I know a lot of people looking at me. I know a lot of people take direction and inspiration for what I do. You know what I'm saying?  You know what I'm saying? To put people in bad positions. If anything, just be a good dude. Just be solid.  You ain't got to have the best cars or none of this. Just be a solid dude. That can get you very far in life. Yeah, we on boss talk one on one. One on one. Yeah, we gonna talk. That's unique in itself to think to even do that. Like, you guys were real serious about the music early on. I couldn't understand it. I'm like, why was I so caught up on hustle? And they was thinking about music. I couldn't figure it out for a while when I would think about it as I got older. But y'all will focus, man, to be some young kids, man. Come 15, 16 now? Come on, man.  Well, man, we were trying to get out of that town. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? That was the thing, right? And if you were an athlete, you know, you had to try to find another pathway because a lot of the people that made it from our town were like athletes, you know what I'm saying? So we had, there was a blueprint for that, right? There was a pipeline for that. If you could play basketball real good, then this person could probably try to help you get to this university or something and you can make it pro, same thing with football. But outside of that, there wasn't really a lot of opportunities and rap was a new thing. So it wasn't guaranteed you wasn't gonna, you was gonna make some real money. I tell people all the time, when nobody rich, when no rich rappers back then, they had nice cars and clothes and jewelry and had some money, but when no rappers rich back then. So why did you feel like you could make it? I just wanted to be a part of the culture and I love the music. I fell in love with the music and once I started creating it, I saw it different, you know? And I wanted to see if I was as good as the people that I listened to and thought that I was good, you know? With the hope they would think that I was good. So, you know, once I saw Chad was actually probably gonna make a record of all the people I've been around. I was like, Chad gonna make a record. So I'm like, I'm gonna stick with Chad.  So we need to really start figuring out how to compete with these people. Cause we made music that was good enough to get in the game, but we gotta be able to be able to compete with it. Wow.  You, when y'all first, y'all didn't just sign the job, it was a record company before that that y'all signed too, right? UGK? Yeah, yeah. Big time record. Big time. How was that? That was good. Recipe's to Russell Washington. He just passed away. Okay. You know, we were all learning. Like we, nobody involved with the situation knew anything about the music industry. He had a record store. So he understood sales, you know, how to get records, you know, in the wholesalers and one stops and stuff like that. He understood that system. But as far as actually like professionally recording the album and getting it mixed, getting it mastered, getting it pressed and all of that, none of us knew anything. Amazing. You know, we was looking inside them rap magazine, rap pages and stuff like that. They used to have ads where people would be like, we'll press up, you know, 600 CDs for $200 and stuff like that, you know, and cassette tapes and stuff like that. So it was rough. Initially, all our first stuff was strictly cassette tapes. CDs were a very new thing in the industry. And it cost a lot more than cassette tapes was still a lot cheaper to do. So we found somebody that could make the cassette tape. Then we had to find somebody who could print the, who could press the cassettes, write the actual physical cassette tape. My partner, Steve Adams, just a friend of mine who had the best camera. I knew, came and took the pictures and pulled Arthur. So we were just trying to figure this all out as we went along. We didn't know nothing about it. And just so having that the music was jamming. It was jamming, man. Like, listen, man, that's the way I was my therapy, man, it ain't gonna lie to you. You helped me a lot of days, man, on the road, whatever I was doing. It was like, man, when I put this UGK in, man, I'm gonna make it through. That's all I'm gonna tell you. Amen, amen to that. And I made it through, man, to be my age, to be my age, you know, and here still is a blessing because I've seen so many friends that passed away and I think about you often because of all the people that you around you from three to all the people that you've dealt with and you still here, man, that's a blessing, bro. You know what I'm saying? And then all the people you influenced, man, Twisted Black was just on the show and Twisted Black talked about you, said, don't call, you hit him up and said, don't take nothing to keep it real. Did you ever think about doing anything with Bumbi? Yeah, I got two songs with Bumbi, man, and again.  Man, Bumbi has been super supportive. Don't dude, man. Man, what did you talk about? I talked to him out there. They had told you. I love this dude. But more than anything, you got a lot of these industry guys that I met a lot of them that just don't, they're really not familiar with the streets at all. Right. And then you got guys like Bundy, his exact words, I was going to Starbucks, give me a coffee, we FaceTime, and he said, it don't cost nothing to keep it real, but like, he said, anything you do, I'm bagging you a plate.  So thank you. I know a lot of people looking at me. I know a lot of people take direction and inspiration for what I do. You know what I'm saying?  You know what I'm saying? To put people in bad positions. If anything, just be a good dude. Just be solid.  You ain't got to have the best cars or none of this. Just be a solid dude. That can get you very far in life. Wow. You know what I'm saying? And another thing, thank you for Steve Bilo. But definitely, man, I always been, I always looked up to those guys for what they brought to Texas, for the South. Them guys are patriarchs, you know? The way I found you is I heard this right here. Like, Swishes and Doge, and that was like, that was Pimp and Pimp had a protege his name is Steve Bilo in Dallas. He don't really make music no more. Yeah. Because that was you on Beehive. And when you said what you said, that drove me to go get him, which in the end sent me to Bobo, got him on there.  And I gave him some harsh words cause I'm crazy. I'm gonna say something, a little throw like, what you think he'll think about it?  We was just talking. But Steve Bilo, the same thing, man, just thank you for even mentioning his name. Cause when you mention his name, I call different people, he's everybody like, hey man, I need Steve Bilo on Buster. Look man, Steve Bilo is arguably one of the most talented people I've ever worked with and known, right? But this is a very rough game. And this game didn't go, do right by him. A lot of, in a lot of ways, the game just didn't do right by him. And so he, he didn't leave on good terms with the industry, you know what I'm saying? He loved the culture, loved contributing to the culture, but the industry side was rough for him. And it just, it just was too much. And he had other options, you know what I'm saying? So he went and exercised those other options. And Steve is doing good for him. Doing real good. You know what I'm saying? But I do know, and he still makes music too. Yeah, he does. He still makes music, but when it comes to like, actually wanting to record something, put something out and having to deal with all of that stuff, man, he just would rather not do it. And I don't blame him, man. You know what I'm saying? This is a dirty game. I've been done, you know, real, I'm still dealing with the repercussions of bad, you know, contracts and deals and stuff like that. So I can totally understand. If you had another way to get some decent bread, why would you put yourself through that? That's real, man.  I think it's, it's all right. That song all right. Yeah, yeah. Man. Yeah, we on boss talk one-on-one, one-on-one. Yeah, we gon' talk.


What's everybody Jason here for Jasper's case race outcome Jasper's 11 box high-end off-season mixer just sold out football mixer number one and then it has a 2021 spectra box and optic so get 32 total spots all card ship all teams in There's the boxes right there So dice ruler there names teams Roll it two into one three times. Good luck. One two three Three times three times Joe at the top down a TV at the bottom one two three Three times three times Seahawks out of the chiefs All right, so Joe you have the Seahawks Oliver with the Dolphins Rory with the Broncos Joe with the Giants as well as the Jets Mike with the Codes Joe with the Jaguars Pascal with the Bears Mike with the Browns Matt with the Texans Victor the Cowboys Car with the Lions Mike with the Eagles Chris with the Cardinals Nick with the Saints car with the Vikings Scott with the Packers car with the Chargers and Steelers Mike with the Raiders with them with the Ravens Where with the Bugs Joe with the Bills commanders for Jose Reyes Perez Nick Anderson with the Patriots Mike with the Titans Chris with the 49ers Arthur with the Falcons Michael the Rams Joe the Bengals Jonathan with the Panthers and then Tivo with the Chiefs So if anybody wants to trade, I'll give you guys a quick sec. I gotta go grab more sleeves are really quick, so Give you guys a quick minutes I'm great, man. How are you doing Michael? true True that true that you guys won't miss me. No Trason. Let's close it. I mean, there's nothing super close But I mean I'd love to do more flawless There's a couple rmb's up We've actually do three cases, but still want to do more so you can pull somebody that local man, man It's been hiding But yeah, there's a seven left ten left ten left Minus the big big pricey one. I think the other ones are pretty solid for the price point I mean a lot of those teams are a couple hundred dollars. So you get a piece of all those teams for that price point not too crazy, but Nothing else is really close. A lot of breaks have like multiple fillers or straight up spots and fillers first So We'll go from left to right start off with some Phoenix illusions to XR to limited and we'll go to some choice and Zenith and then we'll end off with the big boy stuff like the optic hobby and Spectra, I probably won't do that right now Michael. I'm technically off at ten So if that were to fill that'll probably be the first day and Chris does tomorrow morning That's like an hour plus break. So I'm thinking more on the quicker side Yeah, tomorrow Chris should be live like around 12 and he'll be on from like 12 to 3 so If that were to fill it'll break in on that time frame. Alan Robinson tonight and I we got Trent McDuffie for the Chiefs to 250 And Sky Mortar 50 a little three-color patch. I'm dealing to 175 And a V-list Jones, Jr. That looks like black. It's not a one-on-one. Is it? No, but it's out of five though Chicago Burse Pascal the under swift for the Lions Carl with that one Nick Bonito to 75 Famous James for the Saints Troy Anderson to 35 Tremac Duffy to 250 and then Keontae Ingram With a Gevante Williams. All right, so there you go a lot of colors here And then here were the three hits out of the box Let's continue on so illusion is gonna be kind of similar a lot of numbered cards to auto or three autos and two relics So again, you're gonna find a lot of nice hits in here as well. Then after that everything is kind of One-pack two-pack type of breaks minus the optic you know with the choice and the Zenith and XR and Limited two three packs per All right, here we go Traylon Burke's relic a little Kenny pick it there Trevor Lawrence the two 39 or two ninety-nine sir Mystique to 25 Tremac Bride Little sauce first impressions and out of 50 amazing Justin Jefferson and sauce garden is an RPA to 299 We got James Cook to 499 out of 399 Hassan Haskins Henry Ellard Elusive ink to 99 for the Rams We got a Kenneth Walker to 50 and Rams auto right here That is Michael. We have a Keontae Ingram a 50 auto for the Cardinals Chris game in pierce to 499 for Houston Mystique sauce gardener to 199 and then we got a sauce Richard Sherman Jets Joe Seahawks Joe, so I actually don't even have to randomize that They go rookie idols and we got a TJ Watt to 175 So the next one extra extra Traylon Burks of Devonte Smith to 249 with a Charleston Rambo or Romeo Romeo sorry No, it's Charleston Rambo I look like a eel We got James Cook Has a Julu Illusion that one point was a really hot product like Had purties in there and you know that stuff and you get like five hits in the box I Don't know. We haven't had much of it since then We got Keontae Ingram a lot of Keontae Ingram and a nice Kenny Pickett It's 99 car with the Steelers It's economy easy to 49 and then a Christian Watson patch to 49 for the Greenbeer Packers Green Bay It's gonna Scott Goodman Dolphins Oliver Smith Let's go for some limited and this one of a Brett not that better father. No, that's actually to Sean Watson one-on-one pretty plate for the Browns Michael with that one right there Little Uno of Uno like the way the back looks actually To base parts there All right started off with the patch three color out of 25 Amonra St. Brown That's for the lion going to Carl And then we have a Kyle Hamilton three color patch and autograph to 75 That's a Ravens when a William and then we have a Danny Gray for the 49ers Little patch autograph to 75 49ers going to Chris. All right, let's move to the real fun stuff here Kind of want to save choice but He could I mean, I think he's more talented He's just one that's it had nagging injuries Well, you know, obviously Jai Jai had those major knee problems going into his career But he did have a great season with the Eagles when he got traded But yeah, I think Deandra Swift is gonna have a big impact on the Eagles. Honestly when he's healthy, he's great He really is Just got to stay healthy, but I think with the rotation of the running backs He doesn't have to be the full cowbell back, you know He could just just fit in the rotation. So I hope it works out plus he's a Philly boy. So Rookie rising Terris Marshall Jr. I need to find that Danny Rojas Jacket that he was wearing in the airport in the in the plane. That's what I need to find We have a team summit Justin Fields, Benny David Montgomery and Darnell Mooney Justin Simmons to 43 Z graphs for the Denver Broncos Rory and then an Ian Buck RPA for the Saints Three color patch Saints Nick with that one Eli Mitchell and then Khalil Mack to 49 Kyler Murray nice pass there Z jerseys to 25 Dwight Freeman or Dwight Franey. Sorry out of 15 Indianapolis Colts might go with that one and Then we have Jamal Javante Williams. Sorry two color patch and autograph to 135 Denver Broncos Rory All right guys five more boxes. So now we're gonna go to Troy's look for some peacocks potentially some nebulas Hopefully some peacocks in here. I don't know what peacocks sound like but We got a peacock We got one looks like we have a black gold autograph to actually Jalen Naylor nice black gold Autograph there for the Minnesota Vikings gonna Carl one out of eight very nice And then we have a Robert Quinn Which is number to 80 and James Cook And then we have a chase young peacock For the Washington Commanders Jose Reyes, that is with that one a couple numbered cards here as well James Cook And that Robert Quinn bears So bills and bears Joe Bears Pascal and then John Manchee Jermaine Johnson All right first box down. Let's go the second one. Oh black old coming up again and redemption Marshall Lattermore to 80 John Dotson 80 and A carer higher elam black gold for the bills going to Joe four out of eight Dotson Jose Martianne Sainz Nick at 80. We got Jelani Woods and Jameson Williams All right, let's see what the autograph is rookie autograph Jose choice fusion red yellow Brian Robinson, Jr. Go to the Washington Commanders All right, you guys lost box here, and we're gonna go to the optic and spectral. Those are the big boy boxes right there Get some colors and potential downtown rookies K York Eli Mitchell Have a Michael Vick for the Falcons. I think that's a blackholder out of eight And then we have a Jermaine Johnson Sauce Gardner Greg Dalchich, so we average a black gold in every box Now Michael Vick actually might not be bad at all 7 out of 8 to Jersey member nice Because the line of Falcons Arthur hack it there you go, man You know it is a little eBay one of one. Alrighty. Here we go guys So again, you're looking for potential downtown in here, but of course is a 2021 draft class so Trevor Lawrence You know some good quarterbacks good skill players receivers All that good stuff You should have a downtown. I mean, I think he's been a downtown for Almost all the years they've made him for Atlanta to 125 Randall Cobb to 299 little Justin Fields and Travis ETN is the rookie autograph. Good iron Kings Out of 99 for the Jaguars. That's going to Joe Forest Buckner Panay Sue. Well, he's a great offensive tackle man That's one there for the Lions My house Kyler Murray Little Devonte Smith or Smith to 299 Jamison Crowder and a downtown. We actually hit a downtown. Holy schnike. He's Jerry Rice 49 is going to Chris. I Was not expecting hitting a downtown actually Because it was so rare, but hey, we got a downtown very nice Michael Pima, Jr. And a lot of these cars have been off-center big time Earth Smith a little color match there Vikings Carl With a little Jalen waddle Hollow rookie. Alrighty folks. Here we go last box of the mixer DJ Moore Out of 25 Tyler Boyd Out of 10 and Jalen waddle to 75 relic. I know man some teams has been a little rough I've ever redemption See what this is rookie dual-patch autographs Psychedelic which psychedelic is what out of five Wow Trey Lantz and Trey sermon So I believe that's out of belief psychedelics are out of five That's both going to the San Francisco 49ers What a ending to the break for Chris got a downtown and I'm a dual autograph here and those are technically rookies I know Trey Lantz, of course been injured kind of show to the side, but I mean and he has so much potential and I just sucks cuz you know Scott injured early on and Foreigners are looking at a different option now potentially But hopefully he gets a shot somewhere else a shot somewhere else are 42 out of 99 Austin Aguilera to 149 Yeah, Jaden dart Jalen Darden nice rookie rising patches there out of 10 Yeah, I mean it is just kind of unfortunate because like he really didn't see the field too much and Then got injured, you know Finally the year he was supposed to like take over Jacob Harris. I will delve back in junior for the Browns, but I might go Chase young Philip Rivers to 99 and Ian book to 99 three-color patch and auto Saints All right last pack here guys Good luck. You got a Najee Harris Die cut Rise above a little Justin Fields That's number to 99 Bears rookie Pesco Dakota Prescott Sunday spectacle The Cowboys Victor with that one get a little something here at the end man Yeah, but I think the whole team sucked wasn't that against the Bears James? It was like freaking puddles all over the field. I Wouldn't be able to judge them off that I remember it was all a nasty game Six out of 25 Lou Cakley.  Unfortunately. I know some teams may not hit this may not go much But hey, thanks for giving it a shot still some good names that popped out of here out of the mixer after all Do a rookie patch autographs ETN rookie. We got a downtown couple black goals. That's a Michael big Jersey number Little peacock. All right, so there you go guys. Appreciate it folks. 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Let's pray, and then we'll start. Let's just come at this day into God's mighty hands, come at ourselves into His hands. And we just pray and ask the Lord to give us inspiration to fill us with His Spirit once again. The Scripture declares the instruction is to be filled with the Spirit. And every day we have the opportunity to go before Him and ask Him to fill us with His Spirit. So let's do that this morning. Father, we come before you. Lord, we come before you with gratitude. We thank you for another new day that you've given us, Lord. We thank you for this day. And we thank you for everything that this day holds for us, all the things that you have prepared for us, Father God. And yes, Master, that we can discover all the things that you've prepared for us, the work that you've already prepared for us, Lord, that we should walk in it. And Master, we just ask, Father God, that you would fill us this morning with your Holy Spirit. Fill us again with your Spirit, Lord. Anoint us a fresh, Father God. Yes, Master, we pray that, Lord, even as you fill us, Lord, maybe be mindful of receiving, mindful of just holding on to all the things that you're revealing to us, Lord. Let's just believe the Lord to show us, believe the Lord to believe that the Lord will reveal new things, believe that the Lord will give new directions, believe that the Lord will give us that steps to take, et cetera. Let's believe that God will do that even right now, even today. And we can just believe the Lord, believe that the Lord will prepare our hearts, do what is necessary in us, in our spirit. Do what is necessary in our mind. Maybe there's a changed perspective and thinking that needs to come aligned with his thoughts. Let's just believe that the Lord will do that. Oh, thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Father God. Thank you, Father God. Thank you for the unveiling. Thank you for opening our eyes, Lord. Thank you for Lord, the removing God. Thank you for refining. Thank you, Lord. We thank you. We bless your name, Lord. We bless your name. Yes, Lord, the things that you want to put in our hearts, Lord, the things that you want to be rooted in us, and Lord, the things that you want us to be deeply rooted in, Father God, I pray that you would show that you would lead this master, the things that you want to be removed out of us, Lord, uprooted out of us. Lord, may that happen as well, Father God. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. We bless your name. We bless your name. We give you all the praise. We give you all the glory at this time. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray, amen, amen. OK. So this subject, this course, is something that there's not much of teaching involved here, but definitely we can discuss what you want to do with it. So this, as the name suggests, it's an independent research paper, which means each of you individually as students, each of you individually, will be doing a project, will be doing this assignment, and this will span for the next four months, Jan to April. And this assignment or project will be a research one, which means that you find out, you investigate about a particular topic. It could be about a particular topic. It could be something to do with a biblical topic, a biblical character even, or anything. The scope is very vast. What you want to do, a study on, what you want to do an investigation on. It can even be a social issue or a political issue or something like a religious issue that is happening, maybe in your immediate surroundings, in your neighborhood, maybe in your city, maybe in your town. So it could be something like that, or something that you notice that needs to change. Maybe it needs to change in society, maybe something that needs to change in the church. Maybe it can be something that is unique to the place that you are living in, which means that it may not be the same thing everywhere, but in your town or in your country or in your city, you notice that there is a challenge. There is a challenge. There is a problem. There's a difficulty, which needs a biblical solution, of course, which needs an answer, which needs to be addressed. So you could do a study on that, an investigation on that, and also come up with solutions, come up with suggestions, directions on how it, this is what the Bible says. This is what the Bible instructs about this particular challenge or this particular problem, and this is how it can be solved. So something on those lines. So it can be a biblical topic. It can be something on, let's say, you want to do something on faith or love. Now, topics like that, like maybe something doctrine, and now you need to be a little more careful because as per the guidelines of this course, what we are suggesting is that you do not take up something that you've already studied. Let's say the prophet egg or the apostolic. You've already done the course. You've done the course in the previous year. You've already finished it. So don't take a topic like that and also don't present material from the course material that you've already received from faith. Let's say you, right from the first semester, you already have the material and then you say, okay, this is how faith is developed. This is how faith happens. These are the hindrances of faith. These are the, now that's not a research, that's not a research or that your report should not be in that way, right? So it can be something, it has to be something unique. It has to be something different and it can be something original, right? Something that is very relevant to today's day and time, maybe as a Bible college student, you know, you experience something. So it can be anything, right? But we are going to be discussing that, right? So we are going to be, that's one of the things that you need to first come up with, right, a topic or what is your thesis? What is it going to be on?  So this is something that would be the first step and further, you know, whatever research, whatever material that you need to collect, whatever data that you need to collect, you know, about that particular topic, you know, you begin to start, you start to do that. Data collection, maybe it will involve maybe visiting a library, maybe going online, checking out various resources about that particular topic or issue. It could also mean talking to people, like interviewing people. Maybe, you know, you're doing something that is, let's say, you know, a citizen from Mysore and maybe he wants to do something about Mysore about how the missionaries came, how did Christianity spread in Mysore, something like that, right? How did what kind of outreaches happen? What kind of evangelistic efforts have happened? How did the church grow? What was the first church? Where was the first church planned? Who were the first, you know, pastors? Something like that. So he needs to like do a research, right? Go online, check, maybe talk to the pastors, maybe talk to the churches even, find out which is the earliest church, talk to the pastor, you know, how do they start, who came and all that? So it could also, one thing is data collection. It would also involve interviewing people, like talking to pastors, maybe sending them a questionnaire, I'm just saying pastors, but it could be, you know, anyone whom you choose, the target audience from whom you want the sample or you want the sample information, right? So you could, you know, it might involve data collection through interviews or maybe questionnaires, maybe for interviews or maybe, you know, even face-to-face interviews, whatever, right? You decide, you choose to do that.  And also certain recommendations, right? So we're going to be talking about all this, all these things in the future sessions, right? So I hope, you know, this is the broad scope of the subject. Okay, so it's something that you need to do. And my role here would be to maybe discuss, clarify, and also suggest certain things, but finally, you know, you make the decision, right? You make the choice, you decide, okay, this is what I'm going to do, this is how I'm going to do it, okay? So in terms of the course evaluation, what we're going to do is there is a report that needs to be submitted. In a few minutes, I'm just going to take you through the timeline of, you know, different phases and what are those dates for submissions? So at the end, there is a report that needs to be submitted and that is going to be evaluated for about 75%. So this is a full-fledged comprehensive report, you know, detailing the topic, the methods and the findings and analysis and the recommendations, et cetera, right? So that's, of course, we are not going in for a print kind of a thing, but a printed report, but it can be a soft copy. Now for the report, it has to be done in a certain format, okay? So which means that the line spacing, the font, and then this is how the headings should be, this is how the paragraphs should be. This is, if you're putting in, let's say, a picture in the report, then this is how it should be actually put, right? Or if you're going to put a table, this is how the table format should be, the table with rows and columns, this is how it should be. So all that, we are going to be following a set format called the MLA format, okay? It's a modern, I just get that, it's called the MLA format. It means Modern Language Association, you know, that's the full form, Modern Language Association format. So it lists certain things. This is how the line spacing should be, et cetera. So you just need to follow that. So we're going to follow that format, okay? So evaluation, it is based on the report, 75% of the marks come from that. Then the balanced 25% comes from your presentation, okay? So there we will have online presentations. So there are three base on which you will be presenting the report, okay? So in a concise manner, in 15 minutes, that you will present what you have about your work, okay? So that's at the right, right at the end of the semester, in the month of April, we will have three days on which you will present your findings, you will present your work done, the report, okay? So that's for 15 minutes. And then we will have about five minutes for question answers. If anybody has questions about, or doubts about the presentation that you've made, or other faculty, or it might be me, or maybe we could have an external faculty also, but it'll be mostly me. Asking questions about your work, and then doubts and clarifications. So five minutes for that. So it's about 20 minutes per person, okay? So for each person. So we have about, okay, eight people right now, but I think we have about, in this for independent research, we have nine students, okay? The one person is not there. Okay, so we will, yeah. So we will have for each person 20 minutes, and we will spread it across maybe three days, and we should be done in three days, okay? So that's the second part of the evaluation. So 25% from the presentation that you would, so it's online, so you will, so join your cameras, maybe you have a PowerPoint that you want to share on the screen, and you will do that, and make the presentation. And we will stick to time, right? And at the end of 15 minutes, I will just say the end of 15 minutes is done. So you have to time yourself and practice that presentation so that you can finish it in 15 minutes. So that's the other part of the evaluation, okay? Now, what I'll do is I'll just share the timeline, okay? So timeline, when I say timeline, I'm talking about, okay, what are the dates? Certain dates that are certain submissions, certain things that you need to be ready with. Yeah, so let me just share that. I've already put it on the stream in the class work section, but let me just share that with you here, right? Okay, you can see that now. Yeah, so, sorry, that's the objective of the course. You can read through it, right? To pursue an independent research, to explore an original thought, idea, topic, and cohesively present the findings in the form of a paper, and a verbal presentation. So of course, when I say paper, I'm talking about a report, it's not possible to print it out and share it. It is going to be online, a soft copy, right? Okay, then the topic, it can be a biblical topic, any topic, any issue, any new thought, concept, any idea, anything. But it should have a biblical perspective, right? So that's the connection. It should have a biblical perspective. You can talk about any social challenges, maybe about drug abuse, or maybe in New York City, that's a challenge among the teenagers, or that's a challenge among whoever working professionals, drug abuse, and stress, and so on. But it should be some topic which has potential for research and also analysis and recommendations. And we should always give a biblical base for it. The foundation is something that is biblical. It's a biblical perspective that you're suggesting, that you're recommending in the light of scripture. How does scripture talk about, is there anything in the word of God about this particular challenge or issue? And what is a biblical perspective? So I'm just talking specifically about, if there is a social issue or challenge and so on. Otherwise it can be, if it's going to be about a biblical topic, it can be something very, very, like even if you're talking about faith, maybe you've noticed how a certain group of people or maybe groups of people in different parts of the world, how do they apply their faith? Maybe that's something, how do they put the practice, this, the faith, the biblical faith in their daily lives? Maybe there's something unique, something different about that. And maybe you have some information on that or you can do a study on that and say, okay, in these people, these countries, and this is how they practically live out their faith or something like that. I'm just, top of my head, I'm just giving you these thoughts, but it can be anything, right? Okay, so that's about the topic. Okay, so here are, let's just go through the timeline or go through some of the things that we need to be aware of. So 25th January, okay, today is the 12th, right?  One page summary of, in your word doc, minimum of three words, I mean, so 300 words, maximum of 500 words. Normally, one page is about 300 words. So one page summary of your research topic, okay? What is it that you're going to be doing a research on? Some information about that and also some details about how you're going to be carrying out that research, work, what kind of sources are you going to be studying, you know, all that, right? So it's going to be a one page summary. Very concise, okay? This is what my topic is. This is what I've noticed and this is what I would like to do. This is how I would like to go out finding out information or collecting information about this particular topic, right? So that you need to submit on or before Tuesday of the 25th. So what you can do is, you know, you can download this and keep it on your, you know, whatever device, laptop or phone, just download this word doc or note down these dates in your calendar, right? Maybe it's an online calendar or a physical calendar, just note down these days. So you are aware of it and you're working towards that, right? Because you have other subjects, other assignments, other things coming in and let it not get kind of, you know, missed out, okay? So that's the thing. Monday, so just one second. So this is, yeah. Okay, so 25th Jan, you, so you have about two weeks now. Yeah, to do this, maybe less than a week, less than two weeks, but you can do this. So it's just about deciding the topic and, you know, you present this. Okay, so what we will do, however, before that is in the next class, which is on the 19th, we will discuss about the topic. You know, if you have ideas, if you have, this is something about the kind of topic that you want to go ahead with, we will discuss it in the next class. So each one of you can just talk about it, share about the topic that you would like to do, that you'd like to do a research on and we can discuss that, okay? And you can also email me. You can email it to my official Bible college email ID and we can discuss over email as well. And the same goes for the e-learning students. You can either post it on the discussion or you can email me, my official email ID and we can discuss that, okay? Right, so the next submission is in the month of March. Okay, so this is, so you would have done some amount of work by then. So we'd like to see what kind of progress has been made. So first of March, okay? That's again another Tuesday, first of March. So the whole of Chan, whole of Feb, you are working on your research and so the first of March, you will, on or before first of March, you submit a draft of the progress, okay? What has happened? What is the data? What is the study that you've done? And again, you do a draft of the status of the work, okay? So you can just go through it and same goes for the online, sorry, the same goes for the e-learning students or the e-learning platform as well. You can mark, make a note of these dates, the first of March, you present your status of, the current status of your work, okay? Then the final draft, okay? So now you've done the work. This is the final presentation or the final report. Now that needs to be submitted on or before Monday, the 11th of April, okay? So you have another month to work on from the status of the draft and then you work on it and you finalize things and this is a 25-page or a 30-page report. So you finish that and you present that or you submit that on the 11th of April, okay? So for the online students, you could just upload in your classwork. So you could do that. For the e-learning students, you could do the same. You could upload on the discussions and so we can take a look at that. Okay, then we have a project presentation, right, we have the project presentation. Now, this is specifically for the online students, just a minute, please. Yeah, specifically for the online students, okay? So we have three dates, that is April 13th, the 20th of April and 27th of April, okay? So on these three dates, the presentation will take place. So you'll take 15 minutes, you'll present it. We will also decide the order in which who's presenting when, so that there's no confusion. But everyone comes prepared and you make your presentation. And so presentation, you are preparing your presentation for 15 minutes and followed by question answers. Okay, for the e-learning students, this is how it'll be. So you need to shoot a video of yourself, a presentation of yourself. You can either use your phone camera or if you have a digital camera, you can use that. Just make sure that there's no ambient noise or it's not noisy, so your voice is clear. And if you're using a phone, please keep it in the horizontal mode, right? So you're keeping your phone like this and you're shooting not like this, right? Horizontal mode.  We will, I will upload that also. So e-learning students also you can, you will go to your, the resource material page and you will a tab and you will have this, all these information uploaded there. So you shoot a 15 minute video, e-learning students and upload it on a Google Drive and then on the discussion page, you paste the link and give me access so that I can see the presentation and evaluate your presentation. Okay, so let me just stop this. Okay, so any doubts, any clarifications, any questions, please feel free to ask from what we have seen so far. Any doubts at all? Okay, you might have some doubts, questions as we progress in these sessions. Okay, there is another document that I just wanted to share. Let me just put it on the screen. Okay, so this is your format, like the model language association format for the file report. So this has, you can just go through this. This has paper section which is irrelevant so you don't have to worry about that. It has the heading format, format title, a whole lot of other details. How should the page numbers be, the margins, margin spacing, paragraphs, how do you put in a quotation? If you're giving a quotation from, let's say you're putting a scripture reference or a quotation from some person maybe like C.S. Lewis or someone, how do you actually put it there? How do you type it out there? What should be the spacing? All the information is there. What should be the font? What should be the font size, spacing, punctuation, abbreviation, right? And it also has a link so you can check that out. So I'll put the link and this word doc will be there. It's already uploaded for the online students, for the e-learning it will be uploaded along with the video that you will check. So yeah, so it has all this information. You need to go through that. You need to take some time to read that. Maybe this week you can do that. Okay, so yeah, paraphrasing, et cetera, okay. Okay, so this is just some basic information about the report. So you right now, you don't have to worry too much about it, right? You're right now, just focus on the topic that you need to work on. Okay, what is it that you want to work on? What is your heart really? What is it that you're passionate about? What is it that's on your mind? Or maybe there's nothing right now, but just pray about it. Think about it and then you come up with a good topic. A topic that has potential really. So you can work on it, research. Do some research on it, okay. So it's a very exciting course which kind of makes you think and even as you decide on the topic, even as you put in effort in investigating and you'd be so surprised that there is so much about this particular topic or this is something that you can do and maybe it can even become your life's calling. Maybe it can be something because it's something that's close to your heart.  It can take you on that direction. So the Lord can lead you in that way. So it's quite exciting, right? Like I remember, I think it was last semester, last time we did this, the last batch. There was some wonderful topics, somebody from South Africa about the pandemic, about the churches, how they dealt with it. What did they miss out on? Because the challenges were different over there compared to India. So how do they deal with the challenges of fellowship? How do they deal with all those things? So it was very interesting to see that to read through and check that out. And also somebody did a study on women in ministry in some of the rural areas in Karnataka. So it was, I think they picked one rural, I think it was a town or a village and then also compared it with some in the city, churches in the city. So they were doing a study like that. Like what were the challenges? Were still people accepting of women as pastors and leaders. So it was very interesting to find out, apart from the independent churches or the mainline churches, to see the different perspectives, how in certain places where women were still not regarded as pastors or some of the ministry areas were still shut, the doors were still shut. So it is quite interesting to find out. So this person actually, I think had interviews with people, interviewed people in ministry, interviewed pastors. So did that and then came up with some findings. So that was very interesting as well. So think about it, the scope is unlimited, the topics just take some time.  So next class when we meet, we can have some more discussions and the same goes for e-learning students. If you're watching this video, take some time to think about it, take some time to see what is it. Don't be restricted by anything. You think creatively, think differently, think out of the box and say, okay, what is it that I can actually study and bring it up and maybe it can be a very interesting work, something that you can develop on, something that you can even publish. So yeah, so it depends the kind of effort, the kind of depth that you want to do. Of course, we have limited time, we have four months, but even after that, you can pursue, you can take this forward. So yeah, so I just wanted to put it out there. So do that. So any further questions? Any questions on, I know each of you coming from different backgrounds, different places, right? So, okay. Yeah, yeah, Dave. I'm not asking any questions, but can we see some samples from the business? Sample reports? Yeah. Those have been archived, Dave. So I don't have anything right now, all the previous, let me see if it is. But the thing is I don't want to also give a sample, then sometimes you get down into that. That's why I'm also not suggesting titles. I'm just giving very vague, different, yeah. Because what happens is like, suppose I give a title and then it's very specific areas, then you might want to just take that and do that, which is why I'm just giving the format for the report so you could follow that, but you can be creative and you can, yeah, you can just go all over that. That's the only thing. But let me see, as we go, I'll see if we can look at maybe one sample report. Yeah. So are there any kind of formats or we're free to do whatever we want? Sorry, sorry, just tell me. Are there any kind of formats to follow? Format to follow in the sense when it comes to the presentation, when it comes to the report. When it comes to the presentation report, like different kind of things to follow, like this goes in the front and this goes after that. Are we free to do whatever we want? How does it go on? Yeah, you can be, it's kind of flexible. You can, the thing, but this MLA format, once you go through the document, you will get an idea. So because the MLA format, that the Modern Language Association format, it's actually a format for a report. When you want to submit a report, this is the format. So which means that it, that gives you a structure. Okay, the title should be like this. The page number should be like this. The paragraph should be like this. So that gives you a structure for the report, right? So, yeah, so you can follow that structure. That needs to be followed. So that is something that we want to follow, that you use that format for your report. Okay, but in terms of content, in terms of the topics, then you're flexible, very flexible. Thank you. Right there, okay. Anyone else, any other questions? Okay, so I, okay, here are some things that, that you could have to maybe work on, you know, in this sense. See, maybe I know each of us could have different, each of us could be in different varying skill levels when it comes to presenting things, right?  So we might be good with verbal communication, but our written communication, you know, you could be in different skill levels, right? So that is something that you need to work on consciously. Okay, so for some of you, some of us, you might have to do it every day. So how do I, you know, how do I communicate it? How do I write this? Okay, I've, let's say you, you've seen something and you want to write about it. So that I'll just answer your question in a bit, okay? So, so, so let's say you want to write about a particular thing, you notice something, right? You watch something, you watch the, let's say you watch the program and you need to write about it. So you will have to, you know, whatever you're observing, you have to put it in writing, right? And it has to be in your own words. Now our skill levels could be very different. So you need to work on that, right? Because there's no copy paste. You can't copy paste from the internet. There can't be any plagiarism. So you need to work on your written communication skill in order to present it well, right? So that's something that you need to work on. So that's, that's something that, you know, I just wanted to tell you all your written communication, you know, maybe spelling, grammar, right? All that needs to be worked on. So while this report work, while there's submissions, you know, there is a lot of space in between, but there's, there are some things that you need to work on every day in order to be able to get to submit your report in a, in a good manner, right? So if your written communication is, you feel that it's a little weak, you know, maybe the spellings are not, not good.  Okay, you need to start working on that, okay? Okay, so the SIDS question is, is this, this MLA format, is that an app that we need to download?  So that's the thing, that's the format. So it is this word Word doc. I've already uploaded the Word doc in your Classwork section. So you can, you know, it's, when you go to that course material, let me see if I can project that. Okay, so let's say, I think you can see this, right? In your course material section, this is the Classwork section, course material. So these guidelines are there, one has the timeline and this Word doc has a timeline and everything. And then the other one has the format, final report format. So it gives you information. So this is what it is. So it's not an app, it's just that, yeah, it just gives you the information. So this, yeah, current's question is, are these guidelines for Word document or is it for PPT? No, it is only for the report that you're submitting, the report that you're submitting. So it's only for the Word doc, right? And it's not for the PPT. So PPT can be, you know, you can use whatever, however you want it. But we can look at some best practices for PPT, you know, in terms of font, in terms of information, in terms of visuals, right? So for your PowerPoint presentation, we can look at that also, right? Okay. Okay, so we'll meet again next class and I can probably give you some exercises on spelling, some exercises on, you know, we can just go through that and maybe some online, you know, online, some resources online that you can use. Okay, straight away, one thing that comes to my mind is, let me just, I think, I don't know if I've shared this. There's a online help called Grammarly, Grammarly.com. I don't know if I shared it here, but, okay, let me just put the link. Okay, so this is Grammarly.com. So this is a free online writing tool. So you just need to download that, it's free, and you can use it for how you can log in and you can try it out, right? So it helps you to, you know, as you're typing out the document, if there are any grammatical errors, it helps you to correct that. Like the Word doc itself, the Word document itself, it gives you that underlying thing, you know, if there's a spelling mistake, there's a red squiggle which comes under that, or if there's a grammar error, there's a different color thing which comes under that. So you can actually check it out, and you can actually do a spell check in your simple Word doc itself. It has all these tools, but over and about that, you can use Grammarly.com, okay? So I put it on the chat, Grammarly.com, and you can check that out. So online e-learning platform students, that information also I will put it. Grammarly.com, you can check that out, you can use it. So get used to presenting things in English, get used to, I mean, sharpen your written communication skill and keep improving that, your spelling, et cetera. And yes, that is something that you need to work on side by side, okay? Okay, so I guess we'll stop here, and if there are any more questions, we will address it in the next class, okay? Okay, thank you, God bless. Work on the topic, work on the title, right? Okay, thank you best. Thank you sir. Right, see you, bye-bye.


Hey guys, welcome back to my channel and welcome to a meal prep I know it has been a while since I have put up a meal prep, but I'm getting back into the swing of things I mentioned that over on Instagram this past week that I'm just really looking forward to Making meal preps again. I got away from doing it and it's definitely made Meal planning and making sure we get meals on time in our house a little more difficult So I want to get in this routine again, and I'm excited for the recipes I have for you I have a lot of budget friendly recipes and tips and tricks for you all So I'll be sharing those throughout this video So the first thing I'm making is some baked oatmeal The recipe will be linked below along with any other recipes that I can link They will be in the description box and I have fell in love with canning my berries, so blueberries and raspberries and Strawberries and some people ask me isn't that a little more difficult to work with than frozen berries? But I just find they don't have that freezer taste and they have a more pure taste when it comes to Canning the berries so what I like to do is I actually find these on sale So whenever I see blueberries raspberries strawberries on sale I will get a bunch and I will can them up so this past March I was at a discount grocery store and they had them for a dollar a pack So that is where these berries came from so of course very budget friendly and you're going to see me also using Some canned butter here. Yes, you heard me right canned butter If you look it up here on YouTube, you will find a lot of people that have been doing it for many many years this is my first year of doing it and From what I understand from a lot of older people that have been doing it for a long time It lasts on the shelf for about five years when you pressure can it and that is what I did and one thing That's really convenient about canned butter is it's already softened So when you go to do baking like I'm doing here, it's soft and ready to go So the recipe for this baked oatmeal calls for one cup of milk in place of that milk I'm actually using the juice from my canned berries So this is the blueberry batch here. You're seeing me mix up and this just created a fantastic flavor in This baked oatmeal and I was really really happy with it and then for the fruit because the recipe Just called for a few different types of fruit. I just went ahead and added three fourth cup of whichever Canned fruit I'm using here. So here's the blueberries I just added three fourth cup and the consistency and the texture of the baked oatmeal came out Perfectly like this so I made sure to whip it all together really well and get those berries Smashed kind of throughout the batter and then here I'm using my oil dropper I will try to remember to link that below because I get questions for that link every video I put up I love it because it eliminates needing to have any spray oils on hand and you can put whatever type of oil You want to use I often use avocado oil when it comes to baking like this So this recipe is for a square baking dish you could obviously double it and probably put it in a cookie sheet or something like that and When it comes to canned Berries I'm gonna keep going back to that because this is such a huge money saver When you can get them on sale like I did and find them for only a dollar a pack Especially when they're either in the height of season or there's just a big sale going on But I love using this juice for all kinds of things We also use it in my homemade yogurt, which I'm going to be showing you all how I make that with powdered milk because in some areas powdered milk is less expensive than regular milk and it still makes Fantastic yogurt, but those can berries work really great in powdered milk and then of course to save some money on my oats I tend to buy those in a 50 pound bag Or a 25 pound bag and they are usually half the price per pound than a smaller bag So while those were baking in the oven I started to peel up some Sweet potatoes and speaking of 50 pound bags I Generally buy our potatoes or sweet potatoes in a 50 pound bag at a time And I keep them in our basement in a cool area in crates off the floor And they hold up pretty well and if I start to see that they're you know aging a little bit Or they're not going to hold up much longer. I will go ahead and can them up We really like canned potatoes or you can shred them and dehydrate them You know if it's a white potato you can use that as a hash brown or you can freeze hash browns as well So there's different ways to preserve the food even if you buy it in bulk and you end up Not being able to use all of it fresh That's what I'm here for as a resource to help you all Learn how to preserve food and to buy them in bulk so that it's a little more budget-friendly Helps our pocket books out so along with this sweet potato. I'm doing a onion I love sweet potatoes like this. I can eat.  So I dice them up in nice really small. I would say cubes and Then I put them on the cookie sheet and I like my silicone mat here from Amazon that saves me a lot on having to buy a whole lot of parchment paper and It just helps my pan hold up a bit better and helps the food not stick So I put that on part of my pan here and then on the other Little sliver on the end of the cookie sheet. I'm also doing some Brussels sprouts and I'm kind of making them up the same way just putting the avocado oil on them putting them in the Pan and I get my avocado oil at Sam's Club or Costco My mom has a membership to both so we make pretty consistent trips there So that's a place I can buy it in bulk and one seasoning We've been loving on potatoes is this potato slayer seasoning I will try to find the link for it below, but it makes any potato taste so delicious And it may sound funny But this cherry cola seasoning is really really yummy on chicken and other things And I always find that Brussels sprouts are really yummy with a sweet hint to them And since that cherry cola seasoning has a little bit of a sweet hint I figured it would be delicious on there and then to add in a protein I went ahead and did some turkey sausage Just sliced up and put that over top of the sweet potato and then popped it in the oven And I baked this at 350 until the potatoes were Soft so that the Brussels sprouts wouldn't burn if it was a little bit hotter The Brussels sprouts may burn before the sweet potatoes are done and here you're seeing the end result of The baked oatmeal and it just really turned out so delicious So while that sheet pan meal was in the oven I went ahead and put a pound of burger into the frying pan And this meal actually we were eating for dinner on this night And that is some cheesy Ancholadas and then I'm also making a southwest salad to go along with this This is a great meal because it only uses one pound of burger Which is very helpful whenever you've got a family to feed and maybe don't have a lot of meat on hand It's just a way to make the burger stretch. I feel like a lot of Mexican inspired meals often helps your meat stretch whether it's tacos or anything like that It's a good way to be able to feed a lot of people with not too much meat because you've got the beans as another Protein and that sort of thing so while the meat was frying up I started in on the cheese sauce and I did add a packet of taco seasoning to the meat You could also just do some chili powder cumin and garlic powder Those are the main things in taco seasoning, but I had that packet on hand So I decided to go ahead and use it up in this and then in the cheese sauce It has some white flour. It has butter and I pulled some butter out of the freezer for this and I also added in some shredded cheddar cheese and you can use different types of cheese in this as well and Then I put about two cups of milk in there and then once you've got all of that going on with some Seasoning from salt and pepper and I think I did some garlic powder in this as well You get a thick consistency once you've cooked it up for a while you get a nice cheesy creamy sauce that is thick and delicious Okay, so while those things were cooking the sauce was getting thicker the meat was getting cooked up I wanted to make a homemade Southwest ranch to go along with our salad and this dressing recipe was really delicious I did take out a few of the spicier components. I didn't put any jalapeno in it just because I knew my daughters Wouldn't be able to handle that with their salad So I just kind of reeled back on that and adjusted the seasonings a bit I will leave the recipe link for this dressing below Just because I think it's a really good base even if you don't do all the seasonings Exactly the same as the recipe. It's a good way to start out and be able to whip up a good homemade Southwest ranch, so now I am taking the meat and I'm putting it in to the Wraps the tortillas and then all you need to do is drizzle that good cheesy sauce Over top of them and bake them up and they're that simple to make I feel like it's a quick easy dinner and everyone really loves it because who doesn't love anything that's super cheesy I do share dairy-free recipes around here, but I'm the one that mainly eats dairy-free in our house or for the most part So everyone else could really enjoy this and then for the salad I chopped up some bell pepper to give a nice crunch in there. I did some whole Current whole corn kernels if I can say that right just to give that nice pop of juiciness and I did cut up some Small tomatoes that I had on hand left over from something else I decided to go ahead and use them up in this and then I added in the black beans And then I used some green onion green onion has been my favorite thing lately You're probably going to see me using it a lot It's just an inexpensive way to add a lot of flavor to a dish Alright, so I'm going to make up a few single-serve meals I show you all a lot of family meals and things like that But if you all watch my channel regularly, you know in my last update video I talked with you about the fact that I've been facing a few health Challenges and just needing to eat better for myself So in the process of that I also need to be prepared for myself So I'm starting a few things on the stove for those single-serve meals which you all will see in a moment, but Back to the budget thought and keeping things at a good price I had this huge loaf of sourdough bread that was on its last leg I knew if I didn't do something with it soon It was going to go bad So I went ahead and just grabbed some ham and cheese and made these nice ready to go Ham and cheese melts all we have to do is pull them out of the freezer in the morning And we can have them on the griddle by lunch and Warm heat them up toast them and then have them with some tomato soup and it's a quick simple lunch Okay, so back to the single-serve meals I'm going to be doing a pork fried rice as you can see in this pan This is so Delicious, I actually as I'm doing this voiceover had this today for lunch and wow it is yummy So I'm going to be keeping this on my list to make again so basically I'm using some cauliflower rice with some pork and Again back to the budget friendly ideas you all remember a Few weeks ago. I canned up some peppers and onions and I told you how I got them For an absolute steal at a discount grocery store. I think they were A couple peppers for a dollar or something like that just really good price And so having these peppers and onions canned up and on hand are so easy to throw into something like this You're going to see me pulling them out of the jar here in a minute After i'm adding in my seasonings I kind of waited till last minute since the peppers and onions were cooked already And I just chopped them up and throw them right in With this fried rice and then in the other pot I'm actually going to be making a bacon ramen with some zucchini noodles Again a really healthy yummy fulfilling soup that is so delicious to finish off the fried pork fried rice Um, I added two scrambled eggs in and then just kind of let those eggs cook up with the last little bit of everything And then I added those chopped peppers and onions in So back to the bacon ramen. I fried up the bacon first until it was pretty crispy And then I got out my zucchini noodle maker or zoodle maker. This is from amazon I will leave it linked below. It's one of my favorite kitchen gadgets And you can even put other things like apples and other types of fruits and veggies through this thing And it's got different sizes that you can do But it just makes zucchini noodles really quickly and it suction cups to my countertop So it's not going to slide anywhere while you're cranking those zucchini noodles through So once the bacon was pretty crispy, I pulled it off and put it on a paper towel And then I added in the zucchini noodles to kind of saute them In that bacon drippings and oh how delicious this soup is I've made this for quite some time And I always go back to it just because it's so fulfilling and yummy So now I'm pulling out my favorite meal prep containers. I've been using these for a while They do really good on the top rack of my dishwasher and They just do well heating up in the microwave. If that's how you want to heat your food So I divided the pork fried rice out into those And then I put some radishes on the stove in a saucepan to boil because we are also going to be making some smashed Radishes, so it's a little bit like when you smash those red potatoes the small red potatoes and you put some cheese on top That's what we're going to mimic here. But without the Sugar content of the potatoes because I have to eat a low sugar diet with some of what I have going on with my health And so it's just a good way to mimic that and create something that's a little bit like that So I went ahead and you want to get those boiling those radishes because you want them soft enough to smash Before putting them in the oven, which we'll get to in a minute So here I am working on the bacon ramen I'm using some of my homemade chicken broth, which is actually chicken bone broth because Of how long I cooked the broth so that adds another warm good healthful part to this ramen And oh, it's just I can't even get I can't explain how delicious it is And here I am shredding up some Parmesan and that's what we're going to use on those smashed radishes So to go along with the meal with the radishes and I'm going to be making some sausage here in a bit I'm also making a maple I'm trying to recall the name the full name of it I think it was a maple broccoli slaw is what I want to say So here I'm mixing up the dressing which was very very simple I had a lot of great components in it and then the broccoli slaw and some sliced almonds I kind of wanted this to sit on the counter and marinate a bit together before I divvied it out So I got that mixed up and had that set aside before I put everything into individual containers So here my radishes are done And I'm just taking the bottom of a jar and going through and smashing them out And these are fun. They do not taste like potatoes. So I will tell you that if you're looking to try it They have their own type of flavor. It's not a potato flavor Even though they look an awful lot like Those small red potatoes. So once they're smashed out I went ahead and drizzled them with some extra virgin olive oil Just to kind of help crisp them up a bit in the oven And then I added some salt and then I topped it with the Parmesan cheese And I baked these in the oven. I think around 20 minutes at 400 And then right at the end I actually turned my broiler on and really crisped up The cheese, which you'll see once I pull them out of the oven All right, so like I said with the radish meal We're going to be making some brats some sausages And these are just an easy protein to throw together sometimes if I'm short on time And since I had a good amount of stuff to prep this day, I decided to go ahead and do that So I got those frying and then I divvied out my Ramen into these containers that I found on amazon. They come in a couple different sizes. This is the pint Size but they do have a quart size and a one cup size and I have all of them And they're just nice for prepping things like this or for putting things in the freezer They also work for things in the freezer as well So here you're seeing the end result of the smash radishes. They are look so great I love how crunchy and all of that the cheese gets whenever it melts over it So here I am divvying out the broccoli slaw and it was for six servings So I went ahead and just made up two other servings that I can put in my husband's lunch This week and then I put the smashed radishes in there as well And then I took the sausages and went ahead and just chopped them into bite-sized pieces I thought it might just be a bit more convenient when I'm pulling these out for lunch To have them all ready to go and I don't need anything extra.  I'm a busy mama got a lot on the go Between youtube and homeschooling and all these things So just to be able to keep my health in check and keep myself on track This is my way of doing that right now So now i'm cutting the baked oatmeal and I just cut this into nine servings and then put them into bags I am putting these bags in my refrigerator right now just because the girls will eat some of it over the next couple of days And then I might condense it to one bag and put that into the freezer And the nice thing about freezing these flat like this is they're very simple to pull out one portion at a time And warm them up for breakfast. Um, it just makes it easier And it doesn't all freeze together in one big block. So thanks a lot for watching today guys I hope this video inspired you I hope that you're here for the meal preps especially going in To the after holiday season looking for easy budget friendly healthy meals And if you're new here, definitely hit that subscribe button hit that bell Um, give this video like leave me a comment below and I will see you all in my next video


Hey, everyone, and thank you for having me here.  And I'd like to begin by just introducing myself. I'm a recent graduate from George B. Vanie Secondary School. And from first-hand experience, I know exactly how tough the post-elementary world can be. I've reached a multitude of all-time highs and all-time lows in my lifetime in high school. And I know I'm not alone when I say that the secondary school is a wild, unpredictable, and occasionally grueling place. Towards the end of my career as a pre-college student, my life and my attitude towards life have shot up in an increasingly positive direction. I've met countless people. I've forged incredible friendships, pursued my passions with heart and optimism, and I've anticipated the next turns of my life could take wholeheartedly and eagerly. However, my life has not always been like this. For several years in high school, I was living in a hellish reality that I thought I would never escape. When I first entered high school, or in my case, it was middle school, I was in grade 7, I found out right away that it was a difficult world to adjust to everything from the classes, the schedules, the way people interacted, the people, and the responsibilities that school entailed were all brand-new entities to me. Taking everything in and making sense of it was really difficult. Those years ago, I was also quite introverted. I'd always been socially anxious, and I was still almost oblivious to the concept of standard high school social norms. Because of these, when I went to try my hand at connecting with people and making friends, things didn't go so smoothly. I often tried to hang out with different groups of people, but since I was awkward socially, most of these people didn't pay me much attention. On occasion, I'd be able to talk to someone in a somewhat friendly way. People were able to see that I was a kind person. But regardless of those attempts, no one ever reached out to contact me in school or outside of it other than the times I was brave enough to try. And that was if they acknowledged me at all. Because of my outside way of being, my chronic anxiety, of my lack of knowledge, of what it meant to be social, the vast majority of my first few years in high school I was alone, I couldn't find any niche that I could even remotely fit into.  Sometimes I'd go into the library and pretend to read, other times I would walk around aimlessly, and other times I would just sit in the hallway with my hood up and stare blankly at the ground, avoiding eye contact from the people passing by. I didn't do any of these things by choice. I did it because I simply couldn't find anything else to do, because nothing seemed to work. Unfortunately, these underdeveloped traits that I had also led to more than just exclusion. I was sometimes made fun of too.  Needless to say, the comments didn't settle with me very well. They made me even more anxious than I already was. As I moved from middle school to high school, I heard the continuing sting of exclusion and more snider marks peppered into my routine malaise. I often tried to keep my true emotions hidden from my peer crowds in high school, but that never diminished the fact that I was deteriorating inside every day. On some days, I will admit, I felt like things were getting better and I tried to be optimistic. But one day, when I was in ninth grade, one comment put my optimism to rest. A boy in a group that I was trying to hang around with, one that I was with often, told me, screw off Jay, no one wants you here anyway. What he said might have been true, it might not have. At the time he may have meant it or he may not have. But the connotation, mindfulness of the words and the true meaning of that statement didn't matter. Those words crippled me. From then on, all of my negativity snowballed into an overwhelming mass and I tumbled more deeply into the depths of despair than ever before. I felt like I couldn't change the way people looked at me. I felt like I couldn't adapt to the environments around me like I skipped out on an evolutionary loophole. I felt like I'd never be able to talk to people or connect with anyone my whole life, that I would never change, that I would never be the person that I dreamed of being. I felt like my efforts would never amount to anything like every move I made was in vain. Morning after morning after morning, I woke up feeling completely hollow and I had to stave out my days in a meaningless purgatory that I felt like I could never escape. Rational thought escaped me and no matter what I tried to do, I could not shut off my disparaging thoughts. Quite literally for what felt like an endless cycle of days. I wanted to die. It was hard. Well, now that I've provided a thorough optopsy of my mostly gruesome early life in high school, you're probably wondering where everything turned around. Being that my life now is almost at the polar opposite extreme than it was then when I first started high school. Changing things around was a process, but the gateway to my ascending road was first opened up when I opened up. One day I decided to talk to my parents about how school was making me feel.  The incredible thing was that once I stated all my problems out loud to someone that was hearing me out, I felt some of the stress become instantly alleviated. With that weight off my chest, I started to think rationally again. I realized that I didn't have so much to be worried about. I was overanalyzing everything that I did completely unrealistically. I found out I didn't have to try so hard to be the coolest kid around to fit in. I thought about everything I aspired to be, to be specific, my aspirations in a field of particular interest to me, music, probably had the most significant impact. And I also started to think about how I could reach my goals. I became optimistic also, and this was a crucial component of what turned me around. I began to recognize the strengths that I had. I was an extremely kind person. I could empathize with others easily. I was strong academically. I had a good sense of humor. I was becoming a great guitar player and a musician. I had a lot of things going for me. And through finding confidence in myself, my days started to become easier. Approaching people became much less difficult. As days and months and years went on, everything I had difficulty with became easier and easier to do. I turned from an outcast feeling incapable of interacting with people to someone who could reach out to anyone and be capable of sharing a good time or a good conversation with. I made great strides at the things I was passionate about. I'd become a better musician than I could have ever anticipated. I've made an expansive and multifaceted group of friends that extends from city to city, province to province, even nation to nation. I became a socially outgoing and loving person who was loved by other people that I interacted with. Essentially, I became my dream. And even with all the positivity that's enveloped my life in recent years, I still feel that in a way, high school is almost like a test that no one can truly pass. Because no matter what anyone's social status, what their interests are, what friends they have, high school will affect the way they think. There's nothing wrong with this, just to be sure. In fact, it's inevitable. But in that environment, it's very easy to let the high school realm make its way too much into your head. And it can greatly affect the way you think, for better or for worse. To try and maintain or improve their place in their social hierarchies, people will do surprising things. In fact, the boy I mentioned who made the stinging remark towards me is perfect evidence of this. The guy who said that nasty thing to me, who I actually got to know on good terms after the incident, was not what most people would qualify as a bully. In fact, he was an extremely kindhearted guy. The comment he made towards me was completely out of the ordinary for him. I'd never seen him insult anyone before or after me. He was nice and mostly reserved, much like me, in fact. He was battling with insecurities just like me. At that particular moment though, he just chose to cope with them differently than I did. I know for sure that there are many other people out there just like him and me in school and myriad more people still with different backstories and different situations, feeling the need to fight in every possible way to be accepted and to fit in. So to all the people whose school affects, and I'm not just talking about students, I like to extend my advice to everyone in high school. If you're in despair or if you're facing problems of any size, know that help is always available. Never be afraid to open up what you are feeling. Become conscious of how your actions affect the people around you. Parents, teachers and peers, show empathy and extend your support to your students, children or friends in need and encourage them to say what they feel when they seem down and out or even when they have a smaller problem. Listen to the voices of everyone with an open ear and an open mind. Take action in encouraging people to interact kindly with the world around them and keep derogatory thoughts at a minimum. Encourage them to tolerate and to try and try to appreciate things and people that don't appeal to them. Help them realize their strengths and help them find confidence in those strengths because self-empowerment is one of the most powerful tools in anyone's arsenal. It can fight bullying, insecurity and can just overall has like immensely positive benefits. Like it's easy to, I guess I know it, I know like for teens and for adults, it's easy to spend a lot of time and energy focusing on things we wish were different about ourselves. But if we focus on the aspects about ourselves that we like and have a forward-thinking attitude towards our weaker traits, we can alleviate a great deal of the stress that can make itself present in our everyday lives. If everyone could be encouraging and open their mind in some way, then we can make incredible strides toward creating a healthy community for high school students and for everyone. With a little contribution from everyone, we can make that first step. Thank you. I'm Buffy. I'm a little late and I'm very sorry for that. I blame traffic. So I'm here to give you a little recount of my experience with bullying, which is markedly similar to Jay's, but in a completely different way. I felt all the same insecurities as him and paid him myself and what I went through a lot of the time and it all started in high school because in elementary school, I had a friend, every kid in the class was my friend. I had no problems getting along with anyone. My family was great and I thought the same thing would happen going into high school. Started high school, everybody was excited, but I went into a high school where they'd just built a new one and it divided my class so I was the only person who went in for my school and I went in happening to be a racial minority, which didn't matter to me. I was just open to making friends with anyone, but at that time, people didn't like me where I was because I happened to be white. Now, I did my best to try and make friends and get along with everyone that I could, but there was fighting in my school. They had to call in the police on a regular basis. Kids would block off hallways and start fights with kids of different nationalities just for being there, for being a different one than they were. I wasn't allowed down the South hallway during the middle of the day because that wasn't for white kids at that time and that terrified me. I was four, 11 in grade eight and I didn't know what to do. I talked to my older sister but she felt the same things that I did and she tried to group together with her friends and be as safe as she could in an environment where we were told we were supposed to be safe. My parents saw this and saw how aggressively we were bullied at this time and decided they wanted to move us schools and we were all for this. So we decided to move schools and we moved districts and moved out to Langley and my sister and I were really excited. On our first day, we showed up and there were people in cheerleader outfits like in the movies and everybody was having a pep rally which I didn't know actually happened in schools. So it was pretty exciting and we went there and I went into my first class. I got introduced, I said hi to everyone and by noon that day someone had decided that I wasn't a nice person and told everyone and nobody wanted to sit with me at lunch. I thought I was just the new girl and that this would pass over quickly. So I was like, okay, that's fine. I can eat lunch alone for a little bit. I'll make some friends. I tried to be friendly towards people in my classes. I was in drama so I tried to be outgoing. But as time passed, people still weren't talking to me. I ended up sitting with my older sister in the hallway at lunch and people would walk by and make fun of us and we tried to be, laugh it off and be okay about it but it started in classes then where I'd go to class and I'd sit in the front because the cool kid sat in the back and I was not one of them and they would start whispering and making fun of me anytime I tried to answer a question from the teacher. I'd raise my hand and they'd all start giggling and at first teachers tried to stop them and they did what they could and I appreciated that but it got to a point that the teacher can't do anything. It's disrupted to the class, they tried their best, the principal can't stop them. These kids just kept going so I stopped raising my hand, I stopped asking questions and it made the whispering cut down for me. It still happened in the halls and when I stopped doing that and I stopped putting myself in a position which should be a normal learning environment for me, I stopped talking out in class, they found new ways to make fun of me. They started finding me and my sister in the hallway at lunch and they started throwing food at us. They started making fun of us so we'd move. We'd go sit somewhere where they thought they couldn't. We'd stay where supervisors were but teachers would end up closing their doors so that they didn't have to deal with what was happening in the hallways during their lunch breaks and I don't fault them for any of that. They're doing their best and these kids were relentless so we continued on and my older sister forced me to join the rugby team and it was not my choice and we started playing there and from there we started playing in a community league and I made friends in the community league and they happened to like me and they told me I was funny which I didn't know because previous to that I just got food thrown at me and so finding out that I could be funny and that I could make friends that I was worth something gave me self-confidence and like Jay said, when I started being myself and when I started opening up and seeing that I had positive qualities it made me more confident and so I brought that back to school and I made friends on my rugby team there and I brought that into the classroom and a few years later I started to make friends and I actually ended up making friends with that girl who told everyone that I wasn't a very nice person and I found out it was her because we were sitting in math class one day and I said something and she was laughing and she stopped and she looked at me and said Buffy, you're really funny. I have no idea why I told everyone you were such a mean person in grade nine. Oh, well thanks for that. A really fun few years for me but I don't dislike her for it at all. It was an honest, it was just her being a kid. Her trying to, which is not okay and she realizes now but she made a comment off hand to try and make herself feel better which wasn't appropriate which backlashed on me greatly and she sees that now and so if we can address that if we can address the moment where kids are taking out their own insecurities on other people not because they dislike other people or that there's a problem with them because they're so insecure and scared of themselves and becoming that target. For me it was finding a group of friends and finding myself. If we can get people having family support having friends, having teachers having people they can go to they can talk to, they can feel safe and they can be encompassed around then they have a little protective unit then everyone feels like they have a group and they aren't alone. So even if things are tough at school you can go to your group you can talk to them and tell them like hey this guy threw a sandwich at me and it sucked. You talk to your friends, address it maybe find a way to bring that up with teachers and get it addressed earlier than waiting the few years that I did or looking into my sister forcing me into sports. So I think the biggest thing for me was besides going through that and going through someone else's angst that was put on me finding friends, finding a helpful unit and working on yourself finding interests that you love for me it happened to be rugby for the man before me it was music but we both found a passion and we found ourselves within it and building that confidence helped us get through five years that are very difficult for a lot of people and aren't going away anytime soon. So I really think the biggest thing is what we're doing here is everyone's sitting down addressing, talking about it trying to find a way to get to the root of the problem instead of dealing with it once it is a problem. I actually greatly appreciate all of you for being here and for listening to my story. Thank you.


Honestly, the biggest thing that I'd remember is that there is no finish line. Every step along this journey, you feel like you have to accomplish the next thing and then things get easier. In fact, they just get busier. And if you forget the fact that there really is no finish line, you're always moving towards another milestone, then you tend to set yourself up where you're just not enjoying the journey. When I started medical school, I told the person interviewing me that I wanted to make sure that I enjoyed medical school as four years. I truly remembered versus the stepping stone into residency or my future career. I meant that and that's exactly how it turned out. I loved my medical school experience. I loved my classmates. I don't necessarily want to do medical school again, but it was definitely four years that I truly cherished and it just made all of it seem not so bad. Things were stressful. That's kind of what I expected to be the case. I was studying for a boarding exam and it was hard. It's kind of meant to be hard. Understanding that there's not a finish line allowed me to say, you know what, I'm going through a tough time in my life, whether it's studying for a difficult test, going through a difficult rotation, but I still need to make sure that I'm focused on the people around me that are important, things around me that are important and the other growths and aspects of my life that I want to develop in addition to becoming a future physician.


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