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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

SOME PICS FROM THE OFFICE

We celebrated Ps Wong's birthday last week... (missing: Brian Chan, Pastor Chris Liu, Ben Chan, Rev Allen Su)

Ivy decided she had waited long enough; whilst everybody was posing for the picture she decided to make a move for the cake first...tsk. :p

Oh...This took some doing man... you don't see Brian in anything but blue usually...next up... a white t-shirt with pinky kung fa panda prints all over for him!

Davidson Goh my regular at-my-table-tormentor! But he gets tormented pretty often too :p Stop touching me with that stick!!

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I went back to school yesterday...after a 2 month-long "hiatus". And for those who keep on telling me that i at least have holidays... i still have to work everyday! Holidays is what full-time students have. Poks...

Anyway i'm now studying Math. Have i ever told you i've always loathed math? Well if i haven't, now you know. There was a reason why, the moment i finished my O-Levels, i said i wanted to go to Mass Comm you know! What more, after 7 years of not studying math, here i am doing math again. Arghhh!!! I ask myself though, do i loathe it because i simply don't like it?
Or knowing how much time and energy it will take out of me? I was seriously lost in yesterday's lecture (the lecturer was seriously in his own world)! At that point of time i knew that this module was going to take a lot out of me. I've got classes 4 times a week...every week! And classes on Saturday are like 4 - 5 hours long...of just Math. Add to that the time needed to revise on my own; there's barely any time to find with everything else going on!

Honestly... i'm not really looking forward to all those draining moments. But the lessons of past have not been forgotten! As i was on my way back reflecting, the Lord reminded me that having Him in my life really made the difference. No matter the hard moments, no matter the awfully frustrating moments, it all dims when put under the light that God gave us through His Son on the cross. It gave us hope! It gave us security! It gave us eternal life! It brightens up everything when you look at it that way! And it really brightened up my perspective as i thanked God that i could go through this module knowing that i can trust Him in all outcomes as i obey Him, knowing that this is another part of His plan for me in the long run. Sometimes i spend so much time bothered about the difficulties, that its easy to forget that they're just minor matters when placed in comparison with God's promises and His unchanging character. He never said that life would be easy. Besides, there are so many other difficulties & sufferings that others face that are of a different scale! I'm sorry i know this post is long... but it's just joyous being able to express His truth in my own words!

The hard work's not going to go away. The sleepless nights shall return. The last time round, i retreated into my cocoon. This time round, i pray that i may cling to the Cross. Time will tell whether i've learned the lessons from past. I sure hope i shan't be like the Israelites who forgot God's gracious providence really quickly after He delivered them from Pharaoh. May the wonderful deeds of the Lord in my life not be forgotten.

Psalm 9:1 "I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; i will recount all of your wonderful deeds"

And may i glorify God through all that comes...

2 Cor 12:9 "My grace is sufficient, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

To Him & His truths i shall cling on to as i dive into this module!

P.S. The Lord's been really gracious! Despite my retreating away from Him during the difficult Oct - Dec period, despite my unfaithfulness He still enabled me to do well for my first module (Chemistry!). I got an A! Honestly, i couldn't believe it... the result i got was purely a result of the Lord's hand working in some way. Thank You, Lord!

Psalm 34:8 "O taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is he who takes refuge in Him!"

Labels: School

10:48 AM

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Recently picked up this magazine titled Blu Magazine...i think. Now, now, don't go getting the wrong idea. It's "Blu" coz it's about sea life and stuff. On the cover, was a picture of an island, diving flippers and the words "Nikoi Island".

Check it out... http://www.nikoi.com/

I'm absolutely enchanted to bits by it! *Drools*...Sun, Sand & Sea. Oooooooo...can't stand it... wanna go there!! Oh well... ... ... ... Sigh... ... ...

Oh you know what, the terrorists are now attacking poor cricketers as well. The Sri Lankan cricket team (with security escorts in their team coach & behind too) got attacked by insurgents in Pakistan earlier in the day... on the way to their match! What's this world coming to... can't terrorists let the game at least start and finish? Ok i'm kidding...we all know they shouldn't even be making an attempt...My former coach was with the Sri Lankan team, he's now their team manager. Wonder how he's doin...

Reminds me of the time i was in Pakistan to play...we too had security escorts inside our team coach plus a a security detail following us behind our coach as well. Us and other international teams were staying at this hotel that had been bombed 6 months before our stay whilst the New Zealand team was staying there i think. Can't really remember my facts. Now that i think about it... it must have been immensely scary for my parents to have seen my fly off to a country full of terror! Just to play a game of bat and ball. The things we do for our country... haha.

Zzzzz...

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