I have the plague. Its not fun. So I'm tucked up in bed living the good life... hot drinks and youtube make for a good day. I'm also applying for engineering jobs for the end of my diploma, hoping to walk into a good job in November.
I ate a really good burger yesterday. It wasn't amazing, but it was very good. It was from a place called "Prime" (i think) on high street. It's an American themed burger joint, even our waiter was an American, and boy oh boy was I stoked. Sure beats most American food we have here eg Mcdonalds, BK, KFC, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Denny's... you get the picture. You should check out "Prime" and get a good burger. It's not even much more expensive than a Combo at Mcdonalds or whatever.
It's no Burger Fuel, but it is good
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Life
I'm sitting on the couch in my lounge, looking at the drum kit in the corner, holding the heater between my knees, looking at the sun streaming in through my window and wondering why it doesn't heat this place up. I like winter, don't get me wrong, but I don't enjoy being freezing cold. Honestly though, apart from being able to see my breath at 10:30am inside my house, I am enjoying life. I'm blessed to be alive, blessed to live in NZ, blessed to live in Christchurch, blessed to have an amazing wife, family and friends, blessed to be on holiday and blessed with, for the most part, good health.
You may have heard about the car crash in Invercargill on Friday that claimed the lives of 3 teenagers. The driver of the car, Jesse Langeveld, used to work at Mcdonalds when I worked there about 3 years ago. It sucks when someone you know dies like that. Though we weren't close friends or anything, it's still a shock as you could imagine.
Life is so short. You never know when you might be taken from this earth. I want to make sure that whatever happens, I never forget how to smile and laugh, and I never want to forget how blessed I really am to be alive. Even when life sucks, every breath is a blessing. Lets be positive people, and not waste our time getting negative and cynical. Life is too short
You may have heard about the car crash in Invercargill on Friday that claimed the lives of 3 teenagers. The driver of the car, Jesse Langeveld, used to work at Mcdonalds when I worked there about 3 years ago. It sucks when someone you know dies like that. Though we weren't close friends or anything, it's still a shock as you could imagine.
Life is so short. You never know when you might be taken from this earth. I want to make sure that whatever happens, I never forget how to smile and laugh, and I never want to forget how blessed I really am to be alive. Even when life sucks, every breath is a blessing. Lets be positive people, and not waste our time getting negative and cynical. Life is too short
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
A Thought From 1 Corinthians 12
This morning I was reading my bible and I found some cool stuff. In 1 Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul is talking to the Church about spiritual gifts. He says in verse 7, "A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other," and goes on to say that the Holy Spirit decides what gift each person should get. He carries on to say that we are all part of one body (the Church) and each of us fit somewhere. We are given gifts to help each other and uplift and strengthen the Church. We do not all have the same giftings, but we are all called to be faithful with what God has given us to help and strengthen the Church.
It got me thinking. I recognize a few different giftings that the Holy Spirit has placed in my life. And its weird to think where I am now compared to where I would have thought I would be. I am the Music Director at my church and I lead worship regularly. But I'm pretty sure music is not my primary gifting. It is something God has given me to use however, and when there was a need I put my hand up and filled that role. I may have thought I was called to preach or something else like that, but God gave me an opportunity to serve Him and I want to be faithful with this. I want to be able to say that I gave it all I had, and I served God and the Church to the best of my ability with what was given to me.
We've all have a gift, no matter how small or large it seems to us. Maybe you're good at something or you have a passion for some area in your Church that you could serve in. Chances are, God has given you that to use for His benefit and for the benefit of His Church. It doesn't have to be something on stage. Maybe you could serve on the setup or packdown team. Or at the cafe. Or be the friendly face that greets everyone as they arrive at church. Whatever it is, find something you can do and give it your all!
The way I see it, Jesus gave His life for the Church. The least we can do is do all we can to strengthen the Church. If we really love God, let's serve Him to the best of our abilities with what He has given us.
It got me thinking. I recognize a few different giftings that the Holy Spirit has placed in my life. And its weird to think where I am now compared to where I would have thought I would be. I am the Music Director at my church and I lead worship regularly. But I'm pretty sure music is not my primary gifting. It is something God has given me to use however, and when there was a need I put my hand up and filled that role. I may have thought I was called to preach or something else like that, but God gave me an opportunity to serve Him and I want to be faithful with this. I want to be able to say that I gave it all I had, and I served God and the Church to the best of my ability with what was given to me.
We've all have a gift, no matter how small or large it seems to us. Maybe you're good at something or you have a passion for some area in your Church that you could serve in. Chances are, God has given you that to use for His benefit and for the benefit of His Church. It doesn't have to be something on stage. Maybe you could serve on the setup or packdown team. Or at the cafe. Or be the friendly face that greets everyone as they arrive at church. Whatever it is, find something you can do and give it your all!
The way I see it, Jesus gave His life for the Church. The least we can do is do all we can to strengthen the Church. If we really love God, let's serve Him to the best of our abilities with what He has given us.
What You Need to Know
Here is what I promised in my last post. What You Need to Know before you decide you hate me or love me based on this blog.
ME
My name is Roy Bruce. I am a Christian - I love God and live for Him. I am 22 years old and I recently got married to the most amazing woman in the world - Holly May. I am in love. I love my wife. I also like my wife. Besides Jesus, she is my best friend in the world. I am so blessed to have her in my life. She is an incredible, beautiful, amazing woman.
I am a dual citizen - New Zealand & the United States of America. I live in Christchurch, NZ and feel at home here, but I also see the USA as home and Holly and I will most likely live their for at least a little while in the future. I am not very political... but in saying that I definitely have strong opinions on political stuff. I used to think of my self as a Liberal... I now would describe myself as a Conservative.
Some things in this world really grind my gears - however I do not want to make this blog all about that. I'd rather focus on the awesome things in this world, the blessings poured out on us and keep my attitude positive and thankful.
BLOG
The purpose of making this a daily(ish) blog is to just put something into words each day or so. Whether or not people read it and like it is kinda beside the point. I just want to let this be an outlet for some things floating around in my brain.
I hope whoever is reading this will find something they can smile, laugh, think or ponder whenever they check it. I don't want to be lame and argumentative, I just want to write some thoughts out daily.
As I said before, I want this to be positive and encouraging. I can't garantee however that I will pull this off. We all have times when we feel strongly about something that we need a to have a quick rant about it. But this does not change my underlying theme of putting my thoughts into writing daily(ish) and hopefully providing some encouragement, humour and thinking from time to time.
I hope you decide to join me on this adventure! Who knows where it will end up.
ME
My name is Roy Bruce. I am a Christian - I love God and live for Him. I am 22 years old and I recently got married to the most amazing woman in the world - Holly May. I am in love. I love my wife. I also like my wife. Besides Jesus, she is my best friend in the world. I am so blessed to have her in my life. She is an incredible, beautiful, amazing woman.
I am a dual citizen - New Zealand & the United States of America. I live in Christchurch, NZ and feel at home here, but I also see the USA as home and Holly and I will most likely live their for at least a little while in the future. I am not very political... but in saying that I definitely have strong opinions on political stuff. I used to think of my self as a Liberal... I now would describe myself as a Conservative.
Some things in this world really grind my gears - however I do not want to make this blog all about that. I'd rather focus on the awesome things in this world, the blessings poured out on us and keep my attitude positive and thankful.
BLOG
The purpose of making this a daily(ish) blog is to just put something into words each day or so. Whether or not people read it and like it is kinda beside the point. I just want to let this be an outlet for some things floating around in my brain.
I hope whoever is reading this will find something they can smile, laugh, think or ponder whenever they check it. I don't want to be lame and argumentative, I just want to write some thoughts out daily.
As I said before, I want this to be positive and encouraging. I can't garantee however that I will pull this off. We all have times when we feel strongly about something that we need a to have a quick rant about it. But this does not change my underlying theme of putting my thoughts into writing daily(ish) and hopefully providing some encouragement, humour and thinking from time to time.
I hope you decide to join me on this adventure! Who knows where it will end up.
Update for you all
Hi
I'm thinking that it's about time I either took this blogging thing serious or threw in the towel. So what I'm keen to do is make this my daily diary type thing online. I'm hoping people will keep checking up on this blog and see whats going on in my life. I'm not trying to be all emo or anything... I just think it would be cool to every day or two post something on here. Pretty soon I will start off with post number one. I has the potential to be a long one so I'm going to work hard to try and keep it short.
The first post in this new era will be called "what you need to know" and I basically just want to say a few things and be pretty clear on what this blog is and isn't.
Sweet?
Good!
I'm thinking that it's about time I either took this blogging thing serious or threw in the towel. So what I'm keen to do is make this my daily diary type thing online. I'm hoping people will keep checking up on this blog and see whats going on in my life. I'm not trying to be all emo or anything... I just think it would be cool to every day or two post something on here. Pretty soon I will start off with post number one. I has the potential to be a long one so I'm going to work hard to try and keep it short.
The first post in this new era will be called "what you need to know" and I basically just want to say a few things and be pretty clear on what this blog is and isn't.
Sweet?
Good!
Monday, January 12, 2009
I'm engaged to the most beautiful girl in the world!
Holly and I are getting married. We got engaged on Saturday January 10th, 2009 and instead of telling the story again and again, I thought I’d post it on my blog for people to read. My American family, our friends who aren’t in earshot and people who want to check it out for themselves – this is for you…
It’s been our plan for about 6 months that we would tie the knot this year, but we didn’t really tell anyone even after we’d set the date because it wasn’t official. Now that Holly is wearing the ring it’s all good, so go tell everyone. Haha.
Holly and I have been doing this thing called ‘alphabet dating’ for a while now. Each week one of us takes the other on a date beginning with a letter of the alphabet, we go through from A to Z. This week it was Holly’s turn, so really she planned the proposal without even realizing it.
We had gone ring shopping just after Christmas and picked out the one we liked. I didn’t want to blow it and pick something lame and since we’d already established we were going to get married, it worked out sweet to go in together, pick it out together and have it sent away to be resized. Then the ball was in my court to pick it up and pop the question.
I picked the ring up on the Friday knowing that I was going to ask her on Saturday. I had a back up plan, but I was really relying on Holly taking us on a long walk on the beach or something and stopping somewhere romantic. I was quizzing her about our ‘L’ date on Friday night just to get a feel for whether or not I could rely on her to organize the perfect proposal scenario. She told me we were going to drive to Taylors Mistake and take a walk around Godley Head to Boulder Bay where we were going to have a picnic lunch. Perfect.
The night before she thought something was up by how funny I was acting… but I just did the whole, “Stop it. I’m not hiding anything. I haven’t even been to the jeweler I haven’t had any time! If they haven’t called tomorrow we’ll go get it after our date ok.” She didn’t buy it but she thought I was getting really pissed off so she dropped it. Later she said she stopped thinking about it because she thought I was getting really mad and it probably wasn’t going to happen as soon as that anyway. Plus she was worrying they were having problems resizing the ring as the jeweler hadn’t called.
Saturday came along and I went to Holly’s house via a florist so I could pick up a single red rose and hide it, with the ring, in my bag. I was wondering how I could bring my bag without it being obvious I was hiding something. Fortunately Holly asked me if I had my bag so we could put our picnic lunch in it. I was stoked. I packed our sammies and drinks in it and kept it close by at all times. We drove to Taylors Mistake and went for our walk. We had lunch down by the ocean which was so beautiful, it was meant to be raining but the weather was so sweet, thank you Jesus!
We ate our lunch and just as we finished I gave Holly something beginning with L for our ‘L’ date – a “Love Letter” containing a “Love List”, which was a list of things I love about her. At the end of it I had the scripture we both love and have talked about heaps since we’ve been together. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
“ 9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”
Then under this it said, ‘Now look at me’ and at that point I was down on one knee, I had a red rose in my hand which I gave her and then I proceeded to tell her how much I love her and that I want to spend the rest of my life with her and then I said the line, “Will you marry me?” and she said “Yes!”
So, being very careful not to drop the ring in the ocean, I put it on her finger. We had a kiss and a hug and just enjoyed the moment before heading off. We wandered back to the car and then drove to a café where some of our good friends were waiting for us. All in all it was an awesome day! Many thanks to our friends and family who have been so supportive and shared in our joy. Now we’re in planning mode and we’re looking forward to the big day, April 11th.
Yeya!
It’s been our plan for about 6 months that we would tie the knot this year, but we didn’t really tell anyone even after we’d set the date because it wasn’t official. Now that Holly is wearing the ring it’s all good, so go tell everyone. Haha.
Holly and I have been doing this thing called ‘alphabet dating’ for a while now. Each week one of us takes the other on a date beginning with a letter of the alphabet, we go through from A to Z. This week it was Holly’s turn, so really she planned the proposal without even realizing it.
We had gone ring shopping just after Christmas and picked out the one we liked. I didn’t want to blow it and pick something lame and since we’d already established we were going to get married, it worked out sweet to go in together, pick it out together and have it sent away to be resized. Then the ball was in my court to pick it up and pop the question.
I picked the ring up on the Friday knowing that I was going to ask her on Saturday. I had a back up plan, but I was really relying on Holly taking us on a long walk on the beach or something and stopping somewhere romantic. I was quizzing her about our ‘L’ date on Friday night just to get a feel for whether or not I could rely on her to organize the perfect proposal scenario. She told me we were going to drive to Taylors Mistake and take a walk around Godley Head to Boulder Bay where we were going to have a picnic lunch. Perfect.
The night before she thought something was up by how funny I was acting… but I just did the whole, “Stop it. I’m not hiding anything. I haven’t even been to the jeweler I haven’t had any time! If they haven’t called tomorrow we’ll go get it after our date ok.” She didn’t buy it but she thought I was getting really pissed off so she dropped it. Later she said she stopped thinking about it because she thought I was getting really mad and it probably wasn’t going to happen as soon as that anyway. Plus she was worrying they were having problems resizing the ring as the jeweler hadn’t called.
Saturday came along and I went to Holly’s house via a florist so I could pick up a single red rose and hide it, with the ring, in my bag. I was wondering how I could bring my bag without it being obvious I was hiding something. Fortunately Holly asked me if I had my bag so we could put our picnic lunch in it. I was stoked. I packed our sammies and drinks in it and kept it close by at all times. We drove to Taylors Mistake and went for our walk. We had lunch down by the ocean which was so beautiful, it was meant to be raining but the weather was so sweet, thank you Jesus!
We ate our lunch and just as we finished I gave Holly something beginning with L for our ‘L’ date – a “Love Letter” containing a “Love List”, which was a list of things I love about her. At the end of it I had the scripture we both love and have talked about heaps since we’ve been together. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
“ 9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”
Then under this it said, ‘Now look at me’ and at that point I was down on one knee, I had a red rose in my hand which I gave her and then I proceeded to tell her how much I love her and that I want to spend the rest of my life with her and then I said the line, “Will you marry me?” and she said “Yes!”
So, being very careful not to drop the ring in the ocean, I put it on her finger. We had a kiss and a hug and just enjoyed the moment before heading off. We wandered back to the car and then drove to a café where some of our good friends were waiting for us. All in all it was an awesome day! Many thanks to our friends and family who have been so supportive and shared in our joy. Now we’re in planning mode and we’re looking forward to the big day, April 11th.
Yeya!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Back in NZ
I'm back in New Zealand and I have been for 3 weeks as of today. I thought I would just give a quick update since its been a while.
I got back and was straight back into work at school. I had one week where I was catching up on everything I'd missed and studying for two weeks of exams. I submitted two assignments and sat 3 tests in that week. Mixed feelings about it, I had been averaging in the 80's for everything before I left, and having slacked off a little bit I found things tough getting back into it.
I got some results back from the year. I was stoked with Geotech - I was sitting on 76% for the first half of the year even before sitting a test worth 10%. When I got my marks back for the two assignments for Surveying, I had a 58% and an 80%. So the buildup to exams was pretty good, although the first week back was intense.
Exams went pretty good, I would have definitely passed everything but maybe not as well as I had hoped. So now its wait and see time.
I finished my last exam on Thursday last week so now I'm hunting for work for the summer. I'm considering doing a drug trial, but not too sure. It's paying $8500, 3500 before christmas and the rest at the end of the trial in march. Its a trial of an anti depression drug so I can't see it being dangerous. I'm just thinking that if its paying that much there may be a risk.
Anyway, thats all for now. Hope you all are doing great.
Roy
I got back and was straight back into work at school. I had one week where I was catching up on everything I'd missed and studying for two weeks of exams. I submitted two assignments and sat 3 tests in that week. Mixed feelings about it, I had been averaging in the 80's for everything before I left, and having slacked off a little bit I found things tough getting back into it.
I got some results back from the year. I was stoked with Geotech - I was sitting on 76% for the first half of the year even before sitting a test worth 10%. When I got my marks back for the two assignments for Surveying, I had a 58% and an 80%. So the buildup to exams was pretty good, although the first week back was intense.
Exams went pretty good, I would have definitely passed everything but maybe not as well as I had hoped. So now its wait and see time.
I finished my last exam on Thursday last week so now I'm hunting for work for the summer. I'm considering doing a drug trial, but not too sure. It's paying $8500, 3500 before christmas and the rest at the end of the trial in march. Its a trial of an anti depression drug so I can't see it being dangerous. I'm just thinking that if its paying that much there may be a risk.
Anyway, thats all for now. Hope you all are doing great.
Roy
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