Like Sand Through The Hourglass...

There is one thing at UWI that always works. Year after year, semester after semester, at every sixth week fear is driven into the hearts of the unprepared. For those who do not care, the posting of the exam timetable has little to no effect. It is a timely reminder that vacation is coming soon.

This is week 7! As the hour draws near to take my first test I am definitely sure that I'm ready to end and on all those waves I yern to ride. I'm sure I want to see what awaits me on the other side.

This week I spent the last day with great friend (some may even say sister). There is something really interesting about the beach. Being in its presence takes a troubled mind that has been running around and stills it; like a an angry person in the arms of someone he/she trusts. The beach is patient. It allows you to rant and rave on until you have run out of steam and collapse in your puddle of confusion and as the smoke clears and the dust settles, you see a silhouette standing, smiling, as if to say, "I'm still here". Sounds a lot like someone I know (who created the beach). So we went to the beach and spent the evening talking and getting our non-beach clothes soaked like true Bajans. Then I went home. Most of it is still hard to digest, especially at this time of the semester but one thing I've assimilated is when you have the time, spend it with someone. Life is dynamic and people morph and our lives intersect only for a fleeting moment. It was once said to me, "The opportunity of a lifetime must be taken in the lifetime of the opportunity."

On Tuesday we looked at suicide in bible study. This was a very heated war as those who were there battled it out. We defined "suicide" as "taking your own life". What was really interesting (and I will leave it open) was that it was asked what we think about people who commit suicide and where do they go when they die (with God or without God).

Fun reigned the Science Lecture Theatre as there was a civil war in Linear Algebra. The lecturer came in and said "I would like to have the test on Wednesday (March 10) so we can continue our next topic." "But sir," a voice called out from the back, "I have 3 tests that week. How about the Wednesday after that?" He replied, "If we push back the test it will have theoretical questions." "HELL NO!" a voice cried out from the front, "Put the test Wednesday!"...then the war started. The back of the class wanted the test in two weeks and the front in one. Quite frankly I did not care when the test was and I figured that if you were going to fail, pushing it back a week only makes it worse. So when I thought there was peace in the camp a hand rose from the middle. "Sir, can we take another look at the test date? I think that you should not decide on a date because one person has three tests that week." "But I have three tests too!" shouted the back section. Then the war continued until the end of class. (Well actually beyond the end of class because there were still some complaining about how unfair the front of the class is very selfish and does not care about the other classmates, etc etc). When it was all said and done, the front had their way. So I have 3 tests this week.

On Thursday there was a lecture on the church's impact on western civilization. I left class early to go to it and it was fun. The only bad thing was we only had an hour so I couldn't throw questions at the lecturer. At the end, the challenge was given to take our God-given talents and "As we go, make disciples of all nations" teaching them to obey all that Jesus taught us.

So those were the hot points in my week. Other stuff included Saturday when I had 2 meetings and a production to attend and another hot quiz practice in which I had to play referee and official, judge and jury. This week seems like a pretty interesting one already. I have 3 mid-terms and a quiz and on top of that a team from South Carolina came in on Saturday to work with Campus Crusade for Christ.

So until next week...I'm out!