BenLow's blog

And so results are out! Did pretty well this semester, better than the first even. So I'm pretty thankful! Here are the results: Bio Psych: B Cognitive Psych: A Japanese Studies: B+ Japanese: A- Science of Music: A+ CAP: 4.40 Total CAP for 2 semesters: 4.30 Edging closer to being in the Dean's List! =D Keep up the good work Ben! And thank you God for your providence. =) Besides that over the past few days have been driving a lot, sending my bro to and from school, and using the car on weekends. One thing that I'm starting to dislike about it is my penchant to get irritated by awkward situations like barriers not opening when they should and a long queue forming behind me. But oh well driving is sometimes like that and I've got to exercise better self control. But one thing I'm beginning to internalize is the fact that I'm not perfect and I have my moments of weakness. The important thing is to learn from that, and yet at the same time move on and not blame mysel...

And so the church carnival's drawing nearer, and I'm getting pretty excited about it. Wanna play some band hero. But besides all that I'd like to call all my fellow church mates to prayer for this event. Haven't heard of a special prayer session just for this event, and though we might not have one, lets not leave it just like that. To all COGS people out there. Just for a few minutes after you read this, drop all you're doing right now, and ask God with all your heart for His will to be done in all this busyness and excitement. And I'm sure we'll have a great day on saturday. So 10am to 4pm! COGS funfest. We're near Queenstown MRT, turn to the left after you exit the mrt and walk past the seemingly abandoned gated building and you'll reach our church. =D

Well, finally I've started watching an anime that I've been intending to catch a glimpse of for a long long time: Final Fantasy Unlimited. Sort of loosely based on the Final Fantasy Series, but with a whole plot of its own. Some things shared with final fantasy games is the inclusion of summons and the lovable chocobo! Cos of that I think I'll finish it pretty quick. Chocobo! =D Cute and cuddly... Its times like this I want a chocobo plushie hehe. === Besides that, have been really really busy with the games stall for the carnival... Well every time I think I finish off the work that has to be done for it, more comes along. Its not the doing of the tasks that make me fatigued, but the sense of not being given complete instructions so I can finish the task in one go. Every time I'm supposed to have struck it off my to do list it comes back to haunt me in a way haha. Oh well, its part of being part of a big carnival, the tiredness and spontaneity so I'm not too fluste...

Well time for my post on KL! It was a whole lot of firsts for me, and travelling with my friends from Navigators made the whole experience a really meaningful and enjoyable one. For one I was able to hear lots of their own experiences when it came to their church live and leading others, and also their own doubts and worries. And I really look forward to continuing to encourage them and let them encourage me as we all go about our uni lives with God in control. I went there still remembering the trauma of past experiences in Malaysia, the time when my family's MPV was stolen at one of the Juscos in Malaysia... And 10 of us had to squeeze into an old, small, Mercedes Benz with a faulty aircon. That was certainly an upsetting experience, and since then I've harboured ill feelings towards Malaysia as a country. It was a time to be rid of those negative biases and truly learn to love even a place that hurt me so badly. We went to a whole lot of different places and here's a lis...

Well, went to KL and am back! Will do a post on it soon...

Of all the strange things I could've dreamt I dreamt that I wasn't a Christian, and I was running away from all those people chasing after me, wanting to convert me into one. It was certainly one crazy dream, with epic chase scenes to boot. =.= And after that dream, I awoke, thinking about the reality that could've been if I hadn't been called by God in that very moment in that camp seven years ago. Given my personality and penchant for sticking to my beliefs, I might have chosen to reject this relationship with God and never ever have become a Christian. And that very thought scares me, and makes me thankful that that fateful day, God chose me as one of His own, to have this very special relationship with Him. And this song came to mind. Could I Ever - Planetshakers When I woke up today And thought of all the things You’d done I find myself here Feeling oh so overcome You gave Your life away for me Truly my heart belongs to You So let me say How could I ever thank You ...

Well, I've finished with Saiyuki, and the next anime that I'll be catching is one called Kekkaishi. An anime with a rather interesting concept of defeating demons using barriers to catch them. The fight scenes are pretty good imo. Well here's a pic. The main character has responsibility thrust on him, because of a mark on the palm of his hand, by night he defends the school from evil spirits and by day he trains, sleeps in class and tries to make delicious pastries for the girl he likes who is also a Kekkaishi. Here's a pic: But besides that I was thinking about barriers between people, and the discrimination that occurs between people. Constant themes that I've been seeing since the ending of the semester. With the movie about stereotyping of Japanese Koreans in Japanese studies class, with this whole thing about politics, and also the issues about foreign talents in Singapore. Also, the fishmen vs human thing in One Piece, the differences between shinobi countries...