Past Week
Let me try to recollect what i've done this week so far...
Sunday:
Went for Jacob Prasch Conference on 'Ships of Tarshish'. Valuable insights. Even though i do keep an open attitude towards the use of typology, but in regards to some 'numerical' issues, i do have my reservations.
Nice dinner at this roadside coffeeshop opp Kay Poh Rd. And of cos i have to remind myself that one person haven't pay me back the money for the meal. Hahaha. You know who you are and don't you think you can wait until the Sabbath year when all debts will be cancelled. =P Hee hee hee...
Monday:
Horrendous day filled with lectures and tutorials back to back. Pretty amused at myself and a few other girls for waiting outside the classroom for our chinese lang tutorial to start. Apparently, the tutorial only starts on wk 5, so we were like the 5 goondoos who waited outside the class until we clarified the schedule of the tutorial at the dept of chinese lang. Haha. Well, at least i did made a few new friends. =)
Cities in Trans tutorial was pretty fun. I had a fun time raising up my hand continuously for Dr Pow . Hope he did not find me annoying. Haha.
Almost zzZZzz in Art n Philo tutorial.
Totally zonked out during Climate lecture. Not that Matthias Roth is boring, but i was pretty saturated from overfeeding.
Had cg. Great sharing and indeed i was glad some of the sisters were really open in their faith and struggles. Really thank God that i could be of some help to them =)
Had a nice sharing with Bernice and Mingyuan on the way home.
Tuesday:
Tien jie treated Yiqiang and I a buffet dinner at Vienna (United Sq). Food was pretty ok, variety was not bad. Had a great and edifying sharing over the table. =)
Wednesday:
Met Yibin and Bernice at Arts canteen during lunchtime. Had lunch with Bernice. Great sharing too! And thank you Bernice for your treat. =)
It's not advisable to swim before you have lecture. Or else it's very hard to fight the Z monster during then. I really did ended up nodding my head in 'approval' during the lecture for the long arduous 2 hours. Wah...i had to go home to take a nap. Pretty glad that the weather was just so cool and rainy to delve into the comfort of my bed and blanket. zzZZzz
Cecilia's class on Deut really did provided lots of insights.
which kind of reminded me to type the email soon.
Ok... i know my entry is incoherent... but i really can't be bothered to type a nice essay lah. Hahaha...
Quote of the day:
I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a person neglects the Bible there is not much for the Holy Spirit to work with. We must have the Word. - DL Moody
Silent Mob Prep
As i'm typing this blog, my room will be filled with the familiar smell of BMT days. I've dug out my webbing, my helmet (which i hope there aren't spiders living inside), my field pack, duffel bag and army accessories. Just in case you guys are wondering "what's this mad man doing taking out all the army stuff"...oh well, i had to go for a silent mobilisation tomorrow. YES! i'm so so excited (i hope you guys can catch the concentrated dose of sarcasm in that statement). Oh well, i do agree that protecting the country is the duty of every man and i ought to serve with pride and honour. (ok... i've detached my heart from my mind when speaking of this matter) it's still an unpleasant disruption to my civilian life nevertheless. Oh well, i would have to prepare my uniform, pack my bag and be prepared for activation tomorrow. Gosh... i have to wear the green again... i think i forgot how to tie my bootlace liao. Hahaha!
Had lunch with Ernest at my void deck this afternoon. Had a catch-up with him, at the same time getting a glimpse into the present state of life of some of my ex-campmates in HC. Some are currently getting along well, some are not-so-well, some are stressed to the point of breaking down, while some are practically nonchalent about life. Hmmm... pretty heartbreaking to hear some of the not-so-successful stories of my campmates... oh well... but it's nice to meet up anyway. =)
This might sound really lame but when i took Bus 95 to NUS today, i realised i have not heard the double beeps for a very long time when you tap the card to the card reader. Oh yes, i forgot, i'm now a NUS student! It just seemed so weird to me that i'm back in the role of being a student. I think i'll get used to this status really soon. =)
Went to check out the NUS gym with Jasper this afternoon. Pretty disappointed! Sigh... machines after machines, didn't really spot any free weights in sight. Probably with a few dumbbells here and there, there really wasn't any barbell. On a positive note, i did discovered a few leg machines which were pretty interesting and fun. Did motivated me to start training my chickadee legs... hahaha... time to do something about these chopsticks of mine. =S Had my first swim at the NUS pool too. Great sun, great pool, not so great crowd. Demand of pool space exceeded the supply of pool space. I was not pretty appreciative of this ang moh guy in the same lane as me stroking my leg halfway during the swim. If not for his girlfriend behind him, i would've thought he's *coff coff*. =P
BS YST PR JN 1 YB YJ RZ
Quote of the day:
God did not give us the Scriptures to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives - DL Moody
Thanx Yibin for letting me know there's 2 more verses to my favourite hymns of all time.
It is Well With My SoulWhen peace, like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,It is well, it is well, with my soul.RefrainIt is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well, with my soul.Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,Let this blest assurance control,That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,And hath shed His own blood for my soul.RefrainMy sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!My sin, not in part but the whole,Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!RefrainFor me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:If Jordan above me shall roll,No pang shall be mine, for in death as in lifeThou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.RefrainBut, Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,The sky, not the grave, is our goal;Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!RefrainAnd Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,Even so , it is well with my soul.Refrain
Boring Lectures
I've finally tasted the NUS-Renowned Arts Fac Canteen Yong Tau Foo this morning. Well, i happened to pass by the canteen on my way to the lecture hall when i saw there was no queue at the YTF stall. Without a second thought, i grabbed the nearest pincer (wat do u call that kiap kiap thing anyway?) and a bowl, and began my spree of kiapping the ingredients. First the Tofu... yes... how can Yong Tau Foo be Yong Tau Foo without the Tau Foo. Lady's Fingers... yum yum... one of my favourite veg of all times (i know alot of you out there will totally DISAGREE with me). Bittergourd oooh... lovely... the more bitter the better. I just love it's bitter yet organic natural taste. The subtlety of taste in this veg is one of quiet acquiration. Pig's Skin... lovely lovely... for pure indulgence sake i admit, cos too much of it will lead to high cholesterol level. But i just couldn't resist the 'squishy squashy' feeling of chewing the skin in my mouth. Cuttlefish... i just love the texture of the cuttlefish caressing the buds on my tongue... though pretty bland, but it's art of seduction in 'touch' is one that's not to be belittled. Fishball... must definitely be rid of 'fishy stench' and Q-factor must be there. Fried piece of brown rectangular flat piece of thing (i really do not know what you call that) is good for the soup as it adds a fragrant flavour to the soup. Of cos...i was impressed with the sweet sauce. Seldom... sorry...i mean RARELY do you see YTF stalls having the black sweet sauce. Most YTF stallowners are so lazy they buy the factory manufactured red sweet sauce which taste... manufactured. Oh well... i'll give it 4 out of 5. Oh yah... taste aside... i was expecting my YTF selections to cost a bomb and LO AND BEHOLD... it came up to $2.10. *dropped-jaw* SO CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP!! Ok i shall eat it if ever the queue is less than 5 people. =)
Can't believe i spent so much time and effort in typing my breakfast. Hahaha. What's for lunch?
Lecture today was disastrous. I almost nodded myself to sleep and daydream the whole lecture away. Frankly speaking, the lecturer's voice ought to be recorded, and be researched as a cure for insomniacs. It did not help that he was practically reading from the slides..."HELLO! i have your slides in my hands and i can read too!" Plus when he tried to add in new points, he did it in such a bizaare way i did not know what's the connection between the points. And normally when such situation arise, there will surely be some brave soul amidst the audience to raise up his/her hand for clarification from the lecturer. But this time round, there wasn't any. Glancing around the lecture theatre from my seat, most of the students either had a '?' or a 'zZz' on their faces. So glad i was out of the lecture when it ended... phew!
Went to print out some readings and cecilia's notes at the Central Library. Oh yah, Central Library has become my current favourite haunt-out. I always go to the 3rd story Quiet Area to do my readings. Pretty nice place, no distractions (except for some really inconsiderate people chatting here and there, or some girl furiously smsing on her handphone with the irritating deed deed deed sound.) I must mention about the toilet. I happened to use one of the cubicle in the gents and something really amused me in the cubicle. They were notices (more like advertisments) by students for their cause. What ingenious innovative idea! People will be forced to read your ads during nature's call and they do provide some entertainment to the toiletbowl user too. A win-win situation. That's what NUS education train us to be... to have really warped ideas. Haha.
Joined Joshua for lunch at the Biz Fac next. Had chicken rice...ok lah... but the chili left much to be desired. Our dear Mr Joshua ordered a plate of dumplings (he just had some meepok) and he practically stuffed himself with it in utmost agony. I had to help him finish the rest of the dumplings too. Sigh... and got myself so bloated. Both of us agreed that we will not touch dumplings for the next few months to come. Haha...
I couldn't believe that my 2nd lecture (CHinese Language) had to be almost alike as my previous lecture, if not worse. Lecturer's voice so soft i had to stretch my ears like mickey mouse to hear what he was trying to say. And he practically read off the powerpoint word for word. One thing irritating was that he always refer to the map of China (one that is without any connotations of place names) and started using the laser pointer naming the places one by one. Like DUHZ...i couldn't even figure out Beijing on the map of China lah... what makes you think the whole lecture group knows the Hunan province or Suzhou province you're agar agar pointing at. Gee... Looking to my right, Joshua was practically in his own world already...wide-eyed that was. But how could i blame him? He just took his flu medicine (chlorpheniramine maleate compound) and cough syrup (procodin). Oh well... i was sure few people were listening during the lecture judging from the noise level in the lecture hall. =S
Met up with zhixiong, thomas, xuanfeng, jeffrey and desmond at holland v just now. Went to NYDC for our dinner. Oh yah... i need to go settle some impt stuff liao.
THE END!
Quote of the day:
A Christian is the world's Bible - and some of them need revising. - D.L. Moody
1st tRy oN sPaGhEtti
Yeah, as the title has suggested, i cooked spaghetti today. Well, some of my beloved bro and sis had the honour of savouring my masterpiece. Not trying to be proud, but i think i do have a gift of cooking. Haha... it's just like doing a chemistry experiment. (oops... i wonder how many people would dare to eat my cooking after that statement =S)
Fellowship was classic. The worship was splendid, songs were world-class. Thank God that He did used Yibin to convey wonderful messages to us, both assuring and comforting at the same time. However, i would have to say you tend to be a bit commentative during the worship. =) I was totally immersed in God's grace and peace of God in the singing of "it is well with my soul" by Horatio Spafford. My favourites of all time... When peace like the river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll. Whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.
During the study of the overview of the Bible, Shen Jun brought out a point which really pierced my heart. King David is a man after God's heart. It just set me pondering over my own heart towards God: "am I after God's heart, of after my own heart?"
As usual, we had a great supper until super duper late at night. Thanks shenjun for the treat. =)
And i desperately need God's tremendous grace later in the morning!
Quote of the day:
If you treated God like a personal friend, there would not be a backslider - D.L. Moody
Uni Life
Really glad i'm getting used to campus life after my first week of being in it. THough i have to say that i'm still not comfortable with so many people around me. Really do make me feel kinda shy and pretty 'lost' at the same time. It's rather nice to meet familiar faces in the campus: primary sch classmates, sec sch classmates, jc mates, army friends, friend's friend, friend's friend's friend, dunno-where-i've-seen-you-b4 friends etc. Haha... and the list rolls on.
The week went off well for me by God's tremendous grace. Just in case you guys are interested in the modules i'm taking this semester, i'm doing 4 lvl 2000 modules and 1 lvl 1000 modules. You guys must be thinking "this guy must be crazy to do all lvl 2000 mods in 1st yr" but i have to say that i was outbidded for my lvl 1000 modules bcos of MOE Scholarship Presentation on the day when the bid was closed. Argh... SO there...i had to do 3 lvl 2000 geog modules, a lvl 2000 GEM and my one and only lvl 1000 Chinese modules. (YESH!! I'M DOING CHEENA!)
Was pleasantly surprised to know that Xueying is taking 'Population Analysis' with me this semester. I still remembered the good old days of us being at the back of Ms Poh's geog class, doodling on the table, falling asleep, drooling etc. Oops, not a good testimony there... but of cos, we've matured over the years, but still, there's no guarantee of history not repeating itself. =P haha. *wink*
Also, Yitsin and I happened to take 'Art and Philosophy' as our GEM this sem too. Frankly speaking, on a positive note, this class is enriching as it really teaches us how to appreciate art and the meaning of art itself. On a negative note, i think it's pretty pointless and it's going nowhere. If philosophy is 'invented' to find the meaning of life, to explain life, i think it actually creates more confusion and questions to life, than to explain it. For 'life has no purpose without the existence of God'. Get what i mean? Without God, man will just be a randomly-created-out-of-some-absurd-theory-of-cells-blahblahblah-evolution-thingy that lives to die. I'm afraid i might end up submitting essays condemning various philosophers (of cos drawing back-ups from philosophers like Soren Kierkegaard to do that) hahaha...and fail the module. =P
Of cos, how could i forget Hong En, my Chinese Language module companion. It's pretty funny as we were walking towards LT 8 that day. He happened to bump into lots of friends and when they learned that he's taking Chinese, they really gave the most bewildered unbelievable look accompanied with either or 'WAT!!?!' or 'HUH!?!?' Well, as he had a long AC history background, it came not as a surprise that people will react like that. Unlike me, a cheena high boy who stayed in taiwan for close to a year, not really surprising to take such modules. *sob* But anyway, we really did have a hard time trying not to fall asleep during lecture. HAHAHA!! Suddenly i realised my chinese is really bad and cannot-make-it after the lecture...i'm not joking. Speaks a lot on the chinese education in S'pore... really tragic to the core.
Oh ok... went for CVCF tea reception last night. Really glad to know all the cute and lovely brothers and sisters. As usual, Jieyi was just so cute and adorable. Haha... naturally so. Ok... pls do not get the wrong idea for me saying this.
TOday is Friday...my free day. If all goes well, and my tutorial balloting goes successfully, i will have a 4-day week. Woohoo!
For now... where can i get really nice and not-so-ex trackpants?
Quote of the day:
There is one thing about a backslider, he is always finding fault with church members. - D.L. Moody
a Quiz
| Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking |
You aren't afraid to delve head first into a difficult subject, with mastery as your goal.
You are talented at adapting, motivating others, managing resources, and analyzing risk.
You should major in:
Philosophy
Music
Theology
Art
History
Foreign language |
Quote of the day:
Be careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything. -D.L. Moody
Fresh
Today was my 1st official day at school. Attended my first ever lecture in NUS. Haha... Geog lecture, Climate, Water and Environment. Indeed a great start to my Uni life. And thanx to Bernice who guided me to print notes in Central Library. Really a gazillion thanks to you. Or else i would still be a blur chap wandering around the campus like a lost soul. Haha.
The lecturer Matthias was pretty humourous and TALL! I had to admit the first part of his lecture was pretty draggy and boring, crawling through all the intro which i think was pretty redundant. The excitement kicked in when he started to tell us about the latest water spouts phenomenon in S'pore... explaining to us the formation and also mocking the tv newcaster for pronouncing this phenomenon 'water sprouts' HAHA!
Anyway... i did something really stupid juz now. And to think i did the same thing the night before. After brushing teeth at the basin, i opened the fridge and attempted to put the toothbrush inside. Then i woke up from my daydream and realised what stupid thing i've done. Argh... that's so dumb!
QUote of the day:
Do you believe the Lord will call a poor sinner, and then cast him out? His word stands forever, "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out." - D.L. Moody
A Tough Decision Against Self
I was reminded of this verse while reading a book by John MacArthur this morning.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. (Colossians 3:15)The peace of Christ is a great resource in helping us to know the will of God. Paul was urging the Colossians to so depend on the peace of Christ that it became an umpire (rule) in the decisions they had to make in life.
I do want to canoe in Uni. In fact, i couldn't help to admit i still harbour the passion in my blood. But when i present this to God, i do not have the peace of Christ in my heart and i do not have the confidence that my plan is within God's will. I do know that if i continue on in my own will, it will definitely affect my relationship with Him and that's not what I desire at all.
Painful decision it is... i give up competitive canoeing
Quote of the day:
God will answer your cry in His own good time - D.L. Moody
C1 Experience
I always thought i no longer have any passion for canoeing anymore. It was only when i went down to MacRitchie to try out the C1 did i realised my passion for rowing has never faded. Seriously speaking, i ought not to have gone down to row this morning. I was practically allowing myself to be tempted, allowing the passion within me to be ignited active from its dormant state...which i thought has long been extinct. I am being the deceitful me trying to allow circumstances to control the situations of my life MY way instead of doing it God's way. I seriously need to think through this once more. i dare not use my own self-will for fear i would be wandering in the wilderness for 40 years once more going nowhere.
Just to share abit on my experience in a C1. The number of times capsized today was equivalent to the total number of times i've capsized in JC years. I was indeed more exhausted swimming back to the jetty than rowing the C1 itself. Haha. The C1 was pretty unstable to start with, almost like a K craft. The rower had to kneel down on the canoe and use a one-oar paddle (like those used in Dragonboat) to row, either on the left or on the right side. I was not used to paddling one-side with a one-oar paddle and do not even mention the kneeling on the canoe which got my left knee bruised and battered pretty seriously. I had to be super conscious of not rowing like a T or K and consciously revamp my strokes to that of a C (which was different altogether) and staying afloat at the same time (suffered episodes of cramps along the way). But it was fun nevertheless... thanks to shaun and this senior whom taught me how to tackle the C at its utmost basics.
After lunch at Whampoa Mkt (Shaun was our chauffeur), i went back home (shaun's the chauffeur again *thanks*) before leaving the house for SGH HSA. Just got this sudden urge to donate blood... more like to donate platelets. Went for my first apheresis today. Pretty cool... as in a machine will suck out some of your blood, process it, take out the platelets, and transfer that blood back to your system again. The staff there were really nice and warm, and i did have some quality time reading my book on D.L. Moody as well as catching glimpse of King Kong and Pink Panther. Hee hee. I got weak and giddy at the latter part of the donation but i did not sound out. Thank God it finished by then, or else i would just lay unconscious on the seat hahaha.
So i went back home, and plunged into a deep sleep... plateletless and with a pain on my left knee. =S
Quote of the day:
No worldly gain can satisfy the human heart. Roll the whole world in and still there would be room. - D.L. Moody
Praise the Lord
I'm really glad God has been so gracious to surface out my darkest worms in my heart. Even those which i thought never existed, He brought them out from the deepest abyss and slammed them right in my face for me to deal with. Yes it's hard at first, a fierce struggle with the fleshly side, but the sweetness of victory in His grace that followed makes it all worth the every effort and pain. =)
Do you know your ABCs?
Message: (A is for age?:)
21
(B is for beer of choice?:)
Hoegaarden *though i don't really drink*
(C is for career:)
NUS FASS Student
(D is for your dog's name:)
Caleb - Hebrew name for dog *i don't have a dog*
(E is for essential item you use everyday:)
Toothbrush *c'mon who don't brush their teeth everyday*
(F is for favorite song at the moment:)
And Can It Be That I Should Gain
(G is for favorite games:)
Finding errors from PDL
(H is for hometown:)
Holland
(I is for instruments you play:)
Voice
(J is for favorite juice?:)
Blackcurrant
(K is for kids?:)
0
(L is for last hug?:)
my bolster!
(M is for marriage:)
single and available hee hee
(N is for name of your crush:)
orange? i think it tastes pretty good
(O is for overnight camping stays:)
CVCF Orientation Camp
(P is for phobias:)
Mildly Claustrophobic
(Q is for quote:)
Do not obey bcos God said so, but obey bcos God is.
(R is for biggest regret:)
Not loving bros and sis enough
(S is for status:)
Online???
(T is for time you wake up:)
7 -8 am
(U is for underwear:)
wat kind of qn is this?
(V is for vegetable you love:)
Ladies finger, brocolli, cauliflower
(W is for worst habit:)
stoning and daydreaming
(X is for x-rays you've had:)
countless
(Y is for yummy food you make:)
i make good omelette, and maggi mee too
(Z is for zodiac:)
i would love to have that watch
Quote of the day:
We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God - D.L. Moody
Chill out Wed
Spent the morning rollerblading at ECP with Yiqiang, Yibin, Jas, Rebecca and Ruth (who joined us a bit later). Rebecca, being the newbie in the group, had the privilege of my private coaching... not that i'm good in the first place, just that i happened to be the 'best' out of the rest. =P Anyway, had 2 spectacular falls today, both with Rebecca. (hey rebecca if you're reading this, i'm really not blamin you for the fall. Blame the hump for the first one...and the cyclist who did a sudden U-turn in front of us for the second one.) Hee hee... It was pretty crowded in ECP today, and gosh did i see lots of accidents taking place. Bicycles (especially kids) colliding into one another. Goodness... you really cannot trust kids with tools and machines.
Had Macs for lunch. Sigh... unhealthy food. FOr the sake of the air-con, i couldn't care less about the cholesterol level. hAhA! i'm certainly one who does not practise what i preach. ALways going around reprimanding people of their unhealthy diet yet at the same time always eating fast food for meals. Sigh... bad testimony. =P
Made our way to Marina after lunch and played arcade over there. Figured out i spent quite a bomb in the arcade with yiqiang and jas. We played this japanese shooting game, Bishi Bashi and Daytona. Oh well, being veteran in Bishi Bashi, i couldn;t help but felt so paiseh to keep letting yq and jas lose the game. sigh...
Around 6+, we made our way to PS via 106 to meet up with Huijun and Yibin for a movie. We watched "Ant Bully". Not bad a film, considering it does promote good values and certainly is one great film which can instill national pride. Apt for national day at the very least. Hee hee... pretty funny too... lots of puns.
Caiyun, Moses and Rosie joined us for dinner at the PS Kopitiam after out movie. This was followed by a coffee session at COffee Bean Holland Village. Had quite a lot of cold jokes flying around... i happened to be one of the contributors too... sigh!
Pretty tiring...
And oh yah... how can i forget... it's National Day today. FOr the sake of being patriotic... *sigh*.... here goes...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!! WHEEEE!!Quote of the day:
Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings. The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The hotter the fire, the purer the gold. - D.L. Moody
hAppY biRthdAy jAsMiN!
my bane = SKS
It seems like everytime i enter SKS, i'm bound to get something from the warehouse. All thanks to Yibin that i got myself a Moody classics today... pocket bleeding liao. =S
Squeezed in an afternoon swim today cos the sun was really good. But it was a bad time to swim really. I was doing freestyle in the water. As my face emerged out of the water to take in air from the side, i took a deep breath and ended up coughing non-stop. The smoke from the josspaper nearby suffocated me instantly. Argh... the sumatra smog and the joss smoke combined... potent combi of lethal weapon.
Went down to Jasmin's aunt's place for her birthday party. Pretty crowded. Shan't type much as i really am pretty tired liao. Shall let pics speak for themselves.
The crowd @ Jasmin's birthday
Tuan Qi
Hunks of the night.... especially the FIRST one... hee hee
We're supposed to keep a solemn face... apparently we had some rebels within us
rEvE|aTiOnS
Spent the morning having CD with Yibin. Pretty fruitful, and do pray that we will continue to be strengthened in the inner man and continue to be built up in faith.
Spent the afternoon preparing the powerpoint presentation for this sunday's IBS. Realised my powerpoint skill has gone rusty due to long-term dormancy. Nevertheless, i do feel that i will not be able to complete the whole course in 1 1/2 hours. THere's just too much to teach, and too much for them to absorb in that pathetic time period. We'll just see how it goes...
Went for a run just now. Suddenly realised the road was pretty deserted... oh... the seventh lunar month... no wonder. Good good... i did enjoyed the serenity and tranquility of the night. However, i ought not to run after a heavy dinner. Ran halfway and was forced to make a stop as my stomach was not feeling well. Sigh... stamina dropped too. Die... how to pass reservist ippt like that. hahaha
Harpsichord Recital
Tonight was the first time i actually went to Esplanade to attend a recital. It was an eye-opener and i was pretty whizzed away by their performance (especially Yang Tien's harpsichord pieces). I was pretty worried for Tien jie during the recital as she suffered from finger spasm during the rehearsal while playing Continuum so everytime when she picked up frequency in her playing, i prayed even harder for her. Thank God the recital went on smoothly... =)
Ok... short post that is... =)
SKS Spree
"THat's pretty alot of classics you have here."
"yeah" (sheepishly)
After fellowship, we went for our routine supper. Celebrated Yibin's belated birthday with a cheesecake Huijun made. So sweet.... (pun intended). Shan't type much and let the pics speak for themselves. =)
the SISTERS
the BROTHERS
Last but not least...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONG CHEONGsorry i couldn't make it for your bday dinner. But still wish you all the best in your future endeavours at the same time. =)
MOE Scholarship Ceremony
It was not in my utmost desire to go for this scholarship ceremony. I figured that i've since past my 'i love to be on stage to enjoy the glory of my achievement' stage. To me, the scholarship was not of prestige, nor of glory, but of solemn responsibility and utmost nobility. On one hand one ought to be happy and proud to be a scholar but on the other hand, i didn't really think i am in any way 'scholarly' to be exact. It kind of voiced down to two possibilities: it's either God's tremendous grace that i got it, or MOE have decided to play a sick joke this time round by enrolling a sure-cmi guy to take up this scholarship. I know it's God's calling for me to enter the teaching career and i pray His grace will sustain me throughout.
Alright, i did try to strike up some conversations during the rehearsal to my left and right people though it was not my usual self to do that. Being a shy guy, apparently i seemed to be less shy than some people in my midst. On my left was this Year 4 indian history major Vicnesh whom we talked about history and all. On my right was this Year 4 chinese chemistry major Hoe Seng whom we talked about chemistry and the various industries in relation to it. Ok... i really need to learn to communicate with people, the right topics to the right people. At least i didn't mess up this time round. But don't you feel weird if you suddenly just stumbled upon a really 'off' conversation topic... for example talking about Leonardo Da Vinci's artwork to a Maths Whizz kid? It did happened to me before... and it sure was embarassing. i actually remembered having this situation last week when i said 'hello' and waved to this guy (my fren's fren) who was less than a meter away from me and you know what he did? He just turned away. I was not as thick-skinned as my bro who also struck a contact with him but really demanded response from him. I think that's one communication skill my bro has that i'll never be able to master. Haha... it sure needs lots of guts and persistence. Anyway, why did i drift off so much.
Oh yah... during the rehearsal i did something so super embarassing. I went up to stage, smiled, strided confidently towards the fake minister, shaked his hand, grabbed the cert, posed and said cheese to the camera, and you know what?... i forgot to take the cert from his hand. Oops, and he was like "TAKE UR CERT!!" hahaha... oops. Just to inform you guys, this did not happen at the real event. For Mr Tharman was so mersmerised by my flashly whites he could not resist shaking my hand abit longer. (ok... just pretend i've never added that sentence =P)
Spent the night with Yiqiang and Yibin at Swensen's. I think we ought to find a better place next time to eat. =)
Before i forget:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YIBIN!!
Bidding Modules
One word to describe today: shagged! Considering i did start off my morning with a strenuous swim before rushing off to NUS for bidding under supervision of my seniors (for fear i bid wrongly or press the wrong button etc). Spent hours in the student lounge (thank goodness it's so comfy) bidding modules. It's pretty funny cos after i finished bidding all my core modules (4 in all), i still had like 500+ points left in my account. Looking over to Joshua's side, his account now like more than 3/4 way depleted. I was telling him i won't mind transferring some points to him haha. Wanna bid for a maths module, but realised there was only like 1 vacancy left in phase 1C. GOSH! in the end, i decided to push off maths to a later date and started off with 3 Geog modules, 1 Chinese module and 1 GEM which i had not bid yet. At the rate i'm going, i might just finish off all the geog modules pretty soon. heh heh.
After configuring our laptops at the comp svs ctr, Joshua brought me to his Kent Ridge Hall. Pretty nice, though i think his room was not that great in terms of privacy and view.
why do i get a bad feeling i'm gonna suffer in sem 1 with those modules i've bidded.
Thanx Pardner
Let's see, i spent my morning reading and studying before my beloved partner gave me a call to meet me downstairs. Apparently he had some time to kill before meeting his friends in Bugis. Such thoughtful partner, will surely miss him lots when he's away. *sigh* Ok, cos i needed to get a bday present for a dear sister, so we decided to head towards SKS Warehouse at Tan Boon Liat Building. And my dear beloved partner actually had such tremendous trust in my driving that he allowed me to take the steering wheel. (which i think he kinda regretted later on =P) Ok, it felt weird to have my left hand on the clutch and gearbox. It felt weird to be sitting on the right side of the car. It felt weird to strike the directional arrow bar using left hand (i ended up striking the wiper at first when i tried to turn). It felt weird to drive on the left side of the road. All in all, it felt just so weird. But it all turned out pretty fine lah. So that's it... my first drive in Singapore. (so sad right?)
Went for a swim in the afternoon before heading towards Joy Fellowship Church at night for BS. TOday's lesson on Deuteronomy touched on the 7 churches in Revelations. Had really great insights which i'm too tired to type them out.
Tmr still have to go school to bid... sigh
and Friday to Suntec to shake hand with minister
oh man... now i'm looking forward to saturday
