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YE Camp this year was a spiritually charged one, and was filled with many good times of fellowship. From the point of a leader, it was effective, bringing across the point that we all have to take an active step to RAZE down the barriers between us and God, and us and others. God is always wanting to draw close to us, and many a times it is a problem on our side that prevents us from seeking Him. The previous year, the speaker talked about there being a underground stream running under YE, waiting to burst forth once a channel is made, and its taken a year for this vision to truly manifest. I do feel that YE is about to burst at the seams, bringing a wave of revival... I simply can't wait for that moment, and I wait in eager anticipation at the work that God is going to do. Kudos go to the planning committee, who created wonderful intentional situations for all to bond and all to look to God. Kudos also go to Andrew, who showed us that there's no meaning being stagnant, but

Off to YE Camp 2013! :D Shall use the time to listen to God for guidance about YE in 2013. See you guys back here soon!

On to the final Chopin song that I definitely wanna play: Op 53, Heroic Polonaise! It's gonna be another challenge, tougher than the Fantasie Impromptu for sure! Now that I've gotten the hang of the Fantasie Impromptu, shall spend the time improving it whilst I practice the new song. So far the beginning of it doesn't seem too tough, but the tough part is at the end where the LH plays running octaves... It's gonna be a mega tiring song to master but it sound really majestic! Ever since beginning my exploration of Chopin's pieces, I've always wondered when I'd finish the list of songs that I wanted to learn, and it's about to be completed! With that I'll have a whole repertoire of 8 Chopin's songs I can present to others! :) Well as part of being accountable to everyone, I must admit that my QT as of late has been... Late. Haha well since there's so much to do in a day, Van and I usually start QT extremely late, leading to fatigue and some i

I'm almost done with the Fantasie Impromptu~! Looking back it seemed almost impossible to complete mastery, with its smooth runs and quick speed. But once your hands get used to it, its actually not that difficult at all! Sometimes if my fingernails are long they get caught in the keys whilst I'm doing the fast running passages, but having no nails makes it easy! Well for now I'm busy with 2 things: first, coordinating attendance for B1G, which is proving to be difficult due to lots of people going overseas during that week. Second, having a meeting to hear from the J2s about their future, how YE can support them, and to chart their future. I'm hoping this session can also be a good time of feedback as to how YE can be improved and to encourage them to come back to serve. :D Well I was pretty much sick the whole of the previous week with a viral infection in my digestive system. It was pretty bad, especially since it disrupted my studying as well as coincided with t

Since my exams ended on Thursday its been a whole mess of rushing around, especially with the leaders 2013 stuff being churned out for YE. There are a whole lot of other stuff that need to be done too, including meeting the J2s and also the assistant leaders... Ah well! Got a look into the world of mixing whilst watching Pitch Perfect with Gihon and Vanessa! Well its the world in which Vanessa is in now, making songs using complex computer systems, and I'm glad I got to see a little glimpse of that. Vanessa herself is making amazing tunes and letting me hear them, and some of them are really really good! Besides that, the other important thing was Jon's birthday celebration, which was today. I usually don't like much fanfare on birthdays (especially my own), but Jon does deserve to be applauded for the effort he puts into organizing Holland Cell activities, and my respect goes to him. Every time I see his work I'm reminded of superheroes working behind the scenes al

And so its been ages since I last blogged... Have been insanely busy up to this point, especially with work for my lab module, which takes up a lot of my time. I must say this semester was definitely more difficult than expected, and I took the right balance of modules to make sure I wouldn't get overstressed. Over the time that I wasn't blogging, I still managed to do quite a few things! First and foremost my list of anime is at 150 now, which is an amazing achievement. And it's still gonna grow... Well, now that the semester's finished, can focus on my other leisure stuffs. First off, have finished LA Noire completely, and now playing dragon age 2! Lent by my cousin. I must say I like the interface and design a lot better than dragon age origins. For piano, I'm now at page 11 of Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, with 2 pages left to complete. As always, its tough to get stuff up to speed, but I'm trying my best! Many things are long overdue, for one, gett

An updated list is up! Ah My Goddess + Fighting Wings + Flights Of Fancy Akazukin Cha Cha Akira Amatsuki Angel Sanctuary Angelic Layer Avatar + Legend of Korra Ayakashi Ayashi No Ceres Azumanga Daioh Baki The Grappler Basilisk Beck Black Lagoon + The Second Barrage + Roberta's Blood Trail Bleach Blood+ Blue Dragon Bokusatsu Tenshi Boys Be Buso Renkin Chobits Chrono Crusade Clannad + After Story Claymore Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion + R2 Cooking Master Boy Cowboy Bebop Curious Play D Gray Man Devil May Cry Digimon Adventure 1 + 2 + Tamers Dragon Ball + Z + GT + Kai E's Otherwise Earth Girl Arjuna Elfen Lied Eureka Seven Excel Saga Fairy Tail (Still ongoing) Fate Stay Night Final Fantasy Unlimited Flame of Recca Fruits Basket Full Metal Alchemist + Brotherhood Full Metal Panic + Fumoffu + Second Raid Full Moon Wo Sagashite Gantz Gatekeepers + 21 Getbackers Ghost Hound Gin

Well this week was supposed to be a more relaxed week, but things start piling up haha! Most pressing is the presentation this thursday, though its not graded, its essential to let the professor advise us on what improvements to make and that sort of thing! Another thing that will be down to the wire will be the forensic science entomology assignment, which is due friday. Well after making it through this week next week is guarantee plus chop more relaxed so can't wait for that. As for now I'll just have to brace myself and pull through with God's help! No prob though me thinks. :)

Its been two rather tough, intense weeks in a row... The previous week was pretty alright, with the most difficult thing being studying for tests... This week that just passed was exceptionally taxing, with late nights of sleeping from studying coupled with needing to wake up early to fetch darren to his camp, and needing to chair the YE leader's meeting.  It's been tiring but as usual God is faithful! Right now I was hoping I could rest but next week there're 2 presentations and an assignment in store, so gotta settle one of the presentations within the weekend, plus I need to teach in YE in the weekend. It'll be another rush to the weekend perhaps, but after that the next 2 weeks are relatively much more relaxed until week 12 and 13, where all the deadlines rush in hmm... Well asides from being tired I'm still working on the Fantasie Impromptu, finally finishing the 3rd page and moving into the 4th. The tough part of it is pretty much through with, and I think

I know this post has been a long time coming, so I'd better get it up and going! Well POP2 was my first major project as a supervisor, and boy was it tough. Well the planning stages were packed pretty tight, and I've never had to work under so much time constraint itself. In a way, its helped me deal with this current semester now that I look back, working under stress and within tight constraints of time. I've also seen that I'm insanely adept at admin and planning details, but not so much with direct hands on management. First we start up with some pics of POP! I thought this was a really cool pic of the bass! I really enjoyed playing very very much. The atmosphere at the stage!  After awhile it rained so here's the atmosphere at our makeshift playing area. Well lets go into detail now. The week before POP I was absolutely swamped, going back to church every other day. God was frequently on my mind, and prayer was fervent and strong. I serious

After 2 weeks of not posting I'm finally back! I admit it has been rather difficult, mostly because of juggling my work and being with Van with my personal to do list which includes anime, piano and running or ps3-ing. Wonder if I should decrease the number of things to do in my to do list per day hmm... Well, the past 2 weeks have gone by well! Updates on my paper is that I managed to get it finished 3 days before the deadline, and the presentation passed by very well comparatively to other groups. For my group we got grilled considerably much less, and for that I'm rather thankful! Continuing with academics had my first mid term test last week on thursday on Chinese Heritage, which was rather doable considering the vast scope it could've covered. So 3 more important deadlines have passed agreeably! For now its recess week! And I'm looking forward first to my Japanese "project" of having to show students from Waseda University around NUS on this friday, a

Its the end of week 4 of school, and did my first piece of work for the semester: a 20 min presentation on myelination of the brain on monday. And so the work begins! For the next week I've got 2 more pieces of graded work to do: a 3 page reflection paper about the concept of "Tianxia" and a 20 min presentation on my lab stuff, both due on Thursday. Still handling well! =D So the reading of 1 Sam has come to an end, and the theme of the whole book seems to be that of obedience: it was the one thing that separated Saul and David, giving one success and the other failure. Obedience is always difficult, and any of us having a laugh at Saul's expense will probably have to think more about the ways where we've gone our own ways instead of His ways. On Wednesday was Vanessa's birthday, and we had a great time! I was mostly at her place and had quite a few surprises in store. Using my mom's recipes I baked her a cake haha! But well the most important message

And so its been more than 2 weeks since I last blogged! Its been rather busy, and I thought this semester was going to be more relaxed. In fact, my first " graded submission" of sorts is already next monday, and its a presentation about a journal article which constitutes 12.5% of the grade. It'll only get busier, but I think its still alright! So far the tough courses are by two core modules, my lab in cognitive psych and cognitive neuroscience, and surprisingly, my General Education Module on Chinese Heritage is proving to be rather heavy in terms of workload. The best module by far is Forensic Science, its quite relaxed, has no tutorials, and has little workload, so I'm thankful for that. I'm enjoying my Japanese classes too, learning new forms to use! Hoping that this semester I'll keep my faith strong and my heart focused! So on Saturday was Gihon Sports Day, and the turnout was pretty good with 8 people turning up! We played badminton, pool, and watc

And so term is almost beginning! Instead of the previous list that I put on the blog I've only managed to get 2 that I want, but I'm still pretty much excited about the next semester! Here are my modules in the end! PL3281A Lab in Cognitive Psychology: Perception and Attention PL4206 Cognitive Neuroscience LAJ2203 Japanese 4 GEK1007 Chinese Heritage: History and Literature GEK1542 Forensic Science 2 core mods, one unrestricted elective and 2 General Education mods! Its gonna be a relatively relaxed semester I hope. Out of the 5 modules, 3 of them have no tutorials, 2 of them no exams... Thus I've managed to open up a wonderful free day on wednesday! Unsure about the remaining workload but we'll have to go through the semester to see! =) Dunno whether you guys can see it clearly but here's what my schedule looks like! QT recently has been good, as I've started on a series of QTs that look at Jesus Christ through various passages of scripture. Thr

Hey guys apologies for the long break in blogging... Its been a tiring 2 weeks or so since my Korea trip and after coming back it's been full speed ahead in terms of work for POP2! Thinking of devoting one post each to Korea and POP2, but we'll see how. Have yet to upload any pics onto fb so far, but that I can do over the next week or so! So first up updates post POP2. I've got quite a bit to settle in terms of the logs packup, settling accounts, feedback and debrief, but will take a hiatus of one week and abstain from all meetings until after Sunday. Poor Van hasn't managed to have an "only the both of us" date, and we'd like to have a few of those to make up for the 3 weeks that we haven't managed that. =) Well I'll talk about the process in another post! But it definitely has been a God filled one. =D Here's a nice pic by Wei Xuan! Besides that some stuff about leisure! Still on Yakuza 4, now doing the mini games, and are now

Was back from Korea a couple of days ago! And back to a busy schedule! Pop2 is soon, so gotta rush gotta rush! Things are feeling rather packed, but I'm coping fine! First gotta make up my sleep debt, then get the attendance list out and sort out the table assignments, and finally schedule a briefing for the helpers! Push on push on! =D Well hopefully I'll get down to writing a post about Korea, but then you guys can see that my blogging is getting sporadic at best. =P

It's time to take a well deserved rest! On to Jeju we go! =D =D

Burdens are heavy... Can't wait till the weekend is over.

Its been a full 2 weeks since the last update, apologies for the delay! Well there were quite a lot of things going on... But mostly have to keep secret! Most of it had to do with POP2 ~ Purpose or Pleasure, which is the evangelistic concert the youth from our church are setting up! So an announcement here on this blog... PoP2 ~ Purpose or Pleasure! 28th July 2012 630pm (Registration begins) - 930pm A live concert with free food, drinks and a live band performance by our Church of the Good Shepherd youth group alumni and leaders! Enjoy a night under the moonlit sky, enjoying fun, friends and food! Do bring your friends, and be ready for great music in a nice environment! So far 24 people have agreed to come... Can't wait to see if there are any guests who'll be coming! =D =D So far everything's in order. Prac for musicians will be starting soon, publicity is up and running! Logs and F&B are going really smoothly! =) *** Besides that for leisure, h

I've never been one to work with tight deadlines and lead projects with time constraint, the stress that comes in just becomes difficult to bear some times. Since I've been given the evangelistic concert to settle and coordinate, I'll do my best on it. Revelations reminds me very much that God works through weakness... And the very image of that is the lamb that once was slain being able to break the seals that begin the whole host of events the end times does encourage that through my weaknesses all the more God will work. Shall keep holding on! This week is date week with Van, we've been going out a lot, to commemorate our second year of friendship... And like last year the meaning of this celebration comes back to me. The time we first met was the beginning of transformation and healing, and she was an answer to my prayer! So most of all our friendship is a sign of God's providence to both of us at times when we needed it. 7th June! The day we met. =) So we&#

So first off! Results! Adolescent Psych: A Industrial Psych: B+ Personality and Individual Differences: B Japanese 3: B+ Japan and Singapore:B+ Satisfactory, and I'm pleased with it! Its a cap of 4.1 for this semester, and an overall cap of 4.15! Pretty good imo! =D And so a mini revival of sorts is happening in my life, which began on Thursday with the Diocesan Youth Leader's retreat! We learnt about Team Leadership, how we need a mix of different kinds of people in our team, and how to draw lessons about teamwork from the Trinity to name some things. The highlight of the retreat was the time of ministry on Saturday, I felt God tell me that I'm on the right track. Despite not being able to here His voice, all the time, I believe I've reached the stage where I can just work and trust in the Holy Spirit's inspiration. Another source of encouragement was SYC on friday, where Uncle Seto shared about his experiences in Brazil, and knowing God. One of the thi

Realized that I'd be more motivated to update my blog if I'd write down brief outlines of what I want to include in my posts, and also the content would be more interesting and more detailed! So that's what I hope to do with all my posts in the future! So first exciting thing of the week was YE Camp venue recce, and I must say, those who are coming for the camp will love the venue! Won't spoil too much of it for you guys, and I'll let the publicity speak for itself! It was a pretty exciting first recce trip overseas for me, and went with Pastor William, Shuling, Shaunald and Deborah. Exploring the site was a good experience for me, as I was able to give my input and show them a few things I felt needed attention. I must say this will be one of the best camp sites in terms of space and bonding that I can anticipate, so look forward to it! Next, the newest anime that I'm currently watching and have introduced to Van: Special A. In essence it's a romance +

Apologies once again for infrequent updates! Its been a long week, for one staying overnight to keep vigil at my great grandmother's wake. Its been another tough week... Monday had YE committee meeting, Wednesday POP committee meeting, Thursday Main Music Practice, and Friday Prayer Meeting! That's been my thoroughly busy week, but I shall keep relying on the Holy Spirit for strength and guidance. Onward!

It's the start of the hols! Haha well but I've suddenly gotten quite busy! Here's my to do list, YE stuff: 1. Prep Mega Games Day Debrief (Status: Settled, with preparation needed - reminders and points) 2. Prep Worship (Status: Delegated, with follow up needed on Wednesday) 3. Youth Tuition/QT (Status: Action Needed) 4. Prayer Meeting (Status: Action Needed - Manpower, material and announcement) 5. POP (Status: Action Needed - Contact with committee, meeting scheduling and preparation) Time to get to work!

I'm finally on the road to recovery, after the finishing of the final test yesterday I felt rather refreshed and that my burdens are lifted. During this period of time, after a period of reflection there's one thing that I've learnt, which is to endure faithfully. Despite not hearing from God for a long period of time, I'm glad I kept the faith. There'll be many more difficult situations to come, times when I might not feel close to God at all, and this has shown me that I can weather through these things if I put my mind and effort into it. Well, poor Van is the one who probably was most affected by this dry spell of mine, and now that I'm on the road to recovery, I'll be able to treat her better and help her to continue adapting to life in poly. She's mildly stressed with some of the sections of the workload, and since music theory is my forte I'll gladly help. So updates on the stuff I've been doing. Piano: Revolutionary Etude is on to the

Sorry for the long break in posting... Just have not much passion for blogging these days... I suppose its rather strange, I blog when I'm close to God and lose the passion when I feel distant from Him. Then again, this hasn't happened before in the history of this blog, and its rather strange like this. Which goes to show how strong my Christian walk has been. Well for now as mentioned I'm still persevering! I've started playing a new game: Dragon's Age for PS3, and also I'm finally at the 3rd page of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude. Have been keeping late nights thanks to studying, and that has probably not been a good thing at all for my body, my mind and my spirit. Shall wait patiently for the end of the exam season to end, where all my rest and time spent in deep communion with God will come. I need a silent retreat haha. Well exam schedule: 21st April - Japan and Singapore 23rd April - Industrial and Organizational Psych 24th April - Adolescent Psych 28th

Recently I find myself sinking into a bit of minor depression. Not that everything is going badly, there's always some good everywhere. However, there's this general feeling of loss, the sense that I feel some measure of distance between God and myself, and I do not understand why exactly this distance exists: whether it's my heart hardening, me being not so receptive to His voice any more, or that its a trial. One thing I do know, is that I do not like it one bit - losing sight of the God who gave me life. School gives no pleasure, but instead tiredness. Cell, however warm has a measure of stress attached to it. Supporting Van sometimes frustrates me when I'm powerless to do anything to improve her mood. Random occurrences that always used to be favourable are beginning to turn for the worse. But most of all in the midst of the negativity, I can't hear His voice. Its been some time since something heavy like this has weighed on my back. Ever since the weight of mis

Pretty much busy with all the presentations that will be done on wednesday next week, but made time to go down to serve graduation to show my support! Really glad that Van's gone through it, and I really do see much positive changes in all the servers from our church! :) Looking forward to their leadership contributions in future! Besides that have been keeping up with leisure! Finished with Assassin's Creed Revelations full completionist, which was really much easier than the other of the Assassin's Creeds I've played to complete fully. =) So now have started on Dragon Age Origins, courtesy of my cousin Serene! Besides that preparing for cell and the presentations pretty much took my time. Well 2 weeks to the end of this semester. Its been tough, but as always God has brought me through. Can't wait to get the presentations out of my way, and the final report will be much easier. =) Till next week!

So more updates. Finally one more submission is done, and I feel that there's some parts of it that needed some tweaking but couldn't put my finger on it, but I shall just submit it and leave it to God! Just one report and two presentations left! The next one is two week's time! More updates on Assassin's Creed. Got all the memoir pages, completed my conquest of all cities in the mediterranean defence, and at sequence 6 right now. So the only things left uncompleted are the rest of the story, the chests and fragments in Cappadocia, the challenges for thieves and bombs, and the trophies. Other than that, all the random stuff left over are all done! So I'm closing towards full synch at 77%! The next anime is one that people have been pleading, persuading and advising me to watch for ages: Code Geass! I thought lots of it was mecha so I was delaying it, but it seems like more of it is about mind games and political agendas and stuff like that. The level of thinking see

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 a

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

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! =)

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 y

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

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

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

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! :)

I've begun my exploration of the book of 1 Thessalonians, and I really do feel its is apt at my current stage of life, as someone still going strong in the faith despite facing trials, just like the Thessalonians did. Looking very much forward to increasing my knowledge of the word and be ministered by this book at the same time! Also some amazing things... Coinciding with my starting to lead worship for YE again, my piano has been shifted into my room, and that I really praise God for. Here we see is efficacy at work, doing things correctly, at the right time, in the right situations. There I see the power and the wisdom of God at work. And preparing for worship has rejuvenated me and drawn me closer to God once again, and that feeling is amazing. Today is also my dad and mom's wedding anniversary, and with that its 25 years of marriage! Great great! Lastly, tutorials will begin soon, but my final timetable hasn't been confirmed, so shall only post about it after! Excited

First off, I must say that I'm very very excited about this year. After starting it off simply, the excitement has begun to build in me for a couple of reasons. First is the development of YE, and I really do see many avenues for the youth to rise up and not only bond but become stronger in Christ. The next thing is about the happenings in SERVE... It just so happened that both Aaron and Amos have become group leaders of their individual groups! Really anticipating their growth as leaders, not only administratively but in their heart for the people. More more... Is about Gihon and its development! Esther's coming back to help me with the admin, and that really does free me for a lot of things, especially to focus on the spiritual and pastoral elements. I'm also excited about the CE that Sam's prepared, and I do hope to bring my members through the year, bonding more and learning more about God. And some more: my modules this semester do seem very interesting to me. Am f

The new semester is about to begin! Into my second half of year 2, I feel that I'm very much enjoying being a student at NUS, but also very aware of how soon the end of my left as a student is coming... Before that, here are the modules I'll be taking and their schedules PL3244 - Adolescent Psychology (Tuesdays 2-4pm) SS2205 - Japan and Singapore (Wednesdays 4-6pm) PL3241 - Personality and Individual Differences (Wednesdays 6-8pm) PL3239 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Thursdays 10-12noon) LAJ2202 - Japanese 3 (Thursdays 6-8pm) Which means that for the first 2 weeks, I've have a 6 hour break on thursday... Can spend that time watching anime and reading my texts I guess... Hmm what to do what to do. Wednesday looks like it'll be quite rushed, but I can leave early from my Japan and Singapore module to go for my other lecture, so I'm not too worried. Besides that, finally got a chance to properly visit the main jetty of Pulau Ubin! And its pretty easy to n

Well, a big welcome to the year 2012, a brand new year waiting to be explored. The year 2011 went by in a flash... It felt like a bullet train going past, with the busyness in YE, dating and school stuff making it go rather quick! If there's one word to describe 2011, it would be 'bliss'. Being with Vanessa and getting to know her contributed to much of that, and am looking forward to spending many more years with her. There are many things that happened this year, but all pale in comparison to finally being a couple with her. Its a big responsibility, and I now believe that I'm in a good capacity to care for someone else, not only emotionally and physically, but spiritually as well. Its been rather uneventful for a typical year for me, but oh wells I enjoyed it while I could. In this new year, I'm going to continue striving towards maintaining my spiritual fervor, which I realize is beginning to diminish with age. The relationship with God is there, but is starting