The Existence of the Space

Toronto downtown, seen from Ryerson University (SLC). Eaton Centre is just a block away. Whenever I hear the words "looking back," I can't help but remember Lot's wife who looked back as God brought destruction to Sodom by sulfur and fire. The cost of her disobedience from the instruction to not look back was so great: she perished and became a pillar of salt. There's this never-ending cycle that continues to bug me at this time. This city named Toronto had been all too familiar already: the fast-paced life especially in downtown, the people who walk through its streets, the never-ending maintenance work in the TTC subway, the beauty of (not-so-clean) Lake Ontario. Even the mundane routines throughout the week have been too ingrained in my everyday life here: waking up at the earliest 11:00am, starting the day with an hour of biking (if it's bike workout day) and spending the rest of the day writing my thesis either at the Toronto Reference Library or t

...situated somewhere ...in the depths ...of the jungle ...waiting in time ...to be unleashed

Oh wow, I haven't written here for a while now! Life is just so jam-packed, dealing with overdue final term papers from last semester, 3 upcoming projects premieres for the next 7 months, a timeline that seems like next to impossible, and immigration papers to Canadian permanent residence that seem to lead nowhere...yet. And here I am, sitting inside a bus while making my way back to Montréal. I spent the weekend in Toronto to deal with my US tourist visa application (and I got approved!!), check on mom and friends too, and deal with Canadian immigration concerns. Being with people you consider family is simply a gift. It doesn't come cheap: it costs a lot just to be able to enjoy this (especially in my case, travelling hundreds of kilometres just to be there). It doesn't matter though, as I believe that God "puts the lonely in families (Psalm 68:6)," and I believe that also includes people like me who really long for significance in relationships with peopl