FINALLY!

I can safely say i'm alright. After a week of misery. sigh. Thank God for that as tutorials and uni "really" start this week. Even though uni's already begun last week it was just the first week, so nothing much. But this week is when the sem really begins..if you get what i mean. Thanks to those who asked after my health & everything. =)

Anyway, about the whole sydney thing, yes i did recover too, just right before WYD! I got freaked out cos the morning when i went to the airport, i still had diarrhoea at the airport!! Luckily tho, after taking some medicine for diarrhoea (next time you have diarrhoea, take imodium! very effective medicine!!), my diarrhoea totally stopped & all i was left with was just my bloated stomach & difficulty burping - as usual -_- But then again, thankfully, i was fine & my appetite all came back on the 14th (i left to syd on the 13th) & i was back to normal just in time for WYD which started on 15th. Everything went well from there. Praise God for that. whew.

Well, what can i say about WYD? It was a reeeeally amazing experience, a once in a lifetime moment..well, that is if i dont attend another WYD anymore. Wonder if i'll end up in madrid in 2011. lol. That's where the next WYD is hosted. Spain! Guess should give it a go if i've got money & if my bro/friends are all going. Or rather, at that point in 2011, it'll be if work will allow me flexibility (cant imagine myself working yet!!). After all, spain's one of the must-go countries which i've missed out on when in europe. SOoo...pretty good excuse ayy?? We'll see about that. Digressing now. Ok. Back to what i said earlier. It was simply awesome and heart-warming to see everyone from all corners of the world gather together for one event to celebrate the same faith. Seriously. There are still hundreds & thousands of youth out there who actually care bout their religion..!! whew!! It's sucha relief, really. I wonder where all the youths are when i attend church though. What a major contrast. Or is it because australian catholics 'have other things to do' and dont practise their faith. or watever. Or maybe the mass i attend is different from the mass the youths would go to which is in the evening. ha. no clue.

The sad part about WYD was that i didnt really get much out of it. Not spiritually. The fun was there, that's a definite thing. It was all fun & "party" & concerts & stuff. But i was really sad & disappointed cos i didnt reap anything to do with my faith. I wanted to at least feel something. Something that would make me grow stronger in faith or closer to God or ..that kinda stuff yknow?? but sadly, i got nothing. & i think that's because i was with a group of friends who wanted more than anything to meet people. Sure, i wanted to meet loads of ppl as well & make friends & have fun but that wasn't my main agenda with this whole thing about WYD. In the first place, WYD's supposed to be a pilgrimage. I wanted to achieve something spiritually. That was my main purpose, instead of wanting so bad to meet other people & all. Sigh. I guess that was what held me back & not allow me to achieve what i wanted to. Oh well. But what's over is over. At least i got a taste of what WYD is all about.

Will be posting up some pics in my next post & write more about WYD & the events then. Now, i gotta shower & make dinner. bah. After all the holidays & the non-cooking weeks, cooking has become a lil like a chore. lol. i'm so lazy to cook now..!!