It is done. Well... I guess thats all thats needed to be said. The burden is gone, and thats all that matters.
This week was much better, thanks to everyone around me for making it easier. Could tell that some people held back on purpose so I'd feel better. I guess that helped. Thank you. This week was full of pleasant surprises, not to mention birthday celebrations. And I believe that it was God who arranged everything, from the little things to the large.
***
Eden-Sol
It was Sam's birthday... And Eden-Sol went to Swensens to celebrate the concert, as well as his birthday. Picture time!
Intro pic.
Outside the National Museum.
We sorta celebrated Amanda Lai's birthday in the fashion gallery in some dark corner. Her gang (Debbie, Christine, Carol and Mam) put up a puppet show for her haha. It was pretty amusing imo. And Mam played a song for her! Wow touching... Wish I could do that for someone. That would be way cool.
Had to go off early to reach school for our final prac before SYF!
***
Guitar
The day of reckoning came... And it was mostly mild, especially the lessons. When I reached the guitar room Chin Heng was there, and he was practising his cool runs. So I joined him and played together. Soon Eugene Lee LQ joined in and it sounded super nice on 3 guitars.
Went to change and reported at A57, the classroom with all the GE people. Took a few photos...
A few of the guys practising. Maybe singing Jay Chou songs.
A couple of friends dropped by... Leonard, Mie, Kenny, and a couple other people from my class. As well as Sam! Woo thanks man. They wished us all the best. And then the RI, RGS GE results came in... And it was a Gold With Honours for both of them. Exciting!
Soon we boarded the buses. Haha I took the mini bus cos it seemed more interesting. We reached the venue... Waited... Tuned up... Practised... And soon it was our turn. A lot of people were nervous, but I couldn't care less. I just wanted to get it over and done with. How did I feel? Well, emotionless, but pumped up, ready to see it through and bid it farewell once it was done.
We went and played our hearts out. It seemed like everyone was just so pumped up with all the passion culminating from all the past few months of practise. And everyone was satisfied with what we did.
The result: A Gold. A few people were quite dejected. But I didn't care. To me, the result didn't matter. All that matters was that we managed to fufill the ensemble's potential, we managed to make them enjoy the experience, and we managed to pull off a fantastic performance. Also, I was way too glad that the three weeks of pain were over to care about the results. Thursday was symbolic. It marked the end of the suffering, and an entry into the time of renewal.
Kudos to all GE people! You guys did extremely well. I think the e-mails by Yeng Yie, Taufiq, Hyqel and Ms Uma Chong said it all. Theres no reason to feel too sad about it.
***
YE
Friday... A day of rest, finally. Ponned school with permission from my parents, just to enjoy the quietness of His presence, enjoy a bit of free time, and catch up on studies. The whole of Thursday night and Friday was spent thanking God for his awesome presence in my life, and for making the week much better. The various things above helped make it fantastic.
Spent some time by myself thinking of the suffering and how everything was resolved. And I know I can never understand God's plan for me, until I look back.
Went to meet Shirley for lunch. Asked her about lots of things. Like how I should continue discipling qq, how she felt the worship ministry and YE was doing spiritually, and about some of the comments I've made here on my blog. And her replies were comforting. Thank you God for Shirley.
Went back home to play and do work. It seemed that after that there were no other burdens, no hard feelings left over. And I went for R Jazz concert expecting to have a good time, and of course I did. Tapping my feet to the music, singing along. It was fun. Lots of people were there. Once again, Sam (Eden-Sol + rock) was there, Eugene Lee LQ, Karthik, Pin, Michelle, Aditi, Daniel, Yichen, qq (guitar), Taufiq, Liying (guitar+rock), Chris, Debbie, Jheeva (S03H), Derrick (rock). Hmm did I miss out anybody?
Yeah so Hyqel, Vivek, Ari, Adam, Tsung Siang, Ying Wei, Boyle, Chermaine performed. And it was great!
Afterwards... Was expecting to go home alone. But found some company! Well met Michelle on the way to the MRT. She's one of the fellow Christians in RJGE. Haha started talking a lot about Christians in GE, and about music and instruments. Turns out she was going to AMK so it was the same way as me.
And we met someone else at the MRT. Daniel! He's from RJGE and he stays super close to me. So finally got someone to accompany me all the way to Bukit Gombak. And on the way... Someone called. It was Gerald! He asked me and Rachel out for supper.
Haha so once me and Dan reached Bukit Gombak, Dan went to see Rach. Turns out they're fellow TSD peoples. Then I got into Gerald's car and we drove to have prata for supper. Talked about pretty serious things which I shalln't go into. Then they crashed my house and disturbed my bros.
I was really thankful. I really didn't expect any company for the entire Friday night, and every single place I went, there was this comforting presence with my friends. It seemed that God was acting through them, and He was the one who created the circumstances for everything to happen. And theres only one thing I can do in return for Him.
Thank you God! =)
This week was much better, thanks to everyone around me for making it easier. Could tell that some people held back on purpose so I'd feel better. I guess that helped. Thank you. This week was full of pleasant surprises, not to mention birthday celebrations. And I believe that it was God who arranged everything, from the little things to the large.
***
Eden-Sol
It was Sam's birthday... And Eden-Sol went to Swensens to celebrate the concert, as well as his birthday. Picture time!
Sam's birthday present from Eden-Sol!
Sam with his present haha.
We ate 2 regular earthquakes, and a firehouse happy birthday in total. We must've been ultra hungry. About 4 scoops of ice cream per person.
***
S03H
Day at the Museum! S03H's funky learning journey to the National Museum. More pics.
We ate 2 regular earthquakes, and a firehouse happy birthday in total. We must've been ultra hungry. About 4 scoops of ice cream per person.
***
S03H
Day at the Museum! S03H's funky learning journey to the National Museum. More pics.
Intro pic. Outside the National Museum.
Everyone got free iPod Gigas. Kidding. Its the tour software thing. To listen to explanations in the history gallery you have to press the buttons.
We sorta celebrated Amanda Lai's birthday in the fashion gallery in some dark corner. Her gang (Debbie, Christine, Carol and Mam) put up a puppet show for her haha. It was pretty amusing imo. And Mam played a song for her! Wow touching... Wish I could do that for someone. That would be way cool.
Had to go off early to reach school for our final prac before SYF!
***
Guitar
The day of reckoning came... And it was mostly mild, especially the lessons. When I reached the guitar room Chin Heng was there, and he was practising his cool runs. So I joined him and played together. Soon Eugene Lee LQ joined in and it sounded super nice on 3 guitars.
Went to change and reported at A57, the classroom with all the GE people. Took a few photos...
A few of the guys practising. Maybe singing Jay Chou songs.
A couple of friends dropped by... Leonard, Mie, Kenny, and a couple other people from my class. As well as Sam! Woo thanks man. They wished us all the best. And then the RI, RGS GE results came in... And it was a Gold With Honours for both of them. Exciting!
Soon we boarded the buses. Haha I took the mini bus cos it seemed more interesting. We reached the venue... Waited... Tuned up... Practised... And soon it was our turn. A lot of people were nervous, but I couldn't care less. I just wanted to get it over and done with. How did I feel? Well, emotionless, but pumped up, ready to see it through and bid it farewell once it was done.
We went and played our hearts out. It seemed like everyone was just so pumped up with all the passion culminating from all the past few months of practise. And everyone was satisfied with what we did.
The result: A Gold. A few people were quite dejected. But I didn't care. To me, the result didn't matter. All that matters was that we managed to fufill the ensemble's potential, we managed to make them enjoy the experience, and we managed to pull off a fantastic performance. Also, I was way too glad that the three weeks of pain were over to care about the results. Thursday was symbolic. It marked the end of the suffering, and an entry into the time of renewal.
Kudos to all GE people! You guys did extremely well. I think the e-mails by Yeng Yie, Taufiq, Hyqel and Ms Uma Chong said it all. Theres no reason to feel too sad about it.
***
YE
Friday... A day of rest, finally. Ponned school with permission from my parents, just to enjoy the quietness of His presence, enjoy a bit of free time, and catch up on studies. The whole of Thursday night and Friday was spent thanking God for his awesome presence in my life, and for making the week much better. The various things above helped make it fantastic.
Spent some time by myself thinking of the suffering and how everything was resolved. And I know I can never understand God's plan for me, until I look back.
Went to meet Shirley for lunch. Asked her about lots of things. Like how I should continue discipling qq, how she felt the worship ministry and YE was doing spiritually, and about some of the comments I've made here on my blog. And her replies were comforting. Thank you God for Shirley.
Went back home to play and do work. It seemed that after that there were no other burdens, no hard feelings left over. And I went for R Jazz concert expecting to have a good time, and of course I did. Tapping my feet to the music, singing along. It was fun. Lots of people were there. Once again, Sam (Eden-Sol + rock) was there, Eugene Lee LQ, Karthik, Pin, Michelle, Aditi, Daniel, Yichen, qq (guitar), Taufiq, Liying (guitar+rock), Chris, Debbie, Jheeva (S03H), Derrick (rock). Hmm did I miss out anybody?
Yeah so Hyqel, Vivek, Ari, Adam, Tsung Siang, Ying Wei, Boyle, Chermaine performed. And it was great!
Afterwards... Was expecting to go home alone. But found some company! Well met Michelle on the way to the MRT. She's one of the fellow Christians in RJGE. Haha started talking a lot about Christians in GE, and about music and instruments. Turns out she was going to AMK so it was the same way as me.
And we met someone else at the MRT. Daniel! He's from RJGE and he stays super close to me. So finally got someone to accompany me all the way to Bukit Gombak. And on the way... Someone called. It was Gerald! He asked me and Rachel out for supper.
Haha so once me and Dan reached Bukit Gombak, Dan went to see Rach. Turns out they're fellow TSD peoples. Then I got into Gerald's car and we drove to have prata for supper. Talked about pretty serious things which I shalln't go into. Then they crashed my house and disturbed my bros.
I was really thankful. I really didn't expect any company for the entire Friday night, and every single place I went, there was this comforting presence with my friends. It seemed that God was acting through them, and He was the one who created the circumstances for everything to happen. And theres only one thing I can do in return for Him.
Thank you God! =)
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