way to tell me that school's almost out, that time is going by way to fast. It's finals time!

NBA
So, I've come to this conclusion: Whenever I cheer for a team they lose. So, I've decided that I should cheer for Miami, and maybe they'll lose?? What? This is my final and last resort. If this doesn't work, then they deserve the championship. Because any team that can with the title with me cheering for them, is worthy of the title. Ask anyone I know. Seriously. Anyways... No one can guard Dirk on Miami. The Matrix will guard LeBron, no matter what any Miami fans say. Dallas is gonna win. Oh, no, what ever will my Miami-fan-ness do? [Can you hear the sarcasm?? LOL.] You know what, I changed my mind. I'm cheering for Dallas. Dallas, 4-3.

NHL
Come on Canada, we're so close. We don't even have to wait for Winnipeg to win it for us! Let's go Canucks!!! I think this one could come down to the goalies. Tim Thomas vs. Roberto Luongo. It could also come down to whether or not each team's top guns can score. I want the cup back in Canada. 'Nucks, 4-2.

There you have it. After this, it'll be sports-drought time until September! D: LOL. Thanks for reading!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Compassion! :)

So I've told you all about my sponsored children a bit, but I've never really told you why you should sponsor a child for yourself. So here it goes...

10 Reasons to Sponsor a Compassion Child

1. You not only change this one kid's life, you begin to break the poverty cycle. These kids get to go to school. Once they have an education, your sponsored child will go way farther in life. It begins to break the poverty cycle, because your child will be able to get a job with their education.
2. You need them just as much as they need you. Praying for you child, hearing from them, writing to them, it moves you. It brings you closer to God. You grow and learn by sponsoring a child.
3. It's just plain fun. Writing to your child is so much fun. Plus, you have to get creative with how to send them cool little gifts, because you can only send flat, paper items in the mail. Stickers, colouring pages, book marks, origami and pictures and always good.
4. You're also helping your child's family. It's not just helping the child, but the family too. Who knows? Your child parents or siblings could come to know Christ through your sponsorship. Parents will write to you telling you how much you've helped them.
5. Family time! Sponsor a child as a family, then write to them as a family. It's a great way to bring your family together.
6. No better time to learn you geography and about foreign cultures! :) You'll learn lots about Haiti, the Philippines, Guatemala, Burkina Faso, Honduras or whatever country you child's from! :)
7. No better excuse for a trip to [insert way-cool country's name here] than to visit you Compassion child! Guess what??!! My family gets to meet Florianlyn this summer!!! So. Excited.
8. "I'm starving." That's a North American expression for "I haven't eating in a few hours." But seriously, we don't even know starving compared to these kids.
9. Who can resist those adorable faces?
10. It just plain rocks to sponsor a child. 'Nuff said.

So, I've given you ten reasons to sponsor a child, so go on over to www.compassion.ca, www.compassion.com or whatever the site is for your country, and sponsor a child!!! How about her? Or him? Or how about this adorable little boy? This girl? They're all waiting for a sponsor and you're the perfect one for this amazing, humbling, life-changing job! :)

Thanks for reading! :)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

45 Days...

If I'm counting correctly, it's 45 days 'til summer!!! Well, it is for us Canadians, Americans get off like, in February... :P Anyways, let me tall you a bit about my already-super-exciting summer, and it's still 45 days away!

First, I'll be on a compassion trip with my youth group for a week to work at a camp for low-income kids in our city. Super exciting. I was at training yesterday, and the 18 of us are gonna conquer the world!!! :P LOL. We're pretty sweet. ;) We were chatting with the camp co-ordinator, and she told some pretty touching stories, such as a girl who brought a single peach to camp for lunch, or an 8-year-old boy who makes his own lunch and comes to camp himself because his mom is either working her second or third job or sleeping. These kids are in crazy situations that no kid should be in at any age, let alone eight. Please pray for these kids, the team and the camp. Thanks! :)

And then exactly six days after the Friday I come home from camp, I'll be on a plane bound for the Philippines. This trip will be half vacay and half missions. Let me tell you about the missions part: We are going to visit our Compassion Canada sister, Florianlyn!!! I am sooooo excited to meet her!!! I can't wait! We will also be visiting another organization run by my mom's former classmates that sends under-privileged kids to school. My family is sponsoring a few kids to go to school through them. :) Prayer for us in this trip would also be sweet. Thanks! :)

Thanks for reading! Anyone else going on a missions (or my new fave name for them, compassion) trip this summer? Let me know so I can pray for you! :)

NBA and NHL: Round 2 Wrap, Semis Preview...

It's the semi-finals in both sports already!!! Round Two was actually kinda disappointing. Let's start with the NHL: There were two sweeps in what were supposed to be pretty exciting series (especially the Boston-Philly series, my little bro was pretty convinced Philly was trying to pull "another one" (3-0 comeback...)). Vancouver finally figured out that they don't ACTUALLY have to go to game seven in every series and took Nashville out in 6 games, in a pretty exciting series, I guess. And the one really exciting part was the almost-3-0-comeback by Detroit. So are we gonna get comeback-teases in every round?

Then there was NBA, and there was another sweep. My Lakers got the broom! :( Then Miami-Boston was a big disappointing 5 game series. But the other two were pretty good. Atlanta gave Chicago a run for their money, but DRose and the Bulls pulled it off. And lastly, Memphis-OKC... I really wanted Memphis to pull the Cinderella, but they fell short this afternoon... :( So sad.

Okay here's your round three preview:

NHL:
Boston-Tampa Bay: ...That awkward moment when you go to Florida to play hockey and you find out there's no negative temperatures there. LOL. But seriously, Stamkos is good, but I don't think Tampa can fend of the giant Chara and his gang. Boston, 4-2.
Vancouver-San Jose: I'm biased, but still, San Jose are known as the playoff chokers... Although, they're desperate to prove themselves otherwise, so this should be a close series. Vancouver, 4-3.

NBA:
Miami-Chicago: So I might be slightly biased... lol. Chicago 4-3.
Dallas-Oklahoma City: This one is gonna be so fun! I'm thinking game 6/7, how 'bout you guys??!! Anyways, I kinda like Oklahoma City now cuz today after they won Kevin Durant gets asked a question about basketball or something and he says instead: "Well, hold on. First off, the Lord is so good. The Lord is good." When any famous person says that in an interview, they get my respect. :) Glad he's so out-there with his faith! :) OKC, 4-3

It's bound to be exciting (for real, this time) so don't miss it! :) Thanks for reading!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

If You Had One Wish...

If you had one wish, what would you do with it? Please watch this very touching video of the story of Kaitlin Boyda, a teenage girl who was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was granted a wish from the Children's Wish Foundation, and decided to use her wish to change the world.



Sadly, Kaitlin passed away last Thurday. Kaitlin left a legacy of faith, selflessness and compassion. Compassion Canada continues to accept donations to fund water projects in Kaitlin's name and continue to fulfil her wish. To donate please click here.

I have so much admiration towards Kaitlin for her selflessness and compassion. She is proof that one teen can make a huge difference in this world. I hope that her story has had a positive influence on you as well.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Whoa! Uhhh... Where did the second round go?

So, it seems that I kinda missed the second round...? What?!?! I was busy, but it's also going by real fast...

NHL:
The East:
Washington-Tampa Bay: Let's just go with "Alex Ovechkin is playing for Russia at worlds, and he doesn't want to be yet." Caps get the upset broom from Tampa!
Philedephia-Boston: Upset sweep again! I was crying after this one, for sure. It was sad. Not much to say about these east series, they were over before you could even say "second round."
The West:
San Jose-Detroit: Now, the west has stuff to talk about! Detroit was down 3-0, just like last year, then 3-1, just like last year, then 3-2, not like last year. Can they pull off the "History Will be Made" moment? Maybe. Nick Lindsrtom isn't quite ready for the last game yet. I even think he'll come back next year.
Vancouver-Nashville: C'mon Carrie!!! Wait... Nashville's down 3-2 right now, fighting off elimination for the 2nd time in the series tonight. They're down 2-0 as I'm writing this, but they just might force game seven. You never know, nowadays.

NBA:
The East:
Chicago-Atlanta: The NBA has slightly more to talk about... So my dad still has his money on an Atlanta-Memphis final. That's not looking too far-fetched right now... This series is tied 2-2 just as DRose gets his MVP.
Miami-Boston: You all know where I stand on this one. I'm so biased I don't even think I'm allowed to comment. I'll just say one thing: Rajon Rondo, that was nasty. Ew. And then he goes back into the game and dunks. Like, really? I have a newfound respect for the guy. (Don't know what I'm talking about? Dislocated elbow. Pops it back in, plays again. 'Nuff said.)
The West:
Los Angeles-Dallas: WAAAAAH! :( Kobe, Phil, WHAT HAPPENED??!! :( I have no excuse for my Lakers... That was terrible.
Oklahoma City-Memphis: I'll tell ya, Memphis is leading. I personally wanna see them finish this Cinderella fairy tale, so GO GRIZZLIES!!! :)

So as you can see, this round is going fast, out of all eight series there's 3 sweeps and 2 that could end in the next 2 days... Thanks for reading! :)

1000 gifts!

202. A wonderful mommy.
203. Capri's! :D
204. Surprise first place finish at math contest with my team.
205. A Christian Prime Minister.
206. A free country, democracy. (Even if I can't vote... yet.)
207. Successful honour band concert.
208. A not-as-successful school band concert... but still fun. ;)
209. Arnica gel. If you haven't heard about it, google it, or something, 'cuz it work miracles on injuries...
210. Got accepted to be a part of a Compassion trip with my new youth group!! :)
211. Reading everyone else's blogs.
212. T-shirt... With no hoodie! :D
213. Playing NHL2k11 with my little bro.
214. Pizza.
215. Humour.
216. A really sweet picture book I spotted at the school library. Haha. :P
217. Doing makeup for the school play. It's seriously sweet getting to paint your Phys-Ed teachers face like Natalie Portman/Black Swan... LOL! (Best Part: He didn't take it off and drove home like that!!! Imagine if he got pulled over?! He didn't though, haha.)
218. Track and Field!!! (Well, you could take the "track" part out... lol.)
219. Re-reading books.

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Mother's Day...

We owe our existence to our moms. Literally and figuratively. Mother's Day is a day to remember that when we so certainly have forgotten it. But we really should be remembering that everyday. Happy Mother's Day!

Dear Mom,
I love you. If I forget to tell you sometimes, know that I'm saying it in my heart. Thank you for teaching me, always being there for me to kiss my skinned knees, give me advice or be a listening ear. I'm glad that God made you my mom.
Your Loving Daughter <3

Mama, you taught me to do the right things,
And now it's time to let your baby fly.
You've given me everything that I will need,
To get me through this crazy thing called life.
-Mama's Song by Carrie Underwood

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011

NBA: Round One Wrap, Round Two Preview

Upsets, nervous superstars, only one sweep when there should've been three or four... boy was this one exciting! :D Both Memphis and Atlanta pull off the upsets, Memphis being the more impressive of the two, beating out the team with the best record of the regular season. Dwight Howard went OFF against Atlanta, to no avail, probably those three point shooters to blame. Oh yeah, and Turk. No, Orlando, us Canadians do not want him back in TO. New Orleans had Kobe squirming a bit, but Lakers still pull it off it 6 games. Dallas beats Portland 4-2, no big upset there. Miami, Chicago and Oklahoma City would all take down their respective opponents 4-1, and the only team to sweep would be the Boston Celtics the true big three, with a nice addition to that 3 with a fourth: Rajon Rondo.

Round Two is fast approaching so here it goes...

The West:
Oklahoma City-Memphis: Memphis, what a fairy tale, eh? Your the eighth seed and still standing!!! This is a true test of how much you want it, because I'm pretty sure Kevin Durant really wants it too, and the Durantula is eating anyone in his way. OKC, 4-2.
Los Angeles-Dallas: So apparently, Dallas almost beat LA last year... But then LA won the championship. I wouldn't really mind repeating history... LA, 4-3.

The East:
Chicago-Atlanta: Here's a good one! Can Atlanta continue their sudden success in the playoffs or will D.Rose be too much for them? 'Cuz have you seen this dude's highlights? Wow. Chicago, 4-2
Miami-Boston: The best for last. LeBron called Boston his "Lunch" in an interview the other day. I think I'd be totally funny if the big 4 showed up to game 1 dressed-up as sandwiches and other parts of a lunch... :P I have a feeling LeBron's still gonna be "hungry" (Get it? Yeah, I hear you groaning...) for a championship... and his "lunch"... after this one. Boston, 4-3.

There you have it. It's gonna be an exciting one, so don't miss it! :)

Thanks for reading!
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