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27online - Precision Drill Website!!!
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
JAE posting results!!!
WOW!!
the posting results of the JAE were released yesterday!!!
here are my results....
Name : SEAN LAI MAOQIN
1.The results of your application are as follows:
Posted Institution: NANYANG POLYTECHNIC
Course Name: HOSPITALITY & RESORT MANAGEMENT
Course Code: C67
yeah! Praise God! that was my FIRST choice!
it was surprising to receive an SMS of my results early in the morning when i woke up!
now, i can't wait to start school in april!
-wait. that's another one and a half months more..... sian.
the posting results of the JAE were released yesterday!!!
here are my results....
Name : SEAN LAI MAOQIN
1.The results of your application are as follows:
Posted Institution: NANYANG POLYTECHNIC
Course Name: HOSPITALITY & RESORT MANAGEMENT
Course Code: C67
yeah! Praise God! that was my FIRST choice!
it was surprising to receive an SMS of my results early in the morning when i woke up!
now, i can't wait to start school in april!
-wait. that's another one and a half months more..... sian.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentines Day!!
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
haha.. okay.. it's a bit too late..
but i just want to share about the CNY party that we had at our place on 9 Feb 2008!
here are some photos from that day:
after dinner, some of us went to the room to praise and worship God!!!
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while the rest played 'Bridge'...
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and 'Mahjong'!!!
Anyways... yesterday was my sister's 21st birthday!!
大姐！生日快乐！！！
And today, it's VALENTINES DAY!!!
Spread God's Love to everyone....
God Bless!!!
haha.. okay.. it's a bit too late..
but i just want to share about the CNY party that we had at our place on 9 Feb 2008!
here are some photos from that day:
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after dinner, some of us went to the room to praise and worship God!!!
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while the rest played 'Bridge'...
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and 'Mahjong'!!!
Anyways... yesterday was my sister's 21st birthday!!
大姐！生日快乐！！！
And today, it's VALENTINES DAY!!!
Spread God's Love to everyone....
God Bless!!!
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
In memory of Ah Gong...
AQ camp was great! it was held from 1-3 Feb in PHS! so on the first night, we all helped to clean out and rearrange the BB room with new shelves that we fixed together... it was good time of bonding and getting to know each other better..
the next day, we attended the BB parade where the new sec1s joined us.. after parade, we dragged tyres around the field and parade square 20 times and crossed over a large skipping rope (with our tyres) consecutively... then in the evening, we even bathed 'together' to 'get to know each other better'..
then on sunday, after an emotional service (for me), we watched an inspirational movie together.. it was called 'Facing the Giants'.. it's about how an American Football School Coach experienced the Lord's grace when he chose to honour God first after he realised that his life and his team was falling apart.. after the movie, i was surprised to find out later that this movie was based on a true story as it was really unbelieveable and so amazing!!
After the camp, we were all planning to go and play 'LAN' together.. after all, we had bonded together so well as the camp had been quite fruitful to everyone.. we learnt so much about discipline (Hebrews 12: 1-10) and how we should aim to honour God in everything that we do...
But i never expected something like this to happen.
i didn't have the opportunity to use my phone because of the camp. so on the last day, before break camp, when i got back my phone, i realised that my family had been trying to contact me to inform me that my ah gong (grandfather) was feeling very ill. they were planning to go and visit him after church that day! by then, it was already past 2.30pm- church normally ends at 12nn. so i thought that i had missed them already.. but fortunately, my mum called me after i replied her sms. she said that dad could fetch me from phs so that i could go straight to JB to visit my ah gong..
so in the end, i didn't go with the team for more bonding.. later when i got back, i found out from kennedy that they also didn't go for 'LAN' because they 'felt bad' about going when i left.. thank God for friends that truly respect and care for me!
We arrived in JB and took a taxi to the the nursing home where ah gong resided in.. on our way there, we suddenly got a call from ah-yee (aunt) that ah gong had been admitted to the hospital because of breathing difficulties.. so we had no choice but to head down to ah-yee's place first. we were unable to visit him immediately because administrative work had to be done for his admission first..
Later in the evening, we went down to the hospital with ah-yee.. at first, i was a bit afraid to see him. when we got there, i saw a very old man lying on the bed, desperately gasping for air.. i was still too afraid to say anything much to him. all i could do was to watch mum and ah-yee busy worrying about ah gong- like how he should be 'proped up' so that he could breathe better; how his oxygen intake levels were not right; and how there should be bed guards so that he would not fall off the bed while he was asleep.. i started to feel more concerned about him. i felt that i had to do something to help him.. but i was just left helpless..
then the doctor came over and told us that the hospital would not be attempting to resuscitate him due to his terminal illness and age. she predicted that ah gong would only have a few more hours to live. my heart melted. i thought to myself, "Does it mean that he was going to die?" i knew that it was a rhetorical question with an obvious answer. but i just could not accept the reality that was right in my face. i had never really experienced the death of someone close in my family. when someone passed away, it was either because i was still too young to remember, or that the person was too distant from my family..
was i about to understand how it feels to lose someone dear?
the strange thing was that i had never really seen or talk to him or even have a personal relationship with him. why did my heart feel so heavy? why was there such intensity in my heart that something saddening what about to happen?
maybe it was because he kept gasping for air, frequently adjusting his oxygen mask in discomfort? or maybe it was painful to see him groan and massage his forehead to soothe his unbearable pain? or it was probably because he looked so pale in the face and hands- his fingers were too cold for the machine to even detect any pulse..
i didn't want anything bad to happen. i didn't want to allow it to. i was still desperately holding on to the hope that maybe, just maybe a miracle could happen. that would explain why i kept rubbing his arms and hands, trying my best to keep him warm, before we left the hospital. in the end, i was the last person to see him at the hospital bed.
back in the car, i couldn't hold back my tears any longer. i just cried.
we went back to Singapore later that night. i had hoped that i would wake up to a new morning where everything was still fine and normal. but instead i woke up hearing mum telling someone on the phone that ah gong passed away at 12.55am that night.
it was time to face the reality. ah gong was gone..
but he had gone home to be with the Lord! so it was something to praise God about! i thank God that his salvation was upon ah gong just one month back on 1 Jan 2008.. thank God that the whole family was willing to have a Christian funeral and columbarium prepared for him! the funeral service was a really encouraging one that i believe had spoken to the whole family! Praise God for the strength and peace that He gave us to continue with life.
Amen.
the next day, we attended the BB parade where the new sec1s joined us.. after parade, we dragged tyres around the field and parade square 20 times and crossed over a large skipping rope (with our tyres) consecutively... then in the evening, we even bathed 'together' to 'get to know each other better'..
then on sunday, after an emotional service (for me), we watched an inspirational movie together.. it was called 'Facing the Giants'.. it's about how an American Football School Coach experienced the Lord's grace when he chose to honour God first after he realised that his life and his team was falling apart.. after the movie, i was surprised to find out later that this movie was based on a true story as it was really unbelieveable and so amazing!!
After the camp, we were all planning to go and play 'LAN' together.. after all, we had bonded together so well as the camp had been quite fruitful to everyone.. we learnt so much about discipline (Hebrews 12: 1-10) and how we should aim to honour God in everything that we do...
But i never expected something like this to happen.
i didn't have the opportunity to use my phone because of the camp. so on the last day, before break camp, when i got back my phone, i realised that my family had been trying to contact me to inform me that my ah gong (grandfather) was feeling very ill. they were planning to go and visit him after church that day! by then, it was already past 2.30pm- church normally ends at 12nn. so i thought that i had missed them already.. but fortunately, my mum called me after i replied her sms. she said that dad could fetch me from phs so that i could go straight to JB to visit my ah gong..
so in the end, i didn't go with the team for more bonding.. later when i got back, i found out from kennedy that they also didn't go for 'LAN' because they 'felt bad' about going when i left.. thank God for friends that truly respect and care for me!
We arrived in JB and took a taxi to the the nursing home where ah gong resided in.. on our way there, we suddenly got a call from ah-yee (aunt) that ah gong had been admitted to the hospital because of breathing difficulties.. so we had no choice but to head down to ah-yee's place first. we were unable to visit him immediately because administrative work had to be done for his admission first..
Later in the evening, we went down to the hospital with ah-yee.. at first, i was a bit afraid to see him. when we got there, i saw a very old man lying on the bed, desperately gasping for air.. i was still too afraid to say anything much to him. all i could do was to watch mum and ah-yee busy worrying about ah gong- like how he should be 'proped up' so that he could breathe better; how his oxygen intake levels were not right; and how there should be bed guards so that he would not fall off the bed while he was asleep.. i started to feel more concerned about him. i felt that i had to do something to help him.. but i was just left helpless..
then the doctor came over and told us that the hospital would not be attempting to resuscitate him due to his terminal illness and age. she predicted that ah gong would only have a few more hours to live. my heart melted. i thought to myself, "Does it mean that he was going to die?" i knew that it was a rhetorical question with an obvious answer. but i just could not accept the reality that was right in my face. i had never really experienced the death of someone close in my family. when someone passed away, it was either because i was still too young to remember, or that the person was too distant from my family..
was i about to understand how it feels to lose someone dear?
the strange thing was that i had never really seen or talk to him or even have a personal relationship with him. why did my heart feel so heavy? why was there such intensity in my heart that something saddening what about to happen?
maybe it was because he kept gasping for air, frequently adjusting his oxygen mask in discomfort? or maybe it was painful to see him groan and massage his forehead to soothe his unbearable pain? or it was probably because he looked so pale in the face and hands- his fingers were too cold for the machine to even detect any pulse..
i didn't want anything bad to happen. i didn't want to allow it to. i was still desperately holding on to the hope that maybe, just maybe a miracle could happen. that would explain why i kept rubbing his arms and hands, trying my best to keep him warm, before we left the hospital. in the end, i was the last person to see him at the hospital bed.
back in the car, i couldn't hold back my tears any longer. i just cried.
we went back to Singapore later that night. i had hoped that i would wake up to a new morning where everything was still fine and normal. but instead i woke up hearing mum telling someone on the phone that ah gong passed away at 12.55am that night.
it was time to face the reality. ah gong was gone..
but he had gone home to be with the Lord! so it was something to praise God about! i thank God that his salvation was upon ah gong just one month back on 1 Jan 2008.. thank God that the whole family was willing to have a Christian funeral and columbarium prepared for him! the funeral service was a really encouraging one that i believe had spoken to the whole family! Praise God for the strength and peace that He gave us to continue with life.
Amen.
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