Up close and personal with a toilet

So recently, the Westcourt toilet clogged, and by the afternoon that day, I forgot about it, so I decided to have one of my more regrettable moments in life. As I looked at my organic waste floating in the bowl that could not be emptied, I just hoped that the regret I felt was enough to unclog the toilet.

A few days and a few glugs of bleach into the toilet bowl later (we thought it would break down any organic waste blocking the way), the contents of the toilet bowl became a dried and flattened err.. cookie? The bleach clearly worked in breaking down organic materials, but failed to clear a path large enough for the water to bring the insoluble matter with it.

After a few hours in the morning, and the diligent work of Jacky, we managed to pump all the waste out. Of course, this was after the toilet overflowed a few time as we naively tried to flush. We decided to let management know, and before you know it, the toilet works again =D. However, we were still faced with the task of cleaning the washroom.

The title outlines what happened next. When I reached around the toilet, my face would become closer to the toilet bowl than Edward and Bella in a tight embrace. And I thought about today's sermon.


There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
~Proverbs 30:12


The pastor described that filth was a very strong language to use in this context; it is equivalent to... well, what I introduced into the toilet bowl. He described how absurd it is for someone to think they are clean when they are covered in filth. This verse talks about how people embrace sin, yet continually see themselves as clean, when what they should do is get clean (how do you get clean? I'll leave this as an exercise to the reader. Hint: Jesus).

I thought of how my sin is filth to God, and how He gets up close and personal with me to clean up my mess. Except for His case, I keep wanting to, and do, overflow with unclean things as He tries to wipe me down. Call me a hypocrite (cause I am), but I don't think I'll ever learn this lesson, no matter how much I understand this analogy.

And don't bother trying to clean yourself up with rags just as filthy as you. Sola gratia.

Final Getsuga Tenshō

All-nighter for the last exam of undergrad! Hope everyone gets the bleach reference.


12:38 AM
Ligand binding: Sequential displacement is equivalent to two phase locking. Double displacement is not serialized. Benefits of being in CS and biology.


12:56 AM
Doing my dailies on neopets instead of studying. After all these years I still know the times for snowager.

2:02 AM
Now my right eye is twitching.... lolz

3:00AM - 4:00AM
Nap! =P Quite refreshing

Man all-nighters aren't that fun if you're actually studying haha. Praise God I passed (and pretty well too)! Just waiting for one more course, and I'll know if I officially graduate =].