Well, I see my picture has stirred up some commotion so I announce to you all now that I have finally shaved! I’ll post a “proper” picture when I get back.

I wont be blogging till Monday at the earliest because I am going to my church’s gospel camp at Charis Camp (in Chilliwack) till then so… yeah. Stay safe and have fun, enjoying your last few days of summer.

So today, I went and visited my old high school. I took the 1.5 hour bus ride there, just chatted with my old teachers (and some new ones Ive never met with before too) for another hour or two, then took the 1.5 hour bus ride back home. Since gradding over a year ago, Ive been back twice: Once during Christmas and once today.

Fact be told (especially for those of you who’ve never read the autobiography because you never figured out how to get in), I HATED high school. I was mistreated by fellow students constantly, the teachers never offered any help when I asked, the counselor offered no help whatsoever in post-secondary option choosing/decisions.

Looking back now, it was good, going back and just chatting with the teachers on a person to person level instead of from a pupil-teacher one. If anything, its allowed me to understand that even teachers are human, that they make mistakes and though it might not seem so, they are trying their best =X Iono, overall, I found it an enjoying thing, going back today and Im glad I did.

As you progress in life, your views of things change and I went back today to see if it has, to see if I still found high school as much of a nightmare I did back a year ago, if it was a depressing and despairing as I thought it was at the time. Looking back now, yes it was a bad situation, but at the same time, it was a good learning experience and Ive come out a better person because of it.

People’s opinions change as time goes by and at times I wonder, how will I look at this world in a year, in two years, in ten years.

School starts in half a week and I cant help but think how much things have changed. Last year I was completely lost, I had no idea what was going on, how post-secondary was going to be at all. This year, I somewhat know what to expect, I know what I want to do (well, what I want to try hard in), I know that I have support from everyone around me in whatever I am doing and that is enough for me to go into this school year looking positively.

For those of you entering University/college (cough, Randy and Kevin), I’ll say this: Everything will be alright. You will have friends, family and most importantly, God (regardless of if you choose to believe he’s there or not) with you every step of the way, no matter how far away they might seem. Life is like reading a book. As you read, you might not understand why something has happened, or why the author decided on a specific plot twist, but it will all make sense in the end when you finish the book and you will understand everything in due time. The book will definitely end one day and everything will definitely be resolved, so why worry about it? No amount of worry you put into it will change the ending so why not just enjoy it while you’re reading.

I leave you with this and wish all of you a successful schoolyear to come in whatever regards you might be pursuing.

Jackk