200912

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Congratulations on graduating high school to my favourite younger brothers Evan and Ivan! I was rather sad I couldn't be there for their ceremony, as they were there for mine... But it couldn't be helped...

I do miss them and if I was back in Sydney, I'd take them out and we can eat Pounders or Pizza or whatever... that would be fun!

Woke up this morning after a 5.5 hour sleep so I could talk to Ed Cheng on Skype! We had a very encouraging webcam chat and it was DEFINITELY worth being 15 minutes late to class and getting a death stare from the Professor.

Unfortunately, today was another rather boring day... Thursdays are my hardest but most rewarding days because I have 8 hours of class practically back-to-back...

Starting with Global Ethics - where the professor managed to get me a bit agitated again...
He said that Christians are irrational because "Christians support abortion... from the basis that the Bible teaches them not to murder.. and abortion is killing unborn (but potential) humans."
... Why does that make us irrational? Why does protecting a human life make us irrational? 

The discussion then turns into one that is surrounding "The moral code or code of ethics of Christians do not come from self-realisation of important ethical issues.. but is shaped from the Bible and its teachings.. such as the Ten Commandments."
... I do not see the difference between self-realisation of important ethical issues and conviction towards a moral inspiration from God.

'Ethical issues' such as animal cruelty, obesity and murder... If anything, our laws surrounding them are inspired by the Bible...
Animal cruelty - Adam and Eve named and cared for the animals in the Garden of Eden and they lived in perfect harmony... until sin entered the picture. 
Obesity - We are granted freedom as Christians, so long as we do it for the glory of God. We can eat what we want, but if it becomes an idol or if it causes another person to stumble, then we don't.
Murder - Quite self-explanatory.

Each session of this class is becoming tiresome... Most of the time it becomes a laughter fest against religion and not at all very productive... People debate and argue in this class and there is always no firm answer at the end of the class... just a petty conclusion from the back of his head.


My other classes seem to be okay...

International Business was again... interesting. If only I wasn't so sleepy, maybe I could have paid attention... But it is hard to stay focused because there is no discussion in this class... Only a monotone lecture read almost straight off a powerpoint slide. =[.

Operations Management was awesome... The teacher is really good.. but the content isn't.. Maths.. Equations... Problem solving... Oh gosh. Save me.


After finishing at 9.30... I headed back to the dorm... and I stumbled across this little festival at the women's university next to my dorm.

Concert of some sort.. Not sure if celebs came.. Didn't check it out.. too many people.

My dinner. LOL. $1 for two.


On the way back to my dorm.. there was a lot of... flirting and hooking up. If there were words to describe the atmosphere.. it would be a "den of iniquity" (Quote Castiel from Supernatural).

I found out that festivals like these seem to be designed either for group outings OR for relieving your single-ness. 

Guys and girls who came were dressed very nicely and definitely to impress... I was more occupied with trying to find my way back to the dorm! A lot of stalls that blocked the way...


I then ended the night with a Skype Group Chat with Ed, Shawn, Josh, Jackie, Nick and Tiff (who was busy with packing... all the best Tiff! Skype Chat when you're done!)

The Chat definitely made my day... and I preferred it many times over going out to the bar tonight with a group of exchange kids.. drinking UNLIMITED cocktails for $14... a ticket to blurred memories and hangovers =X.

Thankful: Another week done... and it went by VERY quickly...
Prayerful: Protection against the lies of this world... Especially its flawed humanist approach of morality/ethics.

Dangers: If I am not careful, my thinking of moral issues may enter a grey area where I begin to compromise Biblical truth for a false idea of human equality.