As of recently, I've come to the realization that some things have more to them, then what they first appear as (in other words, don't judge a book by its cover). More and more throughout the course of the program, I'm able to know so much more than just doing volunteer work robotically.

The people you meet. The bonds you make. The potential you now can more clearly see, is right in front of our faces! Good people, what I am talk about is our hidden (for some, such as myself before now) ability to be able to make connections and bonds with people we have taught ourself to shun out. Of course, not everyone can be your neighbour in somewhere as big as Toronto (4,000,000+ people), but just think about this for a minute: if each person is able to befriend 10 people, let's say, and in those 10 people they've also intertwined in many other peoples networks of friends, in short you produce your own "small community" of friends. This almost seems like I'm going on a tangent here, but what I'm really trying to get at is no matter what the circumstances 9/10 you will be able to find yourself to love the person for who they are, and just enjoy being able to communicate with so many diverse people, and to be a friend with someone whom you admire, whether for very few things or many. We are all humans, afterall.

Just really had to write that, even though I should really be sleeping right now, and will be very shortly. I hope it makes some sense and the point is at least somewhat clear (although I'll most likely look over it better when I'm less tired. Getting up at the crack of dawn this morning for boxing can suprisingly do that to a person who's been up for 20 or so hours).

-KGat

a Thought above

So... A tad more thought was put into this since I last posted a while back... and I've decided to make it into things I'm interested in talking about and other controversies which may enter my life. Basically, anything from what's going on in my life that I feel should be talked about and other miscellaneous subjects.

Sounds pretty decent to me. What about you? I realize not many people will feel the want to drop a comment, but I encourage anyone to leave a comment -- whether positive or constructive -- just to let it all out, and let me know what you have to say!

I'll leave this on a little bit of a status update in regards to the volunteer program I'm in, called Katimavik (www.katimavik.org and www.gokatimavik.com). As of right now, I'm finishing up my third trimester of the program, and currently reside in Chisasibi, Québec, Canada (it's a small Cree town just on the border of James Bay).

Now that you have a bit of a background to understand better what I'm talking about, I'll say a bit more about what's going down. Where I work is at Cree/French/English school where I assist as the "School Animator" where I get the kids involved in anything from Air Hockey Tournaments, to school dances and beyond.

Besides working, we also get blocks of "free time" (time to do what you want) and right now myself as well as my group, are working on making moccasins and mittens (traditional, of course). Although, it does cost some money, which isn't really a problem because you're making them yourself. It's actually really self-satisfying I find, to be able to make my own material items, rather than just buying one already made. This in itself, will take another few weeks (on/off throughout the rest of the month and a half we have left here) to complete fully. Unfortunately at this point in time, I can't provide photos as my camera is sent away to get repaired (or so I hope), but I will for sure put up as many as I'm able to.

That's my life at the moment, on top of lots of other really awesome activities and community involvement things in which we will be accomplishing in the near future. And if you've gotten to this point, thanks for reading and have a rockin' week!

-KGat

"Hello World"

Well. What to write, eh? This is the first time I've done this and haven't yet figured out exactly what it is I want out of it. But then again, do people really think about that when they sign up for this?

I'm thinking something along the lines of, something I enjoy writing about, but not something so bland, that you can't feel like it happened to you? We shall see. Cool beans, if anyone has some suggestions, or comments to help a newbie out, be much appreciated. I'll just basically drop a post every now and then. We'll see how she goes. :)

Over and out..

-KGat