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Had the car to myself for last week cos my dad was overseas... Gained quite a bit of experience driving people around during that period. A pretty fun experience, but in some situations especially exasperating, most notably when gps is involved. Nonetheless, I really enjoy driving people back to their houses, and in a way going home from meetings is the part of the meeting I look forward to the most these days haha. My first few passengers (beside my family) include my fellow jap lecture friend Ben, churchies Rach, Marcus, Eunice and Amos! =D =D =D Anyways, once again, I'm reminded of the reasons why I've been coping so well when it comes to uni life. I wouldn't have gotten used to the lecture/tut systems if I hadn't gone for SERVE, which is similar in many ways... I wouldn't have gotten into SERVE if I didn't go into NS. I wouldn't have gotten into NS if I'd gotten a place in med school. And in all of this God has a hand, that's the evidence of His ...

Tutorials have started... Though I've only been to a jap one on monday. Really enjoyed myself. The dynamics at tutorials are great. Though there are quite a few loners but most other people try their best to be friendly despite the odd mix of personalities. Well... Here's my schedule. Monday Psych Tutorial 8am (Even weeks) Jap Tutorial 2pm Psych Lecture 6pm Tuesday Hist Lecture 4pm Wednesday Social Work Tutorial 10am (Even weeks) Social Work Lecture 2pm Jap Lecture 6pm Thursday Jap Tutorial 10am Hist Tutorial 1pm Stat Lecture 4pm Friday Jap Tutorial 11am Stat Tutorial 2pm (Odd weeks) Well... There's quite a bit of 2hr breaks that have to be dealt with during the week. So what do I do? Spend it at the central library studying or just relaxing at the arts canteen mostly. Have found a couple of nice spots to just chill... Like the roof of LT 27 on mondays before psych lecture. Most other days I spend at the tables closest to the edge of the canteen, listening to my music and e...

And the blessings just keep coming... A new jap lecture friend, also named Ben and a chance meeting with Sherine, my RJGE friend. Clearly God's working here, helping me find new friends, and bringing back my old ones. The conditions in which I've managed to meet them were out of my own control, and to do so was extremely fortuitous. So I truly believe God's working in a really magnificent way here. Excited about the next psych lecture about the brain... In fact because its readings are based on quite a couple of medical terms and you guys know how I feel about medicine and the involvement of anatomy in any sort of syllabus. In fact the passion for the topic is so strong that I've started to describe some things I experience in terms of brain function. Rawr my inner nerd is coming out... But I guess its another good thing and a blessing. Means that I'll be studying harder cos I'm passionate about the stuff I learn. Thank you God! =D

Have thoroughly enjoyed the coverage of YOG so far, with Singapore doing pretty well. I think the anchors of the 11pm broadcast have been doing a great job! Proud of our youngsters who've done all they can to make Singapore champions. *** BPL has started once again, and watching the various replays of matches I've seen how mistakes by goalkeepers can just make or break a team. And heroics by some of them will save a club from defeat. Take Joe Hart for Man City. Loads of saves meant that Man City survived an onslaught on their goal from the imperious Tottenham offense in their 0-0 draw. Here are the results: Tottenham 0 Man City 0 Blackburn 1 Everton 0 Aston Villa 3 West Ham 0 Bolton 0 Fulham 0 Sunderland 2 Birmingham 2 Wolves 2 Stoke 1 Wigan 0 Blackpool 4 Chelsea 6 West Brom 0 Liverpool 1 Arsenal 1 Man U 3 Newcastle 0 Another point of note was Blackpool's 4-0 defeat of Wigan. Though they were expected to be one of the weaker sides in the league they've managed to win in...

Haven't been sleeping well for the past few days... Cos of the excitement of uni, and thinking about how lectures and school life will go. Some nights I'd just lie in bed running through the things I'd do in school like buying texts, walking from place to place and things like that. (Good thing my lectures are in the afternoon...) It reminds me of how much I've chosen not to rely on God enough, instead taking a lot of the freedom I have into my own hands. Regrettably, uni's not doing a ton of good to my relationship with Him... A little upset that before I read through my notes, and run through my to-do-list I've stopped asking Him for guidance. Starting to understand how people can lose their way spiritually in uni. A place where you have to grasp everything yourself, from your social life, to your learning, to the way you plan your schedule. Its way too easy to neglect God and lead your life the way you plan it. I've got to be more aware of the devil creep...

And so the term starts with tomorrows History Lecture... Just looked through the slides, and it looks as though there will not be much learning done, instead most of it is information on the lecturer, syllabus, course and etc. Oh wells it will still be good to familiarize myself with the surroundings and get some of the textbooks I need. Quite looking forward to it! Comm Shield yesterday was pretty good compared to previous ones... Score ended 3-1, with Man U beating Chelsea to show their ability as title contenders in this years BPL. No prizes for the winners, just bragging rights. The highlight of it was Javier Hernandez and his fortuitous goal. Looking forward to seeing more of him in the future, and its great that he's started off the season with a goal. The new BPL season, here we come!

Its been a week to remember. My mom's birthday, driving around after dinner doing errands, new specs, finishing off Gintama, preparing worship, getting a hair cut, changing to a new book for QT, bidding for modules, going down to NUS to submit my GIRO form, coming to terms with having to study hard once again. With that, the general feeling of life feels different from just a week ago. It feels like a whole new chapter is unfolding, one full of responsibilities, new freedom and big challenges. Looking forward to meeting new friends and trying new things. The entire dynamics of my life are about to change, for better or worse I still don't know... Of course trepidation is starting to set in. This period of life may make or break everything. But now that I'm older I know better... God's always been here, and He will be no matter what. Well here's my schedule for the next couple of weeks as of now FYI, and with the addition of tutorials it will change in 2 weeks time s...