The East Four Blog

Starboard Prizes:

January:

1st week: Erin
2nd week: Ryan H,
3rd week: Josh
4th week: Sam S.

Monthly: Tiff

February:

1st week: Melisa
2nd week: Amy
3rd week: Jagvir


Oscar Night Ballot with 14 correct: Erin



Please stop by my room to collect your prize.

The housing website has started displaying these super cool
resident profiles... we're looking for residents who are
interested in being on the website, its as easy as going
online and filling it out!

http://www.housing.uwaterloo.ca/profiles/

I hope you all have been having a FABULOUS reading week.

Time off from classes is fun... but, not as fun as gettng caught up on all of your readings and school work...

:S

No?

So I've been doing it wrong?

Damn....


In other news...

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO KARYAN




You may leave messages on her wall when you come back.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his
time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on
vacation.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those
one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened
by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the
distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window
beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse
what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described
such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.

Thursday 7:30 - 9:30 am
Bring a plate! :)

Sad because the cable outage interfered with your viewing of the game...

well not to fear... you can check out all the hot and most talked about commercials here:

http://www.bowlspots.com/

oh and you might have missed some football being played as well... :S