Wanders and Wonders

" Jessica Wakefield made a huge mistake. So huge that it risked her twin sister's life and ruined her relationship with her boyfriend, A.J. Morgan. She dated a psycho over the weekend when her boyfriend was away ." This is one of the books of Sweet Valley High series of Francine Pascal. I enjoyed these books in my college days. We had them at our Reading Laboratory where I was assigned at. Now, I found them at Market Market and I enjoy reading them especially on a day like this - rainy and stormy. [caption id="attachment_133" align="alignnone" width="182"] That's Jessica Wakefield and Christopher.[/caption] Let's go back to the story. (The summary is copied from the back of the novel.) Jessica Wakefield doesn't know how she'll survive a long weekend without her steady boyfriend, A.J. Morgan. But when she meets Christopher, a mysterious, good-looking boy, her lonely weekend turns into one of the most romantic times of her life...

Every day we carry with us to-do list, to-buy list, and to-have list. They seem endless. Every second or minute ticks,  a new idea comes to mind and we desire to have them. Sometimes they  come right away, but some will test your patience. They come very late. (In our thinking, it's late.) While I am waiting for my student to take my skype call for our online class, I have this realization: God will give you the things you have prayed for when you are all ready to accept it - physically, mentally, spiritually. God knows the perfect timing. However, more often than not people are impatient. We are so used to 'instant things.' We thought that once we pray to God what we want, we want to receive it the next day or the next week. Yet, we don't know God has another thing in mind - better than what we thought of. God says in the Bible His thoughts and His plans are higher than ours. Thus, people should learn to trust God in everything. I am telling this to myself. Though insi...

[caption id="attachment_122" align="alignnone" width="300"] Do you want to live in a community of Sameness?[/caption] The Giver rings a bell to me. But I am not sure whether I have read it in the past or not. One day, my Korean student bought a novel "The Giver" and it made me more intrigued about it. Hence, I borrowed the novel from my co-worker who also has it and he even used it in the class as a lesson. In the first few pages, it was hard to comprehend the setting of the story and even the plot. I had lots of questions of who or what these words mean: Release, Nurturers, Giver, Receiver, and the list goes on. It appeared to be very metaphorical to me. Well, since I don't like putting down a book without finishing it, I did continue reading it and I was glad I read until the last page. It really made me think about life, people, community, rules, etc. The story in a nutshell goes like this: It is a story about an isolated community that t...