new year's day

well it's officially the year 2006. the year of the dog, winter olympics and the world cup. my mother was born in the year of the dog almost xxyears ago. i have interest in the olympics because i have high hope for the men and women hockey team. and world cup, i'm cheering for japan and brasil. (even though they are in the same group)
aside from what's going on this year. i hope to change some aspects of myself. the one thing that i will continue is my relationship with God. this is the first and foremost important thing. from continuing a healthy, vibrant relationship with God, all other change will come out. and so i hope to get better physically, to listen to people, to serve others, to change my mindset from negative to positive. with God's help i hope that i could make small changes in my life. God is dangerous but He is loving. as i prayed to God in the morning, i know that change takes time. i will have to invite God to take control of certain things in my life.
now aside from this resolution notes, i turn to the day in general. i stayed up well after midnight and after dropping off friends. i did get to an early service at holy trinity. i had a hard time staying awake. after service i came home and slept till after 1400. after getting up i headed out to the japanese church. i came just at the end of the message. i stayed for mochi and then i went to my friend's house. it was nice to spend the evening listening to ppl's stories. it was good times and couldn't believe that i stayed for long. i saw some old pictures from 15years or so of ppl from the japanese church. so much change, physically and also the fact many ppl in the photos has gone to different churches. as i write this, i should remind that all of us belong in the big church family of Jesus. and even though we are in different places, we are still a family. my hope this year is that the family will increase. and that i continue friendship intact and precious.