Friday, March 16, 2012
Human Limits
Today was a fetching day! First went to SAFTI to pick Darren up, and he's finally graduated from his Artillery training. After this going to fetch Vanessa from the airport! Can't wait to see her again. :D
Every single time she's away I do feel a void in my life... So I'm really glad that she's back. It shows how important she is to me at this stage of my life. The part which I miss most is our sharing of QT at night; hearing from her about her walk with God encourages me to keep my walk with God going strong!
So more updates: I've got 4 more submissions left: 2 reports and 2 presentations. The next one is coming next friday, so don't have that much time to complete it. No worries I'll make it through. The most hectic week will be 3 weeks from now, where 2 presentations have to be done, both on wednesday! I can cope!
Well, worship leading is tiring me out quite a bit, and its times like that I'm glad the servers are assisting. My stamina for singing and standing in front of a crowd seems to be decreasing as I age, which leaves me rather drained after every session. Coupled with going for SYC after and sometimes going for seminars before, Saturdays do get rather sapping. However, I'm proud to be of service to God any way I can, and that's what keeps me going beyond my human limits! :)
12:30 PM
Friday, March 09, 2012
Nabari
Well, this semester is taking a toll on me... But I don't think the workload is as high as compared to year 1 semester 2. I guess its more of the circumstances that surround this semester. Recently I've been sleeping late finishing up the things on my to do list. My body's rebelling in a way, leaving me tired. There are some days where I long for a whole day by myself, resting in God, and I suppose I'll only get that when study week comes. On top of that there are various responsibilities I have, which keep me rather busy!
As mentioned in previous posts, Assassin's Creed Revelations has been started on, and I'm now at sequence 3 memory 8, with all templar dens destroyed, memoir pages obtained, opened quests completed, desmond's memories completed and the viewpoints syncronized. So perfectionist haha, although its only the start of the game some what I've finished almost all the side things.
The next anime I'm now watching is Nabari No Ou, about a boy named Miharu having the secret Ninja Art Shinra Banshou in him and thus causing him to be attacked by a dangerous group of Ninjas: the Kairoshuu who want to obtain the secret Ninja Art embedded within him. Well, he didn't choose for this to happen to him, and given a choice would rather have lived a carefree life.
In that aspect I find myself quite like him, I personally would rather relax all my life than have to study or work, but because of things far more important I've chosen to follow what the bible says instead, to not be idle and keep working for God's glory. Right now I've come to a point where my body's calling out for solace, wanting to drop everything and just be at ease. But for God, that's exactly what I'll not do, because I love Him more than anything. Well, wish me all the best and keep me in your prayers!
Here's one last pic before I sign off: Miharu from Nabari no Ou.
3:27 PM
Monday, March 05, 2012
Busy!
Haha as the title says, I've been really really busy the past few days, working till the wee hours. Oh well after the presentation this week everything will be a lot more free! Hooray! =)
12:50 AM
Friday, February 24, 2012
Frontier
Well, I thought I'd be able to post more often, but studying for my adolescent psych test and doing up my japan and singapore proposal took quite some time... Well I must say this semester my project groups aren't as efficient and collaborative as the previous semesters, leading to some undue stress. As usual, I'm my accommodating self, so just took majority of the work upon myself. Its no biggie!
Well have finally finally finished getting all the trophies for GTA4 besides the downloadable content and multiplayer trophies of course. Can finally start on Assassin's Creed, which Aaron will of course be very excited about. :)
Besides that have been watching Macross Frontier, which is an amazing anime imo. Not a big fan of all the series with mecha in them, but then Macross Frontier has really opened my eyes, and so I'm recommending it to all you other anime fans out there! Here's a pic. The main theme overriding the whole anime is the spirit of never giving up on your dreams! And the theme song is really really nice. Its called Aimo - Tori no Hito!
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHpt2qikj1I
Last thing... I've prepared lots for cell this saturday, and I'm really excited! Our first official cell of the new year! :)
5:11 PM
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Valentines
Recently I've been thinking deeply about my alma mater, and sometimes I just don't know what to think. I'm proud of it, for creating people of good caliber, able to enter the workforce, be productive for Singapore, and also function extremely well in society. But on the other hand, I now find salient some evidence why some people sometimes hate us so much. The indifference, assumed higher moral standard, and the blatant disregard for the feelings of others are some of the things I've been observing from some (not all of course) of my peers, seniors and juniors. Sometimes even from myself. I don't know what to say... I've always been proud to be part of the family, but now I don't know. Sometimes what you experience just breaks your whole view and positive regard of a situation. Attitudes change...
Well, on to more exciting stuff: my bros have bought FF13-2, and Daryl's now deeply engrossed with it, playing it continuously for some time. I'll probably play it, because its replayability value is high, but that's once I complete GTA4 and ACR.
Besides that, Daryl's done with his life as a poly student, and will now either be relaxing full scale at home, or looking for a part time job. Do ask him out yeah, since he's now free. Darren has just left for Thailand on his OCS training for a full 16 days, so do catch up with him when he gets back yeah!
Next, the servers are doing very very good jobs leading worship here in YE, and I was very very impressed with Deborah, not only because she led well, but also for her depth of introspection into the theme that she chose. And I'm glad some of the servers are helping out with worship. Looking forward to Aaron co-leading with me! Well with the progress they're making, they can become the next line of worship leaders! I'll slowly work them into it. For now, its just theme and song selection, but soon I'll introduce chording, administration, the need for passionate singing, and eventually leave the entire process to them. That'll take some time but I believe they're doing extremely well!
Lastly, Valentines Day this year was a first for me, before this every single year was just an ordinary day for me. I truely do feel the blessing of being loved by someone who has God in mind, and way that Van cares for me. After our date on Valentines some really bad news came in regarding my project group, and also my tire had a rather bad puncture which I fixed all the way till 1130... But there she was supporting me, although we were physically apart. We gave each other gifts with a depth of meaning, and with a deep heartfelt sincerity... And that's what I cherish very very much.
Well that's all for this post! Next week will be break week, but shall be busy with doing up my Japan and Singapore project proposal, and preparing a super nice file with our BS for Gihon (Since they don't have the book). So you'll probably see me blogging earlier in the week instead of Thursday. Catch you all back here soon!
3:44 PM
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Weight Of The World
Hey guys I'm blogging from school... And every thursday seems rather rough... This week especially, with lots of things on my mind hmm... Mostly to do with church haha! Firstly teaching at SYC on Friday, then leading worship at YE on Saturday, and finally playing for worship on Sunday. I've long gotten used to doing many things in a row like this, but as I age my body and mind's capacity grows less and less. Am getting tired, mentally spent and spiritually involved so very often! Ecclesiastes 12:1 really got it right hahaha!
Well, a good thing is that Valentine's Day is approaching, as well as the 6th month anniversary of my relationship with Van. Its been a great journey so far... One thing that I need prayer for is how to balance my own needs and hers at the same time. Carrying your own burdens is hard enough so its not difficult to imagine how difficult carrying the burdens - physical, mental and spiritual of two people is. Its tough, but I'm trying my best, and I must say very rewarding and it really does help me see how hard God must have it, carrying the weight of all the people in the world... Makes me appreciate Him so much more! =)
Still've got a Japanese lecture from 6-8pm to come, and a meeting at the Phang's house for music core team! Gambatte Ben!
4:45 PM
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Atarashi
Well, as the title says, its a new semester and a whole lot of new experiences I'm going through!
I've made quite a lot of new friends in the tutorials that officially started this week (since last week was CNY week). Its another benefit of being new to certain modules. For example for my Japanese module... Cos I'm not taking with my previous cohort of people who've been taking Japanese with me all this while. So made quite a few new friends in Japanese tutorials, not to mention my other psych tutorials and my SS. Also met a few old friends... Eileen, Rui Xiong, Hyqel for example! Also met people like Dan and Shaun in school. :)
So some updates on school life. Its gotten pretty hectic after my tutorials are added in. For odd weeks, things are relatively calm and easy going except for a 10-8pm day on Thursdays. For even weeks it gets slightly harder, when I have a 10-8pm day on Wednesdays as well. Also, its my first time having to rush from Utown to the Arts Faculty, and the traffic and congestion does take its toll on those days. Besides that only have 2 hours of lessons on tuesdays and 1 hour on fridays! So pretty alright after all! Also, I'm around 4 days in front of my readings and tutorial preparations so everything's pretty smooth sailing so far.
Halfway through Thessalonians so far, and just reached 1 Thess chapter 5. Its been a rather good series of learning for my qt, and sharing it with Van is making it very very meaningful. And as I support her through SERVE I'm reminded of my own experiences, and I look forward to keep seeing her growth and supporting her through it. Not being able to date her for too long of a time cos of our busy schedules is a little tough for both of us, but one thing I've learnt is where all my priorities lie, and how to put her before my work in school.
I've finally finished GTA4, and I'm only left with one last trophy to get: finishing the game within 30 hours, which I believe should be no prob! After this shall continue on Assassin's Creed Revelations! On the anime front my list has reached 123 anime so far... And I'm scouting for new series to watch! Ah one last update... I've finally reached page 2 of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude.
So that's all for updates so far. Can kinda predict that posts will come on a weekly basis and no faster than that, cos I might be in a tired state in the middle of the week. =P But no worries as usual I'm trusting on God to bring me through all of it like He's done from the beginning!
11:02 PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Deja Vu
And so CNY passed by in a rather quick flash, and I'm thankful that this year it wasn't as tiring, invasive and threatening as previous years. Usually I don't look forward to some aspects of CNY, as I'll be bombarded by questions, but this year was relatively peaceful, enjoyable even!
Also, really felt that the previous CNY was just a day ago. Remembered clearly that I was the designated driver the most of the days where we went visiting, and driving during that time was especially fun. Now that I have my own car, haven't been driving my dad's, and this year for CNY I didn't either.
With school/work looming tomorrow for many of my cousins, everybody was rather vexed about it having to end. But I guess I'm alright. After all, only have a lesson from 6-8pm tomorrow! Quite happy about that.
Well until next time! :)
12:49 AM
