Jerry @ MindSay

This is from Dec. 18, 2005 and it just so happened to be the date of my sons 17th birthday and this strip describes the way I felt that day to a "T"!!! Morgan/Jeremy one and the same! 

"Thank you again, i really appreciate it." Sabrina said, smiling as Jerry cleaned up the tool box and card board box the alarm system had come in. "Hey, its no problem. Now, are you going to tell me what this is all about? You look a little scared." He thought about his next question carefully. He had seen her run to the building, five minutes before the store telephone had rang. "No!" She thought, but instead said, "I'm fine. Just a little frightened, thats all." She stared at the letter on the table and the conversation with Kyle. Just thinking his name, made her shiver. "Are you cold? It's 70 degrees in here!" Jerry laughed ang Sabrina came back from all thoughts on Kyle momentarily.

"So, are you going to tell me what all the new locks are far, or am I just going to have to guess?" Jerry said, sitting down at the small table, looking up at her. she had been standing with her arms around her. Scared written in her eyes. She had learned from a young age to never show her emotions to anyone. She had always had a smile on her face. She smiled to keep anyone from guessing if anything was wrong.

As she sat across from Jerry, she nodded. "I should have probably told someone about why I'm really in New Hope ." She was thinking aloud, not really meaning to say that. "What do you mean? I thought you had come to New Hope for business." Jerry looked disappointed. "I came because i ran away from my past. From everything I had." She felt like crying, because she had made a vow to herself to protect her family and not spill about her life. To not speak one word of where she had come from.

"I've been running away from something, someone the past few years. I've lied to keep my family out of harms way. To keep them safe." She felt a weight come off her shoulders with every word she had said. Feeling better about herself, she continued with her story, beginning with Kyle. "When I was 15, my parents sent me to boarding school on the east coast. I met a boy their. We were the same age, same everything. Except he was from another country and everyone was asking questions about him. I had just started at the school, when a girl much older then me, started to throw her lunch at me. I had stood up to leave the lunch room, when the girl, had thrown her mashed potatoes at me. i had taken my whole tray and dumped it over her head from behind her. I had walked out of that room, not looking back. As i was walking to my room, the girl and her friends had pulled me into an abandoned class room, and beaten me. They made boys from the school pay five dollars to have sex with me as i was continuously unconscious for days, even weeks. They humiliated me in front of the entire school. They show pictures of me naked on desks, in front of windows, on the floor. I had woken up in the nurses office 3 weeks later. After waking up, the girls had harassed me and told me that if I leaked one word of who had done that to me, i would be killed by her uncle.

"Everyday after lunch, they would pull me into the same room, and beat me. I didn't ask for help to heal my wounds, because i had been plotting against them. At night I would lock my door. I had asked for a room by my self, and i had talked to the head master of the school, claiming it was about my grades being down. When i wrote home, i would tell them i had made alot of friends, when i was really an out cast. I chose to not trust anyone. Not until Kyle." Sabrina breathed deaply, trying to keep the tears from coming.

"I had been sitting in the library when he approached my table. i had 5 different books opened to different pages. He wanted to share the table with me. I had made room for him and had been minding my own business, when he slyly handed me a folded piece of paper. I opened it under the sable as a teacher passed by. "Why do you let her push you around?" was written on it. I wrote back: "Because otherwise, she'll kill me. Why do you care?" I had responded. From then on, Kyle had helped me plot against the girls. To get my revenge. The night of the revenge, was a very important night to alot of people. I had been waiting quietly for the leader of the girls to be alone, so i could surprisingly warn her to keep away from me. Instead of just acting as if I was going to shoot her, I really did shoot her. I ran back to my room, and packed everything i owned and acted as if i had been asleep the whole time. I sneaked into the boys dorm and found Kyle. He helped me sneak out of the school. He had given me enough money for a hotel for the night. He had come to the hotel and taken me to his home just down the road from the school. I stayed with his family, claiming my parents had died and I had no home. Kyle and i had become close to one another until one day he betrayed me."

Life is a series of challenges. Sometimes I get to thinking that whatever problem I’m facing is some unusual thing that has intruded into my life and once it’s solved and done I can move on and all will be “normal” meaning problem free. This is ridiculous. Perhaps in hind sight things don’t ever look like they were that complicated but in the here and now life is tough. Life will always be hard and that’s ok. The satisfaction can be gained from the challenges and trials if I think about it the right way and focus on the right things.

I hate to give away my location and what not but there are some things that I can’t just pass over. This semester has been… unique. Though I don’t go to VT the town I live in is very tied to it. I know a lot of people who went there or date people from there and ever since I’ve been here the pride people have in V-Tech has amazed me. Though the shooting didn’t happen on the campus of any of the Universities in Lynchburg the area schools have had constant “scares” since then. Instead of extra days at the end of the year to make up for snow days they’ll have to have makeup days for all the shooting scares. As if this town weren’t already drenched in burgundy and orange…

For those of you who haven’t heard my Chancellor passed today. I don’t really know what to make of it. It may sound insane to those of you who are politically minded or religiously anti-religious but five years ago I had no idea who Jerry Falwell even was. I decided to come to this school for a myriad of reasons none of which involved him. I remember telling one of the old ladies in the church where I was going and she said, “Oh that’s Jerry Falwells church isn’t it?” and I said, “Ummm I don’t know… it seems like that may have been who signed the acceptance letter…” Hahah when I saw him at the first convocation I remembered thinking, “hmmmn he sort of looks like a political cartoon…” HAHAH later I learned that he looked so much like those cartoons because they were OF him.

In 2005 when he had his heart attacks it was brought to the forefront of everyone’s mind, “… what would happen to Liberty if Jerry dies?” It’s hard to imagine this place without him. It’s going to weird not seeing that black SUV with the LU 1 license plates… you know he drove that thing into the new Thomas Road when it was being built. That was something I admired about him, he was very child like about his projects when they were going well. He played.

Here’s the real test for the school: What happens to if after Jerry’s gone?

I remember once in convo he talked about all of the once great Christian Universities that lost their way after their founders died away. He said that if after he’s gone and we see the university doing things we know aren’t what he had planned [getting too liberal that is] haha he told us to burn it down. That would make a good movie wouldn’t it? A group of old college buddies burning down the school because it’s gone against the vision of the founders.

And Lynchburg… what happens to Lynchburg after Jerry? You think he cared about national politics alone? He was very involved in this town. You know, I always thought he would outlive Tim LeHay though… guess not.

Today will be one very long and DETAILED entry I ever have so hold on and brace yourself

 

28th November 2006

 

Wow!! Finally after a long wait, (really long, talking about maybe 2 years or more he came to singapore..: for me even longer as this is the first time I ever get to see him so close up..) Sigh...but the photo i taken is so blurry that it cannot be shown and secondly..i accidently deleted it..

Met SP about 6plus at city hall before we made our way down to the airport to see the one and only prince charming Jerry Yen...

The said touch down flight is to be at 7.45pm but rumours has it that it may be earlier or delayed.. but unfortunately for us it was delayed..(but good as we were slightly late)

We waited and waited and waited...

And I saw this SQ XXX Belt XX  arrival time 7.50Pm...shucks!!! need to wait again... Nvr Mind.. I waited for so long just to get a good look at him..

 

Passengers were pointing to the banner and looking at us, smiled and walked away...

 

Soon a reporter apporached us and this is part of the conversation that when on between the reporter my friend, me and her friends and the reporter..(something close not excat..)

 

R: reporter

SP: my friend cum big sister

M: me

F: friends

A: all

 

R So you are here to see Jerry?

A: Yes

R: How long have you guys been supporting jerry?

A: Since 2001..

R: Wow! That is a long time.. Since you have been supporting him for so long, please tell me why you like him so much..

F1: B'coz he is a well mannered persojn

F2, SP: Yeah, even he is so popular, he still tries to keep to a low profile..

M: yah...yah..( i could only say yah as i do not want to say anything wrong)

R: How do you know that he is arriving at this time?

F: Oh, we have information.

R: You guys have internal info??

F(A): Yah, we are all part-time FBI.

A: Laughs...

R: What is this??

F: Banner..

R: Can let me see?

F: all hold the banner, while i ran and hide from safety..behind the banner..

 

We waited and waited..

 

A few false alarms..as info was given, he is wearing a orange WV(World Vision) Tee.. and many were wearing orange tees...shucks...

We are all playing the waiting game...

A few people pointed at the banner and giggled..while some stewardess were looking in all directions behind the arrival area.

 

R: Scream. Aim your camera..

 

All for once thought Jerry came..false alarm again

Lucky for us, some stewardess pointed to us that he is still behind.

 

But this time..yep its for real..out came the one and only Jerry Yen.. (SCREAMS ring all around.)

For me?? Well, under such chaotic circumstances, I do not know if i did scream.

All I knew, is that he came so up close and he is smiling so happily.. (big smile.)

As he walked past, all i knew was to run and to get a better look at him.

Screams, once again.. (Jerry...Ahhh....)

 

Wanted to take some photos of him, when this security guard/ airport police stood right in front of him..arghh..

get out of the way from my prince charming.. or princess fiona will do a kick...

Cant he move aside..???

Grabbing SP as needs to hand something over to him, I scream and ran...

 

More Screams as he made his way out... and yes... I CONFIRM THAT HE SAT OUTSIDE THE BAR LOOKING AT ME....(my thoughts only.. hoping so..)

 

 For once I kept my compose, remembering telling my friend once if i did ever see him so upfront, i will faint. But i did not.

Phew.. after all that running left me hot and tired.

Good thing I am not working in the next few days.

(If my manager sees this then a big OPPS..)

 

He left soon in a van. My adventure in the airport for today stops for a while.  And, yes. I will get to see him tomorrow.. Left with a happy heart that i knew i could not sleep... ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

29th Nov 2006

 

Waked up early and left for the charity convention.

Not much to tell here as it is all for the name of charity.

But I fell ill, the same time Jerry was ill..(maybe....nah...) Sneeze throughout the day till my head and nose ache... Damn those butterflies in my stomach... and because of that i could not see him at the hotel he was staying.

 

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30th Nov 2006

 

Jerry is leaving and my heart is aching..

Felt like crying...

same chaotic situation(well, really not that chaotic, but no Rs around.)

Folded some paper roses and gave him a magnet that states, Whens Friends Around, Hearts warmth.. and Fs drop him a note also..

Given to him by hand from one of Fs working in the airport

Hope he likes it.

 

 

If  I do recall any more stuff from the event, I will update.

 

2nd Update 4 Dec 2006

YES............................. it was none other than jerry..................... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............................................

he sat outside my bar and i amde eye contact with him...................

yes....................... he is not only cute and handsome.............charming but his eys.....................

no wonder he look so familar......... and his PA was with him..... that justice bao....

yup............ jerry came to singapore without notice and went to holland village and sat outside coffee club but...... i did not get to snap a shot with him............ sigh...

but he did wore a ski cap and he is tall.....very tall....

haaa...............................

ha.................................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

hope to see him again and he sat only about a meter away from me... but i did get to see him up front..... and boy my heart was like thumping and beating fast all the way..

 

thank God i did not faint at the handsome sight of him..

till now i still can remember the look in his eyes...